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LABOrH DEMONSTRATION AT SWANSEA. MR. JOHN WILLIAMS, M.P., AND THE MINERS' POWER. The second annual demonstration in con- nection with the South Wales and Monmouth- shire District Council of me Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was held at Swansea on Sunday. A procession was formed at the Town-hail, and. headed by t.he Swansea Silver Temperance Band, graded the principal thoroughfares, finally reaching the Victoria Park, the cl1airmo,n selected :>eing Mr. John Williams, M.P. Others present were Mr. Wignall, Mr. C. B. Stanton, Mr. J. H. Thomas (Cardiff;. Mr. A. D. Wiluams. Councillor Colviie, and Mr. E. Charles (Quaker's Yard). The Chairman said that ho was glad the railwaymen were combining together. Their organisation was at present by no means perfect, for all grades and classes were not combined in the bonds of Trades Unionism, j He hoped, however, that great society wcnld rcako progress, and that soon every railway worker in the country would be a member. The workers, he maintained, could only ret their rights by combination. The other day the British public were very much concerned and agitated by the fact that one body of workers in the country had for once resolved to try their strength. He referred to the Scotch strike and the coal crisis. That was a victory f: combination, and an ero.mpls to the workers of the world what combination could end would eccomplish. Proceeding, the Chairman predicted thatithe time would come whpn the who1e cf the industrial forces of t.he country would be combined together, and ho went Oil to say that. by a similar combination of the Labour representation in Parliament, they could adjust the many inequalities that now exist. What was wanted was 150 more Labour stal- warts in the Parliamentary representation, and then they could, in a short time. get the railways of the country nationalised and other needed 'reforms. Alderman Williams, of Swansea, followed, and referred with scorn to the "complaisant Lib.-Labs," and the necessity for Labour members combining in one independent -party. Mr. J. H. Thomas (organising se-cretary1 delivered a stirring address on the advan- tages of membership of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, after which Mr. C. B. Stanton spoke en the general question of combination. The following resolution was pat and carried: — "That this mass meeting of railway employes, whilst endorsing the principle of conciliation and arbitration as a means of settling labour disputes, believes that these principles can only be made effectual by a perfect industrial and political organisation. and depreciates the efforts now being made to interfere, by High Court decisions, with what has long been reccg-nis-ed as the only hope of workmen, viz.. labour representation, and we urge upon all railway workers to main- tain their organisation by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants as the only means to that end."

DANGERS OF CELLULOID. AN EXPERIMENT IN COURT AT RHAYADER. In addressing the jury at a coroner's inquiry h»ld at Rhayader, Mr. E. Powell Careless coroner for West Radnorshire) said that in his opinion the danger of wearing articles made of celluloid should be widely known. and that persons when purchasing articles of this description should be very careful to see they were not celluloid. Dr. A. Gordon Richard-on medical officer of health) also expressed a similar opinion, and further stated that celluloid cc!lai'.i were very widely used, but were highly dangerous, as heat alone was sufficient to ignite them. An experiment was made iu court by Mr. Batten, one of the jurors, by lighting a celluloid collar similar to the one used by the! deceased, when its inflammability was at once apparent. The inquest was on the body of a boy aged six, son of Mary Ann Seel&y, cf Rhayader, who, while wearing what his mother thought was an india-rubber collar, stooped near a lighted candle. When his mother saw him the collar was on fire and blazing. His neck was burnt, and, lingering on in a delirious state, he succnrnbed a day and a half later. Yerdvt: Death caused by shock following burnr." FATALITY AT WHITLAND. An inquest was told on Saturday afternoon at Biyntawe, Llanfallteg. by Mr. Brunei White touching the death of Dan Gibby, aged 75. It appeared from the evidence that on Tuesday, the 3rd inst., deceased, who had been to Pendine with a load of furniture, whilst attempting to descend from a cart by the Station Honse Hotel. Whitland, acci- dentally fell on his head. Dr. J. T. C. Wilfiams, Whitland, who was called, advised his being taken home, which was done. Dr. Vaughan Jones, Llunboidy, stated that he found that the deceased suffered from a fractured skull. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." —i i —

WEST WALES SANATORIUM At the meeting of the Carmarthen Board of Guardians on Saturday the Rev. A. Fuller Mills moved that they make a grant towards t.he funds of the West Wales Samtorium for Consumptives. He pointed out that the report of the medical superintendent showed that a large proportion ox those discharged after treatment were now following their former occupations.—Mr. W. J. Thomas seconded, and after further discussion it was decided unanimously that the board subscribe t.5 towards the funds. 1IIiC--

