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DISSENTIENT CREDITORS. CORPORATE ACCOUNTANTS' MEET- ING IN CARDIFF. The first meeting of the winter session of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Association of Corporate Accountants was held at the Young Mens Christian Associa- tion. Mr. William P. Anncar, F.C.I.S. (vice- president), in the chair. Councillor James Thomas, of Leicester, addressed a, large attendance of local accountants on the snb- i jeet of private arrangements with creditors, In a masterly address Councillor Thomas, who evidently thoroughly at home with his somewhat intricate subject, pointed out in opening that a deed of arrangement was one of the few methods by which a smaller cash consideration might effectively be accepted for a larger debt. Continuing, he dealt with the position of dissentient credi- tors and the trustee, and concluded with a detailed discussion of the process under the deed. k The Chairman moved a vote of thanks to the speaker for his able and interesting I paper, which was seconded by Air. E. Edwards, the president of the local associa- tion. The vote was enthusiastically accorded with every mark of appreciation. Tho association have arranged a most interesting series of meetings for the session, culminating in July next in the annual meeting of the Council of the Corporation of Accountants, which 13 to be held in Car- diff for the first time.

Above we give a photograph of a family of five generations. The names are :-Mrs. Gwenllian Lewis, Ystrad. aged 83; Mr. Henry Lewis, Pontypridd. her son. aged 61; Mrs. Phillips, daughter of Mr. Lewis; Mrs. Priest, daughter of Mrs. Phillips; and Muriel, her infant daughter. [Photo, Thomas Forrest and Sons.

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LAW ON THE HUSBAND'S SIDE. | Thomas Bowen Jenkins. collier, Blackwood, was (summoned at the local court on Friday by his wife, Mary Jane Jenkins, who claimed a separation order on the ground of deser- tion and neglect. Mr. Trevor C. Griffiths prosecuted, and Mr. T. J- Thomas, Bargoed. defended. Mre. Jenkins stated that she was married to defendant in September, 1909, and she lived with her husband until early in the present year. The unpleasantness was due to the fact that defendant took her home to live with his mother instead of pro- viding a separate home for her. The usual disagreement between the two women fol- lowed, and it culminated in Mrs. Jenkins (senior) ordering her out of the house. She went away for nine months, and her hus- went away for nine months, and her hus- band now declined to support her or to provide a home. The Bench held that in law there was no obligation upon the defendant to support his wife, and dismissed the summons.

WELLINGTON MINE. I 4 VERDICT OF THE CORONERS) JURY. The inquiry into the Whitehilven pit disaster concluded on Friday, the eleventh day. The Coroner, after the forty-third wit- ness had given evidence, addressed the jury some length, and after considering for Qn hour and three-quarters the jury returned the following verdict:— That the 134 men and boya were killed in an explosion 01' explosions of firedamp in the Third North Level; that there was not sufficient evidence to show the source of ignition that the closing of the pit on the 13th of May was an expedient and rightful act, and no means other than those adopted could have been carried out to reach the entombed men; that no negli- gence or responsibility for the disaster was attributable to anybody, and there was no proof that the explosion was attributable to the non-observance of any statutory obligation, and that all due and reason- able precautions were taken for the safety of the men. The jury added recommendations that a withdrawal report book be kept: that the ventilation of the pit be made more adequate and the dusty roade sprayed; that a rescue and ambulance brigade be kept., with proper appliances: that. keys be pro- j vided for the return side of the airway, and that a strict observance of the special rules by workmen and officials be strictly required.

PROFITS ON COAL. CARDIFF MERCHANT EXPLAINS! HIS FAILURE. Mr. Daniel John Tarr, of 24, Turner-road, Cardiff, coal merchant, a first meeting of whose creditors was held at Cardiff on Mon- day. attributed his failure to his having become surety for other people and to general depression in the retail coal trade and pressure from creditors. The liabilities arc returned at £ 2.592 6s. lid. of which £ 2,584 14a 4d. is expected to rank for dividend, and with assets estimated at L5 7s. rcl. the deficiency is £ 2,579 6s. lid. According to the observations of the Official Receiver (Mr. George David!, debtor is by trade a coach- builder, and commenced trailing as a. coal dealer eighteen years ago with a capital of £ 15 On May 1. 1906, he was in financial difficulties, and executed a deed of assign-j ment, under which a composition of 5s. in thel £ was paid. His (I were then L-148 2n. 5d. He recommenced trading with monies borrowed from friends. Debtor stated that he ought to have averaged a profit of nearly 6s. per ton, but in consequence of competi- tion it sometimes took him, during the summer months, three weeks to sell eight tons. As a member of a local chapel, he m-,t,le iiirn,,Pif inititiy !ia.ble with others for £ 2.410 -is. 4d. principal and interest due oil bills of exchange, which were given to secure monies lent for the purpose of re-building the chapel. The unsecured creditors are in rcspect of monies borrowed, and in respect of coal supplied. The official receiver remains trustee.

