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I JAPANESE DREADNOUGHT.
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JAPANESE DREADNOUGHT. Tokio, Saturday.—The battleship Kawachi was launched at Yokosuka to-day. The Emperor attended the ceremony.—Reuter. The Kawachi is the first real Japanese Dreadnought. She was commenced at the Imperial Dockyard of Yokosoka in January, 1909. When completed she will displace Zb,850 tons, or 900 tons more than the British Neptune, now preparing for commis- sion. For armament she will carry 12 12-inch, 10 6-inch, and 12 4'7inch guns, with five tor- pedo tubes, making her the most heavily armed battleship yet afloat. The main armour belt is 9 inches thick, and thfe designed speed 20 knots. A sister ship, the Settsu, will be launched at Kure in March next. It should be pointed out that although Japan had no true Dreadnoughts afloat before the Kawachi, the Satsuma and Aki, displacing over 19,000 tons, are universally regarded as being equivalent te ships of that type in fight- ing power. Their arnjament consists of four 12-inch and 12 10-inch guns.
. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Th-e Flight into Egypt. By MADGE SMITH. Knock—knock—knock. A faltering, half- sarted rap,somewhere on the level of the door I Hob. Mrs Crossley put down her sewing and threw the door open with a jerk. A small per- son, who was on the point of timidly repeat the tap, bundled into the kitchen, all but tailing, so tightly were her arms folded about • bulky object, wrapped up with herself in an red shawl. It's me, Aunt Eliza," said the little person, ttudying Mrs Crossley's face hopefully. Becky, you know. And Gran'ma sent me to stay, please." Oh! she did, did she t" And my things is coming on the fish-cart, Neaae. And Gran'ma said you could have the flight into Egypt,' and her big red shawl. .t..o.is is it that's on me. And she said to tell Jou you was to be good to me, please, Aunt BlSza." Here Becky deposited her curious "ttadle upon a chair-seat, and hid her small ^m-slapped face in the corner of the said •hawl. I'd like to know what you've been at, that tour gran'ma's had enough of you," said Aunt Eliza, sourly. How does she know I tan do with you t" I Gran'ma's gone into the House," said Secky simply. They wouldn't let me be fclotig of her in there. So—she said—she said you could have me. Don't you want Aunt Eliza, please ?" m I don't krow as I was praying for you," gapped Mrs Crossley. But I suppose you'll -ve to stay, nowyou're here. Come inside, thild, and shut the door." Becky obeyed. Her wet clogs left clear Prints on the white-stoned flags. If you stop here, you'll have to mind and "ot slat and litter the place form end to side it won't do here. This isn't gran'ma's remem- ber what's she gone into the House for ?" It was her knee. And there was only me to do for her. And I had to go to school. And they sent a ambulance for her. And gran'ma Jfid it was best so. The neighbours bought the bed and the table and gran'ma's chair, and J&e clock sxtd the money's in the purse, tied .•A the corner of the shawl." Mrs Croossley quickly unfastened the shawl trorh the child's shoulders, and looked at its four corners in rapid succession. Her face was hill of apprehension. Which corner ? What shawl It's not *>ere she said. It was in the corner that hung down, the Corner next to the lamp-post," said Becky, ^ddenly bewildered. Gran'ma put it there Defied it with a boot-lace. I know it was there. I felt it bump against my leg. There *as ever such a lot of money in the purse. There were seven pennies for the pan-mug and J threepenny for my little three-leg stool, and •he brown teapot, and Have I really Jost it? Gran'ma said to mind and not lose 1[;, and now I have done and she wept Gently. Mrs Crossley folded her arms grimly. Now, see here, Becky! You're going back to look for that purse every inch of the way. And if you don't find it, I'll give you a whip- ping you won't forget in a hurry, so keep your JyeS skinned. A nice start, to go and lose all ,"he bit of money there was to pay me for keeping a great girl like you eating your head Ten to one we never see the purse again." The angry woman flounced off to get her *hawl and hat. Poor Becky examined the §*awl through her tears. The corner was( gone! possibly torn off by the place where the boot' &ce had been tied round the purse. Torn or -Tit ? There was only the carter. Aunt Eliza," Fobbed Becky. He wouldn't steal the Purse. He was a kind man. He gave ma a ride °h his cart." Then that was the thief, no doubt, was Sirs Crossey's verdict. "You were a very X^aughty child to ride oh his cart; you should know better." They went out again into the dark night. It J^as raining now, and. very cold and dismal. Becky's iegS ached and her head swath. It lleemed a long, long time since morning when IIhe had said a long, clinging good-bye to her wear gran'ma, and packed up her funny little Wardrobe in a pillow-case. There had been the Iteyto take to the landlord, who lived up in the other end of the town, and then the long *alk to Aunt Eliza's between miles and miles &f dingy cottages and dirty shops. Poor It did seem hard to have to go all the *ay back again to hunt along those dreary *t*eetsfor the lost purse. It was a long time •>&ce the basin of bread and milk that a kind **eighbour had given her for her breakfast i the last meal she had had; and now it was ^^arly bed-time. I think it was about here," said Becky at **6t '• that I got down off the cart. So it Wouldn't be any good searching any further, ^tild it ?" Aunt Eliza reluctantly agreed and they re- traced their steps wearily homewards. It's a real good whipping you'll get, when I Set y0u in, you caieless little piece," jjWatened Mrs Crossley and Becky wondered Jismally if she would get anything to eat be- fore or after this cheerful ceremony. At the **>rner of the last street, a bright thought struck her aunt. The thing to do was to go to the police at first," she exclaimed I was that and, of course ypu couldn't think of j^ythink! Oh, no!, Go in the house, and get Jhe fire going, while I slip round and tell them "0 keep a look out for that carter" L" He didn't steal the purse, aunt! I'm sure lie didn't." You prate less, and do as your bid," said tTlnt Eliza. She pushed Becky roughly into he house and went away. Becky stood shivering in the cold kitchen, Jhe fire had gone out and it was almost dark. The unfamiliar, unwelcoming place frightened her. A Tint, Eliza frightened her dreadfully. •*here was nothing there that she knew, Nothing but the "Flight into Egypt," standing jjfsgleeted on the chair-seat where she had sat **°wn. It was an old fried of Becky's, the Quaint group of earthenware, representing the -toly Family, Mary with the Infant in her ^Tns and Joseph leading a long-eared donkey. "Take the Flight' with you, Becky, child." Sterna had said, I couldn't like for that to 86 out of the family." i It was worth ever so many pounds, had she **iown so much. In fact, that it is likely she \1vould have been tempted to sell it long ago. ■"It in her eyes it was just a bit of old Lottery," and she loved it because it was part tlf her old home. Becky stood looking at it ^oughtfully and thinking, with shrinking, of Aunt Eliza and the promised whipping. Com- on the top of the day's troubles, it seemed *lxnost more than she could bear. The street J*as less dark and cold than the house. Folding arms about the treasured group, she went *Ut again into the night. I don't know where to go," sobbed Becky J*1 herself, but-1 can't stop with Aunt Eliza. yhe wasn't good to gran'ma, and she won't be fctodtome." So she wandered on and on, with aching legs, Pot knowing where she was goingjand thinking' jj* a dazed sort of way, that soon she would jjjive to stop altogether. The people, jostling 5* the streets, confused and frightened her. turned aside to rest into a ouiet space "fcore an old-fashioned inn and stood, leaning {gainst a horse-trough, looking up into a | Worse's kind, brown face. She set the Flight «ito Egypt down in the empty trough, and f^rpked the sleek neck it was company in her •°fcilness. "Why, little lass!" a hearty voice exclaimed, '■"here have you turned up from ?" I lost the purse," sobbed she, and then I away. And I don't know where to go T" Little lasses shouldn't run away," he said, ^provingly. It's all right for boys, running *J*"ay. I done it when I was a nipper. But I Wished myself back, mind, many a tijne." Becky wriggled out of his arms in a tremen- "'OU8 hurry. The purse It's safe—quite safe she ?