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j -= IF YOU DO NOT USE THE FOLLOWING WILL INTEREST YOU: READ THIS. & The Proprietors of Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa never ask for testimony, ct::Q and never, under any circumstances, publish any letter for which payment, directly or indirectly, is expected. The public have recognised that there is merit in Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa, hence the many favorable expressions of opinion that are being received Idaily from all classes. «§!* THEN READ THE FOLLOWING: A SCHOOLMASTER. much benefit from VOTV ULA fnrm 0f headache, which attacked me nearly every day, some- to rfw «p' drinking Tea entirely, .Sd take O&oa a. a times qnite p g ■ Tibbies' Vi-Coco», which I commenced taking some months ago, and ?6VeraD JiT?W «iS T^n l have been quite fre* from my dread enemy, headache. I feel aboat by Vi-Cocoa, for I had tried numerous remedies without confident that »aE. broo,ght abou & Qf Dr yi Cocoa after j have had a success. I find not ingp are at liberty to make what use you like of this letter, and I shall be glad to testify personally to anyone what a real boon your excellent food beverage has proved to me." A FIRE BRIGADE OFFICER. Cant. W. Howlett, Chief Officer and Secretary to the Jockey Club, Owners' and Trainers' Fire "Brigade Fire Brigade Office, Wellington Street, Newmarket, has just written: With great pleasure I Bend you this unsolicited testimonial. For thirty-two years I have been a member of Fire Brigades, onH the last twelve years chief officer. I have tried all sorts of Cocoas, for otten called up in the middle of the night to attend a fire one requires something to stimulate and stay the stomach, especially when getting soaked with water and choked wi;h«moke andsteam Nothing I have ever tried has done me so much good as Dr. TIBBLES' VI-COCOA. It makes me fit for anything, however fatigued at or after a fire." A BAKER AND The latest testimony is from a very hard-working class of men. It is that of a Baker 11 i. xr „i T,nndon, who writes:—"As I have Mr. T. Streater, 56, Southam Stwt, gn»al Road,i j must thank you fop received so much benefit from Dr. Tibbies V .'wrd work, but I am pleased to say I am a baker by trade, which, as you know, 13 f your Cocoa and feel quite that when I am done of a night I go home au^L t i.00]j to Dr. Tibbies' Yi-Cocoa fresh again, and then I go and enjoy myself. Biu beto I used to mess about indoors us tired as could be. A NURSE. mu t ii wins' is one of them :—Nurse J. Hundreds of Nurses' testimonials have been received. The loliowi k yi-Cocoa with marked "Dearth 21, Perrymead Street, Fulham, S.W. "I have used Dr. 0(j.beverage, but who has talntarv effect for a patient of mine, to whom Cocoa is recommended as » ..cle whenever I have Mt been able to digest other manufactures. I shall recommend your opportunity. A CYCLIST. W.„ for athletef in tr..».ng. Tta unsolicited, but I feel it my duty to tell you of the great benefit I have domed. A SOLDIER. Corporal J. Briant, C Company. fail me by which to express the satisfaction & fftir trial No doubt whatever exUts as to its great also to those who in my Company have give 0id-time snyin?, The proof of the puddingis n strengthening properties, for, WHO HAVE TO UNDERGO ANY S1RAJN the eating.' is ^T^ SYSTL^I which is often brought on by the long and tedious joute- TJPON THE MiRVOUS SYbliiiM, w Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa cannot be excelled. It strengthens marches they from time to time expenence Dr. T.l™ „Ue.„areH a ieaTOte. I or. with Se' over-str Jned nerve. »y it, to anyone. I leave to you the ngM to confidence recommend it to fL-fp,. make what use you like ot this THERE IS NO COCOA LIKE DR. TIBBLES' VI-COCOA. I IT IS SOLD BY THOUSANDgl AND fob BREAKFAST & SUPPER IS unequalledJ CAN BE TESTED FREE, & ALL WHO TRY IT BUY IT. Address (a postcard will do), but mention The Cambrian. DR. TIBBLES' VI COCOA, LIMITED, 60, 61 AND 62, BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C.

