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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. THE CURL FAIRY. By H. M. Brandon. There once lived a farmer who, in time of war rendered good service to his Queen (who was' really a fairy) and as a reward she pro- mised to^tand Godmother to his first child. The farmer was delighted, and on the day of the christening there was great excitement at ^TheMFarmer's wife and neighbours worked so well to make the farm worthy of a visit from the Queen that it looked almost equal to the Queen's palace. The guests arrived dressed in their best. the servants stood round trying not to look ner- vous, the baby was sleeping in a silken cradle, when a great shouting was heard, and amid much excitement the Queen drove up. She waved her wand over the child (Fairy Godmothers always do), saying The child Is to be called Beta. She will grow up very beautiful, and when her hair grows long she will have a little curl right down the middle of her forehead, in which will dwell a tiny fairy whom she must obey, and who will keep her safe from harm." Then giving a sum of money to the Farmer Ihe Queen departed and the guests made merry tmong themselves. By the time Beta was five years old she had lovely long hair and one little curl would stray over her forehead as the fairy had said. One day, she slipped out without being noticed, and trotting into the baker's asked for some cakes. She ate a lot, and when she had finished the said "that's very nice—Beta'Il come again." Where's your money, my dear ?" said the baker. She offered him a bright farthing. "That's no use," said he. and picking her liP. carried her into a room and locked the door. She was frightened and began to cry, when » vnce cried, little girl, do not cry—only obey me and all will be well." At first Beta could see nothing, and before her there flew a fairy, smaller than a fly, with fcreen and yellow wings. "Iam your Curl Fairy," said she, "and ipe are going to have some fun together Follow me., and we must not let the baker sec us." The Fairy touched the wall with her wand Hid there appeared a large hole through which She flew and Beta scrambled through after her. They walked ,until they were stopped by a closed door. It flew open with a touch nf the wand and there in front of them stood the baker—they were in the bakehouse. The Fairy whispered, Quick! into this flour tub," and they popped into a barrel of Hour that stood near, and no one saw. Now it so happened that that very barrel was Bent with a lot more to the house of a Grand Duke who lived a long way off. So they were piut into a cart and driven over jolting stones until poor Beta began to feel quite ill. At last fchey stopped and the barrels were taken out of the cart, when a woman's voice said, "Bring that one in here, I shall want to open it to-day." And Beta's barrel was bumped heavily down. And all was quiet. I don't like being here. I want to get out— you nasty Curl Fairy. I wish 1 hadn't followed you—it:s all your fault." Don't grumble at me," answered the Fairy, later on you will bless the day on which you hopped into a flour-tub." At that moment someone opened the barrel ind commenced taking out the flour with a icoop. Bang it came, right on to Beta's head, then igain, and Beta screamed. Dear me," said a scared voice, there's a funny noise coming out of this barrel—what- ever can it be ?" Please it's me—I want to come out," eried Beta waving her arms and scattering the flour in all directions. Mercy on us It's something alive Jereamed a voice, and Beta scrambled to the top, rubbing the flour out of her eyes just in time to see a pleasant faced servant girl fall to the floor in a faint. Oh, dear, that lady's gone dead," said Beta. She had never seen anyone faint be- fore. Sfte was in a large kitchen and two maids and portly cook were staring at her in amazement. Are you an elf, a goblin, or what ?" said I)ne, edging farther away. Don't be silly," said cook," can't you see It's a little girl Yes, and I'se very hungry," said Beta. Just think of that now, but yon shall have tave something to eat, so you shall," ex- claimed the cook. I'se so tired," said Beta, as soon as she £ ad finished her cake and milk, and they laid her on a couch, and she was soon fast asleep, where we will leave her for the present. Now, being clever children, you will already Aave guessed that Beta was in the house of the Grand Duke I mentioned belore. It was his ton Tambour's tenth Birthday, and this is why they were so busy making cakes, tarts, and all sorts of nice things for his party. The news of the arrival of a beautiful child in a no or tub soon reached the ears of the duke and duchess, and they commanded her to be brought to them. Tambour took to her at once and begged that she might be invited to his party, but the duchess said she can't go in those clothes." At these words the Curl Fairy appeared, and laid, With your Grace's permission, I will gee that Beta is properly dressed." Very well," replied the duchess, I see she is under the protection of the Fairies." Just before the party began the fairy trans- formed Beta's plain white frock into the most lovely robe of glittering gauze it was possible to imagine, and she made a pretty picture. I must pass over all the children did at the party-all the games they played and the Itmny things they said, else you might long to be there too. Afterwards, as Tambour was sayjng" Good- night to Beta, he whispered, I will have you for my little wife some day." So Beta, stayed at the Duke's house, doing lessons and playing with Tamboar all day long. But after some years a war broke out in the land, and Tambour put on armour and joined in the fighting. He was so clever and brave that he soon became leader and killed all who opposed him. And the enemy begged him to stop fighting, but he would not until he had killed their king. Then the people acknowledged him as their king, and cheered, throwing their caps into the air, shouting Long live the King," and doing a.ll the things that it is proper to do when a new King is crowned. As soon as he became king he made a lot of wise laws, after which he returned to his own country covered with glory. Everyone made a great fuss of him, but when Beta heard of all the great deeds he had done, she was afraid to meet him, for she thought I have never done anything great and he will think me stupid and dull." But the did not know how beautiful she was. Whpn Tambour saw her he said in all my travels I have never seen anyone so good or beautiful," and he asked her to marry him Boon. The news of the approaching wedding glad- dened the hearts of the people around, for Beta and Tambour were loved by all. The wedding was celebrated with great pomp, and what puzzled the people so was that a swarm of butterflies followed Tambour and his bride, and they said They must in- deed be good for even the butterflies to love them so. But then you see, they didn't know anything about the Curl Fairy, and how could they guess ,that it was a lot of fairy friends come to wish them joy ? Scattering gold coins among the people, ^.mg Tambour crossed to his new country withtus bride, and as they stood side by side, listen- ing to the cheers of their new subjects he said I have a surprise for you—I have made your father a Duke, and he and your mother are coming to live near us." Oh," said Beta, I am so happy. 1 do in- deed bless the day that I hid in a flour ™b. At that the Curl Fairy came before them again and promised to help them in any trouble and give them good advice. And they both said they would try "to be good always. Now you know, when people try to be good, they are always happy, so I need not tell you that Beta and Tambour lived to a good old mc, doing good every day of their lives, rul- ing wisely and beloved by all their subjects. And when at last they died, people always rooke of them as Good King Tambour and Queen Beta."
FREE GARDENERS.
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FREE GARDENERS. There was a large attendance of members of the Free Gardeners' Society at the Smiths Arms, Neath Abbey, on Saturday « when a presentation of a framed portrait was mad- to Mr D. M. Parry-Evans om his eleva- tion to the office of Grand Master of the order The Mayor( Councillor D. Davies),presided, and WM supported hy a number of the local officer. The Mayor, who made the presentation, ex- pressed his interest in friendly socletyw°rk and congratulated Mr Parry-Evans upon the high honour conferred upon him. Mr Parry Evans, in response, thanked the brcthten for this recognition of his services, and abofor the gr.\at support which they had given him in his candidature. _d-
LIVERPOOL DOCK FATALITY.
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LIVERPOOL DOCK FATALITY. While men wore engaged in removing one of the plates from the liner Mauretania in a Liverpool dock last night a portion of the tack}.. broke, and the plate swung back agamst the vessel, crashing the men. One was killed, and four others were seriously injured.
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Dymunir i'n Gohebwyr Cymreig gyfeirie eu gohebiaethau, llyfrau i'w hadolygu, etc., fel y canlyn" IfAUO, Cil Hedd, Berthwin. etreet, Cardiff."