*ied, running to the cart-wheel. And there, •filmed tightly between "the spokes of the jfheel, fast in the torn corner of the old red "h&wl, was the lost purse It must ha' got fast, while you was riding," Jhe man said. But Becky was too much over- dyed tp wonder how it came there. Anyway, I'm real glad it's turned up," said carter. You make haste back to your ^Oitie, little one and likely she'll not whip 0\1, seeing you've got the money back." Stay,^cried the man, as she prepared to, ffudge off. You're forgetting your chiny, r^tle gir]. Say, though It's a long while ^Oce I see one of those." b lIe was staging hard at the "Flight into *teypt." You wouldn't like to sell it, now ? I'll give 1 '°u three shillings—all I've got in my pockets J^for that. It's the very marrow of one as used •'stand over the chimney at homet" i Gran'ma said," Becky choked, never to it out of the family." v And—what might your gran'ma's name be, £ °uru;ster ?" he asked. jJ'.Mrs Crossley, and she's gone in the sobbed Becky. j. What ? Then—you never heard of wild that ran away as a boy—your naughty Uftcle ?" I've heard gran'ma tell about Uncle Dick," jhc said. Pick o' the bunch," she calls him. 5*°- had blue eyes, had Uncle Dick, gran'ma And he was always whistling. But he £ a\vay." .Thc big man pick up the Flight into gSypt carefully under one arm and took cfccky by the other hand. Come in here and get some tea, little maid; you're clemmed, I can see. What d'you think gran'ma'll say when we tell her Uncle Dick's come back again ?" "Say!" cried Becky, "bhe'l1 go wild with joy Why She said, when I said Good-bye this morning, she said If Dick was here, I'd never, never have come to this 1' And she spoke truth cried the big man, now I've turned up, she'll not stop there long, I promise you, my darling!" So it came about that Aunt Eliza never saw the lost purse, after all; for they took it straight back to poor gran'ma at the House, and very soon the old woman and Becky were living happily with the long-lost Dick and his gobd- tempered young wife. And the Flight into Egypt lives there too
" Dishonest" System. .
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Dishonest" System. MR J. A. SEDDON, M.P., AT CARDIFF. In connection with the Cardiff Central Branch of the National Shop Assistants' Union a meeting was held in the Cory Hall on Sunday to hear addresses on the Shop Hours Bill and the Living-in System. Dr. Robinson presided over a large attendance. The Chairman briefly expressed his sympathy with the object of the meeting. The Shops Bill, he said, contained very moderate de- mands, while the living-in system was to be condemned from every point of view except that of profit-making. Mr P. C. Hoffman (organiser for Wales) moved a resolution condemning the living-in system, calling for its total abolition, and ask- ing the Government to pass the Shops Bill with the addition of the Union's amendments. The speaker said he objected to the living-in system because it was a gross infringement of human liberty. Statistics showed that 58 per cent of the deaths which had occurred among their members during the last five years were from respiratory diseases due to bad and in- sufficient food, long hours, and overcrowding. He had every sympathy with the crusade in Wales to establish a sanatorium for the stamp- ing out of consumption, and he claimed that if the Union could get the living-in system abolished, it would do a great deal to prevent the occurrence of that disease. Mr John Tumer(London organiser) seconded. Mr J. A. Seddon, M.P., said that the Union asked for the abolition of the living-in' system because it was unfair to the assistants, and unfair to those employers who did not carry it on. They also condemnec^it because it was dishonest in theory and practice, and enabled the em- ployers, under a veiled garb of hypocrisy to hide their intentions of profit-increasing. They wanted no tinkering with the system, no attempts at mending or improving, but its total abolition, for any condition of employ- ment which rfienaced the health and morals of a large section of the community was an injury to the body politic. Referring to the Shop Hours Act, the speaker said that it was the first honest attempt of a Government to deal with these matters in a workmanlike manner. He welcomed the Bill for it granted them some principles which the Union had been fighting for for years. It was not, however, everything that could be desired, and the Union were now pressing that instead of the hours being restricted to 60 per "week exclusive of meal tmes, tlfttt they should be inclusive of meal times. Sixty-nine hours per week was too much, and experience had shown that assistants gave better service when they were working a reasonable number of hours. In conclusion, Mr Seddon said he would fail in his duty if he did not press upon the workers the necessity of joining their organisation. All workers required to be combined, but no class more so than the shop-assistants. At the present time there was a revolution going on in the distributive trades and huge organisa- tions were springing up all over the country which threatened the extinction of the smaller traders. In view of the immense power which such organisations could wield, the shop assistants required to be combined in order to obtain any amelioration of their conditions. (Applause.) The resolution was carried with enthusiasm.
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Conscription Terrors. ■" MR J. KEIR HARDIE, M.P.. AT MERTHYR. Mr J. Keir Hardie, M.P., addressed a meet- ing on Sunday at the Theatre Roval, Merthyr, his subject being militarism.- Mr W. Horaee moved, and Alderman C. G. Evans seconded, a resolution heartily approving of the policy of the International Socialist Congress, con demning militarism as inimical to progress, and calling upon the Government to initiate a movement amongst European Powers for a mutual reduction of armaments with a. view to final abolition. Mr Keir Hardie, M.P., speaking in support, said the Socialist .Congress met to devise ways and of the .ruling of making, the people themselves the lulling classes. When that time came there would be no longer any class rulers since class would disappear. War expenditure was growing, but few people realised to what an extent. According to the Budgets of the different nations of the world for last year, the amount raised and spent, not upon war, but upon armies4 and navies, was £ 450,000,000. Twenty years ago the expendi- ture was £200,000,000. Twenty-four million per- sons were trained in the "art "of murder, and yet we called ourselves a Christian and civilised people. The angel of peace to-day was not the white-robed angel of the Christmas Card, but a blood-sucking vampire, drawing the life blood of the peoples of the earth. There could be no peace while all this expenditure and manoeuvring was going on. Our our naval expenditure in 1890 was £ 14,500,000; in l3l0 it was 40 millions; and next year it was to be 45 millions. In spite of this we seemed less secure than we were 20 years ago. The Liberal and Tory parties must each accept its share of the responsibility for this state of things. In the ranks of each party were men who were opposed to this expenditure, and yet the parties as a whole voted for it. Theceason given in this country for all this armamehtbuilding was the German building and the reason given in Germany was the English btfilding. Let our country agree to the Hague proposal that ships of merchandise be immune from capture in war, and the German people would then insist upon the naval expenditure being reduced. A Step Towards Conscription. Mr Hardie then went on to deal with the army, and said he held that the Territorials were but a step towards conscription. The Socialists were alway being charged with lack of patriotism. He replied that the Socialist loved his country, and was prepared to make sacrifices for it; but he was not prepared to play the game of the adventurous crew who were exploiting the country and bleeding it to death. Universal military service in this country would find employment for 42,000 sons of the rich. The working man had rhuch to endure, but if we had conscription his difficul- ties would increase a hundredfold.
