Evening Express

To-day's Finance. LONDON, Wednesday, 2.0 p.m. Call Money is 4b per cent., and three months' bills 5! per cent. Calcutta Transfers 16d, Bombay and Bio lioliday, Valparaiso 141-32d. The Stock Markets opened with buoyancy. All markets continue in an upward tendency. South, .'Hriea!l6 are more inquired for, and better prices are expected if the big houses are not over-eager to unload; market very firm. C-onsols are 86i for Money and £6 13-16 for the February Account. In Home Rails North Western is 1 up, North Eastern, South Western Deferred and Great Western 2, and otiie's i to t. Americans aro firm. Milwaukee, Unions, and Cana- dian y.icHicji are 2 up, Baltimore and Southern Pacifies li, Atchisoji aliti. Louisville 1, and otheTS ± to "Ii Trunks: Ordinary and Thirds i up. Foreigners firm. Copper Ste res aro firm. Tintos are 911. OAHDIFF, Wednesday, 1.0 p.m. The local S.v.ock Market this morning, though quiet in tone, was strong as regards rails and colliery shares. In other directions there was comparatively Uttle doing. i

VOYAGE TO THE HOLY LAND I The Dowager I ,ady Bute and her daughter, I Lady Margaret Crichton-Stuart, who have | been spending vThristmas with Lord and Lady Bute at Mount Stuart, Rothesay, have now returned to St. John Lodge, Regent's Park. Ladsy Bute and her daughter, aocom- panied by Miss Dorothy Lane-Fox, leave Eng- land to-morrow for Trieste, Athens, and the E-ast. They will go on from Greece to Pales- tine, and spend some time in Jerusalem, where Lady Margaret owns property of some value, both in the city and in the country outside, bequeathed to her by her father, the tihird marquees.

CARDIFF v. PLYMOUTH. I This ga,Me-a, re-played English Crp-tie-- was played on the Harlequin's Ground, Oardi, this afternoon. The Cardiff Boys having qualified themselves to participate in tftiis cuip-tie competition met Plymouth in the first round at Plymouth on December 12. The result being a draw, nothing feeing scored. Cardiff played exactly the same team as that which represented them on the firsrt occasion, and Plymouth also relied on their same players. The attendance was rather discouraging, and the ground was on the E"f,t side. The referee was Mr. J. L. L-ee, Swindon. Teams:— Oardiff: Goal, Francom-be; backs, Beames and Brimer; half-(backs, Jeans, Fearby, and C. Thomas; forwards, Kenor, Parr, Harring- ton,, Evans, and Bishop. Plyin./U'th: Goa.l, H. Vuoary; backs, F. Flood ,and H. Edwards; half-backs, T. Bren- toii, William Chapipell, and C. Oroft; for- wards, A. Simons, J. Weaver, F. Sinoock, A. M'Donald, and T. Morey The opening stages were sensational for each side registered two goals in t'he first fifteen minutes. Plymouth scored first through M'Dona.ld. Oardiff forwards t'hen rushed matters, and bottling up Flood and E-Ctwards, Bishop equalised matters after Parr had feebly tested Vicary. Brimer got his side penalised by fouling simons wh,e-n luhe latter had a fine Chance, but they were amply compensated for Morly got home the seoond gvxtl frotm t'he free-kick. Pretty play ■followed from i>»^th -.sides, -and play wiaa equally dii,ide-d,č had the Cardiff forwards been a. little moiv adaptable to the prevail- ing conditions nothing could have saved the Plymouth goal, for the combined play of the Cardiff forwards absolutely beat Flood and Vickery. Pa-rr was 'prominent for etylish but selfiEh play. Oardiff were one behind, but continued to play finely. PLYMOUTH W ERE PENALISED. I a-nd Cardiff were awarded a free, which was placed micely in t:he goal-mouth. Here excitement became intense, each of the Plymouth boys being a.t hand when wanted, and a/fter clearing their goa I, at least, four ttiimes in succession, Jeans sent in a stinger, -which evidently took Vickery by surprise. In tihe cloeing staiges of tihe first half the Cardiff were woefully weak in front of goaL Half-time score: Goals. Oa.pd.iff. 2 Plymouth 2 Final score: Goals. Cardiff 3 Plymouth 2

NOT HIS LAST GAME. I Gwyn Nicholls' Intentions I It is a pleasure (writes Forward ") to be able to contradict the report that Gwyn Niciholls has played his last ga-me, and I have his own authority for saying that he intends turning out for Cardiff when wanted. I have finished serious football," said Nicholls, "but will turn out occasionally for a game." You won't play for Wales a,ad-a?" No." "That's definite?" Yes." Fred Jenkins Returns to Barry I Fred Jenkins, the promising young foot- ,,bal,l,r, who formerly played at ha.If for the Pont Talbot Association Club, and subse- quently, forward for the Aberavoii r,)r,hy team, has decided to return to Barry, where his parents live, a.nd his services will pro- bably be sought by the Oardiff Club. Fred is a brother to Swansea Jenkins, who, for several seasons, did yeoman service for the old rugby club at. Barry. He is still on the right side of twenty summers, and is regarded as one. of the best forwards in West Wales.

I A COLLIER'S COMPLAINT I Henry Sealxmrne, a ccllier, was sumns-ined at Mountain Ash Police-court to-day by his wife, Sophia Seahourne, of Mathewsto<wn, vtiho sa.id that her husbcnd had desert-ed her and gone to Llanbradaeh to reside. Defendant: I left her because she was too dirty sir. The Stipendiary (viewing the complain- ant): You could come cleaner into court, you know. "I can't be tidy if he doesn't give me money," was the reply. The Stipendiary (to defendant): Will you go back to hN?-No. J.r. The Stipendiary: Pay 10s. a; week, tthen, and costs. Defendant: I won't pay. The Stipendiary: Then you will go to prison. You married her for better or for worse, you know. You can go to Cardiff, but you won't be able to see the football match there. (Laughter.)

'OH, DEAR NOI! CERTAINLY NOT' I An adjournment was asked for by the police at the Mountain Ash Police-court to- day of a case against George Dance, sum- moned for being drunk on licensed premises at the Collier's Arms, Mountain Ash. At the last court the case against the land- lord of the Collier's Arms was dismissed, the stipendiary being out voted by his two col- leagues on the bench. Mr. Charles Kenshole, who appeared for the defence, asked, if having regard to the whole circumstances of the ca.se and the fact that the case against the house had been dismissed and the man had been put to considerable inconvenience, the case could not be withdrawn. The Stipendiary: Oh, dear no! certainly not. You can have it aujourned to next Tuesday at Aberdare. I will have the whole bench if they came come, to try it. The case was ultimately adjourned to the 22nd.

PICKINGS FROM "PUNCH." I ——— I THE NEW PROGRESS. 0 I "So good of you to come so far! Did you I motor over?" "No. We flew!" UNANSWERABLE LOGIC I Well-meaning Human,itarisni: Why are you beating the poor donkey in that way? Coster (with witherfjpj ecorn): And a bloomin' lot o' good it tfrxuld do beat-in' the car—eh? NEVER CARRIED A SPARE LEG." I Farmer (looking at motor-car): VVna/ts tnat thiu,g stuck up on the side? Ostler: That's a spare cover, in case one of the wheels goes wrong. Farmer: 'Um—well, I've a-druv Iosses for nigh on fifty year, an' never carried a spare leg for c-ne of 'em!

N.U.T.-ITES. The conference of head teachers at Leam. ington was continued to-day. The morning was occupied with a discus- sion on the proposals to abolish the age limit for entry into the higher elementary schools, aaid in favour of sanction being refused to mixed departments in schools of more than 300 scholars. Dr. O'Connor, of London, gave a lecture on "Esperanto," and announced he had received a message from King Edward wishing him success in his work.

A SADDLER IN HARNESS. George Morgan, a Mountain Ash saddler, was summoned by his wife, Gertrude, at the local court to-day for cruelty. "We married five years ago," said Mrs. Morgan; "a.nd his love has been growing cool ever inoe." The Stipendiary: What do you complain of? —Cruelty, sir. Has he beaten you?—No, sir; but but we a.re growing in danger of our lives, sir. An order of 8s. a week wais made.

A HANLEY HEATHFIELD John Davis, who escaped from Hanley police cells a few weeks ago, has been arrested at Chester. He was taken into cus- tody on another charge, and identification was established by finger prints.

SIR G. NEWNES' HOUSE "BURGLED.' In the "Star last night the following paragraph a,p,pclaroo;- "A burglar is no respecter of persons. He likes a lord's house quite as well as a mere knight's or a merchant's. In faot, probably he likes it better, for a peer's residence is often an em,porium for treasures, always handed down, of course, from my ancestor who came ovah with William the Conquerah, don't-yahknow.' A thief in the night broke into the house of Lord Algernon Percy, on Putney Heath, and departed with jewellery worth £60. His lordship's footman heard noises, and though he did not stop to powder his hair, the thief eacapcx before he got down- stairs. He was subsequently caught and charged with burglary." So far the "Star." Curiously enough, the house belongs, not to Lord Algernon Peroy, but to Sir George Newnes, M.P. for Swansea. Lord Algernon only rents it from Sir George, so that on i tihis occasion the thief selected the house of a, baronet, and not the house of a lord. .I

ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND I The London Gazette" contains a Royal Warrant notifying the appointment of the Duke of Oonnaughit, Lord Methuen, Sir Francis Mowatt, Sir Cyprian Bridge, Sir Frederick Marzials, and Mr. C. Stansfield, director of Greenwich Hospital, as members of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation for three years, to act in conjunction with the six members co-opted by the general council and the ex-officers. The Duke of Oonnaught ie appointed president of the general oouncil of the corporation.