CONTEMPORARY CHAT. A correspondent sends the following account Of a somewhat extraordinary occurrence in the sporting world.. By a letter dated from Bassorah, in Turkish Arabia, he is informed by a sporting friend as follows: The ground over which we had been shooting is contiguous to the meeting of the waters of the rivers Euphrates, Tigris, and the Shat-el-Arab, an area which is generally accepted as having been the site of the Garden of Eden,' but which is now a wilderness of date trees and rice fields. We had e-ijoved but scant sport, and were returning to our camp for tiffin. Suddenly a snipe got up, instantaneously followed by a single partridge. My companion made a successful right and left. The snipe no sooner fell to the ground than a hawk swooped and carried it off. The partridge fell into a stream, when a large and voracious fish at once rose and appropriated the bird in question!" There was once a rural parson, says the Church Renew, who liked to make improvements in his church and services, yet was very tender of the opinions of his parishioners. He had an eagle lectern given him, and knowing how strange a thing it would be to the bucolic mind, and wishing his people to get used to it before it was placed in church, he had it put in the empty room of a small cottage, that a!l who liked might go in and see it. A good many availed themselves of the permission, and very interest- ing must have been the comments on the un- familiar piece of church furniture. One day the rector met an old woman coming from the cottage, and asked her if she had seen the lectern. "Yes, sir, I seen 'un," she answered, "but if you hink I'm going to worship that there fowl you're very much mistaken." There is a church not far from London which has a very beautiful marble chancel screen, with adoring angels on either side of the entrance. One day, after a marriage, the verier remarked to the priest who had officiated that during the ceremony he had noticed something which needed his attention. On being asked what it was he answered that he must remember to take down a cobweb which he had seea "right on the head of one of them there cupidc." "Cash paid for old uncancelled postcards "does not at first sight present indications of much profit, says the Caxtonian Quarterly but a New York inventor, who has discovered a method of removing ink—both printing and writing—■with- out leaving a trace behind, also struck the idea of cleaning the numberless postcards that are spoilt every year. He keeps his preparation a secret, but the success of his idea is such that he now employs twenty-five hands regularly, and 25,000 cards have been cleaned and shipped in one day. The printing and re-addressing for business "houses is also undertaken, and alto- gether a very profitable business has grown up from this simple idt Few Londoners have any idea what large quan- tities of fish reach Billingsgate from abroad, says Black and White. Soles come largely from France, Boulogne and Dunkirk being the head- quarters of this trade. Eels come from Holland, salmon from Holland and France, and, more wonderful still, from Vancouver! This last departure was started two years ago, and has proved successful. The fish comes over frozen hard. The bulk of the cargoes go, in tho hrst place, to Hamburg, where they are transhipped, latterly small shipments have been received at Southampton. The fish is said to turn out very satisfactorily, and large quantities have been sold, though what becomes of them—unless they are retailed under another description—it is difficult to say. The difference in price between the fresh-caught Scotch and the frozen Canadian lalmon is very marked. On the day of the writer's visit to Billingsgate the former was fetching Is. 6d. the pound. The frozen article was plentiful at 6d. the pound. Toe trade at Billingsgate is pretty generally distributed among the salesmen, each of whom deals in what is sent him. There are, however, certain exceptions, notably in the case of salmon and oysters. There is one firm which handles over 1,000 salmon on an average in tht day, while another receives one-half of the oysters which enter the metropolis. The general ten- dency of the trade of Billingsgate is to increase, and this despite the rivalry of two other fish markets at Smithfield and Shadwell. 'Cross-country sport has been singularly un- interesting this winter, writes "Rapier in the Hadminton Magazine. The cause is generally attributed to lack of horses, but my idea is that the weak point is lack of stewards. As thus: So many suspicious occurrences are passed by un- heeded that not a few gentlemen who are fond of 'chasing, and would like to amuse themselves with a few horses, prefer to have nothing to do with it, and the sport is in a great measure left in worse than doubtful hands. The position is difficult, for it is so simple for a rider who did not want to win to say, when questioned, that his horse made a bad mistake and he could never quite get it going again. So lax is the morale that it is not at all an unusual thing to hear those who would be generally regarded as gentle- men of unimpeachable character quietly saying that they fancy such-and-such a' horse because they "don't think it was having much of a go last week." A fraud was committed, and they practically become accessories after the fact. New blood is the requisite, and it is wanted in horses, owners, and most assuredly, as aforesaid, in stewards. The expression, "As drunk as a lord," can no longer be used with any semblance of truth, for it is a matter of general comment that the present generation is curiously abstemious. At almost every club the amount annually spent on wine by the members has greatly decreased, whilst almost every host remarks upon the small quantity of wine which his guests now consume. Champagne is rapidly becoming unpopular, aherry is seldom drunk, and port, but in small quantities, seems to be regaining its former position. Claret is much esteemed, but good claret is very difficult to secure; and burgundy finds little favour. The new generation takes its liver very seriously; it rises early, rides on bicycles, studies its food, drinks little, visits the doctor frequently, patronises foreign waters, and, it must be admitted, does not look half so healthy or so hearty as did those who came before, who altogether ignored the liver. All can recollect the chubby faced old men who survived in our youth; the young men of to-day are mostly pale-faced. Says a gentleman who is well in touch with that portion of the community known as "the masses": "Amongst a certain section of the poor, I know nothing more provocative of ill- feeling between parents and their grown-up children than the getting married of the latter. Many families I could point out to you where the father and mother have not spoken to son Jack since he married Emma,' or where Jane • has not been acknowledged' since she left home and became George's wife. The reason of the estrangement, you will probably guess, is that the old people don't like their prospec- tive son or daughter-in-law. Quite true, but the feeling is not merely one of personal resent- ment. The truth is, the parents do not wish the grown-up boys and girls to marry at all. It means a weekly loss to the family exchequer, for even the little work-girl, while she remains single, will bring at least three or four shillings home." A tidal phenomenon occurred recently in one of the American rivers for which the wise waterman can give no explanation. The young flood rushed up the river like a tidal wave or bore, with no easterly storm outside to account for its tremendous energy. A fisherman who hauled his nets before the ebb was spent was astonished, fifteen minutes. later to see his stakes swaying violently from side to side under the influence of the flood. The fish came in great masses, borne along helplessly by the rushing tide, and filled the nets, and burst them or carried them away. Nets were split, torn, and in some cases carried away by the weight of fish. The tremendous tidal energy did not last long enough to make it an exceptionally high tide, which adds to the mystery of the phe- nomenon. Some few fishermen made enormous catches, but a great many suffered severe losses. A gruesome picture has been painted by the Rev. H. Lewis, rector of Bermondsey, of life in his parish. The Vestry have taken exception to the description which he published in the parish magazine, and the reverend gentleman has attended the Board to substantiate his state- ments. Referring to one house, he said the lower part was let for business purposes, and upstairs there were six families-fifty persons in all—living in eleven rooms. He said that the most fruitful causes of the misery, poverty, and sin were drink, the difficulty of obtaining a living wage, and high rents. The list of wills and bequests published in the current Illustrated London News shews that while the aggregate of personal estate in the eleven wills proved is no less than £407.923, there is not a single penny left to any public charity. The Queen has granted the dignity of a baronet to Mr. Huub John Ellis Nanpey, of Gwynfryn, Carnavon, and of Cefndeuddwr, Merioneth. LINSEED COMPOUND' for Ct.njjLis, Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. Of Chemists only.

