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COMMONS v. LORDS .
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COMMONS v. LORDS MR ASQUITH AND THE SITUATION. "A Caricature and a Mockery." HOUSE OF COMMONS-Monday. The Speaker took the Chair at 2 45. The debate on the AiHress was resumed. Earl PERCY moved an amendment express- ing regret that the social legis ation declared by his Majesty's Government to be argent should be postponed for the purpose of effect- ing revolutionary changes in the powers exercised by Parliament over the iffairs of the United Kingdom and the constitutional relation bet Iveen the two Houses. The Government lie declared, occ.,r)i,d their present position by false pretences, and they were deliberately pre- paring themselves for a fresh lease of power by putting before the country a false and a coa- fused il'i'!uc. Thsir attack uduii the House of Lords turned out to be nothing bu; an attack upon the outworks of the defences of the Union. What they were really concerned with was an Iteration of the historic relations between Great Britain and Ireland. (Oppo- sition cheers.) Sureiy it was grotesque to eug^e11 that they were toaster the fundamental institutions of the country merely to bu i t the whims of a handful of people —(Ministerial dissent)—whose only concep- tion of progress appeared to be that of a motor car (lqtigliter) accompanied by &u uninterrupted emission of gas and a aeries of racking explosions. (Opposi tion laughter find cheers ) The point was not whether the House of Lords was friendly to this or that party, but whether it reflected the de libes. te judgment and opinions of the people Rt. the time Their policy was, as he understood, to limit the veto oi the House, retaining it as a means of giving honours to gentlemen with no dpin<oQs of their own, or who w--r, too idle to work—(Ministerial laughter and cheers)—or ■such snobs that their whole object in life was to bo called Lord instead of Mr." Such a plan urght commend itself to a Government which habitually lived in servile conditions— (laughter)—in a compound of the various see- tions of its party, but noSecond Jhamber would accept such a posit ion. It would make the House oI Commons a single Chamber in dis- guise, and its inevitable effect, must be to expose the Crown itself to attack. It was diflicult among the many mandates of the Govern- ment to discover one so revolutionary as this He agreed thit the issue, now it had been raised, inust go forward, and he had full confidence in the result. (Cheers and counter cheers.) Mi' Asquith's Reply. Mr ASQUITH who was loudly cheered by Vh« Ministerialists. said if it were not for its respectable origin and sponsorship it seemed to hiin that none of the amendments on the paper deserved less consideration than that moved by him that none of the amendments on t he paper deserved less consideration than that moved by the noble Lord. TIe could not imagine a more ¡' preposterous proceeding than to condemn the Government in anticipation for the production of schemes of which nobody but the Govern- ment had any knowledge at all. If," con- tinued Mr Asquith, when the schema of the Government is produced it contains any provi- sion which either in h-tter or in spirit is incon- listent wit hot- is a violation of any pledge, assur- ance or declaration that I have ever given either before or during the ekction-If that is the case and can be proved I will at. once resign my position in his Majesty's Government." "Cheerg ) It was quite true thai., he and several of bis colleagues had declared their belief that the g eat issue at the lfist, election was between Free Trade and Protection. and that the intro- duction OL a Bill foi-creatliigln Irish Legisla- ture with an Executive dependent upon and responsible to that House would not. and could not., fanH part of the business of the present House of Commons. It '.>fas also true, how- ever. t hat be and other members of the Liberal party had by vote condemned root and brwich the prtsent system of administration in Ireland. N'otv they were being deli- berately accused of holding their seats by I fake pretences. If a slander of that kind-it was nothing but a slander—(Ministerial cheers) —was going to be sot on foot the House would par'*on him if be overtook it at once before it had got legs and wings enough to get far upon its journey. (Ministerial cheers.} As far back as 1902 he had advocated as a remedy for the discontent, in Ireland and congestion of busi- ness in the Imperial Parliament the ever-in- creasing association of tho people of Ireland in ness in the Imperial Parliament the ever-in- creasing association of tho people of Ireland in the administration of their own affairs. That was a doc trine which be had preached ever since, and which be meant to practise to-day as far as opportunity- allowed. (Ministerial cheers.) To have tried to shelve the question of Ire- land would have indeed been to sink to the lowest depth of cowardice and political dis. honesty. (Renewed cheers.) There was no cha' ge of any sort or kind in the whole sphere of Irish, .administration which could not be J plausibly represented as leading up to Home VTKb were the-people who now talked x.hout< leading up to Memo Rule V With what kimi-of authority and with what cleanness of hands were thsse charges made ? Was not the F -I nnverr.rrio.nt Bill of the late Administra- tion a step towards Home Rule? He didn't want to go into the MacDonnell incident because it was a paii: Cul subject, but it had never yet been understood why the Chief Secretary had resigned and yet the Prime Minister had not—(Ministerial cheers)—or why if there was good reason for calling upon the Chief Secretary to resign the services of Sir A. MacDonnell had neen retained (Renewed cheers.) In the whole history of mankind there had een no more extraordinary, mysterious and inexplicable mstance of vicarious sacrifice. (Ministerial laughter and cheers.) His own test for legislative changes in Ireland was not whether they led up to Dome Rule, but whether they tended to get us further on the road towards the attainment of those two great purposes—the emancipation of the Imperial Parliament from business which it could not do. setting its hands clear for business which it ought to do and did not do and the growing association within the I rai s of Imperial unity of the Irish people with re- sponsibility for all purely Irish concerns. He believed there never was a moment when if the voice of an intolerant and dwindling faction could he still there was a belter prospect of making substantial advance with the general consent of reasonable men on the path which led to conI cntment. and loyalty. The Government •ipproached their task with the hope that their efforts might he attended with some share of the blessing which was promised to those who seek peace and ensue it." (Prolonged Ministerial cheers.) DISCRIMINATING PEERS. As to the question of the House of Lords the noble Lord had twitted them wi'h not hav- ing mad.) up their minds as to the nature of their grievance. If this were true they must indeed be stow in making up their minds. Millistcrial cheers and laughter.) Did the ncb!o Earl or anybody else defend the pre- sent system under which a Second Chamber accepted practically without demur every- thing presented to it by a Tory House of Com- mons and rejected or mutilated with as littie hesitation, subject to the restricting influence of an occasional tit of prudent alarm, every j measure sent up by a Liberal Government ? After contrasting the treatment accorded by the House of Lords to the Education Bill of the late Government and the Plural Voting Bill, tho right hon. gentleman went on to claim that the latter measure had had the hearty approval of the vast bulk of the electors at the General Election, and that the principles of the BIll had been before ( the country for 20 year, Coiiiinuu g, fie saic' that with uncon- scious iron j this noble Earl in the framing of hib resolution professed to deplore the post- ponement of socal etorm, Was there ever a clearer case of putting the cart