The Cardiff Times

I jClapham Conflagration. MAN WHO PERISHED TO SAVE OTHERS. At the resumed inquest on Tuesday on the victims of the great me atClapham Junction on December 20th, Mr Clifford John Foakes, drapers' buyer, employed by Messrs Ardmg and Hobbs, said after the fire broke out he saw a man named Neighbour, who is missing. He seemed, saicl witness, to be pushing girls through a window into the fire escape., Just then there was a tremendous shock, and the floor, which had been alight, gave way, and Neighbour went through. Neighbour was never seen again. Witness was complimented on his courage in carrying a man, who had fainted, out of the building. Mr William W eaver, buyer at Messrs Arding and Hobbs, said the hose on the premises was got out immediately the fire broke out. There was a good supply of water. He thought it took one and a half minutes to get the water on after he first knew of the fire. Florence Philhrook, an assistant, said when the fire started she was asking the shop-dresser to get a necklace from the window. She heard a noise like a punctured bicycle tyre, and im- mediately the middle of the window was in flames. Ernest Cooper, partner in the firm of Haines and Cooper, electrical engineers, said his firm were desired to supply a number of lights for the windpw in question, and the lamps used were Tantalum lamps in series of two. The previous evidence led him to believe that one of the lamps in the window received either some pressure or a knock. The window- dresser s coat might have caught the lamp or something in his coat might have struck it. If the lamp broke there might be a short circuit of the leads of the lamp. As a result the whole pressure would be put on the other lamp with which it was in series, and the internal part of that lamp would be blown out. If that happened the metallic filament might drop and set fire to the cotton wool. This theory that the fire was probably caused by a bursting globe, which caused the ignition of cotton wool four incfees away, was "home out by the electrical adviser to a fire insurance company. The Coroner remarked it did not appear the electric installation at the premises was at fault, but there was undoubtedly very grave risk where electric light was employed so close to inflammable materials. The ] urj found the fire occurred through the breaking of an electric incandescent lamp, endorsed the remarks of the coroner, and com- mended the conduct of various witnesses.

BANKRUPTS AT NEWPORT. Newport Bankruptcy Court was held on Tues- day, before Mr Registrar L. H. Hornby, the examinations being conducted bt the Official Receiver Mr F. Gardner). Re Robert Hughes.—Debtor, who was 49 years of age,was the licensee of Ye Old George Hotel, Main dee, Newport. The gross liabilities were put down as £1,873 3s lid, while the de- ficiency was £5115s 5d. Until 1893 debtor was a master mariner. In that year he left the country for Vancouver, when he was possessed of JE800. He went into business as an auc- tioneer, and acquired at the time two gold mines. The auctioneering business was success- ful, but. he lost everything he possessed in the mines. He became a master mariner again, and returned to England in 1900 without any capital. He went to sea again, but about November, 1907, his mother died, and he re- ceived from her estate £1,500. Practically the whole of his liabilities and insolvency were caused through certain law costs in an action which failed. The case was adjourned for a month. Re F. 13. Ingleton.—Debtor, who traded as Franks and Co., wholesale grocers, Newport, appeared to be further examined. On behalf of the trustee, Mr Lyndon Moore said that at the last bearing the debtor was ordered to file certain accounts. He had not complied with the order,and therefore he was not in a position to continue the examination. The case was further adjourned. Re Isaac Hopkins.—Debtor, a farmer, of Goldcliffe, answered formal questions, and his examination was closed. Re Albert Thomas Watts.—Debtor, a hay merchant, Pontypool, did not appear, and his examination was adjourned sine die. Re Charles Owen Tidman—This debtor, who was a grocer, of Commercial-road and Shaftes- bury-street, Newport, said he could not pre- pare a better statement of accounts than that which he bad furnished- In answer to questions, he said that a £25 piano was the property of bis wife and not his mother, as he had stated at a previous hearing. The examination was closed subject to the Official Receiver satisfy- ing himself on certain pointe.

