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DRAINAGE SCHEME F!m.
DRAINAGE SCHEME F!m. t L.G.B. INQUIRY AT SWANSEA 3PEN<NG OF LONG PROCEEDINGS. Mumbles Keenly I Interested. I MUMBLES SEWER 'A SWITCHBACK, SIGNIFICANT OMiSStON !N 1912. I The Local Government Board inquiry was opened at the Swansea Town Hall on Thurs- day morning into the application of the Swansea Corporation for a provisional order empowering the Corporation to extend The borough to nearly four times its present are" and for sanction to borrow J3531.894 for die purposes of what is known as the Mumbles Read drainage scheme. The extension scheme provides for the m elusion of the whole of the parishes of LIan samlet, Oystermouth and Brynau, and parn of the parishes of -Claise Rural and Penderry. The existing area of the borough is 6,239 acres, and the borough, if extended as proposed, would have an area of 24,193 acres, whilst the respective populations would be 120,300 and 153,288. Regarding the drainage scheme the proposal is to construct a main sewer from Swansea to the Mumbles, with an out- let 100 yards out to sea oR the Mumbles Head. Major Norton, R.E., was the inspector of the Board holding the inquiry, and he intimated at the outset that he proposed to Rrst hold th-s inctuirv re the drainage scheme. Great PubHo Interest. I I Great interested wa.. rnajiiteatea m Mie I proceedings, rep<resentat.ives of the Corpora,- ) tion and the other loeaJ alWtbocities being t pr&sent, whilst a fetture of the inquiry wa& a la-rge cartoon 20 feet by 25 feet that, co"Ver ha.lf of the wall of one &ide of UTe Crown Ctnirt, in which the pirooee:diaigs were I Md. This depictoad.the existing borougJh and the proposed a<Med &reas, and g&ve de- tails regarding the dr&inage sehome, afnd wM on a ac&le of 2S'inches to a mile. There was also a great arra.y of cou.na&t eilg-&ged in the master, aiMl theee included tb's ],ea.œng Pa.r- Kam'snttarv lawyers of the day. Mr. Honor- I at,us Lloyd, K.C., and Mf. Clode, K. C. (in- stra<7ted by the Town Clepk. 'Mr. H. Laing Coafth) a.PPea.red for tthe CoJpofRnbte.n of Swanbea; Mr. BaMour Bro'<me, K.C.. artd Mv. Tyidesley Jones (inftni.c'bad by Mtr. C.. W. Sta-ter) oppoped on behalf of the OyAEyr- rr:oatt Urbain District C<ninci'[; Mr. Vowy Khox (in&tructed by Mr. E'dwafrd Harris) opposed on behalf of the Swansea Rur-d Dietrict Council; Mr. Mtairj&y Samson (in- structed by Messrs. R. and C. P. J-enJd.ns and Meaeis. Stnck and Belllngham) opposed for the G-ower RMra.1 Dq--t-riet Co'uaMti an-d! Voo T4bot Mr. Ma.nael Frw-A-.kn, o!m<k to amor pl Coimty C<mncil, opposed on bohq ,I f of tJ1If! body and Mr. A. A. Thomas. !sta<oding counsel'to the N. U. T., a.mpeared in the interests of the teaching profession. Mr. Midgeley Taylor, for the Corpora- tion, and Mr. Diggl, for the opposition, were the chief engineering expert witneasea in attendance. The Town ClerV read the notices of the respective applications, and the inspector! intimated that.the three months' notice in respect of the order for proceeding with thf drainage proposals would not expire until March 7th. so that If there were My objections to it a further inquiry would havs to be hed. The Town Council would be aware of that? The Town Clerk Y<=s, Mi-. Mr. Balfour Browne: And t.hér& wUl be ebject.ions under section 53. Mr. Honoratus Lloyd Oh, no doubt. Mr. BalfoHf Browne ea-id he wan<ted to re- serve his rights under the section of the Act (which provides for objections to March). The CommjseKXMr said he did not know 'whether it was wish<ed for the injury to be b&Id there twice. Mr. BrowTM said he had not formula-ted his objectiona- The Conuniaait&ner: Your clients h&ve put in a memorial. Mr. BTWVTte poimted o)it there ware at).H a n.Tnn.ber of people who bad time to object. He confessed be thought the preaemt inquiry was am a'b<K)taba)y informal one