The Cambrian

SCENE OH THE GROUND. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, there was great interest ma,nifcsted in- the encounter, and the attendance wag, after all., quite a magnificent one. Although the trains from W ost Wailes were not so crowded as usual, there was quite an invasion from the outlying districts of Cardiff. The gates ware opened at 1.30—one hour and a half before tiie time arranged for the kick-off. A large crowd of enthusiasts were soon surg, ing through the entrances, and long before two o'clock there was an att-endance of- at least. 14,001 At 2.30 THERE WERE PROBABLY 20.000 PEOPLE on the ground, and this notwithstanding the drizzling rain. The condition of the ground, v judging from appearances, was fairly good, but a close examination disclosed a 'airly soddencd state, and it seemed probable it would cut up rather badly before the game had proceeded very long. At about 2.40. the rain had stopped, much to the gratifica- tion of all concerned, especially the unfortu- nate pressmen, whose duty it was to sit out in the open a.ir. The wait before tho start was piiieasantily tipent by selections by the band. the crowd was in an extremely good humour, and their vocal efforts earned a wide area, the religious and sentimental, as usual, being in the majority. At ten muiutes to three tne. e must, p.%ve> been 20,000 people on the ground, and the cry »vas, "StilJ they come." As evidence of the thoroughness of the Welsh Union officials, it may be stated that on Friday night, when there was a possibility of frofct, an army of men was in readiness to cover the gro aid with straw if necessary. There was con- siderable doubt during the morning on the part of numerous critics as to whether the Welsh team would be equal to the great task before them, but it was the general consensus that the of the \Velsh side would have been strengthened by the inclusion of the Swansea halves in place of Bush and Morgan. It was cta.;3d ,) a that the exclusion of the Swansea men was due to doubt about their fitness, but. surety if Owen and 'JOTIiÀ" are to be included in the category of the "has-beens," Bush sho.,Id have been placed there also. However, "hope springs eterna) in the h nman breast," and there was a fervent wish that every- thing would turn out ail right. Excitement ran high as the time approached for the kick-off. At three minutes (o throe the at- tendance must have reached 3.5,000 TO 40,000 SPECTATORS. The Scotch fifteen entered the are- and were greeted with great cheering. The Welshmen noon followed to the tune cf splendid enthusiasm. i

THE GAME. FIRST HALF. Wales J-oet the toss, and Jack B-anoroft kicked oil' from tine town end against the wind and slight rain. Some oi the Walsh forwards were early offside, and the ra'eree ordered a. seuxin at midway. The Scotch forwanL broke away, a.nd were socaa well agisted by Schuke, tbe full-back', who found touch well into the vVelsh twenty-live. Wales relieved temporarily, but. the. Scotch forwards returned to the attack, and a particularly hot and vigorous rush wae stopped by Spiller, who dived for the bail with groat puuek. Wales had a free kick after this, and the kick towards the river end was followed by a"brilliant rush, beaded by Percy Bush. The Welsh forwards fol- lowed up with advantage. IV OR MORGAN BEING NOW at, the head, and Wales were within an ace of scoring, tiie bail Iieing sent out to Trew, who worked haird úO get III at the right-hand corner; but the opposition was too great, and a punt into touch relieved the situation. Jack Bancroft shortly after- v.aixie took a drop at goal, but the leatlier went wxdc, aad 1.b.e Sootch cimodia.n touched down. The Men of Harlech now attacked hot and strong, bat the defence of the wearers of the Thiistle wi6 very line, and man after man was pdanted W deep. Pearson was a particularly accurate per- former in this respect, as Giibbs once or twice dhcovarad. The ground was already cutting up badly, but the respective for- wards appeared revel hi it. During optyatio:iij at half-way the Welsh men were ponaiiised for a foul, and the ball was kicked into touch in the Welsh territory, where a series of scrimmages occurred, more or less in favour of the homesters. Bajncroft soon after this mado a mark, but nothing, how- ever came of it. Amidst cries of "BLCK UP, WALKS the Welshmen tried to clear their ground, but at this stage the straggle was really in Scotland's favour. Relief oame from a free kick, and Bancroft leimoved play to the oent.J.1C line. The weather Wit." now duller, and the rain drizzled downwards. Wales kept up the pressure, howe\er, and one of the Seot-s forwards taking the ball over the line, a scrum was foimed five yards out. It now looked as if the Leek was certain to score, but Percy Bush receiving, made a foolish atterojpt to drop a goal, and a gcjden opportunity was lost. The Scotsmen then rushed down the ground, and the referee wat- noticed to have a, talk with Tivw, for getting hi the way of Pearson. Beating the Scotsmen a.t their own game, the Welsh forwards rus»hed the opposition all sho¡pœ and were on the Scotch line time after time. In fact, they were all ovea- their opponents, and a try must have followed but for t'he fact, of Percy Busk's lack of judgment by electing to lack at goal, which once more failed. The Welsh forwards were, how- ever, not to be denied, and rushed over the j 'line in a bunch, PUGSLEY SCORING AN EXCITING TRY, to the accornpajiimerit of tremendous cheflT- ing. Bancroft's kick at goal was a nuigm- cent one, but it went slightly wide. The players were now plastered with mud, hut tins did ii-t seem to trouble them ranch, for they were as keen as mustard, on? and all. The game indeed was exceed- ingly fast. The next five minute-; was all in favour of the Welshmen. However, the ball was very difficult to handle, and Bar- croft was conspicuous by failing to field. A grind rally by the Northerners led to their invading the Welsh territory, where Spiller and Baker saved sjplendidly. It was now noticed that Ivor Morgan was playing as a fifth three-quarter, the Wekh captain being well contented with the ad- vantage his side maintained in front. I Only a few minutes now remained before thoe interval. but the Welshmen had still something up their sleeves, and they ef- fected a tremendous rueh from one end of the field to the other. Vigorous work oc- curred on the Scotch line, and Spiller, re- ceiving on the left corner, PIERCED HIS WAY THROUGH with a brilliant try. The enthusiasm was now intense, and bad reached almost de. lirious stage when Bancroft converted with a remarkable kick. The spectators wore in fine fettle over Spiller's try, and extra cheers went, up when the WELSH CAPTAIN WAS NOTICED to rush up to Spiller and congratulate the Cardiff man. It was some minutes before the crowd reg-ained its composure. On tho resumption, Tennant. the Scotch iraskle half, to everyone's regret, collided with one of his own side .md received an injury to his left arm which compelled his retire- ment. The Scotchmen therefore had to re- siime ( he struggle considerably handicapped. Give and take play with much vigour fol- j'vwed. during which Bush appeared to have hurt his ankle. Meanwhile Tennant, much to everyone's delight, returned to the field. Half-time was shortly afterwards called, and certainly up till now the game, con- sidering the wretched state of the ground, had been one of the finest international struggles ever witnessed in the Principal- ity. HALF-TIME SCORE: WALES—1 con. g-oal, 1 try. SCOTLAND--Nil. IN THE SECOND HALF. The second half Raw Wales having the advantage of the breexe, and it also s,a,w the Welshmen ontcc more assumins the niSsto* and their forwards were speedily on the Scotch line. During tremendous v-*otvk in the rentie Tennant once mot-e had the misfortune u> reserve a hard crack, this j time on the leg. He continued to play, however, but it was obvious he was suffer- ing, and eventually he had to be assisted off the field, much, however, against. his wish. One of the SCOTCH FORWARDS TOOK HIS PLACE be-hind the scrimmage. A rush by the Welshmen, headed by Pngsiey, all but 100 to » score right, under the Scotch goal poets. The keenness of the defence was, however, unmistaiieabie, and the Scotsmen kept their ■ line quite cleaj1, and shortly afterwards re- taliated with a rush up the field, where they securcd a penalty kick thirty yards from the Welsh line. Nothing came of it. Wales hod. a difficult job to relieve the pretisirre, but they got into their stride admirably. j TWQ OR THREE DECLSIONS OF THE REFEREE were altoget-her in Scotland's favour, and the Welshmen had not had the advantage of the judgment of Mr. Kennedy. How- ever, Wales were .soon to score once more. A line rush by the forwards placed the Scotch line in danger. The ball travelled to the left corner, a.nd BAKER., SLIPPING IN. FOLLOWED THE LEATHER over the line and scored a pretty try. The kick at goal failed..Succeeding. play die- cloaed that Bush was tiring, but ins cJuJ)- mate, Morgan, v."<1¡;; shaping very creditably. The Welshmen continued to do useful work with their fefct, and assorted their Eupe:iority in nd unmistakable fashion, æpeciuHy in front, where the Scotchmen were playing a, man short. Tune after time the Cambriuns were within an ace of scoring, and it seemed ixjrnbard-strect to an orange. that something tangible would result, but an element of luck largely assisted the Scotchmen. The Car- d;u Arms Park now resembled a ploughed field, and once or twice the game had to Le stopped to enable some of the players to er tract the mud from their eves. The decisions of the referee seemed to be iso one.sided that a huge cheer went up when Bush attempted to pk-k up from an apparently penalty kick. The LAUGHTER WAS LOUD AND PRO- LONGED however, when it was noticed that the re- feroe had intended the penalty for the op posite side. The Welsh backs had now rn opportunit.y of doing a little passing, tut: Bush's delivery to his centre was singula.dy ineffective, and conseouently little ground; was gained. Ahont half an hour of tiie second half had been played, bnt there nad been a few stoppages, so that probably an- other fifteen minutes remained for play. Caught napping, the Welshmen allowed the Scotchmen to rush back to the other end, where Milroy rushed for the Welsh line and was only hauled down just outside. Relief then came' in the home country with a, kick down the field From a scnim in no man'r land the Welsh forwards broke away with a form.ida.bie rrash that, dMieri all opp-sition, and went iTver the line in a body, headed by Tom j Evans and Ivor Mo.gaji, the Swansea man j DOING THE TRiOK by soring. Bancroft failed at goal. The Welsh backs now had the main share' in the aggressive work, and Bak-r ap;vared to cross in the left, corner, but the" referee caLed the ball hick. Bush then put the right, wing man in motion, and Gabby.1 got off splendidly. He sent a long page to Trew, but Simson intcroe.}>ted and kicked into touch. The ball was kicked a bit too h:¡.xi; and went into tounh in goal. Trew was doing good work on the defence at this stage. Headland were attacking vigorously when the whistle went, leaving Wales the winners of a groat and memorable struggle, FINAL SCORE WALES-1 con. goal, 3 tries. SCOTLAND--Nil.

