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=-- AGED 106 YEARS. JW ^ITH THE OLDEST WOMAN. Of thfc w1 tiQje 11106^ interesting persons at the whole of Britain is Mrs. Mta! ^ho if' celebrated Welsh centena- •« e lives until June 22, 1904, will t a,nri >, arltat|le age of 106. Mrs. Howells ^ii+r facuit; arty' aild possesses the whole '°ltt'U' and JtIes. is still able to walk lid6868 and undresses herself with- K any otlier person. Mrs. Hk in 17c*? at -A-hercwmboy Farm, near ^Ort e hag id and during the whole of her f°r «fen a hard-working woman. She yea-e as a pit girl, doing > 8creeoin»rk 33 ^nioading trams of coal V °f th« and refuse, at the pit vjvi/iP Abernant Collieries. Mrs. Sn,0' VawT re^alls the time when the ^l) cts th^T,? reached Wales in 1815. She thP 4. Chartists going in squads to Kh^ffiew i °f Merthyr Mountain. She Of l° 1831. being then thirty-three' g.' d by that marriage had seven £ er wh"n Qinety years of V*?,16*! t** husband. Thomas Howells, Uvea Iater- At present Mrs. rL^d aoiTi i daughter (aged sixty- Mr. Job Williams, at 4Ust ^r. Jn>» Meliacourt, five miles from Jhle Wllliaxns (to whom the jour- is Howells' remark- ^UiL ritain JIn*?y evcry miner throughout disa^o- hero of the Tynewydd m 1877. when he %*ti Wels of miners entombed a ^6 earth for ten ^ijA8. of Mrg pit. The following !?Crled in a at„+'TOWells' later life are Shi64- him bef^nt Mr- Williams, ^Ih^l the urej?f.n a Commissioner for V a°wei]s> and hearing of Mrs. bein? ^a°ff beha" he spoke (Mrs. ? ^able to English thATtrr°RT DECLA-EATION. 9 of February, 1902 (said Mr. mother-in-law, Mrs. Ann Mv Mth suffering terribly from asthma iija&ced .oofletipatioo, and, being well ho lQ yeare' we entertained very 5 of her recovery. My wife av. daughter) was in great 'l» J!venjnr3ut her mother's condition, but £ hicir ho^,WTen eittin& in the smoke-room h\\u M ,picked 9P a newspaper, in Di„t ated a wonderful cure by Dr. !f br^erinp ?llls of a youn £ man who had his4^- Bpin m bronchitis and shortness ^6 T eo taken up with the story "tt showed my wife the newspaper. We 6hn ,°ie through' and S«S" *hlft rial T 5hould get a box for mother hSw114 next 5 d tliat 1 was ^uite agree- 1 obtai5aJ' wbilst on business at y^Hie llliams- ,?ed from a chemist a box of ^medi^n,k pills and brought them to takft 0n my return 1 ar^ed Mrs. Nht She t soJUe of the pills, and that 8onT° a d06e> and a^ain that ScV8 a»S!Hmore- The old ^dy next ha^8* her K greatly relieved of her lost tK reathing was more easy, and restlessness caused by her iSi» to eat during that day she com- i'Ub °r 8ome tla little better than she had Nt' ana aft 6" she continued taking the lN> twined • three °r four days she fat t;m„ fairly good health; and »Ulj jlae UP to the present the old Say8 had a box of Dr. ftSr.k?e f^i° piIlB at hand. When- the slightest symptoms of tTll'iaL health 1mg or being the least bit Sk^e' DinT. 6h« takes a dose of Dr. Kone Pllle' and in no time her fei^h day of March, 1904. *it* gZ L job WILLIAMS, » Hotel, Melincourt, Neath. ,i^And J°^ht Ulja mmie6ioner for Oaths, Neath, the 0S8 added that there was no t>r ■ura, y owed her present good th 1 of ?ften' toiams' pink Pills- and that 1,\| his faLaken them himself, ae did the N ir, y' and they always proved ji Valuable. Mr. Job Williams •. °welte: Isn't what I have said a^d i^e?" Yes," replied the old jjj "thout doubt I think that Dr. tk^rvK are wonderful, and I a *°dy who has not taken them to

Pini?fi<)UGH0UT BEIT AD?.—Dr. in an Pille for Pale People are ^ft^hio? the y.; elasees of people, from the %K r* thev in the land, for the way tk t, ave cured Paralysis, Loco- th» hjT^Ses'^eumatism, and Sciatica; also C ho-te?> ScrrA5l?e rrom impoverishment of ^h?'lo« and i Eickets' Consumption f V. ha?,8 of A^lQng'E, Anaemia, general weak- ea.rUPjtIte- Palpitations, Pains in wK 3 decay, all forms of female V tO-hysteria- These pills are a ^ail fHl r.5atlve" They are genuine only e' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills hciv^tn V- Wn' and are sold by chemists, W OP yiaw J IaiD«' Medicine Company, 46, • o^Sl* bo> l^OQdon, E.C., at. 2s. 9d. a <1^ iMi^OQi »i°8 for 13s- 9d- Pink pi,ls sold a6s iare, are not Dr. Williams' them only in the pink Ohy. *^as ah°ve described. w420^-l

