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Y ^RAL JOTTINGS. 4BLE HINTS AND INFORMA- TION. Oo v RECENTLY-PLANTED TREES ^0 INTO GROWTH. or bush grows so freely the first ■'tld as subsequently. The st^ce ng is alwayfl more or less of a *0orttr|W ahd in many cases the trees have ^oia4^ai + existence. The weather has a jkbn the ° do with this. When genial and V', butQe^ growth is almost bound to to. C6*fteG £ w"en cold and dry there is little n! and coaxing has to be resorted th^ ajority of trees and bushes cost ^re "°v>ering plants. Those who plant a'Ways anxious that they should eff on account of their value but fcfgT tefU3_ect ae soon as possible, and wben t<Hj t. "jijj- to live the disappointment is ^oJ1 to I, M one course almost invariably ^hia .^hich^5 them alive and make them hlSKmore harmful than beneficial. i4- Th of very fre(luent watering at *>*•; £ the xnnr more slow growth is in occur- trti ore water is given. It is a foolish tlo a tna nd shonld be discontinued in a, is Vft ve rnr.f' trees have ^lwry little/ Where this is the case there notv.^emand for watsr at the root. becor,l,ng to ntili £ e ifc; consequently, yonn chlll€d' sour, and unkind; lm-5 r°ots become active sooner ftiorp der. when they have to run out is far o'sture. A soil approaching better for the new roots than ^4. Active „ ?e one- When once the roots J* then 'i» the tops developing, give i*°od me, 8011 18 dry- when there will "Him ponse' and even when growth "o aot keep the roots in a state of saturation. On mild evenings give the leaves and stems a dewing over with a. syringe or through the rose of a watering pot. Do not put the water on with such force as b break any of the young leaves, but merely moisten all parts gently. Water slightly tepid is the best. It is quite surprising how these evening dewings induce growth, and I consider this the greatest pf all ways of coaxing them. It keeps the bark from drying up and the leaves from shrinking. This treatment should be given to all kinds of ornamental trees and bushes, fruit trees, roses, and, in short, every plant of a tree kind. THINNING GRAPES. Grapes have progressed considerably since I wrote of the vines a few weeks ago. The shoots should still be under the restriction I advised. Adhere to this. The grapes are now ready to be thinned, and on no account neglect this, as the quality of the fruit entirely depends on it. The berries should always be thinned when the size of peas. At least half of them will require to be clipped out. When well thinned the berries swell up to a fine size, but if left too close they are small and comparatively juiceless. They often press so much against each other in swelling that they burst and spoil, and there is no gain in any way in crowding the berries in the bunches. Use a pair of narrow scissors in thinning. The berries often form in threes, one projecting a little and the largest and one on each side a littlo further back and smaller. These two should be clipped off, and the middle one left. This will not reduce the size of the bunch in any way, as these large berries are the outside ones. The berries in the centre must be well cleared out. It is here the crush takes place. and should be guarded against. Remove all the smallest berries first. Do not thin them when the berries are wet. Do not hold the berries with the fingers, but use a little forked stick to assist in holding them. SOWING SAVOY SEED. The savoy is a winter vegetable. Its season should begin in October or November, and go on into February; but many plants are so early that they are full-grown by August. and they burst and decay by November. This is a loss and waste. To have a good batch in their prime at the right time, seed should bo sown now. The variety Green Globe is a good one. Given rich soil, they always suc- ceed. DESTRUCTIVE CATERPILLARS. The caterpillar is one of the greatest pests in the garden on certain crops, and it does great harm by perforating and defoliating the leaves of many plants. The gooseberry is one of its partialities. The bushes are often made quite leafless when the fruit is small, or at present, and the crop is spoiled, and both vegetables and fruits suffer from its depredations. The best way of killing caterpillars on gooseberry bushes and other plants is to take loz. of hellebore powder and 2oz. of powdered alum; dissolve them thoroughly in a, pint of water, then add one gallon of water, and syringe or spray the foliage with the liquid. This poisons the leaves, the caterpillars eat them and die, and one or two dressings will exterminate them. The hellebore is poison, and must be syringed off as soon as the caterpillars are killed. A wet day will remove it all without syringing. Fresh, newly-slacked lime dusted over and i under the plants will also kill them. This is a good remedy for caterpillars on cabbage. A layer of soot laid round each bush is helpful. Both elder and foxglove leaves, if made into a tea and sprinkled over any plants that the caterpillars are eating, will at once destroy them, and stop all further injury. Picking them off by hand on their first appearance is a good means of checking them, but when very plentiful the washes must be employed. SEEDLESS AND STONELESS FRUITS IN AMERICA. I have much pleasure in thanking some reader of these notes in America for sending me the "Boston, American, and New York Journal," containing coloured illustrations of a seedless apple, grape, plum, cherry, and watermelon. Of the five, the seedless apple seems to be the most fully established, and may be in commerce very soon. The water- melon we need not trouble our heads about. It is far deficient to our hot-house ones, and will never supersede them; while for open- air culture in this country it is quite out of the running. A seedless grape, with a large berry and good flavour, such as our Black Hamburg, would add one more in the lucky raiser to the crowd of millionaires on tht other side of the "herring pond." The seed- less cherry and plum would also be accept- able, both as novelties and conveniences, as dessert and for cooking, and I hope the Yanks, with their proverbial and charac- teristic smartness, will hurry on their pro- duction and perfecting, and let us have some 'over here. I can warrant a big sale and a high price—two inducements which ought to fetch them. The seedless—or, I might say, gelding-fruits can only be propagated or per- petuated by grafting or budding, but that is quite feasible. A seedless tomato is also hatching, but .thie is not very important, as some varieties are almost seedless now. REARING YOUNG TURKEYS. All the early poults will now be hatched. Hatching will either have been a perfect success or a complete failure. The eggs being all fertilised by one service is an exception amongst eggs. Failure may be partially com- pensated for by the later laying and hatching, but the birds will not be so large as the first. Turkeys during the first few weeks of their existence are considered extremely delicate by some who have not had much experience with them, but old breeders pay no atten- tion to this, and have little more difficulty in rearing the turkeys than the Barndoor fowls. The hen that hatched them should be kept cooped up for the first week or ten days, and the little ones may be confined to a. small space in front for a week, to be near the hen for protection in case of storms, which chill them. if exposed. After that let the hen take them about, but when it rains much or on a wet day keep them under cover. Some are very particular in this, and are averse to se-eing a spot of rain falling on them, but this is going to extremes, although they should not be allowed to get drenched until five or six weeks old. A grass surface is the best run for them They will not get on well on any other. It is uiflvise to rear them on the same ground two or more years running. They do best on fresh ground every other year at least. They are very partial to the sunny side of a hedge bottom, and no better spot could be found to locate them. Never keep them in a dirty coop or on a dirty floor. Do not close up the coop closely at night, but let a good deal of fresh air be admitted near the top. They should never be pampered in any way, but reared in a very hardy fashion. Fine, robust birds will be the result of such treatment. At first their food should consist of hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, with some oatmeal added, and a groat quantity of. dandelion cut up and mixed in. Green stuff should consist of half their food. They will not succeed without it. Lettuce and small green onions are also-enjoyed, and one or other must be given with every meal. Feed every three hours till six weeks old, the). three times a day. As they get larger give boiled rice, crushed wheat, biscuit meal", and general foods, but stick to the