The Cardiff Times

JUDGE OWEN'S DISLIKE. John Monks, butcher, and his wife, Regent- street, Abergavenny, were sued before Judge Owen at Abergavenny on Monday by Jones, insurance agent, for damage to a house in Trinity-street to the extent of £ 1. Plaintiff said that during the ten months they occupied the house the defendants' children tore the paper off the wall and broke the plaster off. His Honour, after examining an agreement handed in by the plaintiff, remarked that the words and to leave the house in good repair were added subsequently to its being signed. I don't like these agreements with added words,' he said. The defendant declared that the walls of the house were chiefly composed of brown paper. Judgment was given for the defendant.

TR0EDYRHIW DOG SHOW. On Monday a successful dog show was held at Troedyrhjw, under the auspices of the Troedyrhiw and District Canine and Sports Society. There was a large attendance. The president of the show was Mr F. P. Charles, solicitor Mr Sam Crabtree, Manchester, was the judge, and Mr D. Davies the secretary. In the children's classes the judges were Mrs Charles, Pentrebach; Mrs Williams, Merthyr Vale and Mrs Jones, Cefn. Among the prin- cipal exhibitors were Mr W. Davies, Inverness- place, Cardiff: MisS Blodwen Davies, Aber- aman Mr F. P. Charles, Mr T. J. Stephens, Caerphilly, whose Cymro Jack carried all be- fore him in every class in which he was ex- hibited Mr and Mrs Lowe, Cardiff Mr C. W. Parry, jun" Cardiff and Mr T. Williams, Mer- thyr Vale.

BROKEN JAW. At Barry on Monday two lads, Reginald Isaac and Edward James, were summoned for as- saulting James Hopkins, a labourer, on Whit- Monday. The latter said that whilst on the roadway leading to the dock from Cadoxton a boy threw a stone at his dog. Complainant went after him, and was punching him, when James and Isaacs came up and struck him in defence of their friend, one using a stone, the result being that his jaw was fractured. Isaacs admitted striking Hopkins a blow with his fist, but James denied the assault. The magis- trates bound Isaacs over as a first offender, but imposed a fine of 20s upon James.

COLOURS FOR THE 6th WELSH. The unit which will go to Windsor on Satur- day, to receive the colours from the King, for the 6th Welsh (Swansea) Regiment, will con- sist of Colonel W. D. Rees, B.D., Captain Elkington as adjutant, Captain and Hon. Major David Lewis (High Sheriff of Glamor- gan), Lieutenants Gough and A. Thomas, three sergeants, and 16 men.

CJNDERFORO DROWNING MYSTERY. An inquest was held by Dr. McCartney, Dean Forest coroner, at Cinderford on Monday on the body of Mabel May Wood (16), domestic servant, and daughter of James Wood, colliery workman, who was found drowned in a pond at Broadmoor, Cinderford, on Sunday. She visited home on Thursday last, and returned to her situation about 9.40 a.m., and went about her work as usual on Friday. About 6 o'clock on Saturday morning her mistress went to call her, and found her bed had not been slept in. On Sunday morning Inspector Packer searched the pond and found the body. The jury returned a verdict of Found drowned."

