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MR. R. LAYBOURNE, J.P. At Newport on Saturday hearty felicita- tions were extended to Mr. Richard Lay- bourne, J.P., on attaining his eighty-second year. Mr. Laybourne is the senior justice in the Newport Division of the County of Monmouth Petty-sessional Division. He pre- sided on Saturday on the bench. Mr. RICHARD R. LAYBOURNE, J.P. [Photo Barclay Bros., London. ———————————————————) I Before the business of the court began 1 Mr. John Green, a colleague, tendered, on behalf of himself and other justices, hearty congratulations to Mr. Laybourne, and expressed the hope that he would lo-no be spared to discharge the duties of his public life. Mr. T Baker Jones (solicitor) and Mr. J. C. Llewellin (clerk) joined in the congratu- lations. which the venerable recipient acknowledged with a bow. Mr. Laybourne is a gentleman of many activities—engineer, chemist, magistrate, and chairman of the Newport Gas Company. He is still young in mental and physical vigour.

"ARMY" SUMMONED I OBSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY! AT PONTYPOOL. At Pontypool Police-court on Saturday the adjourned summonses which had been issued against twenty-two members of the Ponty- pool salvation Army Band for obstructing ] the highway on August 25, and for refusing to move when requested to do so. were heard. The charges were productive of a very large amount of interest and excitement amongst the general public, the court being crowded as soon as the doors were open. The defendants were Geo. Evans, Edgar Dixon, F. Bullock, F. Powell. Thomas Jere- miah, Edward Evans, Charles Harris, James Walker. Wm. Barwell, Ernest Whittard, Geo. Styling, James Henson, jun., Wm. Webb, David Morgan, Charles Clarke, Alfred Nelmcs, Simon White, Henry Tucker, Henry Brentley, and Thomas Mallett. Harry Tucker, another member of the band. was summoned for refusing to desist from playing a concertina on the highway when requested to do so by a constable on August 27, and James Henson, sen., was summoned for obstructing the free passage of the highway by holding a meeting on September 10. Mr. Frost (of the firm of Ranger, Bourton, and Frost. solicitors, London) rcprc- sented the defendants, and instructing him were Brigadier Hill (the divisional officer) and Staff-captain Russell (the Salvation Army secretary for Wales). Mr. H. S. Lyne, solici- tor, Newport, prosecuted on behalf of the police. Prior to the opening of the court the Army Band paraded the main streets of Pontypool and played a number of selections of music. In opening the case Mr. Lyne said that defendants were members of the local band of the Salvation Army, and the spot at which the offence was committed was in Commer- cial-street, which was one of the narrowest in the town. It was with a considerable amount of regret that the proceedings were taken by the police, as they recognised that the Army did a. large amount of good work, but whether people agreed with their modes or method was a different matter. The police were in sympathy with the Army, except when they broke the law, and he believed that it was the first time in which it had been necessary to bring members of the Army before the justices, and it would 1:01. have been done in that instance unless there had been an amount of actual defiance of the police. Commercial-street was a main thoroughfare, and it was intolerable that the Salvation Army should be allowed to mono- polise the street on the busiest day of the week in the town. If the Army were allowed to hold those meetings, and refused to move ,when asked to, other bodies might claim the same privilege. It was hard for tradespeople that their trade should be inter- fered with because the Army decided to pitch outside their premises. Police-constable Harrigan said that about 200 persons were assembled in tlhe street, and he spoke to Mallett and told him that they could not be allowed to cause an obstruc- tion in that way, and that they would have to move on. He said that he would not move until the meeting finished, and when asked if he refused to move he said that he did Police-constable King then came on the scene, and t.hey spoke to each of the defendants. Some said that they wrllld stay for half-an-hour, and others said that they would not move until the meeting finislhed. Police-constable King gave corroborative evidence, and Harry Croom, a tradesman, and Edward Evans, a 'busman, were called to speak as to the obstruction. The facts of the caee were not disputed by Mr. Frost, who said that the Army had been in the habit of holding meetings on the corner for 25 years, and it was the first time that they had been interfered with. After a retirement by the Bench, the Chairman said that no doubt an obstruction had been caused, and no person, not even the Salvation Army, had a right to obstruct the King's highway. They recognised the good work done by them, and. as the Bench did not wish to deal harshly with them, the cases would be dismissed, defendants having to pay costs. The Chairman said that the Bench hoped the defendants would not repeat the offence, and suggested that there were several other places in the town where they could hold meetings without causing an obstruction. The other charges of obstruction were withdrawn by the po1ice, and the summons against Harry Tucker for refusing to desist from playing a concertina was proceeded with. As some doubt existed in the minds of the Bench whether Tucker was the man who played the concertina or not, the charge was dismissed. James Henson, the officer of the local corps, was then charged with causing an obstruc- tion in Market-street On September 10, but the charge was dismissed on payment of costs.

