The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

TO THE COUNTY ELECTORS OF THE AMBLESTON ELECTORAL DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— On March the 5th next you will be called upon to elect a Councillor to represent you in the County Council of Pembrokeshire for three years. I beg to offer myself as a candidate, and I am prepared, if you will elect me, to fulfil tho duties of the office faithfully and to the beet of my abilities. The Rates have risen enormously owing to the policy that has been pursued by the present majority on the County Council, not only in matters of Education, but also in county business apart from Education. If you do me the honour to elect me, it will be my constant endeavour to see that the Rates are administered to the best and most economical purpose in the interests of the ia.epavers, and to take care that justice is done to all Schools, both Provided and Non- Provided, in a reasonable and economic way. I have the ho lour to ba, Ladies and gentlemen, Your obedient servant, VICTOR JAMES HIGGON. Sealyham, February 18th, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE AMBLESTON DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— I have had the honour of representing you on the County Council for the last six years, and Trust that the confidence you have placed in me in the past will be continued in the future. I now offer myself for the third time as a candidate at the forthcoming County Council Election. Although the duties of the office have largely increased during the past three years, chiefly owing to the administration of the Education Act, I have attended diligently to them as your representative, often at con- siderable loss and inconvenience. My views on the Education question are well known to you all, and as I am myself a large ratepayer I have endeavoured at all tims to urge that the Act shall be adminis- terod as economically as is consistent with th efficient teaching of the ohildren. If I have the honour to be re-elected by you, I shall pursue the same policy in the future. Thanking you for youx past favour and support, I remain, Your obedient servant, JAMES HARRIES. Hayscastle, February 18th, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WHITCHURCH DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— Allow me to thank you most sinoerely for having again re-elected me unopposed as your Representative on the Pembrokeshire County Council for the ensuing three years. My chief endeavour, as in the past, will be to vote for all measures tending to promote the efficient, and at the same time economical management of County business. I shall also try to justify the confidence re- posed in me, by devoting my time, energy, and best ability to serve you faithfully on the Council. Thanking you again for your confidence and past support, I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOHN THOMAS. Trevigan, Feb. 2Bth, 1907.

IMPORTANT JJOTIOE. The Pembroke County Guardian" which is the only County Paper, and contains news from the whole of Pem- brokeshire, as well as many othei attractive features, is on sale at aft Newsagents in the County and the important towns of South Wales. It will be forwarded by post to any address at the usual prepaid rate: One Quarter, is 8d; Half Year, 3S 4d One Year, 6s 8d. CHEAP PREPAID ADVER- TISEMENTS. ONE THREE SIX Insertion. Inserts. Inserts. 28 words or under Is. Od. 2s. Od. 3s. 6d. 35" „ Is. 3d. 2s. 7d. 4s. 7d. 42 Is. 6d. 3s. Od. 5s. 3d. And so on at the rate of 3d. per seven words on the First Insertion, and Half-price subse- quent consecutive insertions. WanteO. WANTED good General Servant, abont 25 VV y<-ai> <>f age.—Apply, Salut-atiurk Hotel, Haverfordwest ft-22 WANTFD, an Experienced GENERAL, Two in family.—Apply, Mrs. R. C. Nicholson, Gwalia House, Milford Haven. 3mr8 WANTED at once, a Good Reliable General Servant Girl, 17 or upwards.—Apply, Mrs. John Evans, Butcher, Fishguard. 3mchl5 WANTED, experienced cook (general), three in family. Apply with references, stating age, experience and wages required.—Mrs. Williams, Fernleigh, Lewis Road, Neath. 3mr8 GOOD OPENING for Iutelligent Youth just leaving school. Must be resident in Haver- fordwest.—Apply "A" "County Guardian" Office, Haverfordwest. 3mr8. TO LET at once Northdown House, garden, stable and coach house. ALSO, Lamphey Park House, very good garden, stables, &c.-Apply, Mr. John Shears, Court House, Lamphey, R.S.O. 3mr8. WANTED, experienced general servant, thoronghly trustworthy, early riser, plain cookinpr, milking, housework. Small family. Dairymaid kept. Pembrokcshue. B, County Guardian," Haverfordwest. p3mrj Quarrymen Wanted. GOOD breakers np. Constant employment to good men. Apply, Porthgain Quarries, Letterston, R.S.O. 3mrl. Wanted I Wanted Wanted! WANTED MEN AND BOYS of good character, for Royal Navy and Royai Mannes. Good juay, and p> ii»:un on leaving.— Apply, RecwitiL^ Ofiic?, North Park Street, Pembroke Dock. 13my3 3for Sale. FOR SALE, a Convertible Closed or Hooded Carriage for pair horses —Apply, Coachman, LIwyngwair, Newport (Pem c h I A Small quantity of the followinu Seed Oat* for sain at Treberilliw, Sr. Davids '■ New Mark!t, \'fh¡t,Oat> "Ceirch du bach," \Vebb's Proiitic Tartarian Oat, second vear's prodace. Price* on lopplicat iOII.- Errw;t, J. Martin. 3mrl Uo Xet. TO LET.—The fully licen -ed free Public Honse known a« The White Lion, Pem- broke. R^nt low. immediate possession.—Apply, J. W. Penney, Monk ton, Pembroke. 6mehl Grove Hotel, St. Davids. TO BE LET.—Particulars upon application E. Mathias. Garden to let at Solva. TO LET, with immediate oo««e«eion, a larg« garden, *ifn!ite at Pr^nd^rL'ast.. I ow< r Solva. Thi- garden i< n- t°H for it* fruit pro- duce.—Apply Guardian Utficp, Solva. 3m I House to Let. CASTLE SQUARE, HAVERFORDWEST,' from Marcti the 2"*th. Sanitary arrany»* mpnt1" perfect evety convf-ni^'ir^. Bath, hot, and cold.-Apply. Ttioiua.I JUIIICK, Cn.»t,le Sqnare or for iitimediate poKse*ioi app'y, Po..t Master, Hav»<fordvre*t. ja25 willm iiHiiii mm 1 ARTIFICIAL TESTIS! FITTED | That so ciosoly v g imitate nature » that detect,ou ip de- [g fied b*-ing natui ul and gl life-like iu ensuring good tit and c)r- ij reel articulation eoessary 'o B good mastication. S ensuring good tit and or- ij reel articulation i eoessary 'o B good mastication. S 1 .r- Mr. Wm. jIy. Bowling I (Son of the late J. H. BOWLING), B 44, DIMOND STRE5BT, | PaMBxiOKS DOCK; | Al-o »t MILKOKD, 2nd and 4th Wednes- B ('J"Y in -ach month C/o Ni u. B i HARRIS, C!ieuii»t, Front Street. 9 And at BKJDOK STUKKT, !JA YERF;jJj). I ■>. iii.iii.y~. 11011i pj I\.t 4 1 Î

