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MR. VAUGHAN DAVIES' BILL. INTERESTING DEBATE. SECOND READING CARRIED. PRIVATE LEGISLATION FOR WALES. Wales had a field day in the House of Commons on Friday last, when Mr. Vaugllan DavieiW Bill "to provide for improving and extending the procedure for obtaining Par- liamentary powers by way of Provisional Orders in matters relating to Wales" was presented. The hon. member himself was unable to take charge of the Bill owing to indisposition, and it had to T)o entrusted to Mr. Brynmor Jones, who explained its pro- visions in an able speech. Mr BRYNMOR JONES (Swansea) in moving I the second reading of the Bill, said it involv- ed the question whether it was or was not expedient to extend the operation of the procedure provided by the Scotch Act to Wales. The Bill for Scotland, which was passed in 1899, was the direct result of the report of a Select Committee of that House in 1898. The present Secretary for Scot- land in introducing that Bill, said, Now the Government feel quite certain that any legislation which held out on this subject for the acceptance of the House must be capable of extension to others parts of the United Kingdom. I believe that in saying that I have the assent of hon. members who represent Irish and Welsh constituen- cies, although I do not think this is a matter of nationality, but of convenience," This (the Welsh) Bill was introduced in response to that appeal. The substantial reasons up- on which the report of the Select Committee wao founded were the need of greater des- patch and greater economy and more efficient inquiry in regard to matters whish had been habitually treated by Parliament as matters for private Bill; legislation. Under the Scotch Provisional Order system they had first to make application to the Scotch Office for a Provisional Order; secondly, in case there was opposition, or in Gase the Scotch Office thought there was need for it, a local inquiry took place; and. thirdly, there was the confirmation of the Provisional Order by a Provisional Order Confirmation Bill, intro- duced under the auspices of the Scotch Office. The Corporation or other persons seeking Parliamentary powers had to apply for a Provisional Order in the terms of a. draft Provisional Order laid before the Secretary for Scotland. That had to be laid before the Clerk of Parliament in the House of Lords and the Private Bill Office in the House of Commons, and thereupon the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means Committee in the House of Commons had to consider the draft Provisional Order, and report to the Secretary for Scotland whether or not. hav- ing regard to the subject matter—the Pro- visional Order—the promoters of the Order should be allowed to proceed under the Act of 1899 or by private Bill, according to the ordinary practice of Parliament in such case. If the report were to the effect that it was not a matter which ought to be carried out by Provisional Order but by private Bill, the Secretary for Scotland praoticolly ceased to have any control in the proceedings by private Bill. Otherwise there was the inquiry in case of opposition which was held in Scotland, conducted by a Parliamentary panel, consisting of members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, or by an extra Parliamentary panel appointed by the Secretary for Scotland from gentlemen who understood the business. A report was then made by this Conunission to the Secre- tary for Scotland, and if it were in favour of the Provisional Order the Order was put into a Provisional Order Confirmation Bill, pro- moted by the Secretary for Scotland. It was in respect to the selection of the Com- mission that the promoters of this Bill, by Part III., proposed some exception to that adopted in the Scotch Act. It was a great tax on members of that House to have to go away to other places to discharge duties which they usually discharged in the upper rooms of the House, and they proposed the establishment of a Joint Counties Board se- lected by the various County Councils of Wales corresponding to the extra Parliamen- tary panel under the Act of 1899. He did not regard Part III. as a necessary part of the proposed legislation, and if the Bill was accorded a second reading, and went to Com- mittee they would be glad to listen to repre- sentations from the President of the Local Government Board on the point. He main- tained that this legislation had been success- ful in regard to Scotland where he had served on Commissions, there being not the slightest difficulty with regard to counsel, experts, etc., and people came forward almost volu tarily with evidence. Wales was an econo- mic entity, at any rate so far as private Bill legislation was concerned. Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire were two of the most progressive counties in the Kingdom, and the private Bill legislation which had come from Wales and which might anticipated in the next few years was much larger than oould be anticipated for any equal area in any part of England, except perhaps Lan- cashire and Yorkshire. It was not to be ex- pected that in a matter of that kind there would be any popular agitation, but speaking on behalf of the municipal authorities and local authorities generally he was perfectly certain that there was a genuine demand for greater despatch, for greater economy and for better inquiry into the schemes with which the Bill dealt. The town clerk of Cardiff. which was the largest town in Walps. said the Bill would be a great boon. He added that the greatest opponents in his opinion would be the members of the Parlia- mentary Bar. who derived big fees from pri- vate Bill legislation. and could not attend to their work at Westminster and be down in the country at the same time. He did not know whether he was actuated by what the late Herbert Spencer called professional bias but the town clerk was a little unfair in speaking of counsel only. (tfmgnte"). TheiA were such persons, afc Parliamentary agents and expert. witnesses. Tlhe town ■clerk went On to sav that when public in- quiries had been held in Wales there had not been the sightest difficulty in obtaining ovo- ff-iional and expert evidence of the highest character. There could be no doubt that -the saving would be immense, because at present Parliamentary Bills were put into groups, and it was impossible to sav within two 0" three days when svrtv particular one would come before the Parliamentary Com- mittee. and the result that witn<*w~s hnd to be kept waiting. Wales had everything to gain bv such a measure as this, beeava a BiU thousands of pounds, and i P"o- visio^il Order often c»st under £ 100. T" this statement of the town clerk of Cr rdiff h, able, bv the