The Cardiff Times

Pembrokeshire CounciL SHEEP-DIPPING ORDER CIRCULARS. Have They Been Distributed P THESOVERNMENTANDTHE DOCKYARD I A quarterly meeting of the Pembrokeshire I County Council was held at Haverfordwest on Tuesday, Dr. George Griffith presiding. The Council passed a vote of condolence with the family of the late Alderman McCall, and also a vote of sympathy with Mr J. Howard Grif- fiths, of St. David's, who, on the previous day, suffered affliction through the death, by accident, of an elder son. Farmers and Sheep Dipping. Mr Evan Thomas complained that a reso- lution passed at the last meeting to circularise farmers as to the meaning of the Sheep Dip- ping Order had not been carried out. He said that in his district, a very extensive one, farmers who were ignorant of the order were being prosecuted. Mr J. M. Evans thought it very unjust that farmers who had not been informed of the order should be prosecuted. Mr W. T. Davies said that according to the resolution passed at his instance at the com- mittee meeting, the Chief Constable was in- structed to get the police constables to dis- tribute the circulars. If every farmer had not received a copy of the order, he held it was the fault of the Chief Constable. Mr J. T. Fisher and other members said that in their districts every farmer had re- ceived a copy. A suggestion was made that until every farmer had been circularised the chief con- stable be asked to withdraw all summonses, but the chairman thought the chief constable must act on his own responsibility in these matters. It was eventuallj decided to write to the chief constable inquiring if the circulars had all been sent out to farmers. New Alderman. Mr Dan Davies (L.), of Alleston, Pembroke, was elected an alderman in succession to Alderman McCall. Mr Davies received 21 votes, as against 18 for Mr J. C. Yorke (C.), of Langton. Inebriates' Home Needed. The clerk to the Pembroke justices for- warded correspondence which had passed between him and the Home Secretary with reference to a woman who had been repeatedly convicted of drunkenness, and who was now on remand on a similar charge. The justices stated that they did not intend to send the woman to prison again, and no institution for inebriates was available. When sober the woman was very industrious, and her hus- baiid was a respectable man. She had been taken care of by the Salvation Army officers, but without success. Mr Gladstone had replied regretting that there was no institution avail- able for a suitable case like this, and suggested that tbe local justices communicate with the County Council on the subject. The Chairman said that the county authority had never subscribed to one of these institu- tions, and they now found themselves in a bit of a fix. Such a woman as this ought to be reformed. He suggested that the matter be, referred to the Standing Joint Committee. On the motion of Sir Charles Philtpps, seconded by Mr S. B. Sketch—who remarked that the relatives of this woman had paid nearly £100 in fines—this course was adopted. Mr Brewer added the information that this was the first case of the kind that had arisen in the county. A discussion took place as to who was respon- sible for the repair of the Carew Bridge. It was stated that counsel's opinion was that the County Council, and not the District Council, were liable, and it was resolved that the matter be referred to the Public Works Com- mittee to carry out the work if they consider it necessary and desirable. Main Road Subsidies. The Main Roads Committee recommended that the following amounts be paid the various districts in respect of the main roads :—Haver- fordwest rural, £3,176; Narberth rural, £1,644 Pembroke rural, £1,366 St. Dogmell's, £958; Llanfrynach, JE261 Tenhy urban, JE627 Haverfprdwest urban, JE481 Fishguard, £155 Pembroke urban, jEl.047 Milford..S251 Ney- land..E178 Narberth, £78. Mr W. P. Morgan strongly objected to con- tinuing the present subsidies, and moved an amendment. that the following subsidies be granted :-St.DogmeU's,n 1; Lla.nfrynach.£151; Haverfordwest rural, JE51 Narberth rural, £20; Pembroke rural, £524; Pembroke Borough, £813; Haverfordwest urban, £375; Milford, JE195 Tenby, JE440 Neyland, £ 138 Narberth urban, £61. Mr Brewer seconded, but the amendment was lost. Another amendment moved by Mr Egerton Allen that the sub- sidies be reduced by £ 10per cent. so as to bring them within the jE4,000 calculated on, was adopted. Th Conucil decided to award the subsidies without conditions or restrictions. The Council and the Dockyard. Dr. Style brought forward a resolution asking the Council tot appoint a deputation to wait upon Mr McKenna to urge the claims of Pembroke Dock to a larger share of Admiralty work. He quoted from the South Wales Daily News" report of the deputation of Welsh members who recently waited upon the First Lord, and said the. difficulty at the present time was the absence of a graving dock. Mr S. B. Sketch seconded. Mr W. T. Davies asked if another deputa- tion would be of any use, seeing that the Welsh members recently had an interview with Mr McKenna. He moved that the Council take no action in the matter. Mr W. Grieve' seconded, and said thai although a graving dock was needed, it was not true that work was scarce at Pembroke Dock. The number of men employed had increased during the past year, and there was not likely to be any scarcity of work. They ought to thank the Government for what they had done. Altogether 3.000 more people were now employed in the dockyards of the country than a few years ago. e.- -n The amendment was agreed to.

GROCERS' LICENCES. Welsh M.P.'s Abolition Bill.. The text of the Bill promoted by Mr Sydney Robinson, M.P., a d supported by Mr Maclean and Sir Maurice Levy, is to amend the law with respect to the grant or renewal of licences for the sale of beer, wine, and spirits to be consumed off the premises has just been published. Clause 1 of the Bill is as follows :—" If after the commencement of this Act any application is made for the grant of a ew licence for the sale by retail of beer, wine, or spirits to be consumed off the premises only, or save as hereinafter expressly provided for the transfer of any such licence in force at that date or subsequently granted, the licence or transfer shall not be granted unless the premises in respect of which the application is made are exclusively used or intended to be used for the sale of intoxicatting liquors and mineral waters or other non-intoxicating drinks, and have no internal communication with the premises of any person carrying on any other trade or business. Provided that nothing in this Act shall affect any application for the transfer of a licence where the grounds of such an applica- tion are that the premises in respect of which the application is made have been or are about to be pulled down or occupied under any Act for a public purpose, or have been by fire, tempest, or other sudden calamity ren- dered unfit for the business there carried on. I" After the exprira ion of 14 years from the commencement of this Act an application for tihe regrant of any licence for the sale by retail of beer, wine, or spirits to be consumed off the premises only shall be treated as an applica- tion for the grant of a new licence, and the provisions of this Act with regard to such applications shall apply accordingly."

