The Cardiff Times

BOSSED US ABOUT." Blaengwynfi Club Liabilities. At the Aberivon County Police Court on Mon- day David Morgan, Joseph Evan*, and Benjamin Jcnee, the two former as trustees, and the latter M aeetetary. were summoned by tbe Neath Board of Guardians and the Glyncorrwg District Council for ratee on the Blaengwynfi Club, amounting to £ 10. Mr Edward Powell appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr Lewis M. Thomas for the defendant Benjamin Jonsa. Mr Powell inti- mated that the summons against BenjaminJonsa bad been withdrawn, and he bad given informa- tion as to who were the responsible parties. Benjamin Jones said that David Morgan and Joseph Evans were the trustees of the club. The Clerk: Were you a member when they were appointed ?—Witness No, sir. The Clerk What duties did they fulfil as trustees ?- Wit- nefta They bossed us about. Mr Powell said that the rate collector had not foreseen what bad happened, and bad been too Ienieot. Dr. AroalU Jones (from the Bench) lie did not receive any private information that the club would be raided. (Laughter.) It waa resolved to adjourn the caecicr 14 daye for the prodaefion Of tbe club books.

TALE OF A TICKET. Mefyn ManFined. At Neath Borough Police Court on Monday— before Messrs E. E. Be van (Mayor) and Hopkin Jones—Thomas Steery, labourer, 6, Walters- road, Molyn, was summoned for travelling farther on the Great Western Railway than hill ticket would permit, namely, from Llanelly to Neath, on the 6th of August with intent to avoid payment. Mr W. Smith (Swansei) appeared for the prosecution, aDd Mr A. J. Jeffreys for the defence. A plea ot not guilty was pot in. The caM as set out by the prosecution was tbat de- fendant travelled without a ticket from Pombrey to Llanelly, and that be came on to Neath with ( tbe same ticket. When aaked by Collector Morris for his ticket upon tbe arrival of the 9.24 train, he denied having come by train, and ..aid he had only been on the platform. He subse- quently said be came from Swansea, and offered to pay his fare. Tbis was refused. Mr Jeffreys said there was no intent to defraud on the part of the defendant, who waR a very respectable yocng man. The Bench imposed a fine of 208 and costs.

^ELSIiGOXst SCENERY. Interesting Development Scheme. An important scheme (says the Pall Mall Gazette ") is at present under consideration for the establishment and working of daily services of steam cars oröIDDibuses along tbe main coast roads of Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire from Aberystwyth to St. David's, and thence to Haverfordwest, a distance of about 80 miles. The magnificent coastline of Cardigan Bay, from Aberystwyth to Fishguard, i, at present absolutely without railway facilities or other means of direct communication, and at Aberyst- wyth, Cardigan, Newcastle-Emlyn, Goodwick, and Haverfordwest, where railways approach or toneb the coast, they all strike inland. What will have stt important bearing on the success of tbe scheme is tbat. next summer the. new Good- wick Harbour Railway and extensions of the Great. Western Company and the shortened branch lines connecting with the main system are to be opened for traffic, These services are intended to be ran twice daily each way, and the scale of faxes proposed ia approximately one Benny per mile.

ALLEGED INCENDIARISM. Haverfordwest Charge Breaks Down. At a sitting of the Haverfordwest magistrates at the Shire Hall on Monday a youth named Morris Davies was charged on remand with having set fire to premises in the occupation of Mr David Davies, clothier, High-street, Haver- fordwest, on September lat. Mr W. T. Jones was for the defendant. The e/idence for the pro- secution was to the effect that on the evening in question tbe defendant, who was under notioe to leave tbe uervice of the prosecutor, said good- night, and apparenttyteft the premises. Directly afterwards it was lound that a fire had broken oat in an onthonse underneath Mr Davies's warehouse. It was quickly extinguished, and afterwards a bottle was found close by, which bad contained petroleum. On the following morning, when defendant went to his work, he was paid bis week's wage and immediately dis- charged. While under atrestaecuned said he bad done nothing to be locked tip for. Mr Jones, in defence, said the prosecution had failed to produce auy evidence to establish a prima facie case of guilt ugainat the accused. The magtB- (rates dismissed the charge.

CHARGED BY A BULL CARMARTHEN STATION SCENE. Mra Morgan, ^he wife of William Morgan,farm labourer, of Alfred-street, Neath, was charged by a bull on the Carmarthen Railway Station on Saturday. The unfortunate woman waa returning to Neath, and when waiting for the 12 o'clock train a bull rushed on to the station platform and charged MlI Morgan, knocking her on to the metals. Mra Thomas, of Gas Works Cottages, Neath, was on the station at tbe time, and re- turned heme with Mrs Morgan, who was then unconscious. She was suffering severely from bruises,and also great paioBin tbe baok, wbere the bull bad charged her. No bones were broken. She has now recovered consciousness. Dr. Lewis, 5f Neath, ia attending hir.

