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WORKMEN'S NOTES. 4 HOUSEHOLD NECESSARIES AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS. By MR. WILLIAM BRACE, M.P. [Vice-President of the South Wales Miners' Federation.] There is a good deal of dissatisfaction wrth some portions of the Budget, and unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer will find his basis justified by the follow- ing years he may have cause to regret that he did not arrange for a substantial reduction of the tea and sugar duties to take place this year. Were it left to the inclinations of the individual mem- bers of Parliament to determine these questions themselves, I am disposed to think that a large number of them would have preferred seeing the income- tax remain as it was, and that relief in taxation should have been by way of reductions upon tea and sugar. To some degree I appreciate and agree with the principle of a Chancellor budgeting for a series of years rather than for one year only, and I agree also that the cost of the late war must be paid for before there is much hope of large reductions in taxation; but, surely, if relief is to be given at all it is the poorest of the nation who should be the first to benefit. We are promised an old-age pension, and, unlike some of my co-Labour members, I pay the Chancellor the compliment of believing that he is seriously in earnest. Sugar and Pensions. But why make sugar duties the basis for an old-age pension scheme? Why not have retained the 3d. upon the income-tax, or, if not the 3d., some portion of it, to provide the nucleus for an old-age pension fund? If the sugar duty is to be kppt at this point for the purpose of providing the money for old- age pensions, it will simply mean that the poor will be taxed to provide their own pensions. At the time of writing the sugar tax has not been voted upon, and 1 am having a very serious debate with myself as to whether one ought to vote for the retention of the sugar duties at their present high standard, despite the fact that by doing so the commence- ment of an old-age pension scheme ^is assured for next year. It is upon ques- tions of this character that one gets worried as to how one's vote should be cast, for there is no use hiding the fact oneself, at any rate, that if the Chancellor were defeated upon this portion of his Budget the chance for an old-age pension scheme would be lost for some time to come, as that part of the Budget proposals would not be proceeded with, whatever might be the future of the Government. I cannot understand why no new basis of taxation has not been established. To me there seems to be a number of sources that could be tapped that are left out by the Chancel- tor. Individual fortunes are greater in ihis country than ever, and the nation speaking in the aggregate, is wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice, and vet the poor are still heavily burdened with indirect taxation, and many social problems are pressing to be solved but cannot be for want of money. Royalties and Wayleaves. With these facts staring one in the face, one is disposed to depression and discouragement. Why should mining royalties and wayleaves be allowed to escape full taxation year by year? What ls tke paralysing influence that restrains all kinds of Governments and Chancel- lors of the Exchequer from placing this illegitimate landlords' tax upon indus- ,r tries under levy for the national purse? Private landlords get the highest penny from their tenants, and, as compared with the following return presented to Parliament by the Treasury, their charges under this head are much more serious than the nation has thought proper to charge upon their tenants:- Crown Leaser, Henry Fraser Curwen (lease now vested in A. D. Curwen); rent, £ 100 per atrium merging in royalties; royalties on certain ooals, 2d. and 3d. per ton and certain deductions; aonouat annually accruing to the Crown (average of last three years), JE545. Crown Lessee, Henry Fraser Curwen (lease Bow vested in his representatives) rent, £50 per annum merging in royalties'- royalty, 3d. per ton, with deductions- amount annually accruing to the Crown (average of last three years), £ 50 Crown Lessee, Earl of Lonsdale; rent, £1.000 per annum (prior to January 1, 1905. £ 500 per annum), merging in royalties- royalty, 4d„ 3d and lid. ton, accord- ing to market price; amount annually accruing to the Crown (average of last three years), .£920. Private Taxation of Commerce. But not only do private landowners secure the highest royalty and wav- leave at the collieries, but they place conditions in leases which compel collierv- Dwners to ship a certain proportion of coal at certain ports they are interested in, and thus over and over again thev in one form or another, levy toll upon industries without the slightest justifica- jion from the nation's standpoint It must be understood I am making no Attack of a personal character upon anv- Dne; what I am attacking is the prin- ciple in operation that permits these charges to be made, and also allows those charges to pass without being heavily taxed for local and Imperial purposes. If we were half so shrewd in political affairs as a nation as we are in some matters, there would be no ground for our complaint about excessive taxa- tion upon the necessities of life, espe- cially upon those articles largely used 57 Poorest of the poor, or aboyt the difficulty of finding money for old-age pensions and other social reforms. Recognition of the A.S.R.S. Why will not general managers and railway directors give up their risky policy of declining to meet Mr. Bell M.P., and his colleagues to negotiate the settlement of disputes? It is too late in the day for anyone to be called upon to controvert the idea that Trades Unions exist for the creation of strikes or lock-outs. Individually, very few rail- way authorities are against reoognisinf the society of the workmen, but, not- withstanding that, nothing is being done co ease the position of affairs. In allow- ing the question to be controlled by the executive council the workers have not Dnly shown prudence, but have demon- strated their desire for peace. Quite a number were in favour of taking imme- diate action to assert the right of the organisation to be the negotiating medium between the workmen and the companies officials but for the moment moderate counsels have prevailed But this policy cannot be continued for lone: and if it fails to have the desired result then nothing can stop the more aggres- give movement, as, come what may the Union is irrevocably pledged to claim recognition. [ trust the workmen's decision todelay taking action will not be misread as a sign of weakness, because the real meaning 0 is that before extreme measures are resorted to the workers are determined to exhaust all resources to fcring about an amicable understanding. Having gone so far, is it too much to expect that the companies will respond tin a like spirit, and thus obviate entirely the danger of a rupture?

