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FROM FAR & NEAR.' ) V Cat Attacks Constable. j vVhiio >'oiioe-oorial able .lak«ma.n wa,s on I duty in Eldon-road, Heading, a, oat sud- denly pounced on him, and in endeavour- ins to free himself he was badly bitten in ¡ the thumb. The constable went to the l hospital to have the wound cauterised.. In the Wash Under Three Flags. I i'ne Kev. JN. t vtzpa trick, desoraomg a I vi.it to the Balkan States in a lorture at the, | Camera Club, spofce of the difficulties he I had with hit; laundry. The same bundle of clothes was soaked in Rouraanda, rough- dried in Bulgaria., and finished and ironed in Servia. £ 500 Pocket Money. j 5, Poctt ,Money. I W hen the Prince of wales attained me legal majority and became the actnal owner of the Duchy of Cornwall revenues, J3500 a yAr was allowed him. This sum has to suffice for all his expenses except travelling and cl- hefc, the bills for which a-re, settled by his equerry. Panel Patient's Ways. T-Jie panel chemist looked at- the prescrip- Men. "Y ou'll have to pay a penny for the I bottle," he said. "Nay, I'll not., came tne "?pjy: "Gove;nnicnt free. I've brought, a washed gingM'-beer bottle ere, and I'll trouble you ?o put it in that. and -I'll trouble ?'OU lO -put it in tba?t. VtctM-Crayson. I Vlctor_C.rayn.L AI- Un the application ot mt. VV, f). wjimiet, I a receiving order was made at the Bank- TllptCY Court, andr H. petition presented against Mr. A. Victor Grayson, the Social- described as late of Cleveland-mansions, I Brixton, S.W. The petioning creditor's 1 claim was for £ 101 in respect of money lent, j 4 W" U.S.A. Pit Disaster. I Eimnngnam (Alabama;, Saturday.—r~ve [ shires and seven negroes wore killed in an ■nxploeioTi in the Rock Castle coal mine near here to-day. There wete 2CG other men •it work in the pit at, the time of the ex- plosion. hut, the" succeeded in effecting: their escape. It is believed the explosion was due i-o coal duet.—(Renter.) I As She is Spoke. I I' i i-st Lancashire schoolboy tiwxn trae u>p I a pafesiag tramcair to a schoo l friend: "'Gooin' th' "all t'neet?" Second L.S. Yi AW Ie -t. Tile two. explains the Manche*st«ir Gnar- diaJi." have made aJi aippoinbmenfc to meet :tot half-past fix for the first show of the local picture-hall, -"■" d whi' h. will be faitih- folly kept. "t>-<i><o/t.ô';><9- Say So." I When a man twls charged at Thames Police Court with drunkenness a young policeman said he saw him endeavou-ring t", enter an 'C, Mr. Lieyoester (tv" magistrate) at is that? The con- stable: A publio conveyance—a metropoli- tan frtage rriage. Mr. Leyoester: What sort of £ #A £ arriage? The constable: An omnibus. ifn Leyoester: Then why not say Not So Very Dead I Stea-mboats an the Sea. of Galilee, a lager- beer shanty on the shore of the Dead Sea, j and oil.boring in the Jordan Valley-these I a re among the most vivid of the impressions of Palestine brought away by Dr. Edgar Geil, the well-known author and explorer, who has just reached London after a visit of several mouths to Egypt, Turkey, and the I Holy Land. I Practical. I x ow. Tony, if there were nineteen I sheep in a field, iwid seven juanped over a. wall, how many would be left?" None, Miss Stowe." "(" Tony, think »g»in. There were nineteen sheep and seven jumped over the wall." IVOII, Miss Stowe. I think I know what you mean; but really Mass Stowe, you may know airith- r-vtic, but you don't kinow sheep. "—{"Eldu- f uonal Times.") *1' "it' «fri Cymric Bulls. I Wales produces bolls other thiam tibose tound in cattle shows. A North Wales correspondent, say. the" Western M.aril. calls upon the parish councils to h<M meet- ing of piroteet. "In tb., m»aA#l £ ane, he 88i. "I hope abler pens than mine will put their shoulder to the wheel and flood the columns of yowr paper Dintil satisfaction is forthcoming. We hereby warn all pens against shouldering or flooding this column. $ t # To Old "-at -SO- I I I The late Lord Salisbury had a pretty vm. At the beginning of the South Afrio&n War both his private secretaries volunteered, and they were followed, says the "Express," by the Duke of Norfolk, who asked to be al- lowed to resign his post of Postmaster- General and go to the front. "I suppose you may," &ud Lord Salisbury, "but I do hope Cross won't wamt to go." Lord Cross, who died last week, waa then Lord Privy II 8eaJ, and was nearly eighty! I London Didn't Notloe. ) The decision of the Lewes Guardians to supply niale inmates of their workhouse with smocks instead of overcoats was ob- jeeted to on the ground that it would make them conspicuous. A workhouse official has ftOwllpent a day in London wearing one of the smocks. The only remark he heard was I at London Bridge, where a Billingsgate por- ter said to another, "Look what that chap's got on." Returning in the train at night a companion aaked if he had been motoring. The inmates are pleased with the ohamge. A Plot for-a Clnoma. I T??nM??aaseaa6mo!r?oaE!edia?  ?oek on Fwwr Justo M&rtHiez, a strong ] (?ric&l and wealthy landowner, m th<? ..M Caeti?M tkwn of 01-odo, amd asked i :r sheiw. SMior Marh?? weioom?d t??m? and, a&ter giving them ? good dimw?, 000: ducted them to & T?droom. Thereupon the men drew re? vers and demanded £ 1,000. The money v?w paid MeT, and th?men then formd him, un d er thraat of <M'Mh, to ac- <«mpMty them t-hrmgh t!h? -OxeetG until tlhev reaiohed forest outeide the town. Thm th«v tihirew off theit" haibits and, mounting* hcr-As which were waiting for them, rode off. Child's Mummy in Garret. The fstory of the body of a. child heing I found in the garret of a. house at Bnck- hurftt Hill was told before the Metropolitan Euex coroner a.t Buckhnrst Hill on Satur- I day. Frederick Ayres, trardene r at the Mount, deposed tht on December 30th lie I went into the garret of that house to at- tend to eome water pipes, and noticed a cardboard box containing the body of a rthild. Medical evidence showed that the I body was very much decomposed amd dried up. and had been in the garret anything from one to five yearn There was no evi- dence to show how it got there, and the Jurr returned a verdict of "Found dead." Foxhounds Hold Up Trains. Kfeaiaiiiii.t>)e aevilta witnessed on the (ireat Western Kail way between feonnin^r aoiU I 'l.'wyford. mo few-or ttMun. three iTaiiis, one an 1 express, btUng- held up W, the tsouoh BerJi,j) I ^OxhOund^. J. wo fOJQM had been started in I Wle Maiaeu &rlei|fti covers. They neaded btraigiit for the railway, with the hounds hot on the scent, the main body pursuing a fox which ran down a deep incline leading directly on to the line, with Hanking wails eight feet high on either side. The fox man- aged to cla.mber up the wl. but tile hounds failed to ne?otia-t? the obetruotion. Fortun- ately th?re happened to be an emergency sig- nal box close by, and tl? o&ciala in charge qUickly placed th? lever against the oncom- ing trains. The result was that the trains were stopped ere they had a chance of run- ning thro-tigh the pack. 4xXx$><>4- Bone-Setter's Busy Time. I This is one of the baaient seasons oi Uie yearia for my profession," said Mr. Fraink Matthews, the well-known manipulative surgeon, this week. Winter, with its i robust Kporjte, n!lmll.