AT Y BEIRDD,
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AT Y BEIRDD, Yn swn y frwYdr rhwng y werin a'r ar- glwyddi, dyddorol yw englynion a phenillion Gweledydd a Chledlvn. Y maent yn dda hefyd, er fod englynion Oledlyn yn welleu mynegiant ni'i benillion; braidd yn rhyddieithol yw rhannau o'r rhei'ny. Mae'n amlwg nad da gan Gelynydd a.'i ffansi fyw mo'r Gaeaf a'i ystranciau. Dengys D. Basset fcistrolaethdda. arnetll- tuolion y gerdd foelodl yn ei fyfyrdraeth ar Farwolaeth y Dail," yn gystal a cbydym- deimlad deallus ag Anian yn ei thlysni prudd yn yr Hydref.
BARDDONIAETH.
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BARDDONIAETH. BLWYDD-DAL YR HEN. Bendith i'r" ailfabandod "—yw'rBIwydd-D&l, Geidw'r blaidd du o'i drigfod; Ei gorchest ydyw gwarchod Rhai fo'n byw ar derfyn bod. Baner nawdd ar benrhyn oes—uwch aflwydd A chyflwr blin henoes; Coroni brig hwyr einioes Wna'i dengar wen o dan groes. Abercraf. Gwaledydd. Y GAEAF. Plentyn gwyllt ac oer y Dwyrain Yw y Gaeaf creulawn rydd Drwydded i'r tymhestloedd ddyrnu Tir a moroedd nos a dydd; Ceisia gan y rhew a'r eira Rynnu a ncwynnu'r byd; Os na threnga'n fuan felly, Ar ei foddi rhydd ei fryd. Corn ei gad yw'r corwynt rheibus; Ei oleuni yw y mellt; Sarna fywyd, hedd, a harddweh. Tan ei draed fel sypiau gwcUt. Seibiant natur yw y Gaeaf Casgla'r stormydd iddi nerth; Buan bvdd yn Wanwyn harddach Na'r cain berlau mwya'u gwerth- Y Barri. Celynydd Mason. CYLLIDEB 1909. (Buddugol yn y Cwrtnewydd, Nadolig, 1909.) Cwys o wyndwn cysondeb,—a dorrodd Da aradr brawdoldeb, Er gwellhad, yw'r Gyllideb; Un well na hon ni all neb. Rhyw aradrwr o wrhydri—a'i trodd; Had rhyddid roed ynddi; 'Storm drist dramwva drosti,— 01 'gawnnides? 'Gnydiahit Cledlyn. Etc. (Buddugol vng Ngbapel-y-Groes, NadoHg, 1909.) Drwy Gymru a Lloeger distawodd y gerdd, A phrudd yw yr Alban a'r hen Ynys Werdd; o ddehau a gogledd cwynfannau a ddaw Am farw Cyllideb mil-naw-cant-a-naw. Rhyw l'ïain brydweddol. addawol, oedd hon, A thlysau cyfiawnder ynghrog ar ei bron; Ni welwyd un Olwen mor ddengar erioed— 'Itoedd meillion benditbion lIe sangai ei throed. Urddasol ei hagwedd,—hi fynnai heb ball Gan werin a bonedd,—y naill fel y llall,— Ei tbeyrnged ddyladwy; ond pwysai'n fwy trwm Ar war y cyfoethog nig vsgwydd y llwm, Gan ddal y dylasai'r rhai ffafriwyd gan ffawd. O'u gweddiU gyfrannu at angen y tJawd; 11 gynni y gweiniaid, hygaraf ferch Sior, 'Roedd coswel ddi-brin ei thosturi'n ystdr. Poblogi y t^yniau a choedydd a wnae; Y llanw i'r trefi a droai yn "drai"; 0 ddwylaw caredig Cyllideb ein Si6r Caffaeliad i'w llynges gae Meistres y Mdr." Y blawd yn ei chelwrn a'r olew'n ei 'st&n Am byth yn ddiogel wnaent Flwydd-dal yr Hen; Rhy siriol yn ddiau ei gwenau i'r gwan! Digasedd a ddygodd ei Ainwedd i'w rhan. Gan rai, heb bryderu na chwysu ychwaith, Yn byw yn ei "rhod," heb wneud diwrnod o waith— Gan luoedd y ddiod a'r gwirod i gyd,— Hen fasnach hyd farw dros clw o hyd,— Canfuwyd yn fuan mewn arswyd ei nod, A lluniwyd y brad am fachludiad ei chlod; Ac yna i dy ei chaseion pan ddaeth, Fe dynnwyd y bwa,—gollyngwyd y saeth! Yng nghrechwen gelynion os mathrwyd ei llwch, Os dirmyg a gwawd a roed drosti yn drweb, Gollcdig Gyllideb uniondeb! os gwir Nag arglwydd ma.i trech ydyw gwlad, nid yn hir Mewn beddrod yr erys,—os gwerin a'i mynn, • Ar fyrder adgyfyd ó"nifwl y glyn r I'w gorsedd i eistedd daw eto,—daw, da.w, A gwen ar ei hwyneb, a llwydd yn ei Haw. Cwrtnewydd, Llanybydder. Cledlyn. MAEWdLAETH Y DAIL. MYFYRDRAETH. Mae natur yn dadfeilio. Dyma fi Yn synfyfyriol rhwng y gwyrdd a'r ffwaeL, Yn ymyl deilen grin, sy'n chwilio am fedd Ymysg y llu a syrthiant 'nawr yn friw Ar fynwes natur fawr, sy'n ymbruddhau Dan lid yr awel oera 'i thyner rudd. Beth ? Arnaf y mae gwenau'r nef; a llawn O'm cylch yw tlysni 'r anial blin; ond gwên A'i hanes yn ddadfeiliad yw o hyd. Er goreu'r tlysni a'r prydferthwch byw Fu'n gwisgo'r cread a gogoniant Duw, Mae'r dail yn marw'n filoedd gylch fy nhraed- Maent hwy yn marw o hyd. minnau'n fyw Ym myd dadfeiliad. O olygfa drist! Arswydo'r wyf! mae'm bron i gyd yn brudd. Mae'r dail mewn gwasgfa'n ocheneidio n syn Ym mraich yr awei tern, sy'n oeri'r fro, A'r feiddgar storm, fygythia rwygo'r nen, A'r mellt sydd fel gwallgofiaid gwyllt ar dfin Am losgi a difodi ar bob glan. Yr Hydref yw: mae'r dail yn gwywo braidd I gyd ar gangau'r coed—ynmarw dan Gysgodau'r hwyr, 1\1' storm yn deifio'u gwedd Ar ol eu gwaedu'n brudd. OSingolawr! Eu gwel'd yn syrthio i fedd myrddiywn'r llawr! Mae'r cangau fel pe'n brwydro'n galed flin &'r gwyntoedd erchyll—herio'u nerthedd cryf; Ond rhaid yw plygu; deddf dadfeiliad sydd Yn gwneud ei gwaitb-yn myn'd &'r dsul i gyd Yn ysbail buddugoliaeth iddi 'i hnn. 