The Glamorgan Gazette

LOCAL TIME TABLE. GREAT WhSTERN RAILWAY.-WEEK PAYS. DOWN "l \Bxp\ Exp Mail A. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.My A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. PADDINOTON..dep «.■ 5 40'9 01 6 10 |6 10|9 15 Swimoxr 7 50 9 20 17 45.1120 QLOUOBSTKB.. 15 35 9 15 |8 68 1246 BBISTOL (T. M'ad) 5 55| L 11115 NBWPOBT „ 6 48 7 59 6 9 55 11 3 1211 j8 56 1020 2 2 CABDIFF „ 7 16 7 38;9 33 1020 1140 1238 1 0 2 50 3 48 15 3 6 0 6 45)9 23 9 30 1048! 2 30 LLAirnassAirr 8 7j 1040 12 9 1 32 3 18 5 33 6 27 7 9 9 59 11 7 LLANBABAN. „ 8 17; .„ 12185 jl 39 3 27 6 43 6 34 7 10 8 PKNCOKD „ i8 23 11234 jl 45 3 33 5 49 6 4017 24j 1014 BBIDGEND.. 7 52 8 81 10 4 1058 1231 ;1 9; 1 52 Z 40 4 19 5 57 j6 48! 7 31f9 52 1022 1126j 3 3 PYIB 8 47i 1114! 11 22; 2 7 3 53 4 31 6 11 6 ,58 7 44: POBTHOAWL arr 9 35i 1134, |1 40 2 24; 4 4! 4 51 6 25;7 1018 Oi | POET TALBOT dep 8 13 9 0|1024 1128 jl 33 2 18 4 45 6 23 17 57 1011 1146 3 27 NBATH „ 8 30 9 16;1035 1150 1 53 2 35 5 4 6 40 8 15J1022 12 0 3 42 LAHBOBB „ 8 60 9 40 1210, <2 22 3 0 ;5 28:7 3 8 33'1038, 1213 4 4 Q I arr 9 2'9 52 1055 1220| j'2 35 3 1\ j5 40 7 10! 8 40|1045 11220 4 10 SWANSBA., j dep g 40 9 30| H55j 2 71 5 17! -« !3 45 LLANKLLY. „ 9 15 1018, 1233[ |2 53; i6 0, 4 29 GABMABTHBK arr '9 45,11 lj 1 2; |3 35i 6 471 ••• — — ••• NKWMILFOBDarr a 11125; j j .« 18 50 j J 6 40 WEEKDAYS. TTTP Bxp ,Sxp Exp | Mail A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M.; P.M. P.M, P.M. P.M. P.M P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. NwMttrodepi ••• 7 55; 1 0 4 20 6 25 OMABTHBM „ !8 20110 0 1 5; .„ 2 45 4 5; 6 30 7 45 LLAKBLLY „ — — 9 12! 1030! 2 0; 3 30 4 35! 7 18 8 36 H f ar- — — 9 52; 1115! .„ .„ ,2 30 4 20 5 171 8 7 9 15 BWANSUA|d 6 15 6,45! 8 30|9 40 1050 1140 1 50 2 40 3 30 |3 55 4 55 7 40!8 55 LAKDOBK „ 16 2016 50! 8 35;9 49 11 4 1144 I 58j2 47 3 35 4 105 6; 7 57 9 7 NBATH „ !6 35 7 12s 8 51 101311120] 1158 2 14 3 3:3 50 |4 27 5 20 ]8 13 9 24 Pt TALBOT,, ',6 47| 7 28* 9 2 1028 1133! 1212 2 32j 3 14! 4 2 14 44 5 37 18 33 9 37 PBTHCWL „ 18 34! .« 1028 J121C 1 49 4 20! 5 35 6 32' 7 30 PYLH dep.; .« 17 41,8 43; 1041 11224 2 43 4 30 4 55 5 50j6 41 8 46 BBIDGEHD„|7 9' 7 53 8 54! 9 22 1055 1155| 1237 1 50 2 57 3 35 4 22 4 40|& 7 6 2 •« 521 9 0 9 57 PKNCOKD„ „j 8 5 9 3j 11 9 1 69 3 7 4 50!5 19 >7 2;9 12 LLANHABAN, 8 12 9 101 1117 — 3 14 |5 26 7 10 T LLHTBISAKT,, 8 2219 16 11126, 1256 2 12 3 22 5 015 35 6 20 7 18 9 23! CABDIFF „ 7 46^8 57i9 42 10,0|12 8| 1248|1 25 2 37 4 0[4 15j 5 0 5 21 6 8 6 40 7 45 9 50(1039 NBWPOBT. „;8 6 9 35 1020,1233 1 10 1 45 3 3 4 22|4 34 5 23 6 30 1012 11 2 BBISTOL ,,9 lOi — .« GLOUOESTHB,, 11125: ]2 45; — 5 45j 8 5 «. 1225 SWINDOJT — 1 .« — .« 13 54j .„ |7 1 17 1 PAraNCKraarr.|1125j .„ 1 0)4 3015 33| 4 20j j8 30 !S 30 11145 3 30 T-Oalls at Llanharan on Saturdays only at 9.17 p.m. Monday mornings excepted. SUNDAYS. DOWN. P.M. A.M. A.M.' A.M.j A.M. lj UP- jA.M. A.M. P.M.|lSt„ PADDINOTON dep 9 15 12301 j3 45 11145 New MiLFOBD.dep 1020 !6 30 SWINDON 1120 2 30 !l 55 CABMABTHBN 1155 |8 3 .„ GLOXTOBSTBB 1246 3-45] 13 25 LLANBLLY „ 1241 18 36 BBISTOL 8 45 SWANSBA arr — 1 34 — 9 15 •« NBWPOBT „ 2 25 10 9 30 10 03 15J5 23 dep 8 0 1045 1 8 8 55 GABDSFF „ 2 30 5 5519 52 1038 3 50 5 69 LANDOBH „ |8 4 1050*22 ;9 7 LLANTBISSANT „ 'lOll 11 7 4 9 6 28 NBATH „ 8 18 11 5j'T 46 9 24 .„ LLANHABAN.„ „ POET TALBOT 8 32 1116 2 2 .„ ^9 37 .„ PKNOOKD tt 1121 6 42 POBTHOAWL „ 7 50: BRIDGEND „ 3 3 6 32|l029 1128 4 27 6 50 PyLB 8 44| 2 16 7 59| PVTW. M 1040 1142 '7 5 BRIDGEND „ 8 56:1136:2 30 8 10 9 57 POBTHOAWI „ |1052 PBNOOBD 9 6 2 43 8 20; POET TALBOT „ 3 27 6 57i 1154 4 52 7 20 LLANHABAN „ NBATH „ 3 42 7 11! 12 8 5 5 7 38 LLANTBISSANT. 