South Wales Daily News

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE WESTERN ASSOCIATION. The leveling np of wages is being carricd on successfully, if quietly, by negotiations between colliery proprietors and officials of tha Western Miners' Association. As the reanll of interviews last week between Mr J. Williams and Mr W. E. Morgan, miners' agents, and the managers the men at Cwmavon Slant, Copper Pit, Mor- riston, and Felin Frau Collieries will receive a substantial advance of wages shortly. BIG CONTRACT FOR CARDIFF. Some weeks ago the Russian Imperial authori- ties invited tenders for the snpply of 230,000 tons of best Welsh double-screened amokciess «fceam coal at Odessa and other named ports, the same to be nsed in the Royal Navv. It jvass re- ported at Cardiff on Saturday that orders bad j been placed for 140,000 tons only. The om have b«=*n placed iu eaoii C;de through v lù Russia, and they are n" follow :—Cory Brothers, Limited, Cardilt. 60,000 tons Pytnaa, Watson, and Co., Limited, Cardiff, 50,000 tons and another firm whOMf t-nmn: has not transpired on this side1, 30.000 tons. A good deal of secrecy is btiing tnaintaiued as to the. price, but it is under- stood to be on the basis of 31s c.i.f. Odessa, ono of the firms getting a little more, and ono or both the others a littis less. Taking everything kite account the price is a very good one, being )I¡O; iikely on the basis of 2Cs for the cotl and lis for the freight.

_1. THE CABDIFF REVOLVER ACCIDENT. CORONER'S INQUIRY. Mr E. Bernard R-eece (coroner) held an in- quest at the Cardiff Town Hall on Saturday concerning the death of Wm. Moore (48), an ironmonger, who reaided at 108, Broadway, and who met with an accident on the 8th 74areti, which terminated fatally at the Cardiff Infirmary on the 16th instant. Mr D. W. Evans watched the case on'bebalf of Mr Abraham Shibk:1, at whose house the accident happened. Evidence of identification was given by deceased's brother. Witness said he had an interview with Mr Moore at the Infirmary last Sunday. His brother. he said, went to Mr Shibko's house on the 8th instant, being asked to open the lock of a ward- robe there. After the door had been opened Mr Shibko noticed inside the wardrobe a revolver, which he took in his hand. Mr Moore then pro- ceeded to fit a key in the wardrobe, when sud- denly the revolver in Mr Shibiro's hand went off. Dr. Eldon Pratt said deceased when bronght to the Infirmary on the 8th inat. was suffering from a gausht't in (be abdomen. The bnlleb entered at the left loin and could be felt beneath the skin. He was on crated npon that same evening, and the ballet (produced) was extracted. The gut was perforated in three or four places. De- ceased improved somewhat for a time, hut even- tually sacumbed to peritonitis. Edward John Heyward, articled clerk to the magistrates' clerk, produced the depositions of deceased, which were taken on tho night of the accident. In the course of these Mr Moore affirmed that the revolver went off 11 somehow or other," adding that the whole thing was a pare accident. Abraham Shibko also gave evidence. He said deceased and himaelf were intims,te friends. He could not distinctly remember the circum- stances of rhe accident, being too much upset at the time. Whether he himself or deceased took bold of the revolver he cflnld not say, buthe could remember decac.sed crying out, I an shet." Witness carried deceased downstairs, and cried out to a woman in the shop to briuft some water. He afterwards summoned Dr. Treharne, who ordered Moore's removal to the Infirmary. The revolver belonged to himse'f, and was kept on the premises as a means of protection against burglars. By Mr D W. Evans: The wardrobe in quss- tiou had not been opened for six months bofore the date of the accident, because an assistant who left his employ at that time had takei; the key with him. Witness had not the faintest idea. that the revolver was loaded. He visited deceased at the Infirmary oil several occasions. Mr Lewis Dhenin gave evidence as to the removal of deceased to the Infirmary. Deceased told him the affair was a pare accident. The Jury found that deceased was accidentally 3hot by Mr Shibko.

FIRE AT NEWPORT WORK- HOUSE. Shortly before 12 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire was discoveied at the now buildings which are in course of erection at Newport Workhouse. The firfe, which took place in the contractor's workshop, was discovered by the porter, who immediately rained an alarm, and the firs ap- pliances at the house were put in uss, and the fire was speedily got under. The Newport Fire Brigade was summoned, and was quickly on the spot, and assisted to clear the building, which was stocked with partly finished worK. The origin of the fire is unknown, the premises not having bocn used since 1 o'clock on the previous day, The damage done was not extensive.

SUNDAY BRAKE NUISANCE. At Newport County Police Court on Saturday the magistrates were able to express an opinion, which they did very decidedly, about the Sunday brake nuisance, full of drnnken passengers, the latter making Sunday night hideous with their disorderly ways. Mri Pollard, licensed carriage keeper, of the Cardiff-road, Newport, let out a ne-horse brake on Sunday afternoon last to a sober driver, but her son, Frederick Pollard, soon afterwards got control of the reins, and late in the evening, After 21 men had been driving about the roads, and calling at numerous public-houses Bevan, one of the Bassaleg officers, found them in a state of uproar at that village. The land- lord of the Tredegar Arms would not serve them with drink, although Pollard now declared that he obtained and took home a bottle of rhubarb wine for his mother. Ho was too drunk to drive mid some of the 21 behind him were also too far gone, having boon supplied from bottles of drink on the way. One of thefe, Sydney Jones, was before the magistrates, who marked their sense of the disturbers of the village by fining him 10s. Pollard, the son of the brake-owner, was sum- moned for being drunk in charge of a horse and brake before the Court on a similar complaint a foitnigbt since, aud altogether had bee-i before the magistrates a dozen times during 12 months. Tho Bench fined him 2Cs aud costs and Mrs Pollard, who was present after the case had been heard, was told thftt her licence would bewith- he!d unless she got a. sober person to drive.

:=:=. urn —- EARL'S SON DIVORCED. I In Edinburgh on Saturday the Hon. Alice Ellpri Kevser, or Ei>kino, residing in London, was granted a divorce from the Hon. Albany Mar Stuart Erskine, second son of the late ilarl of I -REte-iian. The marriage took place in "1878, aud plaintiff stated tliat defendant resided with her until 1889 on aud off, and then left her without giving any explanation. She had never seen him since, and he had contributed nothug to bar aii- j raent. There were no children of the inarringc. A Mrs Gordon, of Cambridge-gardens, London,! deposed that she lived with defendant b?^woen 1893 and 1898 as his wife. She had known tU-fen- dant 16 years.

