The Cambrian

DOOR SWUNG OPEN. TWO BOYS' SKULLS FRACTURED. While returning by excursion train from Littlehampton to Victoria on Monday night, a carnage door suddenly fl.:w open and two boys, Arthur Wood (14) and Frank Holm- quist (12), fell out. Beth sustained fractur- ed skulls, and were removed to Horsham Hospital. Wood died later, and Koimquist remains unconscious.

j LABOUR PARTY. WHO IS TO BE THE CANDIDATE FOR LLANELLY? Evidently an effort is being made to win Lianelly for Labour, and the activity of the Socialists in every direction is remarkable. Only within the past week four open-air Socialist meetings have been held, and Td- druses delivered by Mr. J. Parker, M.P., P. C. Hoffman, and the Rev. G. Neighbour, Mountain Ash, whilst some of the best- known Socialists are expected in the Winter months. Who is to be the Labour candidate? That the Labour party intend to run a man is quite evident.

WAS EDMUNDS INSANE? ABERSYCHAN MURDERER'S MENTAL: STATE. Mr. G. Jones, manager of the Woodfieid Collieries, Blackwood, writes to the press to declare that John Edmunds, executed for the Abersychan murder, was insane, ajid. that he dismissed the condemned man in 1908, because he felt his mind was un- hinged. and it was not safe for him to work. underground. "He would hang around the colliery, and if he saw a tram of rubbish on the rub-j bish tip, he would take a shovel which he always carried with him and discharge it. As soon, however, as he saw me coming he would run away. I found out than he would get into a disused level and would begin working without anyone knowing. E consequently had to threaten to send for! the police, before I got him to keep away, i He would, however, not apply for any pay, for the work he had done. That he was not compos? mentis was quite evident." rrr=!r- ?■====

PIN-PRICKING POLICY AGAIN. MAYOR AND SWANSEA OXFORD- STREET SCHOOLS. At Swansea Schools Building Committee on Monday, The Clerk in his report re the furniture of the Oxford-street National School, said the Authority had to renew the furniture, and be estimated the cost at between JB700 and £800. Incidentally he mentioned that two or three cupboards had been removed, whilst others from recesses had, with the demolition of the walls, been broken. The Mayor said they should be put to- gether again. The Clerk said that would bf. impossible as they had been in recesses, and there were now no recesses for them. Other cup- boards had been removed elsewhere in the school. The Mayor thought that if the cupboards had been broken with a view 1- getting new the authority should consider t'»* matter further. Mr. Corker said that was not f11.e posi- tion at all. Nothing had been deliberately broken. The new furniture was sanctioned. Sanction was given the school managers tie get blackboards as fixtures, asringgesfced.

SIR A. C. STEFNETS DEATH. I HiiAj.LT AFFECTED BY THE HEAT. BRITISH VICE-CONSUL'S STATEMENT. (Reuter Foreign Special.) New York, Saturday.—A telegram from Yuma, Arizona, states that the evidence at the inquest on the body of the gentleman supposed to be Sir Arthur Coweh Ste¡,J showed that the deceased suffered grt-at'y from tho heat after his arrival there, and that this, coupled with heart weakness, wtjs the cause of ms sudden death He had taken out American citizenship papers m 1SG6. He [was an entomologist, aixl was coining to the desert this season to increase his collection of beetles. No replies have been received to the teligriims sent to the London solicitors yesterday. Pending an answer, the body wili be hold by local undertakers.—Renter, New York, Sunday.—A telegram from Los Angeles states that it is generally accepted trki'B that L e body found at the railway sta- tion at Yuma (Arizona) is that of Sir Arthur Lowell Stepney, who was well known to the British Vice-Consul at Los Angeles. The latter says that Sir Arthur often •. isited him en business matters, but he had received no ne-.vs of him since he left Los Angeles six months ago. New York, Sunday.—Sir Arthur reached Y uma. early on Friday morning, and regis- | tered at the hotel as Mr. W. C. Stepney, j of Seattle. He spent the morning walking about the town. Shortly after noon he ordered a carriage to meet him at the hotel and he left. The carriage arrived and waited. When h? failed to appear search was made and he was found. The coroner's jury found that the heat j and a weak heart were the causes of deat i.—("'Daily Mail

