The Cardiff Times

NATIONAL ANTHEM. TEMPO NOTTSTSK ENOUGH. The interesting announcement is made this evening in the London Evening News that by the wish of the King the National Anthem is to be played more briskly in future. Conse- quently all the military bands will be in- structed to play it with greater spirit. His Majesty has frequently criticised the playing of the anthem as being too dirge-like and the tempo is to be appreciably increased. Many members of the Royal Family have criticised the funereal playing of the anthem, and it may be recalled that the Duke of Con- naught, at an inspection two years ago at Kneller Hall Military School, near London, re- marked that he considered the music should be played more briskly. It is understood that the National Anthem in its new form has been specially played to the King, who has given his approval, and the corrected tempo is in consequence to be in- serted on all music cards in the possession of Army units.

CARDBOARD COIN. At Swansea Police Court on Saturday a farm labourer, Charles Jones, of Cockett, was charged with stealing four packets of; cigarettes, the property of David Griffiths, of the same place, by means of a trick. The allegation was that defendant went to prosecutor's shop, asked for cigarettes, placed something on the counter that looked like a shilling, and made off. It was found that what he had left was a repre- sentation of a shining on a. piece of cardboard. Defendant, who was given a good character, was dealt with under the First Offenders' Act.

£ 5,000 CARDIFF JUDGMENT. The Cardiff action of Page and Co. v. Meguin and Co. was down for trial on Saturday before Jastice Coleridge without a jury in the King's fkneh. Mr Bankcs, 1t.C., and Mr Inskip ape peared for the plaintifia, instructed by Messrs Downing and Handcock, and. Mr Hohler, K-C-, and Mr Newbott for the defendants. After the parties had consulted M r Bankes said they had aereed to plaintiffs having judg- ment for £ 5»250. Execution was stayed for a Wasik

Screams in the Night. ALLEGED MURDER IN DUBLIN At Dublin on Monday Thomas Grant (25), of Glasgow, was charged with the wilful murder of Mary Carroll in Fish-street, near North Wall, Dublin, on the night of November 7th. The prosecuting solicitor said the steamer Baron Kelvin arrived at Dublin on November 6th with a crew of six, including the prisoner. Medical testimony was called, and showed that the wound from which the woman died was six inches long, and on a formidable- looking knife being produced the medical wit- ness said it was like what would have caused the wound. David Anderson, one of the crew of the BaI-on Kelvin, was next called. The Crown solicitor said witness had been brought over from Scotland with four others on warrants, but he was now a free man. Anderson said on the night of the alleged murder he passed up Fish-street with a companion, and noticed Grant standing in a doorway. Later he heard a shout, "Police! come quick!" and five minutes afterwards he noticed a short distance away the figure of a woman on the ground. Witness remarked to his companion that her mouth appeared to be gagged. When witness went on board his vessel he saw Grant, and told him he had been in the company of a woman. Grant replied in words which witness understood to mean that a woman had been trying to rob him. Witness told Grant he had seen a woman on the ground who looked as if she had been gagged, and prisoner replied, It was me don't tell anybody." Other members of the crew identified the knife produced as the property of Grant, one stating Grant told him he had seen a woman getting severely crushed. The detective who arrested prisoner near Holly town, said Grant, when asked for the Spanish knife, produced a smali pocketknife, which he said was th only one he had. Sub- sequently a woman sitting near produced a knife, prisoner saying he had made a present of it to a boy iri the house. He admitted he was in Fish-street on the night of the murder, but as he had a good deal of drink he did not re member much about it. Prisoner was remanded. No charge was preferred against the five members of the crew of the Baron Kelvin who, together with Grant, were placed under sur- veillance in Scotland, and they were all accepted as witnesses.

Cotton Conciliation. BOARD OF TRADE PROPOSALS. Mr Churchill has addressed the following letter, dated Friday, to the chairman of the societies of the employers and employed con- cerned in the recent cotton crisis Dear Sir,—As you are aware I followed with the utmost concern from day to day the various phases of the recent dispute in the cotton spin- ning trade, and greatly rejoiced that an end to the conflict had been reached a week ago, and' I congratulate both sides that they were able to arrive at a settlement by direct negotiations with each other. It has already been officially declared by both employers and operatives that strikes and lock-outs are disastrous, and ought to be avoided. The Brooklands agreement appears to have worked admirably so far as it goes, and hitherto, under its provisions, many disputes have been amicably settled. But the Brook- lands agreement is in itself incomplete. A sup- plementary scheme for ascertaining the actual state of trade, such as is generally known as a sliding-scale or conciliation scheme, is its neces- sary counterpart. I am aware that dur- ing recent years much thought and consideration have been given on the part both of employers and of opera- tives' organisations to the elaboration of some equitable and practical scheme for attaining the object, and the Board of Trade are in possession of certain proposals which they understand have formed the basis of dis- cussion. While, however, the general principle of such a scheme does not appear to be con- tested, I understand that it has not been found possible, so far, to overcome altogether the difficulties of detail which stand in the way of the completion of a generally acceptable agreement. Feeling that the time has come when an earnest and determined effort ought in the public interest to be made to arrive at a mutually satisfactory agreement for the pre- vention of future disputes as to wages in the cotton trade, I have decided to invite repre- sentatives from all parties concerned to meet me in conference at the offices of the Board of Trade. It would be desirable for both employers and operatives to bring their own accountants. I should propose that the expense of any inquiry that may result from the conference should be borne by the State. Any scheme agreed upon under the auspices of the Board of Trade, while of course in-no way binding on the various parties represented, might, be confidently sub- mitted for adoption by the several organisations concerned. Mr Churchill adds that he would be glad to learn whether the associations con cemed would be prepared to send representa- tives to the proposed conference, and on receiv- ing favourable replies he will at once advise them as to the date and the number of sug- gested representatives.

