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ÐBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. CTIONEERS ALLEGED TO BE KICKING OVER THE TRACES. jJft was reported at a meeting of the Cardiff berty and Markets Committee on Wednes- that a serious outbreak of tuberculosis occurred at Roath Market. A number of ts had been seized last week and this, c.i before being killed they appeared to be n quality.—The Chairman: Some of are insured, are they not?—The Market V^^intendent: Tee, when sold by auction, superintendent added that Mr. R. G. auctioneer, had suffered in regard (w tlfo beasts. The auctioneers were kicking tv?*" the traces because their loss through K .^rculosis was depriving them of their com- < ^ion.

toRD ONSLOW AT OHEPSTOW. "Nl Onslow, Minister of Agriculture, the prizes to the successful students the Monmouthshire County Council Agri- al School at Chepstow on Wednesday. Viking on the 8ubjec:b of afforestation he he was quite aware that in South Wales itj,6 Matter had been brought before them by W Robinson. The idea was that the waste 0*8 in Wales, which were, of course, very J^sive, might be planted at the Govern- 8 expense and turned into huge t\¡,eE!t!18. Well, the Government naturally had command of large sums of money, but, ^j^'tunately, there had been a good many )¡q,Etnds for it" They would agree that a. t4e not be conducted for nothing, and l arrowing power of the Government was "bta-80 great, and money could not be >^3'ned at as cheap rates as two or three tbe agO. It was, therefore, not a time for lti oVernment to enter upon such an under- ,g. His Lordship touched upon cider- and said that it might be made I ^>ut they must learn to make cider tle-Q,Jt sugar in it. He was extremely | at seeing the school, and considering j Suited scope he regarded the results 4 ellous. He urged on the electors to ellous. He urged on the electors to I \It} powers with the object of eJecting. bodies men who would see that in •ligjj^atter of elementary, technical, and W education young people were inocula- £ th the determination to remain on the

FIRE AT ABERTILLERY. < ""top fire broke ont at tlie shop and j r°°m of Mr. W. B- Downs, furniture ] r- Market-street. Abertillery, on I Hji night between six and seven o'clock. I e e r. Downs and his family were at chapel. and the fire brigade were soon i and with the aid of neighbours the t W 8. were quickly got under. The damage ] Jo KTJT the fire was estimated to amount £ 300 and £ 400, and it is understood if cowed by iiawnww. I

VIVISECTION SOCIETY. The Hon. Stephen Coleridge, honorary sec- retary and treasurer, has received an anony- mous donation of Lt.= for the general funds of the National Anti-Vivisection Society. J

CHARTER OF COAL. SHIPOWNERS AND STOP-DAYS IN SOUTH WALES. The arbitrators being unable to agree the case went before Mr. Hamilton, K.C., as Um- pire. By his award the umpire finds that the stop-day was time lost through a cause beyond the control of the oolliery proprietors. ejusdem generis with a strike or dispute < between masters and men: and ÎS, therefore, within the exceptive clause in the charter party, and is not to be computed as part of the loading time against the colliery pro- prietors. Mr. Hamilton gives the shipowners the right to appeal, if they think fit. On the hearing Mr. Montague Lush, K.C., appeared for the shipowners and Mr. Ivor Vachell for the colliery proprietors. Mr. Hamilton, K.C., as umpire, has delivered his award in this local demurrage arbitration. case, on the result of which a number of other cases depend. The question in dis- pute is whether Messrs. Turnbnll, Scott, and Co., the owners of the steamship Nether gate, which was loaded with a cargo of coaJ at Car- diff, are entitled as against the charterers of the vessel, Messrs. D. Davis and Sons (Limi- ted), of Cardiff, to count one of the miners' stop-days as loading time under the Welsh coal charter party, or whether, as the miners did not work on the stop-day, this day should be excluded from the loading time. For the shipowners it was contended that the stop-day could not be termed a "holiday," as the collieryowners objected to the colliers abstention from work, and because it was contended that it required the mutual con- sent of employers and employed to make a holiday. It was also contfended that the refraining from work by the colliers oil the stop-day could not be called a strike" or dispute with workmen"; and, therefore, that the stop-day did not come within p. charterers protective clause in the eftsrter party, and so must be counted as loading time, although the miners were not working. For the colliery owners it was contended that if the stop-day was not a holiday, or a. day on which there was a stoppage of work due to a strike or dispute with workmen, it was still a cause beyond the control of the collieryowners preventing the loading of the vessel, ejusdem generis with a strike or dis- pute with workmen; and that the protective clause in the charter party, therefore, gave relief.

