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BARMOUTH. OBITUARY,—The death took place on Weclnesday evening. December 18th, after a long illness borne with great fortitude, of Mr Edward Edwards, 8t Ann's-square, son of the late Lewis Edwards. mariner. Deceased, who was in his 27th year, had been engaged in the drapery trade in Manchester, where he served his apprenticeship Hp had also spent some time in London. His health subse- quently broke down, and he was recommended by his medical attendant to proceed to South Africa 101 recuperation. This was before the war broke out. He was accompanied there by his brother. The change had a beneficial effect for some time, and deceased was again able to follow his occupa- tion. The improvement, however, was only t, ni- porary, and the two brothers returned to their native country. Deceased lingered in a weak state for several months, and the end came on the date above mentioned. The funeral, a public one, took place on Monday, when a large number of relatives and friends followed the remains to their last resting place. The Rev R Ernest Jones -officiated at the house and at ths graveside. MALE VOICE CHOIR.-The Male Voice Choir, under the conductorship of Mr Griffith Griffiths, are now busily rehearsing the chorus, On the Ramparts," which is the test piece at the Dol- gelley Eisteddfod on Xew Year's Day. COUNTY SCHOOL GOVERNORS.—A meetiug of Governors of the County School was held on Thurs- day last, when there were present Alderman Lewis Lewis (in the chair), tRev Z. Mather, Mrs Wynne Williams, Dr Hughes. Councillors John Evans and John Davies, Mr Owen Jones and Mr Robert Wil- liams. Arrangements were made for the Christmas vacation, the term ending on Friday last, and the school will re-open on January 20th. Cheques were drawn for salaries. The colouring and decorating of the rooms was left to the Improvement Com- mittee. MAINTENANCE OF MAIN KOADS.—ihe Lroan District Council have decided to appeal to the Local Government Board for arbitration to det mine their dispute with the Merionethshire County Council, as to what the grant of the latter body shall be for the maintenance of main roads within the urban district. A memorinl stgned by five members is also about t) be forwarded to the Hon. C H Wynn, chairman, requesting him to call a special meeting of the County Council forthwitb, to pass a resolution requesting the Local Govern- ment Board to determine by arbitration the differ- ences that have arisen. A similar course has been adopted by the Dolgelley Urban Council, who have also failed to come to an agreement wi1-h the County Council. URBAN COUNCIL—A meeting of the Bar- mouth Urban District Council was held on Tuesday week, the Rev Gwynoro Davies presiding. Mr T. Abrahams brought forward a scheme for improving the sea front by the planting of trees and the erection of shelters, but it was decided, in view of the financial position of the town, not to proceed with the work until next March. A discussion took place with reference to the dispute with the County Council, against whom the Council have a claim of about £ 2,000 in respect of the maintenance of main roads. The Chairman said it was necessary that a resolution should be passed by both Councils requesting the Local Government Board to arbitrate before the latter would do so, and in face of the fact that the next meeting of the County Council would not be held for three months a very serious delay would take nlace. He added that tha Barmouth Council had been anxious for a settlement, but the County Council would not give way, contending that the Council must aceept whatever they chose to offer. It was decided to write to the Hon. C. H. Wynn. chairman of the County Council, asking him to call a special meeting in order that the necessary resolution might be passed, so that the Local Government Board might arbitrate. PETTY SESSIONS. The monthly Petty Sessions were held on Friday last at the Masonic Hall, befor Dr Lloyd (in the chair). Alderman Lewis Lewis, Mr John Evans, W T Morris and the Rev Gwynoro Davies. Offences against the -Liceniinq A(-t. --Geo Crump, landlord of the Royal Station Hotel, Barmouth, was charged with selling drink to a drunken person and with permitting drunkenness on his licensed prem- ises, and James Hpoe Stewart, of Llanfair, Llan- bedr, was charged with having been found drunk on such premises. Mr R. Guthrie Jones appeared to prosecute on behalf of tne police, and Mr Samuel Moss, M.P. (instructed lby Mr R. Jones Griffith), appeared for the defence. The case as against Stewart was first gone into, and Mr Guthrie Jones stated the prosecution was taken under section 12 of the Licensing Act, of 1872.