MOLESTEi YOUNG WOMEN. William Harris, Bishop-street, labourer, was summoned at Newport on Monday for using obscene and abusive language to a young lady living in Fields-road. 37he evidence showed he had followed her for a considerable distance. Defendant denied the offence, and remarked that all he said to the young lady was Hello, Topsy t" The Chief Constable (Mr A. J. Sinclair) said there were a great number of offences of this character committed in New- port, but they found it almost impossible to trace the offenders and bring them to justice. Aid. Mark Mordey: Young ladies are scarcely safe in some districts of the town now. Chief Constable: They are not, sir. The Mayor, in passing a fine of 40B, said the Bench were determined to do all they could to stamp out this class of offence.

SWANSEA SCHOOLBOYS' LETTER TO MRS PANKHURST. The Swansea intermediate schoolboys, having carried a resolution in favour of women's suf- frage, Lyndon Protheroe, who led the case for the suffrage, wrote a letter to Mrs Pankhurst informing her of the fact. The letter has, how- ever, been returned by the Governor of Hollo- way Gaol endorsed, The person addressed is not entitled to receive your communication."

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MR LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEWS. Agreement Better than Victory. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at Criccieth on Saturday, alluded to the education contro- versy. He said he would prefer to see an agreement to a viclory. A victory, however decisive, was not final, for the defeated party when it came to power would not forget how it was trod upon and would say, Now it is our turn." It was impossible to get a settle- ment to satisfy everybody. The great thing was to have a settlement which commended itself to the general body of the people and enlisted their co-operation and support. (Cheers.) Education was a matter for the nation. The future of the nation depended upon the quality of the education given.

FUTURE OF WALES. The Chancellor on a Good Augury Mrs Lloyd George opened a new Council school at Chwilog, Carnarvonshire, on Saturday afternoon, and an address was delivered by Mr Lloyd George. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer said the spirit of education was strong in Wales, and it augured well for the future of the Principality. There was much talk in these days about Germany. Germany was a great country, and its influence was destined to grow greater, but they need not fear that influence. What had made Germany was not its Army, but fts schools. That was the-mistake we were making. We talked about her Army and her Navy, but what was making Germany great was her educational system, the children of the poor people in that country having the same educational opportunities as the children of the rich. It was education likewise that was going to make Wales great. Let them not be fright- ened by the education rate. The dearest thing to a country was cheap education, and the cheapest thing the best education. Knowledge was after all the best weapon in every sphere. (Cheers.) Mr Lloyd George afterwards motored to Criccieth, and spoke at the re-opening of the Council schools there in the evening. He con- gratulated the Carnarvonshire education authority on the extensive structural altera- tions they were carrying out throughout the county, stating that, given plenty of light and fresh air a child worked twice as hard with his or her studies whilst the quality of the work was better. He dwelt, as at Chwilog, on the Welsh love for education, remarking that in England the talk of the man in the street was over business and commerce, or over those that had won or were likely to win, or about such unimportant things as politics. (Laughter.) In Wales, however, education was part of the life of the country.

MR CLEMENT EDWARDS, M.P., Threatens te Resign His Seat. An emergency meeting of the Executive oi the Denbigh Liberal Association was called on Saturday to meet Mr Clement Edwards, the member for the Denbigh Boroughs, on the question of his attitude towards the proposed education settlement. In the course of his speech Mr Edwards explained that he took strong exceptions to the proposal that a right of entry into the Council schools should be made a constituent part of the suggested settlement/but so far as the concessions made by the Church were concerned, he frankly admitted that they were substantial and merited from the other side equally generous concessions, but these concessions, he thought, were to be faced in the terms proposed to be conceded in the treatment of non-provided schools. However, he absolutely and entirely objected to any right of entry to the Council schools, and he felt so strongly upon this point that rather than it should be conceded he preferred that there should be no settlement, and, further, rather than support it he would prefer to resign his seat and see the Liberal Government sacrificed. At present the religious wrangle, however keen and acute it may be, was outside the schools, but the-proposal of the right of entry meant that it would be placed inside the school and enthroned there for a long time to come. That he objected to. The hon. member's speech led to a lengthy discussion, and on the motion of Mr D. S. Davies, seconded by Alderman Robert Owen, it was unanimously decided that having heard Mr Edwards's views he be given a free hand to act as he thinks best in the interests of Wales in regard to the settlement. It is understood that in pursuance of this resolution Mr Clement Edwards proposes to take steps to have a national convention held to consider the question.

Small Holdings. PEMBROKESHIRE APPLICATION Committee Criticised. An important meeting of the Pembrokeshire Small Holdings Committee was held on Satur- day, Dr. George Griffith presiding over a large attendance. The Press representatives applied for admission, but theirapplication was refused, and the committee sat in private. Complaint is made in the County of the way in which the committee has endeavoured to meet the large number of applications for land, as up to the present not a single small holding has been created in the county under the Act. A number of members of the committee were strongly in favour of the meetings being pub- lie, but their wishes were overruled by the majority. At the last meeting of the County Council complaints were made that no informa- tion concerning the administration of the Act was forthcoming. It is believed that the com- mittee is in treaty with a landowner witli a view to the acquisition of an estate for small holdings. An official report'supplied to the Press states that a sub-committee appointed to consider a scheme for the parishes of Llangwm, Buxton, and Rosemarket, presented a report, and it was resolved to send this to the Board of Agriculture for approval. The question of the acquisition of the Sealyham estate was also considered, and Mr Joseph Watts, of Letterston, was ap- pointed valuer. The reports of 18 sub-commit- tees were also considered. These included a scheme for Guildford and AshdaJe. Mr John Owen, one of the commissioners appointed under the Act, was present, and gave the com- mittee advice as to the working of the Act. Welsh Returns. Up to the present time 23,097 applications for small holdings in England and Wales have been received, the total acreage applied for being 363,378. In the Parliamentary answers to questions issued on Saturday, the following particulars relating to Wales and Monmouthshire are cdven in renly to Mr Morrell :— Tofal nam- Total ber of acreage applications, applied for. Anglesey 232 3,743 Brecknock 182 — 3,200 Cardigan 103 1,600 Ca.rma.rthen. 84 1,715 Carnarvon u 62 864 Denbigh 157 1,840 Flint 98 1.803 Glamorgan .< 358 7,053 Merioneth. 37 603 Montgomery —. 210 3,800 Pembroke. 128 2,394 Radnor 106 2,300 Monmouthshire 265 5,882

