The Glamorgan Gazette

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—WEEK I-AYS. I DOWN r Jixv' £ zp ^aii A.ac.l A.X. A.M. A.K. A.K. A.BC. A.X. P. K". &. U.. A.K. P.X. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. PADDINOTOH ..dep! 12 0 5 40S 9 0 11 0 6 10 6 10 9 15 SWIHDON ,3 45 7 55 1047 .„ 7 39 GLOUCESTER.. 16 35 9 301 1 50; 8 58 1226 BBISTOL 5 55 9 12 .„ 1115 .„ 11265 NEWPORT. „ 6 48 7 5 9 6 9 55 1111 1211 3 30 8 56 1018 2 2 CAEDIF? „ 17 16 7 38 9 33 1020 1140 1238 1 0 2 50 3 5515 3 6 3 6 45 9 23 9 30 1042230 LLANTBISSANT 8 7 1040 12 9 Il 32 3 18 5 33 6 33 7 9 9 59 11 1 LLANHARAN. ,8 17 1218 jl 39 3 271 5 43 6 40 7 18 10 8 PKNCOKD „ 8 23 1224; jl 45; 3 33 |5 49 6 46 7 24 .„ 1014 BSIDGEND.. „ 7 52 8 81 10 4 1058 1231;1 9 1 52 3 40 4 27 5 57 ;6 53 7 31 9 52 102^ 1120 3 3 Pros '8 47 liuj il 22'2 7 3 53 4 12:6 11 7 44 POBTHCAWL dep 8 35 1134; 1 40 2 24 4 4 4 59 ,6 25 8 0 POET TALBOT dep 8 13 9 0 1024 1128! |1 33 2 18 U 53 6 23j |7 57 1140 3 27 NEATH „ 8 30 9 16 1035.1150j !1 58 2 35^ 5 12,6 40, 18 15(10-10 1152 3 42 LANDOBB 8 60 9 40 12101 \2 12 3 0 5 34 7 3 |8 33; 10^8 12 8 4 4 q j arr 9 0 9 50 1055 1220; <2 35 3 7; 5 45 7 10 8 40:1045 1215 4 10 SWANSEA.. {dep 8 40 9 30 1155, 2 5 15 20 3 45 LLANELLT. „ 9 15 1018 1242 2 58; !6 7 ,4 29 CAEMAETHEN arr 9 45 11 1 1 301 3 3ft; ;6 52: ;5 20 NkwMILFOBDarr. 1125 3 20] 18 50 ifi 40 | WEEKDAYS. TTD ^XP %XP Exp ill III A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M.! A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M P.M.! P.M. P.M. P.M. NwMiLFDdepi — — 8 20 I 0] |4 40 6 30 CMABTHHW .„ 8 20 10 5 1 10 2 45 4 33 ;6 40 7 45 LLANELLY „ !9 12 1035 1 67 3 3015 20 j7 28j8 36 „ far 110 0 1122 2 4o! 4 20:6 ft 8 2019 15 J5WAN8BA|dp 6 15j6 50 8 30 9 40 1055 1140 1 50 2 40 3 30 |3 55 [5 45 7 5518 55 LANDOBB „ 6 20'6 55! ;8 3519 49 11 7 1144 il 58 2 17 3 35 14 1015 56 8 7:9 7 NEATH „ 16 35 7 12' ;8 51 1013 1122,1158 2 14 3 3 3 50 4 27 io 11 8 23!9 24 PT TALBOT,, 7 47j7 28J 19 2 1028 1135 1212 \2 32 3 14 4 2 4 44j6 27 8 43 9 37 PBTHOWL „ 18 35' 1028 121C 1 49 4 30 le 27 '7 10 PYLK .„ dep. 7 41; 8 43 1041 1224 j2 43 4 42 4 55 S 40 8 56 BRIDGEND,, 7 9 7 53'8 54 9 22 1055 1155'1237 1 45^2 57 3 35 4 22 4 52 5 7 6 52 7 10 9 10 9 57 EKNOOBD._ „! 8 5|9 4! .> 11 9| Is 7 5 2^ 19 7 18 9 22 LLANHABAN, 8 12 1117 „ |3 14 |5 26 7 26; T LLNTBISANT, 8 22 9 141 .„ 112S .„ 1255|2 1 3 22 5 13 5 34 7 11 7 34 9 33 CABDIPF 7 46 9 0 9 40 10 0 1223 1248 1 25|2 25 4 0 4 15j 5 0 5 35 6 8 7 55 8 0 )10 0 1039 NEWPOBT. 8 6 9 26, 11020 1 22 1 10 1 45 2 44 4 22 4 34 5 23 6 30 «8 22 1022 11 2 BBISTOL 9 10 QLOtfOESTBB,,| 2 45 5 45, 8 5 [9 50 1225 SWINDON. „j '3 57 6 481 j6 40 PADiNGTNarr.;1125 1 0,4 30;5 40|4 20 8 30 j8 30jS 30 1145 3 30 T—Calls at Llanharan on Saturdays only at 9.27 p.m. SUNDAYS. DOWN UP 1-UVV • A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P. PADDINGTON dep 9 151 12 0 1145 New MILFOBD.dep 1030 .„ 6 30 SWINDON 3 40 jl 55 CABMABTHEN .