THE NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE. We offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. Fred Summers, of Rosemoor, and for the last twenty years holding a high position in India, upon his appointment as chief constable of his native county. Mr. Summers had a clear majority of the committee in his favour, and on the first vote he had ten votes to three each for his nearest competitors—Major Bromfield and Deputy Chief Constable James. The chief constable will enter upon his duties command- ing the confidence of a majority of the com- mittee of both political parties; and, moreover, he will be absolutely unfettered as was his predecessor, for, curiously enough, the sug- gested "rules and regulations" limiting hie power appear to have been lost sight of. If we may offer a suggestion it would be that the new chief should use with more discretion than his predecessor the almost autocratic power with which he is vested. He is a scion of an old Pembrokeshire county family, and as such will be sure to find himself in full sympathy with the people among whom his work in the future will lie. His twenty years of active, strenuous life spent in Upper Burma and in Rangoon town, in which latter place he has been assistant commissioner over a force of 1,000 men and in the midst of a population of 300,000, have given him a wide and varied experience, and made him thoroughly conversant with police administrative work. This experience he will doubtless place at the service of his native county to mutual advantage.

THE COUNTY EDUCATION AUTHORITY. It rounds an ungrateful thing to say, but the fact that the County Education Authority has held its last meeting, and we may hope for an infusion of new blood when the new authority meets, is not altogether to be regretted. True, the old authority has had a herculean task; it has had to Te-create a central authority to take the place of a number of school boards, and to administer elementary education from a common centre. The difficulty was increased by reason of the Act of 1902 creating two diffe- rent classes of schools, provided and non-pro vided, one wholly under the control of the central authority, and the other partially so. It has managed, with considerable tact, to save this county from passive resistance to the Education Act by acting on the principle that the non-provided or voluntary schools should be maintained on their own earnings, and has thus escaped arousing the antagonism of those to whom 't is a principle that public money and public control must not be separated In do'ng this, however, it has awakened hostility in the other camp, inasmuch as the rate-aided schools have necessarily been the better equipped and the better staffed. Individual cases of hardship there may have been, but, on the whole, the authority has held the balance between these two conflicting interests fairly even. Where it has erred, however, and we hold very sean- ously, is in over-centralisation. The central body has usurped, or rather exercised, all real power, and left the local managers nothing but the name. Their advice has rarely been sought, their representations have been unheeded, and their recommendations have fallen on deaf ears. At the last meeting a complaint from the Solva managers will illustrate what has been happen- ing all along. A supplementary teacher in- the Solva school applied to the local managers for an increase of salary. Presumably, they have the fullest knowledge of the teacher's capacity and qualifications, and they declined to make any recommendation. Yet two months later the staffing committee of the central authority brush aside, or pay no heed to the managers on the spot, and grant the increase. Mr. J. Howard Griffiths's pertinacity has brought the whole facts to light, and they do not redound to the credit of the central authority. The new com- mittee must remedy the mistakes of their pre- decessors, and give the local managers some control, and pay heed to their advice, or there will soon be a scarcity of local managers in the various groups. Gentlemen are not likely to give up their time to playing at man- aging. This is the most serious error of judg- ment which th" late ccatral body has com- mitted, and while t may be condoned to some extent owing lo the peculiar circumstances under which they have had to work, their successors, should they follow the same high- handed method: will not receive the same tolerant txeatnic-ni. A second g/ave error of the old authority was in the supply of requisites to the schoosl. But that has been gradually im- proving, and latterly there has not been much room for complaint. The tliurd difficulty-the question of teachers' salaries—has been bequeathed to th.3 new authority. Naturally, when the schools were taken over, the teachers in schools which had hitherto been struggling hard to keep going wished to dip their hands in the public purse, and applications for an increase of salary were nearly as numerous as the teachers. It savours, perhaps, rather much of arm-chair criticism to say that the authority might, ere this, have formulated some kind of uniform scale, but, bearing in mind all the difficulties which have surrounded the authority in creating order and system out of chaos and confusion, it would, perhaps, be un- kind to suggest that, they have burked this matter, and bequeathed it, with all its difficul- ties, to their successors. However, that is where the matter stands to-day; there Is a recommen- dation from the old committee to the new to draw up a uniform scale of salaries throughout the county.

