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CHBAP PREPAID ADVER- TISEMENT3, Our Prepaid Scale. ONE THREE SIX Insertion. Inserts. Inserts. It woids or under. Is. Cd. 28. Od. 3s. 6d. W v. 3d. 23. 7d. 4s. ?d. 19 „ Is. 6d. 3s Od. 6a. 3d. And so on &t ttle rate of 3d. rr-r seven words on the First Insertion, and Half-pries 3ub8e- aaan* eofiseoutiye insertions. These charges apply only to the following olasaes of advertisements if prepaId :-SJtU& tions Vacant or Wanted, To be Let, Apart ments Wanted and To Let. Houses and other Premises to be Let, Specific Articles for Sale, Articles, Dogs, Sheep, etc., Lost and Found, and &11 Miscellaneous Wants. Unless paid for in advance the credit raw of double the above will be charged. ,I t c I's W ANTED, a good plain cook-lrs. Harold Jameo, Hillborough House, Haverford- west- dell- VTT ANTED, now or end of threshing season, » ▼ a thoroughly reliable second-hand trac- tion engine from 6 to 8 h.T).-Aoply with full) particulars and terms, in writing, to "Farmer," c/o "Guardian" Office. Haverfordwest. 3jal yrr ANTED at once, experienced Cook Gener- al; also Housemaid Waitress.—Apply with reference, Mrs. Dirk, The Bush Hotel. Pembroke Dock. 2de25 C OOK-Genel wanted—Apply Mrs. Dawkins, C Haylett Grange, Haverfordwest. 1 2 for Sale. gn,,nj 1C> u" quue new, warranted nTltJ • f^ral fire, top lever, rebound- e^ensSn barreI> Pistol grip stock, ^ens.on rib, approval 38s—Sports- man, 13, Newcastle Street, Merthyr. 6ja8 j^UTOMATIC MACHINES (id. and Id.), of every description for sale. Suitable to publicans and otners. The only establishment in West Wales—Apply, Cambrian Automatic Company, 10, Alexandra Arcade, Swansea? 4ja8. FOR Ss. 8d. POST FREE. TRY a Pair cf our Gents Real Box Calf TLeather Liiied BaI Boots, the best in the United Kingdom at the price, direct from H. C. MAY, Boot Factor, Belmont, 6jal5. Surrey. 1ost. J^OST on December 4th, a BI^Th^T^ hole m right ear-J. Reynolds, Tregl^. inals. ldel8 T J °ST' on Friday last, between Fisheuard and Mathry a Trap Seat. 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COLLINS HAS been favoured with instructions to Sell by Public Auction at the above place, the following HORSES, Late the property of H. G. Alien, Esq., de- ceased, of rackeston:- < Boracic (Black Gelding), 5 years, 15.2 hands, by "Young Trustful." Blackberry (Black Gelding), 5 years, 15.2 hands, by Solicitor. The above horses make an excellent pair of Carrieg Horses, and are quiet in single or double harness, used to all road traffic, and believed to be sound. Cart Mare by "Oklover." 4 years, 15.1 hands; excellent worker in all gear. Sale to Commence at 12 noon. Further particulars may be obtained of the I auctioneer at Narberth, or of MESSRS. STOKES AND STOKES, Bellvue Chambers, Tenby. Solicitors to the Executors. WE BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER When you want to buy anything, sell anything or exchange any- thing when you want to find a situation or an employee, or let a I bouse, advertise in the classified columns of fcMs journal. The three or toutt lines you mssrt I may be scanned by just the people you want to roach-people you would find difficulty in reaching any other way. 4 lines, Is, 3 insertions, 2s. Even beggars must keep abreast of the times. A beggar rang a suburban door-bell. The mis- tress of the house appeared, frowned at the man and said, "Go away please. I haven't got any cold victuals, or old clothes, or old boots, or old overcoats, or-" "Excuse me, ma'am," the beggar humbly interrupted. "I don't want nothin' to eat or wear. I just called to see, ma'am if you had an old automobile to give away. 35ustness Hfcfcresses. M "NT no-I% XMAS HAMPERS. Acknowledged to be the Best in the Market. No. 4 £1 1 0 No. 5 XI 5 0 1 Bottle "Excelsior" Extra Special Scotch. 2 Bottles Martinez Choice Old Port. 1 "Pearl" Extra Special Irish. 2 „ "Excelsior" Extra Special Scotch. 1 Choice Old Port. i „ V.S.O.P. Liqueur Cognac. 1 Fine Sherry. i Heidseck's Champagne. 1 V.S.O.P. Liqueur Cognac. 1 Champagne (Sparkling Hock or Moselle). No. 7 £ 1 10 0 No. 8 92 2 0 3 Bottles Choice Old Port. 3 Bottles Martinez Choice Old Port. 1 Fine Sherry. 2 „ Fine Sherry. 1 Finest *Cognac. 3 "Excelsior" Extra Special Scotch. 1 Finest London Gin. 1 „ "Pearl" Extra Special Irish. 3 "Excelsior" Extra Special Scotch. 1 V.S.O.P. Liqueur Cognac. 3 Claret. 