The Cardiff Times

I Countess of Warwick at Swansea. -1 PLEA FOR THE CHILDREN. Socialism and Labour. The Coontcss of Warwick on Sunday after- noon addressed, at the Star Theatre. Swansea, a crowded audience, which had gathered at tho invitation of the JS'ationai Union of Gaa %VorkCrg and General Labourers to discnsa resolutions deal iog Trade the education question. Mr W. Victor Morgan, local ncut. took the chair. Mr Pete Curran proposcd It the Union and the and Socialist tious on their eflorts on beb;i,if of the starving children and the freeing c;f joputar education frqm sect and party. and in favour of the fo!!ow<ng r'"oa:rammf :-The State maintenance of chit drc'n; scientific physical education with medi- cai inspection a nationa! system of education ur.det' fuii popuiar contro!, free and spcu'ar. from the primary gchnot to the Universty. Mr Cu!rn.riadmtt;e<i that there woe unemployed and unemp!ovab!c among tbo workers, but nei-n he thought !here was something very rotten ni the State when the unemp!oyab!e :n the ctass that rode in Hotter) Kow were ptaced at the top of the State and theunemp!oyed amongsb the workers at, the very bottom, 'i'ho opmions i)c-expressed frcmthe platform on tha subject of education, as on other subjects, were his retigion. and theory icHgicn he possessed; and thousands vet unborn woUtd kneci hytho graveside of tadies )i(:c the Countess of \Var wick ar.d biess her for her action. The Countess of Warwick,'n seconding the resolution, said she \Va- a perfec, strllnge to Swan'pa and to \ale, and 3he th'Teiorc lhankej them the mJr heartity for their kindly reception. The words of the chairman respecting herself were purely undeserved, for she wat one who bad come into this movement from the fa;' outside. She cftme a. it member of the Sofia) Democratic Federation, tnd at one who believed that the wortd was a had p)ace for the ndutt. and ought to be made a. better p'aceior the chiidren, (Apptause) In Wa!e9 the knew that they h'ui thoroughly dn- cussed this subject, and needed no words from her to explain it. The education question was shortiy coming up again, and the Church and chape) controversy was going torapfmoto furiously than ever. As far a.s Wates WM con corned, the hope )ay in the Weigh keenness and enthusiasm about education and she feH. that t hat great meetJ[lg showed that t,hcy all were re solved to make a broad way out of thi" strife between rehgious sects Then they could begin ti" talK about education itsetf, which wouid tako another ten years of tegisia.tion to ? briug ofY as it sboutd bo brought og. She was thankfuHortho "divine discontent' which existed amongst the workers. She felt that the keyrjote of the cterical reaction which held so m&ny in thrait was contained in those words !ofthoca<echiam. "To do icy duty in that state of Hfe to which it has pteased God to c&H me." No. ib was not GoJ that catted him there it was the [))acc wherein man had placed him and wherein man meant <o keep him-(apptause)—un!ess ho emancipated t.im. self. NoIvtllo workers were. she was zlad to sa.y.pmanf-ipatir.g t litmselves-tliev did it at the htst Genera) hi-etion when they sent to Parhament: a compact party of men from amongst their own body. After Mr Keir Uardie's out-'pokc:! announcement of the onty rent policy oc a Labour party. she felt sHre none of the workeM would be so bUnd to thetr interest'? as not to see where their chance )av. The Trade Union movement wa'i of immense value, but without Socialism it would not get on very far. It was on {he question of the fee tint: o! the children that. she had been ch;eH)t. interc;;ting hersetf in. How coutd they putmto an Ut-fed body what the Education Act required ? The House of Commons t)ad been brought to adm't that one meat a day for chitdrcn was a matter of public ronecru. That was nut aU they (the Sr)da)Mts) wanted bvatong wa.y—(applause)—but every step onward was a step towards the goat. By that, great meeting: she could see they were in earnest about it. Hhe appealed to mothers, for they shou!d be behind those who were workmg bard to save all the cbiidren. The resolution wa9 caDported by Mrs Brydes- Adams tmd carried unammouaiy. At the same meeting the following resolution was passed on the motion of Mr Charles stan- ton, Abcrjepn, seconded by Mr WiU Thorne, M.P.: "That this mM'ting rongra-tulatesthn Swansea I)istriet of the Gasworkei-s' and General Labourers' Union upon the progress they arc inaking, a.ad calls upon a)t the un- orpamsed workers of Swansea, and district to join tbc=r respective Trade Un)o!M, with a view of demanding a ereater share f the wealth they produce."

I ESCAPE FROM BRtDGEMD ASYLUM. On Tuesday night a. madman oa.Tned Job Mat- thews escaped from the Count yAaytum a< Bridg- II en(!. As the attendants were seeing the patienta to bed Matthewa aieatthHy crept a.wa.v. and eoim: downstairs took. &ch&ir with him into the groGnd.s. with the aid of which he chmbed uvr the watt and got away into the darkness The aiarm was at once given. &nd attendants The aiarm was at once given. &nd attendants wre sent out in all directions to search for the fugitive maniac. ThepoHceatBridgcodwere noHned, asd they teiephoned the po!i'e I tbrongbout the country to be on tbe wntcb. Matthe-ws. who is a Briugend man, is a dat'gerous luaatic, n is powerfuHy huii)' an<t ocrasionany very TIC)Ient,. fle, has t genius for ef raping, thi" bcmg hi3 third or fourth e-!cnpf and hf bus atwavsgiven aconsidefabieamoun! of trouble in his On a recent oc. n siunwhen begotnway from the asyinm Lc J kept a number 01 pc!icem<:n at hay for <otr.f time by -howera of stones. With which he hati rLtted his