-P.C. Danid Roberts was the first witness called. He said on Saturday, Nov 30th, he sawStewart about 3 40 in High-street, opposite the Belle Vue Arches. He was drunk and staggering. Defendant came to him and asked him Where has Breeze gone to." He afterwards went to the Royal Station Hotel. About 4 o'clock he (witness) in company of Sergeant Owen entered the Royal Station Hotel. He saw Stewart there, sitting down in a chair. He had a cup of tea be- fore him and a glass of sherry in his hand. Crump (the landlord) was there, also a man named Straw, and the barman On their entering the room Steward said Give the constaoles a drink. The Sergeant called Crump's attention to Stewart, but Crump made no reply. When asked for his name, Stewart gave it as James Thompson. Crump, how- ever, told him to give his proper name, which he did. Mr Straw, told Stewart to get up and show, tfie constables how he could walk. He .refused at first, but did so ultimately. The Sergeant said if he wanted to walk, he must walk a line, indicating a line on the carpet. Stewart tried to walk it three or four times, but failed each time. About five o'clock, he again saw Stewart at Glanywerydd- terrace. Defendant then asked him if he could overlook the matter, at the same time offering him a silver coin.—Cross-examined by Mr Moss, witness said he followed Stewart into the Station H.itel in about, ten minutes. He did not follow at once, as he did not thi r;k Mr Crump would allow such a man on his premises. They went into the Hotel through the coach-yard. When Crump was told that Stewart was drunk, he did not hear him reply I don't think so." Stewart failed to walk heel and toe across the room. Crump told theiti that Stewart came in and asked for a glass, and he gave him a cup of tea and a glass of sherry. Stewart did not ask him when he saw him at ten minutes to five Are yon serious about this matter" Nor did did say that the gossjp of a thing like this would do him hann.-Sprgeant Stephen Owen. who aocom-, panied the last witness, gave corroborative evidence as to what ocurred in the bolel. Later at 4 30, he was in High-Street, in company of SergeantJones.— He saw S fwart opposite Dr Hughes' surgery. He was walking1 along the road like a drunken man. He went from DrHughes'toDrLlovd'¡o;,and from there to Dr Williams', and they followed him When thev were at Dr Williams'. Stewart came to them and asked them two or three times to pass it ovi-r. His speech was affected, and he had no donbt whatever, from his conduet, that Stewart was drunk. He saw defendant later near Davies' butcher shop, where he again asked him to look it over. Crump did not deny that Stewarr was drunk when thev were in the hotel.—C ined, He rsould not say if Crump aoquisc.ed that Stewart was drunk. A gentleman named Straw accompanied Stewart when he called at the sur- geries of the three doctors. He could tn've no reason whv he should call at these places. There were steps leading up to Dr Williams' house, and Mr Straw wen: up and rang the bell. --Sup(-ri-it(!r)(-I- ent Jones also yave evidence for the prosecution,cor- roborative chit-fly of the interview in High-street where defendant came to them and said Pass it, over, thare i" no harm, is there?" Stewart wa verv unsteady in his gait.—Morris Griffiths Roberts 1, St Geonre-ferrace, Barmouth, saw Stewart on the afternoon in question by Belle Vue Arches, and agreed with the constable that defendant was drunk. H- was staggering from one side to the other. He afterwards saw him entering the Station Hotel.—Lewis Jones, foreman, Cambrian RaiUvavs. and F H Strneher. cJerk at the Metropolitan Bank, aod Edwin Husfhes, Penycei, Barmouth, also cave evidence—This closed the case for the proseeuMon. For the defenoe Mr Moss contended that the sum- mons was ivre<rnlar inasmuch asthe name of the lic- ensed house at which the alleged offence took place was nor stated therein.The Bench over-ruled the objection.