onrtosv of P>*r Alf'-e-? Tho-q, to add the following details (\f er- penis-os incurred by the Cardiff OoTi'v-n-hori with'^> the last few years:—T^eCarr'iff CVy-- I porat-'rm Act, 1884, cost £ 9.69?: the r0-,1;ff ¡ Cox, qtion Act. 1894, £ 10.680; ^nd the amounts paid bv the Corporation from 1890 March, 1903. wero •—For obtaining Pnrl'"r"entary powers £ 50.20^, a,,f1 for op. pos;-nr ■"nrliamentary powers £ 7,09?. P tot?! of Pn" 927. Those figures gave on° T»aii«#v The -aemed no rpoc<vn i-> tho nnfo-ivn of thir^ -*hv, when local authorities —de- powers in t^>» sw>ne~al .ufo est o' tie..ratepayers, there should bo thi I enormous cost for private Bill legislation, whereas in regard to public matters the legis- lation cost nothing at all. (Cheers.) Major WYNDHAM-QUIN said he was very glad to find himself able to cordially support Mr. Brynmor Jones. The principles involved in the Bill were very sound ones in that they sought to remove from the Com- mittee rooms of the House of Commons in- quiries which would be held with very much more advantage in the localities affected. He spoke rather feelingly in regard to his own constituency in this matter. He did not think there was any constituency in the United Kingdom which suffered more in re- gard to private Bill legislation than the con- stituency he refxreeiented. If the Commit, sion were appointed under the Bill very good results were likely to follow. Inquiries on the- spot were very much more likely to be more thorough and searching than if they were held in the House of Commons, and to his mind the expenses to which people were put under the present system was perfectly scandalous. It was necessary in many cases to bring up hosts of witnesses and to main- tain them in London as long as the inquiries lasted. Three points, however, ought to be very carefully safeguarded. Firstly, the tribunal should be efficient and possess the confidence of those interests which were in- volved. Secondly, it should be impartial and above all suspicion of either partisanship or political bias; and, thirdly, Parliament should certainly possess final control over the findings of the Commission—(hear, jhejax)—. with the exception of Part III., in which the County Councils were Introduced. The should be supported from all por- tions of the House. He was not one of those who feared that because the County Coun- cils were largely composed of people differing from his politically they would not discharge their duties with the greatest impartiality- (Opposition cheers)—but he objected to this portion of the Bill because he thought it was more than likely that occasions might arise wh#n the Board would find themselves in- terested people in the inquiries held. Mr. Brynmor Jones did not consider Part III. ae being in any way vital to the success .f the Bill, and that opinion was chared by most of the Welsh members. If he was ready to withdraw that portion of the Bill he saw no reason why it should not go forward and eventually become a real benefit to the people of Wales. He suggested, however, the whole question should be referred to a Select Committee. He had no doubt that they would find that those proposals contain- ed the elements of a really good and useful measure which might be applicable not to Wales only but to England as well. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENRY HOBHOUSE objected to the second reading pending a full inquiry into the working of the Scotch system and the ex- tent to which it was capable of application to the rest of the United Kingdom. He moved an amendment rejecting the Bill. Colonel KENYON-SLANEY seconded the amendment. He warned thef supporters of the bill that unless the part which proposed the constitution of the joint county board was thrown over strong opposition would be offered to the measure. This proposal meant something like Home Rule—(Opposition cries of No "),-and to that many of them would vigorously object. There was undoubtedly a congestion of private business, and some system of devolution proposed under this Bill relieve that congestion.? The annual aver- age number of Welsh' private bills for the last few years was about 10|—(Mr. Herbert Lewis: "No, no")-and of these five would be raHway bills. Very few railway bills could be dealt with under the scheme. The scheme under consideration meant setting up a large machinery for dealing with a very small amo-ant of work. Mr. HERBERT LEWIS said he believed that nearly every member who had carefully considered the question of Private Bill legis- lation held the opinion expressed by the Prime Minister, when he was Secretary for Scotland, that the present system of Private Bill Legislation by Committees of the House of Commons and House of Lords was utterly absurd, expensive, and antiquated. This was by no means the first time that this question had been jirought forward with specific reference to Wales. Amendments had been moved to the Speech from the Throne on more than one occasion complain- ing of the absence from the Government pro- lamine of the year, of any proposal foplegis- lation affecting the special interests of the Welsh people, and it was a remarkable fact that those debates had on nearly every oc- casion in the end narrowed themselves down into a demand for better facilities for Priv- ate Bill Legislation for Wales. A very strong case for such a reform had been made out, and the proposal had been well support- ed by Welsh members sitting on both sides of the House. There appeared to. be some misconception on one point. It was sup- posed that the claim of Wales was not strong enough to justify Parliament in giving it separate treatment. In this matter Wales had quite as strong a case as Scotland, wmch had for years enjoyed the reform which Walts sought to obtain and a much' stronger case than that of Ireland, which had been repeat- edly admitted by the Government. During a period of 6 years before the Scotch Act came into operation the number of private Bills applied for was as follows:—Ireland 80 Scotland 130. Wales 140. Therefore Wales as regards the number of private Bills stood second out of the 4 nationalities of the United Kingdom. The case for reform had been admitted so far as Ireland was concern- ed. Now the number of Private Bills from Wales during the last ten years was nore than twice as numerous as the number of Bills from Ireland. The case of Wales for reform was therefore stronger than the case of Ireland which the Government regarded as proved. If evidence from Wales had teen taken before the Select Committee of 1888 it could have been shown that the case of the Principality for Private Bill Legislation was just as strong as the case of Scotland or Ireland. In Wales owing to the rapid growth of seaside resorts on