The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

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ABERDARE LOCAL BOARD. The bi-monthly meeting of the Aberdare Looal Board was held on Friday when there were present, Mr R. H. Rhys (in the chair), Messrs D. P. Davies, Wm. Thomas, D. Davies (Canon Street), D. Davies D. Davies (Canton Honae), W. Little, O. Harris, I E. Morgan, and E. M. Hann. MEDICAL OFFICER'S BEPORT. The Deputy Medioal Officer (Mr W. L. Rhys) reported that there had been five cases of scarlet fever during the fortnight, but no deaths. SUBTEYoa's REPORT. 0The Surveyor's report was as follows To the Chairman and members of the Aberdare Board of Health. Gentlemen.—Extinguishing Public lamps. I beg to report that on Monday the 30th ult., about 8 o'clock p.m., Dd. Rees Davies, of 3, Llanthemny Street, Aberaman, was discovered by James Davies, one of,the Board's lamp cleaners, on the top of the lamp pillar in the Cardiff Road, opposite Treaman Colliery, as he was about to olose the tap for the pnrpose of extinguishing the lamp. On zhe 30th of May last, at the close of the lighting season, and again on the 8th and 21st August, the meter lamp next to the lamp above re- ferred to was wilfully put out besides being nearly put out on several other occasions. In consequence of this constant interference with the meter lamp James Davies was instructed to try and discover by whom it was extinguished. Davies and the police have spent several nights in watching in the neighbourhood of the meter lamp. A large number of the public lamps are wilfully put out and broken in the course of the year. Pwllfa Road Diversion. I, beg to report having as instructed seen Mr Dd. Howells, of Greenhill Cottage, with reference to his tender for the Pwllfa Road diversion at Cwmaman. Mr Howells now submits an amended tender shewing an increase of j622 18a 9d on his originial tender which had amounted to tl49 13s 3d, making his present ten- der j £ 172 12s. which is £50 Os 4d lower than the next lowest tender.-Dare Court. I beg to report that on Monday last I discovered that a wall was being built in Dare Court by Mr E. Griffiths, architect, enclosing a considerable area cf what has for many years been an open space and used as a roadway. I immediately saw Mr Griffiths and in- formed him that I should have to bring the matter under the notice of the Board, whereupon Mr Griffiths gave instructions for the bui.ding of the wall to be discontinued until the Board had had an opportnnity of taking the case into consideration. C-ivmbach outfall sewer. I beg to submit a specifi- cation of the works required to be done in raising the subsided portion of the Cwmbach ontfall sewer to its original level. I also beg to submit a form of tender with approximate quantities on the rates or prices attached to which the contractor will be paid for the execution of the necessary works. Flooding of Commercial Place. I beg to report that during the severe thunderstorm on Saturday after- uoon last the water flowed over the roadway in the lower part of Commercial Place and entered the Post Office and the two shops adjoining on either side, covering the floors to a depth ot about two inches. The chief causa of the flooding ou this occasion was the quantity of water which rose to the surface through the manhole cover on the old brick sewer at the bottom of Monk Street. As far aa I am able to judge this is mainly due to the fact that the manhole has been constructed ou a point in the sewer where there is a sharp curve in it. This causes the water when flowing at great velocity to impinge against the lower side of the manhole and a quantity of it to rise to a higher level than the surface of the roadway before it can escape by the outlet which is about one foot out of direot lino with the inlet. The reconstruction of some two or three yards of the sewer, so as to bring the outlet in direct line with the inlet, will, I believe, prevont a recurrence of the overflow; but should the pro- posed alteration ) e ineffectual, and it is found that more water firds its way into the sewer than it is capable of discharging without overflowing it will be necessary to divert some portion of the water into another course ere it reaches the bottom of Monk Street. I estimate the cost of the proposed alteration in the sower at about.