MORRISTON FOOTBALL CLUB AND ITS RATES. At Swansea on Saturday the Morriston Foot- bJ1 C!nb responced, through its secretary, Mr I to a, rate summons. Mr Palmer denied liability, and explained that he resigned his posi- tion before the club got into difficulties, and another person had been appointed in his stead. I' The Rugby organisation had since been dis- banded, aud at) Association team now used the ground. The Bench decided to exonerate Air I Palmer from all blame and they dismissed the case, allowing him costs. --It

GOING TO JERUSALEM.—TriuejiMsg has arrived al- a higli pitch o £ perfection in the German .Emperor's visit to the Holy Land HutsLill there will be a lot of walking to do, aud corns are no respecter of persona. An absolute necessity in these travelling days, iu order to ensure comfort for the feet, is Munday's "Viridine," the marvellous, corn cure. You si o-,i id never travel without t In j bottles, is re,- Mnndav, Chemist, High-street Orriifl 1079

THE BEDWELLTY ACTION. JUDGlVIENT OF MR JUSTICE STIRLING. SAME RULING AS IN THE MERTHYR CASE. On Saturday Mr Justice Stirling in the Chan. cery Division of the -High Court of Justice delivered his reserved judgment iu the action Attorney-General v. the Bodwellty Guardians. which was brought for the purpose of having ili declared that money expended out of the poor rates for the relief of strikers and their families during the South Wales coal strike of 1898 waS illegally expended. The hearing occupied the attention of the Court from the 30th January to the 2nd of February last. In giving judgment, his Lordship said that the action was brought by the Attoruev-General at the relation of the Ebbw Vale and the Tredegar Coal Iron Companies on behall of themselves and ail the other ratepayers of tiie parish of Betlwelity against the guardians, complaining th'tt during the strike which placo in Soutb Wales in the year 1398 the guardians misapplied the poor rates by using them for assiatiug able- bodied pbI30113 who wer^j able to work and would not work. By the statement of claim a declaration was claimed that all the relief given after the 25th of March, 1898, by providing work and other means to tbe men their families, and all money expended upon work aud material was expended contrary to tho statutes. The state- ment of claim also askau for an injunction to restrain the dsfendants from making any Bucb .payments. At the trial the claim for the in- junction was abandoned and ail that was asked for was the declaration. There had been a very similar caBe which related to payments mado by the Merthyr Tydfil Union, which had come be- fore Lord Justice Romer, and he had held on the facts before him that the defendants were justified in granting the relief, and dismissed the action. In the present case the defendants relied upon that decision. The plaintiffs, howover, denied the correctness of that decision, aud farther argued that in the present case the relief conld not be justified by sudden or urgent necessity. Since this action had befJl1 tried the Merthyr Tydfil ca.HC had ban before the Court of Appeal. Their decision was given on the 6th of Match last, and he had had an opportunity of reading and considering it. The Court of Appeal had held that the relief granted to able-bodied men, for whom there was work tit wages sufficient to support them and their families, was illegal, and made a declaration to the effect that such expenditure ought to bo disallowed by the auditor bat the declaration did not apply to the wives and children of the men, and was without prejudice to the right of the Local Government Board to allow such payments, though unlawfully made. That declaration, so f&.r as it dealt with the law, was binding upon him, and was sufficient foi tbe decision in the present case. It was proved that the defendants applied poor rates in relieving able-bodied men by setting them to work for seven weeks or more, and at the time owners of pits in the neighbourhood had given public notice that with certain exceptions they would provide work upon terms under which the colliers would earu not less than 411 a day, which would have been sufficient to maintain themselves and their families. It was admitted that tha.t offer wa,s known to the men, and was accepted by some, thoagh very few. It said that this offer was only made to enable the men to return in a body, but he (Mr Justice Stirling) did not think tha.t was so. He came to the conclusion that indi- vidual men could have got work at the neigh- bouring collierics. That brought this case wall within the decision in the Merthyr Tydfil case, IHld he proposed to make a declaration similar to the declaration made in that case. The relief claimed in this case was wider than that claimed in the case before the Court of Appeal, but he did not think the costs had been materially increased thereby. He should therefore give the plaintiff the costs of the action so far as it related to a, declaration, but would give no costs on fliat part which related to the injunction.

THE MERTHYR CASE. COSTS OF THE LITIGATION. On Saturday at the meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians the Clerk asked foi formal sanction of bills of costs in connection with the recent litigation with the Powell Dntfryn Company and others in the matter of the strike relief. In reply to observations by Mr H. W. Martin, the Clerk said there was no desire to withhold the details. He explained the items, and said that so far the amounts paid reached £1,100. He had not made a.ny estimate of what the whole of the costs were likely to amount to. The Rev. Canon Wade moved, and it was agreed, that the amounts be paid. In reply to the Hev. J. O'Reilly, the Clerk said the Litigation Com- mittee had not yet prepared their report.

THE TIN PLATE TRADE. A NEW WAGE LIST. VALUABLE WORK BY THE CONCILIA- TION BOARD. On Saturday, at the Exehnnge Buildings, Swansea, a meeting cf the joint committee of masters and representative workmen in the tin- plate trade was held to draw up a new wage list for the working of sheets arid black plates. The new rates formulated are supplementary ■ to the list, of 1874, and relateato what ia practically a new trade established in South Wales siiice the passing of the McKinley tariff. There were grave fears that this difficult work would prove beyond the range of peaceful accomplishment by the Conciliation Hoard. A new list has, however, been successfully negotiated, and furnishes excellent testimony of the value of the Conciliation Board. The following rates will henceforth be paid for sheets and black plates in sizes exceeding 54 by 28 Over 54 by 28 np to and including 60 by 30 for 30 gauge 2b 6d, 29g 20* 6d, 28g 19s 3d, 27 to 25g 18s, 24 to 20g 16?, 19 to 14g 13s, below 19 to 14g 12s. Roumanian sheets not lighter than 1181b basis to be paid at the rate of 29g, from 60 by 30 up to and including 96 by 30, extras to be paid on 30, 29, and 28 gauges only, as follow :— 30g 23s, 29g 22s, 28g 21s, thicker gauges as above scale from 40 by 30 and wider up to and includ- ing 36 wide, 30g 23s 8d, 29g- 22s 7d,:28f{ 21s 6(1, thicker gauges on the above scale over 36 wide, 30g 24s 2d, 29g 23s Id, 28. 22s defectives 50 per cent. less allowance for waste in mills per cent.; extra over eight feet lengths 10 per cent. on all gauges extras over nine feet lengths 15 per cent. on all gauges. The above rates include the roller, doubler, furnaceman, behinder, and shearer. Helpers to be paid extra onty undec circumstances as found necessary hitherto. There exists much dissatisfaction, particularly among Monmouthshire tinplaters, at the arrange- ment which provides that Canadas are to be paid for as tmplates. Mr Thomas Griffiths, organiser of the steel smelters, has obtained an authorita- tive declaration that the new arrangement will come into force in April. PICKLERS. Â delegate meeting of picklers was held at Swansea on Saturday to draw up a wage list for submission to employers in view of the fact that present contracts terminate at the end of the month. SATISFACTORY POSITION. The state of things in the tinplate industry continues to ba exceedingly good. At the end of February there were 58 works, which had 257 m'lls, fully going, whilst 25 other works, with a total of 179 mills, were giving partial employ- ment to 121 mills. Thus ws have at work 378 mills. The largest number of mills going in the most prosperous times was 512. When, therefore, it is remembered that the production per mill it at least one ninth more than it used to be, it will be seen tbat we have nearly mada up the 101511 caused to the trade by American tariff legislation. A year ago there were employed in the trade bn* 17,720 people, whereas now there are no leu than 21,185 workpeople employed. ALBION STEELWORKS. The notice tendered at Albion Steelworks, Briton Ferry, by members of the Welsh Artisans' Union, and which was to have terminated 00 Saturday, was withdrawn, the men having been conceded a substantial increase of wages.

