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CORONER'S INQUIRY OPENED.
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CORONER'S INQUIRY OPENED. The inquest was opened on Wednesday at St. Pancras Mortuary (before Mr Schroeder) on the body of Esther Praeger, the victim of the murder at Bernard-street, London, on Saturday morning. Mrs Cooper, sister of the deceased, identified the body, and said for the last 18 month4 de- ceased had been leading a bad life, but witness never knew of anyone threatening her. Mrs Cooke, housekeeper at 3, Bernard-street, described the finding of the body as already fepdrtea. Arthur Chappie, son of the landlady, gave similar evidence. He lit a match and found the clothes heaped on the bed. On pulling the clothes aside- he found the face of a dead woman with some dark marks under the right cheek. He im- mediately sent for the police. Dr. James O'Donnel, who was first to ex- amine the victim, said a towel was tied tightly round the neck, but he could put his finger between the towel and the neck. Inside the towel he found a piece of insulated electric wire, but not round the neck. Close to the wire was a piece of cotton wool about the size of the palm of the hand with some blood on it. A similar piece of wool was found on the floor, and a third piece in the centre of the bed. He also found a second piece of wire attached to the bedstead. There was over a dozen abrasions on the neck and cheek. Death was apparently due to asphyxia. The hands and teeth were clenched, and there was a wound on the right breast. There was an agonised expression on the face and the eyes were closed, but on opening the lids they were protruding. There were abrasions also on both hands. The body had been dead between 16 and 18 hours. A lodger in the house stated he heard screams about two o'clock in the morning. He heard the words Ga Volt meaning Help and Police," but thought they came from the outside. This was all the evidencs and the inquest was adjourned till Monday, the 26th instant.
BACON TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION.
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BACON TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION. The remarkable gathering which assembled in the historic hall of Grays Inn for the celebra- tion of the tercentenary of Francis Bacon's election as Treasurer of the Inn was represen- tative of much more/that the profession of the law, and the occasion was noteworthy for the No. 1,Gray's Inn Square. I Ifine tribute which the American Ambassador, Mr Whitelaw Reid, paid to Bacon's influence on philosophy and letters. Our illustration shows No. 1, Gray's Inn Square, at one time the home of Sir Francis Bacon.
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A MONEY-SAVING SOAP. If every housewife in the Kingdom is not soon to be found using Watson's Matchless Cleanser, it certainly will be no fault of the makers. In the Press all over the country, Messrs Jos. Watson & Sons, Ltd., have recently been showing in unmistakable fashion the many advantages accruing to users of their world-famous household soap. Not the least o their many strong arguments is that Watson's Matchless Cleanser is packed in tablets of only one weight-and that a full sixteen ounce pound —sold at the popular price of threepence. Moreover the quality of Watson's Matchless Cleanser is the highest possible and it is abso- lutely uniform. Indeed should any cause be found for complaint, purchase money is imme- diately refunded. Then no less than three- quarters of a million prizes worth 4150,000 are being offered to those who save the wrappers. Messrs Watson's bold departure in this direc- tion is significant and cannot fail to secure rousing appreciation. They absolutely guaran- tee the full value of every prize given in the huge list, and declare each one to be the best that can possibly be obtained for the money. Is it to be wondered at that Watson's Match- less Cleanser has a larger sale in Great Britain than any other soap, and that Messrs Watson are practically working night and day to keep pace with the ever increasing demands of a thrifty yet delighted public ? We understand that the fullest information regarding either Watson's Matchless Cleanser or the Prizes will be sent free on application to the .Whitehall 1 Soap Works, Leeds.
Students & Suffragettes. .
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Students & Suffragettes. CARDIFF COLLEGIANS IMPUGNED. At the annual meeting of the Court of Governors of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire at Cardiff on Thursday, the Earl of Plymouth presiding, Mr G. Percy Thomas (Cardiff), in accord- ance with notice of motion, moved That this meeting of the Court of Governors of the University College of Cardiff has heard with profound regret that, at a meeting held in Cardiff last May.-to extend the ParliamentaIJ-" franchise to women, the conduct of several students of this college was of such a disorderly and riotous char- acter as to cause the meeting to be broken up and the disorder to overflow into, the streets. The regret of the Court is deepened at the knowledge that those whose safety was imperilled were ladies who hhd come to our city from a distance, and that one of these bore a name distinguished in the educational world, and entitling her at least to respect and fair play. The Court, there- fore, calls upon the students of this college, under all circumstances, to uphold its prestige and good name and refuse to put upon it the dishonour which a repetition of the above scenes must inevitably confee The Court directs that this resolution br printed and placed in a conspicuous part of the College. He said he had no desire that this resolution should be interpreted as a vote of censure but rather as an expression of regret and an appeal to the students. According to the Press reports a large number of students at that College attended the meeting referred to and caused a great deal of disturbance. (Cries of No.") It seemed to him that this was a matter that should be seriously considered by the Governors, to whom the conduct of the students outside ought to be a matter of as great importance as their achievements inside the College. He personally regretted very much that a lady lilce Mrs Fawcett should have come to Cardiff and been received with rudeness by the students of the College. The hospitality of the city ought certainly to have been ex- tended to Mrs Fawcett and the other ladies who were with her. The conduct of the students was unmanly and cowardly. Mem- bers of that Court, including Mr Herbert Thompson and Mr Leonard Thomas, were on the platform and they repeatedly appealed to the students to give the ladies a hearing, but without avail. He hoped an appeal would go from that Court to the students that they should regard themselves as the custodians of the good name of the College in all public places. There was nor seconder, and the President was on the point of proceeding to other busi- ness, when Miss Hannah Williams said she had expec- ted that some of the gentlemen present would have seconded the resolution, but as they had not done so she would do so. Principal Griffiths said that immediately after the meeting referred to he made special inquiries, and asked a lady member of the staff who was at the meeting whether it was her impression that the breaking-up of the meeting was due to the students, or whether they were among the ringleaders, and the answer she At once gave cleared the students. (Loud ap- plause.) If students were present, as no doubt they were, it would not be human nature if they did not take part in any row that might be going on. (Laughter.) He certainly would have done so in his young days-(Iaughter)- but that the students .organised the disturb- ance or led in the matter, or that any of the ringleaders were students, he absolutely denied. He communicated with the chief constable of Cardiff, and he agreed with him. He (the Prin- cipal) would extremely regret if the Governors passed the resolution before them, containing as it did a specific allegation against the students and placing the whole of the responsi- bility for the disturbance on their shoulders. He was exceedingly proud of the behaviour of the Cardiff students as a rule, and he ventured to assert that if they had the report from the chief constable on the subject of the behavi- our of Cardiff students and compared it with the report of the chief constable of any Univer- sity town in the kingdom the result would be very favourable to Cardiff. Mr Percy Thomas If the Principal will stand here and deny that there were any students there- (Loud cries of No, no.") Well, the effect of the Principal's words here to-day must be to condone the action of the students—(cries of "No, no") —and I hope the Governors will see their way clear to pass this resolution. (" No.") Eventually Mr Percy Thomas withdrew the resolution.