£4. short length of an old stone culvert in Monk Street, near Clifton Stree;, has been slightly disturbed by the pressure of water from within. Some slight damage has also been done to the roadway in Graig Place and Monk Stieet. In the latter street the damage was mainly caused by water flowing into it from unfinished streets on either side. Drain Nuisance in Davies Row. I beg to report that the surface water nuisance at the top of Davies Row, tlirwain, complained of at the last Board meeting has been abated by the diversion of the wnt,![. into another channel. Nuisance in Brecon I:n(). Hir- wain. I beg to report that having again inspected the slop water nuisanoe in front of No. 42, Breoon Road, Hirwain, on rect-iving a further complaint 'espeoting the same from Mr 8. Pioton, I see no remedy for the nuisance exoept the construction of about 28 yards of six inch pipe drain to oonvey the slop water into a stone culvert instead of on to the county road as at present. It would appear to me that notice should be given to the County Hoads Board to abate the nuisaace. Private drainage. I have received plans of private drainage for the following houses and beg to tecommend that the same be approved, viz., Nos. 1 to 11. shop houses and 85, Cardiff Road. Number of houses previously approved, 4987 total number approved 1999. I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, T. L. Ldwarda."—Mr William Davies, of Clifton Street, attended before the Board with reference to the wall thut was being built by Mr Griffiths in Dare Court and complained that carts could not be taken through the roadway now.—The Chairman said that it was not a public road and therefore could not interfere in ic. It was a matter between Mr Daviea and Mr Griffiths. If Mr Griffiths was doing an illegal act then he had hia remedy against him. The Board could only protect public roads. — Mr Davies: I always thought that was a public road.—The Chairman Who repairs it P-Mr Davies said that he did not know that anybody repaired it.—Mr Davies (Canon Street) asked whether Mr Griffiths had a right to erect a wall there without the sanction of the Board.—The Clerk (Mr R. O. Gary) pointed out that a wall was not a building.—The Chairman to Mr Wm. Daviea If you have a right of way you can maintain it-Al r William Davies said that he believed the piece of ground belonged to the Board. It had always been an open space.—The Chairman said that it did not belong to the Board and he did not think it had always been an open space.-Mr Wm. Davies then withdrew.—The Sur- veyor was instructed to report upon the whole question of the drainage of tt.e surface water at the next meeting.

TOPICS OF THE WEEK. I THE "Standar(I's"correspondeitt at Taniatave Reports that the relation* between tho Uova Government ruul the French Ltesident art- not of tho most friendly nature, and frequent dis- f putcs arise in counection with tiiu proposed bfiok charter t'tc. The question of the int^rpre- taticn of the treaty .still remains uu *oti.ied, tlH) Prime Minister maintaining that tin; appendix is a binding part of the document, and adding that that alone secured its ratification by thu j Hovas. French sentiment is rather lielli- eose; but there is no fear of any serious frupture. Trade continues dull; indeed, th«ro is no chance of a revival until the indemnity has been paid THE vexed question of the hours of shop- elosing has 36"a been brought to the fore. Sir John Lubbock's new Bill has been dis- cussed by the Executive Council of the Si);p Hours Reform League. By it shop.s are to In closed by 8 p.m. on live days of the week and by 10 p.m. on Saturdays or market-days or the days preceding a bank or public holiday. Mlie exceptions are public-houses, refresh men t- houses, tobacconists, and newsagents but any one of these classes may get the benefit of the Act if two-thirds of the members of the class are in favour of it. Sunday-trading is pro- hibited. Does this mean that tobacconists may not sell on Sunday what their customers will b<: flowed to buy at the next public-house. And what will become of the vendors of Sunday papers and of the Sunday papers themselves 1 TJU: comprehensive ignorance displayed by Mr. Gourley in his question respecting the American fisheries dispute is charming. It is An historical fact that Queen Anne is dead; and equally so that the fishery clauses of the Treaty of Washington (1871) were abrogated m due and proper fornt. The honourable member wants to know in what pnticulf»r points thu articles of the Fishery Treaty (1871) arc alleett to have been infringed by American and Cana- dian fishermen." As no allegation of the kind has ever been made by any one on either siric of the Atlantic, the confusion of Mr. Gourley's mind on the subject in which he seems to take a deep interest is truly extraordinary. He also wants to know whether any money award was made to this country under Article 22 of th., treaty. Has Mr. Gourley been up the Catskiii Mountains all these years It pertains to an- cient history that an International Fisheries Commission assembled in 1877, and made an award of 5,500,000 dols. in gold "to this country." The money was duly paid by the United States, ud duly handed over by this country to Canada tod Newfoundland. "TIrB mine for the miners This is a cry which has been often heard in France of late and there is now a prospect that the miners in at least