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CARNARVON ASSIZES. INSURANCE AGENTS CONVICTED The grouped assizes for the counties of Car narvon and Anglesey were opened on Frida at Carnarvon, before Mr Justice Horridge Acco mpanied by the High Sheriff (Mr. D. P Williams) and his chaplain, his Lordship attended Christ Church before opening the Court, the service being conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. J. W. Wynne Jones). THE NEW JUDGE. His Lordship, in his charge to the Grani Jury, alluded to the death of Mr. Marshall, K. C., which had taken place since the last assizes were held in Ncrth Wales, and which was greatly deplored by all who had been associated in any capacity with him. Sir Osmond Williams, as foreman of the Grand. Jury, offered the jury's congratulations y i I to his Lordship upon his elevation to the bench. They hoped that he would long be spared to discharge the duties of his high office. POSING AS A LONG-LOST SON. John Simpson (56), tailor, pleaded not guilty to obtaining by false pretences the sum of 5s, from Margaret Jones, Holyhead, in June last. Mr T. H. Parry, who (instructed by Mr. T R. Evans) prosecuted, said the prosecutrix had a son a sailor, who was shipwrecked ten years ago, and from whom she had heard nothing. Some fifteen months ago she received information that her son was alive in England, and she accordingly issued an ad- vertisement in a Liverpool paper inquiring for his whereabouts. In reply to this she received a letter from her supposed son from the priconer, who requested that further letters to him should be addressed to Edgeware Road Post-office, and it was while calling at this office that the prisoner was arrested, with two letters in his possession. Evidence having been given, the prisoner was found guilty, and admitted a previous conviction at Aberdeen. Ajury was being empanelled to try a further charge against the prisoner, that of obtaining 30s. from one Catherine Jones, under similair circumstances, when he withdrew his plea of. not guilty. His counsel mentioned that the prisoner was wanted upon another charge in Lancashire, and he asked his Lordship to take that into consideration. His Lurdship said that the prisoner had been found guilty of an extremely cruel fraud. He would be sent to prison for eighteen months for each offence, the sentences to run concurrently. INSURANCE AGENT CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Robtrt Henry Jones, 50, insurance agent, Pwllheli, pleaded not guilty to a charge of forging and uttering an insurance claim n zn relating to the payment by the Prudential Assurance Company oi a sum of £ 15. Mr. Ellis J. Griffith, M. P. (instructed by Mr Pratt, solicitor to the Assurance Company) prosecuted, and Mr. Artemus Jones (in- structed by Messrs. Lloyd George and George) represented the accused. Mr Griffith explain- ed that the accused had been for the last 17 yeais agent for the Prudential Assurance Company in the neighbourhood of Nevin, and the charge against him was that on the 4th September JastJle forged or uttered a docu- :) ent a request for money from the Company. The document related to the death of a Mary Rowlands, and there was a claim in respect of Mary Rowlands by her alleged sister Elizab-th Jones, which was sent to the Assurance Company. The claim bore the signature of K'izabeth Jones with the name of the prisoner as witness, and it was accompanied by the certificate of death of Mary Rowlands, which described her as a widow, and as having died of acute bronchitis and heart failure, death being certified by Dr. Hughes on the 3rd September. Upon this document, the registered number of which was 396, a snm of X15 was payable by the Company. Things appeared to be in order, and the Company accordingly paid the claim and received in return a receipt signed by E izabeth Jones, whose signature was attested by the prisoner. Counsel proceeded to say that lie would prove that Mary Row- lands had not died of acute bronchitis or any thing jlse He proposed to call her, and so prove that she was aiive to all appearances.