MERTHYR UNION DIVISION. CLOSE VOTING AT THE MEETING OF THE GUARDIANS. At Saturday's meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians the report came up of the meoeting of the committee of the fun board held on Monday evening of last week to consider the application made to the President of the Local Government Board on behalf of the ratepayers of Aberdare that a local inquiry should be held into the advisability of divid- ing the union by the separation of the parishes of Aberdare, Penderyn, and Rhigos, and the creation of these three parishes into a separate union. That meeting will ever be memorable for the turbulence of the proceedings, and it will be recollected that on that occasion the various clauses in the petition upon which the application was based were carried by the votes of the guardians on the Aberdare side, the guardians on the Merthyr side declining to vote. The Rev. J. O'Reilly now moved that the report of the committee be adopted, saying that if Merthyr had a strong case against division, he did not* see why they should be afraid of an inquiry. Mr. David Hughes Seconded, and appealed for agreement in going in for an inquiry, so that the matter might be settled once for all. Mr. David Evans proposed as an amend- ment, that the matter be left to the con- sideration of each parish, but this was not seconded. The Rector of Dowlais then moved a 1 further amendment, that the board regarded ] the opinion of the Local Government Board itself as being an expression of its feelings, ■such opinion being contained in the letter dated the Utili. of September, 1898, refusing an < inquiry. Mr. John Lloyd seconded. ] The Rev. J. O'Reilly epoke strongly upon certain observations made by Mr. David < Evans at the committee meeting as to the bulk of pauperism in Merthyr being due to the number of Irishmen thrown upon the rates, and he pointed out that of the Irish- men in the union the percent-age of paupers was astonishingly small, those in Merthyr ] being less than 3 per cent., while in Aberdare the number could actually be counted on the fingers of one hand. The pauperism that ] did exist among Irishmen was due to the degrading and squalid ocmditions under which they were allowed to live, and to the neglect of the authorities in seeing that they were properly housed. When he was at Dow- lais the conditions of the poor made his Mood boil. Upon a division the rector's amendment was carried by nineteen votes to eighteen.

THE HOUSING QUESTION. TEN PERSONS IN A TWO-ROOMED COTTAGE AT PENTYRCH. A shocking state of overcrowding in a Pen- tyrcih cottage was revealed at Llandaff Police-court on Monday morning, when John Llewellyn, labourer, was summoned by the Llandaff and Dinas Powis District Council. Mr. Warren, clerk to the council, said the house in respect of which the summons was issued was a two-roomed cottage in the vil- lage of Pentyrch. It was occupied by the defendant, his wife, a.nd eight children, the youngest of the children being three months, and the oldest, a girl, 14J years. Notice waa served on Llewellyn in May last to abate the nuieance, but apparently he had taken no step to secure another house. Dr. R. Prichard, medical officer, said the bedroom was practically under a lean-to roof. The means of ventilation was a hinge- window, which was made to open, but was seldom opened. The cottage was healthy, but overcrowded. It would be a suitable house for an old couple. An order was made upon the defendant to abate the nuisance.

A LLAVDYSSUL FARM FIRE The inmates of Pantmoch Farm, near Pont-1 eban, in the occupation of Mr. Jenkin Jone* C.C., were aroused by the alarm of are. The fire originated in a loft above the stable. where two tons of old hay were stored, and the blaze very quickly spread to the adjoin-, ing haggard, burning down ten stacks of! oats, a stack of harley, and a big stack of old hay. The supply of water was short, for the pond early ran dry. Six mows of corn in the barn for chaffing and the threshing machine were destroyed. The corn mail was also partly ruined. Of the barn and stable only the wails were left standing. None of the horsee or cattle were injured. The cause of the outbreak has not been traced. The loss, which is estimated at about JE400, is partly covered by insurance.

