The Cardiff Times

NEW YORK TO PARI8 RACE. Motorists' Fight With Wolves. Paris, Sunday.—Two of the competitors in the New York-Paris motor-car race narrowly escaped being devoured by wolves on Friday, says the Matin," and another had an excit- tag adventure with an eagle. Scarfoglio and Sartori, in the Zust car, say they were near the little town of Spring Valley, Wyoming, when they heard the howling of wolves behind them. There were seven or eight at first, but the pack grew to fifty, and surrounded the car, which had stopped at the bottom of a hill. Scarfoglio and Sartori say they trumpeted and tried to frighten off the wolves with their acetylene lamps, but the wolves rushed at the car, and several of them, growling and snap- ping, attacked the tyres with their teeth. The two Italians say they loaded their rifles, and kept up fire for twenty minutes on the wolf pack, killing 22 of them. They then suc- ceeded in getting away. M. Bourcier de St. Chaffrey, in charge of the Di Dion-Bouton car, was eating a sandwich when a large eagle objected either to M. St. Chaffreyorto his consumption of the sandwich. M. St. Chaffrey shot him, and his beak and feathers now adorn the car. New York, Monday.—The American Thomas motor-car arrived yesterday afternoon at a quarter to five at Nogave, in California. It is now only a day's run from San Francisco, and is going well. The American competitor has now traversed 3,451 miles, and is over 900 miles ahead of its nearest rival- The distances covered and .the places reached by the next three competitors up to Sunday evening are as follows :—Zust, 2,536 miles, at Ogden, Utah De Dion, 2,226 miles, at Rawlimgs, Wyoming Protos, 2,109, at Laramie, Wyoming.—Central News.

FATHER IGNATIUS. Maasace from His Cell to His Neighbours We have received the following letter for publication:— Very Dear Neighbours, —So many loving thanks for your kind interest in my illness. Will you please say for me Praised be Jesus for ever and ever." I cannot say how good Jesus has been to me, and what a happy time He hae made my illness. I count it quite a holiday alone with Him. He has made the dear monks and brothers most good to me. I never knew He could be so loving and kind. A kind English priest has been to my cell three timtts, so you can all imagine how happy I've been. May this kind and loving Saviour be as kind a friend to you all as He has been to me. I am your affectionate neighbour and friend in Jesus, IGNATIUS OF JESUS, O.s.B. (Signed by one of the brothers.) A great sinner trusting in a great Saviour. Llanthony, Abergavenny, Mar. 23-08.

THE MUSICAL LEAGUE. To further the cause of musical art in this country the Musical League has been formed. Its principal objects are :— (a) To hold an annual festival (each year in a different town) of two or three days' dura- tion, at which the works performed shall consist partly of new compositions, both British and foreign, partly of older works of musical interest, which, under present conditions, cannot be heard its fre- quently as their merits entitle them to be (b) To make use at the festival, as far as pos- sible, of the existing musical organisations of the district and of the services of local musicians (c) To afford opportunities for composers, executive artists, and amateurs to exchange ideas on questions of interest to musicians. Sir Edward Elgar has consented to be first president of the league. Mr Harry Evans is on the committee Dr. Hans Richter has con- sented to direct the first festival, which will be held in Manchester in the autumn.

SURREPTITIOUS MILKING. Prosecutitn at Bridgend. Job. Ricketts, a labourer, of St. Bride's Majc ,was charged on Monday at Bridgend (be- fore Messrs Oliver Shepherd and J. M.Randall) with stealing milk from a cow belonging to Mr Llewellyn Yorath, of Tynycaia Farm, St. Bride's. Mr T. J. Hughes, who prosecuted, said the case was an extraordinary one. Mr Yorath had a good cow, which ceased to yield its ordi- nary supply of milk. He suspected something was wrong, and secreted himself in his cow- house on several nightp, but failed to detect anything. He then put thø matter in the hands of P.C. Carroll, of Southerndown, who on Saturday night hid himself in the cowshed, and in the early hours of Sunday morning the door was opened by a man, who proceeded to milk the cow into a can which he had brought with him. As he was going out P.C. Carroll arrested the man, who turned out to be the defendant. Ricketts was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.

LLANBRADACH QUARREL Benjamin Evans (56), collier, arrested on a eharge Of wounding Evan Harris, master haulier, of Bedwas, on Saturday night, was on Monday brought up at Caerphilly before Dr. T. W. Thomas. Acting-Sergeant Davies stated that the prisoner when arrested said, I've got nothing to say. I know noth- ing about it. I suppose I was drunk." Wit- ness produced a knife, which was handed to him by Mr Turner, of the De Winton Hotel. and this was claimed by the prisoner as his property. When arrested Evans was under the influence of drink. Prisoner was remanded in custody till to-day. Harris is progressing favourably. Evans was known as Yankee from the fact that he had been in the States for about 25 years.

Y.M.C.A. LECTURE AT CARBIFF. The last and best of the season was the unanimous opinion of the large audience who assembled on Monday evening at the Cory Hall, Cardiff, to hear a lecture by Mr Whitworth Wallis, entitled The Art of George F. Watts, R.A." Mr Wallis, who is well known as an art critic and writer" has dealt well with a subject of no mean scope, and, further, has been successful in adapting himself to audiences eomposed of art followers, and also the general public. Showing a number of special slides of the artist's famous pictures. The lecturer said that no other English painter had so many illustrations of poetry, virtue, and the highest and noblest ideals. Mr Watts was one of the greatest painters as distinguished from those who were merely artistic, and this intel- lectuality was ever predominating. He in- spired the noblest ideas.

DURHAM PIT DISASTER. At the 'adjourned inquest at Washington (Durham) yesLerday, on the bodies of the fourteen men killed in the colliery explosion there last month it was shown that four were poisoned by carbon monoxite, but that the other ten met with instantaneous death, the compressed air from the explosion striking them like a projectile and killing them Out- right. Experts were agreed that the cause of the disaster was that a shot was fired which was too strong for its work and sent hot gases along the floor of the mine. These sent a cloud of coal dust up into the air impregnated with fire-damp and this was ignited by the shot. A verdict was returned of Death from explosion accidentally caused by ala j davrg&l afoot," Ho one fpVwwHl

Maiden Lady's Burns. SISTER'S EXTRAORDINARY STORY. Extraordinary evidence was given at an in- quest at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, on Monday afternoon on Wilhelmina Dewar, a maiden lady, found dead on Sunday evening. Deceased and her sister Margaret, both of whom were retired teachers, lived alone. On Sunday night at 9 o'clock Margaret gave the alarm that her sister was dead, and when assistance arrived the report was found to be correct. At the inquest Margaret Dewar, giving evi- dence, said she was absolutely ignorant as to the cause of her sister's death. She assisted her to bed, and a.t 2 o'clock on Sunday she took up some tea, which Wilhelmina de- clined. She said she wanted to rest. It was not until 9 o'clock in the evening that she dis- covered her dead. Dr. Campbell said that at ten o'clock on Sunday night he found deceased dead. She was burnt from head to foot, the clothes being burnt off her body. There were no signs of burning underneath the bedclothes where the body lay. She must have been carried into the room. It was im- possible for her to have walked up the stairs even if she had been assisted. It was his opinion she had been dead 10 hours when found. The Coroner said it was quite clear to him that what the sister told was not true. The case was the most extraordinary one that had come under bis observation. Police-Sergeant Pinton stated that he found part of a skirt in the back yard burnt and wet. He could not get an intelligible story from Margaret, who seemed under the influence of drink. Mrs King, another witness, said she found some burnt clothing downstairs. The inquest was adjourned till April 1st for a post. mortem examination.

