The Cambria Daily Leader

.1 ? i PAWNBROKING BY POSl The great advantage of doing: busfmm through the post is secrecy. No persona are the wiser, only the parties directly interested. Advances made on all kinds ei jewellery, diamonds, deeds, Ac,, at the j lowest rate of interest. Cash returned im- v mediately on receipt of goods. All you j need do is to pack any gold. eilTer. or other I articles, and ae, T, ti it by registerld poet tIO S. SHIBKC Pawnbroker, 78, BROADWAY, CARDIFF. tistabliabed 1870.

TheCornerColumn i The All Blacks put paid to the Cobblers' account. "Little Chance" by its double event at Clyne, proved a jolly good obanoe. The latest of all poisons w aero- plane poison, for it only takes one drop to kill a man. # :1= "Keep Smiling," "Not Likely two of the latest revues at the Aihambra, London. It is rumoured that one or two English clubs nave been fishing for cer- tain Swansea Town players. The Morricton "knuts II are look- iurw&rd ro the time wuoii tiic open* baths will be open again. Those who want to see a gorgeous show of primroses should tako a wait through Bishopston Valley juilt now. What with straw-hatters and no- fuittei-s, portents tl-e not wanting in fcjwansea of the approach of Summer. We do not imagine that the knuts will adopT "Scatcycimg" as a means to reach the Mumbles in record time. There was "much cry and little wool during the first two hours at Swansea's Council meeting on Wednes- day. "It is quite a habit at Pontardu- lais to walk down and see the trains come in," said a solicitor at Swansea Police Court yesterday. The Players' Union Magazine recently paid a tribute to the Swansea Town cluo. The writer reniarKeti that aU the players were true sports who donned tue colours oi the club. ? d arolund The surtace cr the road around Camb ri an-ptaofu is so perfoe-t--thani,s to tiio new process—tnat aome young liockites coatemplate starting a roller skating club # From an Easter terminal examina- tion pt-pcr The prodigal son was the boy who came home and killed a calf that his father was fattening tor Christmas. Studies, oi paper form: Abertillery defeated Brentford; Brentford drew, with Pontypridd and beat Swansea. Swansea, nowever, beat both Abertnlery and Pontypridd. "Elected but dead," was the owe ■tragic note struck #at t tie N.Li. Con- ference this week; tor the Executive vitt know no more the presence of poor J'van Davies, the Wetsn assistants' re- # >I: Swansea tennis players look with great disappointment upon those wooden structures for the Bath and West of England show which are being crected on their courts. The art of debate in Swansea Council: Alderman Merrells: Wrong. Air. D. Williams: Absolutely correct, pir. Alderman Merrells: Wrong. [ I The is no satisfying some people. March was one of the xvettest months (In. record, and there was general f grumbling. A few fino days have t. brought the inevitable dust in their train, and some housewives are already praying for rain. # I Owing to the lateness of the hour and the paucity of the members left at Swansea's Town Council meeting on Wednesday, Alderman Morgan Hopkin postponed his motion to convene a K?nterence of the Asylum Authorities of  England and ;V ale:" « I' Herr Al* bert BaUin. of the Ham- burg-Amerika Line, tells an amusing Morv in the Berlin "l?kal-Anzeiger" of his attempt to write for hi& twetvp- Year-old daughter a school essay on the subject, 'Half is More than the Whole.' He says "I admit that when the essay had been handed in I waited with the greatest eagernes.s for the report on it.. My paternal authority, intellectu- ally speaking, was at stake. Finally the essays were returned, and mine was marked, Good on the whole, but news- paper German.' ae The Broken Heart. guring his limoh ho idly hits Potatoes with bis fork. Far fioni the merry throng he sits, With nobody he'll talk. To business he at length returns, With mournful creeping pace; f His heart with deepest sorrow burns-- Its mirroi is his face. The figure four will catch his eye, And make him dream again. He sighs, but others know not why; Alas! his heart is slain. But pray don't waste your sympathy On lovers of this kind It was no beautiful young "she," But golf he left behind J J. H. R t TO-DAY'S STORY. A little girl had sent baok her plate <or chicken tw o or three times, and had k"en helped bountifully to all the other rich things that go to make a good "inner. Finally sih° was ohserved look- ing rather disconsolately at her un- finished plate of pudding. What's the matter, Dora?" asked TTncle John. "You look mournful." That's just the matter/ 'said Dora.1 T am more'n full."

