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Athletic Sports at Merthyr. ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMMES AT PENYDARREN PARK. The second annual fete, gala, sports, and horse show, promoted by Mr. Israel Prico, took place at Penydarren Park, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The events were well patronised. Besides the athletic events ther-" was a grand variety programme each doy, the artistes including Hess and Chivere. in an exhibition of figure skating, solo skating; tho famous Sauteron Wonders, the greatest and funniest jumpers in the world; Valdoe and Pippin, the "Fighting Comedians"; Prof. Durham's Royal Punch and Judy Show, and performing dog, "Toby" Ryde and Beeman, comedy acrobats •, Flopp and Flipp, in comedy i; triple-bar acts; W Salmon, trick and musical cyclists; the Osteenes, in clever ring acts, etc. Each day, the Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Muni- cipal Band, under the direction of Mr. J. J. Harvey, discoursed appropriate music, and the visitors to the Park were high in their praises of the performances of the new combination. The officials of the sports were: Judges, Mr. Mansell, Mr. Sam Dix, Mr. George Rogers, Mr. C. Leonard; Marksmen, Mr. R. G. Wil- liams, Mr. T. Adams, Mr. J. Jones; handi- capper, Mr. Jack Price; 6tarter, Mr. Ned Baker; secretary, Mr. Israel Price, jun.; as- sistant secretary, Mr. Alf. Baverstock; stew- ards, Mr. W. Joslin, Mr. D. J. Davies, Mr. J. James, Mr. Dan Noble, Mr. Gus Williams. Following is the full prize list:— • Novice handicap —1, Ted Thomas, Merthyr, 27 yards; 2, Dan Thomas, Merthyr, 27 yards; 3, W. R. Jones, Merthyr, 27 yards. 100 yards handicap (boys under 16 years of 3Ilc).-I, H. Curtis, Rhymney; 2, H. Gibbs, Twynyrodyn; 3, C. Curtis, Rhymney. 120 vards open handicap.—1, Ted Price, Dowlais, 18 yards; 2, H. Jones, Merthyr, 20 yards; 3, C. E. Holwav, America, scratch. 220 yards open handicap.—1, P. S. Thomas, Cardiff, 25 yards; 2, C. E. Holway, America. scratch; 3, A. W Cole, Ogmore Vale, 17 yards. < 880 yards open bandicap.-I, W. Davies, Rhymney, 7C yards; 2. H. Richards, Amman- ford, 55 yards; 3, T. Jones, Merthyr, 73 yards. One mile cycling handicap.—1, L. Owen, Aberfan, 165 yards; 2, Evans, Rhymney. 180 yards; 3, G. Richards, Aberdare, 125 yards. # la miles local trotting handicap.—1, Mr. George Dennis's (Merthyr) Joe, 380 yards; 2. Mr. U. Davies's (Heolgerrig) Gipsy Belle, 500 yards: 3, Mr. J. CoUins's (Merthyr) Irish Molly, 270 yards. 12 1 mile. sralloway hand cap.-], Mr. G. W. Phillips's iDuckspcol) Little Peggy, 490 yarns: 2, Mr. T Richards's (Heolgerrig) Cwmgio Nancy, 460 vards; 3, Mr. E. Jones s (Heolger- rig) Little Dandy, 310 yards. j SECOND DAY. 125 yards novice raoe.-First heat, 1 W. L. Jones,* Neath second beat, 1 H. Davies. Mer- thyr (24 yds.); third heat, 1 G. J. Cowmeadow, Newport (17bds.); fourth heat, 1 Ted Thomas, Merthyr (27yds.); fifth heat,. 1 T. Harris, Dow- lais (18yds.); sixth heat., 1 E. J. Hemminga, Troedyrhiw (23yds.); seventh heat, 1 R. T. Jones, Penydarren (27yds.); eighth heat, 1 D. Thomas, Merthyr (27yds.): ninth licat-tbose who ran allowed Thomas to get in first, and the judges declared "no raoe"; tenth heat, 1 Bnr- ley Williams, Merthyr. Final: 1. H. Davies; 2, B. WiUiams; 3, D. Thomas. 110 yards' boys raco.-First heat, 1 Ted Th; mas, Merthyr; second h-:?.t. 1 Baden Po'I': Merthyr; third heat, 1 R.1. Wljliams, Troed;, rhiw; fourth heat, 1 S. M Williams, RhymiMV fifth heat, 1 W. Quant. Merthyr. Final: i. Quant; 2, R. J. Williams. 5, Baden Powell. 125 yards open handicap.—F-rst heat, 1 H. Cowen, Leven (10yds.); second beat, 1 Teddy Price, Dowlais (lS^-yds.), walk over; third heat, A. Hender&on. Edinburgh (10yds.); fourth heat, 1 E. Shelby, Porth (15! yds.), and E. G. Hem- mings, Troedyrhiw (19yds.), dead heat; fifth heat, 1 H. Davies, Merthyr {19jyd?.); sixth heat, 1 A. Edwards, Merthyr (16 £ yds.); seventh heat. 1 Teddy Thomas, Merthyr (21yds.); eighth heat. 1 B. Williams. Merthyr (20yds.); ninth heat, 1 W. Thomas Merthyr (16iyds.); tenth heat, 1 T. Harris, Dowiais (16^yds.); eleventh heat, j 1 T. Jones, Merthyr (21yds.). Final: 1, H. Davies; 2, B. Williams; 3, T. Harris. Marathon Race; Three Miles, run on the Track.—1, E. J. Best, Penydarren; 2, W. Swan, j Tonyrefail; 3, A. Pimm, Caerphilly. 300 yards open handicip.-FiTst heat, 1 A. Henderson, Edinburgh (16yds.): second heat, 1 W J. Lewis, Merthyr (38yde.); third heat, 1 Ted Price, Dowlais (36yds.); fourth heat, 1 A. G. Thomas, Neath; fifth heat, 1 H. Swan, Tonyr- ofail (28yds.); sixth heat, 1 H. Cowan, Leven j (18yds.); seventh heat, 1 H. Jones, Merthyr (36yds.). Final: 1, Ted Price; 2, Henderson; 3, H. Cowan. Ii mile trotting handicap (in harness). —Fi/st b-eat, 1 J. Collins' (Merthyr) "Little Lily" (240yds.); second heat, 1 T. Vabey's (Pontypool) irWelsh Kitty'' (30yds.); 2, J. Collins' (Merthyr) "Irish Molly" (290yds.). Final: 1, "Welsh Kitty." I mile galloway handicap.