PLAY BY THE CLOCK. j I 2.59.—The Scotsmen fielded, closely followed by the Welshmen. 3.0.—Punctually to time Bancroft kicked off for Wales, who had lost. Ule toss. 3.2.—The Scots get well within Welsh tem- tory, but wcre soon driven back by Ban- cax»ft- 3.3.-)forgan, the Welsh serum-worker, made his first mistake at the base of the scrum. The Welsh 25 is again invaded, 5.5.—Trew finds touch 7five yards from the visitons' line, and Bancroft almost im- mediaitely afterwards' tries to drop a goal- 3.6.-First minor conceded by Scotland, whioh is closely followed by aaothoi. 3.9.—A free kick to Scotland for infringe- ment in the'scrummage. 3.13. -Scctland again get within ten yaads of the home line. 3.15.—A !»ng kick by a Scotch player goes into touch, in goal. 3.18.—Play was now at half-way, and eo f;w there was nothing in it. 3.19.-Wales wore on Scotland's line, and I Bush made a foolish attempt to drop a goail. 3.20.—Up to the present one of the features of the game was the great success of tiie j Welsh forwards. 3.23.—Bush, with three men outside him, t and within ten yards of tho line, at- tempted to drop a goal and failed. 3.25.—paker almost crossed with a try for I Wralcs. I 3. 26.-The Welsh forwards rushed the ball over the Scottish lino and Pagsley scored. 3.27.—Bancroft just failed to convert with a great kick. -+- 3.33.-Bancroit misfieldcd a high kitk for ( the first time. 3.35.—Ivor Morgan taken out of the pack to assast the Welsh halves, 3.39.—Magnificent rash to the Sootch line, and Spiller, saving from a mistake mad-e by Bush, dashes over with a taw. 3.40.—Bancroft converted with a great kick. 3.45.—ScbuLze, the Soctofa fuH-baek, rnagm- fioently checks 3.11 almost iixesigtiWe rush by the Welsh forwards. Tennant, the Scotch half, injured his shoulder and left, the field. 3.50.-TGI111ant returned amid cheers, j 3.51.—-Hadf-time Wailes, 1 converted goal, 1 try; Scotland, nil. SECOND HAIjiF. 3.55.—SootJand resume aftar the interval, j and Simson is conspicuous in spotkes'y white gloves. 3-57.—The Welsh forwards play Scotland at their own game and beat them. .3.58.-Tennant, the plucky half, is again in- juied, and lias to bo carried off the field, though much against his will. 4.0.-The general query now is Why aren't Owen and Jones piaving? 4.1.—Spiller breaks rigjt through the de- fence) but kicks right ahead. 4.3.-0no of the Scotch forwaids got a piece of the Cardiff Arms Paik in his eye. 4-6.—Tenr.nnt, the Scot h haJf, was tak-n out of the ground with his ankle band- aged up. 4.8.Fre.e kick to Scotland m a favourable position, but nowÜng conies of it. 4-11.—-Baker scores a great try for Wales from a cross-kick by Gibbs." 4.12.-Bancroft fails to convert. 4.15.—Twenty minutes of the second half gone and Waits were 11 poinis ahead, and the bcotsmen a beaten side. 4-16.—The geixral verdict now is one word -that is, the Welsh haives axe "rot- ten." ^•25.—Wales still p,ressing and playing like the winning team they aie. 4.28.— Morgan playing a plucky game and a great contrast to his partner. 4.30.—Ivor Morgan and Tom Evans t.ke the ball over tiije line, the former scor- ing a try. 4.31.—Bancroft fails to convert. 4-32.— Great bout cf passing by Welsh threes, Baier crossing, but the u-y wa^> dif.jallov.ed. 4.35.—-Final: Wales, i converted goal 3 tries (14 points); Scotland, nil. 4.36.—Welsh playeis carried shoulder high off tiie rield.