'Does fawr trugaredd yn ei gwaith na'i gwedd Wrth gladdu'r miloedd dail; nid yw yn drist Wrth ddifa'r cwhl ar byd meusydd byd: A dyfnach daw a dwysach ataf fi, I wneud ci chreulawn waith yn fuan iawn. Y bywyd fu'n blaguro 'mrigau'r coed— Yn torri'n flodau prydferth rhwng v dail, Ac yn addfedu 'n ffrwythau ar y pren. Sy 'nawr yn myn'd yn ol i deyrnas bod; Y sylwedd byw, fu'n fywyd yr holl ddail,- Ddyhidlai 'i ffrwyth yn wyn gynhaliaeth byd,- Sy beDach yn ymgilio gwywa'r dail, Mae'r ffrwythau wedi myn'd, y byd sy'n llawn Adnoddau, Duw yn diogelu sydd, Ei ddeddfau cedyrn sy'n amgylchu'r byd; A gweithio drwyddo. er ein llwydd a'n Ilea, Tu ol i ddeddf dadfeiliad y mae Duw— Yn trcfnu ac yn rheoleiddo'r oil, Tra ni a'r dail wrth farw'n sibrwd sydd Am fywyd uwch a. gwel] i ni drwy ffydd. Tra'r dail yn gelaneddaa ar bob Haw, Clwyfedig yw fy nghalon dyner, brudd, Wrth syllu ar en gruddiau. Pwy a sang Ar ddeilen werdd yn myn'd dan wylo'n drist, Wrth'grino yn yr Hydref? Nid rnyfi Tra'n cofio am ddadfeiliad ddaw i'm rhan Yn Hydref einioes—mallu'n llwyr o'r byd— Cefnu arno, ond gadael mwy ar ol Na'r dail i g-yd-dylanwad da neu ddrwg, I wneud y byd fel nef, neu'n eirias dan. Ymsynio'r wyf uwch ben eu tynged fUn- Eu gwel'd yn marw. Parod wyf o hyd Iofynpam? Beth ddaeth o'u bywyd pnrt Beth barodd iddynt ddisgyn mor ddi-lun A diymadferth, heb arwyddion byw? 'Oes rhyw anfadwaith yn y Cread MawrT A yw pob deddf am ddial ar y dail. A Haw creulondeb am ysbeilio'u s^wedd A gwneud pob peth yn sarn o dan fy nhraed ? Truenus yw eu golwg ymhob man- Mae'u gruddiau'n goch gan waed. Ai'r ddrycin erch Fu'n gwaedu eu calonnau hwy. 0, na: Y ddeddf gadamaf wnaeth ei gwaith; ac aeth Yn ol: collasant nerth i frwydro'n hwy Ag oerai'r Hydref; aethant gyda'r storm Yn ebyrth i erwindeb Gaeaf blin. Ymdreiglant gylch fy llwybrau braidd o hyd Yn disgwyl cydymdeimlad. Anodd iawn Myn'd heibio yn ddistaw ar fy hynt A gruddiau mpr doredig—gwel'd "eu gwedd, A chofio'r ddeilen ir ar gangau'r pren Yn cuddio'r blodau—diogelu'r ffrwyth, A'i ro'i i minnau'n anrheg ar fy nhaith, Yn fudd a phleser rhwng mynyddau'r byd Sy'n difa gwraidd dedwvddwch dyn o hyd. 0 ddeilen fach oddefol vn y gwynt, Heb gysgod diogelwch. Pam est ti I grwydro o dy gartref—colli'th nerfh I frwydro a'th elynion T O 'rwy'n ffi:n Ond etc, gwn dy hanes rhaid oedd myn'd, Fel popeth marw, yn oddefol mwy I'r gwyllt elfennau-yno i gael bedd Yn ymyl y glaswelltvn gwyrdd a byw Sy'n ofni codi'i ben gan lid v storm Fynn daenu ei galanas ar bob Haw. Mor brvdferth wyt yn myn'd ym mreichiatt'r gwynt Sv'n cwynfan rhwng y brvniau—myn'd o hyd, A gwywo i farw dan geseiliau'r bryn, Neu lwybrau'r goedwig fawr tu hwnt i'r llyn. 'Does gwlithyn byth ddisgynna arnat ti, 0 ddeilen grin—cci farw yn dy waed, Er ceisio denu gwlithyn bach i'th fyd I dorri'th syched ar dy ingol daith. Gwel] ganddo oedi 'mhobman braidd o hyd Na dyfod i'th derfyna i i ro'i tra. Ni chei ddifervn—marw raid i ti Mae deddf dadfeiliad ynot yn ei grym Gwahardda honno iddo roddi dim Diferyn i dy faethu yn dy ing Ac unig wyt ymysg y glaswellt m&n Yn araf wvwo dan gysgodaa'r llwyn Dan grvnnu 'rwyt yn crino beth yw hyn I 0 dyma fyrdd o'th fath o flaen y tin, A thithau'n aberth iddo gyda'r gwynt; A dyna derfyn arnoch mwy. 0, na 'Does un ar goll—maent cto'n bod o hyd Mewn elfen arall deuant hwy a'u iiaws I weini atnom ar ein ffordd i'r nef. Peayparc, Ceredigion. D. Bassett. (I'w orffen yn cih nesaf).
UNDER FREE TRADE.
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UNDER FREE TRADE. TINPLATE INDUSTRY PROGRESS Taibach Works Prosperity. On Saturday evening Messrs D. B. David and Son, of the Taibach Tinplate Works, Port Talbot, gave a complimentary dinner to their employees at the Grand Hotel, Port Talbot. Captain Llewellyn David presided, supported by Mr T. J. David, Mrs David, Miss David, Mrs Dr. Roberts, Councillor W. Lewis, and others. The toast of the Taibach Tinplate Works was proposed by Mr W. Davies (the oldest workman) and Mr E. Howe. Mr Davies dwelt on the excellent feeling between masters and men. Capt. David, in reply, thanked all the men for the support which they had given. The works had been prosperous, aud they had a far better future in store. (Cheers.) During the evening a capital musical pro- gramme was rendered. TIN PLATES NEED NO PROTECTION. There was a large audience, chiefly of tin- plate workers, at a meeting held at Abercarn on Saturday. The Rev. J. Rees occupied the chair. Mr Alexander Taylor, Redbrook, said tin- plates needed no protection because they were not imported. The great interest to the tin- plate trade was cheap production. The article was of no use unless it was a cheap article. It was a blessing that the United States had commenced making tinplates under a tariff system, because if America had adopted Free Trade it would have been a great blow to Wales. The higher an article was taxed the higher the price and the less demand, meaning less work and wages. (Applause.) On the proposition of Mr G. Freeman, seconded by Mr W. Jenkins, a resolution pro- testing against the action of the Lords and pledging support to Sir Ivor Herbert for Sooth Monmouthshire was carried with acclamation. TEN NEW MILLS FOR CWMFELYN. It is stated that the Cwmfelyn Steel and Tinplate Co., who have already 19 tinplate mills at work, have decided to erect ten addi- tional new tinplate mills, thus making their works double the size of any one tinplate works in the Welsh industry.
Colliery Officials.