—James Hope Stewart was then sworn. He said he was manager of copperworks at Pen- rhyn leudraeth, and a quarry at Llanfair. On the day in question he went to the works and returned to B,- rmtif h the 12 o'clock train. He went to the Station Hotel, and tbare bad a bottle of hitter. He saw Mr Straw there. He remained there about half an hour. He cOlTpieteiJ his business in town, and came back again to the Station Hotel about a quarter to four Mr Straw was still there. He (witness) had ordered his trap to be got ready. In the meantime he asked for a cun of tea, but this being long in coming he got a glass of sherry. When the constables came in he did not take them at all seriously, and invited them to have a drink. He drank the sherry while the police-constables were in. When the constables asked for his name, he thought they did so in a joke. He walked across the room. and at the request of the sergeant walked across th- floor heel and toe. While be was doing that the sergeant knocked a stool over. He after- wards called upon the three doctors named, but neither were in. He called a second time, with the same result. When he saw the constable afterwards he said it would be a serious thing- for I him (witness) to have this rumoured about the country, and it would do him (the constable) no good. He was driven home that night by a man named Rowlands. On the way home, be called at Llanddwvwn Inn and had a glass of beer there. Before beine served, he told the landlord and the others in the house of the charge of drunkenness made against him at Barmoutb. He afterwards from Llanbedr to Llanfair.—Cross-; examined, Stewart said that be only had one glass of beer at Penrhyndeudraeth. He had two glasses of beer at the Station Hotel, Barmouth, and one glass of sherry at the Marine. He was not under the influence of drink that afternoon. He did the heel and toe exercise at the hotel as well as anyone could be expected. He reached Lllanddwywe Inn at, he thought, about 6-80 p.m., which was two-and- a-half hours after the time the police complained he was drunk. He was at the Station Hotel on the day previous to the alleged offence, and was driven z, home after the departure of the last train.—George Crump, landlord of the Station Hotel, was next examined. He said when Stewart came to his house the first time be remained there about half- an-hour, during which time, ha had two bottles of Bass. When he the second time shortly before four, he was quite sober. He asked for a cnp of tea, but this being a long time coming, he had a glass of sherry. He denied the sergeant's statement that Stewart, was drunk. Stewart treated the con- stables in a jocular way, and when they asked h im for his name he replied Jimmy Thompson," —Charles Holben, barman at the Royal Station Hotel, Richard H. Straw, 1, Belle Vue, Barmouth Robert Davies; George White, ostler at the Corsy- gedol Hotel ;ohn Morris, Hendreclochydd Rowland Griffth Roberts; and Evan Davies, Glan- llyn, Barmouth, were also examined for the defence. The foregoing witnesses detailed Stewart's movements during the time he was at the hotel, and from then until he was driven by the last, named to the Llanddwywe Inn, on his way home. All swore that Stewart was not drunk, but most admitted thal there was a trace of drink about him. Evan Davies, said he had told the police that; Stewart wrs betwix and between." In reply to the Rev Gwynoro Davies, he now said that in his opinion Stewart was perfectly sober. '-William Mitchelmore (landlord); Griffith Williams, Trongaled Farm, and other witnesses were called to prove Steward's condition when he arrived at the Llanddwywe Inn.—The Bench having con- sidered their decision, the Chairman announced there was a majority of three to two in favour of a conviction, and they had decided to impose a fine of 10s and costs.-The Court then adjourned for luncheon.—On resuming, the case against Crump was gone into. Some arguments took place at the outset as to whether the prosecution could proceed with two separate charges under the same section of the Act. The Bench ruled that they could only convict, on one of the charges. Mr Guthrie Jones said he would proceed with the charge of selling drink to a drunken person, but stated that if he failed to prove his case on that count, he could fall back upon the other.—Evidence similar to that adduced in the case against Stewart was again given. There was no cross-examination by Mr Moss, who afterwards contended that he had no case to answer, inasmuch as the prosecution had made no attempt to show that there was a sale of any kind —The Bench, having considered the point, said they were unanimous that there had been a sale.—A fine of P-5 was imposed and an endorse- ment of the license ordered,—The Rev Gwynoro Davies said the Bench bad taken into account that-, there had been three previous convictions against this house and two against the present licensee.-The summons for permitting drunkenness was then withdrawn. Drunkenness.—James Willie and Frederick Tattersall, Barmouth, were fined 5s and costs for having been drunk and disorderly, and a fine of 7s 6d was imposed on Lewis Pugh, Llandanwig, Llanbedr, and 2s 6d and costs on John Roberts, Talybont mill. for the same offence.
♦ CARDIGAN.