before the horse ? In what Quarter was social reform really blocLeJ Every proposal of social reform which Interfered with the vested interests of soma class had in the course of its progress to ba diluted and doctored to suit the purpose of the Assembly which Re- garded the safeguarding of vested interests as one of its supreme trusts. (Ministerial cheers., A minority of the House of Commons fresh frojj the rebuff at the polls was able by the aid and agency of the House oflords to control anti even dictate tho legislation of the country. Whatever the Liberal Government did they were either checkmated or stalemated. They played under conditions under which they could never win tho game. It was the deliberate opinion of the Govammcut that the present state of things 'as a caricature and a mockery of representative government, and they were determ ned. with the assent, as they believed. of their fellow countryracn, to provide for it as soon as might be au effectual remedy. (Pro- longed Mihsterai cheers.) Mr MASTERMAN said be would support an immediate forward and drastic movement in connection with the House of Lords, moro especially because he did not believe that they could look lor any treatment from them in the future other than they had received in the past (Ministerial cheers ) Mr FEN WICK characterised the amendment tS a deliberate and wilful waste of time- hollow sham and a fraud. The Government, be said would make greater progress with their .ocia: legislation if they could come to a clear and definiie understanding as to what was to be the real relationship existing between the two Houses. (Ministerial cheers.) Mr ARTHUR HENDERSON said the Labour party were prepared to trust the i Government "a little; longer in order to see whether they were any better at fulfilling luetr premi ses of social reform than their p1 ede- cesjors. Every number of the Labour party I was a Home Kuler .and they therefore welcomed the indications contained iu the King's speech, sunt in the speeches uf the Prime Minister and Mr Birrell that a measure was to be introduced dealing- with Irish local government. The Issue iri regard to the House of Lords had been forced npon the Government, and he hoped the bat fie once beglin would be carriea right through (Ministerial cheers.) Mr F. E. SMITH said the Prime Minister said. 1, A way must be found for dealing with the House of liOrds (Ministerial cheers ) That showed that he had no idea how it was to be done. (Opposition cheers.) The Prime Minister's remarks reminded him of King Henry's ejaculation in regard to Be--ket. Is there none of the rogues who eat 01 my bread that will rid me of this turbulent house ?' (Laughter.) Volunteers were nst lacking in fespodsa to this appeal, but they all advanced xtiametricallv different methods of dealiug with tho problem, and iu their attempts to solve it the Liberal party were making themselves a toughing stock1 in the eyes of the country. NOppo»iticm cheer*.) Mr Balfour Raises Laughter. Mr BALFO U tt, who was received with Oppc sition cheers, entirely agreed with the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, that nobody knetr what the plan of the Government was for deaW init with he House, 01 Lords, and he did not believe the Government itseii knew. His con- viction was that the Government were hardened by an Aut.jnn Session and other heavy duties, -%ud had not yet decided in what form to attack the ancient constitution of this country. Still he was justified in saying they could not enter into a great struggle of that, kind w, thout open ing the floodgate-, of political controversy, which must overwhelm very nunor question of social reform. (Opposition cheers.) Tho reasons advanced for the attack were of tbo thinuest and most jejune eiktracter. What, waa the double crime of the House of Lordsi last yoar ? That they passed the Trades Dis- putes Bill and they modified tho Education Biii- (Loud Ministerial iaughter.) The House of Lords recognised that there was a majority in favour of the Trades Disputes Bill, and that was an arguinent which rightly influenced them. He did not d spute that the Education Bill was altered to such a form that the present Government could Dot pass it. but the modifi- ed ¡orn. were not of a character which would ba.ve made the Bill unsat isfactory even t.o the great mass of the party support- ing the Government. (Minisierial laughter.) He refused to believe that they desired to up- root an institution more ancient than that House it,,elf-an ill,-titut.iorp which had borne its part without, discreut or dishonour in the II history of this country, and whose debates had been adorned by eloquence and by a tine political instinct. (10.1 d Ministerial ironical I cheers)-—of what was required or what was not required by the growing itistitut-ions of the i cou try- (Opposition cheers.) Sure.y no man in that- Assembly was going to write himself down snch au ass as not to recognise the great and honourable part played by the House of Lords If that were so. they were going to destroy an institution that, kind because, for- sooth, with regard to one measure that refers to education they had altered it in order to give parents greater control over the education of their children whila remedying all the grievances al eged against the Act of 1870. The thing was absurd. (Ministerial cheers and counter Opposition cheers.) If they destroyed the power of the House of Lords to pioase a majority of the House of t onaoaons. which might have been produced in a moment of transitory excitement, what sub- stitniv were they going to have? Were they gouty io leave it to a Ministry, who were tba creatuws of the majority ci the House to dei roy sv)th a stroke of the pen and without. adequate debase the very foundation ot the institutions under which the country had lived < and flourished (Opposition cheers.) They j bad only to state the problem to see that it seethed with difficulties of a gigantic character (Renewed Opposition cheers.) This great ques- tion was only overshadowed by ono other, the question of Horne Rule. (Opposition cheers. ) Mr Balfour declared that neither by convers2 tion. nor by suggestion, nor by assertion had 1 e directly or inditictly to anybody or in an y place favoured devolution. (Opposition cheers.) t Mr BirtsIPs Retort. Mr BTRRFLL, who was greeted by MSnit;- teriahists with a storm of cheering, said he was not surprised to find that Ihe leader of the Opposition was po-sensed with the notion that the Uouse of Lords had a, fine political instinct, (Ministerial laughter.) Where would he. the right hon. gentleman, he without the other place ? (Renewed and The right hon gentleman a little more than a year ago had seemed ti have everything on his side. hut he had committed the one error of sitting where he was too long !-at though he was now the leadei only of a small and disunited party he nevertheless wielded great power, and iast. Session had been able to exercise a commanding influence over the fortunes of the Education Bill. The House of Lordb had become a sort of pockev. borough. Just as in the House of Commons in tbc reigns of the Georges there had been representatives of pocket boroughs known as K.'tig'. own, so the Tory party now had their pocket, boroughs in another place. ile believed that the people of this country would argue this < fiie:saon of the relationship between the two Houses as a matter of fair piny. Everybody knew that the House of I Lords L,d ccased to play ihe part of an in- telligent Second Chamber—(Ministerial cheers) —and that it only excarased its critical and disagreeable iunciicou when a Liberal Govern- ment was in power. He (Mr Birrell) believed the country was alive io fiso tiiate of the case, and that ill would honesty and justly require some arrangement to be made which would adjust the p wcr of the two Houses a little- more fairly in a way which would secure, if possible, the real value of a. critical assembly t The demand advanced that a General Election should follow every reform put forward by the i Liberal party meant that. when Liberals were in office there would be annual Parliaments, j and wheD tho Conservatives were in office | septennial Paifiaments. They naturally j septennial Pai tiai-nents. They naturally, objected to a method which impaired the utility | of the Liberal party,and he believed the country i desired to sec the scales held evenly between 1 the two parties. i The House then divided, there voting- } For the amendment Ill Against 374 Government majority. 263
