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ITheCornerColumn I 1 Lord Glantawc was 79 years of age Lord Ciantawc was 19 years of age Yesterday. # j = X = ? -i Bestwick was the best ?ick-et get- ??r for Neath a-ainbt Swansea on >1 aturday. ? ? ,} Bates, Hacker and Co., Briton- i 2 ^n-y. ?s?s a big hole in Ll<uieHy'? ?% S&ucepan on Saturday, j # 1 Straw hats were conspicuous by itheit- absence yesterday, but overcoats i-ere there in force. "I"k before you leap, 985 feet," t??? ?s a local cinema notice laat week. aVe wiJl when it's necessary. j6???? ? The member for Merthyr is looking for the Irishman who sold his c?ucep?n ?? "? bIY somethmg to put in it I'  ?<N?t t "Maxweli smacks woU as well." 'J?E To be repeated seventeen times in suc- t?? cession at 11.17 any night. A sure test. ,?M These houses for &-Je," reads a jjptice on a wa?i?e piece of ground at ? ?orriston. Something seems to teU ?? Us there is some mistak6 somewhere I "Father, what is the Prussian N??.- D?t?" "Rye bread and beer. Be Quiot now, wiH you Btiffalo Ex- Pre?,s ?' # # The straw hat lias come to stay for ?? ?"e summer new. A blood wa& *een m? ?'?king down Wind-street yesterday ?? ?'ith a straw hat in spite of the nNll. The ping-pong ball had its last j M ?uace at the í :LC.A., Neath, on I j^turday night. The champions of atS? "&tes intend winding up a successful  with a knife and fork supper. We women are not only women, are intelligent human being, said > v?^ss Helen Fraser at a Morriston .^omen's Suffrage meeting. Well, as 11 as we know, of course. We won't 4rgue. # Football and cricket are not t,he only "blects people get "mad" on. The Conversation of a crowd of men ?tbered on Jersey Marine station on <tl turday was on golf-and nothing ^tnrday was on golf—and nothing %Ise. Canine sagacity. An interesting 6nectacle at Morriston is to see the in- Higentl dog of Mr. David Thomas, ^Wsagent, Morriston, carrying the tlarc-els of "Leaders" from the tram- Cars to its master's shop. ■ The captive flying machine, which § *afi put up at the Mumbles a few "asoias ago, and which had been a ? t ??rce of much fun among the trippers,  ? now beiDg dismantled and is being re- t moved to Porthcawl. m. sa-id the multi- kionairs, Ie is worth twenty pounds a. *Unute." Weli answered the friend, ca&u-! Jj ^i "Jers go out this afternoon and two or three thousand pounds' Orth of golf." :tt: The Swan&ea Tramways Band dis- ?r?<.d some excellent music on the '4411mbles Pier vesterdav. This so 4eftted an aUeged humorist that he r fiu it incumbent to remark that the gfit asmen ought to play well in view J the fact tt the majority of them ?e conductors. Co wj Children are often an annoy"ance at of amusement when theyare con- asking tiresome questions, but f3 seeker after information convulsed rjone within a large radius in a local .icture-house the other evening, when, the middle of a. particularly thrilling e, It askerl Daddy, is it all true » b- Britonferry was a veritable hive of rt. on Saturday. Cricket, bowls t}q quoits divided attention. Tho ladies, however, are disap- lllted and envious; they want a lawn iJj*11*6 court. In this respect there has è Qell a b ach of promise/' for at the >, 13 of last season they were led to ex- Pi ct a corner of the cricket field lekle man agai-41 s* A chimney has w just been com- Mr??teA d at Widnes, which is 320 feet Land weighs 4,500 tons. It has n carried to this extraordinari- ly ght in order to avoid the possibilitv k popper fumes damaging vegetation the surrounding district. The Swan- RjiraJ District Council should in- toett this. • b The face and head of the Kev. o ert Robert-s. -of CI)estei-, who d: t'hed at Rhyddings Chapel yester- will (writes our office Levater) close study. The smooth even ^shead, above small but piercing i f N is surmounted by a s hock non- 1-talaged of black hair, touched with A" Above and below the calm fore- eQ and quiet eyes there is turbulence, etures are slightly heavy, and ()!ldrfully c'bangetul. It is as though y winds. of doubt, of passion, of jIoLy of suffring, had passed over eltl, each leaving its impress.  ? I T:A STORY. A sample of dog talk, affecting In V,, simplicity, is given by the New ()¡olt World" as follows:- )étid Flossie to May: "Just listen r.- tie I talk to Fido. He's so intelli- 4t I i( doggie want to turn out ? II Bow-wow Of oourso 'oo does; but 'oo just a bath and 'oo might catch cold." Cc now-wow tf If '.oo stays home I'll div 'oo a piece < «°w-wow lt'l knew '°° would. What kind of V II -wow Sponge cake. All right, 'oo shall \b sponge cake. Did you ever see i\t1}Q an intelligent dog, May ? He ands every word I say to him.