„ 1158 8 3 OLOUCESTEB „ 1226 -3 25 LLANELLY „ 1241 8 36 BBISTOL 1255 8 45 SWANSEA arr — — 1 30 ••• 9 ls ••• NEWPOBT „ 2 2 9 30 10 0 r5 23 ^ANSEA j dep g Q g g CABDIFF 2 30 9 52 1038 i5 59 LANDOBE „ 8 4 !l 22 9 7 LLANTBISSANT. 1011 11 7 6 28 NEATH 8 18 1 46 9 24 LLANHABAN — PORT TALBOT. 8 3 2 2 1937 PENCOED 1121. 6 42 POBTHCAWL „ 7 50 BRIDGEND. 3 3¡10291128. 6 50 Ptle- » 8 45 2 167.59 PYLE „ 11045 1142 '7 5 BRIDGEND „ 8 56 2 308 10 957 POBTHCAWL 1057 PENCOED 9 6 2 43 8 20 POBT TALBOT 3 27 1154 17 20 LLANHABAN NEATH „ 3 42 12 8 |7 38 LLANTBISSANT 9 18 2 56 8 31 LANDOBE „ 4 4 1223 8 5 CABDIFF 9 45 3 36 9 3 1039 SWANSEA arr 4 10 1230 8 16 Nkwport 4 3 9 30 11 2 bWANSEA dep 3 45 7 50 BBISTOL „ LLANELLY „ 4 29 — 8 38 GLOTTCESTEB CABMABTHEN arr 5 20 9 16 SWINDON NEW MILFOBD. ,,6 4 11045 PADDINGTON arr LLYNVI AND OGMORK BRANCH. a.m. a.m.! a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m(p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m. p.m p.mi p.m. p.m. nm BRIDGEND. dep 8 48; 8 58 11 15 11 23 1#20 2 10 2 19 4 45 4 53 7 437 51 10+25 10*25. Tondu 8 59: 9 9 ll 2611 34 1 30|2 22 2 30*4 57 5 4 7 54 8 2 10 35 1C 36 Llangonoyd 9 7j 11 34 1 38|2 30 5 5 8 2 .i, 1C 44 Troedyrhiew Garth 9 121 11 39 1 43 2 35 ;5 10 8 7 10 49 Maesteg 6J25 9 20! 11 45 1 46 2 41 i5 16 8 13 10 48 10 55 Nantyffyllon 6J30 9 25 11 50 2 46 5 21 8 18 11 0 Caerau 6^35 9 31 11 55 2 51 5 26 8 23 >. 11 5 Cymmer for Glyncrg 6J38 9 36 11 58 2 54 5 29 8 26 "3 11 8 Abergwynfi arr 6J47 9 42 12 6 6 Z 5 37 8 34 0 11 16 Brynmenyn .dep 9 18 11 43 g 2 39 5 13 8*11 £ 1$56 Llangeinor "2 8 9 25 11 5C „ 2 46 5 20 8 18 — 11 3 Pontyrhyl 9 30 11 55 £ 2 51, 5 25 8 23 g § 11 8 Pontycymmer 9 36 11 59 2 55! 5 29 82? a 111 ip Blaengarw cs^ 9 41 12 4 a 3 0; 5 24 8 32 1j « !11 17 Blackmill 'gw 9 23 11 47 a 2 42 2*43 5 17 8 18 U ilO 54 Hendreforgan £ "3 9 34 11 58 12*51 5 25 8 29 +- 5 Gilfach air § 9 38 12 2 2*53 5 32 8 36 Ogmore Vale .dep| 9 31 11 54 2 50; 5 24 8 22 2s ll" 4 Nantymoel arr' 9 39 12 2 2 581 15 32 [s 30 11 12 a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m p.m p.m p.mlp.mlp.m p.m p.m. p.m. a.m. Nantymoel dep 7 45 10 4 1255 ,3 34 6 0 8*47 Ogmore Vale 7 53 10 11 1 3 3 41 '6 7 +» 8 54 Gilfach dep 7 40 9 58 1250 ,3*28 j5 54 S1 9 Hendreforgan^ 7 48 !G 5 1257 !3*35 |6 1 « m Blackmill dep 8 1 10 13 1 11 j3 49 ]6 15 W 9# 2 s? Blaengarw 7 39 9 57 124S 13 27 5 53 g. 8*41 V. Pontycymmer dep 7 44 10 2 a 1254 j3 32 5 58 §* 8 47 a Pontyrhyl 7 49 10 7 1259 3 37 6 i 'S 8 52 « Llangeinor 7 53 10 11 >-13 '3 41 6 7 xt 8 56 ? Brynmenyn .dep 8 8 10 26 u 1 18 13 561 !6 22 8 4/1 9 8 Abergwynfi 7 0 10 0 S i £ *9! .3 30; 5 ^5 8 2? 8#44 9*30 Cymmer for Glyncrg 7 8 10 7 £ 12561 13 37 6 28 il 8*51 9*37 Caerau 7 13 10 12 x Xj j3 42| 6 7 9 1 8*56 9 42 Nantyffyllon 17 18 10 17 l 6| 3 47) 6 129 J 9 1 9 47 Maesteg 7 23 10 22 1 11 !3 52 6 17 9 6 9 50 Troedyrhiew Garth 7 28 10 27 1 16 |3 57( 6 22 9 11 Llangonoyd 7 32 10 31 1 20' 4 1; 6 26 9 15 Tondu depj 7 41 8 11 10 29 10 27jl 0 1 21 1 26;3 5914 7l 6 25 6 32 9*11 9 2i BRIDGEND arr! 7 47 8 20[ 10 38 10 46;1 6 1 30 1 35j4 8 4 16'6 34)6 41 — 9 191 9 30 PORTHCAWL BRANCH. Tondu dep 7 45 9 5] FT "1 42) 1 5 0| .771 Swu\ Kenfig Hill 7 57 9 17 1 5^! 