The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

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POLiOE COURT NEWS. Ton Pcntra-Manday. Beforo Messrs Ignatius Williams (Stipend- iary) and T. P. Jenkins. Thd following were fined for being drunk on licensed premUes: Samuel Turner, Treorky, £1; Chri&Lopher Morris, Treorky 15s; James Reynolds, Geiti, 20s; John Evans, Gelli (on two occasions), 15s; John Evans, Ton, Pentre, 15s. For being diunk and assaulting the po- lice at Pentre, Jonathan Jones and David Wil- liams were fined 15s and 4-0s respectively. BREACH OF THE PEACE. Thomas Davies. Howell Davies, and James Edwards, Gelli, for committing a breach of the peace in a public-house in the district, were ordered to pay the costs, 7s. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. William Hallisey, Gelli, was summoned for allowing his horse to be worked whilst in an unfit state on Monday, the 3rd inst. P.S. Davies deposed to examining the animal in Baglan street. Treherbert, and found a wound on the collar, which was very raw. When asked what he. had to say the defendant re- plied that the horse was very old. P.C. Grub- berroan corroborated te evidence of the last witness. The defendant was fined 10s and c-osts. INATTENTIVE DRIVERS. William Burford and James Davies, Tre- herbert, for leaving their dravs unattended outside the Bridgend Hotel, Pentre, were fined 5s and 10s respectively. Sunday Trading.—Michael Simoni, Italian, Pentre. for selling cigarettes on Sunday was fined 5s. Obstruction.—Jacob Horton, greengrocer, Treherbert, was summoned for allowing crates to remain on the pavement, thus causing an obstruction. He was fined 10s. Disorderly Behavio,,ii-Eferbero Silb" Tre- herbert, John James, and Robert Wallen, Tre- orky, were summoned for the above offence. Silby was fined 5s, James Is, and Wallen 2s 6d. Obscene Language.—David Hughes and Thomas Edwards, Pentre, were fined 15s and IDs respectively for this offence. The Weekly Batch,-For being drunk and disorderly tn. following fined David rkina. Treherbert, 15s; Thomas Francis, Gelli, 15s; Charles Williams, Gelli, 20s; Hen- ry Fear, Gelli, 10s; Timothy Murphy, Gelli, 20s; John Matthews, "Xstrad Rhondda, <-0s; Evan Thomas, Ystrad Rhondda. 10s; John Henry Jones, Ton, 15s; William Owens. Pen- tre, 15s; Thomas Richards, Treorky, 15s; Thomas Kinsey, Treorky, 15s; Benjamin Ste- phens, and James Butler, Treorky, 10s each; William John Trott, Pentre, 15s; Richard Oli- ver, Per. Ire, 15s; George Maney, Gelli 10s. A Deserter.—Frederick Northey, Gelli, was charged with being a deserter from the 6th Dragoons, now stationed at York. P.C. Wil- liams arrested the defendant, on Friday last at Gelli. nd charged him with deserting his Tegiment in January last. In reply he said that he had walked 250 miles from there, and would do it again. He. was remnnde:1 to await an escort. "i. SECOND COVRT. 1 Before Alderman E. H. Davies and Mr J. D. Williams. "HE WAS ALL THERE." David Beyron, 21, of Gelli, was fined 20s or 14 days with hard labour for drunkenness, Inspector Williams came across him in Pentre on the previous Saturday night, challenging anyone in the street to have a fight. Mr J. D. Williams: Anything against him before? Inspector; H" was here four times last year. Magistrates' Clerk: He is only 21 Inspector: Yes, but he is all there. TRUANT TROUBLES. Attendance Officer William Thomas appeared to summon parents for neglecting to send their children to school. "The list is a small one." remarked Mr Thomas, "and I must say that there are very few truants in my district." Tha.t i9 very satisfactory, observed Mr Wil- liams. In two of the cases the boys were over thirteen, but ha.d not passed the ex unination entitling1 them to a labour certificate. The mother of one of the lads said she could not get her son to school; he left the house in the morning, and stayed away all day. In the ni,zht he sneaked into the house and to bed before they knew it. Mr J. D. Williams: It is rather hard, still if you saw that he attended for a. short time he would be able to go to work. Attendance Officer Thomas explained that there was a great deal of difficulty with boys over 13. A fine of 79 6d was imposed, and in the other cases fines varying from 3s bd to 10s were ordered. HAVING A FLOP AT HIM. Jacob Adroll. Treherbert. charged W. Lewis, ostler to the landlord of the Castle Hotel, with having committed an unprovoked assault upon him at the hotel. Prisoner sa.id they were having a conversation about the sale of a horse -when defendant suddenly remarked that he would have a flop at him, and his mate would have a flop at his friend. Without, more ado defendant struck him prosecutor) down. De- fendant sought to blame prosecutor bv saying that he was struck first, but the magistrates disbelieved him. "We fell," said defendant, avl tb.people in the bar walked over us!" After hearing a witness named William Lin- ton, tho Bench agreed that defendant had committed an unprovoked assault upon prose- cutor. for which be would have to pay a fine of £ 2 or .go to h ird labour for a month. ITALIAN MISBEHAVES HIMSELF. An Italian named Joseph Perima.ny, of Pffi- tre, was charged wi::h rudely assaulting Rosina Davies, a married woman of Pentre, on the previous Monday. Mrs Davies said she was walking up Ystrad road when she met defen- dant, who was intoxicated, coming in an Op- posite direction. As he was passing her, al- though she tried to avoid him, he caught in her Tudely, After he had passed she followed him and gave him in charge of a constable. De- fendant. through an interpreter, now said he was drunk at the time, a-nd accidentally struck •roTTiplainant as passing. The Bench cautioned defend sat. and reminded him that he should behave himself on the strert. A fine of £1 and costs was imposed or 21 days. CAUGHT AT THE