The Llanelly Mercury and South Wales Advertiser

THE I BORDER CHILDREN. I I THE ATTITUDE A-?UMED BY THE BO AIM' j OF EJYGtATIO: I I A STROM i COMMUNICATION. I bl U-II C_=- .1. U,. THE COUNTY AUTHORITY I I CHILDREN STILL ON THE ROAD. I A mceting- of The Carmarthenshire Educa- j ,? ?r Of T h !Rl tion was held on Thursday at the ) Offices, Cuim.'irth.'n.?r.J?h" D'?-d, PHny- ban k .prc?i'?'?' The following commun i c: ¡; :y;l;: :i, g,¡:i: with regard to the UaneUy Border Children, together with a reply which the Clerk had previously drafted, ami now submitted as a re- ply which lie thought ought to be sent to the Board. The letter from the Board waa as follows:— Welsh Tk-patvroent, Board of Edui'-a'tion, Sir,—Iu reply to Mr. Nicholas's letter of the 24th ult., i am directed to stale thai the Board of Education note that, your authority admit that a number of rhe children excluded from the Llanelly school? are not now in îac:i attending any sc-hcol. I am to point out that it is the duty of the local education authority to provide such school a-c-eoiiUTiodfttion as is in the opinion of the Board of Education necessary in order to supply a sufficient amount of public school accommodation. for their district (Section IS of the Eleiuentasy Education Act, 1870, as amended by Schedule" III. (6) of the Education Act, 1902), also that- the local education authority have failed for a month fb supply tho Board with the precise information asked for in the official letter of the 8th ult. Consequently, tli-3 Board have no evidence before tht-rn shewing thai: suitable and oonv-enieat. accommodation exists in the Carmarthenshire schools for the cxcludcd children. as bv your letter, and the facts that mrent-s persist in refusing to s-end their children to these schools, and that no i-rnear as jet to have been taken by tho local education authority, tends 1o show that th;) vi-ew nul bnvard by thi. autho- rity in their letter of the 24ih uk is not well founded As the situaikm is a grave, one, in- volving the educational" interests of a con- siderable number of children, and is no effec- tive steps have apparently been taken, to deal with it. the Board w lit have no alternative but to take aeiion in the matter without fur- therdehv, unlesn the education autho- rity satisfy them forthwith that. all the ex- cluded children can find suitable aceoinmoda- j tion within reasonable distance, of their homes, or oiih-.s.s the L)(;1 education authority intimate' that, they are prepared to at one* into an fgreeuvent with the 'Lianelly Ur- ban Dist'et Council to sec-tire the admission to Llanelly schools of those of the ehibben who have not such aecomioudatiovi within reasonable distance. A copv of ihis is being sent to the Llanelly Urban District Council.—I am. ah, your o! edient servant. ALFRED T. DAVIES. J. W. N icholas, Es:j.. Clerk to the Carmar- theisliire Local Education Authority. Mrs. Lloyd, LlaneUy, said a he liope-cl ilio Committee would take J. lenient and sensible By tive action of the Committee 1:0 clrklron v.xro and ha-! been for the last .-ix weeks o; we road- She had t.1; .i)ÙtÜ c-f the v.ajv.uts. oti-.I (,Llf; mother in{;:i.?! at' hud infornicd her that' :I!'l 'ii::lif;1< ;¡,: 'n:5 t;i: earnhig about 25s. only, :.oo '-oaseuuenily ?hH was unable t.o keep- tl:-> ( !ii<;r~« clad proper- !y If j)ie little ones ?.?('ot.ipcn.lto?alk all the di:tance from Furnace to Felinfoel in wet wt.ather they wouUl e soaked io iiie skin before they had go iv one fourth of the- dis- tance, and would therefore be compelled to remain in their v.