one part of the country will be Afforded an opportunity, if they choose to avail themselves of it, of ascertaining by experience how the system works. M. Laur, an Oppor- tunist deputy, has just obtained from a com- pany which owns some coal mines in the basin of the Loire the transfer of the concession of twelve of their mines which they do not sec their way to working at present; and he invites the miners out of work there. and elsewhere to undertake the exploitation of them on their own Account. The mines contain between one and two million tons of coal, the enterprise seems a fairly promising one, and the company is ready to assist M. Laur's clients in every possible way. It is not the first time that an experiment of this sort has been tried in France. The prece- dent was set not by a Republican deputy, but by a King. Louis XVIII. gave a mine to tho miners in Ariege, and it is still in the hands of working miners. Their earnings are said, however, to be considerably less than the wages paid their brethren in the employ of the "Com- pagnie des Forges," which disputes with them the mining industry of the department. THOUGH full details of the effects produced h, the earthquake in America have yet to bo received, enough is now known to enable us to estimate the amount of suffering caused by that fearful visitation. The loss of life at Charleston has been much less than might have been expected from the violence of the shocks and their duration, but the destruction of pro- perty has been immense-greater even than was at first supposed. It is now reported that five thousand of the inhabitants are destitute, and as the shocks, though much less severe, have been repeated at intervals, it is but natural that the dread of their effects should continue. Confidence will, no doubt, soon return when their complete cessation becomes manifest, but in the meantime the ordinary affairs of life are forgotten in anxiety for personal safety, as well AS in struggles to obtain sufficient food daily. To add to the difficulties of the situation there Are numbers of injured to be provided for, while the usual facilities for conveying provisions into ruined towns do not exist. The people •f this country cannot hear of the sufferings of the inhabitants of Charleston; most of whom apruog from the same race as ourselves, without feeUng deeply moved. No calamity of the kind which has befallen any other country of late years has awakened so much sympathy as this. It will be seen by a letter from the Lord Mayor, that an opportunity is now presented to give practical expression to that sympathy. Sub- scriptions in aid of a fund for the substantial relief of these sufferers will be received at the Mansion House, or may be sent to the Bank of Cngland; and that this aid is really needed, Respite the efforts of their countrymen to help bem, the assurance of the Mayor of Charleston ufficiently proves. Greece suffered almost nmultaneously with America from those hidden ?orcesb|flj0^th the earth's crest „wl^fch with disquietawMfeqiieQqr lay waste distrfclb in that |ar|pf we iforid., According to iafennatioa icrnisnea lo the Greek Minister, the rjuuioer Of persons killed by the recent earthquake theve was been estimated at nearly five hundred.

NEWS IN BRIEF Intelligence received statefcl that a holy of 3,000 YlKjuis have attacked 200 Mexicans in the province of Sonora. It is added that most of the Mux cans were killed Aa explosion has occurret1 in Messrs. Brown and Ck't starch factory, at Glasgow. Tw. men, Cluu lcs Kane and William ■ MavpUersoii. were vereiy burned, and removed to the infir tiny. At Bedford, a woman named :Si*Mall, the wifo of « workjug smith, got out of ) c ) about day break, and, etiiitbitig over a wall IIcar the house, went t, the rivar and drowned liyrself.. Siie l»a l nothing 011 but her night-dress. Wiliiatu Mat, a gun maker, employed at the Small .Arms Factory, Birmingham, has been charged at the Jfatiott-conrt withcau8iu.fr titedeath of Winter X.angley, a fellow- workman. The prisoner was re- tmiuded. An eXltiW&ioll of Masonic antiquities and curiosi- ties of the craft has been ojiened at Shauklin, I. \V. Au inaugural address was deliv, red by the Proiiii- tial Grand Master, 15ro. W. V IS. lJe;i.e!>, M. and there was a good attendance of member-- of the waft. A Renter's telegram fttuii New York s.n > :—The yings wliichfliaierecently appeared in the vicinity « Ceiba del -Aguu, near Haviffuth, are incrcu«iug in volume, alld there are now oft of water in the place. borne of the inhabitant**ifHve l>e«n compelled to leave their homes; V. As Joseph Ward, a fireman in the employment of the LondoA *n6 North- Western KaHw.-iy Company, wast walking from the Woriley Station to a m-ijjii- bouring locomotive shed, lie was knocked down by goods train, and so seriously injured that he die I mu how later is the infirmary.

