The South Wales Daily Post

v-- THE "POST1' DlABi THE E:»fPiiiE: Two every EXILING; I and Y o'clock. Feb. 19, and during the week. sale of pictures,itctro- plate, &c., by Mr. W. G. Steven toe, a N o. i, Oxford-street, Swansea. Feb. 19.—Sale of hairdressers' stock and fnrnure at 1,406, Neath-ioad, Kafod. by Mr. A. M. D.- iea, I* eb. 19.—Meeting of members aud suppotsrs of SuanseaCaniHe Society at the Market Kesturant, Oxford street, at 8 p.M. Feb. 20.-Sa!e of baker S and grocer's tra ie tensils, furniture, &c.. aL 39, IJL'IN^YFCLAC'J-IO,LT by Mussrs, Lowes, Son, and WR.tkins. Feb. 20.-Sale of the Theatre Koyal, KWATEA, at Mackworth Hetel, by Mr. W. H. hees. j Feb. Z0 and £ 1.—Grand Bazaar at Cansaj Conrega- tional Church, Foxhole. Feb. 2S,-Sale of ground rents and propety at loyal Hotel, by Mr. \V. J. Rees, Feb. 26.—Annual general meeting of Swansea lovi- dent LJIS;;ensary at Picton-place. Feb. 26.-Sale of leasehold piemises OlangVelacli- road) at Cameron Arms, by Jlessi. Low's, Son, and Vlatkiu.3. Feb. 26,-Saic of property CArgyle-stret) at Cmeron Arms Hotel, by Messrs. LOWES, GOV and Uttkins. SWANSEA TIDE T.BLE, THJE. ILEIGLI'IDN SILIS. Prince of Wai North South Dock. Dock. Dock. FEE. A.M. P.v. A.m. AT. P.M. f.M. H. -M. E. M F. I. i~T. F. 1, r. i. 19—'W. 9 1 9 15 M 30 1 2 4 22 4 20 10 20—T, 9 30 9 43 28 6 211 20 11 19 b I 21—F. 10 4 1029 26 8 L 0 ID 0 17 5 S. II 5 11 45 2:. 2 9 17 9 16 O 25—Su. 12 31 10 17 10 16 0 24—J.I. 1 26 2 7 24 2 6 18 G 17 0 '&>— TU, 2 47 3 24 26 1 6 1,9 6 13 0 26—W, I 55 4 2-T 26 11 2 21 2 19 8

WEDNESDAY, FEBRU^Y 19, .1396. NOTES & COMMENTS The uncompromising VI"O" of the Tramway Company's reply I the compro- mise offered by the Corpc.tion left the latter no option yesterday ve the aban- donment of the Bill bet'C Parliament. donment of the Bill beic Parliament. It has been a curious busint altogether-I tilia collapse over the detai of an agree- ment after the terms ha.d ceosiblv been settled the Bill drafted, inted, adver- tised, AND introduced, andounsel in all probability b'iefed. IInndrg of pounds I have been spent on the fction of the I scheme which has collapsed retrievably. I Where lies the responsibility the wasted ) time and money ? Has the TRAMWAY Coiiip.I: so RUSHED J tha committee as to be mora;GUILTY of a breach oi faith, and, if the R^ be in the affirmative, does its action iaifc of the Corporation recovering the co in a court of law P This phase of thtaatter has been kept in the backgrounding the later negotiations, but we vo half a suspicion that it has not n wholly ignored. Nor does the fact tfc the Cor- ¡ poration apparently impaired) strength of its position by consenting modifica- tions last week necessarily it-fere with the claim to costs, since thtgreeinent specifically stated that the m of the Btll would be defrayed by tlccrapany. Until it be known upon whmh&uldHrs the expense fails, it would L.njust to assumo that these abortive otiations have been conducted solely ais EXPANSE of the ratepayers. Ii The disposition is very gen-ly shown to jump at the conclusion thafe Council I has bungled badly in carryingitters to the point they did without 'Ir: first arrived at a definite and bindit^reement with the Tramway Company, r e would strongly advise the ratepayersresist the temptation of yielding to 1 impulse; until all the facts have been .e known. It is inconceivable that shrewd iness men like Messrs Martin, Lmdiey, lards, and Watkins, for example, and a TI-clerk, to whom even adverse critics ha ot denied exceptional ability and astutis, should) have permitted the Corporatiio become liable to ail the consequenceta ;:udden change of front on the t of the Tramway Company at the enth hour, when the preliminary expemhad been incurred and the