NOTES ON THE GAME. 1 hose people who were of opinion that th>' Welsh Union had made a bad blunder by stickiug to the same pack: of lor.vards who wore worsted at Twickenham will have to change their opinion 01 their capabilities arter to-day and the clinking wort; of the Welshmen, and they will join hands in com- plimenting them upon their magnificent dis- piay for tne representation of the Jue&K. lite Welsh forwards played a* veil as they have ever done, and their work was highly creditable throughout. They beat the Scots at their own game, despite conditions which favoured Sootiand more than Wales. The representatives of the latter country adapted themselves to the conditions far better than- any of the visitors. In the first half the Welshmen went flying down the field 1 ik■ > a. pack of wolves, and took a terrible amount, of step- ping. Wales seemed more speedy and stuck to their work likt glue. It was undoubtedly this speediness of the Welsh eig-ht which led to the first score and put a heap of 'ato thf:, confidence into the Welsh fiidv*. Had it ivot been for Bush's tactics Wales would have crossed-over with ai, least two more tries. Twice Bush elected to drop for goal vben he had a splendid ehaaae of putting his man over. Throughout the conWt Basil was wea.k in all departments, and it was groasiy unfair' t> Morgan, who was much the better hail". On to-day s form Bush slioyld have been played on account of Morgan's form, and not vice verra. Had any other man piayed at half as badly he woutitd neve#- have Iieart iie:urd of any more in Inbemational footbai1. As the game progressed the sapertority of the W'e-i&h forwards became more and mora apparent, and it, was vory hard luck ior Scotlajid to i* coinpcileti to plav 14 men, owing t.o the injury to Tennant. Wh«i the side's crossed over anything but a- win for the Leak seem<v' qnitc out of the ques- tiou. and it was evident iicctland had too I big a proposition to win with an eight points adverse balance In the cecand moiety the Welshmen kept up their ad- I,. vantage with commendable skill and vig- our, pressing the advantcge they had 00- tained even n1(1re than in the first half. The Welsh forwards had much the better of matteib and kept the upper hind. H:1.d it I not been for tho excellent play of Sohulze, WaJes must have scoi^l time after time.. It was in &oooT(knce with past results at home that Scotland should have failed "f lower the: colons of the Wckh side. After the reverse at Twickenham we wev-, told by the critics that Welsh football had degen. erat.?d beyond recognition, a.nd that Willec' number v.a.p ip so far as Rugby Interna tional ,'o.A,hell was concerned. W» can otMy put the defect by Eng- land down to an off day by" Wales. By the standard of play Rret to da.v Wales has little to be ashamed of in ccmpariaoi. with the play of other countries. The \Vdsh- men. toiuid their feet and cantc to the front with a bound, securing a 14 point victory over S^tiand. who were stated to be repre- se.nted by the cream of Scottish talent. The victory, then, may be said to have Vreen won over the best side at tite disposal of the visitors, (3.:xl therefore Wales can he well eatislisd. Of coui'w, Scotlavid worf, very u-u.fori,ivraate to have lost the .services of Tennant in the fieoond haJf, but. even thatw superiority was cioariy apparent, and ft was a givia-f. vwtory that was won. It was a pity tihai the Swansea halves were not doing duty for WaJ^, for tl1.en the score; would have been very largely augmented, as Parcy t5!li"h was clean -,f the tame' Had Wales beer-, represented at outside half by a player who showed more initiative in following up tiie twlvantoge of the forwards than Bush did, it would have been an even more oompiete triumph for the Principality Considering the state of the ground, the game wa.5 surprisingly fast, and it wa« marvoRous how the play- erg kept, their feet as they did. WaleiS had many golden opportunities ail tlirough the game, but once they broke the ice they never looked back. The ganx> was contested in the best of spirits, and all the Welsh scores were the result of skilful football. Although faced with a hopeless ta.,sk. Scotland never ltx-t heart and f-i.ufk I to their task wjth a tenacity that was veH- cor,amendable. It was a striking demonstra- tion of bright forward play. and UI"KKIGH TLIY OF T KC GROUND .'iiilit.af.ed against good back niav Had the ground been dry it would >iav<= been just the sane for the Ca rd iff outside half, who from the beginning to the end never made the ghost of an opemng. It would be iir-idiouK to dingie out the Welsh forwards wnen all did well, but Ivor Morgan and Toni Evans were aivyays foremost in the tVav. liaivcroii gave a magnificent display, his kicking and fielding being of the highest service to the winmeas, and savino tho Wclah forwards very materially. -He iieve, made a serious mistake. The tJM^e-q,K!.It)ei^ as a whole did not do anything too wed in defence, and Trow was the only man who seemed to go down to the Sootch rushes In this phase of the play Tver: war- magnifi- cent. Baker. SpilleT and Gibbs. however did very we'll in attack, and if proper]v fed by a. good outside half t-hs quartette would have combined vary effectively Morgan was the better of the litlves, and Biish was a complete failure. As previously stated, on the Sooich side. Schulze played splendidly, and faved his side time after time. Angus and Pear- son also did spjendidly in defertoe, and we-re ably supported by Sutherland and Simeon. Up to the time of his injury Tennant did a great deal to check the Welsh attack. and his retirement was very unfortunate for Scotland. Miinoy ably seconded him. The forwards did fairly well, although they were not as clever as the Welsh eight. Frew, Sears, McCallum and Stuart were always in the thick of the fray, and fought gallantly right up to the final whistle. 1 Scotland were well beater: "TI the day s pla-o and the victory of Wale.- will go a long way toO restore the confidence and prestige of Welsh football. "FREELANCE."

