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TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Tbe one hundred and twenty-second half-yearly meeting of the Taff a3e Raiiway Oompany was held a* the ?h!f >, lege GrWTl- Bristol, on Fri- 4 V i^ ,nT,-n1 of company (Mr. t;J\ fc) lTsiaed> AND the other directors present wero Messrs. R. L. G. Vassal 1 (yiee- chain nan), Matthew Cope, David Evans, J iyke Thompson, P. A. Vyvyan-Robineon and Joseph Withered and Colonel Jo-iah Wilkin- son. The officials in attendance wero Messrs. A. Beasley. general manager; H. Clark, secre" •^ry > !• H. Richcs, locomotive gupetinten- aent; G. 1. Sibbering, engineer; S. Coleman, j na<3?)u'i-n' J• P. ingledew, solicitor; "■ Jenkins and if. W. Tribe, auditors. W3«- *"8aaaiU attendance of shareholders. Tne CShaarman, in moving the adoption of tbe report and statement of accounts, .uad ihat although the dividend recommended waa the same as for the corresponding half-year, the company had loet a little of their elasticity. and this was somewhat remaikable, having re- gard to the fact that there was an increase in the tonnage carried. They were not alone in this respect. Their powerful neighbour the Barry Company had paid the usual dividend, but they also had loet some of their acius- tc med elasticity. The directors of tbe Rhymney Company, though they paid an increased divi- dend, warned the shareholders tha.t they must not look forward to a similar result in the future, inasmuch as some of their traffic was likely to fail awa.y. Dealing with the acoount-, the chairman said that the estimated expendi- ture on capital account for last half-year was £43,200, but only £27,2.83 had been *p<?ut. Turning to the revenue account, it would be seen that the number of passengers carried had increased by 125,04-9, but the receipts were unly £417 more than in the corresponding period of 1895. It was very satisfactory to find that there was an increase of £239 in the money received for periodical tickets. Tha directcrs had good reason to believe that the company would receive a substantial addition to tilt amount paid for carrying the mails, and, although they had not yet oome to any definite arrangement, they felt they were justified in putting down the receipts for tho last year at £ 2,900, as against £ 2,000 which had previously been paid. The revenue from ooal and ooke showed a. reduction of £6,604, while that re- ceived from other mineraJs had fallen to tht. extent of £7,172. The decrease in the ooal and coke receipts was somewhat remarkable in view of the fact that there wae an increase, of 115,000 tons in the quan- tity carried. The explanation was that a considerable portion of that tratfic was con- veyed a shorter distance- The price of coal was so low that there was am inclination on the part of colliery proprietors who oouild afford it to restrict, tho output, and this was especially the 0..80 i- respect off collieries whié¡ were the longest distance from the port of shipment. In the second half of 1895 the company con- veyed 1,788,4^.0 tors lorn certain of those col- lieries, but during the last six months the qu»rtity had fallen to 1,371,757 tons, a decrease of 413,676 tona. This difference, calculated a.t the average rate for the long dis- tance traffic, amounted in money to £17,236. The shipping receipts were more encouraging, as they showed an increase of .61.485. This was due to an increase of trade at Penarth Dock and the more efficient working of that traffic, particularly in regard to ballast. In the dock and harbour receipts there was aiso an increase of £2,933, brought about, of course, by additional trade at the docks. Turning to the expenditure, it wae pleasing to find that there was a decrease of £1.324 in the maintenance of way and works, which was attributable to the vigilance of the heard of that department. At the same time, the permanent way had been adequately main- tained, and would compare favourably with that of any other railway in the United Kingdom. (Applause.) There was an increase of £14-4- In the locomotive department, due to the reduc- tion in train mileage, which was very remark- able when they considered the enormous tonnage carried. 'There was a slight decrease in the cost of ooal, the price paid beincf 8s. lljd compared with 9s. Id. in the second half of 1895. Going back to the interesting period of 1891, he found that the tons of coal consumed reached the figure of 38,095, whereas la&t half- year it amounted to 33.227 tons.' The coal per train mile had been reduced from 85'02 pounds in 1891 to 73'20 pounds in 1896. (Applause.) Although sorne very heavy, repairs had been undertaken and concluded in the carriage and wagon department, there was a decrease in every item. The Shipping expenses, notwhh- etanding the increased trade, were £203 less t'ha.n in the corresponding period, but, in the dock and harbour department there had been a decrease of £288. Compared with December. 1895, the shippimr ami harbour receipts had increased by £4.418, while the expenditure had only gone up to the extent of £85, showing a net gain of £4,333. Going back again to that interestr'ng period of 1891, tihey would find that the dock and harbmur and shipping receipts amounted to £37.426 and1 the cttiensea to £24,642, leaving a balance of £12,784. In the half-year with which they were now dealing the receipts were £45.663 and the expenditure £20,463. leavins: a balance in favour of the company of £25,200. (Applause.) Last half- year thev had in the dock 2 420 vessels, of an aggregate tomnage of 851,757. against 1.816 vessels, with a tonnage of 740.325 tons in the December ha-If of 1895. This did not show, as some carping critics would 11avaihem believo, that the dock was unpopular with the freighters. The employes' accident fund had reached a state of insolvency, and the directors, a-t the request of the men, had. he believed, placed ituxwi a sound tsnd eatisfaotory basis. They had decided to make an annual contribution of 25 per cent, on the payments made by the employes. This would amount to between £300 and £400 a year. and the decision of the directors had given the greatest gratifi- cation fo the men employed. (Applause.) Mr. Va<Esa I seconded the motion. 2 £ r. T. Arnold expressed patisfaction with the report, but would like to know where the press got their information in reference to the diminished trafSc, which had induced some of his friend^ to sell Taff Stook. The Chairman said the newspapers always dealt with tbe published returns, and could know nothing about reductions in expenditure. The directors took very great care never to overstate the receipts. Where some of the reports came from he did cot know. A gentle- man told him that morning that the directors were to have a very warm time of it-—that they were to be "spiflicafced," or something of that kind—and referred him to an article in the "Financial News." He read that article, and j at once recognised the mailed hand. It was not necessary for him to take the slightest notice of it. K9 was almost ashamed to have referred to it. as it wa.s bensath the contempt of the directors and the shareholders. There was no railway company in South Wales at the present moment which was on a eourder basis than the Taff Vale. (Applause.) What- ever increase they had was an absolute increase; whatever they had they more than held, and this state of thinsrs gave confidence to the shareholders and the public- (Applause.) The report was then adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. on the divided ordi- nary stock was declared, payable on the 10th ins-t. THE PARLIAMENTARY BILLS. Mr. Ingledew explained the provisions of the Taff Vale Railway Bill, which was unani- mouthy approved. He also dealt very fully with tihe Windsor Dock BilL The Chairman, in maving that this be approved, laid etrees on the necessity for further dock accommodation, which he said was a vital point for the shareholders in the company. This Bill was also approved without dissent. Mr. George White proposed a vote of thanks to the directors Knowing what he did, he had no hesitation in sayincr that if the old board had ccnti-ued +,0 control the affairs of the company there would not at the present time have been any dividend for the ordinary shareholders. He had stated that £50,000 a year couk be «i ed in the expenditure, and the directors had justified that prediction. The motion vas seconded by Mr. Almond and carried. The Chairman, in replying, epoke in very compliment ax" terms of the services rendered by the staff.

