Barry Herald

THE HERALD DIARY. Notification of future events for insertion in this diary must be received at this Office on Wednes- day evening, or Thursday, 10 a.m., at latest.] FRIDAY: Barry Dock Police Court, 11, „ Barry Temperance Choir practice every Friday evening at the Welsh Baptist Chapel, Beryl-street, at 7 30 Barry District Council, 7 30 SATURDAY: Cadoxton branch National Amal- gamated Labourers' Union, 7. „ Football-Rugby Barry v Pontypridd, away Association Unionist Club v Rhayader (Final), at Cardiff Barry Dock Musicians meet every Satur- day afternoon, 3.30, Girls' Depart- ment, Holton-road School SUNDAY: Barry District Glee Society (conducted Mr D. Farr), practices 12.30 and 4 p.m. at Welsh Independent Chapel, High-street, Barry. The practices of the Barry Male party will be held at the Holton-road Board School, at 3. All members will please make an effort to attend. Conductor Mr C Rowlands; chairman, Mr T Morris Rev J. Glyn Davies at Presbyterian Chapel, Barry MONDAY Barry Dock Police-court, 11. Navvies' Union branch at Barry Hotel, 7.30 Navvies' Union branch at Witchill Hotel, 7.30 „ Lifeboat Lodge, IOGT., Glamorgan Restaurant, Barry Dock, 7 .30 Barry Parish Church and Orchestra Society Rehearsal 7.30. TUESDAY: Star of Barry Lodge, I.O.G.T Lane' Coffee Tavern, 8 Sons of Temperance meet every alternate Tuesday, Rosser's Temperance Hotel „ Barry County Court, 9.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Penarth Police-court at 10.30 St Mary's Church Social Gathering, Re- gent Hall THURSDAY: BARRY HERALD published 4.30 Barry District Glee Society, Bethesda Chapel, Barry, 8. St David's Lodge, I.O.G.T., at Shafes- bury Temperance Hotel, Cadoxton, 7.30

DEATH OF MR. TOM ELLIS. A DARK SHADOW has fallen over the political world this week in the death of Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., the chief Liberal Whip, a politician of great promise, and a statesman in whom the future hope of the Welsh nation lay. Mr Ellis died at Cannes on Wednesday morning, where, after a wearying session, he had sought rest, and his ceaseless energies and untiring labours were thus closed for ever. Doubtless, the intense earnestness and zeal which had characterised his many actions in public life assisted to wear down to the grave a constitution at no time very strong. In Wales, in Ireland, in Scotland, and in England true Liberals All shed alike a sympathetic tear, Alike all sob A friend lies buried here. The Young Wales Party, vigorous, healthy, young, and hopeful as it seemed to stand but yesterday, is deprived of a safe counsellor, a good friend, and an active and loyal supporter. Devoted to his political studies, Mr Ellis, as a son of a North Wales tenant farmer, used his knowledge and the influence of his kindly na- ture—always felt in high places-for gaining the redress of the many grievances which he keenly felt were his own. Welsh education has lost in him a champion and a guiding spirit. His whole career-too short, alas, abounds with instances of ceaseless effort in the interests of education in the Principality. I that respect, too, he had laboured under the difficulties poor Welsh lads have encountered in the pursuit of knowledge, and knew exactly where redress was needed. Wales has lost in him a patriot. What Garibaldi was to Italy, Mr T. E. Ellis promised to become for Wales. Their weapons were diverse, it is true, but their exhalted aims were the same. In promoting the best interests of his country and its language, he had plenty of scope for work. Work was always cheerful to him in such a cause. In fact- He lived for those he loved, For those who knew him true, For the heaven that shone above him And greeted his coming, too. For the cause that needs assistance, For thewroDgs that need resistance, And the good that he could do.