—First heat, 1 B. Fnoodm.a.n's (BaTgoed) "Grcat Scott" (40yds.); second heat. 1 T. Richards's (Heolgerrig) "Cwm- gio Nanoy" (460yds.) and E. Jones' (Heolgeicrig) "Little Dandy" (510yds.). dead heat; B. Freed- man's (Bargoed) "El Diablo" feU in this heat; third heat, 1 E. Peters' (Heolgerrig) "Little Bess" (490yds.), fourth heat, 1 W. J. Phillips (Duckspool) "Little Peggy'' (490yds). Final: 1, Mr. Thomas's (Penydarren) "Red Hot"; Z, "Little Peggy" 3, "Cwmgio Nancy." li trotting handicap (in saddle).—First hea.t: 1, J. Rees's (Aberdare) "Old Bang" (250 yds.); 2, J. Coiling (Merthyr) "Irish Molly" (295yds.). Second heat: 1, T. Vaisey's (Ponty- pool) "Welsh Kitty" (30yds.); 2, M. Davies's (Heolgerrig) "Gipsy Belle" (510yds.) Final: 1, "Welsh Kitty"; 2, "Old Bang"; 3, "Irish Molly." WEDNESDAY. SUCCESSFUL HORSE SHOW. Wednesday was "horse show day," and some very fine animals were seen. There was a large attendance, the grand-stand being crowded. The weather continued fine, and the promoters of the fete are to be congratulated upon being favoured with King's weather each day. The president for the day was Mr. Henry Owen, president of the Merthyr May Show; ajnd the president for the day was Mr. Henry Owen, president of the Merthyr May Show; ajnd the vice-president, Mr. John Evans, Royal Stores. The other special offioers were :-Judges: Mr. Tom J. Evans,' Llwyncadfor, Newcastle Emlyn, and Mr. W. B. Loveluck, Pyle; hon. veterinary surgeons, Mr. Arthur H. Jones, M.R.C.V.S. (Lond.), and Mr. A. W. Oxen ham, M.R.C.V.S. (Lond.) secretary, Mr. Israel Price (jun.); as- sistant secretary, Mr. Alf. Baverstock; handi- capper (horse racing), Mr. Jack Price; judges' attendant, Mr. W. R. Lewis; stewards, Messrs. W. T. Jones, J. Jenkins, D. J. Lloyd, Harry Green, J. T. Davies, S. Leyshon, H. Rogers, D. T. O. Davies, Tom Rees, William Joslin, Percy Jones, G. H. Evans, Arthur Harris, Ed. r n^Te^S| Wyndham Thomas, Tom Rogers, TIV-II- James, D. J. Davies, and Gus Williams. Mr. T. Gunter carried out the im- portant duties of chief steward. I PRIZE LIST. I Mountain Pony, to be ridden by a boy under 13 years of age.—-1, T L. Lewis, Merthyr, "King Arthur" 2 John Davies, Monachcly, Ynysybwl, "Skylight"; 3, J. Connelly, Merthyr, "Laay Grey" 4 W. J. Williams, Glyndyrua, Merthyr, "Belinda." Mare or Gelding, 14.2 and under, to be ridden.—1, D. Rees Jones, Aberdare, "Nomin- ation 2, Tom J. Mathias, Cardigan, "Nov- elty James Atherton, Ellesmere Park, Cheshire, "Aristocratic Pinderfield." Ma<ro or Gelding, over 14.2, to be ridden.—1, Dd. Evans, Glanpwlldu, Boncath, Pem., "Em- lyn Simon"; 2, Alfred Butcher, Bristol, "Lady Gordon 3, D. R. Jones, Aberdare "Bromley Bell." Pony, 13.2 and under, to be ridden in saddle. -1, Tom J. Mathias, Cardigan, "Queen"; 2, D. Rees Jones, Aberdare, "Nomination"; 3, T. E. Jerman, Dowlais, "Nomination." Mare or Gelding, driven in a cart, van, or lorry, for heavy trade purposes.—1, John Wil- liams, Castle-street, Merthyr, "Priqoe"; 2 and g., Giles and Harrap, Merthyr Brewery, "Gur- nos Duke"; 3, W. Whiting, Industrial Farm, Aberdare, "Gomer." Grocer's or Baker's Turno-out, horse, cart, or van, and harness; any height.—1, John Evans, Merthyr, "King of the South" 2, Daniel Da. and Sons, Merthyr, "Dandy Dinmcvnt"; 3, W. J, Weeks, Merthyr, "Daisy of Denmark"; ^John Evans, Merthyr, "Queen erf the Mane or Gelding, driven in a cart, van. or lorry, for li(rht trade purposes.—1, T. E. Jer. man, Dowlais, "Nomination"; 2, David Jones, Mountain Ash, "Lady Bang"; 3, D. Protheroe, Bargoed, "Moira"; g., W. J. Williams, Glyn- dyTus, Merthyr, "Nomination." Fishmonger's or Fruiterer's Turn-out., horse, cart, and hamees.-1, Evane and Sons, fish- mongers, Merthyr, "Markwell"; 2, Phillips & Mitchell, Mountain Ash, "Lord Grey" 3, R. Broadbent, Mountain Asib, "Lady Bay"; g., J. Leyshon, Merthyr, "Black Bess. Pony, under 13.2, to be driven in harness.T—1, James MiUward. Merthyr, "Master Collin"; 2, T. E. Jerman, Dowlais, "Nomination"; 3, T. J. Mathias, Cardigan, "Queen." Cob, Mare, or Gelding, exoeeding 13.2 and not exceeding 14.2, to be driven in hai-nem- 1. Tom J. Mathias, Obrdlgan. "Novelty"; 2, D. R. Jones, Aberdare, "Nomination' 3, Jas. Atherton, EUeemerw Park, Cheshire, "Aristo- oraoo Pmderaeld." Cob, Mare, or Gelding, exceeding 14.2, to be driven in hmem-1, Alfred Butcher, Bristol, "Lady Gordon"- 2, David Evans, Boncath, Simon"; 3, D. R. Jonea, Aber- dare, Nomination." Mare or Gelding, any height, to be driven in harness.—1, Alfred Butcher, Bristol, "Lady Gordon"; 2, David Evans Bonqath, Pem., "Emlyn Simon"; 3, D. Rees Jones, Aberdare "Nomination." Butcher's Turn.out.-l, T. E. Jerman, Dow- lais, "Nomination"; 2, Lewis Jones, Aberdare, "Peggie"; g., Joseph Williams, Water loo-si,, Merthyr, "Naughty Bov." Milk-vendor's Turn-out. 1 and g., David Jones, Mquntnin Ath, "La* 1 v Bang"; 2, David Prothero, Bargoed, "Mci.a." Galloping Hand cap, one mile a;J a half.— First heat., 3 J. Matthews, Do'.vlai;, -Fanny I o'r Owm" (500ydj.); second heat, I Thimas J