"PARS" FROM THE PARK. There did not appear to be much con- fidence in the big crowd at the commence- ment of the game as to the ability of the Wehhrnen to win, especially as the ground was on the soft side. There were a few l''f!r;Íat..ure bagpipes on the cheap side opposite the stand. The crowd on this side was closely packed, and swayed backwards and for- wards. It was hoped that the Welshmen would fettle dewn immediately after the start as th'3 ground would then be in theb-est con- to vuit their method.1-. The Welshmen fielded to the strains of "H.M Wlevd fy Mhadau. and the Scotch- men to "Cock o' the North." Sir John Llewelyn att/wkn! as ufcual, and the veteran sportsman has attended more internationals than ]JC can account for. The Welsh forwards were a. bit eager at the stair, and. the Scotch paid particular attention to Bush. Th>, Scotchmen had the advantage of the wind in tho first half. ScotiajKl p-eased on the commencement and looked very dangerous on a coup! a ut occacdioivs. The Welshmen did better an 1 nulled matters do'u to the other end of the field, where Trew was very conspicu- ous. The V;e's!l forwards did some fine rush- ing and iLsed their feet to grea.t advantage. Percy Bush was doing none too good and missed some eh a. ice. Territorial pi ay wai. in favour of the Scotch for twenty minute?-. I. Gibbs made one good attempt to get away, but Simson wae too fast. A feature of the ga.mo was the great num- ber of penalties against. Wales. When a score seemed certain for Wales. Bush absolutely threw it away by attempt- ing to drop for goal. A sensational incident occurred, and Pugs- ley scored after a brilliant run 26 minuter after the start. The Welsh team as a body in the first half were doing better than expected, and had the backs been as good as the forwards, they would have done much better. The Swansea cueioiiin fielded and kicked splendidty, and a.dde..1confidence to the Welsh side. All the players were plastered with mud before half time, and Ivor Morgan came cut as sr. extra back. The ground was like a ploughed field. Ivcr Morgan was great in the loose rushes. The referw? e-eomod to have forgot.ten that the game was pJayed in two halves, and the first half wae over 45 minutek duration. Tennant was injured and had to retire. Pur-h was aiso hurt, but wai able to re- sume. I

THE TRIPLE CROWN. WINNERS UP TO DATE. ¡ In the following toble the re^u'tt; are erased on the matches played. From 1371 to 1874! the championship was disputed between En- gland and Scotland alone. Ireland entered the contest in 18id, and Wales in I860:— 1871—Scotland 1872—Ei i.giand. 1573—Scotland and Engiland tied. 1314-Engwúd. 1375—En gland. 1876 England. • 18T7-Sc(}tl,md 1878-gn!!land. I8vS—Siotiand and England tied. 1880—England. Pd. 1881—England. 1682—Scotland. 1883—Errgland. 1884—Engkmd 1885—England. —England and Sootland tied. 1 ? 8 7- Seotl and. 188?-&cot!a.nd, ).Ireland, and Wailes tied. loi59—Scotland. 1890-EngLand and Scotland tied. 1891—Scotland.. ISS^-Er^taivi. J 1893—Wales. 1894—Ireland. 1893—Wales. 1894—Ireland. 18S5—Scotland. 18:15 Ireland. 1SS7—Four countries tied. 1 c98—-Scotland. 18Q9—Irciand. T9J0—VVales. I 1901-S;)tJh.nd. 19 2—Wales. 1903—SjsotLand. 1934—Scotland. 190-5-Wales. li>?6— Ireland and Wales two, 4 oach. 1907—Scotland (6). 1903—Wa^as '6). lfv:<9—Wales (6). SUMMARY OF RECORDS. Tine following is an arialysis of the Inter, rational maf/ches from their res-poct-ive years if institution — England v. Scotland. Played 36—England won 11, Scotiard won 16. drawn 9. England v. Ireland. played o3-EnglaJid won 21, Ireland won II, drawn 1. England Y. Wales. Played 26-England won 11, Wales won 13, drawn 2. Scotland Y. Ireland. Played 32 — Scotland wen 23, Ireland won 6, O,av-n 3. Scotland v. Wales. Played 25- -Scotland won 13, W aies won 11. drawn 1. Ireland v. Wales. Plaj-ed 24—Wa<les won 15, Ireland won 8, drawn 1. THE INTER.NATiO.V^L MATCHES OF 1909. W-e have received so mauy enquiries from- foo;i>aU enohusacsts with referecce to lass get.'60n's intoine; ,01:&1 games t! at we imblish the tabk in full SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 1909 Ci. T. (j. x. Jan. 16-W»'es 1 1 England 0 0 Feb. 6—Wale.* 1 0 •.Scotland i 0 Feb. 13—England 1 2 Iredand 1 0 Feb. 27 Scot,land 0 3 I Y*! z, nci 1 0 | Mar. -\Val~s 3 1 Ireland 1 0 I Mar. 20-ootjand 3 l Krpland 1 1 Kepr-sents a penalty goal. I OSITIUNS OF THE COUNTRIES. W. L. D. pts. 1—Wcles 3 0 0 6 -So "Hand 2 1 0 4 5-k.i>grl,nd ) 2 Q 2 4—Ireland 0 3 0 (I

SWANSEA II. V. HENDY. POINTUKS DRAW AT ST. HELEN'S. Played at St. Helen's on Saturday in misciable weather. T e.alIlS SU .-iNSi/A II.-FIlIJ-hack, J. Roberts three quarters, Phii Williams, P61"W Shet •"ord, H. lvew.it?, G. Barron; halves, |>. Wil- liams and H. Trew forwards. T. Williams, l{ev. A. Davie* J. Davies. Aif. Joiiii, W. John, J. ]jande, G. Evans and J. Meager. MENDy.—Lull-back, Phil Clement: three-quarters, D. Thomae, I either Jones. J. Howells and J. Thomas; halves, G. Mor- gD-ll and W. WilliMns forwards. A. Howeil, A. Jones. D. Higgler tone, J. Morgan, J. Smith. W. P. Edwards, M. James and F. Daviee. Cositrary t-> expectations the snound was not at all ,n a bad ojodition. T5»e openrrg stages of the came were distmotly in favour of Swant-ea, the tii:ree-<juciu tors playing a very fiae g-Lm-e. Bnt still Hendy put up a. strong defence. 'Hio All Whites on many oecasion« were on flie but they v.ere nnable to cross. At length the visitors relieved through T. Morgan, and were plaoed in a dangerous ijosition. but thrwog-h offside play by one of the Hendy men the grame eub- aequeBtHy fettled clown at baif-way. Both teuros equally shared in the succeeding play. but it again resumed its former position at baJf-way when tho interval was called. HALF-TIME SCXXRE: SWANSEA n.-Xi1. HENDY—Nil. Tl>3 game quickly developed into a vigor- ous content in the second half, Swansea as- I serting their superiority in no unoertain way. As in the first half they put up a hot attack, but mainly through Phil Wil- liams their efforts were frustrated. As t-lie game progressed, Swansea improved in their piav. but. ç.o'uld not. cross. ) FINAL SOORB HENDY-Nil. SWANSEA II .-Nil. NOTES ON THE GAME. A pornkietf; draw is a very unsatisfactory result to a frame in which the Swansea men had by far the better of the game. True, it was not a very xntereeting encounter, but wtuTit scieu-ce and method there was. was imparted into the game by the All Whites. They showed their superiority in all depart- nsentii; but it must be said to the credit of Hendy that their fuli-baek was greatly su- perior to the Swar;:if-a man. The only other feature of ihe Lrame in favour of Hendy was their defensive play, and it was here that rhey were seen at their best. Taken through and throng};, it was a vigorous contest, but devoid of anything that contributed to what ÍE, nowadays known as an interesting game. "THE UNKNOWN.

