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MISSING RELATIVES. 0- This column is open for genuine cases of Missing Relatives only, but not for runaway husbands and wives. Persons inquiring must write very distinctly, and express themselves clearly in giving par- ticulars, and must state relationship. The full name and address of inquirers must be given for publication in each instance Foreign and Colonial papers are requested to copy.

KErril (Andrew), last heard of at "Barry in 1890. Brother wishes to communicate with him; matter very important—James M. Y. Keith, Hawleck House, West Hartle- pool. BATES (Robert, James, a.nd Polly), left New- castle for Brisbane, Australia, 1882. Inquirer, nephew, Lionel W. Shearer, 5, Fairfreld-road, West Jesmond, New- castle-on-Tyne. BEDFORD (William Henry), went from Tra- lee to Salt Lake City, U.S.A., 1885. In. quirer, S. H. Whitley, 57, Caesiobury-road, Walthamstow, London. BURGOYNE (Timothy), French polisher, left Kirkcaldy 1897, last heard of Halifax, Yorkshire. Inquirer, brother, Joseph Burgoyne, 1, Celt-street, Inverness, N.B. CROSSE (Albinea), last heard of Willesden, 1901. Inquirer, sister, Anma Tilley, 14, Anstis-street, Plymouth, Devon. COURT (Elizabeth), of Williton, Somerset- shire, last heard of White Ladies-road, Clifton. Inquirer, daughter Amy, now Mrs. A. Hensley, 33, Hayward-road, Barton Hill, Bristol. CRAWFORD (Mrs., formerly Martha Hill), went to Brisbane 1880. Inquirer, nephew, Frank William Hill, 12, Lower Castle- street, Bristol. COLE (Mrs., formerty Sarah Redwood, and son James Henry Redwood), last heard of engineering business, Callao, Pera, 1885. Inquirer, son and brother, Georgo Sampson Redwood, 2, Ferndale-road, Forest Gate, London. COOPER (relatives of John), aged 62, fa.rm hand, left Preston, Lanes., district 1879, and has died November 26. Inquirer, C. E. Walker, 187, Woodborou-gh-road, Not- tingham. FARMER (Frederick), left North Kensington for Morley-terraoe, Ley ton, September, 1903. Inquirer, sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Coward, 11, Carlyle-avenue, Stonebridge, London, N.W. GOOD.—Mrs. Emma Good, 27, East Ferry- road, Cubitt Town, Poplar, London, E., seeks relatives in Australia, who inquired for "Elizabeth Good, of Suifolk," in 1887. GANT (Mary Ann Elizabeth), age 16, last seen Poplar, 1890. Inquirer, brother, James A. Gant, 28, Cotton-street, Poplar, London, E. GANES (Rhoda), last heard of Worthing, 1900. Inquirer, sister, Mrs. Annie Patwell, 17, Rads worth-street, Baldwin-street, City- road, St. Luke's, E.C. HAYNES (Thomas and Zilpha), left Camber- well 1875, Thomas last heard of Padding- ton, New South Wales, 1888, Zilpha went out to marry M. Bart let t in Australia. In- quirer, brother, Charles R. Haynes, late 17th Lancers, 7, Ackmar-road, Fulham, London. JONES (James), of Prescot, left Kirkdale for Hindley, 1889. Inquirers, brother Henry, and sister, Annie Jones, Hope House, Tyn-y-Coed-road, Llandudno, N. Wales. KIRBY (John), son of Joseph Kirby, last heard of Wing. near Uppingham. In- quirer, sister, Mrs. Adams, 137, Stanhope- street, Euston-road, London. MOORE (Henry Somerset, James John, Charles William, sons), of Toxteth Park, Liverpool, draper; James John,, formerly chief mate in merchant service. In- I quirer, sister, Mrs. E. H. Coles, 45, Editihna- street, Stockwell, London. MOOR (Mrs., formerly Laura Prior), hus- band, John Moor, died in Australia, 18S8, supiposed seen outside A1 ham bra, Leices- ter-square', September, 1904. Inquirer, sister Leah. Address, Mrs. Moles, 11, Garden-terrace, Epping, Essex. PELL (Walter), left England for New York, last heard of in Manchester, 1889. In. quirer, son, E. K. Pell, 291, Sticker-lane, Bradford. PEARSON (Charley), wont to Australia, Octo- ber, 1881, last heard of Brisbane, March, 1885. Inquirer, daughter, Miss H, Pear- son, 30, Abbeydale-road, Sheffield. TRINDER (David), left Oxford 1873, last heard of Sydney, Australia. Inquirer, sister, Elizabeth Newport, New Marston, near Oxford. TAYLOR (Stephen), went to America 1871, supposed in Philadelphia. Inquirers, sons, Charles James and Arthur William Taylor, 33, Wiltshire-place, Hunelet, Leeds. TATE (Alfred), last heard of Leeds, April, 1904. Inquirer, brother, John Tate, 17, Well dose-road, Leeds. Advantageous news. TOOGOOD (John), last hea.rd of in B.A. Con- stabulary, Heidelberg, South Africa, April, 1904. Inquirer, brother, Frank Toogood, 26, Charlotte-street, Land port, Ports- mouth.