» HIS ROMANTIC CAREER. GLADSTONE'S INTEREST IN LADY STEPNEY. WHY SIR ARTHUR CHANGED HIS POLITICS. The late Sir Arthur Stepney was born at Bad-en in 1S57, and was educated at Eton. For several years he was engaged in the Foreign Office. In 1875 he married the Hon. Margaret Warren, fourth daugh- ter of George, Lord de Tabley, there being issue cue daughter, who now succeeds to th° estates. The marriage, unfortunately, did riot prove a happy one, and in 1903 Lady Stepney obtained a judicial separa- tion. Frevicua to that, Sir Arthur had spent the greater part of his life away from his wile. Seme very distinguished persons interested themselves with a view to bringing about a better understanding be- tween the baronet and his lady, among them being the late Mr. Gladstone, who was on very intimate terms with Lady Step- ney and her family. The good offices of Sir Percy Ar.der«on and Sir Robert Meade were THE LATE SIR ARTHUR STEPNEY. I also invoked with the same object, and in 1839 Lady Stenney and her daughter visited Lianelly, to the great delight of the com- munity and soon afterwards Sir Arthur in- vited his tenants to the Royal Show at Windsor, and there introduced the Hon. Miss Stepne^" as his heiress. Subsequently, however. Sir Arthur wrote to his daughter intimating that he was bidding a long fare- well to England, and that he was about to1 become a citizen of the United States. This step he carried out, and since then! very little bad been seen of Sir Arthur :n i this country. He had acquired very exten- sive property on the other side of the Atlan- tic, and was reported to be carrying on agri- cultural operations on a very large scale. Agriculture, mdeed. had always been ore cf his chief i"* crests in life, and, in spite of his iong absences from home, he dis- played the keenest interest in the develop- ment of his estates. At Tynywem. some miles out of Lianelly, he established a. ¡ model farm, and spent large sums of money in the purchase of the finest pedigree stock, As recently as last month one cf his bulls obta ined a first prize at the Royal Show. obta ined a first prize at the Royal Show. The deceased gentleman sat in the House, of Commons as Liberal member for the Carmarthen • Boroughs from 1876 to 1878,! and in 1S36 he was again returned for the same constituency. Later on, however, he formally severed his connection with the' Liberal party and became a Unionist. 72-ol reason assigned for this change of front j was the Home Rule question, but there can be no doubt that what influenced Sir Ar- thur at the time was the intervention of Mr Gladstone in his domestic affairs, and the uncompromising way in which the "Grand Old Man" CHAMPIONED THE \USE OF LADY STEPN It is said that there r. j letters in exis- tence written by Mr. Gladstone to Sir Ar- thur which set forth in trenchant fashion his views on the treatment meted out to his views on the treatment meted out to Lady Stepney. It will be remembered that when Mr. Gladstone lay dying at Harwar- den Castle the only person in the death chamber out.side tha members of the Har- warden family was Lady Stepney.

THE HEIR TO SIR ARTHUR I STEPNEY. MR. ALAN STEPNEY-GULSTON, OF DERWYDD. HIS HISTORIC HOME AND ANTECE- DENTS. Mr. Alan Stepney Stepney-Gulston, hejr to Sir Arthur Stepney, who resides at Derwydd, near Llandilo, is the descendant of a very ancient family. About seventy years ago Derwydd Mansion was one of the largest in Carmarthenshire, but its owner, Mr. Alan James Gulston, father of the present occupier, pulled down thirty or forty T rooms, and up to about twenty years ago it was tused as a farmhouse. Mr. Alan Stepney Stepney-Gulston afterwards restored it, and now it is one of the prettiest and mest interesting house- in the county.. The oak staircases, made out of old oak originally grown on the estate, adorn the house, and some portions of the building date back to Saxon times. There is a haunted chamber, which tradition states even at the present day is visited by a fair ladv of medieval times. Not far from this is a doorway through which King John is said to have passed when on his way to Ireland. It is interesting to note that whilst on his way to the Battle of Bosworth Henry VII. occupied a bed at Derwydd, and this is stall treasured as one of the numerous reli-ae of the family. Cromwell also stayed there when on his way to Golden Grove. Mr. Alan Stepney Stepney-Gnlston's father was a very large landed proprietor, and at one time owned most of the land at Llan- dilo and the neighbourhood, but a great I part of tfcerse estates was jold some 30 years ago. Mr. Stepney-Gulston, however, is a ■wealthy gentleman. He married Miss Agnes Andsnxm, aci American iaay, "values dowry Andsnxm, an American lady, "values dowry was not inconsiderable. He was bor* (5 years ago, and after spending some years at Eton graduated at Oxford. He then tra- velled very much abroad. He has great artistic accomplishments, and is a keen student of Nature. Archaeology is one of his especial fortes, and he is a great patron cf the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, of which he has been a pre- sent. He is a J.P. and D.L. for the county of Carmarthen. He is connected with the Stepneys on the maternal side. His brother Frank was a champ-ion amateur sculler on the Tha.mas in the 'seventies. His I brother George lives near Ludlow, another brother being a. shipbuilder in the North ,A MR ALAN STEPNEY STEPNEY- GULSTON. (Photo by Harries, Llandilo.) of England. One of his sisters is the wife of Sir A. de Rutzen, the chief magistrate of London, whilst another sister is married to Mr. M/lesworth, of Gloucester. "MATTER OF NO INTEREST" TO MR. GULSTON. Mr. Alan Stepney Stepnev-Gulston ap- pears rather indifferent to the prospect of succeeding to the title. A London press- man sought to interview him in London on Monday but he sent out word by a gentle- man that he was engaged, and that his visit to London had no connection whatever with the baronetcy. In fact, the gentleman added that Mr. Stepney had no knowledge of the matter. When the question was put as to whether the title was extinct, the gentleman, after consulting Mr. Stepney, said that the matter was of no interest to him, and he was unable to say. LLANELLY COUNCIL REFERENCES. At Lianelly Urban Council reference was made to the sudden death of Sir Arthur Stepney. The Chairman (Mr. E. T. Jones) said he was a great benefactor to the town library, and was its president for years. In Sir Arthur's death Lianelly, and the library m particular, were much the losers. Mr. Win. David said he had been asso- ciated with Sir Arthur in connection with the library since he was elected president. Since he consented to act as president not for a single year had he forgotten to make a splendid contribution of books to the library. It was unanimously decided to put on record Sir Arthur's invaluable service to the town of Llanelly.