DEBTS AT MERTHYR. At Merthyr Bankruptcy-court on Monday (bofore Mr. Registrar Williams* the public examinations of Benjamin Lewis, collier, 2, Station-row, Tirphil. who had a deficiency of £21)2 5s. 7d., and of Arthur Rhys Williams, mUkvendor. L! an twit House, Gilf,tch-street, Bargoed, whose deficiency amounted to £159 8s. 7d., were taken and closed. Williams was represented by Mr. W. D. Robert Lewis and the other debtor by Mr. T. J. Thomas.

A ROAN MARE AT ISSUE. PONTLOTTYN SONS FRUITLESS APPEAL. Before Justices Phiilimore and Horridge, sitting as a Divisional Court on Monday to hear bankruptcy appeals, the matter of David Jones was argued on appeal from a decision of the county-court judge at Merthyr Tydfil. This was a dispute as to the possession of a roan mare claimed by John Edgar Jones, son of David Jones, grocer, of Liverpool Stores, Pontlottyn, as his private property. The judge gave judgment for the trustee, and the bon now appealed, stating that he purchased the mare for £27 at Carmarthen Fair. Their lordships, without calling on Mr. Cranford for the trustee, gave judgment for the trustee, holding that the mare was in pos- session of bankrupt in such a way as to make him the reputed owner with the con- sent of the true owner. They, therefore, dis- missed the appeal with coats, and refused leave to appeal further, notwithstanding that other cases depended on appeal.

A PICTURESQUE POST-OFFICE. I The new Post Office at Pontardawe which was opened for business on Monday.

MAN'S ADOPTED BOY. SALVATION ARMY CAPTAIN'S PLEA AT NEATH. John Matthew Jones, labourer, 16. Cross- street. Resolven. was charged at Neath on Friday with neglecting his adopted child in a manner iikelv to cause him unnecessary pain and suffering. Mr. A. Jestyn Jeffreys, who prosecuted on behalf of the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children, said that the child was adopted when a baby a few months old. The defendant was a lazy, good-for- nothing fellow of drunken habits, and was continually shifting about from lodging to lodgings. The little boy was thinly clad and badly nourished. Police-constable John William Jones said he had stopped the man from beating his wife and the child with a strap. The neigh- bours had frequently given the child clothes and food. The wife said that she had been kept short of food and bedclothes. Defendant denied all the allegations m'ade against him, and stated that he had been a member of the Salvation Army for nine years. Mrs. Fry said she had purchased food for the people, but defendant had never re-paid her. Capta.in Annie Evans, of the Salvation Army, said defendant had regularly attended the meetings during the last couple of weeks, and she hoped that the bench would deal leniently with him, as he was trying to lead a better life. Defendant was sent down for two months with hard labour. lIe was also fined 7s. 6d. and costs for using improper language.

EVIDENCE FROM MERTHYR ACTION OF ELECTRIC THEATRE COMPANIES. In the Chancery Division on Friday (before Mr. Justice Warrington) Mr. Cave, K.C., men- tioned the case of the Associated Electric Theatres (Limited) v. the London and Pro- vincial Electric Theatres (Limited). He said his learned friends on the other side were Mr. Henry Terrell, K.C., and Mr. Napier. The evidence of his (Mr. Cave's) clients was com- pleted last week, and the respondents to the motion, who were the plaintiffs in the action, asked for time to answer it. But he had not yet had their evidence. He submitted that they must deliver it in a given time. Mr. Napier said that was quite reasonable. Part of his evidence was in the country— Merthyr Tydfil-and part in London. It was rather complicated evidence. His clients had done their best to get it forward. One affidavit had been sworn already, and he would give an undertaking that the whole should be delivered to the other side by noon next Tuesday. Mr. Justice Warrington then allowed the matter to stand over for a. week. --=1

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GOLF LINKS GRASS. LEADS TO AN APPEAL CASE FROM ABERGAVENNY. In the King's Bench Divisional Court on Saturday Justices Phiilimore and Coleridge heard the case of Woodward v. Heywood. an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of Judge Kelly at Abergavenny County-court. Mr. A. Powell, K.C., and Mr. A. E. Hughes appeared for the appellant (instructed by Mr. H. P. Becher. agent for Messrs. Hodges and Cunliffe, Abergavenny), and Mr. M. Shearman, K.C., and Mr. Lincoln Reed appeared for the respondent (instructed by Messrs. Rooko and Sons, agents for Messrs. Uarness and Heywood). The appeal had reference to a dispute which took place between the Monmouth- shire Golf Club and the lessee of the farm on which the links are, and the point at issue was the disputed right of the club to mow the grass. The county-court judge decided in favour of the club. Mr. Powell said the farm on which the links were situated was let to plaintiff, and when the club introduced a lawn mower set to an inch appellant maintained that they were taking away grass to which he was entitled. The appeal was dismissed, their Lordships coming to the conclusion that the county- court judge had found properly. Leave to appeal further was granted.