in'to thei sewage, and he thought he w<mJd only orosa- exttmuM! as it bore indM'ectly upon the ques- tion of extension. Mr. Knfox, oJi behalf of the District Coun- <'H, said he .was ia the sa-nM po?itaon. They w.ere really not infonne d on oertai'n pounts to put tho M.I objections in. The Commissioner said surely it was net expected the Local Govammettt Board '\vonld "hold ainother inquirv, for erm zels' dMHts '.vere present, he reminded thcrn. MT. Knox said he expected the Board -d follow the Act of Parliament. He Wtw! a<<Aendmg' on the eitens10111 propoga.Is, and if be &sked questions on the other paj"t it would attU be to reserve bJts right under the Statute. Mr. A. A. Thomas. on behalf of the N. U. T., said provision waa made for the transfer of teachers, and his clients regarded the additicin of the districta as aji advan- j tage. Mr. Manse! Franklen (cierk to the Glamorgan County Council) said he objected, a'nd it having been notified that any expense inouiTed would be disallowed it was !«ft to the county officials to Oppose the sohemM tn their spate time. (Laughter.) ihe omcjaJs had not had time tv prep&re their .opposition to the sewage scheme, a<nd they required the full time allowed by law. Mr. Sajiison. on behalf of the Gower Rura.ll Council ajMi Miss Taltx)t, opposed both echemes. The Oommisai<mer said he widerqgod Mr. C. F. Fryer, on behalf of the Board of Agn- tutture, intended to be present. THE SCHEME OUTLINED. Mr. Hoi-ioratut3 Lloyd then outlined the echeme a ad the history leading up to it, to- aether with the provision tlhwt was bating made. The scheme started from the north end, comin.g down from the Morristun dis- trict through L<andore and the f€<rttr'a.I line o< the borough, and then down to Bryn<mi.U a-nd aJoug the < oast to the .\fur:lhJes. In addition there were two di"3iÏlW\.ge in'tarcept- <ng f!eWeT&onoe in ,the Carma.)-thernroa<d a.t"i tihe other BrynmiH-Ia.ne. To dea.1 properly with tilJè. drainage of the borough Imd csr- ta.m oÚtlying districts 't would be iieces"u_lv to expend in addition to the JB331.894 a a-nm of ab&ut .S101,000. Mr. Hoyd proceeded to traooe the history of fhe sewags sch eme bnieny..md sa.id efveryone agreed the pre- gout atajte of affaim cou.M not b'* totaratt&d. ,Ah'J'ut the middle of la&t centiiry a soheme tviM d'y/ised to deaJ. wibh a popuJ.a.táon of 30,000, and the scheme was oarrMd o).t in :i. tt-a.y to de<t.l with 20.000 fm the west of t.h?* fi-ppr with an ri.uti'aj} a.t Pier.!1troot. Th:¡,t ttiN existed, aind was seen, and on oprtajn oe&5Ïons c&uld be anie'it. (LaL,,qhter). Since 1854 the population had mcre??d. Landore had been dra-med into tthc rivea- v/ith a.n.other outfal The o.JIlunieio;l1. suggested akipping all that aad cooiicg down to the preeent pro' jtasaL_ i Mr. Lloyd said in 1912 ib was admitted t by everyone that the present stat-e of a.S'Hirs must be remedied. He parsed over TariouR I Ruggestioiis to mitigate the evil and ca.m'e down to the 1912 scheme with an Outfa!!attheMumb!es. I Upon that Mr. MidgJey Taylor (engineer) made a report, and at that time the scheme was :nt.endd to d<'s.l with the borough, pre- sent and future, a,nd also a. certain area, out- side. It was intended to cope with a popu- lation eventually of ''OO.COO. The scheme was then placed before Parliament and they would recall how it wan opposed, and the re- sult was that the Commons declined to ac- cede to the Corporation's proposals. The Corporation a.gain consulted Mr. Midgelcy Taylor and the result was that the present scheme was devieed, having regard to the useful critic-isms previously made in 1912. The promoters were able to place a scheme of many merits absent from the former one, and one that could not i'a-irly be objected to, ajid one which waa not 6bivec,d to by the ,Opl-, immediately concerned. Mr. Browne, on behalf of the Mumbles, said he