WHY HE REFUSED. Newport Resister and the Premier. Wm. Owen, Corporation-road, Newport, who was summoned for the non-payment of £ 119s8d rates at Newport, on Moaday, said he did not intend paying any of the borough rate because it included the Education rate. Mr Balfour was— be went on—the greatest trickster of ths century and had vtotated the constitution. (Laaghtar.) The Clerk: Now, we can't go into that here.-—Mr Owen: Wall, I'm not going to pay the rate because if I pay even a part of it, the Roman Catholics will get their money whether I pay or not.-—The Ch&irman-. You are ordered to-pay. —Mr Owen I'll go to prison. "+-

LUNACY RETURNS. Hereford's Unenviable Position. The report for 1905 of the Lunacv Commit- Simoon j'l»W8 on J*Qnary 1st there ware 119,829 duly certified insane in England and Walea-an increase of 2,630 as compared with the year previous. The increase is not so large as in the three preceding yeara. The ratio of insane to population is higher in Hereford than in any ether county, Radnor, Wiltebire, Cardigan, and Montgomery following in the order named. The ecstof maintenance of Fanatics, exclusive of repairs, additions, and alterations to asylums, is 10s 5d per bead per week, or over £3,000,000 per >■ ftonnm for tbe total number.

MERTHYR BUILDER'S AFFAIRS. The first treating cf tbe creditors of Thomas William Bowen, bniider, Club Houses, Glebelaod-iireet, Mertbjr, was held on Monday. A summary of the debtor's statement of iffsira showed gro*9 liabilities £ 987 7a, of which £5411 7s waa espected to rank f°r dividend.^ The assets were returned at £ 11, showing a deficiency of £ 535 7;>. Debtor nttribntsci his failnro to tbe JON of "boat £200 on two houses in Llewelyu- •treet, Mertiryr, in 1903, and a further teas of JE200 on two uncompleted houses adjoining, which bo etarted to Duild in January, 1904, the jcit of aooat"£50.in making alterations to property fcon^bi in Qua'iy-xow, and illness.

Swansea and the Central Welsh Board. CHIEF INSPECTOR'S LETTER. Committee's Resentment. At a meeting of the Swansea education authority on Monday afternoon, Alderman Maitin presiding, a letter was read from the chief inspector to tbe Central Welsh Board asking what had been done in respect of the pro- vision of a new laboratory. The Chairma.n ob- jected to an outside body raising the question, as no icconvenienca was felt. Why the Dickens should aa authority like tbe Central Welsh Board interfere 1 They were only uoder that board for the purposes of inspection and exami- nation, and it was not for that body to interfere with the working of the College, and unless somebody protested they would carry it on un. reasonably. On tbe motion of the Chairman it was resolved to send a letter of protest to tbe Central Welsh Board, Board of Education's Threat. A letter was received from the Board of Edu- cation calling "attention to a demand made last May for increases in the teaching stafia of the Voluntary schools, insisting on immediate attention to the demand, and threatening tbat unless tbis was done tbe grants conditionally given in respect of those schools would be most eerionaty endangered. Dr. 0 Sullivan suggested that tbe letter should be allowed to lie" on the table.—Mr Tntton That would be discourteous. —Mr Moy Evans suggested that it should be pointed oat to the Department that there had been no alteration made in the staiffng of the schools since they bad been taken over, and at that time they were certified by ELM. inspectors as being efficiently staffed. Mr Cadwalladwr asked who should know best as to the staffing— the inspectors or that authority ? The Chair- man said sorely if the schools were certified as efficiently staffed less than 12 months ago they must be now. He suggested that a sub-coremittee should draft a reply on the lines of Mr Evans's suggestion, and this was agreed to. The Finance Committee recommended thht the Corporation be reqnested to provide £16,888 for the estimated deficiency for the six months ending March next. With regard to the National School and the apportionment of school fees. a sub-committee recommended tbat the apportion- ment between the authority and tbe school managers be in proportion to the average annual amount expended during the same period for repairs to buildings, &c., viz., repairs to build- ings, &c., £ 112 0s 6d. equal to 4*45 per cent.; other expenses of maintenance, £ 2,400 19s 8d, equal to 95*55 per cent. total, £ 2,513 0J 3d, egual to 100*00 per cent. Mr Cadwalladwr sug- gested that the Board of Education should be asked to adiudicateon the matter, bat Mr Tatton replied that the managers were unable to show that tbe apportionment was in any nay unjast, and thÐ recommendation was adopted. Question of Salaries, A number of applications for increased salaries were received and deferred. Mr D. Harris said be should like to point out to the teachers want- ing increases that the automatic increases in salaries under the scale amounted to JE800 during the present year. The Chairman said a. complaint was made continually by the teachers that the removal of the beat boys to the secondary schools meant a redaction in their earnings. They had jost adopted a scheme for the train- ing of pupil teachers, and changed the character of their higher elementary schools to secondary schools, and it had bean brought to hie notice that from a certain district two or three applica- tions were withdrawn, the inference being tbat the applicants were persuaded there was no ad- vantage to be gained. He suggested as a quid pro quo that if five of the best pupils were with. drawn from a schoo) and passed into a secondary school credit sboald be given to the teacher for another five, because what tbe committee wanted to do was to garner the best boys into tbe second- ary schools without the teachers Buffering. No definate decision was come to. Food for Underfed Children. It was decided to authorise applications for relief to underfed children.

