The Cardiff Times

FIRST COURT. Before Air O. II. Jones, Major-General Lee, tnd Principal E. r r. Griffiths. Alleged Theft at Tonypandy. Elizabeth Whel.in (32). rrtarried. charged vitli stealing nine petticoats, the property of CS Freedman.Tonypanty.said." I bought jicrn innocent, enough, and paid 2s for them." e jury found her not guilty, and she was dis- :iurged. Breaking and Entering. William Evans (19). collier, pleaded guilty to three indictments charging him with breaking and entering tbe shop of Messrs Price and Co.. Tonypandy, on three separate days and stealing Imall sums of money and various articles ot wearing apparel. He also admitted a previous conviction. He was sentenced to si* months' lmljrisonment in each case. the cntctlccs to run concurrently. Frederick Wm. Hevan (,32\ collier, admitted breaking and entering the counting-house at Nixon's Navigation Colliery at Mountain Ash, With intent, to steal, and breaking and "tiering tbe warehouse of Thomas Smith at Mountain Ash and stealing a number of buns. Elv sentenced to six months' hard labour. Larceny at Blaoncaerau. tlarry Scrattcn. alias Fisher (33), labourer, pleaded euilty to two charges of larceny at Blaoncaerau, in the first case taking £5 and in the second £2 18s. He was sentenced to six nonths' hard labour for each offence, the sen- tences to run concurrently. Shopbreaking at Merthyr. John Reed (24). collier, pleaded guilty to lhopbreaking at Merthyralld stealing ?s 2d xitd u few small articles and was sentenced to lix months. He admitted a previous convic- tion at St. Albans. Six Mouths for a Halfpenny. William Johnson (29). fishmonger, pleaded ruilty to hreaking and entering tbe dwelling HOuse of Thomis John Rogrrrs at Pontypridd tnd stealing a halfpenny, and there being a previous conviction for felony at Cardiff he was- sentenced to six months' imprisonment ifith hard labour. Use of the Knife. Carl Fricman (36). seaman, was charged with unlawfully wounding John Frefert, a shipmate, at Pcnarth on the 15th December. Fiefert, in reply to Mr Ivor liowen, who was for the prose- lion, said hc, an(i prisonef were on the OIen. wood in Penarth Dock on the day named. Pri- soner wanted to take his bed, and on witness refusing to give it up prisoner askrd, Do you want a fight?" Prosecutor replied that he did, and they fought. Afterwards when the fight was ended and prosecutor was putting away his sea. boots, prisoner attacked him with a clasp knife cutting his waistcoat near the breast and drawing blood from his forehead and the back of his h md. Prisoner said he knew nothing about it He was drunk at the time. -lie was found guilty and sbr.tcnced to three months' hard labour. Pontypridd and Maesteg Housebreaker. Alport Edward Harding (31', collier, pleaded guilty to three charges of housebreaking, one it Maesteg and Bi-idgand, and two at Ponty- pridd. In the fir:4 case lie broke into the ware- house of the Maesteg Urban District Council and took a leat her bag. a silver-back hair- orush, a pearl necklace, pair of pearl earring.?, and other articles. At Pontypr dd he broke into cwo dwelling-house« and stole a silver watch, ■•tracing jacket, a, lady's riding habit, a lady's blue, ridijftR lmbit, two ladies', riding breeches, two ladies' furs, a sealskin jacket,"and other articles. There were previous convictions, and he was sent to penal servitude for three years. Five Years Sentence. Julius Anderson (25). sailor, pleady guilty to two indictments charging him with stealing one pair of trousers, and a shiit and air of stockings, at the parish of Ystradyfodwg.—The Chairman, in sentenc- ing him to penal servitude for five years, said he was an habitual criminal, having numerous convictions and one penal servitude already recorded against him. No Trup Bill. • The grand jury found no true bill against Charles. James (47). timberman. who was in- dicted with unlawfully wounding Thomas Jame-' on the 2nd December at liglwvsilan. and he was discharged. Charge of Attempted Suicide. Alfred Wallace (42) pleaded guilty to attempt- ing to bring himself with a rope on the 18th December at Ystradyfodwg. Prisoner, in answer to the chairman as to why lie did this rash act, replied he had had a drop of drink. He was bound over in his own recognisances. The Court adjourned.

SECOND COURT. Arrested in Staffordshire. Samuel Blyde (21) boatman, and Sarah Blyde (20), were charged with stealing wearing aoparel, kc., value £612s" the property of George James Kent, at Merthyr Tydfil, on August 25. Mr Ivor Bowen, on instructions from Mr J. W. Lewis, prosecuted. The prose. cutor. a collier and widower, said he engaged the prisoners to look after his house and children whde he was suffering from injuries to his hand. Returning home on August 25 he was surprised to find that the prisoners were miss- ing, together with certain articles; The latter were traced bv the police to a. pawnbroker's ehopin Merthyr Tydfil, and prisoners were arrested in Staffordshire.—The female prisoner, L' defence, said the articles we: e pawned with prostC knowledge and to raise mcney with which to keep the home going, The jury returned a verdict of Not guilty,' aad prisoners were discharged. Will Flit Across tho Water." John Winslade (47). labourer, Beatrice-road, Cadoxton, pleaded guuty" undr great pro- vocation to doing grievous bodily harm to his wife, Emma WinsSade. on December 9th. Mr J. Lovat Fraser was for the prosecution. Prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and bound over iu £10 to be of good behaviour tor six months. As he was led away by a warder, prisoner, addressing a woman by the side of the court, said All right, my good iaiy, I'll flit across the water when I come out." Theft of a Watch. William Jaspar (41), fitter, was charged with stealing a watch, the property of Edward David Yora.th, 70. llircbgrovc, oilfynydd, on Novem- ber. 2nd. Mr V.iughan Williams conducted the prosecution. Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. He pleaded guilty in the first Court to a charge of theft, and was there also convicted. Bit His Face. James Lynch (28), labourer, was charged with maliciously wounding Thomas Edward Nash, haulier, Pentre, on December 15th. Mr Tudor Isaac (instructed by Messrs Spickett and Sons. Pontypridd) prosecuted. Nash's story was that accused bit him on the chin, face, and hand. It was when Lyncb's teeth were fastened in his cheek that witness called for a and some friends pulled him away. Pr'isbn*r was found guilty, and sentenced to two inpbths' hard labour. A Distressing Case." Elizabeth Jace Edwards (22). domestic servant, Llantrir-ant. pleaded guilty to attempt- ing to commit suicide by taking satts of lemon on November 4th. Mr Douglas Lewis, on behalf of the prisoner, said this was an excep- tionally distressing cas«. Edwards,.believing her husband to bcd. -allowed a urns -o cour., h"r. She got into trouble through him, and lhenJearnedi bat her husband was alive. It was this knowledge which influenced her to attempt to take her life. P.C. Edwards said areused bore a good character, and of late had acted as a domestic servant Dr. Salmon, Llantrisant, in giving evidence, <ommend#d the conduct pi P-.C..Evans in the steps he took to nullify the effects of the poison taken by tlie accused. Prisoner was bound over in her own recognisances to Le of good behaviour lor six months, and was then discharged. The Court then adjourned..