9 18;1156'2 56 8 311 LANDOBB „ 4 4 1223 5 17 8 5 CABDIFF „ 9 451225j3 36 9 3 1039 8w.lwswl /arr 4 107 30 12304 25:8 16 NBWPOBT „ 12514 39 301112 dep 3 45 17 go BBISTOL „ LLANBLLY..„ 4 29 .„ !8 38 GLOUOBSTKB „ 1225 CABMABTHBN.„arr |9 16 SWINDON tf >t< •- NHW MILFOBD^ „ 6 40 11045 PADDINOTON .arr |8 15 j3 30 LLYNVI AND OGMORE BRANCH. a.m. a.m. a.m.i a.m. a.m. p. m p.m|p.m p.m p.m p.m. p.m p.mi p,m.i p.m. n m BRIDGEND. dep! 8 48| 8 58) 11 1811 26 1»20 2 10 2 19 4 37 4 44 7 47 7 55 10+25:10#3210#43 Tondu 8 59j 9 9 ll 29 11 37 1 30 2 22 2 3Gi4 48 4 55 7 58 8 610 35ilG 4&10 54 Llangonoyd 9 7 11 37 1 38 2 30 4 56 8 6 1C 5Ji Troedyrhiew Garth: 9 12! 11 42 1 43 2 35 .5 1 8 11 10 59i Maesteg 6+25 9 20 11 48 1 46 2 41 5 7 8 17 10 5011 711 18 Nantyfiyllon 6+30 9 25 11 53 2 46 5 12 8 22 11 13'n 24 Ca^rau 6}35 9 31 11 59 2 52 ;5 17 8 28 £ 11 2111 32 Cymnu ifor Gijmcrg! 6+38 9 36j 12 2 2 55 |5 21 8 31 — n 2411 35 Abergrt /nfi arr 6*47 9 421 12 10 & 3 3 {5 29 8 39 o u 37 Brynuienyn .dep! >, 9 18! 11 46 g 2 39' 5 4 8 15 IS, ii 9 Llangeinor -g g 9 25, 11 53 » 2 46 5 11 8 22 £ n 16 Pontyrhyl -9 30! 11 58f 2 5V 5 16 8 27 S § 11 32 ca Pontycymmer 9 36i 12 2 "g 2 55; 5 20 8 31 o » 11 26 Blaengarw arr 9 41 12 7 3 3 01 5 25 8 36 "S '« 11 31 Blackmill .dep, *5« 9 23' 11 50 2 42 5 8 8 22 rg Hendreforgan. 013 9 34 12 1 2*51 5 16 8 33 j- 3 Gilfach arr S§ 9 38! 12 5 2#58i 5 23 8 40 "S Ogmore Vale .dep! ++ 9 3l| H f7 2 50 5 15 8 26 S? ,11*14 Nantymoel arri 9 39l 12 5 2 58. 5 23 8 34 1 !ll 25 ia.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. f p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m ip.m p.m. p.m, a.m Nantymoel dep 7 45 10 4 1255 13 20: 6 0 *S 9# 71 Ogmore Vale 7 53 10 11 1 3 ,3 36 6 7 9 lW >f Gilfach dep! 7 40 9 58 1250 3*23 5 54 & g HendreforganM.I 7 48 IG 5 1257 3*30 16 1 S m Blackmill dep' 8 1 10 19| 1 11 3 44i 6 15; H 9#2l! a Blaengarw 7 39 9 57! 1249 3 22 5 53 5, 9 oi "2 Pontycymmer dep] 7 44 10 2 a 1254 |3 27 5 58' =5 9 5 s Pontyrhyl 7 49 10 7 1259 .3 32 ,6 2, 9 10 "S Llangeinor 7 53 1 0 ll1 >> 1 3 3 36; 16 7 So 9 15 ]" °? Brynmenyn .dep 8 8 10 26 13 1 18 ;3 51| |6 22 9 27 Abergwynfi 7 0 10 0 § 1 £ 49' ;3 25: 5 ^5 8 55 8*55 Cymmer for Glyncrg! 7 8 10 8 "5 1256' 3 32 ;6 2,8 2 9 2 Caerau 7 13 10 14 0° 1 lj |3 37j !6 7-9 7 9 7 Nantyffyllon 7 18 10 19 1 6 3 42 6 12 9 12 9 12 Maesteg 7 23 jlO 25 1 12 3 47 6 17 9 15 9 1811 10 Troedyrhiew Garth 7 28 ilO 30 1 17 3 52 6 22 9 23 Llangonoyd 7 32 |10 34 1 21 ,3 56 ;6 26 9 28 Tondu dep; 7 38 8 11 10 33jl0 40 1 » 0 1 21 1 27;3 54 4 2,6 25*6 32 9*30 9 35 li 22 BRIDGEND arr: 7 47 8 20[ 10 39il0 49 1 6 1 30 1 36 4 3i4 lli 6 34 6 41 9 39! 9 42 PORTHCAWL BRANCH. Tondu depi 7 45| 9 5i 1 42i 1 A 50] Sun.i Kenfig Hill 7 57 9 17 1 55! I5 2! Pyle 8 5! 9 25 11 25 1 30i 2 5! 2 53J3 55 4 42 5 106 1617 1 7 51 10 43' Porthcawl 8 15! 9 35j 11 34 1 40 2 14 3 2 4 4 4 515 19 6 2517 10 3 0 10 52 ( Porthcawl dep 8 20 8 34 9 55;10 28 12 10 1 49i 4 8;4 20 5 35 6 327 13 7 30i |7 50 Pyle 8 30 8 43 10 6H0 3712 19 1 56; 4 18 4 29 5 44 6 41 7 23 7 39 7 59 Kenfig Hill 8 39 10 15| 4 27! 7 32 Tondu arr 8 49 10 25, 4 37 7 45 II!' MAESTEG AND CYMMER.—SATUBDAYS. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m, p.m. p.m Maesbeg —dep. 3 0 4 10 4 53 6 25 8 4 9 2 10 10 11 7 11 18 Nantyifyllon .w. 3 5 4 15 4 58 6 30 89 9 7 10 15 11 13 11 24 Caerau. 3 10 4 20 5 4 6 53 8 13 9 13 10 21 11 21 11 32 Cymmer.arr. 3 13 4 23 5 7 6 38 8 18 9 18 10 28 11 24 11 35 -1-1- Cymmer dep. 3 23 4 30 5 53 6 45 8 37 9 2 9 40 10 50 Caerau. „ 3 29 4 35 5 58 6 50 8 42 9 7 9 45 10 55 Nantyffyllon „ 3 34 4 40 6 3 6 55 8 47 9 12 9 51 11 0 Maeeteg arr. 3 37 ] 4 43 6 6 7 5 8 50 9 15 9 54 11 3 PORT TALBOT TO MAESTEG, PONTYCYMMER AND BLAENGARW. Swansea (High Street) dep. 8 30[ 11 40; 4 55 Swansea (R. & S.B.) 157! 