I GATWICK. I 1.0—The LEATHERHEAD SELLING STEE- PLECHASE of 100 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. a 11 12 Mr J Allen-Jefiery's Ciaadon Lad J Connor 1 a 12 3 Mr R Gore's Orpington Cowley 2 all 7 Capt Denny's Perdicus S Lawton 5 Also ran—Borderer 11. (W Payne) and Morning 'Dew (Lyons). Winner tranced by Thiriwell. Betting-7 to 4 agst Orpington, 9 to 4 agst Perdicus, 5 to 1 aget Borderer II., 11 to 2 aget Clandoa Lad, and 10 to 1 aget Morning Dew. Won by eight lengths; head separated the second and third. (Race started at 1.0.) The winner was bought in for 75gs. 1.30—The HORLEY SELLING HURDLE RACE of 100 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. 5 11 5 Mr V P St Cyprian E Morgan 1 all 90apt Denny's Turtulent Burrell 2 Winner trained by Escott. Also ran-Black and Star (L Sherwood), who missed the laet fence and was unplaced. Be-tting-6 to 5 on St Cyprian, 9 to 4 agst Turbulent, and 5 to 1 agst Black and Star. Won by two lengths; a bad third. (Race started at 1.29.) St Cyprian was sold to Captain L S Denny for 85gB. 2.0—The REIGATE HURDLE RACE (handicap) of 80 sovs; winners extra. Two miles. 5 11 11 Mr M G Singer'fc Heatree Kelly 1 a 11 10 Mr G Barclay's Liza Johnson Brady 2 4 11 6 Mr T Mundey's E?-3tem Giory Butchers 5 Also ran-Glory Ann (R Morgan), Ethel Macarthy (Cowley), Little Prince (J Hunt), Gladsome (G Fitton), Malcolm Orme (Faukner), and Sumnierfieid (<n.:1non). Winner trained by Davies. Betting—11 to 10 agst Eastern Glory, 4 to 1 agst Heatree, 6 to 1 agst Little Prince, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by four lengthe; three-parts of a length be- tween theeec ondsecond and third. (Ram started at 2.0.) 2.30—The CRAWLEY HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE of 80 sovs; winners extra. Three miles. a 11 11 Mr R Gore's Sexton P Cowley 1 a 10 12 Mr T F Smith's Hallgate G Fitton 2 a 10 11 Mr W Bird's Little Tom J Connor 3 A.1ro ran—Alert III. (T Freemantie), and The Farmer (J Palmer). Winner trained by owner. Betting—Evens Alert III., 5 to 1 each agst Sexton, 'HallgaAe, and Little Tom, and 10 to 1 agst The Farmer. Won by a length and a half; five lengthe separated the second and third. (Race started at 2.30.) ,3.0-The TIMBERHAM SELLING HURDLE RACE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and up- wards; winners extra. Two miles. 4 10 7 Mr W Winane's Master Spra-tt ..Freema-ntle 1 6 11 7 Mr T F Smith's, Morganglaes G Fitton 2 4 1-3 7 Mr H Escott's Apple G F Btitch-ers 3 Also ran-Ward Rose (T Reed!, Lady Bray (R Mor- gan), and ltacoatia-re (J Jespes). Winner trained by Buckland. Betting—11 to 10 on Apple, 9 to 2 each agst Ward Rose and Master Spratt. and 10 to 1 aget any other. Won easily by three lengths; a length and a half between the second and third. (Race started at 2..59.) Master Spratt was bought in for 125gs. 3.30-The PURLEY STEEPLECHASE (handi- ca.p) of 70 sovs; winners extra. Two miles. 6 11 10 Mr R Gore's Zampierj P Cowley 1 all 10 Mr Alien-Jefferv's Amethyet J Diilon 2 a 12 1 Mr T Nolnas Lady Malta G Butchers 3 Also ran—Lambekrn (G Clancy), and CWafeee Labour (G Freemantie). Winner trained by owner. Betting to 5 agist Amethyst, 7 to 4 a Za.m- pieri, 6 to 1 agst Ciiineso Labour, and 10 to lagst any other. Won by three lengths; four lengths eeparated the second and third. (Raoe started at 3.30.)

OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. The "Sportsman" lies been officially informed by Messrs. Weatherbv of the following scratching!— Havdock Park engagements—BaLiynaniy. Hoinebred Yearling Stafcs, Linglield Park—Penny Forfeit. Earlswood Handicap, Gatwick-Atley Abbot. All engagements this yoor-Khodijeh filly (2yrs). All engagements—Lady M3elro6e colt (dead), and Nottingham. All engagements in the names of Mr P X," 0 and Mr L Brassev's Wiseton. Midditeex Hurdle Race, Kempton rark-Sweet Melody.

NEWMARKET NOTES. I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW MARKET, Wednesday. I A very wet morning; snow vanished. JUMPERS' WORK. I Captain Dewhurst's Vaerdalen, Nulii Secundus, Rayon, Fauetino, and Cherry Ripe, a useful two miles. Loates's Adamus a good mile and a half; Mansvelt followed steadily. Sadler's Gale and Ma-rsuma a. useful mile and a quarter. W augh's Keithock and Ancaster, a steady two mfles. Pickering's Dying Duck, Boy cot, and Solano, a use- ful mile and a quarter. GATWICK MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR THURSDAY. Grange SteeplechaBe-JANE MORGAN. Clayton Steeplechase—LADY DLTNMOW. Gaterham Hurdle Race—HALI AL. Earlswood Hurdle-ADELIA. Maiden. Hurdle Race—ROMANY RYE.

To-morrow's Racing. I GATWICK MEETING. ) —The BEGINNERS' MAIDEN STEE- PLECHASE of 100 eovs, for five year olds and upwards; winners extra. Two miles. —The CLAYTON SELLING HANDI- CAP STEEPLEC±i-».kj^ of 100 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winners extra. Two miles. JT6 St lb Mr A Gorham's David Harum .Ha.ckdt a 12 7 Ca.pt G Midaleton's Broken Bonds Gore a 12 2 Ca.pt L S Denny's Pardicu6 .Guily a 12 1 Mr Delgarde's Richmond Boy Cole a 12 1 Capt L 6 Denny's Suspewion Gul?y a 11 11 Mr H S Mitchison'e YaHord Hallick 5 11 10 Mr A Johnsen'e Madron Goby 6 11 10 Mr W Downes's Lady Dunmow Downes 5 11 10 Mr E Woodland's Morningdew ..E Woodland a 11 lu Mr H J Cowe's Hermopolis .OoV6 5 11 6 Mr J P Mannock'e Piet Gamut a 10 7 -The CATERHAM SELLING HANDI- CAP HURDLE RACE of 100 eovs; winners extra. Two miles. ye at lb Mr Pat Dandy's Uncle Marcus Tabor 6 12 7 Mr Gay's Balival .Gor6 6 12 4 Oa.pt L' S Denny's Turbulent Gully a 12 4 Mr Horatio Bottomley'e Chambray .Batho 5 12 2 Mr A Kite's Credo II Private a 11 13 Mr C Bewicke's Heroine Cort 51111 Mr G P Huntley's Australasia Hailick 5 11 11 Mr C Kingswell's Grocer 5 11 8 Mr Colwyn's Ardour Waller 5 11 8 Mr J Parkinson's Goldcraft 5 11 6 Mr Douglas Clarke's Endymion 5 11 5 Mr W Catling's Mra Bowes I Sni ith 5 11 3 Mr W Downes's Yankee Toy Downes 5 10 13 Mr E Woodland's GraE6 Cat E Woodland 5 10 11 Mr A Gaskin'e COmnie Barratt 4 10 5 Mr F C Parker's 0 Dearest Private 4 10 5 —The EARLSWOOD HURDLE RACE (handicap) of 200 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winners extra. Two miles. ys stlb Lord Hamilton, of Dalzell's Cherry RiDe Bostock 5 12 7 Capt Noel Money's Chapeau hartigan 6 12 7 Mr R E Campbell's St. Enogat Capt Jackeon a 11 13 Mr W Base's High Treason Hon A Hastings 5 11 12 Mr W H L Ewart'6 Adonis 111 A Sadler 5 11 11 Lord Durham's Camoens 5 11 10 Mr J A de Rothschild's Royal Romance ? °"" rr&tt4119 Mr P Gleeson's Cortona Kelly 6 11 9 Sir Henry Randall's Bonnie Earl Haliick 5 11 9 Mr C A Barratt's Astley Abbott .1>a.rrett 611 8 Mr H Bonas's Scnbo .Gore 511 8 Mr S Barnett's Sir Dennis Martin 511 7 Mr R Gore's Lapcsang Gore a 11 7 Mr H D Johnson's Padrone Smith 511 5 Mr James Tait's Adelia Waller 6 U 4 Mr V P Mis- 1.3 Roeemarket .E6COtt 5 11 4 Mr C Kingswell's Horticulturist ..Thirlweil 5 11 2 Mr F C Parker's Kilruddery Private 4 11 1 Mr C Luttrail's Warfieid's Pride Swatton 4 10 8 Mr L de Rothschild's Coryanthes Cannon, jun 4.10 6 Mr C T Pulley's Ware Butchem 4 10 5 Mr J M Hartvig's Sir Edwy .Private 410 5 —The GRANGE SELLING STEEPLE- CHASE (handicap) of 100 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winners ex- tra; winner to be sold for 50 eovs. Three miles. ye 6t lb Mr R Gore's Sexton Gore. &12 7 Lord Sefton's Canter Home G Moore a 12 1 Mr R Gore's Orpmgton Gore a 11 10 Mr T F Smith's Hajlgate .Smith a 11 8 Mr Colwyn's Prince Tuscan Waller a 11 7 Lord Sefton's Katomba G M-r. &11 6 Mr H T Rich's Reedemer .Whitaker all 6 Mr Edward Gwilt's Borderer II Gwilt a 11 5 Capt Middleton's Broken Bonds Gore a 11 5 M ;;5 E M Woodland's Bird of Treasure Macallister a 11 4 Capt L S Denny's Suspension Gurry a 11 1 Mr G Gully's Seymour 61013 Mr R Gore's Jacknapes Gore a 10 12 Mr W Biseiil'e Hesitation Bissill a 19 11 Mr H J Cove's Lifebuoy. Cove a 10 10 Mr C Hibbert's Bobs IV Nightingall a 10 8 Mr C R Hodgeon's Jane Morgan ..Macallister 5 W 7 Mr E Woodland's Snowden E Woodland" 6 Mr A Gorham's The Cade II.H:tck..tt a 10 5 Mr H Bonae's The Bey. Gcby 5 10 5 —The MAIDEN HURDLE RACE of 100 sovs, for four year olds and up. wards; winners extra. Two miles. ys 8t lb Col R L Birkin's Goring Heath Matrin 61112 I Mv S Pickering's Solrio Pickering 6 11 12 Mr Thompson's WoHeshall Ambler a 11 U Mr W Base's Ra A Hastings 6 11 5 Mr S J Bell's Bombay .Pudalolf 511 1 Mr V P Misa's St Cyprian Eecott 5 11 1 Capt Noel Money's Bra.mber Hartigm 4 10 12 Mr Barclay Walker's Round Dance ..Hartigan 4 10 12 Mr W Catling's Clive Smith 4 10 5 Col Chance's Hebe Private 4 10 5 Mr Spencer Gollan's Juie Totiot .Pa.ge 410 I Mr J F Hallick's Neapolitan Hamck 4 10 5 Mr J W Larnaoh's Stavordale .C<X"teAlo "10 5 Mr W H Paweon's Cobham .Parkes 410 5 Mr C T Pulley's Cairn Reigh .Butchers 4 10 5 Mr J A de Rothschilds '45 Pratt 4 10 5 Mr W F Roy's Romany Rye Whitaker 4 10 5 Mr T Sherwood's Cherry Nob T Sherwood 410 5 Mr W M G Singer's Buckfast Davies 4 10 5 Mrs C A Skinner's Bumpkin Hampton 4 10 5 Mr J M Walpole's St Swithin 4 10 5