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THE FREEDOM OF SWANSEA. -.0- TOWN'S TRIBUTE. PUBLIC SERVICES REQUITED BY CIVIC HONOURS. I THE NEW FREEMEN. I I This afternoon, at the Albert Hall, an interesting ceremony was per- formed, when the Freedom of the Borough of Swansea was conferred upon Sir John Talbot Dillwyn Llewelyn, Bart., and Messrs. David Davies, M.P., Roger Beck, and John Dyer, i.r. His Worship the Mayor (Ald. T Corker) presided, and there were pre- sent many well-known local ladies and j gentlemen. The Freedom of the Borough, which in this case is an honorary title, is un-t doubtedly one of the greatest appre- ciations a town can pay to a citizen, and one of the greatest distinctions which a citizen can hold. Perhaps it is not generally understood that there > are two sets of Freeman—the hon. ) Freemen and real Freemen. The former, as explained previously, is simply a distinction, while the lat- I ter-wnwh. incidentally, is not now conferred—was conferre-din past years for services rendered-in the majority of cases for certain rights surrenedred -a,nd with it annuities of £100 per year were granted, and also the privilege of having a Par-' liameritary vote. This honour was hereditary, and "in fact at the present time there are over tifty real Freemen in the borough. Oiilv iii a few cases, I however, is this annuity paid, these ] people ha-ving received the honour be-! tore it was decided to stop the actual payment. I The Roll of Honour. I 1 The complete list of hon. Freemen of the Corporate in (since the Municipal Corporation Act of 1835) is as tol- lows:— May 26th, 1887.—Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P., D.C.L. Oct. llth. 189.-Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell, G.C.B., Sirdar Egyptian Army. July 16tb, 1890.—Henry M. Stanley. July 20tb, 1893.-Right Hon. Lord Swan sea. June 19th, 4895.—John Jones Jen- kins, Knight. NoN-. 29th, 1901.—Right Hbn. the Earl of Rosebery, K.G., K.T. Mar. 18th, 190R.-Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., M.P., His Majesty's Solicitor-General (now President of the Divorce, Admiralty and Probate Divi- sion). Nov. 15th. 1911.—The Baroness Ced- erstron (Madame Patti). I BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. I I SIR JOHN LLEWELYN. I No man in Wales is more respected; I indeed, more loved, than Sir John; Talbot* Dillwyn Llewelyn, M.A.j (Bart), the Squire of Penllergaer.! His life has been one of public service. [t is not too much to say that Sir John is a moving spirit in every local, institution; we might almost say, ) every national institution which aims at the uplift of humanity. It were easier to write up what Sir John is not than to enumerate his beneficient activi- ties. Sdr John will bo 78 on the 26th of May, but he is of those who do not grow old--a man of vision, which (as the good Vicar of Holy Trinity remarked at the Y.M. C A. Easter Breakfast, at which there can be no president but Sir John) postulates ;1. keenly alive consciousness. With feet firmly planted in the present, Sir John lives in the future. I Sir John hps the reserve of the scholar so much so that there are pro- bably few Swansea, people who know he is a M.A. of Christ Church. Oxford. With t) 'r(h- and flowers, and shrubs, with garden produce, Sir John is in- timate. Is there not a- Sir John Llew- ] t elyn potato? He studies the stare, sets I picks at work iij the mystic Fayoum and tbe mounds or .%liz!opotanila. He has done much to forward antiquarian re- search AnoMior universe than even that of social s'-rvice migitt well acclaim' Sir John great. I Sir John is the only man whoso local pre-eminence woe a Conservative seat in Parliament for Swansea, which, as everyone knows, is the most Liberal town in South Wales. He is a Gla- morgan County Councillor, N District Councillor, ft Guardian of the Poor, and it is characteristic of the man that ho gives equal proportionate attention to the application of a widow for relief, or the mute appeal of a dilapidated on Pap 3.)