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SNOWDON RAILWAY FATALITY. A the Carnarvonshire Assizes on Saturday Wm. Robert Jones (18), a draper's assistant at Carnarvon, was charged with the manslaughter of a quarryman named Wm. Morris Jones, on r Snnday, September 18th. It was stated that deceased, as was fre- quently the practice, placed a large stone-on the central line of cogs and girders of the narrow gauge, Snowdon Mountain Railway. Seating himself on this stone, and guiding his progress by feet or hands on the outside rails, he was sliding down the track x when he was suddenly overtaken by another large boulder, placed by someone on the rails behind him, and struck with such force that he was hurled into the air, his body describing two or three somersaults before falling to the ground. He was so seriously injured that he died. The evidence for the prosecution failed to identify the accused as the person who had placed the particular stone which occasioned the fatality. The jury returned a verdict of Not guilty," which was received with applauaer both inside and outside the court.
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GOOD NEWS FOR GILWERN. General satisfaction is felt at Gilwern, Breconshire, at the fact that the old flannel and yarn factory, which has been idle for many years, has been let by Mr L. Pritchard" J.P., to a firm of Birmingham manufacturers, who propose utilising the premises for the manufacture of clocks, etc. The work of alter- ing the premises has already been commenced, and it is expected that some tons of machinery will be in position very shortly. At the commencement about 50 hands will be employed, but after everything has been got into working order several more hands, especially females, will be taken on, and we understand that the proprietors intend en- gaging as many local persons as possible.
Y GOLOFN GYMREIG.
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Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. • Dymunir i'n Gohebwyr Cvmreig cryfeirio eu gohebiaethau, Hyfrau i'w hadolygu, etc., fei y canlyn:—" LFANO.Cil Hedd, Berthwin- etreet, Cardiff."
I "I AT Y BEIRDD.
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I AT Y BEIRDD. Diolch i Eurglyw, Brynaman, am ei bedwar englyn ond gan na ellir eu cyhoeddi yn y Uaw for eu hysgrifennwyd, a fydd efe ddaed "u hanfon eto yn y llaw gyffredin ? Yn ystod yrwythnoa daeth i lawamryw eng- lynion di-wobr i'r Wawr;" ac ar ol cael ychwaneg, fe'u cyhoeddir gyda'r gilydd. Yn englynion Dewi Aur, Treforfab, Carw Cynon, a Gwilym Deheudir, ceir enghreifftiau da o werth y gynghanedd mewn cywrein- rwydd, desgrifiadaeth, ac awenyddiaeth ond beth dybyga'r beirdd am athrawiaeth bendant Carw Cynon ethrvb Nod Bardd "? Onid oes hen gyfeiliornad yn llechu ym mhluf telaid yr eagyll ? Fodd bynnag, ofhir y mynn y Carw fod nerth i'w ddadl of yn asgell olaf englyn Dewi Aur i Abertridwr. Llwyddodd Gwilym Deheudir i ddangos perthynas seiniau a synwyr yn ei Raeadr y Niagara braidd na chlywir ei dwndwr yn yr englynion. Fe dal pryddest Gwyneufryn ei darllen, gan agosed yw ei meddwl a'i hysbryd at yr oes a'i gwerin a'i hangen.
ABERTRIDWK.
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ABERTRIDWK. Ardal ddel am redol ddwr,—a bryniau Bronnog uwch el dyfngwr; Yst&d deg, &g enw di-stwr; Tir Eden yw Abertridwr. Dewi Aur.
GWEN
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GWEN Tlysineb gwyneb yw gwen—a ddyry Hedd-arwydd iach, HaWEn; I'm hanwylyd mae'n heulwen, Ac i mi mae'n fwyn Amen Dewi Aur.
TY'R ARGLWYDDI.
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TY'R ARGLWYDDI. Llys anghall! i oes wingol—tyrr gloddest Ei Arglwyddi'n ddamniol; Drwy wenau ffawd, rhy' yn ffol Gur i enaid gwerinol. Treforfab.
Y GWIR ANRHYDEDDUS H. H. ASQUITH.
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Y GWIR ANRHYDEDDUS H. H. ASQUITH. (Cydfuddugol yn Aberafan Pasc 1910.) Glyw a dawn y gwladweinydd—yw Asquith, A'i osgo at gynnydd; Gwerinol deg arweinydd I'w oes ddewr-Moses ei ddydd. Treforfab.
NOD BARDD.
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NOD BARDD. Coeliaf mai Ilunio celwvdd-yw bardd Yn'nwyd boeth darfelydd; Maegwir hwyliog, rhywiog, rhydd. Yn rhy wan i'r awenydd. Carw Cynon.
Y GOLEUDY.'
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Y GOLEUDY. Y goleudy gweledig—i'r morwyr, Mirain was arbennig, Yn y nps mae'n dangos dig Y glannau trwy'r gwawl unig. Carw CynOá.
CLEFYD Y MOR.
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CLEFYD Y MOR. Yo y Uong ar gefn y lli'—yn nofio Mewn nwyfiant wrth groesi Y Sianel——wel, dyma hi, A'r tonnog f6r o tani. Och! eilwaith, wrth ddychwelyd,—ar y m6r o y mae'n ddychrynllyd, Gyda'r boen bron gado'r byd Yn wan-glwyfuB gan glefyd. Carw Cynon.
RHAEADR Y NIAGARA.
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RHAEADR Y NIAGARA. Y gorwyllt Niagara,—erch, ruawl Arch-raeadrv ymhyrddia; I'r dyfnder 0'1: uehder &; Y ddaear gron ddirgrynna. Arutbrol mewn maintioli,—a rwysg r6d Dros y graig gan frochi; Ar ddu len angherddol li' Mae dinistr yn ymdonni. Ei odwrdd,sy ddychrynadwy, —unawd Syfrdanol rhyferthwy; ft id rhuad mor, ond rhuad mwy, Yn nwydwyllt ac ofnadwy. Y Coety, Penybont. Gwilym Dehendir.