LLANELLY II. V. LLAN- GENNECH. This game was played on Saturday at St.rade), and followed a game between two junior teams. The Seconds were repre- sented by the following: — LLANEjJLY II.—BACK; Will Jonee; three-quarters, G. Evans, D. H. Thomas, Hal Reed and W. S. Walim: half-backs, Evaj) Evacis and D. G. Hawkins; forwards, G. Evans (captain), H. Roes, E. Thomas-, E. Downing, T. Williams, D. M. Job; W.. Roderick and T. Thomas. Llargennech attacked at the outset, Imt their forwardti soon i-Iii a-way, and after this j.tanelh' had the better of matters. D. JJ. Thonias made a fine opening and Gwilym I Evans scoiied in t.he corner. Jones failed to I convert. dust before the interval Toro Williams got over. The kick faiied, I!.ALF-TL\1E SCORE LLANELLY i1.-2 triea. LLAIn G ENNECH—N ii. FINAJ, SCORE. LLAMBl^LY II-5 wits. L-1ANGENNEC?H—Nil. 0. i.

DANYGRAIG V, CAEI5AR- THEN COLLEGE, Danygxaig entertained Carmarthen Col- lege at £ «ist Side on Saturday. Teams: DANYGRAIG—Back, J. W<u-d; three- qucjtei.s., Afthicrd, tlees, Crocker and Poole; halt-backs, G. Cjwikei' (Captain) aId n. Snettord; forwards. We3>er, Beaoger, Llo\d, Hopkins, Kairns, Sevan, Poole and Tom Davies. CARMARTHELN" COLLEGE-Bact, W. J. W illiajn. tfiree-quarteii, Treharne, K GriGiths (captain) aivj u. H. Jenkins; bJf. bacicis, Leopol" ^d lianeen forwards, F. Brcok, J'. J. Roberts, R. E. Price. D. T. Lewjs, W. P. Thomas, H. Lewis, J. Jen- kins and B. A. Archer. RefsrtiB, Mr. Joe Davies. Dk-.iiyv"a;. £ r iieldfd a weak te.Tju, but never- ttelesa ex pes tied to pnll the jrune off. Deuiy. graig- won the tosa and played up the siope. Oa rmarbhen kicked ofi. but Ward failed to hold, a scrimrr.rtge being formed. Tihe CJol. lcge rushed ■ •rv.i Danygrait^ ooiiceded a. minor. From a. w.r.iiu in mja-tleld a beaut of pass- ing amongst the whole of t.Qp. Danygraig backs nearly resuii^d in a. score. Dany- sraig a irtt'.e later cj-oased. Webber broie away ,Iud passed to ShetIord. Buller Eees being the last, to receive broke in and scored. W& failed to majoriso A little later the Collegians dribbled well down the field and mad-c things lock dangerous. ScrramiRa^'ing took place right on the line and the Oo'lelans' wing ju^t failed to cross, being well tackled outside the line. Dacy- graiy hftre broke well away and rushed mat- ters w-ftl! into' the, College 25 and from the ensuing afrtMB G. Crccker scored, but the! try wais not improved cpou. Hanson, the College half, broke away wclD. and passed to Thomas, wbo sec^e-d, but this was net im- proved upon. HAI..F-TIM7-; ./OOEJ- DAJfTGEAIG -2 t nee. CAEJHABrTHKM OOLT.KGT5-1 try. Ward re-seart:-d for Danygroig. From a j round of i*:s ng AsMord soored. I FINAL SCORE, DANYC4RATG—5 trio*. CARMARTHEN COLLEGE—2 tries.

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ST. ALBANS v. LLANELLY EXCEL- SIORS. These two Llaneily rivaj? met at Stradey on .Saturday. The first half was, of a very oven character. On the change of ends J. Jon«? scored for the Excel* after dribbillig ha'f the length of the field. The same player converted. FINAL SCORE. EXCELS; I goal. ST. ALBANS.-Nil. LLAJNTVILO v. AMMA^FOBD. FINAL liOOEE. TdiANDILO—Nil. AMMASPOBD—Ni' FINAL 5COREB. I Kingston Kovers lOvt. Halifax Spie. j Warrington 5tot?.: Wktoes Spts. 5pfcs.; Btjtley nil. Hnrsl-t ;apl?.; BrctMky 3pts. H::ll 9p:.< Br dford 2)>ts. Nor" hnmberlana llpte.; Lanoe&htre 8pt)S. Ha-rfcquins SOpt?.: Richmond 3pts. London Scottish 18p*s.; Cambridge P. 3pts. Nortlnamp on 11 pis.; Ba kcn' -cad pa k 3.

SCHOOLBOY FOOTBALL. ( < DATES OF THE WELSH "TRIAL" AND INTERNATIONAL. At a meeting of the Welsh Schools Union at Carditf, it was agreed that the inter- national trial match should be played at Aberavon on February 26th. and the an- n',»:lt irivsmationa-l game at (Cardiff on March 12th, the same date as the Ireland v. Wales match.

ASSOCIATION. PORT TALBOT v. SWANSEA CNITED. J Port Talbot were at home on Saturday t again to Swansea, United in a I^eaguc con- j tenw. I niortanaJ/ely the Port TaJbot, ground I was in a. bad oonditian, and rain fell con- tinuously throughont tiie moming. The ere PORT TALBOT. —Goal, Woodhaii baokfi, S. Jones <uid A. Davies; halves. A. Evants, Ivor Moigati (oapt.), arid Dor- set- forwards. Hewitt, R. Coupon, Leacii, CVvklev and T. Southall. In the first half Coulson en.i T^eaoh sootsxi a prxtl eaoh for Port Ta'^ot, and in* the second t alf the homesters continK^J to have the bet- tier ■ the pL:y, 4Dd Southall added the third gr-1.J. ln>niedSa-tely drer tMs Davtiee, tjho home full-ba&k, mise-kicked and netted & goal tor the v.sitotrs. kiter this Ton Xslbot again attacked, and Leach kicked the fourth goci FINAL 55CORE: PORT TALBOT—4 goais. dWANSKA UNITED—1 goel. MOND NICKEL v. MUMBLES ALB 10K. FIXAI, SOOEF. MOND NTOKEL WORKS—3 goals. MUlCBLiBS ALBION—1 goal. Scorers—For Maud, Turner. Sid Evans and Oarty. For Mumhl-at-, T.abbett. MONTANA n. v. ARTEL II. FINAL SCORE: MONTANA n.—2 goals. ARIEL II.—2 goals. MATCHES ABANDONED Briton Ferry v Belgrave cc:warrea\ Sketty Athletic Be::ei"vos v Owmfeiic Works.

