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A LADY'S SHOE. .
[ALL BIGHTS RESEBVED.] A LADY'S SHOE. By J, M. BARRIE. PART II. V. I have forgotten what the play Mr Gregory took his daughter to was it was probably one of the dull comedies that are now esteemed and tdited because they are old. Many people were crowding into the house, and in the vestibule stood Jack, who made a sign to Miss May that all was well. Then he disappeared without being seen by the father he was hoodwinking. Tom was less fortunate. That is to say, the father did see him. He was also more for- tunate, however, for he had a few moments' talk with Miss May. That lady ought not, per- haps, to have let Tom know that she was coming .o the play to-night. She was really Jack's now, or about to be, if the plot did not miscarry. But Was it not natural that she should feel sorry for Tom ? That day she had sent him back his betters (he used to slip them into her hands, and vfhe used to keep them in a box beside Jack's betters), with an intimation that all was now over between them. She had also added that she was oing to the play that night, and I suppose her reason for this injudicious act was that she looked forward to a delightfully sad parting with him. But Miss May had not quite understood Tom. tn the crush at the theatre she held out her hand ithe one further from her papa) that Tom might Squeeze it surreptitiously. Thus did she hope to -break the blow. But frantic Tom would have none Of her hand. He stalked after her into the box, and hi the presence of her father demanded an ex- planation. Miss May, who was already be- jinnng to wish that she had never seen those "lovely little bronze shoss—they were hurting her to much-wept at Tom's grief and admired him or his vehemence. A.s for the father, he was first amazed, secondly delighted, and thirdly Ifraid. It was pleasant to him to hear that his daughter was determined to be done with the youth, but disquieting to observe that the whole house was listening to Tom's declamation. Tom promising to lower his voice, papa consented to leave the box for five minutes that the farewells take place in privacy. In that five minutes the second last act of a tragedy was played in the back of the box. Tom announced that his prospects were now death by his own pistol. Miss May, in terror, put her hands on his shoulders and then, remembering Jack, withdrew them. She had promised Jack not to say a word of the conspiracy to Tom, but now it all came out. At half-past nine a written note was to be handed in to Miss May, purporting to come from an aunt of hers, who Was in a box beneath. The note was to ask her fcnd her papa to join the aunt. Papa loathed the Aunt, and was therefore certain to refuse but he would let Miss May go. In the lobby she Was to be joined by Jack, whisked into a carriage that was already waiting near the theatre door, %nd borne off in the direction of Gretna Green. There was quite a chance of the runaways being twenty miles off before the chase began. So farewell, Tom, dear Tom," said Miss May. But dear Tom, forgetting his promise to papa, began to stamp, calling her the most horrid names, and thus delighting her. You know how I could love you," she said, picking her tenses carefully. But am I to slame if you are so poor ?" You could wait for me. My prospects-" I can't wait, Tom good-bye. Kiss me, Tom, tor the last time." "I won't. Yon are a heartless coquette. May, if that carriage had been mine, would you Save come with me ?" I—I don't know." Men should not distress women with such difficult questions. Kiss me, Tom, for the last time." I won't." Then, like a sensible man, Tom changed his taind and kissed her passionately. It is not for the last time," he said fiercely. May, you love me, and me alone, and Jack Jhall not have yon; he shall not. I have an «dea; quick, tell me how shall I know Jack's carriage ?" Miss May, wondering, had just begun to an- JWer him when papa re-appeared. Tom departed, not with the look of a hopeless man on his J*ce. As for the young lady, having treated jtear Tom so kindly, she naturally began to "Oink lovingly of dear Jack. VI. The ruse with the letter succeeded. Miss May *as trembling a little when she left the box. her papa flung her a kind word just then she "ttght have postponed the elopement; but he &sJred her grumpily why she was looking at him sentimentally, and of course after that she 5esitated no longer. He little thought as the closed upon heer that the next time they met "he should be a married woman.* -Miss May always maintained afterwards that 0111 the moment when she left her father's box tiI she realised that she ws in a carriage beside all was blank to her. The theatre attendant, If we should be overtaken? I however, who saw the carriage drive off, and described the scene subsequently to the infuriated jfcther, declared that she was less agitated than lover. I suppose Jack carried me down that dark -de-street to the carriage," was Miss May's tuzmise. The gentleman was a little excited like, but •he lady she were wonderful cool," was the attendant's declaration. 'His st'17. ended thus They had started when the la.dy she gave a kream, and the carriage stopped, and the gentle- man he jumped out and looked for something in *he street. He got,it, too, and then he jumps in heside her again, and off they go at a spanking Jfcte. I don't know what it was something she dropped, most likely." To his dying day this man was denied the small pleasure of knowing what Jack jumped out of his Sjrriage to pick up. It was one of the shoes. Miss May's feet had been protesting so vigor- ously in the theatre against further confinement 111 their narrow prison house that with foot she had pressed the shoe half off the other. In he street the shoe fell off, and Jack had to find jt> for although in Scotland, one may marry in a Jjfrry, one's feet must be properly shod. So Miss "ay thought then, but she was presently to dis- cover that a pair of shoes are a convenient pos- Session rather than indispensable. Through the greater part of the night the *teriage rolled northward, but at last an inn Wow, I believe, a private house) was reached, j*here they had to wait three honrs for fresh horses. Miss May had a bedroom, but did not "leep a wink (she said), while the nervous Jack etced up and down in front of the inn, listening r horsekin pursuit, and thinking he heard them Overy five minutes. If a man can be too gentlemanly, that man {fiems to have been" Jack throughout this escapade. Until he could claim her as his wife he would take even what she called formal liberties, fie sat on the seat opposite her. He paid her >10 compliments, he addressed her as Miss Gregory, which had not been his custom. Of she admired this delicacy, but still The journey was resumed with early light, and fcow, as they stepped once more into their carri- age, both the runaways looked hard at one of the postilions. Surely you are not the man I engaged yes- terday ?" Jack said to him. No, my lord" answered the fellow com- 00sedly ,be we' ii. offen e took ill and offered me his twee. No offence intended, my lord. I have n on this here kind of job before." 0, You have been to Gretfca Green before ?" Rayther." "Yon will do as well as another. Drive on." Miss May said nothing to the man, but she fought a good deal about him, despite his dark aIr and sallow complexion, despite his boorish fanners, she thought him very like Tom. It j8.s Tom in disguise. He had bribed the real postilion, and here he was on his way to Scot- J^nd with the woman he wanted to marry, but J no means certain how he was to get her. Within twenty miles of the border there is t Hock which commands an extensive view. f* is close to the old high road, and many a man for Gretna Green has run up it to see Whether his pursuers were in sight. Jack was of the number. He was not gone many Routes, but in the meantime Tom had found an Dportunitv of revealing himself to the lady. May," he said, appearing so suddenly by her j^de that she screamed, don't you know me ? I Tom. May, dearest, you said you wonld rry me if I could take you to Scotland I cm it." • Oh, Tom," wailed Miss May all in a tremble she said afterwards), I never made any puch I am to marry Jack." Never," cried Tom. May, darling May- i, Tom, Tom," cried Miss May, reproachfully te^y did yoa come to disturb my piece if mind, everything was going on ao nicely ?" i 'liOvv. of my life," began Tom; then kissed lu.r and resumed his seat by the oide of the 'her postilion. He h?.d seen Jack running back, v Wo are pursued, Jack ss>.id, .as he driw n^ar, gating, by two men on horseback, and one of Tn?' am convinced, is J"our father." *ne carriage rolled on more quickly now than and for the next half-hour Miss May thought little of which her lovers she should marry. Her new fear was that she should not be able to marry at all. Jack was as polite as ever. Certainly Tom "ad been less delicate. He had called her his trling he had kissed her hand. He should not have taken these liberties, but still In vain were the jaded horses of the runaways whipped up. The pursuers gained on the car- riage until when the latter was within half a mile of the border they were not 400 yards behind. There is only one chance for us, May," said poor Jack, forgetting in his excitement that she was not May but Miss Gregory, we must leave the carriage at the next turn of the road which hides us from view." And be overtaken in a moment!" cried Miss May, aghast. I hope not, I said Jack. Listen, dear, to what I propose. At the next turn I will stop the car- riage, and you will at once jump out with me. I will tell our fellows to drive on as fast as they can. and you and I will conceal ourselves until your father and his companion have galloped past. They will pursue the carriage. In the meantime you and I will cross these fields to the village, whose lights I see plainly, and there the blacksmith will marry us." One of her shoes came off. I They will overtake the carriage in a few minutes." the lady said, and finding it empty hurry on to Gretna Green. Why, we shall find them waiting for us there." We shall not," answered Jack, triumphantly, with his head out at the window, I see two roads before us. of which the one evidently leads to Gretna Green and the other to the right. I will tell our fellows to take the latter that will give us a good start." 7 Jack stopped the carriage, and assisted his lady out, at the same time shouting directions to the two men. Stop," he cried to them, as they were driving [off. One of you come with me. We may need a witness." Tom jumped down. The carriage drove on. The two men and the woman hid. The horsemen, of whom Mr Gregory was purple with passion, raced by them. And now for Gretna Green on foot," said Jack, giving Miss May his arm. They hurried on, ut-the shoe Miss May had this time no maid to help her, and the shoe was but half on. She was. shding her foot along the ground rather than lifting it. By and by, when they were not a hundred yards from the old toll-house, which is just on the other side of the border, Miss May sank to the ground, crying, I can go no further I have lost one of my shoes There was no time to look for the shoe in the tV"fssist her to that cottage," said Jack to the supposed postilion, pointing to the toll-house, and I will hasten on to the village nd bring ths blacksmith back with me. Ask them to hide her if need be. You will be well paid. So saying, Jack ran on, while Tom obeyed his injunctions to the letter. With Miss May's as- sistance he explained ths position to the toll- keeper, who grinned when he hoard that the bride- groom'was running to Gretna Green for the blacksmith. You English,he said, think that there is but one man in broad Scotland who can make f1 couple one in a hurry, and you call him the black- smith. though he is no blacksmith at all. If your lover, honey, had stopped here I should have had you spliced by this time." Is that true ?" cried Tom, while Miss May stared. I have married scores in my time," the old man answered, why I married half a dozen this week." But is it legal ?" asked May. ,4V. The toll-keper smiled. Try it, honey," ho suggested. Then it was Tom'a turn to speak. May," he said, in & tods of" eonvictiozi, thiit, is providential- Old gentleman, marry us as quickly as you can. Get your family as witnesses, it witnesses are necessary." The toll-keeper looked at the lady. No, no," she said, I promised Jack. Oh, Tom, how I wish there had only been one of you!" For half an hour did Miss May refuse to listen to what Tom called reason. Then she started up, for she was sure she heard the gallop of horses. Tom I" she cried. So she and Tom wore married. Jack and Mr Gregory arrived at the toll-house five minutes afterwards, but it was all over by that time. VII. Thus my friend ended his story, adding that his grandfather had come out of the affair victori- ous. T "J So that your grandfather-was Tom ? I said. If," he replied, coolly, you think Tom was the victor." Well he got her." And Jack-did not. But perhaps Jack was the luckier man of the two." Then was Jack your grandfather ? I won't say. I leave it to you to decide which was victorious, the one who got her or the one who lost her." It must have been Tom. You told me that your grandfather's marriage was entirely arranged by a shoe." Yes, I said so, but both of their marriages were arranged by a shoe, for Jack subsequently married another lady, and of course it was the shoe that led to his marrying her instead of Miss May." At least," I said, tell me which of the two shoes this is." That would be telling all," he replied, for Tom retained possession of the shoe in which Miss May was married, and Jack found the other one next morning. To tell you which shoe this is would be to tell you which man was my grand- father. Can't you guess ? I have told you he was the one who had reason to be thankful that the lady became Mrs Tom. Now, which one was that ?" Reader, which do you think ? [THE END.]