The Coa! Question. RE-!88UE OF A GREAT WORK. The Coal Question." by the late Professor W. Stan!eyJevons.M.A..LL.O..F.K.8. Third Kdition. revised by Professor A.W.Fiux, M.A. Macmitlau and Co., Ltd. (Mr H. StanlevJevons, who. by specie request. writes the following revtc-w, is the son of the famous Author of the book. and is Lecturer on EconoQiy in the University Cones'* of South !ale'-l and Monmouthshire. He hadadtstinguished University career, and has taken up the same subjects as thoo:e. j n which his father was the greatest authority in bis time ) History of the Book. It is 41 Tears since- the tata Professor W. Stanley Jevoas Srst pub!ishcd his work on the coal question and 't attracted so much atten- tion at the time that a second and revised edition was issued the following year. This was exhausted in a. few years, and had tt sot. been for his untimely end the author woutd have carried out intention of issuing a th)rd edition brought np to dat.e some 20 years ago, ThisdiGrculb and jabc-rious task hM now been undertaken and ably performed by Professor A.W.Ftux.who untit lately hekl the chatr of economics at Owen's Co!!ege. Manchfster. and is now at the McGiIl University, Montreal und a third edition of the "Con! Question has just been issued by Messrs Maemillan and Co. Prosperity and the Price cf Coat. Stated in a. faw words. Prof. Jevona's thesis was as foliows Many engineers and geologist:! of repute agree in ma.inta.micn that. the store of workable coat in Great Britain is by no means inexhaustible when compared with the rate of consumption and this is steady, but grows year by year. In course of time. then. whatever coat nos near the surface wi)) have been workfd out. and tha mineral must be won írom a greater depth. The discoveries of new coalfields (cuch as have aetua:lv oc- curred) can only delay the deepening of mines a. few years. But mining coat becomes more and more expPr"osivc the greater the depth at which it has to be worked hence sooner or ] filer the price of coa) must inevitably rise atso. Now. what does a rise in the price of coal entail? Untit the laKer part of <ho eighteentlwen. tury England was not a great industrial and commercial nation. She bought from. and teamed of. foreigners. It was the discovery of the uses to wuich coat coutd be put. and more especially the success at length attained in smelting iron with coal inroad of charcoal. that launched thi'a country on her career of greatness. Wilh cheap iron machines and engines coutd bo chcapty built, and here was thn coa.! a)ongside to run 'hem. There foUowed a. prodigious growth in the production of iron, and ta.te[- of steel and of every kind of goods winch couid be made by machinery, driven by steam power—at. ftrsb chieay textiles The bui!ding of iron ships enormously increased themercantiieanan&val supremacy of Eng-; land A great trade in the export of coal a)jo developed, much by the low freights ruling from Engiand. ow!ng to the convenience of coat as hallu.t to make up the diSfrenre be. twecu the bulky raw materials imported for our manufacturers and the tighter uuishcd goods exporteel- For three-quarters of a century the natural advantages of our country, coupled with tho potitic-d troubtes of our neighbours on t theConticent kept f3 frfe from effec- ivo foreign competition, no that our wealth became the envy of all the world. In 18&5, however. Professor Jevons, knowing the mar vellous natural resources of the United States and tha enterprising char-: acter of ita people, prophesied that before many years had passed we should find that country a serious competitor in every branch of the iron and steel industry, and later in many other industries. As everybody knows. this prophecy has been fully justified by events, and Professor Flux quotes interesting figures to show the progress of America. Whereas jn 1862 we turned out annually more than five times the quantity of pig iron pro- duced in the United States, their output is now twice as great as ours. The data athisdis-, posa.t did not eDabIe Professor Jevons to fore- sec the remarkable industr in! development of Germany. Her coalfields are now known to bo many times more extensive than wa? then thought indeed, in quantity, like the United Spates, their fieHs arc nchet'thau ours, though in quality their coat is inferior. The greatexpansion of German industry, and the groat future which seems to lie before her, only tend, however, to strengthen Professor Jcvons's argument. The question he asked was Fifty or ]00 years hence, how can Eng- land. with her mines growing deep, and the price of coal rising considerably, hope to corn- J,!Ðte succ5sfully in foreign tt'ade with YOUOt!: and vigorous countries such as the United State* and (we may noTvadd) Germa.ny ? The country's wealth wiil with more euort it wili increase more slowly than now. if it docs not become positively stationary. The rise in the of wul thereforf entail an increase of unemployment and poverty the poputati'Ti must onip,r:1te iDore' than before. i!ugiahd's mr.rttimo supremacy wiU be jeopardised, and the country w)li smk into the gtonmy ligjJessness of a pent na-tion. 1 bis Htgument, snd many fide issues in the te:xt, of the Hook, are developed wHh a wcn.lth of iIlusl ration and a skilful n;o of the availal!le statistics, which givo the pages sustained interest from cover to cover. The p-oblcm which confronted Profe;sor F!ux was to a)ber tho original textas littte a,a possible, and yet tn bring the icforma.ttou up to date without put- ting in too many foot-notes and t-ppendicas, and thus making it a labour to read the book. He has wiaeiy chosen aimddie courae.l&rgely rewtiting the chapters on the coal resourcci of different. countneR. fn which so much new information is ava'!n.b!e, and on the iron trftde, which has changed so much during t he paat! 40 years but leaving th'* text of most or the chapters pra-ctica.tly una.)t.ercd,and indicating J11 loch-notes the results of thoprogress of invention, the growth or prpula.tion.andso forth. Professor Fiux has also dtawn for tins cdttion an oric'nal and very into'estmgdia-) g!*a.m showing the ['ateof increase of the coa!' outputs of the live cont producill countries of the world year by year from J860 to 1304, and a.fso nf the world's output, and of British exports. Some Poputar Misconceptions. Few books of national importance, pub- lished in modern times havp bpcu so much misunderstood and m'sreprc'-eated as The Coat Question." dearly every reader who was no& a tramcd economist, has ns-umed that the main object, ot that book was to estimntc the lenth ot time which the workable co&i in th's kingdom wontd last—to prophesy tho time when we should be kft, wHhon' a pound of coal to cook a dinner. Professor Jevom n:ost distinctly stated in sevf-rai in the first edition that th:s was not his object hf wished to show that a considerable rise of the price of coal was inevitable., and he tried to foreshadow the consequences of such a, ris-? of price .Another bluader is mrde by many people. Pro- iesgor Jevons found from statistics that the average rate ot ¡ncl"ease of our coal output. over severa! years prior to 1863 waa 3 per cent. per annum. He then says :-(lst editioD. pge 213, 3rd edition, 272) assuming the present rate of growth, 3 per cent. per annum, to hold, ib is easy to calculate the amounts of coal to bo consumed in the undermentioned years, starting from tha actual consumption of 1861. Then foltowa a tabte giymg the calculated consumption (which is the snme as the output) for every ten years to 1961, but the figure which interests us is that for 130!. for which the output calculated was to be 331 minions of tons. whitst tho amount of coal actually raised, eliminating irregular fiuctuations, was only u bout 245' !T')Iiions of tons. Here the prophet has signally failed, said the critics, and his work is dti-'creditcd in their eyes. As a matter uf fnct. iftbeywoutdbnt. read carefully they wou!d spc that the author says two pa.gc3 further on I draw the conclusion which I think anyone would draw_that we cannot long Eaainta.iu our present rate of increase of consumption; that. we can never advance to the higher rates of consumption supposed." Another two ragps further on he states that he thinks it probable tbftt half & centufv afrer the t:me of writing. which wil! come in 19)5. the coal consumpt.icn wii) be three or tc.ur t:me< whah it. was in 18E5, and six !md a half times as would be re- quired by his calculation. We cem now sec that the con ump'ion in 1915 probably will be a little over three times what it was in 1865. I have d<*a,lt with thew popular misunder- standings ataome tencth because they are by iYo"mG:\nsconuocd to the uneducated. In 1866 thf public anxiety cAUsed by this hook led to the appointment of a. Royal Commission to re- port upon the matter, and its SnAl report was made m 1S71. It found thab the avail ahl c reserves of coal wero much greats- thim WM stated m the estimate W300 by Prnfessor Jevona that our stock within a. depth of 4.000 feet would la.st some hundreds of years, and that there was no cause for anxiety. They evaded altogether the economic issue—the inevits-bie rise of the price of in fhia country due to deeper working, and the ptobabte fa.U of its price in countries competing with us. Unfor- tunatety a. second Commission which waa appointed in 1901 and reported finaby last year ha.. made the same mistake It gave no prominence to the economic side of tha question it did not attack the question as to when the price of coal might be expected to rise so high as to seriously handicap us in our competition with other nations neither did it study the social effects of this inevitable rigs of price, nor recomtnend measures to be taken for mitigating them. It is an unhappy reHec- < ion that thosf to whom we arc accustomed to turn for guidance in national aSairs should so completely nt-glect- the cardina.t points of the question. Britain's Future. In conclusion, a few words as to the future. Professor Jevons recommended a drast'c re duction af the national debt by extra taxation duriog our present J)Criod of prosperity in ordo' that our successors might ba reiieved of the great erpartof the l:27,COO,OCOtshich we now spend annually m the scrvise of the debt. In b's preface to thf second edition of the coai question he also st:or)gty recommends the diffusion of ;). better education. Oa this remedy ) It is obvious .hat. ns lIw of coil it wiH br- impossi tlJCso met,alJnrgical mdus- tr)e9 which require )arg°qu')ntities of coa', and ',n' shail be obiiged t" -'pcciatisc more and more on those skilled a.ud fiuishiog industries which require comparative'? Utt!e heab or power. The change is begiart:ng already, for the Clyde shipbuiidersuowor.ic.' manyof their heavy stec! castings from Germany- But skiiied w;c:rk requires :), birilt fevei of inteUigence and train- ing, and now that the diin'eulty, teaching in our school- appears to be on a, fair way to settlement. woutd it not be possib!e to set to work in Cl1.r:1Cst. to improve the quality and the standard of theteachiig in ourRrimary and socondarv school so a.? to bring them at least, up to the tevet of the German schoois ? The t'fSciency of teaching of Univer- sity crade ig also of national importance. Germany sends out evpry year from her UniversiMea sUlcI higher tcchni- cat schoots a.n army of young men h:gh!y trained for aU pretensions and cathngs in in- dustry and commerce- They become busine«s organisers and maulers of the highest ski! and scientific invF-ntor-< of the greatest resource and ingenuity. If ill Cfty vears we not done likewise it wiU indeed go hard with us. South Waies. South Wa:esinparticu!arwinhav6 an ad- VRntagc over other parts of this kingdom ow- ing to the cornpa.rat1\elv tccent at which its coamet.i was opened up '< prosperity wi!t remain tonger. It jg not hke!y. that ( CardiB' will fon[š rnna.ÍIn the centre of the coal shipping business. The eastern portion of the iieidianowmuch more fully woke than the centrat or western parb.s. nd it' wllllil 50 or 60 years become more costiv to work the east. than the centre. The coat will then be shipped by a port nenre" to the mines th&n Ca,rd)ff. and this city must then rety msL'niy upon in- dustries for which it. is so wc)t suited, and whtch, it is to be hoped. maV before tha.t time be encouraged to setHp'here. II STANLEY JEVONS. University CcUpge. Cardie 22ad September. 19C6.