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NOT SETTLED YET. I YNISARWED STRIKERS STi L OUT OVER II CHECKWEICHER DISPUTE. EXTRA POLICE The "Leader" is informed that the report in a Cardiff contemporary that the strike at the Ynisarwed Colliery, ResoJven (which has lasted nearly a fortnight) is over is incorrect. We are further informed to the con- trary to what has been stated, the men had not resumed work on Monday morn- ft appears that a gene-ral meeting of the men was held on Saturday, Mr. Dl. Morgan presiding. The deputation re- ported the situation and the result of the negotiations that had taken place on the question of tha checkweigher, who was objected to, and it was stated that the company would not interfere, as it was purely a domestic dispute. New Checkweigher Not Allowed to Act. A ballot was taken on the appoint- ment of a new checkweighei" and the old checkweigher did not present him- self for election. There were three candidates and by a majority of 50, Mr Fredeiiak Thomas was appointed. It was then decided that, provided that Mr. Thomas was allowed to take up his duties on .Monday. the men should present t hemsel ves at the colliery in their working clothes, ready for work, but when they did so, they were informed by Mr. Jones, the manager of the colliery, that they could not allow W. Thomas to start work, so the men returned home, and were "out" at, the time of writing. Alleged Blacklegs From Tonna. I It is stated that there were about 30 policemen on duty at the colliery on Monday morning. The police prevented the women from taking part in the de- monstration, which was conducted in a perfectly orderly manner. The strikers also wish it to be under- stood that the men working Lt the col- liery are alleged blacklegs from Tonna, and not the original workmen, and this is causing a great deal of friction, and the men are solid in their determination not to resume work until matters are rectified. PRIMA DONNA'S DEATH. MADAME NORDICA SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AT BATAVIA. A telegram from Batavia reports the death there of Madame Nordica, from pneumonia.. Mme. Isordica (Mrs-. George Washing- ton Young) was a famous prima donna. Borna-t Farnington, U.S.A., in 18.59, she made her first operatic ap- pearance in Brescia in La Traviata. I and was first seen in London in 1887. Her great part was that of Marguerite in "Faust.

LOOPINC THE LOOP. FAMOUS AIRMAN LIKELY TO VISIT SWANSEA. As we briefly stated on Saturday, there is every possibility of M. Gustavo Harnel, the celebrated French aerial "looper," paying a visit to Swansea dur- ing the Bath and West of England Show. M. Arioli, a fellow countryman of M. Gnstave Hamel, was in Swansea on Saturday, arranging for a visit, but the one gre^t difficulty was that during the show IV ec-k- tU the open ground suitable for a display will be ocoupic* and the Sands arc said to be dangerous on account of the crowds. We understand from M. Arioli, how- ever, that he is in communication with Sir Robert Morris, and providing that Sketty Park is suitable, "looping the loop" in an aeroplane at Swansea will bi an accomplished fact. Sir Robert Morris, through his agent, has already signified his willingness to entertain M Hamel, and seemingly it only remains for a:i inspection of xhe ground boforo a. definite dat-o will be fixed.