PAWNBROKER'S. M1.ry Welsh, a native of Neath, but now of Pentre, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, valued at 6s 6d, the property of Jrhn Ts,tq, boot dealer, Ystrad. The evidence ehowxl that defendant attempted to pledge the hoot, at Mr Lords pawnbrok.itig shoo at •Pentre. Her replies to questions put Seing r"the-r sup'-cious. enquiries were rub-equently ym"ip with the result that she was taken into trustedv. Defendant now pleaded g'-iilty. add- ing that sh- would not have taken them if she was not drunk. She was fined 10s. GONE TO THE BAD ALTOGETHER. WHOLESALE THEFTS AT TONYPANDY. "You seem to have gone to the. bid alto- gether,' 'said Mr T. P. Jenkins to Lizzie D'1- ■vies, a single young woman of Tonypandy, -who was charged with wholesale thefts a,t Ton- "ypandv. including two shawls and a shirt, the propertv of Mary Mucins, 8. Ho'born Terrace, "Tonrwwdy; twelve botl1"8 of beer, the property -«f "Margaret HaT'gan. 6, Holborn Terrace, and at. shaw1 belonging to Cathwine B,,rr:rn,n. "Kenrv Street, Tonypandy. Mrs MuPms sR;d prisoner stole her shawls and shirt from the clothes Una at the back of the house. When arrested prisoner was wearing one of the shawls and the other-articles were found at her house. Margaret HaFigan stated that prisoner washed for her mother, and knew where the beer was. On the night of the theft, she saw prisoner striking matches in the w.c., where she was drinking t«h3 beer. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the iirst two charges, bjjb denied having stolen (.ho shawl from Mrs Kerrigan. A witness named Mrs Louisa RawjpCposed that prisoner sold Mrs Berrigan's shawl r.o her for 5s. The Tl->noh gave prisoner a chance to pay fines, although they were of the opinion that she did not deserve such leniency. A fine of £ l in each case was imposed. — -4-

Pontypridd-Wednesday Before the Stipendiary (Mr J. Ignatius Wil- liams). TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET. A Merthyr young man named Norman Me- I cleod, was charged with travelling on the T.V. railway without a ticket on the 28th February last. The evidence showed that de- fendant was approached by the ticket collector on the the Pontypridd platform, and asked to produce his ticket. Defendant replied that he had a "pass." When requested to produce it he failed to do so. and nude the excuse that he would bring it next day. His name a4nd address was taken, and on March 4th he ten- dered a ticket to the same collector saying ''that was the ticket he had that flay, and that he had forgotten thau he didn't have a pass." \t the Court defendant said ho had had a sea- son ticket for the past six years, and forgot at the time that it had expired the month pre- vious. Stipendiary: It rather looks as if you I have been travelling for that month. When a man says "season" to the collector, he is generally allowed to go, and no doubt you thought it would act this time. A fine of £ 1 and costs, amounting in all to £ 1 15s 6d was imposed. I HARBOURING PROSTITUTES AT PONTYPRIDD. V PUBLICAN FINED. Beforo the Stipendiary William Jenkins, landlord of the Half Moon Hotel, Pontypridd, was charged with supplying drunken girls with drink and with harbouring prostitutes on the 10th inst. Alderman T. J. Hughes, Bridgend, defended. P.S. Ebenezer itees stated in evi- dence that at 10 past ten p.m. on the 10th inst. he, together with P.C.'s Williams and Hamil- ton, visited the defendant's house by separate doors. Standing in the door-way he saw a prostitute named Mary Isaacs' with a man "catching" around her neck. In the bar were four other prostitutes—Martha Jane Smith, Elizabeth George, Elizabeth Jones, and Alice Evans. The girl Smit It was standing by the counter drinking out of a glass containing beer. Evans and George were sitting down amongst the 25 men present. George was drunk. Ho (witness) pointed out the women's condition, and defendant replied, "I can't get them our. Asked why he allowed prostitutes ¡ to be there nightly amongst men lie saJ.d, "I can't get them ou.t."Ma.rtha Smith said "this is the only drink I have had here, Sergeant." Elizabeth George stood up then. and became very noisy, and staggered about with a glass 'f stout in her hand, spilling it about the place. He told the landlord that the P.C.'s ■ad been watching his house that night, and thaiu they had discovered that two of the pros- itutos had been there nearly an hour, and an- o'her had been thM-a over half an hour. The I 1andlord said that was not so; they h>d been there five minutes, and he appealed to the men present to corroborate his statement. Amongst 'he rr.ii present were four who lived with ¡ prostitutes. Witness reminded the landlord that ho had been cautioned repeatedly about harbouring prostitutes. He replied 'Yes, but I have a perfect right to serve them. My in- structions to them are not to sit down, and hev are only here 10 minutes. He (defendant) then shouted to the women, who were s'ttinc ■'own, to stand up. Witness then informed Mm that his house had been watched on pre- rious occasions, and notes were taken1 of pros- ifue- being there nightly, and that complaints had been made that women resort.ed to immor- al practices on the premises. The landlord I "aid, "I know nothing about that." The proe- Htut.es were then turned out of the hotel. Two of -;h.ern staggered about the street, and had +0 be locked up owing to their disorderly con- duct. Witness next gave dates upon which ,ro'St.itutos had been seen at defendant's house previous occasions. P.C.'s Williams and Hamilton gave corroborative evidence. Mr Hughes contended that there would be an an- -■vora.blo ease if the summons had been taken ui for permitting drunkenness, but there had been no evidence adduced of the landlord sup- "■lyin<r drink to the drunken persons. Stipen- diary: No. I don't think there is enough. Mr