SOUTH POLE FINANCE. > STATEMENT BY LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON. Renter's Agency has received the following from Lieutenant Shackle ton in regard to i the financial aspect of his recent Antarctic expedition:— In view of the great interest evinced in cur recant work, and the fact that incomplete! and inaccurate reports are current on the subject, I feel it necessary to make a state- ment regarding the financial position of the British Antarctic Expedition, which, though at first a private venture, has since become of national interest. "First of all. I should make it clear that neither any member of the expedition or its leader benefits financially to the slightest degree as the result of my book, lectures, &e., until the -.vhole liabilities of the expedi- tion are discharged. When, after great difficulty, I had secured sufficient promises of support to enable me to announce the expedition on, February 12. 1907, I proceeded to make my preparations witli a view to leaving England iu July of that year. My supporters were various relative.! and friends in this country, not in the United States, as has been declared, but, owing to the American financial crisis and resulting financial stringency in this country, some of the money promised me did not bocome available. When I found that promises of support oouid not be carried out, j I went to several rich men, asad they vety generously guaranteed me at the bank to the extent of £ 20,0C3, on the ttnderstanding that guarantees were to be paid off by me not later than July, 1910. The arrangement was that the bank should advance money on guarantees, and that I should pay the inte- rest. ''I cannot thank too warmly these who had faith in me when comparatively unknown. When I arrived in Australia, on my way South I made an application to ttit, Commonwealth Government for assistance, and I was at once given the sum of £ 5,000 for the purpose of the expedition. The New Zealand Government further gave mc Cl,000, paid half the cost of towing the Nimrod to the Antarctic, and assisted mo in various other directions. This sum of £ 6,000 enabled me to increase my staff and to secure additional stores and scientific equipment. The position now is that guarantees to the extent cf jE20,&M have to be released, and this, I hope, will be done by the sale of m ý book and by my lectures, and money that my wife's relatives and I myself and friends have contributed. Apart from this, of course, [the cost of the expedition was far in excess of £ 20,000. I should like it clearly under- stood that since my return I have not approached his Majesty's Government in the matter, and it cannot justly be said, there- fore. that they have declined to contribute. "There was no American financial assist- ance towards the expedition. It was a British venture, though from a,11 parts of the world we l1:n'e received C'on;atulat,ioT13 and generous recognition. I fully realise that as leader of a private expedition I had no claim on finanical assistance from official sources."

WELSH PAGEANT AT SCROGGS BOTTOM CAMP, ALDERSHOT MEN OF THE 2nd WELSH FIELD AMBULANCE BAND, R.A.M.C. (T), CARDIFF, IN COS- TUMES.

ANOTHER MARDY FIRE. OUTBREAK IN A BEDROOM: ESCAPE OF INMATES. A serious fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning at Mardy (Rhondda), and but for the prompt action taken might have led to a repetition of tr.e disaster of a few months ago, when live lives were lost. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Radcliffe and their children and two ledgers retired to rest on Saturday night, In the bedroom occupied by Mr. Radcliffe and his wife a candle was left burning' on a table. t'ne candle became bent, and the vailance of the bed was ignited. In a minute or two tho bedclothes became ablaze. The two children were removed by the mother to a neighbour's house, and the lodgers hastily left. An alarm was raised, and in a few moments Police-sergeant Phillips and Police-constable Price were on the spot. Their task was a difficult one, as the nearest hydrant was 400 14 yards away, and owing to the want of serviceable appliances the old method of handing buckets of water by a band of willing workers from the neighbouring he-uses was resorted te. By this means the out- break was got under. The Ferndale Fire Brigade wore summoned end responded to the call promptly under Capta.in Griffiths, but in the meantime the outbreak had been subdued. Tho police directed the efforts of the helpers. The damage is estimated at about £ 30. ========

NEW CHURCH AT BARRY ISLAND. GENEROSITY OF THE EARL OF PLYMOUTH. The need of a commodious and centrally- situated church at Barry Island has been felt for considerable time by the worshippers at ;3,t. Barueh's. Through the generosity of the Farl of Plymouth a new structure, attractively designed, and erected en an excellent site in Plymout.h-road, was opened on Saturday morning, when, in the absence cf the bishop of the diocese, the inaugural sermon was preached by Canon Buckley, vicar of Llandaff. There was a large con- gregation, amongst 'nose present being the Earl of Plymouth, Lady Phyllis Windsor- Clive, Mr. Robert Forrest, J.P., Jfr. T. R. Thompson, J.P., Councillors H Snell and J. A. Manaton, the Revs. J. Williams (rector of Sully and Barry Island), G. H. Jenner (rector of Wenvoe, the rural dean), F. W Rees (curate, Barry Island), H. H. Stewart (rector of Barry), J. S. Longdon (rector of Cadoxtcn). D. Weatherill (rector of Merthvr Dyfan), U. Lloyd Davies (vicar of Whit- NEW CHURCH AT BARRY ISLAND. [Photo. H. Shervington, Barry. church), A. D. Lough (Barry), and Ifcr Davies (Cadoxton). The oishop S licence was read by the rural dean (the Rev. G. E. Jenner), and the service was conducted by the r.^vs. J. Williams (rector), F. W. Rees (curate), and D. Weatherill (Merthyr Dyfan.. The lessons were read by the Revs. J. S. Longdon and II. H. Stewart. Canon Buckley in his inaugural sermon, exhorted the parishioners to render willing service for the Church. Lack cf opportunity, he said, could never be offered as an excuse, for they were sur- rounded by impurity, intemperance, gam- bling, and other evils. The opening services were continued on Sunday.

BARRY AND ITS BOATS. A SHAREHOLDER'S STRONG LANGUAGE. The half-yearly meeting of the Barry Rail- way Company was held at Ba.rry on Friday afternoon, the Earl of Plymouth presiding. His lordship, in moving the adoption of tha report and account:, said there waG a decrease iu the pa.senger recoipts of £ 1,330, due largely to the unfavourable weather, which had prevented the public using1 the trairw and boaUs as much ag uoual. Mr. Philip Morel, a"d Mr. J. B. Fcrrier criticised the policy of the directors with regard to t.he boats, and strongly advocated their discontinuance. Mr. David Duncan said that the manage- ment of some sections of the system wag execrable, and the high rato of working expenses a disgrace. Mr. F. n. Lambert urged that more atten- tion should be given to improve the facilities lor shipping coal. Mr. J. T. Duncan pointed out that theirs was the only railway in the country with a constantly increasing traffic and constantly decreasing dividend. Mr. J. W. Courtis expressed di&sa<tisfactiop with the dividend, as did Mr. F. J. Eeavan. The accounts and receipts were adopted. A PROSPEROUS SISTER. The half-yearly meeting of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway was also held at Barry on Friday, Mr. E. L. Evan-Thomas pre- siding. A dividend at the rate of 4 1-16 per cent. was adopted, and the Chairman announced that, the receipts for the past half- year beat any previous record.