HAURY COMPANY. The twenty-fifth half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the offices of the Cardiff Exchange on Friday afternoon, the chairman, Lord Windsor, presiding. Tlie accounts showed that the capital expendi- ture during the half-year had been £ ^67,129. The sum available for distribution on the ordinary shares wtLS £51,038. and the directors rwonimendm a divi- dend of 10 per cent, carrying forward ;bi.,y70. Traffic on the Barry Island extension, opened on Aligns t 3, was declared satisfactory, ana sood progress with the construction of -L'Op o* 2 was reported, 'l'he share capital, authorised by the Act of 1893 had now been all leswed,, wvth the exception of £ 3,662, The; direoto' were Messrs. Robert F°rr<»t, L<wis John Corv, who offered tbeouelvos. for re- election. The reP^^noticedQa^d meeting to .consider construct new present) for powers aTd ^other Jors remained the «une as it had ever been. Ttey hSuried to continue the Mitaonsed work. # tUTrminanv as fast as possible, and were determined^K»t to be kft behind m the compe- Son they all felt in that district m the matter nf railwa-n? and docks. At the mine time, they to avoid invading the sphere of other companies as much as possible. The totel un-1 nroduotive capital expended by the company to December 31 latst was £611,000, but the revenue had kept pace with the wcpenditure. The in-1 crease in receipts was over £11,000, and, while the working expenses had gone up over £6,000. the percentage was only 0'4 higher, and OOffi- pared favourably with other companies. Illustrating the efforts of the directors to expand the trade of the compa.ny, the chairman said that a pieoe of land had been let to a leading firm of sleeper importers, whioh would probably result in greatly increased business for the company. The directors believed that the d^ep-waiter lock would be finibhsd Wtdun a measurable time-that waa to say, before the end of the next half-year it would be completed. On the subject of the Bill to be introduced on be- half of the company this session, Lord Windsor said it had been most carefully considered, and the directors believed thM, m view of the large traffic now being earned by the company between Cardiff and Barry, and the etiil larger traffic which would shortly be available, iit was essential that they should endeavour to get powers for fresh railwa.ys into Cardiff, and --rp access of their own from Barry to Car- diff. Mr. Archibald Hood. in seconding, em- phasised* his beiief tha't the prosperi-ty of the enaiTOaj' wonkt continue. A very hœJty buicrcn of unproductive ca.pita.1 rested on t'he company, but he believed fhaA the receipts would keep pace with the expenditure, and that they would be able to maintain their present satisfactory divi- dend. The report was adopted without discussion, the suggested dividend being declared, and tho retiring diracstors and auditor (Mr. D. Roberts) re-elected.

VALE OF GLAMORGAN RAIL- WAY COMPANY. The sixth half-yearly meeting of this oom- pany was held at the Barry Company's Offices, Cardiff, on Friday afternoon, the ah airman (Mr* Archibald Hood) presiding. The report stated that the amount expended during the half-year had been £114..035, a.nd of the £120,000 Tbreo Per Cent. Debenture Stock created last- August J3112,000 had been isisued; while mention was made of the Bill introduced in the present session to extend the time for the nmpletion of the railway, for the payment of atereet out of capital, to authorise a new junction with the Llynvi and Tondu branch of tJie Great Western Railway, and for further capital powers. The directors who retired were Messrs. E. L. Evtms-Thomas and Frede- rick Lewis Davis, and the auditor, Mr. David Roberts, all of whom offered themselves for ro-.il.^ctfon. The Chairman explained that the delay in opening the line was owing to the failure of certain piers in the great viaduct. There WM =ome excuse for it. seeing that the pier which fa/led mosrb was founded on a rock—-(laughter) —but underneath the rock was, if not sand, then clay. The piers were now being re-built on solid rock and concrete, and the work was being pushed on as rapidly aB possible. The directors were over the line yesterday (Thurs- day). and some bets were laid as to the date of nmpletion. He was not a bebt ng man, but ventured to prophesy thsut the line wouild be completed before the next half-yearly meeting. Mr. Edward Davies seoonded the adoption ">f the report and accounts, and, this having been carried, and the retiring directors and auditor ha.ving been re-elected, the proprietors proceeded to the Wharncliffe meeting, at which the new Bill was explained by Mr. Downing and the motion in favour carried without com- ment.

RAILWAY DIVIDENDS. MIDLAND. The Press Association is officially informed that the directors of the Midland Railway Company will recommend a dividend on the ordinary stock for the past half-year at the rate of 7 per cant. per annum, carrying for- ward £ 40,000.. rINDOK AND NORTH WESTERN. The Press Association is officially informed that the London and North Western Railway dividend for the past half-year will be at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum.