SWANSEA MAN'S PORTRAITS. ■ The "Buffalo Sunday Morning News" for April 5 contains a page of unusual portrait studies of Butfalo women by Mr. Ben Evans, of the Beamcr-Evans Studios. Mr. Evans is an old Swansea boy, who served his apprenticeship with Mr. H. A. Chapman.

SWANSEA AUCTIONEER'S SON. In connection with the Auctioneers' Society it is announced that Mr. Ronald A. Samuel, the son of Mr. A stley W. Samuel, of Swansea, has passed the Intermediate Board examination for South Wales and Monmouthshire. Young Mr. Samuel-who is only 19 years old, and who was educated at Brecon Col- leR-e—came out at the top of the list, and won the Branch Prize.

PONY FELL ON TOP OF HIM. I On Saturday afternoon Mr. Daniel John, Arittine-road sustained injuries through being thrown by a pony which l he ivi-s riding. It appears that when near his house he was on the point of handing an over- coat to his wife when the pony took fright, and, raising his fore legs, threw the rider to the ground and fell upon him. A neighbour ran for Dr. P. Mac- Ritchie, who was in prompt attend- I ance, and he was ordered to bed.

ViLLIACE BEAUTIES FOR SALE! The quaint custom of selling village girls as dancing partners to the highs.t bidders has been revived in a number of Rhenish villages in connection with whrtsuntide church dedications (says the "Daily Mail"). The older girls are "knocked down" at a price IS low as ;2id.. while village beauties of a tcndctrei- ago go for from four TO six shillings. The Whitsuntide dances traditionally load to enga^n- nwnts i.-ni marriages. The proceeds of thq cnotion are devoted to communal J pUXIMKft,

FOREIGN NEWS. 40. DESPERATE BATTLE IN PROGRESS AT TAMPiCO. OIL WELLS ON FIRE. A telegram to hand to-day from Juarez states that a desperate battle is in progress at Tampico between the Mexican Federal troops and the rebels. Several of the oil wells are reported to be burning, and part of the town is on fire. A Reuter message from Washington reports that two British subjects and one American have been killed by General Huerta's troops at Guadala- jara, r. »ar the Mexican port of Tampico. The names of, the British subjects, transmitted by the British Consul, are G. E. Williams, of the El Fabor mine, and S. H. A. Green, who was killed at the village of San Mario. A third British subject, Patrick Bacid, is I wounded. General Funston, commanding the 3,000 American soldiers and marines who have seized the chief Mexican port of Vera Cruz, has applied to Washing- ton for reinforcements. He states that from 15,000 to 18,000 men are necessary for the defence of the whole territory now in American possession. The United States Government is pre- paring 20,000 troops for despatch in case of necessity. The "Express" states that General Funston has released the Mexican girl sniper who killed eight Americans dur- ing the fighting after the capture of Vera Cruz, and who was arrested a few days ago. "I favour any woman who shoots for her country," he is reported to have said. LATEST WIRES. Britishers Murdered by Bandits. New York, Monday.A Washington telegram to the Tribune states that confirmation has been received of the murder of Mr. C. E. Williams, foreman of the El Favor Mine. ;o-nd Mr. S. H. Greene by bandits at Jalisco and San Marcos respectively. Both were Britishers in Mexico, Mexico City, Monday.—The Foreign Minister has telegraphed to the media- tors protesting that several American torpedo boats have taken possession of the lighthouse apparatus at Lobos Island, between Tampico and Vera Cruz. Washington, Monday.—The Media- tor's representative conferred with the President on the Lobos Island indecent. Admiral Howard cabled on Saturday that Huerta had ordered the extinction of lights on Mexican boats to impede American shipping. The seizure of Lobos Island may, therefore, be a pre- cautionary measure. Vera Cruz, Monday .The British cruiser Ussex left for Tampico vester-I day. A refugee train arrived from -Nq.ly;ico City yesterday with 100 Germans and French. The British and Germans are prepared for defence. Most of Huerta's force at Saltillo have deserted I to the rebels. ————— ————— FRANCE. Charles Nicolas Ravman, who is in prison in Paris on a burglary charge, has just inherited L40,000, says the "Petit Journal." -————— ————— ALBANIA. Athens, Sunday.—Another long con- ference was held yesterday afternoon at Corfu between the representatives of the Epirus Provisional Government and the Albanian Government and the International Commission of Control. ————— RUSSIA. Mohilev, Sunday.—The town of Kopys has been destroyed by fire. Ninety houses, seventy-live shops, and four synagogues were burnt down. Two hundred households are affected. A man. is in custody on the charge of arson, and has confessed to causing the fire.-R-outer. -———— .————— U.S.A. A New York message states that Mr. Charles Post, famous as a manufacturer of patent foods, has committed suicide at Santa Barbara, California, where he i had gone for his health. He had been, ill for a long time, and was recently" operated upon for appendicitis. Mr. Post secured a rifle, and as he lay in bed he placed the muzzle in his mouth and the stock between his feet, and, pulling the trigger with his toe, blew off the top of his head. Ho was a ¡ millionaire many times over.

I INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL POSTS. The appointment of superintendent and matron at the Industrial School is one of the items on the agenda of to- day's meeting of the Swansea Educa- tion Committee. The three names re- commended for final selection are: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barron, Gordon House School, Westerham, Kent. Mr. Wm. David and sister, Industrial School, Bonymaen. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Griffiths, Kings- wood Reformatory, near Bristol.

THE ACADEMY OUTRAGE. I Mrs. Mary Wood, who was awaiting trial for having damaged a Sargent picture in the Royal Academy, has been released in a weak condition produced by hunger-striking.

TRAMCARS COLLIDE. I A collision occurred near Blackfriars Bridge to-day between two London County Council tramcars, the brakes of one of which failed to act. The other car was hurled from the rails, but luckily neither overturned. The passengers suffered a great shock, and several were badly cut by the broken glas,s and'received bruises, but no one was seriously injured.

OXFORD ST. SCHOOLS. The minutes which came before the Swansea Education Coipmittee to-day stated that the managers of the Oxford- street Schools have been informed that the- authority has to require them to secure that the average attendance in each department shall not exceed the reoognised a.ccoltlmooatioll (vir. hoys, 300 girls. 210 infants) the decision as to the best method of doing so OODg Wjt to the managers*

r TUBERCULIN. 1 ——— IT'S USE AND ABUSE. | ■ REMARKABLE STATEMENTS BY MEDICAL MEN. I j LOCAL VIEWS. I j The public of Swansea and district I are very much interested in the subject of the tuberculin treatment for con- sumption, as under the King Edward VII. Memorial scheme Swansea is the centre of a large industrial district for II the treatment of those afflicted with the White Scourge. Recently several articles appeared in the "Leader" on the use of tuberculin, which has been a bone of contention in the medical faculty since its introduc- tion as a factor in the crusade against consumption. The controversy has been brought to a head by a recent sensational state- ment of Dr. Noel Bardswell, medical superintendent of the King Edward VII. Sanatorium at Midhurst (Sussex), a distinguished medical publicist and consumption specialist. The most that Dr. Bardswell will say about tuberculin is that in the small minority of cases for which the perfected tuberculin treat- ment is thought to be justifiable, it is doubtful whether it does much good, and quite certain that it may do harm. In view of the keen interest in the matter we ha.vo obtained the views of representative medical men in Swansea and district, which we give baiow. -op DR.AN: CUFFORD, I Chief Tuberculosis Physician, Memorial I Institute, Swansea. Has my opinion of tuberculin treat- ment altered in face of tho article in the "Hospital" on Dr. Noel Bardswell's book ? No; I prefer to go for guidance to the latest translation of the book of Drs. Bandelier and Roepke, two Ger- mans, who have worked with tuberculin over thousands of cases, men who worked with Koch, and are carrying out his work. I am afraid Dr..Bards- well's book is based on too few cases, and also his experience is somewhat limited. Looking through his book, I was struck by the bad cases, those on which he bases his judgment against tuber-I culin, and I could not help thinking that more experience might have ¡ axected the graduation of his doses, and perhaps his view for better or worse. Tuberculin is just like a medicine: you i give morphia- or digitalis, or strychnine j and watch the effects; on any sign of ill-omen you stop or greatly diminish the doso; so, with tuberculin wo go slowly, often stopping for a time, but watching always, and the personal fac- tor, i.e., the power of "spotting" dan- ger (often masked) by the operator is a great element in success. 10,000 Injections. .UL,rlng tne past two years 1 have given over ten tlh-ou-sand injections; over 5,000 in Swansea, last year; and I find it is a powerful agent in the arrest of pulmonary tuberculosis. I know many men and women who have finished their course and aro working regularly —often very hard work, as at a furnace, etc. These men do not get fagged; they tell me they enjoy His and earn fuU money to support themselves and families. I will not say they are cured; I think they are, but prefer to see how they last for a year or so. Tubercu- lin will not suit everyone; you must pick your cases, and in this selection I half of the success lie. It is found that many sanatorium cases relapse; the percentage is least where graduated I labour is employed; but even in these institutions they are