WHAT THE SWEEP SAID. A lady who owes probably her life, certainly her health and happiness, to a sweep who came to her house on business," has been visited by m. Newark Advertiser reporter. For fourteen years, Mrs. Pegg (of Cotham, TiPar Newark), bad been through the fires of affliction. "For twelve years," she said, "I was like a woman three-parts dead." She had a combination of complaints, chief of which wpre a very bad digestion and a torpid liver. She could not digest her food, and every meal used to bring on severe pa.ns. Her blood became impoverished, and doctors could do nothing for k6" T cannot refrain, said Mrs. Pege, from exnresnng the sreat gratitude of my heart. For fourteen years I suffered much. So weak did I become that to upstairs srave me very jrreat difficulty, and 1 had to gasp for breath. What- ever I ate, caused me intense suffering, and I soon became unable to do my work life was a burden I me One day, when our sweep came to clean ii. chimneys he noticed how ill I looked, and he Iff/ Why don't you try Dr. Wilhams' Pink PilU for Pale People f I had tried nearly every jadvertised, and the doctors could do me jadvertised, and the doctors could do me wood so I had little faith in anything. How- no Qffpr talking it over with my husband, we jYfr'mined to give the Pills a trial. That is three deter now, an<^ y°u w°uld hardly know me 7ea^l«'«n.me woman. Thefiistbox began to do ~nnd and, persevering with them, I me- lHv sot quite well. Dr. Williams' Pills have quicK jf » for me there is nothing like them. TV.06 are our family doctor now. Whenever r r run down, instead of sending for the doctor, IS t0 Dr' William3' Pink Pills tor Pale PeThe6 old, unscientific days, when all family medicines were simple purgative pills or mixtures, me hv It is recognised that an aperient is onlyga temporary remedy the medicine that is must cure not symptoms but the causes of dwse Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, the safest and nniversally useful family medicine ever com- nnnnded aie not a purgative at all. They «+ron(Tth'en, instead ot purging and weakening hence their world-wide celebrity for the cure of anaemia, rheumatism, bronchitis, asthma, con- sumption decline, scrofula and chronic ery- ainplas They are also a splendid nerve and srvmal tonic, and thus have cured many cases of ™lvsis locomotor ataxy, St. Vitus' dance, and norvous headache. It is necessary to take care not to take a substitute pills coloured pink in Sition of Dr Williams and sometimes actually palled Pink Pills, are offered by some otherwise rosnectaSle tradesmen. Not one person was ever />nrAd bv a substitute, however therefore do hA deceived into paying for anything that does not boar the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink PilU for Pale People, on the wrapper. In case of doubt it is better to send direct to Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, 46, Hoi born-viaduct, London, EC inclosing pri-e, 2s. 9d. for one box, 13s. 9d. f o'i* The pills can be obtained of most ohomists but it is important to look for the full ame so as not to risk taking a substitute, and readers should pay no attention to anything that is said to indu :e them to accept such sub- stitut?s.

CADBURY's COCOA maintains its ^re?' superiority as a refresh- ing, invigorating drink, and a nutritious food. It is Cocoa and Cocoa only—not a combination of drugs, or a high- soundingalkaliedarticle. --0- The Medical Magazine says: "CADBURY's is without question the favourite Cocoa of the day. For Strength, for Purity, and.fcr Nourish- ment, there is v* ""c superior to be found/'

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SWANSEA UNITED BREWERIES COMPANY. ANNU ALMEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. DIVIDEND OF 9 PER CENT. The ninth annual meeting of the Swansea United Breweries Co., Ltd., was held at the White Rose Hotel, Walter-road, Swansea, on Friday last. Mr. Albert Mason, the Chairman of tie Company, presided, and those present included Mr. Aeron Thomas (Mayor of Swansea), Messrs. Lascelles Carr, Crowhurst, D'Ovley Mears (managing directors), R. Wain (Cardiff), B. R. Benyon-Winsor, P. Powell, G. S. Harris, A. W. Mason, W. H. James (secretary) and others. The Chairman, in submitting the annual report and balance-sheet (which has been published) did not deem it necessary to comment at length upon any item. All their machinery was in first-class order, and there was the usual reserve set aside for bad debts on a scale that was satisfactory. They did not make a very large amount of bad debts but they made amp e provision for them. (Hear, hear.) As far as lea-es were concerned, they were securing a number of good properties, and for those which had expired there was no additional amount to be written off. Mr. Lascelles Carr seconded, and confirmed the opinion that the accounts were most satisfactory, and reflected great credit upon those who conducted this great enterprise. It was to be regretted that the value of the shares in the open market did not represent more accurately the intrinsic value of the property. If that were so, instead of being a little over par (£10) they would be not less than £15. He had no doubt that as the company became better known, and the absolute soundness of its transactions, and the protection given to the interests of the share- holders, the quotations in the daily press of their shares would more nearly approximate to their true value. Mr. Evans (Cardiff observed that jE3 508 expenses in connection with the issue of i:50 000 debenture bonds, seemed excessive and also tha bank charges, £1,049 14s. 6d., seemed too heavy, remembering that they were told that the issue of the debenture would piactically abolish bank charges. He also noticed that private mortgages were mentioned on the b ilance-sheet, although it was alleged last year that no more would be issued and further, that sundry debtors were largely indebted to the company, to an extent of more than half the capital of the company. The Chairman replied that as long as the company bought properties as they were doing they would still have private mortgages that would be for the benefit of the concern. The expenses in connection with the issue of the debentures were not excessive, The debentures were paid up by instalments, and the bank cha, ges were incurred in the interim. If they purchased properties before the money Wah in the bank of course they must pay those cnarges but he might add that their arrangement with the bank was a very satisfactory one. With regard to loans to their customers and accounts out- standing, it could easily be understood that many of the amounts due in September had not been paid in time to come into the balance-sheet before the meeting. Mr. Mason then mored that a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum be declared. Mr. Lascelles Carr seconded, and the motion was carried. On the motion of Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr Powell. Mr. Mason, the retiring director, was re-elected. Mr. G S. Harris moved that the directors' remuneration, other than that of the managing directors, be £ 200 per annum This i seconded and adopted. 1 his was duly The auditors were also re-elects ™ „ i.- of Mr. A. W. Mason, and a vote T chairman proposed by Mr Aernn Ti terminated the meeting. Thomas, taJoteoT8S°?d°l^Hia,r?' Sat drn "Pi" u 111 n°st Lew 1 s s best style.