Hughes: Coming to the second charge, before i conviction is "warranted it must be proved Lhat the house has been used as an habitual resort of prostitutes, and that they had stayed longer than a reasonable time to have refresh- ments. The former had not, he would put it, been so in this case, therefore there was not sufficient evidence to convict. The Stipend- iary thought the latter charge had been made out. Perhaps landlords were not so stiff with I prostitutes as they should be because they at- ¡ tracted men to public-houses. Some years a.go he remembered the Half Moon was frequently in trouble, but he had not seen anything of 1 'te. He thought the case of harbouring pros- titutes would be met by the imposition of a fine of £2 and coats. THEFT OF A SADDLE AND BRIDLE. Charles Williams, a. short middle aged man, recently employed as haulier to Thomas Wil- liams, High street, PontyDridd, was charged ■with stealing a bridle and saddle, valued at three guineas, the property of the latter. Evi- dence was erven to the effect that prisoner sold the saddle after stealing it. to John Jones, the landlord of the Blue Bell Hotel, Ponty- pridd, for 14s., saying that he wanted money, as he was going to be married. When arres- ted by P.S. Morris at Abercarn, prisoner said, 'T am guilty, and I want to get it over." Ser- geant Moma abided: that prisoner admitted having had three months' hard labour for steal- ing a calf at Penzanr,3 in 1899. The Stipen- diary passed sentence of two months' hard labour. OGTJB AND A VAGABOND SENT TO GAOL. James Brooks, Old Houses, Treforest, vms brought up in custody on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond in that he had lived uno-n the int-noral earnings of a prostitute reamed Polly White, for the last throe months. P.C. Williams snoke to seeimcr prisoner in the company of Polly White and men on numer- ous occasions sinoe January, and about nublie- hou^feR. He took the men away and solicited. Prisoner had only worked two davs since Christmas. P.C. "472 said Polly White had told him she had kept prisoner and his clrld for the last two years on her ear nines. P.S. Rees stated that prisoner lived with Polly White at Treforest, and the latter had fre. quently complained about him. Prisoner called Polly White to give evidence, and she swore tha.t he had not lived upon her immoral earnings. Stinendiary: How does he manage to live he does not work? Witness: Yes .he does Fre has been idle fl,p !3"t few days because his brother has come 1 b?cV from the Front. Stipendiary k He has been idle more than a couple of days. Prisoner was sent to hard labour for tyv I mofttits. ] DRUNKS. ThoTe fined for drunkenness included Wm. Morton, collier, Pontypridd, 15s; James Ap- pleby, labourer. r)- reforest, 10s; J. Lloyd Ro- berts, collier, Cik'ynydd. 10c-; H,vnry James, c polLer. Coed.penm .en, 10j; Elwa.rd Retauick, haulier. Hafod, 10s; Eden McCarthy, widow, Treior-os-r., 5s; Hugh JoueS, collier, Pouty- pridd, 15s. INTERFERENCE. Goorge Mason and William Skully, labour- ers, Pontypridd, were summoned for interfering with r .C. 194 in the execution of his duty. The concha,bie stated that defendants tried to drag a prisoner away from his custody. Fines of 103 each ware imposed.

Volunteer Notes. (BY MILITAS). Two deputations of commanding officors from English and Scottish Volunteer Corps waited on Mr Brodrick last week with re- gard to the new Volunteer regulations, and were accorded a very favourable recep, tion. The deputations consisted of such well known Volunteer officers as Col. Sir Howard Vincent, Col. Sir John eKnnaway, Col. Ma- Grae, Sir R. Ansti-uther, and Col. Sturmy Cave. Mr Brodrick assured the deputation that as a result of the report of the Committee "I" of Inquiry, considerable modifications would be made in the regulations as at first draf- ted. The Committee in its report stated: "That while impressed with the necessity of attend- ance at camp, it advised that extra parades for indivduals who would not attend camp should not 'be insisted upon. It also thought that 25 upr cent, of the strength of a bat- talion should be the minimum attendance at parades. The Committee further proposed that com- manding officers should have liberty to ex- empt from attendance to camp Volunteers of at lea-tft two years' sen-ice to the number of 10 per cent. of their strength, drawing for them a reduced capitation grant of 25s. The deputation pointed out to Mr Brod- rick the impossibility, in many cases, of men being able to attend camp, and that gentle- man desired to know if the difficulty in this respect was financial? Colonel Sir John Kemiaway and Col. Macrae in reply, said that payment of men in camp was now al- most an absolute necessity. As I prophesied in this column some few weeks ago, the new regulations have been, or rather, are about to "be consider jtbly modi- fied. Many Volunteers will have reason, I am afraid, to regret their hasty action in sending in their resignations. The opinion? of such eminent Volunteer experts aa these named above could not 400 lightly passed over, and their following close upon the re. port of the Committee of Enquiry plainly showed Mr Brodrick t7iat the alleged griev- ances were not without foundation. It is very evident, from Mr Brodrick's question and Col. Kennaway's and CJel. Ma- crae's reply with regard to pay during camp, that this important item will receive atten- tion. If the authorities decide to pay the men duHng camp, th?n the ''compulsory camp'' if adhered to, is robbed of a great deal of its hardship. However, whether camp is compulsory or not, so long as the men are paid, I do not see any rea-son why at least 75 per cent, of [he members of the different detaciiments ought to be able to get to camp. Employers of la/bour are surely patriotic enough to allow their employees at least a week off