the North and West coasts and the great development of indus- try and consequently of population in South Wales the demand for parliamentary powers was increasing. But the objection n.ost frequently taken to giving Wales some power to deal with this question was that every part of the country should have the s: me powers. To that principle he had not the loast objection. It was all a question of ripeness of public opinion a.nd of finding suitable areas. Mr. Richie, when he was President of the Looal Government Board, went much further than the modest proposal which the Welsh Members submitted to the Hotise. He proposer) to confer upon County Councils, however small, large powers of mak- ing Provisional Orders. That proposal was defeated^ by the Municipal Corporations Association, but the proposal they now made stood on a totally different and the objections to the proposals of 1889 did not apply in this case. They asked that in an area so large that no Municipal Corporation mtufril fopf anir iaalfmorr nf L tentative movement surrounded by safe- guands as to consent which amounted to practical unanimity both in Wales and in Parliament should be affected in the direc- tion of cheapening procedure in Private BiU Legislation on the principles which had al- ready been adopted and accepted by the House and which had worked satisfactorily in Scotland. The provisions of the, Scotch Aotr had been closely followed throughout. The only new feature in this Bill was the proposed substitution of a Joint Beard «E> the Welsh County Councils for the purpose of making. local enquiries). If this were adopted it would do something to tebeve members from the strain of Parliamentary work. Their unnatural hours of work boril 2 tol2 were bad enough. Most of them had already more than enough work to occupy their mornings and the strain of attending at Private Bill Committees in addition to parlamentary work was very heavy, hpd what made it worse was that the uearing I-efore Private Bill Committees were neld t the same time and sometimes leading Counsel were retained on practically every committee, a result which was not satisfactory to pro- moters, opponents or committees. Once many years ago a leading Parliamentary Counselseen walking in the x*ark, and, when a friend who met him showed seme sur- prize that he was not at work, seeing that be was retained to appear before -very Com- mittee, he replied that he was doing equal justice to all his clients. They beard con- stant references to the necessity lor ck-t olu- tion, and noone denied that necessity, but the moment any practical action in that direc- tion, however small, was proposed, the in- stinct of power at once asserted itself with the result that the functions of '•»v>rnm-mt were unduly centralised at Westminster and that they had drifted into Government by bureaucracy. What danger could there be in the proposals contained in Clause 8, which provided that if the Welsh Cfunty Councils unanimously resolved .0 appoint a Joint Board, the local enquiry should be undertaken by that Board. It tould lot be carried into effect if a single Welsh Council was unwilling, nor could it become law if either the House of Commons or the House of Lords opposed it. Majorities in the House of Commons varied, but in the House of Lords the majority was as immutable as were the laws of the Medes and Persians in the ancient world. This iBll was surrounded by all the safeguards which the most timid Conservative could possibly need. One of the most important and most valuable fea- tures of this Bill was that it extended the Provisional Order System which was far less expensive than the Private Bill system. It was very seldom found necessary to appeal against a Provisional Order. From 1888 to 1897, 1,980 Provisional Orders were dealt with and 75, less than 4 per cent ap- pealed against. This meant a great saving of expense the House fees for Private Pills being very heavy. In the case cf an oidin- ary unopposed Bill the House fees at the Lords would be about R125, those cf the Commons about £85 making a total of £210. In the case of a local authority fueling to promote a Gas Bill—one of the simplest pri- vate Bills that could be brought before Par- liament—even there was no opposition the House fees in the Lords were about £ 100 and in the Commons about £80 making a total of C180. These of course, did not include London agents' charges which came to a very much larger amount, and to them must be added the fees and expenses of local solicit- ors, counsel, experts and witnesses. He remembered the case of a simple Water Bill to which there was hardly any opposition which cost £ 2,000 although the Solicitors and Engineers retained by the promoters cut down their ccxsts to one half. If a Bill was opposed the House fees were very heavy. The fees of the House of Lords for example, if a Bill took ten days in Committee were £ 142, and in the House of Commons £ 379, making a total of £ 521 for House fee6 alone. These arp some of the fruits of a system which threw an entirely unnecessary burden upon the ratepayers of many a small town. But excessive House fees were after all only a very small part of the grievance. What Private Bill Legislation cost under the pre- sent system was illustrated by the case of one great dock scheme in South Wales. He had been told on good authority that the promoters spent £ 180,000 in obtaining Par- liamentary powers. How much their oppon- ents spent was not known, but he was assured that it was considerably more than the sum spent by the promoters. He had received some very interesting information from var- ious parts of Wales with reference to the cost of Private Bill Procedure. For example. the town of Cardiff had since 1890 spent R20,205 in obtaining Parliamentary powers and in opposing private Bilk. Swan- sea had spent L16,812 in the same period and most of the large Urban Communities of Wales had spent proportionately large sums. But they did not base their case for reform in this regard so much upon the expenditure of powerful commercial syndicates, or of great Urban centres with a very heavy rate- able value which meant that the cost of ob- taining parliamentary powers imposed a comparatively light burden on the shoulders of the ratepayers. Their complaint was that the smaller towns were subjected to oppres- sive an dunnecessary taxation. This was a special hardship in the case of watering places which were compelled to provide a good supply of water, electric light, drainage and other necessities of civilised life for themselves and for the visitors upon whose custom they depended in the summer season. The following were a few instances showing the heavy burden laid on many small towns on this account. He naturally selected ex- amples