The Rhos Herald

EPITOME OF NEWS. A first edition of Keats' poems realised £140 at Messrs. Hodgson's rooms. Austrian State railways meaeure 11,490 milee, and are valued at £ 200,000,000. A shark eight feet long was caught off Calais by the fishing boat Pole Star. During the past fortnight 2,298 new membere have joined the Primrose League. A movement is on foot to secure Mr. Bcllairs as Unionist candidate for West Belfast. Erected at a cost of £ 15.000 by Mr. Carnegie, the new Central Public Library at Fulham has been opened by the mayor. Hanging from a pipe, the body of an un- "known woman has been found at the Bank Sta- tion of the City and South London Railway. A soldier's will written on a postcard before leaving for the South African war has been up- held in a case at Pontefract County-court. By firing the first shot Lord Roberts opened the new range of the London and South-Wes- tern Railway Rifle Club at Clapham-junction. Lord Kitchener will be conducted over the battlefields of the Russo-Japanese war by an aide-de-camp of the Japanese War Minister. Two young girls were rescued in an uncon- scious state from a bedroom of a burning house at Colne. A keeper of the St. Petersburg Zoo has been arrested for secretly killing and selling rare specimens of snakes. Mr. Charles Churchill, aged 87, was married at Bridport to Miss ABna. Sophia Davie, aged 51. Attempts made by torpedo-boats to enter Sheerness Harbour unperceived were unsuccess- ful. At Kingston, Camille Maneraad, aged 16, ww fined 10s. for allowing a dog to chase the deer in Richmond-park. There were no prisoners at the Anglesey Michaelmas Quarter Sessions, at Holyhead, for the third time in succession. Several people, who have just returned from the hop-fields to Nethertom, near Dunley, have contracted typhoid fever. The death is -announced, at the age of 80. 0# the Rev. Edward Benjamin Foreman, rector of Coombe, near Brighton, since 1870. Henry Ray, -a road mas in the employ of Croydon Corporation, but formerly a solicitor, fell dead while at work. King Manuel's "health shows an improvement, but his Majesty will continue to rest for a time Until he has entirely recovered. Turkey is reported to be considering the con- struction of seven Dreadnoughts, distributed over several years. In order to study open-air schools 3. deputa- tion from the Paris Municipal Council is on a visit to London. Built by Messrs. J. S. White and Co., of Cowes, the new 35-knot destroyer Crusader ha* been added to the fast ocean-going division of the First Destroyer Flotilla at Slice-mess. An explosion which occurred at powder works near Penrhyndendreafh broke many windows. in the village, nearly a mile away, and shook the houses. Vesuvius has given signs of renewed activity. Loud rumblings were twice heard, and showers of stones and basalt were liurled thirty feet into the air, falling ba-ek into the crater. It has been decided to form a London branch of the British Red Cross Society, to divide the Metropolis into districts, and to organise tho- roughly the whole of London. The tenth annual dinner of the O.P- Clrfb will be held at the Hotel Cecil on Sunday, Novem- ber 14. Miss Ellis Jeffreys and Mr. Chas. Hawtrey will be the guests. The Port of London Authority lim decided to make no contributions whatever to the fpnds of Municipal Associations in the districts within which the docks are situated. The Prince and Princess of Watles sent a letter wishing the movement success at tlie first meeting at the Mansion House of the City branch of the League of Mercy. Speaking at a Labour demonstration at Govan, Mr. Keir Hardie 'announced a gift of X2,000 for the Labour Party from two ladies of ancient Scottish lineage. While repairing telephone wires at Bristol Alfred Flower -received a shock, which caused him to let go the pole, and he fell fifteen feet. When picked up he was dead. Mr. Hilton Young, son of Sir George Young, Bart., has been adopted as Liberal candidate for East Worcestershire, in' opposition to Austen Chamberlain, at the next ejection. The City Corporation have agreed to reorga- nise part of the engineers* department, and to call upon Mr. F. \v. Cirven, chief inspector of pavements, and Mr. A. Blyth, foreman of sewers, to resign. Two empty bottles that 'had contained drugs were found beside the body of Dr. E. J. Hin- vest, of Devonport, who was found dead in his house. Mr. Ba.Ifour will probably he asked to preside at the luncheon given by M.P.a of all psrtM-aitc Sir Benjamin Stone on November 4. Twenty-five workmen were drowned in «>tmse- quenee of the bursting of a dota a.t, 1..akg Derkoe, which supplies Constantinople with water. "Death from natural eM1" _M the ver- dict at the inquest on Miss Ethel Triffit, aged eighteen, who was found dying in &n express train at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Messrs. Reedy, who were accused by the National Homing Union of fraud in wiraection with pigeon races, were acquitted at Blaek- aurn. The Princess of Wales, who is patroness of -,he Essm Needlework Guild, has eent a number ef garments made by herself for distribution by ,tio guild. A Whitchurch farmer named David IC);avit-A was crossing a fence with a gun n<fear Cardiff when the trigger caught on one of the rails, and he was shot dead. The number of persons in Ireland jap to J une 30 last who were awarded old-age pension and were subsequently found not to hare wsep. en- titled to them was 3,404. A disastrous fire has ocearred afc Pemberten and Son's timber yards, Ballyferac' fc. near Bray. The damage is estimated, With regard to the mysteriongdeatli-of MtNa Lydia Smith, who was fouiui fesr jtfemayfc. cut, the police have decided that the wouad ,iolf-lnffieted. George Shead, of' 8u»»er-roads' ■ ira« fined at Kingston for failing to notify tike prefltaoe of three come I *I ocmdot, fiookw in his 16-