-t clothes all day, as she could noi afford over-alls f'u then;: indeed, she could not afford a change 0f -clothe3 for them. Thi-s was nnlv one instance of thc, verv many cases of the k in,1 t ha t existed amongst the 130 children who had been turned to the .road. She could not understand why it was? that tlie Committee could not cane to some arrangement with the Llanelly Authority. The Chairman: We have d-ekled that we will not pay Llanelly a single penny, and we are not- going back on 'thai. Mrs. Lloyd: Well then. T move that a tem- porary school i/e provided for the 130 children from the OU Road S<d>jK.ls who are now on the road. The Rev. J. H. Rees, Burry Parr, scc-oiidod. Tho Clerk read the veplv which lie sugges- ted should he sent to the Board of Education. In hid reply, he said that the acconnnodation fit the Feliufoel Mjx^d School was 258. which would give r»«jm for about 40 of the children. The iufante' lepartm-eiit could accommodate about .3.5 of the childven, and the remainder could be i-ent to the Church School at Felin- foel, and the Uuee seliools were all within a mile of the houses of the children. Tie also desired to inform the Board that the Commit- tee would in the ner;r future take legal pro- ceedings against the parents. He could not see what more could bo "expeoied from them. JlrW. ii. Jones: 1: would tie just as well for the CLl-k t. send correct statements to the Board. He points out that the accommoda- tion of the mix id department at Felinfoel i3 258, and. consequently, he Cuds room for about forty of the cliddren. The correct figures are 226 according to the last, measure- ment made by H.M. Inspector. So that re- duces tho accommodation by 52 at once. The Ct;;ik: I have taker: the fknii.es fhmi the BI ue B-jok of 1S07, and nothing has been cmn- piled s i nce. Mf..b)''??: It \ou ia'o ;he tcouble to look over ihe log book of the school y;.«u will find it stated there by H.M. Inspector, after very careful n\eaturemem, the figures 226 as being t I., f i she sirhool. The accommodation -r 1 (.'Jwicit S.-itool -is (In t of the (jUcstiou, have A to compel Norjvo.ii'orittiijis hi :nd f-hoir child- ''en t > u den- jiiiin'it.'oii %1 -'c-h?<?. ???qucn? 1. according to your o\>-u ..dfowing. on have no accornmodaiioii for ♦h- 13d ••hihireri turned out of Old Koto] Set'N «r Eelinfoe-l Council ??'JtortL B?? i dcs. >t.*u c-ooid nor o.xpact. parents \l;tj,('{ù¡('Ill\ :<1) :1 ;2,;t.E;;¡{r an the distance !?)\;?;:)l'?cl in \vct weather. and th?sv??!d;???.'a.?- the average :?tr(tlt" ¡ :} ;1/<1; j ,[),},/ii:f" \{\ hv. I allude moid pattirulariv to all the younger childr«;n. The Clerk also states thnt the distance, to Fel'nioel io one nv- l It woultl a'so. The home.- of the no a-ost children to i'"e I inline! School art- n toii-u av/ay. The homes of tie:- farthest ch'ldron \vlw attended Old Road Schools arc; ihrop loih-s aw.-iy, ond the homes of the o;ajority of ilm r.hi'dren are from one ami thvee-qiiarters t., two miles away. The noarcst children during wor weather would have t ) [ '.a\efie <>' u*o mil.'js,, hi ?. rc'tiud- t ltr,a lr:J:rJ:}\ to 1: ¡::i:: n J r']'d¡ U,(Ë the shorter d>•stance. Mr. Mervyn t'eel: if t\" :ire so bail, where is the md stir? Mr. W. B. Joo :>s: roed x;irw*y~<r could rorn-ady tb>« road under three or four thou- sa.nd pound#' cost. Sooner or later they woul-d have to go in for uecommudaD'on for the. childrcai in that district, seeing that the number of the stsel'r». etujd. had been doubled, and other .k?Y..j?_:n course of erection. W<.uid.d ?. he as tc d be betier' for them to coine' to i-uii'e arr ingeujejit v.!th fE;:J1,r:\ir:,t;;)' i'; :f;.0f I into tb? HAn?lly sch;v.