THE AMENDED SCHEME. Th amended scheme for secondary eduoatjof in this county is dead, strangled, apparent by red-tape. For many months—Mr. Palmet Morgan says years—the County Governing Body, then the county edu< ation autnority, and, lastly, a special sub committee of the latter body, bav^? been try.ug to evolve a scheme which satisfy the conflicting interests of the nide county schools. They, at last, hit on a tO of compromise, and a draft scheme was seo4 up to the Board of Education. The latter body has very uukindiy told ihcra that all tb}S labour is lost; the Education Commntee cannot frame an amended scheme without the ooncu*' renoe of the governors of the schools aftceted, or it may be amended by the joint educatiot) committee of the county. That the goverriOS5 would ever agree upon a scheme extremely UL" likely and that the joint committee will fare ally better is rot very piobable. At any rate, for the present the amended scheme is defunct and it will be for the new education autll[}rjtY to see if they can breathe the breath of life into the dry bones. Haverfordwest people, at any rate, will never desire to restore animation to what they mus* condemn as a bad scheme. Its injustice to t119 county town is apparent on the face of it, and how th* scheme managed to pass a final read" ing at the Education Committee without spirited, and vigorous protest from the Haver' fordwest members it is hard to say. Put shortly, the scheme proposed to give £ 150 per annum to each county school, except the t\ Haverfordwest schools That is an extraordi' nary exception, because if the Haverfordwe^ schools are endowed the people would st-io be asked to pay their quota to the county fund which would benefit all schools save theirs ? More extraordinary still, the capitatio11 grant was limited to £2 10s. per pupil, with a maximum of £ 40:) in the of the Haver! ra" w,abt sehoo-.s, bu-, Ih,e as no fixed capitation grant in the of tho li,ir sehoois, nor maximum. The posit.on, there-fore, had tbis scheme gone 11 7!i, would have been While every othej school in the county WO encouraged to ob ain as many pupils as possibly asd would have had a grant for each one, bad the Haveifo. rkve chools been increased b, another ten, after 1 hatpin relvr The pupils would a1'n no grant po-b'e juoti tca'.on cJ such a monstrous proposal there could be VIe aro at a loss to conceive. The defunct schelfl8 was just as unfair and unjust when regardeo from the point of view of Pembroke Dock, as Mr. Sketch has shown. On the whole, there' fore, the los.s of the scheme may be borne wilb equanimity.

COUNTY MOTES. We believe the ratepayers in the county oi Pembroke will agree with us when we say tba.t the Standing Jo ut Committee has not dea.lt very generously with the widow of the Jat" chief constable of the county. According to the regulations of the police superannuate11 fund an officer's widow and children surviving on his decease "may" be paid a gratuitý amounting to touch's pay for every coJJl' pletad year of approved service. Mr. Webb, Bowen had completed twenty-seven years, alld this works out at a sum of C877 10s. It waul have been a kindly act to have followed in thi5 case the precedent set on all previous occasio0i and to have given the widow the full eulC) instead of cutting it down to £ 500. The coJJl' mittee has, doubtless, acted within its jo^ rights, for the word "may" gives them liberty of action, but had there been a touc^ of mercy to qualify these just rights it not ha/e been amiss. XXX The education budget for the borough of Pembroke is so far satisfactory, from the rate" payers' point of view, inasmuch as the rate to be demanded for the coming financial year is one penny in the £ less than last year. Th3' shows that the finances of the body are cafe" fully and economically managed, and ibe education authority may claim in this, as 111 their admirable management of the schoolS, and payment of the teachers, that, the., xcad the way we should like to see the education authority of the county follow. There is 9 diminution in the number of scholars, but tba is owing to the discharges having broken op so many homes in the dockyard town. W congratulate Mr. Smith, the chairman of tlle borough education committee, upon having tbe pleasure of submitting so satisfactory a budget. XXX For weeks past, we have been reading in tbe papers, of the innumerable legal ccnuadrun that are likely to arise over the extension Of the Workmen's Compensation Act to domestic service. Last week an experienced and trained legal mind in our columns tried to snw ill aw:>Ý some of the difficulties. Most of us, noweve'' have given up as hopeless the task of trying to understand all the ci-rcumstaviei under which one might be called upon to puy coH1' pensation. Householders will insure, bur. thete arises the further problem whether they are then free from T ability. For instance, one cav' not give notice every time Mary Jane meeto with what appears to be a trivial accident, al- though a week later, when it is perhaps toO late to give notice of the accident, seiious cof sequences may Supervene. Insurance policie should not contain any narrow lim.t of tlnle for notice of accident, or any qualifying cJause about, negligence, or wilful misconduct, and they should cover all casual labour and aitf litigation expenses incurred. The difficulty at the moment- is, to hit upon an entirely rel able and comprehensive indemnity, but no doubt such an insurance policy will be forthcoming before July 1st, when