AIEftTftllWft TRAGEDY. COLUNS AN ELY SCHOOL BOY. Patrick Collins, who is awaiting trial for the wilful murder of Dorotfiy Lawrence at Abertri- dwr in August last, has written to the Home Secretary a long letter, in the course of which he complains of the action of the authorities at Cardiff Gaol in depriving him of a privilege to which he allfges he is entitled. Collins is still in hospital, and when last seen by Mr Herbert Samuel, solicitor, Cardiff, who is preparing his defence, the accused seemed in good health and in fair spirits. Mr Samuel has succeeded in tracing the whereabouts of a man who, Collins declares, is in a position to throw some lighttlpon his actions shortly before the tragedy. The prisoner, by the way, was educated at Ely Schools, his parents, who lived at Cadox- ton, having died some months before.

BOY EYE-WITNESS ABSENT. Mr M- Roberts Jones, coroner, held an in- quest at Llanhilleth on Monday touch- ing the death of William Henry Davies (19), who was injured at* Llanhilleth Colliery on Saturday and died on Sun- day. Albert Smith, fireman, said he was 50 yards away when the accident, occurred. A boy, Charles Carter, who was working with de- ceased, had explained to witness the whole cir- cumstancea of the accident, but the lad could not now be found to attend the inquest. Wit- ness said deceased drew a lump of coal weighing 1tcwt.. which rolled against a prop, it to fall on deceasetL The place was examined by witness at 10.30 *a.m. and found perfectly safe. Davies was a very steady, reliable workman. A verdict.of Accidental death was returned.

RESCUED BY ABERAVON MEN. The steamer Don Hugo, Captain Jones com- mander, owned by the Rio Tinto Company, London, while on passage from Port Talbo to Huelva, during the night of Sunday, the 8th inst, sighted off Cape Roca the dredger Eraque, with two men on board, flying signals of dis- tress. The Eraque, which had broken away from her tugs, was fast drifting ashore. A heavy gale and' a very rough sea prevailing, Captain Jones called for volunteers, and Second Officer Gething and Third Officer Parry, with five sea- men, manned the lifeboat. They reached the dredger, but a heavy sea smashed the lifeboat against the dredger and precipitated her crew into the water. With great difficulty the crew managed to clamber on to the dredger, and there Were then nine men to be saved instead of two. The captain of the Don Hugo, after about two hours' work, succeeded/in getting a lifeline to the dredger, and aU were safely hauleU on board the steamer. Unfortunately, one of th e dredger's crew afterwards succumboc'. « The Don Hugo is a Port Talbot trader, ami

Warning to the Lords. FUTUREOFTHE LICENSING BILL Speech by Mr Birrell, An important demonstration was held at Bristol on Saturday in support of the Licen- sing Bill, Mr Augustine Birrell, M.P., and Mr A. Henderson, M.P., being the principal speakers. Resolutions were passed asking the Government to carry the Bill through without any further weakening amendments, and urging the House of Lords to pass it into law in such a form that it would retain unimpairedall its main features. Moving the latter resolution Mr A. Hender- son, M.P., said the action taken by Mr Bal- four's Government on the subject of licensing rendered it all the more important that this nation should receive from the hands of the succeeding Government such a measure that would undo the mischief that had been done. (Hear, hear.) Nothing rejoiced him more than the thought that every member of the Labour party was behind him in this matter. (Cheers.) When he came to the question of the action of the House of Lords, he was reaching dangerous ground. (Hear, hear.) The resolution asked them to earnestly appeal to the House of Lords. Well. he must honestly admit that he had got beyond appealing to them. (Laughter.) He did not know what faith they hdd in that assembly; he had none. (Cheers.) "How- ever," he added, we will give them another chance." (Hear, hear.) Mr Birrell said the Government perfectly realised when they introduced the Bill the difficulties they would have to face, as the Trade had its ramifications in all branches of society. So far as the House of Lords were concerned, all he had got to say was that this was not a concern of theirs. "This," he added," is a question for the people speaking through their chosen representatives. (Cheers.) For them to occupy the position of coming between the people and their representatives, and to say to them,' You shall not have what you want,' is, to my mind, one of the most monstrous and unconstitutional assertions. (Cheers.) I hope wiser counsels may prevail. I do not take a much more sanguine view of what will happen than Mr Henderson, but still, where there's life there's hope. (Hear, hear.) The House of Lords share with the lower animals the instinct of self-preservation. (Laughter and cheers.) The great majority of the Bishops of the Church of England and in the House of Lords will be found on our side. (Cheers.) Those men will tell the House that they will indeed be embarking on a dangerous course if, in a matter of this kind-a profoundly social question- they choose to play the mere political part. (Cheers.) If they do, conduct so intolerable will not long be borne. (Cheers.) The ending of the House of Lords involves a j long and fierce controversy, which, I think, might be put off for the time if the House pre- sents no hostility to the Bill of the people. But if they come on these occasions and stand between the people and their passionate desire for sobriety and temperance, let the blood 1,n upon their heads." (Loud cheers.)