PLUCKY SOLDIER AT ABERAVON During the hurry, and bustle that accom- panied the influx of visitors to Aberavon on Monday, an exciting incident was witnessed in the High-street. The street was thronged with persons when suddenly a horse attached to a chip-potato machine, belonging to Mr S. Berne, Water-street, Aberavon, took fright and dashed madly away. There was great danger that someone would be run over, when a soldier waited for the horse to pass him, and then made a wonderful leap into the cart, and quickly scrambled on to the animal's back, secured the reins, and pulled it up, amidst the cheers of the onlookers. Thedriver of the cart was seated inside but was powerless to stop the animal. When the horse was brought to a standstill the soldier calmly walked away and did not reveal his identity to anyone.

Farmers in the hill parishes of North Devon- shire are suffering considerable inconvenience owing to the scarcity of water, due to the drying up of springs. In some cases the farmers are compelled to go miles for water for their cattle, and casks which will, soon be wanted for the cider are in great request as waterholders. It is the small farmers who are the most concerned, for it is a serious matter for a man and a horse to be engaged in fetching water practically all day in the busiest time of the year.

Honoured at Dowlais. FAREWELL TO MR STUART MARTIN. Workmen's Presentations. The impending departure of Mr H. Stuart Martin from Dowlais was on Tuesday made the occasion of presentations which testified to his popularity with the officials of Messrs Guest, Keen. and Nettlefolds and the workmen in the Dowlais collieries, of which he has had charge for the past seven years. The officials of the company presented Mr Martin with a fitted dressing case and a gold watch, and they also gave to Mrs Martin a gold bangle and a diamond pendant. The presentations were made at the Dowlais office by Mr A. W. Houlson and Mr Thomas Bowen. Afterwards there "vas a well attended meeting of colliery workmen at the Dowlais Schools. Mr Isaac Lewispresided. and Messrs W. Bowen, T. P. Williams, and S. Stephens, on behalf of the subscribers, presented Mr Martin with a rifle and a dressing case. Mr Martin was also made the recipient of a gold medal from the Dowlais Male Voice choir, of which he has been president. A letter was read from Alderman John Davies, J.P., miners' agent, expressing his regret at being unable to attend and his appreciation of Mr Martin. Mr Martin, in thanking the workmen for their gifts, said that he hoped in years to come they would still think him worthy of the presentations they had made. His career at Dowlais had been a very happy one, be- cause they had always come half-way to meet him. It had always been his desire that the Dowlais workmen and everybody connected with them should feel able to meet him in a friendly way and in a good spirit. He knew that a man who was happy in his work turned out more work than another amd it had always been his aim to make men happy in their work. He had tried many things and he had failed in many things but he was glad that in leaving Dovrlais he left with the full knowledge that whatever he had done or failed to do he had won their sympathy and friend- ship. (Applause.) As far as the future of Dowlais was concerned, his humble desire was that prosperity should continue, that well- founded content should prevail among all the men, and that whatever they did they would do their best to help his successor. (Applause.) Whatever lay before him he hoped he should always prove worthy of Dowlais, where every- one had been so kind to him. ( Applause.) Mr Martin also spoke of the relations between Mr John Davies, the miners' agent, and himself. They had had a good deal to do with one another, and many tussles but had always parted good friends, and he was glad to think that their agent, as well as those he repre- sented, was kindly disposed towards him. During the proceeding solos were rendered by Miss Tydfil Brown, Mr Walter Jenkins and Mr Miall Williams, the last-named singing a song specially composed" for the occasion, expressing the esteem in which Mr and Mrs Martin were held. Comic songs were sung by Mr Mat De Lacey. Mr Martin leaves on the 15th inst. to assume the general management of Messrs Wernher, Beit and Co.'s mines at Johannesburg.