OUGHT TO BE IN USK. NEWPORT RATEPAYER AND OFFICIALS, Charles Jones, the well-known Newport plas- terer, was again before the local magistrates on Monday for the non-payment of rates, and as on Drevions occasions, made a series of complaints against the Corporation and its officials. He pro- tested against certain portions of the late not being defined in the demand note, and obected to the deficit on the electric trams, whan he found that Corporation officials could tabe ptivate parties to the golf iinh", and ratepayer, who offered payment were told that they could not ride because tbe cars were engaged. He could give the name-a. Corporation official and bis wife and party. Mr Summers (magistrates' clerk): Y,QU bacj better mention these things to the propor com. mittee. Jones: It's like throwing water on a duck's back (Laughter.,) I also object to paying the police rate. The public money, be continued, is waatad-two policemen taken off thsir beat to kill people on this here bridge." I have asked for police protection and caa't have it. Alderman Goldswortby fcbatrman) Why don't yon mention it to the committee ? Jones I have told yoa—its like throwing water on a duck's back. Jones proceeded to state tbat some members of the Corporation bad not paid their rates, and J.P.s, too, be added. Why should I pay if they don't. It waa time the ratepayers of Newport looked into these things. The Chairmaa Have yoa finished your re- marks ? Jones I want to say I have been before the commit lees and made grave charges against some officials who ought to be in Usk. The Chairman: Yon mast pay in a month. YOIl had better wait on these ducks again. (Laughter.)

SNATCHED FROM DEATH. Railway Porter's Bravery. The story of the hairbreadth escape on the Brighton Railway of a would-be suicide and his heroic rescuer was related a.t Reigate Police Court on Saturday, the presiding magistrate being Sir MyleB Fenton, consulting director of tbe South-Eastern Railway, and chairman of the Kbymney Railway. A navvy named Wallbelove, employed on tbe extension work at the New Horley Station, after drinking heavily with some companions on Tues- day evening, announced that he intended to stop the Brighton express. They bade him farewell, little dreaming that he intended to carry oat his tnreat. He made his way to the railway, how- evor. crawled through a fence, and stationed him- self in the four-foot way of the main up line. Pattenden, the head porter at Horibam. was in the goods yard at tbe time. and, hearing a noise, shouted, Is that you, Charlie 1" thinking it waa Charles Asdett, another porter. Getting no reply, Patten den flashed his lamp on loths line, and was borri tied to see Wellbelove facing an express train traVelliDg at tbe rate of fifty miles an hour. It was then only sixty or seventy yards away, About fifteen yards separated Pattenden and Wellbelove, but with- out a moment's consideration the brave porter cleared the down metals and points with a jump and dragged tbe would-be suicide into the six foot jaet as the express whirled past them- A ootber second and the two men would have been cut to pieces. The men were found a few minutes later crouching under a hedge beside the line, scarcely daring to move, so grsat bad been the shock they received. To a constable Wellbelove said, I wish tbey had left me there. My brother was killed on tha line, and I wish to have a similar death." The man now expressed contrition, and on giving an undertaking not to repeat his attempt was discharged \»ith a caution. Not one word of commendation was paid to Pattenden by tbe Bench. Wetibetove, however, was not ungrateful, and thanked his rescuer with great fervour on being released from custody.

TENBY CORPORATION PIERROTS Manager in the Police Court. Before a crowded police court at Tenby on Monday morning, Mr Lester Reekie, come. dian and manager of tbe T/enby Corporation troupe of pierrots, was charged by the police on two separata summonses with obstructing the highway in St. George-street, Tenby, by being disorderly thereon on August 31st, and also with using profane language in Bt. George-street and Lower Frog-street on the same date. P C. Morgan (36) stated that af 11.15 p.m. on August 31st be saw tbe defendant ob- structing the highway. He was not drunk, al. though under the influence of drink, aud was behaving in a disorderly manner, shouting and swearing and wanting to fight with some fire- men. Defendant made a spirited defencu. Tbe magistrates dismissed the charge. On the charge of using profance language Sergeant Hunt and three constables gave evi- dence. Defendant, whilst admitting tbat he might have used the word d denied using tbe profane language attributed to him. Defen- dant and bis wife both gave evidence on oath. The Chairman of the Bench (Mr J. Theonhilus Jones) said tbat in this case the magistrates thought the police had very rightly and properly done their duty, but aa no doubt a good deal of provocation arose in tbe earlier part of tbe dis- turbance, they were prepared to give defendant the benefit of tbe doubt, and would not pass any sentence on Reekie, but order him to pay the costs (Sa 6d).

