The Cardiff Times

SEEDSMEN v. CHEMISTS. Two deputations representing important sections of Cardiff tradesmen attended a meet- ing of the Cardiff Health Committee, presided over by Dr. Robinson on Tuesday. The deputation represented the seedsmen and florists of the city, and the chemists, both having been invited to attend, in consequence of an objection having been made to an application from the seedsmen and florists for licences under the Poisons and Pharmacy Act to keep open and sell poisonous substances for agricultural and horticultural purposes only. Mr J. T. Phoenix, solicitor, who appeared on behalf of the applicants, objected to Councillor J. A. Jones being present in a dual capacity, as a member of the committee and as one of the interested chemists. Mr Jones said that he was present as a member of the committee, and would take no part in the presentation of the objectors' ca9e* J • i.1. Mr Leo Joseph, Albany-road, in the course of a lengthy speech, pointed to the dangers to the public that might arise through the sale by other than properly quali- fied chemists of substances like sheep dip and weed killer, which contain a large quantity of arsenic, and urged the committee not to increase the facilities for the sale of what he described as liquid death.. „ Mr W. T. Hicks, Duke-street, who said that he had been in business 26 years, contended that all reasonable demands were already met bv the chemists, and it was only when the reasonable requirements of a locality were not already met that the order allowed licences to be granted. Mr Phoenix contended that chemists had never catered for the requirements of the public in weed killers, worm killers, and in- secticides, and the trade had been fostered by the traders who were now applying. Licences had been granted seedsmen and nurserymen all over the country, and he asked that Cardiff should not be an exception. Mr Treseder and Mr Hibbert supported the application. Councillor J. A. Jones said he had never heard of a single difficulty in farmers getting what they wanted from chemists. He had himself sold all the things he knew his cus- tomers would require. Farmers had been in the habit of consulting him about prepara- tions for various' diseases attributable to microbe effect. He denied having led the ob- jection, and said he had been led by it. Chemists were put to much expense to obtain their qualification to sell poisons. He regarded this as the most vital question that had ever affected pharmacy. On the motion of Mr Chappell, it was de- cided to grant the licences, the chairman and Councillor Jones alone voting against.

CHILD ON DOORSTEP. PARENTS CHARGED WITH NEGLECT. A somewhat remarkable case of neglect was heard at the Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday when William James Verrinder (28) and Gladys Leach were charged with neglecting their child, Arthur James Verrinder, aged four months. Mr T. Woosey, who prosecuted, said the case was brought under the new Children Act. The two defendants had been living together for the past three or four years as man and wife, and two children had been born—one some months ago and the other in December last. On April 12th the male defendant took the child to a Chinese laundry, where the female defendant and her sister worked, and left it on the counter there. The sister recognised the child, and took it to its mother, who later in the day left it on the doorstep of a house in Burcombe-street, where the male defendant was living with his wife. Subsequently the child was taken to the Workhouse. Mr Sidney Jenkins (for the male defendant) submitted that his client had done bis best. The witnesses called had admitted that the child was well nourished. The Magistrates thought there had been a technical offence against the Act. They had, at the same time, considered all the circumstances, and did not think they were justified in punish- ing in this case, and would caution both defen- dants. If they did do anything of this kind again, however, and there was any suffering, they would be punished. Verrinder was also charged with neglecting to maintain his children, Doris and Gladys Verrin- der, now chargeable to the guardians. He pleaded guilty, but said he had had bad luck with his employment, and asked for time to pay the guardians what he owed. He was sent to prison for a month's hard labour.

On Saturday Francis Chorley, the three- year-old son of John Chorley, labourer, of Dinas-road, Dinas. succumbed at the Porth Cottage Hospital to scalds received the pre- vious day through falling into a vessel of boil- ins water.