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[Br ARGus. \8 FOOTBÃLt SWANSEA V. CARDIFF. Swansea were distinctly unl*0ky in not defeat- Nicholls that kept the Bros. (lam d All Whites deserved to b™es '°ut- The tries. It was a hotly contested JLe no quarter was asked lor or given on either side The pace was red hot from start d j the forwards were subjected to a sever^n^iif^ All things considered the contest wa8 fomrht nnt in the best of spirit, and there Were Sfebum- tionB of bad temper. The Weather was ,iPi;„u fully fine, not a breath of wim4 was felt and tho ground was in excellent condition. Then a^ain both clubs turned out their strongest fifteens "the only absentees being m the forward rank—Abbot standing out for Cardiff and Bob Thomas for Swansea. The lattera pl^c* Wag T Harris, who has come to the front this season. The cheap and convenient excursion trains run by the Great Western Railway Company w?re most liberally patronised. Upwards of 1500 people journeyed from Swansea &nd they did"St forget to make their p seace on the Cardiff ground known during P gress of the (fame The Taffites were cof £ nof victory phenomenal access at Newport a Week earli produced many inflated nea«8. -yVm t Qf course we shall. It is only a question of pointe-nbe fiiteen or twenty. irn^ Tw-tl10 Cardiffians of confidence that theysj P hetieally prepared mourning cards m m ? °f poor Swansea who were laid asleep Arms Park &c. It was arranged that after the match the cards should be sold at one penny ? They were not sold, or given away. They were consigned to the flames with tjie exception of,]Uat a A huge crowd, from 14,000 to 16,000 i turned up at the Cardiff ground, and the t were enthusiastically cheered on apnea, by Bancroft and Selwyn Biggs r^ f' "Pile it on. Cardiff," "kirs itto^PeCtLVely; "Runover them, Cardiff." That was heard from all parts of the field. a+ +u Cardiff forced the game, and SelWvn e staJfc a few very clever bursts. It Was ™ade ever, that Bancroft's men were on their They tackled swiftly and surely, and thP 1 while apparently holding themselves in reservpS kept their opponents well in hand. There wire philandering fluctuations throughout the first half, CardifF, if anything, doing 1 w share of the attacking. Ihe opening 0f the second half saw a complete change. The "All Whites carried all before them, and bombarded the home citadel in the most determined maS? The Bros. James, Jackson and GeQ ^ner were floored almost on the line; Arthur Jone* had a clear run in w.ien he elected to kick and Bancroft took a few splendid shots f^ goal. The last quarter of an hour Ta8 a anxious time for the homesters, and a sijh of relief went up when Mr. Ack Llewelyn tootled his final tootle. # # The heroes of the match were Bancroft and tfco Bros. James. At the start they Were -eer«d by the Car.iiffians. Everything they did elicitpH derisive yells and laughter. But as the a-ama wore on there came a change. Bancroft r\\nVaA brilliantly, the Bros. James fairly waltzed Selwyn Biggs and E11iott'll*S^h?y "^hohad come to curse were now compelled to bless and The cleverest half-backs we have seen Th are too tricky for us." There's notiiin«. equal him. He is killing our forwards." Tho+' what one heard all through the second half 8 Bancroft was seen at his best. Onp Cardiff dailies asserted on Mondav +W w played the game of his life." Perhaps that is going a little too far but this much mav E„f i be Stated Cardiffians have not wit ™ iL ely brilliant full-back play for years. The S captain was somewhat severely handlpr) a?!a^a the game, and someone near me whi«rior„j \n finished." But Bancroft was on h& ^l«He 8 facv of which he made his opponen+ *a aware. He kicked and dodged and r»n Pam'u^y that bewildered the Taffites, while his Vi?7 was marked by sound judgment. neralship # # # The Bros. James shared the hm, match with Bancroft. At the start <5 i beat them several times, initiating snr»? !yn £ £ 8 passing, and it was only the stern t i nSferoua Swansea threequarters that kent t>,a lln £ .°' the Bat as the game wore on the iG 'nt&ct. marmozets" improved surprisinwl c y'headed waltzed round Biggs and Elliott T«' *airly half the brothers repeatedly arou^orl tu seoo"d sixsm of even Cardiffians by their df»o^i t enthu- Their dashes for the line threatened daring, to bring disaster to the CardifF team day's display the Bros. James affain<in«Ty ? ,uri their superiority over any other Pail of ?nffVr f in Wales. P of halfb"cks # # The SVansea forwards plaved a game. They speedily took the measi.^ fT°-n opponents, and beat them in the tiaht- r and in the loose. Jackson, HonkiSi -nCr"'nS Livingstone Davies, and Parker strnft avies' being the pick of a very hot lot Tl Vi* lad was iu fine form, and his bursts frm™ +», v '1 out »e5 some of tb. f«tares of the'S^" Bros, Harris rendered yeoman •' serums, and in tackling were Verv Rice infused much dash into his r>lav ,lne responsible for some very useful dribbles. Arthur Jones did not come up to exneetit;™ •r loose, and had he kept his head on OUP 1D • Swansea would undoubtedly have scored Casion The Cardiff forwards are a big, lU8ty ]ot and can gave the Abertawe octave maninnH ■ avoirdupois. But they lack cleverness Their play is mechanical. Ihey rely too mnm, „ their backs, with the result that when they me°et their superiors they cut up Bomewhat STe^8 PrB0lbatIyand » probably the pick The Taff eight with a^it^ coaching, and play.ng behind an ordinary r^nd d^ S°°n p 1Dto a very warm # There was little to choose between the ouposing threequarters The passmg Qf the visiting lot was oertmnly the mo-t effective. With a little more speed, Roes, T)avIes, Trew and Gordon would undoubtedly have .cored. The Cardiff hacks are on the whole very fast, and were able to overhaul their opponents even when they had broken through and with only the full-back to f,a,ce; Ike tackling on both sides was superb. 