2 „ Champagne (Hy. Goulet). Assortments of equal value will be substituted to suit convenience of customers. MARCRAVE BROS., LLANELLY. COMMERCE HOUSE, Ltd., Are now showing in all Departments LATEST NOVELTIES FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONS • The DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT is now under the charge of a highly qualified London Fitter who for several years acted as Head Dressmaker to the Army and Navy Stores, and also to Peter Robinson, Ltd. We guarantee Correct Style, Perfect Fit and Finish and at extremely Moderate Prices. 7 The MILLINERY DEPARTMENT is fully stocked with the choicest specimens of French and English Millinery, Flowers, Feathers, &c. This Department is under new and capable manage- ment and we will be pleased to shew New Styles and to copy and adapt to any individual taste. adapt to any individual taste. COSTUMES, MANTLES, COATS, BLOUSES, &c., in I great variety. We are making a special feature of FURS. We hold t) a magnificent stock, and are confident we can give the utmost satis- faction. The DRESS DEPARTMENT is replete with theatest productions in correct Materials, and we also have a very fine range of NEWEST TRIMMINGS in all shades to match the new coloarings. GLOVES, HOSIERY, BELTS, NECKWEAR, LACE GOODS, &c., in endless variety. ¥'J.IL; Charming assortment of Ohildrens Millinery, Costumes, &0. Everything in Household Linen, Eider Downs', Winter Cuttiflus, Blnkets, Flannels, &c., &c. n Post Orders receive prompt and careful attention. I 0; COMMERCE HOUSE, Ltd. HAVERFORDWEST. I County Guardian" £ 100 FREE INSURANCE (Applicable only within the United Kingdom). SPECIALLY GUARANTEED BY THE GLIM MjiGE COPiM LIMITED. i O, West George Street, Glasgow. A. REGINALD POLE, General Manager. To whom Notice of Claim, under the follow- ing Conditions, must be sent in case of injury or Death within seven days after the accident. O I 4^/} will be paid by the above Cor- c* poration to the legal represen- tative of any one who is killed by an accident I to the passenger-train in which the deceased I was travelling as a ticket-bearing or fare-paying passenger, season ticket-holder, or trader's ticket-holder, or who shall have been fatally injured thereby (should death result within seven days after such accident). Should such accident not prove fatal, but cause within the same period of seven days the loss of two limbs (both arms or both legs, or one of each, by actual separation above the wrist or ankle), the. person injured shall be entitled to receive £ 100, or for the loss of one limb under the,aforesaid conditions, £ 50; and should such person meet with an; injury I caused by an accident as above defined which 1 shall not prove fatal as aforesaid, but which of | itsell shall totally prevent him or her from J following his or her occupation, then the above Corporation win pay to such person iEl per week during such disablement, but in no case for more than ten weeks for any one accident. PROVIDED that t-e person so killed or in- jured had upon his or her person, this ticket with his or her usual signature, written in ink prior to the accident, on the space provided below, which, together with the giving of notice within the time as hereinbefore mentioned, is of the essence of this contract. This insurance holds good for the current week of issue ofaly. Railway servants travelling with a pass or ticket in an ordinary passenger compartment of a passenger train can hold this Coupon In- surance Ticket. No person can recover under more than one Coupon- InSUTance Ticket guaranteed by the Corporation, in respect of the same accident. Signature Coupon expires at midnight on Friday, December 25th, 1908.
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TIDE TABLE FOR PEMBROKESHIRE « "g *»* ■gja -2 a § '| £ II ill I I \JL -)- Fri. M 1.28 1.13 2.11 l.8 112,57 Dec. IS E 2-3 1.43 2.47 2.33 1.22 ht. 17.3 8.5 i. sIT M 2 35 2.20 3.18 3 5 ? 4 Dec 13 E 3-3 2.50 3.48 3.35 j* M ht 18-2 ,29.2 j j "Su"* M jj-30 3.1S j 4.17 4.4 3.3 Dec 20 E i 3-59 3.44 4.42 4.29 8- ht :19.3 '30.2 D6C htj1^ j30.2 j -1- htj 4.24 4.9 5.7 4 54 3.53 Dec "'l El 4-^ 4.34 5.32 5.19 418 ht. |20.5 31.4 Tues. M j 5.14 4.59 i 5"57 5-44 4-43 I Tues. M 5.14 4.5) 5.[;7 5.44 4..13 D«c 22 E 5.39 5.24 6-22 6-9 :j-8 ht. 21.3 32.5 M 6.2 5.47 6-45 -6.32 5.31 Dec 23 E 6.24 6.9 7-7 6.51 5.53 ht. 21.11 ,33.3 i_ ~Thur^ M 6.46 6.31 7.29 7.16 6.15 Dec 24 E 7.13 6.57 7.56 7.43 6.52 ht. 22.6 133.9 Fri M 7.34 I 8 56 8.17 8.4 j 7.3 Dec. 25 E 7.56 1 .21 S.39 8.26 7.35 ht.'22.5 J8p.4 CENTRAL OFFICES-OLD BRIDGE, Haverfordwest Telegraphic Address: Guardian, H'weet." Telephone No. 14, Post Office. Branch Offices- Pembroke Dock, Fishguard, and Solva. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PER POST) 3 monthB la. 8d. ,5 menth3 3s. 3d. 12 months 6s