A RUSSIAN DOWLAIS SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HUGHESOFFKA. [By the VICAR OF ABERPERGWM.] In the midst of the interminable steppes of Southern Russia, remote from anywhere, there is what is com- monly called a Welsh settlement or a "• Welsh colony." It is Welsh in so far as it was founded by a Welshman, whose name it bears, and that it contains several Welshmen, though they are but a sprinkling among the many thousands of Russians, Poles, and Jews, not to mention the few Englishmen and Scotsmen, who now form the popula- tion. Having, at the suggestion of friends, visited it during my recent tour in Russia, I have been asked by the editor to tell the readers of the "Western Mail" a little about it, as so little has appeared in the Welsh press concerning it. It is true that to the generality of Welshmen Hughesoffka is very little more than a name, but many a para- Welshmen Hughesoffka is very little more than a name, but many a para- graph has gone the round of the English and Welsh press, communicated by the press agencies, and many a telegram has been transmitted from St. Peters- burg and Moscow conveying important news of the place, which Welsh readers have passed over as of no special inte- rest to them. From time to time for many years, and especially during the recent troublous times in Russia, para- graphs of interesting news from Lsofka have appeared in our papers, and but few in Wales have known that Usofka or "Usovka" had more to do with Wales than Timbuctoo. For the first syllable of that apparently purely Russian place-name is none other than the Welsh Hughes." The Russian language has no aspirate, and "Hughes" in Russian becomes "Use," with just the suspicion of a y" sound substituted for the h." Hence some- times the name appears under the form of "Y usofka" or "Jusofka." All this is well known to a comparative few in Wales, in the Dowlais district and in Monmouthshire in particular, whence the Welshmen of Hughesoffka hail, and whence that remarkable man, Mr. John Hughes, went forth; but the bulk of Welshmen know little or nothing of Hughesoffka, though from time to time the name may have caught their eye under a strange and unrecognised form. What kind of a place is this Welsh foundation, which Welshmen ought to regard with pride, but of which as a nation they have hitherto been so ignorant ? That question I shall proceed to answer when I have first said some- thing of my journey thither. I was returning from Astrakhan, on the Caspian, some four or five days' journey from Hughesoffka, and though I could locate Usovka on the map and every Russian knew the place by repute, how to get there was not an easy matter for one who had only a meagre smattering of Russian. The captain of my steamer on the Volga, after doing all he could for me with the Russian Bradshaw," could only direct me about half-way thither from the nearest point on the river-Tsaritsyn. For the rest of the journey I had to use such wit as I had been endowed with, and to make my way as best I could. After many a weary hour's ride over the steppes the day came when I fully expected I should find myself among my countrymen, I unless I had completely lost my bearings. Still, as the day wore on there was a doubt in my mind as to whether I was on the right track. I looked in vain round the horizon from the carriage window for some indication that I was approaching a mining centre, but there was nothing but the same monotonous Russian landscape. I was beginning t-o think that I should have to settle down to another night on the train when I experienced something like the same sensation as Mungo Park when. in the depth of despair in a West African desert, he beheld a solitary flower, the sight of which sent up his drooping spirits at a bound, only in my case it was not a beautiful flower, but— a chimney-stack. Did ever a chimney- I stack appear so fair a picture and rouse such heartfelt emotion as did that one on the confines of the steppes of Southern Russia, which, belchine forth the most lovely black smoke, greeted me as I approached Hughesoffka? Were I a poet like Idris, I should apostro- phise that chimney-stack in the language of the muse. One after another these welcome I RUSSIAN CHURCH. I features made their appearance, and I soon we drew up at the station of Usofka." The Russian characters which represent Hughes" cannot be given by an English linotype, but they would be something like this-" K3." Two letters only in Russian do duty in this case for six in English, and when I caught sight of those mysterious characters over the platform, little would I have thought that I had arrived at a place called after a countryman of mine if I had not already mastered the Russian alphabet. Russian stations are, as a rule, some considerable