F— LAMPETER COLLEGE. ltEsULTS OF THE RECENT EXAMINATIONS. The following are the results of the •laminations held at St. David's College. Wapeter, on December 2—8. The examiners for the B.A. degree and the Licence Jj Divinity were Mr. L. Stampa, M.A., *agdalen College, Oxford (modern history *^d English).: the Bev. F. Wateon, D.D., **llow and Lecturer of St. John's College, Cambridge (theology); the Bev. C. M. Blagden, Student and Tutor of Christ Church, Oxford (classics); Mr. L. J. Roberts, M.A., Jûa Majesty's inspector of schools (Welsh); ),fr. j. D. Hamilton Dickson, M.A., Fellow of ^eterhonse, Cambridge (mathematics); the Rev. W. R: Inge, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Hertford College, Oxford (classics and Geology); and Mr. H. O. Jones, M.A.. Fellow. Of Clare College, Cambridge (science). Hesults:— B.A. DEGREE. Ordinary.—Class I: Thomas Timothy. Class ?•: J. P. Davies, D. J. Evans, J. L. Howell, Jones, and LI. I. Eoberts. Class 111. "•Uriel Lewis, and H. Watkins. LICENCE IN DIVINITY. Class n.: T. P. Bees. Class m.: S. M. Bridge and P. LI. GreeD.. Geological Certificate (Supplemental for Graduates). Class 1.: W. E. Thomas, B.A. Class O. Thomas, B.A. Theological Certificate (Third Tear Specialists). Class I.: J. Silvan Davies and D. 0. Thomas. class II.: W. E. Jones a«d Evan Thoanas. MODERATIONS. Ordinary.—Class 1.: J. E. Leonard. Class *!•: David Davies (P.), Evan Jenkins, and Richard Thomas. Class III.: R. D. Hughes, J. Jones, D. E. G. Lloyd, and David Walters. Theological Certificate (Second Tear Specialists). Class II.: T. H. Richards. Class III.: David (B.), A. E. Jones, and T. G. Jones. RESPONSIONS. Ordinary.—Class I.: D. T. Owen. Class II.: 8. Davies, J. S. D. Roberts, and D. A. Thomas. Class III.: Richard Jones, T. L. •ones, W. C. Jones, D. J. Rowland, B. G. L. "Imams, and Thomas Williams. FIRST TEAR BIENNIALS. Class III.: H. J. Evans, John Jones, D. Mor. and D. J. Thomas. Supplementary.— class III.—D. D. Williams.