THE BISHOP PLEASED. RESTORATION OF TREDUNNOCK CHURCH COMPLETED. Tredunnock Parish Church, one of the oldest and most interesting in Monmouth shire, was re-opened on Saturday afternooi after complete restoration. The scheme ha; been carried out by a committee, of which the vicar, the Rev. C. T. Salusbury, M.A. (who has been at Tredunnock for more than forty years), was chairman, and Mr. John Macaulay, J.P., of Croesowen deputy-chair- man and hon. treasurer. It had been esti- mated that the work-would cost EI,000, but there was a small surplus. The bishop preached the sermon to a large congregation. His Lordship, who expressed pleasure with the thoroughness of the work and the grati- fying fact that it had all been paid for, afterwards dedicated an ancient preaching cross in the churchyard, near the porch. It is a very interesting relic, probably con- temporary with the church itself, which is about 500 years old. The old cross has been restored through the liberality of a gentle- man who desired his gift to be anonymous. After the ceremony Miss Evelyn Salusbury, who had acted as hon. secretary to the restoration committee, was presented with a gold bracelet and watch as a testimonial of the gratitude of the parishioners.

CARDIFF WIFE'S DEATH. A painful case eanic on Saturday before the Cardiff city coroner. Mr. W. L. Yorath. It was an innniry into the circumstances .of the death of Florence Gertrude Green (E4). wife of Ll. Green, collier, of Penlline-streefc Deceased recently gave birth to a. child, and had not since been well. She attended Cardiu Infirmary, and died on Thursday. Dr. W. G. Williams had made a post-mortem, and attributed death to heart failure following acute peritonitis. The jury returned a ver- dict accordingly, and they, with the coroner, expressed sympathy with the husband ana relatives.

FIRST-AID BY BOY SCOUTS ST. ANDREW'S WIN CHALLENGE CUP AT CARDIFF. A series of keen competitions took place at Cardiff on Saturday for the St. Andrew's challenge cup for first-aid work. There was a large attendance, presided over by Mr. Herbert Lewis., St. Andrew's B.-P. Scouts secured premier position and the cup, making 199 points out of a possible 290; followed by the 14th Company Boys' Brigade, with 196 points; St. Martin's B.-P. Scouts taking third place with 169 points. Replying to a vote of thanks, proposed by the chairman. Dr. Arnalt Jones, the examiner, said the examinations had been severe; the answers given really surprised him, and some of the work waa done very creditably indeed. (Hear, hear.) l The Deputy-mayoress (Mrs. J. T. Richards) banded the cup to the winning team, and also distributed the prizes and certificates.

DROWNED IN A TANK. LANDLORD'S SUICIDE AT PEM- BROKE DOCK. A verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned by a Pembroke Dock jury on Friday with respect to the death of Georgo Williams, aged 34, licensee of the Duke t of York public-house, who was found drowned in a tank on Wednesday evening. It appeared from the evidence that deceased had differed from epileptic fits, but tho widow denied that he had been drinking heavily. On Wednes- day evening deceased went to his cousin's house at Llanreath. He went into the garden. and then called out that there was a man there. A lodger went down the garden, but could see no one. When he returned he heard a noise in the tank, and it was found that deceased was there. The entrance to the tank was only 16in. by 14in., and there was nine feet of water in the tank. Dr. McLean expressed the opinion that the deceased could have fallen in accidentally in a fit, but the Deputy-coroner (Mr. F. T. Alien) said that he did not think it poesible.

WORKING MEN ON TRAMP, Chapstow Board of Guardians on Saturday resolved that vagrants passing through Glou- cestershire should be detained at the work- house over Sundays, and that there should be differential treatment of bona-fide work- ing men on tramp in their being given some-! thing more than an allowance of bread for' I the mid-day meal. A grant of 6d. per week extra to each pauper household for coal during the winter I months was agreed to, as also was an extra allowance of 1b. to adults and 6d. per child for outdoor paupers during Christmas week.'