SEAMEN FIT AND UNFIT. »
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SEAMEN FIT AND UNFIT. » ACTION BY SEAMEN'S UHtON. The following circular let ter is being addressed by the Cardiff Branch of the National Sea-1 men and Firemen's Union to the local Labour and other organisations, as well as to the Cit) Council and the Cardiff Board of Guardians •' Sir,I,ly committee desrire me to bring the following matter under your not-ice Follow- ing the Ill-Juslon ot seamen in the new Work- men's Compensal ion Act, the Shipping Federa- tion have decided, and are hav.t g seamen niedieziljy exam.ned prior to engagement. The physique of seamen in British ships, excluding the captains, officers, and engineers, is poi-r, r and seeing that the rejected seamen will merit- ably become a charge on the rates—the Shipping Federation having made no provision for their subsistence, notwithstanding the fact th&t shipowners pay no poor rate on their valuable floating prol-erties-mv committee consider it a serious matter to the ratepayers of Cardiff, who will p-obably bo called upon to support the seamen rejected at this port. We therefore trust that the matter will receive your earnest consideration.—X ours,&c, (signed) C. Damm." Local Secretary's Views. Interviewed by one of our representatives, Mr Damm said he thought the action of the 1 shipowners in appointing a- medical officer to examine crews going to saa would do good in some ways, and prove harmful in others. The ¡ comparatively poor physique of the average seaman or fireman was in the main the result of the insanitary forecastle conditions and poor food scales which had existed in the past. but the new Act would secure a great improve- ment in this effect, and the effects would be seen in the improved physical condition of the future sfamen. The old conditions had in manv cases wrecked a man before he was 30 years of age. The work of the owners' medical I officer would be closely watched, and if in the case of any particular sailor or fireman rejected the seaman's own medical officer reported the man fit the Union would not hesitate to take legal action against the Federation with the view to obtaining damages
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"PLAUSIBLE ALIBI." A Pentyrch Wood Incident. Whilst riding a cycle past the Glynn Wood, Pentvrch, on February 2nd, at about 4 30 p.m., P C. Jenkins noticed two men laying rabbit nets in the wood. He succeeded in getting within 30 yards before he was seen. Catching sight of him one man ran off down the road, but before his companion could follow Jenkins caught him, and took his name and address. also taking charge of 15 nets, most of which had been pegged down. At Llandaff Sessions on Monday P.C. Jenkins was the chief witness against James Wheeler, collier, of Canton, who, the constable alleged, was the man whom he failed to c&teh. Clark, who was caught, gave a. wrong address, stating that- lived at 18, Union-street, whe.rea^e lodged with defendant Wheeler in Aldswom* load, Ely, and had now gone awav, and a wa -ant had been issued for his arrest Daniel T >mas, gamekeeper, spoke to seeing defendant I the vicinity of the wood on the morning of the day named. Daniel Wheeler, father of the defendant, said that, his. son was with him at Hatfod, near Pontypridd, from 2 to half-past on tho -nd. Giving evidence on his own bena.tt, defendant said he Icft home between 8 and 9 o dock in the morning and walked to Hafod over the Garth mountain. He was arith his,ather at2 o clock, and during the afternoon walked round the place with his brothers, ultimately leaving Hafod by a train at 6 o'clock. Defendant said he did not see ( lark, the man alleged to have been concerned in the net-setting, at an on that day until he got home in the evening. He ad. mitted that he had a weekly ticket to Hafod. where he worked, which would have enabled him to take a train down towards Cardiff at 2.45 but denied that he travelled by this train. Colonel For-rest said that the defendant's story was very plausible, but the Bench could not- believe it, and he would be fined 25s and cos's or one month's imprisonment.
A BROKEN NECK.-
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A BROKEN NECK. Cardiff Docks Fatality. A distressing fatality occurred at No. 7 tip, on the west Side of the East Dock. Cardiff, on Monday evening A steamer was being loaded with coal, an i a cradle containing a truck had been raised from the quay ready to be tipped. William Jones (60), married, of Pellett-street, Adamsdown, and a man named Bannister, em- ployees of the Cardiff Railway Company, were ascending the step* leading to the platform to which the cradle had been raised, their in ten- tion being to tip the coal into the vessel, when Jones slipped and fell on to the quay. a dis- tance of about 25 feet. It is believed he fell on his bead, for when picked up he was dead, and it subsequently transpired that his neck was broken. The body was conveyed to the mortuary by Sergeant James Morris (Docks Police). Deceased, it is said, had been in tho service of the Cardiff Railway Company for some years.
\ BRISTOL CHANNEL DISASTER.…
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BRISTOL CHANNEL DISASTER. Collision Off the Nash. I STEAMER SUNK AND 14 LIVES j LOST. I CAPTAIN ONE OF THE VICTIMS. ONLY FIVE SURVIVORS. I A disastrous collision occurrecl in the Bristol | tSkannelon Saturday night off the Nash, re- j f Rilting in the lo-s of the as. Oriawia and 14 J ( )f her crew of 19 all told; Tho Orianda. a. Liverpool-owned vessel, left < Cardiff about 9.30 p.m. on 8aturdav bound for 5fpezzia, Italy, with coal. The night was dark >iat clear, an-.l a high wind and heavy :jeas pre- o raded. All went wed till 12-30 midnight, wben i the Orianda, which was then going about half ipeed, was some distance south-west of the Nasti. and was following a course nearly a1 mid-Channel, collided with the as. Heiiopods, of London, an i was so hadly holed amidships C;hat.sbc heeled over and sank in half an hour. I Captain WILLIAMS, of the ss. Orianda, wha lost his life in the disaster. I The Helicopolis, which was bound to Cardiff light for bankers and repairs, towered high above the laden vessel. and for a time both ( were locked together. Then the Heliopolis b;ked out of the gaping rent she had torn in the side erf the Orianda. and in a few minutes disappeared in the intense darkness of the night. Captain John Williams, of the Orianda, orrifirtid ail hands on deck. for it was evident tfc«A. the vessel could not long remain \float. beri it would appear that at first there seemed a fair prospect tha1, the crew would be able to get away safely in their boats. The water, Iwwever, poured into the Orianda in such The s.s. Oriannia, the ill-fated vessel sunk in the col'i/jpoa. • The pilotxsntiicr Britannia in the Barry IVock Basin- (S.W.D.N. photo.) volume that she rapit fly Reeled over, and as one ( of her boats was smashed in the collision, and 5 as the tackle of ttie other—now high onfc of, water—had jammedi on the davits, it was in a. moment borne in on The mmds of all hands fchy-t they were in a despe rate position. The crew called out in unison to the Heliopolis that they were in need of help and the survivors of t'be Orianda express gome surprise an i indignation that they received no assistance from that vessel. It may be here observed, however, that the officers oof the Heliopolis, who are British, whilst t he. crew is Chinese, sA,.v, they h;. no idea of tbn serious state of affairs on tOO Orianda, which soon went out of their sight, and coutrl not be found by & boat which they launch<«L Captain Williams—{a, native of Borth, but well-known in Cardiff, and who is. unhappily, among the