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Merthyr Board of Guardians j I THE ASSESSMENT OF SMALL COAL. MR. D. EVANS OFFENDS THE RECTOR OF DOWLAIS. 'L.1 Mr. Augustus Davies presided at the fort- nightly meeting of this Board on Saturday. On the motion^ of the Chairman, seconded by Mrs. M. T. Williams, a resolution of sympathy I was passed with the RoyaJ Family in their sad bereavement. Mr.. J. Prowle said that at the last meeting Mr. J. M. Rees was appointed collector of poor rates for the parish of Rhigos. Mr. Rees sent the highest testimonials, but he asked whether it was known to the Board that he held a licence to sell intoxica.ting liquor.—Mr. T. E. Morgan said he supposed it would make no difference as the Surveyor of Taxes for the Vaynor district heki a lioencoi. — Mr. T. T. Jenkins: Is it illegal for Mr. Rees to hold a licence?—The Deputy Clerk: No.— The matter then dropped, but it was afterwards stated that the Hoonc-6 was in the name of Mr. I iveess sister. MR. EVANS'S MOTION. In accordance with notice, Mr. David Evans (Merthyr) moved a resolution calling attention to the inequalities existing in the present sys- tem of assessing coal for the purposes of the poor rate, and moved that the Assessment Com- mittee be asked to notify the overseers of the various parishes of the Union to apply the Im- perial ton as the measurement of all coal, large and small, raised within the several parishes of this Union in place of the ton as now used. He said he considered this to be & very import- ant question. They were often asked by the Government to be watchful of the interests of the ratepayers. The burden on the ratepayers was becoming heavier day by day, and if the Board considered there were any inequalities existing in the principle of rating, it was their duty to call attention to the same. He gave the following figures showing the difference be- tween the Imperial and the long ton, viz.: In the parish of Merthyr, large, imperial, 2,103,601 tons; which, when called long ton, was reduced to 1,869,867 tons, or a loss on rateable ooal of 233,734 tons. The small was imperial tons. 960,227; long, 664,600, or a loss of 295,627 tons. In' the parish of Aberdare, the imperial ton- nage was: Large, 2,300,908; long, 1,806,252; a loss of 225,656 tons; small, imperial 998,693 tons; long 621,061 tons, or a loss of 377,632 tons. GeUygaer: Large, imperial tonnage, 142,267,048 long, 201,155, a loss of 251,893. Small: Imper- ial. 658,243; long, 584,910 tons, a loss of 63,436 tons. Rhigost Imperial, 88,054 tons; long, 78,276 tons, a low of of 9,787 tons, or a total loss of 731,070 tons. Perb&ps the fisrures he had given would stand correction, but they rave the Board an idea as to the nature of his motion. The loss, he contended, in rateable value, amounted to £ 27,093. He, therefore, felt that the overseers should go into this question.— Mrs. A. N. Jenkins said that under the stand- ing orders of the Board, Mr. Evans had ex- ceeded the time alkroed him to speak. — A grardian moved that the Standing Orders be suspended in order that the question might be threshed out.—The Rector of Dowlais thought the best way to proceed would be to appoint a small ptractical committee to go into the ques< tiaa. He considered be was paying Mr. Evans a -great compliment in making that suggestion. —Tbs Rev. J. O'Reilly said he considered the whole question was out of order. The Assess- ment Committee was a etatuJ-orj Committee, and the Board could not interfere with its business.—Mr. Idferis Davies: You are out of order.—Rev. J. O'Reilly No, I'm not.—The motion to move the suspension of the standing orders was lost. UPROAR. Rector of Dowlais: Now pint the standing OMhes m force then-—Mr. D. Evans: I am sorry that the gag is being used to-day. With regard to '•hat Faiher oypeilly said (cries of 'C^Air! chair I" and uproar). Mr. D. Evans: ™ Miserable cowards!—Mr. Salmon -J-J n f: ^vaia e proposition.—The Rector oi JJOWBJS then moved as an Mwn^nmnt, that a sub-committee be appointed—Mr. Evans: It is the raoec foow&rdly act ever done on this BOwd--RoAor of Dowlais: I think you ought tie contain yourself.^—}Az. Evans: I think you ought to. I must say that the Board is domin- ated and domineered by the Rector of Dowlais. I say so deliberately.-The Rector: I object to that.