LOCAL FOOTBALL. SATURDAY. RUGBY. New Zealand, 1 penalty goal, 1 try; New- port, 1 penalty goal. Cardiff, 1 goal, 3 tries; London. Welsh, 1 goal. Swansea', 1 try; Bridgend, nil. Fenygraig, 2 goals, 1 try; Penarth, 2 tries. Llanelly, 1 goal; Abemavon, nil. Pontypridd, 1 penalty goal; London Irish, nil. Neath, 3 tries; Brymmawr, nil. Aberdare, 1 goal, 6 tries; Couaity Police, nil. Mountain Ash, 1 goal, 5 tries; Troedyrhiw, nil. Abertillery, 6 goals, 3 tries; Roath, nil. Merthyr, 1 try; Treorky, nil. Devonport Albion, 4 goals, 3 tries; Treher- bert, nil. Tredegar, 1 goal, 1 try; Blaenavon, nil. Pontnewydd, 2 tries; Pontypool, nil. ASSOCIATION. Llanbradach, 3 peals; New Tredegar, 1 goal. Ba.rry Dock Albions, 3 goals; Ton Fentre, 1 goal. I Barry District, 4 goals; Cardiff Corinthians, 1 goal. CHRISTMAS DAY. RUGBY. Neath, 1 goal, 2 tries; Hartlepool, nil. LydMy, 1 goal, 1 try; Llwynypia, nil. Mountain Ash, 1 goal, 3 triea; Caerpihiily, nil. London Irish, 1 goal, 2 tries; Maesfceg, nil. Aberavon, 2 goals, 2 tries; Briton Ferry, nil. Bridgend, 2 goals, 4 tries; Bi-ynoethin, nil. Abertillery, 3 goals, 5 tries; Llamhilleth District, 1 try. Aberbargoed, 3 goals, 3 tries ;<• Bargoed, 1 goal. Caerphilly, 1 goal, 1 try; Mountain Ash, 1 goal, 1 try. Whitchurch, 1 try; Victoria United, nil. ASSOCIATION. Treharris, 2 goals; Aberdare, nil. Barry District, 4 goals; Barry Dock Albions, nil. BOXING DAY. RUGBY. New Zealand, 2 goals; Cardiff, 1 goal, 1 try. Newport, 1 goal, 2 tries; Barbarians, 1 try. i Swansea, 2 tries; Watsonians, i goal. Pontypool, 1 goal, 2 tries; London Irish, 1 goal, 2 tries. Llanelly, 2 goals, 6 tries; Hartlepool Bar- barians, nil. Aberdare, 1 goal, 2 tries; Pontardawe, 1 goal, 1 try. Treorky, 2 goals (one converted, and one dropped); Treherbert, 1 penalty goal. Neath, 1 goal, 3 tries; Pontypridd, 1 try. Plymouth, 2 goals, 3 tries; Aberavon, nil. Penarth, 19 points; Coventry, 8 points. Mountain Ash, 4 goals; Bath, 2 goals, Itry. Bridgend, 1 goal, 1 try; Nantymoel, 1 try. Llandovery, 1 goal, 5 tries; Garnant, 1 goal. Devonport Albion, 1 goal, 3 tries; Peny- gradg, 2 goals. ASSOCIATION. Barry West End, 1 goal; Barry District Reserves, nil. Llanbradach, 2 goals; Pembroke Dock, 1 goal. Abergavenny, 4 gotals; Treharris, 3 goals.

RAILWAY COLLISION. A collision between two trains oceurrcd on Wednesday at the Rh-ondda and Swansea Bay Railway Junction at Treherbert. It appears that an empty passenger train was proceeding on the down main line and another going into a siding. The first of these trains should have been brought to a standstill, but something went wrong with the machinery, with the result that the trains dashed into each other. The down engine was derailed, and ploughed the railway fbr some distance. A crane had to be sent for, to re-place the engine on the line. The traffic a.t this place is blocked, and pas- sengers on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway have to leave 000 train to enter another.

