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I Aff TROUBLES AT BRIDGEND
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I Aff TROUBLES AT BRIDGEND At a meeting of the Bridgend and Cow- bridge Board of Guardians on Saturday, Mr T. J. Job presiding, it was resolved by a majority of two that the Press should be ad- J-~ A.1 T i n A. T> l muteu LU i/ii« <11 vTuvt;ruiiiei-ii» DUarU Illt!Ulry which is being held on Wednesday into the differences which have arisen amongst the nursing staff at the Workhouse Infirmary. A report by the House Committee was sub- mitted, which stated that Nurse Broughton, the superintending nurse, had refused to hand over to the workhouse master the nurses' report book, which was completed. The committee recommended that the superintending nurse be requested to hand over all completed books to the master for safe custody. The Rev. T. B. Phillips (chairman of the committee) alleged that the leaves relating to the friction at the infirmary had been torn out of the book. The recommendation was adopted. Mr T. W. Job moved that the resolution co divide the Board into three permanent fixed committees for the administration of out-relief be rescinded. He alleged that the Board had passed the resolution under the misapprehen- sion that it simply meant the division of the Board into three committees instead of two, and that it would not prevent members from attending any committee. Mr Cox (Ogmore) seconded the motion. Mr T. C. Jones opposed the motion, and said there was too great a tendency for members to follow up cases they were particularly inter- ested in. He did not think it right for a public man to be in the capacity of advocate and judge. (Hear, hear.) Mr Edward Edwards said that those who proposed the first resolution were very mean and sly in putting in the word permanent. Mr Cox That's it. Ram it down. The Chairman protested agamet Mr Edwards's language Mr Edwards Well, that is my opinion. Mr Edwards added that those who wished a fixed permanent committee thought the Board showed too much partiality to the poor. These people were constantly suspicious of others. They would shut others out altogether if they' could and do the business themselves Mr Cox That's what they want. Mr John Howell, Maesteg, said that it was the Maesteg members who stayed behind chiefly for out-relief work, and the other mem- bers thought that mischievous. The motion was carried by a large majority. On the motion of Mr D. H. Price, it was decided to have three committees "instead of two under the arrangement formerly in vogue. Mr George Howell, Brynmenyn, was ap- pointed clerk of the works for the new In- firmary. Information was received that the charge for patients at the Glamorgan County Asylums would be 10s 6d instead of 9s lid per week.
PA LE ? PAHAM ?
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PA LE ? PAHAM ? Mor oer,—mor arw,—ydyw'r hin, A hithau'n dymor Haf! Yn disgyn, —esgyn,—o bob rain Caniadau hiraeth gaf. Pa le mae'r Hafddydd gafwyd gynt? Pa le mae'r heulwen lan ? Pa le mae'r mwyn hyfrydol wynt Ffedyddiai'r wlad & ch&n ? Nid oes yn awr ond swn y glaW Yn disgyn ar bob bryn; .,1. A chyfyd ocheneidiau braw o fron amaethdai'r glyn. Ar ol cael tyftantglAn a thrwm Gan Natur, fwynaf un Mae ei hanadliad ar bob cwm Fel pe'n ei deifio'i hun. Bu'r heuwyr ar y maes bob un, Medelwyc wedi hyn; Ond ni cheir alaw gobaith cun Ar faes na dol na bryn. 'Oes rhvwun eill esbonio'r ffaith ? 'Yw'r broblem fawr yn glir? Paham mae Natur yh ei gwaith Yn glawio barn i'r tir? Caerdydd, Awst, 1910. Rees Rees (Teifi).
TANGNEFEDD.
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TANGNEFEDD. Mae'r storm yn tramwy'n hyf trwy'r nen, Gan ysgwyd derw hyd eu sail, A blin chwareua'r tirfion ddail, Gan ddisgwyl gwenau gwawrddydd wen; Y mellt oleuant ochrau'r nen, A'r daran drystfawr sy'n creu ofn, A chwydda Hit yr afon ddofn; Yr hebog grynn dan frjgau'r pren; Ond clywaf lais p^rfelus iawn Yn tonni o'r tragwyddol mawr: Cerydda'r storm, a thyrr y wawr; Ac wedi'r llais tangnefedd gawn. Ohapus awr & i dieithr hud Mae'r aflonyddwch wodi ffoi: Ac Anian gu i hedd ga'i throi Pan fo'r eKennau fud. Yn merw'r ddrycin, ar ei hynt, Mae"r teithiwr llesgwedd wedi'i ddal, A llun ei berson harddwych mal Y pren curedig gan y gwynt. I'w gartref, 0 mae'r ffordd yn faith, Heb gymotth cynnes heulwen glir Os caled ydyw'r frwydr hir, Tangnefedd fydd ar ben y daith. Dangnefedd hoff dy vrenau di, Fel heulwen dyner wedi glaw, »"1 Yn torri trwy y cymyl draw Dywynna. er ein llonni ni. I Y galon gan ofldiau bUn A lethwyd i anobaith ing; Ond yh dy gwmni hi a ddring Trwy'r oil yng ngrym dy felus win: Y Greaf fling brydferthwch gwlad, A chur i'w beddau'r blodau oil: Y mill a'r meillion sydd ar oll, A chanodd bronfraith alar-nad. Ond cofia'r Gwanwyn tyner hardd Am ddeffro'm fwyn yr oil o'u hun: Tahgnefedd leinw galon dyn Wrth weld y rhoemewn perth a gardd. Ar ganol mor mae rhwyflong fach, A'r dwylo oil yn eiriol iawn: Adroddant chwedlau'n rhydd eu dawn, Nes lliwia swyn eu hwyneb iach. Ond deffry cynnwrf tymestl fawr, A'r tonnau wlych y llong yn ftri; Agorwyd bedd yng ngwanc y lli'; Hwythau'n gwcddio-O gyfyng awr! Gwlych y dagrau bryderus rudd; Ond cerdd Mab Duw drwy'r storom lem; Grymusder Duwdod sy'n ei drem: Tangnefedd rydd i fynwes brudd. Gwawl y meddwl mewn amheuon— Seren enaid yn ei bryder Dyrr drwy wyllni a chysgodion, I oleuo mewn cyfvngder. Clyw tangnefedd gri y galon Ga ei difa gan ei dolur- Dolur ingoedd ei hegnïon Dros y mab a'i fywyd amhur: Arllwys wna ei sicrwydd iddi: Ni cha gweddi weithio'n ofer; Er i'r llais ymbilgar dewi, Etyb Duw'n ei awr amser. Clywais yr ehcdydd bychan, — O mor ddiwall!—yncaroli; Yn y glesni wrtho'i hunan Yno mynnai ef addoli; 'Roedd tangnefedd lon'd ei galon; Awgrym tyner roes i minnau.— Purdeb bywyd yr uchelion, Mae tangnefedd lon'd ei oriau. Gwclais yr hynafgwr penwyn Wedi crymu dan y croesau, Ond pefriadau llygaid terwyn Adfewyrchent ei deimladau; Profiad o fadd^uant lesu, Ei oleuni, a'] ymgeledd, Yw fyngobaith," medd," trwy'rgwaedu Meddaf finnau, O! dangn'fedd! Machlud haul yn y gorwal pel. Daw'r nos &'i sang ar fedd y dydd; Ond trwy'r diflannol cenfydd ffydd dangnefedd gwlad sy well. Ynyaforgan. John Lewis Jenkins. )
TRAIN OUTRAGE. .