legal liability commence6, XXX The rats at M.Iford Haven Docks are a source of anxiety to the Port Sanitary Authority, aIld to Dr. Griffith, the rodents have conjured up the bogie of plague. The docks manager, hoW' ever, as a practical man, takes another, and shall we say a sanr view, for he does not ignore the more immediate danger that exter- mination of the rats would undoubtedly estab- lish. However stringent regulations were made, and however stringently enforced, there would still be scavenging in plenty left for rats to do, and rats would be there to do it. It is 3 mere case of supply and demand, and this waS remotely recognised by the chairman (Mr. T- Llewellen), who pointed out, in a reply, that Milford Haven was the place most troubled by the rats, and that was where most of the ships came in." If the need for the rats ceased the rats would cease also. At present we hear so little of bubonic plague that it may be treated as practically non-existent in the world: but nowhere, and at no time does the need for scavenging cease to exist. It seems to us the wortny doctor is in danger of emulating Esop ,5 dog, who snatched at the shadow and lost the substance. x x x Apropos of a remark of Mr. Newborn, the chairman of the Milford Docks company, at the company's half-yearly meeting a weefc ago, in which he attributed the excellent qual- ity (4,000 tons) of herrings secured during tbe half-year to deeper trawling than had hitherto been the practice, it is ic teresting to note the life history of tbe fish. It was formerly believed the herring (Clupea harengus) inhabited the open ooeaO close to the arctic circle, and migrated at cer- taiin seasons towards the northern coasts of Europe and America to spawn. This belief haS been proved to be erroneous, and we now kiio%v the fish lives in the vicinity of our shores throughout the whole year, but at greater depths, and greater distances from the coast than during the periods when it approached land for the purpose of spawning. Herring3 are creatures of rapid growth, but this is of course governed by the richness of the feeding grounds. We believe the recotd length of the herring is 17 inches, and are not quite sure but that we have seen individuals of 15 inches: but there is no record of weights. It would be interesting to ktiow what, size the Milford trawlers have been successful in bringing up, but probably no particular attention has been paid to this in the busy times on board- Possibly the experience of our local fishermeD had established the practice of fishing at depths not greater than 50 fathoms. In sucb matters there no con. crvat m so strong as that of the fisherman for his own methods. The 'ncreasing desire *<J oKa'n better results, however, arising oil of rVi.crear-ed competition ir the ST-r-ounding seas, the increasing demand for the delectable fish, and the use of improved tackle a ,:d. n.etho .ti l vork has 110 doubt ni *he "'1" rf tb" l\f'f(r'r1 trawlers commanded -ucceiss. Twenty years ago or so these modern methods were practically unknown about the Pembrokeshire shores, and the excitement in our little coast fishing villages at the appearance of a shoal of herrings was only to be equalled by one pleasure at the gorgeous beauty of the sight of the approach- ing shoal, if one was fortunate enough to see it coming in over the waters in the golden track which the sun laid as it dipped togvjurdf) the western horizon.

Business Bftftresses. "EXCELSIOR" WHISKY The EXCELSIOR" Blend has been produced with great scientific skill and judgment, and possesses t hose aiiriiirubh ;■r<»p<>rtief» that are only rn b*1 femjd ir the bu'he*t f/rade Whiskies. GRANVILLE H SHARPE, F O.S., Lou Pritcipii of the Liverpool Oollege of nhtvmislr'' A no-hjst ■ • p^rft-ctjor; of Whiskv. "-Lancet. t NAN RECOIIH>!(J,,D THE EXCELSIOR hisky with contrl^nce tw a safe and palatable stironimpt to u." s'ck ami Vonvale-i(mnt. P,r" REGISTERED S<>LK PROPRIKTORS M ARGRAVE BROTHERS, Wine and Spirit importers, Llanelly, South Wales Notice of removal. WILLIAM BEY NON, late of the Mariners' Hotel, Lower Solva, and now of the ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL, UPPER SOLVA tenders his best thanks to his friends and patrons for their pa-c support, ,.ti(i hopes to receive in the fo tn re the same patronage as hitherto ac- corded hiin. Best brands of Boers & Spirits supplied. EVERY ATT1-.NTION AND CIVILITY. Plea-e note the ad-ir, THE ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL, UPPER SOLYA. jali 1 HE SWANSEA MERCANTILE BANK Limited, OF 18, PARK STITIEEI, SWANSEA, MAK r CASH ADVANCES DAILY FROM 95 to R500 TO FARMEBS and ALL CLASSES of respect- able householder* upon their own Nota o( Hand, and other kinds of securities. ALL TRANSACTIONS STRICTLY PRIVATE Apply to H. B. JONES, Manager, Or W. D. PHILLIPS, Auctioneer, Haverfordwest Local Representati Personal attendauoe every Wednesday afUraoou and at other %imet4 by special appointment at Vic- toria Road. opposite Lh" Dock gates, Milford Haven Ml educational* University College of Wales, Abetys- twyth. (ONE OF THE CONSTITUENT COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES). President-The Right Hon. LORD RENDAL. Principal—T. F. ROBERTS, M.A., (Oxen), LL.D. (Vict.) The next Session begins on October the 1st. A number of Entrance Scholarships and Ex- hibtiion, open to both Male and Female Candi- dates above the age of 16, are offered for Competition on Tuesday, September 17th, 1907, and the following days. Students are prepared