BOOKMAKER AND CASE REHEARD. At Glamorgan Quarter Sessions on Wednes- day Alexander Rosser (40). bookmaker, was charged "itll using a photographer's studio at O.lfynydd for betting purposes on September 25th. rlvor Bo wen, ton instructions from Mr W. R. Davies) conducted the prosecution, and Mr St. John Francis Williams (instructed by Mr Haroid L-oyd) defended. In opening, Mr Bowcn explained thtt the studio was owned by Luke Whitfield Proud, who at Pontypridd ou October 3rd was fined £25. Proceedings were then taken against Kosser, who, however, exer- cised his right to be tried before a jury. Inspector- Salter said- that between 4 and 5 o'clock on the morning of September 25th he concealed himseJr, with PC. Evans, in stables under Proud's studio There were cracks in the t\ the sides of which were about Ii inches from the walls. A number of menv)s)tedthe ttudio. and m consequence of what was vrerheard witness decided to keep watch until the afternoon. Just before noon defendant entered the studio, and Proud said to him. Good morning. How are you Defendant repl'ed, I'm all right, only in a hurry, as usual." Proud said. Good number in yester- day—13 called." Witness and P C. Evans then entered the studio and- found defendant with some books in his left hand and a pencil in his right hand. The books contained what ape peared to be betting entries Witness pro- duced a number of betting slips, racing calen- dars, &c., which he found on tlie defendant. The entries in the books represented a total of 9d in 27 days. Mr St. John Williams Have you been to this studio to have your photograph taken ?—No. Has the other constable been there for that purpose ?—Yes. P.C. Evans corroborated the evidence given by Inspector Salter. Mr Williams And so you are the constable who was vain enough to have your photograph taken at this studio ?—Yes. You se^m to have made a striking picture (producing a cabinet of the witness).—Yes. Then you appear to have lent your uniform to a man so that he m'ght also make a strik- ing picture ?—Yes. Mr Williams submitted that there was no to go to the jury. There was no evidence that anyone went to the studio for the purpose of making bets. If there yas such evidence, then there was absolutely no evidence that the people who visited the studio did so to make bets with Rosser. Further, there was no evi- dence I halmoney was received at t be st udio- The Chairman (Mr O. II. Jones) held that there was evidence to go to the jury. Mr Williams I ask you to state a case, if necessary. The Chairman Very well, Mr Williams. The jury. after a retirement, of 20 minutes, returned with a verdict of Guilty." In imposing a are of £25. with £25 cost.s-£50 in all-or two months' hard hbour, the Chair- man said the.method adopted to carry on/bet- ting at the studio was the most mischievous he knew of. Mr Williams asked that a case should be stated, but this the chairman declined to do Found or Stolen ? William Charles Bray (22). labourer, was chargedwitn stealing a silver watch and chain and a silver medal from the person of D. James, at Llanbradacli on the 8th of October. Mr Pcpyat I';vans (instructed by Mr [t. G. ISvans) prosecuted, and Mr Harold Stowe (acting under the instructions of Mr Tom Phillips) defended. James had gone to the De Wiuton Hotel, Llan- bradach.ou the 8'h of October. On the 26th of November the prisoner went into a pawn- broker's shop at Llanbradach and offered the watch in pledge, but it was seen that James's name was inscribed on the inside,and Bray was arrested. When charged the accused said he bad not stolen the watch, but had found it honestly. James. in the coarse of his evidence, said that he-had been drinking on the night he lost the watch, and he added that he did not remember t-ehg the prisoner at all. The jury found the prisoner guilty of larceny, and he was seat to prison for a month with hard labour. Mr Stowe thereupon asked the Court to sta'e a else upon the point. that there was no evi- dence of stealing from the person, and the magistrates, after consult i r g with the chair- man. granted the application. Taffs Well Doctor's Coal. t Edward Conway Watkin*, coalman, and Thomas HowelJs, coalboy, were charged with stealing 5cwt. of coal from a railway siding at Tail's Well Station, the property of thcTaff Vale Railway Company. Mr A. O. Beasley (in- structed by Messrs lngledew and Sons) ap- peared for the prosecution. and Mr T. A Lovat Fraser (instucted by Messrs Harold Lloyd and Cross) defended. The evidence was that a quan- tity of coal had been consigned to Qr. Edwards, Tail's Well, and Mr Spencer Thomas was in- structed to haul it. Mr Thomas hauled one load, and there was about 5cwt. remaining The allegation was that the, prisoners took this q jantity away. Too defence was that MP Thomas allowed them to have this quantity, in order to save him the trouble of making another journey. This, however, Mr Thomas dcnid. asserting that he intended to take it-to Dr. Edwards's bouse. The jury found the boy Howel's not gu lty, and he was discharged. They failed to agree as to Watkin". and the Court adjourned his case to the next Sessions, bail being allowed in the same amount as before. Entertaining Guests. Joseph Coughlin, landlord of the Star Inn. Dovrtais, appealed rgainst a conviction for selling intoxicating liquors on • undsy. Novem- V.erJ8th. Mr St. John Frsncis Williams (in- structed by Messrs Gwilyrn Jnmes, Charles, and Davits) was for the appellant, and Mr John Sankey (instructed by Messrs Lewis and Jones) for the respondents. P.C. Hunter spoke to seeing three Dowlais men. Daley. Lewis, and Greanev, in the Star Inn with empty stout bottles near them. Appellant's ca?e was tht. the three m(n were his gticsts in accordance with an arrangement, made a week before. Mr Coughlin said he had been an abstainer for mtny yeirs. After hearihg the evidence of Da ley.- the Chairman allowed the appeal without costs.

