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T-- POETMADOC PETTY SESSIONS, Friday, February 27th. Beforø Jonathan Da vies, Esq., in the chair; Dr. Livingstone Davies, John LewIs, J. R. Owen, O. T. Williams, and Richard Newell, Esqrs. Without a Tail Liglit.— Hugh J. Parry, White Hall Hotel, Pwllheli, was charged by P.C. 40 with having driven a motor car j without a tail light through Criccieth on the night of February 8th. Defendant I said he was returning from Festiniog to Pwllheli aiul did llOZ know until he arrived; home that the light had gone out. It was all right at Minifordd.—Replying to tho Bench, the constable said the front lights were all right.Defendant was fined 2s 6d j with 8s. 6d. costs. r j Criccieth Rate Cases.—Mr. Morris \Vil- j liams, assistant overseer_ for Criccieth, sued five persons for payment of) ponlr rate. The Bench adjourned four cases. In the fifth case the defendant, a woman, pleaded oovertv. It was stated that her j rental was £ 20. hut she said she was be- hind with the rent, and the Assistant Oveiveer (-aid she was also behind wjth the district rate and. water rental.—The Clerk (Mr. R. Casson) asked if persons [ who plea.ded poverty were given an opportunity to appear before the vestrv cr the overseers to state their case"—The Assistant Overseer Xo; except through me.—The Clerk: When do you excuse people on account of poverty?—Ihe Assistant Overseer The overseers meet and nass them as irrecoverable.—The Clerk -then asked what did the Auditor say to that course. Did he not say per- sons pleading poverty should appear be- fore the vestry 'i—The Assistant Overseer said the vestry had now no authority in The matter.—Toe Clerk: I think you;are far behind in the law in Criccieth. (Laughter.) The Clerk added that before persons could be excused payment of poor rote they ought to have an opportunity of appearing before the vestry or overseers, and in the event of the latter agieeuig to excuse oayment. their decision must be confirmed by the niayistratcs.Tlie Chair- man also imnressed on the Assistant Over- seer the need of not allowing arrears to accumulate before taking proceedings. It made it difficult to recover when arrears accumulated for two or more years. Adjourned.—John M. "Wilhaius 9, ler- race-road, sailor, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly on two dates. Defendant was st ited to have gone away and the ease was athournecl for his as/tenct- ailprofane Language.—John Hughes, 17 Snowdon-street, was summoned by P t for using profane language Mr John Humphreys appeared for the defendant who was bound over to be of good be- haviour and ordered to pay the costs, 6s. 6d. PROSF.OTTIOXS rDEH SHOPS ACT. Test Case Dismissed on L-eyal Point. Twenty-five shopkeepers were sum- moned by Police Supt. Owen for keeping their shons open on W ednesday half holi- day, November 12th, the occasion being Penmorfa hiring day. Great interest was taken in The prosecutions and the Court room was crowded. The defendants were J nomas Parry, Lombard-street, ironmonger; Lloyd Em- IYll Jones, 21, Coriiliill, grocer; J. R. Roberts, the Emporium, draper; David Williams. Ivy House, draper; Urias Heri- tage, Paris House, draper; G. H. Thomas, Gwalia House, draper; Ruth Heritage, Lombard-street, d aper; W. H. Evans, High-street, draper; Edward Brown. Coventry House, diaper Mrs J. J. Reese, •jeweller; Robert Baird, 354, 'High-street, draper; Isaac Lloyd Jones, High-street, ironmongery John Davies, 129, High-street, boot dealer; Thomas Jones, 122, High-street, iron- monger Ellis Jones, 2, Bank-place, boot dealer; Evan R. Bonner Thomas, 4, Rank- place-. iewellcr; Owen E. McLean and Co., 6 and 8- Bank-place, drapers; John Gas Jones, Sncwcion-streel, irohHiv>ng<'i. < i.v.. Walter Tvler, 121, High-street, hoot I dealer; Mrs. Jane Jones, 113, High-street, woollen draper; J. J. Ihomas, 87, High- street. jeweller; Edward Ames, Shop Goch: draper George Davies, 103, High- street, china dealer David Roberts, Leeds House, boot dealer; John Jones, Market Hall. woollen dealer. Mr. Richard Newell, as chairman of the Tradesmen's Association, (lid not sit. Mr. John Humphreys said Mr. 0. T. Williams a member of the County Council and in case there wars an appeal perhaps it was desirable that he should not sit. He had no objection whatever to Mr. Wil- liams sitting. The Chairman—I am sura the Bench would be giafl of the assistance of Mr. Williams in the hearing. Mr. O. T. Williams said in the cir- cumstances it would be better for him not to sit. Mr. Williams