for Degrees in Arts, Science (including the applied Science of Agriculture), Law and Music. Sessional Composition Fee, 210, with additional Laboratory Fees for Science Students. Regi- stration Fee £1. Men Students reside in Registered lodgings in the town, or at the Men's Hostel; Warden Prof. J. W. Marshall, M.A. Women Students reside in the Alexandra Hall of Residence for Women. For full particulars respecting the General Arts and Science De- partments, the Law, Agricuture, and Day Training Del artments, the Department for the Training of Secondary Teachers, and tpe Hostels, apply to J. H. DAVIES, M.A., Registrar. Haverfordwest Grammar School FOUNDED 1613. SUCCESSES gained in 1901-2 include the following Kxbibition, .Magdalen College, Oxford (£70 per annum). Exhibition Jesusv oliege, Oxford. { £ s° per annum). fciitrance u K. M. C. -andbursr. Assistant Clerkship K.N. (9th place o over 00 candidates). i London Matriculation i Oxiurd and Cambridge Highw Cerulicauj-s and I Pass Rebponsiont- All the above obtainea direct from School. Haverturtiwafcst is a Centre for Cambridge Locs. Examinations. nit) t. e* Wam i«s for Boarders it. n.. Mt'!1tj"r"r'iI Hilu. Apply HEADMASTER, School House, Haverfordwest. Next Term Commences Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. The Headmaster will be pleased to interview Parents on Saturday, Jan. 12, or on Jan. 17. a.b t).t' b tiigh School For Girib HAVERFORDWEST. Headmistress: MISS ANDERSON, B.A. (Assisted by highly qualified mistresses). FEES El 6s. 8d. per term. dpecial Sdbjects: Greek, German, and Painting, 15s. per term. Country Pupils are only allowed to board at the Hostel, specially provided for Pupils of the School, or at houses approved by the Governing Body, of which a list ca-i be ob- tained (with any other information desired relative to school arrangements), either from the Headmistress, or from Mr J. W. Phillips, Solicitor, Tower Hill, Clerk to the Governors. The next Term will begin on Wednesday Afternoon, September 19th. 2Sepl4 St. David's County School Chairman: THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST DAVIDS Vice Chairman: CAPT. S. ROACH. Headmaster: MR. THOMAS THOMAS, B.A. (London). Assistant Master: MR. H. P. JACKSON, M.Sc. (Vic.). Assistant Mistress: MISS K. M. GREEN, L.L.A. (St. Andrews), Cambridge Teachers' Diploma. Assistant Mistress: MISS E. H. MOSELEY, B.A. (Wales), with Honours. Pupils prepared for the London Matricula- tion, the Oxford and Cambridge Locals, the Legail, Medical, and Pharmaceutical Examina- tions, the Entrance Scholarship Examinations of the University Colleges of Wales, and the South Kensington Sciene and Art Examina- tions. TUITION FEES.— £ 4 per annum, or El &s. Id. per term; two (brothers or sisters) £7 per per annum, or P.2 6s. 8d. per term; three (brothers or sisters) E10 per annum, or £3 Is. Bd. per term. Pupils taking Music will be charged an extra fee. For terms and further particulars, Prospec- tus, etc., apply to the Headmaster, or to MR. W. D. WILLIAMS, The Registrar, St. Davids. Shipping IRottces. SOUTH AFRICA ROYAL MAIL ROUTE UNION CASTLE LINE. London and Southampton. To Cape Colony, Natal, Dela- goa Bay, Beira, etc., callnig frequently at Madeira, Las Palmas, Teneriffe, Ascension, and St. Helena Weekly Sailings. Fast Passages. Superior Accommodation. Best Route. For Rates of Passage Money and all further information, apply to the Managers: DONALD CURRIE & CO.f London, or to Local Agents. | CANADA %»"~ And NORTH WEST by the LIIH- WORK AND WACES FOR ALL. FASTEST AND BEST ROUTE. Handbook, Map°, etc., FREE from ALLANS, Pali Mali, 103, Leaden hall-St. London, and 19, James St., Liverpool. LOCAL AG]KNT: -W. H. John, "County t Guardian" Office, Solva. fel5 announcements. BETHESDA CHAPEL HAVERFORDWEST, MARCH 14th, 1907, A Grand Performance OF HANDEL'S ORATORIO THE miAH" BY THE PAVERFOADtIdEST CDOWlL SOCIETY (150 VOICES), ACCOMPANIED BY PRtfESSOR HULLEY'S BAND (OF SWANSEA). fel5— A GIRAND EISTEDDFOD Will be held in HAVERFORDWEST. On WHIT MONDLY, MAY 20th 1907. CHIEF CHORAL Prize: zC25 and Silver Mounted Baton. MALK VOICE Priz*: C30 and Silver Cup. Substantial prizeo for Part Song, Juvenile Choir, Solos (Vocal and Instrumental). Also an excellent list of Literary and Art Com- petition*. Programmes may now bti hrd, 2d. post free, from the Hon. Sec., Mr. W. G. HOWLANDS, 1, Castle Terrace, Sturl. Haverfordwest. North Pembrokeshire Farmers' Club. MR. F. W. SHRIVELL WILL address a meeting at the Commercial 'T Hotel, Fishguard, on THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907, at 3 p.m., on "The Manuring of Grass Lands and Experiments connected therewith." All are invited to attend. V. J. JOHNS, fe8 — Sec. Sales bs private TTreatg. ST. CATHERINE'S ISLAND, TENBY. FOR SALE, all that Piece or Pair eel of Free- hold Land known as St. Catherine's Island, Tenby, in the County of Pembroke, containing an area of 2a. 2r. 18p. or thereabouts, together with the Buildings, etc., thereon situate, com- prising disused fortifications and accommoda- tion for two officers and 34 men. Town water is laid on and the drainage is carried to the sea. The Property is situate about 100 yards from the mainland, and is accessible on foot at low water. Further particulars can be obtained from W. H. Elwell, Consulting Land Agent to the Wax Department, War Office, Whitehall, Lon- don, S.W., to whom all offers to purchase should be addressed so as to be received on or before Twelve Noon on Monday, the 25th of March next. The Secretary of State for the War de- partment does not bind himself to accept the highest or any offer. 