BLAZE AT PENARTH. FOOTBALL CLUB'S GRAND STAND BURNT DOWN. The Penarth football field was the scene of a big blaze on Saturday nighi, when the grand stand took fire, and was burnt lo j'tbe ground. The stand, which was a wooden structure, wa,s very dry, and the efforts of the Penarth Brigade proved of no avail. How the fire originated is a. mystery. The lose, which is estimated at about £ 200, is partly covered by insurance. In view of the closs- nesa of the coming geason, the club is f&sed 1 with a diffio-dtjk nesa of the coming season, the club is f&sed 1 with a, diffio-dtjk 'II

FREEDOM OF CARDIFF. DESIGN OF CASKET FOR LORD TREDEGAR. A meeting of the Cardiff Parliamentary Com- mittee on Saturday w as presided over by tho Lord Mayor (Alderman Lewis Morgan). Some twenty nrms submitted designs for the casket It Is proposed to present to Lord Tredegar when the fredom of the city is conferred upon his lordship at the end of the present month. There was a keen competition between Meesrs. Crouch and Meters. T. W. Long and Co., St. Mary-street, Ca.rdiff, and finally the design submitted by Messrs. long was adopted. The predominating features of the casket are:—The city of Cardiff. A beautifully modelled figure surmounts the cover, typify- ing Cardiff. Upon the head is shown the 4 crest of the coat-of-arnie, set with diamonds and rubies, holding synibole of justice and duty; the Cardiff coat-of-arrus in correct heraldic colours. a representation of the badge of Wales; the old Cardiff coat-of-arms; handeome enamelled pictures of the Cardiff City-hall and t'aw Courts, Tredegar House, the Cardiff Docks. and Charge of the Light Brigade; two enamelled portraits of the Right Hon. Viscount Tredegar, one as he, appeared at the Balaclava Chargo and the other according to a. recent photograph; enamelled portrait of the Lord £ ayor of Car- dili; the Tudor rose; the Welsh harp, and the four Cardiff niacea. The ca3ket will be made to revolve upon a, synros marble slab, and bear two inscriptions in English and Welsh. =-

PRISONERS ARM BROKEN. EX-CONSTABLE ASSAULTS CAR- DIFF POLICE. A case c-mtc before Mr. Isaac Samuel and Dr. Treasure at Cardiff Police-court on Mon- day, in which Isaac Richaj-d Ccttreil (22), on bail, stepped into the dock with a broken arm to answer a charge of being disordarly and making use of obeeene language in Robert- street, and a'so with assaulting- poliee-con- stabJes John Evans and Joseph Sparks. Police-cons table John Evans said he wa-s cillcd to the house of the mother of the prisoner, where the latter was making a dis- turbance, and he at once struck the con stable. There wa:i t struggle, and Police- constable Sparks came up to render assist- ance, and war; alt.o assaulted. Bohce-constablc Sparks said that when lie spoke to the prisoner, the latter threatened to kick him. Witness closed, and they fell to the ground. Prisoner was very violent a 1! the way to tlis station. I'olioo-cor.stablo Fraser said Cottreil behaved like a madman, and hit- arm might have be on broken in the struggle, and Frederick John Manley spoke to helping the officers. Prisoner alleged that the constables assaulted him, and that Police-constable Sparks broke his arm. Inspector Bmgham informed the bencfl that prisoner had been before the court twice previously, and Superintendent Durston inti- mated that the ma,n had been diecharged from the force for insubordination. Prisoner was fined 4G3. and costs, or one mouth.

A BAILIFF THREATENED. AMAZING DISTRAINT EPISODE AT PORT TALBOT. Considerable interest was taken in a ease at Aberavon on Monday in which a young man named James Richards. Gwar-y-canaeu, Port Talbot, was summoned for assaulting Alfred Banks, bailiffs' assistant, and using threats to D. R. Davies, bailiff. Mr. Lewis M. Thomas, who prosecuted, said that Mr. D. It Davies wae a registered bailiff, who <vas distraining upon furniture at defendant's sister's house. To effect this Daviei got through the window, the doer being shut, and made his levy. He then put the man Banks in charge. Defendant appeared upon the scene, and attempted to forcibly put Banks out of the house, and a police officer had to be called. Alfred Banks eaid that defendant had threatened to chuck him out, and caught hold of his shoulder. He also threatened to chop him up and eat him. Defendant: He refused to show me his authority, and he had no right to go to the house without an authority. It was only protecting my sister's interest. D. n. Davies (bailiff) corroborated, and said that defendant had threatened to cut him np. and to meet him again and put him. through it. The Chairman, in fining defendant 5s. and costs for assault, said that they found it wa.3 only a technical one, and had it been a serious one. they would have dealt severely with him. In regard to the threats defen- dant was bound over in £5 and one surety of £5 to be of good behaviour.

