The Cambria Daily Leader

A ? ?? ??  t r; 'ô\ "l Ii rn  '? ??? ? &?M??? ?? gs§.?????& < :\h" I Ijjjt. i J. i¡t, I THE "Cambria Daily Luder" Has a Guaranteed Circulation Larger than that of any other paper published In the district of I SWANSEA & SOUTH-WEST WALES"

The Corner Column The suggested increase in the police for will not be a matter of "bobs," but quids." A Walter-road lady thinks that the •Majority of domestic servants imagine themseives to be ladies' maids. The Best in Man" reads a heading. A sarcastic suffragette says it oou ld be Contained in a very short paragraph. Dock Labourer's Rival.—Horse- dealers have a wide. range of language, fcavs the nest Ham Police Court CXerk. Pr. Knight pleads for ?3.000 for a hew home for nurses. Lady Llewelvn llos he do aU of .hp- will get it. And so do all' of lu < There is a piano in use at the fi.ning College which some of the students regard as too ancient to meet Modern needs. Juvenile labour at Cardiff.— Wanted a boy who can walk," was an exhibited by a Cardiff *radeisman yesterday. 3* Carmarthenshire spends less per Itad out of the rates for education than ?y other county in Wales, and the "•U .T. IS notIng the fad; c, Never arrive at practice punctu- says the "British Bandsman," ,as it gives the impreeekm that you IUtve nothing else to do." j. Kilvey Hill as a site for the Welsh atÍQnal Library is not at all a bad joke IIf Mr. Rosser's. The musty tomeb I .ouId get well ventilated there. or' in al sin is the sin which we Zl-?ittged when we didn't know no  was the answer given by a 1.? in a West Glamorgan school. If we have not the opportunity of eeing a Covent Garden production of Parsifal," we can see Wagner's Tannhauser in a local picture hall. # If you want to know the time, it no longer be necessary to ask a lieman, with the present increase in Pliblic clocks. But if you want the Iht time. ma d e to the  Frequent reference is made to the ath of Queen Anne, 'so perhaps it i be of interest to some to know that *"? is ?hs anniversary of her birth n February 6, 1665. He can't see. he's deaf." Thus 'did a. Swansea alderman w hose in- tea.sed velocity did not enable him to t' a passing: tramcar, remark oon- £ a^llng a conductor on Friday morn- "??idate: You have not any doubt ? ks ?Y character, have v<w? Voter: Ob 0(y>ur8e not. Candidate: Thø ??t??'??? Candidate: Th?r ?y Q<NHy??? fnt-me? Voter: ??lha?Mdoubt a<sto your t -Two cinematograph operators Who attached to an expedition, to the vWan will disguise themselves M I ^riches and as a giraffe. There is excitement among the local1 "Illyin, irlio have never yet a paii lolllirt-o giraffe. # # a x%-ort l iv rv /°S George was vo?a a worthy ?f!? i 'Ph by a coterie of ?oeal Liberals th -th,,r ru?bt. for the splendid lead he h'U gii-en landlords for the treatment of eu- labourers. In the words of the ?S;: "He's following in father's foot- -*?ps!" ? Mr. D. J. Thomas, of the Bush m,1k, -1.ot,el Swansea, and a party while ?hing in Talley Lakes, Carmarthen- one day this week, secured 4mhs. of- Pike, that voracious hsh which is the ,ene.tny of all- anglers. at 'C The palpit and big pew at the Dinas Ob Landore, stand unique ILltlongst the churches in Wales as to 1'(:hitecture. Both were designed L'v the late Dr. Williams, and are made ? marble and granite ston?, and there II ttot an inch of wood near the place. a & > m A meeting with the object of re- Aitatinp; the Mumbles Improvement 11d Advertising Association was con- ned for last night. So much interest a ?s taken in the matter that only b?olat two or three enthusiasts at- t'Oded. ? # # J:r' BiDgviIIe Society Note.—M rs. Ame I llliver gave an afternoon tea last ?a.?rsday to a few ladies. Them as was l tesent ',says that the tea was terrible  °a k and the doughnuts served with it j> havp been b?)kcd a.t least two ► V i Bingi?lli6 Bugle" (fr6^'8 prior. — BingHlle Bugle" mm* ? Mr. John Williams Hughes, B.A., ) l> the only .In of Mr. Jeremiah  H?ghes. senior deacon at Dinas ? ?ish Baptist Chapel, Landore, who is  a student at Oxford, travelled over t?' miles on Thursday to attend the t't!. nJ eral of the late Dr. Williams. He f, Gained at the .seHice for about ten 'ttl1:1ut-e.s. during which he spoke, before th'? t'me aiTived for him to catch his *?Ul. I TO-DAY'S STORY. b' The restaurant manager stood be- (??. '? the c<Lshier's desk, wearing hiG 4k-in-t.rade smile for each customer. *aL old gentleman came up. "I notice," *4ifJ he. fumbling for his wa!)et "that ?. ? advM tibe that you make your own  ..J h? \«s, sir." answered ?manager My' we do." "'Wili you permit me to oB? mg- tionP" ^^rtainly, sir. We 6hould be nost k Pt>v to hear you." '?h ??? ?hen, let someone else make 