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HISTORIC MONUMENTS. -¥' THE SASTLES & ABBEYS. OF SOUTH WALES. The new Commission to inquire into the Historic Monaraents of Wales will to doubt, call attention to and create a renewed interest in tkose wejtderful and remarkable evidences of a past age and dead power which are to be found in the glorious ruins of Castles and Abbeys. A crumbling ruin here and a stately pile there are something more than curious or striking landmarks. They serve to Teeall the past history and movements in the Principality—chapters of history, adventure, romance, and religion which were closed long age, but are still full of human and national interest. The publication will be continued weekly in THE CARDIFF TIMES n and "SOUTH WAloES WEEKLY NEWS of a Series of 25 Articles dealing "with the Castles and Abbeys of South Wales and Monmouthshire. '1' The Articles will deal with the Legends and History of these interesting Monuments of the past, and they will be FULLY ILLUSTRATED by a serial -cdeall-tone Pictures from SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. The list includes:- 1 Cardiff Castle OeL 3 2. Caerphilly Castle Oct. 10 3. Chepstow Castle Oct. 17 4. Tiutem Abbey Oct. 24 5. Swansea Castle Oct. 31 6. Neath Abbey Nov. 7 7. ,.Margam Abbey Nov. 14 & Carmarthen Castle o.N ov. 21 3, Kidwelly Castle N ov. 23 1.Catew Castle _Dec. 5 U. Haverfordwest Castle Deo. 12 12. "T4mby Castle -Dm 19 Kairorbier Castle -Dom 26 14. Whitland Abbey Jan. 2 15. Pembroke Castle JaiL 9 16. Ditto ditto Jan. 15 17. Cardigan Castle J an. 23 18. Aberystwyth Castle .Jan. 33 19. Strata Florida Abbey _Feb. 5 20. Dynevor Castle Feb. 13 21. Brecon Cadtle Feb. 2) 22. Newport Castle Feb. 27 23. Abergavenny Castle-Mar.,i 24. Raglan Castle Mar. 13 L5. Llanthony Abbey -Mar. 20 Publication will be continued Weekly in the CARDIFF TIMES ;¡:ii*1' :č;1.'4, ,¡, AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS ? the Largest, Brightest, and Best PENNY WEEXLY issued in Wales t :iS or the Weat of England, It ;;vr- SKETCH NEXT WEEK ■ .••• i.. -"i Ji.. t i^ j» « "■"t i; LNo. 5.-SWANSEA CASTLE. „ V; ■■ i TAILOR-MAI>E j COSTUME SKIRT FOR 2/6 FASHIONABLE LADIES' SHOES TREE. | ToCTery purchaser of this stylish Tailor-made Cos- i Unas Skirt who will introduce our goods amongst •? ;ihetr friends, we w 11 give absolutely free a pair of I i, these fashionable Ladies' Shoes. Do not hesitate sdndyour orders at once and make certain of i obtaining a pair of handsome shoes free. This cos- & tone dart is made from our famous hard-wearing g tOcesnic Costume Cloth, cut exactly to your own measurement (not skimped). Fit and style $guaranteed. k Fashionable Glace Shades, Black, 4? Shoes-aJaeolately free I?avy, Grey, Green, E !BIack or Tan. Lace f\V9fc Brown or Wine. >S, .-<31 Bofctwu^tate size S V% Kindly state accu- '& of shoe m 1 rate measure- 'f* AB&k now 1 il l\w merits pod full i 1 VVm postal address. ?l Hie ask Is a trial* we are then confident of your r¥ fntttre patronage. Post your orders immediately before all these beautiful shoes have been given away. All goods securely packed and sent to any address for P.O. 2S 6d, and 6d for postage packing, &C. 237 « Leytoq & Co., *■ N.*B, Reo*mber geouinefree izift to every purchaser.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS. BIRTHS. DO B'UISSON.On tbelfith tost., at Glynhir, LJan. debie, Carmarthenshire, the wife of Arthur Du Bul8son, Esq., of a daughter.. S^\ IiANGFOSDOa 15th inst., at 1, wellfleld-roaa, the wife of George Langford, of a son. 703n PYKS.—On the 15th October, at OakVille, Pewisely- road, Cardiff, the wife of Joseph Pyke (nee Phyllis James), a daaghtef. • 440 SCELROKTKR.—On 17th inst., at Westmayo, Whit- church, Glam., to Mr and Mrs Harold Schroeter, a son. THOMAS.—On October 15th, at 11, Dogo-street Cardiff, the wife of Ernest Edward Thomas, of a daughter. 377n MARRIAGES. rOGe—WILLIAMS —On October 14th, at Grange Presbyterian Charch, by the Rev. T. M. Charles, Arthur, third soaolMr George Fogg, of the Bute Dry Dock, to Beatrice, only daughter of Mr Sebas- tian Williams, of the Penstrth Slipway. 314n JONES—THOMAS.—On the 17th inst., by Rev. D. H. Rees, A.T.S., New Tredegar. Ellis Jones, school- master, Mynyddbach, to M. Blodwen Thomas, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. M. Thomas, 2, Brvnhyfryd, New Tredegar. 708 IbOBERTS—EDWARDS,—On Wednesday, 14th inst., at English Baptist Chapel, Abercarn, by the Rev. Charles Rees, pastor, assisted by Revs. T. A. Thomas, Abercarn. W. Evans, Cross Keys, and W. Saunders, Bangor, Rev. B. W. Roberts, of Rhayader, to Winnie, youngest daughter of the late Daniel Edwards, Rhyswg, and Mrs Edwards, Abercarn. 344 BHAW—PARSONS.—On the 14th inst., at St. Saviour's, Paddington, by the Vicar of the parish, the Rev. Henry S. Syers, Frank Spencer Shaw, youngest son of Mr Jatui Shaw, Cardiff, to Lilian Maud Parsons, fourth daughter of Mr Henry Finni- more Parsons. Cardiff. 336 INOMAS EVANS. At Presbyterian Church, Cathedral-road, Cardiff, on the 14th inst., by the Rev. R. R. Roberts, B.A., and Rev. S. O. Morgan, BA., B.D., Sydney R. Thomas, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Henry Thomas, of 184, Llandaff-road, to Addie, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Evans, 52, Conway-road. 319 WILSON—HAIX.—At Windsor-place Presbyterian Church, on (he 15th in.«t., George William, son of the late Wm. Hodge Wilson, to Anna Mary, eldest daughter of Captain Edward Hall, of Cardiff. At home 32, Shirley-road. December 1st, 2nd. and 3rd. DEATHS. ,ALLEN,-rOn the 18th Oct., at Cilrhiw, Narberth, Pem., Joseph Henry Baugh Allen, son of the late Geotge Biugh Allen, of Cilrhiw. aged 52. BISHOP.—On October 11th, at 15, Clifton-street, A lice Mary, the beloved wife of Walter G. Bishop. BOWEN.—On the 16th last.. at' 1, Wilhelm-terrace, Sketty-road, Swansea, Sarah Ann Bowen, the beloved wife of Mr Samuel Bowen Bowen (late of Highfield, Llanelly). BROWN .—On Wednesday, October 14th, at 2S,Loui8a- street. William, husband of Elizabeth Brown. CA.TNES.