Missionaries of Peace. MR LLOYD GEORGE AND TRAVELLERS. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE. Mr Lloyd George presided at a meeting held at Cannon-street Hotel on Saturday in further- ance of a project to establish an international league of commercial travellers' associations. The President of the Board of Trade was sup- ported by representatives from the various Embassies, Colonial Offices, and Consulates. Amongst others present were Lord Strathcona, Sir Albert Rollit, Sir W. Treloar, and several of the Agents-Greneral. Mr Lloyd George said they were going to dis- cuss an important international movement— important from the point of view of trade and important from the point of view of industrial interests still more important from the point of view of trade as a whole, and still more important from the wider point of view of international interests. It was the mutual goodwill at the bottom of the association which he welcomed so heartily. They had been doing something at the Board of Trade towards clearing the way for such an international movement. The Board of Trade had concluded agreements with the Belgian, Swiss, and Portu- guese Governments, whereby arrangements had been made for the clearance of commercial travellers' samples from the Customs. By the time the association was in full swing he hoped to announce that there were agreements of a similar character in existence over the whole of Europe. Trade, in spite of every re- striction devised by the wit of men, must always remain international, and it was well that it should be so. This country, added Mr Lloyd George, was a country which treated commercial travel- lers better than any other country in the world. We had no difficulties about licences; we imposed no duties upon them. In fact, we encouraged them in every possible way, and we had found out that it was to the advantage of the country to do so, and to the advantage of trade and commerce. He did not think there would be a more unpopular proposal than a tax on commercial travellers. (Hear, hear.) Such a country' as ours, therefore, might well be the pioneer of a society of com- mercial travellers throughout the world. An association like that would be a great mis- sionary of peace amongst the nations—(cheers) —and would have a permanent effect upon the future relations of the countries with each other. The commerce of the world must re- main the pioneer of peace, promoting peace, good-will, and brotherhood. (Cheers.)

LATE SIR N. O'CONOR. Ambassador's Imposing Funeral. Constantinople, Monday.—The funeral of Sir Nicholas O'Conor, late British Ambassador, which took place to-day, assumed the charac- ter of a huge manifestation of popular sym- pathy such as is rarely seen in Constantinople. I The Catholic Cathedral was filled to its utmost capacity, the mourners including the entire Diplomatic Body in full uniform, ten dele- gates representing the Sultan, among them being Tewfik Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zhalib Pasha, Naoum Pasha, and Selim Pasha, representatives of various com- munities and members of general society, British colony, and detachments from gun- boats attached to the various Embassies. The service, which was most impressive, was ponti- fical and choral, the chief officiant being the acting representative of the Holy See, assisted by numerous clergy. Floral tributes were numerous and costly. Outside the cathedral a large detachment of Imperial troops, with band, rendered military honours, and escorted the funeral cortege to Tophan eh, the place of embarkation. Fellow-Ambassadors of cloceased acted as pail bearers. The entire line of route was thronged -with the public. At Tophaneh a fresh detachment of troops, with band, ren- dered honours. Here Diplomatic representa- tives withdrew with the exception of Mr Leishman, the American Ambassador, with the staffs of the American Embassy and the Consulate. The body was conveyed 11 cross the Bosphorus in an Embassy barge, preceded by H.MJS. Imogene, and followed by launches sent by the Sultan and a large steamer con- veying the bulk of the mourners. At Haidar Pasha. the procession re-formed. It I was followed to the cemetery by a detachment of troops, with band. The pall bearers on the farther side of the Bosphorus were the prin- I cipal members of the British Embassy, besidss Mr Leishman, Sir William Whittal, Sir Adam Block, of the Ottoman Public Debt Adminis- tration, Mr Nias, of the Ottoman Bant, and Admiral Sir Henry Woods Pasha, of the Ottoman Navy. The latter and General Count Szechenvi Pasha acted as delegates of the Sultan.—Reuter.

"SEEING LIFE." HOW LAD SPENT STOLEN SOVEREIGN, How a boy expended a sovereign in an at- tempt to see the world was told before the Windsor magistrates on Monday. The fatherof J. E. Carter is working in Kent, but every week a sovereign is paid to Mrs Carter. The boy, who is only twelve, knew this, so on the 14th he drew his father's money, and at once set off to see life." He went to London by train, travelled round the Inner Circle twice, and then booked from King's Cross to Bradford. Breaking the journey at Dewsbury, he spent the night there, and went on the following morning to Bradford, where he spent what re- mained of his money, and gave himself up to the police, and was sent to Windsor. How he spent the sovereign was explained* to the Bench as follows :—Cakes at Windsor, 2d new boots, 4s lid new c £ p, 6!d; drink at the station, 2d fare to Paddington, Is 9d fare round the Inner Circle, 3d fare to King's Cross, 2d tea. and bread and butter, 2Jd sand- wiches for train journey, 6d fare to Bradford, 7s lid oranges and bananas, 2d gratuity, Id cfike and chocolate, 4d lodging at Dewsbury, 4d food at Dewsbury, 5d food at Bradford, Hd sundry purchases, l £ d total, jEl. Eventually the boy was remanded, and as he said he would like to go to sea, an attempt will be made to arrange things.

USE OF PUBLIO BUILDINGS. In Preference to Public Houses. A circular was on Monday issued by the Local Government Board to Borough Councils and other bodies with reference to the use of build- ings of local authorities for meetings of Trade' Unions, Friendly Societies, and similar societies. The Board state that representations have been made to them as to the difficulty experienced bv such societies finding accommodation for their meetings except in public houses or other licensed premises, and they consider this is very undesirable, especially when it is re- membered the business transacted at such meetings often necessitates the presence of women and children for a considerable time. The Board trust that local authorities will be willing to allow the use of their buildings for the purposes of meetings referred to where cir- cumstances admit of their so doing. Arrange- ments should be made to prevent any expense from falling on the local authority but the Board do not apprehend any difficulty in this being done.