in North Wales. Colwyn Bay had since 1890 spent the sum of E7,923 equiva- lent to a rate of 6!d. in the £ for the period during which the loan was repayable. Bar- mouth for the promotion of one bill for the purpose of obtaining a supply of water had to pay £3,551 equivalent to a rate of Is. 2d. in the £ for 10 years and this was not the only burden which that town had to bear in consequence of the high cost of Private Bill Legislation. Prestatyn in Flintshire was a small but rapidly growing seaside re- sort. It cost the town E2,250 to secure par- liamentary powers for obtaining a supply of water, equivalent to a rate of Is. 3d. in the £ for 5 years. These instances would suffice to show how heavy was the burden which small and growing communities had to bear, and how public money which could have been utilised for important public purposes had owing to the existing state of the law been thrown away in purely unproductive work. Welsh coast towns were. at the present time feeling acutely burden of heavy rates. In many cases works of a permanent and repro- ductive character had within recent years been undertaken on a large scale, and this had resulted in very heavy indebtedness. The local authorities had deemed the works for which thiey had borrowed absolutely necessary for the health and comfort of the inhabitants and the visitors. But what the ratepayers grudged and with good reason was that the cost of obtaining necessary parliamentary powers imposed upon the rates a burden of unproductive expenditure. One great source of avoidable expense was the cost of bringing hosts of witnesses up to London and keeping them there. Com- mittees only sat 5 days a week and 5 hours a day, there was often considerable uncer- tainty about the time when the witnesses would be required, and they frequently had to wait for days before they were called, if they were called at all. If the enquiry were local, a considerable share of this expense could be saved, witnesses who from old age or infirmity are unable to come up to London could be heard, and, more important still, the Committee would be able to inspect the place to which the Bill related, they would thus be able to dispense with much of the evidence that would otherwise be required and would have better materials for arriving at a sound judgment. The Scotch Private Bill Procedure Act had been passed five years ago. The testimony of all connected with its working was that it had been a great success, had caused injustice to no one and had saved much needless trouble and ex- penditure. They asked that a similar Act, similar in principle although not in every detail should be passed for Wales (Applause). Colonel PRYCE-JONES appealed to the promoters of the bill to withdraw Part III.. and said that if they did that Welsh members on both sides of the House would be unani- mous in support of the measure. Mr. EUGENE WASON said the working of the Scottish Private Legislation Procedure Act had been an unqualified success. Mr. FRANK EDWARDS (Radnorshire) said he sincerely hoped the Bill would be read a second time. A good deal of attention had been paid by hon. members opposite to Part 3 of the Bill, because it was felt by them that it would be the thin end of the wedge of Home Rule. Those fears were not justified If part 3 were in effect a measure of IIome Rule, the same objection applied co the original Scotch Act, which gave the 1-4-im- missioners powers to make inquiries in Scotr land. Part three of this, the Welsh Pill, only proposed to substitute one fet of Com- missioners for another. He thought op- position to the Bill was very ingenious. It was a^gpjt of smothering it with kindnes* 1J ,i" ——WW———— principles of the Bill, and yet somehow or another the Bill did not seem very likely to get through. It showed how legislation in- itiated on. that side of the House was treated ky numbers opposite. Uovernment he believed, willing to accept the amend- ment of Mr. Hobhouse that this Bill should be shelved until there had been an inquiry into the working of the Scotch Act but after what had been said in that House by, t-iwse, o ° iM taken Part tte working of the Scotch Act no such inquiry was necessary, for the Scotch Act had worked very well indeed. Hon. members from Wales were entitled to churn that the House should give them this Bill, which was a small of devolution which was absolutely based on precedent. Colonel KENYON-SLANEY opposed the Mcond reading but on the other hand the Bill was warmly supported by Mr. Stuart Wort ley, Sir JAMES LAWRENCE said that twenty years ago, as one of the founders of the Manchester Ship Canal, he and those with whom he was associated had to face an expenditure of some hundreds of pounds in carrying the bill through Parlia- ment. He hoped the Government would assent to the second reading of this bill and so express their approval of its principle. (Hear, hear.) Mr. THOMAS SHAW (Hawick) said the experience of the working of the Scottish Act was so entirely satisfactory that no one in Scotland would dream of reverting to the old system. Mr. WILLIAM JONES suggested that, as everyone seemed to favour the principle of the bill and to desire devolution, and as every member who had spoken from Wales was in favour of it, the bill should be read a second time and sent to a Committee, who would take it as representing the unanimous wishes of the Welsh nation. Sir S. HOARE asked the House to hesitate a little and to satisfy itself that the Scottish Act was really working as satisfactorily as some hon. members had told them. He sug- gested that there had been some difficulty in getting members to go down to Scotland to do the private bill work. Mr. MUNRO-FERGUSON. on the other hand, assured the House that there had been no difficulty in making up committees in Scotland. Mr. WALTER LONG, speaking for the Government, said that if Part III, was to be regarded as an integral portion of the bill he should resist it, not because he was afraid of Home Rule for Wales, which if ever it did come would not come in the form of a joint county board, but because he did not think such a board the right authoxity to act as a court of appeal in these cases. I £ would be representative solely of Wales and the Welsh county councils, whereas in the system of Scottish thei commissioner^ were brought from this House, and therefore from all parts of the United Kingdom. That was an important departure from the Scottish system, and one which they could not accept. —(Ministerial cheers.) But his attitude to- wards the general question was not affected by special considerations of this kind. He sympathised with proposals for the devolu- tion of the private bill work of the House, but any real reform of private bill work ought to be partly in the development of the provisional order system and partly in a de- velopment of the Scottish procedure system. If this bill was adopted for Wales it must obviously be adopted for other parts of the nAiinf,)T7 -^jTinnAcifiAti s\f TTnor -J. \-rJ:a. "u 'I. "C4' ..L" The population of Lancashire was four mil- lions and four hundred and odd thousands, and its aplicationa for bills numbered 21 per annum. The population of Yorkshire was three and a half millions, and its applica- tions for bills numbered 18. The population of Wales was 1, 700,000, and its application for bills numbered 13. If they set up the Scottish system for Wales, with a panel of Welsh members, and the same system for Lancashire and Yorkshire, with panels of Lancashire and Yorkshire members, there would be no complaints of insufficient accom- modation for members of Parliament at Westminster, for the majority of the mem- bers would always be sitting in various coun- try towns.