-On Sunday, October 18th instant, at 70, Strathnairn-street, George Cames (mason), the dearly beloved husband of Matilda Caines, aged 62. CHAMPION.—Joseph, beloved son of Elizabeth and the late William Champion, of 68, Whitchurch-road, Caidiff, who died October 1st, 1908, atPittsbouc, U.S. America, aged 24 years. Late postman, of Cardiff. His end was peace. 53ta .VLLZ.On the 13th inst., at 8, Penarth-terrace, -passed peacefully away, Lily, the dearly beloved wife of John L. Ellis. FOWLER.-On the 15th inst., at 71, Tudor-road, Cardiff, passed peacefully away Julia Fowler, the -beloved wife of Charles Fowler. FOURACRE.-On September 17th, at Durban,. South Africa, Susaneab, beloved wife of W. H. Fouracre, aged 61, late of Cardiff. 971n GEAR.—At her residence, 22, Nelson-street, DOCkS, Mary, the beloved wife of the late John Gear, age SO years; passed peacefully away October 15th. IUNTON.Oct,obe.r 14th, at St. Brid"s Bedford- avenue, Woolston, Caroline Ann, relict of the late "William Hinton, of Barry Docks, aged 36 years. 571n HICKS.—On October 10th. 1908, at 15, Diamond- street, Roath, Cardiff, Rebecca, beloved wife of William Hicks. IIOXFILAY. On the 14th inst., at 22, Pembridge- villas, Bayswater, after an operation, Samuel George Homlray, J.P., M.I.C.E., M I.Mech.E., in his 54th year HOWELLS.—October17tb, at the residence of her son Richard HoweUs, Danyrallt, Aberdare, Gwenllian Howells, the relict of the late Evan Howells, Maesgwyn, in her 88th year. BTCTGHE^.—On the 12th inst- Ada, the beloved wife -of Frederick Hughes, 21, Gweodol ino-strset^ Merthyr. JAMES.—October 15th, at Ynyslas, Aberdare, Thomas James, cattle dealer, aged 4. • JEKKYN.—On Saturday, October 10th, 1908,Ceidooia RugjeH, the beloved wife of the Rev. T. G; Jenkyn, Tanycoed, Llwynypia, SON-ES.-On October 13th, at 47, Burnaby-street, Splott, Edmund Jones, late inspector Taff Vale Railway.' *2Sn JONES.—On October 16th, at 50, Cornelia-street, Amy, the beloved wife of the late William Jones, etiaine driver at Dowlais Works. JON%3.—October 20th, Mrs Mary JorAes, widow of .7 tiie*Ta £ e Mr John Jofrts, Steepfleld House, Aber- sychan. 45 MATTHEWS.—Sunday 18th, at 51, Eldon-street, Cardiff, Jemima, widow, late Edmund Matthews. MATTHITWS.—On the 25th September-, at Cape Town, South Africa, William, the beloved husband of Ada Matthews, late Cape Government Railway, for- merly T.V.R., Cardiff. Deeply mourned. 792n OWEN.-Wife of Johnny Owen, late of Aberaman. PEREJN.—James Lawes Perrto, of Ashcroft, Hamp- ton-road, Bristol, called to bis rest on October 12to, agedS* years.. ROBIBINS.On October llth, James Robbtns, 50, Severn-road. THOMAS—At DuflTyn lsaf. Nantgarw, on Sttflday, Joan. the beloved wife of Wm. Thomas. TURNER.—On October 17th, at 68, EWon-street, Ernest James Paul Turner, the beloved son of Ernest and Mary Annie Turner. WATKINS.—On October 18th, William Watkins, master mariner, aged 76, of Leighville, Malpas. WELLS.—On the 12th October, at Brighton, Catherine Louisa, lastsurviving daughter of the late Nathaniel Wells, of Piercefield, Monmouthshire, aged 75. c83 WRITBURN-At 57, Kingsland-crescent, Barry, Annie, widow of the late Captain Whitburn, aged 60. WTLLIAMS.—On Oct. 17, at the Council Schoolhouse, Treleeh, passed peacefully away, William John, the dearly beloved son of Mr J. S. Williams, Head- master. 747
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The LONDON OFFICES ot the "CatdlfT Times' are at 190. Fleet-street (two doors from Chaacery- )ane), where advertlsemeBts are received and copies of the paper mar be obtained. copies of the paper mar be obtained. SWANSEA O/PICES OF THE Nf SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS. No. 52. HIGH-STREEE, Mamgaenippn rent. ■ • ••THE FAMOUS 11 ARCHERS ] Archef's I GfflDQT Golden I RETURNS Returns I QGARETTEa I to&VM AIW'COOL SMOKING ■ LMDON.S.E WEHJiar sum) 1 .j mhnmT0«EmiEJASTES IF PO-C SWOVMRS Fatitmilii eft-omcr packtt. &IWTEST S the pare household olive^Sfe^lft I | It cannot harm. Write for C. Thomas a Bros, lhl H Broad Plain, Bristol, VIQHI KATURAXI— CELIBSTUMS MINKRAI> WATBR. VICHT For CELESTIN9 OQTTT, GRAVEL, V OQTTT, GRAVEL, Yt EJSiroitATi8M, CELESTINS MXXKS WELL with WINES or SPIRITS. Sole Agents for the STATE SPRINGS of VICHT, INGRAM and BOIL1 (LtdJ, 26, Upper Thames-St., LONDON. B.C. Of all Chemists. Wtne Merchaatsz-gtores. Sea.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1908.…
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1908. GLAMORGAN AND CRIME. The Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Glamorgan, in addressing the Grand Jury, referred with sorrow to the heavy nature of the work before them, for the calendar was one of the longest on record. We have no desire to minimise the serious nature of the crime of the county of Glamorgan nor take away from the enviable character enjoyed by the agricultural and thinly-populated counties of the Principality. But it is easy to form wrong opinions and unjust judgments when contrasting the almost- crimeless counties with the recordl of the great county of mixed interests in Glamorgan. It is true that we see Judges of Assize travelling to the agri- cultural counties of Wales and receiving white gloves, as the practice is to com- memorate a dean calendar, while on the other hand the calendars for the Assize of Glamorgan are long and frequently ,disfigured by the most serious of crimes. Glamorgan is strangely situated with its ports and its great floating popula- tions composed ot some of the worst characters of all countries in the world. It is misleading to compare Glamorgan for crime with thinly populated counties of almost one interest and industry. In these matters it is more just to make the comparison with similar industrial centres of many occupations and densely populated towns and districts. When this is done it will be s en that Glamor- gan is not the unfavoured crime centre that it appears to the onlooker in other parts of the Principality.