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THE CHURCH LADS' BRIGADE. ST. GABRIEL S !BWAN8EA\ COMPANY RECEIVE MEDALS. I NATION'S NEEDS: DISCIPLINE AND RELIGION. r. The annual presentation of medals to St. Gabriel's (Swansea) Company of the Church Ladfe' Brigade was rctde on Thursday even- ing by Miss Gilberteon. Mr. F. W. Gil- bertosi presided. f The report, presented by the Rev. J. Simon, stated that the thirteenth anni- versaxy was celebrated in .the tali ot last year The company started with 40, and at pie-sent was 62 strong. In some ways the past year's work was the most <suc- cessfal known. The general tcne and dis- cip'iiK! were never higher; the esprit de corps of the boys never more narked. A!- tendance at Sriiiday School and parace bad above the avertuge, and D lads had O'jalified for a first class medal or ba.r. Tweniy-Sve ho,d been enrolled during the year. The report of tiie annual in- specthm, submitted by Coionel Morgan, stated that "The company in ev-ery re- spect is ÏJ1 a most exeelksit condition, and well sustains the high reputation it has always held. For this very satisfactory state of afiairs. they we-re indebted first and foreraoet tn the splendid work of the com- manding officer, Major Donaldson his zeal and de; otion was an inspiration to every hd. The major was well supported by faithful ofBcers, who were doing most im- portant work for God. our Church. ar«d our ccuntry. Twanty-six lads attended camp at W'eston last. Anffust and captured ihe. Diocesan Challenge Cup. The com- pany trok an important pftrt in the f.)TX" cecdings of the Church Congress. C.tin- graxulatory reforofnceis were made to the formation of other comparies in Sket-tv. Oyst-f-rmoath and rjwerton, and to the prospect of tho formation of one in Pontar- dawe. The lads having: jrone through various evolutions in a very creditable manner. The Chairman, who was heartily reo- c-eived. said there were two wants of the country-a want of ciwipiine and a ne- oessity for a realisation of the need of rc- ligion. The Church Lads' Brigade calt-i- vated « love of mtrkrfism. and taught boys to face the realities of life. The condition of tin't company waf; oxcrilerd. At t hp (Jongro £ « the general, hearing and oondtict of the lads was favourably commented on by many strangers in the tmvn. (Ap- pi a use. "i They wpcv a credit to their officers and instructors. Bars and medals were then presented by Mia? (iilbertson ¡.¡." follows :— First class bare: StafT-^ersts. Robert- son, Pickard and Palmer, Cbrpl. Haule, Lance- Oorpls. E. Cooler, B. Frood, S: King, S. Smith, Privates Maeoc, Hvett, Oarr, C. and H. Roberts. Second class bars: Oo-l.-Sergt. R. Preece CVrpl. H. Richaids, LanosvCorpl. A Davies, Privatss T. Davies, E. p 09 C. Richardson. ° Firet dam medaj« Privates H. King. Cole,^ Andiev.g, H. Davies, Ace, St-enhens, Hillings and Pile. Second class medals: Privates H. De Gay, G. Tregaskis, S. Ackland, N. Price and A-, Davies. Long service medak were presented to Seigts. Ga-rr and Hyctt and Gor-pj. Havle.; the oompany challenge .-hietd to Sergt. Hyett. shooting cup to C<-rpi. Richards, squad cup to squad ? tScrort. Hyett). G-ob'mel Morgan pr»>i>o,ed a vote of thanks tc Mr. and Mhw Gilherston. which was se- conded by Mr. Jofnaph Kali, J.P., and car- ried with enthusiasm.

SWANSEA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. I BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NEW GOVERNING SCHEME. Swaoiaaa Finance and Stores ">.iucat/»n) Committea met. on Thursday, and in oon- nectjon with the nn\v testing machine at tiie Technioal (loik?ge it was et^ite*! that it is proposed to utilise it for <:«tiHnierciai purpoerjs at a smajl fee to anyone requiring it. The machine wili lest up to 50 tans. 'i'he intermediate education scheme was to have been further con«id€s-ed at a ^peciaj ineetiiig, but a quoitHn was not- present. The scheme drafted by the AutJiotrity had been considerably asTTrandcd by the Board of Education, arnd the Board's drat: Tvas to have been further oonliderea. The .fhecae dea«U wi-th the tinanoas, schojarships. powers of the h«admagter. etc., and the Boajd of Education approve cf the pr<^pc«ed increase in th'- number of scholauTship* but suggest amftndmenie in regard to further wink in I the «"hecne. I

SWANSEA TRAMWAYS RECEIPTS. The Swansea^ electric tramways receipts f n- the we?k ending Jan. 28 w,&,v z,914, an J iuicnaasse of JS109 over the coi-ss^pondiiig woek of last year. Total receipte this year ,:o £ 3.825, an incraa.-c ot £ 449 over the corresponding moni-h of 1S09.