MERTHYR MATCHES I Ivor, Dowlais. 26 Miles 31 J. T. Davies. 28 Jauiei* 26 T. Jone M Cross. 30 Martin. 30 Gwynn 33 Thomas 25 Davie¿; 24 Parry  i Aettfy 31 Total 342 *Brunswicks. i Eynon 31! A. J. Griffiths 29' J. Griffiths 28 Lloyd Jones S3 T. Evans 24 A. Young 26 H' Williams 26 J. Griffiths 61 J. G. Evans 22 Dowdeswell 26 Fisher 29 H. Oliver 29 Total 33* j

FRIENDLY MATCHES I *Blue Anchor, Cardiff. J. Nichols ..4 5 5 4 4 6 5-32 D. Rhodes..4 5 4 5 5 5 4-32 A. Harvey .5 4 4 5 5 4 4—31 W. Morgan 5555555 J. Price .44 3 4 4 4 4-27 B. Moon .4 5 5 4 5 4 4-31 W. Shirt ..4 4 5 3 5 5 5-31 T. Davis 5454454-31 W. Purris .5 45 5 5 4 5—33 M. Tavlor ..5 4 4 5 4 5 1, -32 H. Taylor ..4 4 4 4 4 4 4-23 F. Freedy ..4S54445—31 Total ? £ ♦ lush Rangers. I E. Jackson ..4 4 5 5 4 4 4—30 K. Mille.4 3 4 3 4 4 4-26 G. Dawkias 4 4 4 5 4 5 4—30 J. Parsons ..5 4 4 4 5 5 4-30 B. Berret .4 4 3 4 3 4 4-26 T. Bruoe .5 4 4 4 5 4 4-60 G. Allen.5 5 4 4 544-31 H Ameldale 4 3 4 3 3 3 4-24 H. Page 3 4 5 5 4 5 4-J0 H. Bush 4443324-24 S. Brown .1 4 1 4 3 t= J. Casper 4 5 4 45 4»—29 Total .334

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND (N MBKORIAM. Ctarje for JMerilag aCverttaameata madmr thta headingla. for 30 Word* and Id- for Evecy Two Extra Wordø. No notice oi this description will be inserted unless authenticated by the wwne and addreos of the MndM. Telegrams ami telephmw mema^-es osaimt be aoterf ea until confirmed in wriline. BIRTHS. MIL.ES.-At 68, Wyndhain-road, Canton, Cardiff, on Jajiuary 1st, 1907, the wife of E. John B. Milee, 01 a daughter. DEATHS. RA"At 4, Troedyrhiw-road, Mountain Ash, Wil. liam Teague Hall, Printer. Funeral Thursday, leaving residence Eleven a.m. for S. Margaret's Church* Mountain Ash, thence by road to Oefn Cemetery, Merthyr. Gentlemen only. SiAPH.—36, Francis-terrace, Carmarthen, December 31, John Saph, aged 71. Funeral Saturday Two p.m. Men only. No flowers. In Memoriam. WILLIAMS.—In Loving Remembrance of William Williams, Penygraig Colliery, Penygraig, who, to our great sorrow, died 2nd January, 190i.—The memory of the just is Weseed; but the name of the wicked shall rot. IONS.—In Loving Memory of my dear Father, Henry Ions, who died January 2nd, 1906.-To memory ever dear.—Daughter Magpie.

