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Results of Examination, Central Welsh Board, 1909. A total of 69 certificates forms the result of the Central Welsh Board Exami- nations at the above school: -11 Honours, 22 Senior, 36 Junior. The Honours Cer- tificate covers about two years' work of the University course. Eighteen pupils matriculated during the year—17 at the University of Wales, one at the University of London: In addition, at the Matriculation of the University of Wales, 9 passed in four sub- jects out of five, leaving one subject to be passed at a future time. The following is the list of the certifi- cates in full:- HONOURS CERTIFICATE. Donald Roy Davies (Ton-Pentre). Higher Stage Physics. Lower Stage Additional mathematics, chemistry. Hannah Evans (Penrhiwfer). Lower Stage: English language and literature, history, Latin, French with conversational power. Margaret Ann Evans (Llandaff), Higher Stage: English language and literature. Lower Stage History, French with con- versational power. David Jones (Tonypandy). Lower Stage: English language and literature, French with conversational power, addi- tional mathematics with distinction. David John Jones (Gelli). Lower Stage: Additional mathematics, physics, chemistry. Richard Walter Jones (Porth). Lower Stage: History, additional mathematics with distinction, physics and chemistry. Sarah Ann Jones (Ton-Pentre). Lower Stage: English language and literature, history, French with conversational power. Reginald Samuel Lang (Tonyrefail). Lower Stage: English language and literature, Latin, French with conver- sational power, additional mathematics p with distinction. Gwilym Morris (Trehafod). Lower Stage: Additional mathematics, physics, chemistry. Hilda Lily Tanner (Llwynypia). Lower Stage: English language and literature, history, French with conversational power. Mary Catherine Williams (Clydach Vale). Lower Stage: English language and literature, history. Welsh. SENIOR CERTIFICATE. tSamuel Morris Breeze (Cymmer), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, chemistry, Latin, Welsh, French with conversational power with distinction, physics. fDavid Jones Davies (Tonypandy), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, chemistry, Latin, physics. fDavid James Davies (Tonypandy), Eng- lish, history, mathematics, French, Latin, physics, chemistry. tHarry Thomas Davies (Cymmer), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics with distinction, Latin with distinction, Welsh, French with conversational power with distinction physics. *John Rees Davies (Tonv-oandy), Eng- lish, history, mathematics, French with conversational power, physics. "Sarah Jane Davies (Llwynypia), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic mathematics, French with distinction cookery. "Arthur John Evans (Clydach Vale), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Welsh, French (conversational powen), physics. tDavid Trevor Evans (Tonypandy), Eng- lish, mathematics, history, Latin, chemis- try, physics. *Emrys Evans (Trealaw), English, his- tory, arithmetic, chemistry, physics and mathematics of Honours Stage. tJanet Gardner (Cilfynydd), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power (distinc- tion), physics, cookery (distinction). fEdward Hugh (Penygraig), English, history, mathematics (distinction), arith- metic (distinction), Latin, Welsh, French (conversational power), physics. fHannah Jane James (Ton-Pentre), English, history, mathematics, arith- metic, Latin, Welsh, French, cookery (distinction), physics. ^Gladys Olive Jones (Treorchy), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics, French (conversational power), cookery (distinction). tlvor Morgan Jones (Cymmer), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics (distinction), Latin, French (conversational power and distinction), physics. "Leonard Jones (Pontygwaithi), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Welsh, French (conversational), physics. fWilliam Orlando. Jones (Treherbert), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics,1 Latin, French (conversational power), physics. tHarold Griffith Lewis (Cymmer), Eng- lish, history, mathematics, Latin, French (conversational), Welsh; physics. tmabel Ann Morgan (Pentre), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French (conversational), chemistry. *Elsther Ndviiiskv (Tonypandy), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics, French (conversational), physics, chemis- try. fChafles Hamilton Phelps (Treherbert), English (distinction), history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French (conversation and distinction), physics. Richard William Rees (Clydach Vale), English, arithmetic, mathematics, French (conversational), physics, chemistry. "Beatrice Isabel Williams (Tonypandy), English, history, mathematics, Welsh, French (conversational) physics. t before a, name indicates passing an examination equivalent to full Matricula- tion of University of Wales. pas,sing in four subjects. Richard W. Jones, Hilda Lily Tanner, Sarah Ann Jones, Ellen Hughes, also passed or completed the Matriculation. David John Jones passed the Matricu- lation of the London University. JUNIOR CERTIFICATE, Emma Louise Clement (Ton-Pentre), English, literature, arithmetic, mathe- matics, French (conversational power), elementary science, cookery. David Glyndwr Davies (Cymmer), Eng- lish, historv arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, Welsh j French (conversational and distinction), elementary science, geog- raphy, drawing, woodwork (distinction). Elizabeth Jane Davies (Cymmel;), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French (conversational), Welsh, geography, laundry work. Thomas James Davies (Tonypandy), English, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French (conversational), chemistry, physics, drawing: of Senior Stage. Henry Draisey (Wattstown), English, literature, mathematics, French (conver- sational), elementary science, geography, drawing, woodwork. John Benjamin Evans (Trealaw), Eng- lish, mathematics, French, elementary science, geography, drawing, woodwork (distinction). Margaret Gwladys Evans (Penrhiwfer),

9 The Latest Wheeze from the North Pole V < See Peary in his wrath arise, "Cook's story will not wash," he cries, But wait till that explorer tries— Fels-Naptha!

Cambrian Mining School, Porth. On Saturday evening last, the second of a series of illustrated lectures was delivered at the above school by Mr. R. Weed, Porth. The chair was filled by Mr. Robert Jones, Tylorstown Villa Ystalyfera. The subject of the lecture was The Stalactitio Formations of Cheddar Caves." The lecturer had numer- ous specimens of the formations, together with several photographs of the caves.

Correspondence. The Tynybedw "Strike. Distrlot Officials Vindicated." To the Editor of the Rhondda Leader. Sir,—I shall feel very thankful to yoia if you will allow me to say a word or two in answer to the "news" that appeared in last week's Rhondda, Leader under the above heading. It was indirectly an attempt to answer a question I asked' Mr. D. Watts Morgan in Tarian y Gweithiwr for August 26th. The ques- tion, however, remains unanswered, and I am still waiting for his reply. My question to Mr. Morgan was—Would he explain himself in view of two facts: (a) That he, at the annual demonstration at Porth on August 23rd, said it was full time for the day-wage men, especially the labourers and others whose standard wage was very low, to have them increased and that the matter would be dealt with in the near future; (b0 That he, a couple of weeks before the demonstration, went to a meeting of workmen out on strike,, and advised them to accept terms which would mean a, reduction in their wages? I cannot see how. I am criticising the action of the district officials by asking one of them to explain his inconsistency. I agree with Mr. Watts Morgan that the compromise offered, as reported in. last week's "Rhondda Leader," was cor- rect, as far as it goes, but the new stan- dard wage offered would mean a loss per turn on the standard alone of Id. to the labourers, Hd. to the hauliers, 2d. to the assistants, 3d. to the repairers, and 2-,}d. to the timbermen; and if the work- 2 men accepted the above-named terms, as Mr. Morgan very strongly advised them, it would mean a fortnightly loss on 10 turns worked of about Is. Id. to the labourers, Is. lOd. to the hauliers, 2s. 5d. to the assistants, 4s. to the rippers, and 3s. 6d. to the timbermen. But that is, not all. Mr. Morgan, when explaining in detail the circumstances at the Porth meeting, dict not even mention that the- compromise meant that the men should work eight hours on Sunday nights and Saturday afternoons for one turn, and be paid the new standard rate of wages for these turns. Hitherto the custom has been to pay a, turn and a half for eight hours worked on Sundays, and a