The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

How St. David's Day was Cele- brated at North Adams, Mass. About 400 persons this year met in the Odd- fellows' Hall, North Adams, Mass., in connection with the Leek Club to do honour to the patron Saint of Wales. Not only did the gathering in- clude representatives from at least five eastern States, but also a very large number of the well- known sons of Newtown. The proceedings com- menced with a grand banquet, before which th-, good old favourite airs Mon of Harlech and "My Mother's Sweet Home is in Wales" were lustily sung by the entire audience, along with the chorus "America." The commodious hall was draped with American and British flags, and banners were hung around the walls bearing the foltowing mottoes-" Welcome to our Annual," This is the Welshman's Night," and We Celebrate St. David's Day." Mr John Francis (late of Milford, Newtown, and brother of Mr Richard Francis, Park-street,) opened the meeting, and introduced Mr Edward Hughes (formerly of Hall's-yard, Newtown), who acted in the capacity of president of the banquet. The Mayor (Mr John Waterhouse) graced the proceedings with his presence, and, in a brief speech, told how he enjoyed his first Leek club banquet. He spoke in favour of gatherings of this kind, a-id as a representative of the city, said that a great many of the best citizens of the city were Welshmen. Mr Edward Davies (late of Ladywell-street, Newtown) next addressed a few remarks to the young Welshmen in the audience. He impressed upon them the fact that they lived in the best county, the best ztate, and the best country in the world, and urged upon them the necessity of be- coming good citizens. Professor Edward M. Lewis, of Williams Col- lege (a native of Machynlleth), followed with a great speech on the greatest Welshman of past history—Robert Owen—but the speaker prefaced his remarks by referring to three contemporary Welshmen, viz., Governor Hughes, Mr Lloyd- George, and Captain Pritchard of the Maure- tania.' Songs were given by Misses Elizabeth Bevan, Elzabeth Williams, Mr Maurice Phillips, while quartettes were rendered by Mrs Harry Jordan, Miss Blanch Hermon, Messrs E. J. Hughes and John E. Phillips, and choruses sustained bv the "Cefnmawr" Glee Club, the foregoing artistes, with one exception, all being sans and daughters of Newtown. Master Warren Hughes sang a translation by Prof. Lewis to the air Wales." Fogg's popular orchestral band supplied excellent music. After the banquet a dance of twenty numbers and four extras followed, and special cars took late parties to their homes. The following persons were responsible for the success of the whole proceedings Committee of arrangements: Messrs John Francis, chairman Richard Owens, secretary and treasurer; Edward Hughes, John Hughes, Richard Davies, Harry P. Powell, Alfred Jones, Edward Davies, William Hargraves. Floor manager Mr Richard Davies aids, Messrs William Howells, Thomas Williams, Bert Jones, Fred Bevan, Harold Lloyd, Thomas Williams. We notice amongst the list of guests the name of Mr Frank Bevan, of Troy Conference Academy, son of Mr William Bevan, late of Park-street, who left Newtown for America some two years ago. We are indebted to our old townsman Mr Harry Jones, brother of Mrs Thomas Watkin, Ladywell-street, Newtown, for the 'North Adams Transcript' (which contains photographs of Robert Owen, Professor Lewis, and Mr Richard Davies, formerly of Newtown, nephew of Mrs Jane Owen, White House, Dolfor-road), and the beautiful programme, which is arranged to include the menu and dance orders. The arms of Wales is printed on the first page, and the, leek and the Prince of Wales's plume on the cover, the whole forming a very artistic design.

Mrs Humphreys-Owen on Women's Protectors. That in future no teachers be appointed who are not qualified to teach hygiene to both boys and girls, and that all time tables include this subject, and qualified sewing teaching be always provided for the girls." In submitting this resolution to the County Education Authority on Tuesday, Mrs Humphreyfe- Owen said that as they did their best to give a sound education to girls and boys they ought also to do their best tb teach them how to have sound bodies to carry that education. It was especially necessary that boys should learn it Girls were depending entirely upon the physical strength of their men to protect them (laughter) --so the latter ought to do all they could in this direction. They should also teach girls how to nurse men when they fell ill, and the men how to give the girls as little trouble as possible in doing that (laughter). In regard to sewing she thought that the present generation of girls were not so good at it as those who belonged to the generation of her youth. Mr Tole did nQt think it necessary to pass this resolution, as it was already provided for. The motion was not adopted.