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Colliery Officials. THE TRADE SITUATION. 1 The thirteenth annual dinner of the Mon- mouthshire Colliery Officials' Association was held at the King's Head Hotel, Newport, on Saturday. Mr T. Jones, Waunariwydd (retir- ing president) presided, and was supported by Mr E. Harris, Risca (president-elect), Coun- cillor W. M. Blackburn (Mayor of Newport), Messrs J. S. Martin (H.M.I. Mines), E. S. Wil- liams (President South Wales Colliery Officials Association), W. Stewart, J.P., Caerleon A. J. Stevens, J.P., Newport; G. Foster Martin, J.P., Blaenavon J. Fox Tallis, Ebbw Vale W. D. Connor, Argoed R. Paton, Pontypool T. Morgan, and T. Reynolds, Tredegar Dr. Jones, Pontypool Mr Waplington, secre- tary of the association, etc. Mr E. Coulman, Newport, gave The Trade of the district," and said that the coal trade, which was the staple industry, was on the increase in Monmouthshire. The Ebbw Vale Co.'s output would be increased by sinkings at Cwmaarn. The Blaen- avon Co.'s output was already increased, and the amalgamation at Abersychan would materially increase the output. The enterprise of Messrs Partridge, Jones, and Co. at Cromlin. and elsewhere indicated that they expected more coal while at Messrs Bumyeat, Brown Collieries they were still going ahead. (Ap- plause. ) He noticed that in the past few years Monmouthshire coal had hecome a good deal more closely allied in name and value with that of Glamorgan. This was a very important fac- tor, and greatly due to{the maimer in which the colliery officials tamed the product out, and the way it was marketed. Mr Coulman also dealt with the increased and up-to-date faci- lities for shipping coal at Newport. The Mayor of Newport, in responding, said he regretted to see so much Monmouthshire coal passing through Newport to Cardiff and Barry. Newport possessed the largest single dock in the world, and its shipping facilities were sccond to none. They were now in a position to accommodate all the vessels they cared to send there, and to store as many trucks as they liked on the new sidings at the Alexandra Docks. He thought the Great Western Railway Companywere treating New- port very badly. They carried coal from New- port to Cardiff for Id per ton. Some of them would say it was 3d per ton, but that price was for placing it under the tips. The past year had been a prosperous one in the coal trade, and he hoped that the trouble which threatened them three months hence would be amicably settled. (Applause.) Mr J. Foster Martin, J.P., Blaenavon, also responded, and said that since he had had Mr Waplington to look after the coal business at Blaenavon the output had been increased by 20 per cent. (Applause.) He was much in- terested in the iron and steel trade, but with all due deference the steel trade was not every- thing. In any case the coal trade would be greatly enhanced if the iron and steel trade was successful, and in this respect Monmouthshire coal would in future be of far greater value from a metallurgical standpoint. Mr Foster Martin aJso pointed out that when in America he was pleased to note that Welshmen were coming to the front and were playing an im- portant part in the coal and iron and steel trades. (Applause.) Mr E. S. Williams, president South Wales Colliery Officials' Association, proposed The Monmouthshire Association." Touching on the eight hours question, he said there was trouble looming in the distance, and he hoped they would be able to pull through satisfactorily. Mr Jones, the president, in responding, said he had noticed in a leading colliery journal some remarks by one of the miners' leaders that Glamorgan was making good progress in mining instruction, while Monmouthshire was doing but very little by way of educating the miners, and that he thought the recent disaster at the T )arran Colliery, Deri, was due to a want of knowledge. He thought this statement was strong and erroneous. Mining had ad- vanced very considerably of late years in diNerentways, and Monmouthshire had held its own. As to the statement that the Deri accident was caused through want of know- ledge, he would only say that it was easy to be wise after the event. It was very easy to say what should have been done after a thing had happened. The Deri disaster had given them a clear proof that the mining men and others of that district were not wanting in pluck and daring in order; to rescue their fellow men. The Eight Hours Act had caused general disturb- ance in the coalfield, resulting in a great reduc- tion in output, great increase in cost of pro- duction, curtailment of liberty and of the wages of the workmen and general discontent throughout the coalfield. He was afraid that they had not seen the end of the evil, but let4 them hope the Act might worker smoother by and by. The trade was now passing through a very critical period, and it would require great-care and tact to avoid a serious disturb- ance.' Mr Waplington, the secretary, also re- sponded, and denied the statements made in the London newspapers that colliery horses in South Wales were being badly treated. The writers did not know what they were writing about. He suggested that they should have a committee to consider whether it was not well to put a stop to such statements in an em- phatic manner. (Applause.) An article will also appear in the next issue of the Board of Trade Labour Gazette on employment, wages disputes, and prices in 1909. According to this a general decline in employ- ment began during the second half of the year 1907, and continued through- out 1908. In the early part of 1909, however, there was a slight upward movement, and during the latter half of the year there had been continuous improvement. The cotton trade was adversely affected by the high price of the raw material, and organised short time to the extent of 15i hours weekly was worked from the beginning of July in inills spinning American cotton. With the exception of this trade, however, in all the principal in- dustries showed a considerable improvement in employment at the end of 1909 as compared with the end of 1908, and in many cases the improvement was considerable.
WENT TO MEET HER HUSBAND.
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WENT TO MEET HER HUSBAND. The body of Mrs Elizabeth Ellen Cox, wife of Mr Edmund Cox, of 8, GuNdford-crescent, was on Sunday morning discovered in the Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, by a dock constable. Deceased a husband told our representative that he arrived home from a voyage on Satur- day and did not see his wife till Sunday morning, when he had to perform the melan- choly duty of identifying her body at the mortuary. He did not know how to account for hiswifebemg in the dock except by the conjec- ture that she must have gone to meet him and in so doing fallen in. She was 50 years old and enjoyed good health. She left the apart- ments in which she resided at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, not saying anything to the other occupants of the house. She had never, as far as he knew, threatened to take her life. It was dark when she left the house, and he could only think she had fallen into the dock. His vessel did not comc into Cardiff as she had anticipated, but into Bristol.
GERMANY'S TRADE.
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GERMANY'S TRADE. Berlin, Sunday.—-According to official re- turns of unemployment in Germany, there was in December, 1909, an average of 162 men seek- ing work for every vacany, compared with 200 in 1908 and 162 in 1907. The Tageblatt to-day publishes official statistics of foreign trade with Germany, which show an appreciable recovery from the depression of 1908. In the first 11 months of 1909 the values of exports exceeded the figures for the corresponding period of 1908 by one million sterling. Imports for the same 11 months showed an increase of £900.000 over the corresponding period of 1908. Imports for 1907 remain the largest for any year, otherwise 1909 has been the best year for foreign trade. Router.
MR LLOYD GEORGE.
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MR LLOYD GEORGE. Lively Scenes at Grimsby SUFFRAGETTES ON THE ROOF. Chancellor's Amusing Saiiies. Oú his arrival at Grimsby on Saturday Mr LJoyd George was enthusiastically welcomed by torchbearers and a crowd of 15,000 people, but after his meeting in the Skating Rink, upon attempting to leave the building, he found a hostile crowd awaiting him. His appearance was greeted with groans and boos. As it would have been dangerous to leave in the ordinary way, he again went inside the rink, and the Chief Constable (Mr Stirling) at once took steps to circumvent the hostile section of the crowd. A cordon of police was drawn across the btulding to prevent a rush round at the back, and, Mr Lloyd George, escorted by the Chief Constable and a small number of police, walked along a drain side upon which the rear of the building abuts, and finally got on the Great Northern Railway line. In this way they traversed a distance of about a quarter of a mile until they reached the Grimsby Filfcs Station, which also abuts on the line. Here the party climbed the railway wall, and the Chancellor then entered the t-re Brigade Station. The crowd was utterly non-plussed as to whether he had gone, and contented itself with booing at anything and everybody. After waiting in the Fire Station for twenty minutes, during which time Mr Lloyd George attended to some correspondence, he entered a motor car, which took a circuitous route through the town, and finally entered the Grimsby-to-Louth road. Mr Lloyd George on Saturday addressed 301 mepting of 8,000 people in the Skating Rink, Grimsby, during the progress of the polling for the election of a Parliamentary representative of the borough, Mr Tom Wing, the Liberal candidate, taking the chair. The Chancellor's reception was of the most enthusiastic description. He commenced by remarking that he had seen a suggestion that it was an unconstitutional act on his part to address a meeting on polling day. Really, he would like to understand that doctrine. It meant that during the polling day you were not to influence the electors by argument. He would like to ask whether it was open to influence electors by something else from argu- ment. (Laughter, cheers, and a Voice, Beer.") Why did he come there to-day ? There was one thing in which he agreed with Mr Balfour, who had declared that this was the most momentous election of modern times. He agreed that there were issues dependent upon this election that would affect the I destiny of Great Britain for ages and genera- tions to come, and above all issues which would affect the liVes, and conditions and times of the people for generations to come. For that reason he was there to put before them arguments and reasons why they should return a man who was championing the rights and liberties of the people. (Cheers.) The first of the issues upon which the fate of the people depended was as to whether we were going to remain a democracy—a country governed by its own people—or were we going to copy Prussia, a country where ^nominally there were free institutions, but where the land was largely governed by a landed auto- cracy, who ruled the land, dominating its policy and directing operations. The Tories were trying