18 ALARMING FIRE AT YNYSYBWL. BOOT AND SEOZ SHOP GUTTED- About 1.30 on Friday morning a disastrous broke out at the shop of Mr. J P. Jones, boot and shoe dealer, 44, Robert-street. Ynysy- bwl. Mr. Jones waa awakened by a. Icnae smoke in his bedroom, and immediately rushed downstairs, wlien he found the room behind the ihop in flames. He went back upstairs to the room wherein slept his step-daughter, and, having tied a rope around her waist, let her out from one of the front room windows. He after- wards himself jumped down on to a bank at the back of the house. By this time a neigh- bour, named Mr. Coles, Was aroused, and gave the alarm to Police-constable Weeks, who was soon on the spot with hose and reel, and, after playin,? on the fire for a considerable time. suc- ceeded in subduing the flames. The people in tho neighbourhood were greatly alarmed, and Mr. Coles and Mr. Rogers, stationer, com- menced taking the goods out of their rremises, but, the fire having been got under, this pre- caution was not necessary. 'rhe damage that the property of Mr. Jorfe has sustained is esti- ¡ mated at something about J3500.

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WIDESPREAD DISTRESS AT MORRISTON. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SRARVING, I (BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) In these days of the Indian famine funds ana of the cliarity which goos seeking abroad it is (juestionahta whether the fact is a.t all realised that there is dire distress—aye, famine. —m the midst of the apparent plenty in a-t least one of our great industrial districts of South Wales. 1 spent yesterday investigating the causes .Iud extent of tha poverty and. star- vation reported to be rampant in Morritton, and 1 have come to the conolufciou that the reports—down to that bid ono of the children eagerly picking up and devouring fowls' food, Indian corii, &c.—were not one whit exagge- rated. Poverty and starvation now stare j honest working men and their families in the face there. Morriston tradesman have, 1 verily believe, done all their means i re capable of to relieve cases of drstress, and wholesale firms have assisted them, but, although the misery is increasing daily, the general public have done but little to assist. The list of sub- Ecriptioiis shown me yeaierday did not quite fill up two pages of the book m which they were contained. Mr. Wm. Williams, the old employer of moat of these workmen, has g11^ £ 50, and members of his family have assisted vvith trucks of coal and loaves of ^i read, but "what are these among so many"? in ere is no Christ amongst them to miraculously Did the multitude sit down to such scanty tars- When the mayor of Swansea a week or two ago appealed to the Swansea public to sup- port the Indian famine fund the thought have crossed his mind that there waa anoi-ne fund much nearer home to which the aitentio of Swansea folk, and, indeed, of the P^P,1 of South Wales, might be more stritin^ y directed- Tho local committee, °°n8h^S chiefly of working men, have, we feax, had sufficient knowledge of effectual of begging io direct publio attention u> ciently vivid manner to the wants of tnV, ,'u'" dieds vhev are now tcmtily feeding 'vita couple of loaves of bread once a wC mnrB I'tiblic leng ago would, have ^Accompanied by a vrking mail—him.^lf^o'rt of employment, but now actively assisting others more necessitous than a'n'° I went to two districts of Morristor. to ascertain for myself the extent of the d.estItu- tion prevailing there. Of the hovels intne upper part of the district I bad time to en two oaly—but I could &ce that they were a m sample of scores of others. Ind&ed, I wasjo that in one street—Vicarage-road, Clyndu u* one of the occupants of twenty cottages « work. In the first house at which I there was a miserable group of husband, wIfe, and six children, rogethcr with a youiigjwiOrtlfr'' probably a. daughter. The men stood by t table, locking pale and emaciated, w*o the wtiman did the talking in response to (ui inquiries. They had had no work since Worcester" stopped nine weeks ago, and roey had no food in the house then except ta» of bread just obtained that morning relief committee, together with a pint of sp peas given them by a tradesjitan, and whwh which were then boiling on the fire. In the second house visited the apparently, arrived at starvation Poi°K for woman and three boys in the room, whic.n' w;mt of an adequate term, one may desigm- the "kitchen,1' looked sufficiently woe-begou to prove their ease. A baby was asleep on 1 a. ricf etty chair by the lire, covered with an cotton pinafore. There was scarcely any furm- ture, and the larder was bare. "What;. o°t sci-ap of foc.1 in the house?" "Not » bit, BIr, this morning," was the despondent answer. "What is that you have on the fire?'. was tiio cautious query—a saucepan vras simmering there. For answer I looked in, but it wsus simply hot water, which was being prepared to wash the brief remnants of the childrens under- clothing. We bestowed a little chanty, an sent her down to the relief committee then sitting for a. loaf of bread, and parsed down to the lower district of Morriston. Here, in a cottage forming the first of a dilapidated ana disgraceful row of such tenements, we womau surrounded by her children, who were eagerly devouring lumps of a stale loftf of brawn bread which had just been given them by a tradesman. She explained that since that gu* they had obtained two loaves of white bread from the relief committee, and she began one for the children whilst I was there. It was pitiful to see the little ones devour it, taking a piece of white and a. piece of the Btale brown together, apparently for the sake of relish op of variety—or t>o?- eibly to make believe one was cbee3e. Chu- j dren do not lie; here was proof posit) va. "Oh, this is quite a feast for them," said the poor despairing soui, sadly. "Yesterday the whole four went to school without a bit of anything inside of them), but the schoolmaster heard of it, aiid gave them » penny each, so they did not etarve." I viiited DO more houses, hut this hint led me to inquire of the schoolmasters of the district, and I was by them assured that cases of children ooming to school without breakfast were by no meona rare, and that they often doled out food or buns to them when the fact came under their notice. The relief com- mittee were sitting a.t Horeb Chapel on the morning I visited the grimy and uninviting district. I was welcomed to a. seat at the re- lief table, and saw the care with which the relief tickets were doled out. They were for bread only; there wnø no money for grocenea available this week. "Last week," said Mr. Millard (who, with Messrs. D Df.vie?, D. John, and D. Jeremith carry out jointly the arduous duties Qf tocrefaries),_ "we relieved 444 persons, giving adults a shilling each and children 6d. a week but this week we can only give bread—twol penny halfpenny loaf for each adult or two children." 0 "And you only meet once a week?" "Not as often as that," was the response; "thofund« won't run to it regulariy. The candida-tes consisted of men, women and young girls, all waiting patiently for tohei; turn, the girl? appearing for their mothers. There were cases detailed of seven, eight, a.nd nine children in family, and no money in the house for weeks past The men wore a quieit and humbled air, whilst the women answered the questions put to them in either an abashed or a tearful way, which was evidently sincere, But the committee had to be very careful. One young wife, from whose cheeks oare had I not yet quiN removed her roses, Was asked in Welsh how long it was since her husband last bad wages—as it was believed be had been receiving wages lately and the toajs imme- diatelv stajted so uncontrolled from her eyes that I felt bound to ask what the painful ques- tion had been. The suspicion had evidently hurt her keenly. Another woman, after getting a W for her own fomily requested me for a neighbour. But this the committee oould not entertain. "She muat apply personally I" I "But .Jte is very iN. sir." It was of no use; money and bread were scarce, and the fountain of public Oharifcy might dry up altogether if the sick woman was taken a loaf also. There were cases of young women with some rwnnants of faded finery on their heads. "Werê they wives a.]ao?" was the natural question whioh shaped itself in the mind. No! usually they were the j eldest of nine or ten in family, and had been sent to get the much-needed bread if it could be obtained. "This won't do,' said the enerpetio and careful committee to such fofik. "Next week we shall not give to anyone but the head of the familv so take notice." It would be tedious to amplify or extend the list of cases presented. But if hundreds of 1 working people are ready to pocket their pride and come to ask for chanty bread to take homo. to their children the faot ">u$rht to be sufficient to <xmvince any reasonable man that the distress is keen and widespmvd. Industrious men would not be reduect1 to aohelplese and despair- ing a condition except to avoid that worst of "crimes"—relief from the parochiai rates. The poorest classes in Morriston are paying the wolf homage iust now with a vengeance, and if the fount of human charity ;/< not dried up a word in time ought to be sufficient. It is hardly conceivable that at this fin de sneole period women and ch'ldre1 should be allowed to eke out a existence on scraps of food doled out at wide intervals by a committee entirely handicapped by want of means, ai^d waitin? with the hope deferred which makes the hefrt sick for the wrTks to re-opan. And now a word to the *ymnothetic public, and I conclude. The only obiections wh'Vb can possibly be raised to the substantial relief of the distress are two. People ask (1) Whv don't the men leave the neighbourhood and seek work elsewhere? and (2) Whv have they not all provided f"T » rainy day? To the fiivt objec- tion. oven if work could be obtained elsewhere, the natural and inevitable ties to a district and the faor that the dispute at the works mav be settled any day, are a sufficient answer. With regard to the second, it must be remembered that the stoppage of work has been so long con- tinued that any ordinary savmars would long aero have been swallowed vp. The Worcester Works have now been idle for fifteen months, The Upper Forest Works during the same period have been working irregularly, and nine \vk ks ago. after pharing their work with the idle Worcester men for a Ion? time. stopped altogether. No less than 1,500 men, boys, and girls have been thrown out of work from these establishments alone, and there is distress also in other quarters. The cause of the stoppage vas attributed by the management to a. dispute amongst tbe members of the firm themselves, but, if so, a. more disastrous quarrel can hardly be conceived. It is not for us to enter upon the question of blame in the matter, especially ad it has been recently declared before the assessment committee that the works are stopped owing to their not paying their way. Which- ever is the correct reason for the stoppage the distress I have endeavoured to describe above is sufficiently real and widespread to call for immediate publio assistance, and I cannot con- clude in any better way than by saying that Mr. Pd. Jenkins receives subscriptions at the Wood- field Coffee Tavern, Mornston, wfeere it is hooed he will not haw to wait in vain.