BARRY NURSING ASSOCIATION. THE annual meeting of the Nursing Association, as will be seen by reference to our advertising columns, will be held on Wednesday, the 19th inst., at the Romilly Hall, Barry, at 8 p.m. During the last year a good deal has been done to make this Association a public one. The Committee consists of 18 members, 2 nominated by the medical staff, 2 by the district ladies, 3 by the District Council, 2 by the Trades Council, 2 by the Friendly Societies, and 5 are elected by the annual general meeting. The honorary treasurer (Major-General Lee) and the honorary secretary (Mr J. A. Hughes) are ex-offlicio members of the Committee. It has been the endeavour of the committee to manage the institution on the lines of a public institu- tion belonging to the district of Barry. The Press are admitted to all committee meetings, and the Committee endeavour to take the public thoroughly into their confidense, and regard themselves as representatives of the public dis- charging public duties. The workmen of the district have shewn their sympathy with the Association by agreeing in several cases to contribute Id per week out of their wages. This applies to the men in the employ of the District Council, the men in the employ of Messrs Bailey's, and also the men in the employ of several builders. The Barry Railway Servants are now considering the desirability of also adopting this course. The District Council have contributed £ 400 a year towards the costs of the Accident Ward, but no portion of this money is devoted towards the Nursing Association proper, nor can the District Council legally devote any money towards the main- tenance of the nurses apart from the Accident Hospital. It will be seen from what is mentioned above that the Association has already received several marks of public con- fidence, and there is probably no Association in the town which is more popnlar and which appeals to a larger number of persons than this. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance at the annual meeting, and that everyone who has the interest of this Association at heart will take the opportunity of shewing their interest and supporting those who, under considerable difficulties, have brought the Association into such a state as it is at present.

BARRY LIBERAL AND RADICAL ASSOCIATION. DISCUSSION ON THE LOCAL ELECTIONS CLEARING THE AIR. ADDRESS BY ALDERMAN ELLIS. The ordinary monthly meeting of this Association was held at Lewis' Restaurant, Barry Dock, on Wednesday evening last, when the President (Mr W. Graham) occupied the chair, and among those present were Councillors W Paterson, D Morgau, E B Smith-Jones, and J A Manaton Messrs G Travers, E Collier, W L Hughes, Tom Evans, T Williams, J Jones (Bristol House), R T Evans, J Wensley, James Jones, James Cruise, W James, John Evans, P Cronin, E Williams, J Hughes, J 0 Davies, J Cruise, J H Brough, E S Jones, John Davies, and D Hamar. LETTER FROM CAPTAIN MURRELL. Captain F. Murrell wrote acknowledging in appropriate terms the resolution of sympathy passed by both the West Ward Committee and the Association at the last meeting in his recent sad bereavement. LESSONS OF THE ELECTION. CONGRATULATING THE VICTOR. The Rev T. Pandy John, who occupied the chair at the first portion of the proceedings, said they all, no doubt, rejoiced at the victory gained by the Association in the South Ward, but they did not rejoice over the results in the East or West Wards, notwithstanding the fact that they had many things to consider when looking at the results in those two districts. (Hear, hear.) In the South Ward they all worked well, and Councillor Manaton was to be heartily congratulated. (Ap- plause.) There was a good deal of the honour due to the candidate himself and to his respected wife. (Uheers.) opeafcing ot the inortn ward, ne was personally satisfied with the result there, but in the East Ward the Association would have to direct their energies to arouse the dormant Liberalism that prevailed there. (Hear, hear.) In future he would like to* see Liberals manifesting greater enthusiasm and self-sacrifice in that part of the district, especially when there was a nominee of that Association in the field. Personally, he felt very strongly, when the Association as an Associa- tion nominated a man to run in any contest, they ought to feel that the defeat of that man was the defeat of the Association. (Hear, hear.) It was cruel to select a man and then not lend him their support and as they went on year by year he hoped the duty of each one would be more clearly put before him. (Cheers.) Councillor J. A. Manaton, who was loudly cheered, after thanking the Chairman for his kind references, said he attributed his success to the fine body of workers, whose organisation was simply perfection. Not only was the work done in the streets, but in the shops at the dock side, and he had to thank them all for it. He complained that one or two members of the Association had worked against him, yet he had everything to be thankful for. Councillor Paterson had opposed him because he was a builder, and had made some unkind remarks about him. If that gentleman had any- thing to say, however, it