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I LED BY A WOMAN. OF A GANG OF THIRTY THIEVES. of 50 burglars has been arrested ^fter innumerable exploits. They ^Sed the leadership of a lady known e*°gant sobriquet of La Ohouette" V^s^h-owl"), who lived in a 3 flat in the Eue de Crimee, and ^2L^On°Ut t^1e scheme of operations for at Ohouette" was also an K^lterin^ stolen jewellery. JwtHaS,'Ul wel'° t,b« gang in their opera- ot the total of their burglaries in ;a,t6llcry' furis' Pictures, Ac., is esti- ^36,000. Four furnishing vans were to take the plunder to the S> jS>,°aette'" whose real name is Hen- is not only pretty, but re- 6 intelligent, and not one of her 30 aer ventured to gainsay her orders, • Francois, being not among the There were one or two bn t'3e sang. Henriette and these h! 3>, r^arg would dress up as sisters of alms for their poor, or else J&^Sir8608 seekinS a situation, and in vSI? xvh^6 °^tained ready admittance to St'>a,lc^ they wished to reconnoitre, W 6eldoin they came away without tbn, able to take an impression in ue locks.

^^HQUESS IN COURT. ^tion was on Sat'arday made in > fT. nch Division on behalf of Peter +,Inited) for an order for the com- Ma^qtiess of Huntly for the £ 51. being balance of a to i^TW'ct of articles of clothing i m marohioness in 1901. Judg- ,? £ :*en against the marquess in 1906 4k.- thjL ra*°tee. His lordship made an 'a- Payment ci the amoun/t witMn

DEATH OF A GENIUS. f RHONDDA BOY COMPOSER DIES AT CARDIFF. A few weeks ago we referred to a yoang lad—Arthur Rees, Trealaw—who showed con- siderable promise as a composer. So highly were his abilities considered by competent musicians that Mr. Tom John, M.A., Llwyny- pia, interested himself, and got together a fund which ensured for the boy a thorouigh training. All the hopes of his friends have now come to nothing, for the boy died at the Cardiff Infirmary on Saturday night. He was operated upon for peritonitis and appen- dicitis, and died a few hours later. Arthur Eees was one of the most lovable of boys. All his movements were quietly sure; there was nothing aggressive or boisterous about him. His thoughtful face and spec- tacled eyes always wore a. look of pleasant composure, and the suggestion of shyness was notiiing more than a suggestion: he always did what he sought to do without fuss or flurry. He had interests other than music, though this was the chief; he was strong in mathematics, and one of his recent, successes was the solving of a difficult problem set by the Local Government Journal." Since he left school he had been engaged in the Jhonidda rates office, where he earned ten shillings a week. When it was decided by Mr. Tom John that the boy should have a thorough training, it was arranged to get together enough money to enable the boy to leave the office, work for matriculation, and enter college. Mr. John's fund enabled him to make up to the parents for the loss of the son's earnings, and also to defray the edu- cational expenses. Messrs. Dale, Forty, and Co., the well-known music firm, very generously lent the boy a piano free of charge, and this piano was delivered at the lad's home a fortnight ago. Deep sympathy is felt for his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rees, in their bereavement. They had an earnest faith in the ability of their brilliant son to carve out a successful career for himself as a composer, and the suddenness of the blow adds to the poignancy of their grief. On Sunday week he, as usual, conducted the musical portions of the service as organist at Trealaw Congregational Church, and the disease was so sudden in its action that the father was advised to bring him down to the Cardiff Infirmary to be operated upon. Mr. Bees was accompanied at the infirmary by Pro- fessor David Evans, Mus.Bac., of Cardiff University College, under whom the boy was receiving tuition. Fuller details of the boy's remarkable, though brief, career more than justify the interest which his genius aroused. Music, composition was an inspiration with the lad. Self-taught, he passed some musical exami- nations, and the father, struck by some little pieces which the lad had composed and was wont to play so beautifully, sent them to Mr. Ivor Foster for his criticism and advice. Mr. Foster found great merit in them, and strongly advised Mr. Rees to get into touch with Professor David Evans. The latter was deeply impressed with what was shown to him, and after undertaking to give tuition to the young composer Mr. Evans realised that he had a budding genius under his care. Arthur's gift for composi- tion was distinct and remarkable, and, at the professor's request, he composed several pieces, which he himself played with astonish- ing effect. He made considerable progress in composition, and his friends began to take keen interest in his welfare, with the -9 result that about Christmas Mr. Thomas Evans, draper, of Trealaw, wrote to Professor Evans to see whether any definite action could be taken to further his interests. Pro- fessor Evans replied that, in his opinion, the lad's health was not strong enough to enable him to continue his work as a clerk and also pursue his musical studies, and urgently advised that something should be done locally to meet the case. The result-as pre- viously indicated—was the fund organised, with Mr. Tom John as chairman of the committee, and general regret is felt that The LATE MASTER ARTHUR REES. I the lad's untimely death—fye was under I seventeen years of age-haa rendered the effort nugatory. 1 EXAMPLE OF HIS ORIGINAL WORK. I A large number of hymn tunes, sonatinas, and romances for the piano, Ac., com'poeed by the young boy, are in the possession of hie parents and of his tutor, Professor I Bapid Evams, and it is jwobable tha.t some of them will be published before long. During the four terms he was a pupil of Professor David Evans the lad repeatedly produced u original pieces of creditable music as part of his work at home. Every week he brought a new effort, and his tutor was simply amazed at the rapid progress Rees was making. Showing some of the compositions; to a Weeikly Mail" refpreeenitative on Moat day afternoon, Professor Evans, indicating several expressive passages in the music, remarkeq, No taught that to the lad. Composition was a. natural gift to him, and his loss is most regrettable." We re-produce a portion of a "Boma-nce" for piano, one of the lad's compositions, as an example of his work.