to imitate the Prussian policy and oligarchy in this country. (Interruption and Voices, "Out him.") Referring to the dis- turber, he did not object to interruptions, pro- ceeded the Chancellor, so long as they were relevant. The Ironsides. They of the Liberal party were fighting for free institutions which no man did more to win than the ancestors of the men in this part of the country. It was the men of the Eastern Counties who won the rights of the House of Commons. This was the land of the Ironsides, the land that Britain owed an eternal debt of gratitude to, the land whose achievements would be recorded in the history of human freedom. He had come to that land to appeal to the descendants of those who had arone before them not to surrender the rights their fathers won through their blood. (Cheers.) That was one issue. Another was this country had become the greatest commercial country in the world, and he had repeatedly challenged any opponent to name a single country where international trade came within hundreds of millions of the trade of this country. This being a country which under the Free Trade system had crated the greatest international trade in the world. and by far the greatest ship- ping trade the world had ever seen. Were they going in a moment of thoughtlessness and recklessness to destroy the fabric which ought to be the pride of every Britisher, and which was the envy of every nation in the world ? That was another issue. Then there was this further point: Whatever might be said about our institutions, the staple food of the people was free. Food, raiment, the essentials of human life were cheaper in this country and more accessible than ih any land in the world. Were they in this election to be deluded into throwing away the greatest boon ever conferred by statesmanship upon the children of the people (No.) That was another issue. Then there was also this—when you wanted to raise money for State purposes—for the Navy, Social Reform, or law and order—whether the taxation was to fall on those who could bear it, or whether it was to fall upon the necessi- ties of lite in the-country. He could not con- ceive the people of the East of England, who had got liberty in their blood, giving any but one answer, and that was that they would stand, by the freedom of institutions, the freedom of their food and of their ports. (Loud cheers.) The German Scare. Our opponents, he went on. are very skilfully trying to take you off thinking of those great dominant issues by scaring you with something else. I am told that they are working the German scare here—(loud laughter and cheers) —and they are working is so badly, I believe, that they have put their own friends into such an absolute nervous prostration that they are expecting every morning to see the German Fleet in the Humber. 'Much laughter.) Really if they go on you will find that one day when they hear fog signals on the railway they will say, Well, here they come a.t last "—(renewed laughter)—and they will add, Here, send away atonce all the horses, otherwise the poor animals will be" converted into sausages." (Roars of laughter.) Well, now, really these are the great patriots." As to the rest of us, we are traitors." These are the great patriots," and yet these real patriots are trying to tell us that when we have got two big battleships for every one German, two or three small battleships for every one German, and three sailors for every on*} German sailor, they tell us that still we are going to be beaten (Laughter, and a Voice, That is not enough.") Well, if they are all like you, I agree it would not be enough. (Much laughter and cheers.) Frankly, I do not think you are the sort of man to frighten the Germans off. (More laughter.) We had 120,000 sailors to the 40,000 of the Germans, and yet it was said we were going to be invaded and beaten—three British bluejackets could not keep off one German t (Laughter.) Why, that was an insult to the bravery of the best sailors in the world. This talk of the other side was a calumny upon the most gallant fleet that ever rode the waves. (Cheers, and a Voice: But what about the Army ?) The Army, answered the Chancellor, would never be called into action, because not a German would ever be allowed to land here. (Loud cheers.) After all, we had an over- whelming Navy, because we had to keep the German off. (" And they can do it!") "Sheer Lunacy." Of course they could," replied the right hon. gentleman, who added., one does not want to bpast about the British Fleet, but there is not a German who does not know that if the German Fleet in a moment of madness ever attempted, to take us, that German Fleet would be at the bottom of .the German Ocean in a very few hours. (Cheers.) It is sheer lunacy to think otherwise. Then they say that the Germans are building. So are we." (Cheers and a Voice But not fast enough, sir.) Oh, are we not T" replied Mr Lloyd George that is all you know about it. Take Dread- noughts. That is what you have in your mind, though you don't know it. You have only half learned your lesson. We shall have 20 Dread- noughts when the Germans have only got 13. In addition to that, we shall have-60 or 10 other first class battleships on the sea." (A Voice: Obsolete!) Oh, nonsense r Obsolete, indeed!! (A Voice But where are the men coming from ? and cries- of "Turn him out.") We have got the men, replied the Chancellor. (Loud cheers.) Since you have asked me I will say in the language of your old song, We've got the ships, we've got the men, and we've got the money, too." (Loud ckeers, laugh- ter, and some interruption.) You have forgotten the old song you used to sing. We have 120,000 sailors tb the 40,000 sailors of the Germans, and if you say that is not enough, you are in- sulting the British sailor. So much for that. (Laughter.) This country, he went on, was aJso finding the building estimate had been put up by two and a half millions. Next year they would go up by millions again, and the money was wanted. The people who wanted ships would not pay for them. (A Voice: There is Australia and New Zealand).) Other Invasions." Yes (he went on) Australia and New Zealand were sending us a couple of ships, and we should have an overwhelming superiority even in Dreadnoughts alone. The one thing the other side would not do was to pay. (Laughter.) If there was any difference be- tween the parties about this—and he did not say that there was, because it was to the interest of every Britisher to see that our shores were perfectly free from invasion—if there were any difference he should say that the Liberals were the people whq resisted most strongly anything in the nature of German in- vasion. Why, Tariff Reform was a German invasion. (Laughter and booing.) Keep off." he said, these German ideas." What was the interference of our landed autocracy in our taxation ? It was a German invasion. The aristocracy here were full of German ideas the people did not want them. (Cheers.) We wanted to be friendly with the Germans and every other nation. Why should we quarrel with the Germans ? They were amongst our best customers. That brought him to the trade scare. It was said that there was no trade left—that it had all gone to Germany. Why, our international trade was the greatest in the world our trade was improving by leaps and bounds. Why should this country go back In a few years the whole world would say, How wise, how sagacious, how clear- sighted Great Britain was (Loud cheers.) Suffragette on the Roof. Mr Lloyd George afterwards proceeded to Louth, and addressed ar meeting in the Town Hall on behalf of Mr Timothy Davies, Liberal candidate for that division. He was speaking of the importance of the conflict, when a female voice called in a squeaking voice, Votes for women." It appeared the suffra- gette had hidden herself in the false roof of the building. She could nob be seen, but the voice continued to percolate through the per- forated ceiling, causing much annoyance. I see," said the Chancellor, some bats have got in. Let them squeal it does not matter." He deprecated women's tactics, and proceeded with his address, although the female, whom the stewards seemed unable to dislodge, continued to interrupt, the pro- ceedings in a faint voice. The Chancellor said I am not going to prophesy. In this great election it is impossible for any man to pi-edict. This much I feel confident of we shall win. (Loud cheers, and further cries from the roof.) I think (he went on) we shall have to let loose a cat or two. (Loud laugh- ter.) There is one word of warning I want to give to my friends. We have a huge majority at the present moment—the biggest majority in this country by any party since the days of the Reform Bill. Winning does not altogether mean retaining every seat we hold at the pre- sent moment. Word of Warning. I will give a word of warning with regard to the elections to-day. The Tories have placed in the forefront all the seats they hav £ reasonable hope of capturing. So you must not imagine that the first results are any real indication of what the final shape of the next Parliament will be. I utter that word of warning before any result has come in, before I know what is going to happen. Of one thing I am confident—the ultimate result will be that there will be a Liberal majority in the coming Parliament. (Loud cheers.) The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to discuss the general political situation, in the course of which the feminine voice in the roof again and again broke out. Thereupon he paused for a time. Some singing was led from the platform whilst a considerable number of stewards proceeded to the upper regions of the building to unearth the intruders. Whilst this was going on the meeting was practically brought to a standstill. N Suffragettes Unearthed. Eventually a couple of women who had blackened their faces after the fashion of nigger comedians, and whose identity it was, there- fore, difficult to establish, were found in an ingenious hiding place,.covered with dirt and dust. They were handed over to the police, who conveyed them in the direction of the station house. Thereafter Mr Lloyd George continued his speech in quietness, and afterwards spoke at an overnowmeeting. It was reported that the suffragettes had been in the roof of the building all Friday night and throughout Saturday. SIR G. DOUGHTY IN A FURY. Sir George Doughty, subsequent to his defeat at Grimsby 01, Saturday, declared in a speech at the Constitutional Club, Grimsby, that thousands of pounds had been expended to ensure his defeat, which he submitted was a loss not only to Grimsby, but to the country generally. There were many constituencies glad to have him. Mr Uoyd George had been introduced, and it had been the most discredit- able thing that had happened in political life. A political caucus from London hacl done its best to defeat men who stood for Imperialism and a great Empire. If those Little Eng- landers were allowed to have sway Britain would be reduced to a tiny Empire. CARDIFFIAN'S EXPERIENCE OF PROTECTION. Mr Henry Curtis, formerly uf Grangetown, Cardiff, who has been seven years in Chicago, writing home to his friends this week remarks How is work in Cardiff now.1 Thousands of people are out of work here. Everything has gone up. We pay five c«a>ts for a lib. loaf of hread."