5 12 Pyle 8 5 9 25 11 25 1 30| 2 15j 2 50!3 55'4 50 5 20 6 16 7 511 10471 Porthcawl 8 15 9 35 11 34' 1 40' 2 24 2 59)4 4:4 59 5 30 6 25 3 ol 10 57; till 111' Porthcawl dep 8 20 8 35 9 5510 28 12 10] 1 49 4 15 4 30]5 50 6 27)7 10 7 50 Pyle 8 29 8 43 10 6;10 37 12 19) 1 58 4 25 4 41 6 0 6 367 20 7 59 Kenfig Hill 8 38 10 15; 4 34 17 29 Tcndu arr 8 48 10 25 4 44 .fe 7 421 1* MAESTEG AND CYMMER.—SATURDAYS. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m, p.m. p.m. Maesteg dep. 3 0 4 10 5 0 6 25 8 0 9 0 10 5 10 55 11 5 Nantyffyllon 3 5 4 15 5 5 6 30 8 5 9 5 10 10 11 0 11 10 Caerau „ 3 10 4 20 5 10 6 53 8 10 9 10 10 15 11 5 11 15 Cymmer arr. 3 13 4 2b 5 13 6 38 8 13 9 15 10 20 11 8 11 18 Cymmer ..dep. 3 28 4 35 5 53 6 45 8 30 8 51 9 37 10 42 Caerau 3 33 4 40 5 58 6 50 c35 8 56 9 42 10 47 Nantyffyllon 3 38 4-45 6 3 6 55 8 40 9 1 9 47 10 52 Maesteg arr. 3 41 4 48 6 6 7 5 8 43 9 4 9 50 10 55 VALE OF GLAMORGAN RAILWAY. I SUNDAYS. FROM A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. JMW] P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Barry dep 7 0 9 53 11 37 S'ts 2 30 3 40 5 40 8 16 11 0 3 5 6 37 Rhoose 7 7 10 0 11 44 o'ly 2 37 3 47 5 47 8 23 11 7 3 12 6 44 Aberthaw 7 11 It 4 11 48 1 45 2 41 3 51 5 51 8 27 11 11 3 16 6 48 Gileston 7 15 10 8 11 52 1 52 2 45 3 55 5 55 8 31 11 15 3 20 6 52 Llantwit Major „ 7 22 10 15 11 59 1 56 2 52 4 2 6 2 8 38 11 22 3 27 6 59 SoutherndownRovl 7 32 10 25 12 9 2 0 3 2 4 12 6 12 8 48 11 32 3 37 7 9 Bridgend arr. 7 39 10 32 12 16 2 7 3 9 4 18 6 19 8 57 11 39 3 44 7 16 FROM a.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. M. P.M. a^m! p^ Fm- Bridgend dep. ,7 50 8 30 U 8 1 25 S'ts 3 42 5 23 7 13 12 55 4 33 7 43 Southerndown Road 7 58 8 39 11 16 1 33 o'ly 3 50 5 31 7 21 1 3 4 41 7 Llantwit Major >• 8 8 8 50 H 26 1 43 2 411 4 0 5 4A 7 31' 1 13 4 51 8 1 LlantwitMajor 8 8 8 50 11 26 1 43 2 411 4 0 541 7 31' 1 13 4 51 8 1 Gileston 8 14 8 57 11 32 1 49 2 47 4 6 5 47 7 37 1 19 4 57 8 7 Aberthaw 8 18 9 1 H 36 1 53 2 511 4 10 5 51 7 41 1 23 5 1 8 11 Rhoose. 8 23 9 6 11 41 1 58 2 56 4 15 5 56 7 46. 1 28 5 6 8 16 Barry 8 29 9 13 11 47 2 4 3 2 i 4 21 6 2 7 52. 1 34 5 12 R 22 L__J MOTOR CARS leaves BARRY for Llantwit Major at 9.5 a.m. 10.50; 12,40: 3.5; 4 54* and on Wednesdays and Saturdays only at 11.30 a.m. '» LLANTWIT MAJOR for Barry at 9-45 a.m. 12.0 1.24 4.15 and 6.25. RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY. UP. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Swansea 7 40; 9 0 11 28 1 57 4 45 8 2 9 20 8*5oi5 40 Danygraig >> — 7 43 9 3 11 32 2 1 4 49 6 6 8 54I5 44 Jersey Marine >> 7 49 9 8 11 37 2 7 4 55 6 11 9 29 8 59(5 49 Court Sart arr ••• 7 56) 9 16 11 44 2 15 5 3 6 19 9 37 9 7*5 57 „ .(dep 7 45! 9 6 11 32 2 1 4 50 6 2 9 24 Neath I 8 8; 9 24 11 52 2 26 5 13 6 27 9 46 I Court Sart. ^eP 11 45 2 18 5 5 6 20 9 39 9 8^5 58 Briton Ferry — 8 2! 