1 THE SAVAGE ATTACK BY A BULL AT LLANTWIT FARDRE. THE INQUEST. At the po'icf-station, Llantwit Fardre, on Friday H ornijp, Mr E. B. Reece held an inquest on the body of Mr Idris Howells, of the Dnffryn Dowlaia Farm, who was killed on the previous Wednesday <y & bull, The jury, of which Mr D. Bryant was the foreman, having viewed the body at the farm, returned to the police-station, where evidence was c*Ued. The first witness was Mr i homns Howells, brother of the deceased, who said: I live at Duffryn Dowlaia Farm. My br^th^r's name was Idris Howells. He was 31 ytars of age. He was killed on Wednesday, the 8 h icst. He went to the field after tea to fetch hn cows to be milked. It was a little after five o'uicck. The cows were in the field below the farm, not. very far from the house beyond Duffryn Bue;(. There wee a bull in the field with the COMW. he C'oiciiov; jYou knew that the bull was a ravage one, did yoa not'?—Witness: Sometimes, r, but we used to uianage him very well our- calves. Tho C.ircner Did yonr brother take a dog with hir«i ~Wicneaa: Yes, sir. Oori;rer Sheep dog ?—Witness: Yes, sir. flnroner Did be have a stick with him ?—Wit- TIf--Iss T can't,*tell, air. Witn^B t.bet" prooeeding, said He started before me, lea«ir.g me at the table, and told me to loose tho dog. I did so, and in about a quarter of an hour ur tweut y minutes I started after him. I saw his jjjit on the ground in the field. I went round fib? tie id to see because I thought something was ■ !>> nuitter. The people from the pit called to me r.ti-'i told nue to go up to the house (Duffryn Bach). bull pussed me up' the yard. I paesed clcse by i >rn and he went quite quiet. tu reply to the Coroner witness said, I saw the cut first and the hatafterwards. y. The CorcDer When you got back to the hcuse was your brother ative ?—Witneas Yes, sir. Coroner: Did he know you ?—Witness: Yes, sir; he (jailed me by my name. Witness, proceeding, bald: When they left Duffryn Bach I went on before them to get something ready. When he was brought to_the house he waa dead. The Coroner: About how long was this after you had left him ?—Witness: Three quarters of an hour. Coroner :tYon had sent for a doctor, but he was dead before he arrivedj?—Witness; Yes, sir. i Coroner How*long have you jhad the bull?- Witness: About two years. He was about three years old. Coroner What breed was he?—Witness Cress breed. The Coroner remarked that the bull seemed like a Hereford. To the witness Has the bull been known f^chuse any people e-Witness: Yes, air; children teased him. Coroner Did he ever have a log fastened to his leg I-Witiless: No, sir. Coroner Was there a ring through bis nose? Witness: No. air. A Juror They had a rinp ready and a chain, bll: they never used it. ç" The Coroner Was your brother accustcmed to t h" bull ?—Witness Yes, air. Coroner: He bad a sack over his shoulders when he went to the field F-Witineeo: Yes, sir. The Coroner remarked thut it might be that the bull'thought the deceased was a stranger owing to tt is. The! (Foitnian of :tle JDIJ Did tie Lull eve aTtack you or your brother before ?—Witmta No JTTcalled the name of the dog to him he wculd tarn away. He was afraid of the dog. The Foreman of the Jury: The dog was with your brother ?—~ Witness I can't say. t'Mra Lewis, Duffryn Bach Farm, said: I am the wife of Howell Lewip, who is a labourer on the farm. I was sitting down outside my house, peel- ing potatoes, when I heard my bitch barking. She was chained. Hearing this I went to the gate and heard Howells' dog barking from the fields. I didn't know at the time that it was their dog. I could then see into th« field where the cows and the bull were. I saw the bull throw Idris Howells up. I saw him throw him twice, and then I ran to the pit and called for help-that is Duffryn Bach pit on the adjoining (jrrouLd. Three men came and one went into the field and drove the bnll off. When I went back with the men the bull was still "muzzling" the deceased with his nose and with his horns. The Coroner: Was the deceased crying out then ?—Witness No; only groaning, sir. Coroner: Did you find out who it was ? Witness: Yes: I then found it was Mr Idris Howells. Coroner Did you see the dog? Witness: Yes, sir; it was at the bull as much as ever it could. Coroner At his b-,eir.?-Witiness: No, air; at his nope and trying to keep the bull off. Coroner: Tht bull didn't seem to be taking any notice of the dog then, only going at the man ?— Witness: No. sir. Coroner: Was thp deceased carried into your house ?—Witness Yes, sir; the deceased asked for a drop of water and asked the men to raise him up. which they did. Coroner: That was all he said, was it?