THE TIME COMES when too., coffee, and other stimulants cease to agree with the system. The place of these beverages should then be taken by HORLICK'S MALTED MILK, a highly nutritious, palatable, and easily assimilated drink, which can be prepared in a.afew moments by the simple addition of water. It is wt once a food and beverage, and is complete in both provinces. It sustains the nervous and dyspeptic systems, while if taken before retiring, it produces a healthy dis position towards sleeip. It is exceedingly palatable, and keeps indefinitely in any climate. It is equally good for young and old. It will assist the development of infants and growing children, and will sustain the aged. Of all chemists, price Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per bottle. A free sample will be sent for two stamps to cover postage by Horlick's Food Company, 34, Fa.rringdon-road, London, E.C. w671 <

CRITICAL POSITION AT CAER- PHILLY. Educational affairs at Caerphilly have reached a serious crisis. Owing to the action of the Glamorganshire Education Authority, it is possible that on the 8th of January some 200 children of Caerphilly will be without accommodation, but, in order to avoid a calamity which they have deliberately brought upon themselves, the local education authority are now engaged in an elaborate effort to steal the voluntary schools from the trustees, and to open them as council echools. The story of the Caerphilly persecution is one of the most astounding of the ma.ny stories of persecution that stand to the dis- credit of the Glamorganshire County Council. Its latter stages, leading up to the attempt at legalised robbery, are told in the corre- spondence published below. The present posi- tion is Luat the trustees stand by the trust deed,and because the local education authority decline to maintain the schools in accordance with the Act of Parliament, the only possible course for them would appear to be not to open the schools after the present holidays as public elementary schools. The local education authority, as the correspon- dence shows, hold that they have the right to take what amounts to forcible possession of the schools. The Board of Education say that they have no power to compel the trustees to submit to this, but the local edu- cation authority, holding a different view— and they have always attempted, with vary- ing degrees of failure, to show that their legal knowledge is superior to that of White- hall—are taking counsel's opinion. Meanwhile it is a problem what will become of the 200-children on the books of the whools on January 8, the date for the re-assembly after the Christmas holidays. The two council schools in the town are filled to overflow- ing, and the local authority have already to use a chapel vestry to provide accommoda- tion for the surplus attendance. They have tried to obtain the Market-hall, but this is not available for educational purposes, so that, unless some way out of the difficulty is found, some 200 children will be without school places, much to their own detriment and to the trouble and anxiety of their parents. That this state of things is entirely due to the disgraceful system of persecution which the voluntary schools have suffered at the hands of the Glamorganshire Education Committee is plainly tihown in the corre- spondence published below. In order, however, to present the story in its completeness it is desirable to go back to the beginning of the persecution. It was laid down at the revolt convention at Cardiff that the voluntary sohool managers should be harassed into making costly structural repairs, the hope being entertained that those managers who could not obtain the money to meet intentionally excessive requirements would be compelled to surren- der their schools to the local education authority. This hope has been kept stead- fastly before the authority, but it only assumed the shape of a definite demand to surrender when the authority thought they had sufficiently starved the managers, teachers, children, and schools. In accord- ance with the principles laid down at the convention, the managers of the Caerphilly National Schools were duly served with a sheaf of structural requirements, some neoesaary, and some—most of them, in fact— not. The managers took up a strong attitude in self-defence, and their reasons for doing so may be stated as follows:- 1. During the last two years the Church- people at Caerphilly have undertaken church extension work amounting to about £3,000, so that to raise funds for school repairs during this particular time was no easy matter. 2. Having attended at once to the meet urgent repairs, viz., the drainage and sani- tary condition of the school, together with its thorough cleaning and painting, at a cost of JE130, the managers felt that some of the other repairs might stand over a little longer till a more convenient time. 3. The fact that the Board of Education upon being appealed to struck off two expen- sive items from the list of repairs proved that the demands made by the council were not all reasonable and necessary. 4. The salaries which were being paid by the council to the teacihers were so inade- quate that the managers were not disposed to spend money on further repairs until these salaries were adjusted. The following illus- tration will suffice:—There were two teachers at tihe school (under Article 50) receiving the salary of £16 each per annum. They, of course, resigned and went to other schools, where they started at £45 each per annum. 5. As no satisfactory assurance could be obtained that better salaries would be paid, two of the managers were for closing the school as a protest., or even applying the Reverter Clause," and on intimation to this effect was sent to the council. Matters went on in this unsatisfactory way for a time. and Sna-Uy the council sent out the' ware- ing notice" that unless the repairs were finished by July 31 they would cease to main- tain the school. This step was taken, and all salaries were -stopped upon that date, arod not one shilling has been paid to tihe teachers for their work from July 31 to December 31. In September, after his return from his summer holiday, the Rector of Caerphilly had an interview with the Board of Education and the National Society to see what could be done to remedy matters. Acting upon their advice the rector wrote to the council to say that the repairs should be attended to immediately if they would pay the arrears of salaries. But, as the 00rrestpondence will show, the council refused to do amything in the matter, and said they had no power to resume maintenance of the school. And yet in the case of Lla.atriaa.nt School, which for special reasons had not finished the repairs by July 31, the council have resumed main- tenance, although they had actually stopped their salaries for months. It is difficult to understand why the council should have two methods of treatment for two schools which are practically in exactly the same position. The correspondence is given below in its proper sequence. It tells tihe story so plainly that there is no need of further com- ment. The first two letters are from the Rev. Connop Price, rector of Caerphilly :— Dear Sir,—I desire to send you a.n official confirmation of our conversation this morn-' ing at your office, and to say that the founda- tion managers of Caerphilly National School intend to comply immediately with the requirements of your council, as revised by the Board of Education, and received by us on May 22, 1905. They trust, therefore, that your committee will kindly grant them three months' extension of time in which to ,do this work, and upon hearing from you that this sanction is given I will at once place the work in hand.