green material. Be sure all their food is sweet. Mix the meals with milk when that is available. AZALEA MOLLIS. The best of these are imported. They flower beautifully the first year, and all are charmed with them, but they rarely do so well again, and dwindle both in pots and if planted in the garden. There are some classes of plants the Continental growers can lick us in, and the mollis is one of them. They make a fine display in the conservatory or window for a time, but those who desire them in the open will not be pleased. If azaleas are liked there, I prefer to plant what are known as Hybrid Mollis. These are a cross between the hardy, more common sorts and mollis. They grow freely, become fine bushes, and just now they are a mass of various colours, which are extremely pretty. The individual flowers are hard]y so large as the pure mollis, but they are more numerous and varied in colour, and make a better show. EARTHING UP POTATOES. All potatoes planted on the level ground should be earthed up. If this is not done, many of the tubers will form and swell so close to the surface that they will be from exposure to the air and light, and this spoils them for eating, as a green potato is always bitter. If the soil is hard and stiff round the plants, it is in a bad state, and it should be loosened and broken with a fork to a depth of three or four inches, but do not upset the plants in doing so. They should be earthed up when six or eight inches high. The soil should be drawn up on one side, and then on the other, into the form of a sharp ridge, with the stems along the centre. When the soil is drawn up close to the stems it answers a good purpose in preventing the stems from being blown about, as this is very injurious to them in rough weather. VEGETABLE MARROWS. The vegetable marrows may now be planted out. They are not a very profitable market crop, and a few in each garden to furnish a home supply are enough. They should be planted in a sheltered, sunny spot, but they are very accommodating in their habits, and succeed on the top of a manure or rubbish heap. If a barrow-load of soil is put there, and one or two plants inserted, the shoots will cover the heap attractively later, and plenty of fruit will be produced. They may be grown on the level ground, but prefer to be on a little elevation, and if a small heap of manure or rubbish is put down, covered with soil, and a plant put in, there is little danger of failure. Some plant in almost all manure, when the plants make a great deal of strong, soft wood and huge leaves, but little fruit, and a quantity of arm rooting soil should always be given them. If it is desired to grow some fruit for exhibition, plant at the bottom of a wall or fence, and train the I shoots up. The fruit will form freely here, and swell into handsome, clean specimens. The finest marrows I ever grew were treated in this way. If the nights are cold or windy, turn a flower-pot upside down, and put it over the plants nightly until growth is pro- ceeding. RIDGE CUCUMBERS. The nature of these is so much like the marrow that they may be grown successfully side by side and under the same conditions of soil, Ac. Here, again, we have not a. profit- able, marketing subject, but a home supply of really agreeable cucumbers may be secured from them by those who have neither house nor frame in which to grow the other varieties, and ridge cucumbers are tho best of all for pickling. They may be treated in all respects like the marrows, but they are not worth putting on a wall. KEEPING DOWN WEEDS. Where possible weeds are more numerous than ever this season. Although last year was not a good one for their seed ripening, it was in favour of all existing and none being killed by the usual way, and the result is great crowds now. As all with the slightest knowledge of culture knows, they are entirely opposite to the profitable production of crops, and their severe restriction or extermination should be the aim of all who wish to culti- vate the soil successfully. As yet few or none of them are in seed, and if destroyed before this stage is reached a great stride will have been made to their reduction, as it is the multitudes of seedlings which make such a supply. Where plants are growing so close together that a hoe cannot be run between them, the weeds should be pulled out by hand, but wherever a hoe can be used it is the best of all appliances in dry weather. If the weeds are uprooted when the surface is dry and the sun shining, they will wither and die very soon. Do not hoe more deeply than will merely uproot them. Some hoe so deep that a lot of soil is heaped up on the uprooted weeds; the sun cannot dry them, and they begin to grow again. Do not be in a hurry, but uproot and expose all, and you will be satisfied. The hoeing has the further great advantage of loosening the surface of the soil, and this is a. form of ventilation which the crops thoroughly enjoy. Should the weather be wet and prevent hoeing, the weeds should be drawn out by hand and destroyed. If all the small ones are not taken, be sure and pull out the large ones before they seed. Weeds growing in boxwood or other edging plants ehonld all be drawn out, arid very weedy walks that cannot be hoed and paved yards should be dressed with a weed killer. 1- DISBUDDING ROSE BUSHES. As a rule, rcs-es are allowed to make too much wood. When it comes in a- mass, with some strong shoots and many small ones, the blooms are never of the finest or the plants tho most robust and satisfactory. Disbudding them is not reduced to a general system, but it would be better if it were. The bushes would produce more robust growths, finer flowers, and harbour fewer vermin. Tho present time is most suitable for disbudding. Go over each plant, and remove all the weakest shoots where they are crowded, iffany plants may be bearing two or three dozen shoots, but none should exceed a dozen, and young ones less. A rose bush composed of from six to ten shoots is a. handsome plant. Some of the shoots nearest the ground should ho allowed to remain, as they will boe pruned next year, and help to keep the plant in a, dwarf form. If weak shoots are at the top and strong ones at the bottom, remove all the weak ones, and if the shoots they were on stand up bare cut them back a little. All kinds and forms of rose bushes will be benefited by regulating, excepting varieties grown to produce small buds, when Crowds meet the demand. Wall roses would be more clean and healthy if all the young shoots' facing the wall were removed, and some of the small front ones, too. GROWING MELONS IN FRAMES. Frames now vacant may be usefully employed during the summer in growing melons. The melon is a fruit of fine appear- ance, rather uncertain in flavour, but when good it is exceptionally acceptable. It is a great sun-loving subject. Abundant sunshine is needed to give flavour, but without this the flavour will be deficient. Melons can, there- fore, only be grown successfully in the summer season, and if started now they would have the great advantage of ripening with tho aid of the sunshine in August and Sep- tember. Their growth and success will be doubtful unless supplied with bottom heat, and their first requirement is a hot-bed. Get a load or two of stable manure, make it into a firm bed a little larger than the frame. Any lawn mowings at hand may be added to the manure. Make the bed very firm, to retain the heat long. Put the frame on the top, and place about one barrow-load of soil in the centre of each light in the form of a mound. This' soil should consist of good loam only. Manure is not needed, as the roots will find that down in the bed. The soil should be made very firm. If plants have been raised in pots, plant one on the top of each mound. If the plants have to be raised, insert two seeds in each mound about one inch below the surface. As the plants grow train them over the surface. Avoid crowding the shoots. Stop them before they get quite to the edge of the frame. Both male and female fiowers will appear. The females have little fruit attached to the flower; the males have none. On a bright day, when a good many flowers are open, pull off some male flowers, and rub them slightly in the face of the female. This fertilises the flower, without which operation there will be no melons. Six or eight fruits are generally enough on each plant, but more may be fertilised, and the surplus can be removed if too numerous. All must be fertilised on one day. If one fruit gets the lead in swell- ing, all the others will remain small or refuse to go on. They are very peculiar in this v. ay. Ventilate" according to the weather. Syringe to keep down insects, xjo not keep them saturated at the roots excessively, and to prevent canker—a dangerous disease—keep the soil round the collar of the plants quite dry.