distance from the places which they serve (there is a reason for this which 1 cannot enter into here). After a mile or so's ride I came to long rows of workmen's cottages, then into the town proper, and right through it, and up a slight eminence, upon which stands in extensive grounds the charm- ing house 6f the managing director (Mr. Anderson), whose guest I was during the three days I remained at Hughes- offka. If I had followed the direction kindly given me in London by Mr- Arthur Hughes, who suggested that I should go down the Don and journey by way of Rostoff, where I should find a British Consul who might be of help to me, I should, probably, have reached Hughesoffka with less trouble; but I had been advised on the Volga to give Rostoff a wide berth, that the town was in a disturbed state and was not a desirable place to be in just then. Apropos of travelling to this isolated corner of Russia, a Welshman at Hughesoffka told me of a countryman who was on his way thither for the first time, and who when he got as far as Ekaterinoslav, about a hundred miles short of his destination, returned to Wales in despair of finding it. Coming from the East, as I did. the difficulty would be still greater. And now, what shall I say in the brief space at my disposal of Hughesoffka ? It is regarded as an imitation of Dowlais, as far as Dowlais can be imitated on Russian soil, but, unlike imitations generally, it is a decided improvement upon the original. Here I must speak with caution, as I know the Russian Dowlais much better than I know the Welsh one. But having heard the latter called "Dismal Dowlais" I expected to find the former the same, but it is decidedly not so. It is as little dismal as a large iron and steel and coal-mining centre could very well be. The workmen's cottages are good, the town bright and cheerful, as Russian provincial towns of its size go, and the public buildings and various institutions, such as schools, hospitals, &c., erected by the company. excellent. I was driven about a good deal, and shown everything that my host thought would interest me, even the farm, several versts off, where I was much impressed by as fine horses and cattle as I had seen anywhere in this country. It goes without saying that I met several of my countrymen there. It was one of Mr. Anderson's first thoughtful acts to have me brought in contact with the Welshmen in the service of the company. It was refresh- ing, after my.two thousand miles on the Volga and my tedious journey through the South of Russia, where I had heard very little but Russian, to hear the accents of my native tougue once more. The sound of English was cheering enough, that of Welsh still more so. Needless to say, when I was introduced to a Welsh-speaking Welshman, English was tabooed. It is strange that I did not come much in contact with Englishmen proper at Hughesoffka, though there are many of them there. I moved among Scotsfnen and Welshmen. My host was a Scots- man I was also the guest and saw a great deal of another Scotsman, Mr. Balfour, son of the chairman of the company and a brother-in-law of Mr. Arthur Lyttelton, ex-Colonial Secretary, and of my own countrymen I was brought into contact with Messrs. Lloyd and Cartwright, of Dowlais and a few others. The company has had regard not only to the temporal needs of its employes, but has made due provision for their spiritual needs. They support a Church of England chaplain, by whom services are conducted in the English school-building. Hughesoffka is under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Gibral- tar, as representing the Archbishop of Canterbury, but, owing to its extreme isolation and remoteness, no Church dignitary had visited it for nearly a quarter of a century up to a few months ago, when Bishop Collins, of Gibraltar. visited it as the guest of my host, and held there a confirmation service, when twenty candidates received the sacred rite. On the following day a new burial-ground for the British com- munity, given by the company, was consecrated. The bishop's visit was a red-letter day in the history of Hughes- offka, and was much talked of when I was at the place some weeks later. I have not touched upon the political and social state of Hughesoffka. Suffice it to say that Hughesoffka, like so many other parts of Russia, has its Terrorists, and that they are a cause of no little anxiety to our countrymen. It was perfectly evident that I did not see Hughesoffka in its normal state. The dragoon was too much in evidence, and there was a look of sullenness about many of the men that did not augur well. There have been murders and even a considerable slaughter, but the Welsh have so far passed unscathed. STATE BANK. SCHOOLS OF THE NEW RUSSIA COMPANY. I