—Mr. Evans: You are the tool of sontebody.-Rector of Dowlais: Mr. Evans hurls a charge of cowardice against Father O'P,aWy.-Mr. Dd. Evans: I do so still.-The Rector: He has reflected upon tny chamter as a member of this Board, and as a private individual. I call upon him to withdraw, or I shall take other steps.—Mr. Dd. Evans: Take what yon like (laughter).—Rector: We cannot possibly go on like this. I have not done any- thing to show I am domineering over anybody. He called me a toed.—Mr. Evans: I said no- thing ot the sort.—Rector: I have my personal character to olear, and l appeal to the Board. If any other member of the Board. was attack- ed like I was would they take it without reply? —Mr. J. Prowle: I do not think you should allow questions to be asked until Mr. Evans has withdrawn what he said about the Rector (cries of "withdraw, withdraw").—Mr. Evans- What have I said (laughter)?—1The Chairman: You exid that the Rector was a tool and a cowartL-Mr. Evans: I never said it.»-The Rector: I demand 4 withdrawal of it-that I am trying to domineer over the Board, and that l- am$tool of somebody else. I will in- struct my solicitor next we$k.—Mr. Evans: Do so.—Mr. Salmon: I think Mr. Evans will be man enough to withdraw, because Mr. Wil- liams is a public man, and he has a character w-St^7e-— J°nes: And withdraw from this Board altogether. The man is a nuisance. ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL DEMANDED. The Bo^rd rose in revolt against this remark, and called upon Mr- Jones to withdraw it.— 1 Mr. Jones: That is no reflection upon his character. We have discussed this matter 'rime after time for many years.—Mr. T. T. Jenkins said the question was not yet under- stood.—Mr. T. Andrews asked whether Mr. Evans meant to simply change the name from long to imperial ton if so, it was hardly worth while discussing it.—The Rector of Dowlais: I am determined to have the matter cleared up. If Mr. Evans is not gentlemanly enough to do the amende honourable he ought not to be heard by this Board The reporters having assured Mr. Evans that he had used the word "tool," Mr. Evans said: I am exceedingly sorry if I havo trespassed upon any character here to- day. If there has been a word said by me— deeds I have not committed-that would be deemed to be a reSection upon any character, and particularly upon the Rector of Dowlais, I do from my heart withdraw (loud applause). —Mr. T. T. Jenkins: That is quite Parlia- mentary (laughter). In reply to Mr. Andrews, Mr. Evans said if what he had in his mind was carried out, there would be a material change in the revenue.— After further discussion it was agreed that a special meeting of the Board be held on the 6th of June to go into the matter thoroughly. MASTER BUILDERS' COMPLAINT. I A letter was read from the Cardiff Master Builders' Association, stating that in their opinion the Trade Union clause which the Board inserted in contracts was highly inequit- able, inasmuch as it prevented the employment ) of free labour, and also enabled the Trade Unionists to dictate their own terms, and that in all other contracts into which they entered provision was made for this condition to be mutually agreed up between the employers and employed, and they felt sure that on re- consideration the Guardians would see the jus- tice of what they contend for.—It was agreed that the Clerk be directed to acknowledge tt.i" receipt of the letter. OCCUPATIONS OF INMATES. The Clerk submitted a return showing that the following were the occupations of the male inmates in the workhouse on Good Friday last: 1 baker, Z barbers, 6 blacksmiths, 3 bricklayers, 3 carpenters, 1 chemist's assistant, 1 coachman, 2 clerks, 1 clogmaker, 1 compositor, 1 cooper, 1 draper, 1 engineman, 2 engineers, 1 farm bailiff, 3 firemen, 1 furnaceman, 4 fitters, 3 gardeners, 1 grocer, 1 grocer's assistant, 2 grooms, 8 nauliers, 1 general haulier, 10 haw- kers, 1 horse dealer, 1 joiner, 206 labourers, 4 masons, 34 miners, 1 minister. 1 moulder, 1 music professor, I ostler. 6 painters, 1 pattern I maker, 2 pensioners, 2 plasterers, 5 platelayer's, 1 printer, 2 puddlers, 3 ragmen, 3 repairers, 2 sawyers, 7 shoemakers, 1 sinker, 4 stokers, 3 tailors, 1 upholsterer, 1 weaver, 1 wluee-1 wright. OTHER BUSINESS. Mr. W. Harris gave notice to move a resolu- tion calling the attention of the Merthyr Housing Committee of the fact that people lived in the workhouse, lodging houses, etc., because they were unable to find dwellings. It was reported that Mr. John Prowle had been appointed chairman of the Sanatorium Committee for the ensuing year.