Welsh Journals

he ABSTAINER A Monthly Temperance Magazine for circulation in South Wales and Monmouthshire. f Communications for the Editor should be addressed to the Offices of the Union 35, WINDSOR PLACE, CARDIFF. Voi,. XXI. 6. JUNE, 1910. ONE PENNY. oUh k7KTE kiN<3. 0" N common with every British subject the world over, Temper¬ ance people mourn the death of a m great King. His interest in all that apper- _________ tained to the social well-being of the nation, his warm admiration for all those efforts which tended to assist the poor and downtrodden, bespoke a sympathy with, and a keenness of feeling for, the sufferings of the poorest of his subjects. On his estate at Sandringham he was known as a model landlord, a successful farmer, a generous philanthropist, an esteemed employer, and the most practical of all Temperance reformers. " There is not a single public-house on the estate. Instead, there are technical schools for boys, cosy reading rooms and libraries, a hospital for sick servants, a model kitchen where cooking is taught, a spinning wheel where delicate girls receive instruction in an occupation they can follow at home, a place where girls are instructed in housework and in scientific dressmaking, and every help and convenience a working community needs for the development of its higher life." For 30 years King Edward interested himself in solving the housing problem." The Royal Army Temperance Association regard his memory with affection for his warm interest in their efforts to promote Temperance in the Army. It was Edward VII. who gave the name of " Royal " to their association and the first to give the order that his health might be drunk in water, and he would regard this as an equal honour as if drunk in any other liquid. As Prince of Wales he accompanied the Princess to open the South Hackney Band of Hope Union Bazaar, and expressed his great admiration and approval of the good ju¬ venile Temperance workers were apcomplishing. During the latter part of King Edward's illustrious reign, much has been done to ameliorate the lot of the child. Yet thousands still groan under the misery caused by the terrible scourge of intemperance, and these cry for deliverance. May the reign of the new Sovereign be truly "happy and glorious," and made so by the removal of those wrongs caused by the greed of wealth, and which burden and crush so callously the very flower of the nation. SOUTH WALES & MONMOUTHSHIRE BAND OF HOPE UNION. The first annual conferences of the recently formed South Wales and Monmouthshire Band of Hope Union were held on May 3rd, at the Cory Hall, and were attended by nearly 200 delegates. Councillor C. E. Sanders, J.P., presided over the morning session, a pleasing feature of which was the presentation of reports of the work carried on by various temperance societies of South Wales and Monmouthshire. The linking together of these scattered agencies for extended and more effective operations was felt to be a matter for mutual thankfulness, as meeting a long-felt need. It was decided to invite Mr. David Davies, M.P. (Llandinam), to be the President. Mr. E. H. Clothier was elected treasurer, Dr. R. T. Williams (Cwmavon) -Hon. Secretary, and Mr. L. Page, General Organising Secretary, A fund of ^2,000 is to be raised to establish the new Union on a secure footing, and carry out its initial aims. The constitution was amended, and the Newport invi¬ tation to entertain the Autumnal Conference was accepted. The afternoon meeting, at which Mr. E. H. Clothier took the chair, was largely of an educative