AUGUSTINE J. SI ONE FCNEBAL FCKNISHJtR A FUNERAL DIRZCTOB. Personal Supervision to All Orders. Not. Tel.: Cardiff, No. 7»4; Foot Offlee Tel., No, 612, Card ill. Telegrams: AUGUSTIN. STONa, CARDIFF; AUGUSTINE 6TONE, BARRY DOCKS. 5, W°RJ{IN<:T., CARDIFF, 5, v v AiLd 1«1, HOLTONBOAD, BARRY DOCKL-. Cos ilatt far Clarification XMAS PRESENTS. SEE SOL. PHILLIPS* WINDOWS FOR JEWELLERY AND BARGAINS., 41, ST. MARY-STREET, AND 43, CAROLINE-STREET, CARDIFF. "VTOUTH Wanted for House and General Work.— X Apply, at once, Imperial Hotel, Mount swvt. sq I¡r-"re. e50S5i2 R Sale, very cheap (giving up business), Six-foot .i.' Portable Under-driven Mortar-mili; One Six-foct Niiii and Boiler Combined; Bobinson's Universal Joiner, good as new; One 36in. Saw-bench, rising and falling spindle; One 3-h.p.Portable Engine; Three fir6t-cla3S Home-made Contractor's Carts, quite new-.—Apply D-avies and Co., Builders, The Barton, Hereford. c&32.1 ir'?T'ANTED? ?hMp, intelligent Lad, aged 15 to 16? AA,TANTED, sharp, Z;?e.-Apply C 28, Evening for TTade.'?MaL'S cS?M 'E.Press, Cardiff. 9 í.{ED, b?-?h<r20th January, a thoroughly V T experiened Single-handed Cook; also House- Parlourmaid; good references.—Mrs. Charles Edmondea. Col Winston, Cowbiidge, Glamorgan. c9328 WANTED, good Typtet; shorthand preferred; per. manent employment.—Apply, stating wagei wanted, with references, to John Bosley, Cider Maker, King's Acre Works, Hereford. c9326 WA-TED, ? Disnser &t once; salary 50s. pel VV ?,eek,?o.m and ttendance; must b,? sober; abstainer preferred.—Apply Evan Pug h Doctors Fund, JEthymney. c9324 r r o Let, the Prince of Wales Hotel, Boss; fully X liceused; wIth bowiing green, billiard-room, stabiing, Arc.: tied for draught beerb only; stock low; rent only £5; ingoing by valuation.—Apply Cooper and Preeoe, Valuers, Boss. c9323 T;ïO¡¡-:sale: nice Jersey Cow; fourth calf; good P mUker.Apply Cross Farm, Llanedarne. c2 PIPE-Fitter.—Wanted, an experienced Man: accU;: I tomed to high-pressure hydmulic service and steam mains: must have had experience in iroa works; good and permanent situation to a competent man.—Applv John Lvsa?ht (Limited), Newport, Mon, cMM ANTED, kous,-Pii.-I?6urmaid; sm?all family; e? wcharacter; ClKirch woman. Mrs. Lvellyl1 Jones, Maindee Vicarage, Newport, Mon. e30f018 ??ENERAL Wanted, and Assist with TwoChUdrM; Gcouiitry girl preferred.-2, Romilly-cre?-?ent, Cardiff. e3081i8 TO Let, W, Clatide-road; law rent; exceueii* condi- tion.-A)1ply 175, Richmond-road, Carffiff. eiS BOOT Trade. Experienced, pushing Branch BMauager; of good address.—St?te referenco, salary, Boyle, Cardiff. eZOBiiB ANTED, Head Housemaid and. Under-Housemaid W for Country'.—Apply to Mrs. Morris. Coomb, Llangain, Carmarthen, South Wales. e3062 i4 C^ROCEKY.—Wanted, A?iBt&nt, also Improver. X Apply, with references, to Joseph J&mee, Yny* mudw. e3063l8 RAPBRY.—Experienced ¥oung Lady Wanted Di.mediately for FMcy Drapery; also stylish Milliiier.-LApp,y, giving full particulars, Evans, St. Catherine-street, Pontypridd. 65064i8 ANTED immediately, an experienced General; able to do plain cooking, ironing; comfortable lio..e to suitable person; references required; aged from 20 to 25.—Morris, King's Arms, Ebbw Vale. e.'& ANTEbr^O Ma?H.siQPaviBg Quarry in Ireland W for Dressing Shoddies; piecework.—Apply J. S. Chubb, 130, Great Brunswick-street, Dublin. e3066i4 T\T'tV rVXTED at 'once, Barmfid; good ppe.r?.?ce. TT also good General, and Wait upon Smoke room Evenings. Beferences.-Apply Pasooe, Dumfries Hotel Pembroke Dock. e30fc'fi8 AS Groom-Coachman; ride, drive single and patri well up in all siable duties; excellent character] aged 26; married when suited.—T. C., Gr&eowoot House, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. e3066í.8 IVjlV TAXTED, Housemaid for Country House; must have good reference and understand plain seW? ing; family two; Church^woman; wages ilf.-Mr& Bosanquet, Redhill, Abergavenny. e306914 6 2?Guiiiea Angelus Orchestral Piano-Player; splendid condition; price £ 26.-57, Ne-part-road, rdiJI. e3070i8 TANTED, s?pexior Lady. Pianist; must, be goo? V V v&mper and vocalist ;• ab?Lainer preferred.- Apply, stating age, salary, &c., C 25, Evening El- press, Cardiff. eW1414 XT .A.ED, Cook-General first week in Jar.ua.Íy.- f f ApPIY The Rise, Penhill, HaBd-dT. e26Wi# AMBRIAN Mining School, GiMffrwd, Forth, Gi?ef Practical, Efficient, Reliable Lessons by Ilo?to prospectus free. e3071i& WANTED, 'n experienced General; plain cooking refeTenc4* required.—Apply 18, Victoria-square Penarth. e30õ84 OeiT, Two Mountain Sheep; marked wÚh, red mine JL* Mac)! ring on rump.—Tamplin, Pontyclun. ei4 -,jrA:TED, to Rent, or -ight Buy, n Old W fhioned detached Country House; three recep tion, five or six bed rooms, bath-room; salall stabling and about two acres ground; in the neighbourhood a Lisvane, Llanishen, Radyr, or St. details to B 99, Evening Express, Cardiff. eWISi4 WANTED immediately, House-Parlourmaid; goot referenœs.pply Mrs. Sydney Heard, 13 Bassalleg-road, Newport. 1301214 "'XtANTED immediately, Resident Nurserj V 1f Governess; good needlewoman.—Apply )in Heard, 15, Bassalleg-road, Newport. e3011i4 WANTED, Situation as Sewingmaid in Gentle man's Family; good dressmaker; references.—C 12, Evening Express, Cardiff. e6028i4 WANTED, Cook-General, &bout the 20th: not ovel W25; other servants kept; family small; ni rooms to clean.—Apply The Hollies, Penarth. e3027i. TYPEWRITER'S Copying Business for Sale; long JL MtaMished; best position in Cardiff; ?M; splen did opening; good reasons disposal.—C 10, Evening Express, Cardiff. n- e3026i4 11<' you are in need of a Temporary Cash Advance upon your own promissory note, without sureties write or give me a call.—Sbibko, 41, Charles-street C?rdiS. FAtsbliAed 1870. ?117 OST, on Christmas five, from Taff Bue, Cefiy coed Merthyr, a Young Aberdeen Terrier.—In formation to Mr. C. W. Pearce will be rewarded, ei D OG oollaxs, Engraved Brass Label, size of penny with Name and Address, Is. 3d. post free.-Rott Engraving Works, Orange-street, Swansea. eJ02018 WANTED immediately, Three good SÚtPaviõ Wwages tenpence.—Apply Underwood, Pontypridd e302114 TfrANTED?Mother'sHelp?fourchildren; tw<' W maids kept; good experience.-Gribacl1, Rich- mond-terrace, Cardiff. 3016i4 LADY Offers (Privately; ma-gni&MM,Four-guin? 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D., Penrhiewtyn Houss Neath. e3019i8 Sp ARE-Time Agents Wanted, Jewellery, CXothing, Household Goods, on Club or Instalment System^ highest terms in the trade.—B 98, Evening Express^ Cardiff. el3ol5ig Vi jTjOR Sale, Rough-coated "'CotUe -Bi khMble &nd :E white; 28 months; sister to Knight Com- mander," winner Aberdare, Merthyr, Pontypridd, Maesteg; quiet with children.—Pedigree and particu- lars, apply David James, Abercwmboi. e3032i5 x 10.—Fish Bar for Sale, to quick buyer; glazed brick stove, two fires, all utensils; steady trade; large yard and stable: suit young couple; a bargain.— C 14, Evening Express, Cardiff. e2031i5 SITUATION Wanted, thorough, experienced Horse- keeper; married man; last situation had over 50 horses in charge; can produce excellent testimonials.— Apply W. P., 7, The Green, Rumney, near Cardiff, ei" PAIR iliaadsome Fan tails, splendid tails and action J. nesting, for Broody Hens, Fishing-rod, Farret.- Offers Trevor Thomas, 15, Everard-st-reet, Barry Dock eMKit5 R- EQUIRED-by-WidOW- (45), SitftatiÕn-as W orki; Housekeeper; to working man preferred; chil dren not objected to; thoroughly domesticated; good; plain cook; highest references.—B 92, Evening Ex press, Cardiff. eJ05415 W ANTED Seemd-hand Lincon-jefferie," IB S.A. í V Air-rifle; pistol stock; must be in good condi- tion and cheap.—Address P. Corbett, 21, Herbert street, Newport. e^jiS TO Let, Three or Four Unfurnished^Rooms; coi L serva.tory.-S, Clare-street, Cardiff. e3036i5 GOOD General Servant Required; country girl pni ferffld.pply, six to eight any evening. G. Rooke, Hendre, Cath«dral-road, Cardiff. e3038i5 CART for Sale (suit horee 14 hand6;, orjixe > I an «• for Pony-eart.-APPly 53, Elm-street, Cardiff elt TRUSTWORTHY Working Housekeeper- (wittt J dMghter, nine) Seeks Place ? OMe with M? respectable employer; good cook; exparienced wTtb good fsmilim.-C lq, Evening Express, Cardiff. ei5  SmMt. goodHookt?''Fo?"Terrier Dog.?HM A months; oer distempergood boMe -dog ? Mb with children; clean manners; follows well- suu ladj or gentleman; chMp.-Rogors, 49, Tredeg?tree? Cardiff. 03ms GARDE-NEK Wants Situation in :Febl'l: su.g? GhandL-d; with or without help; vines, fr?t, flowere, and vegetables; married; good references.—0 16, Evening Express. Cardiff. e304615 EXPERIENCED Teaser of "pi&n?orte"Re<-<-i? EPuPil, or would Visit LadiW Residences; ter= 10B. ftd. quarterly.-Mi. Bower (Certificated Trln, Ooli.), 59, 8ADqubv, Cwdifi. «304iil