9*20 Port Talbot (Central) 9 20! 1 Ol 6 45 "3 Port Talbot (R. & S. 5 45. i. I 415 i. 110*10 1 0 Bryn „ 6 2 9 35; 1 15, 4 30 7 0 10*26 JS Maesteg „ 6 14 9 46! 1 26 441. 7 11 10*37 m Garth „ 6 20 9 51 1 31 4 46: 7 16 10*43 Lletty Brongu 6 24 9541. 134 449 i. 7 19 10*47 Bettwa (Llangeinbr) „ | 6 30 9 59! 1 39 j 4 54! 724 10*53 *o Pontyrhyl '6 35 10 3| 1431 .„ 458; 7 28 10*57 > Pontycymmer 6 40 10 9! 149; 5 4! 7 34 11* 2 # Blaengarw arr.' 6 45 10 12] 1 521 5 1\ 7 37 11* 5 Blaengarw ..dep. 7 55jl0 20 2 0 5 15! 7 45 11*10 f. Pontycymmer 8 0jl0 25 2 5 5 20! 7 50 11*15 Pontyrhyl „ 8 5 10 30 2 10. 5251. 7 55 11*20 £ Bettws (Llangeinor) — 8 9 10 34 2 14! 5 29' 7 59 ~a Lletty Brongu „ 8 14 1039 2 19 5 34 8 5 11*28 ° Garth „ 8 17 10 42 222). 5 37 8 8 >» Maesteg 8 24 10 49 ?29| 5 44 8 15 11*36< -c Bryn „ 8 34 10 59 it, 401 5 54 8 23 11*44 a Port Talbot (R. & S.B.) „ 2 521 8 35 ..„ 11*55 "§ Port Talbot (Central).. arr.j 8 45 11 10 6 7| Swansea (R. & S. B.) „ 3 42 10*13 Swansea (High Street) 9 52112 20; 7 10j VALE OF GLAMORGAN RAILWAY. I SUNDAYS. FBOM A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Barry dep 7 0 9 53 11 37 1 45 2 30 3 35 5 40 9 6 11 0 3 5 6 37 Rhoose „ 7 7 10 0 11 44 1 52 2 37 3 42 5 47 9 13 11 7 3 12 6 44 Aberthaw 7 11 1C 4 11 48 1 56 2 41 3 46 ,5 51 9 17 11 11 3 16 6 48 Gileston 7 15 10 8 11 52 2 0 2 45 50 5 55 9 21 11 15 3 20 6 52 Llantwit Major „ 7 22 10 15 11 59 2 7 2 52 3 57 6 2 9 28 11 22 3 27 6 59 Southerndown Rovi „ 7 32 10 25 12 9 S'ts 3 2 4 7 6 12 9 38 11 32 3 37 7 9 Bridgend arr. 7 39 10 32 J 12 16 o'ly 3 9 4 13 6 19 9 47 11 39 3 44 7 16 FBOM A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.MM M. A.M. PTM P.M. Bridgend dep. 7 50 8 30 11 8 1 40 S'ts 3 42 5 23, 7 13 12 55 4 33 7 43 Soutnerndown Road „ 7 58 8 39 H 16 1 48i o'ly 3 50 5 31 7 21 1 3 4 41 7 51 441 Llantwit Major .» „ 8 8 8 50 11 26 1 58i 2 41 4 0 5 4i 6 10 7 31 1 13 4 51 8 1 Gileaton 8 14 8 57 11 32 2 4i 2 47 4 6 5 47 6 17 7 37 1 19 4 57 8 7 Aberthaw 8 18 9 1 11 36 2 8 2 51 4 10 5 51 6 22 7 41 1 23 5 1 8 11 Rhoose 8 23 9 6 11 41 2 13j 2 56, 4 15 5 56 6 28 7 46 1 28 5 6 8 16 Barry arr. 8 29 9 13 11 47 2 19! 3 2 4 21 6 2 6 36 7 52 1 34 5 12 8 22 MOTOR CARS leaves BARRY for Llantwit Major at 9.5 a.m.; 10.50; 12.40 3.5; 4.54; 6.50; and on Wednesdays and Saturdays only at 11.30 a.m. „ LLANTWIT MAJOR for Barry at 9-46 a.m. 12.0 1.24 4.15 and 8.47. Whilst due care is exercised in the preparation of the above tables, we cannot hold ourselves responsible for any losses that may occur through inaccuracies,

OUR LONDON LETTER. j (FROM: OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) This is a buey week in town, socially, poli- tically, and municipally. The Court is busy, the King and Queen are busy, politics are ex- ceptionally interesting, and the week ende with the County Council election. At the first Court the King was in military uni- form. The Queen's gown was of black lace, embroidered with sequins. She wore a diamond tiara and diamond and pearl orna- ments, as well as the Orders of the Garter, Victoria and Albert, Crown of India, and the Danish Family Order. Previous to the Court their Majesties received his Highness Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan. Friday's Royal engagements were the King's Council and the second Court. Floot-street was pro- fusely decorated—it was really a sight worth seeing—for the progress of the King and Queen on Wednesday to open the new Old Bailey. Sir Edwin Cornwall, ex-Chairman of the L.C.C.. has been presented with his por- trait by the members, and Mr. Lloyd-George readily agreed to present the national testi- monial to Dr. Clifford at Whitefield's Taber- nacle. Tuesday brought the