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ALLEGED BOGUS CLUB IN THE RHONDDA. At the Ystrad Police Court on Monday (before I Messrs Ignatius Williams (stipendiary magis. trate), T. P. Jenims, D. W. Davies, J. D. Williams, and E. H. Davies) Archibald Wilson, steward of the Miners Club and Institute, Limited, which was formed as a limited company on the 4th February, 1897, was summoned for selling beer without a licence, and 30 of the mem- bers were summoned for aiding and abetting. Mr James Phillips, Pontypridd (instructed by Superintendent Coles> Pontypridd), prosecuted and Mr Sankey, bamster-at-law (instructed by Mr Bryant, solicitor, Pontypridd), defended. It appeared that the club was formed originally on the 12th September, 1896, when applicants were made shareholders by paying Is each. On the 4th February, 1897, the institution was formed into a limited liability company, and the articles and the memorandum of association were signed. Mr John Hill, who is well-known in the valley owing to his connection with other clubs of the .kind, was appointed manager, and afterwards a treasurer, and subsequently a general secretary. It was contended by Mr PtilliPS m his opening speech that since the 4th of I? ebruaiy, 1897, when tne club was formed into a limited liability com- pany, all the members had been illegally entered according to the memorandum of association, the quorum having not been properly consti- tuted. An alleged member named Patrick Shanklyn had been accepted as a member when only two directors out of five were present. In- spector Hayle, Tonypandy, deposed -that he raided the premises about 20 minutes to 9 o clock on Sunday evening. He did not observe any drunkenness there. About 30 persons were pre- sent. There was a reading room m the building supplied with papers. Every facility had been afforded to the police to investigate the premises and a letter had beensent to them that any books would be placed at their disposal at half an hour s notice. Mr Sankey observed that he would put in all the books of the society, and he pointed out that it was a club consisting of miners, and there was no desire to conceal anything. They might have erred, but it was Unwittingly done. He admitted that in the-previous Tonypandy Work- .pani men's Club case the evidence showed conclusively it was a bogus one, because there was a leakage of L300 or 400, but in the present instance no leakage of any sort could be proved. It was urged by Mr Phillips that the resolutions of the meetings of the quorum of the directors were not legal. All the books and the vouchers were put in, and the Bench adjourned the case for a week, empowering Mr D. W. Davies in the mean- time to inspect the books.
DEATH OF LORD CARUNGFORD.
DEATH OF LORD CARUNGFORD. The death occurred at Marseilles on Sunday of Lord Carlingford. His Lordship left town a week ago for Costadelle for the benefit of his health. The immediate cause of death was influenza. Lord Carlingford, who had twice been Chief Secretary for Ireland, as well as filling the ofltee of President of the Board of Trade and Lord President of the Council, was created Baron Carlingford in 1874, and succeeded his brother as Baron Clermont in 1887. There is no heir to either title, hence the barony becomes extinct.
DAFt JONES; NEU Ffordd yTroseddwr.
DAFt JONES; NEU Ffordd yTroseddwr. N 0 F E L GYMRAEG. Gan W. LLEWELYN WILLIAMS, Awdwr Gwilym a Benni Bach." PENOD XII. Gladys yn Ateb. Cafodd Leislh waith caltd i beidio dweyd wrth Gladys am ei helynt gyda Mr Rowlands ond, chwareu teg iddi, cadwodd y gyfrinach yn anrhy- deddus. Eto, hawdd oedd gwybod oddiwrth oi hymddygiad fod rhywbeth neu gilydd "yn y gwynt." Nis gallai edrych ar Gladys heb dor. allan i chwerthin, n«s o'r divredd dywedodd Mrs Morris wrthi yn ei ffordd haner geintachlyd— Yn enw dyn, Leisa fach, bth sy'n bod arnoch Stim byd yn bod arna i, m/stres fach, ebai Leisa, gan chwerthin yn uchel," ond 'y mod i wedi ca'l ffolant." ffolant, wir!" meddai Mr? Morris. Mae'n hen bryd i ryw hen lol fel 'na ma's o'r wlad. 'Rwy'n synu at Mr Morgans ci fod e'n cadw shwd lfwlbri yn y siop." Boreu dradwy, er syndod i Gladye, daeth Leisa ati yn gynar ar ol brccwast a pharsel bach yn ei llaw. Dyma rwbeth ddaeth i chi gyda'r post, Miss Bov?en," meddai, gyda gwen. „ "Beth yn enw'r anwyl all hwn fod 1" eb9,¡ Gladys gan ryfeddu. "ffolant!" meddai, wedi agor y parse!. A. phenillion I" ychwanegai ym mhen ychydig, a:r wen fach harddaf yn y byd yn chwareu ar ei ewefusau. Odi chi'n ei lico hi ?" gofynai Leisa, gydn. balchder. Yr oedd Gladys wedi anghofio Leis),. "Licopeth?" meddai. Lico'r ffolant!" atebai Leisa. "Shwd gwyddch chi hw ffolant odd hi. gofynai Gladys. Hi! hi!" ebai Leisa- 'rown l n gwbod. Ond shwd gwyddech chi?" gofynai Glatiy. "0, fi prynodd hi iddo fe, hi! hi! hi!" n,tebai ■k"88" < > «» u Wei, pwy ga' i ddwevd yw r fe ebai Gladys.. Wyddoch chi ddim ?" gofynai Leisa. Na wn i," atebai Gladys. Shwd galla i wbod?" "Allwchchi ddimspecto?" meddai Leisa. Na alia i," atebai Gladys, a 'stiiP. ots pwy halodd hi." O's ots. wrth gwrs," meddai Leisa, wath mae'n rhaid i chi hala barddonieth 'nol ato fi. "Lol, Leisa," atebai Gladys, "odi chi'n meddwl 'y mod i'n myn'd i ateb rhyw ddwli fel hyn?" "Nid dwli yw e," meddai Leisa; "achofiweh chi ei fod e'n beth anlwcus iawn i bsido ateb ffolant." "Anlwcns?" "Ie," meddai Leisa. 'Rwy n cono p&n own i'n ail forwyn yn y Fron i fi ga'l ffolant, ag i fi beido haia ateb idêli: a chyn pen dou fis yr wedi tori ar 'y nghyflog, a'r C'langeua ar ol hyny mi gytunes i fyn'd i dri lie, a gorSid i fi hala r eru yn of i'r tri!" Ond shwd galla i ateb ffolant pan nag o's enw neb wrthi 1" gofynai Gladys. 0, 'rodd e'n gwbod y byswn i'n gweyd wrthosh chi pwy oedd e," atebai'r llaethwraig. Wel, 'dych chi ddim wedi gweyd eto." meddai Gladys. Ody chi'n addo hala ateb 'te ?" ebai Leisa. Wei," meddai Gladys gyda gwen, "falle gna i 'te, gan eich boa chi mor daer." Mr Rowlands y ciwrat, hi! hi! hi!" dywed&i Leisa. Syrthiodd gwynebpryd Gladys. Nid oedd wedi meddwl am yciwrat. Yr oedd yn amlwg oi ,bod wedi disgwyl clywed rhyw enw arall—Benni Bach, feallai, neu Arthur Jones. Mr Rowlands!" ebai Gladys. Hi! hi!" meddai Leisa, doech chi ddim yn meddwl am dano fe ?" Wei, nag own," atebai Gladys, dipyn allan o'i chof. 'Rown i'n meddwl fod gydag e fwy o synwyr nag i hala'r fath ddwli." "Dwli?" gofynai Leisa. Mae pawb yn hala ffolant ffordd hyn; a mae Morgans y Siop yn eu gwerthu nhw, a mae e'n ddiacon "0, wel," meddai Gladys, gan chwerthin, mae'n rhaid fod y peth yn iawn gan fod diacon yn gwerthu rfolante." At Robin ewch chi i ga'l y farddonieth ?" gofynai Leisa. "At Robin?" meddai Gladys yn syn. "Odi merched ifenc yn myn'd at Robin i ga'l barddon- ieth?" Yr oedd llawer o wawd a dirmyg yn y gofyniad. Ac yr oedd hyn yn fwy rhyfedd am fod Gladys yn hoff iawn o riangerdd Ceiriog, lle'r » Myfanwy i ofyn peithynen .t Hywel y Bardd. Ond y mae petha.u yn edrych yn wahanol iawn mewn bywyd i'r hyn ydynt mewn Rhi^ngerdd. Odyn, wrth gwrs," atebai Leisa, dos nob arall yn worth dim o'r baw am farddonieth." Wel, 'daf fi ddim ato fe, 'ta beth," ebai Gladys. "Fe wnaf i'n marddonieth iddo 'yn hunan, ne hala i ddim Q gwbwl!" "Alhvçh chi sgrifenu psnillion ?" gofynai Xieisa, a'i llygaid fel afalaa mei pben, Gallo,—jryw fath o benillioti, atebai Gladys yn ysg&fn. Peth mo»r yw ca.'1 eich codi yriy colej ebai Leisa. "Chlywes i ddim son am un feniw arall ond Cyrnogwen o'dd yn gallu gneyd hynv, Shwd oech chi'n lico barddonieth Robin ?" Weles i ddim o'i waith e eta," meddai Gladys. "Do, wrth gwrs!" ebai Leisa, "wath fe sgrifenodd y farddonieth ar eich ffolant chi i Mr Rowlands." Shwd gwyddoch chi hyny ?" gofynai Gladys. 