TWO LIVES FOR ONE TERRIBLE LIFEBOAT DISASTER Heroic Fight with Death SUDDEN GUST BOAT TURNS OVER. COXSWAIN'S NARRATIVE. I Details became known this morning of an accident to Ryde (Isle of Wight) lifeboat, which resulted in the death by drowning of two members of the orew. The lifeboat put out at about five o'clock last evening from Ryde Pier to the assist- ance of a boat which had broken away from a barge, and which had a man on board. The lifeboat made a careful search as far as the Warren Lightship, but without suc- oeee, and started to return to Ryde. The wind was blowing hard, and when off Ryde Pier-head a heavy squall struck the lifeboat, which capsized. Her crew of nine men were thrown into the water. The high wind drowned their cries for assistance, but they managed to hang on to the capsized boat, which drifted, with strongly running tide, across Spit-head, in the direction of Portsmouth Harbour. When about a quarter of a. mile from Southsea Castle, two of the men- William Heward, of High.street, Ryde, second coxswain of the lifeboat, and Frank Haines, a Ryde coastguardsman, were swept away from the upturned boat, and their bodies were subsequently recovered at Southsea. Held On when Dead. I The survivors, who landed at Southsea, reported their terrible experience to the authorities there. They stated that their two unfortunate comrades were really dead on the capsized boat for some time, but, they held them up in hopes of getting them ashore. After the survivors had landed a close watch was kept, and between three and four o'clock this morning the bodies of Heward and Haines were discovered drifting aehore, and were removed to Portsmouth Mortuary. The survivors of the crew, on drifting shore-wards at Southsea, were fortunate in having their cries for heLp heard by the coast guardsmen and the police on duty. They were rescued with some risk and difficulty. Coastguard Louis Richardson put off to their assistance with life-belt round him, and, with help from others, hauled the men ashore. They were in terribly exhausted conditions, and after being treated at the police station. where rebtoratives were administered, they were removed to hospital, and are now reported to be making good recovery. Coxswain's Narrative I William Baxtlett, the coxswain, wno u"" been with the Ryde lifeboats for twelve years, has been able to give a narrative of the miela's terrible experiences. The lifeboat Selina, which was provided by the National Iibemoa.t Institution from a legacy left by Lady Selina Edwards, had (he says) been on the station twelve months, and, though floated on five occasions for practice, this was her first life-saving expedition. We put off," said Bartlett, with a crew of nine men, amongst whom was a coast- guardsman, who came with us to make up the crew. We went right out to sea between the Nomans and the Horses and Forts, and cruised about for a while, and then put back and spoke the Warner Lightship to ascertain if they had seen anything of the drifting boat. Not seeing the boat ourselves, we beat back to the Pier-head into the wind, and Were nearly home when a Budden gust caught us, and the lifeboat Turned Right Over I between the Bell Buoy and the Pier Head. We all clung to the boat as best we could, | and clambered on to her bottom. From about eight o'clock to a quarter to two or quarter-past two ('I don't know which) we were drifting helplessly in a strong south- west wind, and, finally, we were brought up on east side of Southsea Castle. "The onliy vessel we sighted during that time was a big schooner coming in from open sea and bound westward, and though we shouted we were unable to make ourselves heard." Mr. Bartlett, who was terribly exhausted a.nd numbed, was the last to be taken by Richardson from off the upturned boat. The boat was a new one, and replaced the old lifeboat a year ago. There has always been difficulty in launching a lifeboat at Ryde, and it is thought the boat sustained some damage when it was thrown back on to the slip. The crew wae a smart one, consisting of fisherman well accustomed to local waters. At the launch only eight of the lifeboat I crew were present, and Haines Volunteered to Go Out I The man in the ship's boat to whose assis- tance the lifeboat went out was afterwards picked up by the Bern bridge Lifeboat to the of the Isle of Wight. When the lifeboat was launched it was thrown ba-ek OTi the slip and eapeiized. Finally, however, the men got away. The boat was afterwards wash-ed up on South sea Reach. The survivors had to be taken to hoepMa The Selima is a surf boat, with dropped keel, and is not a, self-righting boat. It is stated that the massing boat for which the Ryde lifeboat was searching had two men on board. Their shouts were heard by the artillexy, men on one of the Spited forts, but in t tremendous seas that were raging they were una,bLe to render any assistance. The Bembridge lifeboat aflso put out lafjlt night, and spent ten hours in ft fruitless search for the boat.

LONG HAIR AND MUSIC Dr. Frederic Cowen, wbo is 'n-Ot a dieted to the long-hair habit, discuss-? this ?i,,bj,t in the new number of ihe "Strand Magr —^„ He m"es this classincation: (1) Men  have won fame chiefly as composers P 'r to have been short-haired men; (2) those entirely famous as executants have fav^ long hair; 0) practically all great cow poser-executants, standing in a class  themselves, possess long hair. "When I contemplate," he remarks, the portraits of the most eminen t of living players, be they pianists or violinists, i find heads of hair of such appalling luxurianoe that I can only stand ag'hast and wonder how on earth they do it." The only serious reason Dr. Cowen puts forward is that religion and music have always been closely connected, and the priests of all nations used to wear long hair.

NAPOLEON'S NIECE AS ACTRESS The Marquise Demorny, niece of Emperor Napoleon and ex-wife of the Marquis e Belbeuf, is billed to appear at the Moulln Rouge (Paris) in a pantomime written by herself.. The play is entitled A Dream of Egypt." The Marquise will take the part of a savant, while Mme. Colette Willy will appear as a.n Egyptian mummy. The members of the Marquise's family are, greatly scandalised by this strange engage- ment of the eccentric lady, and efforts are being made to dissuade her from putting her daring project into execution. But the Mar- quise is masculine in more things than her, clothes—she always wears (male attire-oind obstinately refuses to abandon her engage- ment i'niha<bitants ot t"e The aristocratic inhabitants of the Faubourg St. Germain are greatly incensed at the Marquise, who daily receives shoals of letters imploring her not to bring dis- honour upon the noble family to which she, belongs.

Henry Greenham and Stanton Grecnham were each fined 30s. and costs at Aberdare Police-court- on Tuesday for being drunk while in charge of a horse and eaxi.. The defence was that a friend had been called -u-pon, and that the holiday drop had pro- duced an adverse effect-

29 Bur g laries I I 29 Buglaries I I MAESTEG LABOURER CHARGED AT SWANSEA. Thomas Evans, a labourer, of Maesteg, was charged at Swansea, Police-court to-day with a long array of burglaries at Swansea. Prisoner's brother was recently arrested, charged with 28 burglaries, and has been committed for trial. Prisoner was arrested at Neath, and was subsequently charged with no less than 29 burglaries. Some of these, however, are the same as those in which his brother is charged. A quantity of stolen jewellery and other articles, which were said to have been found in his possession, were produced in court. Three charges were fully investigated. They were for brea-king into:- 6, Terrace-road, Swansea, and stealing three gold rings, gold locket, chain, bangle, nine silver spoons, sugar tongs, &c., valued £ 5. St. David's House, Uplands (the residence of Mrs. Phillips, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Phillips, J.P.), and stealing a silver sandwich box, card case, pair of gold- rimmed spectacles, and case and other articles, valued at C4; and 115, Neath-road, Swansea, the shop of Mr. D- Crystol, pawnbroker, and stealing a number of gold and silver watches, chains, medals, &c., valued at 125. Several witnesses were called to show that prisoner had sold or offered to sell some of ths missing property. Detective-sergeant Roberts said that when he received the prisoner in custody from j the county police he said, "I know nothing about it, Mr. Roberts." He had charged prisoner with some of the offences, and he made DO reply. Prisoner was committed for trial on all three charges. A case in which the prisoner had been detected in the act was then taken. He was charged with breaking into Lilac Cottage, Sketty, and stealing 28. 10d. and some keys. Miss Jones lived at the house with her nieoe. She was awakened on the night of the 8th of October by a noise downstairs. She went down, and observed a light in the drawing-room. She also heard what she thought was a conversation between someone inside and another outside. The window was open. The drawers and cupboards j*e'"e ransacked; the prisoner was rifling a desk. He had a lighted candle in his hand. When she shouted "Who's here?" prisoner Dashed to the Window, and I broke the glass, and in ao doing pulled down the Venetian blinds, which fell upon &? 1'?ad. Her niece went for the police. A pa,?-n-ticket, bearing prisoner's name, WM ?K. behind, with the hgbt.. He was oommitte.d for trial on this charge. I

Mark Melfords Motor SOME AMUSING COUNTY COURT I REVELATIONS Mr. Mark MsKord, the well-known  hall artist, of Grove End-road, St. '?"" wood, was defer'dant in an action brought at Marylebone Coan.ty-conrt yesterday by William Peek, a gentleman of independent nifc?ns, of Dormans-park, Bast Grinstead. Plaintiff said that he and defendant had jointly owned two motor-cars, a large and a small one. The cars wore out of rkl)air on Purchase, but £7 was spent on putting them into ehape, and defendant then need them for professional purposes—for going a from one music-hall to another when he had several "turns" in one evening. Finally defendant agreed that plaiutiff should put the smaller oar into repaar, and take it into the country, where it would ha.ve a better chance of sale. It had never been sold, however, and was, in faci, wortMees.. Plaintiff now sought to recover L5 1113. ad., half the money he had spenlt on the repairs, and £5 as his share of the Elo Af, -yelford bftd received for the otther car. This latter £ 5 Mr. Melford had now paid into court. Mr. Wa.rde: These two motor-cars were Worth nothing except for the* scra-P iron hea,-p ? Plaintiff: Oh, no; of course not! And yet Mr. Melford was able to eell one f,lr £ 10?—It was the better of the two. I had to take mine to be repaired; the tire box was all burnt out by Mr. Melford. (Laughter.) On another occasion I ?ha?d M" take it across London on a big lorry because it would not go! Well, I hope you haven't driven many of these £5 cars, if there are many of them about?—No, I know them too well! I took the small car to Lingfield, and on the way to Dormans-park the wretched thing broke down, and I had to fetch it with a horse. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Melford denied that he had under- taken to pay half the costs of having the smaller car put in repair. "I said,I have lost £ 600 on motor-cars, and I won't lose a Penny more!" Sir William Selfe found for the plaintiff for the amount paid into court, with costs up to the time the money was paid in.

A Spanish Tichborne" TWO MEN SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE I Two years ago a Spanish blacksmith named Pi,err,e Riera, brought an action against a distant cousin the Marquis of Caea Riera, a ^lan of 81, who lived in Paris and was reputed to be worth six millions sterling. Pirre claimed the estate as next-of-kin, declared that the marquis was an adventurer Personating the real marquis, who died in 1878, three months before he would have succeeded to his uncle's title and estates. Pierre Riera's claim was rejected, and he thereupon disappeared from the story, and Prosecution for fraud was institiuted against the men who had forged a death certificate, and so made Pierre Riera their tool. Yesterday, at Barcelona, two were sen- tenced to eight years' penal servitude, and one to imprisonment.