r j SWANSEA BOARD OF GUARDIANS COMMITTEE'S TOUR OF THE ASi'LUllS. Swansea Board of (guardians met on Thursday, Mr. J. Meredith (chairman) presiding. I One of the relief cas<« it was reported was in respect of a husband twho G :1i" wile and seven cniJdren. A total or 188. per v c^ek was granted. I The report of Mesisis. H. Rogers, T. I Howeils and Mrs. H D. Wi-Iliams" visit to Chedaleton, Barnstey Hall and Talgarth Asylunii was presented. At Cheddleton (North Staiis) there a-re 46 chargeable t-o I the Swansea Lnion only one v.as c'or fined to bed. The committee were greatly im- preened with the superior tone and general atmospbere cf this asylum as compared with others visited, tic whole of Wi", 1- tie-nts having a. brighter and more hopetul demeaiiour tiian might have been expected considering tneir menial condiupo. At Barnsley Hail ther-a are 24 patients changeable tn the Swansea Union the pa- tients ail appeared very clean and as com- fortable a& cfiuid be e^pecuxi. At Tai- j garth 54 patients to the t>wains«a Union are ¡ i chargc-i-Dle. The Visiting Committee ex- pressed tiie opinion it the whole of the members of the Swansea Council could I hear the persdstant. pji^ous pleadings of the unfortunate people to he removed to their own town. amongst their relatives and friends, the project of establishing an institution locally would no longer be iayed. The Local Government Board sanctioned J3900 for the heating of the Workhouec, pavement over ten years. Ttie Association cf Poor Law Union* in England <111<1 Wales sent .several copies of a I ma-nifeiSto on the reoon. of the Roval Com- mission on the poor ;aws. As legardt, the traanf* ward building, Mr. Dei. GrifSthe p''«pc>sed that plenary powers be given the Boiidiag Committee to decide be given the Boiidiag Committee to decide upon the question of tics and columns. The question of representatives to "he (jential Poor Law Contei'en'e w. brought forward, and Mr. D. GnSths propoe&d the Chairsnasi and Mr. Johaetoa, who is a member of the exe-ntivc. Mrs. H. D. Willia.ms s-aconded. Mr. W. A. Thomas disputed from send- ing the .?an)e refireseritativc-i time after time, ajid said other mecibers ehouid be given a chaiK-e. Mr. V. Griffiths said the Chairman had never attended the Conference before. Mr. D. Ilichaids aeked what the <hiard- ians had to gain by sending representatives. The Chairman spoke of the advantages frum a general point of view. | Mr. Richards thought no representatives I should be sent to the Conference. Rev. E. 0. Evans thought r>p:«sent<=t;ves should be sent, at the present, juncture, at j all evants. It wa £ decided by ar overwhelming ma- jority to send re-pieseintatives, and the Gtiainnan c¡.nd Mr..lohnston were sug^e^t*d. The Clerk was also suggested as a deie- gate. Mr. liopkin objected on principle to the Clerk going, and said he did not favour domination by officialdom. If every I derk of guard ism went there, there would be a goad sprinkling of officiate, which be thought Wab undesirable. The Town Loun- cil did not send their clerk en deputations, with the exception of one gatliering. Ma-. Grey proposed Dr. Stephens be a delegate. ¡ It wae decided to .send the Chairman, 1ir. Johnston and the Gierk. Mif-s Bcesie Thomas (Cwmbwria) was ap- pointed probationer nurse. The ct-ise of a yocny girl, 16. in the hands 'of the Guaodian. was mentioned, and Mr. Owflc p-ud a l>prth in a suitable oocupation was open to her. Mrs. Perkins wanted to know where the child was to sleep. Mr. Owen characterie-^d Mns. Perkins' intervention in the ca^e as persecution 01 the mother. Mrs. Perkins said siie had been the best friend to the mother. Mr. Hopkin ro-e m protect cga-inst Mr. Owen's insinuation. Mr. Owen said he reiterated what he had aaid w.hy should the daughter suffer for L-he mother, and now was a chance tha.t i would not occur again. | it was ehcrted hi dkpcossion that the daughter would be working with her mother ai a suitable occupation. It was decided to give the Gottsge Homes j Committee plenary. power to deal with the j j mutter, the generd opinion being that ihe girl (should g". Mr. W. Owen had notioo of motion to the J effect that 9d. extra per week be granted to every householder in receipt of outdoor re- lief for the next four weeks for the purpose of providing ext"a firing on account of the txo ptkmaily cold weaTlrer. The Clerk reported in connection with this matter he had communicated with the Local Government Board, who stated m effect that j the amount of relief in each case should bo j determined upon its merits. i \11-. Owen, in mentioning the maimer, said j he did eo out of oommcn humanity, and re- marked that the present relief was very Ismail and meagre. Notwithstanding the • • i. .it. Board, he thought the Guard;3'15 could grant what wae, aiter all, oniy haJf a hundred- weight of coal a week, and his proposition ¡ only referred to four weeks. If the Local Government Board surcharged the members, let th-'Ani; the Guardians should have the discretionary powers and not the Local Gov. ernment Board, the members of which lived on tho fat of the land. Out of £ 23 17s. raised per head for the peer only JS12 went to the poor, a.10 surely that matter concerncd the local members more than any outsiders, who did not kn<'V." the circuinstances. t Mr. T. Williams seconded, and said it vas only a smaii consideration for unfortunate bioth'.TB and sisters. I Mr. W. A. Thomas thought the committee j might overcome the difficulty by granting a a little esura. Rev. b. y. Evans, whilst in sympathy, said according to the motion certain people would not derive the benefit, not being hou*?- hoiders. He thought every neceferitous case should be considered on its merits, and if II more than 9d. was needed let it be given, (iiear. hear.) Ma-. W. Owen asked how could they give the particular relief in the cases where, for i instance, they were giving rehef ip chronic C8v«es for 14 or 28 wo..l^s. Mr. Hopkin said while ooaJ was liigh the present price of bread in Swansea was Ncandalous, and the arrangement for th^ pr&sent inflated purioe of bread had )>een brought about by a few peorpl?. A 4J- loaf, lie thought, oould be m<vle for 4 £ d. |or 4jd., ajid the present state of things only .how:>:l the neoawity for a municipal bakery. Mr. Miller thought special cases rdther Ishould rer-eive sp<ecial notice, and so l,he relief would be unamediate instead of being deLawd. Mr. W. G. Lloyd said many people in I La.r>dore had to starve themselves- in order I to meet the rate oolleetor. While not nn- sympathetic to the needs of the abject poor he tliought the cas»e of others should not be I lost sight of. Mr. Grey, while in favour of the principle, said fcc did not want any injustice done. Mr. Steele aaid he Wa. m iaxour of special reliet committees being called to go thoroughly into the matter. The Chairman urged additional relief to ev«y def-e«*7ag case. Mr. Owen said he was averse to trusting the 'relieving officers to bring special caeea before them, as their pohev, in his opinion, was to keep down relief with a viewv of getting increases of salaries. The Guard- ian* were the guardians of the poor and no one elfoe. The Rev. E. 0. Evttns said if the reliev- ing officers' pclicy wae to keep down relief they had failed aboard ing to the ligares. The Guardians were paying out in three vestrs ,n.ear: y £4.000 >novc. Mt. Owen said he wsai a.greeable to hsv» special m-setrngs of the. committees to go thoroughly into the cantos. Mr. Grey thought the proper way was to bs-ing the oases l>efore tiie various com- mittees and let theen decide, tiie relieving officers to bring the cases forward, and the Chairman to sammon me«ting6 if necessary. Chairman to sammon me«ting6 if necessary. The amendment of M). Grey was can-ied. It was decided to meet at "an early du-te i to consider the matter. "I j

■ Mi SWANSEA AS AN IMPORTIHQ CENTRE. ABJCOUBS AND THE CO-OPRRATIVB SOCIETIES AMEEJCAN VICE'-CONSuL "0"" "'HE TBAU," The American Vice-Consul, Xr. t\r. D. Bees, is aotaveiy keeping in toucti tbe pcesl- opened vat by the v.at vi'fcis to Sw«ii;ea 01 a peprespntctrae of tiie groat Chi. cago furn of oanners, X-j.ssrs. Armours. &s re- ported earlier in the week. s"(;.n on Friday, whilst displaying some reticence, Mr. Reea said be v. as foijowfng up the nmfjer viritai ArmoiiTS^ enct we understand. tLat he fcaa pointod out to the firm toot out of t3iirty-one coop— ciJ,v.- .-ooi"ities, twenty-eigtt, on tibedr repreeent&'wves- our: .-tAtoaent, already trade witt Armours. Th present s a very pj orUn^ momwi for the Ratbour Trustees 1. move by SolJo^ng up Mr Keee's oomnje-wiible iniit^afepe.. fa we beliesve, oommunicattng w-ith ot%jer big- exporting Grme in Ameritsa, with lihe saiae end in view.