SVD, /ASE AT SWANSEA, oblti ODkin a County-court on Wednesday SUh^er* ^aa °^er (mother of Councillor utcbe~e ^y John Mabe, junior, and +V011 an aco°unt for meat *tri -^ki irQ nj" re was a considerable °f kI8 HonvaiQst the Plaintiff by defen- v.' inistated that a certain half- V»i si&h ^eif etched from her stall by the ■ Sp^6d it Tn!" entered it in her book Vj1 C'ot, a.]^he Plaintiff's father, John thn 8Qln, a butcher, who had traded thA^OtiJ?'laintifFe the receipt of the meat, v t anv Positively denied having 'Bg from Mrs. Hopkin. On ^».k °r Ri„ d to him he denied that *>i<< ? ah?*16 Julnatnres were in his ha.nd- N. Pencil thereupon handed bim Wi'„and he was asked to write 4S*?t ft" ca^ This he did. The Judge h to the ? y 'with the books, and 4„j0cates without comment. i1 he c<l^ew8 said that after 'Urt t thst, handwrit^ not claim tbat jt was lt is~Evlg;~His Honour: No; 1 r plain*;t?Vlally 1]is Honour gave on^^f for £ 6 13s. 9d„ and for DU. me counter claim for

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A SWANSEA INFANT." ALLEGED BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. At Swansea County-court on Wednesday afternoon (before Mr. Hodges, sitting as judge), Hester Cook, a single woman, brought an action against Frank Hopkins, a postman, to recover JE15 15si 6d., made up of E5 money paid by plaintiff to defendant on the represen- tation that he was about to carry out a promise to marry her, and the balance moneys paid to and for use of the defendant by plaintiff. Mr. Leyson appeared for the plaintiS, and Mr. Stobbo Andrews for defen- dant. Mr. Leyson in opening the case said the amounts sued for were given to defendant for the purpose of buying things to carry out his promise to marry the plaintiff. The defence was that defendant was an infant, and the question was whether under the circumstances the judge would say that these were necessary sums to be advanced, having regard to the promise to marry, in the same way as the cost of preparing a marriage settlement would be. The defendant was a. postman, and E8 17s. 6d. of the amount had been given to him to buy articles of apparel and other things for himself. He hoped his honour would say that although the defen- dant could get out of his promise of marriage by this miserable subterfuge he was liable for these items. Defendant had taken advan- tage of the girl, and had not hesitated to speak of the trouble he had got her into. The plaintiff said she gave the defendant JE5. he having promised to marry her. He had at that time disgraced her, and he said if she gave him the £ 5 he would marry her. not- withstanding that fact. She had also bought things for him so that he might appear creditably at the wedding. Afterwards he told her he would not marry her, and a lawyer's letter was written to him requiring him to pay back the money and to desist from annoying her, or he would be brought before the magistrates. The reply was that he was an infant. Cross-examined by Mr. Andrews: The money was not money which defendant had pre- viously lent her to put in the savings bank. The P,5 was paid, she admitted, three weeks after she had received a threatening letter demanding about such an amount. They had been courting for nearly four years, and he had given her three rings, a muff, and a brooch. She had very few off him, but she gave him enough." The items in the list pro- duced were not presents to him. The Glad- stone bag was a present, but the overcoat was not. He asked her for it, and many other things. They did not ask mutually for presents. She never asked him for a fur till he had promised it. She had written asking for a fur as the nights were cold. He asked for a watch, and she gave it him. but it was not in return fothpresents she made him. She expected payment, even if the engagement had gone on for years-but it would not have gone on for years; she would have been married now if it were not for his mother. The defence was that the £5 was paid in reply to a demand for it from the defendant, whose money she had placed in the savings bank. The articles sued for were presents. With respect to the defence of infancy, Mr. Andrews claimed that it covered this case as if the articles were necessaries. Defendant could not be sued for money advanced to purchase them. After a legal argument on the question of infancy, His Honour said that by the authorities an infant was not liable for money lent, and as to the rest of the claim, some of the principal items were admitted to have been given as presents. He regretted he had, therefore, to give judgment for the defendant, with costs. He suggested, however, that the defendant should make some arrangement as to costs. Mr. Andrews promised that he would do his best to that end.