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DONE! BAROI DE FOREST ACCEPTS THE OFFERIOF LORJ BERSY. I Y,115001000 LAND DEAL. Baron de Forest, M.P., has accepted (subject to certain conditions) Lord Derby's offer to sell his Bootle estate for £ 1,500,00. It will be remembered that in a, speech at Liverpool "on Monday, L-ord lierby took exception to Baron De Forest's estimate in the Liberal Land Report that the income of the Derby estate in • .Bootle might safoly be put at, and that its capital value could not be less than thr&e or four millions. I give him an offer here," said Lord Derby, ".that, if he puts a million and a half down he shall have it." The Baron's Reply. Writing to Lord Derby yesterday, Baron De Forest says that the particu- lar section or tiie Hepùn to whidi the not., referred to is appended. trc.at.s of the increment of laud value in general. The case of Bootle was cited among a large number of other in- stances. The letter continues: The only meaning which can be at- tached to it (Lord Derby's offer) is that you ara willing to sell me ftr ?1,500,000 the property which you complain that ] have over-estimated at f rei-it t3,000,000 to I accept your offer. In cases where, bv sales, tines, or mort- gages, the value of portions of the sites in question may have been already con- verted into cash. and the increment thus r realised, you will, of course, transfer to me the equivalent of the value thus tdd-ed to your estate, which is clearly part of the property in question. Millionaire's Adopted Son. Baron De Fore-st is stated to be one of the richest men in England. He and his brother were the adapted sons of the late Baron Hirsch, the famous Austrian millionaire, and on his death they suc- ceeded to vast fortunes. Later he became a naturalised Eng- lishman, and entered English political, life and joined the Liberal party, and at the present time sits for N. West Ham. Throughout his political career he ha-s taken a strong line on land re- of Baron in this country was granted in 1899.

I CANCER EXPERIMENT. ——   —— 420,090 WORTH OF RADIUM IN A "i MAN. The New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" learns that the New Jer- sey Congressman, Mr. Robert G. Bremner, in whose case the experiment of inserting £ 20,000 worth of radium in the shoulder was tried four weeks ago as a last resort, became unconscious and died yesterday. Mr. Bremner 'hd been suffering from cancer in an advancec1 stage.

ARMS FOR REBELS. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEXICO'S DICTATOR. I A Reuter's New York telegram states that ammunition for rifleks and machine guns which has been under seizure along the Mexican border is being re- leased and handed over to the Con- stitutionalists as fat as they can prove ownership, and it is unlikely that those who attempted to smngle the seized ammunition, through will ever be pro- secuted. It is estimated in Constitutional quarters in Mexico that about 3,000 rifles and a million rounds of cartridges, consigned to the Constitutionalists, have been seized by the American authorities during the past two years. ]f these are promptly given np. it is declared, means for an immediate I aggressive campaign will be afforded. I LATEST WIRES. Mexico, Thursday.—The Federals killed 71 rebels in fighting at El Puerto. I-Renter. k Friday.—A Juarez te l e- —Renter. ]'riday.-A Juarez tele- gram states that the rebels summarily executed 22 bandits of Castillo's band near Ca.sa? Grandes.—Reuter. _U.