—Witness: Yes, sir. In reply to the Coroner the witness proceeded to describe the injuries sustained by the deceased. sihe said there was a large wound in the lower part of the back, a hole through the upper lip, a bole at the back of the head, and she was told that the ribs were broken. The deceased was bleeding very much from his wounds. Robert Chubb, Cross Inn, was then called. He said :—I am a banksman at the Duffryn Bach pit, and was working there on Wednesday morn- ios when Mrs Lewis came to call for assistance. I and two other men went towards the field. One of us who couldn't run didn't go into the field, but two of us got in. We bad a good strotg stick each and we were obliged to beat the bull in order to get him from the deceased. We managed at last to push between the bull and Idris Howells, and then we followed the bull in order to keep him away The bull kept off a bit, and then worked his way round to where the sack waa that the deceased had been wearing and which I had not noticed previously. When he got there he commerced tossing up the sack and throwing it on the ground, and trampling it. I aa^ the dog at the bull, but he ran away when we came there with the sticks. In reply to the Coroner the witnesa said the bull-was savage it is no use denying it. The Coroner then said it waa perfectly clear to him that the bull was Savage and known to be satage. He had heeid that the bull had got into the road only a few days ago. P,C. Danks said that he had not heard that, although the bull followed op and down the bedge3 when people passed by. The Coroner remarked that when bulls were known to be savage there ought to be something done to keep them secure. W itness said that this time twelvemonths his son wa; chased by that very bull in the lane leading from the farm, and ib wad only by climbing up lato the biggest branches of a tree that he managed to save himself. The Coroner 3aid that it wasn't so much to protect the people who wer* accustomed to the ( bull, but it wa? in order to protect other people that precautions should be taken to protect them from bulls that were inclined to be savage. Those ( bulls ought to have some fastening put on them. He bad jnst come back from Pembrokeshire. He dare say they all knew the Castlemartin black cattle. They were generally considered more savage than the cattle we bad about here. Well, they would see bulls there very freonently—he bad hardly seen one without it-with t big log of wood attached to a chain fastened to tbem. He did not see why some such plan should not be adopted in this county-yet they never saw it done here. He heard that there were other savage bulls in this neighbourhood P.C. Danks said that there were. The Coroner said it didn't matter if a bull was in a private field, he really thought it was the duty of every owner of a bull that was inclined to be savage to de something or other to prevent him doing mischief—either -to have his legs hobbled, or to, have a log tied to him. A Juror Or ringing him. The Coroner: But I think this better than a ring. I would rather not have to wrestle with a bull even with the aid of the chain I would rather get out of his way, and I think you would be able to get out of the bull's way easily if he had a leg tied to him. The Coroner, in reply to the Jury, said that there was no law that he knew of to prevent a farmer putting a bull into a field, but if the bull were put into a field where there was a public pathway and injury were done to anybody by the bull, they could recover heavy compensation, and if anybody wera kilitd it would probably be a case of manslaughter against the farmer. Mr Williams, schoolmaster, said it wai astonish- ing that someone had not been killed by that bull before, because there wad a school of 250 childien in the neighbourhood, and there were paths along the fields through which the children frequently passed. In reply to the Jury, the Coroner ia.;d that he wonld ask Mr Howells what was to be done with the bull. He then asked the question, and Mr Howells said that the bull would be taken away tuat evening to be slaughtered. The Coroner said if Mr Howella intended having another bull he would advice him to adopt the precaution .ae had suggested, or something like it. 00 Mr Howells said he didn't intend having another bull. The Foreman asked if it would be too much to put a rider to the verdict calling upon the faimers to adopt some such precaution as the Coroner had suggested. The Coroner: I think it woald be a proper thing for the Jury to do, more especially as there is another bull in the neighbourhood. The Coroner then told the policeman to go round to the farmhouses and 3peak to the farmers about the matter. The Jury returned a verdict of Killed by d. bull," and added a rider asking all the neigh- bouring farwers to adopt the Coroner's suggestion as to hobbling, or otherwise from preventing bulls from chasing people.

