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The Corner Column The word "strike" makes London people ieol co(a)ld. "Fare Id." reads a large sign in- Mdo a showman's window in UnioLi- limit. Step this way," says a poster. Well, we do not usually walk upon our hands » Poter Pan-pipes at the Grand every wening. (At least, the orchestra dotib the real workt. # "Contemplation without action, is as treeless as action without contempla- tion is rash.Sir J. T. 1), Llewelyn. Mr. W. H. Kuming, who is com- ing to Swansea next week, is an old Swansea boy. It is a case of Kuming cum-ing back. # To raise money always, but never row," is one of the main duties of a i.M.C.A. secretary, according to an article in the local "Record # M. Ved nines is to re-organise the aerodrome at San Steia.no, Turkey. He will evidently soon be the delight of Turkey, or in other words the Turkish Delight, A humber of Jilnglish sailors are about to visit the French Fleet at Cherbourg. No doubt the guests are at present feeling a bit dubious about the "grub. The n-ord vacuum has sometimes been misconstrued. It was Mr. Schu- bert, tile American impresario, who once renin? ked: "That man Vacuum imirt have wode a fortune out of LLib cleaner." Ne-w J P.'s who want to put in a Weekly visit at the Police Court, but do not want to stay long, should make a note ot Saturday morning. There were no cases on the Borough sheat again to-day. :8 Teacher: "What part of speech is zi-ot' ? Boy: "An adverb of navigation, BIT. (Was the boy thinking of knot or Jiegationr'). "lVe found Swansea one of the dirtiest places on earth," says Mr. H. A Ay tor- J ones, one of the (ajn bridge L'niversitv men w ho recently conducted missionary campaign in tins town. &'Jt then, you see, they don't work at Cambridge. Mr. J. C. Hill, tho veterinary in- spector to the Llanelly Borough Couti- j tUl. l^ advocating the re-buildiug ot tin; i •daaighter-hou-p, which .lie likens to Noah's Ark. But we always under- stood that the Ark had the most won- derful accommodation for animaJs ever known. I A boa-titifully carved model of a tramoar, with motive power and elec- tric light, and complete in every (la- tail, even to the movable backs of the seats on top made by a, 16 vear old boy, named A. A. Stephens, is a feature of the hobbies examination in connection with the Swansea Grammar School. Mr. Tbomas Jones, M.A., lfiec. to the Welsh insurance Commission, <atwed roars of laughter at the Gram- mar School prize distribution by allud- ing to his scholastic failures, and say- ing that he was "a shining example of how not to do it.' Everyone agrees that Mr. W. T. Pari- has proved himself a thorough fiuocess as president of the Swansea Chamber of Oommerce during the past year. He has thrown himself whole- heartedly and enthusiastically into the work, and retires with a record of which the Chamber is proud. In a oopv of the "Morning Adver- tiser," Mr.. E. J. Johnson, the temper- ance missionary, found 14 advertise- ments of brtywers and licenced victual- lers who wanted teetotallers. Then he "bought a copy of the "Daily Tele- graph," but failed to find in either of these journals a single advertisement of a porkputcher who wanted a veget- aria.n I When a considerable increase in the cost of coffins used at tho Isle of Wight Workhouse was reported at the Ouardians' meeting yesterday, a mem- ber said: It's very bilrd upon life'e way, To make ends meet we try; But after what we hear to-day It's very dear to die Sf- & ;'9 Mr. Frank Wild., who lectures on c The South Pole" at the Y.M.C.A. next Thursday, has been selected for the responsible position of second-in-com- mand of the British Antarctic expedi- tion, which will soon set out for the exploration of those inhospitable regions He was with Capt. Scott on his first expedition, and has just returned from the Atitarcitic. TO-DAY'S STORY. I A good story is told to-day about Mrs. Asquitb. She was, so it is related, re- turning lately from a shopping expedi- tion and hailed a taxi. Getting in, she gave the order No. 10, Downing Street." But the taxi driver had taken women fares to Downing Street before. Instead of lowering the flag he cams down from his seat, opened the doer and remarked brusquely: Come out of it. Downing Street Not if I' know it. You'll have to" get someone else for this little job. young woman."