83 Weds 32 I PASTOR AND NURSE I Old-fashioned Cuckfield, Sussex, was agog with excitement yesterday, when the Rev. Robert Martin, the Baptist minister, was married to Nurse Roberts, whose acquaint- ance he made while visiting the inmates in the infirmary ward at the work-house. Mr. Martin, who lost his wife eight years atgo, is a tall man., but the weight of his 83 years has bent his (hack and frosted his hair. His brother was a former mayor of Brighton. Nurse Roberts's 32 years sit lightly upon her, and she has a most winning manner. None of her friends knew that a marriage had been arranged until the Cuckfield Guardians were informed last week that the cer-emony Was fixed for New Year's Day. She asked to be excused from further service, but the guardians, putting duty before pleasure, Reclined to iallow her to quit her poet until her month's notice had expired. The marriage took place by special license "t nine o'clock in the Zion Baptist Chapel, p^ckfieid. The bridegroom is suffering from ^Hucnaa, and it was doubtful whether he Would be well enough to leave his room, espe- cially as the weather was bad. He did not, however, disappoint his bride. She arrived punctually with her brother, Mr. David Roberts, Liverpool. Her wedding dress, brown in colour, was made in Brighton; with ? she wore a beaver toque. The little ch&pel ?aa aJmost filled with a curious crowd, Who '•tetened intently to Mr. Webb. of Brighton, who conducted the service. Nurse Jones, of Cuckfield, a former colleague of the bride, W40 the only guegt. Mr. Martin flushed a little as he said I will," and the bride responded somewhat u-rvously. The newly-wedded couple were besprinkled with confetti as they passed to their carriage. The wedding cake, a large ?le, was decorated with a silver band. After it had been cut, Mr. Martin returnecil to his sick room.

HORSES' NEW YEAR FEAST I Seventy horses and two donkeys feasted r sumptuously at the Home of Best for Horses at Acton yesterday, the occasion being the fifteenth annual New Year's dinner to the i'U'Q)ia,teg. Forty of the horses are old favoulrites pen- sioned off on 10s. a week; the others are aili-ag animals, mostly lame ca.b horses, W'hOt;.e owners are paying half a crown a week for their board, lodging, and veterinary treatment, or, if they are too poor to pay themselves, getting a rest cure for their Pete at the expense of patrons of the home.

STRONG RUM AT PONTYPRIDD I "I would not tako ruin to cure a cold, r<?Qia.rked the Stipendiary a" Po.mtypndd T'ol ice-court to-day to WiHia;m Morgan, a butcher, who was charged "t h being drunIK ¡ RUd obstreperous on a t r am car belonging to ) the local urban district council. Evidence was given by iiistector Roddy proving the °ff&noe. I^fondaiit, who pleaded tha-t he had been dniijjjjiiig rum for a coldi was fined lOla,

(YESTERDAY'S MATCH I 0- I NEW FORMATION'S SIGNAL TRIUMPH. I Paul Roos's Chivalrous Tribute I to Gwyn Nicholls. I [By "FORWARD."] I Cardiff achieved one of the greatest triumphs in t-he whole history of Welsh foot- ball, and, indeed, in all the annals of the Rugby game, by defeating the South Africans on the first day of the New Year by seventeen points to nil. Such a thrill of eestacy as that begotten by the triumph of the Welsh Metro- politans ever the Afrikanders has not been experienced since, or even before, the defeat f of the New Zealanders "oy Wales last winter, when the prowess of the Principality was embodied in the one try of the match, scored by Teddy Morgan. That was a great day for Wales The Dragon was militant and victorious on that occasion against the Fernlanders, but was passive against the Springboks, and after the defeat of the Welsh team the most optimistic Taffy scarced dared to hope that the credit of Wales would be saved. First of all Glamorgan, and then Newport, and then, agaip Monmouthshire and Llanelly were vanquished by the sturdy sons of the veldt, and Cardiff, in the match of yesterday, was the last hope. When the news of Wales's defeat was flashed across the wires to South Africa there was a reciprocative message received by the next day in this country that the result was celebrated with Mafeking delight, and that the greac and ultimate object of the team's tour had been achieved. Directly and other- wise this, by implication, was the finest coin- pliment imaginable to Welsh football, but the cloud as subsequent events have proved.. was only a passing one, and one which, at that, had a silver lining. For once in a while, and a long while too, the Welsh team at Swansea were found lacking in nearly all the qualities which have won for the old country such an enviable; reputation in all parts of the world where the name of Rugby has any meaning at all. Some inexplicable stupor seemed to have ta.ken possession of the whole team that day, and the consequence was that Wales suffered an ignominious defeat. Yesterday the cajpitail of Wales made his- tory by coming to the rescue of national prestige, d Garddf, to the lasting credit of the club, inflicted such a defeat upon the Springboks as to rehabilitate Wales in the eyes of the whole sporting world. In tha,t defeat there was not the slightest suggestion or semblance of fiukiness or of luck. It was decisive; it was thorough; it was complete; it was triumphant. For the first time ill all of their many matches they had seventeen points scored against them. Locally, it was a great day for Cardiff, but in the broader -nd best sense it was a greater UetY for Wales. One need scarcely say anything about the admirahle character of the arrangements made for the match, but it was woefully unfortunate that the weather should have been so wretched. Rain fell continuously throughout the day, and the ground on the Cardiff Arms Park, which bears an evil repu- tation at its best. was a perfect quagmire. Quite thirty thousand people braved the elements, and there was not one of that huge throng who regretted standing or sit- ting in the rain to see the memorable spec- tacle of a Welsh team showifcg such marked superiority in all phases of play and win- ning so handsomely. In the glow of victory, gratifying as it is, nothing is so pleasing—not even the result of the match as the sportsmanlike spirit in which the South Africans took their defeat. Paul Rocs, the captain of the team, the preacher, and the great forward, spoke words of wis-II dom and of rort at the dinner which followed the match, and to which the tv.o teams sat down. "It is only human to be disappointed," he said, "in having been beaten in our last match on British soil, but I am glad for one man's sake that you had such a glorious success, and that is my friend Gwyn Nicholls. My reason for saying that is that some of the newspapers were so unfair in going for him after the international match at Swansea." In these few sentences the sentiments of every- body were wholly embodied. Nicholls has played many, many great games, but never a finer game than he played yesterday, and I, for one, felt glad and thankful that I did not come under the lash of Paul Roos. Much was expected of Nicholls at Swansea, but the opportunity did not come, and "opportunity makes the man." When it did come to him on Tuesday he showed bis old skill, his unparalleled judgment, apd no mean turn of speed in going for thp. line at an angle which no defence could have stopped, and it was fit-ting and most happy that he should have been the man to score the first try which laid the foundations of an historic victory. Apart from that try, his play was brilliant all through the game, especially in defence, and was, indeed, an inspiration to the whole team. Fore and aft the South Africans were beaten, and it is a significant fact that on no single occasion, from the first whistle to the last did either wing-Loubser or Steg- mann—receive a pass from his centre. That in itself is an indication of the general trend of the play, and one which will be boat appreciated by those wtho have studied the South African methods, and who know, as a result, that they depend chiefly, and almost entirely, upon the pace of their wings and their admirable determination in going for the line. "Let sport flourish, and may sport live," was the ooncludiug sentence in the after- dinner speech of Mr. Garden, the manager of tho South African team, and in that sentence ds crysstalieed the feeling and sympathy of Wales towards South Africa in the football field. Our guests from our baby Colony have come and gone, and we in the homeland will cherish the recollection that they played a straight, honest, sports- manlike game, and they will forgive us for cherishing still more the memory of a victory on Welsh ground by seventeen points to nil. The announcement of the final score at the Western Mail Office, Merthyr, was awaited by a great crowd, and received with great cheering. I The "Gate" nn I The gate at the match amounted w ZI,Utu, of which tlhe South Africans take half. This is apart from the members' and workmen's tickets, and the attendance is estimated at 27,000 to 28,000.

Change in the Weatherl I FLOODS MAY FOLLOW SNOW A ohange in the weatuer seems to have set in, a rapid thaw having taken the place of the frost. In South Wales on Tuesday night there wae heavy rain, accompanied by a high wind. It was, in fact, what is often called a dirty night." The change appears to have affected the whole country, and the rain has been so h-oa-vy that floods appear inevitable. Inter- rupted telegraphic oommunic,ation is being restored, and the snowed-up trains in the North will soon be released. Reports of the fatal effects of the recent storm are, however, still coming to hand. In Aberdeenshire three men-a schoolmaster, a shepherd, and the driver of a baker's van- have been frozen to death. I Inquests were held at Stepney on Tuesday on the bodies of two men, two women, and six children whose deaths had been brought I about by the cold weather. A fatal ice accident occurred in Leicester on Monday evening. John Gee, aged nine, was skating on a disused clay pit of great depth when the ice broke, and he was pre- cipitated into the water. He was unable to swim, and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. The body was not I recovered till several hours later. The Great Northern Railway Company announce that all the lines are open in Scot- land except that from Montrose to Bervie. There is now a full service to and from Aber- deen. After being closed since Christmas night owing to the snowstorm, the South Lanca- shire Tramways Company's trams have been able to resume running throughout the section from Lowton, through Leigh, to Bolton. The six days' stoppage caused great inconvenience, hundreds of miners and mill operatives luivuig to walk miiles to and from their work. News has reached Edinburgh of an acci- j dent on Ohrieitmas Day in the Sound of Harris, involving the death of two ghilliee. The two men, John MTtpnald and his son, were ferrying from Obbe to Killgoay I-,Ie, I two miles south, in a fourteen-feet boat. Both were experienced boatmen, but must have been overcome in the storm. No trace of j i boat or men has been seen. -——- —