resumed sittings of two Royal Commissions, the Canals and the Shipping Rings. With the end of the week the King sails for Paris en route for Biarritz. The weather was brilliantly fine when the King and Queen, accompanied by the Primoe and Princess of Wales, Princess Duchess of Argyll, and Prince and Princess Christian, proceeded to open the South African Products Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall. This picturesque exhibi- tion offered a really effective way of drawing together the links of commerce between the Mother Country and her Colonies. So far, it is chiefly to the mineral wealth of these Colonies that the attention of the British public has been turned. It is impossible to enumerate even the chief heads of the agricultural riches of every kind in which these Colonies abound. It came as a surprise when the King on the spot knighted a mem- ber of the Cape Assembly who fought with the British in the South African War. The view seemed to develop after Mr. Hal- dane's speech that the third Army organisa- tion scheme in half-a-dozen years would, at any rate, be useful to the Volunteers. The position of the Yeomanry and Militia is inter- esting. It seems clear that the discussion of these proposals will take up a good deal of time. There are to be two lines, the Regular and striking line and a force based upon a territorial or county basis for home defence. The Yeomanry, of course, forms the nucleus of the cavalry of the second line; the Volun-. teer and Militia part of the infantry. Its en- listment will be for four years, and rifle clubs and cadet corps will be affiliated. The second line will garrison forts during war, and be given six months' war training in the event of war and the option of going to the front. The second line is to cost £2,886,000 a-year, in- stead of the £4,300,000 which the auxiliary forces now cost us. For denominational teaching the denomina- tion is to pay one-fifteenth of the teacher's salary-in a word, that is Mr. McKenna's solution of the Passive Resistance difficulty. Everybody was discussing it as they went to attend the national presentation of a portrait to Dr. Clifford, at Whitefield's Tabernacle. If the denominational managers do not pay this sum, the Parliamentary grant to the school will be stopped, and a publicly-pro- vided school will be built. That is the end of the matter-if the Catholics do not turn Passive Resisters. London had peculiar occasion to rejoice in the heroism of Captain Sperling in rescu- ing the last survivors from the wrecked Berlin. Londoners take that route to the Continent; the survivors had lately been per- forming in town, and no place gives a readier meed of praise to heroism than does the metropolis. Captain Sperling, at the head of four picked sailors of the Dutch salvage steamer Josephine, determined to go out to the Berlin and save the three remaining per- sons on board if they were still living. In his case, also, as in that of Captain Jensen and his brave fellows, persistence was rewarded. The women were numbed and famished. They were got off with conspicuous heroism. They were Frau Wennberg, her maid, Minna Rip- pier, and Fraulein Thiele. Their rescue brings the total saved up to fifteen out of the 142 persons who travelled on the Berlin. One or two new facts transpired in the Whiteley murder case when Rayner, dressed and groomed with great care, appeared be- fore the magistrate this week. Mr. Sims, for the Treasury, stated that there was no reason for believing Rayner's note on the subject of his parentage, and dispelled the rumours which had found a good deal of credence that Mr. Whiteley had been the victim of system- atic blackmail. Mr. Sims's