ø ill numtterts of lwople coinrftCtinR sprains, fraoturee and dis- placements of bonets and cartilages and ligamente, and under treatment at Trenti- hoe-nianBio"=i. 90, Charing-emwe-road, Mr. hatthews at preeent. has 7 Hki-ers and skaters, 11 Hunting inen, and 24 Footballexe. In htf experienoe the knee-joint ig the part (,f the human frame which most fre- quently suffers injury, ftild altogether lie hat. treated 20,000 ca«es. "My percentage ot i,riltirea to nhta.in a cure." he com- puted, has been on the most liberal esti- ma-te only 10 per cent." I A Sound Investment. The huge dividend of 750 per cent. nas been declared for the year jufet ended by the Premier Diamond Oompaaiy, exceeding the di viaend for the previous year by no le-ts than 150 per cent. The year estab. lished a record in the history of the com- pany, and the prospects of the undertak- ing: continue favourable. I -V' C.W.R. Guards and Fog Duty. At the meeting of the ureat WeStern UWI- way Conciliation Board it was agreed that the standard week's work of goods guards and brakesmen should be 60 hours, com- posed of six turns of duty. In regard to the question of supplying refreshments to men when on fJlrgiHg duty or eweeping snow, it was agreed that. a payment of 8d. would be made if work started at 4 a.m. Liner Ashore near Plymouth. Wniist mailing- tor t'lymoutn on rnaaj evening in a, thick fog the American Line steamer Philadelphia, from New York, with passengers and mails, ran ashore be- tween Rame Head a,nd Penlee Point, about six miles outside the harbour. The sea was very calm, with little wind, and with- cut. assista,noe the liner was refloated very quickly and anohored about a mile and a quarter from the shore. The End Justifies the Means! p, 1 Alter a vu-miie riae on tne Duners 01 » midnight express train, Archibald Coppin, brewer s packer, of Oaesidy-road, Fulhara, was sent to prison for eeven days by the Nottingham magistrates in default of pay- ing a 10s. fine for travelling on the Great Central Hail way from Aylesbury to Not- tingham without a ticket. He said be did ro to escape from his mother-in-law. Whole Family Wiped Out. >u. woic;an (t.ast, i'ruMa), Friday.—a ternoie tragedy was brought to light here this morning when a building oontraotor, named Bratz. his wife and his sister were found to have committed suioide by gas poieooiing, while the bodies of their eix children and a dog were disoovered with their throats cut. The motive is believed to have been money difficulties. Bratz and his wife were wearing mourning apparel at the, time of their eat-he.—(Beuter.) Welsh Woman Poacher. A Mary Davief, of Penrnipen) Pembrokeshire, wa.s summoned at Newofcapel Petty Sessions for trespassing in pursuit of rabbits on lands belonging to Mr. J. V. Colby, of Fynone. For the prosecution it was stated that the woman was caught by a gamekeeper with a ferret in a box, five rabbits, &nd a bag of nete. She vets ajocompanied by three dogs, two of which she admitted belonged to her. She was fined 6d. and coste, the Bench remarking thet it was extraordinary for a. woman to be summoned beforte them on such a charge, A Cay Old Boy. A staid and highly-respected city roer-1 chant entered a cafe with a couple of friends gave them a shock by holding up a beckoning finger to the waitress and call- I ing Puss, puss, puss!" His blushing ex-I planation that he had been playing Puss j in the Corner" at a Twelfth Night party given by his children the evening before, and that the cry came pat to his tongue, was eventually accepted, but it will be long, says the Manchester Guardian," before he hears the last of his little slip. No Corpse: No Murder Trial. A press correspondent writes:—it was ap- parently overlooked by the organisers of the amateurish Drood trial that under ou r laws it is not possible to try anyone for murder unless the body has been found. This is the result of a man having been hanged for the murder of a sailor-at Deal, I think-over a century ago. The evidence was apparently overwhelming; but a year cr so afterwards the murdered man tJUrned up hale and heajrty after serving in H.M, Navy as the result of having fallen into the hands of a press-gang. $ A Real Desperado. Two young bandits, Noirnnant and Bril- liant, who were serving a term of peruaJ ser- -vitudo in the prison at Blois, made a des- perate effort to escape. They bound and gagged the warder, took his beys and re- volver, and walked out. of the ctdl inrto tale prison laim-iry, whsr? they hid. Before they oould get ('.??r of the prison grounds they w?re brought to bay, and Rrtllamt, rather than return to prison, shot himself dead with the winder's revolver. Thte other man surrendered. -•x^ »<3><5>< t> <3>- A Piflle Writler. A victim of ragtime appeared at Clerkeii- well County Court in the person of Ernest Owen Radctliffe, of Archway-road, High- gate. who applied for an order ^gainst him to be varied. I write songs f. ?-usio-hall artistes. I am a piffle writer," he exclaimed, an-id laughter.—" What are your eariiings as a piffle writer?" asked the judge.—"We have had a severe strain through ragtime," was the reply. On my word as an Eng- lishman all I can pay is 12s. 6d. a month," the applicant p.dded.