ALARMING FIRE AT CARDIFF. Shortly before 10 o'clock on Monday evening a fire which might have had serious conse- quences broke out in the correspondence store- room of the Great Western Railway Station, Cardiff. Frank Hughes, a, staff clerk, was on duty in the room below, and hearing a noise upstairs rushed up to find the place all in a blaze. An alarm was immediately given, and the reel and steamer from the central fire station, together with the brigade in charge of Supt rintendent Geen turned out. On arriving they found the fire had taken a firm hold. A hose from the private hydrant belonging to the company was got to work, and the brigade took charge, with the result, fortunately, that the fire was quickly brought under and finally ex- tinguished. A quantity of paper was destroyed,' and also the skylight in the roof and a portion of the roof was charred. The damage is esti- mated at about £150. The origin of the fire cannot be traced,for no one seems to have been in the room for two hours before it was dis- "("nvered.

MR THOS. STEPHENS, Distinguished Welsh Litterateur. PROPOSED MEMORIAL. It is now thirty-four years since Thomas Stephens died at Merthyr Tydfil. The genera- tion that knew him is fast passing away. Soon his writings alone will remain to keep his memory alive in the place where he lived for nearly forty years. The author of The Liter- ature of the Kymry," by his studious labours won for himself a place of high honour among the Celtic scholars of his time. But there is to be found in Merthyr no single memorial by which the greatness of his career is brought to the public mind. The rising generation is in- spired to emulate his wonderful example by no visible suggestion of his association with the town. There is a shop in High-street bearing the legend, Chemist Stephens, Druggist," in gilt letters. It is the shop where Thomas Stephens carried on his business for many years, and above it his widow still resides. Inside the shop, on the left-hand side as one enters, is the desk at which Thomas Stephens did most of his writing and nearly all his read- ing. Little does the passer-by think what hard work was done in the long ago in the little parlour behind the counter that can be seen from the street. Little indeed does the passer- by know of the great man who abode there. and in suggesting that a memorial should be raised to his memory it may be timely to re- mind the reader of the manner of man Thomas Stephens was. Althogh his life was spent at Merthyr, he was born not in the centre of the iron industry, but at Pontneddfechan (the Pontneathvaughan of the English-speaking tripper). There on April 21st, 1821, be joined the family circle of the village shoemaker, for such his father was. Whilst applying himself with remarkable success to the work of his business, Stephens found time to read, and often read all through the night. He also wrote, and his essays on Welsh history and literature found their way into the columns of the local newspapers. lie THOMAS (STEPHENS Competed at Eisteddfodau, and in 1840 won a prize at the Liverpool Eisteddfod for A history of the life and times of Jestyn ap Gwrgant, the last native Lord of Glamorgan." In the following year he secured the prize at the Abergavenny Eisteddfod for a History of remarkable places in the county of Cardigan," and a further honour came to him in 1845 for an essay on The heraldic poetry of Wales." In 1848 he achieved his greatest Eisteddfodic success by winning a prize of JE25 offered in the name of the Prince of Wales at the Abergavenny Eisteddfod for an essay on the Literature of Wales during the 12th and succeeding centuries." This essay forms the basis of the Literature of the Kymry," which was Stephens's greatest pro- duction Fortunately, Stephens attracted the attention of Sir John Guest, who encouraged him in the publication of the Literature of the Kymry." It was published in 1849 by Mr Wm Rees, Llandovery, father of the present town clerk of Merthyr. The book immediately attracted much attention, won much honour for its author, and was translated into German by ProfessorSchultz. Thelbook was dedicated to the Prince of Wales, and through the in- fluence of Lady Charlotte Guest the Queen accepted a copy of it. The publication of this book established Stephens's reputation as A Celtic Scholar, not only at home, but upon the Continent; and it brought him into touch with well-known students in France and Germany, with whom, having an intimate knowledge of their language, he was able to -or? spond freely. The publica- tion of The Literature of the Kymry did not, however, prevent him from entering Eis- teddfodic competitions. At the Cardiff Eis- teddfod of 1851 he secured the prize for a History of Cardiff," and obtained a similar honour at Portmadoc in the following year for an essay on The Working Men of Wales." He took three essay prizes at the Abergavenny Eisteddfod of 1853.' The chief was for a His- tory of Trial by Jury in Wales," for which he obtained a prize of JE70. Stephens's last Eisteddfodic essay serves to illustrate a trait in his character which was noticeable throughout his life. He reached his conclusions after study and research had led him to them, and not before, or otherwise. A tradition exists in North Wales that Prince Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd sailed from a point between Colwyn Bav and Llandudno, in the 12th century, and discovered America of course, before Columbus. At the Llangollen Eis- teddfod of 1858 a prize of £ 9,0 and a silver star was offered for the best essay on the discovery of America by Prince Madoc. Stephens wrote an essay, and sent it in, contending that Madoc never left home. Five other essavs supporting the tradition were also sent in. The adjudica- tors, among whom was Silvan Evans, decided that Stephens's essay was the best. The com- mittee, however, declined to award the prize, on the around that the essay was contrary to the spirit in which the prize was offered. Stephens wrote no more for the Eisteddfod. The story of the The Llangollen Incident I is fully told by Mr Llywarch Reynolds (B.A.. Oxford) in a preface to the, essay which he edited when it was published in 1893. Thomas Stephens was a great believer in education and did much to promote it. He was a Radical in politics, but believed that the emancipation of the working classes was to be expected through education rather than through the franchise. He was one of those who, after advocating sanitary improvement in Mer- thyr for manv y-ars. secured the formation of a Local Board of Health. He filled the ancient office of High Constable of Caerphilly Higher in 1858. As an earnest Unitarian, Thomas Stephens devoted himself to Sunday school work, and taught a class for many years with the utmost regularity. He had a firm belief, in the advantages of widespread reading, and whf'Ti the Merthyr Express was established by Mr C. H. James and himself with others in 1861-, he became manager of the new journal. He was. too, one of those who started the Merthyr Library, and after serving as secretary for 25 years he resigned and was presented by his friends with a bust of himself executed by his friend Joseph Edwards. No place in Merthyr could be found for the bust, and it is now to be seen in the University College Library at Aberystwyth. _0__ When he died, after a long illness, in 18(D, Thomas Stephens left behind him a great deal of manuscript which is of considerable value but he left something more—the example of A Life of Strenuous Activity, of diligent study, and of unswerving upright- ness. He separated the true from the false in the history of Wales, and justified the claims of his country to a greatness that should be mde- pendent of imaginary glories. t> i Gwenogfryn-Evans says in the Black cook of Carmarthen -—" Stephens, in his Litera- ture of the Kymry,' was the first to introduce sanity into Welsh criticism, and his book,^ if somewhat out of date, is still worth reading. Stephens did his work when the matenalslor study were much more difficult to obtain than they are to-day. He persevered in spite of numerous disadvantages, and established a reputation which entitles him to a place among eminent Welshmen. His career should appeal to the local patriotism of those among whom he lived and worked so splendidly for many years, and opportunity should be taken to perpetuate his memory in some adequate form. What could be more a fitting means of keeping the example of his labours before the minds of those who are susceptible to inspiration such as his career affords than that a scholarship should l be founded at the Merthyr County School by means of a public subscription ?