POLITICS AND THE COMET.
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POLITICS AND THE COMET. In a letter to the Times" Lord Crawford calls attention to the possibility of the appear- ance of Halley's comet being exploited by the agitators and fanatics in uncivilised countries. In past history," he writes, the sudden appearance of a great comet was considered to be the herald of plague, famine, and civil war, and as such has always been utilised by the agitator and fanatic to raise the masses of the peoples whose passions, under the influ- ence of personal terror and reigious hatred, can easily be lashed intd fury against law and order. I have seen a whole town on theb anks of the Nile demoralised and terror- stricken by a total eclipse of the moon yet this is a phenomenon of not infrequent occur- rence." To guard against such possible dangers Lord Crawford suggests that a series of popular articles should be communicated to the native Press, written in the vernacular, announcing and giving welcome to the comet which now returns to visit our system after an absence of more than 70 years." It is not easy to recall any instances in which native uprisings have been the direct result of the appearance of a comet, though the possibility at such a time of unrest as the present is universally admitted by all ac- quainted with the native life of the East, and with the customs of less civilised races. Among the debased tribes of Central Africa, for example, the comet will no doubt be utilised by the medicine men for their par- tuiclar ends. Some interesting distinctions were drawn by the Rev. G. H. Harding, the organising secre- tary of the Medical Missions Auxiliary of the Church Missionary i Society, who has a wide knowledge of the Moslem population in North Africa, the Levant, Syria, Palestine, etc. As far as the people I know most about are concerned," said Mr Harding, they don't take much notice of celestial phenomena, as they are orthodox of Mahomedans, and it is part of their religion not to be astonished by anything that happens in Nature it is all by the will of God, and is not to be accounted for. Among the Chinese and the Hindoos considerable disturbance is caused by the ap- pearance of a comet. Among these people there is a good deal of primitive Nature wor- ship, but this has been to a great extent eradicated bYI Mahomedanism, and is con- trary to the spirit of Islam. I have no doubt that among the ignorant Bedouins, who are half Pagan, there will be a good deal of talk about the comet, but it will not\ go beyond this, and no capital will be made out of it for political ends. The fact that a Mahomedan is seldom affected by such a phenomenon is due to his intense belief in the over-ruling provi- dence of God."
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BOARDS OF GUARDIANS. ■ CARDIFF. Saving to Local Rates by Old Age Pensions Mr O. N. Jones presided at a meeting of Cardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday, when a letter was read from the Local Government Board stating that in view of the saving to local rates by old age pensions, a grant would not be made for the services of the Guardians' officers in connection therewith. The Board madey several appointments on the recommenda on of the Visiting Com- mittee, including Mr J. L. Thomas, store- keeper, to assistant master and chief master's clerk; Mrs E. Middleton, female labour superintendent to matron's assistant, and Mrs J. L. Thomas to female labour superinten- dent. NEWPORT. At Saturday's meeting of the Newport Guar- dians—Mr T. Dutfield in the chair—it was re- ported that the number of tramps relieved during the past fortnight was 150 less than in the corresponding fortnight of last year. On the motion of Mr E. Hartley, the salary of Mr A. H. Rees, clerk's first assistant,was increased from £225 per annum to £235, and the salary of Dr. Jeimer, St. Woolos, from £120 to JE150 per annum. The Finance Committee declined to entertain the application of the workhouse master and relieving officer for remuneration in respect of information furnished by them in connection with the Old Age Pensions Act. The vaccination returns for two districts were reported to be unsatisfactory and in arrear." The board decided to write strong letters to the two medical officers, and to point out that unless the work was kept up to date the board would have to consider the question of terminating their engagement.
, GERMAN AIRSHIP SERVICE,
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GERMAN AIRSHIP SERVICE, The projected German airship company has, according to the American Consul at Bruns- wick, become an accomplished fact, and a ser- vice of aerial passenger ships will shortly be inagurated. Passenger stations will be built at Dusseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart, Essen, Elberfeld, Mannheim, Munich, Leipzig, and Hamburg, and one on the coast of the North Sea, probably at Hamburg. The fourth in theseriez of Zeppelin ships will be built by the Zeppelin Airship Con- struction Company, and will be constructed specially for the transport of passengers to different parts of Germany and fitted with three gondolas, so as to afford room for a number of persons, 40 of whom can be carried at once. Aerial navigation in Germany is making such rapid strides that many heads in various pro- fessions are now busy in studying the problems that must arise when airships enter into every- day life. An ingenious engineer has devised a complete network of signal lights, which will enable an aeronaut at some little distance from the ground to determine his location with con- siderable precision. Dr. Bidlingmaier has pro- posed a, simple adjunct to an aeronaut's equip- ment for enabling him to determine his position without the use of eye or ear as dependent upon terrestrial signals.
Restaurant Riot.
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Restaurant Riot. A RAIN OF CUPS AND SAUpERS. A remarkable scetve was witnessed in Covent Garden market in the early hours of Saturday morning. An establishment used by the market porters is that of Messrs Lockhart, which is specially licensed to serve the men with refresh- ments m the early hours preparatory to tiheir busy time. Between two and three o'clock a.m. a large number of porters were in the establishment, when a mai, who was not one of the market workers, entered the shop and asked for a packet of cigarettes. The attendant served him with the cigarettes, and the man then said that if he was entitled to cigarettes be was equally entitled to be served with coffee. The attendant replied that he was not so en- titled, as he was not a market porter. At this point a second man rushed in and I demanded to be served, and on being refused he struck at one of the attendants, but the night man in charge. William Druce, rushed in be- tween them. The noise resulted in about thirty men, who had been sitting in a back room, hurrying into the shop, and one of the two who had been refused refreshment cried out, Let's make a raid on the place." An extraordinary scene followed. The atten- dants, including a young man named William Melhuish, wereattacked, and Druce ran behind the counter, and armed himself with a steel. The crowd then seized cups, saucers, salt cellars, and all available articles that lay on the tables, and commenced hurling them at the attendants. The man who had purchased the cigarettes rushed at Druce and struck him in the eye, upon which the night man hit him across the head with the steel. A glass panel in the front door was forced in. a window and gas brackets were broken, and two. or three hundred plates and many saucers were smashed to atoms. The disturbance lasted for 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour, when, on cries of Police being raised, the rioters struggled to the door and got outside. Several constables arrived on the scene, but it was then found that the two ringleaders had disappeared. Some of the crowd stated that they had gone to Charing Cross Hospital, and the police and two of Lockhart's attendants immediately went there, only to find that a man had been treated for injuries to the head, but had been sent away. Shortly afterwards, however, the police arrested four men in a lavatory in the neighbourhood of Pall Mall. These men. named John Cashman, William Donovan, Frederick Dennieson, and Albert Gilbert, were brought up at Bow-street later in the morning, charged with assault and doing wilful damage. Donovan's head had been enveloped in bandages. They protested that they did not take part in the melee, but they were positively identified by Lockhart's atten- dants. The man Druce said that over 200 plates were broken, and the total damage done to property was of the value of £2 5s. The magistrate ordered each of the prisoners to pay a fine of 40s and 12s 6d in respect of the damage, or'one month, tmd Donovan and Dennieson he sent to gaol for one month each for assault.