: WE WISH | YOU i A Merry…
WE WISH YOU A Merry Christmas AND A Bright New Year. -VVVV"- Christmas was not always observed on December 25th. The actual day and month of the Nativity are unknown, and until the middle of the fourth century, the early Chris- tians celebrated the birth of Christ in March, at the time of the Jewish Passover. Then until comparatively modern times Lady Day and March marked the close of the Old and begin- ning of the Xew Year. The Georgian calendar (1582) moved th'at the beginning of the year from March! 25th to January 1st, and this altered style was adopted in Scotland in the reign of James I. and VI. But the alteration only came about in England in 1752, and in Ireland not until 1732, and indeed the old style still remains in the fact that March is the end of the national financial year, as it used also to be socially and ch ronologic ally. Dr. Macnamara, Secretary to the Admiralty, was fully justified in the opinion which he expressed that there has been a most gratify- ing improvement in the method of caring for Poor Law children. The important fact is evidently being kept in mind by the majority of authorities that it is most essential to re- move the children as far as possible from the workhouse atmosphere, and to enable them to live and mo\¡e in an environment similar to that of the.r more fortunate brothers and sis. ters. To this end there has been a large de- velopment of the practice of emigrating young children, especially to Canada; the barrack schools have been in most cases abolished, and boarding out, which has many recommenda- tions which kindly people on the spot are w illing to supervise its application—has been to a great extent resorted to. It is an additional advantage of very considerable moment that more than half of the 71,000 children under the care of the Poor Law Guardians, are educated with others in the public- elementary rehools, instead of being taught in the workhouse or | other union institution. Dr. Macnamara further expressed the opinion that in the care of the adult indoor poor there had been great and beneficial changes. That is not so evi- dent, and Dr. Marnamara is not by any means the only person who is looking forward with the greatest interest to the report of the Poor Law Commission." or who thinks that the whole system needs overhauling in important particulars. It? It is very rarely that a private member se- cures so notable a success as that which has been achieved by Lord Robert Cecil, whose Public Meeting Bill ha3 now been passed 7nto law, and within a few days of its introduc- tion. It may be that, as one hon. member said, disorder at public meetings is a recog- nised form of sport, although it should have been added that it is only by a small minority of the population that it IS so regarded, but this is not the first time that a form of sport has been prohibited by the legislature, and it is quite time that the practice of disturbing public meetings shared the fate of cock-fight- ing and badger-baiting. But while the Prime Minister was justified in congratulating Lord R. Cecil, on his achievement as a legislator, members of the House of Commons are scarcely likely to form exaggerated expectations from: the right hon. gentleman's further remark, that Lord Robert's success showed how easy it was to get through a Bill when there was ). unanimity. The general accord with regard to the Public Meeting Bill was probably not altogether dissociated from the fact that hon. members on both sides andh ad practical ex- perience of the need, but which there are a great number of other proposed measures, of which scarcely anybody disapproves, at the same time year after year passes without their finding their way on to the statuate book. > ? f n esteemed correspondent at St. Ishmaels sends us the following" The mildness of the season is testified by the number of garden and wild flowers in bloom in this district. At. Butter Hill may be seen on a grave'with a spike of bloom three feet high. This plant is rarely seen in bloom at any-time; but at the end of December it is a most unusual sight. Apono- geton distachion is in bloom in Trewarren ponds. Nastartiums, fuscias. roses, dor- onicums, wallflowers, polyanthus, prim- roses (double and single) are in bloom in the open in gardens; while the lychnis, stitch- wort, and erodium moschatum are in bloom in the woods.
ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH, HAVERFORDWEST.
ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH, HAVER- FORDWEST. Its Magazine Doctrine Crittc sed. To the Editor of the "County Guardian." -Having had my attention drawn to the doctrinal character of a Church magazine cir- culating in Haverfordwest, I feel it to be the duty of someone or other, in the interests of Protestanism to sound an alarm. In the hope, therefore, that a more powerful pen may be set in motion, I ask, you kindly to permit me space to place before your readers the true Protestant position, with its course of doctrine and discipline, to be at variance with which is legally not permissible in the Episcopal Church, as by law established. Whilst that church continues to occupy the position of a national institution, as an English citizen I claim a right of interest in it, though I am not of its fold. The established Church is the formal profession of religion on the part of the State, as a corporate body. As a citizen, I have a share in its possessions and privi- leges. Indeed, every citizen enjoys a vested interest and right in the Established Church. This right involves a responsibility which we ought not to shirk. Is it not owing to ignorance that this fact is not more generally acknow- Iledged and acted upon ? The Lord Chief Justice Cockburn in 1879, put the matter lucidly, thus ;H is the undoubted right of every inhabitant (,"1 every parish in the kingdom to have the serv;cgs of the Church performed according to the ritual of the Church as established by law." The introduction, then, of a ritual which is not that of the Church, and which appears to be an advance towards religon other than that of the Reformation is a political as well as a religious offence, against which it ? the duty of every parishioner to protest. Now the established Church of England, re- cognised by the British Constitution is, and must be, a Protestant Church, and must be expected to meet the requirements of an avowedly Protestant nation. The Coronation Oath established in 1688 includes the follow- ing interrogation which is put to the Sovereign of the Realm :Vill you to the utmost of your power maintain ■ the Laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion Established by Law ?" The King or Queen answers: "All this I promise to do." The King of England to day is under a solemn obligation to maintain the Protestant character of the Church of which His Majesty is the Constitutional Head. Again, the Coronation Oath demands from the Crown the following confession :1 do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess and testify and declare that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any trans- iibstantiation of tho elements of Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Christ at or .after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that tne Invocation or Adora- of the Virgin Mary or any other Saint, and She Sacrifice of the Mass as they are now use,d ,ia the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous." As your readers know, the doctrine of the Church of England is author- itatively stated in the Thirty-nine Articles, whih may be found in her authorised Book of Conajftct:* Player, to which every person instituted to any benefice or licensed to a curacy on the first Lord's Day on which he officiates in the Church must give aesent. Let me specially ask the attention of your readers to the 22nd of those 9 articles, viz: "The Hohilsh doctrine concerning Purgatory, Ei?dqjis. Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also invocation of Saints, is a fond theory vainly invested, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather re- pugnant to the Word of God." Again, article 28 includes the following:— "The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's Ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up or worshipped." In such quotations the Established Church declares its undoubted Protestant character, and to the 39 articles its clergy must needs subscribe and adhere. This they have promised to do. It may not be generally understood, but it is undeniably true that even the Protestant Nonconformist in the exercise of the power which the franchise confers upon him may combine with the loyal members of the Church of England in demanding that it be kept Pro- testant. Let it then be clearly understood that the Church of England exists for the mainten- ance and conduct of a distinctively Protestant form of public worship. Further, the ordained ministers of the Church can be compelled to conform to the rules of that Church with re- gard to the conduct of public worship therein. By whom then is action to be taken, if neces- sary? Well, the Archbishops and the Bishops are the agents of the laity for the supervision of the clergy. It is their duty to resist, through the Clergy, the encroachments of Romanism in the Established Church. If, for instance, the celebration of the mass is practised in the diocese of St. David's, it is the bounden cS?ty of the Bishop to put a stop to it forthwith. The same is true of prayer for the dead and the burning of incense. In an article on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper which" appears in "The Sign," which is the inset to St. Martin's Church magazine for December, we read that "when "we gather round the altar on that altar is the Real Presence of Christ." Yet, in a book recently published on "The Bible Doctrine of the Sacra- ments," Canon Beeching says tnat "The pur- pose of the Sacraments is to convey grace as they kindle faith. The real presence is that of Christ in the Church together with his personal indwelling by His Spirit in the heart of each believer by faith." Contrasting these two state- ments, it is clear that the conception of the Sacrament contained in the words quoted from "The Sign" is more than an advance towards the Romish doctrine. When the same article declares that the names Mass, Communion, and Eucharist mean the same thing it deliberately misleads, and is not as Protestant as it ought to be. The Vicar of St. Martin's Church makes I the following statement of fact in his Editor- ial Notes: "On All Saints Day we had a solemn Requiem or Holy Communion Service in which we specially prayed for the dead." He further invites his members to Cuine to him, their "Parish Priest," that "you may receive the benefit of absolution, together with ghostly counsel and advice to the quieting of your conscience." Perhaps then is no need further to quote from the said Magazine to justify the observa- tion made at the opening of this letter, which I fear is already becoming too lengthy. Here then, let me conclude for the present, and as anonymity is raine times an advantage, in that, it tends to centre attention upon-what is written rather than upon the person who writes, I subscribe myself A PARISHIONER. »
Anti-Suffrage Petition.II
Anti-Suffrage Petition. II To the Editor of the" ,Pembroke County GUARDIAN." I Dear Sir,—Will you allow us space in your valuable columns to make known to those who sympathise with U3 that the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League is now issuing petition forms for signature against the granting of the Parliamentary Suffrage to Women. Each sheet holds 25 signatures; and as many copies as may be required/ will be sent free, on application to the Secretary, Women's National Anti-Suffrage League, Caxton House, Tothill Street. Westminster, S.W. Until now we have made no public announcement of the petition; but as letters are being constantly received at our offices, asking what we are doing in this way, we think it will save time to acquaint with these facts those of your readers who are interested in the advancement of the oojects of our League.—I am, vours faithfully, T. WEARDALE, (Chairman of the Petition Sub-Committee).
HOW TO DEAL WITH UNEMPLOYMENT.