LATE ALDERMAN E. GROVE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS TO NEW- PORT AND DISTRICT. Alderman Edwin Grove, J.P., D.L., of Brendon View, Stow Park, Newport, formerly auditor of the Ebbw Vale Company. chair- man of the county school and of the county governing body of secondary schools, and first treasurer of the University of Wales. who died on July 19 last, aged 74 years, left estate of the gross value of £12,197 15s. 3d., including personalty of the net value of £ 10,058 lis. 3d. Probate of his will. dated May 27, 1905. with codicil of August 19, 1905, has been granted to Mr. Thomas Henry Mordey, shipbroker, and Mr. John Martin Wood. accountant, both of Newport, to each of whom the testator bequeathed JSlOO, and power is reserved to grant probate also to the other executor named. Mr. Grove left his house Brendon View to his wife, Mrs. Annie Grove, for one year after his death, with remainder to his son, Frank Grove, and to his said son and his daughters Elsie Mary Hosken and Emma Caroline Saies he left silver and silver plate presented by the Monmouthshire County Council. He left £ ^,500 to his daughter Elsie Mary Hosken, and to his daughter Emma Caroline Saies he left his house. 58, Torrington-square, London, and a eum of £750, and to his son, Prank Grove, he left £ 1,000. The testator left annuities of C26 to his brother William Grove, and flz ?ach to his sisters Fanny Grove and Edith Cashmore, and to his brother Jabez Grove he left a legacy of £100. The testator left the residue of hie estate in trust for his wife during her life or widowhood, and subject to her interest he bequeathed the following sums for religious and charitable purposes: — £100 to the Newport Temperance Society towards paying off the debt, if existing at the time of his wife's death, on the Phillips Memorial-hall. Eloo to the Monmouth Congregational Union, to be applied in the purchase of books and pamphlets setting forth the principles and doctrines of Church Con- gregationalism and of Free Church spiritual life, to be distributed gratuitously at the annual meetings of the said Union. JE50 to any new Congregational Church at Maindee erected within five years of his ieath. or should he have given JE25 in his life- time then this legacy is to be reduced to £25. £ 100 to the United" Kingdom Band of Hope Onion. £ 50 to the Pontymoile (Mon.) Mission. £ 50 to the Colonial Missionary Society. S50 to the Protestant Alliance. £ 50 to the United Kingdom Alliance. £ 50 to the Salvation Army. JE50 to the Congregational Union Total Abstinence Society. JE50 to the Brecon Memorial Congregational College. JE50 to the Bristol, Western Congregational College. The testator bequeathed JE100 to Charles Lewis Barfoot. £ 300 each to his grand- children, Arthur James Webber and Enid Marion Saies, and JB2,000 to "his daughters Mrs. Hosken and Mrs. Saios. The residue of his estate, subirct to other provisions, the t.p^V.i to- Mt to his son, Frank Grove and his daughters Mns. Hosken a.nd Mrs. Saies in equal shares as tenants in common.

AMUSING BARRY DEPENDANT A seaman named Robert M'Quade admitted to Mr. C. A. Heywood and Mr. T. Andrews at Barry Police-court on Monday having had a couple of pints of beer on the 29th ult.. but Dock-constable Evan Harpur swore that the man was at Barry Dock Railway Station in a drunken and disorderly state, and refused to go away. When he took the man into custody he became violent and kicked and struck the officcr. He was perforce re- moved to the police-station in a cart. Mr. John Davies. booking clerk at Barry Dock Station, corroborated the evidence of the constable. Defendant: Give the man a month in gaol. It will do him good. (Laughter.) To the last witness: You're a blessed liar. (Laughter). Mr. Heywood: Silence. Defendant (to the witness): Believe me, my lad, you won't get no more tips from me. Your wine's off now, go mind my foot. (Renewed laughter.) Fined 20s., including costs.

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ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. BRIDGEND MAN'S INTERESTING INVENTION. An invention by Mr. David Lewis, of 101, Nolton-street, Bridgend, of an apparatus for .automatically stopping trains running past signals which are against them is of considerable interest in view of the recent Grant,ham disaster. Mr. Lewis and Mr. E. T. David, solicitor, Bridgend, have just patented an ingenious apparatus which, it is claimed, would prevent any dis-aster in the nature of that which occurred at Grantham. The apparatus automatically puts a rod, which is located between the rails, in an upright position when the signal is at danger. This rod strikes a corresponding rod on the engine, which shuts off ateam, puts on the brakes, and. blows the whistle of the engine without any assistance from the driver or guard.