11 Mad Rush for Money." The dominant note to-day is materialism, and this is very injurious to the public welfare, said Mr Arthur Ponsonby, Radical M.P. for Stirling, in an address to a huge audience of men at Whit- field's Tabernacle on Sunday afternoon. In public and private life he showed the materialistic ideal is increasing. The value put cn everything is always a money value, and this is having a disastrous effect on art literature and music. In the national life this spirit of materialism expresses itself in the sole considera- tion as to how our national prosperity can be exemplified in, figures, in money value, trade returns, and material development. The extent of the Empire is measured in square miles, in the hundreds and thousands of population. Boasting and the aggressive spirit are encouraged to-day under the name of Imperialism. ft The first result ot this spine ot materialism is that there are more rich men in the country now than there have ever been in the Whole history of the world. And the luxury of the present age outdoes anything that has ever preceded it. 1 should like (said Mr Ponsonby) to see the same investigations made regarding the rich as have been made to the number of poor, with statistics as to what they pay on luxuries and all the accessories of this wild, reckless extravagance. The huge numbers of unemployed and of th^e who are physically, morally, and intellectually unfit are the natural consequences of wild pursuit of material wealth. And yet one of the wretched demoralised, physically unfit moral wrecks is not as great a danger to this country as the man who is amassing this vast wealth. He thought the alternative to this mad rush for money was some sort of idealism a desire for service instead of gain. The splendid report on Poor Law should be the basis of much useful legislation.

For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Ill!, 2(9. The business world is aghast at the situation created by the strike of telegraphists in Paris. The movement is spreading, and thousands of I messages are filed up awaiting despatch. Some telegrams from Loudon reached the French I capital by way of New York.

PLAIN WORDS FOR PLAIN THINKING PEOPLE. Some Questions for Mrs Jones. An Instructive Interview. [Bv LUXE SHARPS.] No. III. ] Last week our local Protectionist contemporary dedicated the bulk of its leading article towards trying to prove that a mere tax of 2a per quarter on wheat would never affect the price of bread. How prettily it argued that the Tory corn tax ot a shilling in 1902 created no rise in the cost of the loaf, but that the rise actually took place when Mr Ritchie remitted the tax the following year Every intelligent reader knows that when this tax was imposed the price of wheat, owing to an abundant harvest, was falling, and that when the tax was abolished the price, owing to a scarcity, was rising. Had the duty been withheld in the one case wheat would have been a further shilling cheaper, and had it been retained in the other wheat would have been an extra shilling dearer. That is simple arithmetic. Mr Ritchie himself frankly acknowledged this. Conceivably, nothing could be more ludicrous than to suggest tbat we may cheapen any article of consumption by tax- ing it. Are our tea, coffee, and sugar cheaper for taxation ? This from Mr Sam Thompson at Newtown:— We have tried in this country the policy of free imports, or giving freedom to foreigners, for some 60 years. We tried it with the expectation that other countries would give us the same freedom that we gave them, but there is absolutely no sign of this freedom being given to us. Instead of those countries, as was prophesied by the apostles of Free Trade, following our example by throwing their ports open they have done all they possibly could to shut us out, and have done it very effectively indeed." That statement is neither historically nor com- mercially true. Anybody who is familiar with political history is well aware that Free Trade was adopted by Great Britain not on international, but on national grounds. Here we abolished tariffs not because we wished to benefit other people, but because we realised that it was good business for ourselves. And we defend Free Trade because it has been proved-what magnifi- cent proof there is of it-that it is the bet national policy having regard to our exceptional conditions. Situated as we are, it is essential for the success of our industry that food and raw material should be obtained cheaply, and that no artificial barriers should interfere with the opera- tion of those laws of supply and demand which give both the material foundation and the intel- lectual stimulus to industry. What may we reply to the absurd assertion ) that protected countries have "closed their doors against us?" Just glance at these figures in the Board of Trade White Paper which gives the over.