ARREST IN THE ROCKIES. WFJiSK FOOTBALLER'S EXCITING EXPERIENCE. A well-known footballer, who, a twelve month ago, wajp one of the most active figures in keenly-contested football matches in Breconshire and Glamorgan, and who some time ago emigrated to Canada, describes in a letter to a friend, an adventure which befel himself and a companion whilst on a shooting trip in the Kocky Mountains. He says: — "We had our share of minor adventures, but perhaps the most exciting was that of being lost on the prairie. At any time we would not have enjoyed such an experience as this, but we could not help in the darkness think- I ing and talking of an escaped murderer who had managed to get away from the police at Calgary, a place not far distant from us. A sharp cry of 'Halt!' startled us. We found ourselves confronted with armed men. A hasty glance to side and rear, and as we peered through the darkness we found our- selves the centre of a. ring of armed men, their rifles ready for action. When we saw this there was no need for the leader to use any other arguments to induce us to halt. We stopped as readily as a Brecon and Merthyr train, and were as slow to move. Then the catechism commenced. Our captors were a detachment of mounted police, and among them we recognised a Rancher, who, a. few hours before, had directed us in answer to our inquiries. "Not satisfied with our explanation as to our having lost our way, and knowing that an alleged murderer was at large, he had ridden into the town and laid information that we were suspicious looking characters. r'Here was a position to be in at midnight on New Year's Eve, just as our friends and relatives away in Wales were ringing the old year out and the new year in.. What a contrast to our position, in a lonely district of Canada, having lost our way, surrounded by mounted police with rifles ready to let daylight into the murderer if he wanted to make tracks a second time. Explanations were demanded and promptly supplied, and a little later our adventures were remembered only as a source of amuse- ment."