"I WILL NOT PAY." I NEWPORT HUSBAND OWES MONEY TO HIS WIFE. A young man pamed Robert Anderson, who had for the past tweive weeks been working at Blaenavon and Pontymister, was brought up on a. warrant at Newport on Fri- day for neglecting to pay £ H 12s. 6d. main- tenance arrears due to his wife. Edith K. Anderson, Albert-avenue, under a separation order. Complainant said they had been married seven years, and had one child, a boy of five. Prisoner deserted her three years ago. She lost sight of him for two year, and the order was made twelve months ago, but she had received nothing under it. The total arrears now were over £j8, the warrant being for arrears up to June. The Clerk: Yon got rid of your wife and! child very cheaply at 7s. 6d. per week. Prisoner: I have asked her to come back to live with me, and told her I will not pay, but she has refused to Come. The Bench made an order for payment of the arrears and court coste, in deiault two months.

MUST LEAVE HER MOTHER. Eliza Watkins at Neath 911 Friday sum- moned her husband, Richard Watkins, a I haulier, of Skewen. for neglecting to main- tain her and her three children.—He pleaded guilty.—Complainant said she had only received 10s from her husband since Sep- I tember.—Defendant said. he would never give his wife a penny unless she would leave her mother. He would take the rope first.-The Bench made an order of l5e. a week.- Defendant: I will never do it.

SALMON OUT OF SEASON. POACHERS HEAVILY FINED AT BRECON. Joseph Williams and Sidney Pritchard, both of Maendu-street. Brecon, were sum- moned at the local court on Friday with being in possession of unsea.sonable salmon. Williams was further summoned for being in possession of a gaff. Pritchard was found carrying a bag containing four salmon, while Williams was carrying two salmon tied to a string. Defendants, against whom there were previous convictions, were heavily fined— Williams JB13 13s. and Pritphard E9 16s. 6d. inclusive, or two months' imprisonment. William Daviea, Courtymoor, Brecon, a chimney-sweep, for aiding and abetting some persona unknown in taking unseasonable salmon, was fined 15 and costs.

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MYSTERY OF THJETMUD. WATCHMAN'S BODY FOUND AT CARDIFF. I Mr. W. L. Yorath held an inquest at Cardiff on Friday on the body of John Richardson (64>, mate, of Gsborne-road, West Hartlepool Deceased, who was described as a man of steady habits, had been employed as a watch- man on the steamship Avonmore, of Weet Hartlepool, which was laid up in the Mount Stuart Dry Dock. He was not in the employ of tho dock company, but worked for Mr. Page, a contractor. On Thursday morning his body was found lying in the mud at the ce top side of the jett.v, at the entrance to the dry dock. The jury brought in a verdict that deceased had been accidentally drowned. Mr. H. H. Handeock represented the owners of the boat.

MAILS BY ROAD. j. NEW POSTAL T SERVICE BETWEEN LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. I A new motor postal service was begun between Birmingham and London on Thurs- day night. A car left the Midland city for the Metropolis (which it was timed to reach shortly after seven on Friday morning) at about the same time a van left London for Birmingham. The service is auxiliary to the railway postal service. Both guard and driver are armed against attack.