♦ CARDIGAN. TOLLS AND DUES.—The tolls and dues arising from the market and slaughterhouse were let by auction on Wednesday week last and bought by Mr Bickerton for £193, being £2 under the price paid last year. PRESENTATION.—On the 13th inst, in connection with the recent marriage of Miss Lizzie Hannah Francis, daughter of Mr T. Francis, maltster, Pendre, Cardigan, and Mr T F Baldwin, instructor at the St Dogmell's Battery, the officers instructors, and men of the Royal Naval Reserve, St Dogmells, took advantage of the occasion and presented Mr Baldwin with a handsome marble dining-room clock, with a silver plate, on which was the follow- ing inscription :—" Presented to Mr T. Baldwin by the officers, instructors, and R.N.R. men, on the oc- casion of his marriage, December 7th, 1901." The clock was supplied by Mr A. M, Bebb, Pendre, Car- digan, by whom the engraving was also tastefully executed. BOROUGH POLICE COURT. Shire Hall, Thursday, before the Mayor (Mr Arthur Clougher), Mr W. Woodward, Mr W. Picton Evans, and Mr T. E. Davies. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Thomas White Jones, tailor, College-row, Cardi- gan, was summoned by P.C. David Davies, for be- ing drunk and disorderly on the highway at College-row, Mwldan, on the 14th inst. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said he was sorry to have to make his first, annearannfi in a nolice court in Cardigan. A fine of 2s 6d and costs was imposed. AN INLAND REVENUE CASE. David John George, Cwmbettws, Llanfairnant- gwyn, Pembrokeshire, farmer, was charged by Mr S. E. Hewitt, Inland Revenue officer, St Dogmells, with keeping aud using a carriage without a license in the parish of St Dogmells on the 23rd of August. Mr T. Parkinson, supervisor, prosecuted on behalf of the Inland Revenue. Mr S. E. Hewitt, said he saw the defendant driv- ing the trap on the day in question in Castle- street. There were goods in the trap at the time, and there was no inscription on the trap. The vehicle was an ordinary spring dogcart. There were no children in the trap. D. J. George, the defendant in the case, said that on the day in question he came to town in the dogcart with his wife, who had some ducks for sale. When going out of town, he saw Mr Hewitt. There were three children and his wife in the trap. Mr Hewitt did not stop the trap. Witness said that his own name was on the body of the cart, but not the address. He bad received two letters tell- ing him to take out a full licence. He had not done so, as he was not in the habit of taking out a license for the trap. Mr S.;E. Hewitt, recalled, said that at the time he saw the defendant, he (witnes) was riding a bicycle, and had slowed down at the top of the Ropewalk-hill. The magistrates decided not to inflict a fine, but ordered defendant to pay the costs. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE BRIDGEND FOUNDRY. Mr Augustus Lewis, Inspector of Factories and Workshops, Swansea, charged the Bridgend Foundry, Cardigan, with not having a certain dangerous part of a planing machine securely fenced at the foundry on the 2nd of November.— Mr J L. Stokes, solicitor, Cardigan, appeared on behakf of the defence,—Mr Mathews' manager of the Foundry, pleaded not guilty. Edward T. Johns (19), Castle-street, Cardigan, said that on the 2nd of November last he was in the employ of the Bridgend Foundry, Cardigan, as improver. On the day in question between 2-30 and 3 o'clock, he was engaged on the planing machine worked by steam. His duty was to plane part ofla "shaker" of a thrashing machine. Witness bad to start the machine, and in order to do so bad to g. to another part of the workshop. He bad not used the machine earlier that day, and consequently he did not know the depth of cut. Witness had from thirty to forty Shakers to plane. It was a part of his duty to plane these pieces of wood. A few days before he executed the work by hand, because he was of opinion that it was too dangerous to use the machine. The manager, Mr Mathewa, asked witness why he did not use the machine, and one Jones, who was in the workshop at the time, remarked that there was no sense in using the machine, it was too dangerous." Mr Mathews and witness worked together at the machine, the manager instructing him in the work. Mr Mathews was pushing and witness was taking off. Owing to some knots in the wood it caused the wood to jump. On the day after J. Lloyd Jones used the machine with Mr Mathews, the former doing the feeding. The manager said to Jones you had better look after vour fingers, or you will have them off. On the 2nd November, witness started the machine to plane the "shakers." Witness was feeding the machine, with his left hand in front, pressing on the wood in order to keep it on the cutters. His hand slipped on to the knives. There was no guard over the cutters, nor had there been one since it had been placed in the factory. Witness hplif>\7f»rl it. wac » .Vv.inrl mnphino IVUnacc had seen the machine since, and there was then a guard over the cutters. Providing the guard had been placed on the machine before the accident could not have happened. When witness,first saw the manager after the occurrence there was no reference made to