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TRAIN OUTRAGE. 12 Years for Shooting a Passenger ) LONDON CLERK'S CRIME: Sentence of 12 penal servitude was passed at the Central Criminal Court on Satur- day by Mr Justice Hamilton on William Simp- son, a tall, powerfully-built man, described as a clerk, aged 32, for shooting in a Metropolitan Railway carriage at William Samuel Frost with intent to murder him. The prisoner at first wished to plead guilty to shooting at Mr Frost to rob him," but as this was not accepted, he amended his plea to one of not guilty. Mr Travers Humphreys, who, with Mr Oddy, appeared for the prosecution, said the prisoner had been guilty of a most murderous assault on Mr Frost, with the intention of robbing him. He narrowly escaped murdering Mr Frost, and the jury would be asked to say that he intended to murder him. Such assaults were, fortun- ately, of rare occurrence in this country. The prisoner's methods seemed to have differed from those of the old-fashioned high- waymen, as he did not even demand money from his victim before shooting at) him with a revolver. His object unquestionably was to rob Mr Frost, dead or alive. Previous to August 9th, the day on which this outrage was committed, the prisoner pur- chased a revolver and a quantity of cartridges and some chloroform. With these articles, and also a piece of cord, the prisoner went to Baker-street Station on August 9th, and entered afirst-class compartment in which Mr Frost, a gentleman in business in the City, and residing at Ruislip, was seated. When the train started both were reading newspapers, but as it entered the tunnel the prisoner dropped his paper and, pointing a revolver at Mr Frost's head, fired it. The first shot went wide, but two more shots were fired in quick succession, the last one entering and passing through Mr Frost's jaw. A desperate struggle took place until the train began to slow up at Swiss Cot- tage, when the prisoner slipped through the door and ran back into the tunnel, where he was subsequently found hiding in a manhole. Desperate Fight in Train. After evidence had been called to prove the purchase of the revolver, chloroform, and cartridges, Mr Frost described his exciting experiences in the train, and said that not only did he look for a communi- cation cord inside the carriage, but passed his hand outside to find one. He grappled with the prisoner, and there was a terrible struggle. At one time Mr Frost succeeded in getting the prisoner down, and at another time Simpson got him down. Open- ing one of the doors prisoner tried to get Mr Frost out, but the latter successfully resisted. Prisoner then opened the other door, and tried to throw him out of that. Had there been a communication cord, he would have pulled it very early in the struggle, and no doubt the train would have been stopped. On that line appa- rently, the company only put communica- tion cords on trains which travelled more than twenty miles without stopping. In the course of the struggle Mr Frost said What are you doing ? What do you mean by this ?" Prisoner made no reply, and the struggle continued. Seeing that the revolver had dropped on the floor Mr Frost kicked it out of one of the open doors. That having been done prisoner himself got near the door and disappeared in the tunnel. Could not the prisoner have put the revolver right in your face and fired if he intended to kill you T" asked Mr Oliver, who defended.—I should think he might. The first shot was. fired abo ve in the wood- work high above your head ?—When the wea- pon was pointed at me it seemed to be pointed at my head. The revolver may-have thrown high. Another shot went under the seat ?—The shaking of the train may have put the barrel out of angle. You were more than a match for him in the struggle 1-1 don't think so if the train had gone on to Kilburn. Judge's Comments. Evidence was given that when the prisoner was found in the tunnel he said he had fallen out-of the train, and had had an electric shock. The next day, while in a cell at Marylebone Police Court, he was placed next to a lad named Thomas Pope, and when asked what he was in for," replied for shooting a man. Prisoner described how he followed prosecutor to Baker- streetand got-into the same carriage with him. While pretending to read a newspaper he fired at him from underneath the paper. Prisoner also said, If I had overpowered the man I • would have gone though his pockets and put him underneath the seat." Referring to the fact that there was a gentleman in the next carriage, Prisoner-said that if he or anybody; else had attempted to stop him he would have shot at them. The Judge said that in this country, where people of necessity had frequently to travel in trains, it was impossible not to view with ex- treme severity this desperate and determined, and all but successful, attempt to murder for the sake of whatever money a map might have in his pockets. Prisoner was a desperate character, and he had committed an abomin- able crime.
Frenzied Girls. .
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Frenzied Girls. DISASTROUS LONDON FIRE. London was the scene-of another serious con- flagration in the early hours of Sunday morning. The fire occurred on the premises of Messrs Wallace Hughes, drapers, which is within a few yards of the drapery pre- mises of Mbrley and Lanceley, which were burnt out a few days ago. The outbreak originated near the back of the building and gained a strong hold before five young lady assistants sleeping on the second floor v^te aware of it. The ladies became terri- fied by the rapidity with which the flames roared up the staircases, cutting off escape in that direction, and their screams quickly brought a crowd to the spot., Heedless of the cries of the onlookers, who warned them that assistance was at hand, they commenced leaping from the window. Miss Annie ttimore(28),of Yarmouth, was instantly killed Miss Edith Pentecost (21), Weybridge, sustained a broken ankle, bruises, and shock and Miss Violet Valder (18), Sheer- ness, probable internal injuries, burns, and shock. A tarpaulin was then held by the crowd, and into this Miss Ethel Potter (22), Burnham-on- Crough, leapt safely, while Miss Sarah Christo- pher, of Leytonstone, was brought down on the back of a fireman amid cheers. The two first-named were conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital for treatment. The body of the deceased lady was taken to the mortuary. Miss Potter and Miss Christopher are suffer- ing from burns and shock. It is a fortunate fact that all the other assist- ants are housed out by their employers. The fire brigade were not long in extinguish- ing the flames, but it is estimated that damage to the extent of £8,000 was done. A rumour spread that two more assistants were missing. After a search for them among the crowd, firemen carrying torches re- ascended the escape and entered the front room. They were soon able to report that no one remained in the building.
I OSBORNE JUDGMENT .