LLANELLY IUGHTING. At the monthly meeting of the Llanelly Urban District Council on Monday night, Mr E. T. Jones presiding, the clerk reported that he had written to the Llanelly and District Electric Light and Traction Co. reminding them that almost a year had expired since the date of their agreement as to the electric light- ing of the town. The company were of course well in time to comply with the conditions, but he thought there was no harm in remind- ing them that the Council were waiting. He informed the company that the Council would like to have some assurance ,that they were proceeding with the matter, and received a reply from the secretary stating that the directors were keeping well in mind to have the installation complete within the period agreed upon, and they would see that they were in a position to give the Council notice regarding street lighting in time for them to give the necessary notice to the Gas Lighting Co. A letter was read from Mr J. W. Nicholas, clerk to the Carmarthenshire County Council, stating, with regard to the Llanelly Urban Council's proposed alteration of the boundary of Ward T. of the urban district of Llanelly, that the Local Government Act Committee of the County Council had come to the conclu- sion that no prima facie case had been made out.—Mr Bramwell Jones But they have not heard our case yet.—Mr J. Simlett said that Llanelly could get nothing from the County Council, and they should drop this matter and go in for incorporation and the extension of the whole boundary. It was decided to appoint a deputation to wait on the County Council.

OLD AGE PENSIONS. A circular issued by the Post Office on Tues- day says :—The Postmaster-General under- stands that questions are being occasionally put to postmasters by old age pensioners with regard to the continuance of their pensions. Mr Sydney Buxton desires that the following notice should be shown to any pensioner who makes inquiries as to the duration or extension of the Act:— The payment of the pensions which began through the Post Office on 1st January, 1909, is made under the Old Age Pensions Act. and this Act will continue in force for all time unless it be amended or repealed by any future Parliament. Under the Old Age Pen- sions Act, therefore, every existing pensioner who continues to satisfy the requirements of the Act, and every person in whose case the conditions may hereafter be fulfilled, is en- titled to receive his or her pension as it be- comes due- The Press Association says it is under- stood that the circular, although issued on the initiative of the Postmaster-General, was sub- mitted to the Prime Minister in advance and received his approval. It may be recalled that in November Mr Rowland Hunt asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that many aged poor were anxious as to whether their pensions would be stopped, Mr Buxton could see ilis way to having con- spicuous notices posted up where old age pen- sions are payable to the effect that such pensions are as much a charge on the revenue of the country as are pensions paid to soldiers and sailors. Mr Buxton, who did nfTt, then see his way to issue such notice, has been induced to change his mind by reason of the questions addressed by pensioners to the postal officials. The latter being forbidden to discuss political matters, were placed in a position of some difficulty. It is not intended to direct public exhibition of the notices issued, but copies printed in large clear type will be handed to any pensioners inquiring as to the security of their pensions.

CAERLEON FLOOD. Most of the time at the Caerleon "District Council meeting on Tuesday was taken up with the consideration of claims for damages due to the recent floods. A claim of £38 15s was re- ceived from the Caerleon Tinplate Co. The clerk was instructed to repudiate liability, and will inform the company that the floods were/ an act of God. The Caerleon Church authoriJ ties also alleged that the church had been flooded owing to a defect in the drainhge sys- tem. Excavations had taken place to discover whether the flooding was due to default of the Church authorities or the town, but up to the meeting this question had not been deter- mined. Excavations were ordered to be con- tinued.

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL The" London Gazette contains an official notice, dated Whitehall, December 27th, that the King has been pleased to grant to the following retired members of H.M. Civil Ser- vice the Imperial Service Medal for long and meritorious service in the branches named, viz. :—William Johns (established hammer- man), Pembroke Dockyard Joseph Townsend (rural postman). Crickhoell, Abergavenny.

PRESIDENT AND SWITZERLAND. Paris, Tuesday.—It is reported fronp Berne that President Fallieres, at a date yet to be fixed, will pay an official visit to Switzerland. The correspondent of the New York Herald" (Paris edition) says it is believed at the Federal Palace that the visit—the first ofliciallv paid to Switzerland by a French President—wiil be arranged in connection with the journey which M. Fallieres will make this year into Savoie on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its annexation to France.f—Central News.