VIOLENT CARDIFF SEAMAN POLICE-CONSTABLE BUTTED AND KICKED. Police-constable Arthur Smith was roughly handled in Bute-terrace on Monday after- noon by a vicious-looking seaman, named John Sulilivan, aged 27. In addition to the assault, there were further allegations of dis- orderliness and obscene language. The cir- cumstances detailed in evidence by Smith on Tuesday was that at 5.30 he was in Bute-terrace, when a fight was in progress. The police constable quelled the disturbance, and had occasion to caution Sullivan, who was one of the spectators, for usung objectionable language. The crowd was dispersing, when accused stepped forward, and with his clenched fist dealt Smith a nasty blow under the ear, fell- ing him to the ground. When he had re- gained his feet accused rushed at him with his head down, butting him in the stomach and kicking him violently. With assistance, Sullivan was put under restraint. The Benoh sentenced him to six weeks, with hard labour.

CARDIFF MAN APPOINTED TO THE COUNTY SURVEYORSHIP OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. By an almost unanimous vote Mr. Edward Stockley Sinnott. M.Inst.C.E., Western Mail chambers, Cardiff, was on Monday appointed county surveyor of Gloucestershire Th9 salary is £500, and the applicants for the post numbered 156, three of whom were recommended by a committee to appear before the council before a final seWti™, ..as made The three candidate, viewed on Monday, and the motion that Mr Sinnott be appointed was opposed by onlv one member of the whole council The resignation of Mr. Phillips, who at present h°wdS aPPomtment of county surveyor takes efFect on September 30.

JUSTICES'-CLERK DUPED. STORY TOLD AT HAY POLICE- COURT. The Magistrates'-clerk at Hay Police-court (Mr. E. H. Cheese) told the benoh on Monday how he was duped by a pedlar named Sarah An/n Price. Mr. Cheese went from his seat as magistrates '-clerk into the witness-box aud said prisoner called at his house on Satur- day last. Sihe unfolded a pitiful tale of a sick hiueband and poverty; her sole wealth, she vowed, being- lid. Witness gave her six- pence, and warned her t/hat if she spent it in drink he would have her arrested. Wit- ness's daughter, looking through a window, saw prisoner go straight to a publiohooae, where she was refused drink. Polioe-eergeamit Harwood said prisoner had Is. 6Jd. in her possession after paying out le. j in witness's prese>noe at a shop. Seven days' hard labour was the sentence.