THE COMPENSATION ACT. APPEAL COURT RULING: DEFINI- TION OF WAREHOUSE. .The Appeal Court on Tuesday gave judgment in the case of. Green v. ritteen and Gibson, which raised an lrnportant question under the Work- men's Compensation Act. Plaintiff, a ware- houseman and carman in the employ of the ^efendants, sustained, injuries in a railway arch at the back of the defendants' premises, for storing plate glass. The question a.8 whether the place where the accident Occurred was a warehouse, so as to become a factory within the meaning of the statute. J^je court, in another case against Messrs. hiteley, had held that that firm's Remises at Westbourne-grove, part of which ere used as store rooms, were not a ware- house. The judge of the Southwark County-court the present case found the railway arch not a warehouse, and refused to award "e plaintiff compensation. d Their Lordships, however, now reversed his f eCIsion, holding that this case was different J*>m Whiteley's, in that goods stored in the ^»lway arch were for wholesale purposes—The was accordingly sent back to the county- judge to assess compensation. ORT ORGANISING A RECEP- TION FOR DR. HARRIS. Ifr. George Barnard. president of the Labour llWrOn of the Dean Forest industrial dis- presided on Wednesday morning at a meeting of Cinderford colliers held in the own-hall. The business was to consider the Act and the question of keep- j the old men on the works in view of the gs, and dose on 1,000 men were present.—Mr. I^sihle interest was taken in the proceed- gs. and close on 1,000 men were present. Mr. • H. Ro>wlinson, the miners' agent, in the °f an excellent speech stated that he thought, although they were going under the ~pt> in spite of a mutual scheme of insurance JJhieh had worked so well for ten years past, "hat the men were united in their desire to ?°ntmuo good relations. They had ^rd, however, that the coalowners had Jjrionsly considered discharging all the old and it was calculated that over 500 ^fliers were concerned. They had met the Tjitens, however, who were willing to aban- this question provided the men accepted bases upon which to calculate the T^topensation in case of injuries. These in- tided an average of 4J days' work per week ana a payment in compensation of lis. 6d. per week maximum. The agent urged the accep- tanoe of these terms, counselling the >oung men to have regard for their fathers and relatives, who if terms not arranged would have to suffer. Pointed out that the men's associa- JOQ would pay a maximum of 10s. per during the first fortnight, and which Act did not provide for. This, however, j<>uld be for the benefit of Unionists only. ^fi-Unionists would have to take their own /^ttrse, and if the case of a non-Unionist to a law court he would have to do the he could for himself.—The men unani- 5°<>nsly agreed to accept the masters' pro- lø.

SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. OXFORD-STREET TRADESMEN UP IN ARMS. A monthly meeting of the Swansea County Borough Council was held at the Town-hall, Swansea, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Griffith Thomas (mayor) presiding. THE HARBOUR TRUST ELECTION. A letter was read from Mr. Daniel Edwards respecting the Harbour Trust election, and Mr. Harris moved that the corporation should record its vote in the electionrbut Mr. Morgan Hopkin opposed.—On a'vote being taken only six voted for the resolution and twelve against, several members declining to vote. THE CHAPEL DIFFICULTY. Mr. Tutton, in moving the adoption of the minutes of the property and general purposes committee respecting the proposed transfer of the Alexandra-road chapel property to Messrs. R. E. Jones (Limited), said that the slib-com- mittee appointed had met the chapel trustees, and an arrangement had been come to satis- factory to all parties, the trustees to pay the corporation £200 and give an underlease for 65 years to R. E. Jones (Limited) at £10 a year, the trustees to grant an underlease to the corporation for the rest of the term of the lease at a peppercorn rent. The corporation ha.d agreed to waive, in respect of certain portions of the property, certain restrictive clauses. Mr. David Davies said the meeting of the parties respecting the chapel ma.tter ha.d resulted in a satisfactory afternoon's work. The chapel authorities seemed to be entitled to the licence to assign upon the terms of the covenant, but when they desired to go out- side that it was only right that the corpora- tion should be entitled to a share in the profits. OPPOSITION TO OXFORD-STREET TRAM LINES. A deputation of Oxford-street tradesmen was here introduced by Councillor Vivian. Mr. Ernest Leeder headed the deputation, and read a memorial from the tradesmen excusing themselves for having at the outset neglected to oppose the proposal to carry the proposed new electric tramcars through Oxford-street. The document stated that an alternative route was still quite possible to the corporation. It had been alleged by the vice-chairman of the tramway committee that the taking of the tramway through another route would be injurious to Oxford- street. They (the tradesmen) were prepared to take the consequences. They would go fur- ther, and would welcome another thorough- fare in the immediate neighbourhood. If the effect would be as described by the vice-chair- man, by all means let the corporation open up another street, so as to lighten the burdens of the rates, which at present amounted to 50 per cert, of the ratable value of the present tradesmen's premises. They invited the attention of the council to the "writing on the wall" which tramways had spelt dis- tinctly in Alexandra-road. They had can- vassed the whole of Oxford-street and Temple- etreet, and the result was 60 tradesmen were against the Oxford-street route, ten were neutral, and nine against, and they pointed out special circumstances affecting the minority in the matter, otherwise all would have opposed. They suggested an alterna- tive route, which the Vicar of Swansea was prepared to assist by an offer of property in Calvert-street. and which would be further helped by the agreement made years ago. that Sir John Llewelyn and Messrs. Ben Evans should contribute £2,000 each towards the widening of Caer-street. Mr. Roberts and the Vicar of Swansea also spoke, the Vicar pointing out the grave danger by which the children of the Oxford- street Schools were menaced. The Mayor thanked the deputation, and promised that the matter should receive care- ful attention. THE- TRAMWAYS. The minutes of the, tramways committee, approving of the acceptance of Messrs. Dick. Kerr, and Co.'s tender for the whole scheme, came on for adoption. Mr. Odo Vivian moved that the contract be approved with the exoeption of that part relating to the Oxford-street section, which should be relegated to a special meeting of the council for discussion. Mr. David Davies seconded, stating that it would be only right to treat such an influen- tial deputation with courtesy, although he did not agree with anything that Mr. Vivian said. Mr. David Harris and Mr. Merrels strongly opposed the adjournment, saying they were prepared to settle it that day, and after some further discussion Mr. Vivian's amendment was lost by twelve votes to seven. The minutes of the committee approving of the whole contract were thereupon carried. The council shortly afterwards adjourned. SCATHING DENUNCIATION OF RADICAL TACTICS. Mr. Cadwalladr called attention to a minute of the committee postponing still further the appointed day" in connection with the local application of the Education Act. He declared that this further postpone- ment was decidedly vexatious to a great many, and would move as an amendment that the date in the minute be altered to February 1. The council had sat still and done little during the past, and they were exactly in the same position as they were nine months ago. Now came a retrograde moveihent, put- ting back the scheme for another six months. Only three out of 68 boroughs had declined to acoept the Act with all the benefits it con- ferred. It was a scandal that the loss of grant for educational purposes should be tolerated, and that the town should be made a byword and a laughing stock for losing the benefits of the Act. He approached the subject from an educational standpoint, and in the interests of children. He con- tended that it was doing a moral wrong, firstly to the children, and then to the rate- payers. They had, he contended, been losing £1.000 a month. The spirit of the Act was unquestionably in favour of a modicum of co- option, and he argued that the letter was also in favour. The transposition of a comma made all the difference. He quoted a case where the sense of the words. The Mayor of B says the inspector is an ass," were altered by the insertion of a comma after the letter "B" and the word "inspector." (Laughter.) He handed round copies of the section with the commas properly inserted. Mr., M. Hopkin seconded, and asked them no to temporise further in this matter. The man who suggested April 1 may have had boundless wit, but he had not boundless intel- ligence. He was at a loss for a phrase which would express his contempt for a corporation which acted in this way. (A pause.) The word asinine was suggested by someone who, possibly, did not know, the meaning of the word. He did not know whether the mayor had read the deliberations of the Cardiff Council The Mayor: Oh, no! Ton must not go into that. Mr. Hopkin: I am very pleased to know you have not read it. Mr. David Davies urged that there was not a single valid reason left for not putting the Act into force in the borough. It had been said by the objectors that conscience was above law, but he (Mr. Davies) argued that it was not. Your conscience might acquit you of the act of not paying rates, but it could not acquit you of the harm such an example did to the whole of the people of this country. There was another species of paasive resist- ance to be feared which would render law a chaoe. Assuming he held the views of the gentlemen who opposed him, he would still want to put this Act in force. In Swansea their elementary schools, their intermediate schools, and their technical schools were all suffering to-day. They talked much about what mandate they acted under. What mandate was their school board acting under to-day? These wrongs were done because it suited the exigencies of this case. The appli- cation for a mandamus was a wholly farcical proceeding. It was a wasteful appropriation of public money for a useless purpose. Thf originators of the scheme—the Merthyr Coun- cil—now found they could not join in paying the expenses thereof. As a Welshman he was ashamed of the proceedings of the. three Welsh boroughs. It was said that every acre of Wales meant litigation; that was .private litigation. This was litigation at the public expense of people who talked about economy. The whole object was obstructive, and it naralysed the education of the town and deprived the ratepayers or relief—not for the sake of any real principle, but for a uere shadow. Mr. R. Martin said February 1 was an impos* sible date. and need not be discussed. Mr. Cadwalladr said he would alter his amendment to the 1st of March. Mr. Tutton said the same objection pre- vailed. but the Mayor put it to the vote, and nine voted for it and twenty-three against, ind it was lost.