ARCH/E0L0GISTS AT CARDIFF. LORD MAlfOITS WELCOME. References to Old Cardiff. The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeolo peal Society is this year holding its annual summer meeting at Cardiff, the visit of the society extending over three days. The pro- ceedings began at the City Hall on Tuesday morning, when the members were welcomed to the city by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Illtyd Thomas), who, cordially greeting the members, said although Cardiff was to a large extent modern, there were in it, and in the surround- ing districts, many things of archaeological interest. There were also many old associa- tions between Cardiff and Bristol. They had heard, no doubt, of Duke Robert of Normandy being confined in Cardiff Castle. School books put the period of his confinement at 26 years, but Mr Ballinger, the librarian of Cardiff, informe him that was not correct that the Duke was, as a matter of fact, confined at Bristol the greater part of the period. They would, however, have an opportunity of seeing Duke Robert's Tower at Cardiff Castle. There were associations, also, between Cardiff and Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Within the city boundaries there was the manor of Roath Tewkesbury. Fitzhamon attached the lands of this manor of Roath Tewkesbury to the monastry at Tewkesbury. Later, a great deal of land in the diocese of Llandaff was attached to the diocese of Gloucester. The patronage of the living of St. John's Church, Cardiff, was still in the hands of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. Some of them felt that was a shame. (Laughter.) Then the old church of St. Mary, which stood on the site now occupied by the Hoyal Hotel and was swept away about 300 years ago, was connected with the Abbey of Tewkesbury. Mr St. Clair Baddeley,- the retiring president. in proposing a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for his kindly welcome, said there was a time when the residents of Gloucestershire would not have been so cordially welcome » in Wales. (Laughter.) He referred to the period of border warfare. Mr J. McMurty seconded, and the vote was heartily accorded. Mr G. Lloyd -Baker (hon. general secretary) read the annual report reviewing the opera- tions of the year,and stating that the member- ship of the society was 53Q.-thesame as last year. A vote of thanks having been passed to the retiring president, the president-elect, the Rev. Canon Bazeley (Gloucester) took the chair amid applause, and delivered his presi- dential address. The address dealt with the early history of Glamorgan, making reference to the fights between the inhabitants of the county and those of neighbouring counties across the border, and showing how closely was the history of Morganwg interwoven with that of Gloucestershire. Reference was also made to the piratical raids of the Danes and to the kidnapping of Welshmen by the men of Bristol, who sold them into slavery to the Danes in the South of Ireland. Regarding the march of William the Conqueror through South Wales to St. David's, he said the Conqueror did homage to the saint and exacted homage from the Welsh Princes. He also set free many Englishmen who were languishing in prison or working as slaves. Glamorgan was not conquered by a few Norman knights, as was sometimes supposed, but by a King of the Normans, who, having conquered England, proceeded to Wales as part of the plan for the conquest of the whole of Britain. The actual conquest of Glamorgan was, howover, effected under the leadership of Fitzhamon, but the Welsh in- habitants were not exterminated or made slaves, many retaining their lands. The peasantry only exchanged their laws, and were no worse off. Little was known of Fitz- hamon's antecedents. There was no evidence that he was related to the Conqueror. < At the conclusion of the address, which was of an interesting and informative character, the members partook of lunch at the Royal Hotel. In the afternoon they left by brakes for Llandaff Cathedral, where they were re- ceived by the dean. Leaving Llandaff, St. Fagan's Castle was visited by the invitation of the Earl and Countess of Plymouth. In the evening the society met in the En- gineers Institute, Park-place, under the presi- dency of the Rev. Canon Bazeley. An historial paper, the result of original research, was read by Mr J. Stuart Corbett on Caer- philly." There was a tradition, he said, that a Welsh monastery once existed at Caerphilly. No mention was, however, made of the place in authentic history till the time of Henry III., when the present castle was built. The conquest of Glamorgan by Fitztiamon had been incomplete, the hill lordships remaining Welsh. The Welsh chieftains being turbulent Richard and Gilbert de Claire attempted to get the hill districts into their hands and their policy was successful, probably with some ado; vantage to the peace of the district. Gilbert obtained possession of Glynrhondda and Sen- ghenydd, and Richard took Miskin. The Castle was abandoned and probably in ruins in 1583 when Henry.Earlof Pembroke, the owner, leased it to Thomas Lewis, of the Van, with permission to take stone from the Castle for building at the Van. The Chairman thanked Mr Corbett for his valuable paper.

GHOULISH WORK. A case of an unusual character came before the Tonbridge Bench on Tuesday, George Tipping, sexton and verger, and two grave diggers, Bert Harris and Arthur Smith, being summoned for the unauthorised exhuma- tion of the remains of Emily Pack, buried in St. Peter's Churchyard. South bo rc/ugh, near Tonbridge, in July, 1880. Albert Galtard stated that Edward Park, his brother-in-law, died in June of this year, and the grave of Emily Pack was opened on Friday, June 12th, in order that deceased might bd buried in it. When the men had dug to the depth of four feet, however, they were within eight inches of a coffin, and witness stopped the work. John Laker, a carman, stated that on Saturday, June 13th, he saw Harris standing in the grave shovelling out the remains of a corpse, skull, hair, and teeth lying in a heap by the side of the grave. Harris said his orders w^re to muck this lot clean out," addine that he was paid, to do the job by tipping. The case l was adjourned.