The Chancellor's Burden Sixteen Millions Now; Twenty Millions Next Year. SPEECH BY MR LLOYD GEORGE. Irish Clamour for Coal Impost. The Chancellor of the Exchequer received at the House of Commons on Monday a depu- tation representing all the branches of the licensed trade in Ireland, who placed before him their views on the effects of the Budget in Ireland. The deputation was introduced by Mr John Redmond, M.P., who was accom- panied by several colleagues in Parliament. In reply Mr Lloyd George said :—My posi- tion is that I am not trying to hit any trade. I am simply a Chancellor of the Exchequer who is short of cash. I want 16 millions of money this year and I want 20 millions next year. I have got to find that somewhere, and I cannot pick them up in the streets, and there- fore I have got to tax somebody. It doesn't matter who I tax—he will protest. There was one gentleman here who told me that if Ireland were prosperous there would be no difficulty about these taxes, but would proceed to pay at once. That is not my experience. I have imposed taxes upon people who have over £5,000 a year, and there are not many of them in this countrv, and they are not a very large proportion of the whole popula- tion. I have told them, Here, you have to pay 6d in respect of every £1 over £3,<XX) that you have got." I should think that was not a heavy tax for a man with over £5,000 a year. Still, if you go into the City you will find they are making great protests, and I shall prob- ably have a procession of super-taxed people to Hyde Park making a demonstration in the course of the summer. If you impose a tax upon anybody he will protest, whether he be rich or poor, or prosperous or otherwise. That is my difficulty, and I have protests from every part of the country in respect to every tax I propose. Tax on Whisky. Dealing with the part of the depu- tation's case having reference to the tax on whisky, the Chancellor said he had been trying to put himself in the position of the traders and manufacturers and distillers of Ireland while he had been listening to the views urged upon him, and he wanted his hearers to consider themselves as Chancellors of the Exchequer and having to find sixteen millions, and having to try to distribute that over all classes of the community. And now," he continued, I come to this point, that having first of all imposed taxes upon those having over £5,000, and then upon the landlord, I come to the working class community, and I ask how are they to be got to contribute their share to the money, especially as part of it has to be found for old age pensions, of which they get the most of the benefit. How am I to get out of the working classes their share of this taxation ? I should either have to tax tea or sugar or beer or whisky. (A Member of the Deputation: Or coal.) Mr Lloyd George: Coal would not only hit them. It would hit the manufacturing industry. (The Member: Export coaL) Export Coal Duty. Mr Lloyd George: Export coal, I agree, hit the miners, but I cannot carry on a discussion in this way. I was confining myself purely to the question of what could be put upon the working class. The export duty on coal is an arguable question, and our experi- ence was that it hit the miners very hard, and at any rate we had to abolish it Now I come to these four propositions If you put it on tea you would hit the very, very poor people—the poorest of the poor. If you put it upon sugar you would undoubtedly interfere with an article of food we were pledged not merely by (the votes of England, Wales, and Scotland, but by the ananimous votes of the members for Ireland—we were pledged to get rid of it. We have never had a sugar tax put on in which the whole of the Irish vote was not in favour of abolishing it. Well, now I was driven To tax either beer or whisky. You will say, Why do you not tax beer ?" and I will tell you frankly why I did not. I wanted a certain sum of money, and I wanted a certain sum out of the working class. I did not want to put it on beer because it would produce much more han I wanted, and I wanted to reach the consumer, and you could not put a tax upon beer to be paid by the consumer which would produce less than 20 millions. You could hardly put the whole burden of 20 millions upon the shoulders of the working elass in this country or in Ireland. I asked one of the deputation— Mr Malone—some questions, and one of these was, What did you do about the one shilling on beer," and he said it was passed on to the* publican; but the publican could not pass it on to the customer. Therefore, the publican had to pay it out of his own pocket. Mr Malone May I interrupt for a moment to point out that it was only the Dublin brewers who put the one shilling on. The small coun- try brewers did not. Mr LlOyd George: That makes it stall harder, bat in any case it was paid by the brewer or by the publican. Frank Confession. I wanted to tax the working class I wanted to make them contribute directly, and whether I was right or wrong I am going to give you quite frankly the reason why I put it upon whisky. I wanted to put on a tax which he would simply pay £ d or Id according to the circumstances which would enable rpe to get the money and enable him to make a small payment. I wanted some tax—in fact, two taxes—which would enable me to get at the consumer, and so I choose tobacco and spirits. That is the reason why I proceeded in that direction. I agree that probably the effect has been up to the present to dry up the sources of taxation to a certain extent, but I think Mr Jameson said that it is perfectly correct to say that the immediate effect of the Budget is not going to be the permanent one. I antici- pated a considerable drying up the first year. The first attacks that were made upon me were that I had under-estimated the yield of the taxes, but everything that has happened since has shown that in the matter of anticipation we were perfectly correct. The immediate effect would be injurious to the Trade. I don't deny that, but I don't think that a per- manent effect will be anything corresponding to the results that we have seen during the last few weeks. That is all I say with regard to the whisky tax. I have very little time, and I must proceed to deal with the licence duties. I agree that here you have got a case for special consideration in Ireland. (Applause.) Different in Ireland. There are two statements made here to-day which support that view. One is the fact that you have not got in the English sense of the term a marketable asset in your monopoly. It is not the same thing, not by any means. In England and Wales the number of public- houses is steadily diminishing and the popula- tion is increasing, and therefore the remaining public-houses become more valuable year after year. You have the market value becoming more valuable, and therefore the monopoly value of English public-houses has gone up enormously during the last few years. In Ire- land you have the converse. You have an in- crease in the number of public-houses and the diminishing population, and I can quite under- stand that you have not got the same condi- tions in Ireland that you have got here. I admit that at once. The second element which I think makes out a case for consideration for Irish public-houses is the statement that 80 per cent, of these public-houses are concerned in a mixed trade, and where you pay upon the annual value that is a very important element. In the English public-houses practically the whole of the trade is in liquor, and in liquor alone, but in Ireland you. have in addition to that trade included in the annual value groceries and stores generally, and therefore it is not fair, that you should take the annual value representing the whole of the trade as your standard of taxing one part of that trade. Therefore, I think this is a special case for con- sideration in regard to Irish public house licence duties. I shall want your assistance in this matter, and I promise to give you a thorough reconsideration of this part of your grievance. I shall want your assistance, and I know you will give it me in getting out the statistics with regard to mixed traders—the proportion which your trade in liquor bears as a rule to the trade of other commodities—and you might give me a few sample cases in dif- ferent parts of the country and some individual cases, and the gentlemen who are here with me will examine these figures by the time we arrive at the licences in the Bill—which will not be just yet; we have a few fences to get over before we come to that part of the country. A Member of the Deputation; Does that apply, sir, to both on and off licences t Minimum Licence Duty. The Chancellor; I am talking about on- licences, the off-licences are in a different category. I hope you will be satisfied with that promise to reconsider the case of the Irish mixed trader. Another case which impressed me was that with reference to the minimum licence duty which is imposed upon Great Britain. It is a minimum with regard to population and that has had an effect to in- crease enormously the licence duty in some parts of Ireland. I have already promised your representatives in Parliament to consider how it affects Ireland. I agree that a population limit suitable to this country would not be applicable equally to the case of Ireland. On this point I promise consideration and I think you will find that that consideration will be a favourable one. I now come to off-licences and to tbe point with regard to the quantities sold. And here again I am disposed to reconsider the position. I think there is a case, and I don't think it could have been more forcibly put than it was by the gentleman who said just now that the lowest a working man can buy in spirits is a 3s 6d bottle, and here again you have got me. I met the Scotch spirit grocers, who had prac- tically your case, and I am disposed to think they have put in an important provision with regard to open vessels, and therefore I would put it to you that if you sell at all the small quantities you have got to sell them in sealed bottles. If you are prepared to meet me I am prepared to meet you, but you must meet me with regard to this provision. The Scotch grocers are prepared to do so, and they closed with me upon these terms, and 1 am prepared to make the same bargain with you. A Bargain. Some Members of the Deputation We will close at once. In conclusion, the Chancellor said he had listened to the statements by Mr Redmond and Mr Dillon in the House of Commons, and he had felt the justice of the case. A Chan- cellor must more or less adapt bis taxes to the parts where he gets his money from, and there- fore the taxes which might be very suitable to those rich parts of the country might not be very suitable to others such as Ireland. I fully realise," he said, that Ireland is very much poorer than this country, that it has not been blessed with the great advantages—the minerals and other thin¡zs-that have made this country a very rich country, and that there are circumstances of the past which have undoubtedly produced impoverishment. I was going to say, circumstances over which we had no control, but there were circumstances over which this country certainly had control, and for which this country was directly responsible, and nobody's Minister has a right to forget these circumstances, and I am the last man to forget tbem, and when I come to consider this matter as a whole I will consider it with as much deep sympathy and as much friendship for Ireland as any man in this room."