statement also shewed how methodically Rayner went to work to purchase cartridges, told his land- lady that he was going to see a gentleman to get some money, and called at the house for Mr. Whiteley before going to the shop. The hearing was adjourned for this week. The prisoner's appearance had greatly improved since a week before, when he was a broken- looking man wearing a beard, whose age might have been anything up to forty. The new Premier of the Transvaal, General Louis Botha, touelicv. English history at more points than one. To almost everybody the name of Robert Emmet, the Irish revolu- tionary, is familiav. Eotiia was the great antagonist of Bnller in the war. and Colenso established his fame in this country no less than in the subcontinent. This resolute and clever soldier has a peculiar appeal to Irish- men. He was not only the devoted leader of a desperate cause be became the husband of the great-niece of Robert Emmet, who was executed for his part in revolts at the begin- ning of the nineteenth century. When General Joubert, the Commandant-General of the Boer Army, was at the point of death, he nominated Botha as his successor. Presi- dent Kriiger at once accepted the nomination, and the appointment was made. He had four brothers in the field. General Botha is in the prime of life. He is forty-four years of age, and of fine physique. He visited this country in 1902. It is interesting to recall that Botha opposed the war, and prophesied the ruin of the Republic if it were persisted in. Still, at the first call to arms, he took the field under his old friend General Lucas Meyer. When Baron de Staal was in London be did much to maintain friendship between Eng- land and Russia at a time when the relations between the two countries were strained to breaking point. He presided over the Peace Conference at The Hague in 1899, and it was largely owing to his firm attitude during the Fashoda crisis that Russia declined to eupport France, with the result that a disas- trous war was averted. -He was Russian Am- bassador till five years ago, and he had then occupied that position for eighteen years. He was. in his time, one of the mosi brilliant diplomatists in Europe. He was a German, who served his apprenticeship to practical diplomacy in the smaller Courts of South Germany. He had been offered the post of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Readers in the provinces can hardly realise the intensity of interest in the County Coun- cil contest, which moves to its culmination at the polls on Saturday. Some indication of it was provided in the Trafalgar-square meet- ing. The Moderates have for weeks waged a great war aga/inst the Progressives on ac- count of the high rates of the metropolis, and they were shouted down in a lively meeting in the square, because they we-re held to have distorted the facts in their campaign, and to have reinforced their ranks by demonstratore paid at the rate of 4s. a-head. There is no doubt the rates are too high. At no recent election have the Moderates been so generous in circulating literature and covering the hoardings with cartoons. In Saturday's pro- cession a score of labourers carried hods of crumbling Norbury bricks, made by the County Council. A colossal figure, about 15ft. high, grotesquely dressed, and representing "The Progressive Party," was borne upon a trolly. In its right hand it grasped the diminutive body of a struggling "ratepayer." A model of a. London County Council steamboat" bore round the funnel a large card with the inscription, £ 500,000 wasted on London County Council steamboats." The letters "L.S.D." took the place of the letters L.C.C." on the sides of the paddle-boxes.