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I OSBORNE JUDGMENT Labour Protest. TRADE UNION DEMONSTRATION. Test Question for Next Election. Taking advantage of the presence in Sheffield on Saturday of some of the Labour reprta. tives in Parliament, who have arrived to attend the congress, the Trade Unions organised a demonstration to protest against the" Osborne Judgment," which deprives them of the right to pay Parliamentary expenses out of Trade Union funds. The meeting was held in High Hazels Park, where, from three platforms, a resolution was put affirming the international solidarity of labour and identity of working class inter- ests. emphatically protesting against the deci- sion of the House of Lords in the Osborne case, and calling upon the Government to give facili- ties for the discussion and passing of a Bill to put an end to these injustices to the workers, and pledging itself to make the support of the Labour Party's Bill for this purpose a test question at the coming election. Socialists and Trade Unionists. Mr Arthur Henderson, M.P., in seconding the resolution, said the longer they lived the more the workers were convinced that in this country, at any rate, instead of Trade Union- ism being" played out," as some asserted, it was only really beginning. (Cheers.) There was nothing so encouraging as the evidences they had to-day of the solidarity of the Trade Union movement all the world over. (Cheers.) They were recognising that they were com- rades in arms, and that their efforts should be unrestricted by race, nationality, or colour, and that their ultimate goal was the brother- hood of man. Socialists and Trade Unionists had so much in common that there was no need for them to divide. They could work together towards the common end of deliver- ing the great mass of the people of this coun- .try and of other countries from their present depressing condition. Mr Osborne thought that there should be a complete divorce be- tween Trade Union work and political action. The sooner all their Osbornes learned that Trade Unionism was no longer able to deal with organised capital except on the lines which organised capital had adopted the better. What were those lines ? To get the control of the Parliamentary machine. Mr Osborne and others had become the tool of the capitalists. (Hear, hear.) It would be most interesting to see the list of subscribers to Mr Osborne's first fund. (Laughter.) Law Lords and Labour. ¡ The Law Lords were never very friendly to Trade Unions, and they had pronounced a judgment which had taken from them the liberties they had enjoyed for at least 40 years. How were they to get the grievance remedied ? They would get the remedy when they got the unity. They were not going to get the remedy by captious criticism andîby disintegration such as were going on in connection with certain classes of their movement. It had been said that the Labour party had ceased to count." His answer was that the Labour party was as influential to-day as ever it had been. (Cheers.) Thisresohitionappealedto Trade Unionists to make the matter a test question at the next election. They must have restored to them all the rights which the Osborne judgment took away from them. (Cheers.) If the whole of the Trade (Unionists would come into line and stand a united body at the next General Elec- tion they would be able, he made bold to say, to do with the Osborne judgment in the first Session of the next Parliament what they did with the Taff Vale judgment. The Labour party were not in the least discouraged. They were determined that this question must be settled and settled speedily. (Cheers.) Attack on the Judges. Mr Will Thome, M.P., supported the resolu- tion. He spoke of the international congress which he had attended at Copenhagen and of the evidence there given of a better under- standing between the workers of all nations, who recognised that they had got one common enemy—the landlord and capitalist. As to the Osborne judgment, he denied the right of any judges to say how organised labour shall spend its money. But what could be expected from such judges ? They were drawn from the moneyed class, with all its prejudices against organised labour. If they thought for a single moment that they were going to prevent. Trade Unionists from sending their comrades and friends to the House of Commons to look after their interests, they were making one of the biggest possible mis- takes. If Trade Unionists could not do it one way they would do it another. (Cheers.) "Day of Revenge Might Come." At another platform Mr J. R. Clynes, M.P., said employers were setting a bad example who locked out their men with very little or practically no notice. Just as the masters might feel that at this time they had a special opportunity which they should seize, so a day of resentment, a day of revenge even, might come. He did not say revenge should be in- dulged in, but it would be very natural jf that bad example, so thoughtlessly and recklessly set by the employers, was followed by the great mass of the men in our industrial struggles in the future. (Hear, hear.) Speak- ing of the Osborne judgment, he said the actual instigators and managers of this un- generous hostility to the Labour Party were interested politicians. He added that at all times there had been knaves and fools who could be used by the rich to wreck the hopes of the poor. (Cheers.) At the third platform Mr J. Pointer, M.P., called upon Trade Unionists not to take the Osborne judgment lying down." The resolution was carried.
Three Days in Old Shaft. "•!I
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Three Days in Old Shaft. "• RESCUE DUE TO COWS. Peter Rigby, a shoemaker, in a spirit of adventure, descended a disused coal pit shaft at Holland Moor, near Ormskirk, which is about 90 feet deep. Having satisfied his curiosity Rigby set about returning, but he was horrified to find that escape was impossible. The shaft is situated in a spot that is not much frequented, and Rigby's frenzied cries for help passed unnoticed. For three days and nights he was in the pit without food and water. The manner of his deliverance was brought about in a curious way. A farmer named Richard Wright noticed that some cows in a field adjacent to the pit shaft were behaving in a peculiar manner. At first he was inclined to take no notice of what he regarded as mere bovine eccentricity, but, the animals persisting in their strange behaviour the farmer decided to ascertain the cause. It was thus that he heard Rigby's cries for help. Had Mr Wright not gone near to the mouth of the shaft he would probably have heard nothing, for Rigby was in a state of collapse, and was uttering but feeble cries. P.C. Colling was sent for, and he pluckily determined to descend the shaft. He was lowered by a rope, and discovered Rigby suffering acutely. He brought the man to the surface. Had Siven Up Hope. Rigby said :—" I had given up all hopes of liberation, and was more dead than alive when hauled to the surface, although I ngver lost consciousness. The desire for water was most intense, and it was some time before I re- covered speech in which to thank my plucky rescuer. My surroundings proved terribly monotonous, and the silence was awful. The anxiety of my people at home as to my where- abouts worried me greatly, and I fully believed that I should have to a endure an agonising time until unconsciousness, and finally death, released me from my sufferings. When informed that it was the peculiar behaviour of the cattle grazing in the field close to the shaft which led to my discovery by farmer Richard Wright, I could scarcely credit it, and I shall always be a firm believer in the instinct of animals. During the whole time of my imprisonment I never got a wink of sleep." Rigby is little the worse for his remarkable adventure.
STATION REFRESHMENT BAR.
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STATION REFRESHMENT BAR. AtlCarmarthen on Saturday Superintendent Jones charged Win. Young, licensee of the re- freshment rooms at the lailway station with selling intoxicants to a person, who was not travelling by train, during illegal hours. Mr H. Brunei White defended- It was stated that just after 10 o'clock on the night of tha 27th August, Henry Lewis, 19, Little Water-street, Carmarthen, went into the refreshment rooms for a bottle of bass for which he was charged 4d. He remonstrated with the waitress that she was charging too much, and he complained to Police-sergeant Williams, who was on the platform. The sergeant spoke to the waitress and told her that she had no right to sell the beer to Lewis as he was not travelling by train, whereupon she replied, I asked him if he had come in by train and he said Yes.' An excursion had just come in at the time and it was stated by the waitress that Lewis rushed in bare-headed exactly as if he had come in by the train, and asked for the beer. He also said that he had come from Pembroke Dock. The charge of 4d was the tariff price. The Bench giving the defendant the benefit of the doubt dismissed the case.
ALLEGED BRYNNA BURGLARY.
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ALLEGED BRYNNA BURGLARY. At Bridgend on Saturday George Hawkins and George Henry Endear, of Tonyrefail, labourers, were charged with entering a house: at Brynna and stealing a quantity of goods. Inspector Benjamin Evans said that on Friday the prisoner George Hawkins was arrested by P.C. Loveluck on a charge of failing to report himself under the Crimes Act as an ex-convict. In consequence of information given to witness by Hawkins witness on Friday night arrested the other prisoner at Llanharran, and made a search of their house at Tonyrefail, where he recovered property of the value of £10, the proceeds of a burglary at Brynna. He charged both prisoners with the burglary. Hawkins said, I am guilty," and the other prisoner said, I was there with him and helped him." Supt. Davies applied for a remand, which was granted. ?
DEAD ON HIS BOX. \--
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DEAD ON HIS BOX. Just before noon on Saturday, as a four- wheeled cab was crossfng from Threadneedle- street to Queen Victoria-street, London, a policeman noticed that the driver, an old man, was leaning over on his seat in a collapsed condition. The officer stopped the cab at the Refuge, and took the driver down. It was then discovered that the unfortunate man Was dead. The cab, in which were several ladies, and which was laden with luggage, was taken over to Mansion House-place, where the ladies alighted, and took another vehicle.
",^ ,FOR BOYS AND EURLS.