had not time to consider it, and other bodies had rpposed. but the people of the parishes con- cerned desired and wished for the scheiw— fmd they had had plenty of time to consider it. In all esential matters for the welfare of the scheme the new scheme deajt in a satiafactory wa.y with all the opposition The present scheme provided for 250,000 people, and a scheme of that character was essential whether there was an Extenaton of the borough or not. I It WM said of the original intercepting I 'ver that the "éwer would, by reason of the velocity, <%tc.. be an "impossible" sewer Major Norton, the Commissioner. I and & rotten" scheme. But he now, in the present scheme, would bring evidence show- ing the practicability and necessity of the present proposals. Mr. Lloyd proceded to rele¡- to Lord Swansea's contention in 1895. Mr. Browne Are you going to call him ? Mr. Lloyd: Are you appearing? Mr. Browne said he did not k]Mw yet, but his point was that views could not be presented without catling evidence. Mr. Lloyd said he could show the view at that time and in that connection he read a letter from the late Mr. Abernet-hy, a famous engineer, who wrote on November 8th, 1893, to Lord Swansea, after reading in the "Cam- brian" profpc'as.ls to discharge sewage in SwBttisea. Bay. Mr. AberlJ£,thy, refeiTed to the "feeble tidaJ currents" in the Bay and to the bad effects that would follow, the discharge in the Bay being moat detrimen- I tal." Seaward of the Mumbles Head "of- fered peculiar advantages for the effectual disposal." Counsel proceeded to &a.y t'hat noat experiments showed that there were certain hour6'w'h$n'it would be unfSrtmi&te, Indeed, to discharge aewaga at the point prescribed. There were also certain hours during which it was obvious that it might be done with impunity and with great ad- vajitage to the bay at large as well as Swan- sea.. And under the circumstances he put before them the same site as proposed in 1913. At this stage Mr. C. B. Fryer, inspector of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, appeared on the bench and sat with the Com- mi;}sione}'. Mr. Honoratus Licyd went on to state that the storage tanks had been consider- ably enlarged and an additional outjaJl pipe provided in order to meet the objections raised at the last' enquiry, and as he had said the scheme really placed before Parlia- ment ajid rejected by them had received the most careful consideration and the result waa.a scheme differing to the other one in majiy essential particulars, and one which he ventured to suggest, on behalf of the Corporation, wcu!d meet the susceptibilities of all concerned. The feared frequent over- now of the storm water overflow at Bryn- mill had alee been remedied, counsel ex- plained. The Commissioner: The owner of Single- ton Park is not opposing? Mr. Honoratus Lloyd: No. Dealing with the opposing mterests counsei! said that the parish of Cockett were not only drairous of coming into the borouo-h but were supporters of the drainage proposal" That toeing so, he would like to know what the Gower Rural District Council had got to do with it? Brynau Parish Council and the rate- payers had considered the matter and they decided not to cppose, subject to conces- sions being gra-nted in respect to venti!a.ting shafts. At Oysterntouth there were two interests, the oyster nsh?rm?n &nd Utf ratepayers. rite oyster fisherman would not huve the. &wnn- aea sewage at the Mumbip? at nil, but, after aU. they were representative of the rate- payers, and the latter had held a meeti: ? and said they were very desiroua for their local a-uthority to consult them upon the matter, and they passed a resolution asking tha District Council to cat! a, meeting witl, a view of ascertaining their view's, but one gentleman, who occupied a professional po- gition, instructed them what should be