Pariiamen stage of IHO business reached. On contrary wo hope that an assurance be given) to-day at the meeting of thuncil that the legal, as well as the M; responsi- j bility for this fiasco rests with the j representatives of the raLepa. I The curt rejoinder with v, the com- pany closed the correspond tends to deepen the impression peed by the previous communication f the same source—and more than ALLELIC strange I silence observed by the cony while the Corporation was pressing an answer J during the greater part. of :mber, and throughout January—thee company has been riding FOR a 'A'iio only reasonable inference which Le drawn from the conduct of theipany since II the 17th of December iat, for gome reason not disclosed, it WXIONA to be freed from the agreementced on that v date. It has been allege<d the theory I is at least plausible—ihue waste of energy unavoidable in jformhig an [ alternating high pressiurrent to a J continuous low current 1 the root of the matter that a,a the oration could j not afford to supply elecnergy at half the price fixed UP^N, iso tramway to pay double that pi ioe, inert became impossible once the <It was faced. The suggestion made th; disclosure of I the advantages secured town by the bargain induced tho COY to make an effort to bluff theporation into bettering the agreemennegatived by the fact that the comp as shown no eagerness to preserve til. and by the further fact that the nnee to facili- tate any compromise fested itself weeks before the slatutal other meet- ings wore held. We have hinte-t »•.< .;i once at iho | possibility of tha Cerou ;:o; BOIA £ the only parties treating with the com- pany, if not for the purchase of the entire I property, at least the most valuable pari of it—the mining powers over tho Mumbles llaitway. It should not be forgotten that, months before the Corporation made. m..ve in the direction of purchase, an agreement for the sale of the mining powers had been prepared, and wanted only the signatures of the contracting parties. There was something more than conjecture in the statement made early last week that the running powers over the Mumbles line, if not absolutely sold, were well on the way of passing from the company. I It is difficult to believe that the invi- tation given Sir John J. Jcnkins to attend au intormai conference with Councillors Martin and Lindiey and the Town-clerk f yesterday morning had no further purpose than to ascertain to what extent the Harbour Trust or the Mumbles Tramway could be depended upon to help the Cor- poration as dealers in electric light and power, The Mumbles Railway, wo are assured by gentlemen who should be com- pe-tent to judge, cannot advantageousiy be worked by electricity. The present pro- pelling power is economical, and the cost of adapting the line to the use of electric power is such as to preclude a profitable change of the nature suggested. But tho situation would be completely altered if the Mumbles Company acquired the tram- way, and in that manner absorbed, the running powers which now withhold from the Mumbles Company the profits of a considerable proportion of the traffic carried over the line. At the present time the Tramway Com- panis receipts derivable from their ser- vice to and from the Mumbles amount in the gross to between £ 4,000 and £ o,000 a II year. As the Mumbles Compauy receive less than a penny for each passenger j carried in the horse cars, and the whole cost of maintenance fails upon it, any plan by which this profitable traffic passes untier its control would naturally be wel- comed. The book does not close with the withdrawal of the Tramway Purchase Bill; in teresting developments in more than one direction may be exoected in the imme- J diate future.