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. CHOIR SPEND A HOST ENJOYABLE IH Y AT LLAN W IIT Y D WELLS. ,—— Holy Trinity Church Choir (Swansea), heCd their annual outing on Tuesday, the rendezvous being Uanwrtyd. Weils The company numbered about 55 and travelled in a saloon by the 6 o'clock train, lianwrtyd Wells being reached a-bout g.A. After breakfast the party indulged in boat- ing, bowls, and visiting the different places of interest in the village. After dinner the male members devoted the afternoon to cricket. The party left, after an' exceedingly enjoyable day, notwithstanding the clima- tic conditions, at 7.45. On the return journey, ilr. R. J. Evans, on behalf of the choir, presented the Rev G. F. Packer, their vicar, who is held in very high esteem by the choir, with a walk- ing stick. The Vicar feelingly responded. Votes of thanks were passed to Messrs. Stephen Morgan, E. J Evans, S. Ashton and W. G. Powney (secretary). The catering was entrusted to Mr Evans, proprietor of the Abernant Lake Refresh- ment Rooms, and ^eryonc of the party were loud in their praises of the splendid manner in which the host had treated them.

"PLUG IN THE EAR." GORSElNON FOREMAN GOES A BIT TOO FAR. At Swansea on Wednesday Wm. John Cowen, roil foreman, Groves end Tinworks, Gorseinon, was summoned by Joseph Lloyd for assault.—Mr. Da-hue defended. Lloyd, who had been 1ll defendant's em- ploy, said he was called to the'office, asked why he had not been at the worts the pre- vious Friday, and told he was not wanted. When he called for his money defendant struck him, knocked him down, rendering him unconscious. Robert Williams said he found defendant on the ground, unconscious, and attended to him. He did not know how he came by his wounds. Defendant said he had "sacked" oom- plainant six times, and taken him on again. Lloyd had come to the office, wanting "his —— money." Witness told him he had nothing to do with the money. He made a row and wanted to fight, and witness threatened to "plug him in the ear." Prose- cutor attacked him and he defended him- self, and knocked complair.Lant down once < r twice. Reminded that a witness had said that prosecutor had his coat on, defendant said "That witness told a lie." Prosecutor was druJlk it didn't take much to knock him down. W. Crookes, clerk, corroborated. Defendant was fined 20s. and costs.

Llanelly Cymmrodorion Society visited Fish guar-1 on Tuesday, and many of them went" on to St. David's. A party of shop assistants, numbering about 400, journeyed to Ilfracombe from Swansea on the P.tgb- faTx

| .see,:fqry!ug -r V xsoomi&G I S JF FTI17V "7.— f|t^ z he sootmng- effect cf a llttls |fj| Zam-Quk rubbed frt.ly ever I p| $the skin after shavir: g is. xuit J pleasant and beneficial. j ■' Zam-Euk gives the face ar?- | \.j freshing glowif the rich balm is j 'jl left to soak into the minute cuts i j»i'| $and pores for a few minutes. v«-n'j Zarn-Ruk is germicidal besides 1 I being healing and soothing; and, j '} therefore, the risks of blood- I poisoning and soreness are I I quickly removed.

DUFFRYN VICAR'S SILVER D Y/EDDING. PRESENTATIONS TO REV. AND MRS. J. C. THOMAS. HAPPY PROCEEDINGS AT BRYN- coe H SCHOOLS. A presentation has been mada at Bryn- coch Schools, Bryncoch, to the Rev. J. C. Thomas, Vicar of Dyffryn, and Mrs. Thomas, on the occasion of their silver wed- ding, when a large number uf parishioners and friends assembled. Thoee present in- cluded Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moore-Gwyn, Dyffryn; Mrs. C. F. Gilbertson and Miss Betty Gilbertson, Abercrave; Miss Lloyd, Cilybebyll; Mr. and Airs. E. J. Gibbins and party, Glynclydach; Mr. and Mrs. Theo- dore Gibbins, Glyufelin; Miss Gibbins, Gil- REV. J. C. THOMAS, R.D. I fach; Mr. P. C. Osborne Sheppard, and Dr. and Mrs. Lewis, Neath. The proposal to present the vicar and Mrs. Thomas with tokens of affection and goodwill had been most heartily taken up, a strong committee of enthusiastic workers being headed by the churchwardens, Mr. J. E. Mocre-Gwyn and Mr. E. J. Gibbins. The presents in- eluded Mahogany roll-top desk, Morocco leather study chair, marble and bronze din- ing-room clock, chaste illuminated address, with local views, elegant pearl and amethyst necklace and pendant for Mrs. Thomas, and an album containing a list of subscribers. Mr. Moore-Gwyn presided, and, after reading the address, e .pressed cordial ap- preciation of the admuable manner in which the vicar had attended to the spiritual needs of the parish foT nearly 40 years, and of the able assistance and support rendered him MRS. J. C. THOMAS. by his devoted wife during the past 25 years. He trusted that both would be' spared for many years to carry on their good work.—Addresses were also delivered by Mr. E. J. Gibbins, Mr. David Lewis, and Mr. Wm. Prout, all of whom spoke warmly of the excellent way in which the various branches of parish work had been conducted by the vicar. Mrs. Hodgson, widow of the first parish warden, made the presentation of the necklace and pendant to Mrs. Thomas. The album was presented by the schoolmaster, Mr. R. Howell. The Vicar feelingly replied, and gave an interesting account of the work of the parish since its formation in 1871, mentioning that during his vicariate he had adminis- tered baptism to 661, and by a remarkable coincidence he had prepared exactly the same number for confirmation. He referred to the beneficence of the Dyffryn family in building St. Matthew's and other churches, in the liberal endowment of Dyffryn parish, and in the provision of its vicarage.—Mrs. Thomas also spoke.