"Fairly and Squarely." MR SEWARD AND CORPORATION BILL At Cardiff City Council meeting on Monday Mr Lovat Fraser asked the present position of affairs between Mr Edwin Seward and the Corporation. The Lord Mayor replied that a clause had been put in the Corporation Bill that would have transferred Mr Seward's claim to the National Museum, but the clause had been so altered as to leave the liability, if any, to the Corporation. He believed they hadagreed upon a clause that would satisfy Mr Seward. There was no reason why, after the Bill passed, there could not be a friendly discussion between Mr Seward's solicitors and the representatives of the Corporation with a view to an amicable settlement. Mr Fraser In view of the ineptitude of the Museum Committee in this matter and their in- capacity to bring about an amicable solution, will the opportunity be given to nominate others to act for the Corporation ? Alderman Illtyd Thomas denied that there had been ineptitude on the part of the Museum Committee. The town clerk and himself were deputed to see Mr Seward, and the matter was postponed from time to time by the Council. Mr Fraser Rightly or wrongly Mr Seward has it in his mind that those who have been dealing with him are hostile to him. The Town Clerk I do not think he has any reason for that. Mr Fraser: I prophesy that as long as the town clerk and Mr Illtyd Thomas- The Lord Mayor: Litigation may ensue and I think it would be unwise to have an expres- sion of opinion of that sort from a member of the Corporation. Mr Frazer: In spite of my membership of the Corporation I must act fairly and above Ward with everybody, and I find it neces- sary to express that view. The Lord Mayor Until the case is tried we should assume both sides have acted fairly and squarely. The Town Clerk stated emphatically that so far as he WM concerned there was no ill-feeling existing between Mr Seward and himself. He had been careful to refrain from putting anything i his correspondence that might be disagn sable. Two or three years ago Mr Seward claimed £2,400. That amount was considered unreasonable, and conferences took place with Mr Seward. The delay had been at Mr Seward's suggestion. The Corpora- tion in the meantime helping him to get the work for the new museum (as Mr Seward had promised to forego his claim if he got that work). Now they had a letter from Mr Cousins, Mr Seward's solicitor, saying the claim was withdrawn, and a larger claim was being sub- stituted. They had asked to be furnished with the amended claim. If it was not sent in in a reasonable time the Corporation would take steps under the power of an agree- ment with Mr Seward to go to arbitration and settle the matter. What Mr Fraser had sug- gested was untrue so far as he was concerned. Mr Seward. had always had courtesy and consi- deration. Mr Fraser said that had this statement been earlier the unpleasantness would have been avoided. He had had great difficulty in getting information about the matter in the past.

MERTHYR WIFE'S HONOUR. William John Price, a well-dressed young man, was charged at Merthyr on Monday with disobeying an order made upon him in 1905 to contribute a weekly sum towards the main- tenance of his wife, Mary Ann Price, Dowlais, and child. The defendant, who was arrested in London, where he was engaged as a house porter, owed a sum of £63. Questioned by the clerk as to why he had not obeyed the order, defendant said that he had been paying 28 6d a week.—The Wife Yes, towards the mainten- ance of the child. The Clerk How do you think your wife is going to live ?—The Defendant: She admitted adultery to me. The Clerk You must prove that. You tried to prove adultery when the case was first heard by Sir Marchant Williams.—The Defendant: I have not stated my case yet. The Clerk As you have not appealed to the Divorce Court, you must pay the money or go to prison. The Defendant: How am I to pay when I get only 10s a week 1 The Clerk If you marry a woman you must keep her. The Defendant: She told me to go about my business and that she would not trouble about me. The Clerk That was said before and the magistrates decided against you. The Chief Constable: It has taken nearly five months to trace this man, and it has cost £3 to bring him here. The Clerk (to the defendant): You have been enjoying yourself all this time and passing yourself off as a single man ? The Defendant: I have been in employment, sir. If my wife admits adultery, what am I to do ? The Clerk: Appeal to the Divorce Court. The Defendant: How can I do that with the money that I earn ? The Mayor (who presided) You must remem- that you took your wife for better or for worse. The defendant was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

BETTING RAID ON A TIP. Considerable interest was taken in the pro- ceedings at the Tredegar Police Court on Mon- day when Dd. Beynon (29), of Ebbw Vale, was summoned for loitering, in a public place for the purpose of betting at Ebbw Vale onMay 26th. Mr Horace Lyne, Newport, prosecuted, and Mr S. P. Charles, Merthyr, defended. Defendant is a well-known runner and half- back for the Oldham N.U. Football Clnb. Mr Lyne said P.S. Rees and P.C. Davies secreted themselves in an old engine house at the Gantre tip. Defendant was seen to receive slips, take something out of the slips and put it in his pocket. Beynon instead of keeping the paper slips in his possession, took a paper bag out of a hole in the wall and put the slips in it. The police rushed out and found the bag contained slips with the names of horses run- ning in the Derby. For the defence Mr Charles submitted that the place where Beynon was alleged to have been was not a public place within the meaning of the Act; as the public had not unrestricted access to it. He called Mr William Morgan Evans, secretary of the Ebbw Vale N.U. Club, who said that the tip had been leased to them by the Ebbw Vale Company. The Bench, after a retirement, Sned-defen- dant JE5 and jE5 costs or 14 days.

VIOLENT POLICE ASSAULT. Six Months Without Option at Newport. A struggle between a constable and a labourer had its sequel at Newport Court on Monday. Thos. Sambrook, labourer, of Ifton-street, New- port, was told on Saturday night by P.C. Morris that he ought to be ashamed of himself for playing pitch-and-toss with a number of young boys. The man was in a drunken condi- tion, and became very abusive. Subsequently the constable saw the man outside the police station, where he was alleged to have behaved in a blackguardly manner. The constable said he received two or three heavy body blows, when the prisoner's wife came up and endea- voured to intervene. She clung to the con- stable, but in the melee she fell exhausted to the ground. A rush was then made at the con- stable by the prisoner, and the officer received a black eye. The officer's legs were severely bruised, and his side was badly injured. Prisoner was sent for six months' hard labour. =

WEST WALES CONGREGATIONALISTS., Sunday School Reform. The quarterly meeting of the Western Divi- sion of the South Wales Congregational Union was held at the Davies Memorial Hall, Llandilo, on Monday. In the morning a business meet- ing was held, when the Rev. Mr Joseph, of Sketty, piesided. A paper on Sunday school work was read by the Rev, Mr James, Ystaly- fera. The Church, he said, should concentrate more energy on the training of young people. It was for the Church to try to solve the problem of the retention of the young in their churches; it was one of the most serious problems of the age. Institutional churches and brotherhoods might do something in the matter, but he did not think they were going to do a great deal. He had more faith in the old fashioned Sunday schools of Wales. The Rev. D. Edwards, Pilton Green, urged the necessity of giving their Sunday school scholars strong food. A Voice New Theology. Rev. Edwards: Oh, I don't believe in that. (Laughter.) Another Voice: More the pity. Mr Davis, a deacon of the Neath Congrega- tional Church, said the greatest need of the Sunday school was trained teachers. The Rev. lona Williams, Llanelly, said he thought it was time all the most modem knowledge obtainable should be at the disposal of the teachers. In the afternoon the members of the conference visited Dynevor Castle. In the evening sermons were preached.