GLAMORGAN ASSIZES. OPENING TO-DAY. The Winter Assizes for the county of Glamor '■ gan will be opened at the Town Hall, Cardiff, this morning by Justices Chll, nell and Bucknill, who will take the civil and criminal busines*. respectively. Their Lordships arrived in Cardiff from Chester on Saturday afternoon, a.nd immedi. ately drove to their lodgings in The Walk. Ou Sunday the judges attended the morning servicft at the parish church, attended by the Mayor and members of the Corporation. His Worship, itli bis robe of office, attended by the town clerk, and accomp&aied by the deputy-mayor (Councillor. J. VV. Courtis), Alderman Tronnce, Ooaccillord T. Andrews, liltyd Thomas. J. H. Hallett, and Veall, and Messrs Harpur (borengh engineer), Pri?stly (water engineer), Greenbiil. and others lefe th? Town Hail nePvded bv the band of the 2nd Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers, and aetach- munt3 of the fire brigade and police unciei tho chief constable, Mr McKenzie, proceeded to St. John's Church, where they niet her Majesty's judges, who wearing their official robes, were accompanied bv the Hign L I. D. Nichol!, Merthyr Mawr) and the -Under Sheriff (Mr Lawrance Williams). -he sermon waa wreached by the High Sherdl s Chaplain (Rev. W. L. Crichton, lloatb). ihe Artillery Band took part ia the musical portions jl the service, and the National Anthem was sung at the commence- ment and conclusion of the service.

'=_ THE TRANSPORT UMBRIAai DEPARTURE FROM CARDIFF. The transport CJoibria left the Roath Dockt Cardiff, early 011 Suuday morning for South' ampton, having about 2,500 ten s of coal in he." boaker3. xbia ir 200 or c>00 tons short of what she required, but it she 1«;,([ waited Sunday an it the greater patt of to-day (Monday) would hava beeu lost. The Umbria is an awkward ship to bunker, but in addition to this fact two or three slight hitches have occurred, the effect of which h been to prolong the work. Large numbers of people visited the fine ship as she lay at her berth, especially on Saturday, when the total ra8 to handreda.