Conservator and Bailiff. TEIFY FISHING CASE DISMISSED. At Penrhiwpal on Tuesday Captain Wm. Lewis, Plasgeler, a member of the Teify Board of Conservators, was charged by Head Bailiff Griffiths with having unlawfully and wilfully taken the young of salmon. Mr Howell, Lam- peter, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Koy Evans for the defence. Bailiff Griffiths deposed seeing defendant fishing on the 7th of April. Witness watched him, and saw him examine his bait, which wit- ness suspected was a samlet. Witness asked him to show it. and defendant having taken it out of the water, witness at once saw it was a salmon peel. Witness was cross-examined at considerable length, and maintained that the fish produced was a young salmon. Captain Lewis, in his evidence, stated that he was strongly of opinion that the fish pro- duced was the fry of a species of trout. It was infamous to suggest that he kept the bait in the water. Griffiths examined the bait, and to his surprise said, It is a salmon peel." Witness* said. If you think it is a samlet you had better do your duty and preserve it." Griffiths added, Come along, captain you've fished for some time and had experience. If you'll own it is one I'll throw it back." Wit- ness repeated emphatically that it was a young trout, and thought the bailiff was not in ear- nest. If he had thought it was a samlet he would have returned it, as he was very keen oil preserving them. He had mo ved at a meeting of the board recently that a sub-committee be appointed to go into certain matters, and as a consequence the sub-committee suggested that Griffiths should be dismissed, and he was of opinion that this case was the result of ill- feeling on his part. The Bench dismissed the case.

BUDDHIST PRIEST NOVICE. A Buddhist priest has been arrested at Ka- doung in the Hanthawaddy district of Burmah on a charge of the murder, committed under peculiar circumstances, of a Burman lad, aged 13, who was a novice for the priesthood. The police and Burmans who brought the deceased to the Rangoon hospital, told the authorities that the dead boy had caught a bird in the schoolroom and had killed it. His tutor, after abusing him for taking the life of a bird, struck him, and he fell down. The priest is said then to have called the attention of other novices to the boy's condition, telling them that as he had taken life, so he must die, and before the astonished pupils could give the alarm. he had seized a billet of wood and beaten the unfortu- nate lad's brains in. The boys fled in horror, and notified the villagers, who surrounded the monastery and tried to arrest the priest. He, however, had procured a dahshe, and made a desperate fight before being subdued and arrested, injuring a number of villagers.

THE FLORA OF GLAMORGAN. The sub-committee for the revision of the local flora of Glamorgan connected with the biological and geological section of the Cardiff Naturalists Society, has issued the third section of the Flora of Glamorgan, dealing with Corolli- norse and edited by Professor A. H. Trow, D.Sc.. F .L.S) In the preparation of this sec- tion the numbers Sid namps of the ninth edition of the London Catalogue have been used, and novelty has been sacrificed for uniformity. The list of records has been considerably cur- tailed in this section by inserting them for those districts only where the species is rare or local. All the records are being preserved by the hon. sees. (Dr. and Mrs Vachell), and will be avail- able for future reference. The botanical names of plants are given, together with the common English and Welsh names, and full particulars are given of the spots where they may be found..

NEWPORT WELSH SOCIETY. At the annual meeting of the Newport Welsh Society at the Town Hall, Newport, on Tues- day evening, with Mr A. Morris, F.R.H.S., presiding, the statement of accounts showed that the society was in a flourishing condition. The following officials were elected:—Presi- dent, Mr J. H. Roberts chairman of com- mittee, Mr L. R. Jones treasurer, Mr D. R. Griffiths (National and Provincial Bank) excursions secretary. Mr A. Morris corres- ponding secretary, Mr J. H. Roberts general secretary, Mr E. J. Jones (Monmouthshire County Council); auditors, Messsrs A. E. J. Fudge and J. E. Thomas. It. was resolved to support the Welsh Industries Exhibition in 1910, when it would probably be held at New- port.