1 hat of tne Swai.sea third line was the most sure. Gwyn Nicholls and his coll. agues were brought down time after time without having gained a yard of ground. Against less swift and sure tackling tho Cardiff men would have scored several times. Gordon, Trew, Gecrge Davies and Rees surpriseJ the home spectators by the all-round j excellence of thoir play. The first-named was taken ill on the journey to Cardiff, ani was put to bed when he arrived there. Had there been anyone available—Tom White of Morriston, for instance, or Dan Davies—Gordon would probably have fetood out. in the circumstances he had really no alternative but to play—and to do his be,.t. The "general" did his best, and his tackling played havoc with the man opposite him. George Davies and Rees more thar. held their own again-t Gwyn Nicholls and Jones. Trew was as tricky as ever, and was decidedly unfortunate in tailing to take the ball when it was kicked to him by Gordon. On the day's play Swansea, as 1 iiave stated, deserved to win. They beat their opponents at all points, even ill passing. # » To-morrow (Saturday) the "All Whites" will try conclusions with a strong fifteen from Penygraig. Bob Thomas will return to the pack, but Livingstone Davies, who distinguished himself in the Cardiff match, has decided to assist his own club, Llandilo, in a somewhat heavy fixture. On Saturday Newport met Llanelly at Llanelly. An exciting struggle was the result. Some brilliant play was witnessed, and although the tinplaters were continually on the aggressive they failed to score, and the game ended in a draw. Llanelly's three-quarters were dis- appointing. To-morrow the Scarlet Runners will try conclusions with Llwynypia on the Stradey ground. SWANSEA FIXTURE LIST. SWANSEA 1ST XV. Mar. 12—Penygraig Home „ 19—IRELAND 26—Devonport Albion Away 28—Bristol Away April 2—Penaith Home Jt 9—Leicester Home „ 16—Rockliffe Home SWANSEA SECOND XV. Mar. 12-Tondu. Away 19—Mumbles Home 26—Neath Home 26-N MORRISTON FIXTURES. March 12-Treherbert Away M 19—Penygraig Home 26—Aberavon Away MUMBLES v. PONTARDAWE. This match, under the auspices of the Swansea and District League, took place on the ground of the former ou Saturday, and resulted in a win for Mumbles by 2 tries to nil. The first half was of a varying nature, nothing being scored on either side. The opening of the second half saw the homesters pressing dangerously, and as a result of a fine round of passing:, Nettell crossed the line with a try which was unconverted. Towards the close of the game Nettell got the ball and made for the line but he had not gone far befere he was confronted by the visiting custodian and others. He was, however, equal to the emerg- ency, for, kicking the ball over his opponents heads, he followed up in splendid style and fell on the leather in the corner. Lookman failed to convert. Nothing further was scored. w The game was of an uninteresting character, and was marred by unnecessary roughness on the part of the Pontardawe men, no less than five of the homesters being laid out. The home team deserved their win for they all worked hard for it but the forwards were not in their usual form. The home backs, however, proved themselves superior to their opponents, but they lost too many chances. Netteil played, as usual, a very strong game and was conspicuous by some useful work, his last try especially, being the out- come of a clever bit of play. Lockman, the Mumbles full-back played a safe game, and on several occasions stopped some ugly rushes promptly and effectively. WALES V. IRELAND. The Welsh Union Match Committee met at the Queen's Hotel, Cardiff, on Tuesday evening, and after a two hours' conference announced their choice of the side to meet Ireland at Limerick on Saturday, March 19th, to be as follows The team :—Back, *W. J. Bancroft (Swansea); three-quarter backs-right wing, V. Huzzey (Cardiff) right centre, *Gwynn Nicholls (Cardiff); left wing, *T. W. Pearson (Newport); and left centre, W. Jones (Cardiff); half-backs, *David and *Evan James (Swansea); forwards, Alexander (Llwynypia), *D. G. Daniels (Llanelly), Hopkin Davies (Swansea), G. Boots (Newport), T. Dobson (Cardiff). *F. Cornish (Cardiff), Booth (Pontymister), and *Hellings (Llwynypia). Reserves :-Back, J. Davies (Neath); three- quarters (first choice for vacancies on either wing), Hubert Alexander (Penarth), right wing W. Llewellyn (Llwynypia) and J. Driscoll (Cardiff), left wing half-backs, *S. Biggs and *J. E. Elliott (Cardiff) forwards, *D. Evans (Penygraig), Vigors (Neath), G. Dobson (Cardiff), and Constable Bryce (Aberavon) Signifies previous International players.