WHAT 'QUAKES COST US. A strong appeal for Government support of seismology was made by Professor John Milne at the Royal Institution on Friday. Other people, he said, enjoyed the sensations of earth movement: Great Britain paid for the results of earthquakes. The San Francisco earthquake alone cost this country about twelve millions, and we had fifty or sixty millions invested in submarine cables, which were liable to be afiected, with all the Jar-reaching consequences. Great Britain had a greater interest in earth- quakes than any other country, but did least in support of British investigation of them. Turning to the effects of earthquakes on build- ings, he pronounced arches in earthquake coun- tries as most dangerous, and advised no one' in such lands to sleep in a corner bedroom or near an outside wall if he could help it.

At a meeting of Tenby Town Council on Monday Mr S. G. Rogers and Mr J. S. Brown were appointed overseers for the borough.

l SwanseaSchool Deadlock BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S CRITICISM. In tiic House of Lords on Monday, Lord BARNARD called attention to the policy of the Boacd of Education with regard to the allocation of fcfce £100,000 voted by Parliament last Session for building new schools. They inferred from statemSIits made by the Minister for Education that this ST^nt was intended to meet certain cases of tyranny in single school areas. Although he could not see how that justification could be advanced in the case of Welsh parishes, where the Non- conformists were in a majority, the conclu- sion which he had drawn from his study of the question was that the grant was nothing more or less than public money placed at the dis- posal of a party political leader to be used by him at his absolute discretion for purely party political purposes. (Hear, hear.) He main- tained that in regard to certain Welsh parishes which he mentioned grants had been made out of this fund in contravention of the provision in the Act of 1870 and the pledge of Mr McKenna that such grants should not be used to supply a deficiency of school accommoda- tion. In a number of cases, too, there had been evident in the action of the Board of Education a complete change of front, and in this respect he would call particular attention to the Gosforth, Royston,and Swansea schools. Bishep of St. David's Criticism. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S replied to Mr McKenna's speech in the House of Commons on February 5th in defence of his administrative dealings with the Oxford-street Church School, Swansea. Mr McKenna's defence was that he had strictly adhered to the administrative principles of his predecessors. The dispute in Swansea between the school managers and the local education authority turned mainly on two points, the question of accommodation to be allowed and the question of teachers' salaries. The administrative principle of the authority was a principle of two standards. They re- quired larger playground space in the Church school than they had in several of their own Council schools, while they refused to pay the teachers in the Church school at the rate of the scale of salaries in force in their Council school. Mr MfcKenna's defence was, that in regard to buildings his action was in exact continu- ance of his predecessor's action. This state- ment is contrary to the facts, for he cut down to 500 children accommodation which the Board under Sir William Anson had passed for 944, and which the Board's architect under Mr Birrell had passed for 926. Mr McKenna re- quired 20 square feet playground space for each child, whereas neither Sir William Anson nor Mr Birrell had raised in the case of the Oxford-street school any question about the sufficiency of the existing playground space. It might be a matter of opinion whether Mr McKenna was right or wrong. His point was that, be that as it may, Mr McKenna's action could not be correctly said to be "in exact con- tinuance of his predecessor's action in re- gard to the plans for remodelling this school. But as the question of buildings was now settled and the managers/had, through the generosity of friends, secured at a cost of £5,800 extra playground space sufficient to satisfy even Mr McKenna, the chief question in this debate was the Question of Salaries— whether teachers in Voluntary schools and Council schools should be paid on the same scale. On this point Mr McKenna said that he had only done exactly what his predeces- sor had done, and that there had been no change^ in the practice of the Education Board." This statement again was diametric- i ally opposed to the facts. In 1903 Sir W. Anson in the House of Commons laid it down that the law was that the standard of effi- ciency at which all public elementary schools are maintained must be alike unless special 1 educational reasons can be shown for a distinc- tion." In other words, this question of salaries was a question of efficiency, and there must not be two standards of efficiency-one for Council schools as such and another for Volun- tary schools as such. As Sir William Anson went oub of office a fortnight after an appeal was sent up to him on this point from Swan- sea, he let this question stand over for Mr Birrell, who wrote to the Swansea Education Authority that The Board of Education are not aware of any circumstances which would justify differentiation in the salaries paid to teachers in Voluntary and Council schools." Last April, when the Swansea Authority raised the scale of salaries in Council schools, and refused to raise the salaries in the Oxford- street Church school above the rate paid before the appointed day, the National v Union of Teachers called out the teachers and black- listed this school. Faced with the alternative of the ruin of the school, the managers entered into written agreements with the teachers to pay them from the 1st of April last year the difference between the higher rate of salaries in Swansea Council schools and the lower rate which the authority thought to be all that justice required for teacher.? in a Church school. When they appealed to Mr McKenna for repay- ment of this difference at the end of three months he refused to grant it, and returned the vouchers which they had sent him. He never held any local inquiry-im to whether the sala- ries paid by the authority were sufficient to keep the school efficient, but rode off on a Thin Technicality that the managers must take the consequences of signing agreements opposed to the guidance of the local education authority. When, how- ever, the managers gave him eight days" notice of legal proceedings against the Board in the King's Berteh Division he was obliged at last to ask the authority to answer the managers' charge that they had failed to maintain and keep efficient this schooL In the House of Commons on February 5th Mr McKenna inter- rupted Mr Lyttelton, and denied that the man- agers had paid the teachers the difference between the higher and lower rates of salaries. It took five questions on February 10th from Mr Lyttelton and Lord Robert Cecil to draw from him. the unsatisfactory admission that they had paid this difference in some cases, whereas the fact was that they made up not some, but all the salaries which were paid by the authority at the lower rate, up to the level of the higher rate. Mr McKenna shifted his ground in a subsequent letter to the man- agers, and suggested that what he meant was that they had only paid the teachers for some particular time," and not for the whole period." This.second excuse made his posi- tion worse) for the fact was that the managers had been paying the difference in salaries for the,whole period since April 1st, 1907, as speci- fied in Mr Lyttelton's question. Mr McKenna's mistake was unaecountable, as the managers had sent the Board vouchers for the payments for the first three months. In his speech in the House of Commons on the Address Mr McKenna seemed to argue that two standards of efficiency were lawful, and in Swansea he had for over a year tolerated a lower standard of efficiency for the school he disliked than that which obtained in the Council schools of the town. It was beyond comprehension how in face of the facts he allowed himself to state in the House of Commons that he had done exactly as his predecessor in office did, and that there had been no change in the practice of the Education Board." He was glad to learn that there were rumours in the Press that the Government began to realise that the convictions of Churchmen were entitled to more substantia] justice than Mr McKenna had. hitherto realised. He hoped that there was I truth in these rumours. But since an atmos- phere of mutual consideration and goodwill must be created before any hopeful considera- tions of the conditions of a sound settlementof this deplorable education controversy would be possible, the Government should see that the Minister of Education did his duty, which had been well defined by the "Daily News" on February 6th to be to administer the law as it stands, to hold the balance even, and to repress intolerance if it makes its appearance in local authorities," whether in Swansea or anywhere else. Earl Cawdor and a Scandal." The Earl of CAWDOR said that the treat- ment of the denominational school at Swan- sea had been pettifogging and unfair and un- worthy of a great State Department. He appealed to Lord Crewe to use his influence to ensure that the scandal of dragging out pro- ceedings on petty pomts should come to an end, and give an assurance that in cases where the local education authority failed to carry out the law the Government would not fail to enforce the law in its entirety. Case for the Government. The Earl of CREWE said in regard to the administration of thp grant, it was true that a very considerable number of the cases in which grants were made were in Wales, but he believed that at least half of the total number were in England, and there had been no depar- ture from the ordinary practice of the Board in dealing with disputed cases under Section 8 of the Education Act of 1902. All the cases in which these grants had been applied were cases in which Nonconformist parents had applied. The amount expended, or promised, was JE70,000, and in all cases it had been shown that there had been a very distinct demand for a school of a different character from that which existed at the present time. The whole proceeding was one which the Government had always frankly admitted was in a sense of a makeshift character. He sincerely hoped the time would come when a grant of this kind would be made unnecessary as the result of legislation. Speaking on the subject of the Swansea school, the noble Earl said there seemed to be singularly wide views as to what.was continuity of administration. He would point out, how- ever, that there could be no justification for the view that two political chiefs of the same Department in all cases should accept each other's decisions. Each must administer the law as he understood it, therefore the charge of change of administration was not one which weighed with him very heavily. Looking at the dispute of the Swansea local authorities and the school managers from an outside and impartial point of view, he must say that it seemed to him that both had been animated by feelings which were not exactly of the most creditable, and that neither of them had come very well out of the business. This they had carried on, it was true, with considerable ingenuity, but it could scarcely be said that it had resulted in the beat interest of education. In the Board of Education there was, however, no change of view as to the correctness of the attitude adopted. The Board maintained, and had written officially, that it was desirable that all teachers should have equal salaries according to their degree in the elementedv ) schools. The noble Lord then proceeded to go through the crorespondence which had taken place between the Various parties concerned in the dispute, the reading of which occupied a considerable time, and was for the most part in the Press Gallery quite inaudible. With regard to the question of the application of the Defaulting Authorities Act, that was a question of policy for the Government, and he was not prepared to assent to Lord Cawdor's proposi- tion that because the Act was on the Statute Book the Government were bound to employ it, even assuming that its application would not do more harm than good. No doubt Mr McKenna would note all that had been said by tbç noble Earl, c The Afarquis of LONDONDERRY asked for more information as to the expenditure of the £ 70,000. The Earl of CP "^T^« interposing, said that the President of th- r^ard of Education in- tended to issue a return giv'ng this mforma- The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was P-lad to hear it, but he complained that thf tfoard of Education either forgot or ignored the ,?ection of the Education Act of 1902 which prodded that the County Council should find not less than one-half of the capital expenditure on ¡' account of the provision or improvement of any public elementary school. The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that he would be prepared to give an answer to the noble Marqnis if he would put a notice on the paper. Lord BARNARD withdrew his motion, and the House adjourned.