—It was agreed that the architect be directed to prepare sketch plans of a permanent and of a tempor- ary sanatorium, and an estimate of the cost in each case, and to submit same to a meeting of the committee on May 18th. On the motion of the Rector of Dowlais it was agreed, "That until Mona Evans, the ille- gitimate child of Tydfil Evans, who is at pre- sent boarded out at 28, Well-street, Dowlais, attains the age of 18 years, all the rights and powers of the parent in respect of such child be vested in the Guardians of this Union, in pursuance of Section 1 of the Poor Law Act, 1899. It was also agreed, on the motion of Mr. William Harris, "that until Charles Power, aged five years, and Walter Timothy Power, aged 3 years, the children of Patrick and Elizabeth Mary Power, who, with their mother, were inmates of the workhouse, re- spectively attain the age of 18 years, all the 5 1 rights and powers of the parents in respect of such children shall vest in the Guardians of this Union."

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OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. (}ME THOUGHTS BY AN OCCASIONAL CONTRIBUTOR.] III—ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. a decree almost incredible to us, parents in the humbler orders of German society are familiar with the aims, with the privileges, and even with the programmes of the various grades of schools. Travellers find that small shopkeepers, workmen in factories, Waiters in hotels are alive, not merely in a general way, to the advantages of education, but to the meaning of different grades of schools which public authority provides. And in this atmosphere of national sympathy with educational aims, men of the highest learning and position in aM walks of life are incessantly working for the improvement If the schools, investigating their results, canvassing their curricula, defending or urging their claims." (PROFESSOR SADLER'S SPECIAL REPORTS) t*- a*' a remarkable contrast this picture ot P#o*?rSa^ German zeal for the education of its t0(j' presents to the picture of quasi apathy happy .go-lucky indifference shown by the Englishman Nay, to the hostile jti'P^hy displayed by thy latter when amelior- ate £ islative measures are proposed such as Extinction of the half-time system, or the ltlg of the age for leaving school When ^onsider that the youth of a nation are the K68 posterity, what will be the com- results of the future twenty years' "'he one country and the languor of the tsR • Comparisons are always odious, and W Ully when they involved a' jeremiad, maintain that the above proposition is n8 more than a mere rhetorical question. the efforts of educationists,' V'11 °rs, and all engaged in the administra- to explain the ureat problem Its subtle iiiericiil; ;es. labyrinthine involu *ho vnd dangerous efflorescences, to the masses await a pellucid exposition to make f lilltenthusiastic in the cause. Of th y last article was a soft impeachment *duc "ciolistie tendencies in modern elementary MviCa.!0n- My creed is, that the science of *s' chemistry, physics, an expori- tal g„. 8cience, and therefore like all experimen- 8tences, it is generally in a state of pro- tirqe The Education Department from 0 time introduces innovations in and ^hoQi?ents with the curricrla of elementary )'1'8 Subjects which were the vogue twenty anathema to-day. And these ^ote from the Whitehall crucible are necessary in the onward march from to a sound intelligent comprehensive provided only that the children "educated" in the curriculum in gravest danger is the aesthetic *^0^ Prom the extreme of a limited, J?VeUtiL afid hebetating curriculum of the W °iUv' ^n ^e three "R.'s" formed ^tellectual pabulum, there is now a the surcharged curriculum. to S are iri a dilemma. They ^te)y arrange a time-table which, approxi- be' twenty-six hours, so that instruction given in fourteen or fifteen subjects, ^he latest additions of temperance *° ab8,Now the truth ever lies between h be'v5 extremes, and a wise curriculum t e^,een the minimum and a hydra- revofwUrse of lessons. There is no desire ettj or° the archetype, but unless some new in orSanisation is devised, some of the °rce u %c elementary curriculum must c hed ^ettiaoned- 1 am not speaking of r 11 see jg^j^hool, when I point out that we about elementary schools flounder- M i«cts 1 an overburdening cargo of T ^Hoop08^ hanging to gether,which dejects M 8 Plimsoll-line of efficiency. BCL of the Code be heard: In ^8 int^ii teaching should aim at stimu- th e> anrf ^"al interests and general intelli- „ is cannot be done effectively if Hb'nc Um he too limited." This is the Sh^ity ft wisdom, and grants so much i *s "mmune from any charge. Cult ,?Sicaily. the sane counsel induces Via^lhotUt-6•' ele^entery school, and tfi t ft Vl8't a well-organised school to-day b'Hietv, ?Pressing unfeigned appreciation of \yri, U5ed to inculcate a love of literature, 3 happens if this catholic injunction of Tir °* Education is disproportionately ? \rc the consequences evil or j,tif aU enthusisatic schoolmaster fails to III the' new course of temperance lessons 11 ierspective of the curriculum ? I have ^Sj^.tors of the Board of Education ^^emic laurels and imbued a 4. ticable idealism, upset the eq.uili- Paper" school by the introduction of etc ^°rk, c^ies of brash work, woodwork^ science, nature study, ttlinoti °0' Law ,ay the sine qua non of a reaJ of fas},; followed each other in inter- »C°atinuit contributing to the absence tKj d detmite and nxea aims. 6rf?s jg 0 abiding city," when the scheme of T'Uity out in stentorian tone for j.