POLLING-DAY SCENE. I 4 HOME SECRETARY REFUSED A HEARING. Of all the exciting incidents that marked the contests in the country on Saturday, the most remarkable occurred at Lincoln. There hae never been anything in the history of the city to equal in ai:y respect the pande- monium which heralded the appearance oL Mr. Winston Churchill .m the balcony of the Radical Club. His visit on polling day. when passions run high, was greatly leeented by a strong section of the opposition party, i and a hugu crowd filled the large square before the club. overflowing into the side streets. Free fights commenced directly Mr. Churchill appeared on tne balcony, and wIipti the foundry contingents arrived the crowd swayed in alarming fashion, and several casualties occurred. The police force was quite inadequate, and wisely attempted nothing beyond rescue work. Mr. Churchill had scarcely uttered a few words, which could only be heard by thoce close to him, when sir Robert lilmer, the Unionist candidate-- n-ho the previous night had tossed Mr. .Soberts. the Radical candidate, for tLe use of the Corn Exchange for the final meeting and won—appeared in the churchyard, which commanded a view of the jfene. There was a tremendous fluh. and many people climbed the churcyard fence. One individual struck Sir Eoberi, who returned the blow. A quantity of gravel was thrown in Sir Robert's lace. The swaying of the crowd looked dangerous, and Mr. Churchill shouted, Keep ytrtir places. Someone will he killed." Mr. Churchill's voice, however, could not be lIard. whereupon he shouted, "I will go down," and to the surprise of those with him he hurried from tho dub piemises. poshed his way through the moho anfF reached Sir Robert- side. The Unionist, candidate listened to him with arms folded. Mr. Churchill then retired without complet- ing his speech, but it was a long time !>efor3 the disorder subsided, and blood flowed fr8!plv, UNIONIST CANDIDATE EXPLAINS. In an interview on Saturday evening Sir Robert Filmer, describing the disturbance, said:—"I wilkeft round to the meeting and J got quite close to the Radical Club, when the 11: Radicals made a rush and shouted, Out with |' him-' They pushed me back, but some of my supporters pushed me forward, and they played a sort of football with me. Then I climbed over the railings and was all right. IS Then I went up to the railinvrs." continued It Sir Robert, "and stood there. iome Radicals |; bqgan to throw mud at me and threatened |« to pull me down. Some time afterwards Mr. ] Churchill came over from the club under the protection of policemen and wanted to speak < to me. I refused. I was not going to speak to him. and I looked the other way. Then a policeman said, 'Mr. Churchill wishes to offer you his protection.' I said, 'I don't want his protection.' Then he went away. A superin- tendent of police came to me," Sir Robert went on. "and I told him I was perfectly willing to go if I had the Home Secretary's word that he would not speak. The superin- tendent came bock about five minutes later and said the Home Secretary had gone away. Consequently, I went away. I simply went to the meeting as a. protest against the Home Secretary coming down on my polling day, which practically meant he was trying to unduly influence the electorate. I had an interview with Mr. Roberts tho previous day owing to a rumour that Mr. j,ioy,-1 George was coming down to address the electorate, and I told him I could not be responsible for any- thing which might happen, and that there might be a breach of the peace. The only || message 1 received from Mr. Churchill was [1 through the police, to the effect that the ii> Home Secretary wished to offer his protec- tion. I received no invitation to speak from the club balcony."

UNDESIRABLE EXPELLED. Walter Harris (23), a coloured fireman, was charged as an alien at Cardiff on Saturday with contravening an order for his expulsion made in 1905. Inspector Bingham deposed that he visited 30, Peel-street, off Bute-street, and in a back room found prisoner, whom he at onoe identified as one who had been expelled from the country. Witness arrested him. A police-constable said that on May 11 he saw prisoner off on a steamer bound for Philadelphia. Prisoner explained to the magistrates that the vessel was engaged in the fruit trace, and he was put on as a fire- man. and went on trips between Phila- delphia and Cuba. The ship was delayed longer than was expected. Then she was chartered for a Spanish port, and in due course he was landed in England, though he had no intention of arriving so early, and the captain himself did not know where the ship was going. Inspector Bingham described prisoner as an undesirable char- acter. The Bench passed sentence of one month, and issued an order for prisoner to be again expelled.

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NURSE'S EXPERIENCE. David Bowen, a farmer, of Cilynow. Llan- igon. and Thomas Lloyd, also a farmer, residing at Pennant, were charged at Tal- garth, the former with assaulting and using abusive language towards Miss Summers, the district nurse for Glasbury, and the latter with making use of insulting language towards the same prosecutrix. Nurse Summers overtook defendants, who were on horseback, when cycling to Three Cocks, and Bowen caught her round the arm with a crooked stick, at the same time using abusive language. Lloyd rode in front and prevented her re-mounting, in the meantime making use of objectionable epithets. Defendants were afterwards identified at Hay fair. Bowen for fined .£2 10s., inclusive of costs, for the assault, and El 10s. for insulting lan- guage. Lloyd had to pay £ 2 10s., including costs. Mr. F. P. Charles, Merthyr, was for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis H. Jones. Brecon, defended. A charge against Albert Williams, Pencwm, of aiding and abetting was withdrawn.

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DEGREE ESSENTIAL. NEW HEADMASTER OF CARDIFF SCHOOL. The Cardiff Education Committee at its j meeting on Friday (T.lr. J. A. I.ovat- Fraser presiding) interviewed the following four gentlemen, who were applicants for the position of headmaster of the day prepara-1 tory technical and commercial school:— J.O.Chectham (53), Ashton-under-Lyne. i Bachelor of Commerce (Manchester Univer- sity) n. Ivor Da vies (35), Cardiff. B.Sc. in Economic and Political Science (London); W. P. Rutter ''2;, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Man- chester, Bachelor of Commerce (Manchester);' and The Superintendent of Technical Education (Mi1. Cole) said, in reply to Dr. ^jggs, that he was afraid the committee would not, receive any of the proposed new grants for schools of this character if they appointed a head- master without a degree. Mr. Cheetham was displaced in the first vote tfiken, receiving 9 votes to 12 each by the other three candidates. Mr. Davies with 8 votes was knocked out next, Mr. Rutter and Mr. Watkins having received 11 votes each. In the ftna.1 vote Mr. Watkins received 8 votes as against 7 by Mr. Rutter. Mr. Stanlield thereupon moved that Mr. Watkins be appointed, but insisted that it be made a condition of his appointment that Mr. Watkins proceed to take the commercial degree of the B.Sc. of London within a reasonable time. It was most important that the status of the school should not be lowered by headmasters without degrees. Mr. Watkins readily gave the undertaking asked for, and said he would jealously guard the interests of the school.