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FOR BOYS AND EURLS. The Train Brownies. By HAL MAJOR. j Jerry sat quite still. In another moment the wain would be off. Porters rushed madly \1nd. Doors banged. The guard waved his little green flag and off they went. Slowly they left the station behind with the piles of lug- f&ge, golf sticksandall,and the bright sunshine parted in through the window as the train be8an its journey through the fresh country. Jerry heaved a sigh. He did hope the driver Jfopld not go too fast. Certainly father did say Would be a long train journey, but it can't e! be too long when you are going off on your ~?lidays, can it ? As he hugged his book of cat Pictures and a huge tablet of milk chocolate he f&Uttced at his father and mother. They had £ °th settled down to their grown-up papers and lUOk.ed aa if they would not disturb him for ag So Jerry settled down in his corner fgain. Wasn't it all splendid ? He had been •linking about all this for weeks and weeks and W it was here. Holidays with a book of cat tures, and chocolate, and a corner seat in e railway carriage How lovely it all was And wasn't that a jolly little pony kicking its up in that field Isn't it funny how holi- days don't seem half so nice when you've had as they do before they've come ? Well, he-was and here the holidays were and he going to make the most of them. Should he eat the chocolate while he looked the pictures ? No. He would look at the Jjctures first and then eat the chocolate. That JfptUA last longer. At all events he would take paper off his tablet and just as he leaned Jor^ard to look at sdme extra fine horse he thought he heard a half choked whisper in the Setter, just where the cushions meet,—you ~"ow the place—where your pocket knife slides; and you think you've lost it. Of course a boy, he had to find out more about the jasper, and as he bent down to the corner he rd a queer little voice say, That's better. "'ny didn't you move before ? You nearly Smashed me flat," and then there was a sound Jike coughing, but ever so small. It all sounded ?° funny. Father and mother were still read- their papers—at least father had his eyes vosed. I suppose be must have been thinking eply. So Jerry bent further down and whis- pered, « Who's that ?" Again there was the sound of coughing and fluttering and again the little voice said, ». Don't you know me ? Well you are a nice Jjttle boy. I'm one of the Train Brownies." *y°*»gh, cough. But I say I've just come from § compartment, where there's a funny with his trousers tied round his knees, iitYWay he was smoking ever such a black tIe pipe and-Oh, I can smell it yet." There was more coughing while Jerry was so II.8tonished that I suppose his eyes got rounder rounder and wider and wider. The little ^•ice asked I suppose you belong to parents who ^ven't told you about u3 Brownies." j- Now Jerry didn't like the way the Brownie this and besides father and mother were j^fully jolly parents even if they had omitted J? inform him of the existence of this par- ijpular Brownie. He was just going to tell the all the things his people had told him, that there really wasn't much time for cies now the new governess had come, when e Brownie interrupted and said, Oh yes, I know all about it, but if you had Y*°Wn about us you wouldn't have asked who J-Just then they heard a low rumble, and the *ownie got quite excited. u Sere's another train coming," cried he. the 10-30 from King's Cross, and it goes Sylt down to Scotland. Come along-" V, .But before Jerry could recover from his sur- there was a shriek and a rattle and the ^°tch Express was off to Edinburgh. Why didn't you hurry ?" said the Brownie. Hurry ? Where to ?' asked Jerry. «Why on to that other train," said the ^ownie. Jerry thought this Brownie must be a queer jrfctle chap to think of jumping from trains like 7«»5. After all he didn't wonder mother never { £ ld hitn-&bout the Train Brownies, if they did tike this. He didn't know how fast the **ains went, but he thought they went swifter father's "'pony, 'tacd 1 Jerry knew how it when he tried to jump out of the trap :bèn it was going. He felt sorry for the poor tItle Brownie who didn't know better than ytis, and offered him a bit of chocolate. It was turn to be surprised now, for the ypownie did not know what chocolate was. r^st fancy Didn't know chocolate Why it filled absurd. What did he have after taking riders ? However, the Brownie soon saw it was intended to be used, and I am sure J\°^ld never again forget his first mouthful, for rj^cough seemed to go at once, andhecouldn't Z^ell the nasty smoke any more—as least so he • rk Jerry. Together they munched milk •i solate, and in between the Brownie said, h say, little boy, have your people really S.ever "told you anything about us Train *°Wnies ?" No, not a word," said Jerry, getting closer ,the Brownie. I What a shame. Why we have ever such times. We live on the fast trains always ^hat is, most of us do. And there we go /Joshing along always laughing. Listen. Can't hear the others ?" Oh, that's only the wheels," said Jerry, j. So that's what you think, is it ?" said the J^ownie, I suppose those precious parents of told you that, but they won't tell you j^ch about us. They're afraid, or else they've ^gotten all they ever knew. Now just wait another train passes/ and listen to the of laughter as the Brownies change Pains. Oh it's such fun—far better than sitting ? carriages and looking out of the windows." then. I'm sorry to say that this Brownie jr^d to persuade Jerry to jump out on the next "One jump' and it's done," he said, j. No more sitting in corner seats, and train every da^ of your life. Do come!" t sounded so fine to have train rides all kg, that Jerry was almost persuaded to try. e could always run back to see father and pother any time on one of the south trains. t then a thought struck him. ,1 But suppose I fell ?" he asked. Then the Brownie seemed to get smaller and jailer as he whispered how sometimes a f^ownie misses when he j limps, and after that Qvust never go on a train carrying people, v? the train is sure to be destroyed by that fe'' Yon've heard of accidents, I suppose," he ^d. The papers call them train smashes.' tJ\eU, they happen when a fallen Brownie to jump on again But what happens to them after they have ||en ?" asked Jerry. • i. Oh," said the Brownie. After they fall are only allowed on those trains which kjffy coal and lime, and salt, and stuff. These F^tts only go slowly, you know, and you can these fallen Brownies screaming with pain anger, when the men put the brakes on, T^ause Brownies are used to travelling very jjPjckly. And they keep on shouting until train really does stop. But you never hear ^j^und then. They he low for fear of any of Porters and paper-boys, who go rushing up down the platforms should find them. *ou won't tell anyone, will you ?" i Jcrpy was telling the Brownie he wouldn't 11 anyone sure as death," when there was a i;rn and a rush and the train dashed into a el. How all the Brownies yelled with de- 8ht for Jerry could hear them quite plainly And the little Brownie in the corner ?e"ed too, I believe, but there was so much that one more didn't make much ^Serence. j*51 fact, there was so much noise that Jerry's ther stopped thinking and opened his eyes, cj^jUe Jerry's mother asked that the window be ^All right, old lady," said Jerry's father, musn'tthink that Jerry's mother was Oh, dear, no! Besides, she wore such fluffy things about the neck and alw;ays Of? just sweet," for Jerry's father had said so. But he often called her "old < If your father shuts the window I must p first!" shouted the Brownie, for there thstm a terrific noise. However, just then train came out of the tunnel. »< T That was a narrow escape," said Brownie, jjJ^as just getting ready for a jump, to go to join my chums under the carriage WOQ8 ^e wheels and then you wouldn't ,ye heard any more about the Brownies." Never mind," said Jerry, it's all right but I don't know why folks are always Toting to close the carriage windows." Co Brownie stayed, and there in the tKPller between mouthfuls of chocolate—for Were heap3 left yet—he told Jerry won- tales of the rides he had had, especially ^those during the night, untiljerry got so tvC5ted about it all, that he determined to join Brownies. The two of them tried to iook » the cat. pictures, but they didn't seem a bit J^resting after the stories the Brownie had tailing. The book of pictures slipped on to the floor as Jerry's quick ears, a distant rumble. lIere it is. Come along," shouted the oWnic. (,jj S the express dashed past Jerry darted to ^indow and popped his head out. He often that he distinctly$aw the Brownie make Iw^P^and that he: thinks that he could Of ? done it if his father had not caught hold wt'0! but his people laugh at him, and the lisi e lop-eared rabbit is the only one who to the yarn wit h paticnce. jyttcn and often Jerry lies awake at night lj^thinkB and thinks of all the happenings on iWj.uevcr'tO'be forgotten train Journey, oia people know all about the Brownlca t -=- And did they conceal it all from him in case he went off with them ? Parents really arc a nuisance. They think they know everything. How can they hear Brownies talking if they will read stupid newspapers and spread hand- kerchiefs over their faces to that. they can think ?
