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NETTING BUCKLAND WATERS. Water-Bailiffs'- Catch. Heavy Penalty for Brecon Man. At Brecon County Police Court on Friday, before Col. S. W. Morgan. Mr David Powell, and Mr A. A. Mitchell Henry McDonough. Silver Street, Brecon," was summoned under the fishery laws with four offences. viz. (l) taking the young of salmon, (2) fishing with an illegal net,, (3) using a net without a licence and (4) fishing in private waters. Mr H. F. W. Harries appeared for the prosecution and Mr Lewis Jones for defendant. Mr Harries said he' appeared for the Usk Board of Conservators in the first three summonses and for. Mrs Gwynne Holford, the owner of the private fishery, in the other. John Steele, water-bailiff, deposed that on August 15th, about 1-15 a.m. in company with water-bailiff Thompson they saw two men* in the river at Buckland. When witness and Thompson approached the men ran away towards the Maesmawr- side. Thompson ran after one and witness after another whom 1te overtook and found it was defendant. In his possession was the net (produced) and trout entangled in it. He also had a frail, a haversack, and a sack. The net consisted of three small nets joined together. In the net were 27 trout, two dace and a salmon pink. (The latter and trout were produced in court preserved in jars.) Defendant was very civil when caught and said ''I'm copped fair." Cross-examined witness said the nets were measured later in the day when they were wet. Witness had a long chase after defendant and did not recog- nise him for he had not seen him for five years. He was aware defendant had been in the Army for oYer four years. Mr Harries called Thompson to give corroborative evidence, but Mr Jones said there was no need for it, and witness did not enter the box. Wm. Rigg, head water-bailiff, said he took the measurements of the net, the mesh of which was f of an inch wide. Anything below one inch from knot to knot was illegal. Witness was about to prove previous convictions against defendant in con- nection with one of the summonses (that of using the net) when Mr Lewis Jones interposed saying he observed that previous convictions were mentioned in the summons. He had not much experience in the Fishery Laws but he thought this was "rather unusual. The Clerk said it had always been done in those cases. Mr Lewis Jones Then I won't con- test it further. Mr David Powell: Is it quite usual, Mr Harries, to state in the summons that a man has been convicted ? Mr Harries replied that it *as. Under the Salmon Fishery Acts the penalty for any offence under the Acts shall on convictiofl of a second offence not be less than a certain sum. Mr David Powell: I quite agree they can be put in after conviction, but it looks here as if it is prejudcing the cáse. Mr Harries I have had an experience of 25 years in these cases and it has always been done.. Mr David Powell Upon looking at this summons leads one to think that you are dealing' with a convicted poacher. Witness (Rigg) then produced docu- mentary evidence proving convictions against defendants under the Fishery Acts in March 1899, May 1910 and January 1913. Mr Lewis Jones: 1899 That goes back 20 years (to witnes Were you in Court then, or on the other two occasions ? v Witness No, I was not. Mr Jones Then how can you identify him ? Mr Harries If I produce from the official record convictions against defen- dant it is sufficient for the bench to accept them as convictions. Mr Lewis Jones for the defence said defendant did not deny he was on Buckland water on this date, but there were so many summonses issued against him that he wanted to get it cleared up. He was charged with having in his possession the young of salmon. How that one got into the net he did not know—(Laughter)—at anyrate it was not a serious charge because it was only one. It seemed to him that summonses 2 and 3 related to the same offence because he could not have a licence for an illegal net. As to the previous convictions he submitted that no proof of these had been given. He had had these summonses showered upon him rather thickly, and he commented upon the unfairness of recording previous convictions in a summons, remarking that it was certainly not the usual pro- cedure adopted in Assize Courts. By the summons the bench had been told that defendant was a convicted poacher. This man, however, had a good record. When war broke out he did not wait to be called up but joined the 3rd S.W.B. and had served in Prance and Egypt for four years and a halik having been once wounded. He asked the bench to deal leniently with him and to treat this as if it were a first offence and not to go back for 20 years for a previous conviction. Defendant was fined f4 in respect to each of the gummonses-f.16 altogether. The alternative was a month's imprison- meat in each ease to run consecutively. c.