the accident. Witness was attended by Dr Stephens, and owing to the injuries he had sustained be was unable to con- tinue his employment. Cross-examined by Mr Stokes-Mr Mathews did not instruct me to place my finger tips on the pieces of wood. By passing a piece of wood over I could have ascertained the depth of the cut. I bad been employed at the Bridgend Foundry a month before the accident occured. I have caused a notice to be served upon Mr Mathews for com- pensation. MrAugustus Lewis deposed: I am H.M.'s Inspector of Factories for South Wales and Monmouthshire. I received a letter from the manager giving an account of the accident to Johns on November 2nd. I replied to Mr Mathews and asked him if guards were fixed on the planing machine. Mr Mathews replied that there were no guards over the knives of the planing machine, as it bad only recently been placed in the factory, and he did not know that guards were necessary. I visited the works this morning and saw the machine in question. It was an ordinary planing machine, and fitted to it was a guard over the cutters. With that guard in proper position it would have been impossible for the accident, as described by the witness Johns, to have happened. Unprotected, I consider it a very dangerous machine. Mr William Edward Matthews, manager, on being sworn, said I have heard the evidence of Johns with reference to the danger of the machine, which is distinctly untrue. About a fortnight before the accident I went into the shop, and saw him working the timber by hand. I asked why it was not done by the machine. I set the machine, with Johns in attendance, and worked it. The wood was planed in double lengths, and not in the size produced. I distinctly gave orders that men were not to put their hands over the cutters. There was no guard to the machine. Johns did not complain to me at any time of the machine being dangerous. I had not seen a machine of this description at work before, and I did not think it necessary to have a guard. It is a second-hand machine, and there was no guard fixed on the machine when I pur- chased it. I cautioned Johns several times regarding the careless way he went about his work at the machine. He replied that he knew what he was about." I have also heard the foreman cau- tion him. Johns has used the machine by himself on many occasions prior to the 2nd of November. I contend that if the machine was used carelessly, even when protected by guards, that it would be possible for an accident to happen. Cross-examined by Mr A. Lewis: I have a copy of the abstract of the rules in the factory. I pur- chased the machine second-hand. I did not make any enquiries as to the guarding of a planing machine. I do not consider it a dangerous machine. The cutters make 800 revolutions per minute. The cutters should not be more than one-thirty-two of an inch above the table. I regard myself as a practical man. I deny that Lloyd Jones ever cau- tioned me with regard to the danger of the machine. Johns was a careless workman in general. He was receiving 12s per week as an improver. William Lloyd Jones, foreman of the Bridgend Foundry, said that he remembered the day when Johns met with an accident. He had cautioned Johns, because all carpenters' machines were dangerous, and he (Johns) appeared careless. At the conclusion of Mr Stokes' address for the defence, he said that his client bad instructed him to withdraw the plea of not guilty, Mr Picton Evans said that the bench had taken into consideration the fact that Mr Mathews bad always carried out any suggestions given by the Inspectors. The proceedings were taken under Section 82 of the Act (1892), where the penalty was a very heavy one—that of not exceeding a sum of E100. However, as far as they were aware, it was the first accident that had taken place at the Bridgend Foundry, and the magistrates had decided to impose a fine of £ 3 and costs, and they trusted that it would prove a warning to others in the town and district. EGLWYSWRW PETTY SESSIONS. These Sessions were held at the Court Room, Eglwyswrw, on Tuesday of last week, before Mr T. Colby (in the chair), Mr Benjamin Rees, and Dr Havard. POACHERS FINED. John Wm Raymond, farmer, Neverr), summoned John Jones, Cwm, for trespassing in search of game on the 16th of October.—Complainant, in the course of his evidence, said on the day in question be saw the defendant on his land in search of game. De- fendant had a gun and dog. Witness went to the defendant, and asked him his name and address. Defendant gave the name of John Jones, Cwm, Cil- gerran. This afterwards proved incorrect. Witness saw P.C. G. W. Lewis in Cardigan, where he also saw the defendant enter a public house. The constable went into the house, and it afterwards transpired that defendant's name was Thomas Davies, Pendre, Cardigan. P. 0. Lewis deposed that when he served the summons on the defendant, he (the defendant) said, with reference to Raymond, There's a gentle- man why does he not come here himself and settle the matter 1A fine of 10s aad costs was imposed. A COMMERCIAL IN TROUBLE. P.C. G. W. Lewis. St Dogmells, charged Mathias James, Croft Farm, Whitland, for driving a carriage and pony at a furious rate on the highway on the 26th of October. Mr J. L. Stokes, solicitor, Cardi- gan, appeared on behalf of the defence.