lost—acted with girjat coo ness. He mustered all hands and served out lifebelts, and everything that was possible was done to cast free the only retraining bo At, and at last it was cut from its taxable. Just before the abiip plun? £ ed beneath the waters he ordered all ~o juror- overboard and swim clear. This the. men di,A as well as they could. ome were badfy hurt. by wreckage, and most of them disssjipeared, "but six got into a boat. which thougih -crushed and water, ogged kept afloat for aKoot two hours, till rescue was effected. CViptsvm Williams and Mr Aitken, the chief vais;tneer. were the last to leave the Orianda. The lafcfcer is among the saved. Captain W-i-tfi%ms I-ose somewhere in the vicinity of the "hoat. fgr he was hailed by one of tho survivors- and. called back that he waa endeavouring toireaiCh the boat but feared he could not do so. The experiences of the survivors in the boat. which threatened b')OO engulfed by every wave, was a terrible one, end one man succumbed to the exposure. That there are ooty survivors to the catas. trophe is pr"dtie to the gitllantry, of a Barry pilot (Mr Jifthn Sparkes) and the master of the steamer Ehba. of Stockholm (Captain Benson). Mr Sparkes was cruising in his ontter, the Rjritannia, when he was hailed by the disabled Heliopolis and told of the collision. Her at, once beat about the snot in search of survivors, and came upon the boat- load of men from the Orianda. Owing to the heavy sea and the fact that the shipwrecked men were benxanbed with cold. it wan not pos- sible to pnes a rope. The. pilot handled his cutter splendidly, and time and aga.in bore down on the boat near enough for him- self or his two assistants to gr-asp a man and haul him into safety. Thrice this mancetwro was executed with success, and again it was tried, and a man was grasped bv Mr Sparkes. but he siipped from his hold fnd the boat passed out of sight. Mr Sp.>rkea thought he was carried away by the <Ie", and must have been drowned, but to his RMrnrise met the- man later on at B rr3r on the dock of the F.bba, which was instrumental in rescuing the 01 her survivors When the pilot. made his effort to save a man the boat swept down towards the TCbba. and the nilot warned her skipper to took out. Fortunately the boat came alongside the steamer and Captain Benson jumred into the small craft, his plucky example being followed by a seaman named Rudolph L'Arcuspris, and they passed lines round the two living men and dead seaman in the boat, and they were hauled on board the steamer. The survivors, most of whom suffer from bruises received by contact with wreckage, I' were landed at Barry, and W. H. Beran. ihird engineer, was taken to hospital suffering from Injuries to a leg caused by being crushed be- tween the boat and the pilot cutter. There is a bare possibility that, some of the men may have been picked up by other vessels, but. very little hnuc ot thir. is entert tined, and it seems certain that the di&is*er must figure as one of the worst in the annals of the Bristol Channel. The lleliopol's reached Cardiff on Sunday moaning about 9 o'clock. She had a heavy list to starboard, and had sustained- such severe damage to her bows that it v.-as deemed neces- sary to place her in dry dock at once. Several of her fore compartments were full of water. After the coll sion there was some fear that she would founder, but her bulkheads sufficed to keep her afloat. Her officers were quite unaware of the terrible result of the collision. When the vessels separated in the darkness they thought the Orianda's crew,would have plenty of time to get their boats out, and when thl-,ir own boat returned without having found any trace of the other steamer they concluded that < a'! was eight, and continued the voyage to I Cardiff. The Victims. I The members of the crew who lost their lives were :— John Williams, roaster, of Borth, Cardigan- shire. F. Jones.chief mate, Newqnary. R. Hunter, second mate. 19i, Severn-road, Cardiff. John Hansen,second engineer, Christiania. ) D. < ambros, cook-steward, 204. Bute -road, ) Cardiff. J. the Barry pilot, who look three •of the survivors aboaid his cutter, the Britannia. -4_ .T. Valender, Messroom steward. Cheltenham H. G arcia, boatswain. 200, Bute road, Cardiff. George Voaofrakelos, O.S.. 49, Bute-road. -Cardiff. John Moms (19). 0 S.. 46. Milton-street, .cardilT (first voyage). T. Davidson, donkeyman, I, Francis-street. .Cardiff ■S. Tullis, fireman, 101, Penarth-road, Cardiff. S. Stenner, fireman. Liverpool. H. Jones, fireman. Bristol. Also one man who was picked up bv the Ebba, but was dead. His body was landed at Barry, and has not vet been identified. It lies at the Town Mortuary awaiting an inquest, which will be held on Tuesday afternoon. The addresses of most of the ill-fated ere ware those at which they lodged. Davidson had stayed at a boat ding-house in Bui e-road off and on for 20 years Morris is a native of Chepstow, and has a brof her living at Varl eg, Pontypool Garcia, the boaUwain, is stated to have a wife and several children living in Spain and as to Hunter, the second mate, he is not at present known at the addresi in Severn-road, and probably it is an old address he has been accustomed to give when sign- ing on. Those Saved. R. Aitken, chief engineer, 19, Blaenclydach- street, Cardiff. W. H. Bevan, third engineer, Marine-terrace, Aberystwyth. E, de Jesus, A.B., 217, Bute-road, Cardiff. C. Juscata, A.B 200, Bute-road, Cardiff. M. Jean, A.B., 262. Bute-road, Cardiff. Bevan has been conveyed to hospital suffer- ing from injury to a leg. PLUCKY RESCUES. Barry Pilot's Thrilling Story. Mr John Sparkes, Barry, rilot. a, native of I Cardiff, who picked up the boatful of survivors, has been instrumental in effecting rescues on several former occasions. Only a month ago he saved two children from the canal at Cardiff, and his boat also picked up the crev, of the tug White Rose, which was run down in th? I Channel. When our Barry reporter interviewed him at his residence. Mount Oswald Barry Island, on Sunday, he seemed con- siderably affected by his experiences I of the preceding night. He s-.id During the whole of my seafaring life this has been positively.the jjnost distressing event I have ever witnessed. To think mat. I should have had one poor fellow in my hands, and that he should slip away and in all probability be drowned, has quite distracted me However, I am thankful we were able to save three of them." Detailing the sad affair, he said :—" I should think it would be about 1 o'clock when my man called me from below, and said that there was a vessel in distress burning blue lights. It was blowing hard at the time—quite a. gale-and we were just, below the Nash in I mid.Channel. were closfe reefed When I got on deck 1 saw lights down low to the south j west. I watched these for about five minutes. and then there appeared signal lights from a vessel and blue lights, and I shouted, vessel is in distress.' We sailed as hard as we could towards the light, and when we got near we heard a cry from our qtiartc!r, %e have been in collision, pilot. There are some men in the water somewhere; try and save them.' This came from a steamer which stood off and was unable to launch the boats because of the high seas running Immediately 1 heard this we made to the windward, and it must have been 10 minutes afterwaids that we hoard cVies from some men in a small boat. They were stili a long way to windward of us, and the cries were those of about a dozen voices and the men were in a pitiful state of distress. They were in a boat with one side of her broken, and the little craft was waterlogged. A steamer then came up. It must-have been the Rbba, and we saw that the latter put the helm hard aport. I remarked to my men, That steamer has heard the men and will pick them up.' We beat on down, however, and when near the steamer a- voice hailed us with, J Heigho, pilot, there's a wreck on our port bow.' We were then to leeward of the steamer itself. I replied,' Alh ight, we are :=_ > I trying to get to them.' and we tacked away to | the south '«ii d. and with the next tack