FACTORY PROSECUTIONS. A number of prosecutions under the Factory Act werb heard at Pontypool Police-court on Saturday. W. B. Witchell and Co., boat manufacturers, Abereychan, for employing two girls without obtaining a medical certificate of their fit- ness within seven days of their employment, were fined 20s. in each .case—Beatrice. Wil- liams, one of the girls, had been at the fac- tory eight months, whilst Janet Dando, the other girl, had been in the employment of the company for four montas. I Charlee Henry Marshall, a baker, carrying on business in Osborne-road, Pontypool, worked a. lad named John Hlayward from seven o'clock in the morning until twenty minutes to eleven at night on Thursday, the I 31st of March, and for this offence was fined 208. Messrs. Baldwin (Limited), proprietors of the galvanising and sheet mill works at Pont- ypool Road, for employing a young person overnight in the boxing department on the 8th of April, had to pay a fine of 20s. William Rees and Catherine Donovan. who are employed at Mr. D. S. Davies's aerated water works at Abersychan, pleaded guilty to neglecting to wear wire face-guards and gauntlets whilst bottling and wiring bottles at the faotory on the 15th of April.—Bees was fined 20a. and Donovan 108..

AUCTIONEERS' INSTITUTE. MR. D. T. ALEXANDER ELECTED PRESIDENT. The Auctioneers' Institute, which is to hold its annual provincial meeting in South Wales next September, on Friday elected Mr. D. T. Alexander, of Cardiff, as president of the council for the year. Mr. Alexander is a, native of the village of Penmark, in the Vale of Glamorgan. He is a son of the late Mr. John Alexander. Educated at Cowbridge and Eath, Mr. Alexander started practising on his own account as an auctioneer at Pontypridd in the early sixties. He removed to Cardiff some ten years later, and soon established a considerable business. The late Mr. W. P. Stephenson invited Mr. Alexander to join him in partnership, and the fli-re, of Stephenson and Alexander came into existence tn 1875. After Mr. Stephenson's death Mr. Alexander continued to practice Idi-Z. D. T. ALEXANDER, President of the Institute of Auctioneers. alone, until in recent years he has been joined successively by his two sons, Messrs. John and Hubert Alexander The firm of Stephenson and Alexander is the oldest estab- lished firm of auctioneers in South Wales, and Mr. Alexander is now well known through- out the Principality and the West of England as one of the leading practitioners in the profession of auctioneer, land agent, and surveyor. He is sought after and much engaged in all the leading arbitrations, both local and otherwise. Mr. Alexander has taken a prominent partrl in all forward movements for the benefit of the town and district. He was largely responsible for establishment of the Cardiff Horse Show and the Cardiff and Dis- trict Cart Horse Society. He is a member of the council of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, as well as a member of nearly all the other leading agri- cultural societies in the kingdom. He also took an active part in the formation of the recently established Welsh Cob and Pony Society, and was instrumental in establish- ing the Glamorgan Chamber of Agriculture. of the council of which he is a member. He has had great experience in the valuing and selling of landed estates, colliery properties, iron, steel, and tin-plate works, Ac., of which class of business he has, probably, a wider knowledge than any other practitioner in the country. Mr. Alexander has been fre. quently called upon to give his services in connection with the sale of colliery pro- perties, Ac., at the Mart in London. He was for over twenty years a guardian of the poor, and was vice-chairman of the assessment committee for the Cardiff Union. He has persistently 'declined to seek election to the town council, holding that, as his services were continually required in connec- tion with corporation business, arbitrations, and other matters, it was better that he should occupy an independent position. He is, too, a, justice of the peace for the county of Glamorgan. Mr. Alexander was only elected to the council of the Auctioneers' Institute in 1898, so that his rise to the position of presi- dent has been phenomenally rapid.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH WALES WITNESSES. The Royal Commission which is inquiring into the working of the Compensation Act sat in London on Friday, and heard the evidence of three witnesses from South Wa-les. Mr. Evan Owen, general secretary of the South Wales Miners' Provident Society, said the society was perfectly satisfied with Sec- tion 3 of the Act, providing that any mutual agreement between employers and employes which should be satisfactory to the Registrar of Friendly Societies should supersede the provisions of the Act. He regarded the system of the society of making weekly or fortnightly payments to infflrin miners better than that prescribed by the Act of paying a lump sum in compensa- tion. Another distinct advantage of the scheme was 'that anything which might be saved by careful administration of the joint contributions of employers and employed was applied for the purpose of pen- sions for aged and infirm miners. Since the formation of the scheme about -400 aged and infirm miners had been placed on the pension list; up to the present they had received something like seven or eight thousand pounds, and it had been computed that a sum of about £ 32,000 would be required to meet their future payments. He urged that any recommendation to Parliament should be in the direction of some permanent provision for a pension scheme. Mr. Kenry Richards (Abe-rdare) and Mr. David Bowen (Abercarn), two members of th3 executive committee, gave evidence of the satisfaction felt at the working of the society's scheme and of its beneficial results.

DESTITUTE AMERICAN SEAMEN. The Hon. Mr. Phillips, the American Consul at Cardiff, has succeeded in getting his Government to take steps with a view to pre- venting boarding-house-mastere in the United Statee from shipping destitute American sailors to this country, and it is believed that the action taken will effectually stop the traffic. Not long ago a Russian ship arrived at Cardiff with eight Americans on board, and they were left in the town penniless. Mr. Phillips did all he could for the unfortunate men, and their case was brought under the notioe of the American Government, with the result that the gentleman named has just received a letter from the Attorney-General of the State of Georgia, stating that a board- ing-house-master named Harry Olsen has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and also a fine of 5,000 dollars. A number of other boarding-house-masters have also been fined 100 dollars each.

SOMETHING CAME OVER TTTXf At Oardiff Police-oourt on Saturday laaao Jones, 46, was brought up in custody charged with stealing three packet6 of tea and a tin of cream, valued at Is. 10d., the property of his employers, Messrs. W. J. Cox and Son, 114, Queen-street, Cardiff, on May 13. Prisoner was seen to take the. goods by the manager, who sent for the polree. Detective I. Dicks shortly afterwards arrived, and prisoner was found to htfve the packets of tea underneath his waistcoat and the tins of cream in his jacket pocket. Prisoner said he was a native of the Rhon- dda Valley, and he was sorry to say that during the past eight years something had COlle over him which he could not answer for, and it was this which caused him to do wrong. The Bench committed prisoner to the quarter sessions, bail being allowed.

A VINDICTIVE RAILWAYMAN. The Cardiff Stipendiary on Saturday fined W. P. Clarke, a railway carriage cleaner, 40s. and costs, and 7s. 6d. in respect of damage done to an oil drum, the property of the Taff Vale Railway Company. Mr. H. Thompson appeared for the company, and said that prisoner, out of vindiotiveness because he was dismissed from the company's employ, struck the oil drum several blows with a heavy hatchet.—The Stipendiary characterised the offence as malicious and wicked, and prisoner deserved to be sent to prison without the option of a fine.

GAS EXPLOSION AT WESTON. Upon a servant putting a match, to a gas stove at Batley Villa, Clevedon-road, Weston, on Saturday an explosion took plaoe which shattered the front' door, the inner glass door, a- sitting-room door, a window, and a back kitchen door In the front room Vene- tian blinds were set on fire, and a cab pro- prietor, named Charles Fear, received severe burns in attempting to put out the flames. At the time of the explosion a, dead body lay in the house, and, consequently, some of the windows had been left open; otherwise, it is feared, the explosion would have had more serious consequences The previous evening a man had been engaged to stop a leakage of gas.