• BURGLAR ARRESTED. SENT DOWN FOR SIX WEEKS AT LLANELLY. At Llanelly on Wednesday, Ivor Davies, an elderly man, was charged with breaking I and entering into the Farmers' Arms, Llan- non, and stealing a bottle of brandy, two bottles of whisky, a towel, corkscrew, and a quantity of biscuits. P.S. Lewis, Tumble, proved the arrest of the prisoner on Sunday morning last. The Farmers' Arms had been entered by the window, a pane of glass having been broken. The man had since pleaded guilty. Davies stated that he had not been in trouble for nine years. The Bench sent the prisoner down for six weeka with hard labour.

DRACE OF LLANELLY SOLICITORS. Mr. W. Martin Knoyle, son of Mr. Wm. Knoyle, Cowell-street, Llanelly, and Mr. T. J. Lewis, son of Mr. Thomas Lewis, Sandy I Llajielly, have passed the final examination of the Law Society. Mr. Knoyle was articled to the late Mr. Bar- ley Roderick, and Mr. Lewis to Mr. D. Jennings.

THE KSW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPIOK used in CoutmeotalHospitals oj/Kicord, ivcstaa,Jobert, VelpeanSc others, surpasses every thingintherto employed lot mpnriiy of bioH_ spots, blotches, pain & swelling of Joints, lhwc Ickidiieyttjseases, pilot, navel, pams in back, mat, rbeomatum, exhpastion, sleeplessness, &c. Three farms, Nos. 1, S & 3, according to riianaiws for which jfcttended. 'tMce 2/9 (particulars penny stamp) pos^ free loQceai Britain, from The LeClerc Medicine Co, Haver* PwBfcSoai^yifiwgitiydiTifi^nnAiriiiripiiil Chrmi-ji

I j wi: the JEW TO | A. .AiiiiTi. ) illS ROMAN de CARLEiv AND ■ iiR.iJ-i.iAA i FxiU-UiSE. j MISSIONEUS '1'Ei.L THEIR EaPERI- I jja.-ai S\v Aa ;>i5.A. A he ti'i^io past, mo torpid present, the I glorious luuuo 01 iuv hm.<l imposing race on earth; ta-o ox Christian mission to the Jew, was never mere simpiy and vividiy pieseiited tnaa at tue annual meet- ing ot tne Sj-ciety ior the Propagation oi the Gospel among tile Jews, held at xioly Trinity Schoolroom, owansea, on .Honday evening, The Vicar (hev. G. F. Packer) had stirring talus to tell of his own experiences in Morocco, for instance. The Jews in Tan- j gieis could not at iirst 1>3 got to accept copies ol the New Testament, specialiy printed for them in Arabic. Then suddenly there was a change—t-hey all wantoo them. But, in the evening, when all the books were made a big bonfire of, the new-found eagerness to possess the volumes was ex- plained. Now there ic another change. The Jews are receiving the New Testament, and studying it, and the Vicar believes the time, foretold by the old prophets, is coming, when "a. nation is to be born in a day," and the Jew will become a sublimely successful Christian missionary. I Rev. Mr. Keugewirtz, the deputation, j", a Jew from Canada, with the breath of the prairie upon him. He cannot understand how men and women who read in the Bible about the life and work of Jesus can deepise the Jew, and not look on the man from Russia or Roumania as a brother. There is, he says—and makes those who listen to him see it, too—nothing more romantic any- where than the biographies of converted Jews. The address was profusely illus- trated with brilliant examples. Among them his own pioneer experiences in Canada. Six veal's ago no Gospel was preached to the 100,000 Jews in Canada. People didn't care for the Jew they thought the Jew was all right. "Job's Comforters" met him on arrival and said, "My friend, don't unpack yo:;r things, because in less than six montha you will have to go back. Have you booked your return passage?" And the absolutely N EMPTY HALL, WITH JEERING JEWS I OUTSIDE, which was the first experience of the mis- sion, rather justified the "Comforters," who said, "I told you so. Bnt persistence had in the end its reward. Xow there is ad- r mission to 300 home." in Montreal the mission in Montreal and Ottowa has evan- i ( gelicaJ, educational, medical and industrial 1 E departments, and "those who were our most bitter persecutors a^e now otrr greatest sup- porters." No mission, said the pioneer, could claim such great resulte. He,* how- < ever, looks on it as a sin to tabulate them, Remarking, "We are not responsible for re- < suits. My responsibility is that I tell the glad tidings of Salvation to everybody; but ( to the Jew first." Previous experiences in I ( the East End of London had similar exhil- ( aration and promise. 1 "Jews," concluded the speaker, "are the j most wonderful people I am proud of my j nation. I nm proud to belong to that nation which has played such a glorious part m the past, is playing such a useful part <n the present, and .going to in the future-a í nation which is destined by God to carry life and light to the whole human race."

————■■—1 SWANSEA SCHOOL EUILDINGS ( CARETAKER'S HOUSE FOR 1 DYFATTY. 1: Swans?." Building Sub-Committee met. on ( Monday, Mir. Ben Thomas presiding. ] It was decided to apply to the Local j Government Board to borrow £300 for a t caretaker's house at Dyfatty School, and j, x similar sum for a caretaker's house at Pen- r trepoetl*. It was stated that in all pro- t babilitj- the tenders would be less for the! I work. 11: The Estate Agent recommended the fol- a lowing schools should be painted Mansel- 1 ton, Jirynmill, Martin-street, Graig, Pen- 1 tr-achwyth. and Hafod. It was decided to a proceed with t.he work with the exception a of the Hafod School, which was held over.! £ The tender of Messrs. A. Arnold and. i Sons, Newport, for electrical installation at] i the Swansea Technical School, was accepted. \i The tender amounted to £289 12s 8d., and, r was the lowest. r a v