Frantic efforts are being resorted to by I the Welsh press to arouse the Noncon- formists to a sense of the extreme peril which the voluntary school question is designed to place them in. The wild I language indulged in i% hardly contrLbutive to that spirit of judiciousness in which an admittedly difficult question ought to be faced. The (Jenedl in particular, from which, in pursuance of its title, we look for light and leading, betrays tha weakness of I the cause it advocates by its excessive i vituperation. Churchmen are charged with a desire to usurp" schools built by public money, and this is said to be but an instalment of a further design upon the chapels. But this by no means exhausts trv nefarious designs of Churchmen, for, if they had the power, they would perse- cute and imprison us again. They insult our dead, they despise cur religion, and proselytise our children. They compass iand and sea to proselytise a Nonconfor- mist child, and the child becomes seven times worse than they in persecuting and cursing Nonconformity." If Nonconfor- mist i fail to respond to this waving of the shillelagh, we tremble to think of the ¡ further strain to which their language will ne put in tho columns of the Genedl.

SWANSEA CHARITY ORGANISA- TION SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the Charity Organisation Society was held in the offices" 20, Alexandra-road, on Tuesday, when tkere were present ULR F. S. Bishop (!E the chair), 1.1 r W. R. Collins, Revs O. T. Sneilins, A. A. Mathews, J. Polleck, W- W, Edwards, T. Robinson, Captain Collis, Mr J. Cory, Mrs Wood, Mrs E. Davies, Mrs Solomon, Miss Beliingham, Mrs JGseph, Mrs Reid, Mrs Bautanger, Mrs M. i3, Williams, Mrs EilCiarke, Miss Maine, Mrs R. Jones and Miss Smitb.-The Rev T. ROBIII.ION reported with regard to the action of the sub-committee appttoted to take into consideration Captain Co'quhoau'S FCAGGES- lion in the matter of employing four men m | sweeping the pavements M front of private LIOUSETI. ftetiminary arrangements have been made, circulars sent out to the number of 1,500, ana replies have come in by which it is tound tlaar, about 30 per cent. ef TH* people canvassed are willing to pay 2d. a v.eeii, turd thereby employ a gang of mea unable otherwise to support themselves. The co-operatiou of the borough surveyor and Captain CoiquLov.a is very eneouraginc M this work, and it is hoped will lead to further developments, whereby employment, MAY be found for POUR men, and the public con- Tsnieoce promoted. A suggestion was Made that a corps of men should be toid oil' to do window-cleaning at a Ihcd tariil, and the suh-committee appointed to deal with the sweeping oi the pavements were reques- ted to arid this to their labours. With regard to the resolution calling I the attention of congregations, missions, (VIC., J to the rule by which each such congregation J is entitled to send one caeisber to the MANAG- ING coamittee of the C. O. £ Mr SNELLEN* j and Mr Cory were appointed to d.raw up a I list of such congregations as wer3 unrepre- sented, and to ASK iliena to appoint a representative hiy or clerjea.i.—The linnnee repsrt was presented, and showed a net balance in hand of £ 25 12a 9d.—A lady member of the committee referred to a complaint made to her as to the extravagant working ot the society. It was deo.nod advisable in tha press report to inform the public that the ofiiec expenses, including the nominal stipend or the ASSISTANT secrelary, amount. to only 21s. I t6at per week. It was further pointed cut that the C.O.S. has a double iist of .subscriptions tievoied entirely to the distribution in cases requiring immediate relief, THE other intsl subscribed to BY the MEMBERS or the society themsaives for the WORKING expenses or the organization. Details of elerisai work rendered necessary SAY the growing operations of the society are carried out temporarily by a nifcn who is at present out of other employment AND in very needy circuriisunces a" A cost of 6s. per week. The Society cannot. see their way to carry on sucu extensive operations at a much less expendi- ture than thi3, and would be glad to afford information to all persons really desirous of HELPIOK the poor, but who MAY I/AVE mis- givings with regard to tho working of charity organisation eases. The Cal3es were then dealt with seriatih>t the total number of e&ses up to date being lad.