—Yours faithfully, CONNOP L. PRICE. T. Mansel Franklen, Esq. October 30, 1905. Dear Sir,—In the event of the education committee granting us a further extension of time (in which to complete those repairs) at their meeting on Friday next, I shall be obliged if you will kindy inform me whether they will first pay the arrears of salaries due to our teachers since July 31. I should like to know exactly our position with regard to these arrears, as the teachers are in a state of anxious suspense about the matter.— Faithfully yours, CONNOP L. PRICE. T. Mansel Franklen, Esq. Glamorgan County Council Offices. Cardiff, October 31, 1905. Dear Sir,—In reply to your letter of yester- day's date, you must be under some mis- apprehension if you suppose that the com- mittee is in a position ,to resume mainten- ance of the school, wlkeh is in default as to compliance with their requirements. They discontinued the maintenance after due warning on the 31st of July last.—I am, yours truly, T. MANSEL FRANKLEN. November 2, 1905. Dear Sir,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday. I am afraid I failed to make my meaning clear, and I should be much obliged if you will help mac in the matter. If the education committee give us a further extension of time, say, three months (i.e., till January 31, 1906), and if on that date the schools are ready in accordance with their requirements, will they then pay the salaries due to the teachers, that is, from July 31, 1905, to January 31, 1906; or will they refuse to pay any salaries from Júly 31, 1905, the day upon which they ceased to (maintain the school? I have already mentioned how difficult jfc is for me to get the managers to fall into ]irk\ but now that this has been accom- plished I sincerely hope the council will grant us these salaries as a special conces- sion, so that I may proceed at once in-getting the neozBsary funds for the repairs. My difficulty will be greatly increa&ed if they refuse to do this, and I cannot say what the managers will decide to do in conse- quence—Yours faithfully. CONNOP L. PRICE. T. Mansel Franklen, Esq. Cardiff, November 6, 1905. Dealr Sir,—The education committee meet on the 21st inst., but they have no authority to consider any question of payment to teachers in a school of which the county council has discontinued the maintenance, owing to the non-compliance of the managers with the conditions laid down by law. The managers are, of cour&e, entitled to apply to the Board of Education, as I understand they have already done. I am directed to give you formal notice that if the managers dis- continue carrying on a school in the build- ing the local education authority is prepared to open a school and supply the staff, so that the building cannot revert to the present heir of the donor of the site under the School Sites Act.—I am, yours truly, T. MANSEL FRANKLEN. Caerphilly, November 7, 1906. Deax Sir,—I am obliged by your letter of yesterday, and nota that the education com- mittee will meet on November 21. May I venture to ask for your advice, without. prejudice in any way, as to this point? Shall I be acting wisely in starting the repairs at once in the confident hope that the committee will grant an extension of time at their meet- ing on November 21? Or had I better do nothing at all until this definite answer is given upon that date? The managers have not any intention now of discontinuing to carry on the school, and they are merely waiting for some decided answer as to the extension of time, and I feel confident that once this has been settled everything will go on in a satisfactory way to all concerned. I shall be much obliged if you will kindly give me the advioe I venture to ask for.—Yours truly, CONNCP L. PRICE. P.S—The headmaster- of the National School informs me that last week a load of coal was sent to the school, at the order of the county council. Does this mean that they still in some degree consider they are liable as to the school's welfare, even though they discontinued its maintenance on July 31? It seems to be a hopeful sign that the extension of time will be granted in due course. Cardiff, November 8, 1906. Dear Sir,—With reference to your letter of yesterday's date, you, apparently, misunder- stand my letters. I have already told you that the education committee has no autho- rity to consider the question of resuming maintenance of your school, and there is nothing in what you now say to justify the county council in expending public money 011 a school that is so long and so seriously in default with compliance with the conditions of Section 7 of the Education Act. As soon as the managers or teachers discontinue teach- ing the children it will be the duty of the education committee to provide accommoda- tion for them and a teaching staff. Mean- while, although they have 110 legal authority to supply coal to the school, I think the chief education official is exercising a wise discre- tion in risking the supply of coal to prevent the children from suffering while you keep them there, but it is done without the know- ledge or sanction of the committee, and sub ject to censure or surcharge. With regard to the teaching staff, the liability to pay them is on the managers so long as they continue under their existing engagements, and as they can protect themselves by the law courts the same consideration does not apply. If the managers contemplate ceasing to pay them an opportunity would, no doubt, be given to them to enter the service of the council.—I am, yours truly, T. MANSEL FRANKLEN. The Rev. C. L. Price. December 4, 1935. Dear Sir,—Having had an interview on Friday last with the Board of Education and the National Society in reference to the above school, I have the honour to inform you that unless the local education authority will guarantee the payment of the teacihers the managers will not re-open the school after the Christmas holidays a.s a public elementary school. Tlhis letter must not be taken as implying that the local education authority is not at the present moment responsible for financing the school. We hold that up to Christmas the salaries are due from the local education authority to the present teachers. Kindly let me have an answer to this at your earliest convenience.— Yours truly, OONNOP L. PRICE. T. Mansel Franklen, Esq. Cardiff, December 12, 1905. Dear Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 4th. inst., I am directed to ask you whether, as stated in your letter of the 5th of October, you and the other trustee or trustees ara prepared to permit the school to be used for t!he purposes of a public elementary school by the local education authority, which is the only other authority than the managers which now has power to conduct such a school. I am to give the trustees formal notice that the local educa- tion authority is prepared to provide a staff and carry on such a school on the premises as soon as they are allowed to do so, and that they claim on behalf of the poorer inhabitants of the neighbourhood to be allowed to carry on this school.—I am. yours truly, T. MANSEL FRANKLEN. The Rev. C. L. Price. December 13, 1905. Daar Sir,—My co-trustee and myself are not prepared to consider any proposition regard- ing the future of the above school until we have received a written assurance that the salaries due to the teachers from July 31, 1905, have been actually paid by your com- mittee.—Yoara truly, OONNOP L. PRICE. T. Mansel Franklen, Esq.