WELSH NATIONAL LIBRARY.
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WELSH NATIONAL LIBRARY. The weakness of Wales has always lain in its divisions, and in future years the student will regret that Walee divided its forces by placing the National Library at Aberystwyth away from the grdat bulk of the population and built the National Museum at Cardiff. It is as if the British Museum had been placed at Manchester and the South Kensington Museum a hundred miles away. The die was cast to satisfy a spirit of local patriotism which has ever sacrificed Wales in its divisions. But long before the National Library was- within reach Cardiff had secured the first great library of Welsh books and placed them at the free service of the people. The Welsh books had been catalogued, and the efficiency and completeness of this section of the insti- tution of which the City is proud will be kept up as a necessary equipment to the National Museum which is to be erected near the public buildings of the City and County of Glamorgan. Mr Ballinger, the Librarian of Cardiff, who did such excellent work in the collec- tion, formation, and cataloguing of the first public library of Welsh books, has been appointed the first Librarian of the National Library of Wales, an excellent appointment, and he will carry with him the good wishes of the citizens of Cardiff and of all students who have come in con- tact with him in the use of the Library.
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If political party action and interest could be eliminated from the problem of unemployment its solution would be con- siderably simplified. But that is too much to expect from the Tariff Refor- mers, who have reiterated a cry thai nobody believes, that Tariff Reform means work for all. Responsible leaders of this party began to see the danger of this cry, and it was withdrawn, but the illu- sion is kept up that in some way or ot.er Tariff Reform, or the making of every thing dearer for the benefit of the few is to put an end to unemployment. If Free Trade England were the only country where want of employment at the present crisis in trade were felt and Protectionist countries en- joyed the while full employment for its workers there might be something in the cry of the Tariff Reformers, but it remains the indisputable fact that in Protectionist countries like Germany and America the difficulty of unemployment is a far more serious problem than in Free Trade England. All industrial centres in the civilised world are affected by the general depression of trade, and a London Protectionist organ presents us with the truth this week when dealing with the election for the American Presi- dency. It is estimated that there are a million and a half of idle men in the Eastern States (of America), whose vote Mr Bryan is confident of obtaining. Hence the desire of the Republicans to appeal to this vast army of the unem- ployed." America is one of the Protec- tionist Paradises, and here we have it on the authority of a Tariff Reform journal that America in one district has a vast army of unemployed." Melbourne, as other Protectionist countries, is similarly troubled by the unemployed. If want of work is an argument against Free Trade it is equally so against Protection. The Premier made his statement with refer- ence to unemployment in the House of Commons on Wednesday night. Govern- ment work is to be provided for some thousands of out-of-works, the central unemployed grant is to be increased by £ 100,000, and greater elasticity is to be allowed to distress committees.
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The strike and the lock-out are fully recognised as barbarous methods of in- dustrial warfare, and there is a general call for more sensible methods of settling disputes such as we have in some cases by Conciliation Boards and Committees. The principle of conciliation in practice in South Wales has given us a period of industrial peace, and made a phenomenal prosperity possible, but Conciliation with- out the Independent Chairman or Arbi- trator is not successful. In addition, where a Conciliation Committee does not exist for the settlement of disputes it has been felt that such an organised and recognised body might be of national assistance in preventing labour disputes becoming disastrous strikes or lock- outs. The Government has appointed, or is bringing into existence, an Arbitration Board with panelsv fiom the employers, the workpeople, and well known men of independent t position, and the names in the three pafoels, which are incom- plete, include those of several well- known South Wales- public men.
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The musicians of South Wales who are members of the Incorporated Society met at Cardiff on Saturday, and had as their guest Professor EbenezerProut. The Incorporated Musicians are making a great effort to gain a professional status similar to that of other profes- sional practitioners. Membership of the Society carries with it a certificate of fit- ness to teach and a recomendation of capacity which the public are asked to recognise. The teaching, the medical, and other professions are similarly protected against "the unskilled and the unfit, and it is felt in musical circles that the profession of teaching music should be given a sta-, tus. After the annual business of the South Wales district had been completed Dr. Ebenezer Prout delivered a lecture, with musical examples or illustrations on "Bach as a vocal writer." The general impression, even amongst musi- cians, is that Bach was mainly a writer of instrumental pieces, an entirely wrong impression, as the lecturer proceeded to show. Bach was not so well known as he deserved to be on account of the difficul- ties of his vocal writing. He adopted the polyphonic method, but there could be no doubt about the exceptional beauty of much of his vocal writing. However, it was impossible for the musician to understand his writing unless he studied it and grew familiar with it, because he had an idiom all his own, and did not speak to his hearers in the generally ac- cepted way. The vocal illustrations were particularly helpful, and it would be an immense help to music in South Wales if there could be organised a series of lectures with illustrat ive examples from their works on the masters of music. Nothing that could be devised could give a greater or a more helpful incentive to the right study of music than lectures of this character delivered by capable men.