FAIR-FLAY TO ALL SIDES. 1 BUT HIS WORSHIP A BIT DUBIOUS. TARiFE REFORM IN THE SWANSEA If PARKS. At 6\\ ansea Parks Committee on Tues- J v day. Aid. Lee presiding. ç An application was received from Pell- s stroct Chapei for the use of Victoria Park i, on Sunday, August 3th. and trom the a Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants j; for their annual demonstration on the .same t date.—Beth applications were granted. li An application was read for the use of li Victoria Park, on July 16th, from Mr. Hy. 1: LongstafEe (secretary :,f the South Wales g Tariff Reform Federation). s Mayor said they would be admitting the, t principle of political meetings in the park. | Chairman: It is being done everywhere else. n Mayor: Where? Chairman: Oh, the Socialist meetings c everywhere a The Mayor was not inclined to grant the c application, but s Mr. Gwynne said that although a Free; Trader, he would like his opponents to ven-j v tilate their views. Mr. Dd. Harris agreed. I The Mayor said he did not know where a they were going. o The applicat jn was acceded to. Use of Park Llewelyn to the Salvation! Army during the summer months for the J. hand to play and the taking-up of collec- tions was also granted.

T 1 WANTED TO BUY A BICYCLE. TWO M0RR1ST0N BOYS AND THE j ] GOLD. £ At Swansea on Tuesday, Daniel David j Thomas (12), and George Williams (15),! were charged with stealing a bag contain-1 ing £ 7 from the coat of Georige Whitehead, C-hurch- sqrare, Morriston. | Prosecutor said his coat was hanging in j the kitchen-dooT, and when he put it on he found the pocket inside out, and a bag and money missing. Thomas had, on the previous day, been in the house playing.. Witness found him in Woodfield-street, and, questioned him. He said he hadn't seen; the money, and witness afterwards saw the boy hiding something in the stable straw.! "It's only cigarettes," said the boy, andj fetched them out. The following Tuesday, he saw Thomas in Clase-road, and told him: that he and Williams had been spending a. lot of money, and that he would be given in charge. The boy then admitted he had taken the money and given it to Willimas. He said they had bought a "hike with some of it." Both boys admitted that, and were handed to P.C. Reynolds. I Philip Thomas Davies, cycle dealer, said he sold a bicycle to the boys for 25s. Thomas and his father were bound over for 12 months under the Probation Act; Wil- liams, who had already been bound over, was sent to a Reformatory School until he is 16. -4 I

BARRY DOCK'S HUGE SHIPMENTS. From January to June the export, of coal and coke from Barry Dock amounted to 5,171,121 tons, against 4,343,131 tons in the corresponding period of last year, an increase of 522,900 toes. The importa of the port J amounted to 313,781 tons 6 cwt., against 309,883 tons 13 cwt. in the corresponding j period last year, an increase of 3,897 tons 13 owt. 1

I SWANSEA BOY DROWNED. FATALITY AT THE NORTH DOCK BASIN. CORONER-S SEVERE REMARKS TO THE MOTHER. '0 CORONER-S SEVERE REMARKS TO A sad diowning fatality took place by Forester's Yard, at the Noith Dock Basin, Iftvansea.. shortly after six o'clock on Tues- day evening. It appears that John Henry Fallize, aged e;ght, son of Mrs. Edith FaJ- lize, 19, Strand, was playing by the water- side, by which we: e boats and a floating platform, and while jumping, it is presumed, from one of the boats ashore he fell m. A THE LITTLE VICTIM. man named John Mamon, "working by the bridge; saw the occurrence and ran at onoe to the spot, but the body had sunk and no trace of it could be seen. The harbour police, assisted by the borough police, grap- pled for the body, which was recovered at 7.25 by P.C. Tasker. Aother little boy named MaxweU Rose, Lged 5-b, son of the landlord of the Vivian irnis, was playing hard by at the same time. [he mother of the deceased is the daughter )f Mrs. Jones, who kept the Tiger Inn, strand, for many years. CORONER'S REMARK TO THE MOTHER. The inquest was held at the Sailors' Rest m Wednesday. Edith Fulton, mother, Strand, said de- ceased was her son by her Iirst husband. She last saw him alive coming from school mi Tuesday afternoon, but as to his age and Jther details she f-eemed vague, and the coroner said it was "no use bothering with witness like you." Maxwell Rose, an intelligent little chap, -on of Charles Rose, Vivian's Arms, said ie was playing at North Dock Basin with Johnnie Fallize, and how the latter, in jumping from a barge, fell into the water md was drowned. Witness ran and told lis father, who now told the court that he ,vas too late to save the deceased. P.C. Tasker proved the recovery of the )ody. This was all the evidence. "ORONKR AND DECEASED'S MOTHER. The Coroner, calling over Mrs. Fulton to lis side, said with some feeling: "This is a case where this child's life has )een sacrificed through the want and care )f this woman who calls herself a mother. know a little about this woman, and I im .-vorry to say she has been the cause of ,remendou6 suffering to one of the most ■espected mothers that ever could le a nother. Mrs. Jones (of the Brecon Arms), ,he grandmother of the child, has always jeen a hard-working, striving, good old soul, JUt this daughter, unfortunately, has been t constant source of worry and trouble to ier. This poor little child's life has been oet through this woman (Mrs. Fulton), who ictually sees him in Wind-street and Lssumes that he will go home whilst she joes drinking, because that is the truth of t. I am sorry to tell you that her record s very bad, and that is the sort of creature vho unfortunately should care for the child- en." The Coroner repsated that the grand- mother was an exceptionally good old soul, knd explained that Mrs. Fulton's husband vas a seafaring man, but that she herself ed a drunken dissolute life. He only hoped hat if the police found that the deceased vas neglected on Tuesday night she would ? prosecuted by the police and sent away, o that she might lead a better life away rom the drink. "lJl my opinion, said the Coroner, "this voman is responsible for this child being Irowned. She is drunk that evening, and he doesn't know anything when the child s found. That is the disgusting part of it, .nd I hope this will be a lesson to her now. •he has lost her boy, and I hope she will iy and become a respectable daughter to ler mother, who wants her services to help ( ler in her old age. No mother has worked larder to keep a respectable home, and this ;irl is doing her utmost to send the poor odd old to the grave, full of sorrow and full of rouble." EXPRESSION FROM THE JURY. The foreman (Mr. Dd. Williams) an- nounced that the jury found a verdict of 'Accidentally drowned," and desired to ensure the mother for not having looked iter the boy when she saw him and taken are of him. They also expressed sincere ympathy with the grandmother. in The Coroner, turning to Mrs. Fulton, who pas sobbing the whole time, administered nother warning. "You are beginning to lead a dissolute ife, you know. You had better pull up or s sure as ever you will find yourself in ■aol for a long period. Now, be a sensible voman and lead a respectable life and help -our old mother and look after your child- en." Mrs. Rose was thanked by the Coroner, vho, turning to Mrs. Jones, the grand- nother, also asked her to let him know how ler daughter behaved. If she did not re- 'orm he would have steps taken to get ,he children removed from her. "Now, you had better pull up or you'll ye treated very differently," the Coroner said, again addressing Mrs. Fulton. The inquiry then closed. «