— (Laughter.) Not only that, but Elizabeth Jones, who apparently binned the claim, would say she knew nothing at all about it or about the receipt. Mr. W. H Mallett, a superintendent of the Prudential Assurance Company resident at Purtmadoc, gave evidence as to the docu- ments in the present cases and generally as to the rules under which the company's agents carried on their work. Cross-examined as to whether it was a com- mon practice among the company's agents to act as attesting witnesses the witness replied that he knew of no case in which that had been done unless the agent had actually seen a witness sign. The cheque which passed in this case was returned to headquarters by the accused in lieu of premiums debited to him. Do you mean to say that this man commit- ed forgery when he naturally sent back to the company their own cheque? Yes. The accsued was a good agent and had made more than one application to be re- lieved of the indsutiial branch of the work and to be put, on ordinary life work. Do you know that to protect then selves against the looseness of the bookkeeping of the company the agents have been obliged to form themselves into a union?—1 know that there is an agents' union. Mr H. J. Myer, sub-mauager of the Pruden- tial Assurance Company, who gave evidence as to the appointment of the accused, was also cross-examined as tu the discontent exist- ing among agents of the company. Criticisms had been passed upon the bookkeeping methods of the company, but he was not aware that either that or the question of lapsed policies was a grievance among the agents. It was true that they wanted more salaries for collecting. Asked whether the Director of Public Pro- secutions had been approached iu respect of this cise, the witness said he bdieved that I Somerset House had approached them. Mary Rowlands and Elizabeth Jones gave I evidence denying that they either signed or knew anything of the documents they were alleged to have signed. THE ACCUSED'S EVIDENCE. The accused, giving evidence on his own behalf, said.that he started with the Assur- ance Company at Chwilog at a wage of 12s a week He time after time asked to be trans- ferred from the industiial to the ordinary branch and he attributed hi present position to the fact that the Company would not grant his request. The proposal in the present case was brought to him by Lewis Davie3, the district superintendent under whom he work- ed, and < e filled up and signed as attesting witness, though the signature which he was attesting was not then on the document. Davies was then present, and he handed the it to Davies. He afterwards saw Mary Row- lands's son about pacing the premiums, but he declined to do so, and the policy was allowed to lapse with Davies's knowledge. Upon being presented with a cel titic:tte of the death of Mary Rowlands he filled in the claim form, and gave it to W. 0. Jones, a defend- ant in another case to be heard, who had re- presented that he was Mary Rowlands's nephew. The cheque when it arrived was cashed and the money passed to W. 0. Jones. The witness declared that he had throughout acted innocently. The filling up of the forms in the manner descnbed was a common prac- tice among agents. Mr. Artemus Jones, addressing the jury, impressed upon them the fact that they were dealing with a man who had borne an irre- pioaehable character, of which he hoped he was not to be deprived because of a small ir- regularity often committed by agents. THE SENTENCES. The accused was found guilty and the fol- lowing day pleaded guilty to a second charge involving the sum of £;}4 4s. Lewis Davies, tailor, also pleaded guilty to forging two forms of claim amounting to £ 43 15s. and William Owen Jones, registrar of births and deaths at Nevin to forging four death certificates. Robert Henry Jones and Lewis DLivic, were sentenced to 9 months hard labour on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. William Owen Jones was sentenced to 15 months hard labour.

THE AUTUMN CONCERTS. Mr William Arnold presided at a meet- ing of the Committee at which there were 1. present M-essrs. iR" J. Williams, M. Bar- nett, J. Roberts, D. Trehearne, J. Moody, J. J. Knight, Ill. Hooson, W. Hamer, A. Smith, Howel Jones, EL P. Morris, 11. Edwards, C. Hi. Bowclage, R. Dunphy and W. Brocklehurst, secretary. j The following letter from Mr Charles Greenhalgh, the hon. treasurer, wa.s read "Dea.r.Mr Brocldlehurst,—I very much re- gret having: to resign herewith the treasurers-hip of the Autumn Concerts. My Directors have appointed me manager at our Birkenhead Branch, and I have to proceed there on Monday- week, the 10th in-sta,nt, so it will be impossible for me to carry out the treasurer's duties. May I ask you. to convey to the members of. the. Committee my sorrow and disappointment at having: to lea,vie them at the time when all ha,nds are wanted, but I am sure that if my successor, Mr Laughton, can be of any use he will he only too willing to help. With kind regards and best wishes for the great success of the concerts.