0, wi'n gwbod yn splended," atebai Leisa, wath wedws wrtna i." 'Rych chi ag ynte dipyn obartners, mi wela. cbii Gladys. "Fe allech chi gwath gwr nag e, Miss Bowen," meddai Leisa yn gyfrinachol, er fod ai wddwg e mor iain." O, mi lycech 'y ngwel'd i'n ei bnoai e ?" gofyna.i Gladys yn wawdlyd. „ Wel, ddyn neis caredig, ebai Leisa yn benderfyuol, "or nag w i ddim yn lico'r ffeiradon 'm'a. fel arfer, ond mae Mr Rowlanrla shwd ddyn bach isel, ag yn siarad a ph&wb yn Gwmrag jist fel pregethwr Dissenters. "Leisa!" llefai Mrs Morris yn ei ilais cwyn. fanus neuadd," beth ych chi'n neyd yn balban man yna o hyd, a'r holl waiub yn eic.h disgwyl chi" O's gyda chi ddim rhytach gwaith na chlebran a wherthin ar genol glanhau'r gerta ? 'Rych chi'n gallu sefyllan drwy r bore pen ddylo chi fod yn tori pen y gwaith, a dyna lie bydawch chi heno yn llawn ffair a ffwdan l yd yn treio dybouu'r gwaith mewn pryd l fyu d i r pentrc ag vn wasto canwylle. Gnfwch h&ss yn y fyneci, wath 'dych chi ddim w1ch1 r llefltn brecyast O'n goreu, mystres fach, ebaiLoisan ddi- gyffro ei gwala, "me fydda i'n barod miwn wincad.—Miss Bowen," gan ostwng ei llais. i wel'd y farddonieth cyn i chi hala fei bant^? Cowch, os leicwch chi," meddai Gladys. "0 liewn, wrth gwrs!" ebai Leisa. "Ga i fyn'd i bryr-.u'r ffolant i chi hala hinol Dir gaton ni na chewch I" atebai Gladys yn gyflym. Mi sgrifena, i'r farddonieth ar y ftolant hyn, a mi hala fe'n ol ami. „i 'Dych chi ddim yn myn d l hala hona n ol, os bosib!" obai Leisa. Mi roiodd haner coron am d*M)dw, wrth gwrs," meddai Gladys "'Doech chi ddim yn meddwl y byswn i n ei chadwhi^ Wel, own i," dywedai Leisa. Ond dyna—- 'dos dim d&l beth neiff merch ifanc ay v.edi ca 1 7 Trol te, darHenodd Gladys y/'f^ometh-'i Leisa, a chyda'r nos aeth Leisa a r ffolanti r post, a'r penillitm hyn wedi en hysgrifenu ariu i. Os fy llygaid yw'r gelynion A'th drywanant drwy dy galon, Gochel rhagddynt, enaid gwinon, Gwell yw cadw rh",g gelynion. u. Blodau gwynion oedd yn dilyn. Olion camrau ysgafn Rhywun; Ni chefpis i 'r fath dynged fclus, 'Deryn du canlyn Gladys. m. Os fy ngwefus sy' fel ceiros Yn dy ddeni ati'n agos, Cofia, 'r deryn du, mor galea Yw calonau eeiros addf J IV. Gwyn yw"r ira ar Eryri- Gwynder sydd yn cuddio oerm; Oerach nag oer eira'r mynydd Calon Gladys at y prydydd. Gwir tod fod per Glan Tywi Dan y dant fel mel yn toddi; Her it' ddvreyci a.i sur ai melns Ydyw'r cusan sydd gan Gladys. Wir, Miss Bov.'en," meddai Leisa, ar ol clywed y penillion, 'rych chi wedi ffysto r hen Robin yn ISn! A chi 'nath rhein«.'ch nnnan fefih ?" ( le, wrth gwrg, atobai Gladys, ilVAm "W&l, nci chyffrai, 'daif il ddim yt° Robiu, wath 'ryrh chi'n gallu prydyddu'c wa^« na Wa.tcyn Wynl" penod xin. Llythyrau Gladys at Bob. 1 cheisiai roddi hiuncs inamti o'rplwyi ar P'wyiolion yn ystod arosiad Gladys y canys oni cheir y cyfan yn ysgriitnidig T?} oiyoft- ladur Dafi Jones, ou teimli neb yn gy^T3'^n gylch ? Yno gwolir, mewn dy. a gwyn, 0^7 y eynhaliwyd y preimin rng Ngnoi*^ Wedcns. a phwy oedd yr ar.tdwTx gTrobrw?ed-ig; tD oadd testrn Mr ThoDl, yu S..ltsm Stri ar ol SuI, phw cy^peddwyd cyitm o'i brefrrinau t y L n^ssalociaid, ax gais vr og.'Tr*# (yi^ 'iy** hstrsr coron); pwy -idtg" y ^sihrouwrl •oLi.n'r sjdd, phwy ddyda o'r dwyddy-.i yr lii,u^y3 y gw<Kih gwanwyn, »'r ceirch, »'r haiCa; nwy brr d y o1 yf-T-I vgwew gyntai, & phv/y r.osTrsith y bu twrv? g^' Gwern-y-gas^o. Yn agor o iy r^en wrth ysgriienu rhai o lythyrau Gladys IJob ei bxawv., 5s Neheudir Affric*; nh: gwn p.m well Sordid i adrodd hanes a,c osbonij ■syjad'-iad — obiegid am dani hi ynbenaf yrwyf am SOIl-na rhoddi dyfjmiadau o honynt yma. Dyfyniadau ydynt, cofier obiegid yr ooad y ilytayrau 7% llawer meithach nag yr ymddangosKnu yni^- Mae rhanau o honynt yn l-hy gySrinicho! g?meyd yn gyhoeddus; mac. rhanau eroiK > cyff>,rad phorsonau a phethau nas gwyi" y dar- Henydd ddim yn cu cylch; cyieirioi rhan-w cr^il), t'.rachefn, ddigwyddiadau a hclyntion yr yd» Wwdi adrodd eisoeij. Gwn iv mod, v,Tth «-u talfyru, yn amdditadu y llythvrau o vyn a. u naturioldeb, ond rhadd i mi ymfoddloni i wneyd y goreu o bethau fel y maent. Ar yr eilfed dydd o bob mis yr ysgrifenai Gladys at Bob. Cyrhaeddai'r llythyr ben ei daith tua. chanol y mis, a. byddai ateb Bob yn llaw Gladys cyn diwedd y mis. Gwariai Gladys ddiwrnod neu ddau I gyfansoddi llythyr hir yn ol i Bob, gan nad oedd ganddi lawer i wneyd, a chan y gwyddai na flinai Bob ar feithder un llythyr o Lanelwid. Gyda hyn o ragymadrodd, gwell gollwng y llythyrau i siarad arostynt eu huniin, IONAWR 2,1896.— 'Rwy'n teimlo'n gartrefol iawn yn y Golli, Bob. Mae nanti yn garedig dros ben i fi-" 'Dyw hi ddim yn folon i'r gwynt whythu arns," tystiai Leisa wrth Tom y Waginer. Ac am Leisa, 'dyw hi ddim yn hapus os na. wnaf forwyn fach" o honi byth a hefyd. Yn wir mae pawb fel pe ar eu heithaf yn fy ngwneyd yn gysurus. Er hyny, 'rwy'n teimlo ambellwaith eisieu rhywun i "ddala pen rbeswm" ag o', fel y gwnaem yn Cambridge Mansions. Ond nid oas neb yn galw yn y Gelli ond Theophilus y Cantwr a Mr Rowlands y ciwrat newydd. Mi hoffet y ciwrat, mi wn, er ei fod yn Eglwyswr selog, fel y gweddai i Fethodus wedi troi ei got. 'Rown wsdi meddwl dweyd wrthyt am ein helynt ar de ym Mhlas Newydd echdoe, ond mi ddywedodd Benni Bach wrthvf ddoe—galwodd i roi ffarwel cyn myn'd yn ol i Lundain—ei fod ef wedi ysgrifenu atat. Mae'r wlad yn hyfryd! 'Rwy'n synu weithiau ffordd y gallwn ni, a ninau yn wladwyr, fyw mewn tre fel Llundain. Rhyfedd mor ffond yw'r Cymry o'u cartrefi 'Roedd nanti yn dweyd wrthyf ddoe nad oedd wedi cysgu o'r GeUi er ys pymtheg mlynedd ar hugain Pwy ryfedd ei bod yn caru'r fan lie mae wedi gwreiddio mor ddwfn ? Ac y mae rhai yn Llanelwid ua fuont yn cysgu erioed tu faes i gyffiniau'r plwy'. Dyna pam, gallwn feddwl y mae'r Cymro yn teimlo fod tir Cymru yn gysegredig. Am bobl Llanelwid, 'rwy'n credu y byddai'n well ganddynt farw na cholli golwg ar yr hen fynydd tu ol i'r pentref. Yr oedd Islwyn yn 'nabod ei gcnedl pan y canodd:— Tylodi a phrinder sydd well gyda Chymru, Nit gogoniant y byd a'i lawnder oil hebddi." Neithiwr buodd Theophilus yma yn gofyn i fi hclpi rhai o'r bobl ifenc i gael Eistedd- fod a Chyngherdd ar Ddygwyl Dewi Sanfc. Nid ydynt wedi penderfynu eto ar beth y gwariant yr olvr. Addawais helpi os defnyddient yx arian dros ben" tuag at gychwyn Ddarllenfa Rydd yn y pentref, ac addawodd Theophilus y byddent yn gwneyd. Beth bynag, 'rwy? wedi addaw beir- niadu'r canu (dyna i ti Ddynes Newydd, with a vengeance), ac yr wyf yn cynyg gwobr o goron (rhoddedig gan Mr Robert Bowen, o Ddeheudir Affrica), am bonillion ar Fedd Llewelyn ein Llyw Ola' J CHWEFKOB 2.— Wedi ysgrifenu atat 0 r blaen, yr wyf Tvedi nowid llawer o fy meddwl ynghylch swyn a, phrydferthwcb bywyd Llan- elwid. Gwelaf dy lygaid yn agor mewn syndod a siomiant: ond y mae yn rhaid i fl ddweyd fy meddwl wrthyt fol pe buasem wyneb yn wyneb. 