MOTOR-CARS IN CARDIFF. FUTILE ATTEMPT TO LIMIT THE SPEED. The Head-constable (Mr. William McKenzie) reported to the Cardiff Cabs Committee on Wednesday that licences under the Motor-ca-s Act had been taken out in Cardiff up to date as follows:—Cars, 42; motor cycles, 103; car drivers, 154; cycle drivers, 50; manufacturers registered, 10; total, 359. The total amount of fees received was £ 142.—Mr. W. Roberts called attention to the high speed at which some cars were beinz driven through the streets, and alluded to one case in which persons in the street had been in danger. The Chairman (Mr. J. T. Richards) said a little latitude had been granted drivers hither- to—until the working and provisions of the Act became common knowledge to the public. But if the privileges granted to drivers were abused prosecut'ons would have to be insti- tuted. and restrictions of speed must also be made. Mr. Roberts proposed that cars be restricted to a ten-mile limit in the town. The motion was seconded, but was lost-by five votes to three,

CONGREGATIONAL UNION. 1- A meeting of the East Glamorgan Welsh Congregational Union was held at Peniel. Bryncethin, on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Wednesday morning a largely attended con- ference was held, under the presidency of the Rev. John Hughes (Blaengarw), the chair- man for the year.—The Rev. W. Owen (Cadox- ton) and Mr. Williams (Clydach Vale) were appointed on the missionary committee, and the Rev J. Taihirion Davies as representative of the Union en the board of directors of the, London Missionary Society.Mr., Millward (solicitor, Pentre). Mr. Rees (solicitor, Ponty- pridd), and the Rev. John Williams (Hafod) were appointed as a sub-committee to make inquiries respecting the trust deeds of the chapels and church property in the Union. -The Rev. W. Charles, M.A. (Treorky) moved a resolution expressing gratitude at the intro- duction of temperance instruction in our day schools, but regretting that so little time was given to the teaching of such an important subject, and that it should be made com- j pulsory.-After discussion the resolution was passed unanimously.—Several churches were recommended to receive grants from the Gronfa Fund.—Votes of sympathy were passed with the Rev. W. 0. Owen (Bridgend) and the Rev. E. C. Davies (Ynyshir) in their recent bereavements.—A resolution was passed expressing satisfaction at the result of the recent county council elections and the unity of Wales in connection with the Education Act.

NEW PEMBROKESHIRE J. P. 's. T- On the recommendation of Earl Cawdor lord-lieutenant of the county, the following gentlemen have been added to the commission of the peace for Pembrokeshire by the Lord Chancellor: Mr. Llewellyn iloyd, Pentyparc. Sir W. T. Lewis and his son, Mr. Herbert Clarke Lewis, Hean Castle, Saundersfoot. Dr. E. A. Saunders, Pembroke Dock. Colonel F. C. Meyrick, of Bush, Pembroke. Mr. F. S. D. E. Richardson, Cilauwen, near Fishguard. Dr. John Morgan Owen, Fishguard. Mr. Evans Davies Jones, Tower-hill, Fish- guard. Mr. Owen S: H. Williams, Cleddy Lodge. Colonel Ivor Philippe, Cosheston Hall. Mr. Owen S. H. Williams, Claddy Lodge, Haverfordwest. Mr. Lawrence Vaughan, Colby, Rhosygilwen. Captain John Arthur Higgon, Scolton. Mr. Owen C. Phillips, Amroth Castle. Mr. Henry Murray Harries. Tregwynt. Mr. H. A. M. Evans, Foley House, Haverford- west. Mr. Percy Arden, Pontfaen, Letterston.

ALLEGED THEFT OF OATS. At Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday (before Dr. James Mullin and Mr. Sidney Robinson) William Welch, 30, and Timothy Driscoll, 37, were charged with stealing a sack of oats, value 10s. 4d., the property of the Cardiff Railway Company. Mr. W. Harris appeared to prosecute (instructed by Superintendent Davies, Docks Police).—On the 20th inst. Detective Owen, Docks Police, arrested Driscoll in Homfray-street, on suspicion, and on the way to the station he said it was all through the that got drunk." Prisoners were seen to take the sack out of a boat and put it on the quay wall, and afterwards they placed it on a trestle. Welch explained that it was a sack of sweepings, which he had got from the capta-in of a Norwegian barque. -At the close of the case Welch stated that Driscoll was not the man Who was with him, and the last named declared that "he knew nothing at all about it."—-The Magistrates sent the case to the quarter sessions, and accepted bail for the prisoners' appearance.