Cardiff City Council. REPORT ON OFFICIALS' SALARIES. A meeting of the Cardiff City Council was held on Monday. The Lord Mayor (Alderman Lewis Morgan) proposed a vote of condolence with the family of the late Mr .Tames Howell, and recording the great loss Cardiff had sustained by his death. Deceased, the Lord Mayor said, was one of the finest citizens Cardiff possessed, having a keen appreciation of the responsibilities and duties of citizenship, and never failing when the occa- sion arose to show he was prepared to help the city in any great movement for its benefit. No charitable list appeared without his name, and his pocket was often opened when his name did not appear in lists. The vote was passed by the members standing. A vote of condolence was also pa-ssed with the family of the late Mr Walter Rice Evans, ex-high Sheriff of Glamorgan, who during his term of office was closely associated with Car- diff and became exceedingly popular. Taxi-cab Fares. Alderman Illtyd Thomas moved an amend- ment to the Watch Committee's minutes in order to alter the hour after which double fares may be charged from midnight to one a.m. for taxi-cabs. Hesaid a Taff Vale train came in after mid-night, and the Fishguard express was due at 11.40 p.m. Before passengers got out of the station and to a taxi it was past midnight. Councillor Seccombe seconded, saying in many towns the hour after which double fares might be charged was after one a.m. The Head Constable said the scale of charges now appear- ing in the minutes would not be in force till the by-laws now being prepared were passed. The amendment was defeated, as also was a further one that double fares be charged only after 12.30 a.m. 'Busless Llandaff. Councillor Caple called attention to the serious inconvenience caused not only to resi- dents of Llandaff but to Cardiff people who wished to go to Llandaff by the absence of a 'bus service, and he moved that they advertise for offers for a 'bus or other service.—The Lord Mayor Why don't we run a 'bus service our- selves ?—Councillor Caple said the Tramway Committee was considering a proposal to run a service of rail-less cars from the terminus in Cathedral-road to Llandaff.—The Town Clerk (Mr J. L. Wheatley) said the Corporation had no power to run a service of rail-less cars to Llandaff.—The motion to advertise for offers of a service was passed. Increased Tram Fares. Replying to Councillor Turnbull, Mr J. W. Courtis said the new tram fares would come into operation on July 1st. Small Holding Problem. Mr Chappell moved that the Council delegate its powers to the Small Holdings Committee, except the power of raising a rate or of borrow- ing money. He explained that the reason of the motion was that the committee was ham- pered in negotiations to acquire land, owing to details having to come before the Council. The committee had been in existence 18 months, and had been unable to make progress owing to this cause. Mr A. Sessions seconded, but the resolution was eventually withdrawn in order that the Town Clerk might present a legal report on the subject. Peace Congress. A request from the local reception committee of the Peace Conference to be held in Cardiff at 1 the end of this month for the use of the Assem- bly Room in the City Hall for a reception in connection with the conference on June 28th free of charge was agreed to. Clerks' Overtime. 1\n W. Jones called attention to minutes giving details of overtime worked, and said he 1 objected particularly to Sunday work, especi- ally when no overtime was paid. (Laughter.) In j the town clerk's department nothing had been paid for 33 hours' work in the engineer's de- partment 56^ extra hours had beenvput in and j no payment made for it or equivalent time, allowed off but for the water works depart- ment payment had been made for 57! hours' extra work. He moved that the matter be con- ( sidered by the Salaries Committee, and Coun- cillor F. L. Davis seconded. Mr J. Stanfield said the matter had already 1 been considered by the committee named, and as far as they had gone they were satisfied there was no necessity for Sunday work, nor for as the employment of additional clerks. There were enough clerks to eat the work. The Town Clerk said in regard to his depart- ( ment, an important matter, involving thou- sands of pounds cropped up at dinner-time on Saturday, when he and his principal assistant were in London, and on that occasion it was absolutely necessary to work on Sunday, as the case was down for hearing on the Monday morning. If in future matters of urgency arose and it was necessary to work on Sundays in the city's interests, he should do so, and hoped the Council would back him up in so doing. The matter then dropped. Praise for Detective-Inspector. Mr J. T. Richards referred to the appoint- ment of Mr William Davey, detective- inspector, as chief constable of Bridgwater, and to his splendid services and exemplary conduct during the 20 years he had been in the force. He moved that the Council record its appreciation of Inspector Davey's services, and while regretting his loss congratulated him upon his appointment as chief constable of Bridgwater. Mr Sydney Jenkins seconded, and it was agreed to. Dr. Biggs moved and Dr. Smith seconded that minutes of the Health Committee granting licences to sell horticultural poisonous sub- stances to several local horticulturists be re- ferred back, there being several letters from chemists who claimed the exclusive right to sell poisons. Councillor Chappell supported the committee, saying he had heard both sides of the question. The horticulturists had been sell- ing these poisons for years- The amendment to refer the matter back was defeated. Dr. Biggs then moved a, further amendment that the licences be not granted, and Dr. Smith seconded. # Councillor Sydney Jenkins said the florists had been selling these poisons for years, and he had yet to learn that any serious conse- quences had resulted therefrom. Councillor Jabez Jones said the 60 chemists in Cardiff had spent £8,000 between them in qualifying to sell poisons, and this prerogative was being taken from them. He asked if that was justice ? The amendment was defeated. A London Deputation. Councillor W. Jones said it was a scandal that three members of the Council should have gone as a deputation to Mr John Burns in regard to the exhibition of printed cards by some milk-sellers saying they did not guarantee the strength of the miiluSold. The deputation, he contended, could have ascertained all they wanted to know by the expenditure of a penny stamp. He charged the committee with undue haste in going to London, and asked whether they saw Mr John Burns at the Derby or at his office. The Lord Mayor: You don t suggest Mr John Burns would go to Epsom ? Mr W. Jones I don't know, but I think some of the deputation were there. He moved that they refuse to pay the expenses of the deputation. Councillor H. Turnbull seconded, in order that they might have a discussion. Probably there was a good answer, but he did not think deputations ought to go without waiting for the Council's consent. Dr. Robinson (chairman of the committee) said the deputation went at the urgent wish of the dairymen. The Deputy "Stipendiary had refused to convict in a case in which a card had been exhibited. It was an important matter to the health of the community. The Local Government Board officials gave them two days on which they could go, and they selected Wednesday for no particular reason. Tbe same evening Mr John Burns presented his Bill to the House of Commons, and they learned that was why he wanted to see them, then. All Cardiff wanted had been put into Mr Burns's Bill. The case decided by the Cardiff Deputy-Stipendiary was the first one of the kind that had come under his notice, and he wished to hear what the deputation had to say before introducing his Bill. Councillor Chappell described Mr Jones's speech as gallery punching and cheap advertis- ing, and Councillor Jonds retorted that no one spoke more" strongly at street corners against Cor- poration picnics than Mr Chappell. Councillor Chappell appealed to the Lord Mayor to say whether his record on the Cor- poration did not show he had never opposed the expenses of a deputation sent on legitimate business. Councillor Lovat Fraser: Why were three persons sent. Dr. Robinson I know no reason. On any deputation I have seen go up to London there have generally been five or six on it. Councillor Jones's motion not to pay the expenses of the deputation was defeated by 19votes to 2. Salaries Report. The Salaries Sub-Committee submitted its report upon the City Treasurer and controller's department, and made a number of recom- mendations, the chief of which are given below ;—J. Alloock, City Treasurer, present salary £850 minimum £750 maximum £1,000. R. W. Lewis, deputy treasurer, present salary £450; minimum £300 maximum £400. J. A. Wood, principal assistant, present salary £200 minimum £180, maximum £250. F. G. Harri- son, cashier, present salary £200; minimum jE140, maximum £180. Percy Howell, chief bookkeeper, present salary £156, minimum JE140, maximum £1.80. Theo. D. Jones, accounts clerk, present salary £120, minimum £10t, maximum £150. For clerks'and book- keepers of senior grade a minimum of £80 and a maximum of £120 was proposed. In the internal audit section, in frhich the present salary of the chief assistant i# £130, and of the audit clerk £130, it was proposed that the minimum of the former should be £130, and the maximum £180, and of the latter the mini- mum t80 and the maximum £120. In the works section the minimum of the chief assistant was proposed to be JE156. and the maximum JE175, bis present salary being £120.. In the water rentals section the proposed l minimum of the chief assistant was £120, and the maximum jE156, his present salary being £150.. For the water collectors section the proposed scale was chief collector (£192 8s present salary), minimum £150, maximum £200. and first, grade collectors minimum £104, maximum £130, second grade collectors minimum £78, maximum £104: assistant clerks, minimum £65, maximum £104. In the overseers' department the proposal was that the two senior assistant overseers at present receiving £180 should have a mini- mum of £150, and a maximum of £200, and the other assistants a minimum of JE125 and a maximum of JE175. For the assistant overseers and chief collector with a salary of £250, it was suggested that the minimum should be JE170 and the maximum of £220. The minimum of the collectors was proposed to be £150 and the maximum £200. In the education finance office the following scale was recommended:—Chief clerk £240 present salary, minimum £160, maximum £200 clerk and bookeeper £180, minimum JE140, maximum £180; second clerk and book- keeper, £130; minimum £120, maximum JE160 third bookkeeper, JE91, minimum £80, maximum £120. The committee recommended immediate in- creases in 16 cases, involving in the aggregate an amount of about £200 a year. The report was merely received by the Council, its adoption being postponed to enable Councillor Stanfield to give a supplementary report as to what was financially. involved by the general scale recommended. A letter from the Glamorgan Welsh Congre- gational Union as to Sabbath observance was ordered to lay upon the table. Councillor Caple moved, Councillor J. W. Courtis seconded, and it was agreed that special leave of absence to attend camp be granted to all employees of the Corporation who are members of tbe Territorial Force and can pos- sibly be spared. The Lord Mayor moved, and Councillor Morgan Thomas seconded, that facilities be given to the Corporation employees to take part in the pageant, it being understood that they would be prepared to work overtime without payment if necessary in consequence of their absence. It was also understood that participation in the pageant would not inter- fere with the employees' annual holiday.