MONMOUTHSHIRE. The Newport-Cardiff Train Incident. The Quarter Sessions for the cotjnty of Mon- mouth were held on Wednesday at Usk before Mr Samuel Courthope Bosanquet (chairman), Sir Henry Mather Jackson, Bart, (vice-chair- man). Viscount Tredegar, aud other magis- trates. Juvenile Prisoners- The report of the visiting prison justices stated that a special committee had been formed for dealing with juvenile prisoners under the Borstal system, and it was encourag- ing to noie that not one of those taken in hand had been recommitted to prison. The Dis- charged Prisoners' Aid Society had continued their good work, and excellent service had been rendered by Mr Humphrey Humphreys, the hon. secretary, who had personally inter- viewed all applicants for assistance. Rating Appeal Settled- Mr J. Corner, barrister, said in the appeal of the Ebbw Vale Industrial and Provident Society against the rating of a lease at Ehbw Vale by the Bedwellty Assessment Committee terms bad been arranged, and he asked that the appeal be allowed on those terma. The Assess- ment Committee rated the house at .£250 gross and £189 net, but they now agreed it should he £117 gross and £lOJ :1d. Mr Mickfet-hwaite, for the committee, aasented, and the applica- tion was granted. Fired a Racecourse Stand. Frederick Phillips (17), labourer, pleaded guilty to setting fire to the racecourse stand at Llantoist on the 8th December, the property of Reginald Herbert, the damage being JE15. and he was discharged with a caution. Assault in the Train. Frederick Theodore IIeislop (40). sailor, was indicted lor indoceittly assaulting Mary Jones, on the 27th November, in a railway carnage between Newport and Cardiff. Mr J G. Micklethwaite (instructed by Messrs Hornby and Baker Jones, Newport), for the prosecution, said complainant was the wife of Edward Jones, Pontcanna-placc, Cardiff. When returning from Aberbeeg on the night n question she got nto a third-class carriage at Newport, and prisoner came in afterwards. As soon as the tram bad left the station prisoner attempted to kiss her, and she replied. I am a married woman with children." He then threw her back on tbe scat, and disarranged her clothes. She struggled. and twisted him on to the floor and escaped to another compart- ment, the train being a corridor. Prosecutrix bore out her advocate's story. She added that when she got to Cardiff she in- formed an inspector of what had taken place In cross-examination by Mr Lionel H. Dunn, who defended, witnoss denied that there was another man in the .train who got out at a station on the way to Cardiff, or that she sat on prisoner's knee and tried to pull a ring from his linger while he was asleep Ernest. Albert Birch, Bristol, manager of the General Lile Assurance Company, said prose- culrix asked to com in his compartment, saying a man had insulted ber. She was trembling. He did not notice that her dress was torn. Inspector Evans, Cardiff Statiou, said he the waiting- room. He asked prisoner what he meant by his conduct, and he replied, I didn't couch her." Ho was. under the icllucnce of drink. Mr Dunn. in defeece, asserted it was a case of imagination on the part of tho woman, who throughout never said she was assaulted, but only insulted. No doubt prisoner was drunk, and this caused Tlie jury, after considering their verdict in retirement, found prisoner guilty of a common assault, and he was sentenced to six moct415. Twelve Months for Breaking Glass. Henry Jones (2i), collier, pleaded guilty to smashing a plate-glass window at Newport on the 25th December, the property uf Alfred Chambers, and also to being sentenced at Brocon Assizes to six months for breaking and entering a chapel in January last, and he was committed to 12 months' hard labour. Cow Maimed Accused Discharged. James King (50). labourer, was charged with maliciously maiming and wounding a cow, the property of Edwy' Henry Wilmot, farmer, of Penhpw, at the Lower Meadow Farm, on the 1st Dece saber. Mr J Corner (Hereford) appeared to prose- cute, and Mr A. Moore defended. It appeal ed from the evidence prisoner was engaged by Frank Good, whose farm adj< in3 prosecutor's. Prosecutor had a-number of cows grazins in the field where prisoner was working. They were all in good condition on November 30th. On December 1st one of tlie j;ows was found to have had its tail severEd with the exception of one small piece of akin, by which it was attached to the body. There was also a wound on the rump. Edwin Seer, veterinary surgeon, Newport, said he thought the injuries had been caused by one blow struck in a down. ward direction. He estimated the damage at £5. Mr G. R. Thompson, county analyst, proved examining some sticks p eked up by P.S. Berry close to where the prisone had been working. on which be found blood from an animal. On the axe used by prisoner there were also smears of blood. Prisoner said he knew nothing about the offence until charged by the j«olicc. lie was ioand not guilty, and discharged. New Year's Eve Episode. George Evans (19), collier, Talywain, anpealed agairuot. an order adjudging him the father of the illegitimate child of Maad May Jones (17) Talywain. Mr Micklethwaite, for respondent., said intimacy took place on New Year's Eve, 1904, when respondent was between 15 and 16 years old. The child was born on 1st October, 1903, and an order was made against appellant on the 20th October, 1906, for 4s a week. Respon- dent. in cross examination, said familiarity took place outside the house at midnight. She was going out to meet her father and mother who were at the watch night service when she met appellant,who asked her to go for a walk.e Evans gave an absolute denial to the allega- tions. Evidence was called with the object of showing he was at home on the night in ques- tion. The Court, confirmed the order and dis- allowed the appeal with costs.

PEMBROKESHIRE. Indisposition of Judge Owen. Quarter Sessions for the county t.f Pem- broke were held on Tuesday at Haverford- west, Mr Arthur Lewis presided, in the absence, through indisposition, of his Honour Judge Stevenson Owen. Before commencing business the acting chairman paid a high tribute to the good qualities of the late Chief Constable; and on the motion of Sir Cbas. Philipps, seconded by Mr T. Kule Owen, a vote of sympathy with Mrs Webb Bowen was passed. The Licensing Committee reported that, the sum of £ 1,000 had been awarded as compensa- tion for the extinguishing of the licence of the St. Dogmells Arms, Hakin.Miliord Haven and that the sum of £ 6,250 had during the year been pacid to compensation fund by the Inland Revenue authorities. The Prison Committee was re-elccted, with the substitution of the name of Mr James Thomas, Haverfordwest, for Mr 11. H Buckley. The Licensing Committee was re-elected. There were no prisoners for trial.