CARTOONS OF THE WEEK. f .—-«——— THE STRONG MAN. RITCHIE: I say, chaps; don't you think we are overdoing it? YOUNG CHAMBERLAIN: Pooh! no need to fear. Though the load is heavier, you must remember tha.t John Bull hae grown stronger. JOHN: Nevertheless, it's very uncomfortable, and I should like a. rest. PEACEFULLY PERSUADING. AS PROPOSED TO BE LEGALISED IN THE NEW TRADES UNIONS BILL. DIFFICULT TO PLEASE. THE OPPOSITION: What! You will allow THE OPPOSITION: What! You will not the Chinaman to enter South Africa? I allow the foreign alien criminal to enter Scandalous! J England? Disgraceful!

CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNCIL AN* INCREASE OF 3d. IN THE £ IN THE RATE. J' A quarterly meeting of the Carmarthen- shire County Council was held at' the Guild- hall, Carmarthen, on Wednesday, Mr. John Lewis (Meiros Ball) presiding. The Chairman of the Finance Committee (Mr. Hy. Jones-Davies) submitted the budget for the ensuing year. Dealing with the receipts, it was shown that the credit balances, less debit balances in April last year, came to £7,944 2s., against £ 10,750 4s. 9d. in the preceding year; from the Local Government Board under the Agricultural Rates Act the receipts estimated were £3,070 10s. 2d.; licence and estate duty, £2D,428 10s. 2d.; Customs and Excise duty, £2,934 4s. lid., the last three being amounts similar to those of last year; for the county rate at 10Jd. in the E, including the borough at 5Jd., £20,700 28. 5d. (against £13,773 12s. 9d.), the intermediate education rate being 4d. and the technical education rate Id. in the L. The total estimate of expenditure was £54,242 11s. ld., against £ ^8,902 Is. lOd.; balance, £ 4,169 18s. 7d., against £7,9942s. The rate was increased by 3T1.—The report was adopted. The public health committee reported the consideration of a letter from the secretary of the West Wales Branch of the National Association for the Prevention of Consump- tion, asking for a grant towards the cost of building a sanatorium for the open-air treat- ment of poor persons affected with con- sumption, and they recommended the appoint- ment of a small committee to confer with similar committees from Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire. Mr. C. E. Morris (Carmartheul pointed out that the proposed building would cost £ 7,000, and £1,500 a year would be required for its up-ke,ep. A patient could be sent to a sana- torium in England for 10s. a week. He moved that the council, while sympathising with all attempts to deal practically with the preven- tion and the cure of tuberculcsip, declined to commit itself to any contribution from the county fund. Earl Cawdor pointed out that the recom- mendation of the committee did not commit the council to any expenditure, and, after a long discission, a small committee was appointed as recommended.

Inquiries at the Cardiff Infirmary on Wednesday showed that Prothero, who is accused of attempting to murder* his wife at Treherbert and also of having attempted to commit suicide, continues to make steady progreM. « I CLAIM FOR MAINTENANCE. CARDIFF DOCKS MERCHANT AND HIS WIFE. A case regarded locally as a sensational one was mentioned at Cardiff Police-court on Wed- nesday, before the stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis). George Charles Shapland, U, Dumfries- place, a wpll-known Docks merchant, was charged by his wife. Annie, with alleged deser- tion, and she claimed maintenance. Mr. Harold Lloyd appeared for the oomplainant, and Mr. Morgan Morgan (instructed by Messrs. Eoberts-Jones and Everett) defended.—Mr. Lloyd app. ed for an adjournment for a month upon the ground that the wife was confined on the previous morning, and was, therefore, unable to attend. The Stipendiary acquiesced.

DISOBEDIENT SEAMEN AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-oourt On Wednesday James Fitzsimmons, 16, Hannah-street; James L. Thompson, Een- jamin Furlong, Christina-street; and Edward Hargreaves, Sailors Home, Stuart-street, were summoned by Captain Alfred Russell for that. between the 22nd and 23rd of April, at "Birkenhead and on the high seas, they were guilty of continued wilful disobedience to lawful commands.—Mr. G. F. Forsdike appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Harold Lloyd defended (instructed hy Mr. Carey, dis- trict secretary of the Sailors and Firemen's Union). Defendants made a voyage and returned to Liverpool, where they claimed to be paid off as the final P°r^ °* discharge. The captain declined, and the ship came to Cardiff.—Captain Russell said his ship arrived at Birkenhead from the River Plate on April 18, and, acting upon a communication from the owners, he told defendants they would have to come round to Cardiff as the port of loading, but they refused to do any work on the run. Witneas anchored in Cardiff Roads at eight o'clock in the evening of Saturday, the 23rd inst., and lost a tide through defendants' conduct.—The Stipen- diary inflicted fines of 58. and costs and for- feiture of six days' pay f?r disobedience, two days' pay for absence without leave, and 21 days' pay for leaving the ShIP before she was securely fastened in port.