" TRUGAREDD A EWYLLYSIAF,…
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TRUGAREDD A EWYLLYSIAF, AC NID ABERTH." I. Lin Drugaredd, g&d im* gerdded Heibio'r myg aberthau i gyd; Dy hawddgarweh hoffaf weled, A'th gyfrinion gad im' glywed; Yna canaf G-wynfy myd." V Angel gwyn arlwybfa** gofid. Ymgnawdoliad wyt o Dduw; Mae dy sang yng nglynoedd adfyd Yn creu heddwch a dedwyddyd Mewn calonnau ysig, briw. Hen Drugaredd, eto'n newydd— Fel y wawr, o hyd yn hardd; Gwena yn y garwaf dywydd, Lief yr euog glyw yn ebrwydd Rhwng cauedig lwyni'r ardd. Fwyn Drugaredd, graa ei llonaid; Dyma Ddwyf ewyllys Nef; Ymgeledda y rhai gweiniaid, Geilw adref afradloniaid At Ei fwrdd,bendithlawn Ef. Leied wyr y byd am dani Er ei holl aberthau i gyd I Brinned ydyw ei haelioui t Prin gwna tonnan mõr tosturi Olchi traeth y garw fyd. Pa sawl llanc heb falm Trugaredd, A'i athrylith yn ddidrai, Aeth yn ferthyr dros Wirionedd Pan oedd dwylaw du eiddigedd Yn dadwreiddio coed ei Fai 1 'Bryd daw'r byd i ddysgu siarad A Thrugwedd ar ei fin, Oil yn un yn rhwymyn cariad, o dan Ddwyfol weddnewidiad, Yn nhangnefedd Duw ei Hunt Am led ydyw rhif y mawrion Heddyw sy'n cenhedlu toes! Ar ffenestri fy ngobeithion Tyrr pelydrau'r wawrddydd dirion— Euraidd wawrddydd newydd oes. Mae y wawrddydd ar y bryniau Yn proffwydo anterch dydd; Ac mae Cymru ar ei gorau Heddyw'n dringo at y golau: Boed i Dduw gryfhau ei ffydd. Llydan-ddwfn Drugaredd Iesu Fyddo'n llathru nen yr oes; Doed y proffwyd i gyhoeddi, Yntau'r bardd i beraidd odli Cerdd ar feddrod ing a chroes. II. Ar delyn fwyn fy nghalon doed ysbryd Calfari I grynnu y llinynnau sy'n ddistaw ynof fit Ac O! na allwn daro ar dant Trngared Duw Nes gyrru hoen a llonder drwy galon dynol- ryw; Mi garwn fyw i .ereill fel gwnaeth yr addfwyn Oèn," A thynnu'r drain o'r blodau ar Iwybrau cur a phoen; A theml anfarwoldeb sy'n agos at y sawl Wêl gyfle i Drugaredd droi'r byd yn ffir o fawl; Er dirfawr swyn yr abertb, gwell gan ein Prynnwr prid r Yw gwraodo Salm Trugaredd ax delyn aur y byd. Oferedd bywyd ffnrfiol t gweddi ar ein mant: Trugaredd lon'd y galon sy'n gwneud y dyn yn sant: Tosturiwn wrth y weddw fo'n methu gwera y Nef Wrth frwydro am ei thamaid rhwng gormes gwlad a thref. Cof am y beddrod cynnar He huna gwr ei øerch Aeth dros ei hawliau'n ferthyr dan draad Gorthrymder erch, ,Cof am ei ruddiau gwelw achyrn ei galed lawl Ac 0 fel gwaedai 'i galon roi angenxm rhwng naw" o fyd mor galong^led! paid IOn am aberth mwy: "Trogaredd,"medd fy Ngheidwad, sy fahn • anfeidrol fwy." Dynoliaeth sydd yn rhynnu ar feusydd ing o hyd; Tywynned haul Trugaredd ar dwyni oer y byd; Trugaredd athosturi yw hanfod Duw mewn cnawd,— Trugaredd ydyw'r adDod ym mhennod cofio. brawd; Lle'r &'r offeiriaid heibio, a'r Lefiaid gyda hwy, Trugaredd sydd yn aros4'i fahn i wella'r chry.' Gad heibio'r coed a'r aberth ffordd* effeithiolach gaed Cei Net wrth gonoth frodyr; s'u codi ar eu Rho iddynt falmTrugaredd to n cadamhaiu eu ffydd, Nes gloewo eu golygon i gerdded at y dydd. Rho'th wenau i'r myfyriwr sy rwng ei fyfyrgel1 Mewn brwydrau anweledig ar faes ypuf a'r pell; Byddinoedd o amheuon sy'n cuddio'r santaidd dir: Trugaredd, ac nid aberth, rydd iddo olwg glir. Trugardd, ac nid aberth," medd Uais am- ddifaidsyn Gladdasant eu gobeithion mewn mynwent dan. y bryn A gweddi am Drugaredd o'r carchar ddaw o hyd: Trugaredd, ac nid aberth, liniara loes y byd. O! torred gwawr Trugaredd drwy'r byd yn llif o aur, A chenir saJmau rhyddid o dan ei fedydd claer. Dros randir Gwae teyrnased ewyUys bur y Nef, Heb un yn Ilesg o'r UWythau dan law Tru garedd gref. Caf finnan Drugaredd yr Iesu Er teimlo yn eiddil a gwyw Mae engyl Tiriondeb yn canu Ar goedydd Trugaredd ein Duw Mae dwylaw Trugaredd yn gloewi Delfrydau uchelaf yr oes A chyfnod gwawr euraidd yn torri Ar sail egwyddorion ei Groes. Penygroes. S. Gwyneufryn Davies.
Bogus Doctor's Frauds.
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Bogus Doctor's Frauds. AN ARRANT SWINDLER. Thomas James Moore was charged on re- mand at Tower Bridge with obtaining by false pretences food and lodging to the value of £ ?,8 10s from Mrs Alice Olney, of 184, Rotherhithe New-road. The prisoner pleaded guilty to this charge and to a further charge of fraudulently obtain- ing goods to the value of £3 17s from Frank O'Brien, of llderton-road, Rotherhithe. The prisoner appeared in Rotherhithe on June 17 and introduced himself to Mrs Olney as assistant to Dr. Bell, at the Rotherhithe Infirmary. For a week he paid the account for board and lodging, and on June 25 he engaged a second room and brought to the house a young lady whom he represented as his wife. Thereafter he made excuses for only paying instalments of the account, stating that be had spent his last remittance, that there was a difficulty as to transferring his banking account from the North, or that he had paid a few pressing debts. On September 26 he told Mrs Olney that he had arranged a partnership with another doc- tor, which would cost him JE300 or JE400. and shortly afterwards he left, owing her JE28 10s. Through Mrs Olney the prisoner gained an introduction to Mr O'Brien, with whom he dealt for a time as a ready-money customer. He then told Mr O'Brien that he had a very good appointment as assistant to Dr. Bell, and was also in receipt of a private income, and on these representations was allowed to open a fortnightly account. When payment became due the prisoner tendered a cheque, which he told Mr O'Brien would be all right, but as he wanted 25s change Mr O'Brien told him it would not be all right. When inquiries were made after the prisoner's disappearance it was ascertained that he had never been em- ployed at the infirmary in any capacity, but was once a patient. Detective-Sergeant Gale said that the pri- soner was only liberated, after serving a sen- tence of two years' imprisonment for fraud at Spalding on June 16th, and appeared to have at once travelled to London. Since then he had been living by fraud. The Prisoner: I have been very unfortu- nate.. The Magistrate You are not so unfortunate as the people you deal with, I am afraid Detective-Sergeant Gale added that the young lady who was living with the prisoner was not his wife. He had told her that hot would marry her, and went twice with her to church to hear the banns published. The third time he pleaded another engagement. The prisoner was committed for six months on each charge, and thanked the magistrate warmly for his leniency.
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MR RUNCIMAN'S SYLLABUS. Radnorshire's Position. At the last meeting of the Radnorshire Edu- cation Committee Mr H, D. Phillips (Llan- drindod Wells) succeeded in getting a resolu- tion unanimously carried by which the consideration of the temperance syllabus issued by Mr Runciman, the President of the Board of Education, has been referred for considera- tion to the General Purposes Committee. This committee will consider the subject and report to the next meeting of the large committee. Temperance posters were utilised in the schools several years ago, and some temperance teaching is given in some of the schools under the heading of hygiene.
,RHONDDAo SCHEME.
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RHONDDAo SCHEME. Fdr some years the Rhondda Education Committee have been providing definite tem- perance teaching in the schools. The existing scheme aims, for the juniors, at a study of temperance principles on a moral and religious basis, and conducted by the class teachers with the fufl sympathy and support of all the heads. The senior classes have their lessons based on McienMnc temperance reader, an& in addition a peripatetic teacher, Mr Preece of Pontypridd, late lecturer to the Band of Hope Union, deals particularly with the physiologi- cal side of the question. He visits every school in the district twice a year, and gives-experi- mental lessons on alcohol and its effects on the human system. The report issued by the Director of' Education (Mr T. W. Berry) states that the teaching is conscientiously given, that it is looked forward to with in- terest by the pupils, that it is highly success- fulT.and that the subject has not caused any controversy.. ■ ✓
MISSION AT SWANSEA,
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MISSION AT SWANSEA, A temperance mission was commenced at Swansea on Saturday night, and will continue till the 24th inst. It has been promoted by a o particular society or sect, but by represen- tatives specially selected by the churches, tem-, perance and other societies of the district. Special sermons were delivered in all the churches yesterday.