4mrl5 Sales bp Suction. FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE. Important Salt of Valuable Freehold Building Land. MR. W. REES CARVER HAS been instructed by the Pembrokeshire Estates Company, Limited, to offer for Sa'e by Public Auction, at the COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Fishguard, On Thursday, March 21st 1907, at Three o'clock p.m. sharp, 34 PLOTS OF LAND, Part of the Windy Hall Estate, situate Fronting and Adjoining the High Road between the Towns of Fishguard and Goodwick. The attention of Builders and Investors is drawn to this sale, affording as it does an opportunity of acquiring in this rapidly rising district, land con- veniently situated and suitable for House Building and likely to improve in value. The plots will be offered subject to certain general conditions and to the special conditions printed with the particulars of Sale. For copies of particulars, and for all further in- formation, apply to the AUCTIONEER, Fishguard to Mr. Hugh Thomas, Surveyor, Haverfordwest to Mr Vincent Johns, Solicitor, Fishguard or to EATON EVANS & WILLIAMS, 3mchl5 Solicitors, Haverfordwest. Xegal. Information Wanted. RE WILLIAM ROBLIN VAUGHAN, De- ceased, Landed Proprietor, the son of David, otherwise David John Vaughan, Malster, late of Haverfordwest and Fishguard, who owned the following Farms in 1870 to 1875:— Treboeth Farm of 76 acres, tenanted by a Mr. John Worthington. J.P, Tregroes Farm. adjoining the above, tenanted by a Mrs. George; also Bryntresewig Farm of 39 acres, lately sold by advertiser to the tenant, Mr. Reynolds. Wanted the names of anyone who bought or rented other Farms from the De- ceased Gentleman. The deceased married in Liverpool, January 1st, 1868, and resided in Maghull, near Liverpool, for seven years, died there August, 1875. Advertiser: Deoeased's Son- WILLIAM STANLEY VAUGHAN, Ivy Cottage, Corner of Green Lane, Wallasey, Cheshirei. /DMscellaneous. Hanes Eglwys y Felinganol. CYHOEDDIR yn fnan y llyfr uchod. Pria swllt. Gan nad argreffir ond y nifer a geisir, dymnnir ar v sawl sydd am dano i ddan- fon ei enw ar unwaith i'r awdwr, J. S. JONES, 6, Cambrian Place, Haverfordwest. 3mrl Eiptwithstaadiiig: Statements made to the contrary, the "County Guardian' has a QUA-RA, NTFXD ctecttlatlcta far im excess of any other paper printed and piaMIalied la the County.

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FISHGUARD DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— At the request of many friends and sup- porters I have decided to again contest the seat on the County Council for the above division. I am told that on the last occasion I lost the seat I had held for six years solely because of my attitude on the Education question. I wish to make my position on that. point perfectly clear. I desire that all schools receiving aid from the State or from rates shall be subject 1- the same official examinations and inspection* so that their efficiency in respeot to secular education, to staff, to sanitation, and to con- venience for teaching shall be equally guaran- teed before they receive any public money. But I hold that a great majority of the electors, and almost all the parents of children in Pem- brokeshire dc-sire to have religious instruction given in such schools even more earnestly than they desire secular instruction to be given. I think such religious instruction should be given by persons qualified, by faith and train- ing, to give it; preferably by the teachers if they are both willing and qualified to do ea Of course, to be efficient, such religious teach- ing must be given during oompulsory school hours. In Pembrokeshire these are, as a rule, only the children of parents belonging to the Church of England and to Nonconformists for whom religious teaching in State schools is required. I hold that each denomination should pay for such religious instruction as the parents belonging to such denomination desire. Seeing that in Pembrokeshire there are now hardly, if any, schools with only one teacher, and that even in English Church schools the assistant teachers are commonly Nonconformists, I believe that the above method of dealing with the difficulty would be fair all round, and could (almost without exception) be easily carried into practice. 1 may add that a system almost identical with the above has been tried, and has been for years »»«etigfmUy earried out in Switzerland, where I think the sectarian differences among the people are unfortunately more ilearly defined, and more sharply accentuated than in any part of Wales. I have had some years 01 practical experience of a system of State educa- tion of an almost purely secular character. I am convinced that it is harmful to the char, acter of the children; that it tends to foster the material at the expense of the moral sense of those who are to be the citizens and matrons of the country in the course of a few years. But I believe that the above is a form f compromise which is fair and just to ali swots; that such difficulties as there are can be easily overcome by those who, like myself, desire not only to see the education question dealt with in the true interests of the children alone, but according to the wishes of their parents, and freed from the animus and draw- backs attaching to party politics, which are out of place in any County Council. I am, your obedient servant, J. C. YORKE. Langton, Dwrbach, Feb. 13, 1907.