—(Laughter.) It was because he believed that the adoption of the narrower principle would weaken rather than strengthen the case for reform that he agreed with the hon. member who had asked the House to pause before adopting it. He did not ask the House to reject the bill, and members would vote on that question as they thought fit, but as the Minister responsible he proposed to vote for the amendment, not out of any hostility to the Welsh claim, pro- vided Wales could establish its claim to a separate sphere, but because he held that what was rather wanted was the division of the whole country into one or two, or pos- sibly three, areas for these purposes-a div- ision which, accompanied by certain other reforms, would have the effect of relieving Parliament of much work and be valuable not only to Wales but to the whole kingdom. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE said he saw no reason why the second reading of the Bill should not be agreed to and the amendment treated by that Committee as an instruction. At the same time he was afraid the Scotch system was not the right one. If they ex- tended the Scotch system to Yorkshire and Lancashire and other parts of the country members of that House would be like peri- patetic commissioners. They had not yet hit upon the right method of procedure. The present system was a perfect scandal He knew many little towns that had been crippled in their municipal enterprise for a generation. A small town in Merioneth- shire, with a population of about 1,000, and its rates standing at lOs. in the P,, was order- ed by the Local Government Board to estab- lish certain waterworks. Under the existing system powers to carry out the works had to be obtained by Private Act of Parliament. The local authority was compelled to come up to London for the Bill, and to spend about £ 3,000 before it obtained the power. That is to say. it cost every inhabitant of the town about £ 3 to get what the Local Government Board compelled them to obtain. Of course, the remedy for all this must be found in the devolution of Parliamentary and Departmental powers to provincial bodies. The House ought to protect little places like that in Wales. There was practically unanimity as to the necessity for cheapening private Bills procedure. The fate of part 3 was entirely in the hands of the Government. It was simply put forward by the promoters as in their opinion the best way of carrying out the scheme. After further conversation, and with the reservation that part 3 should be put on one side "without prejudice," Mr. Long agreed to Mr. Lloyd George's suggestion. The amendment was withdrawn the Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee.
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Land's End to John O'Groats THE VETERAN PEDESTRIAN ACHIEVES HIS GREAT FEAT. Dr. Deighton, the Bovril Walker, arrived at John O'Groats on Monday, at 10.35 a.m.. having completed his great task from Land's End, a distance of about 1,000 miles in 24 days 4 hours. The Doctor encountered bad weather from the very start and was con- siderably handicapped by the greasy state of the roads and the sundry snow storms through which he had to pass, and if the elements had been favourable he was quite certain that he would have completed the walk easily within 23 or 24 days. However, considering the -Veteran's age (61) it has been a wonderful performance, and quite eclipses his last year's walk, London to Newcastle in 6 days, and speaks well for the constitution and pluck of the man and also for the sus- taining properties of Bovril. upon which the Doctor has trained throughout.
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The King: witnessed the nee for the tyrand National, whicn was won by Moifaa, a New Zealand horse. This is the first, time the great steeplechase hoa hw won bv au Australian.
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Mr Chamberlain Again. GLASS TRADE AND DUMPING. Mr. Chamberlain has drawn attention to the decay of the glass-making industry. Local investigation at Sunderland shows that where the famous Hartley's Glass Works used to stand, the area is given over to streets of trarkfiien's dwellings. The works have dis- appeared. But the Glass industry, in spite of foreign competition, is by no means ex- tinct. There are other works which have successfully struggled against the foreigner. Aconversation with Mr. Wm. Johnson, a preesed-glass worker, living in the neighbour- hood, at 18, Saint Mark-6treet, Sunderland, elicited that in spite of Mr. Chamberlain's figures the works where he is employed were working full time. It almost seems," he said, as if the at- tention drawn to the glass industry had brought about this revival.. If this had happened a year ago," he went on, "I could not have shared in this prosperity—I was so ill. Eighteen months ago I was atacked with indigestion. Our work is trying, and I became so ill that I had to lie off work altogether. I suffered ter- ribly from constipation, and I felt as though a tight iron band was oontiiaually pressing and squeezing me. I could not eat. Food gave me only nausea, and I got little sleep. I was worn to a skeleton—was only a shadow of mv former self. I was," he. added, quite in despair, when I read an article on a remarkable cure by Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people. That was nearly four months ago. I began to take the pills and felt a change for the better be- fore I had got through the first box. To my delight I coul deat without vomiting after- wards, and as I continued with the pills I be- came strong and hearty, and returned to work in time to share in the rush of employment. "I kept on with the pills for nearly three months. They have made a new man of me. They have given me fresh life altogether."