FATALCYCLINGTCCTDENT. A housemaid named Ethel Dallinger, aged 21, employed at Chippenham, was cycling down a steep hill at Castlecombe yesterday afternoon, when she loat control of tbe machine, which dashed into the kerbstone, throwing her. She was icked np. and expired immediately.

Mr Thbunas Griffiths, organiser of the Steei- I workars' TJnion, in a report to bi1 executive says he regrets that a tinplate employer is suing a roller for £ 20 for breaking a roll. At the execu- tive meeting of the titeelworkers' Onion it waa decided that the case be contested. It will be ■nu Ccunty Court in October, and will be of considerable interest to all engaged in the tinplate industry.-

A VERY PRETTY DISH! > Cartoon by F. C. Gould. ? Published by arrangement with the Westminster Gazette."

ABERDARE DISTRICT COUNCIL PROFIT ON SWIMMING BATHS. Expenses of Delegates to Housing Conference. The ordinary meeting of Aberdtre Council was held an Monday, Mr .John Howell, J.P., presiding. The tender of Mr Richard OweD for pointing and cemejntiog the cemetery chapels at JE68 10s was accepted. The medical officer TO- ported the following cases of infections diseases during the past month Scarlet fever, 148; diphtheria, 2 (one fatal); erysipelas, 18 (one fatal) typhoid fever, 7 (one fatal) croup, 2 (one fatal). The deputy-surveyor (Mr A. S. Morris) asked for instructions of the Council as to closing the swimming baths, the number of visitors having been small during the past week or so. Visitors to the baths during the season numbered 16,628 adults and 2,760 children, in- cluding 130 from the Training School total in- come, £ 75 0a 8d paid to attendant, £ 24. See- ing that 10 substantial a profit bad been made on the nodartakin- it was resolved to keep the batbs open until the end of September. The clerk reported that the new single hackney car- riage bye-law allowing six persons to occupy such conveyances, instead of five as heretofore, had been passed by the Local Government Board, and was now in force. Messrp E. Stonelake and W. Rees wore appointed to represent the Couo- oil at tbe forthcoming housing conference at the First Garden City on Saturday next. Tbe Vice-chairman asked what expenses Ronld be allowed, so aa to obviate future wrangling on the subject. Mr C. B. Stanton said that he bad made inquiries, and found that in some Councils 30a a day and in others JE2 2s were usually allowed. He thought they should at least allow £1 Is a day and hotel expenses. Mr D. Davies moved El Is a. day and train fare. Mr W. T. Morgan said the delegates would be away at least three days, and suggested £5 to cover every- thing. Mr John Davies, a Labour member, pro- tested. The Labour members on that Council ought to show an example to aUmw, ia economy. He moved 15s a day. Mr D. Jackson Thomas seconded. Let them, be said, be fair nnd try to please the ratepayers. Mr T. Lewis said the delegates could travel by night, and thus save a day.—Mr W. Rees I did not seek the honour to repre- sent you, and I am quite prepared to accept 15a a day.—Mr C. B. Stanton asked why should Labourlmembers so belittle themselvei by rating themselves below other members of the Council. It was undignified for a member to say, I will accept 10s or 15s. Let them pay all alike. Mr W. T.Morgan seconded the proposal to pay £ L Is a. day and train fare, and on a division three voted Jor this amount and three for 15s a day Several members remained neutral. As the chairman refused to give a casting vote, the vice-chairman, Mr Lewis N. Wiliams, who had remained neutral in the first division, voted in favour of El Is a day, which was declared carried.

NEW CHAPEL AT ABERCYNON. Striking Revival" Result. Foundation stones of a. new English Baptist Chapel at Abercynon were laid on Monday after- noon by Mr Richard Cory, J.P., Cardiff; Prin- cipal Edwards, DD., Cardiff; Mr W. Jones. Mountain Ash Rev. John Pugh, pastor of the chnreh Mr Thomas Gilbert, Abercynon and Miia Winifred Mav Davies. Since the revival, when large additions were made to the member- ship, the need of further accommodation has been I greatly felt. Over 200 signified their intention of joining the church uuring the great move- mant of last winter, but owing to the inadequate accommodation in the schoolroom, where the service-i have been conducted, a number of the converts sought communion in other churches. The new building will provide seating accom- modation for 500 wotshippers, and will be of Pennant Ptone, the facade being relieved with blue Forest of Dean dressings. The contract price is £ 1,620. At night Rev. Charles Davies, Cardiff, and Rev. G. Neighbour, Mountain Ash, delivered sermons. The contractor is Mr W. Spratt, Tonypandy.

I FIRE AT SWANSEA. Paint and Oil Shop Gutted. Late on Sunday night a fire broke out at 291, Carmarthen road, Swansea, a paint and oil shop occupied by Mr J. Davies. The fire brigade were promptly on the acene, but all they were able to do waa to prevent the spread of the flames to tbe adjoining houses, tbe shop being entirely do was to prevent the spread of the flames to the adjoining houses, the shop being entirely guttetf.