NEW AND OLD THEOLOGY. Visit of the Rev. R. J. Campbell. Large crowds assembled at the Workmen's Hallj Ton, on Monday, when the Rev. R. J. Campbell, of the City Temple, paid a visit under the auspices of the Treorky Branch of the New Theology League. A large number of people were unable to gain entrance into the hall, and though many offered treble the price for tickets the holders would not sell. In the afternoon the rev. gentleman delivered a ser- mon, and for his published theme for the evening's lecture (" The Immanence of God ") he substituted Christianity and the Kingdom of God." The Rev. J. Lewis, Ton (English Con- gregational), presided. Rev. R. J. Campbell said that he was not entirely at one with some of his New Theology friends, but there was no practical issue involved. Theology was one thing and the philosophy which underlay it was another. There were some people not very clear as to the philosophic aspect. He dif- fered frow the view that God was one reality and man quite a distinct entity apart from God. His view was that there was but one life—the life of God. That there were beings which were eternally distinct, he did not be- lieve. What man had to do was to live the life of love which was the life of God, merging his consciousness in the life of God. Some of them might say that that was Pantheism, but it really was not, and was as far as possible re- moved from what he held. He held the same views as the Christian mystics from St. Paul downwards that God was a reality in whom ■we move, live, and have our being. He refuted the prevailing idea that Christian ev&;lgelism should be directed towards getting a person to believe something in order to live a good life here and then go to heaven when they died. The disciples of Christ who were } with Him in the upper room in Jerusalem would be simply amazed at the preaching of -1 such a gospel, for in those early days nothing ] of the kind was taught. The rev. gentleman ] then argued that the Jewish idea of ( the Kingdom of 3od was synonymous with the welfare of their country, j and what they were looking forward to was. a ■< Messiah—a man who.would deliver their beloved < country from the thraldom of the foreign yoke. 1 Hence when Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of God the people ol those days understood thoroughly what He meant. ] At the close of his address Mr Campbell ( answered a series of questions. Orthodox Opposition Meeting. As an offset to the New 'Theology gathering a meeting was held at J erusalem Chapel, Ton, when sermons were delivered by 1 the Revs. 8. T. Jones, Rhyl, and W. E. Prvtherch, Swansea. The edifice was crowded, and the rev. gentlemen directed their remarks to the upholding of the orthodox theology,and there were spontaneous outbursts of approba- tion by the audience, who were profoundly moved by the sermons.