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MR. WIIITELEY'S MURDER. I RAYNER'S LIFE STORY. l 'LACKMAIL ALLEGATIONS DENIED. Horace George Rayner was again charged at rylebone Police-court, on Tuesday, with the ,rder of Mr. William Whiteley, at 43, West- .urne-grove. Rayner e^emed much stronger an he was at the previjus hearing. The thin ird which he grew whlo in hospital has been slaved off. A SORDID HISTORY. Mr. Sims, prosecuting for the Treasury, gave 'Ie story of Rayner's life and the events lead- g up to the murder. Rayner, he said, was orn in April, 1879, at Teddington. His regis- tered name was Horace George Rayner. His father, a commission agent in the City, was liv- :ng with a woman named Emily Turner. She (lad a sister named Louisa Turner, and in 1882 Louisa Turner entered the service of Mr. White- iey in Westbourne-grove, and afterwards lived under his protection. In 1333 or 1884 Mr. White- iey saw, for the first and only time, the prisoner, then a child of four or five. Rayner was sent to school at Eastbourne, and after he lad finished his education his father obtained an appointment for him in Russia. lIe stayed there some years, and then, on returning to England, he married in 1801. He went to Russia again, and in March, 1906, came to live in London in rooms taken for him and his wife by his wife's aunt. From that time he seemed to have been out of employment. He was hard up, pawning everything he could, and making desperate but unsuccessful efforts to obtain an appointment. In December last, went on Mr. Sims, matters had come to such a stage that Rayner's wife was obliged to leave him and take the children into the country to her aunt's. Two or three days later Rayner went to Rowton House, Hammer- smith, and on January 3rd he removed to a small private hotel in Red Lion-street, kept by a Mr. Gerhard. There he registered his name as Horace George Rayner. On January 23rd matters seemed to become desperate. That day he gave instructions to be called early next morning, as he had to see a. gentleman on money matters. PURCHASING CARTRIDGES. On the afternoon of that day he went to a gunsmith's shop in the Strand, near Charing Cross, and there he purchased a box of fifty cartridges which were loaded with what were called soft-nosed bullets, and could only be fired from a Colt police revolver. Some of these cartridges were afterwards found in his room at the hotel. On the morning of January 24th he left the hotel, and seemed to have made his y to Lancaster Gate Station, on the Tube Ra way. Here he began'to make preparations for th", act which he undoubtedly afterwards com- mitted. He left a parcel in the name of H. G. Richards" in the cloak-room. That parcel con- tained miscellaneous property, including nine- teen pawn tickets, bearing dates from April, 1906, to January 2nd, 1907. He seemed to have gone next to Mr. White- ley's private house, where the butler told him that Mr. Whiteley did not receive business visi- tors at the house, and sent him on to West- bourne-grove. The prisoner saw the chief cashier there, and said he had no appointment, but added, If you will say that I have come from Sir George Lewis, Mr. Whiteley will see me." Accordingly he was shewn into the private office. After some twenty minutes the door opened, and Mr. Whiteley came out looking very white and agitated, closely followed by the pri- soner. The prisoner seemed to be endeavouring to force his conversation on Mr. Whiteley, and Mr. Whiteley said "No, no," and, turning to an assistant, told him to send for a policeman. The prisoner then said: "Are you going to give in? If not, you are a dead man." He then put a revolver to Mr. Whiteley's head and fired two shots, which proved fatal. He also shot himself, but not mortally. "MY NAME 18 CECIL WHITELEY." At St. Mary's Hospital he said to the doctor: "My name is Cecil Whiteley." Although a search was made by the police nothing was found to indicate that he had an appointment with Mr. Whiteley, or had even been in com- munication with him before. Two leaves torn from a pocket-book were found in the prisoner's pocket. On them was written. "To all whom it may concern. Mr. Whiteley is my father, and has brought upon himself and me a double fata- lity by reason of his refusal of a request, w! ch ,was a perfectly reasonable one.—iv.I.P." Mr. Sims added that he was not required to prove a motive for the crime, and he Was not going to suggest one. It was clear from the pre- parations the prisoner made that he intended to take Mr. Whiteley's life. A statement had been published to the effect that Mr. Whiteley had been blackmailed, and had paid a sum of El,000 in connection with the prisoner. There was nothing to justify the statement, or to shew that Mr. Whiteley had ever been blackmailed either by the prisoner or by anyone else. He should contest it to the end if the suggestion were raised in the course of the case. Mr. Roche, solicitor to Messrs. Whiteley, who was in court, said the statement had given great pain to the family. John Browning, a timekeeper, said he was living at Highgate-road, Kentish Town, in Sep- tember, 1905. He had rooms to let, and Mrs. Rayner, with her sister and one child, came to the house as lodgers. They paid 5s. 6d. a week rent. In March, 1906, they were joined by the prisoner. Later he and his lodgers removed to South Tottenham, where they had better accom- modation, and paid 7s. a week rent. Several other witnesses gave evidence similar to that given at the inquest, and Rayner was remanded for seven days.

NORTH SEA COLLISION. STEAMER RUN DOWN. On Tuesday morning the steamer Edith, bound from Hull to London, brought into Lowestoft the captain and crew of seventeen, belonging to the Christiania steamer Navarre, which was sunk through being run into by an unknown steamer, near the Newarp lightship, about 4 a.m. The arrival of the Edith with two lifeboats in tow, and a number of foreigners, among whom were two women, clustering on her decks, aroused considerable interest, and not a Httle ex- citement, and crowds gathered to see the steamer berth in the inner harbour. The Navarre was an iron steamer of 700 tons register, built in 1903, belonging to Christiania, and bound from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with flour in charge of Captain Hans Pedersen, of Christiania. With him was a crew of fifteen and two stewardesses. All went well on the voyage till Tuesday morning, when the Navarre was near the Newarp lightship, a few miles north of Cromer. The weather was hazy but fine and oalm, and there was not much sea. The captain was on the bridge and saw another steamer com. ing right on to him. Detailing the circumstances attending the actual collision, the captain said to a Press re- presentative: As soon as I saw that the steamer would run into me I sounded the whistle, and almost directly afterwards the steamer struck us by the fore hatch. Then the steamer sheered off, and I sounded the whistle again. I shouted out for the name of the steamer, which appeared a large one and bound south, but received no answer. Mv steamer was a making water rapidly, and the sea was pouring into a hole in her side. Seeing that it was im- possible to save the ship, I gave orders for the two boats to be lowered. This was done. The whole of t' > hands got in without being able to save any of their belongings, and in less than ten minute* the Navarre sank. Fortunately, the sea was calm. it;d this was a good thing, as we had nothing but what we stood in. After cruising about in the darkness for about two hours, we were sighted at daylight by the Edith, and brought to Lowestoft. We were treated with the greatest kindness aboard." The crew were subsequently taken to the Sailors' Home, where they received every attention. The Edith belongs to Boston, and was bound feom Hull to London with flour. No one aboard the ill-fated Navarre saw the name of the col- liding steamer, but it was stated to be a two- masted, single-funnelled boat, evidently a coast- ing steamer, and bound eouth.