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CARTOONS OF THE WEEK. t » AT TREDEGAR. STOUT PARTY: Rather 'ot, ain't it? I- ETEELWORKFR: Aye, mate, it is rather re- I GONE OVER TO THE ENEMY. I' I The., Duke of Devonshire has advised all Free Food Unionists to vote against Mr. Chamberlain's policy. A BOLD FRONT. HIGHWAYMAN: Stand, and deliver! I ARCHBISHOP: No, friend; I'll fight thee first. WINN ING A DOUBLE EVENT.

ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN ALARMING OCCURRENCE IN MER- THYR VALE- f The Merthyr Vale police are at present engaged in making inquiries into what appears to be an attempt to wreck a, train on the Taff Vale Railway., It seems that the passenger train leaving Merthyr at five minutes past nine o'clock last Saturday night was running opposite Danyderi, near Merthyr Vale. when the engine struck against something on the line. The train was stopped, and the engine driver, on going to ascertain the cause of the obstruction, found that an old tram wheel had been placed on one rail and a large stone on the other. The stone had been pushed on one side, but the wheel was broken to pieces.

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PORTHCAWL RIFLE RANGE. CONSTRUCTION TO BE PROCEEDED WITH AT ONCE. War Olfioe officials arrived at Porthcawl on Tuesday and drove out to the grounds at Newton, with the object of reporting upon. ,the suitability of the locality for a rifle range. At a meeting of the district council on Monday night a telegram was received from the Under Secretary for War stating that instructions for the construction of the rifle ranges at the Newton Burrows had been issued, and that the work would be proceeded with in due course.

LLANELLY HARBOUR BILL. APPROVED BY A STATUTORY MEETING. A statutory meeting of the Llanelly Borough Council was held on Monday, when a resohffion was passed approving of the Bill now being promoted by the harbour com- mission. Before a vote was taken a discus- sion took place, the representatives of the press being excluded. The proceedings were. it is understood, of an animated nature, but no information was vouchsafed the reporters. As soon as the latter were summoned into the room a resolution formally approving the Bill wao submitted from the chair, and carried without discussion. The Bill pro- vides-for the borrowing of additional money for various improvement works in the harbour, and for the creation of a trust.