LIQUOR AND LUCRE. SIR THOMAS WHITTAKER AND HIS CRITICS. A Scorching Rejoinder. TO THE MDITOX. Sir,—Some three months ago I published a pamphlet containing Some Facts and Argu- ments in support of the Licensing Bill. The representatives of the liqdur trade have issued a reply which has been prepared for them by Mr F. E. Smith, K.C., M.P., and Mr Ernest E. Williams. To that reply I will in due course publish a detailed rejoinder. Meanwhile, I shall be glad if you will allow me in your columns to make some comments upon the criticisms of my critics. The outstanding features of the Trade reply are (1) its personal tone with reference to myself and (2) its extraordinary omission of any attempt to controvert or even directly attack any fundamental position in my argu- ment. Of petty carping and irrelevant dust- throwing there is abundance, but of serious grappling with the real issues which are before Parliament and the country there is absolutely none. Indeed, the puerility and futility of the whole production is the greatest compliment which has thus far been paid to my pamphlet. Two trained controversialists, both of them barristers, one, a K.C., the other a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society," have spent a considerable time in going through my pamph- let with a microscope and this extraordinarily feeble publication is the result. If we are to take it that this is the best that can be done, the case for the Trade is indeed a poor one. Allow me to illustrate. The Legal Position is first dealt with. My statement of the law as it stood prior to the Act of 1904 is not im- pugned indeed, it is not challenged. True, these critics say that I am not a lawyer but I have yet to learn that bad law becomes good when a lawyer states it, or that good law becomes bad because a layman states it. I stated that the Act of 1495 gave justices power to suppress public-houses, and that power was never seriously tampered with until the Act of 1904. No attempt is made to deny this but the reference to it is headed His Invincible Inaccuracy," and I am told that an accurate habit of mind would have called attention to the fact that the Beerhouse Act of 1830" allowed any person who took out a licence to sell beer, that un- til 1869 the justices had no power to refuse them, and then they could only refuse the re- newal of the ante-1869 beerhouses on cei'tain specified grounds. But my pamphlet made it quite clear that I was, in that passage, re- ferring to public-houses as distinct from beerhouses "—a distinction which is not only generally undei-stood, but is to be found in several Acts of Parliament. Where, then, is there any inaccuracy either in fact or in habit of mind ? Complaint is made because I gave some quotation from the dicta of judges in the course of the argument in certain oases. I always made it clear that they were dicta and were not extracts from the judgment. These dicta are often valuable, and throw a useful light upon the subsequent judgment. The par- ticular one which my critics specially men- tion is that in which Lord Halsbury took the opportunity in the Boulter case, of correcting a misuse which the advocates employed by the liquor trade constantly made of his ex- pression, judicial discretion," in the course of his judgment in Sharp v. Wakefield. That explanatory remark by L6rd Halsbury in the Boulter case was most valuable and in- structive, and I am not surprised that my critics do not like my re-publication of it, be- cause it exploded one of the fallacies which the trade long cherished. But what shall be said of them when, immediately following this reproof of my use of an explanation of Lord Halsbury's made by him in the House of Lords when it was sitting at a Court of Law, my critics proceed to say that Lord Halsbury's own interpretation of his judg- ment "is to be found in his speech at the Cannon-street Hotel on the 18th of March last. I pass by the fact that in that speech he did not refer to the judgment in question at all (that is an unimportant detail to Messrs Smith and Williams). I only desire to call attention to the Inconsistency and Absurdity of their complaining of my reference to an explanation of his meaning formerly given by Lord Halsbury as Lord Chancellor, when pre- siding over the highest Court in the land, and then themselves quoting, as really authorita- tive, a remark made by the same nobleman in his private capacity as a speaker at a political emeting in a city hotel. My critics say I shall do well to explain what I mean by the remark that large amounts of hard cash were taken out as the public put in their money their comment on this being— The money which the public put in, which was mainly for Debentures.went into the busi- ness." I meant what I said, and what I said is true, and the statement of my critics is not. Of course, a great deal of the money of the pub- lic went into the business, but very large sums went in cash to vendors who stepped out either entirely, or to a very large extent, as outsiders went in. I have taken out particulars of 48 companies which appear under three consecu- tive letters of the alphabet in the Stock Exchange Official, Intelligence," and I find it stated there that in these companies alone the vendors took in cash more than JE11,750,000, or an average of about £245,000 for each com- pany. As these are only about one-ninth of the total number of brewery companies, the total amount taken in cash by the vendors must have been very large. The statement of my critics that the money which the public put in went into the business is not correct. Scores of millions of pounds of it went into the pockets of the vendors. When my critics say that this statement is false and offensive" they are only themselves guilty of doing precisely what they incorrectly and inexcusably attribute to me. My statement that a purblind public rushed in and subscribed capital is objected to because a number of well-known City mag- nates are Debenture holders. It is interesting to note the rapidity with which defenders of the Trade shift their ground. Now it is the shrewd and well-informed City financier who subscribed the capital. At other times it is tftie widow and the orphan, the retired butler and the small tradesmen who is the inno- cent investor," and the list of the stock and shareholders of particular breweries are anal- ysed in order to show. what a large proportion of the capital which was offered to the public was subscribed by these helpless and innocent ones, and—quite incidentally and unintention- ally—how little was subscribed by personam the liquor and allied trades." With reference to the Nature of the Criticism which is levelled against my tables of Stock Exchange quotations, I must close. Here is one illustration. According to Sir Thomas, New West- minster Shares fell 7 points between 1897-8 and 1905. In point of fact, if we take the very highest point touched in the first year —10}—the fall to the very lowest point touched in the last year—4—is 6J, not 7. But it is not fair to take exceptional quota- tions. The average of 1897-8 was 91: the average of 1905 was 4t; the fall therefore was 5, not 7. As to the first point, the highest quotation touched by these shares was not in 1897. It was higher in 1898 than then. As a matter of fact, 11 was the top quotation to which these shares went during the boom. But if they had only touched lOi, and had only fallen 61 instead of 7, would it really have affected my argu- ment ? My point was that the greater part of the fall in the market value of these shares occurred before the present Government took office, and that would have been true whether the fall was from 11 or lOt to 4. This sort of criticism would be pueril if it were accurate, but it is not even accurate. As to taking the average price for qach of the years, clearly, the fall was from the top to the bottom, that is, from the highest price in one year to the lowest in the other. But even if the average price of the respective years be taken my statement still holds good that the great fall took place prior to 1906. I cannot trespass further on your space. I have said sufficient to indicate how pitiably feeble and paltry is the carping which the pro- fessional representatives of the Trade put for- ward as criticism. It cannot for a moment be regarded as an argument or a serious reply—I am, &c., THOS. P. WHITTAKER. House of Commons, Aug. 1st, 1908.

QUAINT. Brentford Police Court was somewhat startled on Monday by the appearance in the dock of a gentleman attired to resemble, as nearly as possible, a tailor's fashion-plate. He greeted the bench with a sweeping bow, the sun glinting on his top hat through the sky- light and showing off creased trousers and a snowy white waistcoat to advantage. He was charged with being drunk, but in defence he informed the magistrate succinctly The police arrested I because they had a grudge against I." When the magistrate politely doubted the correctness of defendant's Eng- lish," he replied Yes I: not me. I like to be grammatically correct." His worship subsided. I think you had better go downstairs," he said, and have a rest until to-morrow." Awfully good idea; I'll go," observed the quaint defendant brightly as he bowed again and left the court.

BRIDE WED IN GAOL. A wedding in the church of a fortress-prison is a rare e'\ ent. Last week the SS. Peter- Paul Fortress church on the Neva facing the Winter Palace was the scene of a wedding. The bride was Alexandra Markova, daughter of M. Markova, State Councillor of the District Court at Shitomir, and condemned to ten years' hard labour in the recent trial of the Forty.four the/ bridegroom was M. Matussevitch, a soft of the Assistant-President of the District Court at Shitomiranda student at Kicff University. The bridegroom is 25 years of age and the bride is 22 they were acquainted from their childhood. After the ceremony the husband returned to Shitomir, while the young wife went back to the prison cell.

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BETWEEN STEP & PLATFORM. A distressing accident occurred at the Vic- toria Station (L. and N.W.), Swansea, on Tuesday. The 7 o'clock train was steam- ing out of the station when an employee, Alfred Thompson, of Sloan-street, fell be- tween a carriage step and the platform. There was a large crowd at the station, and great excitcment prevailed. On the unfortu- nate man being extricated it was found he was terribly crushed. Dr. W. Morgan was sent for, but the injured man expired almost imme- diately. t Postmaster Seriously Injured. As Mr W. T. Morgan, the postmaster at Ystradgynlais, was returning from Abercrave, where he had been for a drive on Monday afternoon, the horse which he was driving by some means got out of control when descend- ing a steep part of the road known as Jeffreys- hill, and Mr Morgan and two ladies who were in the trap were thrown out. Mr Morgan's head came in contact with an iron dust-bin on the roadside and he sustained serious injury, and lies in a precarious condition. He is being attended by Drs. Brooks (Swansea), Lewis and Richards. The ladies sustained a severe shak- ing.