FINE FEATHERS. I THEY DO NOT ALWAYS MAKE FINE t BIRDS. I CAUSTIC CRITICISMS. I Some subjects, like Tennyson's book, go on for ever, and yet do noit lose their interest, because they affect I everyone. Both sexes are discussing the fashions in which women are now in- dulging, and Prebendary Webster, the well-known preacher and social worker, has given his view in no uncertain words. "I feel that I do not like to see ladies exposing so much of their necks ?' Pe tol(i and upper pan of their body/' tie tola a contemporary's representative. I thrnk," he added, the fashion of an open front for a dress in the open-air is ridiculous." Actress Interviewed. 1 Miss Phyllis Dare agrees with the rector with regard to the extremes of fashion. Some women dress so grotesquely," she said, "that they do not look like women at all. They are hideous when they copy the exaggera- ted pictures of Paris fashions, al- though they would be very charming if they modi^ fied them. It is the same with clothes as in all thing.s-to be really smart women musit practise moderation. "It is disgusting to see skirts slit up at the sides and the decolleteg neck in the streets, and in my opinion many women forget that in Paris itself the best classes do not imitate the fashion plates." Rev. F. B. Meyer. The Rev. F. B. Meyer views the fashions with very real sorrow. "I suppose the first thought, with many of us when we nieet. a girl who affects the r^odent style is pity," he said. "It seems to mo a craze which will expend itself in time, and I don't wish to impute any other motive. It will ceria inly bo a gain to the whole community when the present, fashions? arc exchanged for a more beautiful and wholesome style.

DANCED BEFORE CARDINAL j —— -1 HOW THE ARGHBISHOP 05 PARIS I SAW í hE ïANGù. The Cri do Paris," discussing tho prohibition of the tango by Cardinal Cardinal expressed a wish to see it, in order to decide whether or net it should be banned. Thereupon a young Prai- lady, tlv daughter of an academician who, the journal says, is popular equally with in Parliament, and under the dome af th > Institute, spec-daily learnt the tango in order to dance it bcioro the prelate.

POLITICAL. DUELLIST. I COUNT TISlA RECEIVES ANOTHER I CHALLENGE. It is refoi ted that Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, has received a challenge to a duct from Here Desi, a deputy, for whom two other members of Parliament acted as seconds. Herr Dcsi some months u-o made revelations of corruption in connection with tho 8ait monopoly, which paid large sums to the Government party funds, and this Led to the resignation of the then Promi?r, Herr Lukaos. .H?-cutly Count Tis/.a made a sharp attack on Herr Desi, declaring that ?tI man who brought charges against an- other's honour without full proof should hide his head. The Premior fought three duels Jast year, defeating his opponent each time.

NEARLY MARRIED BROTHER. ITALIAN GIRL MAKES A TERRIBLE BIS^OsERY. A tragic story is told by the Milan correspondent of the "Expi-es,), Mario Melons until recently em- ployed as a. governess by a wetlthy family., discovered on ttio eve of her wedding that the man she was 'about to marry w-a-s her own brother. The young woman, who as a child of five had been deserted by her parents, had been educated in an orphanage at Perugia. While spending a holiday at Sassari, she met a young man, who fell in love with her aud followed her to Milan. It was only on the church registers being examined by the parish priest, who was struck by a resemblance be- tween the bride and bridegroom, that- their relationship was revealed. The brother went to the hotel where he was staying, and shot himself. His injuries, however, were not fatal. The girl has expressed her intention of becoming a nun.

LOCAL IW. ArOS. Mr. F. N. White, H.M.I, of Mines, Newport, and formerly of Swansea, who during the last 18 month s has been suffering from spinal complaint, is now- lying in Mr. Brooks' Nflrsing Home, Swansea, where we understand ail operation will be performed. Since his removal to Swansea Mr. White has been .seen by Sir William Osier, tho eminent specialist. Mr. White, who went to Newport a year ago, visited Swansea during last summer and stayed with his mother- in-law, Mrs. Christopher James, but he wa's laid up during tho whole of that period. Mr. D. W. A. Saunders, civil engineer, who has for nearly two months beeen seriously ill with pleurisy and pneu- monia, with complications, is now making splendid progress towards re- covery.