South Monmouthshire. NOMINATIONS BY MINERS' LOOSES No Opposition to Sir Ivor Herbert.- A further conference of representatives of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Miners' Federation lodges in the South Monmouthshire Parliamentary division was held at Collier's Restaurant, Newport, on Saturday, to consider the names of Labour candidates nominated for the constituency. There will be no opposition, however, to Col. Sir Ivor Herbert, It was reported that Mr James Winstone, miners' agent, Pontypool, Mr John Woodward, check- weigher, Rises,, Mr George Barker, miners' agent, Abertillery, Mr Alfred Onions, miners' agent, Tredegar, and Mr C. Edwards check- weigher, Wattsville, had been nominated by the lodges, but that Mr James Winstone and Mr C. Edwards had withdrawn their names. The conference was adjourned. The lodges will be informed that the three remaining can- didates will address meetings in the district when invited to do so, and arrangements will subsequently be made to take a ballot of the men on the question.

BABY HIDDEN IN RAGS. Shocking Case at Neath. At Neath Police Court on Monday Annie Haines, wife of a colliery haulier living in Ethel-street, was charged with neglecting her three children. Mr A. J. Jeffreys prosecuted on behalf of the N.B.P.C.O. Inspector Best said that on October 9th he dis- covered the house in a filthy condition, and the only furniture consisted of a broken chair and a bedstead with a straw mattress, without bedclothes. Defendant told him she had only two children, but witness, in going through the house, found the jjaby lying in an old peram- bulator, covered up with rags. Edward Haines, haulier, Briton Ferry, said defendant was his second wife. He had placed the children by his first wife in lodgings. He left her five weeks ago because of her drunken habits, and had since given her 8s a week. The Benctysaid defendant was not a fit woman to have children, and sent her to prison for a month with hard labour.

FOUND DEAD IN MINE. Abraham GauntJet^an underground examiner, died whilst on his rounds 'at the Blaensychan Colliery on Monday. It appears that owing to the non-return of the deceased at the usual time, a search party was sent out, and they discovered him dead in an airway, not far from the underground lamp station. The body was conveyed to the deceased's home, River-row, Abersychan. The colliery, in censequence, was idle for the day.

)mMMm TERRIBLE ECZEMA Began with Teething ana Lasted Twelve Years-Tried Every Imag- inable Treatment to No Effect- Head and Body a Mass of Humour —Almost Mad with the Torture. CURED IN THREE WEEKS j BY ONE SET OF CUTICURA "My daughter, now thirteen years of Age, had been a martyr to eczema on ther body and head ever since cutting bar teetn. Wa had a doc- tor off and on (or the first five yean and have been trying dif- ferent chemists from tune to time, wing many ointments, bub to no effect. "We tried everything imaginable and only kept hoping that she would out- grow it. At Jest, after sulferingfor twelve year&. her body and head were a masa of sores and she was almost mad with it. Thai I sent for a set of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resol- vent Pills. After ten days' use of the Cuticura Remedies sh» began to get better. In three weeks there was not a vestige of eczema left. She only took'one vial of the Cuticura Pills and we have some at the Soap and Ointment still. Mrs. O. Brasier, High St., Godstone^ Surrey, Aug. S and 12, 1907." Send to nearest depot for free Cutfc •uraBookon Treatment of Sion DisMoea. AWFUL ITCHING Torturing, Disfiguring Humours Instantly Relieved by Cuticura. Even a single gentle application ofCuti- cura, the great Skin Cure, preceded bv a warm bath with Cuticura Soap and lof* lowed, when necessary, by mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, affords instant relief, permits rest and sleep, and points to a speedy cure of the agonizing itching and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crusting of sealp, as in floalled head, and the awful suffering of infants and childreoyais in tetter, or salt rheum. Orticura Rsnxtfles Are sold throughout the world. DepounLoiiOon, 27. C3i»rterh<)vi.sf! Kq_; I'ario, 5, Rua fle la Paix: Australia, U. Tew.? X-, Co.. Sydrjsy; 8o. Africa, I-eimon, Ltd. Capetown, ete, D.S.A-. Patter finis Clma. Goo** sole Pom, Jumtea.-

War Office Change. NEW TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Mr R. B. Haldane, Secretary. for War, was the guest of the 4th Battalion City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) at their annual dinner on Monday night, and proposing the health of Colonel Vickers Duniee, V.D., late commanding the battalion, said he was san- guine enough to believe that we had a good chance before long of seeing the Army of our dreams realised—(hear, hear)—and he would promise them this-and he kn¡>wof what he was speaking—that if they produced a home de- fence citizen Army they would find that the general staff had not been lagging behind them with plans for applying it in the one fashion which was most effective for home defence on modern scientific principles. It had been said—and with some truth—that at the War Office they had not hitherto had their organisation strong and complete enough to take up the enormous amount of new work which the Territorial Force had imposed on it. It required a new Department. General McKinnon had done his work splendidly, but he (Mr Haldane) had felt for some time past that they ought to be able to give him more power to his elbow in the shtpe of a wider and more extensive organisation in the War Office, capable of coping with the enormous amount of business which kept increasing day by day. Last week they took a step which had not yet been announced. He had been under a pledge power to his elbow in the shtpe of a wider and more extensive organisation in the War Office, capable of coping with the enormous amount of business which kept increasing day by day. Last week they took a step which had not yet been announced. He had been under a pledge while presiding over the initial stages of the work at the War Office of looking after the Territorial Force to organise that work still more completely and to put it in the Depart- ment of a civil member, and assign to him the direct and paramount function of representing it on the Army Council. They had just con- stituted the new Department under Lord Lucas, who they knew united with himself the capacity of being Parliamentary Under- Secj^tary and civil member and with being an officer of the Territorial Force, and to-day, while he (Mr Haldane) retained all his interest and general superintendence of the affairs of the Territorial Force, its active head, relieving him of an immense amount of detailed business, was Lord Lucas, with General McKinnon working directly with him. That bad enabled them to assign a larger staff to the organisation of the Territorial Force in the War Office, and he thought they would presently find the effect in the much more rapid despatch of business and the getting over difficulties inseparable from the initial stages, and they would have in Lord Lucas a direct representative to the Army Council, not, he hoped, more keen about their interests than he had been, but keen be- cause it would be Lord Lucas's main business and, he hoped, keen in co-operation with ^limself (Mr Haldane) in attending to all these interests. (Hear, hear.) We had now reached a stage in which the Regulars regarded the Territorials as their brothers and their comrades. The Regulars now felt that they had got in the new force a new weapon, the responsibility for the guidance of which rested a good deal with themselves. (Cheers.) With the assistance of the fleet, be thought, we would be able to take care of ourselves in the future in combination with the fleet, and if we did it would be because we had a military organisation of a modern type designed on scientific lines. He hoped the system would extend to our self-governing Dominions beyond the seas, and would attain such dimensions as to make any nation think twice before attack- ing us. (Cheers.)