during the year! So long as men are willing to give their services to their country, and many of them at great self- sacrifice, surely it is not too much to ask employers of latour in the country, to put I i t,hemselves to a little inconvenience, espec- ¡ ially when the wellJbeing of their country is at stake. We ha.ve not much to gnunMe at with respect to this at Pontypridd. A few eases have certainly arisen, but when representations have been made to the pro- per quarter, the matter lias always been adjusted to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. Is no official welcome to be tendered to those men from the Welsh Regiment who came home from the front recently? A large numu tbean are from Pontypridd and the neigh- bourhood, and so far the only recognition ¡ 'hey have had, after their hazardous :md arduous two years of service in South Africa, is a. smoking concert or two got up pri- vately. We started well in Pontypridd with an illuminated addiress and a gold watch, per- haps we cannot afford to keep on with the 7old watches and the addresses, but surely, I we can still show, in some way, that we appreciate the services of those gallant men I wh h'v: fought and bled for ns Very soon, I trust, we shall have the priv. 'I I ilege of welcoming home Major RilLMaie from the front, and I trust that a r^-vp. tion will ba recorded him such ay he da. serves. Cannot a town meeting be convened to make preparations to accord the gallant major a fitting welcome? And also, at the same time to give to the members of the v'el sih Regiment residing within the Pontv- pridd Urban District Council area some little token of appreciation of their services? It must Ibe remembered that this splendid regiment volunteered en 'bloc, and its vet- vices were immediaitely aqfbepted by tile War Office. Perhaps some patriotic towns- man (and I knotw there are many in Ponhy- pridd). will, through the columns of this journal, express* thctr opinions upon th-j matter. There are several vacancies for recruits in the Pontypridd and TafFs Weil Detach ments. Intending recniits should apply at once, as under existing rules they cannot fca It accepted after this month. Pontypridd Cy. cle Corps has several vacancies fo, good riders. No expense whatever is incurred in joining these braixhes of the service. Everything in the shape of uniform, etc., is supplied by the Detachment. Several field-days have been arranged be- tween the Pontypridd commanders, Capfcs. J. S. Davies and Lewis, and Capt. Trevor Jones, Taff's Well, and will take place urpon E-glwysilan, Mynydd y Garth, and Caerphilly Mountains. Some pleasant end interesting I times are in store for the Volunteers of this neighbourhood duringt the coming season.

Sports and Pastimes. BY IDRIS. Poor old Ponty! Four goals, twelve tries! What a horrible mass-acre. Judging by the tall score one must come to the conclusion that nearly the whole of the time was occupied by the Aberavon men running in tries and carry- ing the ball out to kick for goal. Twelve un- converted tries do not say much for the win- ner's kicking powers. The Poniypridd Thurs- days until recently held a record with which they were very glad to part. They were twit- ted unmercifully because they could not win a match, but they invariably gave their oppo- nents a good game, although generally beaten. They were never disgraced, and, indeed, played several teams to a draw. The obnoxious re- cord of 'the Thursday team has now been quite effaced from the minds of the sporting public by the inglorious display of the Pontypridd premiers at Aberavon. I dare swear that the Aberavonites have never piled up such a huge score against the most feeble combination, and looking back over many years of Pontypridd focxtball, I cannot recall a single instance in which anything like such a tall score has been put on the debit side of the Pontyprdidians scoring sheet. The last two lines of a con- temporary's report of the match made most peculiar reading. It ran something after the following: "Harris now crossed three times and dropped a pretty goal." Fancy this against a last year's champions of the Glamorgan League. I am simply stating the plain truth when I say that local supporters are disgusted with the majority of the men who have repree&nted Pontypridd this season. With the exception of Vaughan, Dave Roberts, S. Llewelyn, J. W. James, the Ushers, and perhaps one or two others, a more unsportsmanlike crew never re- presented any club. A feiW have been standing on their dignity (?) for months past, because medals were not provided for them. Some have been in the habit of saying that they did not feel well, while others affirm that they cannot afford to lose the time. I have heard the Pontypridd committee denounced in no half-hearted fashion by many of the club's supporters for the miserable record of the Premiers. Only for one thing, however, can the committee be blamed, and that is for the persistent manner in which they hahve stuck to and selected those grumblers who absolutely decline to train, and who almost require to be wheeled to the football arena. 