IAFTER 40 YEARS SERVICE.
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AFTER 40 YEARS SERVICE. Mr W. Jones, vice-chairman, presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Chepstow Guardians on Saturday. The Board declined to pay double burial rfees in the case of a person found drowned at Lvdney, as the body was found in that parish, and they only paid the ordinary fees in such cases. The Clerk reported the sudden death of the Workhouse porter since last meeting, and it was-decided to advertise for a man between 25 and 30 years of age as porter, labour master, and superintendent of tramp wards, with knowledge of gardening, at 14s a week, with rations and apartments. The late porter, Mr W.Parkman (or Cooksley, as he was known) had served the Board for nearly 40 years, and was within about 12 months of becoming entitled to a pension. It was decided to ask the consent of the Local Government Board for a grant of SO to be made.to the widow and family.
VIRTUE OF COMMON-SENSE. j
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VIRTUE OF COMMON-SENSE. Last week a Guardians' sub committee re- ported tnat they were not satisfied with the accommodation for poor patients provided by Dr. W. Courteney Milward, Glossop-road, medical officer to Cardiff Central District, and asking for an alteration. At Saturday's meeting of the Guardians a letter was read from Dr. Milward criticising, and objecting to, the re- port. The Chairman (Mr O. H. Jones) re- marked that a little common-sense ought to settle the points in dispute. The matter was referred to a sub-committee.
A NEWPOfrt JOKE.
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A NEWPOfrt JOKE. At a meeting of the Newport Guardians on Saturday (Rev. D. Benan Jones, Caerleon, pre- siding) Mr A. B. Moon (Labour) criticised the methods of allowing children to be boarded out. Mr D. Treasure said it was not fair that the committee should'be braffietted about lifco this. The Rev. Roderick Jones suggested they go on with th« business and not allow members gasomefctuiv (Laughter.)
Homes for Women. .
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Homes for Women. CARDIFF GUARDIANS REFUSE TO INTERFERE. At Satorday's meeting of Cardiff Board of Guardians, the chairman (Mr 0. H. Jones) presiding, Mrs George Howe (Kingswood Tre- borth Rescue and Preventive Home) moved :— That this Board supports the notice of motion by Councillor Sydney Jenkins for the next Council meeting asking the Health Committee to report fully as to the desir- ability of establishing a municipal lodging house for women, and urging upon the City Council the necessity of making adequate accommodation for women and girls in poor and friendless circumstances. Mrs Howe said that all who made the social conditions respecting friendless women and girls their study declared that the establish- ment of a properly-conducted municipal lodging house was a necessity. In connection with the opening of the Manchester municipal lodging house for women the Lord Mayor'of Manchester said It would have a great pre- ventive influence." When the South Wales Daily News first brought this urgent city need powerfully before the notice of the public, she spoke to about 40 young women who were practically homeless, and of 0 whom she could say with confidence that they were being saved from a life of shame. Fifteen of these young women declared they felt sure they would not have gone astray had there been a proper lodging house at Cardiff. The city should not neglect its duty towards its friendless women behind the thought that it was for private enterprise or for even the churches to entirely meet the necessity, but in the true spirit of comradeship the city should provide suitable accommodation to protect and befriend the weak. In doing that the municipality would not be committed to any unnecessary risk, for on the authority of the Town Clerk of Glasgow the municipal home at Glasgow had not only proved a life-saving apparatus to many women but a financial success. (Hear, hear.) Councillor Good, seconding the resolution, said a municipal lodging-house such as was asked for would prove remunerative. Alderman F. J. Beavan said he did not think it wise that one public body should send a recommendation to another advocating a cer- tain line of policy. Mr J. J. Ames said there were philanthropists and others who would put money into the pro- posed scheme if Mrs Howe and her friends con- vinced them it would prove a financial success. It was a matter for voluntary and not for municipal effort. Canon Buckley said they were all in sym- pathy with the resolution to a large extent, but it would be unfortunate if they voted upon it. Many of them thought it was not desirable that they should approach the Corporation, and so he moved that the previous question be put. The Rev. E. T. Davies (Penarth) seconded, because, he said, the subject did not concern the county guardians. Dr. Sixsmith (Barry) said that as a county guardian he supported the resolution, which suggested a commonsense solution of one of the greatest social problems with which they were confronted. A municipal lodging-house for women would relieve the guardians of a portion of their burdens, as it would be the means of preventing many women who by stress of circumstances were now forced to seek the shelter of the workhouse or who, in other ways, became a burden to the community The Rev. John Williams (Grangetown, Car- diff) said his experience made him believe that a lodging-house for women would help very- materially in the prevention of immorality and crime.. The Chairman said he hoped the Guardians would not pass the resolution. He did not suppose anyone had the smallest objection to provision being made for women in the direc- tion indicated. The real point of difference, however, was as to whether or not these things should be taken up by the Corporation and run as a municipal enterprise, and on that point it was very undesirable that the Board should express an opinion. Let it be discussed by the Corporation. The previous question, moved by Canon Buckley, was then put to the meeting and car- ried by 23. votes to 18, Mrs Howe's resolution, therefore, not being submitted.
NEWPORT ALDERMAN'S VOTE.
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NEWPORT ALDERMAN'S VOTE. At the Newport Revision Court on Satur- day, Mr T. S. Gower. for the Liberals, referred to the vote of Alderman Fred Phillips, J.P., which has been the subject of so much dis- cussion. He said that he still thought that Mr Phillips was not entitled to the vote, but having regard to suggestions made he had dqcided not to proceed further with his objec- tion to the vote. Mr H. Longstaffe, for the Conservatives, said he was pleased at the decision come to. It would lead to better har- mony in public life. Mr Owen, the Barrister, said that Mr Gower had argued his case with distinctness, fairness and force. The case had given thorn some anxiety and he waa pleased at the arrangement come to.
---------;.. Y GOLOFN GYMREIG.…
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Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. Dymunir i'n G-ohebwyr Cvmreig gyfeirio eu gohebiaethau, llyfrau i'w hadolvgu, etc., fel y canlvn:—" lFANO,Cil Hedd, Brth win. btreet, Cardiff."
At Y BEIRDD.