Cardiff Mayoral Status. QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons on Monday, on the Home Office vote, Mr Rees (L.) suggested that the Lord Mayor of Cardiff,like the Lord Mayors of London and Dublin, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, should be privileged officially to approach the House direct and present peti- tions at the Bar relative to matters affecting the Principality. So far as the Press Association report of Parliament indicates, Mr Gladstone, the Home Secretary, to whom the question was put, does not seem to have deemed it worth his while to reply to the point. It will be recalled that last Friday, at the beginning of the sitting, the House was the scene of an unusual and picturesque ceremony. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Sheriffs, and other representatives of that city, wearing the robes and other insignia of their offices, came to the Bar of the House to present a petition against the Finance Bill. To the inquiry of the Speaker, What have you there, my Lord Mayor 1" the Lord Mayor replied, A petition from the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin." The Town Clerk of Dublin then read the peti- tion. The Lord Mayor's Views. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman* Lewis Morgan) was pleasantly surprised when in- formed by a representative of the South Wales Echo on Monday of the question isked by Mr Rees of the Home Secre- tary, and said it was very generous on th, part of a North Walian to bring the matter forward. He congratulated Mr Rees on looking it the question from a national rather than a parochial point of view. It showed that the feelings of jealousy between North and South Wales had disappeared, and that Cardiff was recognised as the metropolis of Wales. No movement had been taken so far as Cardiff was concerned for obtaining this privilege. It was a step in the right direction for securing for Wales fuller recognition as a nation, and at the present time when the Principality was making suoh rapid strides in the direction of autonomy, such a privilege as being enabled to present petitions before the House of Commons affecting questions of national welfare would be of immense advantage. It would raise the status of Wales, and show to other nations that she was recognised by the highest authority as a separate entity.

ABERDARE DISTRICT COUNCIL At the ordinary meeting of the Aberdare Urban District Council, held on Monday, Mr E. Stonelake. J.P., in the chair, the report of the Health Committee, recommending that the Medical Officer, Dr. M. J. Rees, who has hitherto been appointed from year to year, should be appointed permanently at a salary of £500 a year, was brought forward. This report was adjourned at the previous monthly meet- ing, and Mr T. Walter Williams asked the Medical Officer whether, if the Local Govern- ment Board consented to his analysing milk for the purpose of prosecutions in the police court, he would agree thereto. Dr. Rees: Yes." Councillor Williams then suggested that the matter be further deferred until the reply of the Local Government Board be ob- tained, but the Council decided to deal with it at that meeting. The adoption of the report having been proposed, Mr T. Walter Williams proposed as an amendment that the salary of the Medical Officer be reduced £100, from £500 to JE400, and he delivered an address on the sub- ject, in the course of which he made a strong attack on the Medical Officer and on the mem- bers of the Council, whom he referred to as Dr. Rees's friends, contending that he was, with the exception of preparing an annual report, doing nothing more than his predecessors did at JE80 a year. In the course of his speech he said the doctor had said it was a breach of medical etiquette for him to analyse milk. Dr. Rees I never said so. Mr Williams: It was said in the Health Committee, not in the Council, by Dr. Rees and his friends. Mr E. M. Hann, J.P., seconded the resolu- tion, and after further discussion the amend- ment was defeated by 13 votes to 3. A further amendment was proposed by Mr A. P. Jones, that Dr. Rees be appointed for 12 months at a salary of £500 a year, but this was also defeated by 11 votes to 5, and the recommendation of the Health Committee was carried. On the recommendation of the Parlia- mentary Committee it was resolved to oppose the Glamorgan Water Bill in the House of Lords.