HOW TO DEAL WITH UNEMPLOYMENT. Ihe System in Switzerland. (By the Rev. A. S. Thomas. B.A., Vicar of St. Michael's, Pembroke). I. One of the most pressing of present-day prob- lems is Unemployment, and lie who solves it will be hailed as a saviour of the race. It is a question that is bewildering in its complexity to the accutest intellects, and it must be con- fessed that they have been freely exercised upon its solution in our own country, but, hitherto, with ineffectual results. As a contributor to the literature of the subject, perhaps one of the most remarkable within recent years is an article by Miss Edith Sellers in the "Nineteenth Century" for November on "How Switzerland deals with her unemployed." Miss Sellers, it may be remarked, is a supreme authority in the science of economies, but in this article she formulates no theories of her own. She contents herself with an exhaustive elucida- tion of the system which is at work in Switzer- land, and which has produced such excellent results. We are told that its inception and progress are to be traced to the frugality of a people to whom waste is absolute anathema, and also to their practical commonsense. It was realised early in Switzerland that a work- ing-man who is unemployed is, if left to him- self, prone to become unemployable. The ever present danger of drink is not the only peril; there is the danger of the unemployed looking vainly for work losing the desire to find it. The loafer was not always born so; enforced idleness is apt to degenerate into a voluntary and cherished yoke. It was realised -also in Switzerland that it is wasteful folly to allow any man who can be kept employable to be- come unemployable, for one reason, because when once he is unemployable, the community must support him—and his children too, if he has any. As a matter of self-interest, of sound economy, there is in that country a strong feeling that any man who is out of work must be helped to find work; and this is not so much for his own sake as for the sake of the whole community—to guard against his being a cause of expense to it, instead of being, as he ought to be, a source of income. No toleration is shown to the loafer or work-shirker for he is forced to earn his daily bread before he eats it. If he cannot or will not find work, the authorities will find it for him, and if ho refuses to work he is packed off straight to a penal workhouse where military discipline pre- vails, and where every inmate is made to work to the full extent of his strength, receiving .in return, board and a, limited wage. Here he must remain until the authorities decree that he shall depart. The semi-penal institutions are self-supporting, and some of them are said to be a regular source of income to the cantons to which they belong. The Swiss authorities widely differentiate between the unemployed by casualty or misfortune, and the unemployed by laziness or misconduct. The loafer is treated as a criminal, and sent as a prisoner to a penal institution, while the man who out of work in spite of his earnest endeavour to be in work, is helped without being subjected to any humiliation whatever. Miss Sellers observes that it is notdifficult in Switzerland to discri- minate between the two classes—to distinguish between the genuinely unemployed and the voluntarily unemployed—as there "every work- ing man has his 'papers,' i.e., documents which are given to him by the authorities of the districtwhe re he has his settlement and which contain all information as to where he has been employed in the course of his life." It would be no disgrace, but a great convenience for every working man in our country to be provided ith such a document, producable, in case of need, as proof that he is not an idler or a waster. In most districts of Switzerland there is a special fund, out of which grants are made to respectable persons who are temporarily in distress, owing to lack of employment; and "these grants entail neither the disgrace, nor yet the disabilities entailed by poor relief. In most districts too, the authorities make it part of their business to try to provide lucrative work for persons who cannot provide it for themselves. They pay them regular wages, but lower wages than a private employer would pay them for similar work, and instead of pay- ing them in money they pay them in kind. Their relief-in-kind stations, i.e., casual wards organised on philanthropic lines, are now main- tained in every part of Industrial Switzerland for the exclusive use of the respectable unem- ployed; and drunkards, criminals, and loafers are never allowed to cross the threshold of the places." Attached to each of these stations, as a rule. is a labour bureau which is in close touch with all the employers around, and in communica- tion with all the other labour bureaux in the cauton, as well as with the central bureaux for the whole country at Zurich. The essential purpose of these stations is to help the respec- table unemployed to find employment, not only by telling them where it is to be found, but by keeping them fit, physically as in all other ways, while they are finding it. These station- are supported partly by voluntary contributions, and partly by state, municipal, and communal grants. "The Poor Law Authorities have noth- ing whatever to do with them; great care, in- deed. is taken to keep them free from every- thing connected with poor relief, and to em- phasise the fact that they are there for the- benefit not of paupers, 9ut of men who, al- though temporarily in distress owing to lack of employment, are striving to escape becoming paupers." Besides these stations, there are in some of the cities and towns Herberge Zur Heinat, i.e.. L "home inns," where working men, if without lodgings, may stay with their wives and child- ren for a time at very small expense, or even in some cases gratis. There are also in the chief industrial centres, Warmestuben room:;) provided, where the unemployed rn::y pass their days waiting for work. III. Another provision for the evil day cf nr'c,11- ployment in Switzerland is a system of Insur- ance. It is worked in concert with the Labour Bureaux, and has been productive of unt-ilcl good. Miss