—" I will accept vouv word. the judge told him. < x < -< s >* < Curate Cyclist's Death. The death occurred on Thursday at Hasle- mere, Surrey, of the Hev. Arthur Bewley, curate of St. Peter's, Droitwich, Worcester- shire, and son of Lady Bewley, of Green- holm. He was cycling from Hindhead to Hasielinere, when outside Fi-ensham Hall, Earl Caw-dor's seat, he feU over the handle- bars into the roadway. A passing carter found him bleeding from the head and un- conscious. A doctor was sent for, but death took plaice before his arrival. Mr. Bewley had been in weak health for some time, and it is thought he waa seized with a fit. The Scottish Navy. Sir Alfred Ewing's reference to the grow- ing Scottish element in the Navy recalls the days when Caledonia could boast an inde- pendent and powerful navy of her own. Ita real creator was James IV., who exhausted all the available shipbuilding timber in the oountry, and had to buy big supplies from France and Denmark. Of a fleet of 36 vessels, his pride was the Great St. Michael, the largest ship afloat. She cost £ 30,000, carried 1,500 sailors and marines, "had more ordnanoe in her than the French Icing had to the siege of any town," and to build, her all the woods of Fife were laid bare. i Genius to Order. Remarkable prophecies are made as to I the wonders which will be accomplished I by the science of the future by M. Charles Nordmanri, the well-known Frenoh solen- twt. in the "Temps." M. Nordmann fore- 8&ef.¡ the day when the laboratory will be the cradle of a race of orphans which will have the whole of nature for parents." believaa that science will probabiy be capable of evolving human beings by psycho-chemical reaction, or, if complete creation proves unattainable, he expects that it will be possible to take ordinary I human beings and convert them into j gemueefl by ohemical process. Genius will oease to be the infinite capaoity for taking Paiqls he eays. "It will become c, m jitter ot mtensive culture." I A Well-named Club. I John Thomas Scrsse (36). window-cleaner, appeared on remand before Mr. Chester Jones at North London charged with oon- J verting tho money of members of the "Did- I dJum Club, of which he secretary and j treasurer, to hlS own use. The amount paid into the olnb by members was a. little over £50, but on t,he, day arranged for the share-out the prisoner's wife reported to the polioe that he was missing. He subse- quently surrendered himself at Dalston Police-station. Mr. Chester Jones sen- tenced him to three months in the second division. ,'$>o<>- A Screw Looee. Thb acquisition of a brand-new Brazilian I Dreadnought by Turkey recalbi (says the Glasgow News ") the story of the Turkish admiral who had been newly appointed to I the command of the iEgean squadron. lie installed himself in the admiral's quarters- which opened to the sternwalk-ori board the I new flagship one evening, and went to bed. Next morning lie awoko and ordered full speed ahead. After a little delay the pro- peller began to revolve, but as it had not moved since, the ship wa. sold k- Turkey j at more than cost price by a Power which had no use for it—it nsada a tremendous racket. "Allalil" cried the admiral, what in the name of the Prophet is this uproa-r?" ExceHeucy is the pro- peller." replied the captain. "Stop it7 then." It was pointed out to the admiral that stopping the propeller resulted .is a rule in the stopping of the ship likewise. 'Then take the thing bellowed the naval autocrat, and. put it on th45 other find ■
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I tmy !? TWO. | I ———. dftI SHOCKING ABER- AVON TRAGEDY. I DECEASED'S EXTRA- | ORDINARY LETTER, An extraordinary tragedy occurred on I Sunday afternoon on the Great Western j j Railway line on the outskirts of Aberavon, at a spot knowin as the Baglan Loop. A young married man, aged 24, named Robert ONJCll, a painter, 18, Picton-street, Aberavon. is alleged to have thrown himself under an express goods train. His body was cut completely in two. The deceased who was widely known III the town, leaves a widow and two young children, a sad circumstance being that Mrs. O'Neill is lying so seriously ill that the in- telligence of the sad affair could not be dis- I closed to her. The train was the 12.15 p,m. ex-Paddington down express goods ttain, which IAsi?ed the Fpot at 4.20 p.m. The driver of the train (Mr. C. Lampitt) states that deceased deliberately threw him- self in front of the engine. Police Inspector J. Jones, Port Talbot, and Inspector Hansen, of the Great Western Railway, went to the scene of the tragedy with an engine and van, and found the life- less and severed body. and near by a Roman Catb<d Ic Prayer Book and a letter. In a I pocket were four coppers, which were prac- tically b?nt in two by the wheels of th&45? engine. REMARKABLE LETTER. I I the letter, which was addressed to do- ceased' wife. ran I am R. O'Neill ;to my dear wifu,-I have sinned against the Lord, and the day have come to die for me and the sacrifice with the blood of my body. God bless my children. (Thirteen crosses.) You will be better to-morrow. I have not slept for smten days, and I must end it alL so good-bye and God bless you. It is the will of the Lord tor me to h(>d my blood, my dear wife. (Nine crosses. ) The Lord ohM spoke to me, and it shall be my wish and not vours.—R. O'Neill. Do not vex, I does "this for the Church --Cat-liolle Prayer Book. Deceased had been indisposed for some days. and was under medical treatment and on his club.
BRILLIANT SWANSEA STUDENT.…
BRILLIANT SWANSEA STUDENT. I Who Was First in Welsh Honours. "The results of the Central Welsh I Board examination are reported upon by Principal Trevor Owen, of the Swan- sea Grammar School, who refers to the splendid success of J. W. G. Morris, who resides with his parents at Eaton-cres- cent. J. W. C. Morris. I He says: Whether it be regarded from the point of view of the total number of successful candidates or of the percentage number, the list of successes is probably the hest. in the history of the school. J. W. G. Morris was placed if-?--st lii among the ho nours candidates with the reoor-I number of marks gained by any pupil inee the examination was first held, and ho has been awarded the gold medal i given annually by the chief inspector of the Central Welsh Board to the pupil who, is first on the list. J. IV, G. Morris has also gained an open science scholarship at Fidney Sussex College, Cambridge, value ESO a year.