C ARMAETHEN SHIRE TITHE ACTION. JUDGE BISHOP AND HIS BBOTHEB About two years ago a tithe action was entered in the Carmarthen County-court for the decision of his Honour Judge ^.oiiop, but, as the applicant was hi., brother, the matter, in order to avoid so delicate a ta8k, was referred to an arbitra- tor (Mr. C. H. Glascodme), but an objection was raised to this gentleman's award, ai* was sent to the Court of Queen's Bench, where Air. Justice Cave and Mr. Justice Wills dealt with it, the latter remarking that the whole thing appeared to be in a complete muddle. The matter was eventually cent back to the Car, mart-hen County-court, and his honour having J ^ND back to the arbitrator the award wnich bad been made, giving no costs to either eide, his brother, Mr. Charles Bishop, solicitor, ljlanaovery, oommenoed another action, insist- ing that his brother should hear it. It was, therefore, brought forward at the Carmarthen County-court on Fridav, Mr. Bishop making an application under the Tithe Act of 1891 against Mr. David Evane, Froodgrech, near Breoon, for the recovery of the sum of £ 1 ■ ln respect of rent-charge out of a siaiig of land called Morfahydwig, in the parish of Llangimnor. The respondent had filed a defence denying the ownership of the appli- cant, referring to a. sianilaj* application which was previously made for a year's tithe relative to toe same holding-, and contending that that application wa<s still pending. The respondent also held that the present application was pre- mature, upon the further ground that the claim was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The main point in this case was as to whether the tithe upon Morfahydwig had been conveyed to the applicant or the respondent. There were certain ambiguities in relation to legal docu- ments, the tithe rent-charge having been formerly vested in the late Sir Erasmus Williams, under wnomboth applicant and respondent claimed by different deeds of conveyance. Upon the former occasion Mr. W. Denman Benson (in- structed by Mr. W. Morgan GriitiUil?. solicitor, Carmarthen) appeared for the applicant, and Arthur Lewis (instructed by Mr. C. E. Morns, solicitor, Carmarthen) represented the respondent. On Friday Mr. Benson was not present.—Mr. Morgan Grffitbs informed his honour that he appreciated his unpleasant posi- tion. and, if possible, steps would be taken to hinder his investigation of this intricate case. —His Honour: It is not a question of intricacy. I suggested that the parties should go to the county-court judge at Swansea. He would be perfectly willing to try it. But the suggestion has been refused, I won't say by which party. I don't think r. would have been unreasonable on the part of either of the parties to have con- sented to such an arran-srement..—Mr. Morgan: I quite sympathise with your honour.—His Honour: It is not too- late, even now, to adopt the suggestion, only it is a delay of time.—Mr. Morgan Grjmthg If you had compulsory power to send it to Swansea, I don't think you could be blamed for exercising that right.—His Honour: I don't wish to have compulsory power, otherwise one of the parties might go again to the Queen's Bench Division, and I don't wish to put either of them to that ex- pense. Some people have to swallow bitter pills sometimes, and I suppose I shall have to swallow mine.—Mr. Morgan Griffiths: I really don't like to be the one to administer that bitter pill—Hi« Honour: Weill, it is in your power to prevent that. even now.—Mr. ArtbuT Lewis: There is a consensus of opinion that we should try to arrive at some termination of this state of things. I have suggested to Mr. Griffiths a certain solution of the difficulty, which I think he will confirm me by saving meets with his approval. I am afraid it does not meet with the approval of everybody, else. probably, it would have been carried out.—His Honour adjourned for a while, in order that counsel and advocate misrht confer with their clients.—Mr. Morgan Griffiths thereupon stated that he bad conferred with his client fully on this matter. and he was naturally reluctant to delay this lon-g-pending matter anv further. His client was, however, prepared to consent to a further adjournment on condition that a fair offer be made in the meantime, and tha.t his honour would place the case first on his list for the next sitting.—Mr. Arthur Lewis atrain repeated his desire that the matter should be amicably arranged, and he thought there wae now a fair chance of 11 n further litigation in this matter be.in<!2: prevented.-111¡¡ Honour con- sented to the adjournment, but the case would havp to take the ordinary course like others. —Mr. Arthur T.ewis: T will undertake that no reasonable effort is srrnred to make a reason- able offer in the interests of everybody.