CONSIDERATION OF "THE THREEFOLD CLAIM." The Bishop of Liverpool and the Bishop of Manchester, so it was stated last week, have agreed on a proposal for a settlement of the education, difficulty on the lines of what has been called The Threefold Claim." The "Church Family Newspaper" has addressed letters to a number of Welsh clergy on the subject, and asked them how far they were prepared to accept those proposals. The pointa of 1Ih&- "Thf'eefQld OVst-im" 1. Church of England parents should have the right to have their children taught the definite faith of the Church. 2. That the right of entry should be given to the clergy in provided schools, and that as a. counterbalance to this concession a similar concession should be given to Dis sentcrs where there are only Church of Eng- land schools. 3. That denominational schools should be maintained in those districts where provided schools exist, in order that the Church's system of education might be maintained. The Bishop of St. Asaph refers the editor to the Bill he introduced in the House of Lords last year as containing his views. The Bishop of Bangor agrees with all three pro posals. The Archdeacon of St. Asaph (the Venerable D. Evans) and the Archdeacon of St. David's (the Venerable D. G. Williams) are in partial agreement with the scheme. The Archdeacon of Monmouth agrees with 1 and 2, but doubts the expediency of build- ing denominational schools in provided dis- tricts. Archdeacon Wynne Jones agrees with proposals 1 and 2. Canon Williams, rector of Jeffreyston, is in agreement with all three. Chancellor Richards, of Aberffraw, says yes in the three cases, and Chancellor Lias accepts 1 and 2. Canon Beck agrees with the third point, as does Canon Dobell. Canon Fa.irchild. principal of North Wales Training College, and Principal Brown, of Carmarthen Training College, accept the three proposals, while Canon Bedwell is only prepared to accept 1 and 2. Canon Hughes, of Barmouth, is in favour of the full claim.

NEW SCHOOL KEPT IDLE AT BLAENAVON. At the monthly meeting of the Eastern Valleys Group of Provided School Managers, held at Pontypool, several applications for increase of salary were dealt with, and it was decided to urge the county committee to issue a uniform scale as early as possible. —Mr. Bryant called attention to the delay in opening the new school at Blaenavon. He thought the delay was wilful somewhere or other. The school was lying idle, and prac- tically deteriorating for want of use.—The Clerk (Mr. Bythway) said the transfer of the Wesleyan School largely affected the opening of the new school.—Mr. Bryant said the late Blaenavon School Board decided to build the school before the question of taking over the Wesleyan School came up. The school was considered necessary, and it should not be for ever kept closed. He felt thoroughly ashamed of the delay.

WALKED 30,000 MILES. AN OLD PEDESTRIAN'S STORY. John Green, 55, labourer, of no fixed abode, was charged at Tower Bridge Court with being drunk on licensed premises in Black- friars-road. He wore his grey hair very long, and admitted that he was "slightly elevated." Police-constable 121 L said the previous evening prisoner was giving away handbills in the street. He entered a public-house, where he was refused drink, and instead of taking the witness's advice and going away, he went into another licensed house. Prisoner: I am an old pedestrian going through the country, and I met some friends. This being holiday time, of course I got slightly elevated. Will your worship look at my presis notices and the records of my per* forma-nces ? Mr. Rose (smiling): No, I won't do that. Where are you going?—I am going through the Southern Counties on a walking expedi- tion. I have been through the North of England. I am a brick and tile maker and an underground worker, but when I am un- employed at my trade, as at present, I faU back upon my great reputation as a pedes- trian. People throughout the length and breadth of the land have a great veneration for me because I have done numerous walks for charity. Well, if I don't fine you now, will you walk oif straight away?—Oh, yes, your worship. Mr. Rose: Very well; I will disoharge you this time. Amongst his papers was a cutting from a provincial newspaper stating that John Green, a. native of Roscommon, Ireland, was a veteran walker, who was now going about the country giving exhibitions with the object of finding a suitable ground whereon i to endeavour the task of walking 4,000 milee I in 2,000 hours. He was an old-time champion. In 1877 he walked four miles in 34 minutes at Bridgwater, and 25 miles in four hours at' Southampton. The same year he beat; Awoopk at Southampton in a match of 50 males, and repeated the feat at Salisbury. In 1878 he beat Thatcher, of Lon- don, at Southampton, in a 26 hours' race, and Macintosh, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in a walk of 150 miles. Since then he claims to have done over 30,000 miles of exhibition work and to ha.ve e«nv«d £200 for charities.