BRECONSHIRE. The Hon. R. C. Deverqux Elected Chairmkn. Breconshire Quarter Sessions were held at the Shire Hall, Brecon, on Tuesday. The resignation of Mr R. D. Cleasby as chairman was received, and on the, proposition of Mr David Evans (Ffrwdgrech) seconded by Colonel W. Jones Thomas, the Hon.. R. C. Devereux (npphew of Viscount Tredegar) was unani- mously elected chairman. In acknowledging the honour couferre 1 upon him, the new Chairman said he would do hishest tomaintain the dignity of the Court, and the smooth run- ning of the course of justice. He also paid a high tribute to two of his predecessors—the late Lord Glanusk and to Mr Cleasby. The Rev. Prebendary Garnons Williams withdrew from the Standing Joint Committee the nine other members were re-elected. Col. D. n. Le.vis was appointed in the place of the Rev. Garuons Williams The report of the Licensing Committee for the year 1906 was adopted. It showed that the licences of three houses in the Pendervn dis- trict and two in the Taigtrth district had been taken away. and that compensation to the amount of ZI,373 8s 6d had been awarded. The Chairman, alluding to the financial position of the committee, said they had now over iC.7,000 in hand. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Captain D. Hughes Morgan, it was resolved that the maximum rate be levied uivier the Act during the ensuing year. The grand jury (of which Mr William Wil- liams, of Church House. Danfaes, Brecon, was foreman) passed a resolution of eongratula- tion to the new chairman, which the lion, It. C. Devereux duly acknowledged. Well Educated Man's Downfall. npnrv Roderick, 22. ship's steward, pleade I gu lly to breaking and entering the dwelling- house of Mr John Morgan, at Colesbrook. Bronllys, Talgarth, on the 20th November last. and stealing £ 14 4s, a lady's gold watch and chain, a g,.ld brooch, twj gold rings, and other articles. Prisoner said he bad been wett brought up, and had received a good education at a college in Canada. It was the ifrst time he bad got into the hands of the law, and he had the best of references. He went. on tramp owing to a little misunderstanding at. home, and he committed the offence through hunger. Supsrintendent IT. Flye said the prisoner be- lorged to the 4th Battalion South Wales Bor- derers (Welshpool), and had a good character in the Borderers. He was well-known in Welsh- pool, and there was nothing against him. The Chairman said the governor of the prison had handecl him up six of prisoner's discharges from ships, and his cha-aci er on all of them was good. The Court took into consideration his previous good character, but still house-break- ing was a very serious offence, and they must punish him in a way that would deter others from coairnittipg like offences. He would be peniencrd to three months' imprisonment with hi I'd labour. Upon the application of the solicitor for the prosecution (Mr Lewis W. H. Jones, Brecon) the Court ordered the restitution of the stolen property to the owner. This was all the businesq.

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA." I To hi" magnificent series of Shakespearean productions Mr Tree has now added Antony and Cleopatra," and the kindly reception accorded to it augurs well for this elaborate and costly revival. Everything that beautiful dresses, exquisite scenery, and fine stage management can do have been called into requisition, and the result is a wonderiul series of stage pictures setting forth in a Royal manner Mark Antony's fascination for the Mark Antony Octavia Cleopatra Mr Tree. Miss Maud Miss Constance Ctessall. Collier. Enobarbus: Octavius Mr Lyn Uarding. Mr Basil Gill. Egyptian Queen and his resultant downfall. As Antony, Mr Tree has a striking and effec- tive part. in which he acquits himself with his usual adroitness. Miss Constance Collier's Cleopatrais a splendid figure, and in the one supieme, magically-written death scene she rises I o a pieco of truly beautiful acting. Mr Ba-Ml Gill, who -is always good, makes Csesar a distinguished character, and 3Ir Lyn Harding by liif* excellent elocution and commanditig presence, made Domitius Enobarbus a very firm and decided personality. Miss Maud Cressall's Octavia is rather colourless, but nevertheless quite charming.

Herrings leave the East Coast after Christ- mns. and it has never been discovered where they go. A Lowestoit boatowner has fitted out a herring drifter to attempt to find the shoals between our own coast and that of Norway.

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Who Wrecked the Bill ? NOT THE PRIMATE, Says the Bishop of St. Asaph. The Bishop of St. Asaph, speaking on W d. nesday evening at Connah's Quay. Flintshire, said it was desirable, in the interests of truth and justice, as wet! as of education, clearly to understand the provisions of the Education Bill recently rejected, and also t he real reason why that Bill was rejected. First of all. what did the Bit! purpose to do ? It would have brought every public elementary school under full popular control. All school managers would have been directly nominated by the locat "ducation authority. Every School teacher would have become fully and entirelya munici- pal servant. The teacher'wbuld have been relieved from giving any religions instruction about which he had any conscientious scruples. The Bill did even more than this it took away from Voluntary school managers the appoint- ment of the teacher, and provided for the pro- bible t ransference for school purposes of the school buildings which Churchmen had built in order that Church teaching might be given in them. while for practical purposes the teacher would be precluded from giving Church teach- ing in a Church school built by Churchmen for that very purpose. About Concessions. They, had heard much about concessions. It was true that- the concessions were greater than any ever proposed before in any Educa- tion Bill submitted to Parliament by any Government, but they were all concessions wrung from one side. So far as the Govern- ment were concerned" their attitude to the Voluntary schools, in which more han half the children of the country were being educated, was to take all and give nothing. Every person who bad practical experience in the working of elementary schools knew perfectly well that- for their Church schools the facilities offered were more malcebelieves, if they accepted the clause designed—although, as it proved, unsuccessfully digned-to meet the case of the Roman Catholics. And now let him state why this Bill was rejected. ,He regretted to see that such an able paper as the." Manchester Guardian stooped t) insinuate that the Archbishop of Canterbury, under guise of soft phrases, had wrecked the Bill by making odious and de- moralising demands, and that while the leaders of other communions were making unprece- dented demands for a harmonious- solution, the Archbishop was found at a critical moment among the enemies of peace Let them judge whether this accusation was just when they heard, what happened. He sooke with intimate knowledge on this- point., 'Up to the very last moment the Archbishop strove With magnifi- cent patience and courage for an agreement. The Crucial Point. And now he came to the one crucial point— why was the Bill lost ? No head teacher under Clause 3 was to be allowed, even if willing, to, give Church teaching in Church schools with ordinary facilities, although the Church were to pay him for so doing. The Government, feeling, no doubt, the tyranny and injustice of this provision, offered to allow assistant teachers, by agreement with the local education authorities, to volunteer to give denominational teaching, which, of course, the denomination would have to pay for but—and this was the rock on whichthe Bill was wrecked—permission to assistant teachers was not to be given in a rural district unless tho school provided for more than 250 childreo. Now he asked them calmly to consider this proposal. The Govern- ment. having said that no head teacher should under this clause give Church teaching, added. We will allow assistant teachers to do so in urban districts and in schools with 250 accom modation." If it was riglifc that the assistant teacher should be allowed to give Church teaching in urban and large schools why, in the name of common sense, did not this prin- ciple apptytororal schools? The Government declined to apply their own principle fairly and justjy. They refusait, and that retusal of this most moderate and reasonable demand was responsible for the rejection of the Bill. Let blame be put upon the right shoulders- The Government wrecked their own Bill. Per- haps, after all, they wern not so sorry. Before the end came few people on either side had a good word for the Bill. In this contro- versy theChureh had recognised that the country declared for popular control and aboli- tion of test. and no one had laboured more honestly and fearlessly to carry out those principles than the Archbishop of Canterbury but- the country never declared for imposing upon head teachers a new tyranny—really a new test—which denied them the freedom of giving, when they wished, denominational in- struction at the cost of the denomination, and stm less did the country give a mandate to prohibit assistant teachers doinc this in rural districtsw-hllc allowing them to do it in urban districts. English people did not nibble at principles. Theie wa.sa vèry simp,e wnyof proving this. If the Government were right. why didn't they appea1 to the country at once to decide the quest.on ? This would be much more dignified than to' indulge in threats and inisrepresentfttipas. {Cheers >- A Gladstonian Lament. Jtev. Stephen Gladstone, son of.the late Right Hon W. E Gladstone, writing to the Notting- ham Daily Express," says" I lament the loss of the Education Bill. It was not perfect or logical, but it gave religion a place of honour in the schools. A non-religious .system will gradually tdnd to produce a non-religious people. The only conceivable way out would be at this, the eleventh hour. for hostile parties outside Parliament to meet, discuss, and agree. Oh, that it might be so I"