was his place to say it at the Association. (Hear, hear.) It might not be a very honourable profession to be a builder, but he would remind that gentleman that two years ago he did his best to get him returned because he was a Liberal, and he expected the same from him in return. Mr Paterson denied that he bad ever used the objection, except in the course of a private conver- sation, and he had told it to Mr Manaton himself, but he did not oppose him, or bring his influence to bear in that direction. He still maintained that a multiplicity of builders on the Council was not good. Mr James Jones asked why Councillor Paterson did not work for the Rev R. Morgan at Barry. Mr Paterson I did more than you or anyone here, perhaps. Mr R. Collier said he would like to give Mr Manaton his congratulations, and tell him how a certain person had lost his milkiDg stool. He (Mr Collier) was one who helped to PUT, mi ivianaton in, and whenever he did not do his duty properly he would be one to assist in putting him out again. They had already purified the District Council a good deal, in the same way as they once purified the Cardiff Council but the latter was getting as rotten as ever again. (Laughter.) There was one instance of the jobbery of the Council in limit- ing designs for the new parks to three gentlemen, with the security that each would have a prize of either £ 100, £50, or L25. It had yet to be shown that the whole of the brains in the kingdom for laying out parks was absorbed by these three gen- tlemen, and who could say but that there were not better men even in Barry Dock, and if it was to be an open competition, let the best man have it. While in the present instance, if a man only put a tree in the design with a goose on one side and a duck pond ou the other, he would get a prize. (Laughter and applause.) The speaker also condemned the proposal to purchase the Interme- diate School buildings for a hospital, and asked Mr Manaton to see that the tail of the Council was not allowed to wag the dog so much. (Laughter.) Their clerk had too many irons in the fire. (Applause). He was a good, talented gentleman, no doubt, but the Council had allowed him too wide a scope, and he was now like a round peg in a square hole. He trusted that that would soon be altered, and if they paid a man they should have his whole time devoted to the work. (Cheers.) Let them stop their jobbery. They did not want any more shilly-shallying jimcracks on the Council. (Laughter.) Mr G. Travers (Barry), chairman of the West Ward Committee, paid a tribute to the sacrifices made by Mr Paterson on behalf of the selected candidate, Rev R. Morgan, and said that the former gentlemen had done everything that could be expected of him-and even more, (Cheers.) Mr W. L. Hughes, the Liberal candidate in the East Ward, said he was defeated, but not dis- mayed, and having his foot on the first rung of the ladder leading to public work, it should be firmly planted there until it ascended. (Cheers.) He came there with the intention of fighting two or three men on the Ward Committee, and congratu- lating them on the magnificent manner in which they shirked the worked, for reasons—whether it was the unpopularity of the candidate in the field, whether it was the views he held on the Gladstone-road question, or whether it was that the candidate could not speak Welsh-he did not know. He was opposed chiefly bylthe Welsh, the Tories, and the beer. He had the spiritual, temporal, and all the other forces arrayed against him and, almost single-handed, he fought, and had 136 intelligent vot, a in his favour. They had, as Chairman of the East Ward Committee, the Rev W. Williams, and several other Welsh- men belonged to that committee. The work they did was nil. (Shame.) Why was this ? At almost every corner he could see a certain gentle- man with rather a dilapidated head cover, a blue- covered book in his hand, and at all the doorways was dillating on the 20 and the 60 houses purchase scheme. Almost every voter at Cadoxton was met, and this obnoxious thing was placed before him, and they were hampered with it even in the Ward Committee meetings. If, however, a candidate had been selected by the Association unanimously, he had a right to be supported by every member of it and fight shoulder to shoulder. (Hear, hear.) Two or three gentlemen had given him good support, but two had not; and if he had a right to expect support it would be from the chairman of the Ward Committee, and unless he did so, he should be brought down from his lofty pedestal and a better man given his place. Mr J Jones (Bristol House) and Mr S R Jones also spoke, the former on the result in the East Ward, and the latter paying a tribute to the splendid work by Mr J Roch, the secretary in the South Ward. Mr J 0 Davies said that, notwithstanding the results of the local elections, they should take that opportunity of re-affirming the principle of fighting local elections on party lines. After some remarks by Mr R Collier, and Mr Tom Williams and the President respecting the action of Mr Williams in supporting the Friendly Societies' nominee, while he had remained silent when the Rev R Morgan was adopted by