THE MELVItLES WIN. JUDGE'S DECISION IN CHANCERY I COURT. Judgment was given yesterday in favour ol Messrs. Melville in the action (already reported), which was brought ■against them by Miss Rosemary Rees, Mr. Justice Warrington deciding that "The Beggar Girl's Wedding" was 1\1r. Walter Melville's own play and wa.s constructed indppelJdentl of Miss Rees's drama, "The Beggar Bride," or "A Desperate Marriage." Mr. Justice Warrington, ingjving hi; decision, said the two plays were as different as two plays of the class could well tw. "The ide.. of a beggar girl marrying a rich man,' he added, "is nothing new, and the rest of the incidents sur- rounding it and the mode in which it is carried into effect are most materially different in both plays. In my opinion the defendant per formed his own play, and the materials for it were drawn from his own ex- perience in the profession in which he has been engager] all his life and from his own powers of invention, sharpened as they must have been by that ex-

THIRD PEACE CONFERENCE. 1 It is learned at the White House (says a Washington message ) that the United States has issued invitations for the holding of a third Peace Conference at The Hague next year. It is understood that the Government took this action at the revest of Queen WilbelfflinA.

A KNOTTED CORD. I. I SIGNALMAN'S DISCOVERY ON THE I RAILWAY. THE TRAIN MURDER. (Special to the "Leader.") London, Friday. The magistrate at Old-street to-day commenced the hearing of the evidence against John Starchheld, the news- vendor who is charged with the murder of his five-year-old son, Willie, in a North London railway train, on January 8th. The first witness to-day was Joseph Rogers, a signalman, who produced a cord he saici he had found near his I t signal-box at Shoreditc-h on the day after the discovery of the boy's body in the train. He said it was lying against I the wall and was knotted" like a woman ties a skein of wool." Counsel a-sJfcvl witness it it would-be passible t-o throw the cord from a train pas.sillg from Chalk Farm to Broad- street. Witness, -said he had tested it, and found it was pttesible. In reply to Mr. Margeits (who is de- fending the accused) witness. said he was on his way home when he picked up the cord, and had not heard that the police were searching ior it. [ Booking Clerk Called. r rank Gentleman, a. booking clerk at Camden Town station, said tnere were entries of thirteen half-tickets in the direction, of Daks ton on January 8th. They were to Mildmay P^k, Ragg^r- ston and Broad-street. Witne,ss said that on the day in question he was relieving his colleague Bodfish, and was on late duty. The book did not show any record that any tickets were issued by him for the 1.59 train from Clialk Farm to Broad- street, which was the 2.2 from Cam- den Town. By Mr. Margetts: The next train to Broad-street after the 2.2 was the 2.14. The night following the murder he was asked what his recollection was, and he could give absolutely no information at all. He admitted thnt he might have relieved after the 2.2 train had gone, but Mr .Margetts: Never mind. It is possible P—Ves. In reply to Mr. Bodkin (who prose- cuted) witness said that on the day of the murder 834 tickets for adults were issued and.thi).teen for children on the Chalk Farm to Broad-street route. I Cleaner's Evidence. George Evans, a carriage-cleaner at Broad-street, said he a.nd his mate looked after the train on the Poplar and Chalk Farm routes. There was not enough time for them to do their work properly. He could not say whether he did anything to the third-class com- partments near the engines. He cer- tainly did not notice anything. Cross-examired by Mr. Margetts, v.atne.s.s said it was part of his duty to look for articles left behind in the train, and he was occasionally rewarded by the owners. That might be an incen- tive to examine every carriage, but they c< >uld not do so. Mr Margetts: You have heard there was no litter in the carriage in which the body was found. Does. that indicate to you that you had carried out your duties properly ? Witness: Yc-i, probably at 2.21. I "Why?" Mr. Bodl in: If there was no litter at four unlock, when the body was dis- covered does not that show that you iiad nothing to do at 2.21 ? Witness: Why? From the previous journey at 1.15 Y It is a pretty heavy train. Mr. Bodkin: What—on Thursdays, early closing day ? Witness: Yes. Albert Jremenger, a carriage-duster at Broad-street, said he did not go into any third-class compartments. Ho spent most of his time in the first and second-class compartments. (Continued on Page 5).