POLITICAL STRIFE. FEAR THAT INDUCED WITH-! DRAWAL OF GENEROUS OFFER, j The Rev. W. Llewellyn Nicholas, who had undertaken to erect an elementary school near Flint as a thank-offering on the com- pletion of his thirtieth year as rector of Flint, has informed the Flintshire Educa- tion Authority that his offer is cancelled, as he find, that any school built by himself would be merely provocative (If political strife. i

FROM BENCH TO DOCK. CHARGE AGAINST ST. DAVID'S DOCTOR DISMISSED. Dr. Williams, J-P., hon. secretary of the St. David's branch of the Lifeboat Institu- tion, left the bench at Mathry Police-court on Friday to be charged before his col- leagues jointly with Philip Reynolds and Alfred John Reynolds, brothers, of Tre- glemish, with being illegally in the Grove Hotel, St. David's, ten minutes before mid- night on the 29th of October. Mr. Tombs submitted for the defence that night on the 29th of October. Mr. Tombs submitted for the defence that the doctor had been called in professionally, and that he and Philip Reynolds were guests ot Arthur Reynolds, who remained on the premises until the following night. Without hearing the whole of the defence, the Bench dismissed all the cases, including that against the licensee, Richard Barkway.

RAILWAY COACHES STONED MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT BURRY PORT. In the early hours of Sunday morning it was discovered at Burry Port that the pro- perty of the Burry Port and Owendraeth Valley Railway had been interfered with during the night. At the station, which is in close proximity to the main road leading to Pembrey and Kidwelly, passenger coaches berthed in readiness for Monday morning's service to the valley were considerably damaged, huge stones having been thrown from the road. A number of windows were smilshed and the famework badly marked. The police were informed, and investigations are being made.

-J I BABY CASTLE. "Too weak to take milk" Mrs. CASTLE, 2^7 Sydenham Road. S E. says :— When this little fellow was a baby the doctor gave no hopes of his living. He was too weak to take milk and was put on Virol with a little warm water in the feeding bottle. With the Virol he got strong enough to take milk as well, and in three months he was a fine healthy boy. He is now 1 year and 4 months, has cut IF teeth, and is as strong as many children three times his age." VIROL: ¡ A Wonderful Food ¡ in Consnmpt.ion, Anfemia, Gastric Troubles, Malnutrition, Coucbs, Colds, and Wasting Diseases. In Jars, 1/ 1/8, 2/11. 152-166 Old Street, London, E.G. I ILI tulflaima"

RECOGNISED SERVICE. DECORATIONS FOR LOCAL GENTLEMEN. In appreciation of the valuable services they have rendered, and are rendering, in ambulance work. the King has been graciously pleased to sanction, among others, the following promotions in. and appoint- ments to the Order of the Hospital of St. John u of Jerusalem in England:— Lieutenant-colonel Sir Richard Carnao Temple, Bart., C.I.E., from Knight of Grace to Knight of Justice. Mr. Herbert Lewis, Cardiff, and Dr. Sylvanua Glanville Morris. Mardy, to be Knights of Grace. Sir Richard Temple is a,t present the deputy-chairman of the ambulance depart- ment of the Order. and officially represented the Order at the inspection of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Cathays Park, Cardiff, in September las. Mr. Herbert Lewis ra the hon. secretary of the Welsh and Monmouthshire District Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association (which embraces the whole of Wales and Monmoutiishire): the assistant-commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, which takes in the whole of Wales and the border counties, and has a membership of between 3,000 and 4.000 men; and is also the county director for Glamorgan of the British Red Cross Society, whose detachments, under the direction of the War Office, are being officially recognised by Territorial Associations throughout the country.. Dr. Glanville Morris is the chief surgeon of the Rhondda Fach corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and has been closely identified with ambulance work in different parts of England and Wales for the last twenty years. The decorations of the St. John Order are highly prized throughout the country, and it is of interest to note that the King always wears the decoration of the Order when he is in uniform, whilst five out of the eight ruling Monarchs who attended King Edward's funeral also bore the decorations. Other larlies and gentlemen in Glamorgan who already wear the insignia of the Order include the Earl of Plymouth, chairman of the British Ophthalmic Hospital (which is under the control of the Order), who was created a Knight of Justice of the Order last year; the Countess of Plymouth, who is :to Lady of Grace of the Order; Sir William Thomas Lewis and Colonel Arnallt Jones. R.A.M.C. (Territorial), Port Talbot, who are Knights of Grace; Mr William McKenzie, head-constable of Cardiff, who is an honorary Associate of the Order; and District-superin- tendent Taliesin Richards, Mardy, and Mr. William R. Wheel, Llanssmlet, who are Honorary Serving Brothers of the Order.