FELL OVER THE ROCKS. Collier Killed at Cwmtwrch. David Moses (48), a collier, residing at Cwm- twrch, met with a fatal accident in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Deceased and two companions were walking along a narrow path on the edge of a precipice at the upper reaches of the Twrch river, when he slipped and fell over some rocks, a distance of 30 feet. When found life was extinct. Deceased leaves a wife and eight children.

STOKER SEVERELY BURNT. Hans Wimmer (34), a Hungarian, employed as a stoker at the Gurnos Colliery, Ystradj-yn- lais, received severe burns about the body and head on Saturday night. He "Vas alone in charge of the boilers when the Comet lamp he was using became « n fire, setting fire to the pccr fellow's clothes. His distressing cries for help were heard from a distance, and thepolice and other willing helpers were soon on the spot. He was removed home on a stretcher, and lies in a very critical state. Esther Ann James, 12J years of age, residing at 29, North View-terrace, Abercwmboi, while climbing awall in front of the house on Tuesday afternoon, fell on some iron railings. One of the spikes penetrated into her heart, killing her almost instantaneously. At Leeds on Tuesday Charles Oldknow, 43 died in the Infirmary from a fractured base of the skull. While cycling he tried to avoid a tramcar and ran into a milk float, being picked up unconscious.

LEAIt (FROM NEWPORT BRIDGE. On Wednesday at Newport, Mr Lyndon Moore, coroner, held an inquest on John Wil- liams (54), a tramp,who made a sensational leap from the town bridge into the river Usk on Monday night, and swam for a few hundred yards, and was then rescued, but died the following day in the workhouse. Dr. Hughes, medical officer at the workhouse, said death was not the direct result of this adventure, but of double pneumonia, although the immer- sion in the water hastened the end. Deceased had told a nurse at the workhouse that he jumped into the river because he could not bear the pain of his complaint. The jury re- turned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, and the Coroner said the brothers Moss, who rescued the man from the river with a boat, were deserving of praised Risky Even with Inflaters. An inquest was also held on John Archibald Rawsell (24), haulier, East Usk-road, Newport, who was drowned in the River Usk while bathing on Friday last. Deceased could not swim, and although he had a pair of in- flaters, the Coroner thought it was risky of him to venture into the river. The jury re-/ turned a verdict of Accidentally dr owned." Boat Capsized. A verdict of Accidentally drowned was also returned in the case of Patrick Lambert (37),' sailor on board the schooner John McColl, a native of Wrexford. Deceased was in a small boat in the old town dock, New- port, towing a rope, on Friday, when the boat capsized, Lambert being drowned.

DUKE & DRUCE OASE. At the tenants' annual show of stock, held upon the Duke of Portland's estate at Wei- beck (Notts) on Tuesday, Mr J. A. Walker, in proposing his Grace's health, congratulated him upon the fact that the miserable Druce case had come to an end. The Duke, replying, said with reference to the kind allusions made to the miserable and, at the same time, fraudulent, claims to the estates of Lord Howard de Walden and him- self, he could truthfully say that any slight temporary annoyance which might have been caused to the tenants and himself had long since passed away The kindness and good feeling shown to him in relation to the case from all over the country would never be for- gotten, either by the Duchess or himself. He firmly believed the ridiculous and extra- ordinary case would never have reached the point it did, nor would money, have been forthcoming, if the claim had not been fos- tered by the sensation-mongers of the Press who pandered to a credulous and gullible public.

GERMAN LOVE TRAGEDY. A dramatic suicide has occurred at Villers- sur-Mer, the victims being a young German couple. They engaged a room in an hotel, and as they were not seen next day, and made no response to the hotel servants' knocks, gendarmes were called in to force the door. On the bed a young man was found dead, a bullet having been lodged in his temple. His companion had also been shot, though she was still breathing. A letter on the table indicated that the young man was Karl Hezzegrach, a lieutenant in the German Army. His companion is Betty Hassermann, of Berlin. They had come to France to die. The police have com- municated with their parents. The young woman was removed to hospital, where the bullet was extracted from her temple. It is probable that her life will be saved, though she will lose her eyesight.