ON-BRIN-K OF DISASTER 4 SERIOUS COLLISION OFF NASH POINT. A collision took place between two steamers off the Nash shortly before mid- night on Saturday, a,nd one, the Cragside, well known in the Bristol Channel, narrowly escaped foundering. The circumstances leading up to the colli- sion are unaccountable, and will probably not be cleared up until an official inquiry is made. The Cragside, a steamer of 1,908 tons regis- ter, belonging to Messrs. Pyman Bros. and Co.. of London, left Barry on Saturday even- ing, coal-laden, for Port Said, under the command of Captain John William Robin- son The steamer had proceeded down Channel as far as the Nash, and, the pilot having left, the captain gave the course to th3 second officer, Mr. John Stephenson, and all went well until shortly afterwards the ship, apparently without any warning, col- lided heavily with another steamer, which was coming up Channel. The Cragside, which was the heavier of the two boats, received the full force of the collision, being struck end-on on the star- board side, and was terribly damaged, thJ bulwarks being torn away for several yards, and the side of the ship wias cut open by the impact down to considerably below the water-line. One of the anchors of the other steamer caught in the bul- warks of the Cragside, and as the two ships separated the anchor maintained its hold, and the strong chain by which it was held parted by the weight of the ship, leaving the anchor and cable hanging to the side of the Cragside. LIFEBOATS LAUNCHED. Captain Robinson, with his chief officer, Mr. James Inkster, believing that the Crag- side would inevitably founder, gave orders for the lifeboats to be put out, and all hands prepared to save their lives. The chief engineer, Mr. Young, of Kilmarnock, had his wife on board, and Mrs. Young was got into one of the other ship's lifeboats, in which the second officer, Mr. John Stephen- son, of Montrose, and six others of the crew also got off, and were taken, on board the other steamer. Meanwhile, Captain Robinson, who was on the bridge of the Cragside directing operations, was doing all in his g»wer to save the ship. Though j gradually sinking, the steamer was headed towards the land, so that at the last moment he might run her ashore. Keeping close in along the coast, Captain Robinson decided to run back, and after steaming slowly for fully three hours, during which he picked up the pilot, the Cragside reached Barry, where she now lies in the dock basin, with the top of her bows only a few feet from the water's edge, and the wonder is that in such a condition, water- loggred almost to deck level, she was brought back to port at all. THE OTHER VESSEL. The other steamer, which proved to be the Wheatsheaf, belonging to Messrs. Spillers and Bakers (Limited), Cardiff, did not appear to have been so badly damaged, and, after standing by for some time to render what assistance she could to the Cragside, she continued her course up Channel, and reached Oardiff about four o'clock on Sunday morning, having on board Mrs. Young, Second-offioer Stephenson, the boatswain, and several members of the crew of the Cragside, who were picked up aftesr the collision. The chief engineer, on heading after his arrival at Barry of his wife's safety, went to Cardiff by the first train to j^in her. THE CRAG-SIDE'S DAMAGE. On arrival of the Cragside at Barry the superintendent engineer, Mr. Henderson, ordered a diver to be sent down to ascertain the extent of the damage to the ship,which was found to be greater even than was at first anticipated, the hull having been badly rent from deck level down to a depth of 10ft. or 12ft., and the forepeak was full of water. Temporary repairs were carried out by the Barry Graving Dock Company's staff, and the damage was matted over, but before the repairs can be carried out the cargo will have to be discharged. repairs can be carried out the cargo will have to be discharged. Captain Robinson, a smart, capable young officer, has been master of a ship for the past ten years. This is the first mishap of the kind that he has experienced, and it is a tribute to his skill and good judgment in soar manship that he was aJble to bring the vessel, damaged to such a serious extent as she wae, back to port in safety. A COLLISION INEVITABLE." Inquiries on the Wheatsheaf in the West Dook, Cardiff, showed that the accident occurred about, six miles east of the Nash. About a. quarter to eleven the Cragside was aeen approaching on the port bow showing a. green light and two mast-head lights. She was evidently attempting, it was stated, to cross the Wheatsheaf's bows, and in a minute or two it became obvious that a collision was unavoidable. At once the captain eent the order to the engine-room, Pull steam astern," but, on account of the heavy wind and the full tide which was running astern of the Wheatsheaf, this had no effect. The bow of the-Whaatsheaf struck the Cragside on her starboard side between her bow and the forecastle, knocking a hole in the Cragside and staving in the Wheat- sheaf's bows. The crew of the Cragside shouted that she was sinking, and the mate of the Wheatsheaf (Mr. Bilson) and two men immediately manned a lifeboat. He pulled to the other ship and took off the chief ¡ engineer's wife and five hands, including the second officer, who said he was in charge of the bridge when the collision happened. These having been put aboard the Wheat- sheaf, the lifeboat returned, but the Crag- side's captain said he needed no more aassistanoe nor a stand-by, and as his vessel side's captain said he needed no more aassistanoe nor a stand-by, and as his vessel evidently was not sinking the Wheatsheaf came on to Cardiff, where she landed the people from the Cragside, who returned to Barry on Sunday morning. The Wheatsheaf is one of the new boats owned by Messrs SpilleTs and Bakers, the well-known Cardiff millers and biscuit manufacturers. Her master is Captain Frederick Atkins, of Cardiff. She was bound from Londonderry to Cardiff light. PLUCKY LADY'S ACCOUNT OF THE COLLISION. READY AND ANXIOUS TO RESUME THE VOYAGE. Mrs. Young, the wife of Mr. Young, the chief engineer of the Cr.agside, the only lady 011 board either of the steamers at the time of the collision, having, she declared, success- fully evaded the reporters ail day, was seen by the Barry representative of the "Weekly Mail" on Sunday evening on board the steamer at Barry. She was not in the least dismayed by her tragic experience of the previous night, an experience which would have unnerved many and mi?ht have cost her her life. On the leontrary, although this was Mrs. Young's MBS. YOUNG, Wife of the Chief Engineer. first experience of the sea, having come from Kilmarnock a day or two previously to join her hnsband and to accompany him on the voyage to Port Said,>,e v,as prepared and anxious to continue t e voyage with the ship. "I know now," she added, iQ the course of a short oonversat on with our reporter, wiiat a ship^rff/f like in real earnest, and, aitb is not a pleasant experience, still I am not at ail, as ycu see* ahont by it. It was an exciting 1x5 hear it said on all hands that the S wae. Being down, and that everybody inust nxake for their lives; and, indeed, it ge'emed very much like it, for the ship was rapidly filling, jjj appearances, it wa8 y a matter of a few minutes bei^rG would go down. The crew of t heatsfaeaf behaved splendidly, and } you, through the 'Weekly Mail' express the personal gratitude of my myself to lfo\ Bilson, the chief, officer of the Wheatsheaf, for his bravery ^"alf, and for his bind attention to erwards, and to Mrs. Bilson and family- nie very com- fortable -when I w ft .V3 kheir home at 29, Loudwn-sanare. the 8hip g.ot to Cardiff. I shall lheir goodness. The boats of the Wheate^ were broug.ht to our aid without any lo«, of tone, and the crew of our ehlpvXlved w^° into the boats. But all They stood back till I b^^nargfS7™*0^1^ tbe boat, which was f J^r' B'lson and several of the our cre ^p-tsheaf, and then six or seveO followed, but had I known husband—who remained on ^!?w0tild not >5 €~was not coming with us I an €xorv f76 co™e from the ship, and it wag asfmmi ^gly anxious time for me till 1 tj. by Mrs. Bilson about seven «'^ip we^ °f«S my husband and the ^P ■^ safe at Barry. The boat that rescU^ ™t"ed several times ■iSIi «»?, ferred us to their sw'P- VIEW OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE CR AIGSIDE THROUGH COLLISION WITH THE WHEATSHEAF. rrr. [Western Mail Photo.

NINE POINTS OF THE LAW JUDGE AND MTL- RIECHAELIEU'S GOODS. Judge Bishop at Llanelly on Monday heard the case of the "Llanelly Mercury" Printing Company against D. Imr and Co., Mr Riechaelieu making a claim to the goods seized. Mr. Wm. Howell appeared on behalf of the claimant, and Mr. Harry Williams represented the Mercury" Printing Com- pany. I. M. RiechaeMeu gave evidence, and admitted that he was an undischarged bank rupt. Mr Howell submitted that the goods belonged to the bankrupt, subject to the intervention of the trustee in bankruptcy. Mr. Williams: Did not the claimant sue his wife in respect of the larceny of these goodsP Mr. Riechaelieu: Yes. Mr. Williams: And the case went against you?—I did not press it. The magistrates held that there was no felonious intent. His Honour said that he did not see how Mr. Williams was going to get over the diffi- culty. Possession was nine points of the law. His Honour found for claimant, without costs.