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1.CALLING LLOYD GEORGE I EVERYTHING.9 A SWANSEA INSURANCE ACT BREAK-DOWN." li He was calling Lloyd George every- thing, said P.C. (Ill) Cox at Swansea Police Court orwMonday of Joseph Ryan (44), a labourer. That, however, was not the real charge against Ryan, wfio was drunk ,ii-.d disorderly in Wind-street on Saturday night. Ryan unfolded a tale of a grievance against the Protector of the Poor." "r'm suffer- ing badly from my eye," he told the Bench, "and I've got 60 stamps and I've got nothing out of the Act," Rvan went on. He tried to do his own doctoring, it appeared, for he continued that Ir he took a little warm beer for his eye. The doctoring proved disastrous in the eeanel.. Supt. RoDerts soid defendant's eye was bad, and the police had had to get a doctor for him. I Ryan, a "victim" of the Act. had, how- (ver. to pay 7s. 6d. or go down for wven days. I' Moral Leave it to the panel doctors, and on no account use beer, warm or oola, as eye lotion.
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CONSERVATIVE AGENTS. I Annual District Meeting at j Swansea. the annual meeting of tile Weicn Con- servative Agents' Association was held at Cautie-btuldings, 8vmnse>a, on Saturday. Mr. T. Maund (Brecon) presided over a good attendance, includilig .J(E>S\r:, I' Vv aldington (Central Oflioo agent), R. J. Richards (Merthyr), W. O. Wooiley lUau- e J. B. Rowlands (Neath). Mr. F. Bed- doee Nash (Gower), W. Jtl. V. Kendall (Pem- broke), A. G. Harries (Cardigan), p. J. James (Llandilo), J. Jattlejohns (Ponty- pridd), T. Thomas (Mid-G laaiorgaai), 11, Lancaster œriml' Lea?u?). W. Giib??t 8oott (Tariff Reform Le?gu?h and B. Bot- wnle:r (SwajMa..?. the ol-civtary. Mr. '1',1 Griffiths (Merthyr) was elected president. Mr. R. J. Richards Wad elected chairman I for the year, M>\ A. G. Harries vioe-chair- man, Mr. F. Wacldington the treasurer, Mr. Benjamin Bott«ml?y hon. secretary, a?d Mr. F. B&dd?ps Na*h auditor. Delegates were elected to the National Union Ex?cu- Hve. National Society of Conservative Agent3, Œ!1. mora n Di Vi sjQ¡l National Union, and the (on?'?Rtive Agents' R?n? j volent Society.
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Bad Year for Vipers. Forty-mne vipers nave oeen caugnt. on the Bucklaiul Newton ewtate, Dorset, m 1913 as ct'm?i'?t with oi?hty-fivo in the ■ pl'eViOá\! J'(}t.í,¡' wr-it(¡<o; t.be Rev.  W,  previous ?ai', write-* the R«v. P W. Brtm dr<tth. <;¡ I "Nut" Raffles His Screw. A distressing ?? of unappreciated goum? is reported from Umta-tH, bouth Africa,. A young "nut," engaged in a Government de 'I partment at R monthly sai&ry of ?12 10e., found it hard to make both ?nda m?t. He hit upon the following brilliant i<klcl. He raffled his monthly pay. During the three 1 month s that this little game had been pro- ceeding the ingenious youth netted a oloar profit of P,31 by the sale of the 5s. tickets he had issued as shares in his salary ra&le.
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| POLICE STATIOI j BESIE6E0. BssE?§?!aEpE?MEpuM. RIOTOUS GREENHILL SCENES. HOT TIME FOR THE 1 POLICE. Crowd's Mistaken Impression. Vvild scenes were witnessed in ttic vicinity of the Greenhili Police Station, Swansea, on Saturday night, uue to the arreet of an al- leged deserter, a large and excited crowd making desperate efforts to release him. It appears the police had received information that Michael G. Evans (20), a soldier wanted for alleged desertion from the 1st Battalion bouth, Wales Border ere at Borden, on Decem- ber 24. was in a iiouse not 200 yards from the police station. P.C.'s (69) Jones and (123) Bevan were proceeding to effect the arrest when they met Evans in Llangyfelach- street, and took him into custody. This wan the signal for the outburst indi- ca.t,t,d. Evans resisted the officers, and a big crowd won gathered, in which sympathy wat; manifested with the prisoner. Nor was the sympaihv ailent. Evans is alleged to have broken a bottle over the policeman's head, and many in the crowd took up the captured man's part, by picking up stones and mud, and throwing the same freely. Officers and prisoner were struck, and for some moments the position looked very ugly, the temper of the crowd resembling a riot. With commendable determination the officers stuck to thai*- task, Evans re- sisting. it is alleged, to his utter- most. At last they got their man to the police station which is further along the street, the police having great difficulty iu keeping the crowd off. But this by no means ended the conflict. The crowd shouted, shrieked and threatened outeide, demanding Evans's release. What the Crowd Really Thought. in xairness to the crowd, it should be slated that the majority were under the im- presaio,i that Evans was being arrested for drunkenness, and this was really what they were resenting. The mob, finding they oould not secure Evans's release, demonstrated wildly against the police, and threw mud,  I ewnes and anything handy at the station, winch for som? tune w" in a state of siege. In the meantime, directly the officers had their man inside, word was sent down by the private telephone jo the Central Police fetation, asking for immediate assistance. At this time Sergt, Williams and four constables I were in the Green hill Station, and owing to the threatening mob outside their posi- tion was a serious one. Let's rush it," cried someone; there's only two of them inside." There was no gainsaying the crowd were incensed at what they considered an unwarranted arrest, and the chances are had they known the true facts, their sympathy would not hava shown itself as it did. Coupled with the demands of the crowd for Evans's release, women (eome with babies in arms) shrieked and threat- ened. The scene resembled a pandemonium, many of the mob getting quite out of hana j Fears for the Police Station. At one stage so threatening had the crowd become that i.t was feared the station would be successfully rushed, for the premisea are small, and though convenient for police purposes, would be inadequate to stand anything like a.n attack. Reinforcements, in charge of Inspector Pember. and the police van arrived within 20 iiiii)uteg-the time was between twelve | and one o'clock on Sunday iiioriiing-and first efforts were made to disperse the crowd. Inspector Pember formed his men outside the station, but this only incensed the orowd the more, far the shouts and shrieks were louder than ever. Stones, too, were being more freely thrown. The driver of the van was threatened, and only with difficulty maintained his Aoat, gome of the crowd trying to pull him off and free the horses. By this time the crowd had closed tight round the horses and van, and wene close up to the police station entrance. The position was fast becoming despera.te, for it was evidant that though the polioe could have got. their man into the van, it was inadvisable in view of the mobVj temper. Inspector Pember, realising that only numbers could now prove effective, I I N'sorted to the ruse of sending the police van away with inst:rndions for it to return II with more 'viuforcements inside. The ruse was pufc?s.'hJ. many cf the crowd thinking that this waR preliminary to