MORiRISTON'S PARK PROSPECTS. At Swansea Parks Committee on Tuesday Mr. Corker (chairman of the Waters and Sewers Committee) and the Borough En- gineer attended and offered the latter the residue of the site purchased at Morriston for a service reservoir at the same price as the Waters and Sewers Committee had paid for it (£110 per acre).-Land required for the reservoir (said Mr. Cor)*er) was four acres, and there were loft 16J, acres for the purpose of a park. The purchase had been a favourable one, and the site most suitable for a park.—Answering Mr. Gwynne, the Engineer said that the reservoir would be a covered one, and the surface of it could be planted with shrubs, etc., as part of the park.—Discussion arose over the question of setting part of the 16! acres for building purposes, but Mr. Corker said that he was only instructed to offer the land to that committee.—Chairman (Aid. Lee) suggested that the committee view the site, and Thurs- day was decided upon.

GRO-NrSATH. LiJAUEEY "QUIET DAY." Gro-Neath Bural Deanery (W.D.) had a Quiet Day at Dyffryn Church, Neath, o'< Tuesday, the conductor, Rev. Canon Beck. conducting it. The day commenced with a. ueiebration of Holy Communion, the rural dean (Rev. J. C. Thomas), officiating. Mat- tins were read at 10.15, at the close of which an address was delivered by the -conductor, and another at noon. A final address was given at three p.m. The members, who were entertained to breakfast, luncheon, and tea at the Vicarage, felt grateful' lur the oppor- tunity of spending a Quiet Day together in such beautiful surroundings, and for the helpful addresses of the conductor.

SWANSEA WATCH COMMITTEE GIFTS TO A PLUCKY YOUTH AND OFFICER. FILTHY GIPSIES AT MORRISTON. Swansea Watch Committee met on Tues- day, Dr. Rawlings presiding. The Council's certiticate for bravery, to- gether with ill, was presented by the Mayor to a fifteen-year-old lad named Samuel Sullivan, oi 5, Charles-street, for rescuing another boy, Joseph Fitts, of Oarmartheii- road, from the canal, on May 24th. His Worship characterised the act as a very brave one, particularly as the recipient had no time to reaJise at the rescue the danger he was running. There was addi- tional pluck in the fact that in the canal there was no sloping bank for him to have ciamberod out. The Mayor hoped that Sullivan would not lose in his future life the mettle he liad displayed in saving Fitts, and that he would become one of Swansea's leading townsmen. (Applause, during which Mr. Tutton warmly shook the lad's hand). A lad named Bayliss, for another rescue, was awarded 10s. P.C. Abbott was voted two guineas for pluckily stopping a runaway horse in Wind- street, Mr. J. A. Rosser, J.P., wrtiing of peril the officer had faced. Answering Mr. Molyneux, Capt. Colqu- houn said that merit badges in these cases were of little or no use—a shilling or so h week would be better. A letter drew attention to the smartness of P.C. (61), English in arresting a man and a boy on Town Hill, charged with sheep-stealing. Chief Constable, however, had no particu- lar recommendation to make. To encourage the officer a letter of thanks and compliments win be sent him from the committee. Question of horse-riding en the sands is to be again gone into. Duke of Beaufort's offer to hand over interest in Noe. 1 and 2, Pleasant-street, to provide necessary accommodation for police matrons, was referred to the chairman and vice-chairman. Messrs. Walters and Nash complained of what they termed lack of adequate police supervision on the Strand, stating that their premises had been broken into six or seven times during the past couple of years.— Matter was left to the Chief Constable. Aid Matthews produced a numerousJy- signed petition from the residents of Chemical-road, Morriston, complaining of the presence of gipsies there, and drawing attention to the "filthy state of the people, fitlhv and indescribable behaviour, obscene language, endless quarrelling, gambling on Sundays, etc." Mayor moved that they be "moved." Chief Constable said they had no power to—it was Lady Lyons' land. Mayor: No power! Not under the sani- tary laws? Chief Constable said he had that day written to Lady Lyons' agent. It was ultimately agreed to leave the matter with Capt. Colquhoun and the chief sanitary inspector. i