WEEK BY WEEK- LIGHTER SIDE OF CUBBEf1 EVENTS One hundred and nve pupila of the Abefl"3^ wyth Oounty School take Welsh, and 112 taJt. French. Wales is the only country which b- beaten the New Zealanders on their to and the New Zealanders are the only which has beaten Cardiff this season. A Welsh farmer who put up a windinVj was horrified to find that a neighbour made up his mind to order one, too. drove over at once and protested, oec^ "there is not enough wind in the paristt turn two." Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff, is one of turn two." Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff, is one of the few churches in South Wales where "e carols are sung on Christmas -B North Wales the custom is observed several parishes, both in the Diocese Bangor and St. Asaph. The first Sunday train service on the Chester and Milford Railway took place 1 Sunday. Some of the old folk at Trc'?^^ regarded it as an advent of the devil, wh the majority of the people looked upon it a very desirable improvement. A few Sundays ago the evening service the Oalvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llanilar, w conducted in English. Wlhat has made necessary puzzles the inhabitants of trict, for every member of the congregati speaks Welsh, and, it is said, that fully per cent, cannot understand and appro an English sermon. Is there a monthly IIlee ing in North Cardiganshire? The too-old-atrforty theory had a set-ba<c at Dowlais on Christmas Day. At one of t116 many local chapel eisteddfodau a hymn-Bios^ ing competition for those over 40 years of age was keenly contested, and the prize fell to the lot of a white-haired veteran of seven y one years. Appropriately enough, quite unconsciously, the hymn tune set the singers was the Old Hundredth." The annual expenditure of the Board c* Trade, Mr. Lloyd-George's new department. £2111,395. His Permanent Secretary is SiJ." Francis Hopwood, who made such a valiaot and patient effort to settle the Taff strike of a few years ago. The Local Govern- ment Board, by the way, gets along with. £66,m a year, but the Board of Education wants twelve and half million every year. It is over a quarter of a century since 1ST' Chamberlain became President of the Boar of Trade, the position now held by Mr. Lloy George. Mr. Chamberlain was 44 at the tiinet the Welshman is two years younger. Jo11Ø Bright entered the sarnie office when he wøJ 57; Sir Stafford Northcote (afterwards Lord. Iddesleigii), at 48; and Sir Michael HtcM- Beach when he was 49. Under the influence of the revival, Christmas eisteddfodau arranged in conneo" tion with the majority of the places of worsihip at Dowlais were a.b8011- doned twelve months ago and substituted. religious services, after the programmes haM been printed and duly delivered. This however, most of the cha<pels again reverte» to eisteddfodau, and the old which had been carefully preserved in meanwhile, were put to tihe intended. Nadolig," the Welsh for Christmas, derived from the Latin Natalis," a referring to the "birth" of Jesus Christ. It used formerly to be written Natalie," tho form used in Cornish, and Armoric. Up the middle of the eighteenth, century tha* form was used in the Welsh Prayer Book. but was substituted by the presentday fann- "Natalie" does not seem to have at aUT time been the form used in the Language, unless at an early period in itS history. When Colonel Bruce Vaughan was goin- through the wards of the Cardiff Infirmary on Saturday an old man who was there wiW- broken leg struggled hard to rise and saluted the colonel in military fashion. The oolonet recognised the patient as an old Militiaman and one whom he had often employed on various jobs. Begorra, sorr," said tMJ old fellow, but this is a noice place. I nive was so well treated in my loife. I don't BeMM to want to leave, for this is the first rest ever had." are given the biographies of eminent nre1i. born in or connected with the county. ()n4I is by the late Gwynionydd, the other Glan Menai, a Welsh litterateur who ha« served his day and generation well. Throat" the instrumentality of Mr. W. Jones, M-P-* the latter has been granted a etmall pension from the Treasury. His "Enwogion Sir Aber" teifi" has been out of print for many years^ and lovers of Welsh, literature will be glootØ find thttut another edition, greatly enlarged. is about to appear. A correspondent writes:—"One of the picturesque incidents of Chtristaiastide Cardiff was the departure of the early morn- .uuf toun oB 6«iula.y with its hundreds of male and female shop assistants going tJcf their homes in Carmarthenshire, Pembroke" shire, and Cardiganshire to spend the holi- day with the old folks. Lead, Kindly