Evans' r?Me. But they were sorely disappointed, for within ten minutes the van r?tuTned, and 'lout stepped Sergeant Davi" and six more men, time No time WM t?t. The guard round t!M ¡ door was a formidable one, and stayed the more eager spirts of the mob. Evans was rushed through the doorway into the van, this being accompanied by a shower of ¡ bottles and stones, three of the ppolicsmen being struck, but no serious injury was, I inflicted. The horses were set in a gallop, and the van got, free, from the unwelcome attentions—two hours after the first axrest- the whole neighbourhood being roused by I this time. Reports show that Inspector Pember, Sergeant Williams, P.C.'s Jones, Buckley, Evans a.nd Lewis were struck by missiles from the crowd, but, as stated, no serious injury was inflicted. It, was a very warm time. indeed." eaid one of the officers snhseauently to a "Daily Post" reporter, "the crowd being very threa- tening." Eye-witn^ases state the women were, if any tiling, more violently inclined tl-,an the men, a.nd some of the former had children in their arms. One woman at the heig-ht of t,he disturbance, carrying a, baby, had a very narrow shave of being knocked down by the van horses and was only pulled *ut of the way just in tome. Another woman fell and shouts were raised that <he was run over. but she had stumbled and was clear of the wh?e!?. As a result of the fracas several summonses have heen issued for i'.ssai-lt. VERY FEW MEN." I RIOTOUS WOMEN WITH BABES IN ARMS. I Inspector Pember reported that at 12.40 a. m. (Sunday morning) he was informed that the police at GreenhiN Station had had a very rough time in arresting a deser-ter from the 1st South Wales Borderers (at Borden), named Michael G. Evans, and were in need of assistance. The inspector immediately proceeded, and he saytJ: "I found the station surrounded by 200 or 300 persons shouting and singing songs. Police-sergeant Williams and five constables were there, but were quite powerless to do anything. The prisoner was then in the cell. with only his trousers a-nd shirt on. Pal ice -constables 69 and 123 had had a severe struggle to g-i-t I)ini in, and were both in an exhausted condition and covered with mud, a-nd complained of bud treatment by i,lie crowd. "After trying for some time to get the crowd away, and having failed, I ordered the police van, which arrived in charge of Police-constabile 125 (Evans). The crowd then became very hostile, throwing stones and tnud and interfering with the horse and driver, and they crowded in so closely as to render it impossible to get the prisoner iuto the van. As there was gw ve danger of a rescue of the prisoner with the small number of men at hand, and as the horse I and <lriver were being pelted badly, I then I jsvMit the van back to the central station and ordered a further contingent of men from the central to be placed in it and to return with it. "Police-sergeant D;" ies got togetlier eight more constables, and on their arrival they were effectually plated round the ran. find the prisoner, after a struggle, was got in and tent off in charge of constables at aibout 2.30 a. IlL "During the time of the disturbance ertoQies, kubtkjs, anxi wm mxpdfc&fo. thwsig&i, ali-cl the hor?e and driver molested. Severad offioeirs were struck with missiles, including the inspector reporting, and Police-sergeaat 16 and Polioe-consitable 69, 129, 125, and 138, but not seriously. The crowd. which consisted chiefly of youths and wcmp" sewne Kd tihe latter vvitii babies in their arms (there (being very few men), were gradually (them belng very iew iiiei-i ) weT*. gndiii-Ily WOMAN'S SOBS. Mild Soene at the Police Court. At Swansea Police Court on Monday, Midha-el A. Ivviams (20) admit/ted being a dimeit ea from the South Wales Bordea-oifr- P.C. (69) Jones said that he was in Llan- gytfielach -street and recognised detfendamt from the desea-ipt,ioti given him in the "Police Gazette." He r&sibited and became very violent when asked to come i" the pokoe (station, where he was detained. He didn't teJ2 rae I was a deserter, but oaarie and g-affled me from beliiyid." said cte- fendant, w ho added: "1 aon a deserter." A womaai. ail the back of the eoiurt cried out something uniniteili'/ihle-, aaid as deiJend- I ant wa? removed to await an e?co'T? she !?' ?.? out N?MTijt? &nd ening U
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is P LIT TIN G THE I COUNTY. SWANSEA LAWYERS' I LAWYERS' DECISION. Against Separate I Assize. The propJfeal to divide the County of Gkanorgan loer aeslze r odes bas been be venal times considered by the Swajx-ioa and Noath InoocrjxMated Society, -Air. Vil- Mai's Me»ag;ar in the chair, aaud the fxdlowing j resolution was passed at t'he laet meet- ing:- T'liat tihe society, having deaftt with the suggestions of the CSity of Cardiff for the division of the County of Glamorgan ao far as the holding of separate assises a.t Cardiff and Swansea are concerned, axe ot opinion that such division is undeedTafcle acid un- necessary for the fallowing reasons: "That no public beneiit or a would result therefrom. t hat the proposals are oo^Kurairy to we report of the Royal Commission wihioh re- commends the oonceoitratioai of t-he assize system rather thatn the extension thereof. Tliat if tOO Grand Juiry system be abol- ished, as (recommended by the Royal Com- mission,, the necessity for the atteaadlanoo of wdtnesises 8It assises will cease, and as a list of cassis is arrariiged, witnesses and othea-s concerned will only be requia-ed to attend when them- oases fupmeasr in &u<:h list. NO BENEFIT TO JURORS. I Th«t. the hokliing of September will not benefit ordinary jurors, inaamudb as at present they are ilevat simunoaed famn the eaatarn portion of the county to euttend assizes or County Quarter Sessions a.t Swan- Baa, nor from the western portion to attend assizes at County Quarter Seasione at Csr- diff. Thieut the holding ol 9epaf«tie assusee in the cornnity will _¥_ INCREASE THE COST OF AOMJJSis- I TRATION # I -I of justice and emtaji a loss at tnme ior -ne I judges, officialu and oounsel, aa if tlie eesizes at one town terminate earlier than the scheduled time, the iudgea, officials, and counsel will be eotmrpeiled to wait uiitd3 the Coimimassion Day of the other 8jMs with- out halving any business to do." "That the majority of the criminal caseal are held at County  Quarter Sessiom, and therefore there can bo no more advant&ge in holding .separate Assiaes than in holding separate Quarter Sessions, which is not sug- gested. 'That the reooinmendation of the. Royal Commission that Quarter Sessions shall be held immediately prior to every Assizes for the trial of all Assize cases will greatly re- duof* the number of Assize cases, as will also the contemplated extension of the jurisdic- tion of County Courts with regard to civil I work. SHOULD BE PART OF GENERAL I SCHEME. a "That the proposal for bcdding sepu-ato Assizes shoul only be cliscussed as part of a scheme for the division of the county for administrative purposes, and that it is pre- mature to make such proposal until the re- port of the Royal Commission has been dealt with by Parliament and the matter ha.s first been considered by the County Council of Glamorgan.