r TURBULENT TEACHERS. I WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE QUESTION PROVOKES I ANOTHER SIMM. I GREAT HUBBUB. (SPECIAL TO THB "LEADER.") Lowestoft, Thursday. The concluding sessi ons of the National Union of Teachers' Conference were held to-day, under the presidency of Mr. W. B. Steer (Derby). It was announced that the voting by mrd on the amendment moved yester- day by Mr. Cook (North-West London) that women.'s suffrage was outside the scope of the objects of the Union, was as follows: I For t he amendment 45,123 Against  28,674 :M:j'uii' was received ;it:. State Contributions. The question of the 8ta.te contribu- tion for education was next discussed, on a motion by Mr. W. J. Bantfell (London) that the cost of education should be met by larger and mors equit- able grants from the National ex- chequer, particularly to those localities hwuily rated, for educational purposes, and that such grants should increase automatically as new and increased respormibilitil-s where put upon local authorities by the improvement and ad- ditions juetiy imposed by the Legisla- tive and the Bonix- f of Education. In the course of the discussion which followed, a lady rose and said, Women pay to the national exchequer, j and is that not an argument that they should have a share of control in the j spending of the national income?" I The President did not reply, and sub- sequently the resolution wa? carried. Once Again! Once more the proceedings became lively, the question of women's suff- rage coming up again. Mr. Cook's amendment about the subject of votes for women was auto- matically submitted as a substantive motion, whereupon Miss E. E. Froudi (Whitehaven) rose to move the pre- vioiifc question. At once scores of delegates stood up a.nd demanded that the main question should be put, and there was consider- able confusion. "Put the Standing Order into opera- tion," shouted a lady. What Standing Order?" asked the President, and she excitedly replied, "That which says that people shall be put out who interrupt!" The President: I will do that when the occasion arises. "A Howling Mob." A male delegate: Can we not have the Standing Order put into force against howling mob of interrupters ? The President: I think you will agree that "howling inob" is a very much exaggerato-d expression. (Cheers) 'It was ruled from the ohair that the moving of the previous question was in order, and Miss troud, in proposing it said that unless what she moved was earnedthe men and women suffragists in the National Union would be muzzled. Miss A. G. Hewitt (East Ham) seconded, but her speech wa,s inter- rupted by shouts cries of "Sit down!" She was heard to say that if they were not ready to listen to their views, then a good many of the women of the or- ganisation were ready to get out of it. A Show of H ands. There was a great hubbub after this, and eventually a show of hands was taken. The President declared that the pre- | vious question was lost, whereupon a j poll was demanded. The President, obtaining order with much difficulty, in- timate-d that this would be done, and the result declared in due course. I

A MATTER OF MILLIONS. The Public Trustee, in his annual re- port, states that the total value of the business of all kinds negotiated since the Department was established six years ago is £ 110.375,736.

SYLVIA SILENCED. I Berlin.—Miss Sylvia Pankhurst has been forbidden by the Saxcn authorities to deliver a lecture in Dresden on the ideals and methods of the English suffra- gettes. It is thought probable that any at- tempt to speak elsewhere in Germany will meet with a similar prohibition.

GENERAL ELECTION RUMOUR. In a written reply to Dr. Leach, M.P., who ask-ed the Prime Minister if the Government had definitely decided in favour of a dissolution of Parlia- ment in June, and if a General Election will take place in July, Mr. Asquith says: W There is no truth in the rumours which have appeared in the Press to this effect." Our Lobby correspondent has already j discredited these rumours.

I "JOHN BROWN'S FAIR." I "John Brown's" Fair was held at Car. marthen, on Wednesday, and there was a I very large attendance. Stock met with & ready demand, end the supply in both the horse and cattle sections was good. Horses of the heavy clas3 (which predom- I inated at the fair-ent up to E60 for the best specimens, the average quality selling at E45 to L50 apiece. There were only a few oolts on offer. In the cattle market cows and calves sold at prices ranging from L16 to ZEZO; fat bulls made up to 36s. per cwt., and fat cows 6àd. per lb. Yearlings fetched X8 10s. to El2 each, and two-year-olds £10 to £ 14.