H!8TOR:cTLANOVER. VtSrrOF SOOETY. The Hen. Mrs Herbert's Hospitaiity. Fine weather favoured Cymdeitbas Cymry Casncwydd (Newport Welsh Society) on Satur- day, when. by kind petmisaion c'ftheHon. Mis Herbert, they visited the historic Tudor mansion at The journey was made by brake, and the drive ot: 15 mi'es through beauciiiu! country was Uiorougbty fnjoyed. Hanover is a typics.t \e!sh viUage- The post otnco is described as Uvthyrdy," the coSeo tavern as Gwesty Du-wcstot." and even the viHage grocer announces that Caws a bara or fath bwra." Ar WRrthyr yn y masQachdy y'a." Tea was provided at the elubroom. and Messrs A. and J. U. Hobert", !A.C.P.,thctton.secs..aanounced that repre- .sentativesof Mrs IIe'-bGrkwoutdeonducttho party over the grounds, which arerematka.b'e for the rich profusion of tree.? and shrubs. It is oa record that \Vaddmgton, the !ato J.1.dy Ltanover's father, planted thousands of }arch trees in the park. Hanover ia caited atter St Gover. ooe of the three primitive .saints of Grwent, to whom the church dodi. cated. It is an I)Jj rnansioo, and at one period betoaged to the C<,ci!s, ancestors of Lord Salis- bury. !t was purchased by I\1 Waddington in 1792, he and his wife sctthug there from Nottingham. He buitt the front of Ty Uchaf, and the old house has 'not been altered cither exiGrnaUv or inicrnaHy Since that date. By arrangement with the eider daughters, the property went to the youngest, who married Sir Benjamin Hal), of Ab.'rcatn and Henso) Oast!e, GiaQiorgaashire, aftcrwarda jLord.L!anover. Soon aKc'rthRir marriage Mr HaU commenced to buitd <he new huuao, which is icputcd to be the unest modern Tudor bui)d- iog in the country, It was desigued by Hopper, the eminent architect, who afao designed Margam and other weii-known bouses in Wales. It. conta.ins amagnmcent great hall, with a minstrel's gaUerv. Hot.h houses are within a stone's throw cu'each other, the Ty Ucha! or Old \\hite House. bei ng reserved ior the aged servants and others. It was here that Jeuan G\vvuedd's widow resided until her death. The Hon. Mrs Herbert resides in the newer hou"o, asdidhcrcnothcr. Lady Hanover. thof,nuou3"G(tenynea(jwent" (the Hee of CweDt), who with LtLdy CI¡a,rlottc Guest asso- ciated themselves with lhc loug neglected na-tivo literaturs of Wales, and took an active part iii the <'t!]ebrabed Kistsddtod hetd in Cardifi Cast!s illli:i3t. The present of Hanover fottows her mother in promotm? Wcish aspirations, a.nd in retaining a.H ts good m Wetsh character. Her visitor on Saturday ss,nc Hen \Vlad fy Nhada.u," and iater durmg the visit the Wetsh Nationa.) Autbcul was [coeatLd at her request. the company was A!dermanE. Thomna, jP.CardHf, of whom she made inquirteaastottjeHreton festiviMes in Ju)y )ast, a. programmo of which was pra- scnted to her. She dis&rmroved ot some of the present-day Elsleddfoda.u and remarked that there was too much money-making about them." She also chatted with Mr Price, an aged Cambro-American, who had joined the patty, wbowefe subsequently conducted over theFau-yGien (TylwYlh Teg), andtheCrom' lech. which was brRURht to the glen in the eariy fifties from Cwmdu by the famous CarioQog. Weish ba.nads were sung on the homeward curacy, and NetVDort Was Na.cbed belore tcn o'ciock.