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EX-BAILIFF AND MONEY LENDER I SWANSEA FALSE PRETENCES I CHARGE. At Swansea Police Court on Monday, Mr. Mendel Foner, 9, Cai-lton-terrace, charged J,tmes flincls (40), James Hinds (40), commission agent, with obtaining C5 by false pretences on Octo- bor 27th and George BaHlett (53), can- vasser, with obtaining L3 similarly oil November 19th. Mr. E. Harris prosecuted, and Mv. Verley Price defended Hinds. Mr. Harris explaine.d that a third defen- dant being absent, he could not go into all the facts. Ify. Harris continued that Mr. Foner lent out money. Hinds formerly I used to be a bailiff in the County Court. J t,¡) October 26th Hinds came to Foner and requested a loan, saying he was a bailiff, and had previously recommended a client to plaintiff. Hinds described himself on a form as a debt collector," and brought in a man named Blaine to identity him, and later ;1gain stated that lie was employed in the Countv Court as a bailiff. On the strength of these statements the money was advanced him. After a-month it was found that Hinds had left the Mumbles, and Mr. Foner discovered t hat he had long ceased to be a. bailiff. After a warrant had been issued some relatives of Hinds called on Mr. Foner with A VIEW TO SETTLING THE CASE. Mr. Follex agreed to accept a sum of 26 from William master smelter. Bynea II (one of the relatives), in settlement (without having consulted his solicitor), but was later told by Mr. Harris tha.t he did a very im- proper thing. Having regard to the arrange- 'I ment. Mr. Harris said lie would have it in the haiid-9 of the Bench whether the case should be withdrawn or proceeded with. Ex-Bailiff and Money lender 5—7 The Bench decided to hear evidence before settling the point, and Mr. Foner was called and bore out the opening statement. Hinds said he lived at 23. Woodville-street, Mumbles, and stated the course of a discussion over the !oA?. "Do you think a bailiff would let it go to court-? It would be a shame fc?r me." He addQ that he, AS A BAILIFF. KNEW EVERYBODY I in Swansea and district, and would recom- mend gr»od customers. On November 19th Hinds again came to his place, saying- he had brought a good customer, a Mr. Bartlett, wiio was employed at the Baths Laundry. A forni was also signed in which Bartlett so described himself, and L3 was lent. On November 24th (Mr. Foner pro- ceeded), ho received a letter from Hinds through it man named Mason. Later, after making enquiries, he applied for a warrant against Hinds- CASE AGAINST HJNOO DISMISSED. After a conference the Bench decided to dismiss the case against Hinds, and adjourned the charge against Bartlett for a week. "#W.
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IFiowery Epistlds. 1. The latest ireak ol iasliion in V leiuia is the wearing; of roses faintly tinged with oobalt blue or with green, the result of "smoking" the roee. Flowers of a dead white variety are chosen for this process. A fa.shion dating from the be- ginning of the la-st century has again been revived, adds the Mail corres- pnndent. It consi!? of writing poems or i?tfrs on the !eav?s of the roses with ? Mrx tme Reu ?ore ppMeutmg the?.