GLAMORGAN ADMINISTRATION. ATTACKED BY MINERS' LEADERS. Teacher Apprenticeship Question. The proposed change in the training of pupil teachers under the jurisdiction of the Glamorgan County Council was discussed at the Rhondda miners' monthly meeting held at Porthi on Monday. Mr D. Watts Morgan said the County Council's present proposal to make it conditional that pupil teachers must become resident students, notwithstanding that their homes were near, would render it very expensive for working men's children to enter the teach- ing profession. The arrangement also to reduce the amount paid to pupil teachers dur- ing their apprenticeship would be a serious obstacle to workmen's children who desired to follow the scholastic profession. Mr Watts Morgan further complained that] it was with difficulty that some of them had prevailed upon the Education Authority to recognise the Teachers' Union as a negotia- tory medium between them and the profes- sion. Surely if the Government were prepared to recognise the right of the workers to be represented by their Union, the same privilege should be granted by the local authorities. He thought they ought to enter a strong protest against the dilatory manner in which the Gla- morgan Council were dealing with secondary education and other work which devolved upon them. Something ought to be done to compel the county authority to do their duty or an appeal should be made to the Govern- ment to grant the whole control of the educa- tion of the children to the local authorities. At present they were being ridden over rough shod by the County Council. The one remedy would be to get a larger number of Labour men on the Council. At present the Labour representatives were only a miserable 12 or 14 out of 88, and there was no body which more needed a change than the County Council. Mr Tom Evans (miners'agent) dwelt upon the attitude of the county authority towards the Ferndale secondary school, and stated that owing to the County Council's refusal to co- operate with the Rhondda Council, they were in danger of losing the grants. With regard to secondary education in the Rhodnda, the county authority were proving themselves utterly inept, and the local autthority had to utliise a portion of its Id rate to pay the secre- taries for organising the evening classes, owing to their being underpaid by the County Council. A resolution was adopted urging the working classes of Glamorgan to follow closely the pro- posals with regard to the apprenticeship and training of pupil teachers.

ON THE CANAL BANK. I Llandaff Widow's Allegation.. Before the Llandaff Magistrates on Monday Frederick Seaman, a tin worker, off Llandaff North, was summoned for assaultfcig Mary Elizabeth Lloyd, widow, of Watson-road, Llandaff North, on March 14th. 4 Complainant said that on Saturday night at 11 o'clock she had been to the Llandaff Station, and on her way back defendant followed her to the canal bank and assaulted her. She struggled with him for half an hour, and he only let her go when she threatened to use her hat pins. Mr Harold Lloyd cross-examined at great length with a view to showing that the real offender was another man. She emphatically repudiated the suggestion that two men whom Mr Lloyd named had advised her to instigate the proceedings. Mr Lloyd laid stress upon the time that was allowed to elapse between thevalieged assault and when the woman made complaint to the police, namely, from Saturday night to Mon- day midday. Edwin Holtham, a blacksmith, whose shed abuts the canal bank, stated that he was in his kitchen and in the shed on Saturday night, but heard no sounds from the direction of the canal. The Bench said the case had not been proved, and dismissed it, amidst applause in the body of the court.

FIFTY YEARS' POLICE SERVICE. Pembrokeshire Inspector's Retirement. The County Bench of Magistrates for the Castlemartin Hundred of Pembrokeshire took official farewell on Monday of Mr Wm. Evans, who out of a period of fifty years'police service spent the last seventeen as superintendent for the Pembroke district. After Mr Evans had introduced his successor (Inspector Thomas) Col. Mirehouse (chairman), with whom were severrother justices, said the bench desired to express regret at losing the services of such a valuable officer as Inspector Evans. They wished to emphasise his unfailing courtesy to the justices and the respect shown to all con- nected with the court. Inspector Evans had placed a high standard of duty before his suc- cessor, and the justices hoped the retiring superintendent might be spared for many years to enjoy his well-earned retirement. Mr R. D. Gilberteon, Justices' Clerk, also ex- pressed regret at the severance, remarking that during their official connection he had always found Mr Evans most willing to render every assistance. The retiring superintendent returned thanks for the appreciative remarks.

LIMITING SUNDAY LABOUR. Eastern Valleys Movement. j At a meeting of the Eastern Valleys Free Church Council held at Cwmlyan on Monday, the Rev. W, H. Colbeck, Pontypool, presiding, replies were {read from local employers of labour in response to a circular on the question of re- ducing Sunday labour. The replies in each in- stance were in ^entire sympathy with the movement. The Rev. W. E. Robinson, Cwm- bran, moved a resolution welcoming the Education Bill, and pledging 10 give it their strenuous support, yet desiring to take ex- ception to the contracting out clause. The motion was carried unanimously.

Carmarthen Officials. BOROUGH JUSTICES' CLERK. TOWN CLERKSHIP DEADLOCK. A special meeting of the Carmarthen borough justices was held at the Guildhall on Monday for the purpose of electing a clerk in succes- sion to Mr R. M. Thomas, resigned. There were 15 justices present, with the Mayor (Mr John Lewis) in the chair. Five candidates had sent in applications, but one of these, Mr H. W. Thomas, solicitor, withdrew from the field, and there were left for the contest' Mr Thomas Walters, Mr H. Brunei White, Mr W. W. T. Prosser, and Mr J. Wallis-Jones. In the final Mr White was selected. The salary is JE200 a year. The Voting. The voting, which has caused much comment, was exceedingly peculiar, viz. ;— First round—White, 7; Prosser, 4; Walters, 4 Sc; oua round—White, 7 Prosser, 8. r' Thiid round-Prosser, 6 Walters, 9. Fourth round—White, 10 Walters, 5. final round-White, 8; Prosser, 3; Walters, 4, Mr White's Career. Mr llpnrv Brunei White is the only son of the late Mr George White White, J.P., and is 56 years of age. He was educated at the Car- marthen Gramma^School and Thistleboon House, Mumbles, Swa\ £ se^ and was articled to the late Mr John Hoyes" Barker, solicitor, Car- marthen, and his London fsrs Crosse and Sons. He passed ^aw examination in February, 1877, and rri,;in" aging clerk for 18 mot ths to the late .Mr JoLr' Jones, of the Philharmonic Chambers, Cardit* (of the firm of Messrs Jones, Macintosh, and v Dixon, Ca.rdiff). He then removed to Carmar- i then, where he has been in practice since. He Mr H. BRUNEL WHITE. (Photo, by Howell Adams, Carmarthen.) 1 1 is the local solicitor of the N.U.T. and of-the j Licensed Victuallers' Association, a vice-chair- man of the governors of the Carmarthenshire 1 Infirmary, and a Carmarthen Council represen- 1 tativeonthe Carmarthen Bay Fishery Board. He has been a member of the Town Council for | 16 years. He was appointed Mayor early in his | career, and occupied the civic chair for four successive years. He was presented at Court « in the Diamond Jubilee year of the late Queen s Victoria. Mr White has been churchwarden of St. Peter's for 11 years, and he is chairman of ( the local Conservative Association. He was married to Miss Margaret Williams Martin, 1 daughter of the late Mr Henry Martin, of Pendarren, Merthyr Tydfil. Mr White is ex- ceedingly popular among all classes of the Carmarthen community. i New Town Clerk Withdraws. ] A curious deadlock has arisen over the public 1 appointments. Mr Thomas Walters, solicitor, < who was appointed clerk to the Town Council i on Friday, has since the appointment of magis- < trates' clerk was made onMonday morning, sent ] the following letter to Mr R.. M. Thomas, present town clerk Dear Sir,—The post of t town clerk and magistrates' clerk having for many years been held by the same person, I f assumed, and had every reason to believe when I made my application, that there was i no intention to sever the two offices, Now that has been done, I am unable to accept the ] town clerkship. While higlùy appreciating the honour conferred upon me by the Town Council, I very much regret my inability to accept, the office..—Y ours truly, Thomas Walters."