ENGLISH PREFERRED. EDUCATION GRIEVANCE FROM THE RHONDDA. At Rhondda. Education Committee on Fri- day Mr. W. P. Nicholas (clerk) said that be had met Mr. Beresford Heaton, of the Craw- shay Bailey Estate, in relarenoe to the price asked for about two seres of land at Ty lore- town it., build a school. Tho price asked was £ 1,610, but he had induced the acceptance of £ 1,500. The committer approved. The Director, Mr. T. W. Berry, reported that Miss Janet M. John, one of the teachers under the authority, had been endeavouring to Obtain admission into the day trainir» col leg ? at Portsmou th, and had rsc&ived a communication from Miss E. L. Wliite, the headmistress, stating that, other things being equal, c-he preferred English girls. It was decided thai Mr. W. Abraham, M.P., should be asked to bring under the notice of the House of Commons the ques- tion of tho preferential treatment at Ports- mouth College on account of mationality.

ITINERANT MUSICIAN HEIR TO A TITLE. NEW YORK, Friday. Newspapers report that a man ntwned Victor Pomfrèy. livin¡r at Little Rock, Arkansas, who has been earning a, living as an it.inera.nt musician, has recoived an intimation from a. firm of solicitors that he is heir to a titl. a.nd estate of great value in England.—Central [ News.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON IUSE IN GROUND RENTS. or The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr.' Lloyd George.) in a letter in the "Times" on Friday says: — With reference to your articles in to-day's issue of the "Times" on the Budget and the Gorringe case, in which you suggest that I understated the amount paid by Messrs. Gorringe in ground rents prior to the renewal of their leases in 19-33, any one who cares to consult tho Joint Stock Com- panies' Registry at Somerset House will find among the papers which have to be filed under the Companies' Acts the pro- spectus and the agreement of sale by Mr. Gorringe of his leaseholds and business to the company formed in 19m. Tliese papers show that up till tha., year the Duke of Westminster had been receiv- ing in ground- rents from the Gorringe premises a total sum which did not exceed JE350 per annum, and that the new arrangements comprised (i) a new ground rent of £4,COO per annum for the site cf the old premises; (2) a separate ground rent of £ 1,200 per annum for the site of four additional buildings; (3) a ca.sh line of £50,000 in respect of the whole transaction; and (4) an undertaking to re-model part of the premises at a. further cost of £ 50,000. I am aware that the prospectus issued by "Frederick Gorringe (Limited)" in July, 1903, contains the words "The premises now in occupation of vendor will be leased at a, rental of £ 4,000 per annum (being £ 535 per annum more than the rent row paid by the business)." I have nothing to do with the business arrangements of Messrs. Gorringe. I merely wishc-d in my speech at Lime-house to call attention to the fact that the Duke of Westminster's receipts from these ground rents rose on renewal of the leases from X350 to £ 4,COO per annum, not to mention the other considerations enumerated above. "THOSE WICKED DUKES." The "Times," commenting upon this letter, says: The Chancellor says correctly that the annual receipts of the Duke of Westminster from the propert y lately held by Mr. Gor- ringe have risen from £35J to £ 4,CG0. But it is also true that the annual rent paid by that property has only been raised by £ 335. For property from which the duke received only £.)(j.J a year, Mr. Gorrings wa.3 paying £ 3,665 a year. He was not the original leaseholder of all the shops, and proba.bly not even of tho one in which he began business, but had either to buy the original leases at a high premium, or had to get sub-leases at a very gTea.fly enhanced annual rent. Thus the original leaseholders of tho shops he successive!y acquired were making an enormous profit by charging him the full market value of the property, just for all the world as if they had been wicked dukes. Observe the beauty of the leasehold system. Under it you can. sret from a duke for £ 350 a year what you can sell to an oppressed trades- man for £ 3,665 a year. For a great many years the duke had to be content with a tenth of the value of his property, while nine-tenths went to somebody else. When he got po*?e»-sion he charged the market value which other jpeople had been pocket- ing for so long, a.nd he is singled out for abuse as if he had done something that, no ordinary person would think of.

RICHMOND LAND VALUES. MR. LLOYD GEORGE REPLIES TO CRITICISM. Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, returns to the attack in the "Times" of Saturday, and, in reply to that paper's remark that he offered "no dcfonce" of his remarks upon the Richmond case, in which the "Times" said his "statements were traversed by Sir Charles Burt," says:— My remarks on the Richmond case require no defcncc. They were accurate in every detail. They were not, and could not be, traversed, in the sense of being denied, by Sir Charles Burt. The facts as etated by me may be recapi- tulated as follows:— 1. The town conncii of Richmond built some workmen's cottages under a housing soheme. 2. For this poheme the council "bought two acres on the extreme edge of the bo rough 3. That land appeared in the rate-book as of the value of £ 4 per acre. 4. The council had to pay £ 4,000 for it. of the value of C4 per acre. 4. The council had to pay jB4,000 for it. 5. The result was that, instead of a good "housing scheme with, plenty cf gardens and open space, 40 cottages had to be crowded on the two acres. As to the Tecreation grcmnd which Sir Charles Burt says was provided near the housing site, it is interesting to know thnt the council had to pay for two acres for this purpose a-t the price of £1.000 per acre, This land also, presumably, was rated as agricultural land. The £ 350 said to have been contributed by the vendors "toward". the cost of fenc- ing," was given to assist the council in complying' with an oppressive condition of the vendors that the council should erect a 6ft. boundary wall, shutting out the council's tenants from the open space which, according to Sir Charles Burt, was generously given for nothing by the vendors. vendors. LANDOWNER AND THE GOVERN- MENT. Sir Arthur John Fludyer, presiding at the But land County Show at Oakham recently, said he hoped they would have another suc- cessful show next year "if" (he is reported to have added) this damnable Government would allow them." Sir Arthur owns about 4,900 acrcs of land.