————■—————■«— ABERTILLERY COUNCIL. NEW CEMETERY NEAR ABERBEEG. Recreation Grounds for Children. At the monthly meeting of Abartillery District Council on Monday, Mr R. Downs, J. p- I pre- siding, Mr J. McBean, surveyor, was instructed to make the neceesarv preparattcna for proceed- log with the formation of the proposed new cemetery, above Aberb^eg, upon the completion of the nsual legal prolinaioarios. Messrs A. C. Willis and W. Harris, Labour members, referred to the usual attpntationax to Trade Union wages, &c.. and to the employment aa far aa possible of local labour. Mr McBean said be quite agreed as to the engaging of local workmen, but it must be left In his hands to select men who could do the work in band-everyone who came along for a job could not expect to be employed. The matter was then left to the aur- veyor. A committes of the whole Council was arranged to consider the proposed scheme for lighting the lower parts of the district—Aber- i beeg, Llanbilleth, and Crumlin— vsiih Messrs Medhurst and Lloyd, electrical engineers. One or two members expressed cheooBelve3 favourable to introducing gas. particularly in regard to its utility for qooking aswaB as for lighting pur- poses, and the whole question was referred to the conference.coavened. It was unanimously re- solved that the representatives of each wurd | should inspect and report upon available open spaces for recreation purposes, particularly for the children of the district, who are practically unprovided in this respect. Dr. 1). C. Muir reported a birth r*tc wad death rate for July of 418 and 12-9 per 1,000 respectively. He stated that fiva yeara ago ho recommended the provision of a. publio slaughterhouse, but owing to other pressing matters nothing hatf come of the re- commendation. Be "gain urged the matter. Mr Willis moved, and Mr W. Thomas, C.C., Aber- beeg, aezonded, that steps be taken with the view of carrying out the requirements, and the matter was referred to the Sanitary Committee to fully investigate and zecomtaend to the Council.

I ABERTOfEY SCHOOL MANAGERS. Vicar's Move Checkmated. The management of Aberdovev Chorch School was vested in a committee consisting of the vicar (ex-officio), two repreaeatatu-os of sub- scribers towards the fand of tbo sebool who must be Churchmen, and the elected manager chosen by the vestry c f the parish, these being the foundation managers,and twaotber managers, one representing the Connty Council and the other the Urban District Council. The first three bad been appointed as early as June lust, bat owing to the noglect af the vicar to summon a vestry a fourth was not elected. In Aogust the County Education Committee aaked the vicar to state the names of the founda- dation managers, when be replied that he had called a meeting on July 28th of the three managers elected in June with a view of appointing a fourth, but had no quorum. In a week he wrote teguin that the three had met and had appointed a fourth. The secretary of the Education Committee wrote atrongly pro- testing against the endeavour to steal a march upon the veAtry and to defest the provisions of the tinal order. A vpstry was at once called by the overseers, andelec.ted a representative who is a stroug Nonconformist- The vicar refused to acknowledge the validity of the election and wrote to the Board of Education. To bis con- fusion on the 28th of AnguBt he received a letter from the Board poirttiDg out that the vestry could not have been id default and that the only person in default was the vicar himself for not having summoned a vestry. On subsequent j correspondence, the Board decided that the nominee of the vestry was a properly constituted manager. At present, therefore, the six mana. gers of tbe"Aberdovey non-provided school are •quftlly divided into three Church and three Non- conformists, and the management of the school will naturally fall into the hands of the party to which the chairman when elected will belong, the viear not being ex-onieio chairman.

DEATH OF A CARDIFFIAN IN AMERICA. New York mail advices to band announce the death of Mr Hash M. Thomas, vice-pt t of I the Long Inland City SllvlDge Bank, who died at Rockville Centra, aged 76 years. The deeealei was a catiro of Cardiff. j

WATCH WHEN I COME OUT." Barry Prissnep's Threat. Thomas BLtHey, an employee at the Windsor Hotel, who appeared in the vntness-box at Barry Police Court on Monday, before Dr.. Howell Rees and Mr J. G. Thomas, wish j a plaster on bit cheek, charged John I Seymour, a local labourer, living at Lom- bard-atrset, with assault. Complainant said he was bit by defendant three times, and I the latter having > nog on at tho time his cheek was cut open, and had to be stitched. This, complainant eaid, had been done because be" told defeudant he was not to be served at the hotel. Osborne Jones.,manalrer of the hotel, said he did not see the assault, but complainant waa rendered inaen- j eible by the blow. James Clode, blind maker, J Baid he assisted Mr Jones to put nefecdantont. I Dr. J. Livingstone said that a. branch of tbe facial trtery bad been cut by the blows, besides j a ragged wound on the lower angle of the lip. Seymour, in evidence, said what he bad done I was in self-defence, and made accusation against Jones and Halley, the latter of whom hu de- j scribed as a boxer. Dr. Howell Rees reminded Seymour that he had not improved his position 1 by making such accnsations, and he was finsd 11 j and costs or 14 days' imprisonment with hard < labour. Seymour was then summoned for refusing to quit the hotel premises on the same occasion, j Mr Jones, tha manager, stating that be had to j be put out of tho hotel three times altogether, Seymour said the landlord bad threatened him on the previous Saturday night. A fine of 20a and costs or 14 daya was also im- A fine of 20a and costs or 14 daya was also im- posed in thia case, and as be was being removed from tbe court to the cells Seymour turned to the witnesses against him and ehoutedf You watch youra&if when I come out."