0, Bob! j mn, hiraeth arnaf ar dy ol, ac er fod nanti'n garedig iawn. 'rwy'n teimlo fod gwagder mawr yn fy nghalon • • • • • Ond 'rwyf wedi fy siomi yn Llan- elwid. ifae cymaint o gyfnewidiadau yn cym- eryd lie yn arferion y bobl, hyd yn oed yn fy nghof i. Ac am yr hen ddefion diniwed oedd mewn grym yn amser tadcu, 'does braidd eOn a.m danynt erbyn heddyw. Dim ond Mali'r Graig sydd yn gwisgo hat uchel yn Salem; mae hyi yn oed SaJi Nat wedi ei rhoi heibio oddiar pan gafodd fonet gan un o'r plant. Brethyn o waith gwlad oedd gwisg y bechgyn yn amser tadcu—nid rhyw ddynwar- ediad o ffasiynau Lloegr. Gwisgai'r gwraeedd yn syml ac yndlws; nid raewn imitation furs, na hetiau salw, na dillad yn ol ffasiwn White- chapsl. Hawdd oedd adnabod Cymro wrth ei gbt, a Chymraes wrth ei het a'i phais fach. Ond heddyw edrycha'r' gwragedd ftl Harriets Bethnal Green, a'r gvryr fel crugyn om,utes mown angladd yn eu cotau duon! Ac am y bwyd, mile yn waeth fyth! Nid bwydydd cryf, iach, blasus, o iaeth a cheirch a. haidd a geir, ond tA wedi ei stiwo, a bara mcnyn byth a hefyd. Gwir ddywedodd 'rhen Ddafydd y Garn, ei fod cofio tair cenbedlaeth o Gymry. Y gyntaf, meddai (yn ol Nat), oedd cenhedlaeth Bili a Beto a chawl; yr ail oedd cenhedlaeth meistr a meistreSs a broth; a'r drydedd vw cenhedlaeth syr a madam a A • beth ddaeth o'r hen arferion car- trefol a champau yr aelwyd oedd gynt yn crynhoi pob adod o'r o gylch y tan ar hwyrnos Clywaf son am amser pan oedd y gweision yn eistedd ar yr aelwyd yn gwneyd pasgedi a chifiteilli a llwyau pren a rhacanau gwair, a'r morvrvnion yn gweu sanau nen gweiro dillad. Adroddid storhaus am a Tylwyth Teg a chanwyllau cyrff; neu ddarnau o bregethau, a hanesion am bregethwyr; neu cenid hymn neu garol neu alaW Gymreig. Ond b'le erbyn heddyw y maent oil? Nid oesgan Tom y Waginer amser 1 aros eiliad yn y gegin ar ol swper, Rho gan- wyJl i fi," meda wrth Leisa, mae eisieu myn'd i'r stabal arna i." Y cowman a'r crwt—allan ant hwythau ar ei ol, ac y mae nanti yn falch eu gweled yn myn'd macs o'r ty! Pwy obaith sydd am fyvfyd gwledig os pery pethau fel hyn ? Codir ysgoiion ym mhob cwr o'r wlfcd, ond yr ydym yn esgeuluso'r gwasanaeth-ddynion. Pe bai cliwant darllcn arnynt, ni chant gyfle i wneyd hyny, oblegid nid oes ganddynt Ie i eistedd, na chanwyll i ddarllen wrth ei goleu.—Mae'n dda genyf fod argoel y ceir Eisteddfod dda ar ddydd Gwyl Dewi. Carwn erbyn y gauaf nesaf gael digon o arian i agor ystafell gyfleus, siriol, hawddgar yn y pen- tref lie gall y gweision a'r morwynion a phobl ifonc yplwydd gyfarfod gilydd. Ond gymaint gwell fuas&i cael yr hen drem yn 01 Ac, O, Bob, yr hyn sydd yn fy synu fwyaf yw'r gwahania«th sydd yn syniad pobl at grefydd, rhagor yr hyn a fu. Gynt yr oedd crefydd yn rhan 0 fywyd y Cymro; nid e]ai maes urcae, in wetthai mewn ffair na marchnad, heb gofio bob awr o'r dydd fod Uygad Duw arno. Nid oedd yn oleuldig yn oi ddeall, ond yr oeddei agosrwydd at Dduw wedi rhoddi safon uwch o'i flaen mewn bywyd holl addysg a'n diwylliant ni. Nid ffasiwn oedd ei grefydd, niddilledy i'w gwisgo a 1 dad wis go yn ol yr herwydd; orid prif amcan ac anghenrhaid ei fywyd. 'Mor wahanol yw pethau eroyn hyn: Ffasiwn yw crefydd gan lawev, ac o'r braidd y gellir cael digon o wr- vwod ynghyd ar:noswaith waith i gynhal seitt. Nos SuI diweddaf bu'n ddadl yn Salem a adylid rhoddi heibio'r cyrddau gweddi teithiol nsn beidio. Er un, lwyddwyd i'w difetha. y tro hwn ofnaf fod eu dyddiau wedi cu rhifo. Clywaf lawer o hanes tadcu a mamgu gan Theophilas ac ereill. dda genvf ddychymygu gweled coryn mool yr hen wr yn plygu fel corsen o flaen gwynt nerthol pan yn gwrando Williams Llandeilo yn prcgethu yn Salem neu ei waled ef yn brochgau, a mamgu wrth ei sgil, yr holl ffordd i Grngybar neu Gapol Isaac, i gwrdd cwarter neu gymanfa; neu yn gadael pob peth, gan nad pwy mor stresol y byddai hi er myn'd mewn pryd drwy'r e1 i'r cwrdd gweddi. Ond yr hyn a'm llonodd fwyaf oedd clywed Theophilus yn adrodd fel y dyngodd Udcu ef i ddltrlIen ac ysgrifenu yn yr: Yegol SuI. Dywed nwti nad oead tadcu wedi cael ond cwarter o ysgol eriood, ac nad oedd yn fawr o 'sgoler; ona dda genyf feddwl am dano a'i fysedd celyd ar aetell yr A B C yn ctysgu'r wyddoreg i Theo bach, pan nad oedd na Senedd na ffeirad yn hidio dim am dano. Siarada Theophilus lawer am manigu—menyw drafferthna a holbulus am bob peth, meddai. Ond ac yn y man aiighofiai'r cyfan dan ddytanwad pregeth rymus, a mynych y gwelid hi a Sara Daniel yn neidio o'u setau yn Salem, ac vn dawnsio ar yr ale, gan folianu a, chanu a gweddio. Bues yn sefyll with ben ei bedd yn y fynwcnt dydd Sul, ac er nas gwelais hi erioed, nis'gallv/n boidio tywallt deigryn ^,Ttli feddwl am dam. Yr ydym yn darllen dy orthyglau gyda bias yn Llanelwid. Mae nanti yn derbyn dau gopi o'r papyr bob dydd, ac y mae tri yn dwad i'r plwydd. Ni chafodd un papyr Llundain gymaint o gylchrediad erioed yn Llau- elwid, ac 'rwy'n credu fod nanti'n barnu y codir dy gyflog pan ddaw y,golygydd i wybod am hyn! Mae Nat yn galw'n fynych iofyndy helynt. &c y mae yn ddoniol iawn yn desgrifio dy fywyd wrth Leisa. r Ond eto 'rwy'n teimlo'n unig ac yn goddef gorthrymder." 1fid wvibyth yn derbyn llythyr ond oddiwrthyt ti. :Rown wedi meddwl y cawswn glywed ambell waith oddiwrth rai o'n ffryndiau yn Llundain; ond nid Bonni Bach nM Arthur Jones wedi anfon ga-ir »taf eài iddynt ymadael. [Mae Bob wedi gosod marc glas mawr dta y frawddeg ddiweddaf. Fo allai ei fod yn credu fod hon yn esbonio prudd-der ac anobaith y rhan arall o'r llytbyr.] (lw barhau. )
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LLANELLY'S NEW DOCK. The Llanelly Harbour Commissioners met on Monday, Mr Ernest Trubahaw presiding, to con. sider important matters in connection with the new dock. An offer was read from the G.W.R Company offering to combine with the Commis- sioners in making a dock in continuation of that already owned by the company in question, and suggesting that the Commissioners should abandon the scheme which they have now in hand. The chairman said the terms had been refused before, and there was less reason why they should be accepted now, having regard to the fact that the Commis sioners had obtained their Act at a considerable cost. He moved that the offer be respectfully declined.—Mr Tom Hughes seconded, and it was unanimously carried.—The Chairman then an- nounced that the loan of £171,000 for the pur- poses of the new dock had been practically com- plqtfid. The money had bsen obtained from the Bank of England at the rate of 3% per cent. for five years, after which period a permanent loan would be effected. Money would be advanced as required as from February 1st. The burdens to the ratepayers would, therefore, be very slight, and the construction of the dock would undoubtedly very largely enhance the prosperity of the town. He moved the con- firmation of the minutes of the Finance Com- mittee dealing with the loan. This was seconded by Mr Mayberr, and carried unanimously. The Chairman declared that it was now com- petent for the Commissioners to give out the contract. The engineers' report waø then read stating that the tender of Sir Knott was the lowest. The tender was accepted, the work to be concluded withm two years. It was decided not to publish the exact figures until the contract ha.d been signed.
ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND.
ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND. v Alleged False Pretences. At Bow-street on Monday an actress giving the name of Minnie Gray, aged 35, end her address as Percy-street, Newcastle, was committed for trial charged with obtaining money from the Actors' Benevolent Fund by false pretences. It was alleged that since November the prisoner had obtained from the fund in Response to 15 applications under various names, upwards of £20. She was also committed on a charge of forging the names of Minnie Grey and Ada. Travers, two actresses whose names it was alleged she had assumed.
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Nobody seems to care much whether he kisses the bride at a. silver wedding or not. ? have been told that the best society is very stupid." Oh, I can't believe it is so good as that." He I am willing to admit that I was wrong. —She Ah but you must admit that I was right. Hostsss I hope you found the bed comfort- able, Mr Jenkins ?—Jenkins Excellent, ma'am. I nearly fell asleep in it. It is given out that a Boston man was so affected by his loss in a lotteiy that his mind became a blank. We would rather be able to eat pork sausage and buckwheat cakes every morning for break- fast than be president. I'm awful glad, mamma, that I've begun to go to school." Why, dear ?" Because we have a holiday every Saturday." Mrs G. That new neighbour next door goes singing about the house all day long.—Mrs G. (quietly) r She has no husband. Young Softleigh Do you know, Miss Cutting, that I actually believe I am losing my mind ?— Miss Cutting Indeed, how can you tell ? Hawkins So you sent for a doctor. Does he think you will be out soon ?—Bobbins I imagine so. He said he wished I had sent for him sooner. She (reading) Mice are very fond of music, and will get as close to it as they can.—He Just cut that out and I'll send it to the girl in the next flat. Bridegroom Where shall we go, dearest— Niagara Falls or Washington ?—-Bride We might go to both places and see which we like best. Mrs Topnotch: And how have you been getting along, Mrs Highupp ?—Mrs Highupp Nicely. Haven't changed cooks but twice this week." I can tell platonic love from other kinds of love." How can you tell it ?" Platonic lovers always fall desperately in love with each other." She Mr Brown does not pay his wife much attention.—He No, the only time I ever knew of his going out with her was once when the gas exploded. Alicia: What do you think of that old maid, Miss Sere, being engaged to that fast fellow, Jack Goitte ?—Patricia Wants to make up for lost time, I guess. Before a man is thirty he falls in love with every pretty girl he looks at." Yes ?" And after he is thirty he falls in love with every pretty girl who looks at him." All, I see I have conveyed a wrong impres- sion said the young man who had mistakenly kissed the young woman's maiden aunt in the darkened hallway as he came in. You're Ifete, young man. What's the reason?" Had a toothache." Ah has the tooth stopped a<*iing ? Dunno." What ? Don't know ? Why don't you know ?" 'Cause it's pulled." I won't submit to being turned away," said the disappointed arrival at the hotel. See here —I'm flush." And he displayed a roll of bills. I know," responded the clerk, but I've got a full house." First Tramp (pointing to a scarecrow in a corn field) Look Lookee there I-Second Tramp My my must git out o' this, double quick. They've caught one of us fellows and nailed him to a pole. "Doctor," said the ^substantial citizen as he rushed npto the young physician, I owe you my life." Eh ?" Yes, I was taken suddenly ill two days ago and my wife sent for you—and you were not in." Tommy (at the dinner table) Mr Johnson are you blind ?—Mr Johnson No, my boy. Why do yon ask ?—Tommy Why, nothin', only sister said you'd get your eyes opened if you married that grinder girl. Ogden I should thinkyou would want to get rid of tha.t dog of your*. They say he howls in a most agonising manner at night.—Sykes No- thing against the ;dog in that, is there ? I ain't home at nights. I understand she is very successful in argu- ment ?" Well, I should say so. Why, at our debating club last week she was still talking when every one of those opposing her was com- pletely tired out." Old Gentleman (dictating indignant letter): Sir,—My stenographer, being a lady, cannot take down what I think of you. I, being a gentleman, cannot think it; but you, being neither, can easily guess my thoughts. Precocious Juvenile Mamma, it isn't good grammar to say after I," is it ?—His Mother No, Georgie.—Precooions"Juvenile Well, the letter J comes after I. Which is wrong, the gram- mar or the alphabet ? Before we were married my wife wouldn't let me treat her to ice cream." Remarkable girl." Yes, I should say so she kept account of my offers, and touched me for twenty-five dollars after we were married." "Every man has his vice," siad Tenspot to Tenterhook, who was fond of offering unsought counsel to his acquaintances. what is my vice, pray ?" asked Tenterhook. Advice," replied Tenspot, unhesitatingly. Weary Weefers Yes: I once roe er wheel, but I bed ter give it up.—Biker Why ?—Weary Weefers Well, yor see, the owner wuz comin' down de road bebin' me, an' de sheriff had a rope stretched aerost in front. Miss Antiquate This a young turkey I don't believe yon, sir.—Butcher It is a young turkey, mum.—Miss Antiquate Young Young as compared with what ?—Butcher The pyra- mids or yer own sweet self, mum. Benedick (scanning the butcher's bill): What's this ? A shilling a pound for shoulder of mutton ? It seems to me that's rather high.— Mrs B. Yes, dear: but you know that high shoulders are fashionable just now. I had the worst kind of luck in the Klondyko," said the returned Tgold-seeker. Didn't yon find any gold ?" asked his friend. Oh, yes, I found fold. But every time I had three of a kind I was ead sure to run up against a full house." Funnicus Did you hear about Measleigh's narrow esbape ?—Easymeet: No. What hap- pened ?—Funnicus It was a. fire escape, and it was so narrow that the building inspector made him take it down and put up a wider one. Willie Smith was playing with the Jones boys. His mother called to him Millie, don't you know those are bad boys for you to play with ?" Yes. mother," said Willie. I know that, but then I am a good boy for them to play with." An author," said the practical litterateur, ought to know several languages." Of course he ought," replied his fellow-craftsman. The field has been so well worked that there is no longer any use of reading old Engish books in search of original ideas." It has come to my ears that you are calling me the governor said the old man, sternly. Are you ?" I might as well admit it," said the young man, contritely You ought," con- tinued the old gentleman—" you ought to have more respect for your mother." Do you know why it is that so many explorers seek the Arctic and so few the Antartic regions ?" Well, I think I could make a, pretty good guess." Why ?" The Arctic regions are not quite so far away from the headquarters of the managers of the lecture bureaus." He These shoemakers are pretty well up to the vanity of women. I have, it on reliable authority that they have hit on the trick of putting smaller numbers in women's shoes.—She Yes and it is also said that the hatters are numbering men's hats a size higher. There Landlord So your wife has decided to take the flat after all ? She told me it was too small and cheap for her.—Tenant: Yes I know, but being tired hunting I made her believe that you otjected to having children in the place, and so she decided to take it just for spite. Will she have him ?" was the question they asked. It would be a waste of time to answer the question," suggested the cynic, because it is not properly worded. The question should read Can she'get him ?' As is usually the case, they found upon investigation that he was one of the men who have received the mitten in several different forms. Mr Holiday So you think you would like to take the position of superintendent of the works ? Don't you think it better for you to seek a more humble place at first ?—Bollo Why, sir, you have told me that thero is always plenty of room at the top. Surely you would not have me crowd the worthy men who are lower down ? The haughty young typewriter drew herself to her queenly height. George Vermillion," ehe said in icy tones, no one could mistake your attentions to me. My lawyer says I have a beau- tiful case. Either I will sue you for breach of promise or else you must give me the legal right to write Mrs George Vermillion on my calling cards." Write it ?" gasped the unhappy em- ployer "great Caesar, girl, you can't even spell it 1/
DISTRESS AT LANDORE.