HSVANE FARMERS' SHOW. VALUE OF D!STRK)T EXHiSmONS. Speech by Co), the Hon. F. C. Morgan. The .foll.teenth annual show oi the Lisvane ?" ?"? "? Farmers' Association w?a hetu oa Wednesday in glorious autumn weathRi' rhero w<.re ca,pttat entries in the various ctasses. The were exceHent. a-nd m the afternoon there was a, targe attendance. ihe jumping in the big riuç formed an attrac. hve iGature. Among those present were Cj one the Hon. (: C. Morgan (Rupcrra), Cotonet acid Mra Benry Lctvis. Mr .Rowland rt'omas (Uanedarne), !l1¡. j. I,. Jenkins (Ltsvanc). H Cory. and Dr. Sh.ach. Ti.e menobera of the committee were Messrs T.P,. Lk'we'tyn. D. Matthews, (y. Welis. C. F. Tho:U!ts. p; Richard- T. P. Husband, H. Edwards. )<\ Winiams. and L Roo!)(y, with Mr S. 0. Jones as secretary. Judges :— .Messrs W. Emersou, Sweden ;'j. s. Prichard. Haniair Jscoed B. H. Howard, Magor \V. Morxan. L!a)itri)tyd 0.. c. Rooney. St. Andrews; T. Rosscr. Pontymister ER. Lewis, H. Davies, Ygtradmycacb J. James, tJanca.rfan J. ,u,mntam Ash Mra Watts. Bonvit-'tona Messrs Hedgcr Wniface, G Weffs, and R. Matthews. Lian.' i')!.cu. L. Barttett, Cefn Mab!y and W. Ri'-hards, Gabatfa. Tin' show dmner was hetd a,t the GriSuu Inn L'svane. The president, Cotonel Henry Lewis (&[e<?nmeado<v), whoprfsided.gavo theusua), ioyaiand patriotic toasts. Mr L'eweiynsub- m'tted the toast of the" .Bj;¡ho[J. Clc:!rY. and Ministers." and the Rev. A. W. James re- sponded. Mr Stacey proposed the toast of Fhp Judges," to which Mr Emerson re. sponded. Mr J. L Jenkina gave "The Sub. scribers," and Dr. Sliiach responded. Colonel the Hou. F. C. Morgan, in giving the toast of the Lisvane and District Farmer: Associa- tion. coupled with tha name of the president, Colonel H. Lewis, exprfsscd rea! pteasuM to bo amocg them again and abte to recognise them after not having been abte to see them 'for 15 months, for, thank God, bis sif:Lt was eonsidera.bty improved. (Cheers.) Up had inherited the keen interest which his Fami)y had atways taken in agricutfura! mattern. He was a ;;rsit behever in the good tb&t was dona by snMdt shows of that kmd, and be felt very strongty tha.t it was tha duty of hunting p:enHempn to support them in every possib!e (Cheers.) He ba.d done atotot hunt- ing in his ti'nG, and had alwa,vs doop hia best to keep up good feeling between the tenant farmer and the hunting man. (Cbcers.) The President, on rising to respond, was mosb heartily greeted ho emphasised what had already been said regarding the duty of hunt- ing meu in paving the'r share of any (-'amase done. (Cheers.) Mr Hedger WaHa.ec g.:lve the hea.)th of Coionpt who, nn rismg to respond, had a cordial reception.