There was a Jarge audience at the theatre of the Royal Institution, Swansea, on Monday evening to see the Rev T. Robinson blowing bubbles, of course, in a scientific maimer, and Lo hear an interesting lecture on the subject The rev gentlemen showed at the eutsefc by experiments that on every liquid surface there existed A linn or A-dn. and it was characteristic of this SK;n to fot-Batha least possible area of surface. This was the reason why drops of water, oil, mercury, etc., were spherical when perfectly freo, as when floating in A medium of some other liquid. Mr Robinson further det&ile.i some interesting properties of tl-O soap bubbles. MR n. II. Morgan had charge of the liine-iight lantern. Principal Salmon Swansea Training College, presided. X};W SRROP lor Enç:r:!ving5, Photo- graphares, and iteprouuetions oi the best work oi r,n<;iisa ai-d FOREIGN AT: "t". A41I I CH. APid \X'.S NEW Shop f.,r Faints and CA;: T'II.AA A -li

SOIREE AT THE ALBERT HALL. ¡ ST. GABRIEL'S CONGREGATION. ¡ The annual soiree held in connection with Be Gabriel's Church, Swansea, at the Albert Hall on Tuesday evening was, liliG its predecessors, a very enjoyable ilfhir. A capital programme had been arranged and V as well appreciated by a large audience. The proceedings commenced y,¡tJi! the serving of REFRESHMENTS, wliile Mriluiiey's orchestral band rendered a choice selection in a styia that left nothing to be desired. The latter part of the evening was taken up by a concert. After the orchestra had given A selection from the K jBoheaaian GirJ," Mr W. A. Davies sang "The Devout Lever. Miss Mason charmed the audience with her song, Oh! promise me," and she h<tdto concede a re(Jema.nded "Ber: Boit." Mr VI. H. Jones was very well RECEIVED on his giving a capital recitation, and lie gave a second, "Courting under Difficulties." The Rev C. J1. Gabriel having sang, the first part was wound up by Mr Jack Rosaer giving two really amusing songs (one an encore;. To the second part of the pro- rramaie Miss Mason, Mr W, A. Davies, Mr oones, and Mr Rosser contributed songs; MR Clascodine and Mr W. It. Jones recita- tions, 3,nd the orchestra a S-eiection from The Chieftaio," a.nd a mareh by Eral, "Under tho Dsuble Eagle." Mr L. W. Atkins, organist at St. Gabriel's, accom- panied the vocalists at the pianoforte,

THE TIN-PLATE TRADE. MR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS REFUSES A REDUCTION OF 12i PER CENT. MASS MEETING LAST NIGHT The tin-plators of the district assembled -It,: large NUMBERS at the Ssion Chapel on Tues- day evening, to discuss their position in regard to the CONCESSIONS now being made by the workmen in the trade generally. Mr John Joues, Beaufort, presided. The meeting was conducted iu the veroacuiar. I At the outset the member* of the deputation who ha.d had an interview with MR Williasis, J.P., in relation to the Forest and Worcester ivorlcs explained the position. One work- man said they had offered a, 12^ per cent. I reduction, and Mr Williams was verv I reluctant to accept a 15 per cent, reduction, and ASSURED theQl that very littis profit could be made, even with that eoncessien. He had also told the depu- tation that he could not start the Worcester Works, which had been idle since Christmas, even if the man offered 15 per cent. Another wsrkman expressed himself stronglv AGAINST the attitude of the executive of tho T'LA-PIATE Union and the Induszrint 1 Vorid in refusing to eo-operaie, and advise the workmen in the I present critis, and he suggested that a vote of censure should HE passed. HE drew comparison between the oS&C-ia! ef the Steehvorkers' Union and the Tin-platers^ Union to show the apathy of the latter, If the workmen did not now combine, and insist on a uniform wage right through the trade, they would IO^E that position to which they had attained by pravious hard struggles with II the masters" Another workmen pleaded that such was the distress among the workmen in the neighbourhood of Morris ton that the ¡' men were bound to make concessions if they could thus get work. There was A dark cloud of depression over the tinptate trade, and it was not for them to make matters worse by declining to help the masters a LITUEI ) A DHifryn orkman at this juncture caused seTie amuseiiient BY rela-ting his experience at this work?. During A lengthy riiaeusvion v.