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Fifty Years Ago. FROM H OARDIFF TIMES," OOT. 23, >858 It is stated that Mr John Stuart Mill iar retiring from the Examinership of the India House, a post which he has held for many years." On the 12th instant the death took place at Cambrian-place, Llanelly, aged 80, of Mr George Perrott, for many years dock-master. This much-respected old gentleman was the father of 26 sons and five daughters. He was married twice. During the French invasion and landing at Fishguard in 1797 he served in the cavalry under Lord Cawdor." The South Wales Institute of Engineers, which was founded about 15 months ago, held an important meeting in Cardiff, at the Town Hall on Wednesday last, under the presidency of Mr Elbenezer Rogers, of Abercarne. A large dinner party afterwards assembled at the Cardiff Arms Hotel, when Mr BogA-s again presided. A nuuber of toasts were given and the services of Mr Henry J. Edwards, local secretary to the Cardiff committee, who had so ably promoted the meeting, were duly acknowledged. Mr i Menelaus acted as the vice-president of the evening." Upwards of a dozen persons, notorious in Liverpool as prominent members of the world known as the fancy," were charged at the police court with being concerned in the brutal and illegal sport of dog-fighting. Inspector Home said that he and seven officers went into a beerhouse. They gained admittance in spite of the opposition of a voluble virago and found about 40 persons in a room upstairs. In this room was a ring with. raised seats round it and in the rings were two fierce buU- dogs-fighting. Two of the prisoners were trying to separate them by biting their tails. The dogs, which were exhibited in court severely injured, were of the fiercest breed of English bulldogs. The prisoners all said they were ratting, but Mr Mansfield said he did not believe them. He fined two of them jE5 and costs, and each of the others 20s and costs."
1 SUED FOR WINE BILL,
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1 SUED FOR WINE BILL, In the King's Bench yesterday Messrs Bailey and Co., wine merchants. Pall Mall, sued Georgiana Countess of Rosslyn, claiming £ 112 for goods supplied. Counsel for plaintiffs said defendant was an American lady of con- siderable means, named Anna Robinson, and it was generally understood Lord Jtosslyn had no money. She had ordered goods from plain- tiffs on her own account before she married Lord Rosslyn, and plaintiffs afterwards sup- plied them with wine. Defendant now said credit was given to Lord Rosslyn alone. Lord Rosslyn gave evidence that he had no deal- ings with plaintiffs. Lady Rosslyn denied she ever agreed to pay for the wine. The case was adjourned.
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Less than half a pint of beer per head, or 14,768 gallons in all, was consumed in Broad- mocr Asylum last year, the Home Secretary yesterday told Mr Markham, M.P., who urged the substitution of pickles or jam, as many inmates were there through, drink.
SENSATIONAL LONDON CRIME.
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SENSATIONAL LONDON CRIME. What is believed to be a startling and atrocious crime, recalling in its main features the mysterious murder of Emily Dimmock, at Camden Town, and DoraPiernicke, of Totten- ham Court-road, was discovered on Saturday evening in Bernard-street, Russell-square, Lon- don. The victim, as in the two cases re- called, is alleged to be an unfortunate, and the circumstances attending her death are at pre- sent shrouded in similar mystery. The house in which the discovery took place is a large, apparently well-furnished house in Bernard- street, close to the Hotel Russell. There are four floors, in addition to a basement topped by railings. The plain facts of the story so far obtained are that late on Friday night a woman, accompanied by a well-dressed man, entered the place together. At 2 a.m. screams were heard proceeding from the room the woman occupied, but no notice was taken of them, chiefly for the rea- son that they were of but short duration. On Saturday morning the other occupants of the house expected to hear the woman moving about as usual. They did not do so, and did not think it extraordinary. As there was no sign of her on Saturday evening inquiries were made, and the woman's room entered. It was then that the startling discovery was made. The woman was found lying on the bed dead, with a towel tied tightly round her neck in such a way as to suggest that she could not have tied it herself. The body lay on the bed, practically nude. The local police of Hunter-street gave intimation of the grave suspicions to headquarters, and Detective-Inspector Stockley, of Bow-street, was soon on the scene. After the first few in- quiries, so serious did the police view the case that before midnight the Assistant-Commis- sioner, Sir Melville McNaghten, had arrived, whilst a host of other officers were engaged in trying to unravel the mystery of the woman's death. The victim is about 26 years of age and good looking, of a pronounced Jewish type, and somewhat short in stature. It is believed that she was strangled with the naked hands, and that the towel was used only as a subter- fuge to make it appear I that it was a case of suicide. The motive is as far as is known not robbery. It is probably a crime of passion or revenge. The reason the occupants of the house took no notice of the screams was that they thought they were the noises of the night in the streets. Deceased presented a ghastly spectacle when discovered-an awful picture of her tragic and untimely death in the iron grip of her murderer. Dead Girl's Career. Mr Julius Cooper, a Polish Jew and a tra- veller in perfumery, living at 32, Fieldgate- street, Whitechapel-road, gave the follow- ing particulars of the girl;—" The dead girl was the sister of my wife Selina. Like my wife, she was born in Warsaw, and she came to this country three years ago, when she was fifteen years of age. Her widowed mother still lives in War- saw. and worts very hard to obtain a living in a Jewish bakehouse. Esther was the youngest but one of a family of six, of whom my wife is the eldest. A brother came to this country a few years ago, and, having learnt the busings of a barber, went to Paris, where he is now earning a goodliving, being a steady, industrious workman. My wife thought that if Esther came over here it would relieve her mother and give the girl more opportunities than she would get in Warsaw. But Esther was not inclined to work very hard. She had learned dressmaking in Warsaw, but did not care about working at that business here. So she tried fancy-basket making which she had also worked at. But she complained that the straw made her fingers sore. So she left that, as well as several other businesses which she went to. I paid a premium for her to learn button- hole making. She complained that the work tried her eyes, but I reasoned with her, and she kept to it a little while. Eventually, how- ever she gave that up, because she expected to be paid higher wages than experi- enced workwomen. Quarrels between her and my wife became very frequent, chiefly because of Esther's indisposition to work. After about a year she left our house and went to lodge with friends. We helped towards her support, but her conduct was giving us the gravest anxiety, and finally about 18 months ago she went her own way. Since that time we have scarcely seen or heard of her. As far we know, she had no jewellery. She had no other relative in this country except my wife."