POUCEMAN !M A BUSH. Raid on Magistrates Fowts. Newport county magistrates on Wednesday fistened to the detaits ot how P.O. Shaptand captured a Dumber of aHeed fowtsteaters. The fowls, 18 of them. were missed from the fowt (;ot of Mf Rich.)rd J.P D.L.. '1 he Firs, Malpas, on Tuesday morning. P.S. Barry WM informed ot t he theft nnd that a. number of the fowts had been l'1ocn 'n a. dingte some dtatance from the F'i:s. La.t(,>r m the day P.C- Shap)and conceated himself in a. bush cottar from the tow!?, whih; p.c. Voycekepb an eye on ihf Diog!s ftom anotbe" pomt of vantage. Shapt&nd ba<i a iong wait—some Rve hours. Then he said ho saw Thomas and Hough get into the dingle, and later Sharley. They were about tak'og the lowla away when the pouco officers inteti'upted them and took thrn and the fowls to the po!ice station. Thomaa GrtSlths. baitiS' bad earner in tho day .seen {-'hartey carry a fow). with feathers pro- jcctiog. from the dingte. De!enda,ntt pleaded not gTjuty. Sharley aail he happened to be picking biackberries in the Dingle, a.nd c<tme the fow!s. Tboma.s said he s.'nv the pohce goicg up the Dingte, and he to!d his butties. "There is something up the Dingle. whatever <t ie." Re then agreed to go thorf and have a, look rouid. When thay got there they aaw the fow! and he (wttneas) aatd, This ia a fox's work." Supt. Porter Do foxea screw their necka ?— Tbomrs The fox fnog9 the fowls over their backs. SupenntendentPorts' Do you want us to be- )'cve t)mt this fox flung at) these fowfs over his back and carried them to Dingle ? Thomas and Gough,against whon there were previous convictions, were sent to prison for three months with bard !abour, and Shartcy WM nned JE5 or one moatb.

MOTOR OMNIBUS WRECKED. Two Kitted Others tnj'jred. Innsbruck. Monday.—The motor omnibus which pties rrguiarty Lciweeu Schio and HoTCretodaahedinto t hous" in the letter town to.day. The prtSS0!1ge:s WE're thrOWlll)l1('. and his daughter bping f.Jta!ly injured, while ]1 other persons reeled serious injuries The omnibus W:1S com¡,letcly wrecked.—Heuter.

Lundy )s!and. c- OFFERED FOR SALE !N LONDON No Taxes, Dust." At tba Ma).-t, Tokenbomio Yard. London, on Tuesday, Messrs Osborn and Mercer. Albo- marIe-street.W., offered for pale by auction Lundy isla.s.d. Mr Glasse, of tbo Brm named. occupied the rostrum, and to a gathering offered the "kingship" of theisland. King. ships, he said. had been obtained with the point ot the sword and by treachery, and it 1:Vns soruetbing unique to obtain one by so peaceful a, method aa an auction sale. I' He briefly glanced over the history of the island; it; position was singulariy strategic, and I one-fifth or the merchant sbippingof England passed :t. Its coast line of eight aad nine mites could be defended almost by a pup- gun and only those who bad v'sited the island could realise jts beauty and grandeur. From tts rugged cl)Bs mariners kept as far away a-3 possible. In the of the latc Georga Robins, who soid Lundy the last time, in 1836. the purchaser became the sovereign lord of the island." Proeeedicg. Mr Clause said the island had a. remarkably equable tfmperature. being 7deg'. wa.rmpr in the winter than the mainland and 7deg cooier in the summer. Tbo income denvabie from the island was £630, and it waq worth more. And that figure was net. because there were no outgoings. Various suggestions had beeu made to him as to the use the island could be put to. A doctor wanted to use it as a. hydropathic establishment a steamboat company had proposed to buy it and run it a.s a. pleasure and hohday resort he had had an application to u-e it a a sort of menagerie for wild animal?.. (Laughter.) Another person had wanted it for the purpose of slaughtering cattle imported, the carcases to be sent. to the mainland while yet. anothc!' company wanted itforthepurposoof working its grauite. All these thing;; were in the air. and showed the island coutd be developed, in addition to the income already derived from it, which alone meaatava!u<" of over B20,030. Here buyers had sentiment and income, with no txe3 a-ml no motor dust. The Bidding. Bidding started at £lO,OOa and advanced by Svc hundred-) to £11,500. which sum was bid by a lady. Then there was a lull, but the auc. tioneer reminded the company that it might be hundreds of years before they had another chance of buying Lundy. pidding then ad- vanced, still by nve hundreds to £13.500, where it stood for awhile. Then, aroused by the auc- tioneer's sully that they were only bidding £13,500" for a kingdom," £500 bids went on until £16,500 was ifachcd. Then bidding i became more spirited, oilers of £250 advance being accepted unt't tl9,COO was reached. .There bong no bid beyond this figure, tt w&a announced tha,Mhe)sland would b? withdrawn. the auctioneer stating that ho woutd be pleased to treat with last btdder for pr.va.te sale.