THE MAESTEG CLUB UAID. STEWARD AND HIS WIFE FINED JS10 EACH. In connection with the striking off the register of tho Maesteg Working Men's Club and Institute recently, James Labdon, the steward, and his wife were on Saturday charged at Bridgend with aiding and p.betting in the illegal sale of intoxicants. Mr. T. J. Hughes, who prosecuted, des- cribed the club as a shebeen, run by Mr. and Mrs. Labdon. Inspector Ben Evans stated. that the house in which the club was held was a four- roomed bungalow, and was let by Mrs. Labdon to the club for JB60 per annum, and Mr. labdon was paid 25s. per week as steward. If the intoxicants were sold at the trade rate there was a. shortage in the accounts of £80. Bills were owing to trades- men, and the books appeared to indicate that altogether about LWO had gone to the Labdons in a little over twelve months. Mrs. Labdon, in cross-examination, ad- mitted that the premises were formerly assessed at Z7 10s. The Magistrates- imposed a fine of .£10 on each defendant or three months' imprison- ment. Nine men who were found on the premises on the night of the police raid were fined 5s. each. •

IN LOVE-LANE, CARDIFF. POLICE-CONSTABLE RECEIVES VIOLENT TREATMENT. Georgo Hewlett, at Cardiff, on day, was fined £ 4 and costs or a tnc s hard labour for assaulting Police-constable Joseph Hi'llman, in Love-lane. The case formed a eeqnel to a etory of severe treatment oonstable received, and which was related m OQ a previous occasion. In connection with this charge. Bridget Kavanagh proved an alibi and was dis- missed. 1 Thomas Whaley was also charge with obstructing the policeman in the execution of his duty. Police-constable Hillman said that defendant came up and cried Get off him, you are choking him. He 18 going. black in the face." Defendantwa^all^ pulled the constable off Sullivan, a priscmer previously charged, and the constable lost his man for the second time, though later he succeeded in regaining him. The case was dicinigseli. Eliza Donoghue, llke^lse charged with obstructing the oona-table, denied kicking ihim, and called a witness .who allege that the defendant cried out Don t kill the con- stable." „ The constable (re-called) was certain of the woman being the culprit, and she wa^ fl-nwl £ 4 and costs, or a month Defendant (meekly): Will yon give me time to pay? The Stipendiary: No.

HEROES OF PEACE. PRINCE OF WALES DECORATES GENWEN MANAGER. The Prince of Wales, as Grand Prior of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, presented at Marl- borough House on Monday medals for acts of gallantry in saving life on land at imminent personal risk. The recipients were:— John Ben yon, colMery under-manager, for gallant conduct and presence of mind displayed on the 5th of March last at the Gem wen Colliery, Cwmfelin, in leading a. rescue party down the colliery shaft; Frank Paioe, Frederick Wiseman, and David Phillips, labourers, for bravery displayed in a disastrous sewer accident at Hackney Wick, London; and Lily Madeline Wood, aged fifteen, for con- spicuous bra-very displayed at Salford last March in rescuing a baby whioh had wan- dered on an electric tram-line.

THOUSANDS OF CIGARETTES. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE THEFTS AT MERTETYR. Charges' of theft were at Merthyr on Monday brought against several officials employed at the Great Western Station, Merthyr. The first were against Henry George Way, George Major, William. Henry Wag- staffe, .Üi<aJm John Rogers, Fred James White, David 0. Jones, and Alexander W. Billingsley, for stealing on June 8 25,000 cigarettes, valued jE:17 16s. 5d., from a box sent from Bristol to Mr. Gilleland, Merthyr. Mr. F. S. Simons appeared for White, Mr. Harold Lloyd (Oardiff) for Jones, and Mr. F. P. Charles for the other defendants. Mr. Baker Jones, who prosecuted, said the box which contained the cigarettes was deepaAched from Bristol on June 7, and arrived safely at Merthyr on the 8th, but was later missed. The defendants were on duty that night, and had access where the public could not go. Wagstaffe, White, and Jones admitted the theft, and the others received portions fcf the cigarettes. The box was, added Mr. Baker Jones, found under an arohway. Mr. Townseod, detective-officer of the Great Western Railway Company, said he saw Way Oil the 28th of June, and he said: I did not steal, but I will tell you all about it. WW added that Wagstaffe gave him some cigarettes, and he took them home. He also admitted t-hat a fireman najned Macdonald, Major, and himself took the box from the shed. Major told witness he was given some cigarettes, and buried them in the eand-house. Wagstaffe told him that White, Jones, Mac- don aid, and himself buried the box under the Court-garden. They were seen by Addicot, the night foreman, who advised them to take the box back. He also described how the cigarettes were divided. White told a simiLar story. All the prisoners were committed for trial. Wagstaffe, White, Sogers, Billingsley, and Jones were then charged with stealing twelve tina of pears, value 6s., the property of the Great Weatera Bailway Company. The same solicitors defended.—They were committed for- trial on this charge also. There was a further charge against Wac- Btaffe, White, and Jones of stealing a loaf cheese, value 5s. 6d., the property of the com- pany, and the prisoners were sent for trial on this indictment likewise.