using tuberculin, and my friends there say it undoubtedly does good when carefully given. A Point Missed. I But Dr. Bardswell in his summary misses one point. In my opinion any- thing that tends to cheek the spread of the disease is most important. The disease is spread by the spit when active germs are present in that spit. Case after case in Dr. Bardswell's hook shows that after a series of tuberculin injections the active germs disappeared from the spit; this, in my opinion, is the finest praise ever given to a remedy. The most important part of our work is the education of the people in pre- venting the spread of the disease; this is far more important than patching; up lame ducks at sanatoria; and if tuber- culin will help in this preventive work, it more than justifies its use. People have taken medicine and died between doses; some have drunk a glass, of m-ater and died; others have died whilst resting in bed; but the bed, or the water, or the medicine, have not been the cause of death—only coincidences. Other Reasons. I Bearing these facts in mind, every ill- ness or pain occurring hours, or days, or weeks, after a tuberculin injection should not be put to the credit of dose. I be- lieve when casefti o wrong it is not tuberculin; it is partly ourselves and partly exercise or disobedience of the patient that should be blamed. Tuber- culin has suffered through ignorance, for it is very easy to condemn wlten your hearers only know as much of the subject as yourself, and that may be very superficial knowledge indeed! I LOCAL DOCTORS. Brief Interviews with Local Prao. titioners. Dr. C. Arbour Stephens. M.D. I have for a considerable time held the opinions expressed by Dr. Bards-1 well, and do so still. Dr. Trafford Mitchell (Gorseinon). iubcn'uim does good in some c?s?i, I but it 6hould only be used hv experts The dose to b<- g?'en is vcrY infinet,3,?il-I maJ, and tbe shght?si error would b&ve I daager?us r4?sults. It Js?ard!T ued at I (Centtm? on Page 5)7

r 8UR ALIVE. [ BURNT ALIVE SEVEN HORSES LOST !N PONTARDAWE STABLE BlAZE. SIXTH FIRE IN FEW MONTHS. Damage to the extent cf L250 was done at a fire in the yard cf Messrs. Lewis Bros., mineral water manufac- turers, Grove-road, Pontardawe, shortly after midnight on* Saturday. The stables were gutted, and seven horses arc dead. Five Horses Burnt Alive; Mrs. Llewellyn, of Grove-road, was the first to raise the alarm, and when neighbours and the police arrived on tho rsoeuo it was iound that hve of the animals had then been burnt to death. The two others were brought out, one of which had only toe 11 purchased last week at a cost of £ 32, and the other was Dick, 21 years old, who had taken the first ioad out ior the farm when the business was opened fourteen years ago. J he helpers concentrated their j eitorts upon preventing the flames' from reaching the mineral water fac- tory ad joming, and this they fortu- nately succeeded in saving. Luckily there was hardly any wind at the time, and this proved ot great assistance to the helpers in controlling: the blaze, which lasted for about au hour. Under the supervision of In-, spector David and Sergt. Woods, water was carried III buckets from the canal across the road. The helpers, however, were handicapped by the smell which emanated iroui the burnt horses, and the spectacle was not at all a pleasing one. The Death of Dick. In regard to the horse purchased last week it was found to be so badly scorched, and in such pain, that the owners gave orders for its destruction. Poor Dick, it appears, had wondered up Grove-road, and when the fire had been got under it was found near "The Farm," in Brecon-road, apparently in great pain. He was. brought back to the stable of the Ivy Bush Hotel, where he died a short time after. The cause of the fire cannot be ascer- tained. This is the sixth fire in Pontardawe in a few months, and so far thu authori- ties have taken no serious steps in re- gard to the provision of fire appliances. BARCOED BLAZE. Sio,ogo Damage. Damage to the extent of £ 10,000 was caused by fire at Bargoed early on Sunday morning. One of the most imposing blocks of buildings in the town known as Bank Chambers, situated in the main thoroughfare of tha place, comprising the business of the Pontypridd Fur- nishing Company, Lloyds Bank, tho offices of Messrs. W. Harris and Sons, architects; Mr. W. Ebsworth, solicitor, and Mr. A. Iorwerth Clark, accountant, was destroyed. The building, which was designed and erected by Mr. W. Harris, architect, was owned by Mr. James Ward, of the Travellers' Rest, Aberbargoed, and was valued at about £ 5,000. No one lived on the premises. Most of the damage is covered by in- surance, but extensive personal losses have been sustained. «