THE JNEVITABLE CONFLICT LORD LANDSDOWNE SAYS THE PEERS ARE READY TO FIGHT. The Marquess of Lansdowne, sneaking at Bowcod, Wiltshire, on Saturday, said that may had been told that this Government v^a,s going to be an economical Government. i.cit expectation was based upon some vague and shadowy ideas that ail the sec- tions of the earth were going to form a league of peace, and that we should be in a position to diminish those precautions which we had always regarded a3 necessary for tne security of the Empire, and npon the strength of that the Government began by cutting down the regular Army to a very dangerous extent and by abandoning that programme of shipbuilding which they had inherited from the Unionist Government. The result was that we found ourselves now no longer enjoying that supirity cf strength over a combination of two Powers to which we formerly looked, but barely able to hold our own against a single foreign Power in tnB competition for naval supremacy. At .ast, thanks to the persistence of Unionists, is they had got the Government to repent to the extent that they had undertaken to v u t £ rose four Dreadnoughts for winch Unionists fought so hard at the b<-g'inning of the sGRsicu. The common feature cf all the proposals of the present Government was that they were animated by that thorough-going hos- tility to capital which was made manifest In the Budget. He asked his hearers to look with suspicion upon tho statement that this was a "Poor Man's Budget." He held firmly to the belief that all classes of tho com- munity might fairly be asked to make some sacrifice to provide the necessary funds for which taxes were levied, and ha failed to see why the non-smoker and those who did not take alcoholic drinks should not bear their share of the extra taxation. Alluding to Mr. Lloyd George's Limehouse speech, his lord- ship remarked that he would very much like to know what sonfto of the previous Chan- cellors of the Exchtclucr-slloh as Mr. Glad- stone and Sir Robert Peel, for instance- would have to say regarding the kind of speech to which the Limehouse audience had to listen the other night. It was a speech which was questionable not only as regards Its taste, hut as regards its so-called facts In conclusion. Lord Lansdowne said the House of Lords believed that the people would reserve to themselves the right of saying the last word through that Chamber; and, in the struggle which must oome before they were much older, he oould assure them that the House of Lords was quite ready and willing to try conclusions on that issue.

SWANSEA SCHOOLS CASE. "The oa-se of Rex v. t.he Board of Education, which was decidel by the Divisional Court last week (says the "law Times"), forms a good instance of what may be expected when judicial functions are given to administra- tivo departments. With the nWrits of the cat-e we do not propose to deal, inasmuch as notice of appeal has been given, and we presume that either party will carry the matter to the highest tribunal. Wha-tever may be the ultimate result, it is abundantly clear that it is in the 'highest degree objectionable that juaiciel functions should be placed upon Government departments. As Ix>rd Alver- stan-e pointed out in the oouxse of his judg- rrent in the cose in question, the Board of Education not only did not decide the ques- ti-o:i submitted to them, but raised arid made! an order upon a matter never submitted to them, and gave themselves jurisdiction toO determine the question in favour of the local authority by so changing the question and by misconstruing the Act of Parliament as to enable themselves to decide a question not raised before them, and, jti the court's opinion, not oDen to them." óDinion. not ODen to them,"

GREAT NAMES IN WALES. ——4 MRS. LLOYD GEORGE AND A CEIHIOG MEMORIAL. It is three years since Sir Herbert Roberts sounded a clear call to lii^ countrymen to honour their immortal dead, and the invoca- tion has struck heme. A group of ardent I spirits in the Glyn Valley, the birWplaoe of Ceiriog Hughes, the Burns of Wales, some years ago decided upon the erection of a village hall in the locality to the memory of the galaxy of sweet singers, Mr. A. T. Davies, Permanent Secretary of tho Board of Education (Welsh Dojvirr.mciit), being the inspirer of the moveiuo'it and giving a. site for the erection of the building. Mrs. Lloyd George on Friday visited the locality to op-en a bazaar iu aid of the funds. Mr. A. T. Davies briefly explained the pur- pose of the scheme, end said that it was urgently necessary to secure in Wales rally- ing places into which neither sectarian J1()r political differences could intrude. The building would involve nc chargo upon the rates. It was designed to perpetuate the memory of the great names of the past, first and foremost being Ceiriog himself. They hoped to make a start- on the building this year, and support was flowing in from ali quarters. He had received a telegram from the Lord Mayor of Cardiff expressing high appreciation of the project, and from a widow in the far-off backwoods of Canada a cheque had como addressed to the Lady Lloyd George, which he had some difficulty in cashing. Mrs. Lloyd George, who spoke in Welsh, said Mr. Lloyd George well knew and placed full importance upon the value of training young Wales, and in the movement for erect- ing a Ceiriog memorial institute took the deepest interest. In his aud her opinion, it would bo well if in all rural localities an institute designed upon the lines it was intended to erect that at Glyn could be placed as an inspiration to high a.nd lofty endeavour. (Cheers.) There was a great future before tho village lads of Wales, which theee insti- tutes might worthily foster and promote. Just before leaving London a cheque had come to hand from a distant country, so they would i-ee they were known all over the world, and a movement, was being organised in tho Welsh Colony in Patagonia to assist it. In fact, good wishes and assistance came from all quarters where Welshmen lived, and where did they not live? (Cheers.) She would be glad to tell her husband how great a work they were doing for Welsh nationality —and Khe could assure them it would rejoice his heart exceedingly. (Applause.) Other speakers alluded to the Chancellor as a prince of the Høuoo of David. -À -4>.