A HERO'S MOTHER. I INCREASED ALLOWANCE GRANTED TO MRS. SARAH EVANS. Swansea peopie will learn with pleasure that the Government, throygji the Treasury, have made an increased annual grant to Mrs. Sarah Evans, the mother of Potty Officer Edgar Evans, who succumbed in the Scott South Pole Expedition, in appreciation of her son's heroic work. Mrs. Evans has been for some time iti receipt of an Old Age Pension allow- ance, but at the meeting; of the Pen- sions Committee tM,s week, a letter was read from Mr. H ill, of the Inland Revenue Office, iiiformhiR the committee that the additional grant from the Treasury }L.àJ placed Mrs. Evan.s out- side the scope of the Pensions Act.

SHIP REFLOATED. I The full-rigged ship Castleton. which ¡ got aground outside the North Dock entrance at Swansea while leaving for South iAmerica on Tuesday morning was refloated shortly after one o'clock to-day and towed into the King's Dock.

THE FACULTY OF INSURANCE. J Mr. John Twoniev, of the Amalga- mated Labourers' Union, has been ad- mitted a Licenciate Member of the Faculty of Insurance. The Faculty of Insurance has been formed to provide a centra] organisa- tion for officials and employes of Insur- ance Companies, Friendly Societies, and approved societies under the Insurance Act. and for those anxious to qualify I for the higher branches of the Insurance profession.

Mr. Thomas WiD tarns, of Cefn Cot- tage, Rogerstone, Monmouthshire, who is in his 102nd year, eats four meals a day and superintends the domestic work of a house in which are living ¡ four ge.ne ti9!1Ji.

I TRADING ON SUNDAY. 1 NEW VIEWS. SHOPXEEPER SAYS MINISTERS AND C DEACONS BUY. THE SABBATH PARADE. With reference to the efforts made looaEy to secure the enforcing of the Sunday Trading Act, a movement is on foot to compel shop-keepers to close, in the event of the eitort-s to revise the old Act being unsuccessful. The modus operandi decided upon is t,u.get the assessments or those shops w hose owners refuse to observe tile Wabbath as a day ot rest, increased, and to rate them in proportion, 'l'he Corporation will also be itsked to see that these of their officials whose ser- vices may be required, such as the in- spector of Yveigtits and Measures, the inspector under the Foods and Drugs Act, the Sanitary Inspector, etc., shall be called upon to visit these shops on the Sabbath Day. This last request wfll, it is thought, force the Watch Committed to take some immediate action. I Sunday Trader's View. I The position at Morriston is lucidly explained in the following interview which our representative had with Mr. W. S. Treliarne, Woodfield-street, Mor- riston. a weil-known Sunday trader Why do you keep your shop open on Sundays! queried our reporter. Because I do excellent business. 1 do mQro busins on that day than on any other day of the week." Why," continued Mr. Treharne, "I am patron- ised by the ministers and deacons of the chapels That is a fact that I can prove. They come in to buy cigars, tobacco and sweets. If I had to rely upon the children for my trade it would not pay me to keep the shop open on Sundays. All the trade is done. with people from 14 years of age to 65. I close my shop at 10 o'clock prompt. With regard to Sunday trad- ing, I would willingly close; I would be delighted to do so, providing the foreigners who are my rivals here did the sa,me. These reigners are our rivals in trade, and but for them the Sunday trade would not have grown to the extent it has." # The Foreigners. I Continuing. Mr. Treharne said that the Act of Charles II. did not go far enough. If lie and' the other traders closed on Sunday, it would give the foreigners the opportunity to monopo- lise the whole trade. The fine inflicted was too small to make them close. Mr. Treharne said lie had lived at Morriston for 15 years, and the par- ade of Woodfield-street was going on then, and had continued from that time. "I am prepared to close my shop next Sunday if'the others do the same," he went on, "and further, I am pre- pared to head the list in favour of Sun- day closing conditionally on the others falling into line. I did that before, and was not supported." Mr. Treharne said .he would like the chapel and church authorities to "clean their own houses first before coming to him. He alleged that chapel people sell tickets for religious functions on Sunday. I THE SABBATH PARADE. I Minister's Condemnation. I The Rev. William Jones, of the Mor- riston Forward Movement Hall, des- cribed the present state of affairs as di:;gtaoeful, and Raid that the "Leader" by calling attention to it was doing a great deal of good. "There a-re hundreds of people walk- ing the streets on Sunday night who do not go near any place of worship. It is a great nuisance. I have asked my congregation not to do it. There ought to be some provision made. One remedy would bo the instituting of Sunday sacred concerts, but it would not meet with favour everywhere." Mr. Jones then proceeded to relato his own personal experience. Two weeks ago, he said, he spent Sunday in bed, owing to indisposition, for the. first time since he had been at Morriston. "I was surprised to hear the number of people who passed, my home. More people pass there on a Sunday night, and make more rtoisc than on a Satur- day night. This street on Saturday night, you must remember, is 'awful' until about four o'clock in the morn- ing. But on Sunday night from six o'clock onwards, hundreds of youths and girls parade about and keep up a most disgraceful row. It is a serious state e!" affairs." The Remedy. I "And what do you suggest as a remedy asked our reporter. The remedy ic for the churches to insist upon their members not to walk the street after chapel. If they do that the street will be half empty. I am sure that if a census were taken next Sunday night of the people who walk Woodfield-street. and Martin-street, it would be found that four-fifths of them were members of the chapels and churches. Mr. Jones agreed with the suggestion that a conference of local ministers should be called immediately to con- sider the matter. The difficulty, he said, might then bo solved.