9 20 11 49 2 25 5 10 6 25 9 43 9 12 6 2 Aberavon (Sea Side Station) „ 8 8 9 26 11 55 2 31 5 16 6 31 PortTalbot(AberavonSt.)|dep 5 55 8 i41 I il 12 5| 2 36 5 22 6 36 9 54 9 23 6 12 Cwmavon »> 6 1 8 20 937 12 7 242 5 28 6 42 10 0 9 29 6 18 Pontrhydyfen »> 6 8 8 281 9 44 12 16 2 49 5 36 6 51 10 9 9 37 fi Cymmer (for Glyncorrwg) ..arr 6 23 1 39 9 54 12 27 3 1 5 47 7 3 10 19 9 47 6 36 Oymmer *eP 6 24 8 40! 9 56 12 29 3 2 5 49 7 4 10 20 9 49 6 37 Blaengwynfi >> 6 32 8 50 10 5 12 38 3 10 5 59 7 12 10 28 9 57 6 45 Blaen-Rhondda >> STOP. 9 0 10 17 12 51 3 19 6 12 7 22 10 38 10 5 6 63 Treherbert (T.V.R.) arr 19 3 10 20 12 54 3 22 6 15 7 25 10 41 10 8 6 56 DOWN ..m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. SnB(layg- Treherbert (T.V.R.) .dep 8 0 9 21 12 5 2 25 517 7 I6 I0T5 7 "s Blaen-Rhondda » 8 3 9 24 12 8 2 28 5 21 7 18 1019 7 9 Blaengwynfi » 8 12 9 34 12 18 2 38 5 32 7 29 1027 7 17 Oymmer (for Glyncorrwg).. arr 8 17_ 9 39 12 23 2 43 5 37 7 34 1032 7 32 Cymmer dep 8 18 9 41 12 24 2 44 6 38 7 35 1033 7 23 Pontrhydyfen 8 29 9 52 12 35 2 58 5 49 7 47 1045 7 35 Owmavon 8 36 9 59 12 42 3 2 5 56 7 54 1052 7 42 Port Talbot {Aberavon St arr 8 41 10 4 12 47 3 7 .« 6 1 7 59 1057 7 47 Port lalbot(Aberavon St.) Jdep 8 42 10 5 12 49 3 9 5 3 8 2 1059 7 49 Briton Ferry. „ 8 52 10 16 1 0 3 20 6 14 8 11 11 8 7 68 Court Sart arr 8 54 10 18 1 2 3 22 6 16 8 13 11108 0 „ /dep 8 44 10 8 12 £ 0 3 10 6 2 8 3 arr 9 1 10 26 1 12 3 29 6 27 8 22 Court Sart .» .dep 8 55 10 19 1 4 3 23 6 18 8 15 11138 3 Jersey Marine. 9 3 1 12 3 31 6 26 8 23 1121 8 11 Danygraig U"H" 9 11 10 34 1 20 3 39 6 35 8 31 „ 1129 8 19 Swansea wr I 9 14 10 37 1 23 3 42 1 6 38 8 34 1132 8 22 I J 1

OUR LONDON LETTER. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) This for London is the election week- that is to say, it is the week in which the fight preliminary to taking the vote is be- ing waged. It was ushered in by a gale, and, as it should be, by the issue of the Prime Minister's election address. The ad- dress is dated from Downing-street, though it is especially directed to the electors of the Stirling District of Burghs. The new register is now in force; and if public meetings refused to hear the candi- dates there have been instructive discus- sions on the political outlook in the trains coming up from the suburbs in the morn- ing! The King and Queen left Chatsworth on Monday. The Royal train divided at Peterborough, the Queen proceeding to Sandringham and the King travelling direct to St. Pancras. Somewhat better weather prevailed on Sunday, and in the bright sunshine the Queen strolled through the Park at Chatsworth with Lady Gosford and Mr. Balfour—fresh from kick- ing off at the football match on Satur- day between Manchester United and Grimsby Town. The Queen went to Sandringham with the Princess Victoria. After a stay in Nor- folk, her Majesty will remove to Windsor in time for the memorial service r.t Frog- more on the 22nd inst., the anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria. It is interest- ing to note that, Saturday being the Feast of Epiphany, the customary offering of gold, frankincense, and myrrh was made on behalf of the King at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Another point is that a correspondent in Berlin says A report is current that King Edward has expressed a desire to visit the Emperor William in Germany next summer as evidence of his support of the movement to improve the re- lations between Great Britain and Ger- many. The report is received with scepticism. As the Prime Minister's address is cap- able of being very shortly put, and pro- vides one of the rallying points in this fight, it completes the outlook here to in- clude three sentences about it. The Unionist cry is still The Union" Home Rule still blocks the way. To Home Rule the Liberal Premier makes no sort of refer- ence. The suggestion is that it is left out of the Cabinet's calculations. But the line of attack is first upon the works of the late Government; there is much to repair. That was class legislation, and by the enormous expenditure involved industry is burdened, enterprise is restricted, workmen are thrown out of employment, and the poorer classes are straitened still further in their circumstances." Of Tariff Reform, the remedy of Unionists, he con- ceives the essence to be taxes for private beneficiaries. Any other aspect than Pro- tection, to his view, is little more than a nominal phase in the contest." Now we, says Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in conclusion, desire to secure those social and economic reforms which have been too long delayed." While people in town were shocked by the news of the death of Lord Ritchie, it was recalled by those who saw him in the last session of Parliament that he looked very far from his old self. His death seems the more tragic because it follows with such swiftness on the reward of a long and earnest political career. It has seen its dramatic episodes, too, since Mr. Ritchie, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, resigned in the October of 1903, as the first intimation of the divi- sions in the Cabinet which Fiscal reform created at that time. Mr. Austen Chamber- lain then became Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Ritchie had repealed the corn tax and reduced the Income Tax; and to him we owe also County Councils and the Black List.. His amendments, too, to the Factories Act made it of real service. The death of his wife last year was a blow which aged him greatly. The seat in the Lords, which he was destined never to fill, is now taken by his son. Will politics ever be taken seriously? It is not only in the provinces-at Mr. Bal- four's and Mr. Chamberlain's meetings— that speakers are refused a hearing. Be- fore the Ballot Act, when a candidate had to get his opponent shouted down before he himself could hold forth from the hustings in