OPERATtONS ON PAUPERS. UVELY DtSCUSSiON AT CARDiFF. At. Saturday's meeting of the Card iff Grua.r- di&ns, Mr 0. H. Jones presiding, Mr Leonard Page said he wanted to know whether a corn- p!aint had been received from Dr. Timma at the [ast meeting of the Workhouse Visiting Committee, that Dr. A. Sheen did not take his fair share of the work The Chairman: I don't know, I waj not thcra. Mr F. J. Beavan As far a.3 I'm concerned I had to leave ea.r)y. so that I dou't know what transpired afterwards, but up to the time I left not a word !vaa said about it. Mr R. Wiltiams As a matter of fact the clerk was instructed to write to Dr. Sheen. Mr Lewis A report was expected from Dr. Sheen, but when he was sent for be could not be found on the premises. The Clerk (Mr Harris) I had no instructions to write to anyone. What happened was that Dr. Timms was sent, for to attend, but lM ould not be found, and the committee had dispersed when be came back. Mr D. Brown There was no complaint made at all. I beard that from Dr. Timms himself. The Chairman That is an answer to the question. The matter then dropped for a few minuter, but subsequently Mr D. Brown rose and s&id, Dr. Timm?. white he was here, performed alt the operations, aud——" The Chairman (interposing): I am not awaro that be did, and even if he did—— Mr J. Brown I want to know who will per- form them now.. The Ch&irman It is the duty of the medical omcer to perform operations or see that they arc property performed, one or the other. Mr Browu It's a Tory important matter. Thf chairman i quite agree, but if any guardian wishes to raise the question as to the resnective duties of the medical odcer and tho assistant medical ofScer ho muat give proper notic.?. Mr Brown It is very important. Thf Chairman Weu, p'ease givG notice, and we wm have it propsrly dea.lt. with by the board. Even then the matter was not left to rest. for at a later Mrs Normanagain broached the subject, and Mr David Brown observed, 1 asked Dr. Timms why be did a.ll the opera,- tions. and his reply was, Let Dr. Sheen an. swer. .Mr Ames inquired whether the duties of the merllcal officprs ,ere not alreaùy in print. The Oerk Tha.t. is so. The Chairman (Rev. J. R. Buckley, who pre- sided iu consequence of Mr Jones having to leave) said that the printed rules coutd be laid before the Workhouse Visiting Committee, by whom the matter should be considered as sui. rested by Mr3 Norman. H the duties required revving then the committee could do so. Rev. E. T. Davies (Barry) heid up the printed report of the Workhousp Visiting Committee and naked it it was a complete re- cord of t' c doings of the committee, because he was under the impression that the instruction wfnt forth that thc\ were to have a return suppHed a- to the number of operations per. formed andwboby. Tho Cierk I had no instruction. Rev. J. Williams said bis impression coin- cided with that of the Rev. E. T. Davies Mr3 Cantilion stated thatl2 months ago it was decided that a book be kept rcording alt Oftcra.tions. Mr Ames asked for that return to be given next Saturday Rev. E. T. Davies observed that Mr Steven- son was present at the committeE: meeting. Mr Harris being out of the room just r.t the time. !Ie concluded, It's a. question of my memory being tested I feel somewhat upset." Me Stevenson said he had no instruction, and other members of the board sided with the ofncials The sublet was then nna.Hy dropped, a.n'o it wid now come before the Workhouse Yisit- ing Committee.

THE CHURCHES. Ordination at Ltandaff. The Lord Bishop of LIandaff held a general ordination in L!andaS. Cathpdrat on Sunday morning, when the ioMowing were ordained :— Deacons.—David Davies. B.A., St. David's Co)Iege, Lampeter David Roberts Davies. Salisbury Theological College Edmund John Edmunds. Lie. Div.. St. David's CoHege. Lampeter Thomas Evans, B.A.. St. David's CoItcge.Lampetfr; Thomas Frederic Fisher, B.A., St. David's College, Lampeter Thomas Parry, D.A., St. David's Collegp-, Lampeter; Thomas Parry Pryce, B.A.. St. David's College. Lampeter. Upon letters of request from the Hishop of Bristol. David Arthur Thomas, B.A., St. David's Col! ego, Lampeter. priests —John Si'van Davies. B.A St. David's College, Lampeter John Donne, B.A., St Dovid'a C'ohego. Lampeter Samuel Evans, B.A., St. David'3 Co'lege. Lampeter Arthur Dudiey Lough, a literate John Holt Neweli, L'e. Div St. David's College. Lampeter JJow&l! Parry, Lie. Div., St. David's Cotlege. Lamfeter; Wilnam Price, Lie Dit.. St. College. Lampeter David Daniel Richards, B.A., University of Wales. Aberyst- wyth. and St. Micbael's College. Aberdare Thomas Mendus Williams. St. Michael's College, Aberdare John Wood, B.A St. David's College, Lampeter. Thi? Bishop afterwards licensed the following curates :—David Davies. B.A., to Llantrisant, Glam. Dsvid Roberts Davies to Daafabon, Giam. Edmund John Edmund". Lie. Div., to St. Luke, Pontnewydd. Mon. Thomas Evan9, H.A.. to Mertbyr Tydnt Thomas Frederic F)s!:er. B.A.. to Briton Ferry Thomas Parry, B.A.. to St. Catbariue. Pontypridd; ThomM Parry Pryce, B.A to BIaenavoo, with Cape! Newydd.