LES CLOCHES DE CCESEVILLE. FAVOURITE OPERA PRODUCED BY ABEBuWOX AMA'i E-, "ES. Under Mr. C. Yowles' cozbduotoi-ahijj,. Aberaron (tporatic Soticrty en Thursday night produced tne corrnc opera "Ix« Cloches de Comevilte." which will be re- peats i on En day and Saturday nights. The performance exo^jed any preceding one. Miss F, elyn Bailey as Serpolet; Miss V. ] >avi66 at- Ciermaine; Mr. Horoc Maccy, as ;ne Marquis; Mr. Ivor Jenkins as Gre- nicheus; and Miss Lily Webster, as Chris- topher the page, besides Mr. Ted Morris as the bailie, were ail warmly received. Mr. Lyn Howell was exceedingly successful as Gaspard. This is the best performanoe the Aber- a-vcm OnesTctic Society has ever given, and much praase and credit they deserve for uheir hard work 10 bring such a diftic-ult programme to such perfection.

A HAPPY PARTY. NICE GIPTS FOR NICE PEOPLE AT OXFGRD-XTREE1. Oxford-street tnited Methodist Clfcapel (Swansea) Male Voice Pa.ity s annual supper, was held on Tiiurc-iiay. The C/nairman i.Mr W. J. Bryant), In » heppy speech, spoke in high terms of Miss Godfrey, the party's aceomipaaiiBt. Messsrs J. Moyse deader, A. A. Webber 'Church Or. g-anist:, F. Piie, Courtney Weame, Ted Jel- forrl. F. Reed. and S. Louis Warue, folloyred in eulog-istic straias. Mr iloyse asked Mit-a Godfrey kindly t-o accept the pieoe of furni- ture before them as a token ot the warm appreciation of berseif and her services. The present was a Louis music ca,binet ot øohI oak. hig-hiy polishoo., made by X r Ii. H«&ed, King Kdward s-road. It ot-re the fofilowiug insoriptioc on a ne^ t i>ra» t&h.;et :— "Presented to Mise Irene Godfrey by the members of the Gymnasium and Maie Voioe Parry of Oxford-^stroet United jkloilioclist Church as a token cf esteem for services rMwiened. February ~rd. 191 () A sweet lictle ebony baton with silver nounts waf iiresentcd to Mr Mo;rse in appre- ciation of his 86;iCéIó as leader by Mi- I". Reod ,on behalf oi the Male Voice Party. The presents were suitably acknowledged 01: Miss Godfrey and Mr

"PARADISE AT LANDOBE. ORATORIO PERFORMED BY OLD BILOII CHOIR. I MAYOR PRESIDES OVER ANNUAL CONCERT. Well-balanced, accurate in attack and intonation, and with a pleading recogni- tion oi "colouring." the choir of Old Sik>h, Lando'M, on Thursday evening—eighty strong—went through the oratorio "Par- adise" (Fawcett) in a fashion that won for th.;m vjaetinted applause. Mr. D. Rop- kins, A.C., as conductor, had evidently ta.ken the most minntc pains over the work, and the result must have been ve:y gratifying to blIH. There wst- a good au- dience for this—the third—annual concert, considering the vile weather, ajid the Mayor (Aid. D. Matthews; presided, ex- pressing the pleasure it gave him to be there. The cause at Old Sikh was a suc- cessful one, as was anything with which Mr. John Williams (the secretary) wae as- sociated with. Tbo oratorio is in many part very i-e- m in is cent of Mendelssohn ajtd Handel, bilk this by no means detracts from the effect. Several paj-ticakuly tuneful airs a.re for eopraoo, contralto, tenor and base, and the.8P. were mterp-cted respectively by Mitsa Beahrioe linmett ("lio is not heard nearly so often af she ousrht'. Mis« Blodwon Jome, Mr. J. W. ,lrane.s and Mr. G. J. Hill. From the choir the soloists were Miss May Williams, Miss Phoosbe Wheeler, Mr. E. Hopkins and 'Mr. S. Davies. Two of the moet inspiring choruses were ",1. Second Adam skajl appear." and "He shall be beat, and of the solos. ''Gea^-e your lamentations ioud," and Blessed are thou amoEfr women," were the most orig- inally chorded. A mifccl'.aneons 'sub-prn$rraTnTT»eM was contributed to by the soloists, and the ac- companist throngbont was Mr. T. Jones, who did not spare himself. Mr. A. J. Davies was the secretin' of the event, and the procr-edr. go towards the renovation of Old Filch Schoolroom.

ONLLWVM OOLLIEE IN TSOFBUS. At Jjeath on Thursday, William Maxfieid, collier, Dylais GairdeJtB. Onllwyn. wae eh&reed with having: been drunk and disordsi'ly and assairating Foreman. Porter Evaai Isaac at the Low Level Rai'w&y Station on Wednes- day rtefencfant. who behaved in a moet disoMeriy manner, wa« arrested by P.S. Morgan, who wa« assi«ted by three ciTilians. He was fined 10: and costs for the drunken- ness and disorderly behaviocr. and 20s. -and oost^s for the aaaanlt.

POItT TALBOT MAX'S AOOIDENT. Edward Thomas -:>8;, laborrrer, Green Park- eTreet, A5j« ravon, employed by Meters GiM" Brœ builders, "ia.8 timber oa Fri. day when a girder pave way and a lot. of timber fell upon 'Fhomas. causing a com- minuted fracturo of the left Ing and other injuria*. T>rs. C. Davies an« Hellyer at tended the injured ma, Who was later conveyed by the motor aoilmlafnoe to Swan, sea Hospital

There is a fueling amongst a section of t!;e tradespeople in Llaneily that Tuesday ÍJ; a raiher unsuitable day for the weekly half holiday, and a proposal lias been tiiat it should be changed to Weiinesdav. Idle annual meeting of the Church Army Labour ano Ixxiging Homes viii 11(> held after the optaiing oeremony a.t Ox)o*d-str?«t Schools next ri uesdey. whan it is hopod tb« Bkshop oi St. Davids will preside, A dinner in coonecfion with the U»nelly branch or the Carpenters' u.iud Joiners' Union was heW on Friday al tjie tleveisud Hotel. Ijlanelly. An addrt^s was de- livered by Mr. W. Pugh vDtjekers' Union), Swancsca.. The funeral of "34.T'I'. Rachel Daviee, a.pd 64 yoare.. Garfield Hou&e. Llandiio. U^tk place on Friday at IdaJtdiio C,.urchy»!d. Mouraert were Mr. D. E Da"ÏŒ, grocer, Bristol House (eon), Mr. J. Fdwards, Gower. ton (brother). Mrs. J. H. Roos, wife of Mr. J. H. Reec. grocer and schoolmaster, Llan- dilo (daughter). A contest will probably take place is March in the Llaaiegwad Division of Car- marthenshire County Council. Mr. Delate Davies Evans, the present merrber, is likeiy to be opposed by Mr. "^horn/i* I^ewie, Btvi> glas. X antgajedig, who at the last electKW was defeated. Mr. Lewis is the brother of Mr. Lewis Lewis, draper. Oxford-street, »nd Mr. W. Lewis, draper, Kigfe-afcreet, Swan- sea.