PREFERRED WIDOWS! I Two old-age pensioners aged 75 have married at Marlborough. The bridegroom, Andrew Goodship, haH previously been married four tunes ■—thvicf- to widows—and the bride, Ann Middleton, had been married twice teforn.

THE M L.TANTS.. THE M:.TANTS.. I GLASGOW THE SCENE OF THEIR LATEST OiiTRAiiE. BOMB EXPLOSION t A startling suffragette outrages oc- ■ curred early this morning in Hillhead, the fashionable district of Glasgow. A loud explosion, followed by the noise of smashing glass, awoke the residents, and an investigation by the police showed that an attempt had been made to blow up the Kibble Palace, a con- servatory in the .botanical Gardens. The palace is a huge glass structure, and while going his rounds in the garden a watchman was surprised to see a ligiiL at the wall of the conservatory. On closer examination it turned out to be a fuse attached to a bomb. He cut the fuse and extinguished the light, and was taking away the bomb when a second bomb, concealed near the build- I ing, exploded, smashing twenty-seven panes of glass. The watchman had a miraculous j escape. Footprints of females were found in the gardens, but the depre- dators had decamped. An empty box lying against the wall enabled the women to escape.

PROPER WATER SUPPLY. I LLANDYSSUL COUNCIL NOT SATISFIED Win, ABtR-f.NK iiEJ.. Open to surface pollution and con- tamination by animals," such was the description which Dr. J. Powell (medi- cal officer) at the Llandyssul Council gave of the well from which the inhab- itants and school children of Aberbank got their drinking water. It was sup- ported by the sanitary inspector. Dr. Jenkins (a member) stated that the landlord—Sir Marteine Lloyd, Bart. —was prepared to give a substantial sum towards a good scheme. It was decided to get a proper system of water supply.

THE STOKE AGE. I REMARKABLE DISCOVERY MADE IN liALY. A telegram from iRomo .states that a burial-place oi the rttone Age has just, heen found by Professor Dail Osso, of Ancona., in tho Vaiie Vibrata (pro- "ineB of Altruxzi). The- bodies are not buried, but are all laid in small cabins containing from two to eight each, and are ranged on either sido of these lit do huts on low plaUorms loping tr/wardo tho centre. Attitude of Prayer. I With- a single exception tne rnomes all rest on one side. With the knees drawn up, and it is assumed that the dead were placed in this position to give them the attitude ot prayer in tneir ieath chamber, ior it nas bcuii established that the custom of pi-a-yina, one one's knees was already in exist- ence iu the Stoue Age in Egypt. In one of the cabins, almost in the centre of the group, there are no bodies, but a big circular hearth, around which it. is assumed, from the quantities ot bones of animals and fragments of broken earthenware pots around it, the funeral banquets wero held. I Civilisation. 1 The oniects lounct in the camns witn the bodies have remarkable importance from the arclnelogical point of view, as they prove the existence of a degree ot civilisation, especially as regtyds. vases and such utensils, never hitherto ob- served in the Neolithic age.

RUMOURS DISPOSED OF. CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO CAUSES OF fAfALITY. At the Alexandra Chapel School- room, Swansea, on Saturday, tho Deputy Coroner (Mr. Glyn Morris), con- ducted an inquest touoning the death of Mary Elisabeth Thomas (Ij), mar- ried, who died at the Swansea. Hospital as the result of burns Thomas Thomas, a afceelworker, em- ployed at Messrs. Baldwins, residing at 18, Washington-terrace, Landore, gave evidence o; identification. He had been working nights, and while in bed on Wednefcday morning he hoard his ,.vjf(- ,e!,ea))iii.Lg E.1-io was on fire. lie, immediately got up and s&w her in flames. A doctor was summoned, and 1 his wite was eonveyed to the hospital. Dr. Gabe, Swansea HoGpital, aid do- ceased was suffering from extensive burns on the body and limbs; she died from shock. Mrs. Sarah Waters, la, Washington- terrace Suai sea, spoke to being called in on the lught in question. Witness helped to put oils "n the deceased, who was carried into the house of witness. The woman did not wear any flannel- ctto Rumour Disposed Of. The Coroner sam that thero were rumours that the deceased* and her husband bad been oa bad terms, but there was no evidence to fit that out. The husband in fact, had been burned himself whilst endeavouring to ex- tinguish the Haines. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned, and sympathy was ex- pressed with the relatives. The Coroner al50 associated himself with the vote of svmpathy.