.3tthlic I the Li 1ST of APPLICATIONS for SHARES will OPEN TO-DAY (MONDAY), the 19th March, and CLOSE on or before 4 o'clock on WEDNESDAY, the 21st March. AUTOMATIC MACHINES (HAYDON & UBl-tY'S PATENTS), LIMITED. UBl-tY'S PATENTS), LIMITED. Incorporated under the Companies Act- 1362-1898. CAPITAL, £ 100,000, divvied into 100,000 Ordinary Shares of £ 1 each. ISSUE of 70,000 SHAKES at Par, payable 2s 6d on Application and 7s 6d on .Allotment, and she Balance in instal ments as and when required, with not leg than two months' notice. The balance of 30,000 Shares is taken by the Vendors in part-payment of the purchase price. DIRECTORS OCTAVIUS D. DEACON, Saml. Deacon and Cou, 150- 154. Leadcnhall-slsr ct, U.C. ADAM E. M. GRAEFB, Isenhurst," Troio-road, Wood Green, N. BEORG E CADELL WOOD, 21, Lime-street, London, E.C. I GEOKG-E HAYDON. ) °f,rH:l'?0? Si Urnr FRANK HARVEY URRY L Islington, J SOMifERVlLT.E street, Islington, London, N. BANKERS.—LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY (LIMITED). Head Office: 21, Lom- bard-street, E.C., and Branches. BBOKKRS.—FRANCIS BIRCH and CHRISTIAN, White House, Telesraph-strset, E.C., and Stock Exchange. SOLIC'ETORS.- SUTTON, OMMANNBY, and REN- DALL, 3 and 4, Great Winchester-street, E.C. AUDITORS. -HARPER BROS., Cfip rtered Aecount- all t JO, Trrnitv-sanare, E.C. SECRETARY (PRO T.- SHYNN. CUT Office :P"'tO IEM.).-21, LIME-STREET, E.C. SHOWROOMS.—353, UPPEL-S fREET, ISLING- TON, N. FACTORY.—20-22, CHURCH-STREET, ISLING. TON, N. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed for purchasing and deTelonins the we! Mi now a business of Haydon" and ITrrv (Limited), uf 353, Upper-street, Islington, and 'tO and 22. Church-street. Islington, with all the valuable patent risrhts and privileges in connection with the manufacture of Automatic Penny-in-the- lot Machines. The business has hitherto consisted chiefly of manrfacti ring and selling: to others pennv-in-the- dot machines of various Ascriptions, but as the cam- ings from machines of their manufacture, which thev themselves put out on percentage terms on licensed premises, exhibitions,piers.and other places havebpen eminently satisfactory, it has been decided to seek further ca-pitai, more particularly to develop the aaanufaenre and letGiu^uut of automatic machines. The c re-eminence of Haydon and Urry i Limited) as maufacturers of these machines is shown by the fact they have bten awarded the principal medals and diplomas at various^ exhibitions for excellence of manufacture. The compa,ny will acq iii-e— The valuable pat, rights, concessions, and privileges in connocti -n with over twenty types of jtntoTnotac machines, together with all agreements and options for placing machines. The lea"ho:d warehouse premises at 353, Upper- street, Islington N., and the factory and planll at Nos. 20 Had 22. Church-^ reec, Islington, to"ether with the whole of the stock-in-trade and the fixtures and machinery on the premises. The stock of machines manufactured and already let out. The patent rights in the eragraph (considered by »e vendors to be the most up-to-date kioomatograph and the best machine at present in the market for producing animated pictures) together with the existing* stock of erigraptn ana films and the valu- able and existing plant for manufacturing the same,. Illustrations of the principal machines accompany v 3 pw^pectus, and it will be seen that most of them ar-; automatic amusement machines, from which the profits are much larger than those derived from ordinary vending machines, there being in the former no expensive stock of goods to be provided necessitating the locking up of considerable capital, and the expense of distribution. For the purpose of letting out to licensed victual- lers the "BELrrel Cigar machine" the Tiroli machine," and Automatic Billiards are the most suitable and readily placed. The Autccosmoccope and other machines are more suitable for exhibitions. piers, and qhows. A limited number of the "Barrel Cigar machine md the Tivoli have been in constant nss for t-^o years, whilst the Automatic i5 i -1 i i ard s and Au -.c,- cosmoscope" have been more recently introduced, popular'8 ever^ indication of becoming extremely The uet average takings of the machines have been 118 follows :— ▼> Per Week, Per Machine. Barrel Cigar machine.. Is 7}d ( £ 4 3s per annum.) Tivoli machine 2s lid £ 5 lis ) Autocosir.oscope is 7 d (E4 2s Other machines Is 7 d (£4 25. ) and Automatic Billiards has earned as much as 16s per week. As there are computed to be about 15.000 licensed nouses in London and suburbs, and 100.000 in the United Kingdom, the field for letting out penny-in- the-slot amusement machines, apart from piers, exhibition a, railways, etc., is very great. On some licensed premises there are as many as 30 machines. The great advantage this Company will have over ?'S?ri Machine Companies is the low initial cost and high-earn;ng cowers of their machines. The above takings mean that the Company's machines wtien let out per annum more than 100 per cent. of their cost, allowing for a handsome dividend, after deducting all expenses, and placing a substantial amount to reserve f unl against deprecia- tion of machines. The above takings and earning powers of the machines are verified by the following certificate of toe well known firm of chartered accountants Messrs Harper Brothers, of 10, Trinity-square, B.C. — 10. Trinity-square. London, E C., 13th March, 1900 To the Directors of Automatic Machines (Haydon and TJrrv's Patents), Limited, Gentlemen,—We have at your request examined the Books of Haydon and Urry, Limited, and find that the Barrel and Tivoli Aitomatic machines have, after deducting the percentage allowed to licensed victuallers by war of rent of positions. earned an average of Is 7%d per week in case of the former, Mid 8 l1 id in case of the letter. The Autoeosmoscopes and other machines which have been mainly placed out upon pien, pavi'ions.etc., at holiday resorts have earned a net average return daring the time they were working of Is 7d ner week; "titer deducting rent of po«iUo%s, commission to travellers, aud all other outgoings. The Automatic Billiard' Machine has earned as much 16s per week. The books of th« present Syndicate show that n\ 1 much 16s per week. The books of th present Syndicate show that n\ 1 ihe machines have, taking the average, earned rn >re than their capital cost in one year —We, are, gentle- men, yours trulv.. HARPER BROS. Mr Graefe a nd Mr Wood, two of the directors of the Company, have had for some considerable time past a number of Haydon pnd Urry's machines nlaced out on their own account. and they are fully satisfied as to the remarkable earning capacities of the machines. The experience they have thus gained by personal working of the business will be of great advantage to the Company. As shown from their bu'r,nce-sheet, the vendors have, after paying all expense?, naid over Z5 per cent. per annnm dividend, besides placing 33 1-3 per cent. to reserve, and they have no doubt whatever that the I net earnings on the larger capital cow to be intro- duced can be mainbined and even exceeded. I Based on the above figures, the annual revenue of the Company to be derived from the letting out or 8,OOOmachines and from the manufacture and sale of additional mashi:?os as specified below may be fairly estimated as follows :— additional mashi:?os as specified below may be fairly estimated as follows :— Revenue from letting out to licensed victu- le allers all the year round, but allowing four weeks per annum for any neces- sary repairs, takings after paying rent of positioJls- 1.500 Barrel machines at Is 7td per week (t3 17s per year of 48 weeks). £ 5,775 2,500 Tivoli" machines at 2s ljd per week ( £ 5 2s per year of 48 weeks) 12,750 500 Billiard machines at 5s per week ( £ 12 ^per year of 48 weeks) 6,000 500 Billiard machines at 5s per week (JE12 ^per year of 48 weeks) 6,000 At piers, pavilions, etc.. during summer months, takings after paying rent of positions and all outgoings— 1,500 Antocosmoscopes at is 7d per week per machine for 26 weeks. 2.050 2^00 other variety machines at Is 7d per week per machine for 26 weeks 5,125 At shows, exhibitions, etc., during win- ter mouths- 1,700 Autocosmoscopes and other machines, at Is 7d per week per machine for 21 weeks 3,230 £ 34,930 Ann in addition— a nrofit from manufacture and sale of other machines of the Company's a nrofit from manufacture and sale of other machines of the Company's manufacture, and oil manufacture, sale, and hire of Kinematographs and films 7,500 142,430 Over 500 machines are already placed out, and applications have been received or notions procured for placing out ovr 7.500 more, and these will be placed out as soon as they are manufactured. It will thus be seen that the business which the Company acquires is not of a speculative character, but is a highly profitable one which can at once be developed. The above revenue of £ 42,430 would allow the Company to place annually to reserve against, deprecia- tion of machines manufactured 15,000 £ 27 430 and would suffice for the payment of a Dividend of 20 per cent. per annum on the Cilpl al of the Company 20.000 leaving for the general working and office expenses of the Company, adver- tising, acquiring of exhibit.ion and pier rights, etc t7,430 Negotiations are in progress for acquiring the rights for sev-rat exhibitions and piers, and it is the intention of the directors to make a. special feature of acquiring such rights, which will not only afford outlets for placing some < the Company's machines, but wiil al!