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WELSH UNIVERSITY COURT. THE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER. The Court of the University of Wales, under the presidency of Sir Isambard Owen, held its extra-collegiate meeting on Friday at Holyhead. The most important matter down for dis- cussion was the question ot applying for a supplemental charter, under which the court would have power to declare than any public educational institution in Wales giving in- struction in all the subjects required for an initial degree in one or more faculties should, on certain terms and conditions, become an affiliated college of the university. Upon this matter the registrar read the following letter from Sir Arthur Bigge, private secretary to the Prince of Wales, the chancellor of the university, dated from Marlborough House, May 9:- His Royal Highness has read your letter of the 7th, and was glad to hear of the large improvement in your estimate for the year, which seems to him very creditable to those who manage the finances of the university. His Royal Highness quite approves of in- cluding the petition for the power of grant- ing degrees in medicine in the supplemental charter which you contemplate applying for, for the affiliation of colleges. The question of the supplemental charter was referred to the next meeting of the court, and in connection with this matter Sir Isam- bard Owen moved that in the event of the petition being made for a supplemental charter, application be at the same time made for power to grant degrees in medicine and surgery, which was excluded for the time being from the original charter. He explained that the omission was due to the threatened opposition at the time which might have upset the whole charter. The proposed application for a supplemental charter was considered a favourable oppor- tunity to secure this power. He had con- sulted Sir John Williams on the subject, and Sir John had written wishing he could have been present to support the application, without which the powers of university were incomplete, and students in medicine would have good grounds for complaint. The Cardiff Medical School, Sir John said, is doing good work. and its students had taken distinguished places in the graduates' lists of other uni- versities. The present lack of power to grant medical degrees was unfair to students a,nd to the university. Principal Reichel seconded the proposition, which was unanimously adopted. Sir Isambard Owen was re-elected Senior Deputy Chancellor, and Dr. R. D. Roberts Junior Deputy Chancellor. The court, on the motion of Sir Isambard Owen, passed a vote congratulating Mr. Tom John on his election as vicc-president of the National Union of Teachers. Acknowledging the compliment, Mr. John said it had beer the fashion to try to teach people to think imperially; but in view of the educational progress of Wales, it would in future be necessary to teach people to think a la Cam- bria (Laughter applause ) On the proposition that the Lord Bishop of St. David's and Professor Anwyl be re-elected members of the theological board, Mr. Tom Roberts (Brynhyfryd) said he would like to know whether the Bishop of St. David's was now in sympathy with the university. He thought they ought to have as members of that body gentlemen thoroughly in sym- pathy with .the university; and he thought the university was now in a position when they could afford to be a little, inde- pendent. — Principal Reichel said that when lie and Principal Fairbairn visited the Bishop of St. David's in connection with the Welsh B.D. degree, his lordship took great interest in the matter and did much to bring about the connection of St. David's Col- lege with the B.D. degree.—Sir Lewis Morri? said he felt certain the biehop took a con- siderable interest in the university, and it would be politic to have his lordsbipon- the board.—Mr. Marchant Williams said the bishop had expressed to him his full sym- pathy with the university.—In the result, the scrutineers announced that the Bishop of St. David's and Professor Anwyl had been re-elected. The estimate of expenditure for 1905 amounted to £4,177. The Treasury, in reply to a letter, stated that Parliament would be asked to provide a grant of £4,000 to supplement the income of the university, but that, as the whole question of grants to universities was under considera- tion, no pledge could be given for future years.—In the course of some "notes" on the estimate, it was observed that "from May or June next it is anticipated that the work of the regifctrar's office will be carried on in the new University Registry, now being erected in Cardiff, by the gift of the corpora- tion of that town." The committee having considered the ques- tion regarding two theological colleges referred to them by the Court, reported that under the existing statutes and standing orders the teaching of the two colleges may be made available after the 31st of August next for candidates desiring to graduate in the faculty of theology if the colleges entered into such mutual arrangements for the pur- pose as would in effect constitute an Insti- tution." The committee submitted a financial state-' ment 8howing the income and expenditure for the year ended 31st of March, 1904. The income amounted to £6,779, and the expend: ture to £6,624. The balance-sheet showed liabilities amount- ing to .;i12,220, the assets being put down at £12,374, which includes cash, amounting to £6.306, and investments valued at £6,016. The next meeting of the court will be held at Newport (Mon.)

LLANTRISANT TOWN TRUST. JUDGE GWILYM WILLIAMS ADMITTED A FREEMAN. The annual meeting of the Llantrisant Town Trust was held at the Court-house, Llan- trisant, on Friday. Mr Evan John, J.P., pre- sided. Several gentlemen were admitted aa members, including Judge Gwilym Williams. Mr. Taliesin Morgan submitted the balance- sheet, which showed receipts JS53 Os. 3d., the credit balance being £29 6s. 4d. During the meeting a protest was raised by eeveral freemen against the resolution passed with regard to the playing of golf on the common at Llantrisant, with the view of inducing visitors to the old borough. Mr. Taliesin Morgan stated that some people bad placed the matter before the Charity Com- missioners, who had confirmed the action of the trustees. The regulations of the trust had not been infringed, and if any injury were inflicted on animals through the playing of golf, the owners would be compensated. Judge GwiJym Williams presided at the annual dinner which was held afterwards, and, in replying to the toast of his health, said ho felt it was an honour to be one of the "black army" of Llantrisant, which was so famous in the days of the Black Prince.

A VICAR'S REMARKABLE SERMON. The Rev. R. C. Fillingham, vicar of Hexton, was on Sunday the special preacher at the Central Congregational Church. Cardiff. The rev. gentleman said there were multitudes walking the streets of tha.t great town that night singing, shouting, and jesting who did not care for the Lord Jesus Christ. Why was it? Because they never thought of Him. He (Mr. Fillingham) firmly believed that if Jesue Christ came among twentieth century Christians in the course of a week or so they would want Him to go away again. What would the Lord Jesus Christ say to the bishop«? He would, probably, reproach them for their exceeding love of their garments, and he believed also that if the Lord Jesus Christ came on earth to-day he would express his opinion on the present Govern- ment. He might say, "What have you done with all the public money you have invested? Have you spent it on the poor, or on those who already have too much in this world? Possibly, He might express such an opinion that the Government would have Him looked up aa a. dangerous lunatic. And, again, supposing Jesus Christ had come on earth when the riots were taking place in Trafalgar-square I over the war in South Africa. He would very probably have got on a chair and addressed the people, and have said the war was a war against Himself—that both sides in Soith Africa were fighting against Him. It was very likely that for saying that He would have been mobbed by the people.