the market place, such an item might be found in the return of candidates' election expenses as To the employment of 200 men to obtain a hearing, £ 460." Properly, half a century should separate us from times like that. Yet meetings are broken up to-day. I looked in at one evening meeting which was being held in the midst of a working-class population. I saw the motor- brougham standing at the door, with an election card bearing brightly-coloured Union Jacks lying in the nickel-silver in- terior of the lamp behind the delicate elec- tric lights, and I went in to see how the owner was faring. He was in excellent temper; so, too, were his audience; but there was a babel in the place which sug- gested the corn market at the busiest hour, and it was out of the question to decide which voice came from the platform. There cannot be much use in such political meetings. This reminds me there is a considerable demand for motors in town for electioneering purposes. Not only is there a demand for hired vehicles, but a large number are be- ing purchased outright. Candidates can- not themselves hire cars to convey voters to the polls. Hired cars can only be used personally by candidates or their agents, but the candidate's friends hire motor-cars by the week or month. From twenty-five to thirty guineas per week is the average sum charged for the hire of a car. The chauffeur is supplied, but the hirer must pay for the oil and petrol and the keep of the chauffeur. A 20-h.p. car can be hired for S80 a month, the hirer paying all road expenses and maintaining" the chauffeur. The Car has the names of no fewer than 298 candidates who have promised their assistance in matters relat- ing to motor-car legislation. For purposes of revenue there is good news from the Inland Revenue Surveyor of Taxes Department. The total revenue from Income Tax for the year ending April 5th is likely to be far in excess of the most hopeful estimate. This is due in great measure to the restless activity and exhaustive inquiries of the surveyors of taxes. These have searched out in all directions incomes on which too little has hitherto been paid, and, though the tax has not yet been made to yield all that it might, there are considerably fewer eva- sions, it is claimed, and of a less serious kind, than there were some time ago. Mr. Coningsby Disraeli having, on a New Year's card to his constituents, used the emblem of a crown, Lord Knollys wrote that the King deprecates the in- troduction of his name, or of emblems ap- pertaining to him, in political posters or placards." Instead of kissing the rod, Mr. Disraeli claims that he has a perfect right to use the emblem. "I have," he says, "a perfect right to put that crown on my card, seeing that it was my great ancestor who put an Imperial crown on the throne." It is possible, as a contemporary reminds Mr. Disraeli, that the next communication he receives from the King's private secretary tnay be less moderate in tone.