CRICKET. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA THE FINAL TEST MATCH.—The last of the test matches between representative teams of Australia and Mr. Stod- dart's eleven resulted on Wednesday in a win for the Colonials by six wickets. The Australians have thus won four out of the five test matches.— The captain of the English team was presented on Wpdnesday by the trustees of the Sydney Ground and the Melbourne Club with a watch and chain as a mark of e'teem and an acknowledg- ment of the service he has rendered to cricket in Australia. In replying. Mr. Stoddart complained that during the tour his team bad been insulted by a section of the public and of the Press.

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SWANSEA SCHOOL BOARD RATE. TO BE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. PROSPECTS FOR THE TEACHERS. A special meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Swansea School Board was held on Wednesday afternoon at the office- in Dynevor-place. The meeting was called for 2.30 p.m., but it was 3 o'clock before a quorum (three members !) arrived. Mr. Joseph Rosser (Cnairman of the Beard) presided, and the mem- bers eventually present were:—Mr. Dd. Roberts (vic-chairman), the Revs. J. Pollock and iather Fitzgerald, Dr. H. A. Latimer, Mr. James Wignall and the Clerk (Mr. A. W. Halden). The meeting was called To receive, consider, adopt or otherwise d-al with the sub-committee's report on the estimates of receipts and expend- iture for the year ending 25th March, 1899, and to recommend to the Board the issue of the precept upon the rating authorities for the total of £13,200 or thereabouts, towards the expense- of the Board for the half-year ending 29th September, 1898." The Clerk, in submitting his annual statement °i exPenditure, dealt first of all with the estimated and actual expenditure for the year ending March, 1898. After dealing with each department in detail he estimated a surplus at the end of the present month of £4,144 ii.8i 4-v. would like to point out that it they had no reason to expect the Poor School Board ",rrant of £4.500 (less the £600. which they would receive under the old Act in any case) the balance, instead of being 93,279, would be only £244 133. 8d. The estimated expenditure for the year ending March 25th, 1899. was:—School Attendance, .61050- Truants' School, £ 1,120 Building and Sites' JM.900 maintenance of day schools (including £27,000 for teachers' salaries), £ 31,675 evening schools, £ 2,625 administration expenses, £ 1,025; interest on loans and re-payment of principal, £ 9,500; rents, taxes, insurance of schools, £ 900 reserve and working fund, £ 5 000; and a contingency fund of £ 1,200 in order to meet an increase in the teachers' salaries should the Board decide to grant it, and for other purposes, making a total estimated expenditure of £ 58,795. The estimated income was the surplus of £4,144 13s. 8d. above alluded to the revenue from truants' school, £ 780; day schools and evening continuation schools, £ 23,420; additional grant under the Act of 1870 as amended by the Act of 1897, £ 4,000 rent of schools, JE75 a total of £32,419, leaving a deficiency of £ 26,376. for which, if agreed to. a precept,would be issued on the rating authorities. In the cour-e of the discussion over the esti- mates, Dr. Latimer asked in regard to an item of X2,500 for books, whether there was any check upon the books supplied, and whether it was seen that they were sufficiently used. The Clerk said the Board had a scale as to the supply of books to the departments but when books were replaced there was no one except the head-teachers to say whether they were justified in replacing them. Mr. Wignall suggested the creation of a central store. Mr. Roberts said that would mean greater expense. Dr. Latimer said he would raise the question again, and the matter then dropped. In regard to the contingency account the Clerk said it was to cover any probable increase in teachers' salaries, etc., and as to the item of £5,000 for working fund, the auditor required that the Board should not overdraw at the bank, and that they should have a working capital for the period of the year when the Board were waiting for their grants from the Department. He estimated that the working capital would be somewhere about £8.000, and in order to make that sum, the Board had started a fund to which they would add year by year. The salaries for the day schools were estimated at £ 27,000 against JE24 000 in the year ending March, 1898. But there had been an increase of 20 college-trained teachers, a decrease of one untrained teacher an increase of four ex-pupil teachers, an increase of six under Article 68, a decrease of three pupil teachers, and an in- crease of two monitors. If the Board agreed to pass the estimates as be submitted them, and agreed to the zCl,200 contingency and £5,000 working fund, then instead of their precept being £ 25,000. as in the year now ending, it would be .626,400, an increase of £ 1,400. Mr. David Roberts: Which is equal to a penny rate. The Clerk What we term a penny rate. A penny rate on the gross rateable value is equivalent to £ 1,585. Last year our rate on the gross rateable value was Is. 41d. in the C, but making allowance for loss of occupation, etc.. it was on the ratepayers practically Is. 6d. A precept for £ 26.400 would be, on the eross rateable value, Is. 5d., and if you add lid. or 2d. for the cost of collection, it will mean that the actual rate collected would be Is. 6Jd. or Is. 7d.; £26,400 is really Is: 5d. in the X. There is a small increase in the rateable value, but from information I have received in July there will be a decrease in the rateable value; but I have to deal with the actual figures given to me. On the whole of our district there has been between July, 1897, and February, 1898, an increase of £1,173 in the rateable value, and by July that will be wiped away, and the rateable value will be several thousand pounds less on account of the reduction in the assessment of tinplate works. Mr. David Roberts said thnt in view of the present state of trade in Swansea, he tnought they ought, as far as possible, to stick to the present School Board rate. He did not think they were