JUMPED OVERBOARD. I During the pasage of the steamer Pas du Calais from Dover to Calais, Mr. William Harris, an American. twenty-two years old, who was accom- panied by a nurse, escaped her vigilance (says the "Express") and jumped into the sea. He was rescued, anil is now in a Paris hotel. He was on his wav to a sanatorium in Switzerland, and ill-health is thought to have ankiaged his naiad*

TRAWLER LOST. .0- SWANSEA-OWNED VESSEL ASHORE ON WELSH COAST. CREW RESCUED. Intelligence has been received at Swansea of the stranding of the steam trawler Donkin, owned by Messrs. Rees and Barter, of Swansea. The vessel.. which was acquires* some months ago, has been trading to Fleet- wood, and arrangements had been made for bringing her to Swansea She is reported to have been driven ashore on the Welsh coast. The crew were rescued, but the vessel is likely to b-ecome a total wreck. — J

RAILWAY OFFICIALS WARNED ALLEGED u THREAT TO WRECK THE CHANCELLOR'S TtiAIK. A remarkable story is current of an alleged threat to wreck the train by .'hich Mr. Lloyd George travelled to London after his Glasgow speech. On Wednesday afternoon LibOl-al offi- cials in Glasgow received a letter wa,riiing them that an attempt would be made to wreck the Chancellor's train. Telegrams were sent to the station- masters and signalmen all along the line warning them to be on the look-out for any suspicious circumstances that might come under their notice.

NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL. THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED MR. MUNRO FERGUSON. The Press Association's Edinburgh correspondent telegraphs: It i,,5 believed that the official an- nouncement of the appointment of Mr. Munro Ferguson, M.P. for Leith Burghs, as Governor-General of Aus- tralia, will be made to-night. Mr. Munro Ferguson is to address meetings at Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello next week, which will now assume the nature of farewell gather- ings. The matter will come before the local Liberal Association to-morrow night, and it is expected that a can- didate will be foun4 in Pr_o"t. MaJ- colm Smith, of Leith. i

PRIEST AND CIRL. SCHMIDT CONVICTED OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. In New York yesterday Hans Schmidt, the priest-murderer," was found guilty of murder in the first de- gree to-night, and, it it understood that he will be sentenced to death. This was his second trial, the first trial a few weeks ago having resulted in a disagreement. Schmidt, a spurious Roman Catholic priest, succeeded in inducing the Arch- bishop of New York to entrust him with a. parish, and while performing his priestly duties he led a depraver life. It has been proved that lie was a forger, a counterfeiter, and a thief. In September last the dismembered body of Anna Aumuller, who had been Schmidt's servant, and with whom he went through a bogus marriage cere- mony, was found in the Hudson River. The case was a peculiar one, Schmidt confessing that he killed the girl, but stated that he did so in obedience to the Divine command to offer up a sacri- fice which was to be consummated by his drinking the blood of the offering. He has throughout both his trials in- sisted that he is perfectly sane.