ANARCHISTS ARRESTED IN BELGIUM. The Charleroi authorities have arrested a man named Rousselet, the treasurer of an Anarchist club in the Charleroi basin, as well as his sister and two other Anarchists. They are charged with attempting to blow up with dynamite a castle at Giely and a pit at Chatelineau, where a dynamite explosion occurred some years ago, killing an engineer named Tilman. It is said that other arrests are imminent.

WOMAN BLUE BEARD. The Criminal Court at Deva has just sen- tenced a woman to penal servitude for life for urging a youth oi fifteen to murder her husband. It was shewn, says a Buda-Pesth correspondent, that the woman had got rid of her two former husbands by poisOning them. The youth who murdered her third husband was her lover. On account of his youth, he was sentenced to only two years' hard labour.

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KING OPENS NEW CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. mi8 King, accompanied by the Queen, rMMt the City of London on Wednesday to open the new Central Criminal Court in Old Bailey. Their Majesties drove from Buckingham Palace, the prooession consisting of three dress carriages, each drawn by a pair of bay horses. In the first 01 these rode the King and Queen, the second ferriage being occupied by the Earl of Seftoa (Master of Horse), the Duchess of Bucolench (Mistress of the Robes), the Marchioness of Bansdowne (Lady-in-Waiting), and the Hon. Charlotte Knollys (Woman of the Bedchamber)1, la the third carriage rode Viscount Althorp (Lord Chamberlain), Lord Hamilton of Dalzell (Land-in-Waiting), Earl Howe (Lord Chamber- lain to the Queen), and Captain Walter Camp- Bell (Groom in Waiting). The King's two Jlquerries-in-Waiting, Captain the Hon. S. J. lortescue and Major F. E. G. Ponsonby, were In attendance on horseback. A Captain's escort of Life Guards accompanied Uieir Majesties, and the dress carriages, with the ooachmen and footmen in scarlet liveries, made H brilliant appearance. The route was by way of the Mall, Charing Oboes, the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, and the Old Bailey. Large crowds assembled at all points on the route, and accorded their Majesties a loyal reception. All the hotels, clubs, and prin- sipal business premises were bedecked with flags and streamers, and appropriate mottoes were more than usually numerous. By Charing Cross and along the Strand there were dense throngs of people, and hearty cheers were raised, which their Majesties graciously acknowledged. Large numbers of people had congregated in the vicinity of Temple Bar to witness the cere- mony of presenting the pearl sword of the City to his Majesty. Soon after eleven the Judges left the Law Courts on their way to the Old Bailey, and not very long after they had gone the civic party arrived. The Lord Mayor was attired in his ermine robes, and was accom- panied by the sword-bearer, mace-bearer, and City Remembrancer. Loud cheering announced the approach of the King, who was wearing a Field-Marshal's uni- form. The Royal carriage, as soon as it was drawn up, was approached by the Lord Mayor, bearing in both hands the Pearl Sword. His Majesty leaned forward, and formally accepted it, the ceremony lasting only a few seconds. The Lord Mayor then entered his carriage, and headed the procession to the Old Bailey the thoroughfares en route being gaily decorated with flags and bunting, this being especially the Case at Ludgate-circus. Their Majesties were met on arrival at the new building by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and the Chief Magistrate, carrying the sword upright before their Majesties, conducted them to the dais which was erected in the centre of the vestibule on the ground floor. The scene at this point was a really brilliant one, the Royal visitors being surrounded by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Home Secretary, the Recorder, and the Corporation officials. The Recorder having read an address of wel- come, his Majesty graciously replied; then the Lord Mayor asked the King to accept a gold key of the building, and after the Archbishop of Canterbury had offered up prayer, his Majesty proclaimed the new Central Criminal Court open. The fact was proclaimed by a fanfare of trumpets. The two senior Aldermen present, the Re- eorder, the 8heriffs, the Common Serjeant, Judge Lumley Smith, Judge Rentoul, the Chair- man of the City Lands Committee, and the architect (Mr. E. W. Mountford) were then pre- sented to the Sovereign hy the Lord Mayor. The King Knighted the Common Serjeant, Mr. F. A. Bosanquet. Their Majesties afterwards paid a visit to the nrineipal court and took their seats upon the Benoh, the judges and many of the leading members of the legal profession being also present.