nun LONDON LETTER. I [From Our Special Correspondent.] Although the Provinces had the start, London was bound to have a flying meeting before long, and now the announcement is made that there is every? prospect of our having not only one, but two. Arrange- ments are being made for three days flying at Brooklands, already famous for motor- racing. It is certain that a meeting within such easy distance of London will attract an immense number of sightseers. Then, in the second week in November, probably, there is to be another meeting at Wembley Park, at which most of the Doncaster flyers have agreed to perform. At both places there, are good grounds, though that at Wembley is rather small. The meetings at Blackpool and Doncaster have served as excellent advertisements for the two which are.jaow to be held. The discussion in the Press and on the platform as to what the Lords will do with the Budget is still being energetically carried on, without making anybody any the wiser as to what will be the ultimate fate of this year's Finance Bill. Authorities on consti- tution al law who have been quoted in favour of tht principle that the Commons, and the Commons alone, have the control of finance., are now writing to the papers to say that they did not mean that at all, or if they did I they made important mental or other reser- vations. This year's Budget is in many respect a very remarkable one, and from the first there have been those who argued that it is not purely a financial measure, but con- j tains legislative proposals which cannot be j properly considered to come within the scope of a bill which is really for raising the revenue necessary for the State. It is this alleged "tacking" on of other matters which, in the opinion of some of the dis- putants, gives the Peers a right to depart from the rule that all the Lords can do with a Budget is to give it a formal assent in order that it may be passed into law. This view, it need not be said, is entirely repu- diated by the other side, who declare that as the Budget is, so it must remain, and that the Lords must swallow it willy-nilly, how- ever distasteful the meal may be to them. Some of the Peers themselves, in speaking on the matter are very vague. They tell us that they intend to do their duty, and that nothing shall deter them but as to what that duty is they keep their opinions to them- selves. At any rate, every day is bringing us nearer to the moment when we shall know all about it. After one of the most successful seasons on record the Promenade Concerts finished on Saturday ni and there were many amongst the crowded and enthusiastic audi- ence who regretted that the season was not to last another ten weeks. Yet it is no small thing to have drawn thousands of people to Queen's Hall every night during ten weeks to hear really good music. There are still some people who keep on saying that the English are not a musical nation. Those people certainly have not been to the Promenade Concerts, or they would have been made "furiously to think." The management have not achieved their wonderful success by any weak, concessions to what might have been thought the popular taste. There has been no mistaken attempt to play down to the people. Quite the contrary has been the .case." The public of the Promenade Concerts have been created by a process of education. Instead of pleasantly tiekling their ears with performances of music which needed no j special effort of the mind to/understand, the management lias given them compositions i which awakened and,, stimulated musical intelligence. The standard has been raised higher every year, until it would be impos- sible to find anywhere a better-educated audience than that which fills Queen's Hall on