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CABINET MINISTERS APPEAR ON 8UBPCENAS. Mr Lloyd George and Mr Gladstone Called. INTERESTING POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. Bow-street Police Court was on Wednesday a centre of great public interest owing to the re- sumption of the proceedings against Mrs Pank- hurst, Miss Christabel Pankhurst, and Mrs Drummond, who are accused of conduct likely to provoke a breach of the peace. When Mrs and Miss Pankhurst arrived outside the court they were received with a cheer by the crowd. Only a few of those clamouring for admission were able to get into the' court. Here at 25 minutes past ten Mr Lloyd George and Mr and Mrs Herbert Gladstone arrived, presenting the extraordinary spectacle of two Cabinet Ministers in a police court at the same time. They took their seats in the counsel's benches. The accused, who had surrendered to their bail, having been charged on warrants failing to answer summonses, came into court through the door marked Prisoners only." On reaching and entering the dock they divested themselves of their mackintoshes. Mrs Pankhurst was dressed in ,heliotrope and wore a hat and veil. Mrs Drum- mond, who stood next her, was in blue whilst Miss Pankhurst, who did not wear a hat, looked girlish and guileless in pure white. As soon as Mr Curtis Bennet, thermagistrate, arrived the taking of evidence was resumed. The name of Mr Lloyd George was then called by Miss Pankhurst. The right hon. gen. tleman made his way smilingly across the court to the witness box. Mr Lloyd George. The right hon. gentleman was examined by Miss Pankhurst, who put her questions to him with the directness and confidence of a lawyer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, in reply to her questions, that he was in Tra- falgar-square on the 11th of October, when he heard Mrs Pankhurst speak. He was also given a bill, in which he was invited to assist in rushing the House of Commons. He should not like to define what was meant by the word rush." Miss Pankhurst: Well, I will suggest it to you. I find in Chambers's English Dictionary the meaning of the .vord is eager demand." What do you think of that ?—J cannot enter into competition with Chambers's Dictionary. (Laughter.) Miss Pankhurst: Earnest pressure of business is another meaning attributed to the word, is it not ? Would you have felt, if you were asked to help the suffragettes to make an eager demand to the House of Commons, that you were called upon to do an ill act ?—I really cannot say. The Magistrate That is for me to answer. Miss Pankhurst: Here is another sense in which the word rush is used—to rush Bills through Parliament. What about that ? Mr Lloyd George I have had some experi- ence of that. (Laughter.) Miss Pankhurst: We are told in another dictionary that the word rush means hurry.' Is there anything unlawful in be- ing in a hurry ? (Laughter.) The Magistrate: You must address those questions to me. Miss Pankhurst Did you understand from our circular that we were in a hurry to get to the House of Commons to make this engage- ment ? Mr Lloyd George I cannot express any opinion as to that. I can only speak as to what I saw. Further questioned, Mr Lloyd George said .he cnly heard Mrs Pankhurst speak in Trafal- gar-square, and he could only vaguely recollect what she said. Generally speaking, however, it was that they should rush the House of Commons. He did not think the demeanour of the crowd ind icated that there was much danger of the crowd making the rush. He did not heaf, Mrs Pank- hurst threaten any violence to himself or any other-member of the Government. She did not invite others to attack members of the Govern- ment, or urge them to do so. There is no suggestion that public or private property was in any way damaged ?t—I have never heard anything of the sort. What did you anticipate the consequence would have been to yourself personally if the public had responded to the invitation to rush the House of CommonsJ—Well, I don't think anything very formidable. You don't think you would have been hurt ? Mr Lloyd George (laughing): Oh, no. Or any of your colleagues ?—No. There was no suggestion of any personal violence. The speeches were not inflamatory or likely to incite violence ?—1 would not express an opinion as to what the result might be. Swansea Incident- There was nothing like such advice given as you gave at Swansea when you stated that the women should be ruthlessly flung out of your tneeti.øg.q.(\í.o"'f:ii- ( The Magistrate I don't tMnk you can go into that. In rqply to further interrogations, Mr LLoyd George said he was not quite clear what was meant by rushing the House unless it was to force a way into the House. The magistrate told Miss Pankhurst that she must not cross-examine her owfl witness. Miss Pankhurst: I rather anticipated this difficulty, and I looked up Taylor on Evidence," and si see words which give me a good deal of latitude. Mr Lloyd George, further examined, said he was by the House of Commons on the 13th of October. He had his little girl oi six years of age with him, and he saw what hapnened. Miss Pankhurst: Did you consider it safe to bring her there ?-Oh, yes. r Did you think it safe for a child of tender years to be among the crowd ?—Well, she was not quite a/nongst the crowd. Notwithstanding the anticipated rush, you felt it safe to have her both inside and outside the House of Commons ?—Oh, yes. Further examined by Miss Pankhurst, Mr Lloyd George said he had no opportunity of seeing any arrests or what was going on. Asked if he knew of any serious injury having oc- curred to anyone, the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer replied that he had no information on that point. Miss Pankhurst: The prosecution asserts that a serious breach of the peace took place. Do you concur in that The Magistrate The witness has nothing to do with that. Miss Pankhurst: You are a lawyer, Mr Lloyd George. Do you not think that the offence charged should more properly be de- scribed as an unlawful assembly ?-I could not give any opinion on that. Miss Pankhurst: As the result of the form of the present summons we are denied the right of trial by jury. Do you think it a serious thing this proposal to rush the House of Commons ? Yes. But is it not a political offence ?—I am here to give evidence of what I saw. I cannot go into these theories. Do you think that coercion is the right way of dealing with political disturbances ? The Magistrate That is not for the witness to say. Miss Pankhurst: You refuse to answer 1-1 do not refuse to answer, but I must obey the decision of the Bench. Miss Pankhurst: Can you tell me whether any interference with public order took place in connection with a previous franchise move- ment ?—I suppose there is the historical fact. Miss Pankhurst: Have you taken part in any such disturbance ? The Magistrate You are not entitled to put that. You arw cross-examining, and you can- not cross-examine your own witness. Miss Pankhurst: Have we not received en- couragement from you and your colleagues to take action of this kind ? Mr Idoyd George I should be very much surprised to hear that. You deny that we have been encouraged by Liberal statesmen to take action of this kind ? —I should be surprised to hear it, I say. Miss Pankhurst then quoted him a speech of the late Mr Gladstone in support of her sugges- tion. The Witness said he could not call them to mind, and he could not express an opinion on them. A Welsh Revolt. letter she asked, Have you yourself set us an example of revolt ? The Magistrate You need not answer that. Mr Lloyd George I certainly never incited a crowd to violence. Miss Pankhurst: What! Not in the Welsh graveyard case ? You .did not tell them to- break down a wall ? Mr Lloyd George We were strongly sup- ported by legal advice and by the Court of Appeal. Miss Pankhurst: We think we are. giving sound legal advice. Mr Lloyd George I cannot express an opinion on that. Miss Pankhurst then put further questions with a view to suggesting that when certain well-known political personages had given ad- vice likely to lead to disorder, no action had been takan against them. In this connection she mentioned the names of John Bright and Mr Chamberlain. Mr Lloyd George I do not believe that Mr Chamberlain ever threatened to use violence or break the law. Miss Pankhurst: 1 refer you to Hansard. Did not Lord Randolph Churchill urge the men of Ulster to fight, and did he ever stand jn the dock for it ? Witness I can express no opinions. In. reply to Mrs Pankhurst, Mr Lloyd George said he took his little girl out on the night in question to see the crowd. Mrs Pankhurst sug- gested that the right hon. gentleman could not have feared any danger seeing that he took his young daughter with him, and she then asked -Is it not your opinion that the whole of this agitation which women are carrying on very much against the grain, would be immediately stopped if women got their constituent rights conceded ? (Laughter.) Mr Lloyd George I think that is very likely. You believe that we women in the dock are not ordinary law-breakers, and that we should not be here but for political reasons ?-Oh, -1 am sure of that. Miss Drummond When do you intend to put a stop to these things, Mr Lloyd-George, by giving us the vote ? (Laughter.) The Magistrate That i3 not relevant. Mrs Drummond If he cannot answer at any rate he cannot run away. (Laughter.) I should like to say, Mr Lloyd George, that you and your colleague are more to blame for this. (Loud laughter.) The Magistrate' You must not make-state- ments. Mrs Drummond But you said we ladies do not get a chance. (More laughter.) Mr Gladstone (Home Secretary) and other witnesses having been examined, the case was adjourned until to-day (Saturday).