MERTHYR PARKS COMMITTEE. At a meeting of the Merthyr Parks Com- mittee on Monday, Councillor D. Jones pre- siding, the Deputy Town Clerk (Mr Biddle) reported that under the Public Health Amend- ment Act adopted by the Council tyie Corpora- tion had power to purchase and provide boats for hire on the pond in Cyfarthfa Park. The Mayor (Alderman Wilson) proposed and Coun- cillor Dan Thomas seconded that the boating be let to a private tenderer. Councillor Charles Griffiths moved as an amendment that the Council take the boating into their own hands. Alderman T. J. Evans, in seconding the amend- ment, said that at Aberdare Park a profit of £70 a year was made by the District Council on only half a dozen boats. The amendment was adopted by seven votes to four, and it was agreed to recommend the Council to purchase and put on the pond 12 boats. The offer of Mr A. Withers Jackson, of the Theatre Royal, Mer- thyr, to pay jb40 for the season for the privilege of providing a variety entertainment in the park, including the privilege of giving a sacred concert each Sunday, was accepted. On the motion of Councillor F. T. James, permission was given to the Merthyr detachment of the Territorials to hold their drills in the park. A letter was read from Messrs Crawshay Brothers expressing astonishment and disappointment that since the complaint they had previously made flagrant, reckless, and destructive inter- ference with the sluices and general arrange- ments in connection with the supply of water to and from the pond in Cyfarthfa Park still continued. The Town Clerk advised the com- mittee that this was a matter for which the Council were not responsible.

ARGUMENT IN "BRAIN. Pontnewydd Colliers Come to Blows. The character and personality of a murderer being discussed with much warmth by three men in a railway compartment full of passen- gers, who were travelling from Newport to the Western Valleys on Saturday night, 5th instant, when the argument was punctuated with kicks and blows, the result being that the communi- cation cord was pulled and the train stopped. At Newport on Monday Thomas Williams, of Pontnewydd, and James Cokely, both young colliers, were charged with interfering with the comfort of passengers. Mr L. H. Hornby, soli- citor, Newport, appeared to prosecute for the G.W.R. Evidence was given by Mrs Gabriel, who described the fighting scene that took place in the railway train, in which the women huddled into the corner of the compartment Williams was fined 405 or one month, and Cokely 20s or 14 days.

DREW HIS MATE'S MONEY. A Double Sentence. A fireman named John Gibbs, who had been a.t large since the 20th July last, was charged at Newport on Monday with stealing £2 4s 7d, the money of his mate, Mark Winflsor. The pri- soner gave his mate extra time off, drew his wages-£2 4s 7d-for him, and then disappeared. Inspector Preece received him into custody from the Walsall police on Saturday evening, and in answer to the charge he fnade no reply. Prisoner was further charged with deserting his wife and three children, for whose maintenance relief to the amount ot £17 10s 3d had been paid. Gibbs said he gpt drunk and spent his mate's money, and being ashamed to face him he ran away. He was sentenced to two months' hard labour for the first offence, and a similar sentence for the second charge—four months in all.

Pembroke's Regiment. HISTORIC CORPS' LAST ACT. On Sunday morning the old colours of the disbanded Royal Pembroke Regiment of Militia were placed in St. Mary's Parish Church, Haverfordwest, with which place the regiment had for centuries been closely asso- ciated. The regiment was formed in 1588, and bad seen service in six wars. A special service for the reception of the colours was held on Sunday. The party with the colours pro- ceeded to the church, headed by a band and accompanied by the local Territorial force. The party with the colours consisted of the Earl of Cawdor (Lord Lieutenant of the county), Colonel F. P. Edwardes (the hon. colonel of the regiment), the Lieutenant- Colonel and Hon. Colonel W. C. Cope, Lieu- tenant-Colonel and Hon. Colonel C. W Willis (in command), officers of the regiment, the quartermaster, the non-commissioned officers, and men of the permanent staff representing the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment past and present. The party was met at the church door by the vicar, churchwardens, and choir. After a short service the colours were presented to the vicar and churchwardens, for safe custody in the church, by the Lord Lieutenant, and were placed on the altar rail. An address was de- livered by the Ven. Archdeacon of St. David's, after which the National Anthem was sung. At the conclusion of the service the trumpeters sounded the Last Post."