north'ards j we got near them. i | Jt seemed as if Providence guided every I movement of my little craft, for we pitched I close to the waterlogged boat from the Orianda, ) in which were six men. They all wore lifebelts ) and cried out.. Pilot boat ahoy Save us-' I t fcailoed bad, Ye-\ keep yourselves cool 1 dan't you worry wc will save you.' We I stood away to the northward for a time, and | then, with my boat doing everything t WI) wished, we pitched, as I have said, close alougside. Ernest Davies, my apprentice, | seemed to exert tho strength of a lion in I reaching over lrom the deck on the fore side of f the ) iggitjg. and pulled a Ijig- seaman from the I water, catching hold of him by the waist and j iifting him clear We threw a iia<* to the men in the boat, and asked them to make fast, but J they weie all so exhausted and suffering from expos-L;re after having been in the water í lodged boat over half an bour that they could I' not take hold of the rope, and the waves parted stood away and tacked again, and the cutter got near once more. Tiii- time we caught another man iu time, and the waves ¡ patted us a second time. had put out our 1 our punt too. nd I cried to the men to try j and get hold of it. As we got back again I seized hold of one man, or at least he got noid of me, as I lay on f my stomach on deck reaching over the side. { I had jumped forward and lay when the man j got hold of my right arm The man cried j out. Oh, God Save me. pilot and as he | said this a big sea struck him and separated us. 1 shall never forget that moment. The man's j hands pierced my liejh in the grasp, and were | if not that my appren.l ice, Davies, had hold of my leg-s I wouid have been dragged overboard. j Those cries of his are in my e -.rs now. The j man's handa were greasy, otherwise I might I have heid him., and he slipped away Judging 1 by this he was probably one of the engineeis. Alio: her man was reached by Collin Dowdes- well, another of mv men, at the same time. Both Dowdeswoll, who is about: to become a Gloucester pilot, and young Davies, behaved Both Dowdeswoll, who is about to become a Gloucester pilot, and young Davies, behaved I very The three men we saved were quiteex- hausted and it was some time before either of them could speak. In fact we were engaged Ii in rubbing them for at least two hours before we could feci satisfied they would survive." The conduct of Captain Charles F. Benson, the master of the Ebba, was highly commended by Sparkes, who declared that the steamer, although loaded, ported the helm, aud put out a I i fe1 They were able to pick up the other two men. A Remarkable Incident. t Mr Sparkes's sorrow at being unable to save j I ho man who slipped from his grasp, was later j on turned to joy al finding that the man was afterwards saved by the captain of the Ebba. j Our Barry reporter found (hat the man in j question was undoubtedly Mr W. H. Bevan, the third engineer. On being mformed of tins. Mr Sparkes hurried on hoard the Ebba on her arrival in Barry, and rescuer and would-be rescuer shook hands with considerable emotion Captain Benson's Heroism. I Mr C E Bennett, the Barry pilot in charge of the ss Ebba, said they saw a flash light, and ¡ this was followed by the loud cries of a lot of men for help. The captain of the Ebba had the engines reversed at once and he cruised around 'he spot The Ebba launched a life- boat, but found that it would be useless as the sea was so bad. They then heard the cries aga.in a little to the starboard bow. The pilot cutter Britannia, however, then came near and told thofe on board that the men were drifting across their bows on the port side. The cutter sailed around the stem of the Ebha and got alongside the boat with the men. The Ebba, steamed to the windward of the pilot cutler and wasted for the boat to drift down. As the b',at came near a line was thrown to the men They, however, were unable to take hold of- it and Captain Benson himseil with gr eat pluck jumped into the boat and fastened a line to each of the men and they were hauled on board. One of the three lay dead in the boat, but after getting f he body aboard the captain and crew tried for two hours to restore animation. Captain Benson, by his conduct, set an example which was folic-wed by one at least of his men— Rudolf de L'Arcuspris—who jumped down into the boat also. There was considerable danger in doing this, however, owing to the water. logged boat being in imminent danger of sinking. Captain Benson, who was at hand when our representative was interviewing Mr Bennett, modestly remarked, If the pilot bad not been in charge of my ship I could not have done it." SURVIVORS' NARRATIVES. A First Voyage Experience. | Mr R. Aitken. chief engineer of the Orianda, resides at 19, BlaenelydaT 'h-street, Cardiff, and W. H. Bevan, the third engineer, whose address is 48, Marine-terrace, Aberystwyth the two survivors rescued by the Ebba, were seen on board Ùy our representative as they Ialy in the chart room. They were stiH suffering severely from the effects of the exposure. Captain Benson had afforded them a change of woollen clothing, and they lay comfortably in bed. Bevaa complained of an injured knee and bruises about the head. and Aitken also bore traces of severe buffeting by the waves. Bevan stated that he left Cardiff about 9 30 on Saturday night bound for Spezzia, in Italy. with a cargo of coal. It was a dfirk night, and there was a very rough sea. Continuing his story, he said This was my first voyage to sea, and I can tell you I don't wish to undergo any more of such experiences. I had been sent up to the captain with a message from the chief en- gineer about some fire bars. The chief mate (Mr .j. Jones, of Newquay) was on watch, but Captain Williams was aJso about. We were goi:l; about half-speed at the time, and every- thing was apparently safe and comfortable. I saw the lights of a vessel as I went below about l?-:0, and on coming on deck again the lights were quite close to us. Before anyone could realise anything the steamer crashed, towering high abo, c us, into the steamer at a spot be- tween the engine room and the stokehold. The engines were stopped at once, ami the steamer at once showed a big list, heeling over practically on her side. One of the life- boats was smashed in the collision, and it was difficult to get the other loose from the davits. ],-very one of the crew was mustered on deck, and fitted with lifebelts, and a-s we stood there we shouted together for help. The colliding steamer, however, stood off at some distance, and rendered us no aid. It was half an hour from the time the vessels struck before the Orianda went down. They managed to cut the lifeboat clear from the davits as the steamer sank out of sight. We all jumped into the water, Captain Williams and Mr Aitken being the last tü leave the sink- ing vessel. I dived beneath the waves and on emerging was .struck by a piece of wreckage on the knee I felt something near my head and ,j!.L itiokizir round rejoiced to see it was the life- boat. I got in and found four others there. Mr Aitken was picked up afterwards, but Captain [ Williams drifted away from us. We shouted to him and he cried out that he feared he would not be able to reach us. The„pilct cutter took three of the men off. I myself was caught by the pilot, but slipped from his hands. I was unable to move when the ca tain of the Ebba put the line around me. and I was dragged on hoard. I became unconscious and was glad to find Mr Aitken near me when I came round. One poor fellow died in the boat. I tried to do what I could for him and beld his he in my arms when he must have died. We had been in the water.for at least two hours." Asked as to how he ha.d sustained the injuries to his legs, Bevan explained that when he fell from the grasp of Mr Sparkes. the pilot, his legs became crushed between the pilot cutter .and the ship's lifeboat. It was miraculous," be said, that I did not fall into the sea." Mr R. AITKEN. chief engineer of the Orianda. who was rescued from the waterlogged boat, by Captain Benson.of the s s. Ebba. I 1
THE HELIOPOLIS AT CARDIFF.