Neath Lady's Death. SINGULAR INQUEST STORY. Elizabeth Jones (79\ widow, and mother of Mr Jenkin Jones, general secretary of the Associated Society of Engineers, was found drowned in the Tennant Canal near Neath Abbey ruins on Sunday morning, about 100 yards from her place of residence. The inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr Edward Powell, deputy-coroner, who stated that Mr Matthew Arnold, who represented the rela- tives, had informed him that he had been in- structed by Mr Jenkin Jones, and that the latter had insisted upon his yqunger brother, Harry Jones, telling the whole truth about the affair. Harry Jones, the first witness, said that hi1 mother left home on Saturday afternoon lass as usual to go to Neath. She had been in the habit of walking along the canal bank. As she did net return by 11.15 p.m. witness went into Neath and made inquiries. He could find no trace of her. He afterwards walked up and down the canal bank, but was unsuccessful in hi?seareh, and went home in the early hours of Sunday morning. At 8 o'clock on Sunday morning he continued his search, and near the Neath Abbey ruins he saw something floating in the middle of the canal. He swam out to it, and found it was his mother's body. He brought it to the bank. and conveyed it home. The body was fully clothed, and £1 which she had taken with her was found in her pocket. There was a hole in the canal bank near the spot. and-the surface was very rough, being covered with clinkers. He told Sergeant Jones when he called to make inquiries that his mother had died at home. He wished to avoid the exposure of an inquest, and was very much upset because his father was drowned in the canal about 20 years ago. Dr. Jones said he bad attended deceased for a weak heart and bronchitis. There were no external marks of violence with the exception of an abrasion on the left side of the forehead and on the bridge of the nose. These injuries were caused before death, probably by falling to the ground on the canal bank. He could not say whether death was due to drowning because so much time had elapsed before he saw the body. The jury returned a verdict of Found dead in the canal." The inquiry was adjourned half-way through so thatv the doctor could make a "further examination of the body, and this was done in the presence of the deputy coroner and the jury. Mr Edward Powell stated to a Press repre- sentative that he was perfectly satisfied that the evidence given at the inquest perfectly and correctly described the facts so far as they were known.

Aberbargoed Selected. RHYMNEY VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL Alderman John Daniel, Abersychan, presided at the monthly meeting of the Monmouthshire Education Committee, htlld at Newport on Tuesday. On the motion of Alderman G. Jones it was dacided that the secondary school for the Rhymney Valley be erected on the football (professional) ground at Aberbargoed. Mr Edwards, Rhymney, protested against the adoption of this site. The school ought, he said, to be erected in a convenient spot to serve the Rhymney scholarship district. The popula- tion was in the upper part of the Valley—Aber- tyaswg was the most convenient site. The workers of Rhymney were entitled to this school if only for the sacrifices they had made for education in the past. He thought there should be two schools in the Valley, Alderman S: N. Jones held that Aberbargoed was the most central position for the school. They had to provide for the whole of the Valley, and not a part of it. Alderman N. Phillips contended that- Rhymney was a decaying place. The Valley below was virgin ground, and it would be very unfair to erect a school at one end of the Valley. From every point of view Aber- bargoed was the most central position. The clerk said that if they did not settle this ques- tion now they would never have a school for the Valley. Mr Edwards was the only member who voted against the Aberbargoed site. Mr J. W. Allen, Nantyglo, objected to pro- viding additional school accommodation at Blaenavon, stating that there was accommoda- tion there at present for 731 scholars more than those in attendance. The matter was referred to the group managers. It was decided to award medals to John Banner, Walter Young, and Jessie Skinner, Caerleon Endowed School* for five years' full attendances. Miss Agnes Evans, Blaenavon, was ap- pointed head teacher at Garnyrerw Infants* School, and Miss F. E. Padfield, Risca, head teacher at the Wattsville Infants' School. In the inspector's report of Aberbargoed In- fants' School it was stated that Welsh was being taught with creditable success. At Pont- newynydd Infants' the singing was bright and musical, and the Welsh airs were nicely ren- dered. Mr R. J. Langmaid, County Education Offices, was appointed clerk to the managers of the Christchurch Council Demonstration School until the time when the school will be taken over by the college authorities.

APPARENTLY NOT REQUIRED. A meeting of the Newport Education Com- mittee was neld on Tuesday afternoon, Alder- man Clifford Phillips presiding. The meeting only lasted six minutes. The Clerk (Mr A. A. Newman) intimated that the dispute between Mr Blake, the contractor for the new tech- nical institute, and the workmen with reference to hours of labour, had been settled.. In the report of the Secondary Committee it was stated that communications had been received from the Board of Education inquiring whether arrangements could be made for the inclusion of the Welsh language as an optional subject in the examination syllabus for probationer- ships. The Secondary Committee had re- solved that as the Welsh language was not apparently required by the students of the pupil teacher centre, the committee did not see their way to include the subject in the examination syllabus for probationers. The report of the Secondary Committee was I adopted.