CARDIFF I.L.P. WI-NTE-RSESSJON ,I Inaugurated by Mrs Bruce Glasier. SNia tirst of the Cardiff Indupendeoli Labour Pattv's meetings for this winter, beld at the Premier HIIJJ, St. John's-square, on Sunday niebt, was to have been addressed by Mr Bruce Glasier, editor of the "Labour Leader," but owing to indisposition bis wife, formerly Miss f Catherine St. John Conway, B.A. sister of Professor Conway, Jato of Cardiff College, made an admirable substitute. The hall wan crowded, and the enthusiastic character of the gathering angured well for a successful winter seseion. The open-air lectures throughout the summer are reported to have considerably strengthened the poaition of the party, its mem- bership having been doubled. The afternoon meeting was held aa usual at Roatb Recreation Grounds yesterday, and Mrs Glasier, ia the course of a stirring addresa on the ideals of Sooialism, incidentally referred to the political aitnation at Cardiff. The position there, aha said, was the laughing-stock among intelligent men throughout the country, and the working men ought to see the need of a Labour candidate. Mr P. Ridgway presided at tbe evening meet- ing in tbe Premier Hall, and Mra Glasier, who dealt with" Socialism and homelife," spoke very oarnestty. She urged 'hat Socialism was the only system that relony did fulfil the teachinge of Jesus. The modern system of Gharchiaaity was, she said, a scandal and a shame,an j instead of protesting against such atrocities ad were I to-day found iu the conditions of industry the churches calmly looked on.

TEACHING OF WELSH. Action in Monmouthshire. The Monmouthshire Education Committee, which has for some time been considering the question of teaching Welsh in certain Monmouth- shire Schools, have now appointed a committee to report on the question. In all probability they will find that it is desirable to teach Welsh at schools at the Tredegar, Rhymney, Bedwas, and a portion of Mynyddialwyn.

ARMY NON.-COM.'S SENTENCE. The sentence has been confirmed and promul- gated of a conrt martial recently held at Wool- wich for the trial of Qaartermaster-Sergeant C. \V. Goose, Army Service Corps, against whom there were charges of insubordination and mia appropriation of money entrusted to him for paying the men of his company. Accused is reduced to the ranks and to andofgo 55 d&Yo' imprisonment. r

STRANGE OBSTRUCTION CASE. Prosecution at Mold. A singular case was heard at Mold, Flint, on Monday when Sidney Robeitt, son of the late Dr. Roberta, of Pontblyddyn, Flint- shire, and holding an appointment in tho engiueari' department of the Capo Government Railway, was charged with obstructing a pony trap driven by Milfø Beryl Bntterworth Hutchin- son, daughter of Mr Hutchinson Green, Borth House, near Rochdale. Complainant said that on the 5th of August he was driving with her cousin when they ovor- took defendant's dog catt standing in the middle of the road. They aaked him to movs, when he put out hia whip and said" There is no road hero." Witness got out and led her pony on the side path and as abe passed defendant he whipped it. She asked him for his name and he said" John Jones." She then asked for hia card, which bore the name Sidney B. Robarta, South Africa. Defendant then drote past them and as he did so JaBbed at her pony which jibbed into another cart, and she again had to get out to quiot it. On her telling defendant that Lady Marks would be coming he said he thought he had better be going. Mr Cburton (for the defence) Did you not shout to defendant Are you drnnk or mad ?"— I said, You must be mad or drunk to stop two little girls," and added "Cannot you see my horse is not uaed to being driven ?" Did you say to defendant in rather a grand way Do you know who I am? I am Sir John Marks' granddaughter *"—No. Did yon tell him you were Sir John's grand- daughter ?-Yes. DId, he reply" It doesn't mskesny difference who you ace. I am Dr. Roberta's son, of Pont- blyddyn ?"—No. No damage was done to anybody ?-No. There was a little temper perhaps on both eides?—Yea, there was. You were high and mightv, and very annoyed? -1 waa very annoyed because he would not let me pass. And be was annoyed because yon told him he waa mad or dr^nk 1—Yes. Mr Cburton, ^ho said bia client held a respon- sible position in Soath Africa, contended th-at it was the yoang ladies who really obstructed his client. What look place was clearly due to loas of temper. The Bench retired, and returning said they considered the offence had been committed, and fiued defendant 10a and costs.