"GHOULISH VANDALISM." IndignantProtes-t in Ireland. The historic mound at Clontarf, near Dublin, thttlcgendary site ottlw great battle between King Brian Boru and the Danss 900 years ago. formed tho subjoct of a midnight meeting on Tuesday night, in Clontarf Town Hall, where the national societies of Dublin were repre- sented, with the object of rrotcsfing against what was described as an atrocious act of van- dalism on the part, of the City Council. The speakers, who addrefsed the meeting in Gaelic, complained that the Dublin Corporation Distress Committee had put a large number of unemployed to work at levelling the- famous mound known as Conquer Hill and filling up the adjoihi/ig fosse Ti e hill was the burying place of the chieftains who fought under King Brian, and ebould, therefore, as one speaker said, be regarded at sacred. •Aft er deciding to call a monster indignation meeting for Sunday next, a resolution was adopted protesting against "the unspeakable act of vandalism which was being perpetrated by the Corporation of Dublin by levelling the venerated mound under which bavereposed for 900 years the relics of the Irish heroes who fell at the battle of Clontarf, and calling upon the citizens of Dublin to take means to put a stop to these ghoulish operations and to r&store the mound to its original position. A telegram was despat ched to the Lord Mayor demandin,the withdrawal of the work- men. The Lord Mayor, in re3 ponse to the leleitram yesterday, proceeded at once to the sceueof operations and stopped any further interfer- ence with the ancient, mounds of the place. The Lord Mayor also gave instructions to e employed at Conquer Hill to restore all the clay and mould which had been removed.

NORTH WALES COAL CRISIS. 4,000 Join Miners' Association. The notices served on behalf of the men as a protest -ngainst the employment of non- Pnion-men terminated last evening. Work went on as usual onWcdneeday, and to-day will show what action the men will take. It is, however, certain that there will not be a general strike. At four important collieries in the Wrexham district "the notices have been withdrawn, as aU the men have joined the Federation. The are Plas Power, West. minster. Gatewen, and Gwersyllt. At \Vvnn- stay Colliery, Huabon,'one of the largest in North Wales, but few men. remain outside, and a meeting will be held to-day to dacide what course to adopt. The notices do not expire at the Wrexham and Aoton Colliery until Satur- day. The latest returns showed that thera were more non-Union men employed at this colliery than at any other in North Wales, but it is confidently expected that before the final day a, great many more of these will have joined the ranks of the Union men The Federation, officials express themselves as highly delighted wltb the result of their action, as within the last few weeks bet ween 4,000 and 5.000 new mennl^rs have been enrolled- The only difficulty now will be to secure their mem- bership permanently, and so make all the workmen one united body.

i i t i i ii.. AN EIGHT HOURS DAY. Siemens Steel Makers' Meeting. On Wednesday. a meeting of the South Wales Siemens Steel Mkcll" Association was held at the Metropole Hotel, Swansea, when, after dealing with matters affecting the trade. consideration was given to the subjects to be dealt with at a joint meeting- of steel makers and representatives of the Steel Smelters' Union in a fortnight's time. One of the principal subjects will bd the question of the general adoption of an eight hours day instead of the 12 hours day which is still in vogue at certaip works. The minimum price of steel bars was not altered.

DELAYS,AT GENOA.- Foreign Office Action. At Wednesday's meet ing of the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce a letter was read from Sir Edward Grey stating that steps had been taken by t he Foreign Office in the matter of delays at the. port, of Genoa. It appears the Italian Government were fully alive to the gravity of the situation caused by the delays, .and were endeavouring to ameliorate them. Thev were constmpting along the line from Genoa. to Milan numerous sidings, the absence of wliiftU'Uad contributed to the delays complained of.