'Twould have been much better for the traditions of the club if they had entirely ignored some of the chosen ones and selected the best men from the local junior teams. Those youngsters would train and take a. keen interest in the game. The result would be that they would at least make their opponents go all the way to win, and in a few weeks the new material could be licked into good shape. I do not for a moment suppose that any committee of any club in the Principality have had such a miserably thankless task to perform as -the men who are now at the helm. They started the season without funds and without a ground They spent a deal of money in trying to erect a screen (to prevent j-sople. on the tips and tramroad obtaining a free view. They havo lost player after player, and have also had end- less other troubles. Notwithstanding this, they have stuck to their guns, and will do so until the end of the season. If they consent to give their time and services, and risk their money next season, then I will come to the conclusion that they must be more than hu- man. It is sincerely to be hoped that the me- dal competition which they have promoted will be a financial success, and that they will be on the right side when the season's balance-sheet comes to be read. Now to a more congenial subject. Very pretty play was witnessed m the match Pontypridd United versus Hotspurs. The latter team, although losers, played a clever, spirited game throughout, and were go- ing stronger at the finish than at the start. I They were, however, too heavily handicapped by weight to hope to iwn. The United are a big dashing lot, and ought to annex the medal. I Fred Lewis and Ben Lewis at three-quarler I and forward were the heroes of the United, while T. Gowan, C. Whiles, J. Whiles, andT.. D. Williams put in a tremendous amount of defensive work for the losers. When J. Whiles was taken from the forwards and placcEf nt half, he made many brilliant dashes for the line, and narrowly missed scoring on several occasions. Jones, the right wing of the Hot spurs, ought to have stopped one, if not two of the tries scored by Fred Lewis. He couil have pushed him into touch, but did not see1, inclined to make any attempt to do so. Penygraig were lortunate on Monday lav in having an ideal day for their fixture wit, I Llanelly. The homesters' support ers assemble" ¡ in very gratifying numbers, and were rewar- ded by seeing a vigorous, open contest. The Penvgragi front liners hod rather the better of the argument, and were afoly led by H. •Tones and Shu-gar. The comparatively weak spot waq qt half-back. The scrumworker gof the ball away well enough, but there was nof an ounce of originality in the oufha.lf. H suffered crreat-lv in comparison w'¡+h the oppas in? outhalf. Ben Davies. whose trickiness and resource delighted impartial homesters. Da- vies is still a are at half, his variety of move- ments being puz",uW\Ø' bi- ^oonents. At ) three-quarter. Alwyn .Jones witseasiTy the be- of the inplaters. and the r man Pascce nlayed well, while A. William. ,as the first of 'h« Penytrrnig quartette. The Ping Pong tournament, held at the j Towyi Hall in connection with the Pontypridd Football Club, provided many keen competi- tions in the various rounds. Tn the first S'e- cord a.nd third rounds the weaker players were weeded out. and the f.,Ilov, ne on lifted for the ^mi-finals: W D Thomas, R. E. Arnott, J. Holland, and A. Crockett. W. D. Thomas heat AmaH forty to twen!y-fiv~- and Crock t' Vat Ho1 land by forty to thirty-eight The r't second, and third prize winners finished in the following order: H. Crockett, W. D. Thomas, J. Holland. The following have been selected to repre- sent. Pontvprdid in their match against Ltan, "Uv at Stndly next Saturday: Back. T. J Take; three-quarters, Usher, W. Lake, Prvél" Davies and another; half-backs, S. Llewelyn and C. Usher; forwa-rds, Oevr- Roberts.(Cer- tain), J. W. James. Rowley fhe-mas, Maf "Ima. Kelland, Bunn, T. Vaughan, Dewi 0; The train leaves the T.V.R. station at 11 s. 1-. On Thursday last, the Pontypridd Thurs- day team journeyed, to Merthyr, They were very short-nine players only making the journey. A centre three-quarter and five for- wards were obtained in Merthyr. The game was played on Oefn field. In the first half Pontyprid bad the better of the argument, but owing to lack of combination failed to score. In the second half the Merthyr forwards out- played the Pontypridd front rankers, and de- spite the stubborn defence of the visiting backs managed to cross the line four times, two of these scores being extremely lucky. Brodie and Evans played a pood defensive gams for Pontypridd, while Harry ,the captain, and the two half-backs, were the best of the Merthyr lot. Next week Pontypridd journey to Aberdare, when they hope to turn the tables on the home team, who defeated them on the People's Park a few weeks ago by one try to nil. In the local medal competiton, the 1st round of which Parted last Saturday, the Tvmawr boys were a much lighter team than their oil- ponents, Llantwit, but played a plucky game, and deserved to win. For Tytrmvr Lloyd at back and Thomas at threequarter were the pick. while Marr was the best of the Llantwit q;ra>rtette.

PORTH. A large gathering of Salvation Army workers took place at tha xorth Barracks on Monday evening last, on the occasion of the in gather- irw of the Self-d<en.ial WeeK. The nxjeting wa.s conducted bv Staff-Captain Green, Divisional Officer, assisted by Adjutant, Rendall. Division- al secretary, and other officers. Contingents of the following corps were present in large numbers: Pentre, Forth, Pontypridd, Seng- henvdd. Caerphilly, Treforest. Troedvrhiw, Treharris, Abercynon. Cilfynydd. Ynvsybwl, Waiilsmtown, Heolfaeh. Trealaw, Clydach Vale, 1 etc. The results of the Self-denial week in 1 each Corps in the Rhondda Division were giv- en by the local officers amid much enthusiasm, • which were as follows: Pentre, £100 10s; Porth, £ 50 4s; Pontypridd, £ 53 4s 8d; Clyd- ach Vale, JB27 ht; Treforest, £19386<1; Treed- ) yrhiw, £30: Treharris, J315 Is ld: Abercynon. £7 3s; Cilfynydd. L3: Ynvsybwl. JElS as 8d; Williams tone. £ 40; Heolfaeh, :£31 10s: Tre- ala.w, £ 35; Ferndale, JB17 13s 4d; Mountain < Ash, £ 26; Penrhiwceibr, £ 15 3s 9d; Treher- bert, £ 20; Maerdy, JB26 15s 6d. The meeting A throughout was characterised with srreat fer- vour and enthusiasm, and much satisfaction was evinced at the excellent collections made I throughout the district, which it was expected would again be augmented by further contri- j bifticms.