DISTRESS AT LANDORE. Withrespect to thedistress at Landore the funds being subscribed are for the families affected by the stoppage of the tinplate %rorks, and funds having come in with fair regularity up to the present the committee has been, so far, able to meet the demands. The husband of the woman, whose death has apparently been incorrectly attributed as wholly to starvation, was a collier out of work, and his case would be one for parish relief and not one which could be dealt with from the Landore relief fund, the ob- ject of which is to prevent people thrown out of employment through stoppage of work, and who have never been on the parish, having to claim that means of obtaining relief. Nevertheless it is only right to say that had such a case of want been brought before the Relief Committee it would have been dealt with as scores of others have. For though the committee do not think they have a right to divert funds subscribed for a specific purpose in any other direction, they have willingly subscribed out of their own pockets to meet any cases of genuine distress which have been brought before them. Though the case in question may not have been one of starvation, there has been one case at Landore quite recently which would seem to properly come under that category. In this case the husband was a collier who had had to leave his wife, who was approaching her confine- ment, while he went to the Rhondda to seek for work. During what seemed to have been a fruitless search on the part ot the husband, the poor wife was driven to serious straits for food. Her condition was known to her neighbours, and these, though very poor, did all they could afford to alleviate her condition. They also desired to send for a doctor, but the poor woman, with that dignity which often accompanies real and genuine want, emphatically refused to see one because she could not see he" way to pay him. At last she got so ill that the neighbours insisted, but it was not till they had promised that they would see that the doctor was paid that she con- sented. Then a doctor was sent for, but it was too late. Now, unfortunately, the case was not brought to the attention of the Relief Committee till too late, and we are assured by some of its members that if it had been, they would have found the means of attending to it, even if they had had to do, as in the cases of many others, subscribe what was needed amongst themselves. Unfortunately there is much distress at Landore, apart from the tinplaters. The Morriston Spelter Works have not been going fully for a long time. The chemical works at Landore only now give employment to about one-fourth of the men it used, the Mannesman Tube Works have not been employing quite so many men, and the night shift has been stopped altogether; while at the Pentre Pit only half the number of hands is employed that used to be. These circumstances all combine in increasing the distress, and, con- sequently, there is much general destitution all over the district. Such of these cases as have come to the notice of the Relief Committee have been dealt with by means of special collections made, and we are authorised to state that any subscriptions forwarded to Mr Morris Roberts, of Melbourne-terrace, Landore, the secretary of the relief fund, will be thankfully received and applied as the donors may desire. At the present moment the tinplaters' relief funds are very low. There are now 80 families and 175 children on the funds, and so fur the committee has been able to give weekly 3s to each head of family in need, and Is per child up to a maximum of 8s per week. Now, however, the secretary lia3 only about £10 in hand, and if this is not speedily increased the present relief must cease. There is, however, a good sum subscribed by the tin- platers in Morriston towards the needs of their fellow tinplaters at Landore, and this money is available but we are informed that there is some doubt in the minds of the committee and of the men at Landore as to whether this sum is meant to be divided generally amongst the Landore men or only amongst those whom the committee may decide are in actual want. This point will be decided, we believe, at once, but till it is settled the committee will not deal with the money. In the meantime we appeal on behalf of the general distress in the district, and solicit that subscriptions towards this fund, which need in no way prejudice that for the tinplaters, be sent to Mr Morris Roberts.
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ALLEGED LARCENY BY A MAESTEG MERCHANT. At the Bridgend Police Court on Saturday(be- I fore Mr R. W. Llewellyn and other magis- trates) the charge preferred against David Davies, coal merchant, of Maesteg, of steal- ing four truck loads ot coal of the aggre- I gate weight of 39 tons 9 cwts., of the value of £ 1116s 8d, the property of North's Navigation Company, defendant being at the time bailee under the company, was heard. The company was represented by Mr Denman Benson (in- structed by Mr T. J. Hughes), and Mr Arthur Lewis defended (instructed by Mr R. C. Griffiths). From the opening statement of counsel it ap- peared that defendant has for some years held a contract with the company m connection with the delivery of coal to the company's workmen. The practice was to send coal to the weighing machine. where a youth named Harding was in char je. and he entered the weight first in a rough weigh- ing book and then into the weighing machine ac- I count book. If the coal was to be delivered to the workmen it would be sent to the defendant's coal yaxd if not it was sent to & siding where it awaited orders as to consignment from the Cardiff office. Defendant used to settle up fort- nightly. His practice was to bring his own book i in which was entered all the caul he had delivered to the wokrmen which would be credited to him, | whilst another book which contained particulars of the coal consigned to him for private sale I would be totalled and debited to him. This pro- ceedure went on for some years until some casual inquiry by the officials led to an investigation of the books. Harding was seen, and after some time he explained the whole system which had time he explained the whole system which bad been going on between himself and defendant. The first alleged offence was committed on Octo- ber 6th, 1896, when four trucks which were not consigned to the coalvard were found, one of them in the coalyard and three others in a washery, having been emptied. Harding spoke to the de- fendant about the trucks, saying they had no business there, and defendant admitted it and asked him to say nothing about it as no one would be any the wiser, and on the following day gave him 2s. The trucks were. however, entered I as having been sent to the coalyard, but when I defendant's books were brought at the end of the fortnight to be made up they contained no entry whatever of the four trucks, and he therefore ob- tained coal to the value of XII 16s 8d. The second charge was that in April last year he asked Harding not to makejthe total of coal against him more than 328 tons for the fortnight. Harding i said in order to do so he would have to leave out I oue ton, and consequently one truckful of coal j which had been consigned to defend&nt was struck out. For this defendant gave Harding la. There were several other cases of a similar | nature. Evidence in corroboration of this state- mentwas given by the youth Harding. In crose-examination defendant admitted that no one could take a truck away from the siding with- out at least two of the company's servants notic- ing. He agreed that if the weighing machine account book was consulted by any of the officials it could have been aeen at once where the trucks were. The case was adjourned until Saturday next.
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THE GREAT LONDON FIRE. Although it is now 10 weeks sincethe great con- flagration in Cripplegate, the fire must have been smouldering beneath the ruins during the whole of that period, and on Monday morning at about eight o'clock flames burst out among the ruins in Well-street with such force that the firemen, who were hastily summoned from the nearest station, were employed with a powerful hydrant during most of the forenoon before the fire was ex- tinguished. Ever since the great conflagration occurred there have been intermittent recurrences of fire, which, however, have been easily extin- guished with & few buckets of water.
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At Bow-street Albert Prescott, a bookmaker, residing in the Strand, was fined 120 and costs, or in default two months' imprisonment, for sending í to Raynor Goddard. a minor at Trinity College, Oxford, a circular inviting him to bet. Defen- udant, who pleaded guilty, declared he was ignorant Goddard was a minor, and promised not 6 to offend again.
.' CONTRIBUTION TO SWANSEA…
CONTRIBUTION TO SWANSEA HISTORY. '10. ;0. Mr W. H. Jones, of Norwich, who is & native oi Swansea, and may be regarded as perhagss the most painstaking living searcher into the history of his native town, makes a very xnterestmg .can« r tribution with respect tp a charge xievw by the Marquis of Worcester, ae lord of the manor, on the Swansea Corporation of LU In 6d as fee farm or quit rent for the burgees rates, assizes of ale, toll, pitching of fairs and markets, and keelage of ships and vessels." He Hays there is little doubt that this payment and, there is reason to believe, the identical sum, has been continuously made to the lord of the manor of Swansea. Since the days when the burgesses were ruled by feudal law and the cruel and rapa- cious De Broeses claimed jura regalia over them. When, centuries later, Oliver Cromwell became lord of oure Towne of Swansey by virtue of a grant made to him by Parliament in 1647 of &H the estates of the Earl of Worcester, he mag- nanimously reduced the fee farm rent while oon- firming the Corporation of the town in their possession of the said Towne of Swansey in fQg farme for ever, with all the liberties, franchises, jurisdiction, fee custoris, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances whatsoever to the said Towne of Swansey belonging or therewith heretofore used or hereafter to bee used. Rendring and paying therefor yeaxlv the some of twenty shillings of lawful English money." It does not appear, says Mr Jones, that Cromwell's charter was ever acted upon to any great extent: and Mr Dillwya suggests that it was quietly set aside as soon as the loss of energy in tne Commonwealth Govern- ment enabled the town to do so in 1660. The manor subsequently reverted to the Marquis., of Worcester, who, we may be sure, did not recog- nise the modification introduced by Cromwell. Mr Jones says the rights of the manor in 1650 an plainly stated in the Survey of Gower of that date to be all wrecks of the sea, felons' goods, and toll of fairs and marketts and keelage for vessella." In the Gower Survey of 1585 the lorli said to have kellagh and anchorage." In this conjunc- tion the former term is not difficult of explana- tion, and it evidently means a toll for vessell lying upon the mud in the river. AN ASSIZE OF ALE. After showing that pitching means the mar- ket tolls, MrJones comes to the expression "ussize of ale." He says the assize of ale was a very necessary proceeding, and was general in most of the old towns in the kingdom, being introduced for the protection of the consumer. It took the form of an inquiry into the offences by way of bad brewiag or the excessive charge, and offenders were com- mitted to the pillory or otherwise punished. The assize likewise limited the number of brewers, a.nd even the output of the brewery in some iD- stances, and each brewing of beer MM subject to a toll to the lord of the mfcnoi as in the case of Swansea. De Breos, to his charter of 1305, freed the burgesses fren the payment of half of twenty-eight gallons of ale of the eighteen pence in money, which ale or money they were wont to pay and we to re- ceive in times past out of every 01 their brewings. He likewise exempted the burgesses from liability to amercement or corporal punishment for breaking the assize of ale," but proper safeguards to his privileges were substituted by De Breos. There is, he adds, certainly one. cumstance that must be evident to even the least intelligent burgess of Swansea. If this fee farm rent is dne to the lord of the manor, as it certainly appears to be by long and unquestioned payment, the unvarying fixity of the sum paid— £ l& Is 6d—operates dis- tinctly to the advantage of the borough, for If the amount was a fair ömpo'git'ion'br'èminüta:" tion at the time it was determined it is far iiiade quate now to properly represent the greatly j enlarged income which its payment presumes Us belong to the lord. At one period of the town's liability for the sum, "curiously enough, the whole of the income of the Corporation Was represented by a similar amount. It was in 1630, according to Mr Dillwyn, when the total of the revenue « the Corporation was the exact sum of Mg 18 6d, The fact, Mr Jones concludes, is a singular one and he asks, Is it significant of anything
CARDIFF INFIRMARY.