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At Y BEIRDD. Englynion gwir gymeradwy yw'r eiddo Tudur Tâf. Mae gormod o wallau cynghanedd yn eng- lynion Dewi Caron i haeddu eu gofod; ac heblaw hynny, mae'r Gymraeg a'i chystrawen, gan gymaint yr ymdrech am gynghanedd, wedi ei banner littdagu ynddynt. I'r Ysgol Farddol," gyfaill, i ddechreu ac wed'yn i Elements of Welsh Grammar" Mr S. J. Evans, M.A. Englyn awenyddol yw'r eiddo Geo. Williams i "Ochenaid," er y buasai'n well ei effaith pe na fuasai i gyd, fel y mae, yn un frawddeg hir o'r dechreu i'r diwedd.—Tri phennill hoew ddigon, a chymeradwy hefyd, yw'r rhai sy ganddo ar Godiad Haul." Anfynych y clywir awen Teifi yn amheu ond mor naturiol yw i fardd ro'i geiriau i'w holl deimladau Wel, sicr yw fod Teifi wedi canu profiadau'r mwyafrif yn ei Pa Paham?" Pryddest wir awgrymiadol, a da'i chynllun a'i phwynt, yw Tangnefedd John Lewis Jenkins; ond nid yw'r arddull mor goeth na'r symudiad mor llyfn a naturiol &g y gallasai fod. —Y mae'n cithaf gwir fod y Celt yn ei anian yn gogwyddo at y breuddwydiol a'r ys- brydol," aHawt mor wir & hynny yw fod yr Iberiad bychan, tywyll," oedd yn Ynys Brydain o'i flaen, yr un fath ond yr oedd y Celt, heblaw bod yn freuddwydiwr," yn rhy- felwr a gorchfygwr hefyd a phan laniodd ym Mhrydain, nid hir y bu cyn cael y trechaf ar yr Iberiad bychan, a'i wneud yn rhan dra- gwyddol o hono 'i hun a hiliogaeth yr hen Gelt a'r Iberiad YN UN yw Celt Jlên y byd er's canrifoedd lawer. Gwir hapus yw cyfieithad Talnant o anig, dlos prifardd lled-Geltig y Saeson.
PLANT CAERDYDD WYL DDEWI 1910.
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PLANT CAERDYDD WYL DDEWI 1910. Heddyw gwyl a budd ugoliaeth-a gaed, Gyd a gwin aweniaeth Cerddi Cymru Fu, sy'n faeth Pur diJiau ysprydoetb. Torf o blant gl&n yn canu—eur-loew Bêr alawon Cymru; Celtig dan leinw'r gin gu Wna i'n lienaid enynnu. Myn'd rhagoch fyddoch i feddu —o had Ffrwyth athrylith Cymru; A dal gwerth eich cenedl gu Uwch aur dilin, a'i cbaru. Caerdydd. T. Lovell (.Tudur T&f).
OCHENAID.
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OCHENAID. (Buddugol yn y Meinciau Groglith 1910). Ochenaid drom ei chwynion—alaethus Dan lwythau trallodion. A'i rhwyg fel broch yr eigion, Waedda friw di-hedd y fron. Llanelli. Geo. Williams.
"UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE."
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"UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE." to As You Like It" Shakespeare.) V Pwy dan y glaswydd cu Gar orwedd gyda mi A throi yn 01 i'w fron Faws gerdd aderyn lion: Doed yma, doedyma, doed yma, I'r lIe nad oes Un gelyn croes Ond gerwin hin a Gaea'. A ochel uchel fryd G&r fyw'n yr haul o hyd; Chwilota'i fwyd a wtla- Boddloni ar a ga: Doed yma, doed yma., doed yma, I'r lie nad oes Un gelyn croes Ond gerwin hin a Gwea*. Abertawe. Talnant.
COD lAD HAUL.
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COD lAD HAUL. Deced yw yr haul yn codi Gyda gwfin y borea blydd t Dros y bryniau a'r clogwyni Taena fantell wen y dydd; Araf gyfyd uwch y mynydd Wedi dringo copa'r bryn; Ar ei rawd mae'n lliwio'r meusydd, A rhydd swyn ar lawr y glyn. Gwenu mae y milfil flodau „ Danbelydrsu mwyn ei hedd: Gwisgant dlysni lion y borau; Llawn o falchter yw eu gwedd; Mor gartadus gyda'r gwlithyn Ydyw 'u bochau bob yr un, Yn loew ddillyn Dan oleuni'r heulwen gun. Taen ei beleidr dros y Uwyni, .-Rhydd eiharddwch-M bob brig; "c. Doffry nudau rhwng eugleshi-; Lion ganiadau cor y wig; r Anian dano syfri adlonni Gyda gwrid ei leufer glAn; Dyna 'i fri wrth fore godi— 1 Rhpddi tant y byd ar dfin. Llanelli. Geo: Williams.
NEXT YEAR'S CENSUS.
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NEXT YEAR'S CENSUS. The task of enumerating the people next year will be far more elaborate than it has even been before, and this has necessitated the employment of a much larger staff of enume- rators, who have started on their labours much earlier than usual. Their numbers have been increased by nearly 40,000. The increase of staff and the prompt manner in which the clerks have started on their labours are accounted for by a number of new questions which will appear on the census papers. One of these is calculated to throw some interesting sidelights on the birth-rate. In the case of married persons they must state the duration of marriage and the number of children born of the marriage." If correct information is given it will indi- cate in what classes of society the birth-rate is heaviest and lowest. It is thought in some quarters that the question will be resented as needlessly inquisi-. tive, but that feeling is likely to die down, just as the objection to state ages is now seldom heard—except, of course, in the case of certain ladies who have a not unnatural aver- sion to imperilling their chances of matrimony by stating that they have passed the age of 25. Apropos of this it may be recalled that the last census papers revealed that there were more women of 25 than could be accounted for.
MONUMENTS COMMISSION.
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MONUMENTS COMMISSION. Mr Edward Owen, F.S.A., secretary for the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, attended a meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society on Friday night, and in a lucid manner laid before the members the initial steps as to the work and help Which the Royal Com- missioners invited the society to give pre- paratory to the visit of the Commissioners to the county some months hence. On the motion of the president, Lieutenant- Gen. Sir James Hills-Johnes, V.C., G.C.B., seconded by Mr Meuric Lloyd, a resolution was adopted pledging the society to do every- thing in its power to assist in the exhaustive survey of the county which will be made by the Commission.
SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE.
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SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE. Cape Town, Saturday.—Lord Methuen, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in South Africa, intended returning to England in December. However, in view of the important work he has done in connection with South African defence, Gbn^r&l Botha, the Union Prime Minister, and General Smuts, Minister of Defence, have requested him to remain until the new defence scheme has been presented to the Union Parliament and give the Govern- ment the benefit of his further advice. This Lord Methuen has agreed to do, and he therefore will remain in South Africa until April.—Router.