any night during the Promenade Concert -season. In spite of the success of the sixpenny I cab experiment there are still some wielders of -the. whip who regard the new style with disfavour, and at a meeting of cab pro- prietors the other night, when a resolution was proposed in favour of making the six- penny initial fare compulsory within the four-mile radius, one of those present re- marked, "It would be suicide." "Well," re- plied another," I would sooner commit suicide than die a lingering death." Just so. "He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." There is very little doubt that the sispenny fare system is the only thing which can save the horsed-cabs from slow starvation; and, per- haps, not so very slow. It is money that talks to the public as well as to the cabmen, and there is really no reason in expecting anybody to pay a shilling minimum fare for a horsed-cab when a taxi can be engaged for eightperfce. The twopence is worth saving in these days. Now they may cab who never cabbed before, and they who always cabbed will cab the more. In spite of some non- contents, the resolution asking the Home Secretary to make sixpenny fares compul- sory was carried. Those proprietors and drivers who are holding out are acting against their own interests. There are people who would rather cross a meadow in which are half a dozen mad bulls than they would attempt to go from one side to the ether of some of the principal streets in London when the traffic is at its greatest; I The large increase in motor traffic has made the danger spots, already bad enough, con- siderably more, dangerous, and at several of .the chief tramway crossing places serious accidents are. constantly occurring. The Westminster coroner the other day remarked that "motor omnibuses muet not become so dangerous that London must ? be reserved entirely$or, young people in gbod healths" < Bftfc it is .Jnoifc. motor omnibneee; are also motor-cars, taxx-cahs, tramcars, and other terrors. If Londoners are no to be- come mere nervous wrecks, old and broken up long before their time, this question of street traffic will have to be taken in hand earnestly, so that even the elderly and infirm, may venture to cross the road without risk. It seems that subways will not solve the problem. They would, of course, at the most perilous crossings if people would only use them, but it seems that they would rather risk their lives in dodging motors and the wheels of hansoms than descend a few steps and cross under instead of over the street in safety. And at many other places hardly less full of perils there are not even subways. The first great flag-wagging conversazione has been held, and Mr. W. F. Stead and his coadjutors succeeded in making a good num- ber of English people break through their national reserve and chatter away as if they had known one another for years instead of having met for the first time at an inforinal tea-party at the Eustace Miles Restaurant. It was the magic flag that did it all. The guests adorned themselves with the flags, thereby making the signal, "Here I am; now ta to me." It is easier to say something than to converse, however, and there was a good deal of nervousness as to how to begin, and what subject to begin on. Many flag- wearers, desperately anxious to say something brilliant to lead off with, had in despair tc make the usual remarks about the weather. Mr. Stead made a little speech to his fol- lowers, assuring them that there was little to choose bet-Ween millionaires and coster- mongers, and that they wruld probably find they could get more good out ef a thief than out of a parson. He did not add what seemt fairly obvious, that the thief would pro- bably get more out of them. A. E. M.