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THE HELIOPOLIS AT CARDIFF. Interview with the Captain. On the arrival of the ss. Heliopoli- in ihe i Cardiff Channel at about 9 o'clock on Sunday morning it was seen that she had a heavy star- j bofiiYi list. At the time of the eo'lision she'was proceeding in ballast from London to Cardiff for bunkers and for a general overhaul prior to her departure for Ma tag-i. where she will take on board a large number ot emigrants for Honolulu, and the Mount Stuart Dry Dock Co. had arranged to dock her on Monday morning, but in view cf the serious damage sustained by her in the coUrsiou with the Orianda it became necessary to dry dock her with the least pos- sible delay, and by midday she was fixed < securely on the blocks. < One of our representatives boarded the vessel in dry dock and interviewed the master. Capt. Ketley. and one or two of the officers, and was « nionncd that the disaster-took place, off the < Nash just about midnight. The Heliopolis was steaming slowly towards CardJif ou an l-h ] tide. The night was clear, but pitch dark, and in the collision the Heliopolis was struck low on her starboad bow, several piates being rent i into pieces, and others bafMy indented and & otherwise damaged. A terrific rush of water followed into the fore compartments, and four of tllsc were filled, but further mischief was prevented and steps were immediately taken to ascertain the fate of the Orianda. A lifeboat with blue lights burning lowered, manned by eight of the crew 01 the Heliopolis, and the scene of tbe disaster was scoured, but no sign could be discovered of the colber or any ol I the crew, and after having hailed a pdot boat and informing it of the disaster the boat's I crew of tho Heliopolis returned to their ship, which then continued her journey to Cardiff. The Skipper of the Orianda. Captain ohn Williams, the master, although & native of Borth, is very well known at Car- diff. aad on the previous Sunday both himself and Mrs Wiliiam.s attended evening service at Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Tiie Hayes. where .-he new of his death was deeply deplored. Captain W tlhari-s formerly gel-ve, on the j I Clarissa Radcbh'e, cvrned by Messrs Evan Thomas. RadchfTe, and Co.. and his brother ,s at present, captain of the s.s. Portheawl. A younger brother of Capta'n Wibiams was a schoolmaster at Cadoxton-Barry until the time of Li3 death a couple of years ago. of lis death a couple of years ago.
I xi 03000 In 30 Days.I I..…
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I xi 03000 In 30 Days. NEWPORT'S Y.M.C.A. SCHEME. I The Newport Young -)Ien', Christfa-I Associa- j Non's scheme to collect £ 10,000 in the next I thirty days started on Monday. The associa- tion has outgrown its present rooms, and I desires to erect and farnish a t,horoughly modern and efficiently equipped building. In addition to rooms for reading and gimes the association tiroposes to org Anise educational and debating classes. lectures, social gather- ings. Bible and evangelistic services, mission services at the mode! lodging houses, etc.. gym- nastic, hockey, football, cricket, and cycling clubs, holiday camps, a sr-et ion for lads between 13 and 17, recreation tents for Volunteers while in camp, information bureau for young men coming to town as strangers, personal assis tance in securing suitable lodging: and many other forms of usefi<; service to young men. A largo brigade. comprising thirty tRams" of elevea members, will canvas for subscriptions. Mr D. Guy, president of the New- port Branch, has been elected Colonel and each team has its elected Captain." Accord- ing to the official programme the teiuns will scour the district during the thirty days merrv bauds of well-intentioned Highwaymen on the prowl. re^idv to pounce on every good-natured looking individual, and utter their war cry- [ Your Promise or Your Money No one can hope to escape their onslaught and no one should try. A good start has already been made. Viscount Tredegar, with characteristic generosity, wiH give the site. and Mr John Cory, D 1. Cardiff, has promised a sum equal to 5 per cent. of all that is definitely denated to the fund during the thirty days, conditionally upon two New- port friends doing the same. Messrs G. F. Col- borne, .Tas. U. Griffiths, and Daniel Guy, all of Newport, hare each promised £ 100 provided seven others will give a like sum. The £ 10,000 in 30 lays means £33365 8d per day. On Mon- day evening "0 had been collected. The Boys' Brigade Bugle Band have undertaken to parade the town at, every £ 500 secured. and the Shaftesburv-street Wesleyan Band at every £ 1,000 secured.
A PARISHIONER'S JUBILEE.
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A PARISHIONER'S JUBILEE. Commemoration Window at Cardiff, Mr T H. Stepn-ns, J.P., one of the-cnurch- wardens of st. John's Church, Cardiff, has just established the unique record of 50 years' active connection with the parish, having been parl, hioder and warden for thirty- years and to commemorate the occa- sion he haa presented the church with a beautiful pictorial window. This was un- veiled by the vicar, the Rev. A. Henderson. during the service on Sunday morning, and at the close of his sermon the Vicar mane refer- ence to the event, rcmarkine that for atiprinti of 30 years Mr Stephens ha r rendered valuable service as parish war !en. and for 20 years pre- viously had been a most faithful parishioner and Churchman. Mr Stephens came to Cardiff from Maidstone in 2S56. For many years he practised as a solicitor, and for some time held the office of Official Receiver, but he retired from the pro- fession some years ago. He still holds the office of people's warden for the parish of St. John, and regularly takes his place in the magisterial rota for the borough police courts. When Mr Stephens came to Cardiff the vicar of St. John's was the Rev. John Webb, who resided at Gloucester, and the oversight of the parish was in the hands of the Rev. Thos. Stacey, the senior curare. who afterwards had as fellow curate Mr Pierpont. Upon the death of Mr\1 ebb, the Rev. Dav d Howell (afterwards Dean Howell! was appointed vicar, and he was succeeded by the Rev. Canon C. J Thompson, who in turn was followed by the Rev. A. Henderson, the present vicar. In tho esrly days of Mr Stephens' connection with the parish, the Vicarage of St. John's adjoined the church in St. John's-square, and where the Batchelor statue now stands, in t he Haves. was the site of the Vicarage garden. Many alterations have since taken place in the sur- roundings of the church, notably the widening of Trinity-street, the making of a footpath through the churchyard, and the construction of a new chancel. The window which Mr Stephens has pre- sented to the church has been placed in the south aisle. It is a three-panelled window, the centre panel representing the Saviour on the Cross, with the Virgin Mary and St. John on either side. It was designed and erected by Messrs Burlison andGrylls, of Great Ormonde-street, London.