Sellers furnishes an elaborate and interesting account of its inception and devel- opment which it would take too much spiel- even to epitonise, hut a short summary may be practicable. This scheme of insurance against unemployment. b, we are informed, purely voluntary, but it is hoped that in process I,; time when a really satisfactory system in all points has been devised, to make it compulsory —of course by State enactment. The sytcm seems to be mainly operative in Berne, wlv-re any man "whether a Swiss subject or not.) may now insure against unemployment in the munieij pal bureau, providing he is able to work and not above sixty years of age. All that he a to do is to apply to the bureau, either direct- ly, or through his employer or his Union, for an insurance book, and fasten upon it every month an insurance stamp of the value of 70 "CCllth103. In return for these 70 c'lltilh'' a month he secures the right to a money allowance for every day, up to sixty days, thai he is out of work during the months of De- cember, January, and February. pro- vided th,at he has been in work at least six months in the course of the year; provided also that he has not lost his work through laziness, disorderly conduct, or any other faults of .his own. and that he has not refused work offered to him on reasonable conditions. A man who is un- employed because he is unemployable, wheth- er from ilnness or any other cause,cannot claim an allowance; nor can any one who is out on strike, or who has belonged to the bureau an allowance; nor can any one who is out on strike, or who has belonged to the bureau _<o- for less than eight months, or who is in ar- rears with his fees. For the first 30 days the unemployed allowance is a ffranc-and-a-half L a day each for men who are alone-standing, and two francs for those who have others dc- pendent on them; and for the remaining SO, it is as niucn the directors can afford to make it—anything from 80 centines to a franc and a half. It the directors refuse to grant a man an allowance, or if they reduce Ills allowance at the end of thirty days below what he thinks it ought to be, he may appeal against them to the Court of Trade. The un- employed eluct two of themselves to watch over their interests, and see that each of them receives his due." All the insured are allowed to travel on the State railways at half the usual fees, when in searfch of employment. The success of both j these Voluntary Insurance Bureau and the Berne Municipal Labour Bureau has been most 4 remarkable. The statistics of the latter insti- tution reveal the interesting but depressing fact, that excepting during industrial crises, the overwhelming majority of the unemployed always belong to the unskilled class, ) "while the personal experience of bureaux officials go far towards proving tiiat the ma. jority of them are more or less unemployable, because either drunken, lazy, or unfit." The best brains and the bravest hearts—indi- vidually and corporately-iii Zwitzerkind are bent on bringing about the virtual extinction of the unemployed class by preventing new re- cruits from joining it. Hence the Hft-ious agencies, educative, moral, and spiritual which are inactive use for the training and uplifting of the children and manhood and womanhood of the nation. The supreme aim is efficiency inevery branch of labour, and the preventing of every worker from becoming an unskilled labourer. In almost every national school, we are told, there are technical classes, and a boy must, whether his parents wish it or net, learn some handicraft before he leaves; while a girl must learn sewing and laundry work as well as cooking and housewifery. There are technical continuation schools too, both for boys and for girls, where they may learn gratis any- thing from millinery to higher mathematics, Parents who neglect their children, who s'tow them to absent themselves from. school, or also do not do their best to put them in the way of becoming useful, self-supporting citizens, are regarded and treated as criminals. One of the functions of labour bureaux is now to arrange for the apprenticeship of boys whose parents cannot be trusted to arrange for it wisely. IV. Equally effective, in another sphere, are the methods employed for suppressing intemper- ance amongst the workers of to-day. "There are cantons where the life of any man who even tries to loaf is made a burden tc him, and where at the first sign of alcoholism the patient is packed off to a home for in- ebriates. For the Swiss, being a robust race, have no scrupples whatever about setting at naught individual rights where those right- either clash with the interests of the com- munity, or threaten to entail on it expense." At the back of the local authorities and pri- vat.e societies engaged in battling with intem- perance is the support of the governing author- ities. When the State or, to be accurate, the Bundesratli handed over to the Cautonal Gov- ernments the yield of the spirit monopoly, it stipulated that one-tenth of it should be de- voted to promoting temperance and combating alcoholism. A few months ago it prohibited the manufacturing of abscinthe, and it is now taking measures to guard against its being im- ported. Realising that the causes of alcoholism are largely due to uncomfortable homes, bad cooking and insufficient food, the Swiss au- thorities very wisely class societies for housing the working classes, or for providing cheap, wholesome food, as temperance societies, and grant them subsidies. "For all Switzerland is now alive to the fact that if whether unemployed or employed, are not to become unemployable, they must be kept from drink; all Switzerland is alive to the fact, too, that it is hopeless work try- ing to keep them from drink, unless they are properly fed." Let the House of Lords and the brewers who, evince such solicitude for the "working-man's beer"—or rather, the working-man's curse—learn the beneficient results which stern temperance legislation has wrought in the land "where tho bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread"; and let it be borne in mind also by our Socialist friends that the reformation of the individual character is a first, essential in all schemes of social amilioration. England might do worse than turn to Switzerland for lessons in dealing with unemployment. —Equivalent to 7d. in English money. k tvalue about Is. 2d. of our money. ♦
EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT ST.…
EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT ST. DAVIDS. On Wednesday afternoon last, at the County School. St. David's, a conference of teachers,' school managers, and others, was held, under the presidency of Alderman Watts Williams, J.P. Present:—Mr. -H. E. H. James. B.A., Di- rector of Education; Dr. W. Wilfred Williams, Revs. D. J. Jones, B.A., and W. D. Rees; Messrs. Francis Green, T. Thomas. B.A., W. R. Lewis, Thomas Thomas, Henry Roberts, Albert David, W. H. John, William, Davies, Isaac Evans, John Thomas, W. P. Appletlm, W. D. Evans, Fred Lewis, E. J. Martin, John Owen, W. D. Williams, and H. Morris. The first business on' the aganda was t: consider the best steps to take t., get more pupils to sit for scholarship examinations. Mr. John Thomas. Brawdy, gave several rea- sons why there were so few going in for these examinations. Ip. the first place he said that the farmers of the district had no communica- tion with St. David's; it wafe at Haverfordwest they did their business, and therefore it was natural for them to put their sons and daugh- ters in school at that town. He also thought that the scolarsliips had not sufficient induce- ment for pupils to sit. He had in his school boys and girls of splendid natural ability, who would do credit to any county school, but they could not enter, as it would be too expensive for them to live at St. David's where they to- secure one of the scholarships. St. David's County Schol was intended to give education to the whole district, and not to St. David's. He was in favour of a certain stim being allotted to each school according to attend- ance. Mr. F. Green said it would not be at all out f place if the Education Authorities were educated a little. (Laughter). Ho was much surprised to find that agricultural was only recently being taught at their schools, a sub- ject, he contended, which ought*to be given tirst place in the curriculum. Several members also expressed their opin- ions and the following resolution as carried, "n the proposition of Mr. John Thomas, fciawdy. seconded by Mr. E. J. Martin, Trehen- Li w :That. we respectfully recommend the governors of the County School to augment the scholarships given to pupils who reside in remote districts, when parents are unable to maintain their children at St. David's Coumy Seho ,I." The next inatter which came for discus. skm was to consider what steps ought to be taken to equalise the requirements of the C.W.B. Senior Examination with those of Ox- c :rd and Cambridge. After a great deal of discussion, the Rev. D. J. Jones proposed the following resolution: —"That this conference of teachers and mana- of schools respectfully ask the Board of Education to accept the C.W.B. Senior Certi- ficate in five subjects as qualifying for the Bursar Grant, and, for admission to Training C, liege, as is done by the Board of Education in the case of the Oxford and Cambridge I.'veal Examinations." Mr. A. David seconded, and it was agreed to. Votes of thanks were accorded the Director for his presence and for the manner he had explained the different questions put to him. —
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An inquest, was held on Friday at Jeffes;ton H-cise on the body cf Stephen Thomas Ba:rah, :f Jeffeston Farm, who was killed on Wednes- day by being thrown from his cart while re- r.rnins from Narberth Fair.—Mr. Arthur "arris, of Norchurch, deposed as to finding the odv lying in the road near Caters Hi! cross uraing.—The verdict 'was 'Accidental death. -t-
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-m.nrp-=a: NEYLAND PUBLICANS LICENSE. Transfer Opposed. Allegations of Robbery Rapadiatad. ^uucG Petty Sessions on Saturdav—- -f'-ie Mi.^ .J. T. 1 isher and other magistrates VYilliams, on behalf of Mr. Haiold T. James, Spring Gardens Brewery, 11av-erfoidwest, in support of an application for the temporary transfer of the Lcense of the Globe Inn, Neyland. F. S. Reed opposed on behalf of the present licensee. arli. Williams said the Qlobe was occupied tmul last month by Mr. James Evans. Mr. H. ..L.. James held a mortgage on the property, and [Taught cm action against Mr. Evans to recover possession. He obtained judgment, and all office copy of that judgment was produced. No defence had been delivered. A writ of exe- cution was obtained and possession was .-iven by the sheriff to the plaintiff's representative. Plaintiff actually held possession that day in. no person of Rees. for whom the transfer was sought to be Obtained. Although there was a considerable sum of money due to Mr. James from Evans, Mr. James had, both by letter and' verbally, offered to pay in cash the proportion of the excise and magisterial duties for the lemainder of the licensing year. So Mr. Evang would not suffer any loss by giving u-o his license, which, however, he declined to do. He (Mr. Williams), therefore, asked the Bench to grant an office copy in the usual wav. M-. Rogei. manager for Mr. James, bore out Mr. Williams' opening statement, and said he landed over possession to the new lenant, William Efes. Win. Rees was called. He said he was now m inn possession. He had lived in Charlea Street, Milford Haven, for about four years, and previously for 12 years at Neyland. Mr. Reed: Have you any testimonials/ Rees: Not with me, but I can get some. D.C.C. James said he had made inquiries con- ceinng the applicant, and was quite satisfied with his character. Mr. Reed said he objected to the transfer oIl the ground that in February last their worships giamecr Mr. Evans a license for one year, until February next. Having granted that license, he submitted that upon decided cases, they had no power to take it away. Mr. Reed then quoted'a decision in which it was held that there was nothing in the statutes to compel a vacating tenant to give up his license. If he chooe to do so, all well and good, but if not ■M.ey could not compel him to do so. The license was his