HOSPITAL ACKNOWLECCMENT. We arc asked to publish tho following acknowledgment: — The Secretary of the Swansea Hospital ask now ledges with sincere thanks the receipt of f-25 from Messrs." J. and F. Ibbot-son, woollen merchants, Sheffield, in recognition of the treat- ment given to one of their employes at the Hospital.

SUBMARINE'S ESCAPE. The submarine Coulomb was fouled I by a steam barge in the harbour at Toulon (says Heuter), The submarine dived at once. Help was immediately organised, but the submarine returned to her station at the dockyard under her own ppAver. She was found to be I slightly damaged.

LONDON STRIKE. —■ i ——• NO COAL PERMITS FOR THE HOSPITALS. INDUSTR AL TROUBLE SPREADING RAP¡iJL Y. 0" WA4 IS DECLARED I" The London industrial trouble has assumed grave proportions, and, it is feared, may grow graver still if a settle- ment be nob arrived at speedily. The position may be briefly summar- ised as ioiioix-s:- Thirteen thousand coal porters and carriers struck work, demanding Id. a ton extra lui iuuu:  Id. a ton extra ior c?i'mig. 14?. a ton extra for cwt. sacks. Fifty tnousand members of the I Vehicle WorKers' Union are demand ing a sympathetic strike. Sir Ec;w;ud Cornwall, M.P., head of a large arm of coal merchants, has con- ceue<l the extra penny for handling coal. Ahout ock),inen are affected. Tc-day a great augmentation of the trouble took place, when 100,000 rcfn employed in the building trade were "locked out" because, acting on the instructions from their oificials, backed up by the support of the Parliamentary Committee ol the Trade Union Con- gress, they refuse to sign the employ- ers' undertaking to work with non- union labour under the penalty of a 20s. fine, to be deducted from their wages. ————— .————. THE HOSPITALS. I Strikers, New Attitude. Yesterday the coal strikers took up a new attitude. They declined, although! expressing "every sympathy" with! the sick and suffering, to grant a llowing coal to be carried to the hospitals. "That is firing on the Red Cross," said one hospital official. Pathetic scenes were witnessed at the strikers' office yesterday afternoon. when Representatives of hospitals and other institutions pleaded ior per- mits to bring coal. The reply in each case was the same IVar is decl;ii-W,. Exciting Scenes. Co,t l bein- Coal being needed at Wellington) Barracks,, contingents of Guardsmen' drove to the Somers Town depot with, a mounted escort. Th-v sokhers loaded) their wagons n.nd drove away without! 11 t il-e ] same locality there were exciting j scenes later in the day, several lorries in charge of amateur carmen being stopped by strikers and the coal hags thrown into the street. Many carts were taken from the Somers Town and Kentish Town d-epots under police escort. Medical students, in hospital smocks, clerks, commercial travellers, and sale-s- men were among the amateur loaders and carmen, whoso, work was watched with critical interest by crowds of strikers. I WHO'S WHO. I Men Who are Running Things. I Mr. J. C. Lockett.—Chairman of the Society of Coal Merchants and the central figure on the masters' ,Úde. He is a partner in the firm of Messrs. 1"iett and J?dkin? of 3, Fen- church-avonue, E .C. Mr. Joe Hopkins.—Chairman of the Coal Porters' Union, and the leader on the men's side. Mr. Will GoOtroy.-General organiser of the Vehicie Workers' LTniori, which has arrived at an agreement with the Coal Porters.' Union by which no out- tside carmen will be allowed to touch the loading or cartage of coal during: the strike. Mr. S. March.—Secretary of the Car- men's (TniollJ which has entered upon a friendly co-operation with the Coal Porters' Union. Sir George Askwith.-Offcially known as the Chief Industrial Commis- sioner, but a much familiar designa- tion is "the "cc iraker." Has acted successfully as arbitrator and conciliator in many industrial dis- putes. I I LATEST NEWS. LONDON, Saturday Afternoon. The strike of coal porters in London continues. The men's committee is meeting to consider whether men in the employ of Sir Edwin Cornwall, who has conceded the men's demands and re- signed from the Coal Merchants' Society, should be allowed to resume work. A men's official this morning stated that if the strike continued it was quite possible that the members of the Iran- sport Workers' Federation would come out. At Somer's Town coal depot this morning, 700 tons of coal were cleared out of the yard for hospitals, infirmaries and other pubLc institutions, as well as for private business firms. The load- ing was done by medical students for tho hospitals, and widiers were lIard at work in another portion or tlje yard lookng after the requirements of the various barracks. Quantities of coal were loaded on to taxi-cabs and private motor cars for removal.