THE EIGHT HOlInS ACT. WESTERN MINERS AND THREE IN A STALL. At the monthly meeting of the Western District Miners held at Swansea on Satur- day, Mr. W. Davies (Ponta'rdawe) presiding, and Mr. John Williams. M.P., being present, it was reported that the men at Broadoak Colliery were idle owing to a dispute with regard to the Eight Hours Act aud that negotiations for a price-list at the Mountain Colliery had fallen through. The men at j Birchrock were advised to oppose t.he intra-I ductio-n of the system cf working three in a stall. Several matters arising out of the Eight Hours Act were referred to the Central Executive Committee. SETTLED AT LAST. A settlement has been arrived at of the long-standing dispute about sub-contract- ing at the Nantmolyn Colliery, belonging to; the Bwllfa and Merthyr Dare Collieries Com- pany. Sub-contractors were employed by the company in the Gellideg o-cam, and also j i:i certain levels. To these the men objected, ani notice to terminate contracts Wag ten- j dered by the men concerned in December, 1907. The dispute has been hanging on ever since, and only eleven men were recently in receipt of strike pay, tho remainder having obtained work elsewhere. At the last monthly meeting of the miners the agent (Mr. C. B. Stanton) was instructed 1o settle the dispute on the best terms, and it has now been agreed that no sub-contracting shall be allowed in the Gellideg Seam; that in one of the levels the old contractor (but no other if he declines; shall bo allowed to resume; and th?t the campaty is to have the right, in the other levels, to employ con- tractors if they think fit.

THE CONCILIATION BOARD. MR. WIKSTONE AND THE RESIGNA- TION OF MEMBERS. At tl\e monthly meeting \>f lh« Valleys District of Miners Held at the Waver- lev Hotel, Pontypridd, on Satui-day evening, Mr. W. C. Yvatkins presiding, the Agent (Mr. tiames Winstone; reported having amicably arranged several questions at the Cwmbran colliery. There were still some out-standing difficulties, which would be dealt with during the coming week, and, failing settlement, would be referred to a committee appointed by the Conciliation Board. Referring to the case- ol John" v. tb-e Blaeuavou U'-1 m pal! ill which Judge Owen had decided in favour of the workmen, Mr. Winsfone said that the insurance company had lodged an appeal against his honour's decision, and it had been decided to defend the interests of the workmen against this appeal. Dealing with the executive council's report, tha agent regretted the resignation of Mr. Hartshorn from the Conciliation Board, and added that Mr. Hartshorn was amply justi- fied in the action he had taken on account of the treatment he hid received at the hands of the employers' side of the- Concilia, tion Board. The district meeting must not be surprised if several others in the near future took a like action, for it appeared to him that the conciliation was all on ens side, and, in iiis opinion, the members of tho executive council of the Federation could not allow the resignation of Mr. Hartshorn to pass unchallenged. H, by the arbitrary atti- tude of the employers, four or five other members of the board were driven to resign, there would be a warm time for somebody in the coalfield. Referring to the Llanbradach dispute, r. Winstone regretted the pc-siti.a[1. created at this colliery, and thought the attitude of the representatives of the Engincmen and Stoker. Union wac ill-advised, having: to the fact- that they had not consulted the miners' agent for the district, thus rendering joint j action impossible—a most unfortunate posi- j tion for all concerned. '^ir" tinstone) was always anxious to heiP enSinemen and stokers in every possible way, and it wae most unfair that the latter did not show a semblance of reciprocity.

STRUCK BY LUMP OF COAIJ AT CARDIFF DOCKS. An inquest was held hy the Cardiff coroner (Mr. W. L. Yorath) on Saturday on the body of John Maynard, C!ive-3ti'eeL Grangetown, boatswain on tho stea-msk.*p koseawen. Mr. Glyn Daviee, inspector of ^ac.ories, rcpi-e- «*en.ted the Home Office, and Mj Harold B. Harm was for the employers, the Cardiff Rail- way Company. It was st-a-.ca that last Saturday night the Boscawen was loading at the Routh Dock. Deceased was unhooking the sling when a lump olf 000 from the box ¡ fell on him. The box was supposed to have been discharged, but a stray lump had remained, and fell 1 rom a height of 25ft. Dr Thornley, of the infirmary, said that. deceased tmfl'erod from a depressed ^aeture cf t)i (J. right side and a compound traoture of tlio base of the skull. A verdict of "Accidental! death" wae returned, the jJ,rJr expressing the opinion that the box ghou.-d „e examined to ascertain whether any oca- remained.

A MONMOUTHSHIRE LOST! SPEECH STORY, A strange story comes from the Eastern t Valleys of Monmouthshire. Several young fellows were playing "banker," so the narrative goes, and it losos nothing of suggestivencfcs by the fact that the day of the affair is given as Sunday. In the midst of the game one of the players, who had been losing money, Oegan indulg- ing in strange oaths, and, 11 is alleged, said he wished "God would strike-—- but before finishing his sentence he lost- his speech, and up to the present has not re-gained it. Inquiries of the polic9 fa.il to elicit con- firmation of this story.