I SAVED BY A PORTER. I EXCITINC SCENE WITH DRUNKEN MAN ON UPPER BANK STATION. At Swatrsca Police Court on Monday John Piper blacksmith, was charged with being drunk :md incapable on the Upper Bank Station on Satur- day. Defendant did not appear, it be- ing stated that he was too ill to attend. P.C. Hill said that about 11.20 p.m. he was called to the Upper Bank Station in consequence of defendant having fallen down and cut his head. When witness got there' he found defendant in the waiting-room drunk, and bleed- ing from his head. Witness conveyed him tc the Hospital on the police ambulance, and afterwards to the ( Ven- tral PeJIcc, Station, wliere, he was locked I up for safety. He had a nasty gash on his forehead. Detective Franzen aid th-e man was nearly run over by the 10.55 train, and was saved by the porter. They had no end of trouble with this sort of people getting near tho line. Defendant was fined 10s.

PLAYER'S PASSPORT. t St. Petersburg.—Mr. Gunsberg, WhO) has been taking part in the inter- ( national masters' chess tourna- ) ment, while on his way back to England has been detained on the Russian frontier for two days owing tb the non-fulfilment of passport formalities of which he was ignorant,

"M INNOCENTS ABROAD!" I U THE INNOCENTS ABROAD!" (" Leader*' Cartoon.) Councillors hor Cwynne and M!I- bourne Wmiams recently visited St. Helen's Ward in connection with the schools Question,