I FOREIGN NEWS. I -1 0 EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN AMERICAN ,r MARRIAGE BUREAU. I L14,000 TRAIN ROBBERY. I An extraordinary scene took piace at the marriage licence bureau at Atlan- tic City. when a woman of twenty-five and a man companion applied for a .licence. They had no sooner signed the register than the woman dashed out of the office screaming, "Save me! Save me!" The man pursued her through the corridors of the liiunicipal building until she darted into the office of the superintendent of waterworks and slammed the door. The man vainly hurled himself against the closed door and then swallowed a dose of poison, exclaiming, "I know she will not marry me; I do not wish to live." The woman, w hose name (says the New York correspondent of the "baily Mail") is Mary E. Wright, explained that she was. a widow from Philadelphia and thai, the man was Frank Handy, of Washington. After haunting her for some six months and begging her to marry him, she said, he went to her yesterday morning, produced a revolver, and said, "I shall shoot you instantly unless you come with me to Atlantic City and get married. The man is in hospital in a pre- carious condition. RUSS;A. It is stated that the Tsar's little son shows a remarkable improvement in health. ni.w GERMANY. Frau Luise Plaster, a seventy-eight year-old woman who accompanied a Gorman regiment to France in the war of 1870-71, was buried with military honours by the regiment at Bremen yesterday. ITALY. Rolne—Tbe "Tribuna" states that a French jeweller has been robbed of a valise containing £ 14,000 worth of jewels wirlo he was sleeping in a train between Genoa and Ronie-Ro&itex. INDIA. Si mis.—Major Dodd, Political Agent in Waziristan, who was wounded by ,1ås Mahstid orderly, has died of his wounds. — Reuter. This j;< the fifth death to resu lt from the shooting affair at Tonk on Monday evening. NEWFOUNDLAND. St. Johns.—A wireless message has been received fwm the sealer Eagle stating that she sighted some oaks, planks, and a ship's hatch on Thursday a hundred miles off St. Johns. Many people here think that the wreckage is not from the Southern Cross, and fear a disaster to the sea ler Kite, twhich has not been heard of since March 15.-Reuter.

I OSCAR SLATER. Official action is to be taken in the case of Oscar Slater, whose conviction and imprisonment have been the sub- ject of so much public comment. The following official statement was issued last night:- "Certain information has recently been communicated to the Secretary for Scotland bearing on the case of Oscar Slater, who was convicted at the Edin- burgh High Court on May 6, 1909, of murder, and sentenced to death, the sentence being afterwards commuted to penal servitude for hie, and he has ap- pointed James G. Millar, Esq., K.C., Sheriff of Lanarkshire, to inquire and report to him thereon.

1, DEUTSCHER KLUB." Elsewhere in our columns will be found a "iotico of the formation of a German Club at the Bay View Hotel, near the Slip, Swansea. This club has been established to facilitate the lllee-tillg of Germans in Swansea and district, and Mr. Ferdi- nand End res will be glad to welcome any Germans from 6.30 till 10.30 each evening.

STOPPING THE RACE. Tulsa (Oklahoma)—The State Militia, acting on the orders of the Governor to st,o- gambling on the Tulsa racecourse, fired a voilev over the heads of the riders as they came down the straight. None of the riders was injured, but I the race was broken up. The Adjutant- General said that if another race was run he would order the soldiers to shoot down the horses.-R--uter.

"HUBERT." Mr. Hubert Bland, the well-known journalist and essayist, died last night at his desk in Well Hall, Eltham, Kent, while dictating an article to a typist. Born at Halifax about sixty years ago, he was a prominent Socialist and one of the founders of the Fabian Society. Under the pseudonym of E. jNesbit, his wife has published several books of poems and novels. Her stories j for children have. had a particularly wide popularity. As Hubert," his articles in the 1 Sunday Chronicle were widely en- | joyed.

A NETWORK OF PHILANTHROPY. COVERNMENT SCHEME. AN ATTEMPT TO RECLAIM THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDER. NO PRISON FOR JUVENILES. In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Reginald McKenna, the Home Sec- retary, described the provisions of the Criminal Justice Administration Bill, the second reading of which was agreed to. This Government measure aims to secure as far as possible that no one under the age or 21 shall be found inside a prison, through a combination of pro- bation, supervision, and Borstal treat- ment. Time to Pay Fines. I In cases of fines generally a period of I at least seven days is to be allowed for payment, with special provisions for ex- tension in the case of juvenile offenders placed under supervision. Fines in all cases a.re to include Court fees Terms of imprisonment for lees than i five days are to be abolished. Careful Supervision I Philanthropic societies are to be en- listed in the work of providing compe- tent ofifcers for probation and super- vision purposes, the ultimate aim being that every young offender shall have someone to look after him. The Bill proposed, said Mr. McKenna, that power should be given to recognise certain societies for the supply of proba- tion officers. Very fine work was being done by probation. officers, but the supply was insufficient, and it was hoped by the rec-ogn-itionof societies of I this kind. to supply every oourt with a competent officer. I A Philanthropic Network. I They would also look to the societies for supervision officers, who would undertake the after-care of young persons let out from Borstal institutions and reformatories. They hoped in time to establish a philanthropic network over the whole country, and that in due course every young offender when dis- charged would have somebody to look after him. -<

I YESTERDAY'S WEATHER. I The weather at Swansea yesterday was delightful. The figures recorded at Victoria Park were: Maximum temperature 55. minimum I temperature 39; barometer, 30.02; sunshine, 10 hours.

I PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, I The Dowager Countess of Pembroke has gone abroad. The Duchess of Beaufort left London yesterday for the Continent. Miss Maud Doherty, a sister of Billy Doherty, the Swansea swimmer, sailed from London for Egypt yesterday. She goes out to join a brother who holds an important Civil appointment there. Mr. Lloyd George, who arrived in London on Tuesday night from Criccieth, left yesterday afternoon for Walton Heath. He informed a Press representative before his departure that his throat, though very much better, was not yet quite all right, and tiiat he was giving it a few days further rest. He proposed to spepd two or I three days at Walton Heath.

I R JOHN LLEWELYN 'D TEE 0 -HN -LLEV-r,7-,Y-N -i-N Sir John Llewelyn announced at the froedciaceremony to-day tiiat he intended dotting f 1,000 tia tiiet Swansea Hospital, This gifv, he 5tai, had long siace be-en d- tarBii-nod upoj, and was not to be regarded as r;i.¡¡g .r:.y oolUleû4 vvj that da. event • F^LIA^OT. Premier bold Gcvexu/aiexit nopc-d^to psss Plural Voting hill t-hiu eoencn. batting •• 2 to 1 £ U^r Lu_ £ E 1, LASS 2. DEOPTTOSI 3- Alto Tin: Ctipidon, SOB -In-law, Ladybntige, RookfoiL, Pai7,num, Grensral Gcwaoi, TW Firr, Sprmgeida, 8t. Ha~ccl:a. Calanaria. CATEK 5A 1. PHTLADLUEIA 2, DONA- diOSTEY i.—5 ran. i 5 to Oatt-rina. bt. ins: 5 to 1 Stuuay Late. PL:OA:.T 1. D-LTCK 2, LETTY 3-W0 ■M ?' '*? .31 Swansea Mercantile CO:) Lt& 18 PARK STREET, SWANSEA* MiLa-Xi CAiiM ADVANCES iAiLf iroo Lle to si,oo(L No Charge unless Done. Billj Discounted. (strictly Private and Confr dential For further particulars, apply H. B. JONES, Managing Director

I A CHEERFUL PREDICTION. Boston.—Professor Richard Strong, of the Harvard University Medical School, predicts that the west coast of South America will send yellow fever to India, and receive in exchange Asi- atic cholera, as a consequence of the opening of the Panama Canal.—Reuter.

Lord Justice Phalli more has been eleotod a churchwarden of Shiphike Parish Churchy Oxfordshire i