-ldcti they formerly? attended (cries of \o" be e-ndion-d. •• w di 4 rair-ut-e till T I explain before you cry No.' You may take I proceedings against, the parents of the child- ren, but you won't get, them to send their little ones to Felinfoel School in all weathers. The Old Road School was built for these children, and they have been driven out of it because this authority will not come to any terms with regard to it (cries of Shame "). What I ask of you is this—Will you open nego- tiations with¡,h2 Llanelly authority with the object of accommodating children in that school until we are in a position to put the children into a school of our own?" Mr Jones proposed that a committee should be appoin- ted to visit the place to inquire into the cir- cumstances, and that the children should be given to understand that they could go to school next. Monday morning. They had been on the road for six. week. and the Commit- tee had been dealing badly with them. He begged of the Committee to deal fairly with the children. The Chairman: Thai- is oni of order. Mr. W. B. June. The Chairman: Because, of the resolution which we have passed. I Mr. Jones: That resolution has expired. Mr. John John: Mrs. Lloyd's resolution rules the field, ami I second it. We should I r nace and the Sandy. Mr. W X. Jones proposed the appointment of a- visiting committee with a view to build, and that in the meantime they have power to provide temporalv accommodation to teach I Horn", or all of the children in the district. The Chainu&u advocated temporary arrange- I ments outside tUe urban area. I Mrs. Lloyd was willing to amend her motion N?' L ?i? Air. W. ? I I in accordance v>.th Mr. W. N. Jones's pro- posal, and, in that amended form, Mr. H. Jones-Davies, Clyndddau, ga\ê it his support. He was ?ry ?lad of Hie ione there that day I inrega;:d to lJ¡. 'll;tttl'. H8 bad fetf thM it was not their duty to go cap in hand to Llan- elly. He -said it amounted to this—it was an act of educational legerdemain on the part of the Lkaneily authority to extract money from the Committee. The Llanelly people had acted the parr of the dog in the manger. The Rev Dr Johns wanted to know whether  dicy purposed ?addliu? people of a district j who had been paying lates without having i anything from that Committee. If so, that ¡ would be unfair. The Chairman: They will only be doing what people in other parts are doing. The Chairman did. not blame Mr. Jones for sticking up for Llauelly. I Mr. Jones said he did not care a fig what the Chairman stated. He was not sticking up for Llanelly. He ws'j sticking up for the children. I The Chairman said the Committee were pre- pared to ont.e-r-iin any reasonable suggestion. I Llanelly was increasing: by leaps and bounds, but the Llanelly people forgot to tell the county authority that, that increase was in tho county area. He did not think ic right- that they should faun out some hundreds of their children to other people (hear, hear). [ Jones: If you are pre/pared to entertain any reasonable suggestion I will propose that I we offer Llanelly 12s. 6d per child per annum. I You are prepared to pay Glamorganshire 25s. and surely half that, mount would be ridicu- lously low ? ;Ccr L:u.,J!y; but, notwith- i standing thai, I make ir for th? purpose of arriving at some sort of ao amicable arran?e- { ment. If you think 12s. 6d. too high, offer i 10s Do something:, rather than allow the i children to be on the road. If Llanelly, re- fuses ?. y. shall have- • ."ome reply to give the BoStd of Education. A? {resent- we have ¡'¡;r;i;;i¡l:¡t\i! I oo- their coiioty, when they grow up, can take a c';mL'f? heas i vc v I ew of the wor l d generally daughter}. Ukhnately, Mrs. IJo?d' amended motion j for a committee, etc., was carried; and :uth01 matter ended. Not a word was said as to the repiy ?" i,o sent to tire Board of Education, I neither W"ld suv sort of a resolution passed, with reg'.u-i to taking legal proceedings against I he parents. -0- Llanelly Committee's Attitude ROAltn OF EDUCATION'S ADVICE. At. a me-e.tkig of tho Llanelly Education I Committee hold on Thursday evening, Mr. H. t D. Rees presiding, the Clerk read a communi- I cation from the Board of Education, in which they enclosed a (c,py;of a letter which had Education Authority. They also expressed ) the hope that the Llanelly loca l education i authority