LATE JUDGE WILLIAMS. The Earl of Plymouth, who was approached in reference to the question of erecting a memorial to the late Judge Gwilym Williams, has issued a. circular which states :— "It has been intimated to me that a large number of the inhabitants of the county of Glamorgan are desirous of perpetuating the memory of so patriotic a Welshman as the late Judge Williams in some substantial form, to be decided by a committee of sub- scribers if the project is carried through. "I need not enlarge upon the merita of the late judge and his devotion to Welsh- men, Wales, and .its institutions; and to place the matter before the inhabitants of Glamorgan and South Wales generally I intend to call a public meeting, to be held at the Town-hall, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, on Thursday, October 11, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in order to form a committee, with honorary secretary and treasurer, to carry out the suggestion and to oolleot sub- scriptions." u

NEATH BANKRUPTCY-COURT STORY OF A MORTAGAGE AND A SALE. At Neath Bankruptcy-court on Tuesday (before Mr. Registrar Charles) Melancthon Jenkins, builder and contractor, Port Talbot, appeared to undergo his adjourned public examination. He was represented by Mr. L. M. Thomas. The Official Receiver (Mr. Thomas Thomas) said that the serious matter in connection with the case had reference to a house which the debtor sold to Mr. Williams. He had sold it to one person and mortgaged it to another. The Official Receiver: You mortgaged this house which belonged to Mr. Williams to another?—Yes, but the house wasn't finished, and I !had hoped to make sufficient profit on the church contract to put all matters right. The Registrar described the action of debtor relating to the house as a most dis- honest one. i The case was closed subject to the signing of the notes. James Hobbs, who formerly kept the Vic- toria Inn, Neath, and latterly has been a hay and corn merchant at Aberavon, again appeared. He had been ordered at the last sitting to submit proper accounts of his trading, but he had not done BO.-The Official Receiver asked: Why haven't you done it?"—Debtor: "I can't do any better.The Official Receiver: "But you must."—Debtor: "Well, I can't. I have kept no books of account."—The Official Receiver: Well, you'll have to comply with the order of the court. If you don't I shall have to bring you before the judge." —Debtor: Thank you, sir."—The case was then adjourned. Richard Mayers, fruiterer and fishmonger, Wind-street, Neath, appeared to undergo his public examination. Mr. A. J. Jeffreys represented him. Debtor's liabilities were JE236 and deficiency £ 216. He said the causes of his failure were bad trade, owing to fish and fruit being dear, and losses through some perishing and heavy sickness in family and cost of burial.—The case was closed. Thomas Howell, merchant, 38, Park-street, Taibach, grocer, was publicly examined. His liabilities were XM, and deficiency £ 248. He was represented by Mr. L. 'M. Thomas. Debtor said the causes of his failure were "illness of self and family and slackness of trade."—The case was. closed. David Jones, Owmavon-road, Aberavon, sweet vendor, was publicly examined. Mr. L. M. Thomas appeared for the debtor, whose liabilities were L84 and deficiency £ 76. Bad trade, losses through goods being damagted in transit, loss on sale of pony, and sickness of wife were the causes of his failure.—The case was closed. The case of D. J. Jenkins, grocer, Owmavon- road, Aberavon, was further adjourned, iebtor n6t having complied with the order of the court respecting his trading accounts. The case of F. Jones, of the Butchers' Arms, YstradgyrulaiS, was closed subject to the signing of the notes.

BIT LIKE A MADMAN. At Pontypool Polioe-court on Monday Henry Middleton, labourer, Abersychan, was charged with being drunk amd disorderly .at Aber- sychan on Saturday night, and also with assaulting the police whilst in. the execution of their duty. Police-constable Treharne said it was in consequence of priaooner's staggering about 'n the roadway that he spoke to him and advised him to go home. He refused, and when witness told him that unless he did so he should look him up he replied that it was more than he could do. After a struggle, witneas hancuffed him, and on the way to the station he kicked a.nd bit like a mad- man, and then laid down on the ground and refused to move. When witness attempted to pick him up he hit him on the back of the head, and he bad to call assistance to get him to the station. Police-sergeant Jones gave corroborative evidence. Prisoner pleaded that he could remember nothing of the occurrence. He was fined 10s. for being drunk and disorderly, and 20s. for the assault on the police, with 21 days in default.