THE ESTIMATES. Increasad Education Expenses. Cardiff City Council on Monday approved of estimates for the year ending 31st of next March. Alderman F. J. Beavan, chairman of the Finance Committee, in proposing their adoption, said that the recommendation was that the general district rate be Is 8d, or a halfpenny less than that of last year, the* pre- cept for the city fund being E3,296 Jess than for the corresponding period, but the Educa- tion Authority needed il,572 more, so that the Finance Committee considered, without of course desiring to interfere with the overseers, that a 2s poor rate would be sufficient. Alderman Lewis Morgan explained that the increase in the education estimates was due to the medical inspection of schools and to the provision of meals for school children. These expenses were enforced by Act of Parliament. Councillor Dr. Robinson moved that the estimates be reduced by the equivalent of a Id rate. He admitted that more care had been exercised over their preparation than in pre- vious years, but thought further economy could be effected. For instance, he found the salaries in the intermediate schools showed an increase of £ 200 per annum, which he con- sidered, with other items, quite unnecessary. Councillor Stanfield Let us reduce the Health Committee estimate. (Laughter.) Dr. Robinson (who is chairman of the Health Committee) You cannot do that very well, but I am willing to go into it. Several members called attention to the fact that no one seconded Dr. Robinson, and the formal resolutions were put and carried. The Lord Mayor (Mr Illtyd Thomas) presided at a meeting of Cardiff Corporation Parlia- mentary Committee, when the draft scheme\ for the constitution and work of the Develop-j ment Committee was approved. This com- j mittee will consist of members of the Corpora-, tion and of gentlemen directly interested in the trade of Cardiff. The latter will be nominated ) bv the Card i 3 Chamber of Commerce and other public bodies, and by railway companies.

PARKS COMMITTEE. Children and Cemetery. Councillor Morgan Thomas attended the Car- diff Parks Committee on Monday to support a request from the parents of about 30 .children who were attending the Heath School that they should be permitted to go to and fro through the Cemetery, which would mean a saving of nearly a quarter of an hour. The Chairman stated that permission had been withdrawn because of the damage done by young children and because there were complaints from mourners. It was decided to withhold the per- mission, and to ask the Education Committee to consider whether the children could not be transferred to Gladstone-rpad School.

HAIR SAMPLES IN COURT. Amusing Case at Newport. In a case at Newport on Monday in which Florence Dowding summoned Lily Pybus and JohnWilliamS|, of Argyle-street, for assault,and said her eye had been blackened and her dress torn, she produced a quantity of hair which she said defendant Williams's wife pulled out oi her head. The Clerk That is not your hair ? Officer, compare the sample with com- plainant's hair. The officer, amidst the amuse- ment of the court, put up the handful of hair to the head of complainant, and the distinction was marked. An amusing sequel was witnessed, however, when the defendant Williams pro- duced a sample of his wife's hair, which he said complainant pulled from his wife's head., and this and the sample produced by com- plainant were identical. The Clerk: It is coming out now. (Laughter.) Both parties said all thev wanted was peace. The trouble arose over the children. The Bench bound over all the parties.

CARDIFF WOMEN LIBERALS, On Monday two successful drawing-room meetings in connection with the Cardiff Women's Liberal Association were held. "Mrs Josephine Butlor's Life Work and its Lessons for us "was the subject of discussion in the afternoon, the meeting being held at Mrs Seccombe's, Newport-road. The evening meet- ing was at Mrs Dixon's^ 95, Cathedral-road. Both meetings were very well attended and marked by much earnestness. Miss Whitehead, of the Ladies' National Association, was the principal speaker at both meetings. Other speakers were Dr.\Erie Evans, Mrs Seccombe, Mrs Lester Jones, Miss Janet Price, Mrs Ferris, of Penarth, Mrs Lewis Williams, Mrs Edwards, Miss Vantet, Mrs Ware, Mrs Percy Thomas, Mrs C. F. Sanders, Mrs Lovell, and others. Some points raised proved conclusively the urgent need for women's suffrage to guard against tyrannical laws for women both in England and India, especially in the interests of purity.

FATAL FALL OVER QUARRY. ) On Sunday morning a man named Jones dis- covered James Holder, a collier, employed at Llanhilleth Colliery, lying badly injured in a quarry at Hafodyrvnys, near Crumlin. Jones at once sent for assistance, but the man died within a quarter of an hour. It is presumed that Holder fell a distance of about 25ft., for when examined by Dr. Ryan, several ribs on his left side were found to have been fractured. He was a native of Usk, but lodged at Hafod- yrynys.