turn for 6 hours on Saturday afternoons. The new arrangement would thus mean a loss of about Is. 4d. for every Sunday night, &c., worked by a labourer, Is. 9d. to the hauliers, Is. 7d. to the assistants, 2s. 3d. to the rippers, and 2s. 5d. to the timber- men. This is the only offer the men had, but-- Mir. Watts Morgan wants to make it known that they have had two offers when he says that the management, as result of the negotiations, agreed to advances being, made on their first offers to each grade of workmen." Mr. Morgan and a deputation of the workmen were not away from the meeting for more than two hours at the most with the manage- ment drafting these so-called new pro- posals. Is it to that he refers when he says that he had personally taken a great deal of trouble in the matter," &c.? Did he have some "trouble" with these- amended proposals" before the meet- ing referred to, or did all the trouble happen in less than two hours? In my letter I never said that the men had been coerced to accept these terms." What I said was that Mr. Watts Morgan advised and pressed the men to accept them as the best possible terms they would get, and if that they refused them, they would not get the chance of such a good offer again. Moreover, when he had a majority of the men to vote for it, he said that it was the best day's work they had done for some time, and that if the chief agent of the colliery would accept these terms (which he doubted, unless they" were further re- duced) it would settle once for all the bonus turn question. In conclusion, I beg to ask Mr. Watts Morgan whether any agent possesses the authority to advise men to agree to a reduction in their standard wage without a general meeting being called solely for that purpose? Does the Executive Coun- cil of the Federation of Great Britain approve of any section of workmen in any colliery accepting a reduction in their standard wage, in the present circum- stances, when the order of things have been changed by an Act of Parliament? •—Yours, &c., GWEITHIWR. Sept. 20th, 1909.

Dr. G. W. Armstrong. Presentation Meeting at Treorchy. The Park and Dare Workmen's Insti- tute, Treorchy, was filled with a goodly number of friends and acquaintances of Dr. Geo. W. Armstrong on Tuesday even- ing of last week, when the genial medico was presented with a roll-top desk and a travelling bag as a, memento of his con- nection with Treorchy. Dr. Armstrong, who is a brother of Dr. J. R. Armstrong, Ocean Collieries, was at one time in prac- tice with his brother at Treorchy, but for some time past has had a large col- liery practice of his own at Poiitllanfravthj Mon. -i i Dr. Barratt, Cwmparc, presided, and in a few well-chosen words expressed his regret at the departure of the recipient to his new' sphere. He was a credit to his profession, and had always acted the- gentleman whilst at Treorchy. The presentations were made by Messrs. Ernest Treasure and E. J. Price. Dr. Armstrong, in acknowledging the presents, said he had had an excellent experience with his brother—(hear, hear) —and he hopedsome day to have as large' if not a larger practice than he had. The district was developing rapidly, and he felt assured of a bright future (hear, hear). Other speakers were Dr. J. R. Arm- strong, Messrs. Caspar Goldman, Lee- (Ocean Collieries), W. H. Thomas, Tom Morgan (secretary of the movement). W. Bevan (L.E. & G.), and Mr. Alun Lewis.

Local Wedding. JONEISTHOMAS. A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Church, Llwynypia, on Saturday morning last, the contracting parties being Mr. Rees Jones, Court Street, Tonypandy, and Miss Margaret Catherine Thomas, youngest daughter of the late John' and Mary Thomas, Onendeg, Llandygwydd, Cardigan. The Rev. B. W. Hughes (curate) officiated in the' absence of the vicar (Rev. D. T. R. James). The bride who was given away by Mr. T. Jones, Tonypandy, was taste- fully attired in a brown tailor made costume with hat to match, and wore- an ostrich feather boa, which, with a bouquet of choice white flowers, were the' gifts of her sisters. She was attended by bwo bridesmaids-Miss Thomas (sister of bride) and Miss Marie Close (Treherbert) -who were dressed in heliotrope cloth dresses, with black picture hats. Mr. B. Evans, Penlove, Tregaron, discharged the luties of best man. After the ceremony, bhe young couple left for Swansea, amidst bhe well-wishes of a large number of Friends. The presents were numerous and mostly.