I" IMPERTINENT LETTERS." CARDIFF GUARDIANS AND BARRY L I.L.P. PARTY. The Barry Independent Labour party wrote m tc the Cardiff Guardians on Saturday asking m that the Barry ■Guardians should be allowed m to consider local applications for relief, as | they considered that the present system did ij not permit fair dealing with the poor. Mr. II G. Cole moved that the letter be referred to HK the Barry Relief Committee. The Chairman IK (Mr. 0. H. Jones) characterised the lefter as || one of the coolest requests he had ever come n across. (Hear, hear.) It was part of a iffflj movement carried on lately to attempt to 'JjH force the hands of the board, and to make tH Barry independent of the rest cf the board, 'fjl Relief was administered at Barry exactly as <91 it waa in the whole of the union. (Hear, I hear.) Letters had been sent charging them with inhumanity, and he considered them most impertinent and most untrue. (Hear, hear.) It would bo an innovation that he would resist, as it was illegal and deprecated by the Local Government Board. Alderman F. J. Beavan and Canon Buckley agreed with the chairman. jja ACTION OP MEDICAL OFFICER jH CRITICISED. H Dr. W. C. Milward, medical officer, wrote asking if the demands of the guar- jjflft tiians for a better surgery for the J|m poor represented their irreducible require- OT ments. The committee appointed to consider the matter had asked that a better |j| building should be insisted upon, with a fll wooden floor, and the ceiling at least 10ft. from the floor. The board approved of this, iffl and then Dr. Milward wrote to the Local vS Government Board, who informed him that >S he must meet the reasonable requirements hi of the board. Mr. J. J. Ames said Dr. nBj Milward'3 action had been inconvenient to 31 the board, and he moved that they adhere JH to their request for a better building. Mr. JH to their request for a better building. Mr. JHf Alfred Good, in seconding, said Dr. Milward had attempted to thwart the board. Mr. H Ames's proposition was adopted. USE OF UNEMPLOYED LABOUR. The guardians received a request H from the distress committee to use :■ unemployed labour upon work to be carried out this winter. The Chair- man (Mr. O. H. JonesA: If you are going to I'M build by unemployed labour you are going jH to do the wrong thing. There is no hurry. » Let it go to committee. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alfred Good appealed to the humanity of the board to consider the widows and the chit- iJHr dren. and to acquire land for relief works. |k The Chairman said they could proceed ?s tUn Suggested by Mr. Good under old Acts of Par- Sj liament. with the consent of the Local Hi Government Board, and even then it would be test labour, and not regularly paid. Notice of motion would also be necessary. ffl. On the proposition of Mr. J. J. Ames, it was w decided to refer the matter to the building '& committee. S REFORM IN POOR-LAW MANAGEMENT. jH Alderman F. J. Beavan and Mrs. Seccombe, r'JB the delegates to the conference of the Poor- JB law Unions' Association, presented a full 9 report of the proceedings at the London iBi meetings on November 17 and 18. In moving IB| a vote of thanks to Alderman Beavan and jflP Mrs. Seccombe, Canon BuckJey drew attention jH to the last paragraph in the report, to the effect that it was amusing to find that S almost every speaker thought the way in |H which his union managed their affairs was « by far the best. Possibly, they in the Car- ■ diff Union held the same opinion, and that 2§ while there was room for improvement, jl • reform should come from within. (Hear, 8i hear.) The motion was adopted. J- PAUPERS AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS. The guardians discussed the desirability of asking all old people over 70 to apply for old-age pensions, but it was resolved to leave J the matter to see what was done with regard to the suggestion that unions ehould be asked to make a re-payment to the Govern- ment to the amount saved in rates by grant- ing pensions to paupers. The Clerk (Mr. A. J. Harris) said there was the other side to the matter, as to whether j pensioners relieved should be charged to the Exchequer. The Chairman (Mr. O. H. Jones) said his opinion was that they should not be asked or any relief with regard to pensions ,-ranted to paupers. (Hear, hear.)