THE LATE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. The memorial service to the Duke of Devonshire at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Saturday morning !was attended by everyone in the social and political world. Our picture shows (reading from left to right) Mr. H. H. Asquith, Mr. Lewis Harcourt, the Marquess of Ripea. Lord Crewe. Lord George Hamilton, with Sir Dighton Probyn etanding on the steps. [Photo, World's Graphic Press.

=================== II CHANCELLOR OLLIVANT RESIGNS. We are authoritatively informed th&t Chancellor Ollivant has decided to retire I MR. J. E. OQjLIVANT. I I from the impotrtant office of chancellor of I the Diocese of Llandaff, and also of St. David's. The decision will be keenly j regretted by the clergy and laity in the [ two dioceses, for there never was an official whose name commanded greater respect among all classes, or who performed his duties, which, were often of a difficult and delicate nature, more to the satisfaction of all concerned. From time to time he came in contact in an official capacity with most of the clergy in Llandaff during his thirty years' tApure of office, and so he did also with churchwardens, who are indebted to him for much sound information and guidance. Chancellor Ollivant's sucoessor in Llandaff will be MT. Arthur Lewis, who is now secretary to the bishop, and has been officially connected with the diocese for many years. years.

MAIU3 ARET JRYAN (Barry Dock) Wlho has mysteriously disappeared at Bridgend.

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== CD MME, GOULD. | ^FRSLNG INTERVIEW. ..4.znez.j ——— i the '^ding society journals, hot W: of ttle Dtike of the Abruzzi } Q<1.llQe family, are still pursuing i ^With de Sagan and Madame Anna i- if8 nj,remorselees zeal. Since the prince ta at Philadelphia, where he a^i^^red as plain Mr. Thomson, and ^ciotta ♦ incognito, he has been very t^Ut qk reporters, telling them all aDi^ state 1U Prance and 6o Hoirn ik€y Qu-eefcioned him, but when Wank, "Are you in America to ♦a1" OQn • e "^bo lately divorced _w> Sln> Count Boni de Castellane, and "L**t jg another interesting chapter of __ca.ued in America 'An international the prince invariably iJ^Tl "y don't you ask Madame Gould ?" Thursday night the "New York which claims the credit of first L identity of "Mr. Thomson" 8 oelP-hia, asked'Madame Gould. Here lSe*Vwl1'eri^ extract from the momentous with the lady (says the "Daily .,ViSo which took place at the home V Helen Gould .— *0^ Gould, there ie one question we +Vfe to "ask you. ATe you going to Jfjte Prince de Sa^an?" tK^ar^<^ ^-be reporter for a moment, said, with a very pleasing smile, not engaged." Sb^0« r-^ <^oes n<>t the question. i^onid. The question was, Are you Wttarry ^be Prince de Sagan? Is he W^artT 10 you?" ^je<j ,Qonld turned her head archly, and I answered that we are not to be married." it1*6 yc>u to marry him?" ,,Ul&t rep-lied, Well, I cannot say no M>iu l^etion." i 6 iniarriagje take place here or v I cannot discuss the matter rfr- Now, please, please don't ask ^rther questions about it. I do so •S!1 ih^P^^ty. I must decline to discuss ^j^Jatters." ^J«1tiei^riew reSar!ied as practioailly 6 international romance bo far as de Sagan and Madame Gould are vpfcty • and it releases many American ^^Journalists for labour in other fields ligation,