LIMING A BROOK. Mr. H. O. Long-Price, superintendent of water bailiffs, proceeded against, Thomas Jones. 2, White Mill, Abergwil; Da.vid Evans, Yr Elmuydd, Penygroos; and John Davies, 3, Emlyn-terrace, Penygroes, at Carmarthen on Saturday for having, on the "3rd ult., used lime in White Mill Brook with intent to destroy the fresh-water fish that frequent the river. The case was proved, and the defen- dant Jones wa.s fined £5, inclusive, a.nd the other two defendants £2 10s. eStch. inclusive, or in default one month's hard labour.

THE SPANISH LOSSES. -+- OFFICERS TORTURED TO DEATH. LISBON. Friday. The Dcwspaper "Seculo" tlÜs evening Im;)- lishes a sensational telegram from Medilla. according to which the Spanish losses during the last three days total 500 killed and i,L03 wounded. Thirty-seven officers and 15Q men are reported missing, and it is said to have been discovered that the Moor-s have put many of them to death after torture. G en.e-ra 1 If arina. i: is added, has intic.a-icd that. unless he is gr<«t!y reinforced with- out delay he will be unable to offer any further resistance The same telegram states that yesterday a convoy which was taking supplies of food and water to distant fortifications was inter- cepted. After losing heavily, the Spanish cepted. After losing heavily, the Spanish troops were forced to retreat, and but for r the covering fire of the batteries at the Hippodrome and Laverdcro would have been annihilated. A shortage of provisions and water is making itself felt in the Spanish camp, and the Moors, who receive daily reinforcements from the interior, maintain their harassing tactics day and night.—Central News.

JUDGE AND ANGRY WOMAN- HUMOUR IN NEWPORT COUNTY- COURT "Take her out of court if she'i3 angry," said his Honour Judge Owen at Newport on Friday, when the wife of a defendant began to scold him. It is a hot day, and I don't want angry people here," added his Honour. In one case a credit draper had a judgment summons against a man named John Hay- wood, who was described as a workman at the glass bottle works, and a certificate of his wages was put in. His wife appeared, and said her husband did not work at any bottle works, but was a labourer at the Gloucester yard on the riverside. There was a direct conflict between the plaintiff and the defendant's wife. His Honour said he would adjourn the summons to arrive a^'tho truth by strict evidence. Plaintiff: I will get a letter from the defendant's employers, His Honour: Oh, no. that won't do. People put anything they like in letters, TLTT, TUT!" I can't pay the money because my son won t work," declared one of the defendants. "T-ut. tut!" exclaimed his Honour. "Why don't you smack him? Perhaps it will do him good. At all events, you. will hiP,) to pay 56. per month." HIS HONOUR UNDERSTANDS. A painter who had been in business and who had been in default in keeping up his instalments, said he had had to give up business because thero was no wnrk. His ^Honour: What, no work this weather? Plaintiff said he understood the defendant had recently taken a partno". His Honour: Ch, yes, of course, if there is no business tho affair is turned into a company or a partner is ta.ken. Ordered to pay 5s. per month. EXPECTATION. Mr. Llewellyn Lloyd appeared for a judg- ment creditor. The defendant did not appear. His Honour: Is he married? I expect he is. His Honour: Do you expect children also, Mr. Lloyd? Yes, your honour. ■ His Honour: The only doubt is how many. Yes, that is so. The usual order was made. KEPT BY DOGS. In one case a debtor, upon whom an order had been made to pay his tailor £17 14s. 9d. by £1 per month, appeared and said he Waa secretary and director of an insur- ance company at a salary of £5 per year. His Honour: How much for being director? Defendant: Nothing. Hia Honour: What, no pickings ?— No. Hia Honour: But I thought it wasn't worth while being a direct-or unless one got something out of it. Mr. White (the solicitor tor tho plaintiff): But ycu keep a brace of sporting dogs? Defendant: :No, they keep me. I sell the puppies. I made perhaps £10 by them last year. Debtor also admitted thai he averaged about £24 per year as oom. mission from the insurance company. A new order for 103. per month was made.

MOTHER'S COMPENSATION. NEWPORT WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER'S SHARE. An unusual application was made to hif Honour Judge Owen at Newport County-court on Friday by Mr. Lyndon Cooper. In Septem« ber last an award under the Workmen's Com.. pensation Act was made in favour of a middle- £ tsed woman named Johanna Ses £ *io«« (living apart from lier husband) rexr £ ^0 Ms. ttt respect of the death of her son. She was allowed to take a. lump gum of 120 1413.. and the balance was retained in court, to be paid to her at the rate of 4- per week. The appli- cation now was that as the woman did not bring to the knowledge of the court the fact she had two daughters—sisters of the deceased—who were also dependents upon him the balance should be retained for their benefit. In consequence of the mode of lifa of the woman, the Poor-law guardians deeded to adopt the fhil'lron, and the woman had been in and out of the workhouse on many occasions. She went out when thero was money due to her under the award, and returned under the influence of drink. His Honour decided to retain the 1.23 9s. balance, to be invested for the children, and to await a further order, when applied for, when the two girls have grown up. AFTER EIGHT YEARS. Mr. John Moxon applied for the discharge from bankruptcy of Henry David Yorath whose petition was filed eight years ago. YIr. Moxoa said he hoped that by the Octobcr court he would be able to bring £ 100 into court to pny the costs and to provide some. towards a dividend. His Honour decided to adjourn the case till the October court.