WIDOW'S CLAIM FAILS.
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WIDOW'S CLAIM FAILS. In the Appeal Court on Saturday judgment was given in the appeal by Mrs J. E. K. Russell against a decision of Mr Justice Philli- more, on a point of law, in favour of the re- spondents, the Amalgamated Society of Car- penters and Others. The question was whether the representative of a deceased member of a Trade Union could I sue under an agreement by which the Union undertook to pay him certain benefits in case of sickness. By Section 4 of the Trade Union Act, 1871, a member of a Trade Union cannot use the society on an agreement to pay sick benefits, and Mr Justice Phillimore dismissed the action on the ground that as, under the section referred to, the man could not have maintained the claim, the plaintiff, who was his widow and legal personal representative, could not do so either because her rights could not be greater than those of her husband under whom she claimed. Mr Danckwerts, K.C., and Mr Chalmers- Hunt appeared in support of the plaintiff's appeal, while Mr Simon, K.C., and Mr.Oddy were for the respondent society. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams, in giving judgment, said the question to be decided was this :—" Was the defendant society a legal society apart from the rules and Section 3 of the Trade Union Act, 1871, so that an action could have been maintained at common law, or were the rules of the defendant society so in restraint of trade that at common law no action could have been maintained ?" He thought that there were many of the rules which clearly were in restraint of trade, in the sense that they were necessarily in the interest of the member against the weal of the community. It was not a case in which there was any separation of the funds of the society. The real object of the society was that of a Trade Union, and it was not a friendly society, and, therefore,. he had come to the conclusion that the rules were of such a character that it was impossible to say that an action at com- mon law could have been brought to enforce payment of sick benefits or pension benefits, which were4 accorded by those rules, because the whole object of this society was one which involved such a restraint of trade as would render the benefits given by the rules unen- forceable, although an individual rule might be unobjectionable in itself.. His Lordship then dealt at some length with the rules and said that, for the reasons he had given, the appeal failed and must be dismissed, with costs. He added that if there were any rules in any of this class of societies which seemed to be inconsistent with the best interest of the workmen who became members, he had no reason to doubt that they would themselves, without outside intervention, remedy any such defect. Lords Justices Farwell and Kennedy gave judgment to the same effect. The appeal was accordingly dismissed.
FRAUP AND BIGAMY,
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FRAUP AND BIGAMY, Bigamy and false pretences were proved at the Old Bailey on Saturday against Wilson Rae, a New Bond-street" electric thera- peutic," who had carried on business in the name of The Rae Electric Light Institute." In November, it was alleged, he drove to the shop of Mr W. E. Norris, a jeweller, with a lady, and selected a diamond ring worth £8 10s and another ring worth £ 7 10s. The lady put the rings on her fingers and took them. The prisoner then owed in all £188. Later he was supplied with more valuable jewels, including a diamond necklet, since returned. A cheque he gave was dishonoured, and, it was stated, two rings were pawned. The prisoner afterwards disappeared from New Bond-street, and when arrested offered to pay for the articles. Rae was found guilty of obtaining two rings, and was next tried for bigamously marrying Olive Louisa Prosser, of the Berkley Arms, Cransford, Middlesex. The lady said that* in November last she went through the form of marriage with the prisoner at Staines Registry Office, and they lived together until his arrest. He treated her very well, and bought her clothes and jewellery. She was a music-hall artiste. The prisoner was sentenced to 15 months in the second division for obtaining the rings, and to three months for the bigamy, the sentences to run concurrently. He was also ordered to pay the costs.
BOMBS FROM AEROPLANES.
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BOMBS FROM AEROPLANES. Los Angeles (CaL), Saturday.—Lieutenant Paul W. Beck, of the United States Army, who was taken up yesterday by Mr Curtiss in his biplane, attempted to drop bags of sand representing bombs at a given spot from a height of 250 feet. He failed to hit a mark by 15 to 25 feet. The experiment was incon- clusive, because Mr Curtiss had trouble with his engine, and was compelled to come down. In his flight to San Pedro yesterday M. Paul- han sailed over the harbour at a height of 900 feet, receiving the greetings of the United States revenue cutter Perry and other craft which were lying there. He then proceeded almost to the headland jutting out in the Pacific, where the San Pedru light is located, and passed directly over the site of the Palos Verde Hills, where the big guns of the bar. bour defence will be masked. Without alight- ing be returned to the aviation field. M. Paulhan, in an interview, stated that A fleet of aeroplanes could attack the harbour defences and destroy the city too. You saw me carry two passengers on Thursday. Sup- pose I took up an equivalent weight of dyna- mite and let it fall on the fortifications It would weigh, let us say, about 375 pounds. What would be left of the guns or the armour in the vicinity of the point struck ? With a sufficiently powerful motor I could rise to an aJtitude of 3,000 metres. What gunner could hit such a small speck in thesky as my machine would then appear 1"—Reuter.
THROWN OUT OF HIS TRAP.
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THROWN OUT OF HIS TRAP. W. E. Thomas, jobmaster, Bridgend, was summoned at Bridgend on Saturday for driv- ing without lights. Mr J. 1. D. Nicholl, J.P., Merthyrmawr, said that on Monday last about 6.15 p.m. he waS driving along the road from Stormy Down, Laleston. It was very dark. Suddenly he became aware that there was a trap containing two men, and with no lights attached, about five yards in front of him. There was no time to avoid a violent collision. He was thrown out, and his horse dashed off along the road. He was taken up by a passing motor- car, and found that his horse and trap had been stopped in the village of Laleston. Inspec- tor Benjamin Evans said that defendant ad- mitted to him that it was his trap with which Mr Nicholl had collided. Defendant was fined £1 and costs.
SPENT THE MONEY IN NEWPORT.
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SPENT THE MONEY IN NEWPORT. William Gower and Eraest Gillard, two Cwmbran youths, were at the local court i^n Saturday bound over to be of good behaviour for 12 months on a charge of stealing £3 from Elizabeth Day, with whom defendants lodged It was stated that the money was missed on the 11th from the dresser at the house, and defendants, who had spent the money in New- port, were arrested at Cwmbran on the 14th by P.S. Richards.
TALKS ON HEALTH.