I BUT NO ONE WAS tWRT. A severe earthquake shock has caused great damage at JÆpanto. Three houses and part of the fortress were wrecked, and practically every house in the town shows signs of damage. No one was injured.

"TO SUCH BASE USES-" A concession has been granted by the! Colonial Government for the use of 1,000,000-h.p. water-power at. Grand Falls, Labrador, for the generation of electricity, which will be used to ex- tract nitrogen from the atmosphere for Ube aii a fertiliser. <

A NEN CiEiJA. NOVEL,IES TO BE fSOOJCED IN SWANSEA. I "DANCE OF uE JH." I The forthcoming Swansea visit of the Moody Manners Grand Upera Company, who are due at the Grand Theatre on Monday, Feb. 9th, tor a week's stay, is creating universal interest locally, be- cause of tho novelties which 'they in- tend to introduce. A special attraction will be the pro- Ii duction oi Kienzi's opera "Der Kuiirei- gen, which, under its English tilio of the "Dance of Death" was played for the first time last night in Liverpool, when the Moody Manners i.'e>iupany produced it. Swansea will be the second town in tho kingdom iu which it will be seen. The musical critic of the "Times" deals thus with the opera:— "Der Kulireigeu" (the Ranz des V aches), is based on a story of the French Revolution, the scene being laid j in Paris and Versailles in 1792-3. The moLive and original title of the opera ar? taken from the Swiss (,,a?tle--calls, known as "Kuhreigen" or "Kuhrei- hen," folk-tunes very intimately as- sociated with the Swiss vaileys. On their appeal to Swiss patriotism is founded the motive of the plot, which may be thus briefly summarised. Tne Swiss Guard of the French Kiligs, I whose loyalty to their employers is his- torical, were found to become so home- sick on hearing the strains of the "Kuhreigen" that they were often brought by it to desert the ranh and return to their Swis? homes, so that the French Government found it neces- sary to prohibit these songs on pain of death. I Tho story proceeds to deal with the) execution of aristocrats during the Revolution, and the unfortunate victims, awaiting their turn, join in a I', minuet, "The Dance of Death." The music is not pretentious, but it is -ififcicnt; it is continuous, well sus- tained, and often reaches a considerable height or dramatic expression. Thero is, too, a southern warmth of melody I that is welcome and culianee.t> the emotional feeling, as well as great vigour. A weakness from an artistic i point of view, but an element in the probable success of the opera, j.6 to be found in the set lyrical pieces that are scattered here and there. On the other hand, there are ensembles which are freely and dramatically treated, yet, with a lightness of toi. Vi that is quite' in accord with the general character of I the work. The Programme. The following operas will be stagedl during the weoek. Monday, "Mari- fcania" Tuesday, "Carmea"; Wednes- day, "Romeo and Juliet" (first time in Swansea); Thursday, "Puritan's Daughter" (first time); Friday, "Dance of Death" (first time in Wales); Satur- day matinee, "Elijah," evening, "Bohemian GirL"