WISE AND OTHERWISE. Ripping floor this." said the young man in the dancing-room. Then," said nis com- panion, "why daaoe on my feet?" A teaoher chewed his small pnpils a zebra, saying: "Now, what is this?" A horse in J. bathing suit," was the prompt reply. Sam: "Mamma bought me a pair of gloves yesterday." Auntie: "What are they? Kid?" 8am (indignantly): "No, they are men's." George: Do you think that you could be happy with a man like me?" Alice: "Oh, yes! I think so—if he wasn't too much like you." Why is a candlemaker the most sinful and un- fortunate of men? Because all of his works are wicked, and all his wioked works are brought to light. Governess: "Why don't you learn your lessons in history?" Pupil: "What's the use? I heard ma say the other day, Let bygones be bygones.' First Chauffeur: "Whose make is your machine?" Second Chauffeur: "Well, about one-third the manufacturer's and two-thirds the repairer's." The Lady: "I think you'd appreciate a cake of soap." Weary Wilie: "No, thanky, ma'am. I've got a cake on hand what wuz give to me more 'n t'ree year ago." I want some don't-know-what-you-may-call- it," said the faoetioua man in the grocer's shop. "Here you are, sir," replied the grocer, handing him a tin of Chicago beef. "So you will make a dash for the North Pole by airship? Have you the ship yet?" "No—o, aot exactly." How far along > are your pre- parations?" "We have the air." Anxious mother: Oh, professor, don't you think my dear little Reginald will ever learn to draw?" Professor Crayon: "No, madam; not ^nlees you hitch him up to a waggon."

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RELIGIOUS UPUCATION BILL. TEXT OF MR. ifoKENNA'S MEASURE. The text has. been issued of the bill introduced by Mr. McKenna Oil Tuesday to make provi. sion for relieving the lo-cal education authority; of the cost of giving- Special Religious Instruc- tion in schools not Provided by the authority. The clauses are as follow: 1.—(1) The managers of every public ele- mentary school maintained but not provided by, a local education authority in which religious in. druction which would not he Permissible in a school provided by the authority under section f fourteen of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, has been given during the financial year ending the thirty-first day. of March, nineteen hundred and seven, or during any subsequent financial year, shall, within =1* months after the expira- tion of that year, pay to the authority a sum equal to one-fifteenth part of the sum paid dur- ing the year in salari% to the teachers who have been employed in tm school and have given that instruction; prodded that where a teacher has given that instruction in a school during part only of the year, the sum to be paid in re- spect of that teacher %all be proportionately re- duced. (2) The managers of i school shall not, by rea- son of this Act, be uider any personal liability to pay any such sums to the authority, but one of the conditions to be fulfilled in order to enable a school not provided bv the local educa- tion authority to be Maintained by that autho- rity and to be a s<?W in respect of which Parliamentary grants 4r^ payable, shall be that the provisions of this sections are complied with in respect of the schoo). (3) If any question arises under this Act between the local education authority and the managers of the schq>l, that question shall be determined by the Hoard of Education, whose decision shall be final; apd where any such ques- tion is raised, the Fusions of this Act pro- hibiting the maintenance of the school by the authoritv and the bayment of Parliamentary, grants shall not take effect until one month after the question is so dccMfid- 2.-This Act may cited as the Education (Special Religious In^rl|ction) Act, 1907, and may be cited, and s>taH be construed as one, with the Education Act*, 1870 to 1903. The bill is backed vY Mr. McKenna, Mr,. Burns, and Mr. Lough

RUSSIAN APPAIIIS. THE PORT Arthur FIASCO. The Standard publics from its St. Peters* burg correspondent a ^nimary of a secret report made to the Czar bj Lieut.-General Smirnoff, Commandant of the Stress of Port Arthur, during its siege by thE Japanese from February, 1904. until December 3\st of that year. This re- markable document, W\.ich forms the basis 06 the charges upon whiqi General Stoesel, Gene- ral Fock, and Colonel Heiss are to be tried, gives a highly picturesque amount of the progress of the siege. General Smirnoff makes most dam- aging accusations agal4t General Stossel, whom he charges with cowardice, incapacity, favourit- ism, and a pusillanimity which resulted in the surrender of the fortc^fy before its defensive re- sources were exhausted. The writer gives chap- ter and verse for each iriiiictrnent. and the whole narrative constituting a serious impeachment of the Russian military sy'teff1- There was an amalhg division of command 'Without due definition of functions between General Smirnoff, wh) Was appointed Com- mandant of Port Artty, and General Stoseel, who was entrusted with the defence of the whole Iiao-tung Peninsula, ^efleral Smirnoff held the direct commission of t% Czar making him re- sponsible for the adnliqstration and defences of Port Arthur; but, as Stoesel's subordinate, he was under his orders s, far as actual military Operations were concerra. Presently, there was aothing left for Stossel to command-thanks, ao- eording to his accuser, to his own incapacity- but the garrison of Pat Arthur. The inevit-i able happened. Gen-lkl Smirnoff accuses hii rival and his partisans of the grossest miliurl Misconduct—-personal .^w&rdice; deliberate un- dermining of the spirit of the troops; unneoes-i sary surrender of positAs,. and so on. His closing indictment is as follows: fcording to my inform»%!> our forces and sup- plies at the surrender '■ 12,500 bayonets on the works (riflemen and splors), 5.000 fortreM, field, and marine artil^tynen, 500 engineering oorps, 1,000 unattached, 19,000; 15,000 sick and wounded in hospital xnd 7,500 sick militia- men; or 41,500 altofc^her. Since 24,000 prisoners marched out JPUst count 5,000 looal militiamen as capable o' jptive service. There were about 200,000 sheue, and not less than 7,000,000 rounds of rifle ^Bijounition. There was flour for forty days, oats for twenty-two days, "hardtack" for fifteen djjs, dried vegetables lor ninety days, sugar fOr fifteen days, and a great quantity of tea aW salt. There were ibout 2,500 horses. FiJHb this it may be seea that the forces and supples °f the fortress would UTe sufficed to defend it Sit least six weeks longer."

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