SWANSEA PARKS, FIFTEEN THOUSAND BOWLS PLAYERS. Swaiiisea Parks Committee met on Tues- day (Aid. Lee presiding), Superintendent's report was that bowls were becomingly increasingly popular, j Number of players using the various greens was this season Brynmill, 4.938; Cwm- donkin, 3,940; Jersey, 3,084; Dy fatty, 1,6711 (opened May 22nd); Victoria (June 14th), 1,374; total, 14,947. Last year the total for the who.le of the season was 19,554. Re- ceipts were J3162 8s. The Chairman expressed satisfaction at: the fact that the nurrier of players for the present part of the season was only. about 5.003 short of the whole of last season. The date of inspection of the West End. parks was left to the superintendent and chairman. Mr. R. J. Pickard, Brynymor-road, who had been '-n-no- 12s. 6d. a year for the refreshment rooms, asked for a lease of five to seven years, a.s he could not cleiir, himself otherwise.—Not entertained.—On i < t.he question of a park for Manselton a let- j I ter was read from one of the residents urg- ing forward the scheme, and the ward coun- eiliors ryo to wart upon Mr. Grey Wallers.

———————————————- ( DEDUCTION FROM A WIDOWS' I, WAGE. QUESTION BEFORE rOiii TALBOT COMMITTEE. COUNTY AND THE CLEANING OF A SCHOOL. At Port Talbot Group School Managers meeting on Tuesday, Margaret Jenkins, cleaner, Abergwyufi Schools, wrote that the, County Education Committee had deducted1 < £7 10s. from her salary, and she asked the managers to inquire into the matter. The headmaster of the school wrote giving de-! tails of the cleaning, and said the inspector, made arrangements to pay the woman an; extra 15 per cent, for cleaning. Mr. Win. j Jenkins said it was unfair and unmanly to take away the wages of this widow. The; inspector should have brought the matier before the managers He blamed the ;n- spector and would support the woman, [f this ease were taken to court it would 1 show the inspector up. c The Chairman said the schools had not been cleaned as they should have been. It was agreed to pay the woman scale ,salary: E on the condition that the schools were satis- ] ia<etoriiy cleaned. The inspector certified1 for the scale salary, but never certified that t the schools-were properly cleaned because they were not, and that was why the de-! ductions were made. He felt it a great in- dignity to have to come there and repudiate the accusations made. He had been sneered at before, but <he left it to them as sane people to say whether he was going be- hind the County Committee and pay this woman and grant her 15 per cent, when the place was not properly cleaned. The headmaster had signed these statements when the school was not cleaned according to the regulations He was surprised that Mr. Jenkins came there to make such a Mr. Jenkins came there to make such a statement. The matter had been referred from the committee to the managers, but they took no action. There was a misun- derstanding, and he moved that the ex- planation of the inspector be accepted. Mr. J. M. Smith seconded. Rev. James Evans said it was unmanly and ungallant to deduct the money in one lump sum. Eventually the inspector's explanation was accepted, three members dissenting. The woman Jenkins, who attended, was then called in and informed of the decision. Mrs. Jenkins (indignantly) Then I will take the matter somewhere else.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. G. J. COX. ÅIt the funieral of Mr G. J. Cox, Plas- marl, the cortege left the residence of de- ceased's parents, "The Mount," at four o'clock for Cwmgelly, where the Rev. Thomae Dixo-n, Brunswick Chapel, officiated. Senders of wreaths includedMother and father. brothers and sisters, Landore Wesleya-n Sunday School, Fellow Workmen., and Mrs John Bowen, Mr and Mrs E. Tranter. Mourners and others present were:—Mr and and Mrs John Cox (father and mother), Mr and Mrs Haydew Hughes (brother-in-law and sister), Phoebe, Evelyn, and Freddie Cox (sisters and brother), Mr and Mrs Benj. Griffiths, Ernest a.nd Oeinwen Cox (toother aaid sister), Mr and Mrs Poley, Mr Edward Cox (cousins) Mr and Mrs Sims, Ltansamlet (uncle and aunt), Misses Winnie and L. A. Sims (cousins). Mrs Smith, Mansettton (aunt), Mr Wm. Smith, Mrs Jones (cousins), Mrs John, Cwmbwrla.. Mrs Samuells (aunts), Misses Beatrice and Mary Jane John (cousins). Mr W. G. LWyd, Swansea, car- ried out the arrangements.

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SWANSEA FUNERALS. I BURIAL OF A SWANSEA PUBLICAN. A large number of members of the Swan- sea and District Licensed Victuallers' As sociation attended the funeral of the late Mr. W. H. Childs, of the General Picton, Orchard-street, on Monday. Mourners were Master Stanley Childs (son), Messrs. Ar- thur Childs (hrother), E. Evans, Port Tal- bot, Ted Evans, Cardiff, and J. Kinsman. THE LATE MR. W. H. CHILDS. Pontypridd (brothers-in-law), W. Kinsman (nephew), F. W. Be tie. ridge and J. Win- terhalter (executors), Owen Harris (presi dent of the Licensed Victuallers Associa- tion), Franl ies (sec. do.), and a large rumber of members. Wreaths were from widow, "Dolly aid Stanley" (chiiMren), mother, brothers and sisters, "Louie and Ben," licensed victuallers, deceased's cus- tomcrs, Lewis Lewis and-Co., Hancock and Co., etc., etc. Rev. Akrill Jones officiated at the interment at Sketty. LATE MR. ALFRED E. MAGGS. The funeral took- putco on Monday at Danygraig of the late Mr. Alf. E Maggs, Wind-street. Swansea, Rev. J. G. Mathia-s, all,a,plain of the United Servioe Brigade (of which deceased was an honorary vice- 1 president) officiating. Mourners were: i Messrs. Clias Maggs (father), Ted, Fred, Bert and Geo. Maggs (brothers), whilst friends present included a company of the I rnted Service Brigade, under Adjutant Taylor. Included in the many floral tri- butes were those from "Father and Mother." "Drnt' and Sisters," "Nenh- LIWS and Nieces," Chas Maggs (cousin), London, a'td family Mr.. Mrs. and Miss Chappell (Wind-street), Mr. and Mn Rab- j bets (United Service Brigade).