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TALKS ON HEALTH. By A FAMILY DOCTOR. Polypus and Complications. Polypus in th" nose is a. common cause cf obstruction to breathing free]y through thf nose. It is not so common in children as in a,dults this distinguishes it from adenoids, which is a growth at the back of the nose, found most commonly in childhood. Polypus should not be -jie^dCt^, as apart from the habit of breathing through the mouth, which is in itself undesirable, the polypus may give rise to complications in the small bones of the nose alid in the passages connected with the nose. There is. one passage which lead* from the -top of the nasal cavity up into the bones of the forehead if this, passage gets blocked up a frontal headache sets up. Also, the unhealthy discharge coming from the polypus falls down the back of the throat and produces a catarrh of the throat, some- times accompanied bv the loss of voice, and it is detrimental to the health that this dis- charge should be swallowed into the stomach. Method of Treatment. Polypi can"be removed by operation under a local anaesthetic, that is to say, it is nob necessary to give chloroform. A little cocaine can be used with perfect safety the growths are then removed one by one with a snare. The treatment is completely successful for the time being, and the relief after the operation is very great but the growths often return, and in a few months the whole process must be gone through again. In some cases polypi are a sign of diseased bone, which must be removed by an operation before the form- ation of the nasal growths can be stopped. Rickets a Disgrace. Most children sweat fairly profusely about the head, but when it becomes noticeable to the parent, when the perspiration soaks the pillow, it is then a common sign of rickets. Let there be no mistake about rickets; it is a preventible disease, and it ought long ago to have been banished from the list of diseases it ought only to be referred as an extinct mon- strosity belonging to a bygone age. Rlcketts is a disgrace. Story of a Child. Suppose you wanted to give a child rickets you would put it in a dampr dark house with small windows which are never cleaned you would keep it indoors all day with the windows shut. so as to effectually deprive the little one of all fresh air and sunshine you would feed it on tinned artificial foods and withhold all fresh vegetables, fruit and milk. Stewed tea would be its drink, with a drop of gin on Saturdays, and it would never be bathed. In a short time it would be a rickety child it would be taken off to the hospital and put under the care of a loving Sister. The head physician wonld give a lecture on it to fifty students. They would be asked to give their ideas of the best way of restoring. it to health the wise suggestions would be adopted, the useless proposal? ignored, and the mistako explained and in a few weeks the same chilcf. would be shown again, scarcely recognisablec absolutely cured, and the bloom of health oiC its rosy cheeks. Groups of cheery student* woul d gather around the cot for the menf pleasure of seeing the little beggar kick anc', chuckle and crow. One would bring it a woolly bear, another a red cockatoo, and the cot would be hung with toys as if it were Christmas bazaar. The sister would n'lake it a new frock# and the baby would be shown off to visitors 8L the pride of the ward. The last chapter ot this pretty story is the w;orst; in a few weekat the baby. being cured has to be turned out make way for another little sufferer and back it goes to its dreadful home and in a few months it is brought back to the same warG. as bad as ever. Oh dear, oh dear Dire Results of Ignorance. This happens In hundreds of cases in oak big industrial cities, but the ill effects or rickets are not confined to age of childhood.. Curvature of the spine is often of rickety origin, and lasts throughout life. But the most pitiful results of all are those found in th( female sex,the bones supporting the lower parfc of the abdomen are bent inwards by the rickety deformity, the birth of the child is rendered im* possible, and the poor woman can only b( relieved from her anguish by an operation. Rickets is not so much the outcome of poverty as ignorance it is quite time such ignorance was dispelled. The treatment of rickets is so simple fresh air and sunshine, plenty of millt and fresh food, bacon fat and gravy and pota- toes and sensible clothing. One at a Time. Bow legs in infants are not caused by the child walking too early, but by the weakness of the bones in consequence of the absence of bone-forming material from the food. I oIten reminded by kind friends that I cannot cure cancer I reply, "never mind about cancer for the present, I can cure rickets* Now set about exterminating rickets, and wheuj you have done that, come back to me and I will give you another disease to tackle." It is better to give us credit for what we can d £ than to denounce us for our deficieoces. The Importance of Sunlight The value of light as a remedial agent is never properly appreciated. If some dis- ease germs are put in a glass tube and hung up in the sunlight they are soon killed the microbes of deadly diseases love the darkness for their deeds are evil. It is distressing that many good housewives do all they can to shut out the sunshine because it takes the colour out of the carpets and curtains. The sunshine, I venture to say, is of more value than the reds and greens of the carpet in the drawing-room. Most drawing-rooms, at best, are dismal places, with a vault-like cbillinesp which dispels all notion ot warmth, comfort, and hospitality. A room into which air and light do not have free ingress must always be unhealthy. To increase the lighting of a room the windows should be cleaned regularly, especially in smoky towns. By letting in light you ai e letting in health. Very often aroom may be made brighter and more cheerful by white- washing the opposite wall outside or by using ajreflector, or by employing as much white paint, as possible. The more light the better a doctor in choosing a room for an invalid, wiDj other things being equal, decide on the lightest room. Nature Longs for Light. Do not accept a job in a badly lighted office.' Basements and rooms lighted by ga8 all day long should be avoided. Anasmia in young people may be caused by working in dim light. If a potato plant is put in a box in a cellar with only one small grating, the young shoot will strain towards the grating with an almost pathetic yearning. All nature longs for light and the poor little potato shoot will reach the light or perish in the attempt. Answers to Correspondents. Vera.—Your child may be suffering front rickets take him to a doctor. J.G.—For the clicking in the joint of yoa* jaw there is little to be done, but try a small blister over the spot. An operation is some- times done, but I do not recommend it. (All letters intended for The Family Doctor," should be addressed, "The Doctor." 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.)
BRAVE BOY IN CARDIFF.
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BRAVE BOY IN CARDIFF. A stirring tale of bravery is told of a lad* Charles Kavanagh, son of Captain Kavanagh. chief officer of the, as. Dunhrody, who arrived in Cardiff on Saturday to commence an ap- prenticeship to the Clyde Steamship Company. Some time ago he was out in a skiff with two playmates, having a sail down the river at Waterford. They brought the craft to, and Charles and one of the lads left it and went ashore to pick nuts. They were busy filling their.pockets when a shout caused them to turn, and to their dismay they saw an up- turned skiff and its occupant struggling in the water. Young Kavanagh divested himseU of his clothing, plunged in and reached bis drowning comrade. Being a strong swimmer; he brought the lad, who was unconscious, to the shore. Then he stripped off the wet clothing of the unfortunate lad, and telling his other playmate that they must get him warm at all costs—as the incident happened recently the weather was cold—they dressed the still unconscious boy as best they could. Realising that further help must speedily be procured. Charlie swam out to the upturned akiff, and towed it back to shore, where it was righted. In it they placed the lad, and, getting in them- selves, rowed to the nearest township-Passage East. All this time Kavanagh was naked. A doctor's aid was enlisted, and consciousness restored, and soon the lad was little the worse for his very unpleasant experience. ,"r This brave deed was brought before the Royal Humane Society, who decided to recog- nise the heroism of Kavanagh, and whoo j Charlie returns from his in it) a) foreign trip—he is sailing for China—the Mayor of Waterford will publicly present him with the certificate.
LESS UNEMPLOYMENT.
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LESS UNEMPLOYMENT. A memorandum prepared by the Labour Department of the Board of Trade for the Board of Trade Labour Gazette regarding the state of the skilled labour marfcet in December states that employment in that month was on the whole much about the same as in November. There was some improvement in the coal mining, iron and steel, tinplate and shipbuilding industries. On the other hand there was a seasonal decline in the building trades and at the end of the month in the printing trades. In the engineering and ofchc* industries there were the usual holiday sus- pensions at the end of the year. In spite of seasonal and holiday influences, the net increase in the percentage of un- employed as between November and Decembet was 0"1 only as compared with an average in. crease of 0*6 in the ten years 1899 to 1908. Tp. high price of raw cotton continued adversely to affect the cotton industry. As compared with a year ago, all th e princif pal industries, except cotton, showed an in* provement. In the 416 Trade Unions with a nef membership of 692,153 making returns 6*5 per cent, were reported as unemployed at tJIC, end of December. 1909. compared with 6*5 pet cent. at the end of November, 1909, and 9'1 PfII cent. at the end of December, 1908.