Card Playing Losses. FLEUR iE-LIS BEBTSR'S EXPERIENCE. At the Tredegar Bankruptcy Court on Mon- day (before the Registrar, Mr E. H. Davies), the examination was resumed of Morris Britz and Harris Rosin, trading as Britz and Rosin, as boot dealers and general shopkeepers, at Fleur-de-lis. Mr R. H. Spencer, Tredegar, acted for the debtors. The deficiency in the summary of accounts was given at JE967 18s Id. Debtors were examined at length by the Official Receiver (Mr Gardner.), upon their ex- tensive borrowing transactions, also upoji the receipt of large parcels of wall paper, which, it was alleged, had been ,.sent by debtors to/Mrs Ida Britz, Penrhiwceiber. This allegation was denied by debtors, who said the transactions with Mrs Britz consisted only of exchanges of patterns. The Official Receiver said that repayments to Maurice Rosin amounting to £125. and debts contracted with several firms, including some foreign creditors, amounting to £269138 8d, had been omitted from the statement of affairs. A Paris creditor named Caesar Koch had written the Official Receiver complaining bitterly that he had been had by the debtors. It was admitted by the debtors that they had not informed their solicitor of all those omissions. Questioned respecting his losses on card play- ing the debtor Britz said he could not give the names of persons he had played with, but he admitted placing in London, Belgium, and France. He lost oftener than he won. The Official Receiver Were you discreet in playing with persons who could play better than you, apart from the moral side T The Debtor I did not consider those things. The examinatfttn was adjourned, debtors being ordered to file amended accounts. Rhymney Branch Shop failure. At the same court, Hallister William Strat- ton, carrying on business as a saddler at High street, Rhymney, and for whom Mr R. H. Spencer, Tredegar, acted, had a deficiency of £G6 13s. He entered into partnership in March last with Edwin Williams, Tirphil, debtor con- tributing £ 10 in capital, and a month later another £20. A branch shop was opened at Rhymney in June, and the partnership was dissolved at the end of August,, debtor taking over the liabilities of no or £80. because he thought there was a good opening at Rhymney. He realised now that he had dene a rash thing. The examination was formally adjourned.

-——— MoreThan Was Asked For GLAMORGAN OFFICIALS REPORT. Aid. Hughes and Dr. James at Variance A monthly meeting of the Glamorgan Edu- cation Committee was held at the Gwyn Hall, Neath, on Tuesday, Dr. Morris presiding. The committee resolved to forward an expression of sympathy to Alderman E. H. Davies, chairman of the Building Sub-Committee, who is in ill health and at present recuperating at Torquay. Alderman W. R. Davies and Alderman Jordan dwelt on the great loss the committee had sus- tained through the enforced absence of Alder- man E. H. Davies from its deliberations. Alderman T. J. Hughes, referring to a report of the chief education official, said the instruc- tion was to report as to the classes at present conducted by mining teachers he had, how- ever, included in his report manual classes and practical mathematics—matters which were not asked for. The committee knew what was wanted, and when they wanted more the mem- bers would ask for it. The chief education official had evidently been induced to take the course adopted. Dr. James (chief education official) I most strongly protest against the word induced." v I have spoken to no one about the matter. How then could I have been induced ? Alderman Hughea: Very weIL I accept that frankly. But the object is clear. It is to override the decision of the committee. Alderman W. R. Davies said no harm had been done. They had only received more than they asked for. They did not often get that. (Laughter.) Alderman Hughes: Quite right, we dau-t often get more than we want. (Renewed laughter.)

HUNGER MARCHER MISSING. I •ISACPEARANCE AT NEWPORT. Lance-Sergeant Nayior, of Liverpool, who ar- rived at Newport with the hanger marchers on Friday evening, has been missing since Sun- day evening. Mr Stewart Gray enlisted him on the Thames-embankment some weeks ago. On Saturday he was affected by some poisonous fumes, but on Sunday evening he attended a meeting held at the Central Hall. Here he com- plained of feeling unwell, and left before the meeting was over. He is a totalabstainer, about 32 yeasp of age, 5ft. 2in. in height, clean shaven, with brown hair. and fresh complexion. On Sunday he was wearing a navy biue suit, soft Trilby hat, red jersey shirt, and South African war medal ribbons.

x COUNTY SCHOOL ASSISTANTS. The annual general meeting of the^outh- West Wales Branch of the Incorporated Asso- ciation of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools was held on Saturday at the Swansea Grammar School. It was stated that the mem- bership of the branch had increased during the year, and was now nearly 50. The subjects dis- cussed were chiefly of a professional nature, such as timetables, examinations, the syllabus in chemistry. There was some doubt as to whether the county schools come under the decent Endowed Schools (Masters) Act, 1908, dealing with tenure, and it was decided to ask the Board of Education^-to decide the point. The officers for the year are :-Chairman, MrM. F. O'SuUivan,/Neath fxon. treasurer, Mr G. H. West, Pembroke Dock hon. secretary, Mr H V. Hockin, Swansea.