VOTES FOR MOTHERS. I CANADIAN h' SUGGESTS AN I ORIGINAL IDEA. The Ottawa correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that Mr. E. N. Lewis, a Conservative member of Par- liament gave notice yesterday of the introduction of a Bill, gra.nt.ng suffrage to women with the restriction that only mothers should be allowed to vote. The Bill is based on the principle of "no babies, no ballots." ■" <

SKETTY WOMAN'S DEATH. VERDICT OF NATURAL CAUSES AT I LOCAL INQUEST. Tre Deputy Coroner (Mr. Glyn Morris) conducted a.n inquest at the; Alexandra-road "Chapel schoolroom, i Swansea, on Saturday, touching the death of Elizabeth Clark Tulley (5:2), of 25, Coedsseson Crescent, who died suddenly on Friday. Mr. Samuei Joseph Tuliy, checker, the husband of deceased, j§ive evidence of identification. His w.fc, he said, had suffered with a werjc heart ever since she had rheumatic iever about 20 years ago. She complained of pains! in the cnest on the day in question, and gradually she grow worse. Witness fetched a doctor, but the woman passed away. Dr. Ed. Morgan, Sketty, visited the house after death. The woman, in his! opinion, died from heart faihire. A verdict was given accordingly.

?THE AND PA1,0i.E.  I  —— 11110,400 FOR LISH MBTY AND I I.L.P. • In the Court of Session at Edinburgh to-day, couuaci were neam in the case brougiiio to determine questions ansmg under the testamentary writings of au Ku.mou.r?n I't?y, \L l\.ip?n. J.lle vr.tings purported to bequeath to .?c??i'k. J ùllH and %'?ilLam Rcumond. of the Irish Naiitmanst Party, and Mr. Keir Hardie, oi the Independent Labour Party, estate valued at i-0,000. I s ivippeivs heirs challenged, the writings, and maintained that they were ineffectivo Lord Cuhen remarked that the be- que.st seemed to be to Messrs. Redmond per^onaxiy, and not to the Nationalist Party. Lord Dundas said that in this case they might decide w-kether tho Messrs. Redmond were to get luuf of the estate, but they could not decide what-was tf become of the money after that. Counsel for the hen's attaeke-d the will on the ground that it was urfin- j telligible and contrad-etory in its terms. I The Court decided that the will j effectively cut out the heirs of Miss Kippen. and that half of the estate went to Mr. Kcir Hardie, as repre- senting the Independent Labour Party, and the other half to Messrs. Redmond, of the Nationalist Irish Party. The Courit refused to consider whether the Nationalist party had any legal in- terest in the funds. That was a ques- tion which might arise elsewhere.

THE CANIEEN CASE, I FWO aa.E CEmiDAfiTS TO B £ S?t??E? COINSE L'S CONTEN i "ON. I COJNSEL'S C?TEN.m I The case against eight Army and eignt civilian ueienuanis in connection with "caciuetn scandal" was re- sumed at iiow-s<t;reet Ponce Court to- day. Mr. Muir (prosecuting), mentioned two additional attendants whom, lie said, summonses would be issued— L,,OUL.-UOI. i(>rmetly ot the 2nci liorks Lignt infantry, and James Lions Ness, lormvriy Messrs. Lipton's manager at Malta. The chief docu- ment against the defendants wouie be a, lotler from Ness mentioning Mi- L?ke-r's request for a &ix-iu<Ni?dy cheque and the ?euding of £ 150. Dealing with defendants generally, Mr. Mmr s?id two clas?os 01 Honorable men were chaj:g??d with crimina? otioiicos its tile resuilt of the system car ried out under the orders of persons controlling Lipton's canteens. The persons primarily lespcnsiule for this lamentable position were, he submit- ted, the defendants Milito and Cans- fielid, who had compelled their servants to tempt brave, distinguished men to sell their honour for money. This state of things originated with Minto, who was t.110 directing mind in Lipton's can- teens. Counsel submitted that Minto carried on a wholesale system of organised bribery openly and frankly. Dealing with the War Office Enquiry, Mr. Muir said that in August last, after Causneld had given some evi- dence, Lipton's solicitor announced to the Enquiry Committee that no further evidence would be given by any of Lip- ton's sen-ants—a significant with- drawa l, counsel remarked. Evidence was given regarding Whit- taker's account in Cox's Bank, and as I to Liptons registration. The case was adjourned till Friday next. I