LABOUR LEADERS' DIFFERENCES. I Mr J. Hodge Cftticises Mr Victor Morgan. Mr John Hodge, of the Steel Smelters' Cor-I juration, in his monthly report refers to matters j in connection with the strike at Llanelly Steel: Works, and rays Our members in Sonth j Wales during the month have had to undergo a | great deal of abuse at the hands of Mr Victor I Morgan, of the Gas Workers' Union, Bimply because our members at Llanelly New Steel Works were not prepared to bo submissive to his clemanls. As a consequence of a pamphlet hsued in a rellow cover containing speeches made at a demonstration held at Llanelly wo were compelled to aabmitapiain statement of the principle which guided the action of our members and Executive." Mr Hodge further states that his reply has been citcalatised over the whole district in the hope that our mem- bera, will be made fallyacquainted with the facts." Mr Hodge, in conclusion, describes the calling of a strike at the Llanelly New Steel Works at the time it was dODO aa a great tactical blunder.

CARDIGAN TOWN COUNCIL. This Council occupied its new Council Cham- ber for the,first time on Monday morning. The room was formerly used by the Mechanics' Insti- tute. It ha& been redecorated and furnished, and supplies conveniences which are a great im- provement upon those of tha old Chamber. A water rate was made for the year sading March 25th next, estimated to produce £ 277 19. lOd and a district rate to produce JE1,480 12s 5d. A committee was appointed to take in hand the re baneing of the fire alarm bell. The Council having purchased the rights to the water springs on Crugdn Farm, plan and sections of the schema proposed to bring the water into the present aonrce of snnply were submitted, the estimated cost being X162 15s. The scheme was approved, and tbe work is to bo proceeded with early next year.

PEACE-AND AFTER P j 1. 1

Llanelly Assessments. REVALUATION OF WORKS. Increase of £8,000. Recently the Llanelly Assessment Committed engaged Mr Eves, of Birmingham, to reassess the local tinplate and other works. During de. pression of trade a few yearB ago the assessment of the tin works was lowered on an appeal to Quarter Sessions. Since thentbeindnatryhaa revived, and has enjoyed a period of steady prosperity. As was expected, the result of the revaluation has been to increase the assessable value of the Llanelly urban district (which n:)W' siauds at £74.435. and is continually growing) by £8.000. Assuming Repeal against the reo assessment be unsuccessful, an increased revenue of about £4,600 will be derived from the works, which will yield £800 more to the Bank of Eng- land in their 215 rate, and a relief of about 6d in the general district rate. There is a good deal of building going on at Llanelly now, which will further improve matters shortly. With this additional £800 a sufficient sum is available to the Bank of England from the general district rate and the income of town estate to pay 4 pet cent. on the whole consolidated loan. —- i

SHAME AND SUICIDE. LANCASHIRE WOMAN IN LONDON. Betrayed and Robbed. At Mansion House, Locdon, on Monday, panl Dacha (26), a Bmartly-dreased Frenchman, of n» fixed residence, was charged with having stolea. on August llth, in Cheapside, jewellery, a dresa- ing case, aud other articles, value £97, the pro- perty of tbe late Mrs Maud Mary Horrod, whO resided at Earlstown, Lancashire, and who milted suicide. Detective Collinson said be found Dacha ia cnitody at Liverpool on Friday. In his eion were articles of jewellery and a number of pawniicketa relating to otber property, identified as belonging to Ivlra Herrod. Witness feItbet atattidthat Daohs had stayed with the lady an hotel. One morning Dacha made an excuse to leave the hotel where be haj stayed with tbe lady, and addressed a telegram to himself wbiob purported to announce that hia father bad diet* suddenly in Paris. When the Jady handed biea the telegram on his return, be advised bet to pack up everything, Baying he ma"? go at once to Pariti. In Cheapside it was alleged that Dacha represented to the lady tbat it woalu not be safe to wear her jewellery in Parie, and abe consequently handed it over to him. Inspector Marphy said on the evening of bt. arrest Dacha waa in tbe company of a young woman who had with her all her property and was about to go away with tha man, having leU her parents. Inspector Murphy asked for a remand. g. aail D icha was found to be In possession of pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to valuable jewellery. It might be tbat be waa wanted in al parts of the country. The Magistrate eaid having regard to the leg'* aspect of tho case be was bound to Bay it wonld be absolutely impossible for a jury to convict, the principal witness being dead. Tile eharg. was therefore dismissed.

NONCONFORMITY AND POLITICS Lecture by Dr. Game. In counscton with the celebration of the 37&11 anniversary of Wood-street Chapel, Carcliffi Øo well-attended lecture was delivered on Monday evening by the (te". Principal A. E. Garvie. D.D., on Christianity and Politics." He was, he Baid, a loyal subject of King Edward, bnl King Edward was a. usurper if be Intervened between him and his God. Nonconformists h8 to be political because they suffered from poli* cat injustice; and could only obtain redress bY political means. An Act had been placed on the Statute Book that revived tbe bitter memories of thepaat with its injustice and oppression. The Education Act was not an Education Act at alJ. because education was subordinated to otbet interests. The first duty of Nonconformists wall to see tbat this Act was removed from Statute Book. In discussing thia question, bO". ever, they should not talk simply of Noncoufot- mists* grievances, but should hold before them. selves a lofty ideal of what education ehould The education of the citizens of a State be an education that did not separate them one from another, but one that bound them more closely to one another in a common Jmrpostl-tO serve the Sta.te. Sectarianism ought to be kept from the nation's schools because it was a powet for diviuion and discord, and not an icfipenO* for unity. In the nation's schools they should learn to love one another aa fellow-citizens, and- not to look down on one another as belonging to different denominations.