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LOCAL SIFTINGS. mil I Ammanford Council has decided to bn v a n1"e alarm bell at a cost of L12. Mr. Evan Roberts, the revivalist, has beerrt ta-king a short holiday at Margate. At Swansea Polioe Court on Thursday a charge against- Edgar Foreman, painter, of allowing his two children to be chargeable to the Union wa.s adjourned a month, on the application of Warrant Officer Ho&kins. Morgan Williams, liwing at Loughoa- House, Ammanford, was injured at the Park Colliery, on Thursday through a fall oi roof. Deceased wae imanameci, about thirty years of age, and the son of Mr. John Williams. Mi. Charlmers Davies. brother to the curate of Oysberniouth (the Rev. Latimer Davies). has passed his final examination at St. David's College. He was coached by Mr. A. M. Davies, of the Mumbles Gram- mar School.  -<t  >  -<e?<?* David Reee (33), of 1. Farmer's-etreet, Morristoti. was admitted to the Bwansea Hospital on Wednesday morning suffering from a fe-rptured leg, sustained whilst fol- lowing his employment at the Pentre C-cl- liery. lie was detained. Ponta-rdawp Guardianat their meet- ing on Thursday, decided to make an allowance to the master tor services ren- dered in the garden during 1913. A profit of 1;46 14s. had bee n made on the garden, and P-9 14s. on the sale of firewood. j At Ammanford Council on Wednesday. Lord Dynevor replied to a letter conveying the Council's thanks for his gift of over six acres of land for a. recreation ground, and expressed the hope it would be of great ser- vice and use to the inhabitants of Aminan- ford. (Hear, hear.) I' The total revenue of the Sw"bea, Rar-I bour for 1913 amounted to E330,919 158. 3d.. as against £ 298,384 14s. Sd. for the previous year, but as there was an in- oeased expenditure of £ 19,334 9s. td. the surplus revenue to the end of the year has beer. reduced to £ 86,736 6s. ou. The forty-sixth annual Christmaa tree, [11 aid of St. Peter's Ohuroh, n, was j hieid a-t the Assembly-rooms, Cairmarthon, on Thursday. In the absence of the Coun- tess Gaiwdor the opening was performed by Mrs. Owen, wife of tihe Bishop of St. David's. A vote of tlwdcs to Mrs. Owwi was proposed by Mr. J. B. Arthur, secon ded by Mr. Walter Spurred, and supported by Mr. T. E. Brigstocke. At Pontaidawe Guardians on Thursday, Mr. H. J. Powell presiding, the master (Mr. J. M. Jones) reported that an inmate named David Evans exceeded his leave on I the 27th ult. and came back in a drunken state. He was put on bread and water -for the night as punishment. Evans created a disturbance, and the porter, whilst trying to pacify him, reoeived severe punishment from Evans. The matter was referred to com- mittee. 0.000 An instructive address entitled (4riffith Jones, Llandowror, and the Welsh Awakening," was delivered on Friday evening to the Guild of the Red Dragon, Ystalyfera, by Miss Eluned Mor- gan, of CardIff. The chair was occupied by the Rev. J. S. Jones vioar of Ystaly- fera.. A hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer was mrried, on the proposition of Mr. Dan Griffiths, seconded by Mr. J. D&vies, and supported by Mr. Hy. Mor- ga.n, Mr. J. "alter Jones, B?- Mor- County Councillor D. W. Davies. Swansea Electric Light and Tramways Committee met on Thursday, Ald. Sinclair (chairman) presiding It was reported that the maximum load at the generating station of 1,675 kilowats since the last report was the highest on record. It exceeded by 197 kilowats the highest load registered during 1912, and is exclusive of any tramway load. I Applications for current were dealt with, and at ibf- of the chairman the Engineer (Mr. Prusamann) was asked to Teport on the question of the supply of electrical energy to automobiles- At Monday 's meeting of the Swansea Ddu- cation Committee, the Supomintendenit li Education reported the pt. of a letter from the secretary of the Bath and NVest of England Show Committee inviting tho local Education Authority to participate in the Nature Study Exhibition whaoh will be held in connection with the show at Swaneea in May and June, 1914. Resolved that the Superintendent of Education be authorised to make the necessary a.TTanigietmer.te foir this Authority's Waiting part in the show and to experaol a sum not exceeding 210 in any necwsBeiy expensies in oomnaction there- with. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, at the Parish Church, Ystaly- ferR-, of one of the oldest and best re- spected persons in Ystradgynlais, in the person of Mr. John Price, Penllwynteg Farm, Palleg. Mr. Priœ, who was m his Hist year, was one of the oldest agricul- turalists m the County of Brecon. He was a staunch ohurchman. At one time. he "as the road surveyor for the Ystrad- gynlais district, being succeeded 't? that omce by the present holder, Mr. Thomas Watkins- Among the mourners were Alderman and Mrs. M. W. Morgan, Aber- d-ate (son-in-law and daughter). The officiating clergy were the A icar, the Rev. James Jones, and the Rev. W. H. Harris, B.A., curate. The annual tea and prize distribution in connectioli with the Castleton Gospel Hall, Mumbles, was held on Thursday evening. Mr. J. G. Green presided, and there was a large gathering of scholars and parents and friends. The prizes, consisting of hand- somely bound books, were presented by Mr. Harry Hill, of Swansea, who also gave an address on Reward." A solo was given by Master Jackie Davies; recitations fey Misses Gwyneth John, Bertha Buckley, Georgiua Cowling, Liddie Bell, Irene Varley, Muriel Morgan, Nellie Cower, and Masters Brvn John and Willie Jenkins a duet by Misses Edith and Georgina Cowling, and choruses bv members of the Misses Ethel and Kate Stone's classes. A spediaul prize was awarded to Miss Gertie Davies foT five years' uninterrupted attendance. I0 -0 Another difficulty in the negotiations for land upon which to erect works, which had arisen between the Ma-nneamann Tube Com- pany and the ground owners, has been over- come. A question of a right-of-way to one of the landowners" property blocked the 111"- gotiations for- some time. This has now been arranged by the other owners agree- ing to make a contribution to provide an- other right-of-way to t)he land in question. There is. however, another niattet, of de- tail which is still the subject of negotiation. The Mannesma-im Tube Company have ob- jected to maintaining about 250 yards of road because it is outside their holding. The I landownei has replied to the effect. thar, this condition was laid down in the original option, ?nd thHt no objection was raised ta it at the time. b all pr?babHity ?his din?