-o brir- ,in gnbstanti%,l revenue by the sub-letting of spaces to other manufacturers. Many exhibitions where penny-in-the slot machines are placed require the Kinematograph (living pic- tures), and the sale and letting out of these both at public places of amusement and at private houses will be another profitable source ot revenue. Haydon and Frry, Tjinit^d, being one of the largest ln-tiliifactiirer4 in F.ngfand of automatic machines, new ideas and inventions are continually offered to them, and it is the intention of the directors to de- velop and take np. either on their own nccount or in association with other- any specially good invention. The present manufacturing premises are suffici- ently extensive for the manufacture of the 8.000 machines proposed to be put out. 1:Int it is the inten- tion of the directors to put down increased plant, and extend the premises as soon as the business jnstifles the necessary expenditure. Mr George Haydon, who has agreed to become and remain a managing director of the Company for at least five years, has a thorough practical workiog experience, and has devoted ths past 16 years to the indention and manufacture of automatic machines He will he in charge of the Company's factory, and the Company will also ha<re the benefit of all his fntnre inventions, and also of those of Mr F. H. Urry and Mr George Sonierviile relating to automatic machines. It is well known that automatic machines return most satisfactory profits the Sweetmeat Automatic Company raying dividends of 20 per cent. per annum. The business is taken over from the 31st December, 1899. and the purchase consideration for all patent rights—home and foreign—and future inventions, stock of ir,ichii;e-; in hand and claced out, plant Kid down, cQntracb for options and exhibition and other sites and goodwill, has been fixed for the vendors, who Are selling at a profit of £ 45,000, pavabie as to jgj&OOO in In fly-paid shares, and ^he balance in cash or shares, or partly in cash acd partly in shares, at the option of the director*. Arrangement* have already been made for the flo- tation ot a subsidiary Company for Scotland, and it is in contemplation in the future to form other sub- sidiary Companies to work the provinces, the Colonies. and foreign countries. The following agreements hav.3 beea entered into for a] e c- th- bnsiness- (a) An agreement dated the 12th day of March, WOO, and made between Haydon r.nd Urry, Limited, of the one part, and George Cadeli Wood of the other An asreemeut dated the 14th March, 1900. and jp between the Vendors, Haydon aud Urrv, T imi'-ed of the first- part, G. C Wood, of the second and P. Shynn., as Trustee on behalf of the Com- MHV of the third part. he brsir.tr. will be taken over subject to all the «*i -tan" Contracts and Agreements. t'heseareof ST ordinary trade character and are not here de- t^Uod but "applicants for shares wiii be deemed to i~ie 'y,, j notice of them, and so have waived their Hffh* to any fuller compliance than is herein given wttb t.he' terms o £ the Companies Acts, whether T-videi Section 38 of the Companies Acts, 1367. or ^hprwi'^ and all claims in respect of non- or otherwise in connection therewith. -ltblí Companies, &r. 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IRELAND AND THE SHAMROCK. ST. Patrick's Day was celebrated through- out Great Britain on Saturday with such prodigality oi euthusnstu, and with such abounding and unmistakable manifesta- tion of earnest desire for the prosperity and welfare or the sister island, as must convince every honest and true-hearted Irishman that deep down in the heart of the British people there is a sincere regard; a strong, and an ever-abiding wish and goodwill for Ireland apd the Irish people. The wearing of the green and of the shamrock or its substitutes was all bat universal throughout the island, aud hearty expressions oi adaiiration for the national virtues of the Irish people and for | the bravery of Irish soldiers were fre- Iqnently overheard. Some of the details of Saturday's proceedings will be found in another part of our issue. In this column we do not deal with details, but with the significance of details, what they imply and teach. We notice that at an im- promptu demonstration of good feeling for Irelaud exhibited at the Cardiff Exchange j on Saturday, Mr Charles V. Byrne, who, amid much enthusiasm, was forced into the position of chief speaker, and who made an excellent offhand speech, said that he was exceedingly gratified at the good feel- ing displayed towards his countrymen, and regretted that Englishmen and Welshmen were not seen oftener in Ireland. If they were, he was sure they would entertain a different opinion of them." There is no ( room for questioning that if sections of the industrial and middle classes of this country were to make frequent visits to Ireland, and similar representative classes of the Irish people were to pay periodical visits to this island, it would largely tend to, even if it did not absolutely, rub off most of the rust which obscures the virtues of each people from the other. But the closing words of the quotation we have made from Mr Byrne's speech lend themselves to the interpretation that the British people entertain an unfavourable opinion, if not a dislike to the Irish people. We are satisfied that Mr Byrue, from his personal knowledge and his experience of the British people, would not endorse this interpretation. Amongst some thirty-four millions of people (we exclude, oi course, the population of Ireland from the reckon. ing) there will, no doubt, be many curmudgeons who, from selfish motives of one kind and another, or from racial I dislike, or from political or ecclesiastical antagonism, or from inbred cussedness," will speak evilly of the Irish people. Such exceptions are found in every community. But the great heart of the British people beats responsive in earnest regard, and in earnest good wishes for the prosperity of Ireland, and for the political, social, and domestic happiness of our Irish brethren and fellow-subjects. The widespread spontaneous exhibition of this good feeling on Saturday proves not only its extent, but its sincerity. Many I Irish soldiers have been heretofore repri- manded for wearing the shamrock when on duty. It was a breach of regulation orders no doubt, as would be the wearing of the Welsh leek, the Scotch thistle, or the English rose. It would have been wiser, perhaps, if these martinet officers had winked at the irregularity, and yet this might have led to a wide breach of orders in the wearing of national badges which would be destructive of true discip- line. The Irish soldier, however, con- tinually yearned to wear his national emblem, the shamrock, on the anniversary ,of his patron Saint. The Queen, learning 'this, gracefully and graciously gave orders that all the soldiers in her Irish regiments should be permitted to wear the shamrock II on St. Patrick's Day, in recognition of the bravery and daring of Irish soldiers in the Soutb African campaign. And see the result. The heart of the British people responded to, almost anticipated the judicious and graceful command of her Majesty, and everywhere on this sHe of the Irish Channel the wearing of the C, green and the exhibition of the shamrock on Saturday testified to the heartfelt sym- pathy of the British people for Ireland and the Irish race. Badges, emblems, and decorations possess for the most part an historical and a praiseworthy significance which appeal with more or less potency to the emotions and the race-fesling of peoples and communities. As Gower said I in Henry V," after Fluellen had com- pelled that braggart Pistol to eat the leek, they are most of them memorials of an ancient tradition, begun upon au honour- Ii able respect, and worn as a memorable trophy of predeceased valour." They appeal with force to our best and truest national ideals, but can. unhappily, be perverted and debased by the selfish intriguer, the agitator, and the seditionist, to inflame the worst and the most evil- working passions of the most ignorant and prejudiced of the community. The j little wee shamrock," the ever green," I the immortal," as Irish poets have labelled it, ought to be the badge and emblem of peace and friendship amongst kindred peoples, united as one nation by an indissoluble political tie, and not by discords, and broils, and quarrels. En. twined with the English rose the united badges would form a fitting decoration for the female breast, and would be vastly more suitable there than would be the Scotch thistle or the Welsh leek, which do not allure either by their perfume or their beauty. They have their uses, how- ever, and grand uses in our national life, and they give force and volume to the real poetry of our true national idealism. Helping and defending the twined rose and the shamrock the combined whole would form an impregnable unity against which all the forces of outside foes would beat in vain. Why are they not thus united ? The details of sympathetic manifesta- tions £"r Ireland on this side of the Irish Channel on Saturday ought to strengthen the proofs so frequently given heretofore that the cause of whatever disunity which exists does not lie with the British people. We do not think that it lies with the Irish people taken as a whole, but with the exceptions, which, by their continuance, taint and infect so many victims who would otherwise be politically sound and healthy, and firmly united in political amity with the British people. It is affirmed by reli- able authorities who have ample knowledge of the feeling of the French people that, taken as a whole, the French feeling is not only the reverse of hostile, but is abso- lutely friendly towards this country. The evil feeling of national animosity and hate is, however, persistently fed by interested agitators, who live upon the wages of agitation, by a sub^idi^ed Press, and by the unsavoury refuse of large French cities and towns, aud especially by the offscour- ings of Paris. The voice of the French people if the extensive rural districts of France does not, unfortunately, reach this country, and hence the British people have been led to believe that there is bitter and unappeasable hatred throughout the whole of Frauce against the United Kingdom. This is, however, not true. Neither do we This is, however, not true. Neither do we believe it true that there is a feeling of I embittered unfriendliness in Ireland— taking the Irish people as a whole-and of positive hate against the British people. I That such a feeling exists amongst a I section of the Irish leaders, whose trade is I agitation, and amongst certain classes in I Irish towns, and iu Dublin in particular, is, unhappily, too manifest, but the Irish | people as a whole do not share the feeling, j Hence we heartily endorse Mr Byrne s j suggestive counsel in his speech at the I Cardiff Exchange on Saturday, that Eng- lishtaen and Welshmen competent to carry }' II back a true report of Irish feeling towards this country should more frequently visit Ireland, and especially the rural districts of Ireland. The British people would then I truthfully learn that the reports of Irish disaffection to the people of this country j are grossly and grievously exaggerated, j and too often coined. We on this side of the Channel like the Irish people, and we want 1 to like them more. The words which have j just dropped off our pen recall an incident j which occurred some years ago in the writer's presence. A cross-grained, soar- I tempered relative of a little boy, who was scolding the child for some imaginary or trivial offence in a harsh forbidding voice, said, But I know, Johnnie, you don't like me." But I should like to like you," was the reply of the sturdy little fellow, if you would only let me." There was a world cf significance in the condition, if you would only let me." The moral ought not to be lost upon some Irish patriots," the patriot agitators we mean.