ACRIMONY AT CARDIFF. COUNCIL MEMBERS ACCUSED OF IGNORANCE. There was a. breeze, unexpected and Sharp, at Cardiff Oity Council on Monday on the minute of the health oomrmittoe, that no amotion be t-a!ken on tihe invitation received to send delegates to the International Housing Congress to be held in August in London. Alderman Edward Thomas called attention to the importance of the congress, and, having incidentally referred to Mr. G. R. Sim's articles in the Weekly Mail," as eye-openers respecting the condition of the homes of the working classes, he suggested that delegates be sent. A discussion followed, during which Mr. W. Jenkins objected to the spending of money in sending delegates When the oounoil had already sufficient powers to deal with the matter.. This drew a sharp retort from Thomas that Mr. Jenkins m-nst of tbe Housing of the Working f and of the powers now in the hands of the council. Mr. Morgan Thomas chirped in with the further remark that Mr. Jenkins's speech exposed his utter disregard of What was the burning question before the country at present. Mr. W. Roberts supported Mr T^i remarks, whereupon e Alderman Thomas jumped was clear that Mr. Robert"! Ga-id it Act. 0€rts h*d not read the Mr. W. Roberts (hotly), j h Act. y> 1 have read the Alderman Tliomas- A. Mr. Hoberte: Yes a ag j have? aT1d I know as mn'/ih 3 mT10h as you have, qu^tion^oite you do about the Aidorman Thr,™, to see the renreHP^+ Said he 'was astounded working men of a ward in which standing un reside in lodging-houses represents Prevent the council being he would h* SU<5,11 a. Personally, diff at fi, e 80016thing to say about Car- a a.bc^ri i, congress whether the council' asked him to go there or not.- He would be ln another capacity, and he would'be 4. ^^ST^tied by far if he did not repre- sent the council. There were several divisions as to the nUmc-er of delegates to be eemt. It was mutually decided, on the motion of Mr. F. J. Beavan, that the chairman or vioe.cb4lJr- nian of the health committee and Alderma Bd w a rd Thorn as be appointed as the cound representatives.. „r„wr Alderman Edward Thomas, announced that he would not tJ.er representative of the council, bnt m capacity.

BARRY ISLAND BOAT-SHOPS. DISTRICT COUNCIL SEEK POWER TO RESTRAIN. An important action was heard by Major. general H. H. Dee and Mr. D. T ^Alexander »t Barry on Monday. The BarTy District Councdj sought to restrain a numbCTofpersons fro committing a breach of the bye-laws by 8en. ins goods from shanties on the beach at Whitmore Bay. Barry lslaild Ivor Bowen appeared for tbe district council and Mr. Ivor Vaahell, solicitor, dfended. It was pointed out by Mr. Bowen that power had been vested by Act of Parliament in the d^ct^ councii £ exercise jurisdiction and control over the foreehore in question, amd lioences had been granted to several persons to sell refreshments and other goods' there, but a number of other persons had contravened this regulation by bringing goods for isale in boats, &c., ota the island beach without permission The case against William and Elisabeth Moorman were taken for test purposes. Mr. Vacholl contended that the bye-laws of the council were bad, and the convenience of the public using the beach was not inter- fered with by those who sold refreshments, fruit, and other goods from boats, Ac., thereon. The Bench deferred their decision for a week, when the other caees will aJso be heard.

BABY'S DEATH AT CANTON. PARENTS RECEIVE A G FROM THE CORONER,. tj. -a ueece held an inquest at Cardiff onthe death of Annie on »a,lur j seven months, da«»i,*« Greedy, a.g ph Greedy a 1;00 aUgter of It and Ada Greedy, his wife, Mid »r° JX" "i; S'e other children to support. li was not we'll-nouS^1^^ ^11 the S^nf upaoTa S and also abscess and eczema of scafp The jury returned a vm«„+ 7' with the medical evident« n accordance hLn qU1^ convil»ced that there had We ->r f ^lect. They ought to have called in a doctor

MARRIED MALF & GIRL. 4 EXTRAORDINARY STORY IN A PATERNITY SUIT. A good deal of interest was taken in a case heard at Newport on Saturday. The county justices were asked for an affiliation order in favour of Hilda Louisa. Baker, a nicely- dressed girl, nineteen years of age, against a middle-aged married man, named Henry Stephens. Both had been servants at Trostre Fiarm, Liswerry, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Attewell. Mr. Frank Lewis, in opening the case for the applicant, paid it was not an ordina.ry affilia- tion case, but one of great cruelty to a young girl, and one of a very depraved character. inasmuch as the defendant was a married man with a family of five children. The girl, whn was twelve or fifteen years his junior, had been left alone in the bouse-a lonely place Mr. and Mrs. Attewell and the others having gone to Weston for the day. When sho told defendant of her fears he got a bottle of medicine and a box of pills for her to take. to take. The Clark (Mr. J. C. Llewellin): Oh! Ton are opening something very terrible now, Mr. Lewis. are opening something very terrible now, Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis: I shall prove it. The Clerk: But if you prove it we can't try him for a matter like that on this summons. The police are here listening to it, and they are the custodians of the peace. Mr. Lpwis: It Is part of my ease that he gave her this medicine, and the bench will have to place their own construction upon it. The fact that he gave her the bottle of medi- cine and the box of pills was bound to come out whether it involves him in another charge or not. sa^ was Tlow living mlr m°ther at Langsitone (seven miles from Trostre Farm), swore to the defendant being the father of her child. When asked if she had taken any of the medicine, The Clerk intervened, and said, "You are not bound to answer that question, even though it is put to you by your solicitor." Miss Baker said she took one dose of the medicine and two of the pills The Bench noticed that the bottle was nearly empty, and asked what had become of the balance. Complainant said Dr, Lewis, to whom her mother took her, retained samples of it. After she had made a complaint to Mr. Att-e- well defendant was discharged. Some titno afterwards she made a confession to Joseph trrifflths, the young man with whom she had been keeping company, who broke everything off between them, and would have nothing to do with her since. 1° November her mother went to see thedefen" dant, who did not admit or deny tbe matter. Her mother said to him, "Yon sold yourself when you went to Weston and got the drugs." He replied, "I didn't get tLietO at Weston." "Where did you get tbeJU, then?" asked Mrs. Baker. Defendant mud0 no reply. In cross examination by Mr Lyndo" Cooper, who appeared for the defence. MisS Baker said it was a fact that on the even- ing of the day when the misconduct to"* place Joseph Griffiths, her young called for her, and as it rained hard tb« sheltered in a stable for about an liojjZ She did not. however, tell him an that day. Mrs. Baker, complainant's mother, the of the interview which she had with t t defendant at his house. He did not adlrl or deny the accusation, but said, "You bais had the affair before lawyers and and parsons—what more can you do?'' ztaT Baker replied, "I'll take you befoJ* y betters. The Rev. Charles Westlake Tritto#^ Tr*'TU^tr ™ charge of Pye Corner Bapfci^ IN asih. Who attended on subpoena, stat'c" 1 in October last defendant's mother-1,11* other relatives made a statement mo, and he called a meeting of the h November by anmounceament frcwn pulpi • Defendant did not attend, and the matter was adjourned till Decern • did no* attend then, but on the report of h.13 mother- in-law and the ofcbera defendant was bus- penided from fellowship. Witoegg afterwards went to the defendant, and told him of the course of action which had been taken. He wept, and replied, "Oh, people will MfUse out that it is worse than it is." That was all that passed. Defendant was not asked for any confession. The Clerk: No, I should think not. But,, Mr. Tritton, don't you set up any eoclesias- ticcil privilege in this matter? The Rev. Mr. Trittoai: I think we haveacte^ on strictly Biblical lines in requiring evidence of two or three witnesses before taking action.. The Presiding Magistrate (Mr. John Green/* I have never seen chapels drawn ilito these cases before in my fifteen years exP** rience, and I think it is hardly that they should be drawn in now. After Mr. Attewell and the youngr Griffiths liad given evidence, Mr. f°r Cooper submitted that there was n° *+* n<> the defendaaiit to anawer, as x]00* corroboration. there vra9 Mr. Frank Lewis claimed tfcat, t 0i iie ample corroboration in the c°n!13atioD. in. defendant in not denying the which his supplying dru«?s, in thei^bad with Mrs Baker (tho girl's m £ evidence and the Eev. Mr. OWt^eelf I reject The Chairman: altogether thf, rriien 1 8iall ask wo«hip« ^tddercT^ api)eal upon am-nounced that the case as placed V&r Sxative evid^ncf fOT boTativo evidence.

