Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

Notes and News. There will be no Disestablishment Con- ference at Llandrindod this autumn. Budget protest meetings, like Disestablish- ment protest meetings, have been a failure in Wales. Mr. Howell J. Williams, L.C.C., has been addressing Liberal gatherings at Merioneth. It would be difficult to find a better Welsh- man than Mr. Williams to represent that famous stronghold of Welsh nationalism. Dhingra, the Indian patriot, and the murderer of Sir Curzon Wyllie, was hanged last Tuesday morning at Pentonville Prison. One of the most important clauses dealing with the Licensing duties in the Budget Bill is Clause XXX. Yet the brewers are not favourable to it! It is asserted by some authorities that baldness is on the decrease among members of the House of Commons. Parliamentary candidates of the future will evidently be able to keep their hair on." There are likely to be more than two candidates in the field for Cardiganshire at the next parliamentary election. The supineness of the Welsh Party was demonstrated in the matter of a separate Agricultural Department for Wales. Scot- land has one, and so has Ireland, and a splendid chance of getting one for Wales was open the other day. But- A Japanese-British Exhibition will beheld at Shepherd's Bush during 1910. A strong committee, under the hon. presidency of the Duke of Connaught, and the presidency of the Duke of Norfolk, has been formed to carry the scheme to what is hoped to be a very successful conclusion. Fishguard-or Abergwaun, to give the Pembrokeshire port its proper name—is destined to become a very famous port. The decision of the Cunard Company to land mails and passengers there from the big liners will give prestige to the place. The recently passed Nursing Act is to be put into operation in rural Wales, and local associations formed to supervise. It is to be hoped that the nurses appointed will have a thorough knowledge of Welsh. Further proposals of the Admiralty for the defence of the Bristol Channel have been made public. Fleets are to visit the ports occasionally, in order to become acquainted with their resources. This is a good idea, and one that ought to have been adopted long ago. It is a curious fact that despite their close connection with things maritime, very few sailors from Cardiff, Swansea, and Newport join the Navy. The hot weather has caused great joy at the Welsh seaside resorts. The lodging house and hotel keepers have been mutually congratulating one another. Within the last week or two Mr. Lloyd George has been described by Conservative public speakers as Dick Turpin," Second- rate Jack Cade," and an "Ugly Duck- ling" What other language can be expected from the descendants of our great land- robbers ? A correspondent in a South Wales weekly remarks: I have been very much inter- ested lately in the publication of the various successes that many of the young people of this town have gained in music, under the auspices of the various musical societies. I am glad to note this, for it shows that the tuition now given in music is very different from what it was some few years ago, when every wench who managed to scramble through a five-fingered exercise, took upon herself to give instruction for a few shillings a quarter to the youthful aspirants for Paderewski honours." Aeroplanes for Wales Messrs. Ace & Co. have, we understand, ordered four aeroplanes, and are going to construct garages for their reception at Swansea and Tenby. Mr. John Ward, M.P., President of the Navvies' Union, has been spending a holiday with his family at Barry, at which town he once resided. One day Mr. Ward took off his coat, vest and collar, and helped in digging a trench. Mr. Matthew Keating, who was selected as Parliamentary candidate for South Kilkenny, at a convention in Ballyhale, lived for many years at Mountain Ash, where he was very much respected. He is a brother to Mr. Keating, the well-known novelist.