ABERAMAN WORKMEN'S HALL. Opening Ceremony. Aberaman was en fete on Monday on the occasion of the opening of the library, reading- room, and swimming baths in the new Work- men's Rail and Institute. The theatre, on the upper storey of the building, was opened in December last, but the lower portion of the hall has only been recently completed. A pro- cession was formed at Aberdare to conduct Mr J. Keir llardie, M.P., who had been selected to perform the ceremony, to Aberaman, and, headed by the Aberaman Brass Band, the hon. member was driven to the scene in a landau, being accompanied by Mr D. A. Thomas, the senior member for the borough, this being the latter's first appearance in the borough since his recent severe illness. Mr W. Thomas, High Constable of Aberdare, who wore his chain of office, and Mr C. B. Stanton, miners' agent, also occupied seats in the landau. The rear of the procession was brought up by the Cwmaman Brass Band. At the hall the hon. members were received by MrT. Roderick, Clifton-street, Aberde, the architect for the building, and Mr T. Roderick, the managing director of Messrs John Morgan and Sons, Limited, the builders., Councillor T. Bowen, the chairman of the Hall Committee, called upon Mr T. Roderick to present Mr J. Keir Hardie, M.P., with a gold key, with which to open the hall. The key bore the following in- scription :—" Presented to J. Keir Hardie, Esq., M.P., on the opening of the Aberaman Public Hall and Library, June 14th, 1909." The Aberaman institute. I Mr Keir HArdie, having given thanks for the memento, congratulated the people of Aber- aman upon securing such a magnificent build- ing, and the committee and their secretary, Mr W. W. Price, upon the devotion with which they had carried the project to a successful Issue. He called for three cheers for the com- mittee and the secretary, and these were given. The hon. member m opened the door, and the committee, accompanied by theirguests, passed into the building. The upper storey is used as a public hall and theatre, while the ground floor consists of a lesser hall with seating ac- commodation for 300, a reading-room, a refer- ence library, a lending library, which is already well filled with books, a ladies' reading-room and library. Below are a swimming bath, 50 feet long, plunge baths, shower baths, together with a number of committee-rooms, billiard- rooms, boys' billiard-rooms, game rooms, and committee-rooms. The whole building is fitted up with electric light, and the heating of the building has been successfully carried out by Messrs Hampton and Co., engineers, \Cardiff, on the low pressure steam system, the steam being supplied from a high pressure boiler which also serves to warm the swimmipg bath. The inspection of the buildings over, a public meeting was held in the Theatre. Councillor T. Bowen, who presided, said he was proud to see on the platform their two, members, Mr D. A. Thomas—(hear, hear)—and Mr J. Keir Hardie. (Hear, hear.) They were all glad to find that Mr Thiomas had so far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to be present, and they were deeply indebted to him for the sacri- fice he had made to come there that day. (Loud applause.) Though their members differed to some extent in politics they were both united in congratulating Aberaman upon securing that noble institution, which would be a centre of moral and intellectual progress. (Hear, hear.) They had already secured in that hall a course of Gilchrist lectures, and they had also during the past six months had an exhibition of the drama, the opera, and variety entertain- ments, which he submitted were doing much to broaden life and in the library below they were providing for the intellectual and moral improvement of the people. (Hear, hear.) A duet by the National Eisteddfod veterans, Gwyn Alaw and Mr John Lake, followed, after which letters of regret for inability to be pre- sent were read from Lord Aberdare and others, and the secretary read a list of subscriptions towards the building fund, including S250 fiom the Powell Duffryn Co., Eloo from Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., £ 50 from Mr E. M. Hann, J.P.. Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P. Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., who was received with acclamation, thanked them all, and all his friends in the borough, for the kindness and indulgence they ha.d shown. him during his ill- ness, and he would have to claim an extension of that indulgence. Fortunately, however, for himself and his constituents, they had in Mr Keir Hardie one able to do the work of two- (hear, hear)—and he had kindly undertaken to do whatever he could on his (Me D. A. Thomas's) behalf during his absence from the House. (Heat, hear.) If they were not exactly of the same political views, he could assure them he was very proud of his colleague, and they had reason to be proud of him likewise. In these days it w as well to have in the House such a man as Mr Keir Hardie, for they had very few men in the House of Commons of the independence and sincerity of Mr Keir Hardie. (Loud applause.) That was a red letter day in the history of Aberaman, and be thanked them for the invitation to be present. He congratu- lated them on the possession of that hall, and hoped it would prove a great success. (Hear, hear.) Mr C. B. Stanton, miners' agent, Aberdare, having spoken, Mr James Phillips and Coun- cillor Illtyd Hopkins, on behalf of the com- mittee, presented the secretary, Mr W. W. Price, with an illuminated address in recognition of his services. This Mr Price suitably acknow- ledged. Mr Keir Hardie, M.P. Mr J. Keir Hardie, M.P., who was received with rousing cheers, after a brief reference to the building, said he was glad that his col- league, Mr D. A. Thomas, had been able to grace the ceremony with his presence. Mr Thomas had told them he (Mr Keir Hardie) had offered to do what he could for him during his illness, but he was not sure that he had the ability to fill Mr Thomas's place. He was sure, however, of his willingness to do so. and as one who had had some experience of a se vere illness he hoped Mr Thomas would not rush back too soon to the thick of the fray. (Applause.) Mr Keir Hardie passed on to advocate the use of baths not only by footballers after their matches, but also by the colliers, and he expressed a hope that some of the colliery owners in the district would follow the example of the German owners and erect, pithead baths. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to find a reading- room for ladies in that building, and he hoped in time they would have a room set apart, a large, light, roomy one, where ladies might come to sew, to knit, and have a cup of tea together-a clubroom where they could gossip and work and get free for a time from the irksome, narrow restriction of the cottage home life. (Cheers and laughter.) Before very long the women would -be their masters. (Laughter and a cry, They are now.") He knew they were in domestic life, but when the women obtained the vote-and that would not be long hence-they would be the masters politically, for there were 1,500,000 more women than men in this country, and it behoved them in time to educate their masters. (Applause.) The hon. member then referred to the fact that to-day a working collier was the. Mayor of Merthyr, and a, working collier the chairman of the Aberdare District Council, and he urged the young people in that neigh- bourhood to educate and equip themselves for such positions. Education was progressing their schools were better built and better equipped, and soon would, be better staffed with smaller classes and more and more effi. | cient teachers. (Hear; hear.) I Mr W. Thomas, high constable of Aberdare, also spoke.