then moved away from the four other magistrates. The Clerk (Mr. Casson) said it had he en held that magistrates who did not sit had no right to sit on the, Bench during the hearing of that case. Mr. Williams and Mr. Newell retired from the Bench and sat in the Court I Room. The Chairman asked if it would be I necessary to go through all the cases. Were all the cases the same? Mr. George—Yes. "practically speaking. The Chairman—Will the decision in the first eases cover the remaining cases. Mr. George—That is a matter for my friend. Mr. Humphreys—As far as I am con- cerned, I think it will. The case as against Thomas Parry was then taken. Before proceeding with his opening, Mr. George said by a clerical error in the Clerk's office, the duplicate summonses sent to the defendants was dated Decem- ber 9th. The date should be February 7th and that was the date shown on the informations laid by Police Supt. Owen and signed by Ir. Jonathan Davies as magistrate. He applied for leave to amend the date of the sommonses. Mr Humphreys objected to the smenù- ment remarking that informations were first laid on December Sth, and were men- tioned to the BencIJ on December 12tli. The Bench declined to grant summonses that day and adjourned the matter for further instructions to be taken by the police from the County "Council. The matter came up again on January 9th when the Bench decided to i ssue the sum- monses ,«ind he submitted that the sum- monses were granted on the informations laid on December 8tb. The summonses -n_

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UUANIZiAR. Debating Society.—The last debate of the season took place last Friday, before a. good attendance, the vice-president,, the Rev. A. Prosser, being in the chair. the subject for discussion was "Are the new ideas now held concerning the Bible in- jurious to religion?" which subject the Chairman described as the most important Question of the day. Mr. J. J. Jones, Tyncoed, took tlie affirmative, and \vas opposed by Mr Edward Lloyd, station- master. 'Mr. Jones, In a well-prepared paper, dwelt extensively on divine inspira- tion of the Bible. and contended that it is the verv Word of God. thus demanding full and complete belief. He dealt with the historical and prophetical parts in order to attempt to prove their literal cor- rectness by pointing out that Christ based his teaching on many occasions on passages from the Pentateuch and the Prophets, e.g., the creation of man, the manna in the wilderness, the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, the history of the patriarchs, Jonah and the whale, narratives which the higher critics treat as fables. He criti- cised the new theories regarding the person, birth, atonement, and resurrection of Christ, and concluded by pointing out that by taking away the supernatural from the Bible—the strongest inducements to live a pure and holy life were taken away, and that the new theories at present believed by many must have an injurious effect on their religion. On the negative side, Mr Lloyd argued that the Bible would be lost to us as literature, apart from new ideas, or better light. That theology continu- ally alters its phraseology, whereas religion stands eternally the same. The Bible could not be called the word of God, but it contained the word of God. The central idea of the Old Testament was the unity, lonliness, and awfulness of God; that man was prostrate, and compared with Him. even at their best. was only a tool or weapon in His hands. Gradually, after the travail of centuries, a new idea, deeper and more interesting was born into the world—the idea of 'saints or imitators of God. That idea drew its dynamic force from the central idea of the New Testament. The inner light became an outer light, an abid- ing ideal. Thus not only are new ideas not injurious to religion, but Christianity would have perished long ago were it not for the inhej emt power ofl the tiling] to break out from time to time from its enrelooing words and symbols. Both speakrs were loudly applauded. Among others who took part in the discussion which fol- lowed were:—The Rev. O. H. Jones, B.A., Messrs Morgan Edwards. D Lloyd Rees, John Parry. Rhys Dovies,(P.C.), and M. T. Jones. The result of the voting was this week again a tie, and the Chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the affirm- ative. As the hour was late, the election of officers for iiclxt year was adjoufrned for a week when a special miscellaneous meeting will be held to close the session.