Woman's Skull Battered SHOCKING NEWPORT DISCOVERY. VICTIM IN CRITICAL STATE. A shocking tragedy was enacted at 21,1 Jenkins-street. Newport, on Saturday night-or Sunday morning, a woman's skull being fractured badly by a blow alleged to have been inflicted by her husband with a fender. The man is Edward Mitchell, aged about 63 years, a labours" employed at Messrs John Lysaght's Orb Works, Newport, and his wife, Mary Mitchell, is about three years younger. Jenkins-street is a small thorough- fare off Corporation-road, and in the Lis- werry Ward. What led up to the tragedy is not known, but it is alleged that the couple were given to intemperance, and that quarrels betv^een them were the frequent consequence of inebriety. The first intimation that the neighbours had of something wrong was about noon on Sunday, when Mrs Fellows, who resides with her husband next door, heard tapping at the back bedroom window of Mitchell's house. She thought it was strange that she had not seen either Mr or Mrs Mitchell about that morning, and on hearing the tap- ping immediately went in. There was no one downstairs, and she called out. Receiving no answer she went to fetch Mrs Sandbrook, a neighbour, and with her returned to Mitchell's house. A Horrible Scene. They went upstairs, and on the bedstead, which was practically the only article of furni- ture in the room, saw Mrs Mitchell in a semi- conscious condition. There were pools of blood yin the room, and Mrs Mitchell's head had been batteio? so severely that the brain was exposed they were thinking what had best be done there tootsteps on the stair- case, and a moment husband appeared with a small quantity of ^andy. An effort was made to get the poor to. swallow it, but without success. In the Llleantune other neighbours had come on the seen2, lows called Dr. Tonks, Corpo"8;.° who happened to be passing at the i and he ordered the removal of Mrs Mitchell^ „ Hospital, whither she wa« taken in a cab, x Sandbrook and 'Mrs Allcock accompanying h^" My Son My Son She made no statement as to how the wounds had been inflicted, but occasionally exclaimed, My son! My son!" At the Hospital an operation was immediately per- formed. but the doctors on Sunday night held out very little hope of her recovery. Husband's Expressions of Sorrow. It is alleged that Mitchell, in reply to some of the neighbours, said, She drove me to this, and I struck her with the fender. I am very sorry now." P.C. Morris, whoresides at Crom- well-road close by, came to the house, and had a conversation with Mitchell, who is said to have made a similar statement to the officer, adding, I got up this morning and took her up a strong cup of tea. I then went out and brought back some brandy." Whatever had happened during the night Mitchell was by this time terribly concerned, and appeared to feel his position keenly. He willingly accom- panied P.C. Morris to the central police station. where he was locked up. The Mitchells came to Newport from Wolvef hampton about six years ago, having lived at Nevice Hopney, Lower Horsley Fields, Wolver- hampton. They have a grown-up family, viz., Joseph Mitchell (married) of Portskewett- street, Newport, and working at the Orb Works, John Mitchell, working at Panteg Ben Mit- chell, an ex-soldier, who until last week resided at home with his parents, and two daughters, who live at Wolverhampton. No Noise in the Night. Mrs Fellows and other neighbours told our representative they had not heard any noise at Mitchell's house during the night. They could throw no light on the matter other than that they had entered the house after hearing the tapping at the back window. I saw her last night," said Mrs Fellows, coming out of the Corporation Hotel. She was then as sober as a judge." This was between 9 and 10 o'clock. About an hour later Mr Mitchell, who was standing at the back door asked hor Have you seen my missus ? Ten her I want her if YOll see her." With this Mrs Mitchell came along Cromwell-road with a bottle of beer, and re- marked to her. I have just been for a pint of beer for the old man." She then went into the house after her husband. That was the last Mrs Fellows heard of them until about 12 o'clock on Sunday, when she heard a tapping at Mitchell's back bedroom window. "When Mrs Sandbrook and myself went upstairs," pro- ceeded Mrs Fellows, the sight was horrible, I haven't got over it yet. The poor womatt lay on the bed covered with blood. Mr Mitchell came iu a few minutes later. Mrs Fellows thought that while her husband was out Mrs Mitchell must have crawled from the bed to the window and tapped it. When they went in she was lying on the bed and could not speak. Mrs Spndbrook gave a similar story and agreed that Mrs MitcheU at 11 o'clock on Sat- urday night was quite sober. As blood on tile poor woman's hair"was ary, ¡. seemed to show that the wounds had been in, fiicted some hours before the neighbours en- tered the house. According to the neighbours, there were tre- quent quarrels at the house. A fellow-work- man of Mitchell remarked, Poor old chap. I know him well as a real good worker. I met him only last Thursday, and he was in great trouble, saying he had not had anything to eat for a couple of days. and there was nothing in the hou-e, and he did not know how it would all end. They were always carrying on, and so the neighbours took little notice of them. The') would be sober for a week or two, and then the woman would become tidy and turn the house inside out and make it like a palace. Then they would break out again, and quarrelling would follow." Little Hope of Recovery. Dr. Tonks said he was called to the house about 11.20 a.m. Just as he was driving out a woman rushed up to him and cried excitedly, Come at once, doctor, there's e. woman mur- dered." Half-way up the stairs he noticed a quantity of blood which extended to the little back bedroom, where, on a miserable bed, and with no other article of furniture in the room, lay the woman. She had a terrible wound plainly visible oil the left side of her head. She had a severe depressed fracture, and the pulsating bradw was plainly visible. He had her at once re- moved to the Hospital, where an operation performed \to remove the pressure of the broken bone on the brain. He had known of recoveries in such cases, but he did not hol4 out much hope. ACCUSED IN COURT. Edward Mitchell, 21, Jenkins-street, New port, was charged on Monday before tb- Newport magistrates with doing grievous bodily harm to his wife, Mary Mitchell. P.C. Morris said that prisoner said to him, Oh, Mr Morris, I have done it." Done what ?" he asked. I have nearly killed my wife," replied prisoner. P.C. Morris then wenv to the house, and saw the woman on the be4 covered with blood, and her head smashed in, and a portion of the brain exposed. Prisons said drink and temper were the cause of the trouble. He was very sorry. A son of the prisoner here cried out from the back of the court," It's a lie, sir 1" He was severely cautioned by the Court for his inter- ruption. Prisoner was remanded for a fortnight, bail being allowed, himself in JE50 and two sureties of £25 each. Supt. Brooks said the woman was still un- conscious at the hospital, and her condition remained the same. Aid. Mordey, who presided (to prisoner)i. When you go out, don't you touch the drinks Your son is the worse for drink this morning. Prisotier went outside to arrange for the baF with his daughter-in-law.

GUARDIANS ANNOYED. Mr Wm. Thomas took exception at the Car- diff Guardians' meeting on Saturday to a report f of the Out-Relief Revision Committee, which stated that Barry Relief Committee should be stricter in their administration of out-relis#, and should assimilate their standard to that prevailing in the other districts of the Union. Rev. Pandy John moved that the words be deleted, and Mr P. Sharp seconded, theopiuion being expressed that the statement was a vote of censure on a committee who performed their duty efficiently. Mr W. B. Francis described the protest as whining and squeal- ing"; and the Rev. J. Williams said that if the present Barry rates were continued the payments in Cardiff would have to be in- creased 20 per cent. and 25 per cent. The Chairman (Mr O.H. Jones) said that the committee did not make any reflection on thf Relief Committee, but finding that the out- relief cases had increased by 130 last year the, thought that some action should be taken. lJ;, certain cases out-relief should not have been given, and the committee did not take excep- tion to the amount granted. On a vote being taken 35 voted against the amendment and 11 for. The words, therefore, stand. Not an Outside Firm. Mr J. Enoch expressed regret for having stated that Messrs Leetham, who obtained the flour contract for the Cardiff Workhouse, were not Cardiff ratepayers. He found (he said) that he had been misinformed, and that the firm in question employed some 300 men at the Cardiff establishment. David Harman Thomas (34), 311. Cowbridge- road, was appointed fitter at the Workhouse. There were 87 applications, the wages being 45t per week. Workhouse Returns. There are at the present time 973 inmates o* the Cardiff Workhouse, being an increase of 181 on last year's return, and at the Ely Institu- tion, which series as a supplementary Work- house, there is a further increase of 48, a^ total rise in the number of persons in residence of 230.

At the South- Western Police Court, London, on Monday Viscpurt Curzon, son of Ean Howes of Curzon House, Mayfair, was fined 30s and costs for driving a motor-car at ao excessive speed. The police evidence was that defendant drove over a measured distance as Putney at the rate of 29 miles an hour