WOUND IN THE FACE. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CHARGE AT ABERYSTWYTH. Teitho Jones, articled clerk, a native of Llanidloes, residing at Aberystwyth, was charged at Aberystwyth Police-Station on Thursday, before the mayor and Mr. John Lewis, with attempting to commit suieid" on the previous evening. The evidence of Police- constable Williame was to the effect that he found Jones in Mill-street about midnight bleeding from the face, with hands and clothes covered with blood. He took him to the infirmary It transpired that Jones had quarrelled about a young lady at an inn in M ill-et-r eet. Tlie Mayor asked the accused why he did such a foolish thing, and he replied, i dul it ill a fit of temper." The Mayor said that if they let him go he might do it again that night. The accused replied, "I shall be more careful from this time on." He was then bound over to be of good beha- viour. and was taken back to the infirmary. The oase was heard in t.he absence of the press, and the information of the affair did not leek out until Friday.

LONELY OLD WOMAN. MAGISTRATE'S OLD-AGE PENSION RECOMMENDATION. When the gaoler called for Rosina Simpson at the Tower Bridge Police-court on Friday a. woman of 34 toddled into the dock. She was charged with begging. A policeman told how the old woman a~kod for a. penny and food. She was given four farthings, and then begged for some old clot-lies. She was paralysed iu both feet, and got her living selling matches, iihe hod never been in a workhouse. In answer to the magistrates, the old woman said she was born "somewhere down the country," and her mother was a hawker. Askod if she had any friends, she replied, "Not a soul, only God above." The magistrates discharged her. and asked the missionary to get her an old-age pension. | i

GIRL IN FLAMES. !ABERDARE SERVANT FATALLY BURNED. A verdict of "Accidental burning" wm returned at an inquest which Mr. R. •T.Rhys held at Aherdare on Friday upon the body of Georgina Hud, a servant in the employ of Mr. Albert Jonas, fruiterer, Aberdaro. Florence May Evans (13), who was in the house at the time of the accident, related how the saw the deceased's clothes in flames, and how terrorised the unfortunate girl was when she shouted, "Oh. Florrie, I am in t1.a.me$." Max Silverman, a neighbour, spoke to hearing- screams and to extinguishing tbo flames at the expanse of burning his hands severely.

Merthvr Collieriofe was referred to the hauliers' oommittee. The workmen's representatives on tha overtime joint committee brought before the board the question of the interpretation to be put upon Clause 3 of the agreement of the 30th of June, 1939. The owners' representatives promised to consider the facts put forward by the men's represen- tatives, and stated that their representa- tives on the overtime committee wou'd deal with the matter at the next meeting of that committee. Reports were received from Tepresenta- tires in regard to failure to agree in dis- putes referred to them by the Conciliation Board. WORKMEN'S OFFICIAL REPORT. Mr. T. Richards, M.P.. the secretary of the workmen's side, supplied the folloVing otticial report to the press:— At the joint bcord meeting a letter from Mr. Richards to Mr. Dalziel was read, ask- ing for a withdrawal of the notices given h;1o- t11J w0rkmen ;:1, connedion with ths ficotch workmen's dispute, after which Mr. F. L. Davis, the owners' chairman, stated that. each owner must consider this appli- cation for himself, as the owners as a whole would not take .action in the matter. and, further, complained of the action of the workmen in deciding to tender these notices, which they considered a contraven- tion of the agreement that had recently been entered into, and asked for a written undertaking from the workmen's represen- tatives that this action should not be repeated during the existence of the agree- ment. The workmen's representatives replied that tli-e giving Gf the»?e notices was in no way a violation of the Conciliation Board agreement, and pointed to similar action being taken by th9 owners upon very many occasions, the most recent being that of t.he Powell Duffryn Company, who gave notices to a very large number of their workmen in consequence of a dispute they had with a small number of men. The Kirther consideration of this matter was deferred. Various matters in dispute arising out of the alterations consequent upon t.he Eight Hours Act were considered by the board, several being referred to the joint sub-committee, the meeting of which was fixed for- Wednesday next. The dispute at the Bargoed Colliery was adjourned at the request of the workmen's representc-tives in order to enable the! parties to settle at home. It was reported by the owners that the hauliers and riders at the Cambrian Col- lieries, Clydach Vale, had given notices to terminate contracts. The workmen's repre- sentatives stated that these notices were in consequence of the delay by the hauliers' committee in holding a meeting to consider the grievances of these workmen. Upon the owners undertaking that an early meeting of this oommittee shouid be convened the workmen's representatives agreed to recom- mend the withdrawal of tlie notices. Ocean (Nantyrnoe!) Colliery.—The long- standing dispute at this colliery was referred to Mr. T. Griffiths and Mr. W. H. Morgan, with a request to get the matter dealt with as speedily as possible. Abercain Colliery Stoppage. — It was reported by Mr. Barker, the agent to the-se workmen, tha.t terms of settlement for the resumption .of work had been agreed upon between Mr. Tall is, the agent, and Mr. Brace and "himself, in which Mr. Ta-llis agreed to shorten the area of the screen. The workmen had Qcc-ep1:-ed tbis agreement, and were prepared to return to work, but Mr. Tallis had insisted that the agreement should predu1-le the workmen froll making any claim for the excessive amount of small coal that had been deducted prior to the lock-out. The owners' representatives under, took to communicate with Mr. Taliis, In order to ascertain his view upon the matter.