HLinger Marchers." ANOTHER BATCH AT CARDIFF. i I'm James Lister—the Listers were Nor- wegian pirates—McCutcheon, and I'm the road master of the party." As he spoke, Mr McCutcheon, a little man with a slouch hat, pointed to about 20 men gathered about a small four-wheeled vehicle in Paradise-place, Cardiff. The vehicle was piled high with paraphernalia necessary for a long march, and on the side one read, Right of Birth gives Right of Life. Why Starve in Silence ?" Do you know," confided Mr AfeCutcheon, that I've not travelled by rail for 33 years, and never set foot on tramcar, motor, or bicycle—on principle. Also, rm the anti- machinist of the party. I'm an agricultural labourer and gardener, but I won't work any complex or dangerous machinery on the land- on principle. I believe in spade cultivation— on principle. And-" Then Mr Stewart Gray, the man with it mission," appeared on the scene—a tall, spare- built man, with coal black hair and beard ever so slightly tinged with grey. He gave a few hurried orders to his Hunger Marchers," who on their arrival at Cardiff from Newport on Monday evening were provided with a substan- tia] tea by the I.L.P. at the Ruskin Institute, and who slept last night at the Sa) vation Army Home in Splott, Cardiff. Mr Gray fell somewhat wearily into a chair at the Institute, but there was no evidence of weariness in the vigorous, alert sentences he expressed in the course of an interview with one of our reprosentatives. Too Prosperous for the Mission. I like Cardiff," he said, It is the best town rve been in broad, clean, well-lighted streets, and the people more or less vital. But I feel it is too prosperous for the mission I am on." Then he talked of ideals, and of his own ideal, which he did not think would catch on just yet in South Wales, the only prosperous part of the United Kingdom." He would, how- ever, go into the mining valleys, and give the people curtain lectures. But the march of the Hunger Marchers ? We manage pretty roughly," replied Mr Gray, smilingly. It has been quite a struggle to make ends meet by the aale of our literature. Back in the summer we spent four nights out of five on the march, and at mid-day we slept under the sun-blanket. Remember, we're not outon a cadging expedition. Ours is a mission. We have no dependents we can't afford to be accompanied by" men with responsibilities. Our men—army men, naval men, painters, valets I'm a cycle mechanic, an old Sunbeamer," interposed a little man with glasses. They are good men, all," continued Mr Gray, and they never grumble at the condi- tions. We're not looking for work—we're out on a mission. It is true we have on the march from London placed a few special men where they were wanted, and where we were satisfied they would not displace or keep out local men. These men (meaning the Hunger Marchers ") represent a large type of the unemployed. They have grown out of the thought of working for wages and under my land scheme each would be allotted a portion of ground in England, instead of in Canada, and provided with the means of dqreloping it as his home." Mr Gray has satisfied himself by experiments that, given reasonable inducements, Back to the Land for city unemployed, on the basis of production for use and not for sale, is the best and only solution. Before he started on his march Mr Gray wrote to the Bishop of London. I ask you to lead this march because for you to lead the poor would be fulfilling the traditions of the Christian Church in its purity." Women and Children. We started our march from London with women and children, but we had to send them back the conditions were too continuously un- comfortable. But one woman, a good old soul of 67, followed us almost to the Welsh border. Mr Gray, who was recently bound over to keep the peace, assured our representative that he was not going back on his sureties one of them is Mr Victor Grayson, M.P. You had Docker Williams and his men here a little while ago," remarked Mr Gray. Williams is a good fellow. Did his men be- have well t Yes. That's right." Later in the evening Mr Gray addressed an openair meeting at the entrance to Cathaya Park.

NEYLANCTS SILVER LINING. The Neyland Chamber of Trade concluded their celebration of the opening of the new fish- ing industry on Monday with a dinner at the South Wales Hotel. Mr T. W. Rowlands pre- sided, and among others present were the Hon. Herbert Allsopp, vice-chair- man of the Neyland Steam Trawling Company; Mr James Harries, chairman of the Pembrokeshire Trawling Co.; Colonel Meyrick, Mr F. Lort Phillips. Laurenny Park Captain Davies, Captain Mayor, Mr C. W. R. Stokes, Mr Davidson, MrHowlett, and Mr Christie. Mr Carrow proposed Success to the Neyland Fishing Industry." He said that when the GreaT. Western Railway Oompanv left the finest natural harbour in the United Kingdom to commence their gallant struggles against the forces of nature on the rock-bound coast of North Pembrokeshire. Neyland was down- hearted. but to-day the silver lining to the cloud appeared. The Hon. Herbert Allsopp responded on behalf of the Neyland Com- pany, and Mr James on behalf of the Pem- brokeghire Conipanyt