justified in making provision for an extra El,400, especially as the rateable value was practically stationary, and the rates were practically 9s. in the X. When they took re- pairs into consideration, property in Swansea was hardly worth having. They thought the Government grant of £ 4,000 would relieve them of 2d. in the £ in rates, but instead of that the whole grant was practically absorbed even before they got it. If it were not for the grant they should have had to make something like a 3d. rate. And some of them thought they should have gone back to Is. 2d.! He moved that they recommend the Board to issue a precept for £ 25.000. The Chairman seconded. The Clerk said the reduction of JE1,400 would mean wiping out the contingency fund of £ 1 200 and reducing the working tuna by £ 200. The Rev. J. Pollock questioned whether they would not next time have to so up to Is. 8d. in the £ by reducing the estimate. The motion was, however, agreed to nent con on being put to the vote, so that the School Board rate will remain practically the same in 1898-9 as it was in 1897-8. In the Board meeting subsequently held the decision was confirmed on the motion of Rev Father Fitzgerald, seconded by Mr. J. Wignall This was all the business. °

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GOLDSMITH AS A THINKER. LECTURE BY MR. R. ASHE KING, M.A. Mr. R. Ashe King. M.A., delivered the third of the Oxford University Extension course of lectures ou Johnson and his Circle" at the Royal In tirutton. last Friday evening. The suuject was "Goldsmith as a Thinker," and in the course of an interesting lecture, Mr. King *ere was hardly any profes-ion tnat Goldsmith attempted and did not attain to, and it was a stnkiag thing that a man who succeeded in everything lie attempted in his later years should have failed in everything he attempted in his euriier years. There was, liow- ever, a stranger thing- than that, namely, that all the ear.y failur-s were the seeds of the successes of his later years. No author ever turned his gucee-ses and discomfitures into such wonderful literary iccount as did Goldsmith. His life and character were written more clearly in his own works than in any biography of him. Everything of any importance that he did or suffered or felt or encountered we would find in one form or another in his works. None of his biographers seemed to have recognised that Goldsmith, when he was profesfedly romancing, was really telling the truth about himself and his past more than when be was professedly talking about himself. It was said that no manias more confidential than when he took the whole world into his con- fidence, and so Goldsmith was more confidential than when he wrote to his friends and relatives. Goldsmitti's poems, plays and novels were very like what spiritualists called materializations" out of hi, own substance. The Character of Goldsmith gi rea by Garrick, Boswell, Walpole and other contemporar.es was like the reflection of the moon in a puddle. They would say it was impudence on his (the lecturer's) part to say he knew more than those men who knew Goldsmith in the flesh and blood. But to know a man intimately and personally in all his moods anr moments may be the reverse of an advantage in judging him. If they disliked a man, then the moie they saw of him the greater would their aislike become. Bo-well was jealous of Jo.inson's friendship for Goldsmith. Waipole and Garrick gave him the nickname of "Inspired Idiot," and "Poor Poll." They had given the cue of dissension to all his biographers and of patronage to his readers. The nijknames were given him by both men for an oid grudge they had against him. Horace Walpole never forgave him for his description of his fattier, and Garrick never forgave him for iiis description of actors. He (the lecturer) wished to show them that so far from being unobservant Goldsmith was one of tne most thoughtful men in all Europe. Macauiay expressed the common opinion of his wisdom when he said Goldsmitu ha,8 een much of the world but he has managed to retain little more of what he has seen than grotesque incidents and characters which happened tostrnce his fancy." Yet this man predicted the French Revolution 30 years-a whole generation—before it occurred, merely from seeing what he did of France in travelling as a tramp through the country. How many statesmen were taere in all Europe who then saw that cloud. like a man's hand, on the horizon ? The French to-day," he wrote, "are impercep- tibly bringing themselves to freedom. 1 can- not help seeing that the genius of Freedom has entered into Franca in disguise. If France has three weak monarchs on the turone the mask will be laid aside and the country once more free." Goldsmith predicted the revolt of the American Colonies 15 years before it took place. He predicted also, which none of tue statesmen who lived at the time of the secession believed, that it would rather strengthen than weaken the British Empire. When Ru-sia was a mere negligible quantity Goldsmith predicted i?C Portentous growth, and the threat whicn this held out to the Western world. At iiom/, there was not an abuse in the Church or in the law which has since been redre-sed or still cries for redress which Goldsmith did not denounce or deride in his essays. He was far in advauce not only of his own time but of our time. In denouncing the outrageous, vindictive, ferocious treatment of prisoners, he was as a voice crying in the wilderness of those days; but 50 years after he called out for those reforms they were carried out exactly on the grounds which he had ind.cated. Picture to yourself a poor woman starving, destitute, with a babe on her b;east; the press-gang bad taken her husband from her, and she, reduced to destitution, pawned stick after st.ck of furniture, stitch after stitch of clothing, until she had nothing but what she stood m, to stave off starvation from herself and babe. She was two days without food, and she went into a shop and took up a piece ot calico. She was perceived, a:id put it down, but she was tried and condemned, and, w LIen the judge asked why sentence of death should not be passed upon her, she said, I dId not know what I did my husband was taken from me my babe was starving, and