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BONDS OF PEACE. The Power of Free Trade. SPEECH BY MR W. CHURCHILL. Interrupted by Suffragettes. Mr Winston Churchill, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, opened on Tuesday morning the first debate at the International Free Trade Congress whiclÜs to be held throughout this week at Caxton Hall. The subject of dis- cussion was Free Trade in its bearing on international relations." Lord Welby occupied the chair. Mr Winston Churchill said when they were asked to consider Free Trade in its relation to international affairs they in Great Britain, at any rate, could produce a substantial object lesson, that it was possible for a nation to pursue a Free Trade policy and yet remain prosperous and powerful. (Cheers.) They brought to this discussion in the first place the evidences of a successful experiment. During the last 60 years this country had indulged in no tariff wars, it had fallen back on no elabor- ate devices or too shrewdly calculated plans for negotiation or retaliation. But yet they found their goods entering all other counbies of the world on as good terms as had ever been secured by any nation through the most elaborate use of fiscal weapons. (Cheers.) We did not levy discriminating duties, nor did we seek artificially to stimulate our exports. Yet we found ourselves with a rich and fertile home market, and found ourselves able, "man for man, to export to foreign countries, in spite of their tariff, more than twice 8iJ much as had ever been achieved in the history of the world. (Applause.) In spite of the fact that We levied our customs duties on a very small number of articles we found no difficulty in raising an enormous revenue. SufTragetta Removed. At this point Mr Winston Churchill was in- terrupted by a lady who demanded political freedom for women. She was requested to keep silence, declined, and was removed from the hall. So far as our Colonies were, concerned, Mr Churchill continued, we had found that the extending to them, without any demand or request for exclusive preference in return, of all that we might justly give from this country, had secured for us loyal, prosperous and pro- fitable Colonies. (Cheers.) Freedom for Women Another well dressed woman rose in the audience and shouted, Give us freedom let us have freedom for our women before Free Trade." There were angry cries of Turn her out," and the lady was quickly removed, pro- testing vehemently. They believed, Mr Winston Churchill con- tinued, that all these misconceptions, which were so sedulously fostered, tended only to disunion, but they could only delay the march of mankind towards a more harmonious synthesis. (Applause.) How absurd it was continually to employ the language of war and the metaphors of war, in relation to the peace- ful transactions of commerce. (Hear, hear.) Yet another woman arose and cried, Let women have freedom We only come here to claim the political right you are claiming." The interrupter was turned out. Commerce and War. Proceeding, Mr Churchill said whereas in war both parties lost, whoever won in com- merce out of every peaceful transaction there was an advantage for both parties. (Applause.) Every transaction that took place upon an equitable basis rendered a fresh transaction possible. Every exchange that took place be- tween nations rendered another exchange pos- sible. If exchange were multiplied goodwill was increased, and there was increased inter- national security. (Hear, hear.) Some further interruption came at this point from another Suffragist, who protested against injustice to women." How did she get in ? That's the question," was asked, while the lady was conducted outside. International Relations. Continuing, Mr Churchill said the bearing of Free Trade upon international relations was expressed in one wt>rd—" Peace." The funda- mental idea of Protection was exclusion and isolation the fundamental idea of Free, Trade was unity and interdependence. The arrangement of the great powers which the Protectionist contemplated was that there should b;j a number of powerful self-contained States, producing within their own border everything necessary for peaceful industry or warlike preparation; independent of their neighbours, requiring scarcely any services and rendering but few in return, and the complete breaking up of commercial or diplomatic rela- tions with the minimum of inconvenience. The conception of the European arrangement to which the Free Trader looked forward was a co-operative commonwealth—(cheers)—a great combining together of all the peoples of Europe, of Christendom, ultimately of all the world, so that their affairs and interests should become inextricably interwoven, so that they would not be able to trade apart, even if they would a vast interdependent Federation. This Free Trade policy was not only the surest, but the only road to international Peace. (Applause.) As to clouded prospects, he never had been more confident than now— (cheers)—never more confident of the triumph in this country and in all the world, of the ideas they exalted and respected in common. With every improvement in inter-communica- tion, with every decision of the Hague Tribunal, with peace congresses and inter- national congresses of every kind, the doctrine of the interdependence of civilised modern communities was advancing steadily and irresistibly. (Cheers.) Solidarity of the World, The solidarity of the world grew stronger from year to year and the men in all the lands had become necessary to one another. (Hear, hear.) This process of con- solidation and amalgamation was going on irresistibly and without the slightest loss of national traditions or love of national charac- teristics, and without hindering the culture and development of each community in itself and for itself. What was it that preserved the peace of Europe at the present time ? Minis- ters could do much Kings and Presidents could do much, and they took every opportun- ity of recognising the services many of those who occupied great places had rendered to the cause of international peace. He asked their foreign friends who were .gathered there to pardon British insular pride if they placed as the lead- ing spirit among sovereigns in the mo,emeht King Edward VII. (Cheers.) But in spite of all the efforts which were being made—and which were growing from year to year—by individuals and sections of this country or that, he would not feel the assurance which he did of the peaceful development of interna- tional politics, if it were not for the blessed intercourse of trade and commerce, binding nations together in spite of their wills very often, unconsciously and unceasingly weaving them into one solid mass. During nearly 40 years no two great highly organised commer- cial Powers had drawn the sword upon one another. Crises there had been, and quarrels and disputes, great headlines in thtf news- papers, long faces pulled by wiseacres, flash- ings of teeth by fierce military and journalistic men. (Laughter and cheers.) But something always happened at the critical moment to smooth away the difficulty before it broke into actual rupture. 1 Bond of Commerce. What was that something ? It was the prosaic bond of commerce, in which all civilised and commercial States were becoming involved. Sure he was of this, that the certain impover- ishment of every one, the crash of exchanges all over the world, the wide-spread ruin which would go through neutral lands, the arrest of trade, the collapse of credit upon which modern communities depended, all these tre- mendous facts imposed an effective caution and restraint often upon the most reckless and intemperate of statesmen. Was there not a similar movement on the part of the workers, was there not an assertion on the part of the toilers that they were members of one family, bearers of one burden, and that they would not allow masses of human beings to be precipit- ated at each other's throats in fratricidal strife ? (Cheers.) He did not think they need be afraid of the clouds which perhaps had gathered. They had gathered before, and had been dispersed before, and Free Trade had always emerged the stronger for every attack made upon it. They might look forward, he thought, with confidence, to the days when the rivalry of nations would be confined to a struggle for just pre-eminence in the arts and sciences iu learning and in peace- ful industry, when their pride would be to boast of the highest development and the widest extension of comfort and culture among the masses of the people, when customs house officers and those engaged in the pur- poses of warlike preparation would have fol- lowed the Mammoth into a deserved extinction. When that time arrived it would be the pride of those gathered at that Congress to have taken a part in the advancement of such glorious and happy conclusions, and he trusted it would be their part in this small island to have kept the lamp of economic truth burning brightly and steadily during years of doubt and darkness and delay, feeling oonfident that under the mild calm rays of that lamp the time would come when all the nations of the earth would dwell together in justice and in peace. (Cheers.) As soon as Mr Winston Churchill had re- sumed his seat two more women rose, shriek- ing Votes for women." They were promptly removed.

WANTED TO BE LOCKED UP. Half an hour after midnight on Bank Holi. day Mrs Alice Lloyd, Gadlys-road. Aberdare, was awakened by a crash of glass. P.C. Bevan came up and discovered that the plate glass window of Mrs Lloyd's shop had been smashed and. that a man named Amos Williams was standing by. The man said that he had broken the window for he wanted to be locked up as he could not get an honest living. At Merthyr on Tuesday Williams was charged. Addressing the Bench he said I wish you to understand that I was out of work, that I slept out the night before, and that I could see nothing belore me but the same thing again. I 'smashed the window in a fit of passion." Hx was committed for trial.