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF WALES. The annual meeting of the Astronomical Society oi Wales was held Coy kind perimee-ion) at the Cardiff Higher Grade Schools on Thurs- day evening, Mr. Charles T. hraneil, M.A., H.M.I.S. (president-elect) in the chair. Despite the weather, there was a very fair attendance. The annual report, which wae adopted, gave the total membership as 168, about half of whioh are resident in Cardiff and the neigh- bourhood. The report stated that "the council very daeply regrets the pending removal of Mr. Whitiaeli, who has been from the outset one of the most able and valued officers of th* Astro- nomical Society 01 Wales. It rejoices that he has accepted for the full term the office of pre- sident and trusts that, although removed from Cardiff, he will retain hie lively interest in the proceedings and fortunes of the society." Besides a change in the presidency, Mr. C. M. Hensman, Lloydis Bank, Penarth, is appointed treasurer and assistant secretary; the other officers, &c., remain muoh as before. A resume of observations made by various members were given, and thacks accorded the Higher Grade School authorities for a. BMetinK place, and to the Cardiff press for assistance rendered in various ways. The first of a ceriee of educa- tional lectures on elercnentejy astronomy (open to the public) was given, the lecturer being Professor Lloyd Tanner, F.R.A.S., to whom a hearty vote of thanks wae accorded spoken to by Messrs. N Latfcey (secretary), Geo. A. S. Atkinson, F.R.A.S., and Arthur Mee F.R.A.S. Next Friday evening Mr. Wlutirwll will deliver a. farewell address—subject. "Saturn.. Uranus, and Neptune." I

CAKMABTHEN GUARDIANS AND THEIR DOC-TOH. For some time past there has been friction between certain members of tbe Carmarthen Board of Guardians and the medical officer (Dr. W. Lewis Hughes), and a fortnight ago a report was published in the "Western Mail" of a rather heated discussion arising out of alle- gations made bv Mr. D. E. Stephens, Tra/w»- mawr. At Saturday's meeting of the b< ard reference was made to another oaæ, the out- come of which is left to a special committee.— Mr. J. Patagonia Lewis asked the medical officer if he remembered attending a pauper named Jair.c« Lewis, of 134, Priorv-streofc—Dr. Hughes said he did not remember doing eo. He "could not remember the case of every pauper. Mr. Lewis then asked if he recollected the man's wife coming to him on a Tuesday (the day before he died), and asking for an order for an allowance of wine. becaiM? t!be Mlieving officer would not give it without the medical officer's order.— Dr. Hughes re-plied that he could not remember0 the circumstance.—After some dis- cussion it was agreed that the matter should be investigated, and a committee of six was appointed to report to the next meeting.

ABERYSTWITH INFIRMARY- The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Abeiystwith Infirmary and Cardiganshire Gener.nl Hospital was held at Aberystwith on Saturday! In the absence of the president erf tho institution (Mr. J. G. W. Bonsall, of Fron- frarth\ who was confined to his room, Air. n. C. Frver presided.—Tbe Chairman rejnaiked that there wus an adverse balance a± the ena ct tho j«r of £ 11 5s. 7d-, but he beheved tb^t wfl* not the actual deficit, inasmuch ae the new subscriptions for the eneuiiig ymr came in before that was expended.—Dr. Morgan, the leuse surgeon, explained that various imprcve- nn-nts had been effected at the mfirmary during the course of the psst year.—The Chairman pointed out that there wa^not the desired nrotrress amongst, tha subscriptions. The medical and surgical report was very favourable. They were iu a progressive state as for a« inooor patients were concerned, 183 havmg been admitted during year, as agams. 175 in the previous year. The number of out-patients had slightly fallen off, the number for the past year b(me 1..449, us agamst l-olo m the previous vear —Tho report was adopted.Mr. J. G. W. Bonsall was re-elected president.

EARRY DISTRICT COUNCIL. The Bany Urban District Council on Friday evening appointed Mr. E. W. Wait-e, the assis. tai- water engineer, to the position of engineer a.t a salary of .£230 per annum, Mr. F. M. Parris to continue gas engineer and general manager of both departments.-—Mr. F. T. Jonfcs-IJoyd gave notice to move a. resolution that steps be taken, in accordance with the directions of the Home Secretary, to have the new Church of England portion of the cemetery consecrated and not dedicated.—The Surveyor (Mr. J. C. Pardee) reported that the new Rom illy Park at Barry would be 25 acres in extent, exclusive of roads, and the Chairman suggested, in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, that this park be called the Queen 8 Park, a.nd the new park at Oadorton the Victoria Park.—The Chairman also suggested tha.t the same auspicious event should be )elp. brated by the erection of a general hospital for the town, and an influential and representative committee of councillors and outside gentlemen was appointed to take the question into consi- deration a.nd report.-A letter was read from the Mavor of Cardiff with reference to phe Indian famine. A feeling was expressed tnat the Barrv district should support Lord Windsor's" county fund.—The council decided to support the claims of Oardiu for the location of the Welsh University offices.