would do their inmost to arrive without delay at a settlement, of the dispute in the interests of Cm? children. I The Chairman observed that the letter was a very strong one, and it was to- be hoped thai, some fruit would eerie of it. Mr. J< seph Roberts said it would be heti2T for them to remain quiet under the eireum- M! Simlott: I think we have done oil we can to tjy tn come- bJ amicable terms, bdt the Carmarthenshire authority have done nothing I' at all. They have not -even appointed a depu- tation to consult us. It was decided that when a letter was re- ceived from the; Cn rmar( henshire authority, a meeting l>e called immediately

PONTHENRY FRACAS. I ALLEGED ASSAULT. I At the Police Court on Monday, Sarah 1 Thomas, Post Office, Ponthenry, proceeded against Evan and Margaretta Gravelle, Ash- grove, Ponthenry, for assault. There was a I eross-summon». Mr. E. Kammerer appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. T R. Ludford defended. Mr. Kammerer said that Mrs. Thomas was I the owner of the house occupied by the de- fendants, and she gave them notice to quit. They were, however, allowed to remain on until they found another house, on the under- standing that. the possession of the garden was given up. Mrs. Thomas, on going into the garden, was assaulted. Mrs. Thomas, Post Office, Ponthenry, said that on Wednesday afternoon last she went to the garden for some rhubarb, and Mrs. Gra- velle came out and called her names. Wit- ness told her that she had no desire to quar- rel with her, and in a few minutes she fetched the brush and struck her with it. Mr Gravelle then came out and kicked her. As a result of the kick she fell to the ground. Mrs. Gravelle then hit witness's head. After this witness ran away, but was overtaken by the male defendant, who kicked her and threw a brush after her Cross examined: You took away their rhu- barb?—It was not theirs. Were you in a temper?—I was not in a big temper. You threw a bucket at Mrs Gravelle?—I did not have a bucket, only a few rhubarb sticks, Did you drag Mrs. Gravelle by the hair?— Yes, when she bit me. You pulled Mrs. Gravelle's hair as hard as you could j—I don't know about that. Re-examined, witness said the garden had been given over to Smith, who set it, and she had obtained his permission to get the rhu- barb. John Siephen Smith. Post Office, Ponthenry, said the garden attached to the house occu- pied by the defendants had been in his pos- session since March 20th. He had authorised Mrs. Thomas to go there for rhubarb. He was to be the tenant, of the defendants' house as soon as they cleared out. On the date in question his attention was called to what was taking place in the garden. He saw the male defendant kick Mrs. Tlic)iiias,"aljid the female defendant threw a bucket at her Mr. Ludford asked whether their worships were not of the opinion that the ease should be dismissed, seeing that the plaintiff had ad- mitted. having pulled the defendant's hair. The Presiding Magistrate: We think you have a. case to reply to. Evan Gravelle, collier, denied having kicked Mrs. Thomas, or that he ran after her. There was a squabble between his wife and Mrs. Thomas, and both were pulling each other's hair. Mr. Kammerer objected to Mr Ludford put- ting words into the witness's mouth. Mr. Ludford: Really, you should not be so impudent, Mr. Kammerer Mr. Kammerer: I object to the manner in which jou examine your client As to my conduct, I leave it in their worships' hands, and not in yours. The Presiding1 Magistrate (to Mr. Ludford): The witness has made no independent state- ment so far. Margaretta Gravelle also gave evidence. The Bench bound Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. I Gravelle over to be of good behaviour for six months and ordered the parties to pay their own cos ts, the case against Evan Gravelle being dismissed.