-ea trade of Britain, Germany, France, and the United States for last year. The figures represent millions of pounds: represent millions of pounds: Imports. Exports. Total. Great Britain 513 3 7 890 Germany 409 33 741 France 243 211 454 United States 233 360 593 The British figures are exclusive of 80 millions of imports afterwards exported, counting 160 millions on the year's trade. Does GrOAt Britain appear to have been shut out ? Besides, what do the!'e figures show ? While all countries suffered dur- ing the slump, the depression was most severely felt in the United States where the protective tariffs are highest. There the shrinkage was over 16 per cent., the decline in this country being 10 per cent. The remarkable thing is that through al1 vicissitudes Britain—the land of dead and dying industries—continues to maintain the leapt in the world's trading. Last year she was in front of Germany by no less than 149 millions. This is how she is "shut out." Is there any reason for nervous apprehensioa ? See," says Mr Sam Thompson, capitalists and others who have money to invest feel that there is no security here, and, therefore, they send their money to other countries where there is security Similarly, Col. Pryce-Jones solemnly assures us that English firms are removing their works from England and planting them abroad in order to get behind the tariff walls. Hence we are left to conjure visions of the dire calamity which must inevitably overtake our industrial classes sooner or later. Poor decrepit England Now, I don't think that on a question so vital to the fiscal issue it would be troubling Col. Pryce- Jones too much if we asked him to let us have in his next speech definite particulars of those English firms that have quitted this country, and established their works abroad simply and solely because they could not profitably run them here owing to foreign tariffs. Meanwhile we are left wondering why such a large number of foreign firms have established works in this commercially dying country of ours. Someone has said that capital is fluid, and seeks its best market. Is it not because of the decided benefits which Free Trade bestows in the matter of cheap production that we find foreign firms like the following in our midst:— Confectionery: Menier (French), London. Confectionery: Stollwerck (German), London. Colour printer Neister (German), London. Cloth: Hermann and Spitz kaustrian), Brad- ford. Cycles: The American Wolsey Cycle Co., Kent. Corsets: Weingarten Bros. (American). Ports- mouth. Chemists: Burroughs and Wellcbme (American), London. Engineering: The Draper Co. (American), Lancashire. Engineering Thompson, Houston & Co. (American), Rugby. Engineering Babcock and Wilcox (American), Renfrew. Engineering: Fraser and Chalmers (American), London. Engineering: The Mannersmann Tube Co., Landore. Engineering: The American Car Co., Man- chester. Engineering: The American Tool Company. Engineering: The American Tool Company, Fraserburgh. Engineering: The American Screw Company. Engineering: The Hoe American Printing Prpss, London. Engineering: The Westing House Company (American), Manchester. Engineering: The Singer Sewing Machine Co., Paisley. Kodak Company. American Gramophone Company. Engineering: Western Electric Co. (Chicago), London. That list could be largely extended, but it will suffice for the question—Why should these great companies choose as a site for their works a country from which capital is said to be fleeing ? Business men are, as a rule, keen witted, and the American is certainly not the dullest of the In his lamentation over our industrial decadence Col. Pryce-Jones is sadly grieved to learn that the migration from this country is greater than from Germany. Is it not a grievance with many of us that the German is to he found in almost every branch of service, working for wages that the Englishman wouldn't look at ? But that's by the way. I wonder whether the Colonel has ever compared the migratory attractions for Britishers and Germans. Whilst a German who emigrates practically roes under foreign rule and into a country speaking another language, the iiriton has an Empire in which to make his choice, over every part of which the British flag waves, and under it people speak his own tongue. Every part of that Empire is calling for sons from the Motherland to come and help develop it, and it is well that they respond. Thousands upon thousands have gene from rural Britain to develop the agricultural resources of Canada and Australia. How many of them weri driven to go by landlords who would not keep wind and water- tight their humble dwellings, or who drove them from their birth-place to make room for game ? Look at France," says Mr Sam Thompson, for wages are rising there." Now that is a very simple°thing to say. It is quite another thing to essay the proving of it. But let us admit that wages are rising in France, why shouldn't wages across the channel be higher or at least equal to those paid in this country ? As a matter of fact they are lower. Protection, says the Tariff Reformer, will mean more work; more work means industrial prosperity, and surely industrial prosperity means higher wages. France has enjoyed a long spell of Protection the foreigner, as we are asked to believe, pays revenue dnties on every article which he sends to her; her industries are protected, and yet what do we find? Take the last ten years and we find her percentage of unemployed has been greater than in this country, her rate of wages lower, and the cost of living higher. During the last five years there has been a steady rise in the price of the common neces- saries of life in France. It may interest Mrs Jones, the Welsh housewife, to contrast some of the French prices with those she pays to her grocer and butcher. Here they are — IN ENGLAND IN FRANCE S. d s. d. 1 lb beef cost 0 9 it costs 1 3 1 lb veal 0 10 1 0 £ 1 lb pork ,,0 8 1 Oi 1 lb butter 1 4 1 10 1 lb coffee 1 6 ,,2 0 1 lb cocoa 2 3 3 0 1 doz. boxes of matches „ 0 2t „ 0 10 7 6 11 0 Thus on a mere matter of seven domestic neces- saries the French housewife is obliged to pay 3 6d more than