.—————————— The general annual licensing sessions for I the county borough of Newport ),.a. been fixed for February 11. I STEVENS' BKEAD— Once used always uSlf-

A DOUBLE LIFE. I FOUR BURGLARIES A NIGHT Carpenter Who Owned a Bungalow The remarkable double life led by a young man who combined the professions of car- penter and burglar was exposed yesterday in a Clerk-envrell Sessions case. The name of this real-life Raffles" is William Parkpr, aged 26, and he was sen- tenced yesterday to two years' hard labour for burglary at the residence of Henry Munday Clark, Croftdown-road, Highgate. Wiui him in the dock were Thomas Arnold, 22, and Daniel Edgington, 18, labourers. The latter had been twice convicted of minor offences, but it was entirely through Parker (the police said) that he had gone in for burglary; and Arnold had been hitherto of good character When arrested, Edgington volunteered to point out the spot in the grounds of High- gate Convent, Highgate-road, where they had buried a quantity of plate and a number of bottles of hock and claret. The informa- tion proved correct, and Edgington was sen- tenced to twelve months, while Arnold was bound over, and released on the recogni- sances of his father. The Double Life I Parker, of the double life, was first I arrested in 1904. For four years, it was dis- covered, he had been carrying on the busi- ness of a builder in Dartmouth-park, N.W., and earning the esteem of the districts of Kentish Town, Hampstead, and Highgate, while at the same time secretly executing an astounding number of burglaries, aided by his expert inside knowledge of the "cribs" which he "cracked." It was stated that he had done four bur- glaries a night for two months. lIe used to leave home for work at six in the morning, and return about the same time at night; and in the summer evenings used to cut quite a dash with the hired horses which he rode or drove, for he had a very pretty taste in horseflesh. At length it was noticed that Parker bad built for himself a bungalow adjoining his workshop at York-rise, Highgate, and that this coincided with an inexplicable series of burglaries in the neighbourhood. The bungalow was elaborately furnished, with treHi?work all round, and so constructed that the mu&io and card parties which he held there in the dark evenings were safe from outside observation. With Doubtful Characters I When Parker happened one evening to be met by a detective in the company of doubtful characters, suspicion began to close round him, and his bungalow was watched. All was without avail, however, until the interesting discovery was made that there was a secret exit from the bungalow, leading out at the back into neighbouring back premises and giving access to neighbour's houses. It did not matter, therefore, how carefully the police watched the front of the buugalow-Parkel- could leave and return by the secret door at the back without a soul being the wiser As a matter of fact, it often happened that while the detectives were watching his front door Parker would leave unobserved by the back, commit a burglary, and return quite unchallenged! Laborious inquiries resulted, in Parker's arrest. The further amazing fact then came out that Parker had for long been very intimate with the local police, who trusted him implicitly, and from whom Parker had no difficulty in learning when extra police patrols had been put on. The burglaries at such times singularly ceased, 'but as soon as the extra patrols were withdrawn they re- commenced. Identified by Bootmarks I Marks of boot-protectors found in the garden of a house that W been entered, which marks corresponded with protectors in Parker's boots, had much to do with his conviction, and, although there was actual proof against him of only this one burglary, Inspector Neil had no doubt that he was the author of dozens of others committed in the preceding four years. When serving his sentence he boa,sted that he could remove a window or open the best- secured door without disturbing the house- hold, thanks to his expert skill as a car- penter. He admitted one fault-that he had not found good receivers for his stolen pro- perty. On his release the burglaries in his neigh- bonrhood re-started, with the sequel of yes- terday's fresh conviotioin.

A WONDERFUL OAK TREE I Find at Glanamman I The other day while Mr. Daniel Williams, 'builder, Glamamman, was excavating for the foundaiiol1 of a new house in peaty ground a short distance east of the old Brynlloi Farmhouse, he came upon the trunk of an oak tree lying under the surface with an irregular thickness of from 9in. to fift. of peaty soil covering it. 'rne trunk measures from the stump end to the first branching fork 42ft., with a ha.rd black stem between taft and 21ft. in diameter. From the branch- ing fork up to where it has been laid bare it measures 12ft., and it is conjectured that it extends up to an old hedge another 20ft. away. If so the total length of the tree is 74ft. All who have examined it are surprised at its wonderful size and good state of pre- servation, and the question that appeals to all is "Wnat can its,age be?"

FALL OF A SIGN BOARD I Merthyr Town-clerk's Lucky I Escape. During the storm last night a huge sign over the premises of the Public Benefit Boot Company at Merthyr was blown down, break- ing one of the electric Lanipe lighting the street and injuring the wires. Mr. T. Aneuryn Rees, town-clerk, and an old inter- national, stopped at the corner of the street a few yards away to purchase a pa.per, or he would probably have been on the spot when it fell. No one was hurt, but the car service was interrupted. Snow fell thickly for a. couple of houxs this morning, followed by rain.

CHAIRMAN, CLERK, AND PRESS I At the ordinary meeting of the Neath I Board of Guardians held on Wednesday, Mr. E. Evans Bevan said he voiced tlhe feelings of tilie whole of the members of the board when he wished their respected chairman (Mr Hopkin Jones) a haippy New Year. (Applause.) The Chairman: Thank you. But we should not leave out our venerable clerk. (Re- newed applause.) I Mr. Tom Williams (Giyn Neath); Or the press. (Vociferous applause.) Everybody shook hands, and all we(he sincere in wishing each other a happy New I Year.

"SOMETHING BURNING." I Late L'AOT night a smell of eometbing burn- ing induced the caretaker at Arlington- chambers, Commercial-street, Newport to make a search. It waB found that a beam over the fireplacc in an office at the back of the shop of Mr. J. Phillips, corn mer- chant, had taken fire. Some of the walling had to be taken down before the fire could be fairly located and put out.

CARDIFF A.S.R.S. AND MR. BELL, M.P. At a IDBeting of the Cardiff No. 3 Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, held at the Oddfellows'-hall, a resolution was unanimously carried condemning the "unmanly and unwarrantable attack" made on Mr. R. Bell, M.P., by lr. A. Fox, the general secretary of the Associated Society of Enginemen and Firemen, and expressing "una-halted confidence in our general secre- tary."

CRUSHED TO DEATH AT CARDIFF I A man named Albert Ridout, aged 32, of 22. Cumrae-street, East Moors, employed as a hydraulic driver at the Roath Dock, Car- diff, was severely crushed on Tuesday by the cradle of one of the coal-tips. He was I at once taken to the Cardiff Infirmary, and died in the afternoon.

PROTEST AGAINST SECRECY I The Arbroath magistrat-es.at a special I meeting to-day, agreed to wire to the Board of Trade protesting against the inquiry into the railway disaster at Elliott Junction being held in private.

WORKMEN SHOT DEAD I -Three workmen were shot dead and eleven severelyinjured a.t Lodz, Russia, yesterday, during fights between Nationalists and Socialists. The authorities have exiled 74 j| unemployed workmen. 

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS I I L. J. (Tylorstown).—Skrintshire was centre to Llewellyn in 1899 a.t Swansea againftt Enc- ian<J-

WELSH OR NO WELSHI The Cardiff Plebiscite. I VOTES COUNTED TO-DAY. I Cymmrodorion and British Leaguers of Cardiff assembled at the Western Mail" office this afternoon for the purpose of counting the votes of Cardiff parents on the question of compulsory Weleh teaching in the schools of the city. The plebiscite was organised by tho Western Mail," and officially recognised by the Cymmrodorion Society and the British League, the two bodies chiefly interested in the matter. Alderman Robert Hughes, the president of the Cymmrodorion Societiy, was unable, to attend, and was deputised by Councillor W L. Yorath, who was supported by Mr. Lovell, treasurer of the society. Mr. R. E. Jones, Mr. J. Mart.in Jones, Mr. Tom John, and other prominent Cardiff Welshmen. The Lord Mayor (Mr. W. S. Crcssman) was present during the count. Mr. F. J. Veall, the president of the British League, was supported by Mr. C. W. Melhuish, Mr. Sant, Mr. A. W. Harry, Mr. J. Oompton Hunt, and several others. Ten bags of reply cards were handed over under seal by the Oardiff poBtilllaster-one bag for each ward in the city. It was agreed, II on the suggestion of Mr. Veall, to take the I wards separately, and that a Cymmrodor should sit opposite a Leaguer at the counting table. In this way perfect fairness was ensured. The vote was counted in wards, and in the returns below the number of voters in each ward is given between parentheses. The results, on the single query for or againsit the compulsory (teaching of Welsh in Cardiff I schools, were; Majority For. Agst. For. Agst. Central (1,692) 250 463 213 South Ward (1,497) 205 384 179 Park Ward (3,927). 601 1.2S7 666 Oathays (3.400) 598 734 136 Aaamsdown (1.778) 271 427 156 Canton (3,526) 437 1,028 —— 591 Riverside (2,563). 302 382 630 Roath (2,493) 334 811 —— 477 Grangeto'n (2,961) 348 604 —— 256 Splott (2,730) 430 587 —— 157 Majority against 3,411 I

Cow's Tail Cut Off I PENHOW LABOURER CHARGED I James King, labourer, Penhow, pleaded not guilty at Monmouthshire Quarter Ses- sions to-day to a charge of feloniously, un. laewfuJly, and maliciously maiming a cow, the property of E. Henry Wilmott, at Lower Meadow Farm, Penhow, on December 1. The evidence showed that the cow was found with its truil practically severed from its Dody, except for one small piece of skin, and, as blood was found on a hatchet the prisoner had been, using laying a hedge in the sa.me field, he was arrested and charged with the offence. He denied all knowledge of it, and said that the first time he heard of the animal being injured was when the police arrested him. (Proceeding.)