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CRITIC OF THE ARMY. Work Futile and Inane. LIEUT. SUTOR'S DEFENCE. Hard Hitting at the System. When the court-martial trying Lieut. Sutor, of the Royal Garrison Artillery, for alleged breach of the King's Regulations by publish- ing a, pamphlet was resumed at Tynemouth Castle on Saturday morning, Lieut. Sutor again raised the question of the allegations which had been made as to his mental state. I can quite foresee," he said, that I may shortly find myself thrown on the labour market, and it might seriously prejudice my chance of getting employment if the idea is allowed to obtain that there ever has been any foundations for suggestions which have been made that I have gone off my head, even tem- porarily. I wou!d like, therefore, to call the doctor who has been in daily attendance on me since my arrest." Lieutenant Sutor also asked permission to call certain other officials and individuals to speak to this point. The President (Major-General BullOck, C.B.) said there would be no objection. Colonel McMahon, accused's commanding officer, was then recalled, and asked if he thought he had made a mistake* in suspecting accused's mental condition, replied that he was not a judge of insanity, but he had no doubt whatever that the accused was perfectly sane now Before the issue was raised the prisoner in- timated that the photographs which had been taken diying the Court Martial constituted a breach of the Official Secrets Act, and the offenders had rendered themselves liable to proceedings. Gunner H. Harris, accused's servant, de- clared that he had never seen anything pecu- liar about Lieut. Sutor to suggest that he was insane. He had never seen any founda- tion for such a suggestion. Surgeon-Lieutenant F. D. Blandy, the medi- cal officer, who, acting under instructions of the principal medical officer, had kept Lieut. Sutor under observation, stated that he had examined the accused very throughly, and had found not the slightest traces of insanity, nor was there any trace of insanity in the family history. Nothing To Do. Lieutenant Sutor then made his speech and the defence. This he read from a typewritten document. He prefaced his observations with an autobiographical sketch. He entered the service, he said. under somewhat peculiar cir- cumstances and conditions. He was older than usual.He had graduated at a university, he had had a good legal training, and he had spent some little time as headmaster of a school. He had no private means, and he entered the Army with the view of making it his career. When he joined there was absolutely nothing for him to do. The work given to him occu- pied thirty minutes a day. even then it was ab- solutely futile and inane. It consisted of signing papers which he nor anyone else couid understand. Though he enjoyed the life it did not blind him to the iniquity-and absurdity of the system. The first day he joined his cap- tain was very kind to him. The captain took him down to his room and showed him his (the captain's) gold lace, which was carefully wrapped up in tissue paper. His ten years' expe- rience of the Army had only served to confirm and strengthen the opinion he formed of the system during the first days. He soon gave up the idea of getting bn, he saw that was a mere matter of the flight of time, so he did as little as he could. The system presented opportunities of learn- ing nothing and forgetting everything. The system was not conducive tb the acquisition of military knowledge. Efficiency in the Army appeared to him to be more or less a personal matter, but efficiency was too serious a matter to be left entirely to personal idiosyncracy. Neglected Garrisons. There is not a single garrison now in our possession (Lieutenant Sutor declared later) which does not, in my opinion, represent a state of scandalous neglect. After eight years abroad, he went on, he found on returning to this country that things were a little changed, officers did not finish at 10-50, but hung about till one o'clock pretending to be doing something. In fact," he went on, Mr Haldane is as much at sea with his land forces as Mr McKenna is on shore with his nucleus fleets." Having concluded his written statement, Lieutenant Sutor became more discursive. He dealt in a disconnected way with the question of discipline, and his-own alleged grievances, adverting at times to general criticisms of the Army,-and introducing personalities "from time to time. No Rival to Crippen. He assured the court that he had no desire to become a riral to Crippen as a purveyor of sensations. He was no notoriety hunter. If people thought he was out for afSelffeh purpose, they misjudged him. He didn't miiid that. It was difficult for him to definei fhe^ui^fcivcS for his conduct, but he assured the Court that it was that others might not undergo what he had u:ndergonethat he had taken the step he did. He was without means, with a wife and family, and it was after full consideration that he had acted. In one of his extraneous outbursts Lieu- tenant. Sutor said In these days in this Christian country people demand proof of the existence of the Almighty. There are two people they don't ask proof about—one is the Secretary for War, and the other is the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Army system is in favour of neither Kitchener nor young ones; it stall sticks to heredity." Other sentences were:—" You don't expect the Army Council to know a great deal of Army matters." "Technically I am the accused, you are my judges. My view is that the boot is on the other foot." A number of Lieut. Sutor's superior fellow officers having testified that he was a good and efficient officer, and that they had seen noth- ing in his conduct or demeanour to suggest insanity, the case for the defence was closed. The Judge Advocate (Major Basil Buckley) said that the Court having ruled that the truth or falsity of the statement in the pamphlet was irrelevant, there remained, so far as the defence was concerned, the circum- stances attending the grievances alleged by accused. Were these grievances the reasons which induced the accused to write the pamphlet. Did they supply grounds for establishing extenuating circumstances, and, if they did, did these extenuating circumstances amount to a justification, which was the main plea of the accused in contravening the King's Regulations ? Judgment in a Fortnight The court was then cleared, and after an in- terval of five minutes was re-opened, when Captain Robertson, the officer who has sat by the accused throughout the proceedings, was called and gave the record of the accused. He stated that Lieutenant Sutor had never been previously convicted. He had been 36 days in military custody on the present charge. His age was 35. He was in possession of no decorations, and had been a lieutenant since 1901. The court was again cleared, and, so far as its publicity is concerned, was closed. It was stated that the proceedings would be reported to the Judge Advocate-General, through whom the decision would be promul- gated in about a fortnight's time. Lieutenant Sutor is still under nominal arrest.
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Darran Pit Heroes. m ANOTHER MEDAL AWARDED. Another of the heroes of the Darran explo- sion has been awarded the Edward Medal by the King. Mr Wm. Evans, pitman, of 9, New- road, Deri, received the following letter on Saturday:— Whitehall. 8th Sept., 1910. Sir,—I am directed by the Secretary of State to inform you that his Majesty has been pleased to award you the Edward Medal in the second class, in recognition of your gallant conduct in descending the shaft of the Darran Colliery, after the explosion in October last. The presentation of the medal will probably be made by his Majesty, and a further com- munication will be addressed to you in due course.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, W. B. Byrne. It may be recalled that Mr Wm. Evans was the first man to go down the pit after the disaster. There were a good number of men on the pit-head before him, but he was the first to risk his life by descending the pit by the iron ladder. It took 22 minutes to go down. He found one man in the cage at the bottom, one under the cage, and one some distance away. With the aid of other men who followed him, all the three men were rescued alive. Evans descended the pit several times after in order to put the pit in working order. «
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CARDIFF BOYS' BRIGADE. High Praise from the Pulpit. The Cardiff Battalion of the'Boys' Brigade held a church parade on Sunday morning at Wood-street, Congregational Chapel. The battalion, 200 strong, paraded under Adjutant A. F. Ashton in Cathays Park, and thence marched, headed by their band, to the chapel, where seats had been reserved for them. The pastor, the Rev. W. Zeal delivered an appro- priate sermon, and pointed out that the life of each must depend upon how they overcame temptations and difficulties. He had teen the examiner of the Bible class examination this year in connection with the brigade, and he was delighted to be able to testify to the excellence of the papers, many of which would have done credit to theological students. If the Boys' Brigade in Cardiff had done nothing else but this work it would have justified its existence. After the service the Rev. W. Zeal presented the shield to the 14th Company, Roath-road Wesleyans, on whose behalf it was received by Lieutenant Knapp. The other prizes were also distributed.
'" . rTALKS ON HEALTH. .