,„ BLOW FROM A EOTTLE. SATURDAY NIGHT'S ROW AT TAIBACH. At Aberavon on Monday Richard Thomas lones, collier, Woodneld street. Taibach, vas charged with unlawfully wounding Dd ITioinas, collier, No. 13, Mill-row, Taibach, tn Saturday night, by striking him on the lead with a bottb. Complainant, whose lead was heavily bandaged, said that on Saturday night he went to the Somerset iotel, Taibach, where he saw defendant 'blackguarding" an old man. Complainant ,old defendant to leave him aJone, and de-" endant then rushed at complamant, and a 'rough and tumble" ensued, in which he vas struck. The Bench reduced the charge to common isgault, and defendti)t was fined 40s. and costs.

FRUIT HAWKING. LLANELLY POLICE CLEARING THE STREETS. Through numerous complaints of obstruc- tion in the main street by hawkers, the fol- lowing persons were proceeded against at Liaiieiiy on Wednesday for causing an ob- struction on July 1st:—Daniel Donoghue, Marble Hall; James Parkinson, Cambrian- place; John Ormond, 39, New Dock-road; John Horn, Mill-lane; Daniel O'Neil, St. David's lane and Arthur G. Fennell, An- drews-ten ace. The summonses against Parkinson and O'Neii had not been served. A constable stated that on aocount of the congestion there was not sufficient room fot a vehicle" to pass between the handcarti and 'he tramcars. Donoghue, Ormond, Horn and Fennell were told that they had given the police a lot of trouble, and would be fined 5s., but the penalty would be heavier in the future. The magistrates expressed pleasure that the police were moving in this matter.

SWANSEA WEDDING. KINGDON—BROTHERTON AT PErL- STHEET CHAPEL. The marriage took place at Pell-street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Swansea, on Wednesday of Miss Florence E. Kingdoa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon, 145, St. Helen s-avenue, and Mr. Wm. T. Brother- ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brotherton, Wed- nesbury-both Sunday School teachers at Pell-street, and highly esteemed. Rev. S. Bryant Oiliciated, and Mr. B. Kingdon was "best man." The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in a semi-Empire gown oi ivory Fiencli dciaine. The softly draped corsage was enriched with a hand-worked vest of net, defined with braid in the Greek key pattern laid over silk. The crinoline chapeau was swathed with tulle. The bridesmaids were Misses M. Brother- ton and Florence Owen. The honeymoon is being spent m London. Presents were numerous.

LLANELLY DOCK TRADE. NOT QUITE SO BRISK LAST WEEK. Trade at Lianelly dock last week was not as brisk as in the preceding week. Aggre- gate tonnage handled showed a decrease on the preceding week of 1,461 tons, and com- pared with last year, an increase of 337 tons. The total returns amounted to 5,998 tons, made up of exports 3,563 tons, and impotrs 2,4c5 tons. The imports were composed of pitwood 1293 tons, loam 132 tons, scrap iron 1,432 tons, sand 578 tons. The coal trade is still down again to .ts normal condition, but it is expected that for the next few weeks there will be a big slump, and a large quantity of coa Iwill be lying in stock. The tinplate trade is improving.

-0- To a few women Many Welsh women stick to the ways their mothers taught them. But there are a few women who are always on the look-out for better ways of doing things. To those women we have something to say. The Fels-Naptha Way is a better way of doing your washing. All you need to do is to try it next washing 0 day. If you are not satisfied, your grocer returns b your money. You keep the soap. So there 1 White clothes Wet the clothes, and soap the soiled parts with Fels-Naptha soap. Roll each piece into a close roll, and place them all in a tub with enough water to cover them. Soak for thirty minutes. Then rub in the same water; rub a little in the rinsing water; rinse in the usual way. That's all. Fels Naptha The soap with a Way of its own. u*

INSURANCE CLAIM AT SWANSEA LANDLADY'S POLICIES ON OTHERs LIVES. At Swansea County Court on Monday, Mrs. Butt, the landlady of the Great Wes- tern Hotel, Swansea, claimed £ 30 from the Progressive Insurance Company in respect of the life of Richard Richards, formerly of the Ivorites, and at one time manager for Messrs. Stead and Simpson. The insurance was effected with the British Imperial Friendly Collecting Society, for which Rich- ards was an agent, and which Society had since been taken over by the Progressive Company. The defence set up was that it was a gaining and wagering policy, and that Mrs. Butt therefore had no real insurable I interest. Mr. Leyson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. D. W. Jones defended. Plaintiff said that she had advanced Richards sums of money from time to time and the policy was transferred to her. She was cross-examined to show that she was paying the premiums on a number of other lives. Some half-a-dozen policies were effected with Richards as an agent, and nine others with another agent named James,but plaintiff explained that she simply did it for the convenience of the agents, who asked her to take up the premiums tor them. Mr Jones contended there was no insurable interest, and his Honour at once agreed and found for the defendant company.