STABBED IN THE NECK.I
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STABBED IN THE NECK. A Cardiff Family Feud. John Keating (45). coaltrimmer, was charged at Cardiff on Monday (before Messrs David Duncan, J. P. Ingledew, and J. Morcom) with cutting and wounding Annie Darke on the neck with a knife. Prosecutrix, who is a married woman, living in RutlaDd-street, said prisoner was her un;.e- She went to his house in Thomas street on Saturday night to trvaud get her brother away and her aunt "ed her inside to look at a bad eve. As soon as she entered prisoner made a rush for her and pulled her into his room, gripping her by the. neck with his hand. "A-i I struggled. added the witnes?. he plunged the knife into the side of my neck and I screamed, and my auntie came and pushed him away." Replying to the Magistrates' Clerk prose- cutrix said it was a pocket knife and" that I prisoner struck her twice with it. She told her aunt she was stabbed, and ran outride scream- ing and saw a constable. The Cierk At the time be stabbed you did I he say anything '■—No, sir, he never spoke Prosecutrix, in answer to prisoner, denied J that she attacked her aunt with a shovel. It I was her brot.her who did that. She was good ¡ fri' nds with her aunt. Prisoner when arrested by P.C. Philip Hard. (I ing said, Yes, I meant to do it I meant for Tim. I am sorry I done it to her, d Dr. Cantillon said prosecutris: had two I incised wounds on her neck, each half an inch in length and half an inch deep. The wound at the side of the neck was near a vital part, and a vein was cut. Had the knife gone deeper it would have been a dangerous wound. Prisoner was committed for trial at the Assizes, and allowed bail.
HIP DISEASE AND PARALYSIS.
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HIP DISEASE AND PARALYSIS. Distressing Swansea Case. A painful case of child neglect was related at the Swansea Police Court on Mondav, when Pster Smith and Elizabeth ETans. hoth of New Orchard-street. Swansea, who "ivp, together as man and wife were charged with neglecting their four children, Clara rg rears), Elizabeth (5), Thomas (3), and Gladys (7 monl hs). Inspector Arnold stated that he visited the house on February 9th. and found the children with the exception of the baby in a shocking condition. Clara was suffering from hip disease. Elizabeth was paralysed in the right arm, and both of them had vermin bites all over them. They were scantily clothed and half-starved- There were little or no bed. slothes in the house, and the dwelling room I was in ii, very filthy state, with straw, ashes, ana. shavings on the floor. ^Vhen spoken to he mtle defendant complained that he could not get work. When told he ought to take ad. vantage of the poor law Smith replied. I would sooner put mv neck under the train thun go into the Workhouse. The woman said. "It's io use, Pet"r. you'l1 never keep ut, I have had to go beggmg to get money and food, which you get a share of, or we should all starve. The children had no food on Thursday and Friday ast, oniy wL-at was given them at the ragged :choo! for breakfast." Inquiries at the borough surveyor's office i ilicited the man could be in work if he wcuid >ok after if. It took one man to watch him :o sec that he did his work. The woman some- rimes earned 5s a week by begging and singing, She was suffering JrcUl cataract. j Both defendants bad nothing to say. The woman was sent back to the Workhouse, but i ht man was sentenced to three months'im- prisonment, the magistrate remarkiug it ought to have been six months. ¡
FATALITY ON PORT TALEOr BOAT.
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FATALITY ON PORT TALEOr BOAT. French Sailor Killed. On Sunday morning the French barque Rhon. from Dunkerque, arrived at POI" ra'.bot Docks, and it was reported that one of the sailors had been killed whilst they were in the Bristol Channel. It appears that at 2 s'clock on Saturday af ernoon, during a s rong rale, the tossing of the boat caused one of the sailors, named Yves Marie, who was working )n the 'tween decks, to fall down the hold, a, iistance of about 21 feet; and he was killed on the spot, having sustained severe injuries to the aead find neck. Sergeant P. Phillips, of the Docks Police, boarded the vessel on her arrival it Fort Talbot and brought the body ashore, where it was placed in the mortuary at the Dock Hotel, where it awaits an inquest.
MR KEIR HARDIE. -.
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MR KEIR HARDIE. Mobbed at Cambridge. EVIL-SMELLINGBOMB THROWN HOW THE UNDERGRADS WERE DODGED Mr Keir Sard's was mobbed at Cambridge on Saturday evening. Not for 30 years has such a riotous meeting been held there as that which lie attempted to address in the Guildhall. The meeting had been organised by the local Labour committee, and rumours of the pro- bability of a disturbance had been current in the town throughout the week. N,3 soon as tiie uoors were opened a, surging crowd of undergraduates swept into the Lali, and for an hour there was the utmost uproar. Tlit?,i, entrance had been preceded by a bomb containing sulphuretted hydrogen, harmless in itself, hut peculiarly offensive, which had been thrown through one of the windows. Breaking on the wall, the borub nearly mined a valuable picturc, and the !'ime.l was awful. £ iter romc difficulty the police succeeded in closing the doœ"< but the arrival of the Labour leader was the sinal for a more fierce outburst, and lumps of sugar, steeped in the offensive sulphuretted hydrogen, and oranges were hurled at the platform. AN--her- the chairman, Mr Reuben Slingsby, j avtempten t-D open tr.e mecnn. lie was shouted down, and not a singls sentence could be com- pleted. Mr Keir Ha-rdie met with no better fate when he came forward to speak. He faced the audi- ence undauntedly, however, ani shouted out that he was quite certain that- no gentleman with the slightest pretention to honour wou.d desire to prevent the Labour party having the opportunity of stating its Ciise in Cambndge. The undergraduates, however, continued to I hoot and boo aud hiss. until the Rev. G. A. Weeks of Siduev, Sen i, r Proctor, appeared on the platform, and, holding up his hand, called 1 for order. He appealed to them to uphold the honour of the University, and to give Mr Hardie a fair hearing In Cambridge, if anywhere, they respected freedom of speech. I Thereafter Mr Keir Hardic fared somewhat better. An attempt was made to mob Mr Kerr Eardic after he left the meeting His carriage wss smashed by a crowd of under- graduates, but Mr Hardie was found Dot to be inside. He had, in fact, been conducted from the Guildhall by a private way. InquiriLg on Sunday n gbt to ascerta-in if Mr i Keir Hardie had suffered from his experiences at Cambridge on Saturday night, a representa- twe of the Press Association was informed that Mr Hardie is none the worse for the treatment accorded him by the undergraduates. Inspiteof the meeting being at times rowdy, as migh- be expected from a University crowd, Mr Hardie said it was a success, some of the leading repre- tentative^ of the University being present. After the meeting was over Mr Hardie was given to understand that a plan Tiad l»een made to prevent him from arriving at the GuildhaLl. However, another person, bearing a strong re- semblance to the Labour leader, was mistaken for him and carefully shadowed, while Mr Hardie was missed and arrived safclv at the hall. Phials or t' st tubes of obnoxious chemicals were thrown, and one reached the platform and hit Mr Hardie, but fortunately did not break. Mr Haj-dif is retaining the tube as a memento of his TL-it to the centre of earn -,n g. learning." Another incident was the breaking of the windows of some chambers in one of the colleges either because it was thought Mr Hardie was staying there or because the occu- pant was known to be one of the leading organisers of the gathering.