PRINCIPAL EDWARDS, BALA On Saturday evening Principal Edwards, of BLt College, was slightly batter, bat his condi- tion was still precarious. On Sunday evening we received a telegram stating that the improvement reported on Satur- day night in Dr. Edwards^coudition had not been maintained, and his condition at the time of despatch was critical.

HORRIBLE DEATH AT CWMAMAN. An inquest was held on Saturday at the Public Hall and Institute before Mr R J Rhys coroner, on the body of Lewis Jones, who was leilled on Thuriday morning. The evidence of Joseph Hawke and Charles,Jonps, the son of the deceased, was to the effect that he was working m*foxehweapit, owned by tho C-.vmaman Col hery Company, fixing a guide rope to the frame- work of the pit, when the crab broke, and eith struck ii-m or the plank on which be stood Thev heard him cry oat and fall to the bottom' o* the pit. When the body was recovered it was mn+i lateel past recognition. A verdict of nt deeth was returned.

CRIES OF NEWSMEN. Although in time of war the London C- newsmen are Oufficiently vocnl. the noise they make is like the ccclug of doves com- pared with that which was permitted to the new- men of the Jaet century. According to Malcolm theae gentry seized on a battle or canture t £ '• bawl sixth edition with distended 'inn™, ;n the short interval between the-I had alrnjjfsa;d infernal —niaats of their tin trumpets." t:ot oni" was the pedestrian deafened, but he was advieed io beware the newsman doth not give him » paper or gasette r-e-v. h the moment."

¡ LONDON LETTER. LONDON, Sunday Night. COLLAPSE OF THE FREE STATE. By fur the most agreeable surprise of the cam- paign in South Africa has been the sudden J collapse of the Free State resistance. Reports from the front tend to emphasise. the moral effect of Roberts's prompt occupa- tion of Bloemfontein, and Steyn's flight appears to have done the Boer cause incalculable harm. Downing-street is said to be in possession of information which affords ground for the belief now generally entertained that the further advance of the British tioops towards the Vaal will be practically unmolested. Steyn has com- pletely lost the confidence of his burghers, hun- dreds of whom are seeking to redeem their position by throwing themselves on the clemency of the Imperial Government. Lord I Roberts is still a long wa.y from the Transvaal frontier, but. with the railways south of Bloemfontein in his undisputed posses- sion and those in the north precariously held by a wavering enemy, his progress has been greatly simplified, and will probably be eren more rapid th\n his past movements have been. Moreover, there can be no doubt that great events are maturing in the neighbourhood of Mafeking, where there is reason to beliive that the hourly- oxpected relief of the garrison will reveal the scops of a comprehensive plan of attack on the Transvaal capital. A French critic has said that Lord Roberta has accomplished two-thirds of his work. Observers at home inchne to the view that the proportion would be more accurately stated at seven-eighths. MR CECIL RHODES'S STRICTURES. I hear that some notice is likely to be taken in Parliament of the strictures passed by Mr Cecil Rhodes on tho conduct of the miiilaiy defence of Kimberley. It had been for some time an open secret that the ex-Premier of Cape Colony was making himself extremely disagreeable to the military authorities. No one had imagined that the friction was so intense as it is now shown to have been. Mr Rhodea's friends are hoping that their hero may rsnudiate the views attributed to him in the interview by Mr Julian Ralph. Mingled with a good deal of acute criticism, the observations put into the mouth of the Colossus display an extraordinary egotism, and a gross disiegard of manners. It is on record, however, that Mr Rhodea had already congratulated himself on having defended Kimberley for six months, so that it cannot be said that the interview was inconsistent or lacking in verisimilitude. As an expert in military matters Mr Rhodes, of course, is a neglectable I quantity. It was he who conceived the Jameson Raid, and who also predicted that a mere show of force would suffiee to bring President Kruger to his knees. MR LLOYD GEORGE. Mr Lloyd George informs me that, after due consideration of the reasons urged by some of his friends in the Carnarvon Borcug-lz:1 against his intention to address a meeting in the constitu- ency at the present juncture, he cannot see his way to a further postponement of the engage- ment. "It is a tniutake to suppose," the hon. member tells ille, that tbe meeting is to be in any sense a pro-Boer meeting. It is to be a meeting of my constituents, I have never before I allowed a year to pass without a direct interchange of views with the electors who returned me to Parliament. This year my j visit is overdue, aud I cannot delay it any longer. Moreover Mr Lloyd George, as may be imagined, feels stcongly that this is not a time at which he can yield the slightest encouragement to an abrogation of the rights of free speech. The attitude of the Government in the debate of last Thursday was, I believe, one of the cauacs that tended to strengthen his determination to proceed with the meeting. That episode may alao have had the effect of modifying the uneasi- ness with which some Liberals are said to be anticipating; their member's vindication of his conduct in Parliament, or at all events of in- ducing them to rally to Mr Lloyd George's sup- port in defence of a vital principle of popular liberty. The member for Carnarvon will bo accompanied by Mr Bryn Roberta, who is a resi- dent in the constituency; and by Mr William. Jones, many of whoso own constituents will probably be present at the same meeting. THE WEARING OF THE GREEN. Shamrock was at so high a premium yesterday that Irishmen, had they been so disposed, might 'I have- found another grievance in the fact that the poor cf their race were compelled to put up with a substitute, while the genuine plant flourished only iu the buttonhole of tbe rosperoua Saxon. Green was the only wear. Londoners, in the words of the poe, r.ained bent on "annihilating all things made to a green thought in a green shade." No emblem has ever been so universally worn in the streets of the capital, for this was displayed not as a party device, but by people of every shade of- politics and of all ranks. Her Majesty having I set the fashion allowed it to be known that nhe herself was wearing tho shamrock. A harp 11 designed with a framework of the green plant was. sent to Wiudilor Castle by an Irish lady, together with this touching message, May Almighty God bless and keep your Majesty in the know- lodge that every loyal Irish heart beats with joy and gralitade at the thought of your coming, visit to our native shores." Needless to say, the gift was graciously accepted. Another distin- guished lady who wore the shamrock was Lady Roberts, whose departure for South Africa yester. day to join her husband was made the occasion of a popular greeting to the great Irish soldier. IRISH QUESTION3 IN THE HOUSE. Appropriately enough, the coming week in Par- liament promises to be chiefly occupied by Irish affairs. Some of the debates, in view of yester- day's epidemic of green, will probably serve to illustrate the irony of things. Mr Healy, for instauce, may be expected to find scope for his sardonic humour in a contrast of our enthusiasm for tbe soldier sons of Ireland and our sudden frigidity when it comes to a question of readjust- ing the balance of taxation between the two conn- tries. Not enly are the Nationalist members intent on renewing the financial relations controversy, but they are also about to repeat their demand for the establishment and endowment cf a Roman Catholic University in Ireland. Two days have been allotted for the consideration of those sub- jects, aud as the Irish party will be present in force, the Ministerial Whips will have to keep a strong body of members in attendance on the Government aide as a counterweight. On Wed. nesday the shipowners have secured first place for the Liability of Shipowners Bill. THEATRICAL. Nurse." a new farce by Miss Clo Graves, which WitS produced at the Globe Theatre last night, is a rough and tumble kind of piece, in which a good farcical idea is put to singularly fesfcle use. Mr Sydney Brongh plays the part of a gay yonng bachelor, temporarily invalided by order of the family physician-a. philanthropic old gentleman who invents a disease for his perfectly sound patient in the hope of terrifying the prodigal into paths of sobriety and decoinm. For a time the plan is attended with success. The doctor is ably seconded by the patient's nurse, who, while exercising a strict supervision over the youn man's diet and general habits, falls in love with him. and is by him loved in return. Eventually the curtain falls on the betrothal Of the happy pair, but not till tho invalid has romped through a variety of escapades, amatory and convivial, of which the humour and taste are alike more than dubious. Miss Lottie Venne's adroit, vivacious impersonation of the nurse won for the production a more cordial I reception than it quite deserved, Her success was the more remarkible inasmuch as the only line that provoked a downright hiss from a some- I what sensible gallery vas one that occurred in this talented actress's part. The farce was preceded by a melodramatic one-act play by Mr Charles Thursby.