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I ROYAL CARL ROSA OPERA ANOTHER VISIT TO THE THEATRE ROYAL. In the ballot for the operas to be played by the Carl Rosa Company at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, next week, "Faust" heads the list with the largest number of votes. Next in favour are ^nr,en and "Tann- hauser." Then follow "Lohengrin," "Caval- Ipria Rusticaria and "Pag'iacci, "Bohemian Girl," and Marriage of Figaro." Don Giovanni," "n Trovatore," "Cinq Mars. "Daughter of the Regiment." and "Mari- tana" are not in request. The cast of the operas is a very strong one, and includes Madame Sobrino, of the Italian Opera, Covent Garden, who will make her first appearance with the Carl Rosa Company in Wednesday next as "Elsa" in "Lohen- g-rin"; Miss Lillian Coomber, Mdlle. Alexia Bassian, the new Armenian mezzo-soprano, who will make her first appearance in Cardiff as "Carmen," and Mdlle. Cecile Talma as Michaela." Herr Julius Walther heads the list of tenors, and the company will include Mr. E. C. Hedmondt, Mr. Edward Davies, the Welsh tenor, and Mr. Lewys James, also a I tenor and native of Wales. Messrs. Arthur Deane and Alexander Bevan are in their old roles, with M. Andre Kaya, a newcomer. The conductors are, as before, Messrs. Eugene Goossens and Walter Van Noorden. VISIT OF MR. E. S. WILLARD. Local theatre-goers will learn with p'?npure that they will have an opportunity during the week beginning May 9 of witnessing the performance of an actor-manager whose visits to the provinces are few and far between. This is Mr. E. S. Willard, who has just con- cluded a highly successful season at the St. James's Theatre, London. The piece he is taking'with him on his tour is "The Cardinal," a four-act costume drama by Louis N. Parker, dealing with Roman life in the early portion of the sixteenth century. Originally pro- duced by Mr. Willard in America, the play ran for nearly two years to crowded houses wherever presented, both in the United States and in Canada. Its reception in London, where it was performed for the first time on August 31, 1903, was equally success- ful, and its withdrawal at the end of a hundred nights was due solely to the fact' that Mr. Willard's arrangements compelled him to stage a second play during his limited season. In the title role Mr. Willard is pro- vided with a part that suits his gifts to a special degree,, and one that has been, acco-ded unstinted praise from the leading dramatic critioe.

MR. CARNEGIE AND SWANSEA. At the meeting of 'he committee of the Swanse Public Library on Tuesday evening a letter from the corpora- tion stating that for the present the appli- cation of the committee to levy the extra halfpenny rate for the up-keep of four branch libraries to be established by the Carnegie grant was considered at some length.—The Chairman expressed his regret that the corporation had declined to grant the power. They need not levy the rate till the scheme was actually evolved.—Mr. David Davies suggested that the committee should proceed with the formulation of the scheme, and when it ■< as completed go to the oor- poMtionaOO ask for the money which was required.—The subject eventmally dropped.

CYMMER COALOWNERS' AFFAIRS. At the London Bankruptcy Court on Wed- nesday a sitting was held before Mr. Registrar Giffard for the public examination of L. J. Braudo and J. T. Lochner, the proprietors of the Gordon Navigation Colliery, Cymmer, South Wales, against whom a receiving order was made upon the petition of Mr. E. A. Cleeves, of Gloucester-place, Swansea, colliery agent, creditor for £8,319, money lent. On the 10th of March Mr. W. H.- Wain, of The Parade, Cardiff, was appointed -special manager, pending the first meeting of credi- tors, and on the 28th of March Mr. David Roberts, of HeathfieId-street, Swansea, was appointed trustee of the estate. Mr. Braude has filed accounts showing gross liabilities £13,240, of which £9,687 is unsecured, and assets £ 4,319.—Mr. C. A. Pope, assistant- j receiver, stated that the accounts had only just been filed by one of the debtors, Mr. Braude, the other debtor, Mr. Lochner, being at present in South Africa.-His Honour adjourned the public exacJrtation uiiil the 1st of June.