Mr McKennaYs Task. .--
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Mr McKennaYs Task. MR BIRRELL'S PROPHECY. Legislation to be Proposed. Lord Crewe and Mr Birrell were on Monday night entertained to dinner by the National L beral Club. Kep y ng to the toast ol Oar guests Lord Crewe contended that the Edu- cation B 11 repre-cuted honest effort-; to be fair and practical. However possible it might be in the i mmed ate future to deal with some part or fringes of the question it iid not seem to him that there was any poss bility at pre-ent of re- opening the whole rubj<=ct save ou the lines upon which the Opposition had refused to can- sider it. Mr Birrell, who followed, said that if the edu- cation of this country was ultimately to be settled on the basis which the Bishops were f hound mo-t cordially to dislike and which he did not regard with any favour the fault would. lle the Bishops' for dereliction of duty and the neglect of their first. obligation. He fore- shadowed that- Mr McKeztna would have some legislative proposals to make on this sublet lie was hopeful of securing better siovernment for Ireland. The extension or University edts- caticn to the country was one of the social questions with which they were pledged to deal, ai d the solution of which he trusted to see at do distant date.
WRONG BROTHER ARRESTED.
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WRONG BROTHER ARRESTED. Remarkable Identity Mistake. An extraordinary case of mistaken identity occupied the attention of the Marylebooe magistrates on Monday. Before the court was a young man named Ernest Gleeson, described as a carver, who wa. brought up from Leeds gaol under a Home Office order to answer a charge of stealing property from a room al the Great Western Hotel, Paddington, belonging to Mr Charles Theodore Allison Kingston, of Syden- ham hill, Bristol. Accused's brother. Leon, hotel porter, living at Shepherds Bush. is awaiting his trial on the same charge bit it was now stated on behalf of the Great Western Company that Leon was inooeent, and that be had been mistaken for his brother^ Ernest. Detective-Inspector Wilson, of the Leeds constabulary, spoke to arresting Ernest in January on another charge, and said prisoner was wearing at that time a coat missed from the ho'.el. Detective-Inspector Fuller stated thatprf. soner that morning confessed the theft. He said he did not waut to get his brother into it. He wished to clear him. The brother, Leon, was then called forward aDd asked to .tand by Ernest so that a porter might say which he now thought was the man whom be taw ),-are the hotel. Witcess re. plied that be should say Errest was the man. The magistrate and the Great Vvestern'repre- sentative expressed sympathy with Leon the former saying the responsibility rested with those who swore positively This L the man.- It was stated by the railway representative that the matter would be brought before the company with the object of securing Leon com- pensation. Ernest was then committed for trial.
A MYSTIFYING LETTER.
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A MYSTIFYING LETTER. Aberdare Council Perplexed. At a meeting of Aberdare District Council on Monday. Mr L. N. Williams presiding, it waa reported the the clerk had written the clerk of the County Council asking whether, in view of the fact that it was proposed under the new Stipendiary Act to erec a new courthouse ak, Merthyr, Aberdare could also be provided with a similar building. The Aberdare clerk said he h,.d received in reply a Franklonite letter," stating that if Merthyr would eventually be- come a county borough, the County Council fund would necessarily be less owing to the withdrawal of Merthyr. Mr r. Walter Wil- liams said they would not be drawing npon the County Council funds at all, but upon the stipendiary area. If Merthyr be separated from the count-y of Glamorgan, it would not be separated from the stipendiary area for the adrain-sfration cf justice. The letter was mysti- fying, and probably intended to be mystify- Dg- The Abcr3are Trades Council had written asking that the District Council should do something with a view to abating the nuisance of orange and banala peel en the streets. The Clerk said the Council had no power to do any- thing in the matter except provide receptacles. It was proposed that a, dozen receptacles b8 put up in various parts of the town. It was cventua.lly agreed that 8 dozen receptacles be provided.
"THE BALD, UGLY TRUTH."
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"THE BALD, UGLY TRUTH." A Swansea Inquest Story. An incuest was held on Monday at the Adelaide Hotel, Swansea, touching the death of Selina Rushbrook, who wa-s drowned In the canal lit Swansea on Saturday midnight. Ernest Witts, a navvy, who was with her at the time, repeated the statement, already pub- lished, as to how the woman fell iito the canal. Asked why he did not go into the water after the woman, he replied. I could not swim He said deceased staggered along the path, and lie himself not sober. The Coroner commended Witts for telling the bald. ugly truth, bd: thought he might have done more to try and rescue the woman. A verdict of Accidental death was returned.
. TROEDYRHIWFUWCH EISTEDDFOD.
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TROEDYRHIWFUWCH EISTEDDFOD. A successful Eisteddfod was held ct TrosJf- rhiwfuwch on Mi.nday Adjudicators, Mr Evans, PontiottTn Mr D. Aeion Parry, Xe Tre legnr Mr James Davies, Vberiysawg con- ductor, Mr Councrllor Hopkins, "Pontlottvn. Awards children, Win fred Jones. Rhym- nev recitation, children, Tom David and LIzzie Joies. Ponlicttyii children. Miriam Walters, New Tredegar contralto solo. divided between Miss Thomas. Pontlottyn, and Miss E. Davies, Aberlysswg; tenor soloi Mr Johu Bebb, Abeityssfcg recita- tion. Mr Rees Jones. Troed*rhiwfuwch I hymn tune, Mr B. Lewis, Rhymney; soprano solo, Mrs Adams, Pontlottyn children's ehoirc Nazareth Band of Hope and Graig Juyenjw Choir competed, ani the prize was dividedT bass solo. Mr Charles Hill, New Tredegar I duet, Mr John C. Jones and Mr R. C. Davies mixed cho»rs Saron ChaÍt. (conductor, Aff W. Ldwards) opcu solo, Mr John Thomas Rhymney male voice party. Nazareth. Popfc lottya prize bag, Mi^s Blodwea Davie* J'ontlottyn. t