A HALFPENNY MORE.  a& AMICABLE SETTLEMENT OF SWANSEA BUILOiNd TRADE DISPUTE. i I FRIENDLY NEGOTIATIONS. r A settlement has been effected of the I J Swansea building trades dispute. The men have accepted the masters' final offer of a liaJipenny advance all round. A (-,r of a. liali'peii;ny Mr. Briuley Bower., secretary of tie Swansea Master Builders' Association, communicated the result, of the lau^t i negotiations officially to a "Leader" reporter this morning. The position up to the last sitting of the joint conference between masters and men on Friday, was that the masters had offered the masons and plasterers a halfpenny an hour advance from May 1st, and the other sections 01 I the trade—painters and decorators, car- penters and joiners, bricklayers, and builders' laoourers-a. halfpenny ad- vance, to take effect at a later date. This- was rejected. The original de- mand of the Swansea and District Building Tradas Federation was for a penny an hour advance for all trades I hrom May 1st I The Final Offer. I After a lengthy sitting of the joint I conference on Friday, the masters made a final offer of a half-penny advance all round as from the first pay day in June. This was considered by the men's Fed- eration on Saturday afternoon, and eventually accepted. The masters have therefore met the men about half-way in their demands, and that a settlement should have been arranged on the basis of this compro- mise is all the more satisfactory in view of the present brisk state of trade locally. A two years' agreement will be drawn i up, embracing the new rates of pay. to expire on May 1st, 1916. "There are some working rules," Mr. Bowen remarked, which have vet to I be dealt with. but I don't anticipate there will be any difficulty in regard to these. A great feature of the whole, of the negotiations has been the good- tempered discussion on both sides, and that spirit has greatly assisted in settl- j ing the matter amicablv. We are meet- ing the men again on Thursday to draft j the new agreement and rules." MUMBLES SETTLEMENT. By agreement between the parties concerned, the short strike at the Mumbles of the masons and labourer- was effectively settled this morning. Thr men had demanded an extra penny per hour in wages, but they have now dr I cidcd to accede to the masters' offer c j one halfpenny per hour advance. 1, accordance with the terms of settle- ment, tlit,.rv resumed work thi& afteriKxm at 2 o dock. LLANELLY. Notwithstandinn; the efforts made to effect an amicable settlemeftt of the dis- pute between the Llanelly carpenters and their employers, the strike still continues. So far. the masters have strenuously opposed the increase of wages asked for by the men who, on the other ha.nd, have reaffirmed their decision not to restart work until 9id per hour is granted them. It has been suggested that Sir Stafford Howard, the I' Mayor of Llanelly. should be invited to act as mediator. Sir Stafford has acted in this capacity in five building disputes in various narts of the coCtotrv. As there are 250 carpenters on strike, the position is daily becoming mors serious. PORT TALBOT. I The strike amongst a section of those employed in thø biiiicilll; carpenters, and labourers—in Aber- avon, Port Talbot, and district has col- lapsed, the strikers resuming work to- day on the terms originally offered by the master builders.

YOUNG GARDENERS TOO EXPENSIVE. I A note from the Swansea Education I Committee minutes:- 88.—Morriston CXeath-road) Council j School. .The Superintendent of Education reported that the arrangement where- by the school children kept in order the flower gardens and borders had not proved economical, and recom- mended that the work be carried out by the Parks Committee.

I ¿ INDrPTKIlI • At. Swftiiioa Committee t..)-1, Mr. coed Mrs :?r::1S= GriSihs. of Kir.gwood p.-eivi^iory, rear P.'b.tol. aç){)"iD.;rd supcrirrren- dent and lustron ;i Bci^ymaon In- d": strial b'cac-ol 2.-t 1/)::J. szlzzy of LOCL BILL. WsstminDT/C!" :r: — Ib9 Ehhi- £ da ahq Srazzes. Bar Hall rav Bili, vrhicb has passed the C-erj- raoES, wn to-day ce'c-TB L:- .r:i!10r!>, y'b: a:lt it con 2 in the Lards. Hivs. too'i e'i wi;-Ke-3 ?:r '2 Ri. t?ok E.% wi:-Kc's ':J 4 f:/r fcr -i;: i 't WGSCESTEXSEEEi: for 1:0 wk- C-' :c,- !> 7. T. a cut-. LXICESTrESEIHS: 100 fcr Wh-:6. Aleb rate: dray George, Cross Qr.c-t.km, Dolt Schomberg'.Suidhe. Betting: 7 to 2 D-arraidoia Hsrle Twig 1, FopofTe Fm-rr lastly Ennii j- 4n;n. Swansea Mercantile Co., Ltd. 18, PARK STREET, SWANSEA, MAKE CASH ADVANCES DAILY from Rio to zi,ogo. No Charge Unless Business Done. Bills Discounted. Strictly Private and Confidential. For further particulars, apply— H. B. JONES, Managing Director. THE SWANSEA BRANCH OF CLARK'S COLLEGE. Bring your BOY and GIRL FeR A par- FREE TEAlft s??'? a EE!L!L a aBUa And REPORT regaling their abilities and prospects in the OIVIL SERVICE & BUSINESS. Bring them TO-DA Y. You will not incur the slightest obligation. CLARK S COLLEGE Address: "PAGEFiELD HOUSE," ST. HELEN'S ROAD, SWANSEA. Tel. Ko.. Docks Central College A Office* —CLARK'S COLLEGE, Lt4.. Li*i CHANCSBY IiAJfB. W.C.