> United Counties Show. SOUTH WALES AND MON. INCLUDED. At the annual meeting of the United Counties Agricultural Society at the Boar's Head Hotel, Carmarthen, on Wednesday afternoon, con- sideration was given to a recommendation of the Council to extend he area of this year's show to the whole of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire. Dr. Lynn Thomas. C.B., Cardiff, who was warmly welcomed as the new pro ident. of the society. said he was fully in sympathy with the principle of extending the sphere of the society. South Wales should take her place as one of the leading districts where the best pedigree stock could tie found. The counties proposed to be admitted would undoubtedly provide a very large numbcr of new exhibitors andtncreasè the popularity of the show very considerably. If they decided"to include the county of Glamorganshire, be assured them that he would do" all he possibly could to induce his friends in that county to support the show. (Applause.) Mr Morgan Richardson (Cardiganshire) stated that although he was strongly in favour of extending the show area to Glamorganshire, he had quite an open mipd 'with regard to in- cluding the other counties. The society was growing year by year, and they had now reached a point at which they must decide either to go forward or backward- It was im- portant that the view,* of individual members of the society should be secured before a decision was come to. Mr Footman, Hafodwen. agreed with Mr Richardson, and moved an amendment that they only extend the show area to South Wales and not to Monmouthshire. Mr Lloyd Morgan, a Carmarthenshire tenant farmer, seconded. Mr Scourfield. in supporting, observed that if they extended theirarca. to the extent suggested if would mean keener competition and the presence of professional exhibitors at their show Unless they confined classes for tenant farmers in the three counties he was afraid the farmers would stop competing and the object of the society he defeated. He bad spoken to several tenant farmers upon this point, and they seemed to agree with him that if they extended the show to the whole of South Wales the venue of the show would possibly be removed from the central town of Carmarthen, and' it would not then be so convenient for them to compete, Mr Footman, senior, said he did not think there was any harm in trying the experiment for one year. There was no tear of the show going to Glamorganshire as there were no Glamorganshire people on the Council. He should like to know whether Mr Morgin Richardson as one of the prime movers of the society, was agreeable to extending the show to Radnor and Brecon. Mr Richardson replied that he was quite Willing to support the proposal to include Breconshire, Radnorshire, and Glamorganshire, but he thought it was rather premature to think of extending the show to Monmouth- shire, although he knew, these were a great number of large and influential landowners in that county whose support would be very beneficial to the society. lie quite agreed with the proposal to include new classes for Here- ford cattle, as that wa..C¡\ó!1e of the arguments of the Welsh National Society that the United Counties Society did not cater for the whole of the three counties at present by giving prizes for Here/oris. Mr Scourneld: What is the objection to Mon- mouthshire ? Mr Phillios (Caerlleon): There are too many good shorthorns about there. (Laughter.) The Chairman observed that if they included Glamorganshire ft was quite possible that the county of Monmouthshire would approach the society to enter for eompetititm Upon being put to the meeting, the recom- mendation of the council to extend the>how to the whole of South Wales and Monmouthshire was carried by 15 votes to 12. A' further amendment to extend the show area only to Glamorganshire was also defeated, and the recommendation of the couccilstood carried. It was agreed to offer increased prizes in the sheep department to the extend of JE12. ) New classes, with first prizes of £10. were agreed upon for Hereford*, and other additions were made to the prize list.which the Secretary (Mr D. Howell Thomas) stated amounted to £18. Mr Morgan Richardson: Then lwishto enter a protest against the extravagance of tbo society. We started the year with a balance of Is lOd in hand, and now you propose to-give £182 in extra prizes. If you get a bad gate we shall be' in a nice position. The recommendation of the council to in- crease the entry fees from 2s 6d to 5s for mem- bers. and from 10s to JE1 for non-members, was also adopted. Upon the motion of Mr Lewis, Cilfawr, it was decided to hold this year's slww at Car- marthenon Thursday, the 15th AugustVand not August 29tli, as was recommended by the council. It was stated that this would be the most convenient date, as there are usually hundreds of Glamorganshire people spending their holidays in the Neighbourhood at this time of the year. The statement of accounts submitted by the secretary, Mr D. Howtfll Thomas, showed that the society had been able to increase their de- posit balance at the bank from £240 to 6d. and this after paying an outstanding ac. count of £20. A letter was read from Mr Protheroe Beynon, Whilland, complaining of the accommodation for spectators at the Recreation Grounds, where the show has been held for the past few years, and suggesting that until a better field was secured it was inadvisable to extend the show area. Mr Morgan Richardson, in moving that tho usual bonus of £20 be paid the secretary (Mr D. H. Thomas), made a graceful acknowledg- ment on behalf of the society of the energetic manner iu which Mr Thomas carried out his dutie* The Chairman joined in paying Mr Thomas a high compliment. Letters were read from the Black Cattle and ^horthorn Societies offering prizes for exhibits at this year's show.

LLANDAFF AND DtNAS POWIS COUNCIL. The New Bridge for Ely. FEVER PATIENTS PREMATURE DEPARTURE FROM HOSPITAL A meeting of the Llandaff and Dinas Powis Rura) District Council was held on Wednesday, Mr R. Forrest presiding. With reference to a portion of Heol Goch between the Old Bridge and Tynewvdd, locally known as the tunnel, Mr James Holden (engineer and surveyor) reported that the narrowness of the roail was a scarce of danger tó pedestrians, especially now that motor traffic was increasing. He therefore.suggested tliat }lic road should lie widened, and the Council decided to obtäin a plan and have in- quiries made as to the securing land. A letter was read from St. Andrew's Parish Council requesting, thM Council to/write to the Comity Council and ask the latter totnke over that part of the new Cardifi-Barry road which is in the parish of. St. Andrew. Mr Bolden stated that this Council would have to spend at least .£3,,(0) upon the road before it would be in sufficiently good condition for the County Council even to entertain the idea of taking it over. It was resolved that Mr Holden confer with the county surveyor with a view tocarry- ing the matter furt her. Mr Richard Williams, of Ely, referring to the widening of Ely Bridge, said that on Thursday lasl; a serious accident, happened on the bridge. A gentleman was driving a young horse through Ely, when he met a motor-car on the •bridge, and the horse becoming frightened, iumped the parapet and fell into the river. Fortunately neither the driver nor the horsrc were seriously hurt, but he (the speaker) wished to urge the necessity formakjng strong representations to the City and County Councils, and requesting them to pl1:ih on the matter of improvement and widening with all speed. The Chairman said tha- the matter was being Tol'owed up, and was nearing conclusion. On the proposition of Mr Williams, the Council resolved to write to the authorities with a view to expediting the negotiations. Doctor and the Fever Hospital. The Sanitary Committee s report contained the following paragraph :— The medical officer reported that. Dr. Jules Hey, of Dinaj Powis, who had been under treatment for scarlet fever in ihe hospital, had left before he had fully recovered from the disease, and that while in an infective condition had. hired a public conveyance to take, him to his home at Dinas Powis, and the committee directed the cleric in the first Instance to call the attention of Dr-Rey to the fotegoing, and to inquire whether he desired to offer any explanation before the meeting of tb* Council. Dr. Pritchard, medical officer, stated that Dr. Rey's explanation was that he was suffer- ing from diabetes and. wished to return home in order to thfain proper food. He had ex pressed his thanks fc r the way in which .he had been treated white in the hospital. In answer to a question Dr." Prilchard said that proper food could have been obtained in the hospital. Several Members Then that is no" excuse. Major-General Lee said that such action might have led to ammmensc amount of inis- chief being done, and he wondered that a doctor should do such a thing It is satis-, factory to know that the conveyance had been fumigated. The Chairman proposed that, in order to mark their disapproval of the doctor's conduct, the Council should aSk for pwyment of the ex- pense incurred by treating the patient in the hospital, and-this was agreed to.