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MERTHYR BOARD OF GUARDIANS. MEDICAL OFFICERSHIP OF TROEDY RHIW. The weekly meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians was held on Saturday, under the presidency of Mr. D. P. Davies, J.P., chair- man.—Upon the recommendation of the house management committee, it was decided that th", office of stock-taker should be abolished, and that in future the stock at the workhouse and at the Aberdare Training School should be taken by the guardians themselves.-—Mr. Joseph Nicholas was appointed clerk of the works in connection with the intended erec- tion of the new workhouse infirmary.—A letter from the Local Government Board was read in relation to the recent appointment of Dr. Cromwell Jones as medical officer and public vaccinator for the district of Troedy- rhiw, pointmg out that they could not con- sent to a. non-resident medical practitioner being appointed whilst there was another duly-qualified man resident in the district who was an applicant for the appointment. They, therefore, requested the guardians to make the appointment in accordance with the regulations. The board forwarded, for the in- formation of the guardians, a letter they had received from Mr. J. B. Jones, checkweigher, together with a petition of the inhabitants of the distnct, praying thai the appointment should be conferred upon Dr. M'CHue, who was stated to have been chosen to be the doctor for the Plymouth Collieries.—Mr. David Davies, in denouncing the action of the Local 'Government Board, mentioned that the bulk of the paupers whom the paro- chial doctor would have to attend resided at Merthyr, and said that it made his Welsh blood "boil to think that the guardians had to be submissive to the authorities in London, who knew nothing whatever about the posi- tion of affairs.Mr. Dan. Thomas stated that out of nineteen cases attended to in the Troed- yrhiw district the week before last eleven came from Merthyr, five from Abercanaid and Pentrebach, and three from Troedyrhiw. Last week out of twenty-two cases, twelve came from Merthyr, eight from Abercanaid and Pentrebach, and two from Troedyrhiw. To oompel the majority of the cases, therefore, to go to Abercanaid, to the surgery of Dr. M'Ghie, was not only absurd, but simply cruel. He proposed that the clerk write to the Local Government Board respectfully urging them to re-consider the question, and before coming to any decision to direct one of their in- spectors to hold a local inquiry.—Mr. David Davies seconded the resolution.—The Clerk: The point is this, that you are acting outside the regulations of the Local Government Board in appointing a non-resident doctor.—The resolution was carried unanimously.—Sugges- tions were thrown out as to a re-arrangement of the medical relief districts, and a committee was constituted to report upon the matter.

WEDDING AT GOGEUDDANel The marriage of Mr. Edward Athelstan Lewis Powell, the only gen of Air. and Mre. W. B. Powell, and heir to tho Nauteos Estates, to Miss Mi- rguret Louisa Joan Pryse, elde.<t daughter of Sir Pryee I'ryse, Bart., Gogerddan, was solemnised amidst manifestations of general rejoicing at tho quaint little ciiuro.i of Penrhyncoeh on Thursday. Bunting was freely displayed in the neighbourhood in licnour ef the happy event. and -lo -ig the route leading from Gogerddan Mansion to the church triumphal arches bearing appropriate niottoas spanned the roadway at frequent inter- vals. In with the *vish of the aide's family, only immediate relatives and neighbours were present at the ceremony, t dm lesion to the church being by ticket. Several members of the Penrhynooch. Sunday School t-nd a few others constituted themselves into a special constable company 'or the occa- sion with the view of maintaining order, and tihefce, together with the members of t-hc church choir, wore distinguishing rosettes. The path leading from the church gate to the church door was roped off, the sides being lined by the fc-pecial constables. The interior of the sacred edifice presented a. most invitirg appearance, the decorative work having been superbly carried out by the Gogeridan gar- deners, under the supervision of Mr. Yearey. A seli)ct company awaited the arrival of the wedding party at the church, and, in addition to the Lrogerddan house party, we noticed the following:—Mrs. Blackwall and Inends, Mrs. and Misd Ivory and friends, Miss Vearey and friends, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Richard Hughes, Mrs. Jo.ies, Mrs. Dan Hamer, Mrs Jane Parry, Mrs. Anno Jones. Mri?. L. Walking, Mrs. J. Jones, Mrs. H. Bonsall, -Are. Eliza. Jones, Miss Austin, Miss Bridget Roberts, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Philip Jones, Mr. James Jones. Mrs. John Morgan, Mrs. Mary Hamer, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Jfrnt, Tycoch; Mrs. Martha Thomas, Mrs, Ann Wall, Mrs. Thorns Jones, Miss Polly Jones, Miss Pratt, Mrs. Richard Lewis, Mrs. Hugh Roberts, Miss Coriiett, Miss M. A. Morgan, Miydypenau; Il-s. Rees, Railway Station; Mies James, Mrø. Thomas Morgan, the Missee Richards, Court Cottage; Mrs. Hannah Lewis, Airs. James, Shop; Mrs. Powell, Mr". H. Edwards, Miss Strin Wil- liams, Mtss Floromoe Williams, .Miss Amy Bonsall, and Dr. and Mrs. James, Fa.gwr. The services was semi-choral, the AtfiOlaltiing clergy being the Rev. Eben. Jones, vicar of Llanbadam Fawr, and tha liev. George BJack- wall, of St. Johns. The bride, who was given away by her father. Sir Pryse Pryee, Bart., was attired in a charm- ing rich ivory satin gown wit.h Court train, the bodioe drawn in folds of raftin. being returned with a ohimisette of ohiffon, the puffings of chiffon being kept in place by rows of fine pearls. The bodice was draped with Brussels lace, with garlands of orange blos- soms aad myrtle. The sleeves were also of sucked dhiffon, with small puff gathered in a frill to faoe on the chiffon. The high collar Was also folded satin, with a frill of accordion plea/ted ohiffon falling long at the back. The orange blossoms, myrtle, and jessamine were under a tulle veil, and as ornaments the bride wore a diamond and white sapphire brooch, the gift of the Lady Montague of Beaulieu; a diamond brooch, the £ ift of Miss Holford and hw veil was pmned with Counter Amherst's present of two large turquoise pins. She also woro presents from the bridegroom, viz., a diamond ring, bracelet and brooch, and diamond and enamel hangles, the gifts of Viscountess Parker and Miss Tyler, ili^s Pryte was attended by two bridemaide-MisB Hol- ford, of Caetle Hill- Dorsetshire, and Miss Coeens, of Bronadarn—who wore rich dresses of blue silk with blue and white sprays. The bodices were trimmed with white chiffon, having full fronts and small coats, with frills and deep blue sashes wi^h smart bow and long ends. Their large black hats of velvet were relieved with blue velvet laid round the crown, and trimmed on ooe side with rich plums. Lady Pryse, the bride's nother, wore a pretty dress composed of a rich nark blue satin de Lyon, the bodice being arranged with velvet, with. white saAin, vest and beautiful old English point lace, with bonnet to match. Her ladyship also wore diamond ornaments. Mr. Powell was attended by Mr. Yale, who discharged the onerous duties of best man. Mr. C. J. Ivory, the church organist and choir- master, who presided at the har- monium, ga.ve a capital rendering of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" at the close of the ccremony, and the newly-married couple left the sacred edifice amidst showers of rice and the good wishes of their friends and neighbours. The brougham conveying the happy couple was drawn by a number of willing hands from the church to the mansion, amd all along the route Mr. and Mrs. Powell werl heartily tpplauded by the crowds who had mustered to witness tihe happy event. After the ceremony a select company of the newly-married couple's friends and relatives sat down. to a sumptuous repast Gogerddan, the company including the following:—Mr. and Mcs. W. B. Powell. Naateos; Mr. Atheist an Powell, St. Clears; Mr. and Mrs- R. J. R. Loxdale. Castle Hill; Mr. and MJS. Vaughan Pryse, Bwlchbychan; Mr. and Mrs. Pryse, Lodge Park Captain a.nd Mrs. Webley Parry-Pryse, Key add Trefawr; Mr rend Mrs. Lewes Prvse, Mytton Manor, Staffordshire; Mr. and Mrs. George Wright Pryse Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pryse, Ystrad- wcallt, Carmarthenshire. The following may be mentioned amongst those who took a. pro- minent part in the crQction of the arcliss and the decoration of the neighbourhood:—Mr William Richards, Court V ilia; Mr. Richard Davies Llwvngronow; Mr. Daniel Hamer, Gloucester Cottage; the Rev. George Black- wall Mr. C. J. Ivory, Mc..Nathaniel James, Frondes' Mr. John Oweng, Panttea; Mr. John Richards, Tynfrynfarob; Mr. Thomas Jones, Court Farm; Mr. W. David Edwards, Mr. Vearey, and the Gogerddan gardeners. Mr. and Mrs. Powell left Bow Street by a special train during the course of the afternoon on their honeymoon trip. Mrs. Powell's travelling dress consisted of a blue cloth tailor-made dress, trimmed with astradian, and large velvet hat. In the evening the local villages were prettily illuminaited in honour of the auspicious aoca- sion.