Women Worn Out by Worry
Women Worn Out by Worry DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS A TONIC. Ladies who feel worried and run down should read how Mrs. Laura Harmer, of 28, Pyrmont- road, Chiswick, London, recovered her health and spirits by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Interviewed at her home by a representative of the Weekly Despatch," Mrs. Harmer said:— I have to thank Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People for mv health. Mv husband Mrs Kanter (From a photo by J. Hubert, Cliismick). was in the police for close upon twelve years, but unfortunately he was not strong enough to stand night duty. He had to retire, and for nearly two years he has been an invalid. I have been his chief nurse. I have had a lot of worry, and I suppose that told upon me. I used to suffer dreadfully from headaches. I have had them for weeks together. There always seemed a nasty gnawing pain at the back of my head, and sometimes at the front, and, try my hardest, I could'nt get rid of it. My lips were white, just as if every drop of blood had gone away frqm them* and if I attempted to walk up or down stairs I very soon felt tired. At last I grew so weak that I found it was more than I could do to walk upstairs at all." It made my heart ache to look at her," said her husband. She seemed such an altered woman. Everything was a trouble." Mrs. Harmer continued her story:—" I had heard a lot about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and so I determined to try them. By the time I got to the end of my first box my appetite had returned, my head- aches had disappeared, and I was brighter. I went on with my second box, and when I had finished it my husband was quite sur- prised to see the difference in me. I could get upstairs without stopping or resting; I could do my work better; I could sleep bet- ter, and I began to feel quite strong again. When I had finished my third box I was bet- ter than I had felt for years, and had com- pletely recovered." A medicine which improves the appetite, feeds the nerves, helps the digestion, renews the blood supply, is a Tonic in every sense. Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are the finest tonic ever discovered. They are free from the objections to tonics of the old- fashioned kind, like iron and quinine, which Cause constipation and headache. They make new blood, and thus have cured Anaemia, Consumption, Bile. Fits, Rheumatism, Cci- atica St. Vitus' Dance, Paralysis, and Loco- motor Ataxy. They are especially good for ladies. Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn-viaduct, London, senH. a box post free for 2s. 9d., or six for 13s. 9d. But they can be had at all medicine shops, and will be geenuine if bearing the full name on pink wrapper—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Pink pill offered as a substitute, without Dr. Williams' name," are useless. -7
Moral Stories.—1.
Moral Stories.—1. THE SHOPKEEPER WHO SHOULDN'T. A Woman went into a shop to ask for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People to cure Rheumatism. "Madam." said the Shop- keeper, I should like to sell you something of my Own, which is Just as Good, and Cheaper." The Woman answered him Straight Back She said: I have heard of you. If you wish to sell me something that is not what I asked for, it is because you ean Make more Money by it. You are not here for your Health, but I Am. None of your Substitutes for Me." Very well. Madam," said the Shop- keeper," and what else do you Desire?" Nothing," said the Woman. I will get all my Goods at the Other Shop, where they don't try to Cheat me." MORAL. The Shopkeeper shouldn't try to sell Sub- stitutes. I t does not pay in the End. And the public shouldn't buy Substitutes. It doesn't pay in the Beginning nor in the End.
LLAN DYSSUL.
LLAN DYSSUL. Tea Party.—A tea party was given to the members of Peniel (Wesleyan) Sunday School on Wednesday the 23rd. The members did ample justice to the delicacies put before them. After the tables were cleared, a con- cert was given, when songs were given by Misses Richards and Morgan, Carmarthen, and many others. Selections were given on the gramophone, and to finish up some magic lantern slides were shown. The Rev. J. Arter presided. Football.—On Wednesday last March 23rd a rather lively match was witnessed between the Liandyssul- Town and School Rugby Teams. Additional interest was centered in this match for the school, because they had not been beaten this season, and meant to do all in their power to keep up their record. However, before the end of the game the town team managed to secure 1 goal and 3 tries, against the school's 2 goals 1 try. On one occasion in the match. a town man was pushed into touch, with the ball in his pos- session, the linesman (Mr. T. Enoch) held up his flag, but neither the referee nor the player took any notice, and the latter run- ning over the line scored, and the try was allowed. The referee was subjected to a good deal of criticism by the members of the School team and its admirers; and the wish has been expressed that another match be played soon, so that the vanquished team may be given an opportunity to retrieve its honour. Social Evening.—On Tuesday, March 22nd the members of the Llwynrhydowen Debat- ing Society, and Sewing Class terminated their winter's work with a soiree, held in the Pontshaen School room, to which each mem- ber invited a friend. The gathering num- bered nearly a hundred. The feature of the evening, undoubtedly, was the daintily serv- ed tea, provided bv the ladies at the insti- gation of the gentlemen, and to which ample justice was done. A loyg and varied pro- gramme was gone through, consistiag pf songs, penillion singing, gramophone selec- tions. storv trtllmd" v I I ■> proposed by Mrs. Evans, Frondeg and sup- ported by Rev. E. O. Jenkins, Captain Dav- jgs and Mr. Pickard. The gramophone se- lections by Miss Jones, Dolwen were much appreciated. The worthy schoolmaster kindly lent his piano, and a highly enjoy- able and successful evening was brought to a dose by the singing of Auld Lang Syne." Mr. J .R. Thomas taking the solo.
LIith o Llandyssil.