-hieh follewed it was reported that some works were going on at 10 per cent., others J at 15, and 25 per cent, reductions. An intelligent workman, in ail elsqaent and indignant appeal, said he was surprised to I' see the workmen faltering in such an imper- taut matter, Let them be men. It WAS against, the laws of nature and humanity for I workmen to waste the sweat ef their brew and receive sueh iittie compensation. And still they wanted to reduce their wage. The chief eauss cf the present crisis was the violation of the 36-box rule, which had eausea nearly three YEARS' trouble to the trade. The meeting eventually agreed to invite all workmen IS Mcrriston and district to assemble at the Public Hall, Morris ton, at 5 ocLoek an Saturd.vv evening next, when they would again discuss what action should be taken. The officials of the Tinpiaters' Euion are also iaviteil to be at the meeting,

OUR FOOTBALL COMPETI- j TION. j FIVE GUINEAS FOR A TIP. 1- On baturday, February 22nd, the follow- ing matches are to be phiyed: — Swansea Llaneliy Lampeter v. Neath Atier.ivcn v. Morriston Blat-khscth v. Nevvpatt Gloucester v. Cardilf (Flayed on the grounJ of the former,) Three things will le required o" the successful tipster, First, he will have to find the winning teams then, secondly, ha will have to place ihe winners :;1 the order of merit—lii&t is to say, the TEAM ihat wins with most in hand will have to be put at the top of the hst, FIND the other according to the margin of points, credited to them. Draws, of courbe, will be at the bottom of the list, Finally the scores of each team will have to be given in points, and the total number for all the winning teams placed at the foot. Four matches must be played. The following coupon should br- filled up and must reach US no;, later than two o'clock ) Oil Saturday next, in an envelope plainly marked in the top left-hand corner Competition, COUPON 22. I S Winning PIS. J Pts jW'n'Q Team. for F agst.F Pts. 1 J ¡ ij I I J P I I 3. S I | | 3 TOTAL. | J Name Address .1

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FOOTBALL NOTES, [BV "THE KELT."| The secretary of the Avon team had a coupon last week that would have won him the five guineas had he sent it in. I Joe Davies did uot apply for his transfer at the committee meeting of the Neath Club on Monday evening. Locally it is not believed that there is any truth ij the rumour that he is going to Llanelly. Behold! This is what Neath has come to. "When the news of Llaneily s victory was received on Saturday evening," writes a corres- pendent, "a large crowd which had assembled on the SQUARE gave three ironical cheers." Lampeter have cried oil their fixtures with Neath on Saturday next and March 7th. Tucy would be able to play Neath at Lampeter on Saturday, but their board of governors weie opposed to the return match taking piace on the date mentioned. Two vacant dates have there- fore been caused on the Neath fixture list. I The Neath team is JUST now in very bad repuLe locally, and many gentlemen who have supporkr1 it for years have threatened, in poetic phrase- ology, to threw up the sponge. It is now seen that the re-election of the captain was a big blunder, Fred Hutchinson wlli probably b" the skipper next season. He would be the right man in the right place. It wants a man with strong will power to control the Neath team. Despite Joe denial, the feeling seems to be gaining ground at Neath that the popular full-oaek will soon transfer his affections. A gentleman, who says he was one of thcsu who opposed most strongly Davies' excursion 71 to PIYMOUTHJ writes :—" I should not blame Davies now if HE were to leave Nea.th. The club has been on the dowugrade this season, uad there seems to be no evidence of the lowest rungs of the ladder having been yet reached. Davies' services, were he to dissociate himself I from the Neath team and JAM an organisation like Swansea or Llaneily, would, I think, sooner meet with just recoguition." The county team that will take the field to-day against Lancashire at Sal lord will not be representative of Glamorgan talent. "Back answers" have been received from Bancroft, Ciiff Bowen, Pearson, Hutchinson, D. Evans (Penvgraig), and Ivor Griffiths (Aberavon). The vacant places will be filled by Joe Davies, Gordon, J. Jones (Aberavonj, E. Jones (PenygraigX and Hayinan (Brid- ¡ gond;, Tke selaeting body are responaibto