CET IT NOW. I JOURNAL WHICH DESCRIBES THE LAND REFORMS. Mr. Asquith has sent the following message to the first issue of "The Homeland :— "10, Downing Street, "Whitehall, S.W., "Jan. 22nd, 1914. "I welcome the appearance of a. journal which will disseminate know- ledge and promote discussion of the rural and urban land reforms to I which the Liberal Party are pledged. The grievances of the present system are real and widely acknowledged, and the remedies we propose will, I feel confident, promote the welfare of town and country dwellers alike, while not dealing unfairly with any class or interest. I wish The Homeland' a suc- cessful career. 11 H. H, Asquith." The Homeland is published at 38, Parliament-street. Westminster, S.W., by. the Land and Housing Council, the organisation formed to promote the Government's proposals for the reform of the Land and Housing Laws. The prico is one penny.

THE CENTRAL WELSH BOARD. A Cardiff contemporary states that it is anticipated tha.t a Government in- quiry will be held to inquire into the affairs of the Central Welsh Board.

CORDON DIVORCE SUIT. I In the Divorce Court to-day the case was concluded in which Mr. Charles Edward Grant Gordon, of Burgess Hill, asked for a divorce from his wife Emma, on the ground of misconduct with Mr. A. Jocelyn Luce, of Windsor. The husbancfs petition was dismissed, and the wife was granted a decree of restitution of ooujugal rights,

OPEN SPARKING. ¡ INSPECTOR AND THE QUESTION OF I I ELECTRICITY. STRONG CRITICISM. (SPe-oial to the "Jjeader.") Cardiff, Friday. When the Court resumed to-day, Mr. Robert Nelson, Inspector of Electricity in Mines, gave evidence as to an examination of the pit on the 4th of December last. There was no sugges- tion that the electrical lighi¡illg'app;' ratus had anything to do with the explo- sion, and he therefore confined his de- tailed inspection to the electrical sig- nalling apparatus. He also took part in the New Tredegar experiments. He only differed from Mr. Sparks, the specialist who gave evidence on Thursday, in his saying that at nine volts they could never get an ignition He was not prepared to subscribe to that without much more exhaustive experiments. After hearing the evidence by Mr. Sparks, he was doubtful what the actual presisure of the cells at Senghenydd was Inadequate Margin. I I. The maigin of safety was altogether inadequate. It was common ground that 13 i volts would cause ignition under Senghenydd conditions. To take an analogy, no mechanical engineer would, put a. 90til .pressure on a boiler which he knew would blow up at 135th pressure. The Commissioner: So even the con- ditions at Senghenydd you would not re- gard as safe? Witness: No. In all mines where saftey lamps are oomplusory, electrical apparatus snculd be completely enciosea The regulation was designed to secure .that. Bearing on the definition of open sparking, when the regulations were drawn up he, as a member of the Com- mittee, believed that any visible spark would ignite. Dr. Thornton was the first to show distinctly visible sparks which would not cause ignition of gas. The Commissioner: Do you think that open sparking existed, in the Senghenydd apparatus within the meaning of the definition? Witness: That is wrapped up with the question of voltage. Mr. Evan Williams (Assessor): If your recommendation is* to be carried out, the regulations must be amended? Witness: Yes. The Commissioner: You recom- mended that in all cases where safety lamps are compulsory open sparking should be absolutely prohibited? I Witness Yes, most decidedly. ) The Exemption Clause. I Replying to questions by Mr. Smillie I (Assessor), Mr. Nelson said there will an exemption clause in the regulations providing that apparatus already in- stalled might remain till 1920, but the old regulations were not sufficient Whatevei the experiments showed, they showed that the exemption should he withdrawn, because the old regula-l tions had been proved to be ineffective. or not sufficiently stringent. Mr. Edwards, M.P. (for the bereaved families): Until you ca.n exclude -with certainty the possibility of open spark- ing at 9 volts you cannot &ay that the. prohibition clause, which says ther«», should be no risk, is satisfied? Witness No. Mr. Edwards: According to this rulp the burden is upon the management to show that .there is no risk of open sparking, and not upon the Home Office to show that there is risk? Witness: 1 think you are right. Mr. Edwards Was not the margin of I safety at. Senghenydd ridiculous? His Remedy. I Witness: I think the margin was far I too small. My remedy is to prevent: .sparking altogether. Mr. Edwards: H a<s ignition of refined coal dust been obtained?—Yes, bu,t I ocu?d not teli you the voltage. The Commissioner: Dr. Thornton ? placed it at a very high fig?rp. Mr. Lewis: About 200 volts. Mr. Trevor Lewis called Mr. Nc!son's attention to the lamp-room theory of the origin o fthe explosion, and to the fact that a piece of paper in one of the lamps 'was found to bear no trace of scotching. Mr. Nelson replied that an experi- ment was conducted by placing an ex- plosive mixture in a testing chamber. i The bottom of a lamp was taken out, j and a piece of paper put in. The gas was ignited with a taper, and two slow explosions were produced. The general j (V ntinued on Page 5.)