THE RECTORY OF NSATH. The rectory of Neath with Llantwit has been accepted by the Rev. Arnold Frederick Evans, M.A., of the University of Oxford. He was previously educated at tho Friars School, Bai<gor. and after graduating (with theological honours) at university he spent some months at the School of Divinity, Bangor, and was ordained deacon in 1888 and priest in 1889 by the Bisbiop of Llandnlf, and held the cnracy of Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire, 1888-1892. Since the latter year he has bean assistant curate of Aberdare under the present vicar and his predecessor, the present rector of Llan- goedmore. At Aberdare the rev. gentlemen has been practically in sole charge of a popu- lous district. He has been a most successful parish priest, by his combination of tact and firmness winning the hearty respeob and co- operation of his people. H'e is an excellent I extempore English preacher, and his Weilsh sermons are much appreciated-

NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD. FATHER BAILEY ON THE BOARD SCHOOL SYSTEM. The monthly meeting of the Newport School Board was held on Friday afternoon, Colonel (JL i T. "ft allis in the chair. NEW BUILDINGS. The sites and buildings committee recom- 1 mwided that the architect's plans for the new buildings in Charles-street should be approved, end that tenders should be advertised for. The Chairman stated tha.t the land, whiich waa 59ft. in width and 144ft. in depth, and the buildings would cost £4,300. FINANCE. Mr. T. B. R. Wilson brought up the report of the finance committee, whioh recommended Wat precepts amounting to the sum of £i.O,û88 should be made on the various rating autho- rities within the school district to meet the requirements of the board for the year ending March 31, 1898.—Mr. Wilson stated tha.t the sum represented a rate of 8d. in the £ which was a reduction of £ d. in the £ on the year and Id. on the last two years. The committee esti- mated that JS9,922 wouild only be required, and anticipated a margin of £160. He moved the adoption of the report. The Chairman seconded. Mr. T. H. Mordey criticised the work of the finance committee during the last tteee years, and contended that the board had been guilty of extravagance. Father Bailey agreed with Mr. Mordey that the board had been extravagant. School boards always were extravagant, and the whole school board system was intolerable. No body ia the country squandered money in the way that a school board did, and the Legislature ought certainly to do something to stop it. The whole system was thoroughly rotten and it was a disgrace that Englishinen shouid perpetuate it. Certain men, however, who oailled themselves Liberals, and who included Mr. Spicer, were doing everything they oould to prevent grant* being made to volun- tary schools; and the extravagance continued. Lt was wrong to call the school board system a system of public control. It was nothing of the sort. In Cardiff, for instanoe, the whole of the board schools were in the hands of Air. Lewis Williams, and he appointed whom. be likecf and did what he liked. He thought, however, that the finance committee h&d succeeded in reducing extravagance. The Rev. H. Abraham (Nonconformist) said they did not object to educate Catholic children, bus if they provided roads and a man chotB a balloon he thought that that mazi ought to contribute towards the maintenance of the roads. Father Bailey: You provide Protestant board schools, and Catholics refuse to attend them. The Rev. H. Abraham: There are no Protestant board schools, except so far as ther are made Protectant by certain grentlemen who make it their business to take out every CatJiolio child who enters them. Ccntinu;.n1g, Mr. Abraham dealt at "orne- length with the work of the finance committee, and quoted figures t. show that the board had not worked so economically as the last board. It transpired, however, that he had based his assertions upon tihe net ratable value, instead of the gross, and his contentions fell to tho ground. The Chairman, comparing the preempts of the last three yenrs with the precepts of the previous three years, faa-id that between B600 and £700 had been spent in repairs, cleaning, &c., and there had been an increase of 500 children. Something like £8.000 bad been spent on new schools, and the interest on that sum waa to be considered. The report was adopted. ROMAN CATHOLIC TEACHERS. Before the board rose Mr. W. Calvin Thomas ssked if it was true, as stated in that morning's "Western Mail. that a Roman Catholic teachta- had been dismissed by the beard. The Chairman Not in my time. Father Bailey said the statement wa* abso- lutely correct. A teacher at the Central School became a Catholio, and she was dismissed in oo?i sequence. Mr. W. C. Thomas: I am very sorry to hear it. Mr. T. B. R. Wilson: It ought not to have been 80. Mr. Mordev: How many yeans ago was it? Father Bailey said he wan on the board at tho time. Rev. H. Abraham said there were other reap ins why the teacher was dismissed, and Falbcr Baiiey knew them well. Father Bailey: I do not. I stand by what I say. She waa dismissed simply and soleiy because she waa a Catholic. The meeting then concluded. .r-i—