THE DUKE'S FUNERAL. IMPOSING CEREMONIES AT GRAVESIDE. The funeral of the late Duke of Devonshire took place on Saturday at Edensor, his remains being laid to rest in the family tomb amid many manifestations of general sorrow. A great gathering of distinguished persons assembled there to pay the last sad tribute to the departed statesman, and the little chapel in which the service was con- ducted was made beautiful by a vast colIec- I tion of wreaths. Among them was au i exquisite tribute from the Queen, bearing a touching inscription written in her oWn hand. By an unfortunate mistake the wreaths i sent by the King and the Prinoe of Wales were mislaid amid the many -hundreds that were sent, or lost in transit, and could not be placed among the prominent tributes in the church. It now transpires that the wreaths which were to have been sent from the King and Prince of Wales were. unfortunately, not despatched. SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER. A sort, but impressive, service was held at St. Margaret's, Westminster, during the morn- ing. It comprised the Burial Service, with the exception of the graveside prayers, and included the hymns, "0 God, our help in ages past" and "Abide with me." At the commencement the anthem, "Best in the Lord," was played by the organist, and at the close Chopin's funeral march. The King was represented by Lord Knollys, Queen Alexandra by the Hon. Sidney Gre- ville, and the King and Queen of Norway by Sir Henry Knollys, while the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Coanaught, the Prince aDd Prinioesa Christian, the Princess Henry OIl Battenber;, aild tlie Duchess of, Argyll aJao oent representatives.

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CARDIFF STEAMER SUNK IN THE THAMES. A Lloyd's message states that the London steamer Prince Charles, while proceeding down the Thames on Saturday night, col- lided with the Cardiff steamer Ninian Stuart, from Huelva, Millwall. The Ninian Stuart sunk in mid-stream. All on board were saved. The Prince Charles returned to Wapping, making water. The Ninian Stuart, which is owned by the Ebbw Vale Steamship Company (Limited) (Morel, Limited, managers) is of 1,880 gross tonnage, and measures 270ft. by 40ft., and depth 18ft. She was bmlt in im, and is class A1 at Lloyd 6-

WIFE'S SERIOUS WOUND. BLACK MILL PUBLICAN UNDER REMAND. David Thomas Lloyd, landlord of the Fox and Hounds Public-house, Black Mill, was charged at Bridgend on Monday with wound- ing his wife. Police-oonstable Bees said that at 10.46 on Saturday, night he was called to the old Post-office, near the Fox and Hounds, where he saw Mrs. Lloyd. Her face was covered with blood, which was flowing very freely from a wound, about Hin. in length, just under the right eyebrow, and there was a jagged wound under her right eyelid, which was nearly detached and hanging down over the eye. When Mre. Lloyd eaw him ehe said,, "He has done it this time; he threatened] me many times before." She also explained] that she went into the bar and saw her hus- band taking a glass of whisky. She begged him not to take any more drink. He then accus,etl. her of being friendly with other men, and threw half a bottle of whieky at her. Defendant was remanded until Saturday, bail being atlowed on condition that he did not go near the house. Mr. David Llewellyn was for the defence.