their views. but notwithstanding his able advo- 'cacy it was thought wiae not to pass a.ny resolution, and that very able gentleman ex- plained the rea.?on why. It was becam&e thev would have ample opportunity of ex- pressing their views at the poll which they were about to take. That poi! wag taken and the ratepayers, by & majority of 64. he thought, decided that they were in favour of both the sewerage and the extension schemes. And he would like to know,' that bping the case, where the Urban Distr,i 'Council were? And he was not surprised that his learned friend. Mr. Balfour Browne, waj!ted time to consider what he wao going to do. But the general result was when they took Swansea Bay and the interests a.fL fected by the proposals, they found that the districts through which the Corporation passed, and who would get the facilities for which they would be glad, favoured the pro- posals—t.wo of them. whilst one wag not op- posing, providing they had concessions in reference to ventilating aha-ftf. Under these circumstances it was clear that the, scheme he now placed before them was vaetiy different to that put before Parlia- ment in 1912, t The Commissioner: Is there anythmg in the Public Health Acts to prevent the put- ting of the identical rejected scheme I)cf"re. Parliament? Mr. Honoratus Lloyd replied in the nega- tivp. They C3uld put it before Parliament .igain, and saying that -that wa.s the proper tribunal to go to, but when they went to Parliament on the Cast occasion nobody was louder than his learned friend, Mr. Bal ) Browne, against that course being adopted. What was the meaning of gQhg to ParJia- i ment?" it was sa,id. "Why didn't they g< to the Local Government Board?" And it was suggested that the reason was to avo:d the presence oi a competent inspector with a knowledge of these matters going into the district n,nd seeing things for hirMelf. Com- ing to the existmg ii)-eans of sewage disposal at the Mumbles, counsel said that anybody I laoing to the Mumbles ae a. health resort aad seeing the se-wcrs would say, HnUo! where are thaee going to?" And they had only to get on to -tha pier to get the answer. As a matter of fact the sewer was a switch- ba-ck. Tha Commissioner I should like to sa,y that m 1908 the Local Government Board sanctioned a loan for the alteration of that ecwpT, and I understand, after my visit yes- terday, that the improved gradient wag never ma-de. I Khou!d like to hav(, some informa- tion v'hy that has T,r — done? The Sw!tohback StH! ConfttntMe. I Mr. Hcnoratus Ltoyd Answer Not only that, but when Mr. DIggle was called af. it witness in the House of Commons he pro- duced a plan purporting to show the gra- dient and the 1evcl at various points, and that p!a.n we have, and it docs show the gradient at, cert-ain points/but it omits the others, and as it was drawn it shows a plan without a switchbacik, but we ha-ve U-oe t.rue pla.n. Appa-rently Mr. Diggl(', for some rea- son or othe' or those who uMtruc'ted Mm, omitted the levels which wOlJd, have ghown 'i Ie'vel. I do not wish to press it for ;-1¡e moment. Sumoi'ent for me to say tha.t M!r. Diggle toJd the House of Commons that < t.hp syst'em ttbeire was unaatMfaobory. Proceeding, Mr. Hoyd said TAnOin,A Bay \va.<i badly sewered and wanted aiteind.inig to, ruid th?t wa? recognised by the Distfnot Co?uncH. As records the oyster ns.hen.ea the borough tlikmght their' proposaJs would "vast.Iy improve the conditions." "1 of Agriculture had reported on the mat-bsr to the Commo'ns. He was ir,\ a position to prove tha.t the present sta-te of a&Mrs was "eminently uJ1.ati 8Cto ry bn-tt wha<t the Corporatdon proposed to do "must" improve t.he conditions of the fisheries. Unless some- thing wR.s do!na—afnd tha<t soon-ruin ,VtOI1ikl be au'tomattac. a,nd what the Com<ration pTopos&d wouJd save tha.t fiahery. The pre- sonft -,tate of aSM<ra must be T6m,ooried a.nd this is j;,he remed/y. The Commissioner asked for the estimate of the 1hole ischeme (including additional works). M.r. Uoyd said JB101,000 w&a in a-ddition I to the amount now a.aked for. I The Commissioner sa.id theh- borrowing ¡' powers were practically JB476;000. Mr. Uoyd: We shaJI be within it. The CommissioB<T sa.id they might. got < more than thirty years for the outfall sewer, Mr. Lloyd said he wanted as long as p'o&=Ibte. Tha Commissioner uked whose scheme it was- An enormous amount of time was wasted in Parliament cross-examining each witness on the same points. Was the out- fall Mr. Wyrill's or Mr. Midge-ley Taylor's scheme? Who wotdd give evidenc'a? Mr. Hoyd said it was Mr. Mid gel ey Ta.y- lor's. wit,h Mr. WyriU responsible for details. The main intercepting sewer was Mr. Midgdey Taylor's. The Commissioner said he wanted to eave time, and that waa why he asked. In Pa,r- Ha.ment the enquiry took three weeks; he wajtted to nnish it in three days. Mr. Uoyd More power to your eibow. (Laughter.) He pointed out tnat the op- position did not haj-dly know what position they were actually in. Evidence was then ca.lkd. Mr. MiÍdgeJ Ta.yk'r, C.B., beJmg the ni'st wtitneaa. Mr. Ttaylofr. is dT.a.irm'atn of tJM Aasecitution of Coàsulting È1ineer.s, ? amd has adfvised a.t home ajui aibroa.d. He explained the present syabe!m outlet& The Comm.iaadonier: You know t.hem, tthe OorporZJtion know .them, and I know them.. ? Is it neces&a.ry? Witne?s pi'ooeeded to deaj with outlet de- tails, and as reg'a<rds Mie u,nseweped atreas sa.id a few houses in the west, a few at iton\'Tiiaen, ?ere not connected. The Tre- r iie borough boeMi ares, wa& being done. 'nie b<yrcm) ? i a? a whole was well provid'ed, hut the necessity of an improtved scheme he dilMOO upon. He had 1V on more sea. ouitfaills than anyone el-* and it w&a t.h'e biest met'h'od, provided tneI'e was øu1t1'CIÎOOIt current, con- trol, etc. The proposed w<s one of the Rnest diRchtan- g e po':ats he had aaen, and waa m&iitedy smperior to many on the South Coast pleasure regorts. It would sweep round in,to the titde, and the pMaenft was the I blelqt sciheme possible. To datscbatrge a<ny- tihing into the &la)ok waiters of Swainaea Bay wMmst a 4 ?iaa<ble. Mr. Midgeiey Tayl'or, the Coa'pora.tiotY ex- pert, cmiiaiulilg his evidence iu the Swansea, dramage i-nqutry on Thursday. and a.nawering the Commissioner, said there was no. objection to a screening. cham- ber in the borough under the previous pro- poool.s, thoug't! to taJ:c in ot-ber diatrlct-s as proposed, it waa advisable to place it whece I now pTopoeed. AtlS'Nel'ing fmr&er questions, the witness sajd the 23.86, ,in<t'ea.sé in population could not. be ma.in'tained, and he had taken it a& 14 per cent., the Taite beiitg at tha.t ngure from 1911. A.t. the noi'th end the 18 inch ma.in would take in the added area,; at tjie Croea ijt.. wa<s 36 inches, a-nd a sm.&H pumping station would bring certain Low- iymg aewa.ge ui; at Hafod imd Cfroft-stroet and Ci-ad-dock-gtr,et, added areae would be brought..md the wituess ti-aced the ti-ack- down to the Mumbtes. The valocities a.t- tained were mtisiaetory,land the sewer wou1<l be a self-cleansing one. The pump- ing st.a.t,joa was not included in the J3351.000, but wauld be applied for in due ci,,ku-se. St. Thomaa was new drained into the Taw." and em-el of the Kin)g'a Dock. A pumpiag statm.'n at the Tawe omJeb would drive the- sø:w-ag.e up, and a. syphon would on:ubJe it tc into the main sew'e!r'. Oer- tain of the sewage Wcu!d have to be pumped twice. I A pun'p'm.? stx?on v.'uuia €tnabj'a t-he iov. lyi?g pa.rts of th? tow? to be drained. The two pumping s't?tioaTs from St. Thom.?s ;md j'i;sit:).