BOY AND GIRL COURTS all', APPRENTICE WHO KNEW BEvVo THAN HIS MOTHER. Boy and girl parents made an unfort^^ti appearance before the Newport magistiw^a,- Monday. Malcolm Williams, of Courty^ju- terraee, a hairdresser's improrier^waS a, moned to show cause, Ac., in resp«3t ohild of whioh Una Davey, now been, of 8, Ruperra^street, is the Mr Lyndon Cooper, who mother app'icant, said Miss Davey ^^tib to px«vent (a widow) had been 2? by 041 arra<nge- the case coming into to be ment being made, but y0tiiig man's mother, tl20 y e some difficulty with"1, she kept a shop, to who appeared, al*5,«y that the defendant take all the J^ia trouble the girl had earned. Bef and noW» Oetin able to j^^ing the baby to keep> e^a in additiof^^jje 2s- Per week. oould said defendant had been rthh her aw tSTrSS l^d was in 1116 houee when the cHild "pendant frankly admitted the and fn b™ch raising the pre- t»^fftnd5nt repiied that tf Ve consented P 7 ce. 6d. per -week his mother would to allow it out of his wages. The girl down to see mother to make an arrange ment, but mother wanted to say that the cmld was not mine." In the result the Bench made an order lor Payment of 3s. per week until the child wa: tbirte«ai yeaira of 10s. court guinea towards the solicitor's fee, and th birth expenses,' wTiich tie applicant's mother said had amounted to JB5.

BONVILSTON WILL CASE. Yr Justice Warrington on Saturday, lfl the Cbanoery Division, decided upon an adjourned summons a question arising under the will of Richard Thomas Samues by which he devised certain estates i° Glamorganshire. By his will the teatotor devised to his daughter, Edith Frances Samuel, all his estates in the neighbourhood of Bonvilston which he had derived by a. devise of May 28, 1881, from his kinsman, John Samuel Gibbons, and then he devised his estates at Newton and Trecastle, also in the county of Glamorgan, except certain beredita,ments specially bequeathed to his trustees upon certain trusts. The question the court was asked to determine was whether a certain bit of land, about 30 acres, passed under the first devise, or whether it passed under the devise of the Newton and Treoaetle estates. His Lordship thought that the testator had (always treated the land as land that had passed to him by the specific devise of John Samuel Gibbons, and, therefore, made a. declaration that it formed part of the Bon- vilston estates specifically devised by the will of John Samuel Gibbons, and passed by the devise of the testator's will to hi* daughter, Edith Frances Samuel.