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SHOP-FLOOR COLLAPSE. f OYSTER-BAR MISHAP AT MERTHYR. There, was an alarming occurrence at an oyster saloon in Glebeland-street, Merthyr, yesterday, the stone flooring of the shop giving way and several persons having narrow escapes from being killed. Mrs. Flower, the occupier, was out at the time, and a servant-maid, named Flye, was standing behind the counter talking to her brother, and there were three other lads also in the shop. The boys were precipitated into the cellar below, but Flye saved himself from falling by clinging to the counter, which remained intact. One of the lads, who lives in Paynters- terrace, Bethesda-street, was rather badly hurt, and was taken home in a cab, but, beyond shock, the others escaped injury.

WHICH DIED, FIRST? FORMER CARDIFF ARTIST'S BEQUEST DECLINED. i' An echo of a Thames tragedy was heard in the Probate Court", London, when an j application was made to presume the death ¡ of Mrs. Mabel Furze Good as having occurred on or since November 2, 1907, and a-leo for leave to vary the usual form of oath by swearing that after due inquiries there was no reason to believe that her husband, Alex- ander O'Reilly Good, had survived h^r$ Mr. Le Bas said that Mrs. Good married her husband on December 20, 1893. During I the autumn of 1907 they were residing in lodgings at Arun del-square, Barnsbury, which they left on November 2, 1907. Nothing more was heard of them until Nov- wnber 24, 1907, when their bodies were found by the look-keeper at Teddington floating in the Thames tied together by a piece of string. At the inquest held on November 27 a. ver- dict of suicide was returned in each oase, but no evidence wi. adduced whioh would show whether either survived the other. Mrs. Mabel Good left no children, and her mother was her sole next-of-kin. Mrs. Mabel Good was enicitled to a reversionary interest of about £1,000 under a will. On August 2. 1906, Mre; Good executed a will by which she bequeathed her property to her husband, but should he predecease her then to the trustees of the National Gallery in trust to purchase works of art. The. trustees had been. com- municated with.. an,d had replied saying that they did not inteoid to make any claim. The present application wae on the mother's behalf. • His Lordship made the desired order. Mr. and Mrs. Good resided at Cardiff before proceeding to Barnsbnry, and were well- known in the city.

CHAPEL STALWARTS DIE. PATHETIC RE-OPENING CERE- MONY AT PONTLOTTYN. Under ordinary circumstances the cere- mony of opening the re-constructed Bethlehem CaJvinistic Methodist Chapel at Pontlottyn on Monday would have been a happy event, but a. remarkable death-roll has occurred among the stalwarts, which mars the rejoicing. The death-roll opened with Mr. Noah Morgan, a venerable supporter of the cause, and in rapid succession three deacons passed away in Mr. David Jones, Mr. Morgan Williams, and Mr. Ben John. Then Mr. David Saunders, a superintendent, was sud- denly taken away. and so five leaders I departed within the same number of weeks. The opening services were conducted by the Rev. Philip Jone3, Llanelly, and the Rev. W. E. Prytherch, Swansea, and there was a large attendarice. i I The cost of re-construction reaches £ 2,000, Messrs. Watkins and Jones (Pontlottyn) were the contractors, and Mr. William Davies, also of Pontlottyn. was the architect.

WOMAN SMASHES WINDOW Sarah Aim Fisher (60), a native of Sheffield, was charged at Cardiff on Monday with breaking a pane of plate-glass, value xS 12s. 8d., in the window of the Tredegar Arms, Bute-terrace, the property of John Coughlin. Prisoner admitted the offence. She was incensed on Saturday night at being "shoved off" the licensed premises, and threw at the landlord a stone, which missed him. but hit the window. Fined 10s. and ooetc, with damages, or fourteen days.