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THE GENERAL ELECTION. POINTS FROM THE PLATFORMS. MR. CHAMBERLAIN OX TARIFFS. Mr. Chamberlain, speaking in East Birming. ham on Saturday night in support of Sir Ben- jamin Stone's candidature, said that, as to the question of Home Rule, he disliked the idea of a British Government which was absolutely under the control of the enemies of the country. All the members of the present Ministry had avowed their adherence to the Home Rule principles of Mr. Gladstone, and, having done that, they were- trying to deceive the electors by saying that Homo Rule was a bogey. The distress from which the country was suffering was due prac- tically to one thing only—want of employment. The only remedy was in new and increased mar- kets, and for these markets all the other nations, were fighting us, not with arms, but with tariffs. He and those who agreed with him were tired of this state of things, and, if the working men would give them a mandate, they would put a. stop to it. The protection of labour was just as- much opposed to Free Trade as the protection of goods, and he ought to have the support of every trade unionist. After insisting that pauperism was much greater than it was ten. twenty, or, he- fancied, thirty years ago, Mr. Chamberlain con- cluded by reiterating that, as long as they had system of free imports, they could not hope for any change in the situation as regarded unem- ployment. "THE ONLY REMEDY." Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was the principal speaker on Monday night at a great meeting- helcf in the Theatre Royal, Wednesbury, in furtherance of the candidature of Mr. A. Bird. Acknowledging a resolution expressing apprecia- tion of his distinguished services to the Empire, the right hon. gentleman insisted that Fiscal reform was the primary issue before the country, the only remedy for unemployment, and an un- failing means for which the real unity of the Empire could be established. Towards the end of his speech Mr. Chamberlain toiu hed upon the Home Rule question. He said the Cabinet was composed of gentlemen who were more or less- pledged to Home Rule, and he agreed with Mrs. Poyser, who, in "Adam 13ede," said that she was not going to set the cat to take care of the milk. For his part he was not willing to set a Government of Home Rulers to protect the Union. MR. BRYCE ON HOME RULE. Mr. James Bryce, speaking to his constituents- in South Aberdeen on Monday night, said: The Irish people ought to get a far larger share of the management of their affairs to produce con- fidence in the law and make them feel that the Government of Ireland was their Government in the same sense as the British Government wa& the Government of the British people. That could be safely, moderately, and temperately done, and it was for that he was going to- Ireland. MR. JOHN MORLEY ON LABOUR. Mr. John Morley, replying on Saturday at- Arbroath to a deputation of representatives of the Labour and Socialist parties, pointed out that a proposal to supplement the rates by Ex- chequer grants to provide work for the unem- ployed meant simply taking money out of the- ratepayer's pocket. Labour was, no doubt, one essential to the production of wealth, but it was not the only essential; capital was equally neces- sary. If, as he had gathered from what they said, the deputation really meant that the State was bound to provide work at a standard wage for every man for whom private enterprise failed to furnish it, he ventured to tell them that he- thought that an unsound and dangerous pro- position. AN "ECONOMIC BLUNDER." Mr. Morley, addressing the Alontrose electors' on Monday night, asked them if they were going to pull down the bronze statues of Joseph Hume and Sir Robert Peel in their market-place and substitute two others of brass to the men who- would reverse the Fiscal policy of the last sixty years. He pointed to the latest trade returns for a refutation of the assertion that our trade was going to ruin. He urged the electors to think carefully before they joined in an economic blunder which would bring distress to every hearth and be an evil example to all the world. LORD ROTHSCHILD'S FISCAL ATTI- TUDE. Lord Rothschild, speaking at Watford, said he had never made it a secret that he was himself a Free Trader. He objected strongly to any taxa- tion of the food of the people. He went even further. He could never understand how, with our peculiar situation in this island, we could build up Protective tariffs. But, having said this much, he