ARIMY INCREASE. I SCHEME OF T. E FRENCH WAR I MINISTER. As a result of the reorganisation and increase of the French Army reeently voted by Parliament, the Minister of War has drawn up a scheme which (says the "Chronicle,") provides for a largo addition to the artillery. I It is proposed under this scheme to create four new regiments off field ar- tillery, 16 batteries oi horse artillery, and six battalions of engineers. I

__n_. MISSING ENGLISH LADY. I Renter stales that the report that I the hodv of Mrs. Alaria Hill, who a fortnight ago set out to climb a moun- tain on the Italian frontier, and who ■ has not since been heard of, has been found in a mutilated condition near a village on the Italian &1dc, proves to be incorrect. I

TESTLATE COXFF.B.ENCE. South Wales linplato makers are considering proposit i ta make pool throughout trade, important meet- jw. bo held Swansea on Mon- cj to:) decid matter. Haif-iime Score: DCNVANT 11 -1 «''jopped goal GilG\"ESZ:CD II.—Nil. .VTH.—2 "ri" LLANEILV—i c-n. goal. AivliMANFOJiil}—2 converted goals !"■ ON XARI'A Y/E—N li. LLANELLY—3 goals,- S li i-.lMERHlLL—N il. Score— SWANSEA—2 cca. goals, 1 dropped goal 1 try. NEWPORT—Nil. Final Socro- SWANSEA TOWN- 1 goal. OSWESTRY—1 goal. Swansea Mercantile C h, Ltd. 18, PARK STREET, SWANSEA, MAKE CASH ADVANCES DAILY from f,10 to £ 1,000. No Charge Uuless Business Dona. Bills Discounted. Strir-tly Private And Confi- dential. For further particulars, apply H. B. JONES, Managing Director.

THE FRENCH PRETENDER. BIRTH OF AN HEIR TO PRINCE VICTOR NAPOLEON. Princess Victor Napoleon ga,ve birth to a son at Bruges yesterday, who will he called loiiie SSpoleon, after his god- father Prine. Louis Napoleon, < Russian general. The god-mother is til be the Queen-Mother of Italy. Prince Victor received the following message from Mr. R. H. Rudelle. the general secretary of the French Bona- paitiwt 1011 We are full of joy at receiving the happy news oi the birth of a son to your Imperial Highness, and we beg to send respectful felicitations. May our vows find in this land of exile, where his father has been so unjustly cast, that Napoleonic hope of French de- mocracy and a symbol of national greatness in the heir of the great name with which the nation can be honoured. Pi nee Vicor Napoleon is the head of the house of Bonaparte, and a pretehder to the throne of France. He married Princess Clementine of Belguim in 1910, and a daughter was born to them in 1912..

I GRAND Theatre, G RA D Theatre, SWANSEA. NEXT WEEK. Alban B. Limpus Company j IN THE I WONDERFUL PLAY BELLA fllgPv DON NA. Sir George Alexander's Greatest Success. M s STEPHEN T. EWART, illi|V j £ ?j§P MARY FORRESTER, And Star Company. IL Seats may now be booked at G. H Brader's, 17, Heathfield Street. II Stephen T. Ev;art. Tel. No. 291 Central. B III III miII■ f

SIR DAVID GILL. I MAN WHO HELPED TO CATAL03LE THE STARS. Sir David Gill, K.C.B., late Astronomer-Royal at the Cape, died in London this morning. Deceased, who was born in 1843, held many scientific distinctions, tie was born at Aberdeen, and graduated at the University there. Devoting him- self to the studv of astronomy, he took a prominent part in many expeditions j oi' observation, and was for a time en- gaged in the making of a. pli-otogi- catalogue of the stars. He was also engaged in important colonial survey work, and was the author of numerous scientific works. It would require almost t small volume to enumerate the distinctions which were conferred upon Sir David at one timo or another. He was a, voluminous writer on scientific subjects.