CARDIFF INFIRMARY. Important Suggestion by the Mayor. In compliance with the suggestion of Mr E. R. Moxey, J.P-, the claims of the Infirmary to more general and substantial support were urged at the usual morning services on Sunday at many churches and chapels in Cardiff, and a resolution was submitted and adopted pledging the con- gregation to do its utmost in the direction of placing the institution upon a, sound and financial footing. In this connection, a highly practical suggestion is forthcoming from the Mayor (Alderman J. Ramsdale). His Worship informally discussed the position of the Infirmary with a few townsmen en Saturday, and he suggested that in order to raise £5;000 towards the working expenses of the institution a hundred people be got to give JE50 each. The ma.yor offered the first £50, and his example was quickly followed by Alder- man David Jones (the deputy-mayor), Coun- cillor T. Andrews, J.P., and Mr Joseph Stanfield, each of whom promised a. donation of £50 on the condition tha,t there are promises forthcoming to raise £5,000. The ball thus set rolling by the Mayor is not likely to stop until the object aimed at is fully attained. When his Worship once places his hand to the plough he does not turn back. We wish the project every success. There is not the smallest reason for the scheme clashing with Mr Moxey's noble effort to throw open the Victoria Wing for the reception of women patients. The main feature of Mr Moxey's proposal is that it embraces the community as a whole it suggests a practical method of "affording everybody an opportunity of helping in this beneficent work to the extent of his ability. The Mayor's idea is to appeal to the man and woman of means. It is gratifying to know that the collections on Cardiff Infirmary Saturday, towards the end of last year, are known to have realised the goodly sum of £978158 2d. Mr Alderman David Jones will sit at the Town Hall on Saturday night next, when the account, so to speak, will be closed, and when it is hoped the amount will be brought up to £1,000 net. The Infirmary Saturday collection in 1896 realised .£731103 7d, or £247 less tha.n on the present occasion. Mr George Coleman, secretary of the infirmary, acknowledges donations of £52 10s from his Worship the Mayor Mr E. M. Bruce Vaughan, 14, Newport-road, .£105; and £20 from an anonymous friend, who had heard of Mr Moxey's scheme. The Rev. Canon Thompson, preaching at St. James's on Sunday morning, urged the claims of The Rev. Canon Thompson, preaching at St. James's on Sunday morning, urged the claims of the Infirmary to increased public support, and St. John's in the evening. Infirmary Sunday, the j preacher plainly intimated, had become little less than a farce in Cardiff. At the conclusion of the sermon the rev. gentlemaji heartily brought forw&rd and commended the scheme propounded by Mr Moxey, and the assent of the congregation to the resolution, pledging them to use all their means to get it carried out, was signified by each member holding up his hand. At Broadway Wesleyan Church on the conclu- sion of the sermon by the Rev. F. W. Macdonald on behalf of the Foreign Missions anniversary, Mr E. R. Moxey addressed the congregation with respect to the Infirmary. They were, he said, no doubt aware of the movement going on in the town regarding this institution. The Infirmary was not open to its fullest extent, and about 50 poor patients had been waiting for months for admission because the committee could not see its way clear to open the unused wards. He was glad to say, however, that arrangements were nearly completed for effecting this. It had been thought proper to enlist the sympathies of the churches of the town—Anglican, Roman Catholie, and Nonconformist—and to this end printed resolutions had been sent to each place of worship, together with a letter to the minister asking him to do what was needful.—Mr Moxey then read the resolution, and it was unanimously ea.rried by the adult congregation. The Bishop of Llandaff and the Bishop of Newport have expressed to Mr Moxey their full sympathy with the movement.
RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR NEWPORT.
RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR NEWPORT. About six o'clock on Sunday morning a collision took place at the Tredegar Park Junction of the Great Western Railway between a goods train proceeding to Aberaare and a light engine en- gaged in shunting operations. Neither engine was going fast, and the impact wa.s therefore not very serious. Both engines were however thrown off th lines and three wagons of the Aberdare train followed. These were the nearest the loco motive the others kept the rails. No one was hurt, the driver and fireman of each engine being able to jump off. A breakdown gang was speedily got tpgether, and the lines were cleared. It was intended, in order to examine the Gaer Tunnel, which is nearer Newport than the Park Junction, to work the Newport-bound traffic over ft single line. In consequence erf the accident this had to be delayed for over an hour. but the mishap is said to have had nothing to do with the arrange- ment, which was originally timed to come into operation an hour after it happened. The per- manent way was not much injured the damage to the rolling stock was serious.
■11.— ALLEGED ATROCIOUS ASSAULT…
■ 11 — ALLEGED ATROCIOUS ASSAULT ON AN OLD LADY. At Lydney Police Court on Monday morning a chaise was preferred against John Burton (23), of Lvaney, and Frederick William Kingston (23), of Woolastone, labourers, of breaking a.nd enter ing the house of Mary Ann Saunders (73), on the night of Dec. 28th. Burton was further charged with ravishing the old lady at the same time and place, whilst his companion was charged with aiding and abetting him. Mr H. W. Berthom appeared for the prisoners. The prosecutrix, a widow and in feeble health, occupied with her son the lodge at the entrance to the Meads Private Schools at Tidenham, near Chepstow. Prisoners were remanded in custody till Wednesday week. Bail was reftised.
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GUARDIANS' DINNERS AND DRINK.
GUARDIANS' DINNERS AND DRINK. On Fridav at the meeting of the Westminster Guardians, Mr F. H. Bingham in the chair, the School General Purposes Committee reported the receipt of & letter from the Local Government Board auditor stating that in future the board would only allow expenses actually incurred by members visiting the guardians' schools atWands- worth Common.The committee recommended tha,t the old 4s allowance to the members be continued. Dr. Connor pointed out that if. the committee's recommendation was carried the auditor would make & surcharge. Mr Hill agreed, and pointed out that now members spent one penny on a 'bus from Bond-street to Victoria and 6d for a third class return ticket from Victoria to Wandswortb. Respectable members took first-class tickets. (Laughter.) A Member What class do you travel ? (Re- newed laughter.) Mr Hill: I travel first-class. (" Oh, oh," and laughter.) Continuing, he said the members were allowed 4s,a return cab fare from the parish to the school, and most of them spent 8d at the outside. Four shillings was not a reasonable, allowance. Then there was the question of dining the guardians at the school, which was under- stood to cost Is 8d a head. The superintendent, however, had instructed him it cost 2s to 2s 6d per head. He had his dinner at home before he went to the schools. (Laughter.) The Chairman There are occasions when it costs me 3s 6d on visiting the schools, and again another week only Is 6d. Mr W. J. Fraser said the Local Government Board had laid down a new principle, that the only expenses allowed on such occasions should be the actual costs. These must be governed by each individual member. He would suggest that the matter stand over for the clerk to see the auditor and ascertain his views again. This having been agreed to, Mr Hill said he had not finished with the question of the guardians' dinner at the school. He never dined there himself. Mr S. Pront: Is it the beer you object to ? (Laughter.) The Chairman He certainly would object to the beer if he tasted it. (Loud laughter.) Mr Hill: No, it's not that. I have seen guar- dians dining with the officials. The dinner is provided for the guardians, and how can they hold themselves towards the officials if they have them at their table ? It's wrong. Mr Hill moved: That it is inexpedient, in the interest of the institutions the guardians are supposed to govern, that the officials should have dinner with the guardians." The motion was carried.
THE NEW TELEGRAPHY.
THE NEW TELEGRAPHY. Printed "telephone Messages. On Friday, for the first time in this country, an exhibition was given at the Royal Institution Conversazione of a new type-printing telegraph, termed the Telescriptor." This machine is meant to accomplish the same ends as the Hughes type-printing telegraphic instrument, which has for 40 years been without rival as a fast printing instrument. A representative of the Daily News had an opportunity of inspecting this very interesting piece of apparatus, and also of another instru- ment, the Zerograph, which curiously enough has also just made its appearance, though not yet exhibited to the general public. Taken together these two instruments seem to indicate that we are on the brink of a new erlt in telegraphy. The telephone and the telegram have up to the present had their own way. Before very long they will be superseded by an. apparatus which will send messages printed in ordinary type by electricity. THE TELESCRIPTOB, which was shown working on Friday night, prints messages simultaneously at both ends of the line, either in letters or figures, in bold, clear type, so that a record is kept at the transmitting end of all messages or orders sent out. Here the advantage of this system over the tele- phone is evident. If the person with whom you wish to communicate is out the message comes out on the machine in his office or private room, and awaits him on his return. In size, appearance, and in manipulation the Telescriptor resembles a typewriter, being furnished with a key-board, on which 26 letter keys are arranged in alphabetical order, one figure or sign being also controlled by each key. One connecting wire only is necessary between two machines, the earth being" used as a return, while tue same machine can be, by the more manipulation of a lever, used either for transmit- ting or receiving a message. The Telescriptor is automatic in action and requires no attention. You can leave your office and feel confident that on your return you will find a correct printed record of any communications that have arrived during your absence.
SANDWICH GIRLS.