BOBUPANWYN WON., Bobupanwyn-a name made up of the words Bob-up-an'-win, is owned by a bulldog whose sale to an American dealer for F.40 gave rise to a libel suit heard in the King's Bench Divison. The plaintiff was Mr- John Youn, a veteri- nary surgeon, of Birmingham^, and defendant Mr. J. Penfold Field, 62, Strand. Plaintiff sold "Bobupanwyn to Mr. R. L. Brown, of Chicago, and defendant was said to have written to Mr. Brown the following letter, upon which the proceedings wer< broLight- I by the papers that you have bought Bobupanwyn, If I remember rightly you promised to write me when next in the market. You are entitled to buy from whom you like. My re:son for writing is to say that, had I known it was rubbish you required, I could have supplied you at nominal prices. Bobsuaawyn is not th. greatest waster which ever won prizes, because there have been so many of them. But he is one of them-. The rec-ord he made was due to his original owner being a reporter on a doggy paper, and also guessed at J rdging sometimes. For the defence it was argued that if tne letter was a libel at all, which counsel denied, it was a iibel not upon the plaintiff, but upon the dog. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff- damages £ 100.

ON NEUTRAL GROUND. At the annual dinner of the Cym-mrodorion Society at tlve Hotel Cecil, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Lloyd George paid ch other high compli- ments. ,'i "Ve are assembled," &aid Mr. Lloyd George, "to do honour to one of the most distinguished men of the day. I will not speak of his interest in science and art. of his literary interests, and still more of his literary attainments. I know him better as « statesman and as a mem- ber of the House of Commons. I say the House of Commons has a special pride in Mr. Balfour, a pride in his great gifts, a. pride in his cour- age,. a pride in his chivalrous bearing. He is one 01 the greatest assets of our House. Mr. Balfour, in. reply, confessed himself em- barrassed by the Chancellor's generous picture of his p^rliamvntary per orniances. We ctre now getting on in' October, and still fighting for •a great controversial measure, which the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer is defen-ding with that parliamentary skill which everybody on both sides of the House so fitiii, recognises." Mr. Balfour recalled the fight over the Educa- tion Act of 1802, when tlieir positions were re-, versed. "I wa-t doing ray best to defend the Government measure and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was exhibitingi-those fpeefc qualities of parliamentary debate in opposition which he now shows upon a larger theatre." -o-

MOTOR DASBt^S INTO WALL. A serious motor disaster, resulting in serious injury to two men, and the death of a third, has occurred near Exinoufch. Mr. Gibson, a builder, the owner of the motor-car, was attempting to negotiate a sharp curve, when he lost control, and the car dashed into a wall1; The impact was so great that one of the occupants, Mr. Cimdy, was flung against the wall, and received an injury to his head, which caused death almost immediately. Mr. Dymond, another occupant, and Mr. Gibson, the driver, were also mjured. The latter was taken to. the hospital in a. state of unconsciousness, and is in A party of Blackburn motorists, consisting of Mr. Crank, a contractor, bis son Harry, aged 18, and two friends, had remarkabe fescapes from death while journeying to the Blackpool* avia tion meeting. At the junction of Fylde-road and Watery-lane the ear collided with another belonging to the Colne Motor Company. All four occupants of the Blackburn ear were thrown out. Harry Crank was badly hurt, the others escaping with minor injuries.

LUNATIC JtECAPTUREIX After being at large for nearly a fortnight George William Adkin, the lunatic, who escaped from Radcliffe Asylum, nenr Not- tingham, has been recaptured by the police. A man, answering to Adkin'e description was seen in the village of Stapleford, and *pon the police being informed of this on Monday evening he was followed to public- feouse, and, when challenged, a4tmfcted his identity. u He submitted to srreat qukgyrand-wag taken to Shire Ha, Nottingham, whence he will be removed to Radcliffe Asylum. It it not known how Adkin lam pmeed the Una flsoe hi* **evgt>9

HUMAN DERELICTS. A story of the human derelicts who haunt the Thames Embankment was told on Men- day at an inquest on, the body of Edward William Brighton, aged forty-seven, of no home, who was found dying on the Embank- ment, and died a few hours later. It was- stated that in 1904 the man's mother died, leaving him £3ÖO, and he spent the whole of this money in drink, drawinj the last instal- ment in June last. A constable said that ho had known some of these homeless, people to sit on the' Em- bankment for two- days and two nights with- out going away. When moved on by th<? police they would simply go to the next bench. Usually they brought a store of food with them. The jury added a rider to their vercl et. ^Ti-' pressing their opinion thac. in the. interests of public health, police should have power to insist on homeless people on the Embankment being cleansed when necessary, and, further, they considered, that the Cleansing of Persons Act, which is at y o- Bent an optional one, should be made cC: > y.