YSTRAD DIEWRIG. Concert.—The students of St. John's College held their annual concert on liel)- ruary 24th. The appointed chairman was Sir E. W. P. Pryse, but. to the great regret of all, he was unavoidablv absent. •>nd the chair was occupied by the Rev. W. Wil- liams, B.A., Gwnnws. The conductor was the Rev. J. Jones, Ystrad Meurig. The r artistes were—Soprano, Miss J. Jones, Llandyssul; tenor, Mr. F. Bodycoinbe; St. David's College, Lampeter; baritone, Mr. A. Evans, Tonypandy; comedian, Mr E. J. Thomas, Tregaron. The accompanist was Mr. B. T. Isaac, St. John's College. Good work was also done by the students, namelv, in a minstrel troupe and in two sketches, "Tit for Tat'' and "the Dentist's Den." The hall was full The arrange- ments, which were in the hands of the two seeretaries, D. R. Jones and N. O. Jones, worked well throughout. All were highly pleased with the artistes, who are well- known singers. FootbaH.—Friday was a red letter day at Ystrad Meurig. The visiting team was the Dowlais C.E.M.S. Football Club, who were on their annual tour through We,t Wales. The kick-off was at two p.m. The duties of referee were carried out by Mr. R. Osborne Jones, who gave general satisfac- tion. The home men, having lost the toss, kicked off with a slight breeze to their disadvantage. The visitors were great players, having lost two games only this season in the third division of the Glam- organ League, and are third on the list. But at Ystrad Meurig they knew they knew they would have a tiff f roposÎtion to tackle. Right from the kick off to the last blow of the whistl", the game was contested in ea/nest. During the initial half the wisitors were slightly the better team. Their half-backs were great tacklers and kept the home forwards well in hand. The home bncks, however, were superior to the visiting pair, F'. H. Jones being prominent by bis fine tackles and long kicking. The home men missed a good opportunity early in the game of scoring, for they had to pay the penalty of being one goal down at the interval. Green, the visitors' leader, played a smart game and was a fine centre. He ooened the grSlkio out well, atid was constantly feeding his wing men. It was during the first ten minutes of the second half that the Meurisrians were seen to advantage. They literally ran their onponents off their feet, and D: R. Jones, their inside left, scored two goals, easily beating the custodian on both occasions t Then ifhe home III !I slacked a great deal—too much. in fact, for the visitors soon became dangerous again. They forced several corners, but failed to score on each occasion. Towards the end, they improved immensely, and the home goalie made very fine saves. However, the Menrigians were out to win, and Win they did. though their antagon- ists played a great game. The final score was—Ystrad Meurig, two goals Dowlais, one goal. Scorers: D R.. Jones, two; and D.H. Lewis, one. The teams were :-DO\

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were not taken out; however, until a month later. The fact was Supt. Owen had not been appointed-- Mr. George (interposing) said he was in possession of the Court and said he did not want ce go to prior matters if he could avoid it. He was simply asking for a clerical error to be put right and he was not going to proceed without getting it put right. He would call Supt. Owen to prove that the information was laid on February 7th. Mr. Humplm y-, persisted in his objec- tion, remarking that when the Bench granted the summonses on January 9th. Supt. Owen had not power to lay iH- formation. He was not authorised to institute proceedings until February 5th and it was on February 7th that the summonses were taken out. Mr. Wm. George said that was all the more reason why the summonses should be amended. Supt. Owen then gave evidence that he was appointed by the County Council on July Sth, 1S12, an inspector under the! Shops Act and he was authorised on February 5th to take those proceedings. Cross-examined: It was not true to say he laid information on December 9th. Ho called at Mr. Casson's office on that day and Ir. Casson said he did not care to issue summonses without the sanction of the Eeneh, seeing it was a complicated case. The Clerk- I did not say complicated. I said unusual. Supt. Owen—Yes: perhaps that was the word used. Proceeding, Supt. Owen said the matter was brought before the Bench on December 12th and on January 9th, and on the latter date the Bench, on the application of the Chief Constable, con- sented Ie. issue summonses. No informa- t:oii, however, was laid until February 7th. Mr. G eorge—You made no formal appli- cation for the summonses until you got your nnthority r Supt. Owen—No. The Chairman (to the Clerk)—Can we amend the summonses? The Clerk—Yes if you think it is a clerical error and no injustice will he done. The Bench, after deliberation, agreed to amend the summonses. The (Jerk said it was an error on his; part to put December 9th in the sum- monses. Application for the summonses as had been