POLICE DAY OF REST. At the Swansea Watch Committee meeting on Tuasday, Alderman Rawlings in the chair, the sub-committee who had considered the proposed weekly rest day for the police recom- mended that the officers and men be allowed one day's rPst in Seven and seven days' annual leave of absence. The Chief Constable said that would necessitate an augmentation of the force by one sergeant and twelve men, at an annual estimated cost of JE970. The Chair- man moved the adoption of the report. Mr David Harris thought it was a drastc change, and remarked that the rates, with the water rant, were now 10s 4d in the and yet it was proposed to increase them at one sweep by one half-penny in the Mr Livingston Reduce it in other ways. Mr Harris: We can- not do it. Other members of the committee supported the report, and the Chairman said it was a matter of justice. It was said give the devil his due/' and this was giving the police their due. The report was adopted.

SERGE ANT 'SWIFETHREATEN E D At Neath on Tuesday Wm. Henry Watkins and Thomas Francis, Neath colliers, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at Seven Sisters on the previous night. Defendants were further charged with using abusive and threatening language towards Mrs Morgan, the sergeant's wife. She stated that the two men came to the police station about 11 p.m. and demanded a night's lodging. They used horrible language, and one of them hammered the door for about 10 minutes. She was alone at the time, and had to run for assistance. Defendants pleaded not guilty. Defendants were each fined 10s and costs or seven days for drunkenness, and 20s and costs, or 14 days, on the second charge.

LORD KITCHENER AT BRISBANE. Brisbane, Tuesday.—Lord Kitchener was entertained at a State banquet here last even- ing. The Hon. W. Kideton, Prime Minister, was in the chair. Sir William MacGregor, Governor of the State, proposed the toast of the evening in a laudatory speech, and declared that the Empire owed the Nile and the control of the Red Sea to Lord Kitchener. His Lordship, in reply, expressed his hearty thanks for the cordial welcome which had been extended to him and his staff on their arrival in Queensland. He gave high praise to me work of Queensland troops inSouth Africa, and declared that they were an honour to them- selves and a credit to their country. He ex- pressed admiration of the enterprising and pro- gressive spirit which he had seen on all sides, and said that the rapid progress in develop- ment was mainly due to that spirit guided by statesmen, whose aim was the advancement of this country and the strengthening of those ties which united Australia to the motherland and the sister dominions.—Reuter.*

NEWPORT DISTRESS COMMITTEE. Alderman Mark Mordey presided at a meet- ing of the Newport Distress Committee on Tuesday. Councillor PefcerWright asked whether there would be co-operation between the com- mittee and the Labour exchanges. The Chair- man said that would not be so. The work of the exchanges would be done by officials, and it would be useless for the present committee to continue. it was decided to write to the Board of Trade asking for information' as to the com- mittee's future, and recommending to their notice the present registrar, Mr J. C. Phillips. In the report of the registrar it was stated that 141 men were on the books at the end of December as against 500 last year, the differ- ence being principally due to the snow clear- ing work of last year. Work had been pro- vided for many of the men by Mr C. II. Bailey at Belle Vue Park, for which the chairman ex- pressed his thanks. Compared with other towns of similar size, the chairman thought the report was satisfactory.

THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN. Gloucester, Saturday.-English wheat in moderate supply and unchanged-reds 361 to 36s 6d, whitm Sis to 37s per quarter foreign wheat 3d to 6d dea er- Plates 41s to 41s 3d. Russian 39s 9d to 41s, Manitoba 41s 6d. Maize anchanged-Ptate 26s 9d, Bessarabian 26s 3d. Barley unchanged at 23s. Oate unchanged— black 17s 9d to 30s, white 18s to 20s 6d. Weather dull. CATTL. Usk. Monday.—There was a fair attendance and supply at the first market in the New Year to-day, and it was gratifying to note an improvement in trade. The following were the prices Best, beef, 6id to 7d per lb.; second quality, 6d to 6id per lb.; wether mutton, 7ld per lb. ewe, 6d to 6id per lb. cows and calves, £ 12 to £ 16 yearlings, £ 8 to £ 12 two-year- olds, SL1 to 06 sows and pigs, £6 to 110 strong stores, 35s to 45s ewa three months' old, 18a to 20a; weaners, 145 to 16s each heavyweight porkers, 9a 6d to 10s per score; light ditto, 10s 6d to lis; baeoners, 10s per score. Newport, Wednesday.—Improved demand all round, and better business at rather higher figures. Wheat in good request at 6d advance. Maize 3d and 6d better on the week. Barley was in fair request at better figures. Oats in good request, with a slight advance in prices. Flour in fair demand. Newport, Wednesday.-Plentiful supply of sheep, lumb, and cattle. Moderate supply of calves and pigs. Good trade all round. Best beef 6fd to 7d, seconds 6$d to 6$d best Irish 6$d, seconds 6d to 6|d cows 4$d to Wd best wether mutton 7}d lambs 8d ewes 5d to 6d calves 7d to 8Jd pigs-porker lis 9d to 12s, baeoners 10s to 10s 6d. Carmarthen, Wednesday.—The monthly market was field here to-day. There was a large supply of cows and calves, and the demand was great, but the prices obtained were not nearly so high as those recently given. The quotations were £12 to £16, the few fat beasts offered being bought at E15 to £18. The sheep pens were not filled so well as usual. Lambs. which were in request, went at 3}d per lb. dead weight. PROVISIONS. Carmarthen, Saturday.—The. butter market is now at its lowest ebb, and the supply is very small. Cask butter from Is 2d to Is 2ld per lb., fresh butter in pat« Is 4d to l3>6d per lb. Eggs 12s 6d to 13s per 120. No cheese on offer. Llandilo, Saturday .-Butter in pounds Is 2d to Is 3d per lb, in thbs Is Id. Welsh cheese 4d to 5d per lb, Caerphilly cheese 6d, eggs 9d to lod per dozen, fowls (dear and scarce) Is per lb, turkeys Is 2d per lb, geese lOd per lb. Builth Wells, Monday.-Moderatply well attended. Cattle were in but poor demand and sheep showed no improvement. Pigs sold very well. Rates for poul- try, &c., were •—Egcs Id each, butter Is per lb., rab- bits 7d and 8d each, and live fowls 3s to 3s 6d per couple. Rhayader, Wednesday. Satisfactory rates were obtained for produce, &c., the supply being rather limited. Eggs sold at Id each. Butter Is and Is Id per lb. Rabbits 8d apiece. Live fowls realised 3s 6d to 4s per couple. CHEESE. Newport, Wednesday. -About four tons Supply good demand. Caerphillies 58s to 63s, fancy dairies 64s to. 65s, singles 60s, truckles 70s, Cheddars 60s to 65s, doubles 44s to 63s. HIDE. SKtN. FAT, AND WOOL Rhondda, Pontypridd, and Aberdare Hide, Tallow, and Wool Company, Limited, Treforeit. Saturday.-Hidep (without horns or skulls) 90lbs and upwards, ordinary flayed, 6d; perfect flayed, eid; 801b8. to891bs., 5Jd. 6d 701bc. to 791bs., 5*d, 5*d 60lbs. to69lbs.. 5}d, 5|d 501bs. to 591bs 5Jd, 5Jd 491ba. and under, Std. 5fcd heavy cows. 601ns. and up, 5d. Sid; light cows, 591bs. and under, 5d, Sid; buill, 4d, 4td; cuts and warbled, 3d to 4Jd, Calfskins—17lbs and upwards, 7id; 12lbs. to 161bs., 9d; lllbs. and under. 9d; cuts, 7Jd. Lambs. 2s to So. Pelts, 28 to 6s 6d. Fat-belt Iweet clean. Zid; seconds, lid common. lid. Salt, 2s pta ewt. ■ i .——- <

ULSTER UNIONISTS' MEETING. Mr Balfour's Cry of Alarm. At Belfast on Tuesday the Unionists held a demonstration in the Great Ulster Hall. At least 15,000 people could not gain admission. Mr Balfour wired Every good wish for the success of your great meeting. The Govern- ment has deliberately resolved on surrender to Irish Nationalists. Our friends in Belfast may rest assured that they have behind them the same resohitf party whose determined resist- ance to the dismemberment of the United Kingdom has twice defeated the policy of Home Rule." Mr Walter Long, the chief speaker, speaking for Mr Balfour, declared that the Unionist leader would leave public life rather than be guilty of the hideous crime of betraying the Unionists of Ireland in order to retain office for a moment by the support of Nationalist Votes. Lord Londonderry also repudiated the sug- gestion that if returned to office Unionist* would depend on Irish Nationalists' votes. They would rather occupy Opposition till the crack of doom.