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After the Poll. "ATTERCUFFE EXTRAVAGANZA." The Sheffield Police Court was crowded on Tuesday with local politicians and others, when the case was heard in which Mr Muir Wilson, the Independent Unionist candidate at the recent election at Attercliffc, summoned for alleged assault Mr King Farlow, the official Conservative candidate. When an application for the summons was made, the Sheffield Sti- pendiary refused it on the ground that it was a matter for a civil court. The complainant then applied to the lay magistrate, and with the assent of the stipendiary those gentle- men decided to accede to the application. The allegation is that after the declaration of the poll, when returning from the balcony of the town hall, Mr King Farlow called Mr Muir Wilson a cad and a liai* and struck his hat and damaged it. Mr G. Elliot, K.C., repre- sented Mr King Farlow, who sat with his wife immediately behind his counsel. The case was tried by Mr Wilson Mappin and another lay magistrate. Mr Muir Wilson, who is a solicitor, conducted his own case. He said, I am going to make a sharp, clear, business-like opening. This is the final act in the Parliamentary extravaganza of Attercliffe. Mr Elliott then proceeded to cross-examine. He asked Mr Wilson whether he had any wit- nesses of the alleged occurrence and he an- swered in the negative. Counsel was putting to him a series of questions when he remarked, Oh, do give over chattering, and put the questions properly." Mr Wilson was handling the bowler hat and showing where it had been damaged when Mr Elliott made a remark. Thereupon Mr Wilson threw the hat at learned counsel. Mr Elliott (to the magistrate) I don't mind, your worships, but are you accustomed to have witnesses before you of this description ? Mr Wilson I am not accustomed to meet such an advocate as you. Mr Elliott: I am not surprised at that. Mr Wilson You are a liar and a cad, and I have met a good many of your sort. Mr Elliott: And you are a gentleman who complain of being assaulted. Mr Wilson Well, you had better not try it. (Laughter.) Mr Elliott then proceeded to quote speeches which complainant was alleged to have made and the latter resented it. He turned his back on his questioner and exclaimed, I object to answer such absurd questions." The Magistrate You must, sir. Attend to counsel. Mr Elliott: Is it not the fact that you re- ferred to certain people in Sheffield as the biggest liars out of hell. (Laughter.) Mr Wilson Don't talk such nonsense. Mr Elliott: Did you not say, If it had not been for the big arms of Mrs King Farlow, I should have hit him 1 and did you not make other remarks as to where your head should have been ? Mr Wilson What do you mean ? Mr Elliot: You know what I mean, sir. And are you not ashamed of it! Do you call your- self a man ? What I say is that for you to use that language marks you as a cad and a scamp. Mr Wilson What I say about you is that you are the biggest cad in the law. At this stage there was considerable con- fusion in court. A few of the supporters of Mr Wilson cheered, hut their applause was drowned in the packed court. Strong Epithets. Before quiet had been restored, Mr Elliott proceeded with his questions, and to these Mr Wilson remarked: I do not answer such vulgar queries. Mr Elliott: Did you not, in referring to somebody else in Sheffield, speak of him as a person who was getting a big house, and did you not say, "I don't know what he is going to do with ten bedrooms when he has only got one wife." Mr Wilson Find out. It is for such brains as you have got to find out. I shall paint the town blue in November next, and if you come and oppose me I shall paint you blue, too. (Laughter.) Mr Elliott: Have you not been practically discarded by the Incorporated Law Society ? Mr Wilson I have quarrelled with the Shef- field Law Society. Were you not reported to the Law Society, while they acquitted you of actual misconduct? Mr Wilson (shouting at the top of his voice) No, it's a lie. This is a private matter, and I deny your insinuation as a lie. Am. I to be sub- jected to questions of the kind bv\a scoundrel and a cad ? I decline to answer you, and I will leave this box at once. He then turned his back on counsel, and refused for a time to answer any of the questions which were put to him. Counsel persisted in quoting speeches which he alleged the complainant had made, but the latter declined either to deny or affirm the quotations. Mr Elliott: This shows the type of man you are. To this remark Mr Wilson retorted Don't make a fool of yourself. Mr Wilson was pro- ceeding further to harangue* the court, when the presiding magistrate said ho miiat behave with propriety otherwise the officers of the court would be obliged to act. Mr Wilson challenged the power of the justices to have him removed, and said they could not legally do it, as that was not a Court of Record. Declined Any More of It. In the end Mr Wilson said he would decline to be subject to any more of it, and he suddenly left the witness box. After a brief consultation with the clerk, the magistrate dismissed the case. Mr Elliott asked for costs, and said Mrs King Farlow gave a most emphatic denial to the statement that she ever put her arms round Wilson. It, was a most monstrous attempt to bolster up a lying charge. Mr Wilson exclaimed loudly that ho was a sportsman and did not mind paying the costs, but he protested vehemently against the state- ments of counsel. Whilst doing so he was ad- vised hy the magistrate to sit down. Mr Elliott: I wonder the manhood of Sheffield has not resented in another way this man's conducl. There were shouts of approval of this remark by many in the packed court, whilst a few people hissed. An order for costs against Mr Wilson waa subsequently made. Other minor charges were heard and dis- missed, and the proceedings ended.