MARRIOTT NO. I." > BIGAMY WARRANT WANTED AT LLANBRADACH. I want a warrant against my husband for assault and bigamy," said Mrs. Marie Lutetia Marriott, of Llanibradach, at Caer- philly Police-court on Tuesday. "What is your husband's name?" asked the clerk "Alfred Ethan Marriott," returned the applicant, who then told a remarkable tale. She now lives at 15, School-street, Llan- bradach, she said, and she married the man twelve years ago, when she was manageress of a hotel in Peterborough. He deserted her, and she had an order made against him, and he had been (she alleged) in prison in Nottingham and" Wormwood Scrubs. Then he ran off to America, and she had a letter from New York saying he was dead. He afterwards, however, came back, and pleaded hard to see the children. She consented, and then a police-sergeant called with a sum- mons. It was then that she found out he was married again. They lived together for four years after this in Gloucestershire, and she had four children by him, two being still alive. The Clerk: But I want something about the bigamy. How do you know he is married again ? Applicant: I am Marriott No. 1 and the other woman is Marriott No. 2. Read that paper. A much-torn blue document was handed to the clerk with her own marriage certificate, and it proved to be a separation order granted in 1906 to one Minnie Marriott by Sir Marchant Williams. That was the "sum. mons" referred to. The Clerk: You had better take out a summons for assault. Applicant: Oh, dear, that is no good. He will be a hundred miles away to-morrow. He knows the world too well. Acting-sergeant Davies informed the court that on the previous night he was at the house for an hour trying to pacify the pair. The man assaulted her very badly. The Clerk; You had better take out a warrant fcr assault, and then that will keep ham until you find out if he bas married again. Where do you say he got married? Applicant: At Pontypridd Begistry-office. The Clerk: Well, yon had better see MT. Spdckett, the registrar. Applicant: Yas, I'll do that. The woman fnrther told our reporter that her husband was formerly a valet, and came from Grantham. Lincolnshire, whilst she was a native of Aberystwyth, though she, up to six months ago, had been from Wales for 26 years. A cousin of hers was at Port Talbot, and another relative was at Ponty- ptidd. Later Ac ting-sergeant Davies returned to court and informed her that the Penrhiw- ceiber police knew nothing of Marriott's marriage with a seootnd woman.

LEFT HIS CAP BEHIND. TWO MONTHS FOR ASSAULT AT HIRWAIN. What had been described as a sensation reached its climax at Aberdare Police-court on Tuesday, when William Reynolds (35) was brought up in custody charged with committing an assault upon Margaret Wil- liams, a lady of 75, living in a. thatched houeo on the Tram-road between Trecynon and Hirwain. Mr. W. R. Morgan, solicitor, Aberdare, prosecuted, and Mr. William Thomas, Aberdare, defended. The prosecutrix said that she was lying on the sofa at the time. Reynolds came in, and acted improperly. Presently her daughter- in-law and her little son rushed into the house, having been hurried by the old lady's cry of Murder!" The prisoner then took to his heels, but left his cap in the house. For the defence, Mr. Thomas intimated that the prisoner had always borne a good character, and that he had been drinking on the day of the assault, since which time his memory had been a blank. In ordering the prisoner to prison for two months, the Stipendiary remarked that he should regard himself as a very lucky man, because the charge had been .reduced to one of common assault. The probability was that he was drunk at the time, but what he wanted at the old lady's house no one knew. I

INCRIMINATING SLIPS. John Hill, turf agent, was charged at Swansea on Mopday with loitering in Wine- street on the 24th in&t. for betting purposes. Detective Maggs said that he and Detec- tive Howard watched defendant loitering in Wine-street, saw men hand him slips of paper, and then saw him write something in a pocket-book. Witness arrested -him and found in his possession slips referring to the Lincoln Handicap and others containing money to the extent of L2 5s., and bearing names of various horses. The Deputy-chief-constable said there were two convictions against defendant prior to the new Act. Defendant was now fined L5 and costs, and the Bench ordered all papers, Ac., relating to betting found on defendant to remain in the hands of the police, but said all money should be given up to defendant.'

WINDFALL FOR CAMBRIDGE By the death of Lady Pearce, widow of the late Sir William George Pearce, Bart., whose death occurred leEIS than two months after that of her husband, bequests by the latter to Trinity College, Cambridge, which will, probably, benefit to the extent of about jMOMOO, now 1)600010 payable.