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r TALKS ON HEALTH. By A FAMILY DOCTOR. Inherited Deformity. I saw to-day a baby born with six fingers on each hand. This deformity is nearly always [ the result of hereditary influence, so I natur- ally inquired whether there were any other in- [ stances in the family, and at once I was told of l no less than seven other relations who had been born with six fingers. So you see how powerful is heriditary influence. Do you sup- pose that Nature is going to take all the trouble to reproduce a sixth finger and forget to reproduce other physical features which occur in the parents and grandparents ? If that baby's sixth was a present from its parents, is it not equally true that its digest- ion and brain and nerves, are marked with their, heriditary stamp. A Man and His Health. Occasionally one hears a man say that his health is his own and that he can do what he likes with it; there never was a statement more untrue and more selfish. A man's health first of all belongs to the Creator who gave it to him, and he is meant to do some useful work in the world with it. His health belongs to his neighbour, whom he can benefit more if his health is good, but, most, import- tant of all, his health belongs to his children and grandchildren. You dare not bring un- healthy children into the world. People call me hard-hearted when I oppose a marriage of a healthy girl with a Weed of a man, and I am told that I am destroying the happiness of two loving young hearts. I am not destroyng their happiness, I am saving it. It is not hap- piness to hear one's own child crying with pain in the night and to know that its sufferings are hereditary it is hell upon earth. Marriage of the Unfit. Go amongst the teeming thousands in our overcrowded lunatic asylums and count those who owe their horrible condition to their heart- I less parents go into the schools and see thous- ■ ands of mothers and children go into the prisons and study parentage, and you will come back from your inquiry sick of heart to think it is all preventible. It is just as hopless to preach the importance of heredity as it is to preach that fresh air is good. I am quite sure that as long as I live the people of Eng- land will say to me We are going on filling our blind asylums and lunatic asylums with our diseased children, and nothing you can say or do will stop us, so you had better-mind your own business. What you have.got to do is DOt to talk rubbish to us, but to find the money to v> support our maimed and crippled offspring." If one man takes another's life he is hanged by the neck until he is dead if one man gives another human being life or, what is worse, a whole family of human beings life, when thsfc life is tainted with hereditary disease, he ought to be hanged three or four times over. Corns and the Cause. The skin is the protective covering of tha body it is not dead like the pig-skin of a port. manteau, but is alive and growing and is con-f stantly being renewed from the deeper layers of the skin as the superficial layers are rubbed off. Nature has an extraordinary way of. adapting the body to its needs, and this is shown very well in the case of the skin. If the skin belongs to a navvy who toils with tooJs. the skin becomes thick and hard and tough if the skin belongs to a lady who does not need horny skin, it remains thin and supple and delicate. What a lucky thing that Nature v does not make a mistake and give the horny hide to the lady and the thin, delicate-epider- mis to the nawy Yon have a lot to be thankful for. You take such a lot for granted and take no thought of the clever adaptations of Nature. And this brings me to the subjectof 7 corns. Corns are a necessity if you will wear bady-fitting boots. Do you know what would happen if you had not a thick pad of skin over the points of pressure. Why, the skin would be worn away and the underlying tissues would be exposed and you would have a raw, bleeding ulcer. Corns are not sent by revengeful Nature to annoy mankind, they are the direct resut of the pressure of the boot, just as the thick skin of the nawy is theresult of the fric- tion of the tools. Take away the corns and you get an ulcer, but take away the badly- fitting boots and you take away the corns. A Regular Life. Remember the two r's, rest and regularity. Rest is a cure for many ills. Try, if you have a hard day's work, to get a quiet rest for an hour after lunch. It is difficult for men to do this, but for women who are in ther own homes and not at a place of business it ought to be practicable. Rest for the back, rest for the head, rest for aches and pains, rest for sprains and injuries, rest for inflammation, and rest to give you time to get over your fit of temper. Regiflarity will save you time and money and doctor's bills. Regularity in meals, regularity in sleep, regularity in exercise, regularity in your habits. Even little children will learn, regularity in their habits, and you. cannot begin too early to teach them. If you have your meals at all sorts of odd hours and go to bed at any time you will suffer for it sooner or later. An Important Matter. Mothers, nurses, and midwives, I solemnly call on you to harken to my words of wisdom. You must see that the new-born baby's eyes are well washed with warm water or a warm solution of boracic acid. This must be done at the very moment of birth, not an hour after birth or the next morning, and when the child has been washed and put in a cradle, one drop of a solution of silver nitrate (two grains to the ounce of distilled water) should be put in each eye, not on the outside of the eye-lid but right in the eye. I want you to know that inflammation of the eyes resulting from neglect of this simple precaution is the commonest cause of blindness. Our blind asylums are full to overflowing, and thousands of the occu- pants owe their horrible affliction to the neglect and ignorance of mothers and nurses. Humanity is victimised by a long list of dis- eases let us at least wipe this one off the list. Superfluous Hair. If you are troubled with superfluous hairs of a dark colour on the arms or face, a good plan is to bleach them with a solution of hydrogen peroxide it does not remove them, but it makes them very much less conspicious, and is quite harmless. Buy it from the chemist for a few pence. Buy a very small quantity at a time and keep it well corked up it soon goes off and loses its efficacy. This hydrogen per- oxide is sold as a secret remedy at about five thousand per cent. profit. The removal of superfluous hairs is a tedious and expensive business bleaching them often satisfies the patient without any further trouble being taken. Answers to Correspondents. L. P.—Neither of the matters you mention is of the smallest consequence. Forget them. • Illingworth (Prussia).—Buy the lime water it is very cheap. Foreign post-card no good for England. Distressed.—Probably your general health is at fault. M. L.—Try turpentine liniment. Daman—Purpura is curable. The spots will gradually fade. It is sometimes associated with rheumatism. » John Best.—Will write something on water- drinking if you watch the column. T. E. S.—Probably old age do not waste your money on useless drags. 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ABERGAVENNY PARADE.
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ABERGAVENNY PARADE. Service Badges to Officers and Men. A combined church parade took place at Abergavenny on Sunday morning, those tak- ing part being the local (headquarters) com- pany of the 3rd Monmouthshire Battalion, under Captain R. L. Baker, and the Aberga- venny troop of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Imperial Yeomanry) under the com- mand of Colonel Sandeman. The Abergavenny Borough Silver Band also attended. The ser- mon was preached by the Rev..T. R. Phillips, vicar. After the service the men were formed up and Colonel Sandeman presented Imperial service badges to the following officers and men of the Territorial Force :—Captain R. L. Baker, Captain J. G. Bishop, Captain J. R. Jacob, Second-Lieutenant Walbeoffe Wilson, Second-Lieutenant K. F. D. Gattie, Quarter- master-sergeant Kynch, Colour-sergeant J. Walters, Sergeant G. H. T. Powell, Sergeant E. H. Restall, Lance-corporal J. Shaw, Pri- vates H. H. Allen, McCann, W. P. Parry, C. H. Phillips, W. C. Pritchard, and J. L. Thomas.
DR. A. M'LAREN'S WILL
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DR. A. M'LAREN'S WILL The late Dr. Alexander M'Laren, D.D., of Whitehouse-terrace, Edinburgh, pastor of the Union Chapel, Manchester, from 1858 to 1903, left estate of the gross value of £29,469. Among his bequests were :— JE500 to the Baptist Missionary Society. JE150 to the annuity fund of the Baptist Union. £1,000 New South Wales Four per Cents., being the amount received from the Man- chester Testimonial Committee in 1896, to the Union Chapel, Oxford-road, Manches- ter, upon trust for investment, and for application as the deacons of the said chapel for the time being may deem ad- visable. JE40 to his servant Bella Campbell, if still in his service. £25 to his servant Joan Macartney, if still in his service.