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Latterday Saints. CONFERENCE AT CAftDIFF. For the first time in its history the Re- organised Church of Jesus Ch i t of Latter- day Saints is meeting in annual conference in Wales, representatives of the church from all parts of the British Isles assembling in the Public Hall, Severn-road, on Saturday night, when the conference was opened by the pre- sident, Apostle John W. Rushton, of Leeds. This church, the adherents emphasise, is not connected in any way with the Mormons of Salt Lake City, and polygamy is not one of its doctrines. On the death of the founder, Joseph Smith, there was, they say, only one church of Latterday Saints, with a member- ship of 200,000, but following the demise of the founder the church divided into many frag- ments, Brigham Young leading one faction, which located itself in Salt Lake Valley. The Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints claims to be the true and lawful combination of the church established by Joseph Smith. The Saints in Llanelly, South Wales, had a house of worship which the followers of Brigham Young claimed, but they were not able to prove to the court that they were entitled to it, and it is now in the hands of the Reorganised Church and is used by it. In addition to this church at Llanelly there are in South Wales churches at Cardiff, Peny- graig, Nantyglo, Aberavon, Llansamlet, Pontyeates, and Lydney. Apostle Rushton, in his presidential address, said in regard to the work of the mission as a whole, while they had nothing sensational to report by way of success, they might at least say that they v%re holding their own. They were, however, by no means satisfied with the present aspect. He regretted to observe signs in their church of the pervading lethargy and spiritual enervation which he could not help contrastiLg with the fervid zeal that had characterised workers in the past. The most urgent need of the church at the present time was to cultivate-the passion for God. Dealing with the work in each district separately, he said in regard to Wales that while it was not so good as they would like to see, it was neverthelc-sg rich in prospects, and this year, with an increased missionary force, he hoped to see advantage taken of some of the oppor- tunities. Bro. Lewis, located at Cardiff, would work out from that point, and take oversight of the Welsh mission. The president concluded by reminding his auditors they would need all the help financially they could have, as their missionary fprce was a little larger this year,.

CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURT. The Cardiff Bankruptcy Court was held on Tuesday, before the Registrar (Mr H. Cousins). Debtor's Denials. Jacob Myer Harris, who traded as a hard- ware merchant at Wood-street, Cardiff, came up for his adjourned examination. His gross liabilities amounted to JE1,320 6s Id, of which JE1,295 10s 8d is expected to rank for dividend, the deficiency being £1,124 6s 5d. Mr Gordon Williams appeared on behalf of the petitioning creditors, and Mr Caple for Harris. Debtor was very closely questioned by the Official Re- ceiver (Mr George David) as to whether he had not interest in business concerns carried on at Newport, Bristol, and Bedminster, but he de- nied that he had any. Asked about a man named Saville, Harris t stated that he had not carried on business as Saville, or in any other name. He had not traded in Bristol in any name, nor in Cardiff, excepting in Wood-street. Going into the cash account, bankrupt admitted being paid £336 15s 5d in February last year, but he only accounted for £ 150. Mr David asked the Registrar for an order for bankrupt to pro- ducefurther particulars as to the cash account, and this Mr Cousins agreed to, the order to be complied with in 14 days, His Father's Sift. Edgar Albert Grey, who carried on business at the Maesteg Foundry and Engineering Works, as iron and brass founder, accounted for his failure by saying that he could not obtain credit through want of capital, that there were delays in getting materials, causing the works and men to be idle, and was pressed by creditors. His liabilities came to JE552, and his deficiency was JE494 3s lid. Examined by the Official Receiver, bankrupt stated that in December, 1905, the foundry was offered for sale, and debtor's father bought the lease and also the plant, and gave it to him, together with £24 in cash. Bankrupt, however, found he could not obtain credit, sjid borrowed money from his bankers on the security of the lease of the foundry. Last February the bank wanted payment of the overdraft upon the security of the lease, and he therefore got a private loan of JE150 upon the security of the lease and other effects at the foundry. He first r knew that he was insolvent last December. The examination was closed provisionally upon bankrupt signing the notes. Lived Well P James.Herbert Todd, manufacturer of arti- ficial teeth, living at The Cottage, West-street, Bridgend, and carrying on business at Maesteg, told the Official Receiver that he first started in business at Aberdare on £180 he had saved I between 1897 and 1900. His liabilities were £ 21 £ 16s lid, and his deficiency JE215 3s 5d. He formerly carried on business in Dumfries- place, Cardiff. He was quite ready to PitY his creditors in full, as business was good, bqt he could not make any definite offer of so much a month. At the present time he had no home. He formerly earned on business at Kettering, and on 26th October, 1897, he filed his petition in the Northampton court, from which pro- ceedings he had not been discharged. MrGeorge David said debtor had a number of County Court summonses last year. He seemed to have lived pretty well, on chickens, turkeys, rabbits, and so on. Why, he asked, did he live like that instead of being more moderate and paying his debts ? Debtor I think I have lived moderately for my situation in life.-Further questioned, he added that the wagonettes he had to go to Southerndown were for pleasure and business. He did not gamble. The examination was provisionally closed, subject to bankrupt's statement of affairs being amended. III-Starred Ventures. Edwin Henry Matthews' liabilities were JE135 9s Id, and his deficiency £119198 Id. He lives at Bridgend-road, Aberkenfig, and is a labourer, but formerly was a grocer. He com- menced trading in 1895. but got into difficul- ties, and executed a deed of assignment. His liabilities were then about JE450. Afterwards he took a situation as an assistant, but in March, 1905, he again started trading at Cefn Hirgoed, Coity, near Bridgend, discontinuing the follow- ing year. Since then he had been employed as a labourer at a colliery. The examination closed upon bankrupt signing the notes. Miner's Failure. Illness in family and loss of work were the causes of failure alleged by John Howells, miner, of Garth-road, Maesteg. His liabilities came to JE120 10s lid, and his assets were JE22 10s. Subject to bankrupt amending his state- ment, the examination was closed.