LIith o Llandyssil. Mi ges i lythyr dienw caa iawn o wrth rwyn yn Nyffryn Clettwr fach bore heddy yn gweyd wrthw i nad odd dim o boys y gym- ciogeth hyny yn wath na rhw toys erill am regi; wel wir falle nad y nhw fydd sach 'ny pan ewch chi i ddaohre meddwl am y path. Os dy ni gredu both odd hwn yn weyd ma nhw lawn cyndrwg yn Nyffijn Clettwr Fowr ag yn Nyffryn Cerdin hefyd. Gellwch chi gredu e ne beido—fydda i ddim yn drychyd naws gwath arnoch oa ma pallu credu newch chi, a fyddwn ni ddim gwath ffryns oe ma credu newch chi. Dyna neis yw hi gal bod yn Shon bob ochor; dos dim ote ffor cwmpith y dafol fe fydd Shon yn iawn a hi—welwch chi mor jacoe ma aBlfour yn y Parlament 'o°; os bydd e'n gweld ma bechgyn y dorth fach' a'r bwyd drud sy'n debyg o gario, mae e'n gwaeddi gyda rhellly-ond ofi bydd i frawd, Mr Gerald Balfour, a rhai erill yn dachre hwrni, mae e'n gweyd "da, da hyln bach," wrth rheiny w,eclyn.town i'n iwso meddwl fod Preim Minister Pryden boum o fod y nddyn clyfer iawn, ond dw i ci,!im mor shiwr o 'ny nawr—ma'r Preim Minister newr yn ffeili pe trenge fe a gwbod If or eith e. Mae e fel plentyn yn gwmws—digon tebyg 'ch bo chi gyd yn gwbod beth yw- Bwrddwn, Barddwrn, p'un dr ddouddwrn, Dicwn dacwn dico fe." Rhag ofan fod rhai o bobol y North yn rhy anniailus i ddiall y pishyn bach hyn, ma cystel i fi weyd wrthoch chi ma dyna shwt odd Nwncwl yn gneyd a fi pan o'n i'n grwt bach. Hen grwt baciil shy own i a dyna lie buswn i'n cydio'n llinyn ffedog laB mam am amser mowr pan ddoithe rhwyn dierth i'r ty; ond rodd da Nwncwl ffor fach splended o nhwyllo i ato fe. Rodd e'n rhoi ceinog yn i ddwrn a rown i'n treio specto ble 'rodd y geinog ag y ntroi a thriglo cyn gneyd fyny'n meddwl bie rodd hi, ond ehymres i ariod fwy na munyd i benderfynu-ond wedyn dim ond ceinog odd yn nwrn Nwncwl, eitha gwir ond rodd un geiuog i fi pryny gymint ag yw mil- odd o bune i Balfour, ond mae e wedi cymryd dwy flyne cyn penderfynu beth neith e a Chamberlain a i fab: nid y ceinoge sy ar lasog Balfour ,ond y swydd. Cal bod yn Brif-weinidog dyna be sy yn un o'r ddou- ddwrn. a ffeili gwbod yn mhrin o'r ddou mai swydd syn penddaru Balfour druan. 'Rhw lywodreth ryfedd iawn sya gyda ni nawr- liywodreth y Cwlins fuswn in i galw i tawn i'n cal i bedyddio hi. ond wir fuse hi ddim vn saff iddi nhw drysto'r seremoni i fi, wath bedy- ddio dros y pen fuse'r bedydd i fod gen i, a fuswn i'n cadw'r liywodreth o dan dwr, fel Shan Saiut slawer dy a'i grwt, nes i bod nhw'n gweyd i bo nhw'n credu." Os gofyne nhw credu peth, mi wedswn ine credu ma aid er mWYIl hala Chined i weitho am ddim fel slafied i South Africa yr aberthwyd bowy- de can mil o bobol Pryden ag y gwariwyd dros ddou can miliwn o ariaa y wlad hon; credu ma nid ise amddiffyn y briwers rhog y I jestised, ond ise amddiffyn y bobol rhog gwanc y briwer sy'n meddwl am ddim ond am ddod yn filioners miwn cwpwl o fivnvdde drw: wendide'r gweithwyrs druen; credu ma ni amcan mowr yr ysgol ddyddiol yw dysgu waeddi Abrec o flaen ffeiriad ne bregethw a rhedeg ar i hunion i ddyfoli cwrw, ond ea dysgu nhw i fod yn well dynion a threio llanw rhwmydd i meddwl nhw a rhwbeth a fydd o les iddi nhw yn nydd y demtasiwn a'r brofedigeth. Fe fuse'n dda gen i tawn i wedi peido mitsho slawer dy pan own i'n grwt; mi ledeswn i fod yn scwiyn er mwyn cal gweld drostwn hunan a odi plant yn leico dysgu cateciswn—synwn i ddim nad y nhw wath rw i'n cofion brion fod well gen 1 lawer ddysgu catecism ar y Y Cwymp," yn ysgol y Bwlch, na chownto sawl barli corn odd yn ddigon i gyfro dwy fodfedd; 'rodd yn rhaid diall y posis miwn seiffro on dodd neb yn dis- gwl arnoch chi ney dim byd ond ateb cwest- Iwne'r cateoism fel o nhw yn y llyfyr-i dysgu nhw ar 'ch tafod fel perot y Groesffordd. Down i'n diall dim 'no fe ne rown i'n well pryny nag w i nawr wath tywyH bach yw path ma nhw'n galw Pwnc." arno fe i fi hyd heddy. Dyma beth w