{ mn.!H VtOni'j co?t. ?315,000.. the low- tymg pu:nping <"ta.ioii JBojOOO, and the low J.eyel, Morriston, and Cvm .65,565. The BrynJUdl,lan.e to Cockett. sewer cost was in- cluded in the present applicotioil. Ll:msa.m- Let (fJ.OOO pop'ii.'i.t'.on) couid oiuy effecti%e.,y got rid of its PuniK:&h)CH. works oouM ony be put, in th'e borouj!;Jl, afnd the Corporation wo!uld na-v somethintg to say as regard;; that.. The ex- pen'd.itur'' of J3730 was required for the Bonynlaen se'wer for the remaiiid<ar £.21,800 was required for Uan-,amlet town ajTid GIa'is. and this induided a pfoportion of pumping station for Morris- ton. Claae, like Llansamlet, wM in need of drainage facilities. JH1,606 cost was neces- cary to connect Morriston and Treboeth. Sewers noi'th of Clase, and subsidiary &ewers, .C7,700 would be mtaiied. Pen- derry (southent p&rt) naturally drained to Swansea..81,545 w as necessary for the Treboeth bianch sewers to conjiect. with main, 0. Fforestfach's drainage would be in connection with Cockett, <md in that regard he gave .67,100 as estimated cost. Cockett fell into .several drainage areaa. Gendros dra-ined towards the borough, and the cost to connect would be R2,800. He purposed a concentration of sewers at Cockett, and the erection of a pumpiHig &ta.tton towards the nrth-wegt coT-ner. The Sketty works on the Mumbles road Shoutd be scrapped ajMl jcmed to main outfall. Cockett and endeiTV's cost to link up and deal with was .S29.700. At Langland Bay a scheme was needed, and a pumping station would have to be erected. The intercept- ing sewer would pk'k up Oystermouth. The existing main sewer, would be aban- doned and would obviate cleansing, a'ndi the present unsa-tisfactory point of discharge. .S1.800 would be the. cost for the La.ng)l<md Bay area (including the pumping station). As regards the noa.ts, etc., the period of shut- ting penstocks h<td been .increased (since thb Parliamentary Bill) and th" periode alightty altered. Considerable numl-yer.,4 of float ex- periments were taken m 1914 and they con- firmed the present outlet is ae- good as could be found and better than alternatives i suggested. It would be waste of money to I expend the outlet 14 or 15 miles down the Bristol Channel as he was absolutely con- vinced th:tt within H alf-a-milft ct <he preaent <!te I I of the outlet every trace ot sewage woul4 I Th<* --I
I '.NRW VICAR OF SKETTY. I
'.NRW VICAR OF SKETTY. I Thn mductioa of t!)e Rev. H. J. Stewart I iM, vicar ot Skeity, wiH t*ke place at St. Paul's Chucch dnSatJrda.y.aftemool1, Fob. i 13tb,at 4 o'clock.
REMARKABLE WELSH CASE.I--
REMARKABLE WELSH CASE. S!R GmFHTH THOMAS SUED. -i Dead Brother's Alleged Promise. In the King's Bench on Wednesday, Mr. Justice Lush and a special jury heard a. re- marka.ble action for damages for alleged breach of promise of marriage, in wMch the gentleman said to have made the promise is dead. The plaintiff i& Mias Minnie Magda.- lenc Quirk, a milliner, of Holbein House, Sloane-square, London, and the formal de- fendant was Sir Grimth Thorny of Court Herbert, Neath, the executor of t.b)e late Mr. Arthur William Thomas. Mr. Wa-ugh, K.C., and Mr. J. D. Craw- ford represented the p!ainti5, and Mr. Bar- nard Lailey, K.C., and Mr. J. H. Watte re- presented the defendant. The defence denied the allegation in the statement of claim, and suggested that the clajm did not disclose the ca-UBe of the ac- tion. Mr. Waugh (in continuance of his case, as outlined in our afternoon's editions of Wednesday) said that in February, 1912, Miss Quirk wrote to Mr. Thomas as follows "I have trM to r<*ply to you before, but aomehow have found it diuicult. What is the use of keping up this pretence, you and 1. Therefore, I will speak with my accus- tomed frankness. It is now nearly a yeaj- since we last met, and I have now decided that we must not maet Again except under the right condition. L am not in favour of recnminationa, so will not detail much of that which haa hurt moe profoundly. I