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"BLINKING DRUNK." ♦ MR. B. FRANCIS-WIIJLIAMS'S JOKES AT YSTRAD. The adjourned hearing cf a summons issued against the rational Democratic Club, Blaenclydach, engaged the attention of the Ystrad Bench on Monday. It will be remembered that the case was before the court a month ago. The cnief allegations made were that the club was not carried on as a bona-fide institution, and drunkenness was permitted on the premises. Mr. W. P. Nicholas (Messrs. Morgan, Bruoe, and Nicholas) prosecuted, at the instance of Superintendent Cole, for the police, and Mr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C., defended (on the instruction of Messrs. Cousins, Botsford, and Phoenix, Oardiff). The proceedings were watched by Mr. W. B. Francis, Cardiff, on behalf of the Clubs Defence League. It will be remembered that the club was raided and the books seized by Inspector Hoyle and a number of constables, and extracts from these journals, particularly from the minute-book, went to show that fine3 had repeatedly been imposed by the committee on members for being drunk, some had been expelled, and it was alleged that amongst the offenders against the rules were several of the officials. Inspector Hoyle, re-oalled, under cross- examination by Mr. Francis. Williams. repealed his previous evidence that several men were under the influence of drink. Asked what were the symptoms he noticed of the alleged intoxication, the witness said the men talked a good deal. Mr. Francia-Williams: Is that a sign? You are talking a lot, you know, and you are not drunk. (Laughter.) Witness: And their eyes were blinkini- Counsel: Oh, then they were "blinking" drunk. (Loud laughter.) Questioning further as to his definition of drunkenness, Mr. Williams suggested jocu- larly that Shakspeare described seven stages of ordinary men. What in the opinion of the inspector were the seven stages of drunken men? (Renewed laughter.) Further examined, witness described the actions of the men who had taken too much. The men referred to were not drunk but under the influence of drink, and had endeavoured to interfere with the police- constables in the execution of their duty There were eight men in the reading-room who were quite sober. Some of the members in the bar tried to teach the police the law. Mr. Francis-Williams: A man must te pretty sober to do that. (laughter.) Addressing the bench, learned. oounsel pointed out that there were only 225 club members, and the average consumption of drink per week amounted to only is. 5jd per head. During 1906 there were 2,259 visitors who were affiliated members of other clubs. Mr. Nicholas: That represented 2,239 months. Mr. Francis-Williams: Throats, you mean. The first pint does not always touch the mouth. (Laughter.) v. Thomas was also cross-examined by Mr. Francis-Williams as to certain entries made in the police report book as to the condition of the persons found on the pre- mises. From the remarks made against the names counsel suggested that the writer had three definitions of drunkenness- "drunk." "very drunk," and "paralytic drunk." (Laughter.) One of the visitors was described as belonging to a Liberal club. The Stipendiary: He had gone a step higher, and went to the democratic institu- tion. (Laughter.) Mr. Francis-Williams admitted the evidence of drunkenness, a.nd called the secretary to show that boxes were in the club for the benefit of the Cardiff Infirmary and the Porth Cottage Hospital, and members were assisted whose circumstances were straitened by illness. ,There was- a rifle-range, and com- petitions were entered into with other clubs. There was a. box in which Id. had to be paid when bad words were used. (Laughter.) Every precaution had been taken to suppress drunkenness, and as a result the membership had decreased. Lec- tures were given almost every Sunday night. The trading profits from wines, spirits, tobaooo, and games amounted to over £500 per annum. The Sipendiary held that the club had been carried on as a drinking establishment. The rules had not been complied with, and the club would be struck off the register for twelTe months.

NOTHING IN HIS POCKETS. AN INCIDENT AT THE BAR OF THE BUSH. Richard Doyle (20), was summoned at Cardiff on Monday on the charge of stealing 9s 6d., the property of George Banneld from the bar of The Bash, in Millicent- street, on July 6. Mr. G. F. Willett defended. Bamfield is a colliery stoker, amd he alleged that after drinks, for which he (Banfleld) paid, prisoner, whilst his attention was momentarily diverted, picked up the change off the counter and walked away. Mr. Willett elicited that there were several men standing at the counter, and that they were all drinking in company. Charged by Police-constable Simxnonds aooused had nothing to say," and nothing was found in his pockets. Mr. Willett maintained there was no case The Bench thought otherwise, and com- mitted prisoner to the aseizes.

LAW OF LOCAL SANITATION SIR IVOR HERBERT SUGGESTS CONSOLIDATION. In the House of Commons on Monday Sir IVOR REmBERT (R., Monmouthshire, S) aeked the President of the Local Government Board whether, having regard to the incon. vemence experienced by local authorities in the administration of the Public Health Acts from the fact that the law had to be sought in a large number of public Acts, in some cases as affected by private Acts, he could hold out any hope of bringing in a Bill next year to consolidate all enactments bearing upon the public health. 5 Mr. BURNS said, that be could not n pledge as to legislation for next year bot h^ should be glad, when opportunity offeS take steps in the direction indicated take steps in the direction indicated

FROM DOCK TO WITNESS-BOX HAY PRISONER DISCHARGED AND CALLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE. Henry Rosser and Edward Maund labourers, and Andrew Taylor, hawker, were charged at Hay on Monday with stealing receiving a quantity of brass beaj,ingS( the property of Messrs. R. Williams and Sons (Limited), Hay. Mr. R. T. Griffiths, solicitor, Hay, appeared for the prosecution, a-nd asked the magis- trates to discharge Taylor, who would be called as a witness. Taylor had made a statement, and in consequence there was no justification for his prosecution. Taylor was thereupon discharged. gia evidence was that he bought the baariiigs from Rosser, who said he found them on a. refuse tip. trates to discharge Taylor, who would called as a witness. Taylor had made a statement, and in consequence there was no justification for his prosecution. Taylor was thereupon discharged. gia evidence was that he bought the baariiigs from Rosser, who said he found them on a refuse tip. Rosser said he was not guilty, and Maund confessed to steaJing the whole of the metal. The charge of receiving only wag then taken against Rosser. Both prisoners were sen- tenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour.

IMPALED ON SPIKES. ♦ MOTHER AND DAUGHTER SEVERELY INJURED. A shocking tragedy occurred on Monday evening at S'toke Newington, London. A lamplighter, named Mitchell, left home at eight p.m. to light his lamps, leaving his" wife and three children, girls, aged five years, two-and-a-half years, and six months respectively, in their fiat at the top of some artisans' dwellings in Garnham-street. Imme- diately he had left Mrs. Mit-chell is stated to have opened the front window and pushed through it the eldest girl, who became impaled on the spikes of the rail- ings separating the building from the pave- ment. Looking through the window, it is declared, to see the whereabouts of the eldest ahild, the mother then rushed back into the room, clutohed the second child, and pushed her through the window-frame. The body of this girl fell with a thud into the space between the railings and the dwellings, being very severely injured. Then, pushing the window further open, the mother herself was seen to tumble into space, and the spee- tators were horrified to see her body also impaled on the spikes of the railings, with such force that it required the united efforts of several men to remove it. The mother and eldest child were not killed, but all three were very seriously injured. The two children, a. girl aged about seven and a boy eighteen months old, were at once taken in the arms of parsers by to a dispensary, where they received first aid, and with their mother they were subsequently conveyed to the German Hospital at Dalston, where at midnight they were stated to be in a very critical condition. The alarmed occupants of the dwelling, anxious as to the fate of the baby, entered Mitchell's apartments, and there on the bed the motherless mite was discovered peace- fully sleeping. The motive for the tragedy is at present a mystery. Mr. Mitohell is a member of the Salvation Army, to which body his wife also belcniged, and they were highly respected in t)he district.