her sister this side of the Channel, and that, too, out of a smaller wage. That is a homely sidelight on the operations of Protection, and Mrs Jones should ask her husband who applauds the protectionist gospel of either Col. Pryce-Jones or Sam Thompson, to try to explain to her how, without increased wages, she is to provide the same table for him when every article of food is taxed, leaving out of sight the increased cost of clothing her olive branches. -Let her ask him if he has been assured of an advance of wages under Protection, and if not to consider whether it isn't the height of folly to simply hope tor this in return for the certainty of being compelled to pay increased prices. Col. Pryce-Jones bids us look to Germany for the blessings of Protection. Well, the tariff taxes of Germany are 25 per cent of the value of the articles imported—or nearly three times Rb much as our Tariff Reformers say would be suffi- cient to solve the unemployed problem here. Why, then, should there be any unemployed in the Fatherland ? I have by me three newspaper cuttings culled from Protectionist papers. Listen to what they say :— The number of men out of employment in Berlin and it suburbs, which is already estimated at 60,000, is causing grave concern both to the afflicted families and to the State and Municipal Authorities.—' Morning Post,' January 21st, 1908. "The riot came after nine meeting of the unemployed, held in various parts of the city I during the day, attended by 15,1,-00 of Berlin's army of 60,000 'out of works. Daily Mail,' January 21st, 1908. At all these meetings a resolution was unani- mously carried demanding that all customs and excise duties upon the necessaries of life should be remitted."—' Times,' January 22nd, 190S. This is in Germany-the paradise of scientific Protection where foreign manufactures are attempted to be excluded not by a 10 per cent tariff, but by the prohibitive tariff of 25 per cent. It would be prohibitive if the foreigner paid, but he does not. That tariff is paid by the consumer. Were it otherwise, why should Germany be swim- ming in debt and borrowing many millions more ? Why, too, are the wages of her workers much less than those paid here ? This is the second plain question which Mrs Jones must address to her husband. Then when we look at America we find that the United States have 72 per cent of tariff reform. Are there no unemployed there ? Not long ago the Daily Mail' informed us that upwards of 10 per cent of the labourers in the United States are unemployed for more than seven months in the year." Perhaps too much credence should not be given to the statements of this journal. Ytt, as a Protectionist organ, it is not likely to manufacture a sensational announcement destruc- tive of its advocacy of Tariff Reform. The third question, therefore, for Mrs J ones is, if the German workman has 25 per cent of Tariff Reform and the United States workman 72 per cent of it, will Mr Chamberlain's 5 to 10 per cent solve the unemployed problem and yield higher wages ? A friend of mine who recently returned from Canada called to smoke a. pipe with me last night. He does not know that I am engaged on these articles. In fact, he is not a politician, and has not given any study to the fiscal question. From him I was sure of obtaining facts as they had come under his personal observation. I reproduce the conversation between us. Take an artisan in Newtown, I asked, who earns say 25s a week, what would an artisan in Canada in the same position receive ? From 40s to 45s. Supposing each lived similarly, which would have the largest weekly surplus in his pocket? That is a difficult question, but it each pur- chased the same articles the Canadian artisan would be slightly better off. If, however, in addition to that they each indulged in the pleasure of the music hall, the concert and other enter- tainments, the Canadian would certainly be poorest. You can see the class of house I am living in. It is rented at .£25. What would be the rent of a similar house in Canada ? You could get few so substantially built there. Most of the Canadian houses are built of wood, with a single brick facing. A house like yours would rent at anything from X9 a month. You don't mean to say £ 108 a year ? Certainly, I do. Take a working man in Vancouver he cannot get a flat under .£5 a month, and a poor house it is at that, without bathroom or backyard. As for a garden attached that is unthinkable. -n Well then, let us compare prices; I will take for example the clothes you are wearing. If it is a fair question, what did that grey suit cost you if you bought it in Vancouver ? It cost me .£7. Twice as much probably as you would have paid for it in Newtown ? More than that, because in the make-up it is more like being gummed together than stitched, and there you can't buy a ready-made suit fit to wear under £ 3. Is English cloth fashionable out west ? Yes, with those who can afford to buy it. It is beyond the means of an artisan. Why so ? Because of the tax on it. But you don't mean to tell me that the cus- tomer has to pay the tax ? Who does then, I should like to know ? We are told in this country that the foreign exporter pays it. Then if that is so it is paid twice over, as you would realise did you stay over there. Go into a shop and ask for any English made tools. You will be staggered when the parcel is handed to you and the price askea. ¡ Then tell me the prices of your ties, hats, socks and underclothing. These socks (turning up