POSITION OF THE NAVY. A More Beresford Declarations. Lord Charles Beresford, at Portsmouth, said We were barely up to the one-Power standard as compared with Germany, and, to usq the strongest Parliamentary expression he could, the Premier's statement was absolutely incorrect. He could prove that there was no two-Poweij standard, and that our supremacy was assailable. For construction alone Ger- many was this year spending £10,700,000 against our £ 10,200,000. Thus for the first time in the history of the British Empire the Gov- ernment of the day had voted less for construc- tion than one foreign Power. Those were his proofs; What had the Prime Minister to say ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer, too, said that one object of the Budget was to provide for naval defence, but there was not oneshil* ling in it for that purpose.

SIR E. GREY AND TARIFFISTSf. Telling Replies to Hecklers. Sir Edward Grey was heckled at length on Tuesday at Glanton,inhiscoustituency. Debat- ing with Tariffiste the effects of Protective taxes, he admitted, he said, such tax might benefit a particular industry, but applied all round would produce unemployment and make things dearer. He was in favour of Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment, and Local Veto. He said, answering questions, no Government or system could cure unemployment, but \>he Government had undertaken a practical scheme to mitigate its severity. The Second Chamber, if an elective system were adopted, must be elected by the people. In any case the hereditary aystem must go.

HEREDITARY PENSION. The new Lord Rodney, who is in his nine- teenth year, inherits with his title the annuity of £ 2,000, which was granted by Act of Parlia- ment, 33 George III., c. 77, to the first Baron and his successors-i.e., to all and every the heirs male to whom the title of Lord Rodney shall descend." This was the nation's acknow- ledgment of the memorable victory achieved by the distinguished naval commander, Admiral George Rodney, over the French Fleet, commanded by Comte de Grasse, in 1782. The annuity has already been paid for 127 years, representing £ 254,000 in cash, and there is no. prospect of its early discontinuance. It is one of the few surviving hereditary pen- sions, the most formidable of which is the iE5,000 a year payable to the holder of the Nolson earldom so long as that title shall sub si j.

WHY IT IS WARM. The causes of the abnormally mild spell of weather at the commencement of this week were that the distribution of atmospheric pres- sure was favourable to a continuons flow Or air from the southern part of the North Atlan- tic Oce&n, where the temperature is contin uously above 60deg., across our islands, and that an extensive cloud canopy, banking down this warm air, prevented the usual radiation at night. Frost set in again over the north of Europe last night. The mean temperature in Cardiff, as re- corded at the city meteorological station, for the first three days of this month, was 45.5 fahr.which was 7deg. above the average tem- perature for January during the past 21 years.

ALLOTMENTS AT CARDIFF. I would rather grow geranium3 from the slates of a roof than vegetables on this soil," said Councillor Sydney Jenkins at a meeting of Cardiff Health Committee on Tuesday .referring to the Grangetown allotment holders' ground. The soil, he added, was of the very poorest character, and on behalf of the 200 allotment holders he asked that the charge of Is should be reduced to 6d per perch, and that the ground should be drained. Councillor J. Mander agreed, and on the suggestion of the chairman (Councillor Dr. J. Robinson) it was decided to ask for a joint report on the matter from the engineer (Mr Harpur) and the parks superintendent (Mr Pettigrew).

"A PARTING- FLUTTER." Monte Carlo, Monday.—An Italian, who had a phenomenal run of luck at the Casino a few days ago, has tempted fortune too long and paid the penalty. With his friends he decided to leave the Principality. They had paid their hotel bill and their trunks were packed when the Italian decicied to have a parting flutter" before taking the train. But his luck had changed, and in less than three hours he lost 918,400, which is probably a record for the time.

A SYMPATHETIC BENCH. Patrick Daly and Frank Turner, of no fixed abode, appeared before the Lower Troedyraur magistrates on Tuesday, charged with having stolen a shirt from a hedge at Aberporth on the 28th December. Defendants pleaded guilty. Turner, the youngest prisoner, was bound over under the Probation Offenders Act, but Daly was sentenced to 14 days' im- prisonment. Daly, however, appealed for clemency, stating that he was out of work, and producing pawn tickets showing that he had had to. sell his tools. The Bench recon- sidered their verdict, and altered their decision by dealing with Daly also under the same Act.

Francis Naylor and Harry Naylor, were sen- tenced to six months' hard labour at Newport for stealing and receiving a quantity of car- penter's tools, to the total value of k3. The prisoners were captured by P.C. Simons, of Gloucester, who was warmly commended by j the Bench.

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