A TREORKY MAN IN TROUBLE. POACHING ON A LiKGE SClLE. HEAVY At lie-; It a Pft;y tress m oa Vtijuc: >y (before Measrs G. D. Thouiiis. H. ir-^y&a, J. Hatchinson, I and the Rev. Ie Lister Vwnables) a gre'n^rocer named Kiehard ctees. ot "'teorky, waa fined £15, and £ 2 10? Od costs, for (i • sak^ar fish otherwise than by angling in private waters (2) polluting the River Wye by putting into i: chloride of time and (o) killing the youcpr of salmon.— Defendant jjleade.i guilty. — It appeared thac on the second of September the defendant put 8 lbs of chloride of lime into the brook Cletcwr, a tributary of the j Hiver Wye, near Builth. and wis apprehended in the art by a poHce'iian. who found him standing in i the stream, with a bug cout*:ning 27 lbs of trout and ailtnon pinks, atd the water for 4X) yards above him was iiterniiv c,)vered with dead and dy:g fish. Upwards of one hundred weight of fish were afterwards taken from the water.—Defen- Iatt said he was a poor ilian who had hocidontaliy heqd what a wonderful river the Cietrwr was. He I paid f! down, a ad was olüweà a month in which to pay the remainder.—The Beech remitted the price o,-t>ie fish. to.

THE TRELEMf IS WATER SUPPLY At an adjourned meeting of the Merthyr Rural Sanitary Authority on Saturday the temporary easement enabling the Board to obtain the water necessary for the supply of Trelewis from a pond adjoining the old Llancaiaoh Colliery, ataiental of £ 30 per annum, was accepted. j

FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST. FAGANS. I On Thursday afternoon, about five o'olook, an accident which resulted in the death of Mr T. Griffiths, mason, occurred at St. Fagans. Deceased was working on the viaduct now in course of erec- tion, and it appears that in trying to get oat of the way of a cranr, which was raising stones from the quarry, he fell from the top of the viaduct, a dis. tance of aboat 70 feet, and was killed on the spot. His remains were removed to the Plywouth Arms Hotel.

MONDAY.—Before Mr Evan John andMr John Davies. DRUNK.—David Williams was charged with being drunk at Treorky.—P.C. Harford said he saw the defendant drunk and challenging to fight. He said he came to take his brother's part, but witness did not see his brother there.-Fined 5s. Robert Williams was charged with being drunk.- P.C. Hurford said he saw defendant lying in the street drunk and sleeping. He 'raised him up and he went away. About a quarter of an hour after he found him in River Row creating a disturbance.— Fined 5s and costs. Rees Edwards was charged by P.C. Hurford with being drunk on the 4th inst. outside the Treorky Hotel, cursing and swearing and making a great noiae. He was taken home by some of his friends.— Fined 7s 6d and costs. David Hopkins was charged by P.C. Hurford with being drunk on the 4th inst., at quarter to twelve, and lying on the road in Bate-street. With the assistance of another man witness roused him up and took him home. He was lying in the middle of the road.— Fined 5s and costs. Christmas Roberts was charged by P.C. Llewellyn with being drunk at Blaenrhondda on the 6th inst. He was staggering. He was told to go home, and he said he had no home. His friends sent him home in a break.-Fined 5s and costs. AN UNFORTUNATE.—Mary Ann Richards, of Cardiff, was charged with being a disorderly prostitute at Ton.—Sentenced to seven days. GAMING AT DiNAs.—Mary Bryant was charged with gaming at Penygraig.—P.C. Smith said about half- past nine on Saturday night last he saw defendant with a standing on the public highway at Penygraig, with a crowd around her. A game was being played called U Over and Under." People were putting down money on the game. Defendant had been previously convicted.—Fined 10s or seven days.