a brown worsted sock) cost me 3s; this little black tie 50 cents (2s lid) thesR collars 25 cents each (Is Oid) that hat 12s 6d: these boots, which are ready made, 25s. I don't remember what the exact price of my underclothing was, but its a good deal higher than I should have to pay here. Then again you have to pay 5d for a shave and Is for hair cutting in any decent establishment in Vancouver. You can have them cheaper at what we call schools where apprentices in training operate upon you. So that is why the Canadian artisan with 40s or 45s a week is but slightly better off than the English workman with 25s. Yes, but as I said, if he indulges in any luxuries he is worse off. For instance, you cannot go to a first class concert there under a dollar, and you must give at least three dollars to secure a com- fortable seat. Nor can you get admission to a good play under 50 cents. You weald not give less than two dollars. What about house furnishings ? All are very much dearer there than here, and I know something about that. Then would you advise a Welsh artisan to go to Canada ? UVs if he is prepared to rough it for a year or two until he can put up a little house of his own on land that is very cheap. But I should cer- tainly not advise a married man with a family to go out. While could do very well single handed, provided he is steady and saving, with wife and family I am sure he would be very much worse off in consequence of the dearness of things. Of course, the happy feature of Canada and the States is that unemployment is comparatively unknown ? (This for a feeler). Unknown! My dear fellow don't talk. I have been a foreman to a builder in Canada, and I have also been a contractor on my own account, and I could tell you of many pitiful cases of unemploy- meat. Then in the States did you not read recently of the results of the money panic ? I certainly read of it, but Mr Sam Thompson tells us that British capitalists are investing their money abroad because of the security of the markets there. Who is Mr Sam Thompson ? He is a politician who professes to have studied economics and the financial and industrial state of foreign countries. 1 Well, I have not studied economics and do not profess to know anything about them, but if Mr Thompson has been in Canada or the States it must have been on a holiday. I have seen 400 idle skilled workers in Canada^hovering around a few jobs where not more than 40 hands were needed. But this, of course, has to be said for these countries. If there is a scarcity of work in one part, work is usually to be had elsewhere, and people are consequently always on the move. i You must remember Canada or America is a world in itself, and the variety of work is great If a carpenter cannot find a job at the bench there are a hundred other different jobs he can put his hand to until he gets back to the bench, so vast is the country. What about the conditions of labour compared with those obtaining in this country ? Do you mean the hours of work or the hardness of it? Both. The hours of labour are longer, and the quality of the work cannot compare. Take a bricklayer or carpenter. The former would not be "laken on a building if he could not lay about 4,000 bricks a day. You can imagine how these bricks are laid. No clerk of works in this country with any sense of responsibility would pass it. I happened to lodge for a while with an architect who was very critical of all things English. Before going to loge in his house I was, apparently unknown to him, engaged in the carpentry work on a large building, the erection of which he was supervis- ing. I could net help observing the scamp character of the bricklaying by men who were compelled to lay their 4,000 bricks a day. One evening while we smoked and chatted by the fire- side he entertained me to another of this criticism of English architecture, at the conclusion of whieh I remarked that the front elevation of this particular building was very faulty as, I said, they appeared to me en perssant. He did not even know I had any architectural knowledge he was then ignorant of the trade I followed. You should have seen the conscience-striken look he threw upon me, and how it became intensified as, in answer to his cross-examination, I unfolded the defects. He was bound to admit them, and I was bound to admit the knowledge whieh justified my censure of his work. After that he never talked of English building construction. As to carpen- try, the English carpenter gets at once disgusted with the character of it. There the axe, the hammer, and a bag of nails is the joiner s stock- in-trade. It is more like a labourer's job. I am, of course, speaking generally. Then to get back to the English artisan with a steady wage of 30s a week, would you advise him to go to the States or Canada ? If he is a single man and a saving chap with a few friends out there, and wishes to see a new world, I would say yes; if he has a wife and family heaven forbid him. In fact the artisan with 303 a week here should consider himself fortunate. You've been in Germany. What of that coun- try ? We have just heard that the German working man is much better off than here. My friend laughed heartily, then screwed his face. I am a plain live," he said, but I draw the line at the plain fare of the German working man. Neither do I envy his working day, nor his wage. Nor would any working man in Newtown. I bad troubled him enoufch over industrial questions, and we proceeded to discuss old acquaintances.