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MINOR MATTERS. POLICE-COURT AND OTHER PICKINGS. I THEFT OF BRASS. Joseph Stephens, 31, and William John Rhapps, nineteen, tramping. labourers, were committed to prison for two months at Tre- degar on Tuesday for stealing brass, the property t.f the Ebbw Vale Company. SWANSEA LABOURER STEALS FISH. At Swansea on Friday William Green (44), a labourer, occasionally employed at the Castle-street Wharf, was fined 208., or four- C teen days' hard labour, for stealing a quan- tity of fish, valued at Is. 6d., the property of the Castle Steam Trawling Company. ASSAULTING THE POLICE. Thomas Daley, of 32, Mellon-street, was at Newport on Monday fined E2 2s. for being drunk and assaulting John Powell, of 6, New Ruperra-etreet, and also assaulting' Police- constable Durman, whom he kicked and butted when he was called to quell the di& turbance. BLAZE AT BIGLIS BRICKWORKS. The police fire brigade at Barry Dock were on Saturday summoned to the Bigliis Brick- works, near Cadoxton-Barry, where, a fire had broken out in one of the buildings. This building was burnt to the ground. The efforts of the police were mainly directed towards preventing the spread of the fire, and in this they were successful. SWANSEA SHOP THEFT. At Swansea. Police-court on Monday William Evans, a well-dreesed collier, from Brymaman, was fined 20s. and costs for stealing a pair of boots from outside the shop of Thomas Fabian, St. Thomas. The defendant asked the price of a pair of boots, and whilst the shopkeeper was absent took a pair. BLAENAVON PARENTS SENT TO PRISON. At Blaenavon on Tuesday Thomas Llewellyn, haulier, and his wife, Josephine, were charged with neglecting their six chil- dren. Mr. W. J. Everett, solicitor, Ponty- pool, appeared for the prosecution.—The man was sentenced to fourteen days' imprison- ment, with hard labour, and the woman, to three months' imprisonment. LUNACY CASES AT ABERYSTWYTH. At a meeting of the Aberystwyth Board of Guardians a report by Dr. Needham, Visiting Commissioner in Lunacy, on his recent visit to the workhouse was read. Dr. Needham said that the men's day-rooms and one of those for the women were dark, dull, and deficient in the cheerfulness which was so essential for insane persons, while their tidi- ness and ventilation left much to be desired. WHY THE MAGISTRATES WERE MERCIFUL At Neath on Tuesday Bridget Evans, a pedlar, of no fixed abode, was charged with having been drunk and incapable in Church- place on Monday evening. Mr. E. Evans Bevan (the presiding magis- trate), after cautioning the defendant, said that ae hers was the first. case since the appointment of the new head-constable ehe would be discharged. CWMAMAN HITCHER FINED. At Aberdare on Tuesday Llewellyn Pugh, hitcher at the Fforchwen Colliery, Cwmainan, was charged with not giving proper signal to the banksman when persons were descending the shaft. Mr. W. Kenshole appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. William Thomas defended. After, a, considerable amount of evidence, the Stipendiary imposed a normal fine of 10B. and costs. SEQUEL TO PEMBROKESHIRE MINISTER'S INJURIES. James Edwards, Llanhowel, was fined the total of £1 8s. 6d. at Mathry Sessions for driving a horse and trap to the common. danger on August 7, when the Rev. T. Lewis, pastor of Berea, Carnhedryn, was thrown out of his trap, against which defendant collided, and sustained severe injuries to his head.—Defendant said he was the more un- fortunate of the two. CARMARTHEN MAN SENT FOR TRIAL. Thomao Jones, 45, Water-street, Carmar- then, an old soldier, was ait Llanidloes (Mont.) on Monday committed to the assizes, on a charge of highway robbery. A single woman, named Saira-h Pryce, of Oarno, stated that whilst walking along the highway to Llran- idlJoes prisoner overtook her and snartdhed the gold necklace from her neck, and ran. away. When arrested the necklace was found in his possession. HORSE-DEALER IN TROUBLE. Thomas Fisher, horse-dealer, St. Ann's- road, Bristol, who, it is alleged, bought a. horse, valued jE25, for JM at Waun Fair, Dowlais, from the Tredegar boy, Richards, who, it is further alleged, stole it from a field at Tredegar, has been arrested by the Bristol police and handed over to Police- oonstable Davies, Tredegar. Accused was brought up before Mr. T. Davies at Tredegar on Monday, and remanded on bail for a week. ON THE EARL OF PLYMOUTH'S PRESERVES. George David (30), a, Bedwas collier, was summoned at Caerphilly on Tuesday for trespassing in search of game on land owned by the Earl of Plymouth. Edwin Spooner, a keeper, related