EISTEDDFOD AT RESOLVEN. The first annual eisteddfod in connection with Bethania Baptist Chapel, Resolven, was held on Saturday. The president was Dr. Prichard, a.nd Mr. D. Edwards (Tonna) made a capable conductor. The adjudicators were: -Music, Mr, David Evans, Mus. Bac., Cardiff, and Mr. T. Powell, Glais; recitations. Miss Jones, Penydarren; accompanists, Messrs. T. Hopkin Evans. A.R.C.O., and T. Davies, Resolven. The following are the prize- winners:—Soprano eolo, Miss Maud Avon Jones, Brynmawr; children's solo, Miss May Harris, Swansea; contralto solo, Miss Maggie Jenkins, A.C., Manselton; soprano solo, Miss Alice Cove, Treorky (a pupil of Mr. Harry Evans); tenor solo, Mr. Philip Griffiths Pontycymmer; baritone solo, Mr. Tom Wil- liams, Blaengarw; baE-s solo. Mr. D. Davies, Allt-vcn; tenor solo, Mr. Philip Griffiths; pianoforte solo (children). Master Ivor Owen, Swansea; duet, Messrs. E. Nicholas, Ystaly- fera, and D. Davies, Alltwen; recitation, Mr. J. Roberts, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen; juvenile choirs, "Sleep, my darling, sleep" (eight choir3 com- peted) Waunarlwydd (conductor, Mr. D. J. Jones); male voice competition ("Martyrs of the Arena," De Rille, jEZO and gold medal to conduotor), seven parties competed): Penrhiw- ceiber (conductor, Mr. BamuelDaTies).

MERTHYR RECTOR FINED.! THE STIPENDIARY AND THE DIS- TRICT COUNCIL. At Merthyr Police-court on Monday the Rev. Daniel Lewis, rector of Merthyr, was sum- moned for a breach of the bye-laws of the Merthyr Urban District Council for not pro- viding a receptacle for house refuse. Mr. T. Aneuryn Rees, clerk to the council, appeared in support of the summons, and Mr. W. W. i Meredith defended. Mr. J. E. Biddle produced a copy of the bye- laws, and proved the authority to prosecute given by the health committee at a meeting which, he said, was attended by ten members, and proved also the publication of warning notices. notices. In reply to Mr. Meredith, the witness said tho matter had been before the council as a council, but it was not necessary for the minutes of a committee to be confirmed by the council with regard to legal proceedings. So far as he knew, no complaint had been made personally to the rector. James Williams, scavenging haulier in the employ of the council, said that on the 18th of April he went round the streete about the Rectory, but he saw no receptable for refuse at the Rectory. Answering Mr. Meredith, the witness said there was a public ashbin near by in Pond- side. There was another summons against the rector for causing rubbish to be deposited on the roadway. Michael Dwyer, scavenging foreman, having given evidence. John Thomas Owen. inspec- tor of nuisances, said that in the afternoon he saw about half a cartload of rubbisa tipped against the wall in Pondside and some more by the side of the ashbin. This ashbin was intended for the use of the people living in Adam and Eve-court. He spoke to the rector's man, who told him that the rector 1 had ordered him to shift the rubbish, and after he had pointed out that a breach of the bye-laws had been committed the man wheeled the rubbish left on the roadway back on to the Rectory premises. The Stipendiary at this stage said the bench were satisfied. The first summons must be dismissed, but on the second case there must ho a conviction. lite did not know what were the relations between the district council and the roetor, but it seemed to him that the council had not acted exactly in the same way towards the rector as to other people, because the council had often come before him and said that they had given warning several times to the people sum- moned. Mr. Meredith, interposing, said he could show that the rubbish was not deposited by the rector's directions or with his knowledge. The Stipendiary said he was quite prepared to accept what Mr. Meredith had said. The first case would be dismissed, but in the second case the rector would have to pay a fine of 5s. and costs.

NEWPORT CHILD'S DEATH. COMPLAINT OF THREATS TO- WARDS LITTLE GIRL. An inquest relating to the death of a child, named John Williams, aged one year and nine months, of 147, Dock-street, Newport, was held on Friday by the borough coroner (Mr. Lyndon Moore). On May 1 a little girl. named Minny Wooden, nine years old. of Emlyn-street, said that she heard a cry of "Fire!" She ran into the street and saw the child John Williams being carried by his sister. Whilst she was running she collided with the sister of the child, and they all fell together. Shortly afterwards it wa-o I found that the little boy had been hurt. He was seen by a doctor, and was taken to the hospital. He died on May 11 (as Dr. Hamilton said) from meningitis. I The jury found that death was due to meningitis, brought on by an accidental blow on the head At the conclusion of the inquest the mother of the girl Minny Wooden stated that several people had rased threats to her daughter, and aa late as that morning the brother of the deceased had threatened to kill the child. The Coroner stated that he did not think the little girl was in any way to blame, as it was a pure accident, and he hoped that the ill-feeling now existing between the mothers would soon calm down. If, however, any serious threats were made he asked Mr3. Wooden to inform him of the matter.

MAKING OF MAGISTRATES, SWANSEA'S LIST CRITICISED BY THE CORPORATION. At a meeting of the property and general purposes committee of the Swansea Council on Friday afternoon the Town-clerk read out the names of the gentlemen just added to the commission of the peace.—Mr. Hopkin asked what the modus operandi was.—The Town- derk said the whole matter rested with the Lord Chancellor, but there was nothing to prevent the council recommending names. No list in the present case had been eubmfttcd to him, or he would have brought it before the council.—Mr. Hopkin said he had list in the present caM: had been eubmfttcd to him, or he would have brought it before the council.—Mr. Hopkin said he had been cudgelling his brains to find out what had these gentlemen or their forbears done for the benefit of the town. He thought the corporation should recommend gentle- men who had done the town some service. There was. evidently, a lot of wirepulling going on.—Ultimately it was agreed that the Lord Chancellor be asked to receive future nominations from the council.—The -Town clerk observed that one surprising thing about the list was that the present mayor of the borough was not included.