Mr J. D. Rees and Caersws Councillors. At Wednesday's meeting of the Newtown and Llanidloes Rural District Council (Mr Joseph Davies presiding), the Clerk (Mr J. T. C. Gittins) announced that in accordance with the directions of his Council a memorial on the subject of removing the burden of local taxation and making an imperial charge on certain things had been forwarded to the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the two local M.P.'s. I have received letters of acknowledgment from the Prime Minister, from Mr David Davies, and also from Mr Lloyd Greorge," continued the Clerk, but I haven't had one from Mr J. D. Rees, which is very extraordinary (laughter).

Marianne Farningham." The death is announced at Barmouth of Miss Marianne Hearn, better known as Marianne Farn- ingham, her name as authoress. She was a native of Farningham in Kent, and two years ago celebrated her jubilee as a writer. The first number of the Christian World was published in the spring of 1857, and it contained a contribu- tion from a young schoolmistress in Ket, the forerunner of many hundreds more from the pen of the lady who has just died. In 1861 Miss Hearn published "Lays and Lyrics." She was then teaching at Northampton, where most of her subsequent life was passed, and, at the suggestion of the late Mr James Clarke, decided to devote her whole time to literature. She was always interested in Sunday School work, and was editress to the Sunday School Times' for over forty years.

OARNO. PITFA L LS. -Cardinal Newman describes the progress of the seeker after light as o'er moor and ten, o'er crag and torrent. Some of the Chapel goers have even been falling into gutters on their way to divine worship. The report of Surveyor Humphreys at the Rural District Council on Wednesday was very alarming, and ran as follows I beg to call your attention to what is generally considered a public nuisance, and also a source of danger in Frankwell. There is a deep gutter on the side of the road leading to the Wesleyan Chapel, and on the opposite side to Frankwell Cottages, where the tenants of these cottages throw their slops aud dirty water, and in the 6nmrner time this smells very badly. Just a little higher up there is another deep gutter or ditch into which, very recently, two or three old persons fell on their way to chapel in the dark. I beg to ask you to consider the advisability of piping theso places and filling up the gutters. The owner of the cottages is prepared to put in one or two cess-pits, where his tenants can dispose or their slops, etc. The whole-length of the said gutters proposed to be piped is about 70 yards, and the cost of the pipes woul^befrom X6 to CWMILWTD.—Cynhaliwyd cwrdd llenyddol yma NOB Iau, Mawrth lleg. Arweiniwyd yn ddebeuig tran Mr Richards, Tyhwntirafon. Beirniadwyd y rwahanol udranau gan Mn J. freeze, I Williams, W. Williams, a Tom Matthews. Lgorwyd y cvfarfod gan Miss Elsie Lloyd yr hon Aanodd'Yn iach i tiGym^ ynhynod o swynol; a cbafwyd anerohiadau barddonol gan ;wynol; a chafwyd anerohiadau barddonol gan Mri D. T. Richards ag R. Richards. Daeth tri Fn mlaen i gystadlu ar yr adroddiad i rai dan L2eg oed, enillwyd y wobr gyntat gan Catherine Jones, ail Martha Jones. Arholiad i rai dan 12eg oed, Emrys Evans a Martha Jones yn gyfartal. A.rholiad i rai dan 16eg oed. goreu Lily Jones, ail Jonathan R. Evans. Unawd i blant dan 16eg oed, 1 Sarah Ann Thomas, yr hon a ganodd yn neillduol a dda. Adroddiad i rai dan 16eg oed, 1 Lily Jones, 2 Winnie Jones. Deuawd i blant, 1 Sarah Ann Thomas a Gertie Gittins. Atteb evrestivnau o'r bedwerydd benod o'r Galatiaid, 1 Annie Jane Jone. Unawd ar yr clwg gyntaf, 1 Miss Elsie Lloyd. Desgrifio gwrtbrych heb ei enwi, 1 Mr Stephen Richards Unawd o ddewisiad yr ym- geiswyiv 1 Miss Elsie Lloyd, 2 Miss Sarah Ann Thomas. Dadl. 1 David Ellis Jones a David C. Jones. Can,' Yr olwyn ddwr,' Mri John Thomas a Tom Matthews yn gyfartal. Pedwarawd, 1 Miss S. A. Thomas a'i pharti. Adrodd, 'Udgorn y fam,' 1 Mr David Humphrey Williams. Wyth- awd, 1 Mr W. Thomas a'i barti. Datganwyd yn ystod y cyfarfod gan Mr K. Evans, a chafwyd te rhagorol ar y diwedd. Parotowyd y byrddau gan Mrs Evans, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Watkins, a Miss Matthews, a chynorthwyd bwynt gan Mrs Hughes, Mrs Evans, Mrs Jones, Misses A. J. Jones, J. Richards, M. E Evans, A. Matthews, M. Matthews, Gwen Jones, Lily Jones, ac eraill. Er tod y tywydd yn oer cafwyd cyfarfod llwyddianus yn ifchob ystyr.