*Hati and a short ^respite. JflicuIt fch° desider^um V This is muoh iaTWe; a, en6f es!f>' bufc a Perusal chapter of Spencer's Education l^ive r i tlie reader who desires a compre. ^t be fP'y- Some method of differentiation w s, m«oduced into the elementary school. b a vi»U a n6w c^assification arranged thafWKto simplicity, and it should be laid d&nfL ^^th of learning is not identical TK and cannot make up for lack of Sjj ^tiierou6 £ eachable subjects have become the 8 must have eclecticism, and 0* ^tito6y.1iV'Ces 411 organiser of education 4» infusion of common sense fSw, -j. V1? logical diflSculties of the worse tAe Drrv„ application at this conjuncture The °* will remedy* these tlee absence of continuity must receive ^Toppi and the puerile process >i to K a P^ctnre-book to chase a butterfly Unified ? °hecked. Before explaining this in ..C one reprehensible ten- elementary school to-day must be Uu 4ttem f 1° unn"8takable language. It is 3v 118 aii? factitious methods and adven- W^isci l create a halo round a school. hag E e the occult sciences says that each h. .aura of coloured emanations. While ^axfeig for ocular demonstration of Cj a be busy condemning the attempt p,Jhool a reputation by tawdry meretri- w?UCtS dubious origin. Deterioration tti, t*ti n ^owledge is made subservient to til aD<^ advantages. Schools 'he to be called upon to put their goods Pficj^j y«ndow, nor to be allowed to prepare S^icalj *erpi&es for museum* an<} the euphe- j °Ugjj Iaistomered educational exhibi: ions," ^08\lrello^l6'>se oblige the omission of the > ^vel tlie fictitious character of many ^-labelled "Original design by John Jo^ed p. tt of8! ^ian expression, let the relative knc/A'ledges be laid down. Let some h made to explain to those engaged v, education what knowledge is of v/Pply'°^th, and in the same information to correlation between intellectual, th (,r- and physical education. It is a matter jj 4 y Arable difficulty to fit fifteen subjects table of twenty-six hours per week, e.r» to be candid, if these subjects are t an isolated manner it is Gilberti&n ^pt the achievement. Let us then N c classification to some simpler plan, n'ider the time-table from three or four jW Points of view, so as to have grounds fttive than this" view in extenso. (i^Ulf students appreciate to the full this y when they reflect on the obstinacy of mciry to reproduce a reign which has not Hi^efuHy considered under important topics i$Militate the correlation of events, for A cja n small proportions we just beauty see." ssi6cati°n of the subjects under the /8 of English, mathematics, drawing kh, Alorals will include the curriculum of the Slfek ^ndor the first head is included &0:,t grammar and literature, history and *lge^Phy; under the second, arithmetic, a> geometry, nature study and elementary fcjj and under the last head, Scripture, s0n *U8ic. temperance, and specific moral ^},j 3- The metaphysical tritic will count these. ts and dcelare that this solution is only -a .sophistry, or worse still, sophisticated Slh^s- It is not even a paradox. Always htin. that the relative amount of time krilfatfor the morals of a school is also ,est- A scheme of temperance lessons tijjg ^alls smoothly into its o.vn section, disloca- the morals per se, but in no way affecting her important divisions of the curriculum, school not twenty miles from Merthyr I nearly a third of the time-table to brush work and its efflorescences, the tomfoolon- of original designing, ^any children in a class of forty can be ^°ted ttf havo the precocity of originality ? 