I Llanelly District Nursing I Association. The annual meeting of the above Association I was held at the Town Hall, Llanelly, on Fri- day afternoon last, the 7th inst., when there were present:—Mrs. B. R. Rees, Goring Villa (in the chair); Mrs D. Williams, Box House: Jlu, Trubshaw, Aelybryn; Mrs. E. Evans, Goring Place; Mrs. Dewsberry Williams, Gor- ing Road Miss Brodie, Cheriton. I Mrs. B. R. Rees was re-elected president, and Mrs. D. Williams, Box House, vice-presi- dent, for the ensuing year, Mrs. Trubshaw being elected hon. secretary and treasurer. The mc-mbers of the committee, viz., Mrs E. Evans, Goring Place; Mrs. Morgan, Greenfield Villas; Mrs. R. W. Evans, Dyffryn; -I!frs. *f. B. Harries, Brynarymor; Mrs. Dewsberry Wil- liams, Goring Road; Miss Brodie, Cheriton; were re leeted, the name of Mrs. Crosby, ISiew Roa-d, being added to the latter. The. accounts, (July audited, for the past, year, were presented to and adopted, by the meeting.. I It was reported that the services of the gene- ¡ ral sick nurse and the maternity nurses were I still in very great demand, and much unneces- sary suffering had been avoided* in many serious cases owing to the skill and care brought to bear on every case, the number of cases attended by the general nurse being 164, w?h 3516 visits, and the Ca3es attended by th( maternity nurse being 357, with 3781 visits. Hympathetic Teferenc( was made to the death of Mr B. R. Rees, who, with Mrs. R,es, had f.lwY8 been generous supporters of the institution; also to the death of the late vice- president, Mrs. Bythway, by whose death the Nursing Association lost a staunch and gene- rous supporter, and who had bequeathed the sum of £200 to the .funds of the institution. Reference was also made to i he excellent support given by some of the employers and I employees of the various works in the town, and the hope was expressed that. ore long tho remaining employers and workmen would al- low their names to be added to the lIst of an- nual subscribers. Tho committer also passed a unanimous vot i of thanks to the Llanelly Tram Car Co., ?or their great kindness in allowing the nurses 'tl? fr.:è use ?f the trams. The treasurer's account, showed:—Balance 1 carried forward, £ 153 fe. 5,; with, receipts during the, year amounting the expenditure for the year being ;£383 6s 9d; shewing a balance in hand a.t the end. of the year of ,£206 17s. 9d. It is proposed this year t.o hold the usual annual jumble sale, and the committee wmild I fee] extremely abliged if any friends who sym- pathise with thei movement, having any cast- off clothing, or .any other articles for which they have no further use, would kindly plac-e, the articles aside for the sale in October.

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Alleged Theft at the Market. DEFENDANT COMMITTED TO THE ASSIZES. Ernest Gould, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, was :eharged on"remand at the Police Court on Monday with stealing a quantity of dress I material from the Llanelly Market Mr. W. Howell defended. Reginald W. Martin, Andrew Street, assis- tant toll collector at the Llanelly Market, said that on May 6th he- took two boxes owned by Asker Deggett into the store-room at the Market, Mr. Brodie: Has he to pay for Uwi-Not for storage. Continuing his evidence, witness said there were other boxes in front of the ones in ques- tion. He noticed on Saturday evening that ono of the boxes had been broken open.' The stores were only locked at night. He observed that the contents of the box had been dis- turbed. By Mr. Howell: The store-room is open to I everyone?—Sometimes. Mr. Bowen keeps the key. Can anyone get. the key?—Yes. i There is no supervising control over the place ?—No. Anyone can use the place?—It is a store- tpoiti for the tenants There is no one inspecting or overlooking the room?—No. Why did you go to the place?—We have lost things before. As a piece of the box was broken off I went in frequently. You are not in any way responsible ?—No. Were you the only person who put the boxes in?-All the boxes belonging to tho Jews attending the Market were put in by me. Do you keep an account of the l>oxes'?—No. Mr. Sampson: Are you in charge?—No re- sponsibility is taken for goods stored there. What induced you to make a special note of the boxes?—It was open, and stuff could be taken out. The only time you take a special note of a box is when it is broken —Yes. The door is open to aiiyc)iiel--Oiily tenants are supposed to go there. Has Gould any books there ?His father has. Witness: Defendant has nothing to do with his father. Mr. Brodie: How do you know ? Witness: He has told me repeatedly not to let him have any of the books, and that if I he comes to the stall lie is to be put off. Mr Brodie: How long is it since you last say defendant in the Market?—Five or six I months ago. 