—Defendant was also charged with being drunk in charge of the carriage and pony on the same occasion. P.C. Lewis said at 1-30 p.m. on the day in ques- tion, he was on the White Hart Hill, St Dogmells. He there saw the defendant furiously driving a pony atttached to a trap. He was Accompanied by a young man of the name of Jones. Defendant was drunk, and was driving at about the rate of ten miles an hour. The reins were quite slack. Three or four children, who were standing at the top of the hill,had a narrow escape. He called to him to take time, and to pull the p?ny up. Defendant passed him at the jame speed. He proceeded some dis- tance, and then turned the pony round in his direc- tion. He asked him why he drove at such a speed down the street. He told the defendant he was drunk, and that he could not allow him to take charge. Defendant descended from 'the trap, and became very disorderly. Defendant" squared up" n front of him, and said that he was as good a man as he. He threatened to lock him up, and asked Daniel Jones to take charge of the pony and trap. He then went away, and was sent for to his house by Mr Morgan, Methodist minister. The pony was taken out from the trap. He afterwards found de- fendant in the Sloop Inn, St Dogmells. He called the attention of the landlady to the defendant, and told her not to serve him with any intoxicating liquor.—Cross-examined by Mr Stokes: There were no elderly people on the street. I do not call Mr Morgan as a witness. Mr Morgan said to me that Jones and the defendant were not in a fit state to take charge of the pony and trap, or words to that effect. He also said he was sorry for Daniel Jones. because the fault lay with the defendant. Daniel Jones was: not drunk. I did not see defendant served with any drink at the Sloop Inn, but there was a bottle of soda watef and a glass on the table. Defendant was driving at the time that he saw him, and not Daniel Jones. Defendant had some bags in his trap. I did not see him stay anywhere except at the Sloop. I saw defendant earlier in the day at Cardigan. I had a conversation with Daniel Jones on the 1st November concerning the affair. I can swear that the defendant was drunk. I am on friendly terms with the defendant, and he has asked me to have drinks with him. I swear that the defendant did not ask me to take him before a doctor to be exarnine(I.-Matliias James, the defendant in the case. on being sworn, said that he was a commercial traveller, and was employed by a Birmingham house. He denied the truth of both charges. About 11-30 a.m. on the day in question he started out from the Castle, having arrived there on the previous night. He hired a trap, and went to St. Dogmell's, where he tran- sacted some business. He called on Mr Morris James, from whom he took an orde.r and then went to see Mr D. Morris. On returning from St Dogmells, the pony became very restive, and reared on two occasions. Witness said to the driver" stop the trap. I would rather walk, it is dangerous." He then met P.C.Lewis, whom he asked to have a drink. P.C. Lewis said You are drunk." He called in a public house and asked for a bottle of beer. Lewis shortly afterwards followed np, and said "Don't give this man any beer," after which be left. Witness called out from the step of the Mariners Inn, You can take me before a medical man to prove that I am drunk." Defendant walked back to Cardigan, and went to the Castle. During the afternoon he took an order from Mr D. B. Davies, tailor. Witness made up the cash sheet, and paid the money into Lloyd's Bank. He received the receipt (produced). Witness departed with the four o'clock train, and had several conversations with the guard.—Cross-examined by P.C. Lewis—1 went straight to St Dogmells. I was not in Cardi- gan at 11-40 a.m. I received no caution from Inspector D. Williams for furious driving. I did not ask you to fight.-By the Magistrates Clerk-I was descending from the trap when I saw the policeman. I was sitting on the left si(leof the trap John Vaughan, landlord of the Castle Inn, Cardigan, deposed that the defendant hired a trap from him on the last Saturday in October. Defen- dant left the Castle at 11-30 a.m. in the trap provided by witness. The pony had been purchased at Newcastle Emlyn fair on the previous day. It was a restive horse. Defendant was perfectly sober, as was also Daniel Jones, who accompanied him. Defendant walked home, and was not intoxicated. Witness sent out Jones for the pur- pose of driving the defendant.—Cross-examined by P. C. Lewis--I cannot say whether defendant turned to his right or left after leaving the stable yard Daniel Jones had his coat on when leaving the yard. After returning defendant did not go to bed. Defendant left by the four o'clock train.—William Lloyd, Cilgerran Daniel Jones. ostler at the Castle Inn, Cardigan Morris James, tailor, St Dogmells and Benjamin Davies, tailor, St Mary's-street, Cardigan, also gave evidence for the defence.— After a short consultation, the chairman said that the case would be adjourned until the next sessions at Newport, to obtain more evidence.