On New Year's Eve a well-attended concert was held at the schoolroom. Tongwynlais, the proceeds being for the benefit of t. Michael's Church. Mr Rupert Lewis presided, and amongst those present were Mrs Lewis, Mrs Fisher, Mr Oakden Fi=l;er. Mrs Bcavan, Mr and Mrs Harris, Rev. J. E. and Mrs Davies, and Mr and Mrs Merrev:- There' "was a*well;arrangorl programme, in the course of which tor Jacob Davies, father of Madame Ctara N. Davies, gave sovue reminiscences of old leaders of Sin^ng.' ,I

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Engineer's Retirement. I MR JOHN GAVEY, C.B. The forthcoming-retirement is announced of Mr John G,-tvev, (,.B., the Engineer-in-Chief of the Post Office, who has occupied that position since 1902. Although Mr Gavey does not reach t he age limit WI August next, he intends to leave the .service some time before, but the actual, date hat not yet been fixed. Mr Gavey, who was born in Jersey in 1842. is well-known in Cardiff, to which city he came in 1878 on his appointment as superintending engineer of the South AValeg Telegraphs, and in 1392 he became chief technical engineer of the General Post Ofrice in London. His next appointment was that of second assistant engineer-, n -chief, then in 1899 a further advance to assistant engineer-in-cbief and electrician was mtule. and nearly five years ago lie became engineer-in-chief. London.hn-s 8peial need to b? graceful to Mr Gavey, inasmuch Mitis mainly owing to his expert knowS^ge and supervision 1bat the metropolis possesses it p M".s en t excellen fsys t em of Post Office telephones. The first Post Office telephone exchange was opened only as recently a., February. 1902, when the subscribers were only 169. In the short period that has inlervene:i since then the number of subscribers has risen to just upon 40,000, a splendid testi- mony to the energy of Mr Gavey's department. During the time lie worked in Cardiff he had devoted a great deal of time and attention to the development of the telephone, and in 1881 he built the first trunk telephone line between two postal towns in Great Britain, the places connected being Cardiff and Newport. As soon as the Post Office decided to acquire the trunk telephone system of the United Kingdom, lif- carried nut its valuation. So far the tele- phone cables laid rontain no fewer than 208.938 miles of wires, the length of the pipes in which these are enclosed be-ing about 1,600 miles. Underground Telegraph Wires. The important innovation of placing under- ground the telegraph wires to the great pro- vincial centres has also been largely carried out under the direction of Mr Gavev. who has seen some 557 mlle3 of lines" well and truly laid in this way. The lonjLtJst stretch of under- ground telegraph trunk wire in this country is from London to Glasgow, some 406 miles. and on the way the important towns of Bir- mingham, Warrington, and Carlisle arc touched. I From Warrington there are branches to Liver- pool and Leeds a West of England line, which is planned to extend as far as Penzance, his already been completed to Reading, and it is hoped that. by the cud of the year Bristol will be reached. Mr Gavey'regards the existing underground trunk lines as a very success ul experiment, and the business man is fully alive to a tele- graph system which is absolutely independent of wind or weather. First to Talk Through Space. Mr Gavey, who is retiring after forty-seven years'service, was the first man to talk through I space. On each bank of Loch Ness," he told a prejS representative yesterday," run ordinary telegraph wires. I knew that wires under certain conditions disturbed other wires. ¡ Therefore f tapped the parallel teiegiraph lines of the loch and adjusted telephone appliances at points opposite to each other. I was thus able to speak across the loch, a distance of a ¡I mile and a half, to a man situated on the other shore. This led to the establishment of a per- manent wireless telephonic service between ihe Skerries and the mainland near Holy- head." There is also a wireless telephone service in the North «f Ireland, which bafl proved a suc- eess. Mr Gavey is not very sanguine on the subject of extending wireless telephony, and awaits developments. Mr Gavey took a prominent part in the development of wireless telegraphy, and carried I out pioneer experiments between Lavernock and the Fiat Holm when Marconi had hardly been heard of. Marvels of Telegraphy. The New Vork Central Railway is consider- ing, says Lallan, the installation of a new tele- graph system by which a thousand messages can be sent. at the same time, ;n each direc- tion. over a single wire. The inventor, Tullio Giara, a young Italian, says that the system will also be applicable to wireless telegraphy, by which it will be possible to send in each direction 20 messages at the same time. I

Rothschild Romance. I A BETROTHAL. The provincial" Hung trian town of Gross- wardein has never had so much to gossip over as this Christmas week. On Christmas Eve (,-ays the. ""Standard's Vienna correspondent) a visitor arrived quite unexpectedly, hot foot, from London, and drove to the lioir-e of llerr von Wertheimstein. It was the Hon. Charles liothschild, the younger son of Lord Rothschild, r and lie came with a letter from his father. The prologue to the play was laid last- sum- mer in tho Carpathian Mountains, when the young Rothschild met Fraulein Rosa Wertheim- stcin, and fell so deeply in love with her that he qnly tore himself away after repeated telegraphic message from London. Fraulein Kosa is a well-known tall blonde beauty, with dark eyes, a fine Hungarian type, and before parting the t. V,, lovers secretly oledged their troth to each other. Since then, however, the young man gave no pvgn until his dramatic appearance on Christ- mas ISve. Lord Rothschild's letter to Herr von Wcrtheimstein set forth that his advanced age and multifarious engagements precluded his making the voyage to Grosswardeiu, but that his sun had told him, sc, much that was (tooJ f1 bout Fraulein Rosa, that he would be pleased to receive her as his daughter-in-law. Together with this letter the 11 on. Charles Rothschild made his personal request for the hand of the young ladv. which was at once accepted with great delight- The happy pair are to be seen every day strolling about the streets, the accepted lover generally in knickerbockers and with a briar pipe. It is his intention to buy a property in Hungary, and live most of the year there. The bride receives S-80,000 dower, and the wedding is expected to come off in the spring at Gross- wardein, and to be attended by most of the Rothschild family, who have already tele- graphed their good wishes. If, however, too many guests announce their intention of being present it's possible the marriage may be solemnised in Vienna, where the elder sister of the bride, Ftfau Strasser, is now living. The honeymoon is to be spent at Ashtoa. The Hon. Charles Rothschild is 29 years of age. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a lieutenant for the City of London, and a J.P. for Northampton- shire, of which county he was high sheriff last year.

CARDIFF REFRESHMENT HOUSE Sequel to Police Visit. Joseph Davies (62) was charged before Messrs B, Cory and Dr. Treasure, at Cardiff Police Court on Wednesday, wit h keeping a brothel at 107, Frederick-street, and Florence Stacey (24). was, charged with assisting in tts management. P.C. Pugsiey said he and P.C. Reed entered the premises, which were carried on as a re- ficshment house, the pievious night, under power of a search warrant. They found three couples in bedrooms. Witness then detailed wh;,t he bad seen while watching the house on other evenings. The male prisoner said the couples came in and signed the book as man and wife. adding I don't know whether they arc man and wife." The "Clerk (to P.C Pugsiey): Do they let beds at this house'?-Yes the book is here. The women I have seen enter are of loose character. Dr. Treasure Do the police know who the owner is ? ..„ v Supt. Hayward: Inquiries will be made after the case is dealt with, and notice served. Asked if he wished to say anything-, Davies answered, If you be as lenient as you can 1 will promise nothing of the sort will happen again." The female prisoner said she wished to say the- same thing. Davies was sent to prison for a month s hard w' laboiir, and Stacey fined €5 or a month.