SOBS FILL THE COURT. ♦ PENAL SERVITUDE FOR ERRING WIFE. A short, thin, pale youmg woman stepped into the dock in the Criminal Court at Gla- morgan Assizes on Tuesday. She was con- vulsed with grief. Her name was Mary Ann Griffin, aged 22, and she was charged wi tll- Feloniously administering to William Charles Griffin, her husband, a quantity ol carbolic acid with intent to kill and mur- der him on .November 7, 1907, at Blackpill, Swansea. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" asked the Clerk of Arraigns, and the prisoner, hanging her head, in deepest misery, replied, Guilty, sir." A warder intimated to his lordship that the prisoner had a written statement to present to him, and a blue foolscap document was handed up to the judge. Mr. Justice Lawrence having perused this statement, Police-sergeant Evans was called into the witness-box. "Did you know the prisoner in 1903?" asked the Judge. "I did not, my lord," replied the officer; "but I know from the books that she was sentenced to one month's imprisonment at Swansea for attempting to commit suicide on October 24, 1903." "How do you identify her?" Queried the Judge. By the description," was the answer. Asked by the Clerk of Arraigns if she had anything to say why sentence of the court should not be passed upon her. Griffin replied sobbingly, "I am truly sorry, my lord," the words having to be repeated by a warder. THE SENTENCE. The Judge (to prisoner): I have read your statement here, and I se-cl that you do say you are, truly sorry. You also say that your husband has forgiven you, but I hope that your sorrow is real, because the crime to which you have pleaded guilty is a very wicked one, and it is exceptionally, serious. It is very difficult to know how to deal with such a oase as this. I trust that the sentence such a oase as this. I trust that the sentence J am going to pass upon you may be a warn- ing to those in like condition (prisoner cried bitterly at this stage)—and that in your case it may not b« without softenings, and that care will be taken of you while you are in -confinemeut. You must go to penal servitude for ten years. I Prisoner burst into hysterical grief upon ,hearing the sentence, and threatened to col- lapse in the dock. A senior warder instructed a wardress and a warder to carry her down the steps, and her sobs filled the court. At the bottom of the stairs she cried "Good- bye" to somebody whose name could not be detected.

CARDIFF VICAR'S FAREWELL PRESENTATIONS TO THE REV. A. E. H. AND MRS. HYSLOP. The esteem in which the Rev. A. E. H. Hyslop has been held during his many years' work at All Saints', Cardiff, was demon- strated in a very tangible and hearty fashion at a crowded meeting of his parishioners on Tuesday night to bid fare- well to him and Mrs. Hyslop on the-occasion of their departure for Caerwys, North Wales. Councillor Davis, who presided, said they were losing good friends, and the vicar, they would agree, had certainly been a very dili- gent worker under very great difficulties.- Many speakers testified to the vicar's work in erecting the two magnificent churches of All Saints and Dewi Sant, and to his activi- ties and those of Mrs. Hyslop, In the name of those present Mr. Richard Oasker (churchwarden) made the presenta- tion to Mr. Hyslop of a handsome study desk; his fellow-warden (Mr. John Mallett) presented to Mr. and Mrs. Hyslop a case of cutlery suitably inscribed; Mrs. Councillor I THE REV. A. E. H. HYSLOP. -I- Davis and Mire. Mallett handed to Mrs. Hyslop a. purse containing twenty guineas. The Vioar, in reply, said that for more than twenty years he had worked in Cardiff, and he could not have done what he had but for his wife. who had, indeed, been a help- mate and Godsend in the parish. He thanked them for their kindness at all times; if he had ever used a harsh word he asked them to forgive and forget. He had tried to realise that he was a clergyman not only of the Church, but of the parish. He was sure that the more they saw of his successor the more they would love and revere him, and he only hoped they would be as faithful to the new vicar as they had been to him.