1,1 any adults even, in the same number, kf, 4 the divine afflatus of genius to produce 1^7° new combination that is in no way ^tivc ? The time has arrived for an h„J/%ent division and sub-division of the 1'0 n\lt the above is not the only recommendation even the highest for the innovation. It Jrcs an attempt at correlation'of the studies eI=iicntary sch ool. There is bu t a nebuloue. perception of the dynamic of correlation, and voordingly an absence of the attempt at its application. The mind is not alphabetically pigeon-holed, wherein we stuff physiology, pneumatics and pianoforte-playing under the letter P." Knowledge of isolated subjects cannot hang loosely in the mind. Correlation is the only process of producing a unification and. real assimilation of knowledge and also a many-sided culture. Packing in scraps of information will not produce that action and interactioL of mental thought which will be tho genesir of a new mental experiences. Real education occasions mental habits of deduction and induction, and goes furthest to producc rational beings; with a correlative ccheme of study is superinduces ratiocination, or orderly thinking. Which of these mental processes is exercised by conveying to an individual, for example, a mere definition of the stellar parallax What would the same information convey to the same individual, if he were shown a group of models drawn by him from different points of view ? So in practical mathematics, which, in its fundamental principles is A correla- tion of drawing and mathematics, th" advantages are apparent. For mathematical stnuies must be linked with the pupil's knowledge ut nature and surroundings, bricks, windowpanes, cu;-Ies, etc.. etc., and so to his experience in order to secure admission to his sphere of thought. Instruction in mathematics must fail, pedagogi- cally, however thoroughly it is given, when the ideas generate form an isolated group. They are usually soon forgotten, or if retained con- tribute but little towards personal worth. As an examination of a first-class elementary school, a week or so ago, in practical mathematics, a chief inspector was astonished to knd that over 80 per cent of a class of standard v. scholars could tell him with lightning speed, the number of bricks nÎlejnches by four-and-a-half inches, iiy three inches, it would take to form a cube. And we leave the reader to his own conclusion.

¡ MERTHYR POLICE COURT. FRIDAY.—Before Mr. J Plews (in the chair), Mr. J. M. Berry, and Mr. S. Sandbrook. OCCASIONAL LICENCE.—On the application of 1\lr. F. P. Charles, an occasional licence was granted to Mr Jenkins, Commercial Hotel, Treharris, on the 26th May, on the occasion of the May Show. TRANSFER.—Mr. F. P. Charles applied for the transfer of the Rheola Arms, Merthyr, to Mr. Paul Carter.—Granted. LOOKING FOR WORK.—William Jones, arrest- ed in the Rhondda, was charged with running away and leaving his wife and four children chargeable to the rates.—Mr. Richards, war- rant officer, said the family had so far cost E12 4s.—Defendant said he could not get work; he had never been in such a predicament be- fore.—Mr. Plews: Its the other way about probably The work seeking you.—Defendant was comnutted for a month THB GOUGHS AGAIN.—Mary Gough and Alice Gougb were summoned for disorderly conduct at Ynysgau, on two occasions.—There were previous convictions against the defendants— 58 against Mary, who, however, persisted that the number was "only" 37-and 28 against Alice, who was described as the worst woman in Merthyr.—They were sent to prison for two months. A BAD CHARACTEB.-William Henry Chris- topher was charged with stealing coal, value 6d., from the siding at Ynysfach, the property of Messrs. Crawshay Bros. — P.S. Edward Clynch said he saw the defendant and other men on the canal bank, with sacks on their backs. When they saw him they dropped the sacks, defendant throwing the one he had into the canal. Witness caught the defendant, and the other men ran away. Each sack contained about a cwt. of coal.—Defendant, who had 22 previous convictions recorded against him, was said by the Chief Constable to be one of the worst characters the police had to deal with. -He was fined 10s. AFFILIA.TTON. -William Edwards, Penydar- ren, admitted, through Sergt Jones, being the father of the child of Marv Jane Llewelyn, a single woman, and was ordered to pay 3s. 6d. a week, and costs. ASSAULTS. Arthur Groves, labourer, 21, Riverside, was summoned for assaulting Hor nora Booth, who lives at the same address. Complainant said the defendant had gone to Pontypool, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Elizabeth Graham, Penyard, was summoned for assaulting Mary Owen.—The defence was that the complainant struck the defendant with a saucepan.—Both were bound over to keep the peace. BOUND OVER.-Maggie Burns was oharged with stealing a silver watch, value B2 10s., the property of William Arscoti, colliery re- pairer, Moy-road, Aberfan, in November, 1908. Prosecutor said be stayed at the Express Inn on the night in question. He left the watch on the dresser, and it disappearecl-Elizabeth Murphy, 14, Evans-row, Penydarren, said that the defendant sold the watch to her mother in November. 1908, for 4.s., and witness pawned it for 4s. 6d.