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TEFE CARDIFF TRAMWAYS. -TOWN COUNCIL AND HALFPENNY FARES. At a meeting of the Cardiff Town Council on Monday, Mr. A. Sessions referred to the new scale of fares in respect of trams which the tramways committee recommended should be put into force for six months, and raised ob- jections to flares being increased on certain routes. He strongly advocated halfpenny fares. "The electrical engineer recommended a penny fare for one mile and a. quarter, and if they were to introduce a halfpenny fare for hail- annile run, they would be popularising their service, the same as was done at Glasgow. The cheaper they mada things the greater were their chances to carry an increased traffic. He moved as an amendment that the report be referred back. Mr. John Chappell seconded. The Mayor reminded the council that standing orders were now -in operation ■ by which members should only be allowed to speak ten minutes. (Hear, hear.) 4 Mr Chappell: Thank you, Mr. Mayor; I won't detain you more than ten minutes. Pro- ceeding, he said that the council, in acoept- ( ing the Recommendations made, would be accepting statements and figures which were inaccurate. A certain paragraph stated that some time ago the fares on the Splott route were reduced, which was an inaccuracy. Mr Courtis (chairman of the tramways committee): Oh, yes, they were. Mr. Chappell said a recommendation was made toftx a certain fare on the route, but the council did not accept it; therefore, the statement was inaccurate. Referring to another paragraph in the report, he thought 1 it insulting to himself and the people he j represented. ] Several members took exoeption to parti- cular fjures, and then Mr. Courtis rose to reply. He pointed out to Mr. Sessions that the com- mittee had several times considered the ques- tion of d. fares, and had concluded they would not pay in Cardiff. He took strong exception to Mr. Chappell's remarks that the report of the borough engineer was inaccu- rate, misleading, and unfair. He thought I, that remark was unfair. Mr. Chappell. Well, point out which state- ment I have failed to prove. Mr. Courtis: I challenge him to point to a 1 single item. The Mayor: Mr. Chappell has made state- ment6- 1 Mr. Courtis: That is true, but we don't agree. We don't accept all he says as gospel.. It was a reflection on fifteen members of that council that they should be accused of swallowing this report, which was said to be ■, so misleading. Mr. Chappell had stated that the fare on the Splott route was never reduced. The fare of lid. was collected for ( some months. Mr. Chappell: Who fixed it? Mr. Conrtis: The fare was collected, and later the council in its wiedom reduced the fare to a penny. I Mr. Chappell: All I have said I have read j from the report. I say it is inaccurate. Mr. Oourtis remarked that the fare had ( been fixed at ljd., and it was reduced to a penny. Mr. Chappell: The council never fixed it at lid. Mr. Courtis: I am not saying they fixed it. But it is perfectly correct to say it is reduced from lid. to Id. ("Hear, hear," and a Voice, Yes."). Mr. Chappell: No, no. Mr. Courtis contended that the proposed fares would compare favourably with those of the old company. Mr. Chappell: What about Penylan-road to the monument? Mr. Courtis: When I made a single inter- jection into Mr. Chappell's speech just now I apologised. The Mayor: I will ask him now. Mr. Chappell: When a man charges me with being inaccurate Mr. Courtis in conclusion said all the new fares were based on the rate-of a mile and a i quarter for a penny. But he thought if it ( was the wish of the council the committee would accept a 2d.-fare for through journeys I from terminus to terminus. j The amendment to refer the fares question to the committee again was carried. PROPOSED EXPENDITURE OF ( £18,000. It was decided at a meeting of the Cardiff I Tramways Committee on Tuesday to extehd the tramways from Castle-road to Crwys-road, J over the Rhymney Railway Bridge, and from I the latter place to Talygarn-street, at a coat, ] including car and electrical equipment, of ] £12,218, and, further, < from, the.present Cowbridge-road terminus to west -«f»Victoria Park, Canton, at an expenditure of £5,455. E Mr. Illtyd Thomas moved an amendment to t the last-named proposal, and Mr. Veall seconded, that the extension be taken as far t as Ely, at an additional cost of from £600 to J £800, but this was rejected, several members being of opinion that this piece of line would not pay. The committee, upon the recommendation of Mr. AjH.hu r Ellis (electrical engineer), decided to aocept the tender of the British Westinghouse Company to supply fifteen new decided to aocept the tender of the British Westinghouse Company to supply fifteen new cars, to carry 40 passengers each, at £ jS01 10s. I per car. These cars are to be of a special single-deck combination type, with open ends, at each of which there will be accommodation for five smokers. They will be fitted with 1 garden seats, similar to those used on the < top of double-decked can. 1 1 j

ESCAPADES OF A DOWLAIS BOY. ] 1 Timothy Rowlands, a sturdy Welsh lad, aged 13, was brought up, on remand, at Wor- C ship-street, London, charged with being found 1 wandering and not under proper guardian- ship. On the morning of the 8th instant a school I board visitor found the boy wandering about the neighbourhood of Shoreditch in a dirty: I state, and evidently having been out all night. On being questioned, the boy told a story of J how he had tramped from Dowlais, Glamor- ganshire, to find an aunt in London, and how he was left an orphan, but had relatives he was goirife to find. Something in the lad's dress and mode of < answering aroused suspicion that he belonged to a school, and had escaped, and the boy was handed over to a constable and charged. Now it appeared from the statement of a Roman Catholic priest, head of an industrial school at Upton Park, Essex, that the boy had escaped from With a number of other boys, he had been taken out two or three days before to witness a football match, and somehow eluded those in charge, and got away among the crowd. It was, however, a fact that he belonged to Dowlais, having been committed from that place to the industrial school after a charge 1 of stealing. It further appeared that he had escaped from police-stations in various parts of the country when charged 1 on several occasions, once getting away up the chimney, and had led a most adventurous I life among the mountains. He was handed over to the master of the industrial school to be taken back, and left] the court crying.