GERMAN STEEL TRUST. VISIT OF MEMBERS TO TREDEGAR. A party of prcminent noblemen and gentle- men connected with the German Steel Trust and the WestphaJian coal trade visited Tre- degar on Monday for the purpose of inspect- ing the plant at the Tredegar Company's collieries. The distinguished party com- prised Count Von Tiele. Count Victor Eulen- berg, Baron Ernsthausen, M. Williger, Von Bergmeister Engle of Essen Ruhr (the general manager of a large colliery syndicate in the Weetphalian Coalfield), accompanied by Mr. Mansfeldt Mills (Mansfield). The j visitors were met by Mr. A. S. Tallis (general manager of the Tredegar Collieries), Mr. H. E. "Mitton (assistant general manager), and Mr. T. Reynolds (manager of the Pochin Col- lieries). An inspection was then made of the electrical power machinery on the surface, and the visitors afterwards descended the colliery and made a minute inspection of the electric haulage and pumping plant. A similar inspection was mado of Tytrist Colliery, higher up the Valley, and after j luncheon at the Castle Hotel the visitors were driven' over the mountain to M'Laron I Collieries (belonging to the Tredegar Company) at Abertysswg, in the Rhymney Valley, where an examination was made of j the surface machinery. The party returned to Tredegar and travelled to Newport with the 4.49 p.m. train. Some of the visitors I expressed themselves to our Tredegar reporter [ as being highly pleased with what they had seen. Mr. Tallis 6tated that the Tredegar Collieries were the only ones visited in South Wales by the party, and was a return visit to that made by representatives of the Tredegar Company some time ago.

ALLEGED THEFT AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court on Friday (before the stipendiary magistrate, Mr. T. W. Lewis) Ernest Jenkins, seventeen, was charged with stealing £16, the moneys of David Jones, a printer. Jones stated that he occupied a bedroom at a Herbert-street lodging-house. He went to bed on Saturday night, leaving his trousers under his pillow. In one of his trousers pockets there was about £23 in gold and about £2 in silver. He was subsequently awakened by a noise in the room. He searched his trousers, and found that about £20 of the money had been stolen. The prisoner insinuated that Jonea had made an immoral suggestion to him while they slept together, and that prosecutor gave him £15 for keeping his mouth shut" about it. This was strenuously denied by Jonee. Jenkins was committed for trial at the next quarter sessions.

SUNDAY SPREE AT TREORKY. At Ystrad Police-court on Monday D. Evans, Regent-street, Treorky, was black-lieted." In addition to being a habitual drunkard, de- i fendant was charged with filching some bottles of whisky from an outhouse attached to the Crown Hotel, Treorky—According to Police-sergeant Lamb, defendant and a friend of his were found quite drunk on Sunday afternoon as a result of their imbibing the contents of the bottles. To such an extent were they drunk that a doctor had to be called in to attend to defendant's friend, who was in a critical state.—Defendant admitted the offence, and in addition to being placed on the black-list he was also fined JE1 for being drunk, and bound over to come up for judgment when called upon in respect of the stolen whisky.

LLANELLY EISTEDDFOD SURPLUS. The general committee of the Llanelly National Eisteddfod have disposed of their surplus of £500 as follows:—To the National Eisteddfod Association, .£25O¡ Llanelly Hos- pital. £195¡ Llanelly Nursing Institute, £100; and Fallen Heroes Memorial. JN5.