Jlfflflll "< ;s.7jJJjjfj Neu Wreichion Oddiar yp Eingion. By CADRA WD. ENGLYNIONT MISOEDD. The Odes of the Month are described to Aneurin Gwawrddydd (or Aneurin of the Fiowing Muse), one of the most celebrated of our poets and a chieftain among the OtodiniaO Britons. He bore a conspicuous part in the battle of Cattraeth—which he selected as a subject of an heroic poem he wrote. JIe flourished in the early part of the sixth cen* tury, and it is supposed that he lost his posses- sions in the North of Ireland, and in conse- quence of the battle of Cattraeth proving fatal to his interest and other confederate chiefs, he took refuge eventually with the famous congregation of St. CattWg* in Glamorgan, at that time known as the country of the Silures, where b0 died A.D. 570. The triads relate that Aneurin was killed by a blow of an axe by Eiddyn, son ot Einygan, who was called in consequence one of the three foul assassins of Britain. The famous Gododin," which has been described as the most ancient manuscript poelI1 in Europe now extant after those of the clas- sical writers, is preserved in the MyfyriaD Archeeologia," together with the EnglynioQ y Misoedd, which are all that is now admitted to be extant of the works of this supreme Welsh bard. The odes of the month were by Mr William Probert, Alnwick, in 1820" Following is his translation of the ode to this month :— Month of June—beautiful are the fields, Smooth the sea, pleasing the strand Beautifully long the day, playful the ladies; Full the flocks, apt to be firm the bog God loves all tranquillity, The Devil loves all mischief; Everyone covets honour; Every mighty one feeble his end In the old Welsh agricultural proverbs,* have the following reference to the month month of June :— June will make a merry door-way." The present generation will hardly see the force of ths saying, as it was only applicable to the old Welsh abodes, which had no windows. and when the light and sunshine could only enter through the door. Mis Mehefin gwych a ddaw, Pcth yn sych, a pheth yn 'law." (The month of June, it is well if it be partly wet and partly dry.) Na flina ar dy egin cyn diwedd Mehefin." (Dou't despair of your young blades of cotO until June is over.) Chwynwch eich ydau, dyma rwan y cyfle, A deiswch eich mwddwl, dyma'r amser gore." (Weed your corn, this is your last chanee, and put your hay into ricks, this is your season.) June really in this part of the kingdom is what the poets represent May to be-the most lovely month in the year. Summer is set it), and warm weather is thoroughly established. yet the heat rarely rises to excess, or interrupt the enjoyment of those pleasures which tle scenes of nature now affords. The trees are In their full dress, and a profusion of gayeSt flowers is everywhere scattered around, which put on all their beauty just before they arc cot down by the scythe, or withered bv the heat. By the middle of June the cuckoo has su» £ herself hoarse, and is seldom heard after what the old Welsh people used to call, Toriad 1 dydd" (the turning of the day), the summed solstice, or longest day. At this time, in o most northern part of the island, there IS scarcely any night; the twilight continuing almost from the setting to the rising of the sun. This season is also properly called-, "znjd" summer," though indeed the greatest heats are not yetj arrived; and there is more wa. weather after it than before. When thiS month is over the year loses most of its enter- tainment, as the birds, now the season ° courtship and rearing their young is past, nO longer exercise their musical powers. "The groves, the fields, the meadows now nO more With melody resound 'tis silent all And if the lovely songsters, overwhelmed By bounteous nature's plenty, lay entranced In drowsy lethargy." After the end of June, an attentive observe can .hear no birds except the stone curlew (thi kneed plover of Pennant), whistling late night; the yellow hammer, goldfinch, aJILI- golden-crested wren now and then chirping- is in this month the people who are to live in the country can best realise tljf beauty of the following charming- lines Milton :— As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the aft 1 Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, frum each thing met conceJY- delight, The smell of grain, or tcdded grass, or kine, t'II Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound. Midsummer Eve. On St. John's Eve (June 23rd) is one of tb6 chief of this ancient Druidic festivals. 8 custom of lighting bonfires survived in this country until very lately, connected with there were ceremonies of a solemn sort. summer Eve in 1878 happened to fall on Su»' day, and upon that day the Druids and bards of Pontypridd held this feast of the solstice in the face of the sun, where stands the Logan Stone, and a circle of upright stoBeS constituting the temple of the Druids. The venerable Arohdruid, Myfyr Morgan^' stood on the Logan Stone with a mistle sprig in his buttonhole, and prayed to a Kali, creator'o[ sun, moon, stars, and verse. Then the white-bearded old man de«' vered a discourse, and new members were iØ; ated into the mysteries. This custom Jt supposed to have' come down to us from h8: ancient Druidic religion besides which Christy anity is an infant, which was to celebrate tjbc.P rites within the folds of the serpent, a cir^ marked with the sign of the Zodiac. Bettani Fires. These bonfires arc of Celtic and ScandiP* vian origin, and we arc told by the Rev. øt Knight in his history of Newton Nottage tbs. about the year 1820 there had been a custoJIl 0 kindling a fire in a. small circular enclo there annually on Midsummer's Day, throwing a small cheese or cake through.2: fire, and then jumping over the embers. custom of leaping through the flames as — expiation is reprobated by Theodoret. < It was something of a superstitious notion protecting the crops f from blight. At Einon, in GDwpr. this custom was observer last in these parts, where the younger mba"?.' tants were seen lighting fires on the sandrur on Midsummer, and the only explanation Jp their so doing was that it had always been custom. Burning bones and other refuse o the nativity of St. John's (Dydd Gwvl Iefan 1 Haf) was said to be performed V> drive dragons, supposed to be most active on MJ summer, by tainting open wells and springs et occasion a. general mortality. There is anoth theory as to the. origin of these fires, and rø burning of bones this day—that is, to CO b1 memorate the burning of the Baptist's boneS Øe the heathens. A finger, or, according to s°zL* accounts, a hand or arm alone, escaped bustion, and was sent to the Knights of by Bajaret, as the most valuable of relics* TO cremation took place, it is said, at Seba^te« 0 Samaria, by the express order of Julian. carrying about of torches or blazing br»n^ intimated that John the Baptist was burning and a shining light." The ro wheel over the fire, which was made to revoi 0 symbolised the decrease of daylight •ftervjr, solstice and longer day, and further the do ef' ward career and decrease of the fore-rtinn compared with the increase of his Divine Heavenly Master. ntØ One of the Earliest and busiest employtne. of this month is the shearing of sheep'9 business of greater importance in olden than now, when wool was the source of greater revenue.

LIVELY DUBLIN MEETING- )fot} At a meeting of Dublin Corporation on We day a resolution was proposed calling upon the five members of Parliament representing city to oppose the Budget proposals. An ana*Lcil ment to the effect that the Municipal withdraw its confidence from the Irish mentary party was ruled out of order.. øJ1 Mr John O'Kelly (Sinn Feiij) moved th» reference to Parliamentary action be Jon of from the motion. The supposed oppositi the Irish members had been so farcical they would be degrading themselves l £ were to go and beg to those people. tx, The Lord Mayor said he had been in and assured the Council that the Irish soag* from the leader down, had opposed the During further proceedings several fights took place between Sinn supporters of the party, and the meeting up in disorder.

LADY BURTON'S JEWELS. —— It A Burton correspondent telegraphS: who o at first thought that Baroness Burton, « ftotP Saturday missed her jewels on a JourPot Euston to Lichfield on a visit to her na nr- the Dowager Lady Burton, at RangetnO btJiI recovered the whole of the properJl yesterday afternoon she stated to a we tive that this was not so. A case corridor train was discovered by officials at Manchester, but on her La examining it she found that ° ^'0 requisites, chiefly silver, and a larg e-feTJ valued at over £ 100, and which is on^ broker's books, and therefore useless to < ntiy had been returned. The case had e .faji' been tampered with before it reacli^ Chester, and six rings, valued in the xva& at £ 500 are missing. One o f the rinK. wedding gift. No clue to the theft R* forthcoming.