FRANCE AND ENGLAND. Paris, Saturday.—At to-day's meeting of the Council of the British Chamber cf Commerce the following resolutions wore adopted :— 1. That this meeting expressta to the President of the Republic its appreciation of the kindness shown to British subjects residing in France, and deplores the attempts made to raj.-se a spirit of animosity between France and Great Britain. 2. Thai this meeting desires to convey to the prince of Wales its gratification at the fuct that his Roval Highness has consented to act as president ofstne .British Commission for the Exhi- bition, and trust that every effort mll be made through the Press and other public channels to maintain and stimulate tho feeling of mntru1 respect !-I-lld goodwill between England anl Franco.

ARCHER'S INFANT PLANT CIO-ARETTES PRO- r.p'.tnced by H.K.H. the Prince of Vt be the fe :■ ii." erov smoked. E'e"IJ\ljted Scrviv* G-axetie. LIVER COMM.AIRTS.—Dr. King's Dandelion and Quinine fiiver Pills, without Mercury, remove ail Lfvev and Stomach complaiuts, Biliousness, Heada.che f:¡j('> :ss. Indigcstion Complaints. HU L ATEST NEWS FROM THB TRANSVAAL.—A Gentle" man travelling in Bechuanaiand en route for Bulu- wayo writes:—"I have been very bad with fearful headache for over a week. I took two doses of Aiiividay's Llver Pilli. and am all right Pgp.,in. "-Sold iu buses, Is, Is £ 1, and 4s 6d, free by post.—J. j ''trc* Cardiff L: 125