Reviews.
Reviews. RUSKIN'S SOCIAL EXPERIMENT AT BARMOUTH, —Miss Blanche Atkinson is to be heartily con- gratulated on the dainty booklet which gives us her valuable and tender account of Mr Ruskin's visit and personal interest in that social experi- ment at Barmouth with which his name and that of Mrs Talbot are so closely connected. Six new illustrations of the quaint cottages on the noble crystalline rock" of Abermaw are included from the artistic pen of A. J. Hewins, The initial R on the cover is reproduced from Fors Clavigera those letters from the Master-hand from which so many of us have derived no little food for life's stern battle. All who value the lessons taught by the" last of the giants of the Victorian Era" should secure this worthy memento of his con- nection with this locality. UNDERGROUND WATERING OF PLANTS AND GARDENS.—Mr John Grant who holds the silver medal of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland for a useful invention, has given us some of his experiences on this subject. As an enthusiastic gardener of fifty years, and a grower of roses Mr Grant's words carry much weight and deserve the careful consideration of his brothers of the spade and watering pot. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH." BY STEPHEN SMITH, M.R.C.S. This is a book that can be warmly recommended to anyone desiring to know the real truth about vivisection. The author is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and writes with entire im- partiality. In the year 1900 he studied at various I continental hospitals his own special branch of medicine, and, thinking vivisection an important subject, devoted sometime to investigating it as he went on. This book narrates what he saw, and is illustrated with diagrams drawn from dead animals on whicli the author had repeated the experiments he saw made on living ones. The book is a ghastly one, but it should nevertheless be studied and studied carefully; we ought to know for what reasons scienf, fie laboratories are endowed, we ought to know what is permitted as a lawful and laudable pursuit in a civilised country. It has often been stated by the defenders of vivisection that animals are anaesthetised, that they have no apprehensions previously, and are destroyed after very serious operations. All this Dr Smith shows from his own observation to be false and inevitably false. Animals practically cannot be anaesthetised it is very difficult to render them unconscious, and, when they are unconscious, it is still more difficult to avoid killing them. It is almost impossible to properly anaesthetise a dog," says Dr Smith, even if the experimenter were disposed to take the trouble." All those he saw remained conscious, and struggled to the utmost extent possible. Nor is the custom to kill animals after the severest operations they often die, but they are not killed. On the contrary it is usually necessary to keep them alive in order to see the result; they remain in agonies, and if the vital force is strong enough they are kept for months and even years, and operated on repeatedly till at length the too lingering death does ensue. One of the most terrible chapters in the book describes a number of animals that were so kept, with portions of their brains removed a dog who had been so mutilated that he would never run straight again, but was only able to turn round and round just as long as nature could stand the strain, savage with his sufferings another dog who had been operated upon three times within two years, and a portion of the brain removed each time pigeons which were unable to walk properly, but merely staggered with their heads toppling over, and one side of the head almost dragging on the ground. Animals in such a condition as this have wholly lost their desire for life, they refuse food, but they are fed by artificial means, and so kept alive for fresh tortures. A drug called curau "is often given, which keeps the unhappy victim from struggling under the operator's hands, inasmuch aa it paralyses muscular action, but it is not in any sense an anaesthetic; it does not destroy, it perhaps even intensifies feeling. The author of this book does not wish to represent vivisectors as unnatural monsters. In other relations of life they may be humane enough, but it is impossible to witness, much less to administer, such horrible sufferings without growing callous, and he quotes the best witnesses—his own feelings. When he first saw these tortures performed upon animals they made him sick and giddy with horror, but after a while he grew almost indifferent. There must, he says, be a terrible loss of moral fibre with the operators themselves. There is a very interesting chapter at the end on the ethics of cruelty. The author arrives at the conclusion that 'humanity' is not only advisable ethically but also practically. The survival of the fittest has produced qualities antagonistic to those of the savage. The fittest have been the most humane. It is not a coincidence that the vigorous, successful Anglo-Saxon race has been foremost in suppressing slavery and cruelty to animals, and the country of bull-fights, and the torture of political prisoners is one of the most effete in Europe. Apart from the animals alto- gether, the loss of moral feeling to the vivisectors and to the country which permits their cruelties is an incalculable harm. Altogether, this book, written by a scientific man, from the inside view and with strict moderation, is one of the most weighty pronouncements on this subject that have been uttered. We might add in conclufion that as the results of vivisection on animals are admitted by the vivisectors them- selves to be somewhat misleading as applied to man, there is bound to be, if the practice be pro- nounced ethically right, a demand sooner or later for 'criminal' or inferior' human subjects. Miss Cobbe, Hengwrt, Dolgelley, will gladly len4 a copy of this book to anyone desiring to aee it.