"The Mystic Note."
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"The Mystic Note." REV. R. J* CAMPBELL AND A NEW MOVEMENT. The Rev. R. J. Campbell, delivering his presidential address to the delegates of the Liberal Christian League in the City Temple on Sunday, said the time for a world wide federation of Liberal Christian churches was coming, but a good deI,L.of sr-ade work would have to be done before it-did arrive. No small part of the duty of the League would be to prepare the way for it by gradually bringing the mpre Liberal churches of various denominations into touch with each other. The principal object of the League was to carry a liberal evangel to the unchurched masses of the population. There was ^nothing more urgently needed than a liber&l type-of evangelisation. There was a great awakening going on, and it might be that they of the league were standing at the beginning of a mighty movement. Had they tiie mystic note which the world was yearning to hear? For the people would never be put off with a,gospel which, was only concerned witlrthe outsides of things-
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. At Bridgend PoüceCourt on Saturday, John Webber. collier, Eweimy-road, Maesteg, claimed from the Adelphi insurance Company, London, the sum of £1, amount due under a policy of insurance against unemployment, which plainttiff had taken out in the Self Help Insurance Company, which plaintiff's solicitor, Mr Evan E. Davies, Maesteg, stated had since been merged in the defendant company. Mr Davies I said that in the conditions attached to the policy was a clause to the effect that the assured should not be entitled to maintain any action at law, but he alleged that this was merely for the purpose of trying to obstruct the public from coming into court to get their money. He had had an interview with a representative of the Company at Pontypridd after which he received a letter from a representative of the Company in London, in which was the following :—" I may say, however, strictly for your own inform- ation, and without prejudice, that we would pay the amount due if-we^were able to do so. At the moment the fact is we have had a very heavy run of misfortunes which has crippled us severely, and if your client pro- rfmflfi he can only incur additional expense without any possibility of recovery. At the aametimeitiafairto-tell you steps are being and we think will prove successful, to introduce a large amount of new capital. We have a good business-and in normal circum- tances one that win pay its-own way abso- lutely. The amount owing by tis is not a very large sum and it should be plain to you that it is in our own interests to pay every legitimate claim promptly, and this will be done in your case as soon as ever we can." Plaintiff gave evidence that he was out of employment from the 17th Mafy until the 6th July, and claimed JE1 a week under the policy, tIe was thrown out of employment by the stoppage of Garth Colliery. The Magistrates made an order for the, amount claimed and costs.
TAIBAOH'S GRATITUDE.
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TAIBAOH'S GRATITUDE. Memorial Fountain to Or. J. H. Davies. An interesting function took place at Taitoach, Port Talbot, on Saturday afternoon, when Sir Arthur Pendarvis Vivian, K.C.B., unveiled a drinking fountain, erected by the inhabitants of the district, ?as a tribute to Dr. J. H. Davies, J.P., for his services ren- dered to the district. Unfortunately the weather was unfavourable, but there was a good crowd present, including Sir A. P. Vivian, Lady Jane Vivian, and the Misses Vivian, Dr. J. H. Davies, Mr Godfrey Lipscomb, J.P. Major W. S. J. Bray, Mr Daniel Wellington, Mr Evan Davies, Mr W. A. Davies (hon. sec.* of the committee), Mr Burgess, and others. Sir .Arthur P. Vivian, in unveiling the foun- tain, expressed his pleasure at being able to do such honour to the esteemed doctor. Dr. Davies had laboured amongst them for a large number of years, and had-won the esteem of the rich and poor alike, especially the latter, to whom he had been a great and true friend. (Cheers.) Dr. Davies, in reply, expressed his thanks to Sir Arthur for performing the ceremony, and also to the inhabitants and committee for erecting such a memorial to himself after 58 years' labour amongst them. He asked Mr Daniel Wellington, the vice-chairman of the Margam District Council, to accept the fountain on behalf of the Council. The fountain, which has been erected in the Old Marketfsquare, High-street, Taibach, ia the work o? Mr Goscombe John, R.A., and was subscribed for by the inhabitants of the district through a committee of which Mr Burgess was chairman and treasurer, and Messrs W. A. Davies and J. W. Evans joint secretaries. The cost of the fountain is 350 guineas, and it provides drinking facilities for man and beast. On one side there is inset a life-like bronze medallion of Dr. Davies, with the inscription on the reverse side. V
FLOUR MILLS DESTROYED.
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FLOUR MILLS DESTROYED. A serious fire occurred in Belfast at a late hour on Friday night, Vhich resulted in the destruction of the extensive stores of Messrs Hughes, Dickson and Co., flour millers. The fire, which originated in the engine-room, spread with alarming rapidity, and the pre- mises of Messrs Holywood and Donnelly, dis- tillers, and the soap works of Alexander Finlay had narrow escapes. The Empire Theatre, which is situated at the rear, was alas threat- ened, and the management abandoned the per- formance. In* addition to the gutting of the stores of Messrs Hughes, Dickson and Co., their corn mill and engine-room adjoining were badly damaged. The loss is estimated at £10,000..
I NEWPORT BLAZE.
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NEWPORT BLAZE. Shortly after 1 o'clock on Sunday morning the Newport Fire Brigade were called to the lock-up outfitter's shop of Mr J. H. Scott, Church-street, Newport, where a fire had broken out. They found that the fire had started on the ground floor at the back of the premises, and was fast making its way to the first floor. There was a plentiful supply of water close by, and the firemen, with Lieu- tenant Lyne and Superintendent Tothill, were not long in securing a mastehy of the flames. The damage to the buiiding was small, but there was considerable damage to the stock, which included oilskins and cloth suits of various sorts. This is covered by insurance. Mr Scott, who lives a couple of doors away, says that the shop was closed at 10 o'clock and everything was apparently all right when he left about midnight. The cause of the fire is unknown.
SHOP FIRE" AT BARRY.
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SHOP FIRE" AT BARRY. The upsetting of an bit lamp in the window of a tobacconist's shop in Thompson-street, Barry Dock, on Sunday caused an outbreak of fire, which resulted in the contents of the shop being destroyed. About 6 o'clock Mr J. Seeley was about to reopen his shop for busi- ness as usual, and proceeded to light a lamp in the window. The lamp upset and the oil flowing over the goods, flames shot up, 'and immediately the whole building was en- veloped in names. Inspector R., H. Thomas and a number of police arrived with hose and reel, and the police were able to subdue the flames before the building became gutted. The damage is confined to the stock-in-trade, front windows and fixtures.
DESTRUCTIVE CARDIGAN FIRE.