- culty also will W adjusted. The funeral took place in Oystenuuuth Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon of the late 1t. William Hidd: of Talbot House, Mumbles. The deceased, who formerly car- ried on business as a tailor in Calvert-street. Swansea, was a, very prominent member of the Mum).! B rotherhood. and the funeral was largely atteuded. The Rev. T. LI. Jones officiated and the mourners were Mrs. JUdd (wife). Mi. Geo. Ridd, Llandudno (brother-in-law), Nti, and Mrs. Crooks*. Y nys- f, i-giaii aid sister). Mr. and All's. Davies, Yhysforgan 'sister and brother- in-law), Mr. Alfred Johns, AbertiHerv (bro- ther-in-law), Miss Amy Crooks, and Misses Alice and fJerlrud e J(-IIlls (nieces). Mr. Ceo. AckUnd. Landore (uncle), Air. Idwal Criftiths aud Mr. W. H. Finch (Swansea). The local Bi-otherhood was represented by Captains Tucker. Morgan and Bitt. and Messrs. C. Clement and Da-niel (choirmaster). The coffin was borne to its last resting place hy Mrayley. J. Bevan. Sam Harris and E. Smale. Llaaielly will shortly have one of the largest billiard halls in South Wake, om with fifteen tables. I Jack Bancroft is convinced that the Welsh will win at Twickenham. May hoc conifdence be justified in the result. Luckily for Billie Ball, the crowd could not get at him before he reached to the Pavilion. I Why is coal the most contradictory artiel* knowin to commerce? Because when it is purchased, instead of going to the buyer it goes to the cellar. What gasped the Swansea playgoer. No cowboy sketches nor plays in Swan. sea this wook! Small wonder we haaT about decadence of the drama. r -"4. an d Saturday's I After ThuM-day, Friday, and Saturday'. nea?y continuous rain and drirale the retunt to wintry coaidiuows o fcoid and frost cloudless and starry skies, was absolutely welcome. Here's smart work for you. A telegram with a football result handed in at Re--Alwn at, 4.66 p.m. on Saturday arrived triumph- Ilntly at Swansea at 6.21 (the same day, we must say!) > o >-< i The imposing contingent from Merthyr, who, with trumpets, streamer, and badges, were very aggressive before the match at the Vetch Field, did not make themselves conspicuous afterwards- An enthusiastic Swansea policeman who could not get off to visit the Vetch Field on Saturday almost wept when he heard the eheers which greeted the first goal, whilst on "point" half a mile off. The selection of Rev. Alban Davies ae the first of the forwards for Wales and captain of the team suggests that the rejected of the Swansea. Club Committee has become the corner-stone of the edifice built up by the Welsh Union. <Sx What queer ideas children get into their heads. "Mamma!" said a Neath youngster on Sunday, "when Willie and I grow up I We are going to run away." "Why?" queried the fond mamma. "Because," came the unexpected reply, "then we shan't have to be married." Aftar the Thea.tre. To my mind it is simply ridicouloua of you women aitting and munching chocolates the whole evening, whereas the men —— "Quite so, dear. But tell me, were you successful in arrang- ing that business with the man you went out to see during the intervals?" db 0 The best testimony to the splendid per- formance of the Swans' hacks, Alhnan and Cleverley, on Saturday, is implied in the fact that the absence of the cute and clever old campaigner, Nicholas, deplored as a misfortune before the game, was forgotten during the actual struggle. Amoruit the members of the Bar at the Carmarthen Querter Sessions last week was Mr. Mervyn Howell, Swansea, who has de- cided to practice on the South Wales C'ir- cuit. Mr. Howedl is the eldest son of Mr. William Howell, solicitor, Llanelly, one of the oldest and best-known lawyers in Soath Wales. .$$ Despite the most depressing conditloa4 about 18,000 people flocked to the Swansea Vetch Field on Saturday for the Swansea v. Merthyr match, and the "gate" money reached the goodly proportions of £426. The extent of the patronage locally of the dribbling oode may be gauged from the fact that whilst the total "gate" money last season was £2,800, with hardly more than half the season lOne 1913-14 htt yielded £2,000 more. The forty-sixth annual Christmas Tree, held at the Assembly Rooms, Carmarthen, in connection with the parish of St. Peter. proved an unqualified success. In a preface to the programme it was pointed oat that for the last forty-five years that "haxdy annual" had been of inestimable service in raising funds to meet the mamy pressing needs of the Church in the pariah. The en- dowments of St. Peter's were small, and a good deal of money had to be raised an- nually, Funds were now urgently needed towards purchasing or building a Church Houae and Parish Hall. Such building* would oast at least 22,000. .ra¿. If not quite a rival of Methuealah's re- cord, Elisabeth Deborah Kent, an old age pensioner, who waa charged at Swansea Police Court on Saturday with the theft at tablecloths from 253, Oxford-street, the pro- perty of Thomas Richards, runs the pat- riarch close in point of vigour at an advanced old age. Elizabeth Deborah, described on the charge sheet as of 78 years—she de- clared she was 79. Besides the little bit of shop-lifting in Oxford-street to her dis- credit, on Friday, she had made other ap- pearances at the court; had been bound over on probation, and had disappeared. She promised to go to the Workhouse, and on that understanding was let go. The life or death struggle between "Rugger" and "Soccer" at Llanelly is Approaching its crisis. If the "dribblers" had to draw a living wage from their club there would be serious trouble forthwith. But they are all workers, which makes their record in play all t-he more creditable. A correspondent "in the know" asserts that there are only two "Soccer" clubs in South Wales financially sound. These are Swansea and Cardiff. All the others are "labouring Heavily." He is of opinion that there must be a weeding out of weaklings in the Rhondda and Merthyr Valleys and a concentration upon a few of the strongest clubs before wholesome conditions are established.  What a day for Swansea footbaH was Saturday tMt' With the four men lected over uight to play for Wale? against Eng- land at ? w''(,kenhaiii, the Whites went down to LlaneHy, and on the slopes of Stradey beat the Scarlets by a margin of nine points, while at St. Helen's the understudies accounted for the Tinplaters' Reserves by a clear 11 points. But these gaanea excited less interest than the happenings at the Vetch Field, where the Swans are making his- tory and piling up records at a pace that. is positively bewildering. Indeed, the form that has placed them on the giddy height of the second round proper of the English Cup is so convincing that their fame has extended bevond the Principality, and Swansea Sooces bicls fair to make a bip; btir this season. Mr. John B. Jones, of Twynybedw. home from Exeter College during vacation, rea/d a paper on "Edmund Spenser" at a well- attended meeting at Hebron Schoolroom, Clydach. The Rev. D. Eiddig Jones (pastor) presided, and Miss Emily Morgan, Messrs. Henry Lewis, I.A. (Oxon.), John H. Davies. D. Roderick. LI. Williams, and A. Morgan took part in the subsequent discus- sion During the evening the Rev. D. Eid- dig Jones was made the recipient of a gold- mounted and suitably inscribed walking- stick on the occasion of his departure for SwiUeUand upon a holiday trip. Mr. Hy. Lewis made the presentation, on behalf of the members of Hebron Guild. Mr. David Jones spoke in support, after which the recipient acknowledged in suitable terms. v i -<4. If the G, W.R. didn't run to Paidawdd, we would haw a guess at tile locality of the pi ace named in the following, which is cu!!ed Irom the "'G.W.R. M&gaziu?":—"We can- not but sympathise with the plight of the official in charge oi' a small station at which the trains were often delayed wailing for heavy consignments of cockles. With the object of speeding-up the gatherers, instruc- tions woe given that tinit-ss the consign- ments were brought to the station by a cer- tain tiuie the gate was to be closed and the traffic refused. The result was a plaintive letter from the stationmsster, who wrote to say that the senders knocked down the gate, deposited the cockks on the platform, and dehed him to allow them to be left behind; and w.is he to do?'