CRIMINALLY ASSAULTING A DAUGHTER i3 YEARS OF AGE AT PANDY. At the Ystrad police-court, on Monday, (before Mr E. John and Mr John Davies,) Fiederick Lloyd, 50 years of age, was charged with oriminally assaulting his daughter, 13 years of age.—Hannah Lloyd said she was the daughter of the prisoner, who is a collier living at 14, Chapel-street, Pandy. She was 13 years old the 13th of Maroh last. She had passed Standard V. at school. On Sunday week her mother went to chapel at half-past five o'clock, leaving her and her father in the house. There was a lodger in the house, Moses Jones, who went to chapel at halt-past six o'clock. She was washing the tea things, and while so engaged her father, who was sitting in a ohair, said, Look here," and exposed his person. She fainted and fell on a chair, when be. took her in his arms and carried her upstairs. Just as they got to the top of the stairs a child knocked at the door. She went down and then escaped from the house into a neighbour's, where she remained until her mother returned from ohapel. Her father bolted the back- door as soon as the lodger left. He had frequently exposed himself to her. On this occasion he aaked her to go upstairs to bed with him, but she refused and told him she was very ill. When she told him there was some one at the door he replied, All right; go down." Her father came into the neigh- bour's house and asked her to put supper for him. She said, I'll oome directly." She did not go un, il her mother returned. She did not say any- thing to her mother that night. On Monday night her father went out at six o'clock, and she went to bed about an hour after with her little nephew, five years of age. Her mother was winding yarn downstairs. She went to sleep but was awakened by hearing her father ooming into her bedroom. He was undressed. The candle was burning, but he extinguished it. He pulled up the clothes and drew her over her nephew to the side of the bed. [Witness at this point gave evidence unfit for pub. lication.] She shouted to her mother "Mother, come and send father from me." Her mother replied "Keep less noise." Her little nephew cried out, "Father's killing Hannah." Prisoner then left her. Her father after the assault held his fist in her face and said If you tell mother I'll kill you." She did not see her mother that night. Next morning she was very ill and remained in bed until 12 o'clock. Her mother was in the room reading, but she did not say anything to her about what had taken place. She wae afraid to tell her mother as her father had threatened to kill her if she did. On her going downstairs her father asked her to let him repeat the offence. She told him she was ill. Her mother later asked him to take her for a walk to pick blackberries to see if if that would make her better. She went with him to the fields and he then asked her again. She refused, and catching hold of the tin jack she ran home. On Wednesday afternoon she told her mother. Her father first began assaulting her 12 months ago, and had often repeated it.—Mr Wm. Washington David, surgeon, Tonypandy, said the mother brought the girl to him on Friday after. noon. He examined her in conjunction with Dr. H. N. Davies, of Porth, and a qualified assistant. His evidence conclusively proved that a criminal assault had taken place many times.-Margaret DavieF, living next door to prisoner's house, deposed that his (prisoner's) daughter came to her house on the Sunday evening and remained there about an hour. The mother gave evidence corroborating the child's evidence on certain points. She said he was in the habit of getting drunk and was then very rough, but a more tidy man there never was when sober.-On being cautioned in the usual manner prisoner said, I bad been drinking whiskey and beer that day till I was blind, and don't know what I may have done. It was my otub feast."—Priaouor was committed for trial at the next assizes.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Early on Saturday morning a fireman, named William Harris (22), living at Coburn Street, Cathays, and in the employment of the Tall Vale Railway, was knocked down by a train near the Cathays goods. shed. The wheels passed over both his legs, severing them below the knees. He was taken to the Cardiff Infirmary about 1 o'clock, where he still lies. He in progressing favourably.

REMOVAL OF IRONWORKS TO SOUTH WALES. Our Wolverhampton correspondent writes:— The woll-known tin-plate making firm of Messrs n" rli "nd Company, of Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Kidderminster, are about to remove the bulk of their business from the last named plaoe to their newly erected works in South ales. This step has been rendered neoessary, not only to avoid excessive railway rates, but also to provide facilities for obtaining supplies of steel, which material they are in a large degree substituting for ir in. The Kidderminster works will be still kept in partial operation, but the number of hands employed will be oonaiderably I lessened.

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THK P:iOPOSfcl> rOUNTi" CUUHT AT YSTRAD. A mr-et;r:g t' toe iihendem Cbamber of Trade whs held uu Thursday as the Bailey Arms, Pentre, under tile '¡"les¡dëT.<'Y of Mr Parfitt. The Secretary (Mr G. Lloyi1) was instructed to write to his honour J:id<je Williams for infcrmlitiou as to whether -ny progress has been made respecting r,he hoiriing i f a county-court at Yatrad- Consider- able grievance. baa existed for some time among tiadesn ea of the upper section of the valley in cor.geqcence of the inconvenience they are put to through being obliged tj irarei to Pontypridd, a distance of about 10 miiea. and occasionally having to w-,it for several hours before they are attended to.