THE YNYSHIR WILL DISPUTE. SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT. £400,000 TO BE DEALT WITH. In the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, on Tuesday, the President (Sir Francis Jeune) and a special jury had before them the case of Thomas v. Mathias and others. It referred to the testamentary dis- positons of the late Mr James Thomas, farmer and colliery proprieto:, of Cross Farm, Llane- darne, Glamorganisihire, who died on the 29th July, 1901, at an advanced age. The value of the estate was estimated to be about £ 400,000. The last 'will, bearing daio the 26th March, 1901, was propounded by the plaintiff, Mr William James Thomas ,of Ynyshir. Probate was opposed by the defendants, Mrs Rachel Mathias, wife of Mr Henry Mathias, of Green Meadow, Porth; Mrs Mary Ann Packer, wife of Mr William Packer, of Alder Grove, Porth, and Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins, of Ffrwd Villa,' Porth, who alleged that the will was obtained by the undue influence of plaintiff and Mrs Mary Thomas, which was denied, but ,as will be seen, this allegation was withdrawn before the case had proceeded far. Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., Mr S. T. Evans, K.C., and Mr Barnard (instructed by Messrs Vachell and Co., of Cardiff), appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Cripps, K.C., Mr Robson, K.C., and Mr Durley Grazebrook (instructed by Messrs Downing, Holman, and Co.) were coun- sel for the defendants; and Mr Rhys Williams held a watching brief for Mrs Mary Thomas. THE CASE FOR THE PLAINTIFF. Sir Edward Clarke, in opening the case, said the plaintiff propounded a will which was made by the deceased gentleman in March last year, and the defendants were there not to dispute that -the will was properly executed, and they did not say that the old gentleman, who was 83 or 84 years of age, was not of sound mind, memory, and understanding, but they said that the will was induced by the undue influ- ence of the two persons mentioned in the pleas. There was mixed up in the question of undue influence the question of understanding the effect of the will, because it was alleged that by reason of the poisoning of his mind he was not in a condition to weigh and appre- ciafte the claims of his children upon him. He (counsel) would call the solicitor who prepared the will and the doctor who had known the old gentleman-the former for twenty years and the latter some years. The doctor was called in not because there was the smallest doubt about the capacity of the deoeased, but because looking at his ago it was thought ad- visable that the doctor should be with him and form an opinion as to his condition at the time. On the 21st March, 1901, he called about the will, and finally he signed the will in dis- pute on the 26th March. That will was read over and explained to the testator, and the jury would be satisfied that he understood what ho was doing. The question of undue influence was .one that the other side would have to raise. The testator was an old gentle- man who had started in very humble circum- stances, and, in fact, always occupied a some- what humble position so far as expenditure and habits were concerned. But he amassed a ¡ very large fortune and left it practically to a grandson, to whom he was very .much attached. After these observations counsel proceeded to call evidence. Mr John Morgan, solictor, practising at Car- diff, examined by Mr S. T. Evwis, said he knew Mr James Thomas, the deoeased, for very many years, and before the last year he had ,,11 various occasions made wills for him. He came to witness's -office on the 21stt March, and told him that he wanted to make an alteration in his will, which he had made in M, and ho handed him the will of 1892. He said he wanted to leave his daughters £ 6 oach instead of the amoun'o in the former will. Wit- ness took tiia 1892 will as a model for that will, and he prepared a will. On the 22nd March testator came again, and the will was read over to him and executed. He came with Mrs Mary Thomas, his housekeeper, and his grandson, the plaintiff in the- suit. Witness called his attention to a portion of the will in reference to the gifts of silver, and asked if her Intended that to remain, and he said tha.t the daughthers were to have nothing at all but the £ 6. That portion wlas therefore struck out. Witness read through the will, and asked tes- tator if one of Mrs Thomas's children was of age, and finding that was so, that necessitated a little alteration in the form of the will. The will was then signed. On account of the al- teration in the will he told the testator tliat be should like to make a. new copy, and he also suggested, on account of the testator's a^e, that a doctor should attend when he called again. Testator and those who were with him agreed to that. They were to let him know when they ca.me again. Witness and his clerk attested the will. On that, occa ion he not only read over the will to the tes- tator, but explained a large portion of it to him. Did you explain the will when you read it over to Mr Thomas?—A very large portion of it I did. and explained it fully to him. He fully understood that the will was practically the same as the 1892 will, with the exception of the alteration of some gifts. I Was the reduction of the amount given to the daughters of the gift under that will dis- cussed at the interview?—There was no dis- cussion at an. I did not ask him why he did it I simply took his instructions. I made a new engrossment for a new will a few days afterwards. T remodelled the clause with re- gard to- Mrs Thomas and the children so as to p.-ake it explicit-. I wade an appointment with him on a. day before the execution of the filial ^11. On the 22nd March I told them it would be advisable to have a doctor present when the will was signed. Did you give your reasons?—My reason was on account of his great age. A doctor's name was suggested to me. On the 26th M rch the fest-atfer came again with Mrs Mary Thomas and the grandson. When they came into his room he asked Mrs Mary Thomas and Mr Thorn-s, the grandson, to retire, so that they were not present when the will was executed. n" asked the doctor to into the room. Witness read the new copy of the will over to the test-at-or. and explained portions of it to him. especially that part relating to the child coming of age. The President:' We have heard nothing of the doctor yet. Mr Morgan No; he is coming in now, my Lord. (Laughter). The Presidont: Did you know he was there ? I Mr Morgan: I knew he was coming, because the day before the grandson gave ine an inti- •natkm. The President: Who was the doctor? Mr Morgan: Dr Evan Davies, of Penygraig. Witness went on to say that the doctor re- maned in ih«3 room with him. He did not tell the doctor the contents of ihe will, and the doctor did not know what was in it. He asked the testator in the presence of the doc- tor, if he was making the alterations of his own free will, an4 ho said, "Yes, absolutely so." He asked the doctor if he thought the testator at his age was capable of making a will, and the doctor replied that he was, most certainly. Then the will was executed. The testator signed it, and the doctor and witness attested the will. Mrs Mary Thomas and the grandson then came into the room. The will was handed to the testator. Cross-examined by Mr Robson, K.C.. witness said he had don-e very Irttic business for testa- tor before then. He prepared a codicil for him in 1893. He was his testamentary solici- tor. no believed his general business was done by Meiers Vachell a.nd Company. Mrs Ma.ry Thomas came with the testator. Is she any relation? Not to my knowledge. Did you inquire whether she was any rela- tion ?-No: I believed she wa.s not. I knew at the time, that she was married, and that she >v,as testator's housekeeper. I sunpose you had observed by the will he "•uts off liis three daughters with £ 6 each, and leaves larc-e sums io the children of his house- keeper ?—Yes First of all he left his housekeeper jM.MO?— r cannot tell without referring to the will. I mow he left a considerable .sum to her. He also left her his household fui-niture and effects, and six cows to be selected by her at the time of his death?—Yes. Did he tell you what- he was worth at the j'mr? —No. Did you know he was worU) something like laif a million?—No. The President; What is the value of the >state? Witness: I believe it is somewhere about S300,000. Mr Rob=ou Has it been sworn at that? Witness: No: the affidavit has not yet been )repared with regard to that matter. Did the testator put it at £ 600,000?—I never ward that. I prepared the figures for pro late before these proceedings commenced.