WIFE DESERTION. < At the West London Police-court on Tues- < day William Emment, an engineer, living at < Pembroke Dock, was summoned by his wife, t who sought a separation on the ground of his desertion.—The Complainant, who lives at 72, < High-street, Fulham, said that the defendant < was ner second husband; they had not lived- 1 happily, and in November he left her.—Dr. Cooney (for the defendant): Is your first hus- < band dead?—Complainant: Well. I haven't heard of him for sixteen years. I was told he had died in Australia.—Mr. Rose: It seems < the present marriage, then, is invalid.—The s defendant's solicitor put some questions to ] the wife respecting her moral character, and J she indignantly repudiated suggestions of i misconduct.—Dr. Cooney: When was your last child born?—Complainant (hesitating): I 1 don't quite remember.—Dr. Cooney: Now, sir, < can you believe a woman who doesn't know 1 when her last child was born?—Mr. Rose; I t don't know. It may be a matter ot common occurrence. (Laughter.) The magistrate dis- t missed the summons on the ground that ( there was no proof of the legality of tie ( marriage. <

ALLEGED HORSE MAIMING. ] At the Hall, Fishguard, on Tuesday (before ( Mr. W. S. Jenkins, J.P.), John Salmon, 29; a I labourer, of the Slade was brought up in custody charged with feloniously wounding a. mare, the property of Mr. John Evans, haulier, Fishguard, who said he found the mare. on the morning of the 15th, in a weak and trembling condition through loss of blood, which flowed freely from five distinct wounds. —Police-constable Rowlands traced the foot- prints of heavy nailed boots from the place to the lodgings of the prisoner, whose boots 11 corresponded exactly to the footprints.— < Prisoner, who did not deny the offence, was < remanded in custody, to a special court of 1 magistrates to be held on Tuesday next at I ] Fishguard. 4 ]

ILLEGAL SALE OF A PISTOL. 1 Another case under the new Pistols Act came < before the Rhondda stipendiary at Ystrad on I Monday..The defendant was Henry Cardash, Dunraven-strect, Tonypandy, who was sum- moned for selling a pistol to a young man living at 139. Jtiskin-road, Trcalaw, contrary to the provisions of the Act.—Mr. T. W. Lewis j (Pontypridd) defended, and called witnesses I to aay thai the purchaser had told the defen- < daat that be wm a householder and wanted i the pistol ter Ma own use—The Bench fined s the ilnfiwrtaiit £ 3, end aostau—Mr. Lewis asked i if a wittfcsn gs&unaaaa by the purchaser to I the eOeet Cb8t. ha was a householder would i i ixutoKntty the retailer, and the Stipendiary I replied Chat if this were so it would be » very < Billy Act, i

THE FLINTSHIRE COUNCIL. ACTION BY THE BOARD om EDUCATION. ) At a meeting of the Flintshire Ettacat&Hli Committee, the following letter was read; from the Board of Education:— I am directed by the Board to state thsH\ their attention has been called to the fitcV that certain county councils in Wales hani passed resolutions intimating their inten- tion not to spend any money upon the main- tenance of voluntary schools within their area beyond that derived from Parliamen- tary grants. I am to request that you will be so good as to inform the Board at the earliest date possible whether your coun- cil have passed any such resolution, and,, if so, that you will furnish the Board with, a copy of it. A letter was written in reply, enclosing a clause in a resolution passed by the OOtdlcflt it being understood that the rate of 1Od.. does not include any rate-aid for schools not provided by or under the control of the county council. In reply to this, the Secretary of the Board of Education wrote:- The Board of Education propose to maks an order postponing the date on which the Education Act is to come into operation in. the county of Flint to the 1st of February. 1904. The formal order will be issued on Tuesday next. the 22nd of December. Mr. Herbert Lewis, M.P., said the committee would be greatly surprised at receiving such a communication. (Hear, hear.) The Board of Education had allowed them to make a LI necessary preparations to put the Act in force without giving them the slightest inti- mation that steps of the character they had taken would be adopted. Mr. Pennant said one result of postponing the appointed day would be that the moderates on both sides would have an oppor- tunity of seeing whether an Agreement could not be arranged on the general question.. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. H. Williams said it was an in that they should attend meetings, transact important business, and then be treated like children by the well-paid officials of the Board of Education. The Bishop of St. Asaph said that it seemed! to him they should get away as far as pos- sible from anything calculated to alienate or embitter feeling. His impression was that the spirit of moderation was growing. A motion protesting against the aotaon at the Board was passed.