SANDWICH GIRLS. The quiet montony of Marlborough-street Police Court, London, was relieved on Friday afternoon by the entry of three young women in a costume that was sufficiently uncommon to raise a smile on the usually impassive faces of the policemen and habitues of the court. Their head- gear was a revelation—a high, white, conical hat, set jauntily on hair lavishly befrizzled. Their skirts were severally yellow, blue, and red. These girls, who were dressed in this way for the purpose of advertising some jam wafers, have been familiar objects in the streets of late. The immediate reason of the attendance was the summoning of one of their number for obstruction. Later in the afternoon Louisa Osborne, of Cornwall-road, Brixton, stood before the magistrate to answer the summons. She is a pretty girl, who was by no means abashed by her unusual position, but saucily displayed a placard which bore the legend Eaten by the Queen." The policeman gave his evidence in the usuai stereotyped way, and said the girl had been p summoned because she was the leader of a band of young women which was advertising certain biscuits. They were walking on the pavement in Regent-street, and causing an obstruction by pushing bills into people s hands. They per- sisted in spite of his warning. Mr Bernard Abrahams (who appeared for the girl) to the constable You didn't take a biscuit ? The Constable No, no, sir. (Laughter.) Mr Abrahams But you took the young lady's address < The Constable Yes, sir. (Renewed langhter.1 —For the defence, Mr Abrahams said that his client only momentarily went on the pavement to avoid the traffic. They ^ere not advertising anj thing improper-" Oh, no r' interposed the magistrate. They were advertising a most ex cellent biscuit, which they knew was enjoyed by the Royal Family. (Loud laughter.)—The girl was fined 5s and costs.
BALLOON ACCIDENT IN PARIS.
BALLOON ACCIDENT IN PARIS. A Paris correspondent, telegraphing on Sunday says :—The balloon Fram,built with tne object of carrying aid to the starving Klondike gold miners, has been completed; but the experi- ments made with it at Lille have not been very encouraging. To-day what were announced as definite experiments with this balloon took place. At 5 o'clock the Fram, with MM. Varieles, Richard, Sesse, Thermignej and Tailier in the car, rose from the Place de Sebastopol, Lille, to a height of about twenty metres. It then com- menced to descend so rapidly tha the immense crowd that had assembled on the square and in the neighbouring streets was seized with panic, thinking they would be crushed by the car. For- tunately, however, after falling about fifteen metres, and after the persons in the car had narrowly escaped being dashed against the Houses of Place de Sebastopol, the balloon was drawn, by the draught created by the street, half-way down the Rue Inkerman. For a dis- tance of about one hundred metres the car was dragged over the pavement. By an extraordinary chance no damage was done, and no one was hurt. The Fram being at length captured it was dragged back to the Place de Sebastopol, where the aeronauts landed safely from the car.
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Several medical officers have been selected for service in Uganda under the Foreign Office, amongst the number being Dr. A. Hodges, and Dr. White, of ^Westminster Hospital.
¡NEWPORT & COUNTY HOSPITAL,
¡ NEWPORT & COUNTY HOSPITAL, j The Directors and Dr. Ensor. At the annual meeting of the friends and sub- scribers of the Newport and County Hospital, held at the Town Hall, Newport, on Monday j evening, Lord Tredegar in the chair, the Secre- tary read the directors' report, which stated that I the in-patients numbered 569 during the year, or ) 19 fewer than in the preceding 12 months out- 1 patients, 1,168, against 1,450; dispensary patients. 2,470, against 2,8S5. The laying of the founda- ■; tion stone of it he new buildings by Lord.Tredegar. ) and the amount which had been received towards the object were referred to, and the last clause referred to the Dr. Ensor incident. The directors said they were desirous not to j write anything which might prejudicially affer. | the welfare of the institution or be injurious to Dr. Ensor, with whom they had been associated for more than two years. Alderman Davis, the chairman of the directors, in moving the adoption of the report, said that they bad submitted their j case re Dr. Ensor to the subscribers, and if the subscribers were satisfied that the directors had I done their duty there was nothing more to be j said; but if the subscribers did not think so they j could move a vote of censure against the directors. If, however, the subscribers were satis- j fied, he thought that the whole matter might be Eassed sub sUentio. (Hear, hear.) A question had been raised as to the wage limit. He contended i that a wage limit could not possibly be a just criterion. (Hear, hear.) A man might he receiv- { ing large wages at one time, but a strike, or a | shortness of work, or being obliged to repay for | goods obtained on credit from tradesmen, or a j young family and the maintenance of an elderly parent, made all the difference, and made it | necessary that each case should be judged by the j circumstances of the individual. (Applause.) < It was the duty of the subscriber who gave the j ticket to ascertain beforehand that the recipient 5 was a proper subject. He did not think a man Iwho went provided with such a note should be catechised as to his wages before he received j treatment. On the other hand, the directors t wished to protect the medical staff and prevent them from being imposed upon. Mr E. Webber I seconded the adoption of the report, which wag } carried. Mr W. J. Lloyd proposed the re- f election of the directors, and Alderman Grove, I in seconding the motion, said it was a duty as í well as a pleasure to re-elect the directors under the circumstances which had arisen. The motion was carried unanimously, and a vote was also adopted, on the motion of Mr H. Lvne thanking the directors for their past services. r I C. D. Phillips proposed a vote of thanks to the j hon. medical staff, and at the direct inter- I position of AMerman Davis, it was decided to include in the names that of Dr. Ensor. Mr J. Broad seconded the vote, and it was carried. Dr. Garrod Thomas and Dr. S Brewer both fcanked the meeting, and said that j the directors were at all times ready to give attention to any little matter which the medical I staff did not think right and proper, and to redress any grievance. Mr Payne asked that the directors would consider the amendment or j variation of Rule 75, which refers to Friendly J Societies, and Alderman Davis promised that the directors would consider it, but pointed out that cases of accident were at all times received at the ) Infirmary. Lord Tredegar, in acknowledging the vote of thanks for presiding, said he came there because he wished to support the directors, and as some little difference in the inanwgeinen4. oi the institu- j tion had been talked" about to take his share of i blame, if there was any blame. (Applause.) He was very glad to rind that everyone was so unanimous in their view with regard to what the I directors had done, and he hoped that the result of the attention which had boon bestowed on the management would tend to a renewal of interest in the institution and an augmentation of the subscriptions. There bad been raised about half of the amount of the confcjfact for the new buildings. This was the third and last year during which Dr. Thomas's offer of £ 5.000 held good, and he hoped that an effort would be started soon to obtain the rest of the sum, so that there might be no stop or delay in the erection of the noble hospital buildings in the Cardiff-road. (Applause.)
IEMBEZZLEMENT AT CARDIFF,
I EMBEZZLEMENT AT CARDIFF, I At Cardiff Police Court on Monday Daniel How (30) was charged (before the Stipendiary Magis- trate. Mr T. W. Lewis) with having ou the 26tfc inst. embezzled 4s 9d,the property ofMessrsWil liam Hancock and Company, Limited, with whoa he was employed. Mr Joseph Henry Jones, whf appeared for the prosecution, said defendant ha4 been in the service of Messrs Hancock and Com- pany, Limited,' as a deliverer and seller of mineral water goods, and that he had not accounted for various small sums which cus- tomers had paid him recently, he having given customers a receipted invoice and handed in the regular and proper counterfoil reeeipt to the I firm. Mr Jones added that the amount was small, but there had been a good deal of irregularity fog some time on the part of certain servants. Yet '¡ under the circumstances they did not wish to press for severe punishment in this case. Cus- tomers having given evidence as to having paid for goods to the amount charged, and Mr George Venn, checking clerk to the 'firm, having stated that he had discovered the discrepancies in defen- that he had discovered the discrepancies in defen- I dant's accounts, Mr T. E. Shell,manager of Messrs Hancock's mineral water department, said defen- dant had admitted taking the money and offered to pay it back. Witness had no authority to take the money. Defendant's wages were 21s and commission. When aske9 why he had taken tU money, defendant said his wife had 'beeo UTasS he had had a lot of trouble in the family. Detec- tivc D. Rankin said that when he arrested and charged defendant at his house in CantORhe admitted the offence, gave the same excuse already stated, and also offered to refund tbfe monfey. Mr Jones then informed the Court that defendant had hitherto borne a good ckearaieter« and that up till now it was not suspected that during the several years he had been in Messrs Hancock's service he had done anything wrong. On account of the illness in the family the firm did not wish to press the charge. The Stipen- diary passed sentence of seven days with hard labour. On hearing the sentence defendants wife, who was in court, became very excited, wept bitterly, and ran to meet her husband before n* was taken below. Mr Jones informed the Stipen- diary that Messrs Hancock and Company would maintain the wife and children while defendant was in prison.
IA NEW TYPE OF DREDGER. I--
I A NEW TYPE OF DREDGER. A dredger of rather an unusual type has just been built by Messrs T. A. Walker and Co., ai I Sudbrook, near Newport, tp, the order of the Wallas sy (Liverpool) Urban District Council. Thi novel form is comprised in a powerful suction pipe which takes the place of the ordinary endless, chain of buckets, and actuated by a 250 h.p. engine working a centrifugal pump, sucks up th< sand and gravel rapidly and efficiently. Thii pipe is 40 feet in length and 15 inches/in diameter, and is let down by a derrick over the side wbea the dredger is at work. The" spoil "goes iribe two tanks designed to carry each 200 tons oi sand. The^e are placed well forward of the «B< gine room. When laden with sand or gravel (thi engine being capable of raising 600 toes per hoar), the dredger can steam away at the rate of mine knots. Supposing hd sand is encountered, tbeM is provideda steam pipe, from which a. powerful jet of steam is projected against it so as to dis- lodge it. A day or two ago the steamer, which has come round to Newport Old Dock for, in. spection, removed 300 tons of gravel from the bed Oi the Usk. The dredger, which hfut.«ogt £ 11.090, is intended to be used 111 the removal of a aaad bank which interferes with the working of afecty in the Mersey under the control of the Wallasey j Board. The dredger, which is named the Tuii$b resembles in build an ordinary steamer she a 227 tons register, and draws id feet ef water ,wiieu laden There are six large doors in the bottom of the hold by which the" spoil is d but she is practically unsinkable, being provided with nine watertight bulkheads. v .l t :-r '">'
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