shall always re<'aH the &rst three months of our reunion. Perhaps I wae over-eangnine as to the auction you had for me, but many subsequent events have led to my being dis- illusioned, and I feel I cannot go through a repetition. You have always sa-id You intended dotng the right tMng, and really there is no reaacn why you should not. You, like everyone else in Swansea,, have known nM for yeare, and t was not unknown to your people. I have not pressed thie matter, as I felt the more intimately you knew me the more you would realise that ycur welfare and happiness would be sa.£e I in my keeping, so unless the right thing is done you will not hear from me again. Ufa doea not stand still for ua. New interests open up when we least expect them, and we must meet them with a determination to do the best." After that Mr. Thomas wrote to say that he would not m&rry her; and aibo replied — The fact is. I was s.tunnoo' bv your let'tea-. and for many d<:ih I felt I had lost my grip on things. Evk-n now I cannot believe tha.t you deliberaitely took my affec- tion and honour and all that makes life dear to a woman just to discaxd me lightly. I have re-read some of your letteM, and certa-mly they give m-e eYsry reason to be oonitent and secure with you. It is a ter- rible troab!e to me. and I ajn very un'ba.ppy. Mow my Ufa !< rutned, you most m&ke it to!ef&M< for me. I ha-ve no money, and you muMt help me to eaj"n my living. I a<m perfectly wi!!i&g to meet you and cLacuaa m&tters." I Plaintiff aJao poanted out tha.t. she ha.d lost h<f cuat-cmiers ?a a milliner, Mid would have to leam electric Utaasa?e or sOM?et.'hing like th&t to gsL a living. There was, aa<id ocninseJ, no answer to that letter, and the plaintiff in NovembeT/ 1912, wrote: "It ia onJy withm the lakt- two mont<hs that I hÐ,ve readised that yoa do not intend to reply to my loiter. Your a-ttjitude is quite unoa.ilod for, and ra.isp'! &n atmosphere I have done everything to prevent. Ours is not an ordina-ry leaaon which has extended ovea' many years, a.TMl you must reaJise whaA a strong factor in my life you have becotne. Further, you persisted, w'th the re&ult t<ha.t ith the resu l t that certa.in things ha-ppcned. to me have bedn a. life-lortg memory. You promised in God's na,me never to Jeà'Vt.'t me. I can sa.y yo')i were the nrst and will be the !ast to come nea<r me. It is this memory tiha<t hu boon the reason why I ha.ve never mamod, I tcget\her with the hope that one t!ay you would fulnt your promise to ma-rry me. I Have never wavered from this hope, I aJid had it tal{e'n place if. would have been, I think, with the general approval of SwMtsea. people. What I wetit tlirough a-fter left me no one excepting' my sister and her husband know. There was no real reason why you cannot cajTy out your promise. I gave up the RonM.n C'?bhohn religion for you years &go. I aha. l1i\rer ma,]-ry. To do that would be to act absolutely opposite to my views. 1. therefore, feel I have a just claim on you to give me the ttecessary assistance to earn my living." To that letter Mr. Thomas replied &'om Court Herbert. Neath Dear Winnie,-i have had you letter. It was no good going into aN th.e matters you have raided. When I sent you all that money (.660) you go and spend three guineas on a Coronation ticket. You imagine I am a rich man, but I ajn nothing of the kind. I have been unforunate in putting my money out, and have lost :64,000 in the last three years. You also imagine I got money out of the eale of the collieries, but I did not. Thev were AH my brother's property. It was true I received a good saJary, .bat that is gone now. I am prepared to give (you B50 provided you do not bother me for money again. If you do I shall not be able to give it to you, as r have a lot of other obligations and increasing on.ps, too." Tha-t Jetter must have contained