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SOUTlH WALES ENGINEER8. I It B. An interesting incident of the quarterly meeting of the South Wales Institute of Engin- eers at the Institute Buildings, Cardiff, on Tuesday was the formal reception of young Mr Ivor Cox, the winner of the institute's scholar- ship at University College. The exhibition is tenable for three years, and entitles the holder to engineering and other courses at the college, besides full privileges of membership of the institute. The president, Mr W. D. Wight, congratulated the successful student, who was cordially applauded. Reference had been previously made by the president to the loss sustained by the institute by the death of Mr T. Jones Price, B.A., secre- tary, and a vote of condolence was passed to the relatives, on the president's motion, seconded by Mr H. K. Jordan. The appoint- ment by the Council of Mr Price's son, Mr Martin Price, to the secretaryship, was reported, and it received the hearty endorse- ment of the meeting. Mr MARTIN PRICE, the New Secre- tary.—(C. Corn, Cardiff.) The President referred to a new departure in the affairs of the institute, consisting of the holding of night meetings, to take place between the quarterly gatherings of the insti- tute, at which special papers will be read and discussed. He expressed the hope that the innovation would meet with the approval and the-siibstantial support of members. Discussion was resumed on several papers and consideration was begun of an important paper by Mr Henry K. Jordan (member), the well known geologist. The contribution con- sists of complete sections and notes of the South Wales coalfield, and is a magnum opus, which evoked the warm eulogiums of the pre- sident, the ex-president (Mr T. H. Deakin), Mr Westgarth Forster Brown, gaveller of the Forest of Dean; Mr Robert Jordan, Mr W. O'Connor, F.G.S., and other prominent mem- bers of the institute. The discussion was adjourned, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the president.
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SELF-DESTRUCTION. Every act, every thought, every rush of passion, every emotion, every movement of muscle or mind uses up some of the substance of our bodies, just as every step in walking helps to wear out our shoes. Food repairs the loss to some extent, but the power to digest food grows less from year to year with use. That is the reason, sooner or later, we must die. Now take note. The faster you live the more you waste the more you throw away, the sooner you come to the end. Once more. The great waster, the great thief of life is illness. Then, you may lose in a month wha,t might have lasted a year, and (remembert) not merely of flesh and strength' but of the power to get it back. Here is where Mother Seigel's Syrup does its wonderful work. It gives you back lost power. Not all of it, for then you could live for ever but most of it. Convincing proof of this is afforded by the case of Mr James S. Morton, of 233, Lymington-avenue, Lordship-lane, N., who writes thus on July 17th, 1908 In the winter of 1903-4 I was engaged upon a very arduous task which sometimes occupied me 18 hours a day, and on three or four occasions right through the night. Before it was com- pleted T began to suffer from biliousness and indigestion. The pain at my chest after eat- ing was unbearable, and my sight so much aeffcted that printed lines seemed to me blurred and confused. Not until a friend of mine ad- vised me to take Mother Seigel's Syrup did I find any relief. When I had taken about half of the second bottle, the pain after eating was less intense. By the time I had taken eight bottles of the Syrup my ailments had com- pletely left me. Indigestion is now no more to me than a painful memory." Mother Seigel's Syrup is also prepared in Tablet form as Mother Seigel's Syrup Tablets. Price 2s 9d. i.
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On a single bank-note 405,000 microbes have been found in some recent investigations made at Yale, U.S.A. This number was obtained from the cleanest note examined, the dirtiest having only 14,000 adhering to it.