In the future the American will fee the nobiest of all human beings- Profeitor McGee inake., 4lie. pronouncement. The mixing of races now going on wirl, he says, produce toe great race of the future, marking the initial step to- wards reducing the five races now existing to one Arneiicaii type. This rncu wi, I be composite, representirig the entirn rarrge of the predomi- nant. races of to-day. The fufrne American will be t aller, stron;r*-r. mote intellectual, and lonir lived than to-day.

Romances of the Stage. DEATH OF LADY CLANCARTY. We regret to announce that the Countess of Clancartv, who, prior to her marriage. was well w known as Belle Bilton, tho; actress,died yester- day, after a long illness, at her residence. Gar- bally Court, Bailinasloe, co. Gal way. She was about45 years of age. The family medical at- tendant, Dr. Rutherford, forseeing some days ago that the end was not far off, informed Lord Clancarty that there was no hope. On Sunday Lady Clancartv became unconscious, and she pas-ed away peacefully about 5 o'clock last evening surrounded tiy her family. Some years ago she underwent an operation in Paiis, and last year was operated upon again by Professor Doyen, the cancer specialist. She arrived home apparently considerably improved in health. But this proved to be only a tem- porary rally. and her illness took a serious turn a few weeks ago. Isabel Clancartv was the daughter of John George Bilton. a soldier in the Koyal Artillery, and was born at Charlton, Kent Nearly two rlccades have passed since, as Miss Belle Bilton, she gained a reputation on the music-hall and p,,iiit,ntimest,age a. I)r,)Ial)ly I he most beautiful woman of her time. The Sisters Bilton (the other wis known as Flo and tnarried some years ago) were a certain draw at any Metropolitan hall although their art was artless, their beauty was undeniable. Society was stirred to its depths in July, 1889. when Miss Belle Bfiton became the wife of Viscount Dunlo. 'he eldest son of the holder of the historic Earldom of Clancartv, at the Ilampstead Registry Office. Alliances between the stage and the Peerage were not so common in those days as they have become since, and Lord Clancarty was indignant at his son's choice of a wife. Dramatic Divorce Case. Lord Dunlo was sent on a prolonged tour, and was induced to become a party to divorce proceedings instituted against his wife. The co- respondent bore a name well-known in art circles, and it is said had shown the greatest friendship to the young couple. The trial had its dramatic moment, for Lord Dunlo, Ifter it had run its course for two oi three days, protested that- his afTect on for his wife and his belief in her were as great as ever. The petition collapsed, and—so the stcfry goes—the three chief actors in it celebrated the collapse at friendly dinner. Lady Dunlo afterwards appeared in one of Sir Augustus Harris' pantomimes at Drury- lane, but she bade farewell to the stage when, In 1891. her husband succeeded to the Earldom of Clancarty. The young Earl and Countess. with a mutual affection for outdoor life and sports, retired to their Galway home. earned the affections of their tenantry, and devoted themelv, s to the famify which rrpidly grew up around t.hem. Twin sons were born to them in 1891. One is the heir to the earldom, and bears the title of Lord Kilconnel the other died three years later Other sons were born in 1895 and 1902, and the only daughter was' born in 1893. Queen's Interest. The Queen, when Princess of Wale-. took a great interest in the welfare of the young and beautiful countess at the time of the attempt to bring about a separation between her and her husband, and this interest has been maiu. tained. Iudeed, Lady Clancarty was specially commanded to meet her Majesty on the occa* sion of her last visit to Ireland. And, though once a dancer. Lady Clancarty worthily proved herself a fitting woman for her rank. She studied painting, and decorated the renowned ftfatiMs at Garbally wi,th a beautiful frieze. She learned^ Italian and French, aud could speak both languages fluently. The iJ funeral will take place on Thursday. Lord T Clancarty, who is 38 years of age, owns about 2?,000 acres,

¡ A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. FIVE YEAR OLD MYSTERY. Huronian sinking fast. Top heavy. One side under water. Good-bye, mother and sister. —Cnarles McFal greaser." If this message be true, and there appears no reason for doubting its good faith, it is the first tidings received, after a lapse of five years, of one of Britain's great ocean tragedies. The message was in a bottle cast up at a gentleman's feet as he was walking along the seashore at Castlerock. on the north c. ast of Ireland, a few days ago. The bottle had been securely corked and contained an envelope on which the above brief but tragic words had been hastily written in pencil. At last the sea has given up its secret. It was on February 11th. 1902. that the big cargo boat. ss. Huronian, of the Allan Line, left Glasgow with only one passenger for St. John, New Brunswick. From that day she dis- appeared. and nothing has been beard of ber till this bottle was washed up the other day. The gentleman into whose possession this pathetic message came at once made inquiries. Communicating with the Liverpool Under- writers' Association, he was soon assured that a fireman (or greaser), named McFall, had been on board the. ill-fated vessel. The early days of February, 1902, were re- markable/for the severity of the weather, terrific storms raging in the Atlantic. The Huronian mn!ot have encountered the full force of the elements, and it is supposed that they proved too much for the stout and well built liner. When the vessel became overdue, the Allan Company sought the assistance of the Admir- alty, an t the cjuiaer Thames was <tispatched to the North Atlantic in search, but returned to Queenstown on May 11th with no news. In this la«t sad"message from McFall toliis mother and sister—for whom search is being made—comes our first news of the t-hip which was given up only After months of rumour and anxiety.

"IT'S MY RECEIPT, MON." AMUSING CARDIFF P.O. INCIDENT. Scene: Cardiff Post Office, crowded with people anxious to send telegrams announcing Cardiff's victory over the Springboks. Man from the Hills (having elbowed his way to the counter) I want-to send telegram. Harassed Clerk (waving his hand) Forma behind you there. Man from the Hills looks about him puzzled. A police officer in. pLtin clothes having over- heard the conversation takes the man from the I Hills in hand, shows him where to get a tele- graph (orm, and watches him write his wire. Man from the Hills returns to counter with filled-in telegraph form in his hand. Clerk reads the telegram, counts the words, and remarks, Eightpence." Man from the Hills puts down a shilling, receives his te.egraph form back vvitil a six. penny and a twopenny stamp, and his four- pence change. He puts stamps and change in his pocket and starts to walk from the counter, meanwhile wrapping up telegraph form. Plain-clothes police officer stops him and asks him why he has put the stamps in his pocket. Man From the Hills What should I do with them, then ? Police officer shows where the stamps are to he affixed and Man from the Hills under direc- tion, takes stamps from his pocket and sticks them on the telegraph ,:orm. which he then folds up and puts into bis pocket. Police Officer (wide-eyed with astonishment) t What ar you going to do with it ? Man from the Hills: That's my receipi6 mOD

The Marion, fishing trawler, which on Tuesday morning arrived at Swansea, lan led 400 kits of fish. This exceeds the previous record by 50 kits.

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