PAY OR PERQUISITES ? I 0 EARNINGS OF PURSER OF LOST SHIP WARATAH. The mysterious fate of the steamer Wara- tah was re-called by an action in the Court I of Appeal on Saturday. Mrs. Harriett M. Skailea, the widow of the purser of tho vesB1. had claimed compensation for the loss of he husband on behalf of her children and herself under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Judge Rep+oul. in the City of London Court, granted her £ 500 compensation, but tho owners and. managing own ere, the Blue Anchor Line and Mee-sre. W. Lund and Sons, appen led ajrai nst the decision on the ground that Skailes earned more than E250 a year. and was thus not a workman under the Act. The Court of Appeal on Saturday upheld their application, and remitted the widows action to the City of London Court to be re-heard. On behalf of HrR. Skailes it waa urged in the City Court that "earnings" was the word used in the Act, and that her husband earned less than L250 a year. There was, it wa.> contended, a distinction between "earnings" and "remuneration." Skailes had XS a mouth pay while on board. lie received 5 per cent, commission on sales at the bar, which brought him in about £ 70 a year. It was estimated that his board was worth about 23. a day, and he received a bonus of LZ a month when his employers were pleased with him. The owners also supplied Skailes with bottle of whisky at 4a. each, which he sold to the pafFFengers at &d. a, gaBS. Skailes thereby reaping a, profit of about j8. 6d. on each bottle. The Master of the Bolls held that the county-court judge was wrong in excluding the £ 2 a month bonus and the profits made by the purser, and in referring the case back to him said he must consider whether aither or both items would bring the purser 6 remuneration above £ 250 a year.

RESIGNATION OF NURSES. NEWPORT GUARDIAN DESIRES AN INQUIRY. Mr. T. Dutfleld presided at Saturday's meet- ing of the Newport Board of Guardians. Mr. T. Donovan drew attention to the fact that Charge Nurse Spragg, who was recently appointed to the workhouse infirmary, never took up the appointment, and instead tendered a month's salary in lieu of notice. The resignation was accepted. He moved that the matter be referred back for inquiry into such a strange course. The motion was defeated, but Mr. Donovan gave notice that at the next meeting he would move that a sub-committee of the workhouse visiting committee be appointed to inquire into the cause of so many resigna- tions of nurses and probationers of late. The Chairman said he thought the notice was not in order. Such a sub-committee would have to be appointed by the workhouse "isiting committee itself. Ile Mr. Donovan said he woulrl bring the matter up at the workhouse committee. The Chairman reported that Mr. R. H. Williams, the poor-law inspector, had been seriously ill at Merthyr. The decrease in the number of tramps for the fortnight was reported to be 143 as com- pared with the corresponding period of last year.

THE THREE-CORNERED FIGHT IN EAST GLAMORGAN. I Above is a.n interesting photograph of tho three Parliamentary candidates for the East Glamorgan Division, together with their respective election agents. Heading from left to rig-ht the na.mes are:— Standing: Mr. Clement Edwards (L.), Mr. C. B. Stanton (Lab.), and Mr. Frank Gaskell (C.). Seated: Mr. Hugh T. Richards, Mr. T. I. Mardy Jones, and Mr. John Littlejohna. [Photo Thos. Forrest and Sons. Pontypridd.

MEDI/EVAL WALES. UNCEASING EFFORTS FOR THEIR COUNTRY S DEFENCE. The Social Condition of Mediaeval Wales formed the subject of a deeply interesting lecture which Mr. Ernest K Hughes, M.A.. lecturer in history at the South Wales and Monmouthshire University College, delivered before the Cardiff Cymmrodoriori Society at St. John's Schools on Friday night. Mr. Hughes said the defence of their country occupied a great deal of the time of the people living in the twelfth century, and he claimed that the long bow afterwards used by the English was of Welsh origin.

FIGHT IN A TRAIN. PASSENGERS ALARMED BY VIOLENT COLLIER. George Brimble. a middle-aged collier. of Risca. was summoned at Newport on Satur- day for fighting in a Great Western Railway carriage at Rogerstone on Saturday night, October 15. Mr. T. Baker Jones, who prose- cuted for the railway company, said there was a regular riot in the carriage. A young man named Frederick Francis said that whilst goins from Newport to Risca by the 10.50 p.m. train a row occurred over a game ot cards. Brimble hit Francis in the face, and he had to close with him and struggle. Some of the other passengers said if the fight was not stopped they would pull the communication cord and stop the train. Brimble desisted for a minute, and then struck Francis again, who had to close with him. The train was thereupon stopped. Brimble, who had made previous appearances, said he had been an abstainer for some time, and broke out. He was fined 40s. and 7s. 6d. costs.