how he and Police-inspector Davies observed defen- dant "searching the ronga" near Werndo- men Farm, Bedwas. He gave the name of John Williams when questioned. Fined 10s. and costs. "A REALLY BAD GIRL." Doris Banfield, 23, was charged at Llandaff on Monday with obtaining food and lodging, to the value of 7e. 6d., by false pre- tences from John Clement, engine-driver, Bridge-street, Llandaff, between September 18 and 21. The defendant was alleged to have stated that she worked at Llandaff Laundry, that her home was at Bristol, and that her box was to be sent on. Mr. Edgar David, the chairman, described the defendant as a really bad girl, and the Bench sent her to prison for fourteen days. BLAENAVON MAN'S FAILURE. A meeting of the creditors of Samuel Gil- bert, grocer and glass, china, and earthenware deader, 112, Broad-street, Blaenavon, was held on Monday at Merthyr. The statement of affairs showed gross liabilities Cl87 13s. 3d.; liabilities to rank for dividend, £181 13a. 6d.; net assets available for distribution, E73 15s. lid.—deficiency, £ 107 17s. 7d. The debtor attributed his failure to the following causes: Illness and death of his wife and one child, bad trade, pressure by creditors, and having to do without the great assist ance his wife had been able to givehim. CARDIFF MAN'S SUNDAY RAMBLE. When seen by Police-constable Stroud at Rumney on Sunday, Lewis Llewellyn, a young Cardiff labourer, who looked very bulky, had a quantity of apples packed in his shirt, the property of Mr. Sidney Walker, fa.rmer, Rumney, Valued at 2s. Prisoner first stated that he had bought the apples, but when invited by the officer to show whom he had bought them from, he said, To tell you the truth, I stole them, and if you come with me I will show you where I got them from." Llewellyn was fined 7a. 6d., or in default seven days, at Newport on Monday. HAY FARMER SUES A RAILWAY COMPANY At Ray County-court Mr. Henry Partridge, Olyro Court, near Hay, sued the Midland Railway Company for JB15, the value of a bullock. Plaintiff was represented by Mr. Corner, K.C., Hereford (instructed by Mr. E. H. Cheese, Hay), and Mr. Turner, Birming- ham, appeared for defendants. The plaintiff sent eleven bullocks from Hay to Redhill, in Surrey, and he alleged negligence on the part of the company, the animals arriving twelve hours later than they should have don e.-For the defence it was contended there was no evidence at all.—Judgment was given for the defendant company, who did not ask for costs. NEWPORT FAMILY AFFAIR. A family' affair in which three parties were the disputants was before the Newport justices on Monday. William Henry Sheppard and Frederick Climo, both of 4, Temple- street, were summoned for assaulting Thomas George Sheppard, of 22. Grafton-road. There were cross charges against Thomas George Sheppard of assaulting William Henry Sheppard and wilfully damaging fruit to the extent of E2 in the provision market. Mr. Digby Powell appeared for Thomas George Sheppard; Mr. Lyndon Moore appeared for the other two. The oases were adjourned for a week to see if a settlement were possible. COMPENSATION CASE AT BARRY. At Barry County-court on Tuesday Judge Owen was called upon to arbitrate in a case between James Rogers, a navvy, and Wil- liam Baker, contractor, Cardiff. Mr. J. A. Hughes, solicitor, Cardiff, appeared for Rogers, and Mr. J. Sankey, B.A.L., defended. -It was stated that Rogers fractured his ankle whilst working for Baker at the Car- diff Western Sewerage Works, and Dr. O'Don- nell, Barry, and Dr. Rees, Cardiff, stated that in their opinion the man was unable to do heavy work. On the other hand. Dr.' Fred Ray, Dinas Powis, and Dr. Joscelyne, Car- diff, maintained that the man was able to work. tlis Honour sent the case to a medical referee. NEWPORT SCAMP SENT TO GAOL. A man named James Hancock, aged 64, of 21, South Market-street, who said he occasionally went to sea, sometimes as a second engineer and sometimes as a fireman, was, at Newport on Monday, sent to prison for two months for assaulting a little girl named Lily Beatrice Boyles, aged seven years, of 4, South Market-street. He said he was drunk and knew nothing about it. The evidence against him was that he gave the little girl a penny, and enticed her into his house. When her mother heard that she was in the house alone with the prisoner and the door was locked she ran out and knocked violently at the front door six times before it was opened. Prisoner then not only abused the mother, but followed her into her house and attempted to strike her.

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