LLANELLY AND THE BANK. THE REPORT TO THE HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS. A specially convened meeting of the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners was held on Monday afternoon (Mr. D. James Davies presiding) to receive the report of the deputation wnicn was in negotiation with the Bank of England in London last week. The Chairman stated that following the public meeting a meeting of the council was held, when it was decided to accept the terms contained in the letter of the 11th ult., subject to certain modifications. In reply, the council received a telegram stating that, although several of the suggestions were reasonable, the Bank would be obliged to insist on their terms. The deputation were anxious to do away with the clause dealing with the appointment of a receiver. There had been a long conference with the Parlia- mentary* agents, and it was arranged that the Bill should be placed at the bottom of the list so as to allow further time to negotiate with the Bank. On Thursday a new draft was submitted by the Bank containing the essential conditions named. There would be a further meeting that day with the Parlia- mentary agents. They had struck out the Mynydd Mawr clauses, but their agent v. as unablo to undertake to withdraw opposition until he had examined the filed Bill. ihp opposition by Messrs. Richard Thomas and Co. had been withdrawn, as they had no other course open, and failed to substantiate the statements made in their petition. Mr. William Brodie, president of the Llanelly Chamber of Commerce, said that they received the clauses from the Parlia- mentary agents of the Bank, and those they carefully perused to see that the conditions under which the ratepayers granted the shilling rate at the borough fund meetings were duly provided for. Counsel was instructed to alter the draft in order to secure those conditions. The deputation thought it right to inform the commissioners that if it was desired to come to some arrange- ment with the Bank it WaBneooseary to fully realise the fact that what was of the utmost importance to the commissioners was of com- paratively small moment to the Bank. and that it was impossible for the commissioners to do anything in the way of dictating to the Bank. All that they could do was to secure that the pledges given to the ratepayers at the public meetings were duly provided for. They would also make it abundantly clear that the reason why they desired any altera- tion in the Bank's terms was not in order to score off the Bank, but because they were bound absolutely to the ratepayers to see that the conditions were duly provided for. It was necessary to move with the greatest care, because they had arrived at a most critical stage. One of the conditions was as to the division of the shilling rate into two sixpences, one sixpence to go as extra security for the money already borrowed, and the second sixpence as security for an additional sum of £35,000 to be borrowed. Further,, there was to be an extension of the suspensory period of five years wherein to give the com- missioners—or the harbour trust—an oppor- tunity of making the North Dock a revenue- earning undertaking. Mr. Edmunds asked if any instructions had been given relative to securing an under- taking from the Bank that for a period of five years at east they would not apply to the court to appoint a receiver. The Chairman: Yes. Mr. Brodie said that the view placed before the Bank was that the commissioners should have a period of .five years in which to make the dock a revenue-earning undertaking. In that period the Bank were not to take any such steps provided that the amounts of inte- rest were regularly paid by the commis- sioners; provided, also, that the decisions of the joint committee upon such matters as came properly within their province were duly carried out. Mr. Edmunds said that it appeared to him that they were now exactly in the same place as they were last week, after a deputation had been in London for five days. It seemed as though nothing had been done, after an. The deputation had to wait days there, and in the end had to return before finishing the business. He would like to know what they had been doing on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There had been a huge waste of money, for, apparently, they got nothing for it. Mr. Brodie said that if that was the atti- tude to be taken up in this matter, then he regretted very much having formed one of the deputation. Mr. Edmunds was exceedingly glad to know that Mr. Brodie was one of the deputation. and was sure that what had been done by him had been done in the interests of the town. At the same time, however, the com- missioners, having appointed a deputation, were entitled to have something more from them than they had received. The Chairman: You don't know what has been reported. You were not here when I gave my report. The deputation had accom- plished a great deal and done much to fur- ther the progress of the Harbour Bill. He did rot think it would be to the interests of the commissioners or of Llanelly that a detailed report should be made. They had to settle new c'auses, re-model other clauses, go through the proofs of evidence with counsel, and re-oast some of them. All those things took up a lot of time. Mr. Maybery regretted the ungracious remarks of Mr. Edmunds. They had a very difficult task to perform, and it was most insulting that Mr. Edmunds should have addressed them in that way. Mr. Edmunds said that he had no intention of being ungracious. Mr. Wilkins said that he would like to ask if any provision had been made in the event of a settlement not being arrived at. Was it to be understood that if a settlement was not agreed upon the Bill would fall through? Tbe Chairman said that Mr. R-andell had been fully instructed upon that point. After further discussion it was decided to hold a special meeting on Tuesday, when the following telegram was read from the solicitor-.—"Application for postponement refused; Bill may be reached to-morrow afternoon. Bank agree to advance £3E,OOO on passing of Bill; Balfour-Browne advises acceptance of receiver clause sent yesterday; also appointment of Sir Henry Jackson." The reading of this telegram was follcwed by a long discussion, in the course of which several members complained that the posi- tion was not at all clear. All that they had to go by was a series of telegrams. Mr. Guest said that it was not fair to expect the commissioners to accept the conditions upon the material placed before them at the last minute. Mr. Brodie contended that the terms, as disclosed in the telegrams, were even better than they had expected. By accepting them the commissioners would not only be keeping their pledges to the ratepayers, but get ting more favourable conditions than were out- lined at the public meeting. In the end it was decided to send the wit- nesses up on Wednesday morning, the reso- lution being carried by ten votes, two voting against and three being neutral. More than one speaker hinted that if the terms did not turn out to be as was expected the Bill could be dropped at a later stage.