ANOTHER WHITE ELEPHANT. S22,000 MARKET AT CANTON LOSES B700 A YtfAR. Once again the future fate of Canton Market was discussed by the property and markets committee of the Cardiff Corpora- tion on Monday, Sir William Crossman presiding. The city treasurer and controller (Mr. John Allcock) presented a report showing that the capital expenditure on the market and slaughter-house amounted to £22,112 0s. 2d. La addition, a sum of JE294 12s. 8d. had been recently expended In the further sewering of the market site, and the balance of unliquidated loan debt was £7,006 Is. 10d. The present net annual loss was zE742 19s. 6d., and, with reference to the present annual charge of £ 544 12&. lOd. for the redemption of loans, the sum of jE206 included therein will cease after Jamuary 1, 1910, owing to a portion of the combined loan maturing at that date. The Chairman said'he believed they would be doing the best thing by selling the land in plote for building Purposes and in railing off a piece of land for fair purposes. He hoped they would not interfere with the existing slaughter-houses. Alderman Renwiok remarked that 90 per cent. of the slaughtering was done at Boath Market, and there was no proper supervision of slaughtering at Canton. Mr. Rees (manager of Roath Market) said that during a certain period of the year it was impossible to take over the Canton slaughtering at Roath until the proposed extensions had been carried out. Alderman Renwick proposed. Mr. Kirk seconded, and it was resolved, the Lord Mayor only dissenting, that the abattoirs at oant,on be kept open until such time as the extensions at Roath; Market and, slaughter- houses are in use; that when a suitable site in the vicinity fo^ a fair oould" be secured the Cajiton Market should be closed, and that the surplus portions of the present property not now used for (slaughtering purposes be let in plots for building purposes.

MEETING BREAKS UP. ERBW VALE DOCTORS FUND DISPUTE. A general meeting of the members of* the Ebow Vale Workmen's Doctors Fund was held at Ebbw Vale on Monday evening to consider the deduction from their pay-tickets towards the doctors fund. It was stated that summonses had been issued against the Ebbw Vale Company for the return of the money deducted, and a special meeting of I the Tredegar County-court would be held to hear the oases. The appointment of Dr. Dwyer to the position of chief medical atten- dant for Beaufort was discussed, but it was pointed out that Dr. Dwyer had signed the agreement, and was prepared to abide by the requirements of the committee. A long discussion ensued, and<up to a late hour no decision was arrived at, the meeting break- ing up.

DANGEROUS SHORT CUT Mr. Parsons, solicitor, Cardiff, prosecuted four colliers at Ystrad on Monday on behalf of the Great Western Railway Com- pany for trespassing on the line at Gilfach Goch. ,¡O It appeared from the evidence that notices were posted at the nearest railway crossing, but still men persisted in endangering their lives in order to take a short out to work. Mr. "\t. J. Nicholas, railway inspector, stated that it was a general practice near the gpot, and it was not long ago that two men were killed by a passenger train. Fines varying from 56. to 15e. were inflicted.