must also say that he was person- ally in favour of negotiation, not to use the word Retaliation. They all remembered the advan- tages of the treaty which Cobden made with France, but there were two. recent instances of treaties negotiated by Lord Lansdowne with Roumania and Bulgaria, by which Lancashire goods were now admitted to those countries at much lower tariffs than hitherto existed. MR. BIRRELL'S EDUCATIONAL DESIRES. Speaking at Bristol on Saturday night, Mr. Birrell said he desired to see in all schools simple religious Christian teaching, simple elementary Christian Bible New Testament teaching. One had t'j bo very careful to use all right words in view of recent criticism. He was anxious not to divorce education from the religious feelings c-f the people, and was willing to give facilities for denominational teachings-not at the expense of the ratepayers on school premises, where they were satisfied it was the wish of the parents—at- tendance not to be compulsory. He did not want to separate secular education altogether from the religious instincts of the people. MR. CHURCHILL DEFENDS FREE TRADE. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Accring- ton, declared that the subservience of the late Government to the great capitalist interests had helped to bring it disaster. For instance, the brewers said to Mr. Balfour: "Now then, none of your nonsense; the election day is not far off, and meanwhile we are not going to have your magistrates taking away our licences, and so. on." As a result there was the Licensing Act, a measure which had been opposed by all the moderate temperance people of this country. If upon the top of these two facts, the decline of the power of the Commons and the subservi- ence to capitalist interests, we had superimposed the vast incubus of Protection, did they think we should ever stand erect in health or welfare again? The first set of tariffs would probably be framed in the interests of the country; that he quite admitted; but the second would be framed in the interests of the political party, and the thing would gradually become worse and worse, until bribery, corruption, and all the other evils which followed Protectionism would reign supreme. (Cheers.) MR. BALFOUR ON CHINESE LABOUR AND HOME RULE. Mr. Balfour addressed two meetings in East Manchester on Monday night. At the first he dealt at length with the question of Chinese labour, declaring that no greater crime had been commljtted bv the members of the present Government than the pretensions they made on this subject, and that they did not intend to- alter the existing system, because they dare not. At the second meeting, Mr. Balfour said that unquestionably the price to be paid by the Government for Irish support was something in respect of the government of Ireland which would be a step in the direction of Mr. Glad- stone's Bill. In regard to the Fiscal question, his doctrine was not that of protection, or of imposing duties to bolster up manufactures which were dying; but he did complain that we were not using our power of influencing the commercial legislation of other and competing countries. MR. ASQUITH'S REMEDY FOR POVERTY. Mr. Asquith, "speaking at Huddersfield, said' that if time were given them, the Government would amend the Trades Disputes Bill and ex- tend the Workmen's Compensation Act. Pro- tection was no panacea for unemployment. Education first, and then temperance and land reform, and public economy would be dealt with by the new Government as remedies for poverty and unemployment. LORD LANSDOWNE ON ELECTION ISSUES. Lord Lansdowne, addressing a mass meeting of Unionists at the Free Trade Hall, Man- chester, on Monday night, held that the late Premier was justified in resigning when he did, and said that there were really three issues to- be decided at the coming election—whether the electorate preferred the promises of the new to the performances of the late Government; whether they were satisfied with the views of tha Cabinet on Home Rule; and, finally, which of the two views of the Fiscal question was the! more reasonable.

Anonymous letters sent to the N.S.P.C.C. led to the postponement of the funeral of James W. Stinchcombe, a Bristol boy, for a week. The doctor found that death was due to pneum mia. and meningitis, accelerated by general neglect. Mr. James Lawless, who before the railway era was known all over the West of England aa the driver of the Quicksilver coach conveying the royal mails, was on Saturday buried at- Exeter. where he was a DODular hotel nronriatar.