COAL !M GELUGAER PARISH. The coal re turns for the parish of Gelligaer to*' the year ended June 50th have now been issued, a.nd show some remarkable ngures. The agl."egate increase for the year is 58.335 tons of large and 3,465 tons of small coat. The princtpal increases are at Pootlottyn Pits (20860 tons).Gi!facb Pit (24,258 tons), both bclonsing tc the Rbymuoy Iron Co. and tha Bedtinog (Guest, Keen and Nettlefol£1s) 19,759 ton3. On the decre&se side of the large coat Vochriw Pit. has tost 10.891 ioM. and the Bargoed Ptt of the Powe)! DuBfryn Co. 10,113 tom. The pits raising the targest quantity of coat in the pari-;h were :—Hcd)inog, 314.892 Pontlottyn. ?26,371 Etiiot Pits. New Tredeg!\r. 213,651 Bargoed. 160,817 and Fochriw. 268,526. The aggregate Quantity of targe cattt raised wa.s 1.731.539 tons. and 322,533 tons of small coa. I Coat worked in other parishes but brougbt to bank in Gelligø.er show-! a decrease <f 3,735 tons of large and 4,635 of smai1, the azgregatp bein 112,793 ton? of large, and 3,635 tons of small Cttb's the N' antwen pits.Bedlinog, contributed 98.645 tons.

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Cardiff Corporation. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. Pollution of the TafT. CouEcH I or Chappell called attention at a meet. ing of the CardiQ: Sea'th Committee on Tues- day to the seriousness of 6ah being poisoned through pollution of the TaS river and said that thousands of nsb had been seen in the feeder. It was a serious thing if children picked them out and took them home. As a sanitary authority they ought to know something about the matter. Coutd they not do something ? Alderman Jacobs (chairman) said there was no douut that there was pollution going on and: that refuse was di charged into the tivcrTaS which found its way down the river. At Ponty- pridd the tipping of refuse and house ntth was shockmg. and why the local authori- ties permitted that he could not understand. Councilloi Chappell moved that the medical omcer and the town clerek be aaked to report what steps arc necessary t<)< prevent pollution of the river, and Ald. Carey seconded.—Cu.!n- ctltor J. Jones Is there not a law to prevent this ?—Dr. Watford said the Rivers Pollution Act did not touch it, because the part of the river within their boundary was tidat, and con- sequently did not come within the section of being a stream."—Councillor Cbappell But suppose the pollution happens outside our area, there is an authority to deal with :t in the area outside.—Dr. Walford: Yea thau authority has power under the Rivers Pollution Act. We can tuako representations to the county authority.—It was agreed to have a report from the town c!erk and the medical ofHcer prior to any steps being taken. ? A tetter was read from the secretary of the Roath Reform C!ub, catbng attention to the oCfcnaive state of the TaQ' River, and asking the Heatth (committee if something could not be done to remedy the matter. It was suggested that lock gs.tes be erected near Clarence Bridge. CounciDor ChappeH said the matter had been considered, and there were insuper- abte dtOicuities in the way. A Lethal Chamber. Mr Harpur (city engineer) reported that a lethal chamber bad been estabiisbed at Sloper- road, and that after this week all stray dogs wiil be lodged there.

A HEARTY SEND-OFF. WELSH MISSIONER'S DEPARTURE. Wednesday, in the Oceanic, Bev.Seth Joshua. Swansea, ttie weft-known missioner of the Car- dtii Forward Movement, and Mr Sam Jenkins, of LIaneUy. who during the revival became known far and wide at tbe Weisb Sankey." saiJedfrom I.iverpoot for New York to con- duct a series of missions under the auspices of thoWfdshCatvintst'c MethodiatAsaociationof New York and Vermont. They will be in America :or two months, and their absence from Wates will pxtcnd over three months. Great Farewell Meeting at Uverpoo). One thousand Welsh people assernMed on Tuesday night at ParkSetd Catviniatic Methodist Church, Liverpool, whilst hundreds I faded to gaiu admission at a reat pubtic meet- ing to bid farewell to the Rev. Setb Joshua and Mr Sam Jenkins. The Rev. Gwynoro Davies. Barmouth, presided, and wa:; supported amongst others by the Revs. Emest Jones, \V, P. Wi!tiams. Ceitho Davies, J. Eughes. J. Humphreys, and Mr W. T. Morgan, Ponty- pridd. pridd. Th Rev. Setb Joshua, on rising to speak re- ceived a warm reception. He said were it not jor the inspiration given him at the Central Hait, Swansea, on Monday night,, by the hun- dreds who gathered to bid him fareweii. and by tbe friends who again met him on the Swansea piatform that morning, and all a!ocg the I:ne at Nea::h, CardiS, and Newport, he should go away with a sad hec.rt. but now he knew they were leaving hundreds behind them who would constantly bear them m mind at the throne of Grace, He felt great joy in having the companionship of bis young friend Mr Sam Jenkins. whose singing would be greatly used in all the services. The proceedings soon took the form of a revival meeting and Mr Sam Jenkios contri- buted several stirring tunes, "Saved by grace." the chorus of which was taken up spollhneous(y and heartily by the vast throng. The meeting closed with the singing of Cod be with you." I

LOCAL CREW'S PER!L. Timely Rescue in Mid-At!ant<c. Further news has been received of the aban- donment in Mid-Atlantic of the Liverpool wooden barque Austria and the timely rescue of her crew, the majority of whom belong to Barry and Cardiff, by the German steamship Altai, which has landed them in safety at New York. It appears that the Austria signed on her crew at Ba.rrv in September last year for a voyage to Port NoUoth. South Africa. White ly at the tatter port she was overtaken with disaster and towed to Capetown, where after tbe uccesaArvrepatrswere effected she returned to Poit NoUoth. From the latter port she went to Gulf Port, where she loaded a cargo of lumber, and salted on August 18th for Rio Janeiro. Moderate weather and winde were encountered at the beginning of the voyage until a. series of fearfut gates set in, which eventually culminated in a hurricane when off Cape I-latteras, during whith tremen- dous waives swept fore and aft the vcssel.carry- ing everything movable off the decks. Owing to the heavy labouring and straining the masta and ya<d3 worked tooae. and these eventually went by the board, nnd the vessel began to leak rapidly, and despite the continual working at the pumps the leak gained until the vessel was completely waterlogged. S!gnals of di3- tress were hoisted, and on Wednesday, Sep. tember 22nd, the German steamship Altai, hound from the West Ind!es for New York. hove in sight and performed a very timely and meritorious lescue. Captain Robinson and the shipwrecked men have been landed at New York, and tviti be forwarded to their respective homes at Barry and Cardiff.