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New Quay Jottings. The herring season is nearly over, and it is regrettable to think that it has been a failure,' partly owing to the scarcity of fish, and partly to the lack of enterprise, together with the great reluctance shown by the present day fisherman to go outside five fathoms of water. It will become a serious question in the near future how the fisher- man is to obtain a livelihood without going afloat. # Under these circumstances, two shipmasters, now out of employment, are taking time by the fore- lock, by attending a music school. It is said that they are making rapid progress, and will soon be able to preside over a barrel organ. We look forward to some high-class street music when the fishing industry fails. V vyliat about the cookery classes organised by the Aberystwyth University through the County Council-? What have our local public bodies done for the town in this matter ? As usual, nothing. They appear to be confirmed dyspeptics; whilst nearly every village and hamlet throughout the county have secured the service of a professional teacher in cookery, this place has been entirely neglected by those that ought to have the interest of the community at heart. Nothing would have been done in this respect had it not been for the energy of a couple of benevolent ladies, who came to the rescue, and formed a class which, judging by the enthusiasm of the pupils, is destined to make its mark on the rising generation. By a strange coin- cidence, since the starting of this cookery class, the neighbours complain of the mysterious disap- pearance of their domestic cats, but it cannot be imagined that poor pussy is being converted into mock-rabbit, and pork sausages. Anyhow, even if every cat in the neighbourhood disappears, the effort of these ladies deserves success. or Those pupil teachers who were obliged to tramp through siush and mud to Llanarth for their science lessons have reason to be grateful at the prospect of the re-opening of the Higher Grade School. Mr. Wallis Thomas, who has been appointed as master, is pnderstood to be a capable teacher in all necessary subjects. It appears strange that New Quay should be at the present time absolutely devoid of an efficient teacher qualified to instruct pupil teachers, and others requiring these subjects. # After the collapse of the innumerable com- mittees, and after having utterly failed to build a 12 by 8 brick wall to shelter the new hearse, there is now a movement on foot to build a large public hall at a cost of about E2,000. No doubt, this building would prove a boon to the town, and is a long-felt necessity. It is intended to form a syndicate, and make it a paying concern. But shall we see this project realised ? If a few of the old stagers can be induced to take part in the movement, it will, no doubt, prove a success, and on the other hand, if the malcontents will be allowed to hinder the movement and make a castle in the air" of it, they deserve the fate of Samson. But, perhaps, out of the debris, we shall get a few bricks to build a house for the hearse.
IDERWENLAS.
I DERWENLAS. BAND OF HOPE ENTERTAINMENT.—The United Band of Hope gave an entertainment on Friday evening last at the Schoolroom, In the unavoid- able absence through indisposition of Mr Richard Owen, timber merchant, the chair was occupied by Mr Daniel Evans, Messrs E Meredith Jones and D Philip Jones, Machynlleth, acted as adjudicators, and performed their duties most satisfactorily. Prizes were offered for solo singing, part songs, recitations, impromptu speeches. The arrange- ments had been carried out by Mr Evan Jones, of Cynffyrch, who has been most energetic with the children during the winter months. It is intended that this should be but the first of a series of simi- lar meetings. The proceeds will be devoted toward different objects in connection with the Band of Hope. The schoolroom was fairly well filled with an interested audience. Votes of thanks to those who had taken part were carried with acclamma- tion.
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