Light, 'Crown Him Lord of All,' a.nd 'Home, Sweea) Home,' were heartily sung by the younger roe" and women, and there were touching littlo reunions at various wayside stations." Cardiganshire boasts of two works in whica One author said that the biography of a great man should not be written until the country begins to forget him. Mr. John Griffiths ("Gohebydd"="Correspondent") ha9 been in his grave now a quarter of century, a.nd his biography is to appe^T' written by his brother. It would be difBoui. to say who the chief poet or the chief preacher of Wales is to-day, but Gohebydd can without digter na dadl" be designated the journalistic apostle of Wales. The Prin- cipality has hundreds of gohebwyr, but lS had only one Gohebydd. A party of ten men and women, hailing mostly from Abergwynfi, found themselves in a somewhat awkward dilemma. on Christina Eve. They had journeyed to Neath late a* night to catch the morning mail to the west. Their destination, so they said, was Newcastle. Emlyn. They went into an hotel, and chattel gaily in the determination not to fall asleep and so miss the train. Soon one and then another fell asleep, and before train tÏxne all were in the Land of Nod. They wokeeoo" after the train had gone, and had nothing to do but return to Abergwynfi. Most nautical terms come to us from the Dutch, but the word cockswain is said to be of Welsh origin. Cockswain was originally the man who pulled the after oar of the cap* ta.in's boat, then known as cock-boat. Cook-boat is a corruption of the wora coracle," and, as most people know, the coracle is a peculiar boat used on some .of the Welsh rivere. "Davy "ones" soundØ Welsh, but is not so, nor his "locker." J).a.v1 Jones is really Duffy Jonah, Duffy being th West Indian negro term for a ghost, whilst Jonah is the prophet of that name. What was the Rhondda Valley like fi*W years ago? Mr. C. W. Ellis, writing fro» Abergavenny, pays:—"You have been very wrongly informed that only a few far houses dotted the hillsides of the It ho net fifty years ago. I lived in the Rhondda a this time, and there were eleven to tweiv collieries working within five miles of pont, pridd, producing about 3,000 tons of ooal day, and the cottages and houses in tna locality numbered quite 1,0C0, with severe chapels and one new There were also some 150 to 200 coke oveoa and two foundries. Sir W. T. Lewis is oniy three or four years my &. -k>r, 5", he mus have been in his teens then." Cardiff seems to be a nursery of Radios" candidates. Six of its ratepayers will figure in that capacity during the general election. Mr. Clifford Cory is wooing St. Ives; M-B» Donald Maclean is coaxing Bath; Mr. Si«* ney Robinson is offering himself to Brecon shire; Alderman John Jenkins claiimr Chatham; Mr. James Holmes has taken a division of Birmingham under his wing, the redoubtable Mr. Alfred Good is stu» threatening to fight all comers in Cardiff Then, Sir Alfred Thomas and Mr. D- Thomas, both Radical M.P.'s, are Cardi men and candidates, too. It will be notLc that Mr. Good is the only prophet who seekil honour in his own town. Mr. Pritchard Morgan, who has from the official representation of Korea 11]. London, was for some ■fyears one of tn Liberal representatives of Merthyr Tydfii* the House of Commons. He was the milling lawyer of Northern Queensland many years, and also a prominent promote of gold-mining enterprise in that region,, the eighties he left Australia and searching for gold in his native Wales, me& ing with some success at Dolgelly- "Westminster Gazette" says that Mr. Morgan has been concentrating his °„pS on the development of the mineral rcsoiir of Northern China. and Korea, where he baS secured a number of concessions." One of tihe most curious of bequests waS that made by a Welshman in the eighteen century. The facts were described in "Morning Chronicle" of September J.7, 1<°< Died at Llanvare, near liuthin, oounty I>e^ bigh (Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd), Mrs. Sara Parry, a maiden lady, who by her w bequeaths the sum of three guineas to her harper, on condition that he should play the harp (an instrument that she was ve y fond of) two plaintive tunes which she lu fixed on over her grave, which were acoor- ingly performed on the 13th instant. 1 novelty of the scene drew together a va concourse of people, and the poor harpe» being an old servant, could hardly begin. 1 the solemnity of the place and the number people about him had such an effect upon him that he burst into tears, and it was soro time before he was capable of performing^ last commands of Shis old mistress; 'hrul so much effect upon the spectators there was hardly a dry eye in the otturow maod.