The interment took place on Monday at Penvgaru Buria) Ground, Pontypoo!, of Mr W. Grtmths, ex chairman of the Pontypool Council. The deceased gentleman had occu- I pied a seat on the Counol for over 12 yfars.

Merthyr Teachers. II QUESTION OF EFF!C!ENCY. Aidermaa D. W. Jones's Complaint. Merthyr School Management Committee oa Wednesday eveniEg. with Mr Arthur Daniel in. the chair, considered a return showing that there were 58 suppfementary teachers on the staf! who bad cot parsed the King's scholar. ship examination. Alderman D. W. Jones said uniess they had nneulcien.t stag education in the district was bound to be in an unsat-is- factory condition. Their total teaching staff numbered.a.bout 500. but more than 10 per cent. fitted to pass the Ki ng 'ssch:lar'O'hipexa.mination. He had thought top a long time that something should he done to strengthen the staff and make it cSlcieut. for they were spending a very targe amount of money on education, and they shou'd expect theu- teachers to come up to a reasonable standard of cadency. Some of the 58 teachers had on!y iailed once. white others h'id tailed twice, and others three times. In the county of Glamorgan, if teachers failed twice they were told they might retire and take up some other work for which they were better suited, and without being harsh Mertbyr ought to ha,vp at least as high a standard as the County Counei!. He moved that thay re. commend the Education Committee not in future to piace on the .tail any teachers who had not qualified bypassingtheEing's scholarship examination, and that theyg:ve notice to those who had not passed that they wero expected to do so in three year- in default, resign. The Chairman said that tuily one-half of the 58 teachers referred to were in the non-provided schools. Mr Edmunds seconded the resolution. but on Mr Francis tasking that the matter might not be decided without more mature consideration, the matter was referred to a sob committee. An Expensive P.T. Centre. A tetter was read from the Beard of Educa- tion giving the committee opportunity to offep any observations on an appHcation from tha County Council for the continued recognition (f the Merthyr Pup;! Teacher centre. Aiderman David Evars said the local educa- tion authority formerly controUed the Merthyc P.T. centre.'but it had now got into the hande of the County Councit. and the county com- mittee now chatppd Merthyr tw'ce as much aw the school had c,st. pre.iouslv, Ee moved they make an endeavour to regain control of the centre Alderman D. W..Tones said the County Education Committee, had more than they could and in the of people they did not do the tittie they did do very well. It was reasonable to think that the centra could not be managed as economically from Cardiu as fr.:>m Mertbyr. Tbo resolution WM carried. The Teaching of Wetsh. The the advice of a sub- committee appointed to consider the teaching of \Ve:sh in schools, decided that head teachera may draft schemes of instruction suitable to their particular schoo]a.o" as art alternative adopt the susg(?stsd scheme; that every scheme jnust provide that at least three hours a week in the senior schools, and one hour and forty minutes a week in infants' schools, be devoted to this subject that during the first year of the adoption of the scheme Welsh should be taken in infants' schoois, and at ieast up to standard III. of the code in senior schools that no subject of instruction now taught in the schools be discontinued that instruction in this subject be optional in non-prowided schools. Details were given of the sute4 scheme.

LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN. The Cardiff Command. At the inauguration meeting, which will take place in Cardiushortiy, there will be present some famous frontiersmen and high omciats of the organisation. Mr Roger Pocock, the founder and secretary. Colonel M. Herrera. do Hora, commandant of London command, and many others are expected to be present, each wearing tba striding uniform of the fecion. This witi be the first appearance in CardiS of the frontiersmen, who are rapidty becoming lamous and number among their many distinguished soldiers, aa.i!ors. sportsmen, explorers. and travellers. The Earl ot L-ous- dale is cha.irman of the General Council, and Sir Henry SetAn-Karl'. Kt,C.M.Gr., is chair. man of the Executive Couaci!. The Navy is represented by Admiral R S.H- Prince Louis of Battenberg, Admirat Sir Percy Scott, and others. The representatives of the Army include General Lord Sir WiLiam Seymour and General Sir John French. Mr J. H. Davenport, the organising omcer, haa. with the asststa-ncc. in l&gat matters, of Mr E. W. Pxcock. solicitor, completed the details of a acheme to be laid before the meet. ing. Circulars have been sent to many gentle- men, to whom the organisers appea) for sup. port. not so much GnandaMy as tnnuentiallv, and inviting them to attend the first meeting. It is due hero to explain to eligible "active members," to whom a calt will be made at a later date, that the meeting now referred to is being convened for the purpose of electing a provisional District Command Council, Organ- ising Committee. &c.. and that members of the command, when organised, will be ceiled upon to elect by voting these appomtmeBta. It is impossible for the organising officer to com- municate with all eligible active members," and aU gentlemen witting to assist influentially or otherwise. To thoge to whom no communica- tion has been sent, but who feel inter sted in the movement, a cordial invitation is extended to write to Mr J. H. Davenport, the organising ofEcer, 121. Queen-street. CardtjBf. for particu- lars. A Sochi 1 Ctub will be established in Car- diff. where members of the legion may meet f«t discussion, gymnastics mmiatureriua practice, and like pastimes.

At the conclusion of the Llanhilleth Police Court on Tuesday Mr E Fowler said that court would be the last held fn that room—oo licensed premises—and he desired to MpK-sa the thanks of the Bench to the proprietor for having placed it at the:r disposal gratuitously. Aldprman DRVd Jones concurred. and hoped 1 that in the other room at the Workmen's In- stitute they would have a. far happfpr time. The Cierk What does that mean, more cases *ir ? (Laughter.)