MORAL STORIES.—III. THE BAD MAN BAFFLED. A certain woman sent her Child to the Shop. Go, said she, and get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, for I am feeling weak and nervous to-day. I need a Tonic." The obedient Infant went forth. But the shopkeeper, seeing that he had a Child to deal with, wrapped up a Substitute. The Wise Child undid the paper and was On to the Fraud. "Look Here," she said, "you have not given me What I was sent for. Where is Dr. Williams' Name?" These are pink Pills," said the man behind the counter. "What more do you want?" I want Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," srid the Wise Child. "01 else I money Back. Mother is ill, and she wants the Pills that have Cured people." MORAL: Look for Dr. Williams' Name on the wrapper. Substitutes never cured Anyone. \v <j—2

LLANELLY WIFE'S MISCONDUCT. 6 At Llanelly on Wednesday Hannah James, who lived near the Burry Works, applied for a. maintenance order against her husband, Alfred James, on the grounds of cruelty. Mr. D. G. lVoos defended.—Complainant stated that she had been badly treated hv -1' nusband for some time The marriage took I place 20 years ago, and theite were ten children. She had been living \t Swansea, Morriston, and Cwmbwrla.—Mr. Rees, on behalf of the defendant, al'eeed misconduct on the part of the wife.—Dsiendant denied cruelty.—William Howell and Henry Williams, Brickyard, spoke to seeing Mrs..Tame? conduct herself, with a stranger a fortnight ago.-The Bench dismissed the case, Mr. Wil- kins stating that the magistrates found there had been no cruelty, and, also, that there had been misconduct.