STAGE ROMANCE. + MUSIC-HALL ARTISTE SUED FOR BREACH. Miss Gladys Mavius, the music-hall comedienne, was on Saturday awarded jE75 damages for breach of promise against Mr. Albert Jee, professionally known on the music-hall stage as Albert Egbert. Mr. "Justice Ridley's oourt was crowded wit.h theatrical people and others interested. Miss Mavius is a second cousin to the Earl of Albemarle. She is the grand-daughter of Colonel Salisbury Davenport, of Bramall Hall, Cheshire, great-granddaughter of Sir Allan Napier Macnab, Bart., late Governor- General of Canada, arnd also great-grand- daughter of Admiral Sir Salisbury Daven- port. Miss Mavius had declared that the defen- dant. who is one of the Brothers Egbert. "The Happy Dustmen," proposed to her after a week's courtship. He gave her a single-stone diamond scarf ring and a gold locket containing his photograph, besides numerous other presents, and for three weeks was a most affectionate lover. Then he wrote telling her he had made a mistake, and asked her not to worry, and to return the ring. Miss Mavius on the occasion of her appear- ance in court wore a dark blue tailor-made >■ coat and skirt, with brown mushroom shaped hat trimmed with flowery. Mr. Thomas asked: You say defendant always called you Gladys. Is not it rather a common practice for music-hall artistes to call each other by their Christian names? No, I don't know that it is," relied. Misa Mavius. GEE, GEE, GEE," IS A TERM OF ENDEAR- MENT. Counsel read a passage from one. of the lady's letters to the defendant: — Last Monday I nearly had a fit when I did not receive a letter from you, but yes- terday I took it as a matter of course. I have come to the conclusion if you get too fond of a fellow he generally ends up by making you must unhappy. As I am determined not to let that happen to me. any little thoughtlessness on your part will not be sufficient to upset me. "You had got yourself well in hand, 1 see?" suggested counsel. "I thought I had," replied the witness. Referring to a letter in which she said she despised her errant lover, counsel asked. "Do you despise him now?" "I don't admire him," retorted the lady. coolly. Counsel read a letter from Miss Mavius to Mr. Egbert in August, in which she sug- gested that she would not take him as a prize in a penny raffle, and wound up Gee! Gee! Gee!" "Is 'Gee.' Gee! Gee!' a term of contempt and insolence?" asked counsel. It is a term of endearment he used to me." (Laughter.) The Judge: That letter was after h* rejected her? Counsel: I agree. The Judge: She tells him in plain English. Counsel (to plaintiff): So you think that a. proper letter to have written? Plaintiff: No, I don't; I am more than ashamed of it now. ANSWERED IN NINE WORDS. On August 5 "The Happy Dustman." wrote:— Dear Gladys,—Will you be so good as to forward my scarf ring, as it was a present from my dear dead wife? I would not part with it for anything. The lady admitted without a bhisb that her reply was: — What do you take me for? You ana/ ftmlly.-G,1adys.. Is it not a fact," asked counsel, that yoa did not take this action till he took pro- ceedings to recover the ring-P" "Yes," was the reply. Was that the only reason why yon brought this action?" Oh, no, not the sole reason. I had various reasons." In re-examination by Mr. Hugh Prater, Miss Mavius said her lover promised to give her a iovely ring at Newcastle, where he had a good engagement. "SO SUDDEN." Mrs. Mavius, mother of the plaintiff, next told how surprised she was to hea.r of the engagement from her daughter. She told Mr. Egbert that she thought it was very sudden, that he was a lucky man, and that her daughter was a lucky girL I thought he was a. very nice young, man, and told him he had my full consent." Describing the occasion when the ring was given, Mrs. Mamtts said the lovers were "spooning" in the earner, and suddenly her daughter exclaimed, Look, mother, what a. lovely ring Albert has given. me." You are a lucky girl," replied the mother. Several landladies of lodgings where the lovers had stayed said they behaved like a.n engaged couple," and called each other by endearing terms. STILL WAITING FOR THE NEW DRESS. Mrs. Stockley, housekeeper to Mrs. Mavius in Yukon-road, Bialham, aaid Mr. Egbert was often at the house. Mr. Frasier: How did they behave, to one amotberP Mr. Thomae: She is not a.n expert >ap> a engagements, is she? T Mr. Fraser: Did he ever say anything to y°u? Witness: Oh, yes; he said when the wed- ding came off I should have a new dress. (Laughter.) Mr. Thomas announced tha,t he did not propose to call the defendant, and proceeded to address the jury on behalf of "The Happy Dustman." He said he could not deny that there was an engagement, but the affection between the two was very slender. The defendant never gave her the scarf ring, as it belonged to his wife, who had died in Sep- tember, 1906. Miss Mavius (declared coopsel) had suffered no damage by the three weeks* engagement, and the action was only brought because the defendant demanded the Ting back. r' His Lordship, in gumming uP, expressed the opinion that the question was solely one of damages. The jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at £75.

WISHED SHE WERE DEAD Mr. W. Yorath held an inquiry at Cardiff on Monday into the circumstances of the death of Hannah Price, aged 53, wife of John Price, a tailor, of) 110, Craddock-etreet. The husband said his wife had worried over the death of a daughter, and occasion- ally her moods were peculiar. She had aaid she wished she were dead. On Friday she went out without him knowing, anu he was called to a neighbour's house, where he found his wife dead. Mrs. Frost, wife of Frederick Frost, uphol- sterer, deposed that on Friday night deceased called upon her, and waited in the kitchen, where ehe asked for a cup of hot water. Witness gave it to her, and than she asked for hotter water to cure her head, of which she complained. Later she was found vomit- ing. Dr. Neish attributed dea.th to poisoning by salts of lemon. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind."

CONSUMPTION TREATMENT. The Workhou-qes visiting committee pre- sented an extensive report to the Oardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday, in which they were of opinion that experimen ts of au inexpensive nature with sheds on t)te open- air pri Sgpte should be tried, with the view of Teli the congested state* of tae work- house Co&TIUJ'tee proposed considering the m ,{,ter at a later ^eetijg. P'V'he proposition of E. '?'• Davies^ this a.s altered to consideration M MM peat v