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DESTRUCTIVE CARDIGAN FIRE. Soon after 3 a.m. on Sunday Cardigan was awakened by the ringing of the fire bell and blowing of a bugle. Mr William Morgan, Queen's Stables, and Mr John Weston were spending the night at Messrs Bowen Bros.' stable with a sick horse, when their attention was attracted by the incessant barking of Mr Bowen's terrier dog .Tack, which was loose in the yard. One of them went out and looked about the yard, thinking there was an intruder about. Seeing nothing, he went back. He had no sooner entered than the dog again started barking. Both then went out together, and were sur- prised to see thick smoke, and a smell of burning. The smoke and smell issued from the carpenter's shop of Mr David Edwards, coachbuilder, and they found the shop, which was on the opposite side of the road, ablaze. The alarm was given, a crowd gathered together, and several gentlemen brought with them their fire extinguishers." From the start, however, it was seen that there was no hope of saving the building, and that care would have to be taken to prevent the spread of the fire to the adjacent buildings^ It was to this purpose that the fire brigade, which had promptly arrived, devoted, their attention. There was every probability that the house next door, occupied by Mrs J. Williams, would take fire, and the furniture was hastily carried out, but thanks to the presence of the brigade the house was saved. After a time the smithy at the back com- menced to bum, and in order to prevent the fire reaching the paint and oil stores, it was .deemed best to cut away the roof. Had not this been done it is probable that the fire would have reached the paint and oil stores, and gone from there to the finishing room, with the risk of a. great part of St. Mary-street being destroyed. The origin of the fire is a mystery, as every- thing seemed to be all right when the men stopped work at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Every- thing within the building, as well as some things outside, were destroyed. We understand that the loss is partly covered by insurance. This is the second occasion on which this building has been destroyed by fire, the for- mer occasion being about 38 years ago, when they were occupied by the late Mr J. R. Daniel, the fire breaking out then during the dinnerhour.
MISCHIEVOUS LADS.
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MISCHIEVOUS LADS. On Saturday the Cardiff Fire Brigade, in charge of Superintendent Geen, were called to a fire on the side of river near Clarence-road, Cardiff. Here it was found that several baulks of timber, the remains of an old tip, had been set on fire by some boys. The flames were extinguished before much damage was done.
81Rl IN FLAMES IN THE STREET.
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81Rl IN FLAMES IN THE STREET. A girl named Ada Nixon, 10, died on Satur- day in Hull Infirmary from bums. She was left at home in the company of Another girl, and they were playing, when deceased's pina- fore was blown by the draught into the fire. She was quickly enveloped in flames, and, running into the street, a coal dealer, named Malcolm Lamb, tore the burning clothes off her, and conveyed heriio-the infirmary.
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FIREPROOF ROOM ABLAZE. A fire broke out at Oakleith. Blackpill, near Swansea, the residence of Mr J. s. Brown, on Saturday. The outbreak was discovered by Mr Brown, who found the-tutting-room alight. The room is a fireproof one, and Mr Brown closed the door, thus confining the flames to the chamber. He then motoredintoSwansea for the fire-brigade. He took bactin his car P.C. Kennedy, with an extinguishing appliance, and the fire-engine followed. By the time the latter arrived the fire was practically out. The damage is esti- mated at £300. The inmates werein bed at the time of the discovery.
FARMER BURNT TO DEATH.
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FARMER BURNT TO DEATH. A.farmer, named William Marsh, was burnt- to death during a fire at Brook, near Ashford, on Saturday morning. He was trying to release horses locked in the stable, when he was over- come by the smoke. Four of the horses, pctished and several of the farm-buildings were' burnt down.
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SEVEN PERSONS PERISH. Berlin, Saturday.—As the result of a fire which occurred at a house in the Neue Friedrichstrasse yesterday, the bodies^of seven ,of the inmates have been discovered burned. —Reuter.
BOYS BEATEN BLACK & BLUE.
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BOYS BEATEN BLACK & BLUE. An^extraordinary case of the brutal thrashing of two boys was related at Stratford Police Court on Saturday, when Percy Charles, Dutton, a gardener of Mavis Bank, Upminster, was summoned on two informations for assaulting Albert Jiggins (13) and Alfred Manning (12), of Gepp-terrace, Ilford-lane, Ilford. Evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that OIL the afternoon of August 17th the two boys were in Wanstead Park, when they saw a man, whom they alleged to be the de- fendant, watching them as they threw stones, into the river. Tbey went away, and he stopped them on~a footbridge, and by offering them a shilling to help him to carry some wood, he got them to go with him to a field away from thepaths There he suddenly caught them by the shoulders, and told them that he was a park keeper, and was going to thrash them for throwing stones in the water. He asked them who would take the hiding first." and Manning said he would. He was told to lie down on the grass, and Jiggins was told to take his knickers down. The boy did so. and the man laid him across his knee and beat him severety. He treated Manning in the same way. When the boys arrived home-they were black with the cruising, and were taken to a doctor, and information was given to the police. Mr F. A. Stern, who defended, said it was a very extraordinary story, and the defendant was in the very unfortunate position of having been summoned in March last for an almost identical offence. In that case he proved an alibi?, and the summons-was dismissed. An alibi was set up in this case, and the defendant also denied onoath the<boys' story. The Bench came to the conclusion that the defendant was the man who assaulted the boys, and he was sentenced to one month's hard labour on each summons, the-sentencesto run concurrently.
LOST WATQH ROMANCE.
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LOST WATQH ROMANCE. A-strange story came from Newcastle, Co. Down, on Saturday. In May, 1866, the ship General Grant was wrecked on the Auckland Islands. On one of the loneliest of these the survivors, including James Teer, a Newcastle, Co. Down, seaman, spent many dreary months hoping against hope. Eventually they were rescued by a whaler and taken to New Zealand. Soon afterwards Teer was presented with a gold watch, which was sent to London to Teer's sister, Mrs Bishop, by Mr Richard Gould, also a native of Newcastle, then first mate of the ship Tartar. The Tartar was wrecked near Fu-Chau, in October, 1871, and stripped bare by pirates, the watch being part of the plunder. Mr Gould made repeated inquiries, in the hope of recovering it, but without avail. In Septem- ber, 1908, however, certain news reached him from a missionary society warranting the belief that the mystery would yet be cleared up. The watch had passed from the hands of the man who stole it into other hands. Corres- pondence ensued with the missionary society. the Chinese postal authorities, the Board of Trade, and Foreign Office. After long delays, Mr Gould's persistence and energy were finally rewarded by the Chinese postal: authorities. He received the watch on Saturday.
Actress Divorced.
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Actress Divorced. TRAGEDY OF A GREAT MISTAKE. In the Divorce Division on Saturday Mr Sydney Donald Edward Hall, an actor, peti- tioned for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of the misconduct of his wife, Isabel Louise Hall, an actress, known as Miss Dillon," with the co-respondent, Mr Joseph Wright, who is also engaged in the theatrical profession. Mr Le Bas, who appeared for the petitioner, said that the marriage took place on the 1st of June, 1904, at the Registry Office, Maryle- bone. Mr and Mrs Hall afterwards lived to- gether in Hamlet-gardens, Ravenwcourt-park. There were no children of the marriage. The petitioner was now living temporarily in New York, and his evidence had been taken on affidavit. That evidence set out that the petitioner wa% now acting in America, but that his domicile was English. In June, 1907, with the consent of his wife, he accepted an engagement in the United States. He left her in a furnished flat with her maid, and agreed to pay her £1 5s a week. At the time she had a theatrical en- gagement. They parted on affectionate terms and they corresponded regularly, but after a time her letters became less frequent and were of a less affectionate character. In December, 19(7) the respondent wrote the following letter to her husband :— My Dear Donny,—I have been thinking a long time this state of things cannot go on. Everything is so unsatisfactory. We should both of us get on much better if we were free to do as we liked. My feelings towards you are not as a wife. As husband and wife ■ we never have and never shall get on to- gether. I have not just come to this con- clusion, but have thought seriously and long about the matter. If you will think it over seriously, you will see we have absolutely no prospects but hard work all our lives, and I am getting.so tired of it all. If I loved you it would be a different thing, but I don't. You!nusta1" think me hard, but I have all my life before me, and our marriage was a great mistake from beginning to end. There is no one else I am putting in your place, but I want to be free to go my own way, and you will get on much better, I am quite sure. A decree nisi was granted.
