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PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A PENARTH REFRESHMENT HOUSE KEEPER, SUPPLYING YOUTHS AFTER MID-NIGHT. At Penarth Police-court on Monday last— before Mr J. Duncan and Mr P. Morel—John William Wilson, refreshment house keeper, Glebe- street, Penarth, was charged by Police-constable 240 with keeping his house open for trading purposes after midnight on the 17..h inst. The Constable said he entered defendant's house about 12 15 a.m. on the date named, and found three or four young men sitting down in one of the rooms drinking gingerbeer and eating biscuits. In a back room were two young men playing bagatelle. He asked the defendant why he allowed his house to be occupied for trading at that time of night. Defendant replied he did not know the young mca were there. He, therefore, turned them all out, and extinguished the lights. Six or seven men left the place a couple of minutes previously.—In reply to the Bench, defendant said he did not supply the lads with refreshments.—Mr Duncan said Wilson, by keep- ing his licensed house open after eleven o'clock, rendered himself liable to a penalty of JB5. He would, however, be lined 10s, and cautioned against a repetition of the offence. I PENARTH LOCAL BOARD AND THE TOLL-GATE QUESTION. At the Public Works Committee of the Penarth Local Board on Monday evening last, Councillor W. B. Shepherd presiding, a discussion arose as to the desirability of taking joint action with the Barry and Cadoxton Board and the Dinas Powis Highway Board to compel the Cardiff Corporation to abolish the only toll-gate (in Penarth-road) existing in Glamorganshire. — The Chairman thought Mr Harpur, the Cardiff borough engineer, had been incorrectly reported when he disclaimed any liability on the Cardiff Corporation's part. Cardiff took already 70 to 75 per cent. of the tolls, and this amount was laid out in maintaining the road within their borough. It was seemingly advantageous to Cardiff to keep the gate in ex- istence, for they had tolls on the brain. (Laughter.) The Penarth people had helped them too long, and it was high time they were relieved of the burden. They were quite prepared to take care of their own side.-The other members concurred with these remarks, and it was decided that the board on Monday next, at their monthly meeting, take measures to have the gate removed. CARDIFF CORPORATION AND THE TOLL BAR. At the meeting of the Cardiff Corporation Public Works Committee on Thursday last (Alderman Daniel Lewis presiding) a letter was read from Mr I Franklen. clerk to the Glamorgan County Council, as follows :—" We have been pressing Lord Bute's agents for terms for the redemption of the Penarth- road toll, but have Dot succeeded yet in getting any definite reply. The late Mr Corbett had the matter in hand, and his death delayed it some- what. We are now told now that it is a matter in which Lord Bute is understood to take a personal interest, and that nothing can be said until he has decided. We shall not fail to remind his agents of the subject from time to time."—Mr Harpur, the borough engineer, reminded the committee that the toll-gate in Penarth-road was not in the corporation district, but in the district of the Penarth Local Board. The removal of the toll would chiefly benefit the Penarth people, and he thought that the expenses connected with the taking over of the road should be borne jointly by the Glamorganshire County Council and the Penarth Local Board.—The matter then dropped. PRESS OPINION ON THE MATTER. It is a hopeful sign that members of the Penarth Local Board are taking the decided stand with reference to the toll-gate indicated by the opinions expressed at the meeting of their public works committee on Monday evening last. It is some- what novel to hear the gate described as advantageous to Cardiff." That proposition we most positively traverse, for, as we have pointed ¡ out over and over again, the gate is an imposition upon inhabitants of Cardiff who can least afford to pay the extra fares charged to cover the tolls. That the existence of the gate at this time of day is a reflection upon the public bodies which permit its continuance we readily agree, though in that disgrace the Penarth Local Board, as well as the Glamorgan County Council and the Barry and Dinas Powis Highway Boards, must take their share with the Cardiff County Council. We are not disposed, however, to quarrel as to terms, nor as to the exact apportionment of blame. If the Penarth Local Board can succeed in awakening the Cardiff County Council to its duty in the matter, we say more power to their elbow." We hope they will strike bard and strike home, and anything we can do to make their blows effective we will most gladly undertake.— Western Mail.

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