HULLO, HULLO, HULLO! POSTAL CONFERENCE AND TELEPHONE COMPLAINTS. I PROMOTION AND POLITICS. "A MEDICAL DETECTIVE AGENCY." (SPECIAL TO TnE "LEADER.") London, Thursday. The final session of the Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association Confer- ence opened this morning at the Can- ton Hall, Westminster. The question of overtime, which was debated yesterday at some length, cam up again in the form of a resolution rut forward by the Glasgow Branch, con- demning the system as an unjustifiable evil, which kept down legitimate wages, fostered unemployment and developed favouritism. The resolution called upon the Postmaster-General to abolish compulsory overtime. This resolution was accepted by the Executive, and it was adopted. I Promotion. The Conference proceeded to con- sider other resolutions dealing wholly with service conditions. The promo- tion problem was discussed on a motion by the Winchester delegates, advocat- ing that seniority should be calculated on the length of established service, or, in a particular class, on promotion to that class, and not on the length of ser- vice at a particular office, as at present. The Birmingham centre submitted an amendment with a vkw to making the ?propo-sals of Winchester operative in the case of future entrants to the ser- vice. The Executive Committee op- posed both the resolution and the amendment. The proposals, said Mr. Donnelly on their behalf, were good in theory, but inapplicable under the I prnt conditions of service. The resolution and the amendment together were lost. The Cardiff branch moved a resolu- tion demanding an "All grades" con- ference a month hence "to devise and apply the most effective method of forcing the Government to concede the just demands of a fifteen per cent. in- crease for all postal workers." Mr. W. H. Jayne appealed to the delegates not to t?ke the action advo- eaird while an appeal was still being made to Parliament. The House of Commons, whatever they thought of it. was still the exœutive of the country. A debate might take place there, he gajd. within a week. Mr. H. B. Young, the Parliamentary secretary, said be believed that the Parliamentary support of their demand was becoming more active than ever be- fore. The resolution was defeated by a show of hands. Telephonic Work. I Criticisms of telephone administra- tion were made in the course of a dis- cussion upon a resolution from the Manchester centre to the effect thai "monitor" and enquiry duties at pre- sent performed lr: telephonists &re proper to the supervising class, and should be paid accordingly, and in- structing the executive committee to secure the same. Among those who supported the resolution was Mr. E. J. Lansbury, a London delegate, who is a nephew of Mr. Geo. Lansbury. Miss Howse,of the Executive Commit- tee. supported the resolution. This, she declared, was another case of putting the work of a higher class on to a lower class. In the Exchange from which sh e came it had been known for as many as twenty-three operators to be engaged dealing with oompJfciinhs from sub- scribers, and the subscribers had been under the impression that supervisers were dealing with the complaints. In many causes an operator of five or six years' experience had been dealing with cases where the operator who had con- nected the call had had ten or eleven years' experience The Department continued this objectionable system be- cause to employ the right class on the work would cost a little more. The resolution of the Manchester Centre was adopted. Mr. J. H. Morgan (Bristol) mm, on behalf of his branch, that facilities be pressed for to enable sorting cl-erks i and telegraphists to attach themselves 1 to a medi?:tl officer of their own choice. Mr. Morgan complained that under the present arrangements medical diagnosis was often perfunctory, and he advised the Postmaster-General, if he would not accept their suggestion, to try the Chinese scheme of paying doctors so long as they kept them in health, and stop payments when they became ill. (Laughter and cheers). Mr. Hobbs (Manchester) said the National Insurance Act provided no more satisfactory medical attendance than d:d the beautiful system of the Post Offioe. It seemed to him that the only way to get satisfaction out of a doctor was to pay his bill and pay the ordinary medical price. Subject to proper safeguards, that would be cheaper for the department than tho present system. Medical Detective Agency, Mr. Hicks (Executive Committee) said the medical arrangements had sometimes the nature 01 a detective; agency, to keep down expenses. To give the workers concerned the choice of a medical officer was the only solutiou of the problem. Another delegate defended the medi eal profession against the charge of being a detective agency, and declared that the medical profession. like tho Postal Service. was now suffering from departmental iniquities. The resolution was adopted. I PGlitical Action. A warm discussion followed the pro- position by the Executive that political action was necessary to the Association, and that the necessary ballot under the Trades Union Act should be arranged. Mr. Jayne, in moving the resolution on behalf of the Executive, supported political action. They were not satis- tied, he said, with the Parliamentary -u_- (Continued on Page 6.)

CARGO OF CALAMINE. I A BIG CONSIGNMENT COMING FROM RUSSIA. It will be of interest to local spelter works proprietors and others to know that next week one of the ships of the Rickmer line is expected in Swansea with a. cargo of calamine for local spelter works. This consignment comes from the recently exploited sources north of Vladivostock, which are computed to be unusually rich in ore, and likely to prove a prolific field for the exporta- tion of this substanoe. Calamine is an ore which is used for the smelting of zinc, containing as it does about 50 per cent. of zinc, and also iron, silica, etc. At present calamine is chiefly ob- tained from Sardinia, and North of Africa.

ROYAL ARRANGEMENTS. The Lord Chamberlain is author* to announce tha.t the King and Queen will hold Courts at Bucinha.m btla.c 011 Thursday, the 4th, and Friday, the 5th June next. Paris—Elaborate preparations are be- ing made to secure the saff-tv of the Kkig and Queen on their journey to Pans. The whole of the line from Calais to Pajris will be guarded by military and police, as well as by members of the railway personnel( posted at interval s of a quarter of a mile. Soldiers will be stationed at all bridges and level crossings.—Reuter.

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