CYCLIST'S COLLISION. A motor-car belonging to Messrs. I! E. Jcnes, Ltd., proceeding in the E. Jc, -nos, d.reckon of Gorsainon, ccllidcd at thb v corner cf Park-road, with a cyclist, named Ivor Thomas, Peuciawdd. Tho •driver Ç'f tbemator-1r immediately *• si); of Dr. Mitchell. It 2 t:+ ;'llA '¡:I' !:¡l"TI<O:" "P: "J,. :0: .d '!rd. rJt v/hec-T 01 the xnachi""0 —^ buckled. *v' v COAL BFPOE*; v t* e' rie V.rJrnt ?-^nt the to-da* No Durham cargoes ,c-; on offer, but Yorkshire were bet .er nircd and a sale -was msiue at fully quatRd prices. Durliarr. Vest, 2ts. 6d.. i nd, 2-03. 6d.; Yorkshire Wallseild, Z2.f Aiaia, 7.}::3. 6.1. Arrivals 23. LICENSING DECISIONS.' Idbrld Arms. —Ad j ourned. II? n+h field Hotel.—E of used. Head.—Adjourned V^eic";a Ii.otel.—Granted. yn d k o in.—E ■ o f u2ecI. Lor.doli Hotel.—Adjourned. Head (off).—Granted. E-ising Sun.'—Adjourned. SCHOLASTIC CHANGES. Meeting of Swansea Education StriBng Committee held to-day. r. J. lthvs Davies, headmaster of Mor- i-ston School, is to be transferred to a i-i 'n School, the vacancy at Morriston being fielbd by Mr. Row- landH. Williams, of the Municipal Secondary School. Mr. R. J. Jones, "i;nicir,?! Secondary School .has beta ii\\<pointed headmaster of the now -<iiU,-Üat Baptist Well, which will be opened in two mouthy time.-Appli- cation from locui certificated teachers for improved scale was defered until September. Swansea I^OTfsQo., Ltd. 18, PARK $TREET SWANS.A M?E?ca8I?AB\?C?; ??iB?iMM?r > and W lJ.b1 Jm- withdrawn. No Charge unless Business Done. Bille Disoounted. Strictly Private and Confi- dential. For further particulars, apply H. B. JONES, -Nianaging Director.

DR. R. T. LLOYD EDWARDS. OFFERED MERIONETHSHIRE POST AT INiiKEAScO SALARY. Dr. R. T Lloyd Edwards, who has been in practice in Swansea for some three months. a.nd who was previously for three and a half years Medical Officei of Health for Merionethshire, 1)?N- t l i-,? was on Wednesday, by the unanimous vott- of the County Council of Merionethshire, offered his re-appoint- ment, to tho post at a salary of t;600 a year. which is an increase of £ 150 on his previous salary. Dr. Edwards has accepted the offer, but will be remain- ing in Swansea until lie has completed arrangements for the continued treat- ment of his patients on the panel We understand that Dr. Edwards had initiated several far-reaching schemes of leform when Medical Officer of Health, and that the County Council were extremely anxious that these should be carried out under his personal supervision. As our readers know, Dr. Edwards's reports were documents of more that sectional interest, and their frankness and boldness h¡,v had verv c tnsiderable effect His many friends in Swansea and the South will learn with regret of his coming departure. and will hope for him the most brilliant of careers in his very responsible post.

HA VE YOU seen the Genuine "Lightweight" Motor Cyclette, The Calthorpe Junior, With 2-speed Free Engine, Price 25 Guineas. This Machine has climbed CONSTITUTION HILL, with 11-stone rider, without pedal assistance. Call and inspect same at IVOR L. ROBERTS CYCLE & MOTOR DEPOT, OXFORD ST., SWANSEA.