CLYDACH VALE EXPLOSION. Presentation to Mr Llevveiyfl. Some lime ago the officials of the Caffl^80 Collieries, Clydach Vale, initiated a (iinoog themselves to make a presentation to 2»e Leonard Liewetyn, the agent, to mark their appreciation of the gallantry displayed by bJlØ; as their leader when engaged in rebcne and eX." p!oration work during tho time of the disastroo* explosion in March last. The directors of tb., collieries weru anx icus to join in tha tion and show their gratitude to their agent, and they have subscribed a substantia* QUCI towards the presentation, which has now assumed greater proportions than it was at anticipated. The presentation will be made shortly and will take the form of on iIIamiaated address, recalling Mr Llewelyn's bravery, &0" gether with handsome plate and a. present Mrs Llewelyn. A correspondent writes :—" Action could wit" advantage be taken to recognise tbe bravery ot tIte fint party of rescuers who descended cbe, pit on that terrible occasion and rescued no løsØ; than 15 of their fellow workmen. It ia nnivere*' ally known that the rescue party their lives when fighting with the deadly damp in their successful endeavours to their comrades from the jaws of death.'

AIRSHIP TRIAL AT CARDIFF. Another trial was made on Monda.y at SpJot8- Farm, Cardiff, with the airship Alexandra. Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs ):t. Hughes) and Alderman Jacobs were the company present to witness the a.scent. Willows, jun., was in charge of tbe ghip. whlclJ, rose steadily, and for a oborc time was success* fully manoeuvred soma fifty feet above tb. ground. Then one of the tail ropes became en' tangled with the driving gear, the ship its nose towards the ground, descended a and then rose again. Tho tail rope had by time become furiher entangled, and as it W*' found impossible nnder these circumstance# to properly control tbe vessel, it was brought b*e*, to earth and the driving gear freed from t.be, entanglement. A portion of the gear ha.d bee" benl by the pressure, and tome time was occo* pied in etra'igbteninz it. By this time a. cboppJ wind had sprung up, and it WAS deemed ad*1*" able to postpone further trial to another daf* The trial, however, as far aa it went waa verf successful, tbe ship answering admirably to tblf steering gear before the trail tope became tangled.

CARDIFF SCAVENGING. It is likely that Mr Elarpur, the borough neei, who is temporarily in charge of the street-cleaning department and others la'8'^ conducted by Mr Woosey, will be asked torepo* definitely on the saving in cost with imp'07?! meat in general efficiency which would l8S?V if the department was permanently placed !iia superintendence. Snch a report wonld D \aluable at the present Junoture, aDd it woo I probably besubmitted to MrBatBaon, "?ho ia now engaged in taking evidence on to advise the Corporation on its iatration generally.

CARDIFF CANAL JUMP. FRENCH POLlSHEWS AL FRESCO BAtH^ William Evans, a French polisher, of Richard-street, Cardiff, jaraped into the can*' • ■* the North-road, Cardiff, shortly after mid:I-1 "s,: Moaday. A young man named Davies, 24, Byron-atreet, who waa passing, V^a ujg' rescued Evans, who was little tbe worse for g immersion. He was conveyed by P.C. to tbe Central Police ^Station, wbere he charged with attempting: to commie suicide-

GOT INTO BAD COMPANY. e' Reginald Jones (20) was on Monday bound by the Cardiff magistrates aa a first offender 1d, embezzling three snms of money—Is 3d, 18 )tt and 2s 2d— the property of his employe*' A Robert Templeton, by whom h. WILli emp:ø IØ. to deliver milk. He had received tbe^■< payment for milk,and bad not handed them o Mr Templeton did not press the ease, .p^ youth's unclo gave b|m a good character,:Bta v,gi that be had recently been 'ed away *at0 company.

FATAL LAMP EXPLOSION ATFISHGUAfi0 'orl At an inquest at Fishguard on Monday tbf^g tfl returned n verdict of Death from shock accidental burning." The victim was ^e0,ivsjo' two-year-old son of David lieas, baker, gf. Btreet, and who received burns through plosion of a paraffin lamp, which ignited flannelette nightdress tbe child was Both parents and another child wex-e severely burned by the same cause. The (Mr Ivor Evans) warned parents agtinat the of flannelette clotbiDg.

The ignition of some wood that had by the aide of the fire to dry caused a ch' top« fire last night at 50, Wells-street, Cardiff, a dwelling bouse occupied by Wall. A telephone message was sent to tn gf brigade, and a tender turned Suporintendent Geen, followed later br eocupe, The chief couatablefMr W. Mclvc also went to tbe acene. Fortunately tbe ezttogaubed before ANJ datnogft waa d9Q9s 1