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District Intelligence. TREORKY. School Board Chairman Improving.—The Rev W. Morris, chairman of the Rhondda School Board, has returned from Bath much improved in health. He purposes preaching at his chape! next Sunday, and will sail for his intended three months trip to America a fort- night next Wednesday. Arrangement for Gilchri-r Lectures.—An announcement, which will be received wit-h great pleasure, is that through the instrumen- tality of Mr W. P. Thomas (Ooean Collieries) an arrangement has been made for the well- known Gilchrist Lectures to be held at Tre- orkv next autumn. The trustees of the Gil- christ Educational Trust have also selected Pentre as one of those places to which a course of lectures will be grafi-ted next winter, after having been approached by that progressive body, the Rhondda Naturalists' Socioety. "Should Women Take Part in Public Mat- ters?"—Last Wednesday night, at tho weekly meeting of the Treorky Young Men's Literary Society, the chief feature of the evening was a debate on "Should woman take part in public matters?" opened' in the affirmative and nega- tively respectively by Messrs Joseph Jones and D. E. Ttwrn- s. Mr Jonas contended that wo- man was the equal of man in every respect, and her mental capacity not being inferior, he did not see that she should be debarred from participating in public matters. She certaily had her duties to perform at home, but she was also capable of appearing on the platform. The speaker qnoted many illustra- tions of famous women who had figured pro- minently in various spheres of life, and inteb lectually had often excelled mere man. He also quoted striking illustrations from Biblical history where women had predominated, which went a long way to prove that the Creator had ordained certain public duties for women. Mr D. Thomas responded effectively and contended that physically and intellectually women could not oope with man in the more arduous duties of life. Her domain was at home, where she was qualified with virtues not possessed by man. She was only in reality to be his help- mate and partner rather than his usurper. The introduction of the feminine sex inl'vo va- rious vocations was often the means of ruiirhur them by working for a lower wage. Physical ly she was not befitted for the long hours which certain callings entailed. The tendency of womankind was to bo engrossed in matters ou't'sidp heT immediate sphere to the detriment of the household ,and husbands had often to suffer the consequences. He also held that women sould not be granted the franch:se. av this would tend1 to cncate conflicting opin'ons between mm and wife. Tb? paper- were. jbiCrhly appreciated, and 9. very interesting dis- cussion followed, the majority of he tnemberw- taking part. The voting resulted ;11 a majori- ty for the amrmative side. Votes of thanks, to the speakers terminated a pleasant, even- ing. The socieity, which has cstab'ished for itself a h'?h reputation during the prpsen' ses- sions, intend holding a. trra-nd scdrea the last, week in April. The programm? will deviate- from the usual custom, the chief feature whirh will be a musical sketch specially composed by certain members for the occasion E jry effort is beinsr made by the committee of which Mr W. c. Short is treasurer, and Mr J. T- Austin secretary, to provide one of the fne^t treats offered in the locality for some time past. Public Park for Upper ,Rhondda.O-rt Fri- day next, at Ainon Vestry, a mefitir.g wTl be held in connection with tlle movement fo pro- vide a Park for the Upper Rhondda in com- memoration of the Coronation. Councilor W. T. Jones will preside, and a number ef in- fluential gentlemen are announced to speak." Homo-Coming of the Rev D. Rha jfyr Jones. The Rev D. Rhagfyr Jones, pas'or of BetIc- ama Congregational Chapel. Treorky. who has been ill for some time, intimate: tha. he wiil return home Easter time, and will be present- at that time. He is at present at Bit' r in afc that time. He is at present at Bur'ey.' ni Hants, where he has been recuperating hts health to advantage. Early in autumn next s he proposes given a lecture to the people of hi? church on his trip to Egypt. Confirmation Service at St. Pei er's On Sunday afternoon last the Lord Bishop or tie Diocese held a Confirmation service at St. P<- I £ nn'C^' 7^^ 98 (5* and 44 males) presented themselves tor con- firmation. Previous to the sa- cred rite, his Lordship delivered an a nr>ronria.t. addr ess to the candidates. The R« -v Pre a-nto W. lellis, R.D. (vicar) acted- as the h: hon« chaplain, and the service was largely attended. TYIvOROTOWX. Entertainment at Horeb Chapel, Tylors- tewn^-A lantern entertainment was hold at 50reb Tylorstown, on Thursday evening, March 6th, when a fine musical treat was provided, and also a series 7r g t VieWS were illustrating it*,7,% Trip along the South l £ r?'Ti^Tg a Snap, shot. The latter proved! to be an amusin.r ,-0J. lection of photographs of local people," wha bad foeen innocently trapped by the snap. sIkh, fiend -without even an opportunity looking pleasant, These slides were huoeiv enjoyed by the audience The lecturer W* Mi J- <-■ James, Tylor.stown, who explained he scenes m a very interesting manner whil the lantern was ably manipulated by Mr D Williams. The following musical and other items were^rendered: 'Ora Pro X,, >is, Mass Mary J. I>avie.s; Song, 'The V-' iatre Blacksmith,' Mr Godfrey Pric-- • <,nT1 'Th. Death ^W' Mr Edvin J Rees" recitation. -Women of Mumbles Head Sr\ Rees Danes. All the artistes sang- vers effectively, and vron rounds of app]a„f tI duties of accompanist were efficient- formed by Mr Rees Davies rli* T*'r" The chairman was Mr Bees Mor<»« master, and not the least int«* £ r nfvT of the evening was the gra.maph<me under the controlof Mr F. O Pope • 4-