PROPERTY SALES AT BRECON Trecastlo Farms. There was a large attehdance at the Castle Hotel, Brecon, on Friday, when Mr W. J. Price (Messrs Dd. and W. J. Price) offered several important lots of property. The first comprised freehold farms, small holdings, &c., in the parishes of Llanddetty, Traianglas, Traianmawr and Llandilo'rfane, which the auctioneer said in his introductory remarks com- prised" a little estate, which had been brought into the market owing to the lamentable death at an early age of Mr Kendal Downes, a member of an old and well-respected family in the county. Valuable common rights are appurtenant to all the farms. The lots were disposed of as follows :— Carnau farm, Llandilo'rfane, 120a Or lOp, rental £ 3G. Sold to the tenant, Mr Percy Prosser for 91,000. Dorallt farm, Traianglas, 181a Ir 14p, 961 lis rental. Purchased by Mr D. T. Jeffreys, solicitor, for the tenant Mrs Gwenllian Janes., for £ 1,500. Meifcy-fawi\ farm, Traianglas, 155a lr29p, rental JE50. Mr Jones, the present occuDier, was the purchaser for 1,200. Ynisfain Small Holding, Traianglas, 5a Or 39p. rental £ 15. Purchaser Mr Evans1; Alltyfan, for 9380. Penwingonfach farm, Traianglas, 13a Ir 20p, rental JE20. Purchaser Mr D. T. Jeffreys, for the tenant Mr John Wat- kins for £460. A jeld called Cae Pendre," la Or 14p, and four freehold cottages with gardens and smithy and also a plot of freehold land, the total rental being £ 10 16s, were knocked down to Mr Davies, Black Horse," Trecastle, for £ 150. Two'cottages and plot of land near Saron Chapel, Cwmwysg, la lr 35p, rental £10 7s, was purchased by Mr Jolly, solicitor, for Mr F. Lloyd Downes at £ 160. Cwmwysg Mill and land, 4a Or 21 |p, rental £ 14 10s, was also bought by Mr Jolly for Mr Downes for £ 300. Two plots of land near Llywel Church and plot of land with ruins near, in all comprising 43 perches, were purchased by Mr Downes for £ 12. Gellibant and Llwyncelyn farms, Llandetty, 127a 2r lOp, rental £ 80, tenant Mrs Mary Evans, were sold to Mr Jolly for Miss Jane Downes for £ 1,750. The.solicitors were Mr T. W. Donald- son, Newton Abbot, and Messrs H Edgar Thomas and Harries, Brecon.

UPPER CHAPEL HOUSES. Mr W. J Price also offered three houses situated in the parish of Merthyr Cyuog and near Upper and Lower Chapel. A freehold dwelling house, with garden and plot of land (with growing timber valued at 928 to be taken by purchaser), known as Gorof," was sold to Mr Rees Price, Penwain, Upper Chapel, for z 150. Tyr-yn-Heol," a leasehold dwelling house with garden and plot of land was bought by Mr Davies, Green Dragon," Brecon, for JE105. Rese Cottage," leasehold, with garden and plots of land la 27p, occupied by Mr J Havard at the annual rent of JE4 10s, was bought by the tenant for £95. The solicitors were Messrs D. W. E. and M. F. Thomas, Brecon.

EAGLE BREWERY," BRECON. The freehold business premises, dwelling house and stable known as the Eagle Brewery," situated in the Watton, Brecon, was also offered by Mr W. J. Price and was purchased by Mr Geo. Tudor, solicitor, for the West Brecon- shire Farmers' Co-Op. Society for 91,700. Messrs Jefffeys and Powell, Brecon, were the solicitors.

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The nets were ordered to be confiscated. Mr Lewis Jones asked that time be given defendant to pay adding that he was still on the Reserve not having teen discharged, and was now a labourer. The Chairman He will have a month to And the money.

| ■ — 1 I Watch 8r, y I. Year I Spending m M B. j "-= J §Mj I TWO families of the same size and with the same income, living side by s;de, paying the same rent, faeed with the same necessary expenses. One family is prosperous and comfortable the other living always in debt, or on the border of it. Why is this ? The Erst family has mastered the secret 6f WISE SPENDING — j the second has not. • The first thing the wise spender finds is that contentment is impossible without a margin—nothing is mors mis;rafcle than to live right up to one's income. Something must be set aaide each week to mt the needs of next week, next month, or the more distant future. Ths m~n who spends all his income is poor. The man with a margin it rich, and the bigger his weekiy, monthly or yearly margin, the richer he is. WATCH YOUR SPENDiNG-Save something every week. You cannot do better with your Savings than invest them in t? Obtainable through your local SA VINGS ASSOCIA TION, or u m fl from any Official Agent, Money Order Post Office or BankJ: H ..4:0.- ;¡;s¡