RENTING CHURCH SCHOOLS. OFFER BY THE CARMARTHEN, TOWN COUNCIL. At the Carmarthen Town Council on Tues- day evening, the mayor (Councillor E. A. Rogers) presiding, Councillor Principal Evans, Presbyterian, College) submitted the following resolution:— That, in view of the difficulties attend- ing the administration of the Education; Act within this borough in connection with., non-provided schools, a communication be addressed to the managers of (1) the Prac- tising School, (2) the Priory-street School. and (3) the Mill-street School, inviting them to submit proposals for the renting of their school buildings to the education authority on a repairing- lease of not less than 21 years, subject, if desired, to a proviso that; the trustees or owners of the buildingSa shall have facilities for giving religious in- struction, at their own expense, either before or after school hours, to any scholar whose parents or guardians desire it, and shall have the use of the buildings for general purposes at all reasonable times out of school houra. Councillor H. E. Blagdon Bichards, in second- ing, said it would give them an opportunity of seeing what kind of stuff the foundation managers were made of, and would let it be known whether they realised the true mean- ing of the verdict that was given by the elections last month and in November of last year. He was pledged to vote for a no-rate resolution when the opportunity- occurred. Councillor Morris Jones. Councillor David Samuel, and Councillor George Phillips having spoken. Alderman Spurrell said that, whilst fully- recognising that the motion was a fair and honest attempt on the part of Principal Evans to deal with a very difficult question, he did not see how he could support it. He did not see that there was the slightest chance of its acceptance by the managers, because it struck at the fundamental principle on which, the supporters of voluntary schools had always acted, namely, that religious instruc- tion should form an integral part of the regular instruction given within school- scheduled time. But, apart from that—he was rather surprised that Principal Evans had not referred to it—he thought it was the general impression, and accepted, that the local education authority could not lawfully pay what was called a fair rent for the schools, and that they could only pay a nominal rent, which had been fixed officially at the sum of 5s. per annum. Even if they did enter into an agreement, was there any guarantee that the council would stick to the terms of the lease? If there was such a. guarantee, even then they could not bind their successors to stick to the terms. Once the schools were handed over the difficulties in the way of taking them back again would be so very great ,that he was advised that it would be almost an impossibility. Chtirchpeople would only be too glad to co- operate with their Nonconformist friends, and to give them equal facilities for giving reli- gious instruction to their own children accord- ing to their own views in the voluntary schools. The resolution was then put to the meeting, and it was carried, Councillor Samuel being the only member to hold his hand up against its adoption.

A POINT OF LAW. Robert J. Melhuish, Scott-street, Cardiff, was summoned at Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday "for that he being the person authorised by the proprietor of a hackney carriage to act as driver of such carriage, did unlawfully permit another person to act aa driver of such carriage without the. coTlSSJtV of the proprietor."—Mr. Harold Lloyd, for the defence, raised the point that defendant had hired the cab for 25s. a week from Mr. Gillard, and for the week was virtually pro- prietor of it, and could permit anybody to drive the vehicle, if he chose to do so.—The Stipendiary held that defendant for the time being was in the position of proprietor of the cab, and dismissed the summons."

GORED BY A DYING BEAST. The superintendent of Boath Market re- ported to a meeting of the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee on Wednesday that one of the employes at Roath ilaAet recently met with a rather serious accident. He was sweeping out a stall where there was a beast, which be thought to be dead, but the animnil with one of its horns pierced the back of the man's foot. The beast had been killed in aooprdaooe with the Jewish enrtom by Meg ■tabbed in the neok and left totrieed toflealh, being atamfi.