HON. IVOR GUEST & CARDIFF REVOLT AGAINST HIS SELECTION AS CANDIDATE. A meeting of malcontents, including pK* minent Liberals and leaders of temperance and Labour organisations dissatisfied with the selection of the Hon. Ivor Guest as Liberal candidate for Cardiff, was held on Saturday evening in a large room at Maskell's tauraut. Queen-street, Cardiff. Mr. A. H. N. Reddaway occupied thb chair, and among those present were Mr. D A. Thomaa, M.P.. Councillors John Chappell (secretary of the Cardiff Trades' Council). Evan Jones, and Alfred Good, Dr. James Mullin, J.P., Mr. Daa Jenkins, and Mr. James Taylor. The Chairman, in opening the proceeding said they all knew that a gentleman was now before them as the adopted Liberal candidate of the Liberal Association—or, at least, of the majority who were present at the meeting in the Cory-hall; but he did not meet with general acceptance, and tss hot well enough known. (Hear, hear.) Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., said he was per- fectiy satisfied that the general feeling out- side tho Liberal Association—of a great majority of Labour, Temperance, and down- right Radicals-was opposed to the Hon. Ivor Guest. (Applause.) That opposition was no good at all unless it were crystallised in the form of an organisation. (Hear, hear.) His opposition to Mr. Guest was based oa three grounds. Some people said, Oh, you want to represent Cardiff yourself." He wished, however, to assure them that he had no ambition in that direction. His opposition to Mr. Guest. wa based on the ground that he was not at all satisfied with the attitude Mr. Guest took upon many of the leading plankfl in the Liberal policy. They were entitled in Cardiff to have a man—not a man to squeeis into adopting their views—but a man who wa. a real Radical. (Applause.) Mr. Guest had not ye: come over, and be was still the Tory mem- ber for Plymouth, and for them to hand over to him a safe Hadical seat for Cardiff was bring- ing politics into contempt. (Hear, hear.) It they went on it would be necessary for them to consider what steps to take. His sugges- tion would be to form a provisional com- mittee out of those present, and then see what steps had better be taken. Later on he would like to see what action the Labour party would tak". He would like to know how far the Labour party would carry out their intention of finding a Labour candidate for Cardiif. If that candidate was a thorough progressive, and went in for the main plank* of the Liberal policy, he would give him hi" hearty support, and if they would accept any financial asosiSltance he would be prepared to give that. He would like to see the Labour party bring out a candidate of their own unless the Liberal Association withdrew Mr. Guest. One of the objections that they had was that Mr. Guest was the nominee of a clique. There was a lot more to come out, and' he would have a good deal to say in the course of the discussion. It. would come out. They had to take off their coats if it came to fighting, and they would fight without gloves, if necessary. Having made the selection of Mr. Guest themselves, th0 Radical execuUv8 called a meeting and invited the Trades' Council to attend. It was absurd and a. farce. If they organised' a movement against the candidature of Mr. Guest, they could count on his whole-hearted assistance. Councillor Chappell said he was lndivl- dually glad to have the opportunity of pro- testing against the selection of MrvGuest. The Labour Representation Committee were earnestly looking for a candidate, but there was no truth in the statement that they would not have accepted an independent man if he was in accord with their views. The Labour Representation Committee had not given them an answer yet, but they were determined to get a candidate. Mr. Gnest had promised to obey the party whip, but there had been no party whip in regard to Mr. Shaclcleton's Bill or Mr. Bell's motion for an inquiry into the' hours of rail- way servants. Mr. Guest was not the selected candidate of the Liberal Asso- ciation, but of a clique of that association. He suggested that a public meeting should be organised and held within the next eight or nine days. He hoped that they would do nothing to injure the Labour party's oppor- tunity. Mr. D. A. Themas, in reply to a question, said that ho had spoken to several members 0f Parliament, including some Welsh mem- bers, who disapproved of the candidature of Mr Guest. It was eventually resolved, on tho motion of Mr. D. A. Thomas— That a provisional committee be formed for the purpose of safeguarding the interests of the progressive party in Cardiff, with special reference to the selection of a candi- date for the next Parliamentary election. Councillor Evan Jonea said they were there as Trades Unionists. But there were also men there who were not Trades Unionists. They had men there that night who were blacklegs. They were a party who could not agree. No one had more respect for Dr. Mullin than himself, but they could not expect Dr. Mullin to agree with them on the education queetion. Dr. Mullin explained that he opposed the Educa.tion Act because it was detrimental to Home Rule. It was then decided that the committee should be empowered to organise a demon- stration and that Mr. Ishmael Harris act a8 convener. Councillor Good, being invited to speak, said ho regretted that this action was not taken six months ago. With regard to his own position, the time had gone by for him to retract. He did not wish to put himself in opposition to anyone, but if he went to Parliament—as he surely would—(laughter^— his vote would always go with the Labour party. The following were then appointed on the committee:—Messrs. D. A. Thomas, S. Fisher, D T. Jenkins, W. A. Wiliams, J. Gardiner, — Jenkins, Dr. Mullin, Messrs* W. R. Thomas, James Taylor, Seth Jones, and Ishmael Harris. The meeting concluded with a. vote of thanks to the chairman. MR. EVAN JONES AND THE HON. IVOR GUEST. A misapprehension has arisen over the presence at Saturday night's anti-Guest meet- ing in Cardiff of Mr. Evan Jones, who, from all accounts, was supposed to be a pro-Guest man. especially as he signed the reqnisitioai in that hon. gentleman's favour. The misapprehension having gained con- siderable currency, one of our representatives on Monday saw Mr. Evan Jones, and asked how the matter stood. Well, it's like this," said the councillor. "I understood I was attending a meeting for the purpose of establishing a progressive league in Cardiff. I turned up right enough* but found to my surprise that the meeting had been convened in opposition to Mr. Ivor Guest, the candidate selected almost unani- mously by the Liberal Association. I voted for Mr. Ivor Guest the meeting, and am. still of opinion that he is immeasurably the h5t candidate by whomsoe7cr he is opposed." TEMPERANCE PARTY AND MR. GUEST. At the weekly temperance meting at the, Cory-hall, Cardiff, on Saturday evening thei Chairman (Mr. R. Edwards James, solicitor); said that the Licensing Bill controverted ni principle of their national life for 200 years, j Touching upon the Liberal candidature of Cardiff, the speaker said let those claiming to! be temperance leaders beware leat they should find themselves divided from those1 they were supposed to represent. The uiberal candidate for Cardiff must know and be able to apply the whole multiplication table of temperance reform.

SWANSEA COUNTY-COURT. MONDAY.—Before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams. A HARD CASE. David Jones, financier, claimed JE4 16s. from Sarah Jane Thomas, a single woman, of Sketty, on a judgment summons.—Mr. Leyson (for defendant) said she was committed on a former judgment, and being taken into custody on market day, her little business in the market was mined, and she suffered from ill-health since.—His Honour adjourned the case for three months and reduced the order to 3s. a month. He refused the plain- tiff his costs. COMPENSATION CASE. Jane Jones, a widow, of Hamilton-street* Landore, brought an action against Messrs. Baldwin's (Limited) for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act for the death of her husband, Jeremiah Jones, a mason's labourer. A sum of £167 had been paid into court. The deceased was killed by a travelling crane whilst crossing the rails at tho Hematite Works.—His Honour awarded the amount paid into court, the widow to receive £100 and the two children the remainder of the money. A TRUEMAN ECHO. David R. Knoyle, accountant. Castle-eftreet, sued Nicholas Sampson, of Treboeth, Swan- sea., for £6 3s. Id.—The defendant urged inability to pay.—Mr. Leyson said the amount in question was the outcome of an action in which Mr. Trueman had been concerned.—An order for JB1 a month was made.

DEATH FROM BLOOD-POISONING Jeffrey Butler, the seventeen-year-old eon of Mr. David Butler, Uchel Oleu, Coychurch Higher, died from blood-poisoning, said to be the result of a slight acci- dent which he sustained while following his employment at the South Rliondda Col- liery on the 6th met,. The lad continued working till the evening of Wednesday last. but he was unable to proceed to work on Thursday morning. Subsequently he suffered, fro. his injured knee, and, notwithstanding the closest attention on the part of Or. Atkins, Pencoed, the poor lad succumbed, « stated, in a condition of coma. Ait ■ ill will be h*l<L