ETHOLIAD CYNCIR SIROL AT ETHOI.WYR DOSBARTH ABERGWAUN. Boneddigesau a Boneddigion,— Ar gais llawetr o gyfeillion a chefnogwyr yr wyf wedi penderfynu unwaith eto i fod yn ymgeisydd am y sedd ar y Cynghor Sirol am f dosbaith uchod. Dywedir i mi golli y sedd (yr hon a ddeliajs am chwech mlynedd) ar yr achly6ur diweddaf yn Lnig am fy agwedd ar y pvvngT o Addysg. Am hyny, yr wyf am lwyr eglurhau fy sefyllfa ar y cwestiwn hwn. Credaf y dylai pog ysgol a dderbynia gynnorthwy, pa un a'i oddiwrth y Llywodreath neu oddiwrth dTeth, i' fod yn rhwymedig i'r un arholiadau, fel y byddont, yn eu heffedt-hioldeb mown perthynas i addysg secularaidd (secular education), athrawon, amgylchiadau iachus, a chyfle i addysgu yn cael eu sicrhau cyn dierbyn un hatling o arian y cyhoedA Ond yr wyf yn dal fod mwyafrif o'r etholwyr, a bron pob un o rhieni plant yn yr ysgolion yn fwy o lawer nad ydynt yn deisyf addysg secularaidd. Tybiaf y dylai y farh addysg grefyddol gael ei rhoddi gan athrawon crefyddol, y rhai sydd yn gymhwys trwy eu ffydd a'u haddysgiad i'w roddi, ond, fwy dewis-ol, gan athrawon yr ysgolion os ydynt yn foddlawn ac yn gymhwys i'r gwaith. Wrth gwrs, i fod yn effeithiol, rhaid i'r addysg grefyddol gael ei rhoddi yn ystod ariau gorfodol yr ysgoL Nid oes yn Six Benfro, fel rheol, neb ond plant Eglwyswyr ac Ymneillduwyr yn oeisio addysg grefyddol yn ysgolion y Llywodraeth, a chredaf y dylai y gwahanol enwadau i ba rai y perthyn rhieni y plant i dalu am yr addysg grefyddol a dd4wisant i'w plant i dderbyn; a chan fod ond ychydig ysgolion yn y sir gyda un athraw yn unig, a ohan fod yr athrawan cynnorthwyol yn ysgolion yr Eglwys, yn gyffre- din, yn Ymneillduwyr, credaf fod y modd uchod o drin yr anhawsder yn deg i bawb, bron heb eithriad, ac y gellir yn hawdd ei gario i arferiad. Yn mhellach, y mae cyfundrefn yn gyfatebol i'r uchod o dan brawf 'ac yn dra llwyddianus, er ys blynddau lawer, yn Switzer- land, lie y tybiaf, y mae gwahaniaethau sec- tyddol yn mysg y bobl, gwaethaf y modd, yn fwy amlwg ac yn fwy pigog ei acen nac yn unrhyw barth o Gymru. Yr wyf werli cael profiad ymatferol o gyfun- dreft) addysg Lywodraethol, o gymeriad bron yn hollol secularaidd, ac yr wyf yn sicr ei fod yn niweidiol i gymeriad y plant; ei fod yn deuddol i feithiin y synwyr materol ar goet y moesol, yn y rhai a fyddant yn ddinasyddlon a mammau y wlad mewn ychydig flynyddau; ond credaf fod y cynllun uchod yn un hollol deg a chyfiawn i'r holl sectau, a chredaf nad anmfcoeibl gorchfygu pob 1nhawsdea: sydd yn bodoli dim ond i etholwyr bleidlesio dros ymgeiswyr y rhai sydd, fel fy hun, yn awyddus i drin y pwnge yn unig er budd y plant m* yn ol deisyfiadau y rhieni a'r rhai yn rhydd oddiwrth y digasedd a'r anfanteision a berthyn i wleidiadaeth bleidiol (party politics), yr hyn sydd yn hollol allan o le ar unrhyw Gynghor Sixol. Yr wyf, eich ufudd was, J. C. YOR KE Langton, Dwrbach, Chwef. 13, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE MATHRY ELECTORAL DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— I have consented once more to become a candidate for the County Council, after being asked by numerous friends to do so. I have represented you on the Council for eighteen years, and have always voted for economy, and have done my best to lower the rates. *If you elect me on the 5th of March I will do my utmost to further your interests. I remain, Your obedient servant, T. E. THOMAS. Trehale, February 25th, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE LLANGWM DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen, Haviig been asked to become a candidate for the Llangwm Division, I have decided to place my services at your disposal. The con- test will be fought mainly on the Education question, and my views on that subject are well-known to you all. I look fordward to the time, which is certainly coming, when the ratepapers will have full and absolute control of all schools for which they have to pay. Being a large Rratepayer, I will, if elected, do my best to keep down the ratefl, having due regard to efficiency, and the public interest. I shall probably not have time to wait on you all personally, but if you can see your way to record your votes on my behalf, I shall esteem it a favour The date of Polling is fixed for March 5th, and it is most important that every Elector should go to the Poll. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, S. W. DAWKINS. Haylett Grange, Haverfordwest, February 18th, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS of the CAMROSE ELECTORAL DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— On Tuesday, the 5th of March, you will be called upon to elect a Representative on the Pembrokeshire County Council. At the earnest request of many of the Electors in the District, I have consented to offer myself for re-election, and, believing that my past con- duct has met with your approval, I cheerfully place my services again at your disposal. During the time I have had the honour of serving you on the Council, I have attended regularly all its meetings, and, being a large Ratepayer in the District, I have always given my vote on the principle of exercising the greatest amount of economy consistent with the most efficient working of the different depart- ments of the Council, and should you do me the honour of electing me again, I assure you that the same policy which I have advocated in the past shall guide me in the future. Believe me to be, Your obedient Servant, W. J. CANTON. Noltou Haven, Feb. 25th, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE ST. MARY AND ST. MARTIN'S ELECTORIAL DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— Since, three years ago, you did me the honour to elect me as your Representative, I have not been absent from any Meeting, either of the Council or of the County Education Com- mittee. In the general work of the Council I have taken my full share, and have given especial attention to all matters that affected the interests of my native town. It was as an Educationist that I appealed to you to elect me, and the pledges I then gave, I have endeavoured to fulfil to the best of my ability. In the matter of Higher Education, as repre- sented among us by the Grammar School and by Tasker's High School, the action of the County Committee is controlled by the County Scheme, which was accepted thirteen years ago, and from which the Committee cannot deviate. The preparation of a New Scheme, which shall be more satisfactory in its operation, has long been under consideration. In these discussions I have taken an active part, and there is every reason to hope that the Scheme, when adopted, will do substantial justice to the Haverfordwest Schools. The most important and most difficult part of our work has been the administration of the Elementary Schools throughout the County, and in this, I trust, I have been able to turn to good account the experience obtained during my fourteen years' membership of the Haver- fordwest School Board. Believing economy to be indispensable to good government, I have never failed to oppose any expenditure which seemed to me to be excessive in the work either of the Council or of the Education Committee, and I have strenu- ously resisted the attempts made in the last two years to make an altogether unnecessary addi- tion to the County Rate. I now ask you to re-elect me, pledging myself to serve you faithfully as your Representative. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES PHILLIPS. 9, Dew Street, Haverfordwest.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. MARY AND ST. MARTIN'S ELECTORAL DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— At the request of numerous electors, and encouraged by the large measure of support accorded me three years ago, I venture to place my services at your disposal. Though an advocate of economy and opposed to excessive salaries, I am strongly in favour of a fair wage being paid to all those who are in the employment of the County Council. I am of opinion that equal treatment should be given to Provided and Non-Provided Schools, and that the same rate of salaries should be paid to the teachers of each class of school. In the general management of the schools I think that the welfare of the children should be the first thing to be considered. The discontinuance of the Art and Science Classes is a misfortune to the town, and I would use every endeavour to obtain for them such a giant as may enable them to be carried on with their former efficiency and success. The Haverfordwest Grammar School and Tasker's School have hitherto not received the support from the County to which they are justly entitled, and it would be my constant aim to secure for them fair treatment in the future. If these schools received more equitable grants it would be possible to increase the number and value of the scholarships given to pupils of the Elementary Schools. In my opinion the principal roads of the County should be under the control of the County Council, and maintained in the best possible condition. Should you elect me, I hope to give constant attention to the work of the Council. I am. Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, A. HUGH SAUNDERS. I Castle Terraoe, Haverfordwest, Feb. 22nd, 1907.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. THOMAS AND FURZY PARK ELECTORAL DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— The term for which you eiec:ed me three years ago to represent you on the County Coun- cil expires on Tuesday next, March 5th. Having again been adopted at a large meeting of Electors, I consented to offer myself for re- election. You are well able to judge my eon- duct during the period I have had the honour to represent you, and I trust my efforts have met with your approval. I would respectfully point out that at present I am the only l'eprescntative of the TOWN COUNCIL on the County Council, and as many questions arise which affect the interests of the Ratepayers of the town, I am in a position through the experience gained on the Town Council to advocate your just claims more effectually. My attitude with regard to the MAIN ROADS is already well known to you. I hall if returned plead for more Main Roads for the town, the granting of which would naturally benefit the Ratepayers and give you better roads. I believe EDUCATION should be brought within the reach of the poorest in the land. Schools maintained by public money should be controlled by the Peoples' representatives. I approve of the religious syllabus now. in force in the Council Schools. I strongly object TO ANY DENOMINA- TIONAL TEACHING AT THE EXPENSE OF THE RATEPAYERS. I will always sup- port the just and fair treatment of the 6raniiiiar School and Taskerrs School. EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY have been and will continue to be my watchwords. The BETTER HOUSING of the Working Classes throughout the County ought to re- Coe, ve the serious attention of the County Coun- cil. I will at all times support all measures brought forward, calculated to benefit humanity and make better citizens, who shall be worthy of the Premier County of Wales. Trusting you will use your influenoe on my behalf and that, on Tuesday next you will re- cord your vote in my favour, I beg to remain, Your humble Servant, ISAIAH REYNOLDS. Swan Square, Haverfordwest, Feb. 26th, 1907. Polling will take place in the Market Hall, Tuesday next, March 5th, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. THOMAS AND FURZY PARK ELECTORAL DITISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— In acceding to an earnest request to stand for the County Council, I did so as I felt it my duty to place my experience in Education matters, both Primary and Secondary, at the disposal of the Electors. I need hardly remind you of the great interest I have taken in the Education of the young ever since I came into the district, now 32 years ago. I have always believed, and shall continue to do so, that a good sound religious education is of supreme importance. I shall ever advocate fair and impartial treatment to all schools alike with justice for parents, justice for children, justice for teachers, and justice for ratepayers. I believe efficiency and economy go hand in hand. After both I shall strive if elected. There are, of course, many other matters of great importance to be dealt with, but if my long residence among you has not made you rûady to trust me, no written words will help me. I simply place myself at your disposal, and shall esteem it a kindness if you will vote for me. Yours truly, GEO. C. HILBERS, Rector of St. Thomas.

Letters of Thanks. TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. DAVID'S AND CLOSE DIVISION. Ladies and Gentlemen,— I beg to thank you most sincerely for again returning me as your Representative unop- posed. The confidence you have shewn in me for so many years will be an encouragement for me ;o do if possible more in the future than I have done in the past. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J. HOWARD GRIFFITHS. Lleithyr, Feb. 26th, 1907.