English (with distinction), history, litera- ture, arithmetic (distinction), mathe- matics, elementary science Latin, French (conversational power and distinction), cookery. Roy Galloway Evans (Treherbert), Eng- lish, history, literature, arithmetic, mathematics, French, elementary science, geography, drawing, woodwork. William John Haydn Evans (Ystrad- Rhondda), English, history, literature, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power, physics, draw- ing. [aL 1, 1 Marguerite Gelly (Gelli), English, arith- metic, mathematics, Welsh, French with conversational power, chemistry, draw- ing. Julia Anne Golding, English, literature, arithmetic, Latin, French with conver- sational power, cookery (distinction). Evelyn Howells (Treorchy), English, literature, arithmetic, mathematics French with conversational power, laundry. David Moy John (Ynyshir), English, literature, history, arithmetic, mathe- matics, French with conversational power, elementary science, woodwork (distinc- tioil). Eleanor Ann Jones (Treherbert), Eng- lish, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, Welsh, French with conversational power, elementary science, cookery. Elizabeth Jones (Portli), English, his- tory, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, Welsh, French with conversational power with distinction, physics, laundry work. John Reginald Jones (C lydach Vale), English, literature, history, arithmetic, mathematics, French with conversational power, physics, chemistry (distinction), drawing (Senior). Percy David Jones (Porth), English, literature, history, arithmetic, mathe- 1 I matics, Latin, French with conversational power, physics, geography, drawing (Senior). Mabel May Lewis (Llwynypia), Eng- lish, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power, geog- raphy, laundry. Penry Lewis (Forth), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power, physics, draw- ing. Trevor Evans Lewis (Porth), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power, physics, drawing. Edgar James Llewellyn (Tonyrefail), English, history, arithmetic, Latin, French (distinction), elementary science, drawing, woodwork (distinction). William Henry Lock (Williamstown), English, literature, history, arithmetic (distinction), mathematics (distinction), French with conversational power, physics, chemistry (distinction!), drawing. Blodwen Middleton (Tonyrefail), Eng- lish, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power, physics, geography, laundry. Mary Middleton (Wattstown), English, literature, history, arithmetic, mathe- matics, Latin, French (distinction), ele- mentary science, drawing, cookery. Doris Newall (Ton-Pentre), English, history, arithmetic, French, geography, shorthand. Florence Annie Pugh (Trealaw), Eng- lish, literature, history, arithmetic, mathematics, French, drawing, laundry. William Rees (Gelli), English, litera- ture, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power, physics, chemistry, drawing. Gertrude Russell (Tonyrefail), English, history, arithmetic, French, physics, geography, laundry work. Ceinwen Terry (Tonypandy), English, history, arithmetic, mathematics, French wi.th conversational power, elementary science, cookery. D'avid Idwal Thomas (Tonypandy), literature, history, arithmetic, mathe- matics, French with conversational power, chemistry, physics, drawing. John Thomas (Ynyshir), English, his- tory, arithmetic (distinction), mathe- matics, Latin, Welsh, French with con- versational Dower with distinction, ele- mentary science, geography, woodwork (distinction). Rachel May Thomas (Treherbert), Eng- lish (distinction), history, arithmetic (dis- tinction), mathematics (distinction), Latin (distinction), Welsh, French with conver- sational power (distinction), elementary science, geography, drawing, cookery (dis- tinction). Arthur Taliesin Williams (Ferndale), English, history, arithmetic, mathe- matics, French with conversational power, book-keeping, shorthand (distinction), drawing. Elizabeth Williams (Treherbert), Eng- lish, history arithmetic, mathematics, French^ laundry. Evan Thomas Williams (Porth), Eng- lish, history, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, French with conversational power', Welsh, geography. Olive Valerie Williams (Pontygwaith), English, arithmetic, mathematics, Latin, Welsh, French with conversational power (distinction), elementary science, geog- raphy, drawing, cookery (distinction).