Insurance Frauds.
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Insurance Frauds. CARNARVONSHIRE OFFICIALS SENTENCED. On Saturday, at the Carnarvonshire Assizes, before Mr Justice Horridge, the charges of fraud and forgery brought by the Prudential Assurance Company against two of their offi- cials and the Registrar of Deaths at Pwllheli, were further inquired into. The assistant superintendent for the district, Lewis Davies, a Cardiganshire man Robert Henry Jones, a local agent of the same company and Wm. Owen Jones, a local registrar of deaths, were severally and separately charged with forging and uttering a number of documents with in- tent to defraud. There were several indictments against each of the accused, and four specific instances were mentioned in respect of four separate policies on the lives of Mary Rowlands, Mary Jones, Jane Maria Jones, and Griffith Griffith Davies respectively, by means of which the Prudential Assurance Company had been de- frauded of various sums amounting in the aggregate to £89. Both the superintendent, Davies, and the agent, Jones, had been officers of the company in each case over 20 years. The modus operandi appears to have been for forms of proposals for insurance policies to be filled up purporting to be on behalf of cer- tain individual applicants. The names of these applicants were forged on the proposal forms, the alleged but fraudulent signatures being attested by the agent. The premium upon these policies when issued by the com- pany were paid for ,a period in due course. Later claims were made under these policies, the signatures of the claimants again being forged the claim was supported by bogus death certificates likewise forged the usual declaration that the case had been inquired into by the agent was made and signed and the cheque from the company duly cashed and the receipt therefore forged—this part of the system being rendered easier by the fact that these cheques were made payable to bearer—and in some-cases when endorsed by the agent actually accepted by the company as payment from the agent on account of premiums received by and due from him on account of other-policies. On Saturday, by the advice of counsel, all pleaded guilty. The agent Jones and the superintendent Davies were each sentenced to nine months' hard labour, and the registrar Jone» to-fifteen months' hard labour.
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CARDIFF v. LONDON IN DEBATE A Welsh Party and Independence. On Saturday evening the Literary Society in connection with the Tabernacle Congrega- tional Church, King's Cross, opened their winter session with a novel but highly inter- esting debate. Five gentlemen and one lady, representing Ebenezer Congregational Church literary Society, of Cardiff, journeyed up to London and gave the Welshmen connected with the King's Cross Church a taste of their oratorical quality. Thesubject chosen was: Should the Welsh Members of Parliament be an Entirely Nationalist Party Absolutely Inde- pendent of all the other Organised Political Parties ?" Mr Rowland Thomas ( barrister-at- law) opened the discussion on the affirmative side, pointing out that the independence of the Irish and Labour parties had had great results for the people whom. those parties represented The support given to the Liberal party had not, he emphasised, resulted in the realisation of the aspirations of Welshmen to have the Church in Wales disestablished. Mr Caleb Rees, M.A.. who received a very warm wel- come, took the viewtbst the Welsh support of the Liberal party, as the party of progress, was the best policy, and that independence would have little or no effective result. Mr Hugh P. Roberts (London) followed on the affirmative side, and other speakers were Mr B. O. Jones, Cardiff; Mr Watkin Jones, London Miss L. M. Owen, Cardiff Mr T. J. Evans, London Mr Evan Davies, Cardiff Mr J. O. Francis, London and Messrs E. R. ..Grcpow and J. o. Francis, Cardiff. When the question was put to the vote 65 were in. favour of Welfch independence and 48 against. The Cardiff visitors thoroughly enjoyed the even- ing, and it is understood that the King's-Cross ,^organisation will pay a return visit to Cardiff.
SOBER DEMOCRACY.
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SOBER DEMOCRACY. MrKeir Hardie, M.P., at Neath. Neath Temperance Mission was continued on 1 Saturday evening at the Gwyn Hall, N eath, when there was again a large audience, over which Mr George Hopes presided. The speakers of the evening were Mr J. Keir Hardie, M.P., and the Rev. Walter H. Arm- strong, Sunderland. Mr Keir Hardie, who was loudly cheered, strongly denounced clubs. Clubs, he said, should be placed in the same category as public houses. The tem- perance movement was growing amongst the working classes. (Cheers.) The Labour movement must have clean hands and a clean record. To them as leaders of the Labour movement the temperance cause was one of vital reform. A sober democracy was essen- tial to the success of the-country. Democracy to-day was on its trial, and it was therefore very necessary that they should protnote-tem- perance. (Cheers.) The Rev. Walter H. Armstrong also ad- dressed the meeting, and choruses were-given by the choir during the evening. The mission was brought to a close yester- day, when the speaker was the Rev. W. H. Armstrong. »
WENT BLACK IN THE FACE.
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WENT BLACK IN THE FACE. On Saturday afternoon Mr Thomas Waiters, coroner, conducted an inquest on John Davies (53), ostler. Lammas-street, Carmarthen. His daughter, Mary Jane Davies, deposed that the deceased suffered from a kidney affection, and that he had consulted Dr. Lloyd, of Cwm- mawr, Cross Hands, who told him to take some leaves decoction. Her father at 12 o'clock on the night of the 13th inst. got out of bed and had great difficulty in breathing. Her brother went for Dr. Harries, the parish doctor, who said he could not go out'as he had a cold. He, therefore, sent the patient some pills, one of which deceased took. About 1.30 on the liorning of the 14th inst. he said he felt he was dying. He went black in the face, got back to bed, and died. The witness's sister, Lizzie Davies, and brother, Thomas John Davies, corroborated, the latter stating that he also went for Dr. Blick, who said he could not go to witness's father. The jury returned a verdict of Death from some natural causes, probably kidney disease."
NO BLACK PLATE.