THE THIRD TIME. On Monday Mr. JusVice Walton gave decision in the remarkable ease 311 Mrs. Robert Harrison, of Rotherham, sued her husband for £ l;V). an am unit he bad agreed to pray her should she be driven by his conduct to seek, for the third time, 9 separation from hi'n. The sum was premised under a deed exe- cuted by him., JW an irdiifcm.'ii: to her tc y- tiirn to him alter their s-vo d <?ejnra''i<"n, ti e deed to become opera ti e only if s. wero again compelled to leave him. As a consequence of treatment Harrison said she eo'-n>'U-l to to the Court or the third time, ana was printed a s0pnrati( n order, with an allowance f 15s. a week. She now sutd also for the £ 150. The defence was that the husband, having; no independent advice when the deed executed, did not understand its purport, and that a deed executed in view of the pro- spective separation was void on grounds of public policy. His Lordship gave judgment for Mrs. Har- rison for the amount claimed, making it ckir that the £ 150 was in lieu of and not in addi- tion to the allowance granted by the justices.

VERONAL POISON. On Saturday a. Paddington jury expressed the opinion that veronal should be scheduled as a poison. The inquest was concerning the death of Beatrice Mary Short, who died from veronal poisoning. A doctor gave it as his professional view that five grains were ample for a dose, whereas the label prescribed for the patient no less than fifteen grains. He regarded the practice of allowing chemists to sell this form of poison without restrictions as "a most pernicious one." One morning Miss Short's landlady could get- no answer to her rappings on the door, and I when it was forced by a policeman she could not be roused. On the table by the side of the bed was found an empty bottle, which had con- ■ tamed veronal tabloids, and a glass. The coroner said that he had had two or threo similar cases of veronal poisoning in the last two months showing; that these cases were on tire increase. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that, deceased had committed suicide whilst of uu. sound mind.

I'L,KGUE OJF CATERPILLARS. The wet season is responsible for a pi ague of caterpillars in many parts of the midlands and southern counties. Not only have they eaten the foliage in the hedges, but they have also made their in. roads on the leaves of the root crops, which should now be looking their best. Farmers and market gardeners complairt bitterly of the damage done to the crops of autumn and winter greens, some of which are quite unsaleable. In a vegetable garden at Rickmansworth ariay be seen the unusual sight of a practi- cally completely devoured crop of greens andt thousands of caterpillars embedded in th0 crevices of the surrounding fences, prepara- tory to entering their winter stage of dor- mancy.

FIRE AT MANCEUYRES. An unfortunate incident occurred during manoeuvres arranged by the Cambridge Uni- versity Officers' Training Corps near Cambridge on Saturday. A transport train, comprising several waggons drawn by a traction engine, was at work, and just after this passed by" Hauxton village two fires broke out which are alleged to have been caused by sparks from the engine. The public-house known as the Leather Gaiters, six stacks, and a range of farm* buildings were destroyed, some calves and pigs being roasted alive. The smoke and flames of the burning buildings gave extraordinary realism to the sham fight.

WEDDING-DAY TRAGEDY. At Portrush, Ireland, James Hackett wasr ago in brought before the magistrates charged with murdering his wife Sophia, on their wed- ding day on October 3. Evidence was given to the effect that Hackett was seen striking his wife. He was heard too sk. "Is that enough?" The woman replied" Yos, you coward," and fell, screeching and moaning. There were neighbours about at the time, and the chairman remarked that it was strange so little help was given to the woman. The neigh- bours' curiosity evidently dominated their cour- age. Dr. J. C. Martin, who made a post-inortere- examination, said the woman's death was due; to the condition known as fatty heart. A shoek. blow, or extra exertion might havo caused her death. The prisoner was committed for trial.

The Toronto (Cairn Line), a new twin-gerevor vessel having accommodation for over 1.100 per- sons, is designed for the emigrant trade betweetf Italy and Canada. A new Chinese laundry in the Walton district of Liverpool was the scene of an organiseci ^ttack, the Chinese occupants having to b* toacued by the police. The school children will line the atreefa of Attleborousk, Norfolk, when the King motors through on his way to the review at Norwicb-o The town will be decorated.