GOLF GOSSIP. BT COLONEL FOOZLEB.J Shall we recognise stymies and this and that S penalty is a common question one hears at the first" tee" as pairs perform the preparatory sighting shots with their drivers. I have never been able to appreciate the object of such an arrangement. The pleasure of golf surely lies in the skilful overcoming of the many difficulties deliberately designed by the rules. Diminish, those difficulties and you not only lessen the satisfaction which comes of doing a good round you don't play the game. Besides, where is the sense of doing as you please with the rules on practice days when on match and medal days you require that skill which can only be acquired by studying and practising those difficulties you have wilfully ignored. By all moans let us always play the game, the whole game, and nothing but the game, exacting penalties from our best friends wherever and whenever these are due, and as readily conceding when we ourselves err. In that way we play golf and develop our skill—and patient enduraace. How seldom we find ourselves playing every club with equal proficiency. Yesterday we were driving gloriously and messing our iron shots; to-day we cannot miss a putt," but how wretched is our approach shots; to-morrow we will be using our irons like champions, but in driving we are quite off. In practicing putting here is the helpful advice of an expert. As we saunter up to the green, let us pitch, down a ball, and, as we come near to it, we examine the space which lies between it and the hole. This is done before one commences to get into position for putting at all. If one has any imagination, a line may be traced running from the ball to the hole. This is the line invisible," and it is down this line one has got to send the ball. The position now becomes strained. The ball lies almost opposite the right toe, but on the left-hand side ot it, the club is grasped tightly with the left hand, and the eye is kept on the bait as it is struck, the guiding power is all done by the right-hand fingers. There is one thing, how- ever, which must never be forgotten, and that is, that the ball has to be got into the hole. It may seem curious to say this, but, when one gets all these instructions into one's mind, it is evidemt- that by that time the chief object in view has been forgotten. During the actual putting the head must be kept perfectly steady, as in all other strokes; there must be no swaying of the body either, or movement of the feet. The stroke is &. wrist one, pure and Eimple, until the ball is struck. I am not given to know their reasons, yet it is satisfactory to note that Councillors Evan Morgan and John Micah have been beaten in their opposition to the Machynlleth Golf Club. The Club asked for permission to fence their greens, in order to keep off gipsy horses and other animals which roam the common, and a sensible Council readily granted it, the only opponents being the gentlemen alieady named. The pre- servation of the greens was impossible while in an unprotected state, and without good greens golf loses its enjoyment. This opposition might be immortalised by naming the two most difficult holes Micah and Morgan. A golfing correspondent writes" I came across a most touching little paragraph in one cf our London newspapers the other day. It was full of pathos, and coejured up all sorts of sad visions in my mind. It appeared in the Sales and Exchange' column, and ran thus: 'To Golfers, Complete set of golf-clubs, bag, and one dozen balls (seven new) for sale. Or would exchange for perambulator, or anything useful. -Apply I could almost see the poor fellow writing this pitiful little appeal. Could see him fingering his well-worn driver, running his eye lovingly over the polished surface of bia mashie, sighing as be counted his dozen rubber cores-seven of which, mind you, he bad never even laid club head against—then the sharp wail of the infant would break rudely into his fond dreams. Ah. yes Ah, yes There is no doubt about it. The Johnny who said that the door te matrimony ought to have the same words above it as Dante read above the cavern mouuh wasn't very far out. But I would alter it a little. It < might run, Who entereth here, leaveth Golf behind!' If you don't believe me ask the fellow who wants the perambulator I The Machynlleth Pro has made an