— Believe me, yours very truly, C. Green- halgh." The Chairman said there was not a membeai of the Committee who would not regret very much to [lose Mr Greenhalgh. He was being promoted, but at the same time from the Committee's point of view the loss of Mr Greenhagh was a real loss. He ha,d never come to .the meetings, but that he had given all his intelligence to the matters in hand, and he wa,s a, gentle- man possessed of a great deal of intelli- gence. He was an excellent treasurer and an excellent worker, and had attended practically every meeting that had. been held. He was a gentleman whom it would be in his position very difficult to replace in Llandudno.—(Hear, hear.) Mr Barnett moved that the letter of re- signation he accepted with regret, and that the secretary write to Mr Greenhalgh thanking him.for his services to the Com- mittee, and conveying! their congratula- tions upon his promotion in the Bank and their best wishes for his future welfare, Mr R;, J. Williams seconded the pro- position, which was carried unanimously. p,) I On the motion of Mr H). Edwards, seconded by Mr D. Trehearne, Mr E:, P. Morris was elected hon treasurer for the present year. Mr Morris stated that he, had had ex- perience of how Mr Greenhalgh had man- aged the accounts (having acted as auditor la,st year) and he woulid, as it was the wish of the Committee, be pleased to accept the office, for this season.—(Ap- plause.) Mr Howel Jones was appointed chief steward at the Musical Festival, the other members of the Committee being request- ed to assist. Similar arrangements were made for the evenings on which the Amateur Operatic Society will present "Trial by Jury," and the Moelwyn Male Voice Choir will sing. The charges for admission on these nights will not be raised. The only occasion when a separate scale of charges for admission will pre- vail is the Musical Festival, when, of course', inasmuch as the outlay reaches a total of JEMSO it wa,s necessary to increase the prices of admission somewhat.

Commercial Traveller (to boy who has answered the bell): "I want the boots. You're not the boots, surely?" Boy in Buttons "No, sir! I'm the socks!" Commercial Traveller: "Socks! You .impudent young rascal; what do you mean 1" Boy in Buttons "Why, you see, sir, I'm under the boots."

INTERESTING FACTS. Fifty-one metals are now known to exist; 4CO years ago only seven were known. Lake Superior, the Victoria Nyanzs, and Ire- land are all about the same in size. The best cork comes from Algeria. There are two and a half million acres of cork forests in that country. British India has the swiftest river in the world, It is the Sutlej, which in 180 miles has a descent of 12,CC0ft. During the present century the fiords cf the Yellow River, in China, have caused the loss- of over 11 million lives. It is no unusual thing for a vessel plying be- tween Japan and London tOo carry. 1,0C0,C€0 fans of all kind's as a single item of its cargo. "Dead Sea fruit refers to the fact that the beautiful yellow fruit c-o-mmonly. linown as the apple of Sodom flourishes in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea. It has a peculiarly inviting appearance, heightened by the dreary nature of its environment, but the fruit is extremely bitter. « OBVIOUS. Subaltern: What on earth are you fellows doingr There basnet been a hit signalled for the fast half hour." Private: "I think we must have shot the marker, sir -+-- SERIOUS BUSINESS. AVIierc-s your father?" asked the man on horseback. "Up the river fishin' answered the boy. Where's your big brother?" Down the river nshinh" What are you (loinge" Diggin' bait." D, ''Hasn't your family anything to do but amuse itself?" Mister, if you think we're doin' this for fun, you wait an' hear what maw says if we come home without anv fish." ♦—- ROUGH ON HIM. A big able-bodied man of about middle-age shuffled into the p -)r law guardians' office and curtly bade the clerk good morn.ng. IVot d'er, mean," he begp, ii,l l,liv knockin' orf poor Widder Snugg's parish pay? She's a 'onest, 'ard-working woman, whose nose is in the wash tu b all day, an' it's a wicked shame to rob 'er of 'er lorful rights.' The clerk took down a big ledger and silently consulted it. Mrs. Siiugg,h.Lis married again," he said, and the guardians have decided that she is no longer entitled to cut-door relief; and in any event, my man,' lie added, sharply, "I should like to know if the matter is any concern of Tours?" Concern of mine!" the man repeated. Well, I should rather think so, guvhior. If .you stops the ole Udy's pay you stops my daily ounce o' shag an' quart '0' beer, too I'm 'er noo 'asband In -+-- THE RAIN-TREE. Some travellers in South America