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THE CHURCH AND THE WELSH LANGUAGE. Last week we read in an English news- paper (the "Church Family Newspaper") that the number of parish churches in the Diocese of Llandaff in which Welsh services are held does not exceed a dozen. If this is the case, and there is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the statement, there must be something amiss—some- thing rotten in the state of the ecclesias- tical Denmark. Those who are at the head of aifairs in Llandaff will, perhaps, reply by saying that Welsh services are not required in the diocese, that the people have all, or nearly all, been con- verted into Englishmen, and that if Welsh services were introduced they would not be appreciated or attended. We question very much whether this view is correct. Indeed, we make bold to say that it is absolutely erroneous. The people of Glamorgan have not become Anglicised to the extent some people think. Turning to the last census, we find that nearly three hundred thousand men, women, and children habitually speak Welsh in the county. In looking around we find that this statement is corroborated in many notable ways. Glamorgan teems with Welsh Nonoonformist chapels, which, for the most part, are exceedingly well- attended. In Cardiff itself there are some nineteen or twenty Welsh places of worship; but there is only one "V^elsh church. Swansea, again, has a large number of Welsh chapels, but only one Welsh church. In all parts of the county, with the exception of some portions of the Vale, there are Welsh Ebenezers and Bethels, but when we look for a Welsh church in those places we look in vain. The late bishop, when he commenced his career at Llandaff, made it a condition that he would hot sanction the appoint- ment of any incumbent to a parish where a knowledge of Welsh was necessary unless the new man was capable of ministering to the people in that language. To what extent he carried out his policy we have no means of knowing, but this we know, that in soores of places where Welsh is in common use, and where Welsh Noncon- formity is strong and flourishing, the Church makes no provision for the people in that language. The fault may be due to the indifference of the clergy. If it is, then, surely, it is the duty of their diocesan to bring them up to the level of their duty. To say that Welsh Churchmen do not appreciate a service in their native tongue is a statement difficult to swallow when we see Welsh N o noon form ists swarming into their Welsh places of worship. By neglecting the Welsh element the Church not only loses a grand opportunity of strengthening its position, but neglects its duty and ignores its mission, and oomes perilously near (forfeiting its claim to be called a National Church. The matter is one of the greatest gravity, and claims the immediate attention of those in whose hands the destinies of the Ohurch in Llandaff have been placed.

"A HAPPY NEW YEAR." All our readers, it is to be hoped, have had a merry Christmas, and it now becomes our pleasing duty to wish them a happy and prosperous New Year. We are on the eve of a general election, and whatever party may win at the polls it is to be hoped that the new Ministry will pass such measures as will tend to the removal of grievances and the general up- lifting of the community. We commence the New Year under favourable auspices. We are as a nation at peace with the whole world, and that in itself is a great blessing, and may the dogs of war, say we, be held long in the leash. Industry and trade are fairly flourishing, and as the New Year grows older we have strong grounds for hoping that they will be more flourishing still, and that the vexed problem of the unemployed will have solved itself. The poor, we are told, are, and will be, always with us, but there is no reason why we should always have thousands of unemployed on our hands, especially in our large towns and cities. There must be something wrong some- where in the body politic or plenty of employment would be found for the labourer all the year round. Education is making rapid progress among us, and we have made up our minds at last to devote some attention to technical instruction and scientific training in all those branches which are closely con- -nected with our national well-being. In South Wales this year there is no revival to stir the hearts of people to their depths, though the movement is still sweeping over certain districts in North Wales. A mischievous attempt is made in certain directions to throw discredit upon the revival by saying that the converts are falling off in large numbers. A great many lapses have occurred, no doubt, but their total number is com- paratively small. Death has been busy among us during the past year, and many a prominent figure in the various walks of life in Wales has disappeared to return no more. Out of the silence into which they have disapDeared they urge us on to perform our allotted tasks nobly and bravely — "hearts within and God o'erhead."

QUEEN'S UNEIMPLOYED FUND The Queen has approved of the following arre,ngement: -Future subscriptions to the Queen's Unemployed Fund may, at the option of the subscriber, be marked discretionary," with a view to their application through the medium of charitable agencies, wholly or in part, to deserving cases of an exceptional character, which cannot be dealt with under the Unemployed Workmen Act. The appro- priation of such subscriptions will be made by a. committee consisting of the Lord Mayor of London, Earl de Grey, and Mr. G. Danvers Power UNEMPLOYED AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. The following letter has been received from the Chief Commissioner of Police by Mr. James Macdonald, secretary of the Cen- tral Workers' Unemployed Committee:— Sir -With reference to your letter of the 18th inst., I am directed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to acquaint you that the regulations on the subject provided that no public meeting shall be held except between two p.m. and sunset on Saturday or between sunrise and sunset on Bank Holi- days or Sunday—I am, sir, yours obediently, C. L. BATHURST." In view of all the circumstances, the Cen- tral Workers' Committee decided to abandon the idea of a New Year's Eve demonstra/tion. Among recent donations received in response to Queen Alexandra's appeal for the unemployed are the following:—Messrs. Bab- cock and Wilcox (Limited), £ 100; the Brewers' Company, £52 iOs.; servants in the Master of the Horses' departments at London, Windsor, and Sandringh-sm, EZO; Earl Walde- grave, £ 10; and proceeds of benefit ma-ticee at the Broadway Theatre, New Cross (in- cluding a donation of £10.3 from Messrs. J. Stone and Co., Limited), JB174 17s. 7<L