FATHER AND SON AT PONTYPRIDD I A painful case was investigated by the Pontypridd magistrates to-day, in which Richard Griffiths, a collier, 5, Tymawr-road, Hopkinstown, summoned his son, Richard Griffiths, for assault. Mr. Wayne Morgan appeared for the complainant, and Mr. A. T. Jam-ee for the defence. Before hearing the evidence the Stipen- diary suggested that the solicitors had better try to come to an arrangement, but they were unable to do so. In evidenoee it transpired t'here had been family differences, the complainant alleging that his food was not properly prepared, and bis wife was attempting to poison him. Owing to a dispute on the subject it was alleged the defendant struck his father on the temple and on the ear, felling him to the ground. Mr. Arthur Lewis again appeal, to the advocates, and the summons was wiwidrawn.

TREAT TO NEWPORT CHILDREN To the Editor of the "Evening Express." <Sir,—TOR seventeenth treat for the poor children of Newport will be given to-morrow in the gymnasium of the Athletic Club and the Drill-hall. The two entertainments will be held simultaneously at si:: in the even- ing. Dinners will be given at twelve, one, and two, and over 2,200 tickets have been issued. Only children who hold tickets and who are between the ages of seven and four- teen years will be admitted to either the dinners or the entertainments. Tickets will be cancelled if the holders do not fulfil this condition.—I am, &c., HAitH,}. ABRAHAMSON, I General Hon. See. I Newport, Mon., Jan. 2, 1907.

DUTY TO THEIR FAMILIES I The tenth annual conference of the National Association of lie-ad Teachers was opened at Leamington on Tuesday. The President (Mr. J. W. Stacey, of Saiford), in his address, referring to the feeding of school children, said the recent Bill did net touch the question of improper feeding. Parents had a responsibility, and ho thought there should be no compunction in sending loafer parents to labour colonies, to be disciplined into doing their duty to their families.

DEATH OF MR. LEWIS, K.C. The death has occurred in London of Mr. George Pitt Lewis, K.C., a former member of Parliament for North-west Devon. Deceased, who was 61 years of age, was the son of the late Rev. G. J. Lewis, headmaster of Honiton Grammar School. He was called to the bar in 1870, and was made Q.O. fifteen years later. He represented North-west Devon as Liberal from 1885 to 1886, and as Unionist from 1886 to 1&92. The deceased, who was the author of numerous legal publi- cations, was a deputy-county-court judge, and at one time recorder of Poole.

THEFT OF GOLD NEAR TALGARTH Henry Roderick, a seafaring man, was charged with breaking into the house of John Morgan at Pentwyn, Colebrook, Bronllys, Tal- garth, on November 20 and stealing there- from L-14 in gold, a gold watch and chain, two gold rings, a gold brooch, Ac., of the total val'"5 of X27 8s. Mr. Lewis W. H. Jones pro&ecutt^.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

THE RUSSIAN FAMINE News of the horrors of the famine continue to reach St. Petersburg from various dis- tricts of the afflicted area. Prince Obeliansky, who has just returned from distributing funds provided for the dis- tressed people by the United Zemslvos Com- mittee, has brought with him specimens of the bread ea,ten by the famishing populace, and these he has exhibited at the rooms of the Free Economic Society. Some of them look like badly baked lumps of earth; others axe dark masses with strange looking grey lines. The Prince also brought a specimen of flour from the Kayaii district. Nobody could ha,ve recognised it as flour. It is a sort of yellow dust, which when handled feels like coarsely ground bark. Hundreds of thou- sands of men, women, and children are da.ily eating this bread and flour, with disastrous consequences to their digestive organs. The dreadful hunger typhus is now racing in tile governments of Veroney, Simhirsik, and Kazan, while Mingrelea must now be added to the actual f1-aline area.—Central News.

STARVED BY WRONG FOOD Mr. J. W. Staoey, of Salford, in his presi- dential addrese alt the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers at Leamington yesterday, regretted that the new Act of Parliament did not deal with parents' who starved their children, not by insufficiency of food, but because of the wrong kind supplied. He quoted the remark of a medical writer: "You can poison a baby as certainly with halfpenny buns as with arsenic, and the law will not require your presence in one of the King's handsome hotels." He thought that in this case the law should prosecute on a doctor's certificate for culpably neglecting the children's food. He also advocated send- ing a "loafer" parent to a labour colony to be disciplined into respecting his duty to his family. A resolution was carried in favour of the j last six months of a girl's school career being spent largely in th-* practice of domes- tic tiubjects. I

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The Yellow Peril 1 The Y elow Peril I UNDESIRABLES FLOCKING TO BRITAIN England is threatened with an invasion by thousands of undesirable Chinamen." This alarming announcement was made to a press representative yesterday by Captain Charles Etti, Chinese expert director of the European Eastern Asia Trader Association, and editor of the Eastern Convitentia, at his London office, West India House, 98, Leadenhall-street. Captain Etti appeals in the "C-onv-itentia," which is the only newspaper printed in the Chinese language in Europe, to the sober- minded and orderly among the Chinese people to abstain from sending their undesir- ables to England. When about 30 Chinamen landed at Liver- pool a few weeks ago," said Captain Etti, "they were described as Chinese laundry- men. "This is wrong. The persons who are com- ing over are not worthy of the name or laundry men. Many of them are simply Chinese criminals And yet the British Government is allow- ing these persons to land here. If this is not put a stop to by the authorities here this country will be flooded with Chinese undesir- ables ready for all sorts of evil. "A batch of 150 Chinese left Hong Kong for England about a. week ago. From what I hear from some of the taotais and other informants of mine in China, I find that tihere is a likeLihood of three or four thou- sand more Chinese undesirables coming here I if the Government does not stop it early. "These men," added Ca/ptain Etiti, "are for I the most part criminals who will Steal what- ever they can lay hands on. I "This is how it is done. A man becomes an undesiraible over there in China,. He I either steals enough money for his passage or he gets it from some relative who is I anxious that he should leave China for China's good. "Then along comes the local emigration I shiark. He is the agent. He gets commis- sion from the shipping companies, and in many cases he does not care whether the man is an undesirable or not. "I maintain," said Captain Ettå, "that Chinamen o-ugiht not to be allowed to land in England without presenting a certificate from a taotai to the effect that they are desirable."

Scottish Railway Disaster I CONDITION OF THE INJURED I At Arbroath Infirmary this morning it was reported that H. A. Allen, whose case is regarded as most serious, had maintained yesterday's improvement, and David Christie was no worse. The boy, M'Carrion Constable, Beattie, William Fitchet, and Miss Porter are progressing favourably. Public Inquiry Demanded I Major Pringle will resume the private in- quiry at Dundee to-day. There is some feeling in Arbroath that a public inquiry should also be held, and it is probable a representation by leading citizens will be maae to this effect.

Powderhall Handicap DINGWALL THE FAVOURITE The Powderhall Handicap was resumed at Edinburgh to-day, in fine weather, and before 9,000 spectators. The betting on the handicap at the grounds was as follows:- 2 to 1 agst Dingwall 3 to 1 Galbraith 9 to 2 Raisbeek 8 to 1 Wyhe RESULTS: Heat I.-Di,-ngw-all, Edinburgh (14§yds). Won by a yard from Roes, Glasgow. Time, 12fseo. Betting-2 to 1 on Dingwa,LL Heat 2—Raasbeck, Edinburgh (12iyds.). Won easily by two yards. Gailbraitlh was the original haindicap favourite. Time, 12 4-5sec. Bet-ting: 5 to 4 on Ralsbeck; 2 to 1 against Galbraith. Heat 3.-Dales, Houghton (6Jyds.). A great rli,oe, Purves being beaten by a foot. Time, 12 +5sec. Betting: 5 to 4 on Dales. Heat 4.—Wylie, Edinburgh (12^yds.). Easy win. Time, 13eee. Betting: 2 to f on Wylie.

CRUEL RED-TAPE. Barefooted Child Sent to Court The form of red tape which takes no j The form of red tap,e which takes no account of suffering was warmly denounced yesterday at the Guildhall by Mr. Alderman Allist-on. Michael Hayes, seven years old, was charged with being found wandering in the streets, raking over the gutters in search of food, and a policeman brought him to court just as he found him, without hat or boots. He had previously taken him to the workhouse, where he was deta.ined for the night. "Would not they put something on his feet before sending him through the streets?" the alderman asked. "No, sir," said the policeman. "They said I must bring him here just as I found him, but as he was barefooted I brought him in a ca,b. "And paid for it yourself, I suppose?" said the Clerk. "Wo have had to speak of this ki-ndi of thing before," said the alderman, "a.nd I should very much like to know who is responsible for sending children from the union in this deplorable state. It does seem. to me that, at the very least, boots and stock-' ings should be lent to children who are gent to court in this inclement weather." The boy was ordered to be sent to a remand home in a cab, and the aldermaln ordered that the cab fare to court should be refunded to the policeman. The clerk remarked that the double cab fare would pay for a very good padr of boirts for the child.