'John Lewis, tram-driver, stared that on May 8th lie saw Gould carrying a bag. and there ¡ was also a boy carrying another. The bags were similar to those produced. Both Ulel bags were placed on the tram-car by Gould, who went on the front with the boy. On the way to the Station, the conductor stopped the I car and informed Gould that he would have either to go inside or take a seat on top. Gould car-Tied the bags into the station. Cross-examined by Mr. Howell: He knew the defendant by sight, and lie was sure he ¡ was the man. I Mr. Howell: Have you been talking about the matter ?—I saw the man coming back with j P.M. Hodge' Lewis. When did he see you After the defendant was brought, back from Swansea. I Isaac Davies, porter at- the G.W.R Station, that he remembered the defendant coming to ¡ the Station on the day in question. Witness asked him if he had any luggage, and lie pointed out two bags on a trolley near the stationniaster's door. He could swear to on-t of the bags, because he saw a man cut the bottom open with a knife. Two young men "iI '1. came arong, ana, aner jooKing at tne nags, made a statement. This, was only a minute after he had fixed on the labels. One of them put his hfoid into the bags, and pulled out some material He pointed out Gould to the men. Crosa-examined by Mr. Howell, w itness said he identified the bags because they were the only ones for Swansea. He identified the bag by the hole that was made in it at the Station. Asker Deggets, High Street, Swansea, said that one., of the boxes was broken at the side. He valued the articles produced aT £8, and could swear they were the articles missing from the stall. Cross-examined by Mr. Howell: Arc you the only person in the world that sells that sort of goods?-No Is there any mark on. tlie cloth ?—No. Is there anything in the lengths of the cloth to enable you to say they are your goods ?—-I know the pattern. Have other people; in Swansea the same ¡ patterns Yes. How do you identify th-e goods?—Because I I have: handled them so many times. f How do you know the material did not ¡ come from another shop?—-They were missed I from my box. I P.S. Hodge Lewis said he received the con- tents of the bags produced from the parcels I clerk at the G.W.R. Station, Swansea. In answer i.o the charge defendant- pleaded t not guilty. j Mr. Howell then addressed the Bei-icii for the defence and the Bench subsequently I committed the defendant for trial at the ¡' Assizes. Mr. Howell asked the Bench for permission I to withdraw the plea, and plead guilty, so that they could dcal with the case at that I court. I Mr. Sampson said he did not see how they could withdraw their decision. ¡ Mr. Howell replied that they had the autho- I rity to do so. The defendant.s par{)llÜ, were j much distressed on account of the present proceedings, and lie asked them, to deal with him under the First Offenders Act. Mr. Sampson said they could not alter their decision. Had tliei. defendant previousdy pleaded guilty they would have taken the ¡ | onus upon then to decide the case. i i ¡

BURNT HER CLOTHING. i DEMENTED WOMAN FOUND AT I KIDWELLY. A woman was on Thursday morning last observed wandering in the fields -of Pantglas Farm, one mile and a half from Kidwelly, in a state of nudity. Information was given to the Kidwelly police1, and P.O. D. J. Davies at once cycled out and brought the poor woman away. he was found to be quite, demented. There was a fire in thei fields, where rubbish wao ?ing burnt, and hi the remains of this iir? were found portions of lier c?ot?ung: alsd n 8ilnH' watch and dwiu, and the remains of a purse with some money. Her boots and hat were miinjurod. The former were black, liigh-laco boots, bearing the name A. J. lLu- per, Llandrindod Wells, and the reference No. 3343. 7. D and the name Cinderella," regis- tered. The hat was of bluish green straw, with a velvet band, and trimmed with cream and pink roses and foliage. The woman is about 5ft. 4m. high, and between 40 and 45 years of age, and with black hair slightly turn- ing gr?y. ?he refuses to say much, but hi ?;o ply to tlie police, said that she came fi?ni P'I.Y 71-?-)Iiep, T,L'LLLL si).O C-aiiii, the fields. She also referred to her children. The police took her to the Carmarthen asylum. The Kidwelly police on Friday est ablished the identity of the woman 33 Todith Evan?, a native of Coawil-