early and successful attack upon the local record of 40 by beating it with one stroke. There will be a pretty encounter when the Newtown and Mach- ynlleth clubs meet and set their young "pros" against each other. I have not yet seen Branch play, but have heard enough of his powers te contemplate a rare game between him and Lewis, who is now going great guns on the Gro links. The treatment of the Newtown greens with sand is proceeding apace, and members are pros- pecting delightful putting during the summer months. New and ideal tees are also being con- structed by the Pro," and under the active and devoted supervision of the Hon. Secretary the links are greatly improving. All that members are apprehensive of is a grassy robustness in the early summer, but I am reliably assured that such fears are needlessly entertained. The mixed foursome competition takes place next Thursday. These notes, while relating the doings of local clubs, should also prove helpful to players through means of expert hints. Some friends have told me that the practice of these hints have improved their game So I am encouraged to give more of them. Hear what Mr Vernon says about the short iron shot:—" In order to improve at one's game, I think it is desirable to take up a- particular shot, and work it out to perfection;. and, of all the shots, the above is, perhaps, one of the most fascinating. I prefer a good, haavy iron for this shct. as it seems to give more reliance and power. A shot of this nature would be from 80 to 100 yards from the hole, and my mode of proceeding to effect it would be as follows The stance is taken very near to the ball-so near, in fact, that the blade of the club lies perfectly level with the ground; the feet are then regulated so. that the finish of the club points to the hole, and the chest at the finish is facing towards it. The swing, of course, is only a half swing, and the club is taken very slowly back, and a minute pause is made at the top to steady the stroke, then finish straight out in a line for the hole. The mind might say to itself, during the stroke, these three words-" Slow, pause, hole." The grip of the club must be very firm no looseness at the wrists, and -no pivoting of the left foot; both feet, indeed, must be very firm. This shot, when well eitecuted, has the effect cf pitchingthe ball right on to the green, and close to the hole." In regard to the timing of strokes Mr Vernon observes :—" This seems to me to be a very unfor- tunate word to be used in golfing. I could under- stand its significance if the ball which was to be struck was in motion. Then correct timing of the stroke would be necessary to hit the ball, but timing to strike a ball which is stationary on a tee or through tbe green, seems somewhat absurd. The remedy for incorrect timing, as it has been, The remedy for incorrect timing, as it has been, called, lies with the feet, not with arms if they are kept perfectly staunch the body will pivot on its axis and not get in front of the swing; in fact, the swing should be allowed to draw the feet from their secure position on the ground/ their secure position on the ground. To the movement of the wrists at the beginning of the swing of the drive—brassie, cleek, or iron Rhot—Mr Vernon attaches great importance. In fact, it decides the character of the stroke entirely. You may have heard the ball struck with a stroke, the echo of which sounds on the still air like the sharp, decisive report of a gun. It is the initial wrist movement which makes the stroke so powerful, and, m my opinion, gives the long ball with any club. As golf is momentum, not force, the initial and final flip with the wrists have a powerful effect The proper way. then, to commence all the above strokes is by making the wrists work straight back entirely by themselves for about a foot, the fcrearm not moving at all; the effect of this movement is that the left wrist is pointing to the ground at the top of the swing. This brings the arms into the free and proper position tor finishing the stroke. This initial wrist movement should then be practised assid- uously, as it means the difference between the, long and short driver. An entire week should be given to the practise of this wrist movement, and very little else thought of tintil it is acquired and becomes a second nature. This is where the professional excels; be cultivates nothing but good habits."