I was mad." She had nothiug more to say aud "he was nanged. That was 30 years alter Gold-mith appealed against the penal laws, not on tne ground of humanity, but of expediency and political wisdom. There was another thing- whioft had not yet been repealed, namely, the out- rageous treatment of prisoners in our g",ol,¡. Nothing had so shocked niia (the lecturer) of late years as some revelations of the treatment of prisoners, which seemed to him wholly and solely to crush out every spark of humanity remaming in their hearts. Dealing then with the charge that Goldsmith was neither reflective nor observ- ant, the lecturer quoted passages from The Traveller," and said that in all iiteratuie there were no such wonderfully felicitous descriptions of the nations of Europe. In Retal.ation he had painted mastt-rly portraits of individuals. In "The Deserted Village" he went back to his early days. Macaulay "'auld tell them he aid not go back to his childhood but simply described an English village. But, in fact, all the characters and incidents of Sweet Auburu belonged to "Gold- smith's childhood. The clergyman was a portrait of his father ani his brotuer, aid the school- master was a portrait of his old teacher. The descriptions he gave of the village were to be see.) in Ireland, and in Ireland alone, in every ydlage and town up to the time ot the great famine. Macaulay said, truly enough, that taere Was no such happy village in Ireland: but he forgot what no Englishman could possibly imagine toe longing ache in the heart of an Irish exile who tran-figures and transforms the old country when he is absent through a mist of tears. In The Deserted Village," most of all, Goldsmith was speaking of his own past. In She Stoops to Conquer he re-cailed an old mistake he made in his boyhood. The only person in ail his works whom Goldsmith satirised was himself. There never was a man so cruelly sensitive to insults of all kind-, and there was baraly ever a man so slighted. Where was hi" reveiger Bosweil spoke of him as jealous and envious. In the "Vicar of Wakefield" he made the greatest revelation of himself. The book was sold by Johuson for L60 in order to prevent Goldsmith being dragged off to gaol for a debt of a few shillings. That was one instance of the miseries and mortifications which overwhelmed him while he was writing a novel which seemed really to be spun from the Sermon on the JNiount. Goldsmith was incapable of malice and of anything excor>f loving others. The great secret of the popularifv and vitality of the Vicar of Wakefield wi t humauity—where, besides the four Go<n, U T J anything be found to approach it Bv h he meant reach and depth of human s nothing too far off and too low for h elU to reach and touch. The Roma™/ sy'i'patny one man in the theatre at ZT Up like "I am a man-, therefore tin ne ot ,Ter^ce concerns a man which is nr>+ Ve not^in& that was what he meant hi E to me"" Tbat was the "Vicar of W-fl- Goldsmith spirit shone throuo-h "etlelcl> and his sweet was, as Thackemf said J PagC °lthe novel" He authors because lie w* the most ioved of able of men—becmist8 m°St, lovin £ and love" spmtualised and ^11 ^orks were himself embodied sonl rvf etherealised. It was the dis- R11 his wnrL-a ^°^sm'th that looked out from beautiful sonl v,SW+l }vist*uii the most ture. thought, in all secular litera- nex' lecturf-, will be delivered on Friday l' e subject being Goldsmith as a talker.

ecclesiastical NEWS. llandaff. ordinatin^ -,of ^hmdaff lleld a general mornino- v,*1 llandaff Cathedral on Sunday ordained' n following gentlemen were _DEA.C°NK.—James Abraham Lewis, B.A.,St. avid s College, Lampeter John Morgan, Lie. David's College, Lampeter; John otarky Willimott, Salisbury Theological College. PRIESTS-David William Davie-, B.A., St. Davids College, Lampeter: Connop Campbell ritzHenry Miles, B.A., St. David's College, Lampeter, and St. Michael's Coil-g-e. Aberdare David Humphrey Puyh, B.A., Queen's College, Oxford, and St. Michael's College, Aberdare. Mr. Morgan was the Gospeller and the sermon was preached by the Rev. A. F. Evans, M.A., rector of Neath. The Bishop afterwards licenced the following curates — James Abraham Lewis, B.A.. to St. Andrew's, Liwynypi* John Morgan, L:c. Div., to Penmaen John Stirky Willimott, to St. Margaret's, Roath, Cardiff. ST. DAVID'S. At an ordination of deacons held by the Lord Bishop of St. David's at the Parish Caurch of Lampeter-pont-Stephen on Sunday the following were ordained and licensed to curacies :—John Maurice James, B.A., St. David's College Lampeter, to the curacy of Kidwellv. Car- marthen; John Jones, B.A., St. -David' College, Lampeter, to the curacy of Llaufibangel, Aberbythick Carmarthen David Williams,B.A., St. David s College, Lampeter, to the curacy of St. Thomas, Swansea. Mr. David Williams was the gospe »er, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. D. J ones, vicar of Lampeter.

COMMERCIAL FAILURES. Accor(iinR to Stubbs, Weekly Gazette, the number of tauuresm England and Wales gazetted during the week ending March 5, was 153. The number in the correspond- ing week of last year was 167. showing a decrease of 14. The failures were distributed amongst the following ra.i,eS' HIlt^ *or comparison we give the number in each in the corresponding weeks of 1897 and 1896. „ ISyS. 18*7. 1886. Builders, Building Materials 15 24 IS Chemists and Drysalters 2 3 5 China, Glass, Earthenware 1 a — Confectionery, Toys, Fancy Goods 5 2 6 Corn, Coals, Minerals 6 6 4 Drapery, Clothing Textures 19 29 22 Farmers 8 6 12 Furniture, Upholstery S 3 3 Horses, Vehicles 2 5 2 Jewellery, Watches 1 3 4 Leather J2 11 Metals 13 6 Papet, Printing, <&c. 2 3 4 Provisions — — 35 25 32 Wines, Spirits, Beer, Tobaccos 9 12 ] s Miscellaneous 23 13 27 158 167 174 The number of bills of sale in England and Wales registered at the Queen's liench for the week ending March 5 was 150. The nuniber in the corresponding week of last year was 177. The totals for the portion of the year to March 5. are bills of salt- registered for England and Wales, 12S9. a decrease of s0; and bills of sale re-registered, 9s, a deciease ot 25; the re- ceiving orders gazetted number 7i0, a decrease of 50, and the registered deeds of arrangement 531, a de- crease of 134.