for some of the euauges. In cheapening the county caps they have maao the bou-er ela*s I ef players imiiiferent as to their seiection. Bancroft's services ba.ve been lest by a meddlesome action uncalled for and uajusii- fied. "Welsh Athlete givesuiyexplanation of the refusal of "\V.J." to turn out, and interprets it to mean that he stands down "because his vanity is woundod." It's an ungracious way of putiing a fact creditable to the manliness of Bancroft, Walsh Athlete" has not a word to say of the silly piece of meddling by the selecting body, but goes on to say, Indeed but fCtot- bailers are getting a bit ilioy now. First we hear of a Cardiff ibre<«-quarter refusing to play for his team because the press have wounded his susceptibilties. Now wa have A full-baek who will not piay for HIS county because he is not ehossn as captain of the team. I await further developments of what footballers will do in their dignity with a great deal of interest. My old frienii might giva H, share of the interest to the eccen- great deal of Intercst," My old frienii might giva H, share of the interest to the eccen- tricities of football committees. Oval" writes Morriston were in creat form 00 Saturday, and the tinpiaters ha.ve I good reason to be satisfied with themselves, recarih is a, formidable organisation, and SOME of the befit teams going have this season had all their work cut out to keep the Scasiders in check. For Morriston to take three points out of them is a highly creditable performance. The win was no means a fluke, but was obtained by superior all-round play: The Morriston forwards did some capital work, and gave the halves abundant oppor- tuuines. For the first time this season the three-nuarter line was good all round. I HITHERTO the centre quitrters have been exceptionally weak, but tut brothers Crocuer, who filled those positions on Saturday, gave a completeness which tha lino has long lacked. The halves fed them well, and they I in turn kept the wings fully employed. 1 hope the Crackers can be induced to play regularly, and if they can Morriston will have to be reckoned with in the near future. There is no more consistently good player in the West than Tom White, the Morriston right-winger. He nevsr seems to be off colour, and with a good centre to play up to hitn Teu.. is a aangerous man. Ha showed this Saturday, and tho tr% he scored was tee finishing point to as gooa a pieee of com- bined work as I ever saw. ihope the same FTIAW—but with a stronger full back—can bo pitted against Aleeravcn on Saturday. in i tha.t case I fancy Morriston'^ chances. I Arguing the supremo merits of the Rugby I game over Association an Answers corre- I spondent writes :— If you want to see the beautiful precision and science which the game admits of you must come to gallant Tittle Wales. See Newport ei Llaneily play I-and fiie No, 1 don't mean die, but fee! that you never want to see an Association game again; or for the matter of that, and football match where a Welsh team isn't engaged. Of course, a match between two English elcbs doesn't draw a crowd. Bat let New- port or Eianelfy play an English club then you get a gate. Tne people know ihero is I hoir.ethingyoueant yee every day. To mv mino there is no doubt that to Wales belongs the credit of keeping Rugby alive ?What do you think ? The Glamorganshire match with Lancashire suggests "Welsh Athlete" to narrate tha following story: -A year cr two ago, I re- member Glamorgan wero beaten at Whalloy Range by a try to nil, after the closest OF closest games. Personally, I have always been a. bit gore over that result, for I considered we or?»bt j at least to have drawn on tnat I occasion, if not wor, Bancroft. 1 remember, put in a. very fine kick, which ho followed lit). There was some fumbling by the Lancashire backs, and Bancroft got possession. He was tackled, and lost the ball. A Glamorgan forward got it, an D also diopj ed it. Bancroft was just behind him, picked it up, and popped over, but the Rev. F. Marshall. who WAS the referee, disallowed the point, as being gained off-sido. I don't for a moment believe Bancroft was off-side; still, we had our revenge, for a year or so later, on the 'Quitio' Ground at Cardiff, Glamorgan beat Lancashire by what I considered a very doubt!'ILL try. I said so to the Rev F Marshall at the time, and added, 4Revenge is sweet.