THE IDEAL CHARGER. At the Wisbech horse show a new class designed to show Cambridgeshire, Nor- folk, and Lincolnshire breeders the type of horse required for Yeomanry and cavklry chargers attracted a large entry. The judge, Major Schofield, ,V.C., Assistant Deputy- Inspector of Remounts, chose as the desirable type a bay owned by Mr Charles Cash, of Peterborough, which proved to be half-brother to Rubio, the Grand National winner, being sired by Royal Hampton. (

Rescue Work in Wales- FORWARD MOVEMENT HOME. Conference at Llandrindod Well" The annual conference in connection the Women's Branch of the Forward V jy-t ment of the Welsh Calvinistic Church of Wales has been held at LlandrjJ Wells. At the opening meeting, held Albert Hall, the chair was occupied Wj, Rev. J.Morgan Jones (general and the speakers were Mrs Tydvil E. Tb° jj, B.A., hon. secretary (Cardiff), Mrs ^0 Saunders (Pencoed), Mrs Howe (matron 0 Rescue Home), Sister Lloyd (Neath)» Sister Alison Jones (Cardiff). The SP€^C told the story of the large rescue and tive home which has been opened at Qtf' at a cost of nearly £ 3,000, and how neariy half of the total cost has been alread{n> 1 tnbuted. There are now nine girls ic&t I home, and the Rev. and Mrs Howe are as master and matron pro. tem., and excellent work. The home has already P a great success. Rev. J. Morgan Jones (superintendent) sided at a later meeting, and speeches a, delivered by Rev. Wesley Hughes Mrs Tydfil Thomas, B.A., Mrs D. Sister Lloyd, Sister Lizzie Jones (Salts1 m and Mrs Howe (matron of thehome). AO air meeting was also held, and addresses given by Mrs J. M. Saunders and the Seth Joshua. All the meetings were attended, that in the open air attractiO^f audience of over 1,000 persons. Further ings are b ing held at Llanwrtyd, Lla-Do march, and Builth Wells.

CARMARTHEN JUSTICE'S rosgo 011 At Carmarthen on Tuesday Ada Thq0p, was summoned for being drunk on premises, to wit, the Pelican Inn, Bridge"6^^ on the 4th ultimo, and Miles DavieS'^g licensee, was summoned for Pcr"S,;t drunkenness. Mr W. J. Wallis-Jones. appeared to defend the licensee on behalf local Licensed Victuallers' Association. Walters said that upon visiting the inn p.m. he found the defendant Thompson jj^«. with a glass of beer on a table in fro^ tZ The woman, whom he had previou^y^^ drunk on the Quay, spoke very when ordered out by the landlord. Pre to going out, however, she drank The licensee declared that there in the woman's sppeanaae whe" into his house to indicate that «foe yotf' The Chairman (Mr James Davies): had sufficient experience to know whe°._ma0:' is drunk ? Witness Yes. The Oh n'fvi33'' Well, I don't. (Laughter.) Sarah daughter of the licensee, said she could n that the woman was drunk or sober. g/p The Bench were satisfied -that TbOB^itfr was drunk, and fined her 20s and costs. regard to the licensee, they thought an element of doubt as to whether h the woman was drunk, and dismissed tn against him.

GENERAL LABOURERS' UNlOft Election of Officers. Mr G. H. Qurtis, Barry, presided day's sitting of the conference of the Amalgamated Labourers' Union, held Law Courts, Cardiff. Reports of the district secretaries were submitted, and s an increase in membership and finances, 'too which the Finance Committee and the presented their reports, which sidered very satisfactory. The General & tary (Mr H. Williams) gave a statena^j0< accounts up to date. Subsequently the ing Executive Committee were elected A. Collins and Cadogan (Newport),W. y j V and W. Parfitt (Cardiff), J. Powlesl»» Wilson, J. Passmore, and P. Byrne Mr G. H. Curtis, of Barry, was t president; Councillor J. Twomey, secretary of Newport Bro. A. Barton, secretary for Cardiff and -Bros. W • (Newport) and J. Powlesland general auditors, Bro. J. Powlesland. made vice-president. The Union deci renew affiliation with the L.R.C., Twomey and Powlesland were elected gates to the conference to be held a* mouth.

PAWNBROKER PRAISED. a £ The alleged theft of a watch so 1 June,'1906, was inquired into by Cardiff F diary o*f Monday. The watch had covered through an attempt being m8** W* Wm. Thomas to pawn it, and the offB^ Josephine John, declared that £ had been arrested, was the man she sleep on the sofa in her house in Ha street on June 17th, 1906. He had disaPP^of*' when she came downstairs the following ø ing, and so had the watch. The prisoner denied that he had eVeLe W* in Mrs, John's house, and declared s jj, made a mistake in identity. The a$ii said, he bought from a man in the strey two years ago. Given the option ot f dealt with that day or going to sions, he chose the former courst and tenced to three months' imprisonrnen hard labour.. It was the action of Mr Lewis *2sg £ >U^ pawnbroker, Bute-terrace,that led to rZ arrest, and the Stipendiary remarked care and discretion he had shown in ting with prisoner were highly and," he added, I have much pl^ complimenting you publicly." a

PENARTH AND PUBLIC HE*1" Application of the Act. J The London Gazette of Tuesday J contains a notice that the Secretary [ has, by an Order dated the 21st J^f | declared the under-mentioned section^ Public Health Acts Amendment A pjc*' be in force within the Urban D Penarth, viz. :—Section 79, relating \e»^t ous riding or driving section 80, as to JJj or driving animals in the streets sef„ce idt extending the definition of pablic P'^ gi'^V street for certain purposes section fat power to make and enforce bvel»vVS'>y £ Ijj, vention of danger, obstruction, or to persons using the seashore sC^r^jJKa p giving power to make byelaws as to esplanades and promenades section the licensing of luggage porters, light public messengers or commissionaires 85, as to the registration of re^tue domestic servants section 86. as to, tration of dealers in old melal stores the whole of part 8 as to-the the police in case of fire and as to between local authorities for the coin of fire engines the whole of part ° erection of sky signs.

SUMMER SCHOOL AT A&ERY8T# The fourth summer school and the London Missionary Society is bei & Jf Aberystwyth Theological kxffi-6 .$* extend throughout the month. ]e.s. fi< this year be given to the study these will be under the leadership Lawson. Lancashire College. Mr e Hackney College, Mr B. A. Y College, and the Rev. Alan W. Ste p jl paign secretary of the Student Chris jp(ji»'.(j<i' ment. The subject of study will he the long course of lectures will co'f <f\yf, w ary work in all parts of the glo^, turers will include Rev. W. P. Hay, 9 South India: Rev. A. E. Claxton, >' Rev. J. W. Hills. Samoa, and the Huckett, of Madagascar* V i