BUILTH DISTRICT COUNCIL. i. Mr Gilbert Eadie (chairman) presided over the monthly meeting of the Builth Wells Urban District Council and others pre.sent were Messrs. D. F. H. Williams, T. S. Hamer, E. S. Davies, Howard W. Lewis, Captain Reginald J. Owen (clerk), and other officials. The Council received a deputation from the Farmers' Union on the question of a public abattoir for the town. Mr 0. W, Davies said that the question of grading had been discussed and also the selling of stock by live weight, and they were not very satisfied. If they had a public abattoir they would have their stock slaughtered and sold by dead weight. The Government would not allow them to have them slaughtered at Builth because they had no public slaughterhouse. A large number of sheep were brought to Builth Market and sold at guess weight by the graders. 8 lbs to 10 lbs was allowed off each sheep for offal and that was a loss to the farmers. The Clerk asked what benefit would be derived if a slaughterhouse was provided in the case of stock sold to be taken away, as they could not have all the stock sold at the market killed at Builth. Mr O. W. Davies could not tell whether the dealers could be compelled toslaughter the stock alloted to them at Builth Wells.. The Clerk said that the suggestion in his opinion was not practicable in a place like Builth Wells as the local butchers had licensed slaughterhouses. In the past the Builth Urban Council did their best to meet the farmers by the making of a new smithfield and the farmers sold most of their stock outside therefore the smithfield was a loss to the rate-payers every year, and probably a puolic abattoir would prove the same, Councillor E. S, Davies remarked that ,the farmers had a perfect right to demand to have their animals sold by dead weight if they were not satisfied with the grading. Mr T. Richards also spoke. Councillor Hamer said that two farmers at Builth Market showed dissatisfaction and they had their sheep slaughtered and weighed, and through doing so both had a loss in the transaction. The chairman said that if the Council erected a public slaughterhouse they could not compel local-butchers to use the same. The Council hoped that the deputation would prevail upon the farmers to bring their stock to the smithfield where they would have a chance to make the best of their stock. Mr O. W. Davies also asked the Council to provide a pen near the weighing machine. Mr T. Richards thought farmers only wanted a place where they could have their stock slaughtered if they are not satisfied with the grading. Mr O. W. Davies thanked the Council for the courteous way they had received ¡ the deputation. Messrs. Evans and Price (Auctioneers, Builth Wells), asked the Council to con- struct a sale ring in the Smithfield. The Chairman said this matter had been considered by the Council but owing to the high prices of material the matter had been postponed. A committee was appointed to meet Messhs. Price and Evans at the Smith- field on a date to be fixed. The Clerk reported that the Red Cross motor ambulance had arrived and had been used twice. An application from Messrs. Lloyd Prosser, Price and James, Auctioneers, for permission to hold sales in the Smith- iield waa granted. The Council agreed to advertise for an I architect to carry out, in conjunction with the Surveyor, the building of 25 houses.*

THE LATE MR. ROBERT TAUNTON RAIKES. Funeral at Llangasty, The funeral of the late Mr Raikes, of Treberfydd, took place on Thursday morning, August 28th, at Llangasty. In the churchyard of the beautiful little church which his father had rebuilt in 1847, and upon which Mr Raikes had all his life bestowed such devoted love and care, he was laid to rest under the shadow of the churchyard cross which he and Mrs Raikes had placed to the memory of their son Cuthbert Raikes, of the Colonial Medical Service who died at Singapore in 1908. The coffin which was covered with flowers from his children and his grand- children was carried from the house by his employes and other parishioners to the lych gate .and was from there borne into the church and to the graveside by his four sons in uniform—Lt.-Col. G. T. Raikes, D.S.O., Commander R. H. T. Raikes, D.S.O., R.N., Lt.-Col. W. T. Raikes, D.S.O.. M.C., and Major D. T. Raikes, D.S.O., M.C. The service which was fully choral was taken by the Bishop of Swansea and the Rector (the Rev. E. L. Jenner) before a congregation which filled the church to its utmost capacity. The hyirins "Peace, perfect Peace," and Now the labourer's task is o'er," were beautifully sung, and the wonderful lesson from Corinthians was read by the Bishop of Swansea. The committal prayers at the grave were read by the Rector, and after the Bishop had given the blessing, the singing of the "Nunc dimittis closed a service of remarkable impressiveness and beauty, which will long be remembered by those who were privileged to pay their last tribute of respect to one they loved so well. Among those present were, besides the immediate members of MrRaikes'family and the parishioners of Llangasty, Lord and Lady Parmoor, Mr Theo. Stretch, the Rev. and Mrs H. Stanton, Mr H. Slocock, Col. Stuart Morgan, Col. Going, Col. Jones-Williams, Col. Cole-Hamilton, Capt. Travers, the Mayor of Brecon, Miss deWinton, Mr C. H. deWinton (Maesderwen), Mr F. Dickinson and Mrs Dickinson, Capt. Somerville, Capt. Gray- stone. Mr Henry F. W. Harries, the Rev D. Picton, the Rev Jason Thomas and the Rev D. J. Roberts, and a detachment of the Breconshire con- stabulary under Sergt. Bendle was in attendance. There were many beautiful flowers from The parishioners of Llangasty (with deepest sympathy), "the indoor and outdoor staff at Treberfydd" (in loving remembrance and deep sympathy), Mr and Mrs Wilkinson and famuy and the staff at 34 Nicholas Lane," Employes of the Victoria Street Estate (in token of great esteem), Col. Pearless and Officers of the 2nd Battn. S.W.B. Mr and Mrs J. Jones, Tre- berfydd Farm," "the Rev and Mrs E. L. Jenner," Lord and Lady Parmoor," "the Rev R. M. Jenkins and Miss Jenkins and Mrs Gray," the Rev A. H. and Mrs Stanton," "Mr and Mrs Gray, Peterstone Court," "Commander R. B. Darke, R.N. "Mrs Tyler and Miss Nona Slocock," "Mr and Mrs Highfield," "Miss F. Lawrence," "Mr W. S. deWinton and the Misses deWinton," Col. and Mrs Jones Williams," "Mrs Henry Cripps," and Mrs Stretch."

LLANWERN. Tug-of-War.—On. Saturlfiy evening, August 23rd, Llanwern team (captain, W. Morgan) beat Llechfaen heavyweights (captain, D. Watkins).