SOUTH WALES LAW CASES. TANAT VALLEY RAILWAY: CARDIFF CONTRACTORS CLAIM. In the King's Bench Division of the High Court on Saturday (before Mr. Justice,Ohan» nell, sitting to hear Order 14 actions) the-eaee of Strachan v. the Cambrian Railways Com- pany was heard. Mr. Hudson appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. John Stpachan, a contralto* of Newport-road, Cardiff, and Mr. J. R. Atkin for the Cambrian Railways Company, Mr. Hudson said this was an auction recover JE2,437 10s. for work and materials supplied to the defendants under a contract of the 8th of July, 1901, for the construction 'of the Tanat Valley Light—: Railway by the plaintiff for the defendants. The amount was certified to be ■ due by the defendants' engineer by his certificate of ttte"* 15th of February, 1904, the said amount being r one-half of the retention money payable « under the contract. The amount wati.Q2ti1». less 2i per cent. The defence raised was that the amount was retention money, and ww: only due on the final certificate, but, eT«n if that was right, the plaintiff wa«' entitled to the money, as satisfaction muet '\b». implied. The Judge said the whole point most tarn „ on whether the certificate given was A proper one. and the difficulty was that the certificate was not quite in the form it 1 ought to have been. Mr. Atkin, for the defendants, said there was only retention money due to the plain- tiff, and that was not due till the final certi- ficate, which the certificate sued on was .not. Under the terms of the order the Cambrian Railways Company was to construct the ■, Tanat Valley Railway, and were to be re-paid „ by the latter company the amount they paid v, for capital expenditure, and it became, essential that these documents should all be in proper form, otherwise the Tanat Valley Railway would have a defence to any action by the Cambrian Railways. The contract pro- vided that there should be a certi- ficate of final completion of the whole of tie works, and this certi- ficate was essential, because the contractor had to keep the whole of the works in repair for twelve months from the date of the final certificate. There was also a provision that the plant should only be removed wheer the completion of the works should Rave been certified by the engineer. The Judge said the only possible point wü" whether the certificate sued on was the final certificate of completion. He held it was hot, and judgment would, therefore, be for the defendants, with costs. IN RE MORGAN'S TRUSTS, ABEB VALLEY. Mr. Ford appeared before Mr. Justice Buckley in the Chancery Division on Satur- day in support of a petition taken out under Section 44 of the Trustee Act of 1893 for the sanction of the court to the sale of the Parts Newydd Estate, Aber Valley, Glamorgan: He said that it was intended '0 keer tb.6 minerals under the estate, which were leased to Lord Windsor, but the estate wae now ripe for building, and it was desired to sell the surface. It had been found necessary to apply to the court for its sanction, as there was no power of sale in the will. The peti- tion was on behalf of the trustees of the late T Mr. Morgan's estate and all parties inte- < rested. Mre. Morgan proved the facts set forth in the petition, and there affidavit by Mr. Gerald Brace, who had been a partner with Mr. Morgan, to the effect that the surface could now be ad^aB- tageously sold. His Lordship made as order sanctioning the proposed sale. SWANSEA NEWSPAPERS PRECARIOUS STATE. In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice on Friday Mr. Justice Joyce wae asked to appoint a receiver and manager of the "Cambria Daily Leader" Company (Limited). Mr Cassel, for Mr. James (plaintiff) stated that the action was brought by debentmre.. holders for the enforcement of their security: r the interest being in arrear for sir week», One of the events under which the debentvee, became enforceable was a.n arrear of interect. The business was that of publishers of a. daily newspaper and the "Herald of Wales" and the "Mid-Glamorgan Herald. The plaintiffs only held 150 "B" and 80 "A" Debenture#, but they. were supported by 2,330 "B" and 150 "A" Debentures out of an issue of 6,500 "B" ajad 1.300 "A." It was important to have areoeiyé.r- and manager, because it was alleged that the company had issued1 "A" Debentures.. Unsecured creditors. On the evidence there would not be sufficient for the existing deben- ture holders, and the company was in a >e»$r- precarious state. Thtr first mortgagee of ffo's freehold had entered. ~r < His Lordship appointed Mr. Corker to act at once as receiver and an8werable for his receipts- until eecarttg* was gi-en. LOCAL SALVAGli, DISTEJBUTIO^ X" In the Admiralty Division on Monday the '• President (Sir Francis Jenne) was asked fe»: apportion betweeen the owners, master, amIVS-' crew of the steamship Dunavon « mxxa ,£700, which had been atrreed M the amount- of salvage remuneration payiable^iu caspe&u^v of services rendered by "the Dunavon ta th* >„ Norwegian steamship Odin in the Bristoi; Channel in January last. It appeared from — the statement of Mr. Dumas, who appeared in support of the application, that the Dunavon, in the course of a voyage from Waterford ta Newport (Mon.), in ballast, was on the even- ing of January 14 in the Bristol Channel, to the southward an* westward of the Helwick lightship, when she fell in with the Odin. which was exhibiting distress signals. The Odin, which was on a voyage from Swansea to 'C' Valencia, laden with patent fuel and coal, had lost an the blades of her propeller,* and her master re<jjuested the Dunavoh t6 take him in tow. There was a gale blowing, and the ■' seas were running dangerously high, and in consequence a boat could not be lowered. Eventually, however, hawsers were passed.vi between the vessels-, and next day they N"- arrived safely in Barry Roads. During the towage, which extended over a distance of 51 miles, the hawsers parted three timee. His Lordship apportioned the agreed amount of salvage a". fQllows :£525. to the owners of the Dunavon, £60. to her master, and JE115 to the crew, THE SALE OF LORD SWANSEA'S miTE., Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady, in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, had. before him on Tuesdar -the a-ction of Llewellyn < v. Swansea, by which the plaintiff claimed specific performance of an agreement by Lord Swansea to sell him an estate at Llettyrafel > and Llangyfelach. An order has been made, for the trustees to carry out the safe, ant.. plaintiff said now that the property had been deteriorated, and callea Mr. C. W. Thompson, ?■ architect and surveyo", to prove this. His Lordship thought that the plaintiff had made out a prima fac e case of deterioration, and granted an inquirv as to its extent.' The costs of the inquiry were reserved, and Lord Swansea was ordered to pay the plaintiff'* costs of the action. A MERTHYR CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. In the London Chancery Division on Wedne«-r day there was commenced the hearing of the action of Mansell v. Jones, which was brought by the plaintiff to restrain the defendant from obstructing the plaintiff's roadway '• down a private road at Merthyr Tydfil, ard from packing earth adjacent or near the wall of the plaintiff's woollen factory, so as to _c\ cause injury by damp. Damagee were olahned under both heads.—The hearing was ad-" v journcd.

IMPROVEMENT OF THE USK. • Harbour Board met on Wednesday and con- sidered the question of dealing with the east bank of the River Usk, as indicated in the announcement made in the Western Mail" on Tuesday. Mr. T. E. Watson, J.P., presided. Views were freely exchanged upon the neces- sity of restoring the natural angle which for- merly stood on the east side of the river near the Severn Dry Dock Company's premises, bub Llere was some difference of opinion as to whether the scheme should embrace simply a V training wall or moro elaborate works, includ- ing public wharves. The larger scheme, including the wharves, which has been dis- cussed from time to time by the board, would probably run into five figures.—After a couple! of hours' discussion nofin.al scheme was arrived at. the whole matter being, deferred^. till the next meeting.

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