DRIEFONTEIN LOSSES. ANALYSIS OF THE LIST. PREVIOUS FIGHTS OF THE 41ST. THIRD HEAVIEST IN ITS HISTORY. On Saturday we published a complete list f 0 the casualties of the Welsh Regiment at Drie- fontein, a list which unhappily bore out the truth of the earlier messages to the effect that the Welsh had suffered very heavily. There was a time, half a century ago (writes The Major ") when the majority of the men serving in the gallant 41st were Irish or English, and when Welshmen were the exception rather than the rule, but such is not the case to-day. Of the non- coms. and men who have been identified up to the present in the casualty list two-thirds are Welsh- men born and bred, and of those not yet identi- fied a large number, to judge by their names I are of Welsh nationality. Among the Welsh counties Glamorgan, as might have been ex- pected, has suffered most severely, no less than I 40 of the killed and wounded hailing from the county. Cardiff, as we pointed out on Saturday, has been bard hit, having no less than five killed and 13 wounded. Swansea has been let off comparatively lightly, but the hill districts— > notab.y the Rhondda—have suffered severely. The following analysis of the casualty list will prove interesting:— „ Killed. Wonnded. Cardiff 5 ^3 Swansea 0 5 Other parts of Gl'morg'n 2 16 Carmarthenshire 2 5 Pembroke 0 3 Monmouthshire. 0 ] Merionethshire 1 1 England 4 23 Ireland & Scotland 3 0 Not yet identified 5 34 Totals 22 101 another feature of the casualty list is the fact that no less than twenty of the names are those of Militia. Reservists. As some questions have beeu raised as to the position of the Militia Raservist it may perhaps be as well to state that he is a Militiaman selected for his superior II physique, etc., from the Militia battalion, and one also who has volunteered for foreign service. About the middle of December last a draft of some 200 Militia Reserves-in fact, the very back- I bone of the 3rd Welsh-went out from Pembroke Dock to reinforce the Welsh, who were then at Port Elizabeth. They subsequently accompanied the let Welsh to the front, have taken their places in the fighting line and have given a good account of themselves. Nearly all, if not all, ,those whose names appear in the casualty list are unmarried. Thero is yet another fetiturei which should not be overlooked, and that is the number of Rdservists who have suffered. Nine I of these have been killed and thirteen wounded. In these men Cardiff may be said to feel a special interest. It was at the 41st Depot that t.hey re- joined the old colours, and it was the Cardiff public '7ho, on a day in October last, bade them farewell in a never to be forgotten scene at the Great Western Station. On that occasion Colonel Quirk remarked, half sadly to me, "Some of those poor fellows will never come home any mere." Only those who knew the circumstances could foresee the possibilities of the campaign on which the country was then embarking. A com- parison between the Welsh casualties at Driefon- tein and those at Inkerman; which appeared in our columns on Saturday, has evoked consider. able interest, and I have been encouraged to carry the comparison further. The following arc the figures showing the casualties of the 41st in some of the principal engagements in which they have takeu part during the past century. The casualties to non-commissioned officers are, for purposes of convenience, reckoned in with the rank and file .I AMERICAN WAR-1812-14. RIVER BASIN. Casuttlties-Offlcers 1 RD,.uk and-I,le 107 Total ik 108 FORT SANDUSKY. Casutk,lties-Office-rs 4 Rank and file 61 Total. 65 FORT ERIE. Castictitiea-Officera 6 Kank and file 75 Total 81 BURMESE WAR, 1824-5-6. KEMMENDINE. Casualties—Officers 1 Rauk and tile 22 Total 25 PROME. Casualties—Officers 2 Rank and file 36 I Total 38 AFGHAN WAR, 1842. The losses in the various engagements in this campaign are not given, but in all the 4l3t lost approximately crkeuait!OF-officers 2 Rank and file 117 Total 119 CRIMEAN W AR-1854.56. THE ALMA Citoup.Itios -Officers 0 Kauk and file 27 Total. 27 ASSAULT ON THE REDAN. Cixsnalties -Officers 7 Rank and file 162 Total. 169 INKERMAN (CRIMEA), (imanalties-OB!Cors 11 Rank and file 126 Total 137 TRANSVAAL WAR—1899 1900. PAARDEBERG, Feb. 16.18. casualties- Officers 6 Rank and file. 72 Total. 78 DRIEFONTEIN. Casualties—Officers 7 Rank and file 123 Total. 130 I LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GIFFARD. Lieutenant-Colonel Giffard, who was wounded in fthe fighting at Driefontein, was at the time in command of the Welsh Regiment. He is an Englishman by birth, and^his home is at Esher, in Surrey, but be has served for over twenty years in the Welsh Regiment. He was born in 1859 was gazetted a lieutenant iu the 41sfc in May, 1878, and first lieutenant in May, 1880. He was promoted captain in 1886, and major in June, 1899. He has the medal and star for service with his regiment iu Egypt. From 1897 to 1899 he served on the Ease Coast of Africa, and for his services was promoted brevet-lieutenaut-colonel in July 1899.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS. The list of Welsh casualties at Driefontein published by us on Saturday contained details of about 70 ont of tbe 123 who have been either killed or wounded. The following parsculars of about 36 others who have beeu e.ither killed or wounded have f-ir.co reached us :— KILLED. PRIVATE J. ROBERTS. 6374 Private J. Roberts. He was a spare hand at the Great Western Railway Station, Cardiff, and aged 29. Roberts was the sole support of hia mother a widow, living in Little Tuff-.street. PRIVATE MAHONEY. ¡ 3798 Private Mahoaay was probably an error, for No. 3798 is Private Alfred Bulpin. I PRIVATE G. WILLIAMS. Private G. Williams was a Heservist, whose Lame was at Phr:r¡f'I}h;Qf;r" KWntoi. PRIVATE H. DAVIES. 2440 Private H. Davies was a first-class Reser- vist, who enlisted at Cardiff in 1891. PRIVATE SMEDLEY. 2664 Private Smedley was a Glamorgan man, whose home was at 2, Cymmer-road, Maesteg. WOUNDED. 5786 Corporal W. Carter is a Somersetshire man, and a brother of his was wounded at Paarde- berg. 5758 Private T. Williams is a Londoner, his parents residing at Li3soa Grove. 5645 Private John Lewis is a Glamorgan man, his home being at Waunarlwydd, near Gowerton, 5585 Private A. Lilly is a Londoner. 2436 Private W. Williams is a married Reser- vist;, whose home is in Montgomeryshire. 2809 Private E. Poulson is a Midland Counties man. 2373 Private E. Whitcombe is a Reservist his home is at Newfoundland-street, Bristol. 3214 Private L. CoBgrave is a Reservist, and went out with the draft of lIetails from Pembroke Dock in January. 3631 Private H. Kelly, single man and a Reser- vist. His home is at Belmont-road, Bristol. 2405 Private T. E. Clift, single man and a Reservist. His home is at Stroud. 5482 Private T. Grattan is a Devonian, and his home is at Barnstaple. 5433 Private D. Drammond is a Cardiffian, whose parents now live in London. 8236 Private Jones, Militia Reservist. 2475 Private E. Evans is an unmarried Re- servist, and his home is at 28, Commercial-street, Nelson. 3055 Private A. Collman should rea.d Private Albert Coltma. He is a Notts man and his home is at Birmingham. 3138 Private C. Kuston is a Reservist, and re- joined the colours iu October a single man. 3776 Private T. Mnrphv, single, a Reservist, rejoined the coloura in October. His home is at 18, Fothergill-street, Newport, Mon. 2397 Private G. Harrington is a married Re- servist, whose home is at 42, Gyfeillion-road, Pontypridd. 2881 Private W. A. Kyte is a single man, and bis home is at 20, Clark-street, Treorky. 2528 Private T. Gillard, no trace. 2851 Private J. Matthews is a Reservist, and his home is at Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire. 2457 Private J. Davies was born at Port Talbot, but his mother now lives at 33, King- street, Carmarthen. 8434 Private H. Evin is a Militia Reservist. 4427 Private J. Hurst, no trace. 5343 Private W. Wilson is a Midland Conmtiea man, his home being at Nuneaton. 4227 Private A. Barlow is a Worcestershire man. 5014 Private B. Lewis is a Swansea man, his parents living at 18, Cemetarv-rcad. 5682 Private T. E Murphy is an Irishman by birth, but his home now is at 9, Andrews-terrace, Cardiff. I 5372 Private FJ. Evans is a Militia Reservist. 8109 Private B. Jon?s, a Militia Reservist. 9019 Private L. Evans, Militia Reservist. 5454 Private T. Nicholas is a Badwellty man. His home now is at 44, Middle-street, Pontypridd. 7473 Private S. Parsons, Militia Reservist. 5458 Private H. Davies is a Londoner, hia homa being at 22, Norfolk-street, Islington. ¡ 3351 Private K Dav-,es is a Londoner, and his home is at Fairfisla-road, Bow. I. 4763 Private J. Williams, no trace. 5771 Private E. Pavze is a Londoner, his home I being at Boleyn-road, Upton Park. A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. On Saturday we published the fact that Cor- poral J. Davies, of Stepfield-row, Felinfoel, Llanellv, bad been killed at Driefontein. Ho was a lleuervist, and it is a remarkablo fact that his time on the Reserve expired on the very day in October last that lie received notice to rejoin the colours. He had only been married three days before his departure. MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD. Another of the gallant 41st who was killed on Saturday week in the Battle of Rietfontein was Private Tom Hughes, of Carmarthen, who was only 20 yeax-3 of age last June. A year last October he visited his Swansea. and Carmarthen friends, and on the 9th nit. wrote what in all pro- bability was his last letter to his sister's husband, Mr John Seillo, 43, Francis-terrace, Carmarthen. His father was the lato Mr John Hughes, land- lord of the Wellington Hotel, Swansea, who mar- ried the eldest daughter of Mrs Harvey, spirit vaults, Nott-square, Carmarthen. The letter re- ferred tc is as follows :—Dear Jack,—Received your welcome letter and was glad to hear from you. We arrived at Port Elizabeth in Novem- ber, and stayed there seven weeks. We bad a splendid welcome. The people were sorry when we left there. We then shifted to Naauwpoorc, ;but one-half went to Rensburg and the other to a place called Schoombee. We were there a fortnight, and then went back to Naauwpoort, where we met the ot,i,3r half: and stayed two days. We then received orders to shift, but did not know where until we got to the Madder River. I met a young chap from St. Clear's at the Orange River. He is a Volunteer named Llewelyn, and is attached to No. 5 Field Hos- pital. He had my address from Uncle Sid Cooper, stationmaster, of St. Clear's. I did not expect to meet anyone. We are not on the line3 f of communication. We are now in the 18th I Brigade, 6Lh Division, under Lord Methuen. We expect a big battle to be fought here. We are going- to move off to-morrow morning. We are not taking tents with us. I expect we ars going to march on Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State. The Boers are very strong here, and Kimberley has to be relieved very soon. We arc about 23 miles from Kimberley. They send messages with the search- light from Kimberley every night, and they signal back from here. The Naval Brigade keeps I up a shell fire on them. The water is scarce here; there is plenty in the river, but we are not allowed to drink it. Hope you enjoyed Christmas and the New Year. We enjoyed Christmas, as wo had a splendid feed on the Friday before Christmas with the people of Port Elizabeth. Dai Bidder is Al, and Archy Morris. Expect to be in the thick of it before you get this, and wiH write next week.