—Detective-Sergt. Thomas said he received the defendant into custody from the Herefordshire Police, on Thursday, where she and her husband lived on a farm.—She pleaded guilty, and was bound over under the Probation Act. THEFT OF IRON-SMART CAPTURE. John Henry Power and Thomas Davies were charged with stealing iron, i.e., tramplates, a sleeper, tram wheels, weighing 3 cwt. value 15s., the property of Messrs. Crawshay Bros.—Mr. F P £ ??arle1 Prosecuted—P.S. Clynch said that on Thursday morning he was On the lime- kiln on the Aberdare-road. He saw the de- fendants coming from Heolgerrig in a cart. When they saw him, defendants jumped off, turned the cart round, and went up Cwmglo- road, and threw the iron out of the cart. They then went down the old parish road towards Merthyr at full speed. He intercepted them at Rhydycar by going past Llwynoelyn.—Defen- dante denied the charge.—Ud. Sims Jones, fore- man fitter at Cyfarthfa, said the iron was not waste, but in use at Wyncbfawr Level. p.C. I Bevan proved arresting the defendants.-De, cribed by the Chief Constable as associates of thieves, defendants were sent to prison for a ¡ month.—"Thank you," they replied. BREACH OF MINE RULES AT CASTLE PIT. Dd. Henry Haddock was summoned for committing a breach of the special rules in force at Castle Pit by interfering with the elec- tric signal wires, on the 20tb April —Mr. F. P. Charles appeared to prosecute, and said the defendant did what might have resulted in con- siderable danger to the persons in the pit. The trams in this pit were hauled along by machinery, and the rider oould signal to the engine-man to stop the trams if necessary. If 4.n anyone interfered with the wires it was possi- ble that the trams would be started at a tijne when it was dangerous for them to be moved. On the day in question the wires were inter- fered with three times in a distance of 150 yards, and the trams were stopped, the rider luckily was not injured.—George James, the rider in question, said there were ten trams on the journey in question. No one had a rijght to touch the signals but himself. On the mghi in question the journey was stopped three times without witness having signalled- He got off the journey each time, and luckily got on again before they restarted. He saw the defendant, who said that no one had stop- ped the journey, and told witness, with an oath, to shut his mouth. He did not see the defendant touch the wires.—Dd. James, ni.srht fireman, said he put out his lamp and followed the defendant and other men. He got close to them, and saw Haddock touch the wires, the bell rang, and the journey stopped. He told defendant he would hear further about it, but Haddock only laughed.—Defendant said he slipped his foot on the rail, and he touched the wire by accident. He knew that men often stopped the last journey, but he did not know why. — Mr. • Plews said he held strong views with regard to the interference of machinery underground. Defendant would be fined 20s. and costs. Thomas J. Bowen, a labourer in Castle Pit, was summoned for sleeping whilst in possession of a lighted lamp at Castle Pit, on the 6th May •—John Evans, night overman, proved the cam.-The defence was that the defendant felt unwell, but did not sleep.—Mr. Plews said that colliers tried to shield themselves by stories of this sort. Defendant was fined 10s. and costs.

MerthyT, "Red Hot" (75yds.); third heat, 1 W. J. Phillips, Merthyr, "Little Peggy" (490yds.); fourth heat, 1 W. H. Green, Hereford, "Per- haps" (70yds.). Final: 1, "Perhaps"; 2, "Little peggy" 3. "Red Hot." Jumping.—For the beet performance over fenoes selected by the stewards; South Wales and Monmouthshire. 1, Arthur H. Jones, Upper Thomas-street, Merthyr, "Nomination"; 2, W. H. Fletcher, Pontypool, "Black Bess"; 3, Percy Jones, The Chase, Merthyr, "Rufus." Jumping (open).—For the best performance vore fenoes selected by the stewards.—1, Arthur EL Jones, Merthyr, "Nomination"; 2, Percy Jones, The Chaae, Merthyr, "Rufus"; 3, T. and W. Singer, Warminster, "Nomination." Mr. Singer in the first round fell from his horse as he jumped the "wall." He was not injured. Trotter, Saddle or Harness; distance, one mile and a half; handicap.-First heat: 1, John Williams, Pontnewynydd, "Honest Tom" (scratch); 2, T. Vaisey, Pontypool, "Welsh Kitty" (30yds.). Second heat: 1, Jolm Wil- liams, Pontnewydd, "Onward" (50yds.); 2, T. H. Davies, Aberdare, "Violet D" (owes 75yds.). Final: 1, "Honest Tom" 2, "Welsh Kitty 3, "Violet D. „ Champion Classes; Silver Cups.—1, JU. Kees Jones, Aberdare, "Bromley BeU' 2, Alf. Butcher, Bristol, "Lady Gordon"; 3, John Evans, Royal Stores. SERVANTS can eaaily be obtained by I the use of a small Want Ad. in these columns. State your requirements, and you will be sure to set suited at once.