AN EARLY MORNING CRASH. CARDIFF POLICE MAKE A RUSH AND A CAPTURE. At Cardiff o<n Monday Frederick Chunohill, 24, was charged with breaking and entering No. 10, Mill-lane, for the purpose of committing a felony. There were previous convictions, and prisoner was further charged with loitering with intent to commit a felony. Everything in tbe office was left Bafe and secure on Saturday night, and on Sunday morning a window was found to have been broken- Inspector Robert Davies and Police-con- stable Green at a Quarter-past five on Sun- day morning were on duty on the Hayes Bridge, when they heard the crash of glass, acd, on rushing walking from the doorway of Ao. 10. Green he mfc'pocTO rl £ B on the damaged found fres^ unperturbed, said, "I window pay for it." Formally broke it, axjcitsed said, "Tthat win- charged by Green, ao n<> felony at dow was smashed all." tj,e bencih the excuse Prisoner offered to that he was in dri • np against him a Inspector Davey bxva Prisoner long array of previo and he was sent elected to go before to the assizes for tri

==- = BAILEE OF A WATCH. FOR TRIAL. "•JR-SR TH» 222 magistrates « h 21, being the haiw that he 0°tch and gold chain. valu0 c? a fSrty of La]y fraadul*ntly the property u> hie own use. Mr r V »o Haxold Uo!"» «M«^i for the respectably-dressed tout,* priso-ner tQ a contractor, and dock clad in cycle knickere a £ j stood in t Th0 faets, as elicited at tK brown fow and simple j l^st hearrng. £ e>Pp^«n8ed foiXmwith Mr. James Clatworthy T Xivr Mrs. Stephens, who aots as £ daughter. prisoner, it was Is hOUS^Tted' himself to be a fe reP/eS^ntractor in his father's a ^i^rve-3ter; be was anrious t^ P oy at I for some purpose, his own wrf1?6 m'° lieeed, bad been broken *atch, rne the bailee of the silver wat*»i? hain in question. The transact^ a°d fhe nature of a loan, and JL articles at a Wood-street PawnaW^ TwZrtive Little gave evidence of the??" jSces under which he received ni,roum- etanoes ^ers Df Dorchester Ph^ ner iu ^tody on another Sphere he thereto was, "She His answe permission to^f Mrs- '^magistrates he said the it'" they CO,,riaitted him f(>r trila,l at thB quarter seeaione. th6 qUarter

--= THE TRAPS COLLIDED PBNARTH FISHMONGER C\ST T\ DAMAGES. J„ds. Owen M CMdiff on Mondll MSbS Saddler, fisJ1™°^ ,da^-st/^t, Penarth, Sd The plnl^h that his carter was drmn|r ? Jen.arth-road on June 8, going m tiL aHh- He wa8 on his proper side. of the road, and drew out from the 6id« avoid a load of mortar when near Corporation-road. The defen- dant, who was driving m thQ opposite direction, came into collision, the wheel of his trap striking the -heel of the pSS/s trap- The result of this was that the shafts of the plaintiffs tiap were broken, the horse started kicking, then the reins and harness broke, and the horse backed into a window, smashing it. The horse was badly cut and was still lame. The defendant's case was that the plain- tiff's carter and another man were laugh- ing and skylarking in the cart. The horse shied at the load of mortar, came right across the road, and plaintiff's cart col- lided with defendant's. Judgment was given for plaintiff to* and costs.

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u UNWRITTEN LAW." + ESTABLISHED IN EUROPE BY BALMACEDA VERDICT. The acquittal of Senor Carlos Waddington, who killed Senor Balmaceda for deceiving and jilting his sister, is considered in Brussels as finally establishing and vindi- catin.g the unwritten law." The simi- laa-ity of this case to that of Harry Thaw and to the case of Judge Loving, who was acquitted of the murder of his daughter's lover, and the frank appeal by the defence to the "urn-written law" in support of Carlos Waddinigton's claim for mercy, place it on record in Europe, for the first time, as beyond doubt tha.t courts of law—or, at all events, juries—will in future take into sym- pathetic consideration this new factor in murder t-rials where the accused avenges his honour by taking- the la;w into his own hands. All Belgium frankly rejoices in the acquittal of Wadding-ton amd looks upon him as a hero, but it is rumoured that the police amd the Waddington family are in fear of am attack on the life of Carlos. For this reason the WaddiTOgfo-ns are removing from Belgium to England, and Carlos will probably go for an extended foreign tour. Miss Wad- dington will remain with her family, at aJ.1 events for the preserot. Meanwhile tihe result of the trial is the one topic of interest, and though the general verdict is all in favour of Carlos, there a.re a few determ-i-ned partisans of law and order who are making out a good case against the aipiplication of the unwritten law," which they describe as merely lynch law, and they d,epteest-e its introduction into Europe. It is probable tha.t a violent press discussion on the point will follow. Maitre Bonmevie, who was counsel for the Balmaoeda family, has incurred such general unpopularity through his reading of Senorita Waddington's letters in the trial tha.t he has withdrawn hie candidature for the office of Batonnier (leader of the Order of the Bar).