explained was first made to the Bench on December 12th and was adjourned until January 9ch when the Chief Constable applied for the summonses and they were granted. Unluckily, he made a slip and nut December Sth instead of January 9th. It was a pity lie was not informed early as to the reason for the delay in taking out the summonses. Had delay in taking out the summonses. Had Supt. Owen s position in the matter been disclosed.there would have been no hitch. He wrote to the Chief Constable as to the reason for the delay and he simply replied that he had received tlte letter. He asked Supt. Owen why they were- not taken out and he replied he could not say. Neither could Sergeant Jones tell him. Mr. George—I don't think it is neces- sary for me to go into that matter. Mr. George—I don't think it is neces- sary for me to go into that matter. Tho Chairman—I hope we have now dea't with preliminary technicalities and that we can go into the merits: The Clerk at this stage conversed with the Chairman of the Bench. The conversation was not audible, whereupon Mr. Wm. George remarked: If there are any points made I should like them so vnaae that I can hear them. (Laughter.) Mr. George, when the conversation was over, said If there is any point of im- portance you will no doubt tell me. The Chairman—Yes, we will tell you. Mr. George then proceeded with his opening and said some days before Pen- morfa hiring fair the Tradesmen's Asso- ciation, through their secretary, Mr. O. hi McLean sent to Sir John Roberts, clerk of the County' Council, expressing a wish Ms op keepers should be allowed to ope]; on November 12th, it being not only lair day. hut also pen tymor. Sir John Roberts replied as follows:—"November Roberts replied as follows:—"November 6th. I am not aware of any power en- abling the County Council to grant such a permission at your suggestion and I shall bo obilged if you can en lighten me. Power is given by the Act, where no order fixing the weekly half holiday has been made, to enable tradesmen to change the day which thev have fixed for the weekly half holiday, if this is done in accordance with the provisions of the Act, but this cannot be done oftener than every three months, and once the change is made the newly-appointed day must remain the half holiday for three months." Mr. George said notwithstanding that letter pointing out that the tradesmen could only change the day of closing by taking certain measures, those measures were not taken, and the tradesmen sent crier round on the morning of Novem- ber 12ill announcing that the shops would be open that afternoon. The shops were kept open and the result was those pro- ceedings. It was not an accidental breach of the law; but a deliberate breach, it be- ing felt according to what one defendant void a police officer that there would not be much of a fine if they were prosecuted. Mr. J. Humphreys—I object to that statement unless you say it was made by Mr. Parry. Mr. George- Xc: it was not made by him. Mr. George added that there was a notice un in Mr. Parry's shop stating that Wednesday afternoon was the half holi- day. The Bench, he had no doubt, in face of the deliberateness of the offence, would perform their duty, unpleasant as it would be, with courage and fidelity. P.S. Jones said he remembered the town crier making the announcement in the morning. The' Get "1;<1 that was not evidence unless he could prove that Mr. Parry heard the announcement. P.C. Jones said he visited the shop of Mr. Parry about three o'clock in the after- noon. The shop was open and he per- ceived the notice that the half holiday was Wednesday. Cross-examined—There was a farmer from Beddgelert district in at the time. He did not see Irm served, nor did he see any parcel with him. There were no assistants at the shop. The notice that Wednesday was half holiday was on an enamel plate which was screwed on. Mr. Humphiey-—It could not be taken off without trouble. Mr. George—Would there be a difficulty in an ironmonger's shop in unscrewing four screws. (Laughter") Witness, in reply to Mr. George, said lie would describe the ,hop as open for busi- ness purposes. Replying to the Clerk, witness said he asked Mr. Parry if the shop was kept open for business purposes and he replied "Yes." There were goods outside the shop. Sir J. bn Robert1 then gave evidence as in the appointment of Supt. Owen as inspector under the Shops Act and as to the authority being given him on Febru- ary 5th to take proceedings. Cross-examined by Mr. Humphreys. Sir John said application had been made by Portmadoc for a closing order; but that had not yet been dealt with by the County Council. c A clewing order, however, had nothing to do with a half holiday. That was fixed by the Act itself. Mr. Humphreys out it to Sir John that