You knew, did you not, that he was what is called a self-made man?-Yes. That he began life as a working man--a collier?—I did not know that. That he had been connected with a very valuo,ble colliery undertaking, and that he had iu recent years acquired this very large fortune in the coal trade ?-Possibly so. At all events you knew that he was the pro- prietor of the Standard Colliery, Ynyshir?— Yes. You knew before he acquired a great deal of wealth he left each of his three daughters 000?—I believe no. And he also left his three daughters a set of silver plate in the will of 1892?—YtS. Did you know that this set of silver had been presented to him by his workmen in three fcets in order that he might give as an heirloom to the three daughters?—I did not know that. What was his age at that time?—84. By the will he leaves his daughters only £ 6 each, to his housekeeper £5,000, to Edward Thomas, son of his housekeeper, JB4,000, and large sums of money to her daughters?—I have not the will by me. And if these children died or in certain events their shares are to go over to other children of the housekeeper?—I cannot give you a definite answer to that as I have not _;oo the particulars beiore me. You say in those instructions, which you Bay the old gentleman gave in March, when he was 84 years of age, ho was cutting off his three daughters in order to leave them only the equivalent amounts to the children of his hrusekeeper?—That is not so. I Sir E. Clarke: By the will of 19th December, J.892, he left. the same amounts to the children if the housekeeper. Mr Robson: My friend is quite right. It is not- in substitution. Cross-examination continued: In 1892 the children of the housekeeper were first intro- duced into the will. The housekeeper was in- troduced into the testamentary dispositions 'ery early. In 1901 the testator came to him, ai d by the instructions witness received jus own daughters were left contemptuous legacies rR6 You said you had no discussion at all; you d'd not ask him why he did ;t P-Yes, that if; sc. You had no discussion as to his motives?— No And you did not know what the/ were r- No, it was no concern of mine. You are a solicitor, and .being a testamentary solicitor I suppose one may call you a family solicitor. Did it not occur io you that this old gentleman, accompanied by the two p sr,ns who were going to be benefit by the will —especially by the daughters being cut out- to find out wli3ther there was any conceivable reason on earth why he should do this?—No, ¡ it was no business of mine. But it occurred to you that the daughters I should not have the silver servMes?—i asked 1- m on the following day about it. At this stage Mr Robson consulted privately vith Sir Edward Clarke, slips of blue paper i vmg been passing to and fro just previous l.ctveen the parties; and Mr Ro-bson then said lie Was glad to say he could release tne wii- i riss, adding jokingly that the severe part f. J !r. cross-examination bad yet to come. Ad- dressing his Lordship, he said he wa glad to say he and his learned had agreed tEat the litigation need not proceed. As his Lord- snip had1 heard-, the wilii undoubt -dly -■ e.'tea in the presence of(- •WfH^tent and respee tabic witnossies, one of had given ev dsnco. and a doctor. B*S clients of course r haught they had not been very well trea.ted under this will, as wa& very natural, and they I had put charges on the record which of course 1-iiey did not desire to insist upon, and whkh Ley now unreservedly withdrew before lis I ordship. The plaintiff, on the other hand, 'ï.hout any sort of prejudice to his esse, said he was perfectly willing, if the defendants paic their costs, to leave it to what he might call an honourable arbitrament not on the issues of the case, because the pleadings "or the defence were withdrawn, but, at all events, to act in such a way that it should not be said that he had been unfair, inequitable, or unjust ("o tl < relatives. Terms had been agreed upon which would be handed in, and so the litiga- tion need not go further. Sir Edward Clarke said his Lordship and the iurv would understand the position of the plaintiff in the matter. He had oome into a vc ■large fortune. The old gentleman, the testator, who was a man of very strong will and feeling, for some reason had determined practically to exclude his daughters from a share* of the estate. So long as there A-as any question as to the validity of the will, and, stJt more, so long as there was any sugges- tion that he had acted improperly in regard to it, they had only one course, and that was to come before the Court, and bring evidence which would have been overwhelming to show that this was the action of the old gentleman himself. The defendants, having unreservedly withdrawn tho accusations made .in the defence against the plaintiff, and Mrs Thomas, he a.ske<t the Court to allow the other attesting witness to be called, and then, the defence be- ing withdrawn, t opron ounce for the will. Sir F. Jeuue then explained the course that had been taken -by the jxarties to the jury, and expressed his approval thereat. Dr Evan Davies. of Penygraig, spoke to at- tending iat Mr Morgan's office on the 26th March. In his presence Mr Morgan asked the testator whether the will was his own will. Witness wassatisfed that it was, and that the testator was perfectly competent to make he will. He was an extremely intelligent, self- willed: man, and a remarkable old man. He ansigned each sheet of the will, and witness and Mr Morgan attested it. His Lordship said then there would he pro- liatc of the will, and the terms would be filed. There would be no order as to costs, and he certified for a special jury. i