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SECOND EDITION. Startling Speech by Sir Marchant Williams. Suggested Disruption of the University. The annual meeting of the Court of Governors of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire was held at Cardiff on Thursday, when the Earl of Plymouth pre- sided over a large attendance. Sir Marchant Williams said he had no desire to raise an unfruitful discussion or cause an unpleasant controversy. The drift and purpose of his remarks would be to allay rather than in crease the feeling of alarm that must have been excited by the gloomy prospect that had been spread out before them by the treasurer of the College. As the College was a con- stituent College of the University of Wales its present position and its future interests were closely bemnd up with the interests of the two other constituent Colleges, as well as with the University itself, he held that he would be per- fectly in order in discussing the financial pro- spects of the College, in so far as they were influenced by its connection with the other Colleges and with the University. That Col- lege at Cardiff was at present insol- vent. (Sensation.) The debt amounted to more than thirty thousand pounds, and in June next it would be at least fifty thousand pounds. How was it to be met ? The collecting cards suggested by the trea- surer would yield very little. The Gov- ernment some time ago appointed a Commission to inquire into the working of the Colleges in Wales, with the view of directing the Government as to the amount of increased grant the colleges would be entitled to. The Commission largely consisted of Scotsmen, and that was, he supposed, because the Government was anxious that the sum of the grants should not be extravagant. (Laughter.) Some portions of the report of the Commissioners have leaked out, but they were irrelevant to his present purpose. It was sur- mised, however, and they were entitled to assume, that the increased grant to each of the three Colleges would amount to £ 4,000 per annum. This sum would not relieve the Cardiff College of its difficulties. At Aberyst- wyth it had been decided that no portion of the increased grant should be devoted to the augmentation of the salaries of the teach- ing staff. At Cardiff, on the other hand, he was glad to say. though no definite resolution had been passed on the subject, the Council of the College was morally bound by re- peated declarations to apply a portion of the increased grant to the increase of the salaries of the lecturers and the professors, all of whom were underpaid, especially the lecturers. If two thousand a year were applied to the increase of these salaries, it would not go very far. The remaining two thousand would be swallowed up by increased rates and increased expenditure in connection with the new buildings. Principal Griffiths (interposing) One thou- sand pounds a, year. Sir Marchant: Quite so, and there would also be increased expenditure on fresh deve- lopments. The Corporation of Cardiff might give them E2,000 a year, which meant a half- penny rate, but even that would not relieve the College of its financial difficulties. No doubt if the College, like the Nottingham Uni- versity College, were handed over to the Cor- poration, the financial difficulties might dis- appear. He was not a member of the Cor- poration—(laughter)—and he did not recom- mend that step. Principal Griffiths: But Nottingham was not a constituent College of a University. Sir Marchant: I am quite aware of that. The Principal I know, but I wish the Governors to know it. Sir Marchant, continuing, said that in order to justify the suggestion he was about to sub- mit to them he would ask them to consider the impediments in the way of the develop- ment of the College arising from its close con- nection with the other constituent colleges of the Welsh University. First, they could not establish an agricultural department in Car- diff because they were told it would militate against the success of the agricultural depart- ment at Aberystwyth. Hence the advanced students from Monmouthshire, where excel- lent agricultural work was being done, would have to go to Aberystwyth or elsewhere for their final instruction Secondly, though there were in Glamorgan.. shire and Monmouthshire hundreds of articled clerks who clamoured at the College doors for legal instruction, they were told if a law de- partment were established at Cardiff it would injure the law department at Aber- ystwyth, where there were five students —(laughter)—and they were threatened, in the event of their establishing a law department, with the withdrawal of the sup- port to the mining school of one of the most influential members of their Council. A moment or two ago he had been told that it was intended to establish a chair for the special study of, Celtic exclusively at ^Aber- ystwyth in connection with the National Library. Intolerable Situation. The situation was becoming absolutely intolerable, Proceeding to deal with the Bangor College, he spoke of the momentous step which the College was about to take and its bearing upon the future of the Cardiff College. A fundamental principle of the University of Wales was that no person could be admitted to its examinations unless he or she was a student of the University, and a student of the University had always meant a student who received instruction within the walls of one of the three constituent Colleges. The authorities of the North Wales University College, however, now proposed that the students of Bangor Normal College shall be considered students of the University, and shall be admitted to its examinations. This revolutionary proposition, if carried, as it pro- bably would be carried at the meeting of the University Court in November, would mean the disruption of the University. The Senate of the University, he was informed, actually supports the scheme. Principal Griffiths, interposing, said thp Senate had not passed a resolution with regard to it. Sir Marchant said he was very glad to hear this, but there was every probability of such a resolution being carried. Hitherto, he ha4 been for one Wales, one people, one University. This motto had become impossible to main- tain any longer, and he would suggest to the Governors of that College that they should at once begin to think seriously of the inevitable,, viz., a separate University for South Wales and Cardiff. If they followed the example of the North Wales College they would be able to enrol at the Cardiff College in aa very short time four or five thousand students, and it was pre- posterous to suppose that sush a college as Cardiff should be hampered and thwarted in its development by two small colleges of four or five hundred students. He was asked the other day by a prominent man where is the lvl-, Welsh University, and he replied that its trunk was at Cardiff, its feet at Bangor, its grasping arms at Aberystwyth — (laughter) — akd its head in the private room of a doctor at N ewcastle-on -Tyne. (Great laughter.) The charter of the Welsh University was based on that of the Federal University of Victoria, which had gone the way of all Federal Universities. It had disappeared into sptace, unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. This was the story of its disrup- tion. Liverpool felt the weight of the yoke, and resolved to shake it off. It demanded a University of its own. The Government said they must have first an endowment of at least a quarter of a million of money. The Liverpool Corporation promptly came forward with a grant of £10,000 a year. The Liverpool mer- chants came forward in support of a Univer- sity for their own city, and at the present moment the endowment of the Liverpool Uni- versity amounted to £ 400,000. He did not wish to move a resolution. He had simply told therp a way of getting out of their financial diffi- culty, and that was to establish a great Uni. /versity at Cardiff for South Wales and Mon- mouthshire, which would have directly affiliated with it the great technical schools of Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff, Newport the Rhondda Valley, all of which were in con- templation, and would be erected within th< next few years—(cheers)—and he predicted that in support of such a University the mer- chants of Cardiff with their great wealth would doubtless follow the inspiring example se* them by those of Liverpool and other largf English towtis. (Loud applause.) Immediate Action. Principal Griffiths said he was not going tc comment on Sir Marchant's speech. It wâ4 one they had better think about than talk about, although he thought it possible that ife might to be found that those who appeared to be much at variance in their views were nearer one another than might be apparent. With much that was said he was in sympathy, but at the same time he, was sure Sir Marchant Williams did not wish that the Governors attention should be distracted from the neceS" sity of immediate action, or that his speech should prove a deterrent to present efforts to get in as much funds as they could. If there was a great future before that College it was well to remember that they were putting up buildings worthy of a great future.
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CARDIFF PUBLIC WORKS. More Powers to be Bought. The Cardiff Public Works Committee on ThutS" day discussed the advisability of increasing tb* charge to landlords when they connect tbt, sewers of new property with the main outfall. They at present pay 10 per cent. ofithe cos* they are put to in connecting with the niaio- sewer. Councillor Sanders thought the ebaxo ought to be more like 50 per cent- A sewer was, he said, put through a district, the adjoining land was then opened up building purposes, as a result land that had been worth only JE1 or JE2 an acre becoBCHOS worth £30 or 140 an acre. It was decided. ask the Parliamentary Committee to obtain powers to charge^ landowners 25 per cent- °*- the cost'of connecting sewers from their pro* perty with the main outfall.
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Steps are being taken to raise funds to ere^ a stained-glass window depicting scenes froff The Pilgrim's Progress in Westminsta- [ Abbey as a memorial to John Bunyan. J i