lais: Goal, G. 0. Cowley; backs, A. T. Saunders and M. Evans; half-backs, J. Morgan, T. Williams, and A. Murray; for- wards, T. J. Jones, J. Lewis, T. Green, D. H Lewis, and R T. Jones. Ystrad Meurig: Goal, J. Garfield Davies; backs, K H. Jones and N. O. Jones; half-backs, Frank Jones, Griff Morgan, and Fred Jones; forwards, Griffiths, D. J. Edwards, Jenkins, D. R. Jones, and Hugh Jones.—On Saturday, the second string of the Dowlais Club were at Ystrad Meurig. The kick-off was at 10-30, and the game was in charge of N. 0. Jones. The opening stages of the game were in favour of Dowlais., Thie home backs put up a strong defence, but there was no holding the visitors. Thomas, with a good shot, opened the scoring, and Lewis, some, minutes after, running through scored the second with a cross shot. That reverse seemed to waken up the home men, and they became dangerous for the first time. They fought hard, but the visiting goalie was a past master in the art of goal- keeping. Just before the interval, Evans sent in a hard drive which the goalie only partially cleared, and Williams running up, scored the third goal for Dowlais. The second half was more even, with the homesters getting the best of matters occasionally. The home men scored their only goal through M. 0. Jones, who had a swift pass from Isaac, the home leader,

until a formal closing order was made by the County Coune] the tradesmen could fix on any day for the half holiday. Sir John Roberts—It must be the same half day weekly except in circumstances as IMiave already explained. Mr. Humphrcy;I say some half day. Sir John—No it must be the same day. The Clerk said that questions of law should not be put in cross examination. (Laughter.) [r. Humphreys laughingly agreed, but the next moment he asked Sir John if he contended that a tradesmen who one week changed from Wednesday to say Thursday would have to keen to the Thursday for the period of three- months. Sir John replied "Yes." The Chairman—You are not to discuss points of law. (Laughter.) Mr. Humphreys said Sir John would agree that there was a lot of difference of opinion on the construction to be put en certain clauses of the Shops Act. re- marking that Sir John had had a differ- ence of opinion with Ir. Hallmark, Llandudno. ST Join)—'Ihat is a different thing alto- gether. That relates to bank holiday. Robert Jones (Fhedydd Eifion), the town crier, was called by Mr. George. He said he was instructed by Mr. McLean to make the proclamation. The Clerk did not see that witness's evidence was admissible. Mr. Humphreys agreed and said he must object to the evidence unless it could be proved that Mr. Parry heard the town crier. Mr. George said the town crier was instructed by Mr. O. E. McLean, the secretary to the Tradesmen's Association, who engineered the whole thing. (Laugh- ter.) He wanted to prove by the pro- clamation that the keeping open of the shops was a deliberate thing and he must ask the Clerk to make a note of his evid- ence. The Clerk said he must "decline to do that. After some discussion, the Chairman said in order to facilitate matters the Bench had no objection to the evidence being taken down. The Clerk said if the case was taken elsewhere lie would have to submit the evidence to the High Court. He objected to taking evidence by the town crier un- less it could be proved that the defendant heard the proclamation. Mr. Humphreys—Defendant says he did not hear it. Mr. George—I say it was within his hearing. The Clerk repeated that he was not go- ing to take notes unless it could be proved that the defendant heard .the proclama- tion. Mr. George could, if he liked, take notes of what witness had to say. Mr. George—I know I can. and its very necessary that somebody should take notes besides the Clerk. It would be a good thing for the Clerk to know what the Judge of Assize said at the last assize about the notes taken at this Court. Mr. Humphreys said in order to go on he was quite ready to let witness give evidence. The Bench again deliberated and de- c'ded that they could not admit the evid- ence Mr. George—Very well. P.S. Jones, recalled, said Mr. Parry's shop was not closed at all on "pen tymor" week. The Cierk-Not even on Sun da v ? (Laughter.) P.S. Jones- Yes; it was closed all day Sunday. Mr. George -But not on week days on any day that week? P.S. Jones—No. Mr. J. Humphreys said it would be re- collected that two persons from Criccieth were summoned for keeping open on fair day. By some error they pleaded guilty and they were fined. It was now per- fectly obvious that they should not have been fined Mr. George, interposing, said he must object to introducing cases which had been with by the Bench. The Chairman appealed to the two advo- cates not to introduce extraneous matters. The position was difficult enough for the Bench as it was. Mr. John Humphreys said most, if hot all. the people who kept open on Novem- ber 12th did so deliberately in the full be- liel that they had a perfect right to keep open oa fair day. He considered they were perfectly justified in that belief and that they had the right to keep open. Tho Shops Act, where no DreIer had been made fixing the weekly half holiday, em- powered a tradesman to fix on any day he liked for closing. The