HARBOUR TRUST. I 0- The monthly m:he Har'Mur Trust was held at the Town Hall on Monday, Mr. John Waters presiding. The other members I present were Messrs. D. James Davies, George Blake, John Davies, Brinley R, Jones, Joseph I Williams, William Rees, Thomas Jones, John I John, Captains John Thomas and John Wil- liams, and Mr John Roberts, the Bank repre- sentative, together with the Collector (Mr. Lobbett), the Superintendent (Mr John Rees), and the Clerk (Mr. Spowart) PRECEPT. It, was decided to make a precept for the sum of £4-627 13s. 3d. upon the Urban Districf Cornier!. HARBOUR SCHEME. The 1 !« rK observed that he wrote to the Board of Trade with regard to their report on the Harbour Trust Scheme, and they had re- plied stating that they were negotiating with the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Rail- way Company, and they expected io receive a letter fioni them with regard to the proposed works. They would submit their report as soon as possible. ADVERTISING THE PORT. A communication was read from tne Cham- ber of Commerce suggesting that the Harbour Trustees should confer wit'h the Urban Coun- cil and themselves with a view to advertising the commercial advantages of the town and port of Llanelly. The Clerk said that some time ago the Trust considered the question of advertising the port as an independent body, but the sugges- tion now was that they should confer with the Chamber of Commerce for unit-ell action. Mr. B R. Jones said they at present adver- tised the advantages of the North Dock in the "Shipping World." Mr. I). James Davies remarked that they only advertised in special numbers. There \vas a special advertising committee appoin- ted, who decided to advertise in special numbers of the "ShÍTlping World" and the Shipping World Year Book, and also insert a page in the tide table, and all this had been done. Enquiries were also to he made ror the purpose of publishing a booklet, but the committee had not been called since. The Chairman said the chairman of that particular committee did come to one meeting but he never came again. It was subsequently decided that Messrs. Thomas Jones, Brinley R. Jones, and George Blake be asked to confer with the, Chamber of Commerce, with a view to making further recommendations to the Trust. DREDGER'S INSURANCE. The Clerk said that the expiration of the in- surance of the dredger would take place in a few days, and lie presumed the Trust would renew it for two months. Capt, Williams: What do you want to in- sure her for? The Clerk: If a vessel were to rim into licr elu'i might sink. The insurance moitev is onlv £5. CapL Williams: I should like to get £ 5 a month (laughter). The Chairman explained that the Bank of England representatives would not allow the vessel to remain in the dock unless they in- sured. her. It, was agreed to renew the insurance, THE TUG" PALCON." A question was raised as to the loss the Trust, sustained every year by the purchase of I the tug Fa Scon." The Clerk estimated the loss nt- £ 540 for I, twelve months'. Mr. John John: Does that include the in- terest on the capital sum? Tho Clerk: No; nor the depreciation Mr. John Roberts said it was fair to say that the Falcon had done something. It had straightened something that was crooked Ire- fore, and that was the condition of the pilot- age. The estimated loss at the start was £ 700 a year. Mr. John John, disagreed with Mr. Roberts; He thought the position was worse. The Trust should have let them manage their own affairs. He objected to the purchase of the tug at the st,ao-,t, but t'hey were challenged by the Bank representatives that it was part and parcel of their contract with the Bank. He believed they should have waited until they had deeper waterr, so that, they could utilise the dock, and perhaps they would be able to purchase two, and have them into their own management. They were now losing practi- cally ClOOO per annum. I Capt. David Thomas said lie advocated the purchasing of the" Falüon," and lie believed, .she • was needed in the estuary now. At that time lw asked the Chairman how much notice iL was necessary to give to the pilots if she did not turn out a success, so that they could sell her. He was told that six or twelve months notice was necessary. The Falcon did noLpay them t present, and I hø would like to know what the Trust was prepared to do under the. circumstances. Supposing they were to give the pilots six months' notice, would they be breaking the agreement? He would like the Collector to give him an estimate of how much the ship- owners' gained by the tug being in the estu- ary. The Collector: Ten per 'cenl. ¡ The Clerk suggested that- an agreement I should be coma to with the- pilms. It was an important Capt Williams s')id be could not sec how II the tug had travelled 1510 llLiies. He would like to see the log book, I The Chairman: The log book is- io the Har- bour Office. Capl. Williams: It ungld to o. Wo ¡ know nothing as to where she goes. It she vent oni to Caldy every day she would not go \t'.rlt <I'lJ.1 t:(alr!j' fïl.)ry d'Y S11() '.YO\lldnut g;, I The Superintendent: Capt. H:es is pre- pared. to piovo i(. (.■apt, Williams: Let him prove it. and bring tho log book here. Cap! Rues was ashore OIl Saturday evening, and was- ashore on Monday morning, and he was home on Rundav. It was decided that the log boolv he pro duccv.i ;1. the next meeting.

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