Hotel Guests Robbed. CARDIFF COMMERCIAL CHARGED. At Aberavon on Saturday William Ponsford respectably-dressed man, described as a co: mercial traveller, hailing from Cardiff, w charged with stealingel from the poc ket of Fr J. Baker, engineer, Birmingham, 9s from t pocket of another man named Alf. Mess* burgher, and JE19 froin the pocket of Ertti Edward Rice, electrical engineer, of Presco from the bedrooms of the Grand Hotel, Pt Talbot, on Friday morning. Fredk. J. Baker, 88, Pershore-road, Bhrmir ham, describing himself as an engineer, occup ing a Government appointment, said abc 3.30 a.m. he was disturbed and saw a man the room. Witness did not say anything to I man, who left. Witness got up and search his clothing, and found that a sovereign v missing from his trousers pocket. He got ba to bed, and lay awake. Shortly afterwards. heard someone in the corridor, and went < and rw the prisoner Going Along on Tiptoe without his boots on. Witness asked him wi he was doing, and accused replied, I t looking for No. 19 room. I have been drii ing, and am muddled up." Accused th walked aJong the corridor and disappear. Witness kept watch of accused's movemen and later saw him again in the corridor,and s him enter No. 15. When the accused came c witness told him that it was not No. 19 roo and that he could see that it was not, as th' was good light. Accused again said he w drunk. Witness then rang the bell, but got answer. He took the defendant to No. 19 hi self. In the room accused offered him a cig. which was declined. He gave information the morning to the boots and the proprieto Ernest E. Rice, an electrical engineer, deposE that on Thursdays night he missed from 1 pockets JE19 12s 3d. He gave information in t morning. Alfred Messerburgher, chief engineer on German steamer at the docks, said he missed from his pockets.. Michael Sullivan, Jersey Beach Hotel, sa- prisoner came to his house on Thursday nigl witb other persons and they had some drinl including three bottles of champagne. Witnei noticed that prisoner had two or three sov ereigns in his parse. x V. Morgan, cab driver, employed at the Gran Hotel, said he drove accused and two friend to the Jersey Beach Hotel between 9 JO an 10 o'clock on Thursdaynight and returned wit them at 2.15 next moiling to the Grand Hote Inspector Canton said he was called to tb V Grand Hotel on Friday morning, and went t:. No. 19 with the proprietor. When told of thj thefts, prisoner said, You can search me il you like." Prisoner then placed his purse and loose cash on the table and said he should hav £ 3 Is 6d in cash in his pocket. He took th purse up and counted JE20 in gold, 15s 6d t silver and copper. Aocused made a loa statement as to how he had come by the mone" V He was taken to the police station and placed F amongst other men, when he was identified ly (the previous Witnesses and charged. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. He was tm" mitted to the Assizes and admitted to baD., >

LAND VALUES iN THE BUDGr. Welsh Signatories of Petition, The$40 Ltloeral and Labour membef Parliament who have presented to the P" Minister a petition urging upon the Gov p ment the desirability of including a taA land vaJues in next year's Budget include^ following Welsb members :—W. Abraham, Brace, Ellis W. Davies, A. C. Edwards, A k Griffith, J. Keir Hardie. L. Haslam, Eo. Hemmerde, Ivor Herbert, T. H. W. M William Jones, To™ Richards,, and J. liams.

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'n THREE IN A BOAT. Pittt Apprentices Overboard. On Saturday night last two pilot apprentices, Ernest Alexander (19), 33, Coedcae-street, and Thomas Francis (17), 32, Blaenclydach-street, experienced a narrow escape from drowning in the Cardiff Docks entrance channeL The two youths with another apprentice named Ivor Brooks (17), of 4, Stockland-streefc, were in a punt following the ss. Boucau for the purpose of picking up her pilot, when Francis accidentally fell overboard carrying an oar with him. Alexander, in attempting to reach his comrade, also fell into the water, and as neither could swim their situation became precarious. They struggled back to the punt and held fast to each side, Whilst Brooks sculled the boat safely back to the Pier Head steps, where the two apprentices were assisted ashore little the worse for their immersion.

WITHOUT REAR LiQHT. # V At Carmarthen on Monday Dr. William Reginald Williams, Harlech House, Pembroke, was summoned for driving a motor-car on Sep- tember 22nd without a rear light. Mr Gilbert- son, solicitor, Pembroke, in admitting a technical offence, said the light had only been' out about two minutes without knowledge of his client. Superintendent Thomas Smith con- curred, and expressed his willingness to with- draw the summons, which the Bench dismissed on the payment of 9s 6d costs. Mr D. E. Stephens, Trawsmawr, under-sheriff of Car- marthenshire, was similarly summoned, but when he explained that he was on the railway at the time, and that, although it was his car, he could not be made a defendant, the ease was withdrawn.

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The Missing Cefn Man. LETTER FROM PENTOHVtLLE PRISON. William Williams, of Cefn Coed, Merthyr, who disappeared under mysterious circum- stances while on a visit to London, some weeks ago, is still in the Metropolis.. A letter was received from him by his family on Monday morning. Williams went to London with a friend named Isaac Jones to visit a truss maker. After seeing the truss maker they went to a public-house opposite Bow-street Police Station. Williams then went to a lavatory stating he would be but a few minutes. After waiting an hour Jones made inquiries, and found that his companion had left the lavatory some time previously. Although inquiries have been made from Scotland Yard4ad every other available source, no trace of the man was found till Monday. Mr Keir Hardie, at the request of a public meeting held at Cefn on Sunday week, interested himself in the case, and personally visited; Scotland Yard. v Extraordinary Letter. A communication received by Williams's wife at 47, Field-street, Cefn, on Sunday morn- ing, was on a printed form, dated from Pen- tonville Prison on October 29th, intimating that it emanated from a person serving a month's hard labour. Written on the circular were the words I am here in fair health. I shall be re- leased on the 25th of this month. It was signed William Williams (by mark). It this communication were genuine, it cazmot be understood why the letter should have been dated October 29th, and not posted until November 14th ajfe Cefn, and a telegram was sent to Mr Keir Handle, M-P-, who has inter- ested himself in the discovery of the missing man, asking him to make inquiries as to the reason of the delay and as to the offence for which Williams was alleged to be suffering im- prisonment. The following is a copy of the letter received on Monday morning by Mrs Williams, the wife of the missing Cefn miner, William Williams s— ELM. Prison, Ponton ville, October 29th, 1908. Dear Wife,—I am now in prison, and am in fair health. I shall be discharged cm the 25th inst. X William Williams. Register No., 9662. Sentence, one month hard labour. No Such Man in the Prison. Our London correspondent, instructed to make inquiry at Pen ton ville Pristm, tele- graphed last evening that he was informed there was no one there named Williaqns who was wearing a surgical appliance—that being the chief means of identifying the missing man.