section of* the* Act dealing with the point road as follows: I nless and untd such an order is made affecting a, shop the weekly half holiday as respects the shop shall be such day :is the occupier may specify in a notice affixed in the shop; out it shall not be lawful for the occupier of the shop to change the day oftener than once in a period of three months." The County Council had not yet made an order in the case of Port- madoc and he submitted that the trades- men of the town had a perfect right to change from Wednesday to some other day in the case, say, of a fair, subject to such change not being made often than once in three months. If they changed from Wednesday to say Thursday one week, lie considered they could revert hack to Wednesday in the foFowing week and that it was not necessary to keep to the Thurs- day for three months. (Applause.) There w-os every reason why the shopkeepers should keep open on November 12th a,ud he submitted that the Shops Act was not passed to harass the tradesmen and the general public, for that was what it came to if the shops were forced to close on fair clays, etc. If the shops had been closed on fair clay, which happened to be pen tymor, the farm servants and others might spend their money elsewhere and the shop- keepers would not get another penny from them for six months. He was convinced that the Act intended that tradesmen shou'd be able to change the day of half holiday for fairs etc., so long as changes did not occur oftener than once in three months. His had stated that the tradesmen did not close on any half day that week. That was perfectly true. they were summoned, however, for not having closed on Wednesday afternoon. November 12th. If the police had sum- moned his clients for not having closed on any half day in that week, they would have succeeded and it would be quite right for them to succeed, but his clients were not charged with that. They were charged with having kept open on a cer- tain day and he submitted that they had the right to keep open. His clients were entitled to the benefit of any doubt. If they had broken the law it was done in perfect innocence. They had construed the Act in the way he had stated, and he must say that the ordinary person, includ- ing a lawyer, could only construe it in that light. The Clerk said reference was made in cross-examination about serving cus- tomers. Was Mr. Humphreys going to deal with that point P Mr. Humphreys raid he could not. and be honest, contest the point that the shops were open for business purposes on broad principles. He wanted co fight the matted on broad principles. The Chairman- You "contend that if they like they can change the half holiday once, but not more than once in every three months. Mr. Humphreys—Yes. Mr. George said there was nothing in the point r,?e:ng that there was a notice in Mr. Parry's shop fixing Wednesday as the closing day. If there was no notice up the point might be made. The Chairman (to the Clerk)—Will you give your decision on the legal point? The Clerk—I would rather consider it. Mr. George emphasised that the defend- ants had not closed at all that week. They deliberately kept open on half holiday feeling that they stood to lose more money by closing than they would by paying a small fine. Nor did tjhey close on any other week day that week. Mr. Humphreys said he should also* like to emphasise that no assistants were em- ployed at any of the shoos on the after- noon of November 12th. The CfieVk—Yen call any wit- nesses r Mr. Humphreys—No. The Chairman (to the Clerk)- Can you give us any guidance? The Clerk-Yes. I have formed an opinion and I should like to discuss it with you in the other room. The Bench then retired and, after about twenty minutes deliberation, the Chair- man said they had considered the case carefully and had decided by a majority to dismiss the summons, being guided in coming to that decision by the legal aspect of the question. They held that defend- ant could change his afternoon for closing on that particular day, and expressed no I. opinion as to whether an offence had been committed under any other provision of the Act. Mr. Wm. George said he must ask the Bench to state a case, for it was an im- portant point of law. In the meantime it would be waste of time to go on with the other twenty-four cases. He applied for an adjournment pending the result of an appeal aga nst the decision in the case against Mr. Parry. Mr. Humphreys did not see the good of keeping tW* others in suspense. Why not dismiss them all on the same point. Aftfer discussion, the Bencgl wipli t4e approval of Mr. Humphreys, agreed to adjourn the other cases. They also agreed to state a case, the Chairman remarking that the Bench were as anxious as Mr. George that the point raised should be settled.

who had brought off a great dribble, as one sees on rugger fields. The final whistle sounded with Dowlais victors by three goals to one. So this year again the hon- ours are even, both teams having won one game and lost one.