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NO BLACK PLATE. The unprecedented boom in the tinplate industry which has bfeen going on for some time past has now been given an im- petus to the commercial prosparity of South Wales in another direction. As the result of the great advance made in the tinplate trade, users of the partly- finished article in the shape of black plate have been confronted with a new problem. Many tin works, formerly either wholly or partly employed in the making of-black plates, have now discontinued it altogether, and are to-day tinning all the plate they can finish in their mills. As a consequence, black plate users have for a long time past experienced the greatest difficulty in securing an adequate supply of raw material. The position has become so acute in Llanelly that the Welsh Tin-stamping and Enamelling Company have decided to lay down up-to-date tinplate mills for the production of black plate on the com- pany's land adjoining the works at Llanelly. This will provide further employment for some hundreds r-f people. I
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TALKS ON HEALTH. f By A FAMILY DOCTOR. What Have You Done ? Well, what have you done- this week to make yourselves and your family healthier and happier. It's no good my hammering away week after week about fresh air and good food and clean teeth, if you don't carry out what I tell you. You don't seem to want to ruin me;* I was very busy last week, chiefly with patients suffering from preventible ills. To maintain me in a state of bloated luxury is really very foolish of you. I am looking fat and hearty in my old age, instead of being a lean a slippered pantaloon. Banish Flannelette- Now, have you read in the papers that flannelette underclothing is very inflammable, and that there have been hundreds of children burnt to death in consequence of being f clothed with this material ? Banish flannelette; that is your job this week. Don't wait for the King, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons to pass an Act of Parliament for- bidding the sale of this material. Just leave it alone, and the shops will soon stop stocking it. We had to pass an Act recommending the use of fire-guards. Dear me, we shall have to pass an Act soon recommending you to wash your face in the morning. Do use your sense- no more nannelette, and buy a fireguard. A Little Sermon. Parents, here is a beautiful sermon for yen* and if you don't like it I will never preachy another— till next time. The whole earth and everything on it, depends for its existennce on the sun, and from the sun come heat and light. In the Arctic regions there is a bright light, but no heat, and the result is that the world in those regions is covered with miles and miles of barren ice, with never a flower to be seen. In a dark barn or cave there may be plenty of heat but no light, and nothing can grow excep a few poisonous fungi. It is only in the bright warm summer, when the heat and light act harmoniously together, that the earth is productive of all that is good to eat and beau- > tiful to see. Now the minds of your children correspond to the earth or ground, wisdom corresponds to light and love to beat. Love and Wisdom. If you act towards your children with lu wa -v. alone, but no wisdom, their minds are in a state like the ground in a dark cave: they am spoilt, and only evil tendencies, poisonous fungi, will grow. And if you treat them with stern repression and a too severe discipline, untempered by love, children will be afraid of you, their minds will be pinched and starved, like the ground in the Arctic regions. Try to conjoin love and wisdom-the husband should have more of wisdom and less of love, and the wife more of love and less of wisdom, each one supplying in abundance what the other '■ lacks—then your children will grow up with healthy minds, and that is a good step towards giving them healthy bodies. And that's the end of the sermon. No, there is no collection keep the threepenny bit in the money-box for next year's summer holiday, or for & pair of good boots to wear in the wet wintryweather. Baby's Bow-Jegs. When your baby's legs begin to bend it is all :i nonsense to say the child began to walk too 4 soon, it is the bones that are unhealthy and f: too weak to bear the weight of the body. The bones are ricketty. N ow rickets is a disgrace. A baby with bow-legs says as plainly as any words, "My mother is careless." Don't you ■ come to me expecting sympathy because ot your baby's deformity, you will get a big stick. You don't know how to take care of your baby, and, what is worse, you don't-care. Every case of rickets is easily curable. A hospital is in reach of you all; the wretched doctor sits there for hours and hours without being paid a brass farthing, and he is willing to help you. The time will come when the s neighbours will not be seen speaking to a V woman whose child has rickets. Pull down the text over the piano, and, in place of it, pub up, Rickets is a disgrace." Letters from Ladles. I often get letters, mostly from young ladies, i I imagine, in spite of the mysterious nom de Elnme they use, asking for advice about their gures and complexions at> d faces, all written with the idea of getting tips" to beautify the said young ladies. Now for a paragraph on looking beautiful by one who knows. You think that I am an ugly, old bald-beaded cur- .• mudgeon with side whiskers. That just shows how little you know. Be it known, then, to all and sundry that the face consists of hundreds and hundreds of little muscles which can move the face in every possible way, and thus pro- duce a variety of expressions. When you whistle j or screw up your face and cry or raise your eyebrows you are working the muscles of the face; overlying the muscles is a-certain amount of fat, and the whole is covered with skin. A Recipe for Beauty. Now the muscles of the face can be developed just as the muscles of the arm can, and my whole reason for writing this is to persuade you to exercise those muscles which are con- cerned in smiling and giving a cheery expres- sion. When, in the morning you have finished doing your Sandow exercies for your back, and your dumb-bell exercises for your arms, just start smiling to exercise your smiling muscle just try and imagine it is your birth- day, and that you have just received a large box of chocolates even though it happens to be April 1 and you haven't a chocolate to your name. Some people let their smiling- muscles die away to nothing for wantof use, and then thrfy look in the glass and find themselves plain and write to me for a pill, potion, or lotion, to make them more beautiful. If you keep happy and bright, and try to make others so, you will be surprised how much more beautiful-yoa will become. The Family Choir. All people with weak chests, especially in the case of children, should go in for singing. Singing develops and strengthens the lungs, and thereby improves the general tone of the system Children do not know how to breathe properly -unless they are taught. Part of this ] training of the voice consists in instruction in breathing. The lesson shouM be given in & J room well ventilated and with the window "i wide open. If you breathe deeply in a stuffy room it will give you a headache so you -must all sing, please. Dad must sing in his bath. Mother must.sing while she is doing her washing and all the chkLren while they are gettingup. Answers to Correspondents. Seedhill.—Sniff up your nose a solution of salt and water—one teaspoonful to the pint. Canada.—Glad to get a letter from your side. Nothing to fear do not worry. Margaret.—Take the medicine through a quill or straw and wash the mouth out after- wards. — Old Chronicleite.—Trust your doctor. All letters intended for The Family Doctor should be addressed, The Doctor," 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.
U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET CRUISE.
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U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET CRUISE. Washington, Saturday.—The Atlantic ft. when it sails for Europe under the command of Rear-Admiral Schroeder in the Connecticut, in little more than a fortnight's time, wiU re- present a vast advance in strength on the Atlantic fleet which so recently made ita famous world-cruise under" Fighting Bob Evans." Eight of the battleships attached to the latter are now either out of commission altogether or in the reserve, and in their place are four great warships of the Dreadnought type and other more modern and powerful vessels. At least one of these Dreadnoughts, the South Carolina, will, according to present arrangements, be seen in the Thames, as it ia intended that the Second Division of the fleet,, of which she forms a unit, shall, with the Third and Fourth Divisions, visit Gravesend between the 14th and 28th of December. The three divisions, however, will not, for several rea- sons, be off Gravesend at the same time. The First Division of the fleet should reach Portland Harbour on November 14th. Item- brakes, in addition to the flagship Connecticut, the three Dreadnought battleships Delaware. North Dakota, and Michigan. After leaving Portland it will cross to Brest. It is worthy of note that the Third Division, according to the earlier plans, would have been at Lisbon for Christmas. Lisbon has now been left out of the scheme altogether, although it is probable that the entire fleet will rendezvous in the vicinity of Gibraltar before the homeward journey is begun. The warships are expected back in American waters towards the middle of January•—Cen- tral News.
PLAGUE CASES IN LONDON.
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PLAGUE CASES IN LONDON. The Local Government Board on Saturday .evening issued the foDowing communication On October 4th a Goanese steward belonging to the ss. Himalaya, which arrived recently in the Thames from Bombay, applied for treatment at the branch Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. He was at once admitted, and he died suddenly on the following day. A postmortem examination showed certain appearances suggestive of plague. A bac- teriological examination was made, which confirms the diagnosis of plague, The native who is suffering from plague, reported by the steamship Oceana on its-arrival ia the Thames, is in the Port Isolation Hos. pital at Denton, .ear Gravesend, and is stated to be recovering. The ship has undergone a thorough process of fumigation. No signs ot infection have appeared among the crew, who have been under daily medical observation.
THE WORK OF ANARCHISTS P
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THE WORK OF ANARCHISTS P Brussels, Sunday.—The newspapers stats that a Dutchman who was arrested at Verviers on a charge of swindling, and afterwards acquitted, told his lawyer that in September, 1909, when he was in prison at Haarlem with some Anarchists, he overheard a plot to set fire to the Brussels Exhibition when it was in full swing. It is expected that in consequence of this information certain Anarchists will shortly be arrested.—Reuter. _)