property; was of value to him, and they could not force it from him. On this, Mr. Reed submitted the Bench had no power at all in the absence of the license holder, who was fully entitled to object until Air. Williams could get him to come and make the application. There was really no applica- tion before the court. The Clerk: Yes, there is, by the tenant in p. s:;ess:on. Mr. Williams contended that his friend's p ;int had nothing to do with the quesfion at issue. The case quoted was decided in 1877, and meant that they could not compel llr- Evans to hand over the certificate he held. Ho (Mr. Williams) was not asking for anything of the sort. If Evans did not want to be paid the proper proportion of the license duties lie could keep it. But there had been an Act passed since the above decision, which authorised the Bench to issue an office copy where a certi- ficate was improperly kept. The presence of the existing license holder was not necessary at an application for temporary transfer, but only when the permanent transfer was asked for. He should take care to get him there then, as he should sub-phoena him. Mr. Reed replied that the temporary transfer was the more important step. Mr. Williams had not shown any good cause why the license should be transferred. On the other hand there were many reasons why it should not. Why should they take the mans' license from him? Clerk: Because it is no good to him. Mr. Reed replied that it might be of some value to him, and Mr. Williams said they now. saw the real reason of the opposition. Evans was trying to get something for it. Mr. Reed: He may pay off the mortgage and go back. Mr. Williams: I will undertake on behalf of my client to withdraw the application and hand over possession if he will do that. I have been trying for several years to get him to do that, but have failed. Mr. Reed: Negotiations are pending with another party, and if they are successful it would be cruel robbery to put this man out of the house. Mr. Williams: I promise Mr., Reed that di- rectly he pays off the mortgage I will hand over the house to him. Mr. Reed: I thank you for nothing. You* could not help yourself then, but would be compelled to do so. Mr. Reed went on to ask tiie Bench to stay their bands in practically robbing this man- Mr. Williams: I object to that word most stronelv. Mr. Reed: I will say—Stay your hands from doing this man out of his rights granted him in February last. Nothing has been shown why he should be done out of his license. Negotiations are still going on with the object, of satisfying Mr. James. Mr. Williams objected to the word "robbery," which could not apply to anything that had taken place. For about four years be had been doing his best to get this money. Mr. Reed had made promises without number, but had rot fulfilled them, and he (Mr. Williams) had tailed to get answers to some of his letters Mr. Reed: I object to this. Negotiations were going on with a respectable firm of brewers. Mr. Williams: Those negotiations fell through last January twelve months. But this has nothing whatever to do with it. The word "robbery" cannot be applied to anything we have done. We have possession, and have offered to pay the proper proportion f the license duty and certificate, and I ask ijr this temporary transfer. After a brief consultation, the Ch sin nan said tho application would be granted.
NARBERTH COMPENSATION CASE.
NARBERTH COMPENSATION CASE. At the Narberth County Court last week, be- igor His Honour Judge Bishop. Mr. Mariay Samson, barrister, Haverfordwest, applied on behalf of David Hines, Cofnish Down Farm, Tenby, for the review and termi- nation of an award mada by the Court, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in Deeem- b£, 1907, for the payment by Hincs to Oliver Davies, of Scar Farm, Saundersfoot, a lad who was formerly in his employ, of 5s. a 'week as compensation for injuries received while at work on Cornish Down Farm on May 25th, 1907. Davies was caught by the spindle of a corn threshing machine and whirled round, his left shoulder being torn and his collar bone broken. The application was made on the ground that the lad was now completely recovered and perfectly able to resume his work. Mr. A. B. Williams, of Haverfordwest, ap- peared for the- respondent, John Davies, tho iiti; ;r of the boy, who. being only 1ft years of ii the eyes of the law still an "infant. F r the appellant, Dr. M. C. Sykes, of London, consulting surgeon to the Imperial Insurance Company, and Dr. Douglas A. Reed, of Tenby. miJical officer to the company, gave evidence- as to examining the boy in October and De- cember respectively, and both expressed the opinion that the boy could work without detri- ment. Oiiver Davies. on oath, said he still suffered from the effects of the accident, and was un- able to raise his arm as high as his shoulder. He could not feel the arm the same as the- other. Tho Jrdge, who had previously put the boy, through some exercises with bis hand and arm, tried whether he could grip a peu. The b. y i'a.led to retain the pen when il-s Honour £ tt-S!i.! £ ed to run it away. Ilia Honour also h- Che boy by the hand to test the strength of VAs muscles. Dr. Wilson, of Haverfordwest, and Dr. W. C. Evans, of Saundersfoot, deposed t<> ■ examining the boy a fortnight. ago m consult a- tion and found that he had no sensation in his arm and could not raise it as high as his shoulder. H;; Honour, in giving judgment, quoted the old saying. "When doctors disagree, who is to- decide?" and stated that he was obliged un- der the circumstance:; to partly constitute him- self a medical referee. The evidence on bile side was contradicted by the other, but after having tried the boy himself and watched him he was inclined to agree with those who said be could not laise his arm np. Ho did not go so far as to say he didn't do it at the examina- tion 'orfore the doctors. He qvite agreed, how- ever, that he v is at present in such a con- di'tif.n that all his compensation must' be atari he therefore, refused 'o terminate*- the oward1. "onour strongly advised the boy to exercise his arm as mucit possible in the hope that he would recover not only itp I use, but sensation as well.