the Association, Mr James Cruise sai.i, although at first prejudiced against the principle of contesting local elections on party lines, he was now fully convinced that it was the best possible method to adopt. Mr R T Evans said there were two parties in the district claiming to be the Temperance party, viz, the Ironsides and the Free Church Council, and the latter had supported Mr Manaton, while the former had opposed him. Mr W L Hughes said he was supported by the Temperance Ironsides, and didn't know whether he had to attribute his defeat to that or not. (Laughter.) Mr James Cruise said he admired the honest and frank way in which they brought persons to book at the Association. Mr D. Morgan was next interrogated as to the part he took in opposing the Association's nominee in the West Ward, and said he would plead guilty to the fact that he ought to have done so at the meeting, and not assent to it and then go against him. He believed, however, that as a minister of the Gospel Mr Morgan had something else to do. The President then submitted a resolution to the effect that while deploring the defeat of the two candidates in the East and West Wards, they heartily congratulated Mr J. A. Manaton in securing a victory in the South Ward, and also re-affirining their adherence to the principle of contesting local elections on party lines. This was seconded by Mr G. Travers and even- tually carried nem con, after being strenuously sup- ported by Councillor Paterson. CALL TO WORK. Mr Morgan Thomas then made a few remarks upon the desire for activity being renewed in con- nection with registration work, and foreshadowed the duty of the Association in connection there- with. SPEECH BY ALDERMAN ELLIS. Alderman Ellis, of Chepstow, who is at pre- sent residing at Barry for a brief period superintending certain engineering work in the district, then delivered an interesting address upon Liberalism, and was accorded a hearty welcome. There never was a time in the history of the party (he said) when it behoved them to be Liberals first and crocheteers afterwards. (Hear, hear.) He believed in a man speaking his mind, and acting according to the dictates of his own conscience but he also maintained that when a majority of that Association decided to run a man in a local election, they should unite in fighting for his return. As a temperance man, he would give his vote to the Liberal party, because all the reforms they had had, or were likely to get, had been from the Liberals. If he were an Irishman or a Free 1 Churchman (as he was) he would do the same thing. After congratulating Mr Manaton upon his election, the speaker said that if they fought local elections on any other than party lines, they were fighting them in disguise, and they might as well be open and have a stand-up Liberal versus Tory battle. Besides that, these little elections were but the stepping-stones to the Parliamentary contests,and unless they were united in these they could not hope for success in the greater contest. (Cheers). There was undoubtedly a great future before Barry, and in proportion to how they made their interest felt to-day, so would it increase, and in years to come they ought to have no trouble in win- ning party fights. (Cheers). THE BURGESS ROLL. On the motion of Mr G. Travers, it was decided to communicate with the Local Govern- ment Committee of the County Council, asking them to prepare the burgess lists in streets and not in alphabetical order, and a similar letter was ordered to be sent to Alderman Walter Morgan, chairman of the Committee and Liberal candidate for South Glamorgan.

-< CORRESPONDENCE. "CANDIDATE FOR THE TOWN'S DIRECTORATE." TO THE EDITOR OF THK BARRY HERALD" SIR, In an article of yours recently, bearing the above heading, you refer to the nominee of the Friendly Societies' Council for Urban Council honours, Imeaning myself, and in so doing remarked I "had precipitated myself into the election as an Independent candidate prior to becoming the Friendly Societies' nominee." This I stoutly deny, tor not until Monday, the 6th ult, did I decide to accept the Council's invitation, as passed on March 1st, and then only did so under pressure of the unanimous vote of my colleagues. In fairness to myself, I must ask you to please withdraw the false assertion complained of or kindly let me know your authority for such I am, &c., A. T. WHITE. 69, Porthkerry-road, Barry. [Two years ago Mr White stood as an Independent candidate in the West Ward, and rumour credited him with the intention of again con- testing the seat as a free lance but we find, on inquiry, White was not in the field uutil he^ had been adopted by the Friendly Societies Council, and we regret having made the statement complained of.-ED. B.H.)

MARINE EXCURSIONS FROM BARRY- Barry will be better provided for this year in the matter of marine excursions that has hitherto been the case. The Barry Company have come to an arrangement with Messrs Campbell and Co., the owners of the fine fleet sailing from Cardiff, whereby a steamer will run regular trips from Barry Dock to all. the favourate pleasure an- health resorts on the other side of the Channel during the coming season.