i'n dreio hala ato fe —tawn i'n scwiyn, roiswn i ddim tamed o fwyd i'r plant na fuse nhw'n galler i dro ilo fe'n weddol gysurus; fuse cystled i chi dreio rhoi afu eidon i fabi, a threo stwffio pene plant bach a chatecism. Mwy proffid- diol lawer fusq i'r liywodreth i;oi oraors i'r County Councils yn sirodd Cymru i ddysgu sgrifenu Cwmrag i'r plant na boddran i pene obiti tad bedyd-u a mam bedydd a Chyffes Ffydd. W i'n leico gweld boys y wlad yn galler sgrifenu Cwmrag, mi ges gymint a hynny o bleser wrth ddarllen llythyr bachgen dienw Dyffryn Clettwr Fach. Hen sgr if en- ad fach ddigon common odd dag e, ond rodd e'n speliau yn ffamws. Rodd c'n treio cioo tipyn miwn ffor fach neis. Dyna beth odd e'n weyd w-" Mi roiswn i gyngor bach Gehi- yddiol i chi, Wion aBch, sef ar i chi ddrychyd ar ol Nansi; ma hyny'n llawn tasg i chi. a fe ddrychyth boys Dyffryn Clettwr l''sch ar :>1 i hunen." Hen gic gas odd hon Iwch chi, ond dos gen i ddim gwell ateb i roi na mod i wedi drychyd gormod ar ol Nansi'n baro'd; fe ddryches ar i hoi hi nes i bod hi ar Bocyn o Fane Shon Cwilt, ar macyned shinshir bred a'r gacen geinog 'ny wedi mynd dros y golwg round y cornel pan gadewodd hi fi ar waelod rhipyn y jal fanco yn ffaer Gafyrddin—y peth dwetha weles i odd ascell wen y llwyth ffeirings yn gadel y cornel, weles i ddim scap o'ne wedyn. Drychyd ar i hoi i wir, mi sylles lawer gwaith nee bo'n llyged i'n britho, ond ma hyny wedi paso. a ma'r byd yn troi unwaith bob dy meddo nhw. Ta beth am yr hen ddaear ma ma 'na ddigon o droion rhy- fedd yn y byd ragor nag unwaith y dydd. Falle na chredech chi ddim, ond rw i'n gwy- bod nawr pryd ma dydd pen blwydd y ngha- riad newy i, a dw i ddim yn credu'r angho- fia i e byth. Cewch wbod tro nesa pam, a fe fydd gen i rwbeth i ateb bachgen Clettwr Fach yn erbyn beth odd e'n weyd am Ddy- ffryn Clettwr Fowr a Chwm Cerdin. WION BACH.
Anfadwaich yn Llundain.
Anfadwaich yn Llundain. DARGANFOD TROSEDD ERCHYLL. Yn Kensal lose, Llundain, yr wythnos ddi- weadar, aargauluwyd trosedd erchyll, a ddengys, pan ymchwilir iddo, hanes bywyd ofnaawy. in lhit 43, Ladysmith-road. tri- gai George Albert Grossman a'i wraig, a'u dau blentyn. Vywed yr heddlu fod y dyn wedi ei ddeufrydu i bum' mlynedd o garchar am amlwreigiaeth, ac yr oedd newydd ei ollwng yn rnydd. Trigai dyn a dynes o'r enwau Mr a Mrs Dell yn rhan isaf y ty, a chlywsant arogl drwg yn dod or rhan uchaf. Pan hysbysuyd Grossman am y peth, ni chy- merodd fawr sylw. ond deuai yr arogl yn fwy o hyd. Aeth Dell i chwilio, a daeth o hyd i gwpwrdd yn cynuwys cist tair troedfedd wrfch ddwy drofadfedd. Gwadodd Crossman mai o r gist y deuai yr arogl, a sylwodd mai cymrwd a phlastr Paris oedd ynddo, ao awgiymodd fod rhywbeth heb fod yn iawn gydar carthffoeydd. Erfyniodd Ddll ar Crossman fyn'd a'r gist ymaith, a dydd Mer- cher cytunwyd i fyn'd a hi i Cricklewodd. fel y llusgid y gist i'r drws, daeth hylif ty- wyll ag a. ogl drwg arno allan ohono. Dech- reuodd Dell amheu beth oedd yn y boos, a hjiebysodd yr boddweis. Aethant! hwiyltbau yno rhag blaen, a dywedodd y dyn oedd yn synjud y bocs (gan gyfeirio at Crossman): Dacw'r dyn a anfonodd am danaf fi." Rhedodd Crossman ymaith, a'r heddweis ar ei 01. Gafaelwyd ynddo gan wr y got las, ond cyn y gellid ei sicrhau yr oedd wedi tori ei wddf ag ellyn. Wedi myn'd a'r corph i dy'r cyrph. aeth- pwyd i chwiiio'r gist, a chafwyd ynddi, wedi ei chladdu inewn plaster Paris a chymrwd gorph dynes. Yn ol tystiolaeth feddygolj tybir ei bod wedi marw er's chwe' mis. Nid ydy.s eto wedi darganfod pwy yw y ddynes anffodus a gyfarfu a'i dlwedd yn y ffordd erchyll uchod, ond oddiwrth yr ym- chwiliadttd a wnsied ar y eorph ddydd Gwener tybid mai niweidiau i'r pen oedd achos ei marwolaeth. Buvvyd yn olrhain hanes bywyd Croesman. Dywedir ei fnrl wedi pnodi o leiaf chwech neu saath o ferched.
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