RHONDDA AND SWANSEA. BAY RAILWAY COMPANY, Estimated comparative statement of passengers and goods receipts ior week ending February 16th, 1896, 1896 1835 Passengers. £ 389 £130 Goods and Minerals £ 603 £ 573 Total for week £ 997 £706 Aggregate for 7 weeks £ 7,948 f 4,532 Miles open 25 15 Increase tins wec«, increase weeks, £.3,416.

TO DARK FN GREY If A I. R; Lockyer's Sulphur Hair Restorer effectually does this in a few days. 3013 PARSONS' Prize Vegetable Seeds, Paragon Onion, Exhibition Leek, selected Gem Garret, Champion Cabbage, Perfection Tomato. Hundreds of testimonials from leading Growers and Exhibitors. Winners in the Principal Shows of Great Britain, 6d packet, set of live packets 2S. 3d.. tree.—Address Pir.nns, Seedsman, Swansea. 4,0 Parsons' Prize Paraxon Onion. 4550 Parsons' Paraxon Onion, 6d. packet. 4380 Parsotis' I'ARA^OA Onion, 1-. 4D. per oz. 4330 Parsons, Seedsman, Swansea, 4380

THE POST BAG.' = I It was revealed iu the Swansea police- court the other day thai another term for partner is a "butty," It is hinted that the next expert that will be consulted by the Corporation RESPECTING the triple scheme will be A barrister. it would be just like the Swansea GaS Company now to turn on their worse brand OF gas, and give the price a gentle lift. At present it is a case of continuous low- very low-current with the Corporation. The alternating HIGH pressure current has ALTER* nated once too many. A Swansea young lady walked five miles On Sunday last to hear her own banns read all. to assure hersek there was no "cause or tmpediiaeDL" She is evidently very much ill earnest. A person, who inquired at the Rhcnddt and C wan sea Bay railway station, yesterday what TIME the 7.45 train would start, WAS answered, "at a quarter to eight.'5 "Cod blcbØ me," exclaimed the inquirer, "Sou are always changing the time on this line." Waat was no doubt meant for a. joke WAFF hearo at the Swansea Theatre one night last week, when one of the audience said to a companion Theatrical people ought to be good they are repeatedjy being prompted to do the right thing, The eharge of the Light Brigade against Tramway Company wiii bo the next ILEAL on the programme :—■ lhtirs not to reason WHY, Tiieirs IV-T to make repjy, i ueJi's but ilourlv crv, AND in the courts to sue—not SIGBT TOR THE lost six HUUDRFCII* A Neath gentleman, who is blessed, or otherwise, with hair of ruddy hue received such a nice valentine. It was a. pieee of ginger on a string. Attached, was a label which bore the following inscription, "To Rufus • « « « Frem Neilie. Although Messrs Vivian and Sons' WorkSj which EMPLOYS some hundreds of hands, have been in existenee considerably ever half century, it is rt singular fact that they have been quite free from petty strifes and strikes* The late Lord Swansea publicly told his men at one time thas. he would never reduce their wages, and the men say he adhered to iliÍJ decision up to the time of his death, A boat, accident took place au the ri-yer Llwehwr, at Pontardulais, last week, BY which a coracle-owner was precipitated into the water. After several unsuccessful attempts he was at length haulad out by somo friends-satura-lled and unconscious. When at length he regained consciousness, his first werds were H I am blowed, Will, my pipe i. gone out again, man The Cornish language belonged te the better family ef speech, and to the Cymric branch of it; being coar akin to Welsh and to the Ariaorican of Brittany. It survived for the same reason that they did, viz., because the district where it was spoken was remote, inaccessible in warfare, and late in being reached by the assimilating influence! of eomaierce s.ad literature. The Pens and PorFhs ef Cornwall remind ua instantly of