in traversing an arid and desolate tract of country were struck with a strange contrast. On -one side there was a barren desert, on the other a rich and luxuriant vegetation. The French Consul at Loreto, Mexico, says that this remarkable con- trast is due to the presence of the Tamai Caspi, or the rain-tree. This tree grows to the height of 60 feet, with a diameter of three feet at its base, and possesses the power of strongly at- tracting, absorbing, and condensing the humidity of the atmosphere; water is always to be seen dripping from its trunk in such quan- tity as to convert the surrounding soil into a veritable marsh. It is in summer especially when the rivers are nearly dried up that the tree is most active. If this admirable quality of the rain-tree were utilized in the arid regions near the equator the people there, living in misery on account of the unproductive soil, would de- rive great advantages from its introduction, as well as the people of more favoured countries where the climate is dry and droughts frequent ■ A RESOURCEFUL MILKMAN. You'll find," said the proprietor of a dairy to a new milkman who was taking over the walk," that the lady at 75 is inclined to find fault. You must soothe her-down, and not be rade to her; she is a pretty good customer." "Leave that to me, sir," answered the milkman. Those eggs you left here yesterday were stale," grunted the woman at No. 75 on the milkman's second visit. Them heggs was laid 'arf an 'our afore you 'ad 'em by special quick-laying birds imported from the Mooly Wampo Island, ma'am, and they came down to this very 'ouse by Marconi- graph, so as ye should get 'em fresh. A bit of twangy flavour they may 'ave, madam, but you can lay odds, they worn't stale." The fault-finding lady gasped. The milk didn't seem so good as usual yes- terday either," she ventured. The guv'nor will be cut hup when 'e 'ears that, ma'am," continued the milkman. 'E sent down to Halderney a purpus for a cow what'll eat nothing but peaches and pine-apples. Never mind the hexpense," says he, "this 'ere cow we keeps a purpus for the lady at 75; and mind it sleeps on a feather bed at nights,'he says, and don't forget the heiderdown quilt.' Was there anything wrong with the butter, ma'am. But the lady shook her head; she had been effectively appeased. QUEER THING IN NATURE. Many centuries ago a ferccious-lcoking idol was erected in Western China by the supersti- tious Chinese to guard the souls of their priests against evil spirits. It was an enormous idol, shaped somewhat like a tiger, and when it was constructed the evident idea was to make some- thing more terrifying than anything in Nature, so that no evil spirits would dare come near it. The idol stood guard at the entrance to the burying-ground for priests for hundreds of years. The designers1 of this Cerberus of the souls may have imagined that for hideousness and frightfulness their idol was a great im- provement- over anything that Nature ever at- tempted along that line; but, as a matter of fact, a comparison of natural and artificial oddi- ties shows tint the Chinese idol-makers fell far short in their attempt to outdo Nature as de- signers of perfect fr gits. Take, for instance, the human-face crab found in the Inland Sea of Japan. These crabs are very common. Upon the back of each one is a curiously-formed like- ness of a grotesque human face. No two of thŒe crabs are marked exactly arke. The face is often sailing with a broad grin, and but little m gination is requi eel to mdee out two twink- beneath th slanted Or.ental eyebrows; and the lomd, jovial f-^ce, with the puffed-out e'-ppVg md shaven f r heid, is rllte Oriental a distortedlv distinct caricature-of a Jarwnese face. But many of them have hideous faces- nightmarish f,ces--fa es portraying the greatest agony of suffering. One is not suvprised to find freaks like this in Japan. In a country where eve ything seems odd and st'-a-'ge, one expects to find grot~s~ve and weird things everywhere; but all the things t'lat s-e-ii cur ous to us are explained bv tli- foli-dore stories and legend of the Japanese. They h ve stories that account fir everything, and to them nothing seems really strange or unu-ual. -+- PERFECTLY SAFE. Michael l)u»a,n. a journeyman plumber, was rent 11" !•?-• eondover to the High tower mansion b- i- in the drawingroom. When tiro i-n :c> ,ti t t cd him, he said to I-) tiga ii -■ •{.«-.rested to be careful of the floors. Tin h :• -t-i been polished." o daiuror iv me slippin' on thim," replied Du„an. I hov sp;kes in me shoes."

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