Kaiser's Son Besieged. i WILD SOENES AT THE MINE. Berlin, Saturday.—The arrival of Prince JBitel Fritz (son of the Kaiser) at the scene of the mine disaster at Radbod yesterday even- ing was the occasion of angry demonstrations against the colliery administration, which appears locally to be held responsible for the disaster through insufficient consideration for the welfare of the miners. According to accounts of special corres- pondents, when the Prince drove up to the managerial office in his automobile a crowd had already assembled ntimbering more than 1,500. They broke through the police lines, and swarmed about the car, crying," We want protection for the workmen Show the Prince our punishment registers, so that he can see how we are treated! They have destroyed the registers and hung out black flags! Let them show they are sorry for the accident! We want help Down with abuses There are three hundred dead!" There was no cheering, only an angry roar, the crowd pressing round the Prince in pour- ing rain. Meanwhile the Prince went to the managerial offices, while outside the crowd began to sing the Marseillaise." The manager tried to make a speech, but was howled down. The police behaved in a most exemplary fashion, and by their considerate attitude un- doubtedly prevented the outbreak of violence. Meanwhile within the office the manager was attempting to explain to the Prince the actual ttate of affairs. A miner had mounted on a window sili of the office, and was addressing; the crowd, urging them to remain calm, but the uproar kept on increasing till it suddenly became known that his Royal Highness had consented to receive a deputation of the men. Prince Eitel's adjutant first received the deputation, and ascertained what they in- tended to say, and three men in their working clot hes were then admitted to the office where the Prince shook hands with them. Their leader, Johann Pilgrim, said :— We ask your Royal Highness to do something for us. The poor unfortunate people outside who sent us here beg your Royal Highness to help them by obtaining for usj an Imperial mines law for the protection of the miners, with workmen's control) by the men themselves. Then so many of us will not be killed. Your Royal Highness, I and we are all comrades, and feel for each other. Two months ago I per- suaded my best friend to come here to work with ma now he is dead. We beg you to lay our wishes before the Emperor." Prince Eitel Fritz replied I will communi- cate your wishes to my father, and will do my \best to reduce accidents in mines." Pilgrim subsequently informed the crowd of the Prince's words, and the crowd dispersed. The scenes at the pit head yesterday morn- ing beggared description when the lists of the dead were issued. Shrieking women with flowing hair made wild attempts to hurl them- selves down the shaft, screaming, Let us be buried with our husbands," and policemen with tears streaming down their cheeks had to hold them back by force.—Reuter. Donaueschingen, Baden, Saturday. — The Emperor has given 25.000 marks ( £ 1,250) for the relief of the families of the victims of the Hamm colliery disaster.—Reuter. Hamm, Saturday.—The open place in front of the pithead was to-day closed by the police. The crowd was quite orderly. Prince Eitel Fritz proceeded to the miners' quarter of Hoevel, where all the 129 widows live. His Royal Highness entered many houses, where the most heartrending scenes were witnessed. After an hour's inspection of the mine buildings he entered the engine-house, where the victims of the disaster lay in long rows in their open coffins.—Reuter.

8T0RIF.S OF M.P. Sir Came Rasch, M.P., who on Satur- day announced that he will at once re- sign his seat for the Chelmsford Division of Essex, will be a loss to the House of Commons. He was highly appreciated by all parties for his good humour and common sense. Actuated by a desire to see the House accomplish more useful legislation, he con- stantly denounced long speeches, which con- sumed much valuable time. He practised what he preached. His discoures were models of brevity and and lucidity. As far back as 1896 he introduced a Bill on the subject, and though it passed its first reading he afterwards decided to proceed by resolution. He secured a majority when his proposal was framed in general terms, but when he became specific and wanted to confine Ministers and ex-Ministers to one hour each and ordinary members to twenty minutes, the Boose took fright and voted against him. In this connection he had a story of Sir Peter Burrell he was fond of telling. A member who had been speaking for an intolerable time, pleaded that he was addressing posterity. "You will have them here," said Sir Peter, M if you go on much longer." Then there was another of his tales about a duke who, when a bishop proposed to divide his speech into twelve heads, interrupted with an anecdote. M I was passing St. Paul's last night," he said, somewhat in liquor, when I heard the bell strike twelve times at midnight. Hang it,' said I, 'why couldn't you do it all at once V The bishop is said to have taken the hint. When his son, Lieutenant Rasch was out in South Africa during the war, the Inland Revenue sent in a renunder that his gun licence had not been renewedS The opportunity was too good to be lost, and his father gravely replied as follows Sir,—The gentleman in question is using a gun in South Africa for which, oddly enough, no licence is required." During the last General Election Sir Carne Rasch's opponent was Mr Dence. The Liberals placarded the division with the appeal. Vote tor Dence and don't be Rasch." Promptly the Conservative retaliated with, Vote for Rasch and don't be Dence."

YSTRAD PATERNITY CASE. William Harris, of boyish appearance, was summoned before the Ystrad Rhondda magis- trates-on Monday by Mary Maud Braban, Gelli, to show cause, &c. Mr James Phillips solicitor, Pontypridd, appeared for applicant, and expressed surprise at respondent denying the paternity in court, as he had admitted it in letters and had paid some money. The parties I became acquainted at a dancing class. In reply to a letter from complainant defendant wrote telling her to keep her heart up," adding that he was more sorry for her than himsalf, and sending a lot of kisses. At Harris's request Miss Braban had withdrawn the notice to get married, as defendant failed to keep his pro- mise, preferring" to stick to his mother. De- fendant in evidence said he had told com- plainant hundreds of times that he would not marry her. An order for the payment of 3a 6d a week and costs was made.

CELTIC LANGUAGES. On Saturday afternoon at University Col- lege, London, Professor Kuno Meyer, Ph.D., of the University of Liverpool, brought to a close a series of interesting lectures designed to be an introduction to the study of Celtic languages and Uteratme-hish and Welsh. The lectures, in which Professor Sir John Rhys has taken a warm interest, will undoubtedly prove of special value to students of Welsh literature, as the series included evenings devoted to the history of the Celtic languages, to Celtic Christianity, to the sources of early Welsh literature, and to the influence of Celtic literature on that of Europe.