the Pens and Porthg of Wales. A Pontardulais young man, to whom .8 shall give the appellation John, lately toolc his lady-love on a visit tJ -socknev-iand. SOD "thereby bangs a tale," John, of course, gallantly stumped up her railway fare, and provided her with luxuries in plenty on the journey up te London; but judge his ehagrin and disgust, when on the arrival of the train at Paduingten. his darling walked off with « a 'and somer man!" Verily! ,LIncon- staney, thy name is woman! OUlt NAVY Let FOES beware John Bull's awake. And you may take your "*davy," We little dread our foreign foes, Fur a champion Navy. In vain our wooden walls of yore Didfoemerj spend their lire on; Our iron walls as vainly tbey Henceforth will spend their ire on. The mettle of our metal fleet Who tries will sorely rue it; Britannia still does rule the waves- She hae the ships to do it, TAICEN SLIP. Rather than hand over the town once moro bound hand and foot to the Gas Company, the Corporation, if it be decided to ABANDEO the electric lighting scheme, should make the best possible bargain with some private coM- pany prepared to give Swansea electric lighting. The following incident, which occurred » few days ago in a. business establishment in Oxford-street, will show to what extent lome people will ge in higgling over their pur' chases. A lady entered a certain shop and asked the price of a sofa, whereupon the salesman promptly replied that it was 25s. The intending purchaser, who EVIDENTLY mis- took the salesman's words, went outsicia to A companion, and said, "It's cheap—only 5s.' But it did not end here, for the lady went bac-k to the shop again, and said to the sales- man, I suppose you will LET it go for 4s 6d cash!" Accidents said an old sea. captain to an inquisitive young man in a. public-house iø Wind-street, the other evening. "No, we never have any to speak of on this Ene. Why one trip, about a year age, the ship caught fire down in the hold, and we never discovered it till we got into port and began to unload." That 3 strai.ge. What put the fire out ?" asked the voting man. '<"VbY," replied the captain, it burnt through to the sea, and the water put it out. Couldn t burn the water, you know," and he walked away smiling, while the young man was SO astonished that he never thought to ask WHY the ship did not sink. A young clerk in a Swansea Governcien' office has a pee chant for dogs. Recently be bought at a b:g price an Irish terrier, which ho assured hits fellow clerics, was a re-g,Izr searcher" In the matter of destroying rats* But the facts as to hew far the assertion WIiS justified have jnst coree to light. it, appears that a trial was made of tho terrier by shutting him in a room (from which all means Of escape had been closed) in company with a goad-sized rat. After a eoliple cf minules had elapsed, the owner of the dog anxiously opened the door and peered into the room 0 « see what was left of the-, rodent. To his sarprÍSD and disgust, hi., valuable terrier v.as &ctiia>>5 fondly caressing the astonished rat. The Earl of Dunravon, as Lord Adair, WAS a journalist. He went through eo*eial campaigns as a ►pecial correspondent, »n<^ as he himself remarked, ''I was precious g'8'1 of the money I got, too." He was one tinJO proprietor of the Opera Comique and has always interested himself in theatric" matters. At sonic theatre, with which he was connected when he was I crd Adair, a. aooj deltl ot money had been iost. A new plc:CB was about to be produced, and Mr tJ, Byron, of Otir Boys" fame, was askef- ins opinion as to what. it was to be eai-fi "Oh," said he, "call it Fobin Adair. applicability of the title, seeing that- hlS lordship had already lost so much eiocey the theatre, was undeniable.