CARDIFF JEWELLERY CASE. In the Commercial Court of the King's Bench Division on Tuesday Mr Justice Pickford delivered judgment in the case of Weiner v. Harris. The case was one in which Mr Samuel Weiner, a diamond merchant, of Hatton Garden, had entrusted certain valuable jewel- lery to a Harrogate jeweller, named Leopold Fisher. The latter had obtained advances of money upon some of the jewellery from the defendant. Mr Samuel Harris, a money lender, of Park-street, Cardiff. Subsequently Mr Weiner claimed the jewellery, asserting that Fisher had no authority to pledge it. Fisher stated that he was up to a certain date a partner of Weincr's, that the jewellery was pawned for business purposes, and that he had received instructions from Mr Weiner, who had also received money GiS a result of the pawning. His Lordship, in giving judgment, said though he was not altogether satisfied with the evidence of the plaintiff, he failed to find evid- ence of express or implied authority by the plaintiff to Fisher to pledge the property. After reviewing the evidence, he said the case must be decided on the facts, and he gave judgment for the plaintiff for the return of the jewellery, with costs. A stay was ordered, notice of appeal being given.

DOUBLED IN TEN YEARS. The annual meeting of Merthyr Borough Rate- payers' Association was held on Tuesday night. Mr John Mann (president), in reviewing the work of the association for the past year, re- ferred to the great increase in the expenditure of the borough, especially in connection with education, and said that they could not go on very much longer at that rate. The amount paid in salaries to teachers in the elementary schools (excluding the higher grade school) for the year ended March last was £ 36;0M, more than double what it was ten years ago. He was thoroughly convinced that there were many schools in the borough that were overstaffed, and it was the duty of the Education Com- mittee to put those schools on a proper basis. Mr Isaac Edwards, in moving a vote of thanks to the president, said that there was no doubt that the expenditure of the borough had gone up by leaps nd bounds, in spite of continual revision, and they were face to face with a further increase. The motion was adopted, and Mr Mann was unanimously re-elected presi- dent. Three members were appointed to act in conjunction with a committee of the Town Council for the purpose of trying to induce new industries to settle in the borough.

LOCAL WILL Mrs F. E. Batchelor, Llanishen. Mrs Fanny Edith Batchelor, 12, Park Villas, Llanishen, who died on the 12th March last, left estate of the gross value of £1.778 19s 7d, with net personalty £1,652 14s 9d, and probate of her will dated 14th July, 1899. has been granted to her sons, Mr John George Herbert Batchelor, of Artillery-street Works, Birming- ham, engineer Mr Edward Ernest Batchelor, of Maes Derwen, Llandaff, coal inspector and Mr Cyril Salworth Batchelor, of Artillery-street Works, Birmingham, engineer and Mrs Edith Evangeline Edwards, of Springfield House, Cardiff, wife of Mr William Thomas Edwards, The testatrix left her estate upon trust for her children.

BONES 1,800 YEARS OLD P Roman Urn at Gelligaer. An interesting find has been made in Gelli- gaer village. While some excavating operations were in progress a day or two ago, for the pur- pose of building, a Roman urn was dug up. On examination of the relic it was found to con- tain a quantity of human bones which, it is conjectured, have lain there since the Roman occupation.

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