"WTLL OF THE RBV. B. J EINNS, SWANSEA. The will (dated the 27th of July, 1895) of the Rev. Benjamin James Binns, late of Maesincla Villa, Uplands, Swansea, who died •at the above address on the 20th of December, 1896, was proved by Benjamin James Binns, Richard Garnant Cawker, and Francis Hol- borrow Glvnn Price, the personal estate amounting to m9,645 10s. 9d. The testator bequeaths to Richard Garnant Cawker and Francis Holborrow Glyn Price, provided they prove his will, £100 eaoh; the following charitable legacies are given free of duty: — To Swansea Hospital, Swansea, £200; the Orphan Home, Swansea. £100; to the Insti- tution for the Blind at Swansea, £100: to tlie Dea.f and Dumb Institution, Swansea. £ 100 to the Parochial Schools, Oystermouth, Swa.n- sea, £25; to the Refuge for Females, Swan- sea., JS100 to the Church Missionary Society, Salisbury-square, London, £100; to the British and Foreign Bible Society, £100; to the Church Pastoral Aid Society, Falcon-court, Fleet-street, London. £100; to his cousin, the Rev. Charles Binns, £1,000; to his cousin. W. Binns, £1,000; to his cousin, O. Goodwin, £800; to his former faithful hou8& keeper, Margaret Stannard, £1,300 as a tokeo of friendiship and for pasrt services; to hM late housekeeper, Elizabeth Tazewell, £1,000; and to Jane Jones, his present housekeeper. £300 if in testator's service at his decease, il not JB100 only; to Dr. William Jones Wil- liams, £100; and, after giving numerous other legacies, the testator bequeathe the residue of hh real and personal estate to his cousin and executor, Benjamin James Binns, but in the event of his death in testator's life- time, then to his wife and daughters, or to the survivor absolutely.

RHAYADER WATER SUPPLY. An inquiry was held at Rhayader on Thurs- day by Mr. Robert H. Bicknell, one of the inspectors of the Local Government Board, as to an application made by the Rhayader Rural District Council for sanction to borrow £2,120 for works of water supply for the parish of Rhayader. There was a. large atten- dance. The scheme was explained by Mr. Strachaa, partner of Mr. James Mansergh, C.E., who has prepared the plans free of cost, and has commenced the works at his own expense, pending the result of this in- quiry. It is proposed to lay new mains to re-place the old ones, which have become cor- roded, and to supplement the existing supply by means of pumping from the River Wye in dry seasons. The objectors to this scheme, who were represented by Mr. J. H. Jones, solicitor, opposed the pumping from the river, and advocated a gravitation scheme from Nantsarn, which had actually been com- menced by Mr. Mansergh, but was abandoped because an analysis of the water ww not satisfactory. A petition in favour of the Nantsarn scheme, signed by a large number of ratepayers, was put in, in which it wap pointed out that many thousands of sbeep were washed in the River Wye, and that the sewage from 118 houses entered the r;ver above the intake. The inspector, who had visited the locus in quo, announced that he would have independent analyses of the water taken. l

CEFIVATTDING A FRIENDLY SOCIETY. John Howell?, labourer, 63 yearo oi age, employed on a farm at Bassalleg under lxwl Tredegar, admitted at Newport Police-oourt on Saturday having fakely obtained £5 from the Ruperra Castle branch of the A.O.F. whilst he acted as secretarv for that society. The prose- cution was conducted by Mr. Lfndo" Moore. —Another late employe of Lord Tredegars, of the name of Vincent Thomas, a* stableman, said that durinpr his term of employment under Lord Tredegar he fell ill, and for about a twelvemonth from February, 1892, he received the full sick pav to wlnoh he Tt*ae entitled j* member of the lodge. Afterwards, accordM* ts custom he got half-par for about six months. At the end of that time 110 removed to Bath, whence he came to Cardiff, where he naw lived. During his stay at Bath Thomas received a letter from the defendant stating that the lodge had been dissolved and the money shared among the members.—According to the evidence of Mr. R. Richards, the present secre- tary of the lodge, Howen" had himself been receiving half-pav on behalf of Vincent Thomas up to September, 1895.—It was shown that the defendant had received some JBj7 odd. but the summons wae reduced to £5 to enable the case to be brought before their worships. —The Bench severely commented on the seriousness of the offence, and inflicted » penalty of £10, but ordered the £5 whioh had been embezzled to be refunded, or, failing that, imprisonment for two monthn without hard labour.—After being applied to by Mr. Lyndon Moore, the Bench directed that the costs of the prosecution be refunded to the lodge in ease the fine was paid.

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