untruths, commented counsel, for when Mr. Thomas dLed. a year la.ter, He left 940,000,. Yet he offered to plaintiff j350 to Kpav her for the way he had acted. If she did not bother him again. Naturally, the ia,dy re- plied that she could not allow the master to stop therf. "Wuu!d to God yon had never come into my life," she wrote.. I did not see k you until certain things hap- pened. Then I prayed that you would treat me honoura.bly. I Mr. Wu-'igh, reading other 1-ettera from the My to the deceased, alluded to one in which she asked for the loan of money with which to start a business, saying tins had been promised. In this sh&sajd: "Do give me JB150. I could raise the remainder by .seling my jewellery. It is of the greatest importance that I should hav-a it. Had you Tnarried me I would have done ajl in my power to make it a snccass." Later, m appealing for the mouoy, she 'ended wit.h the poatcript, "36e. iepre-jents my entire fortune." In a further lett-or the pMntiff said "My att,ittide, to yo-i has pver been one of trust and cau'&dence. I would never ha,ve done the goa-,qt tiling to ha.ve l<'ft a 'ba<! taste' in Hhd.3 affair between us. You kmow n.H I Ilame said it ti'ue, iM)Ld if it 1.{.qlle.tioIl of proving letbers, thetn as I promised, I Imve d.estrO',d thenl. 1: ou caa), therefore, do a,n,yt.bliig .,ou like .Htd aO coritiii,iie jn the strong position whl]e the wea.J.œr one goes t') th<: wal). The wfJQ!\œr one gc,,c,:s t'.) the wa.11 a too great coniidcin.'ce and t<rust. I ha<ve not, s<uJ of Bjy own, and it resrtc; entirely wjtjt you. If there ie a God, wiliWh I aan begfrnning to douJbt, He has, in- doed nM ?e wom<e.n T? hapless.. I am yvlqpwa, V4wy h*lw. I am In September, 1915, the pla'inbiS wa& ad-t djiieased a,6 "dear Miaa Quirk," in these) you havs T&t the' slightest, clami on me, I &m pleased to give u ;090 on the foRowintg oon.dit.ioms: that I you go to my .London solicitors !nd slktl a document. Upon signing it JE90 v<'in lre pajd to you." I It subsequently traj).spf!pod tha,t the pUun- tdn was asked to sign a dor-umexr-t giving "P a.H oladjns against Mj\ I-liomas, &nd under- ta<!fitt.? not to communicate with h"r! in I tu?ure. The pLa<intin was advised not to sign it. C<we Before Another Judge. I CMichniuTig his opening, Mr. v< aaigh askied that justice should be done to the iady, who ha'd no d'esdre to draig the de- fendamt OT his family before the puJblic. He -ai,d nothing aJg.a.iu,t the dfad maji, as he h&d e!one before a.noth'er iu'dse. I Miss Quirk C!wes Ew!t!ence. I Miss Quirk, who wore a blue oostwne wiMi a blJ.a..dkoo.t, ga-ve Her ia.bher, who had a slupping business in Swansea, diied in 1894. Witness weiit to Guomsey for a holidpy, and there she Schw Mr. Thorny, ikiiom she already knew by siglTt. He sa,id to her, "Y ou wiM not refuse to apea.k to -ui old friend of your fa'ther, will )'G'u?" She sp6ke to him, as ah'8 already krtew him ty si-ght, as he had been in tJte ha.b'it of talking flowers to her father's plaoe of busiTi€<<s ?!!<! aarymg they were "foa' the ladies." On St.. Ða v, 1897, she was a<t her father's hueiness, and Mr. Th-omas., oomiBg .ui, fhe I b'edecked him wn)Ui sihajmrock. She observed "For <me day I will dha'n.ge you from a WeJahmaji into a<n Irishman." That day he came to te&, a<nd he said "If I oa<nnot be Ml Irish.ma,n, I sh&JJ, at a.11 even-ta, have aji Irish wife." He proposed to her and she a<3oe'ptad hiim. It was aj-- ranged thait the .engagement should be kept secret, as she waa, a Roman Catholic, and Mrs. Thomas had a prejudice against Catholics. In September, 1897, Mr. Thomas, under the promise of marriage, betrayed her, and pho left the Roman Catholic co.m- muinity. At Chri&tmtatS, 1897, he ga,ve her an engagement ring. T'h)ey went a'bout to- gether atnd attended many aociaJ fujictdona, includang a garden party given in 1898 by the Mayor ajid Mayoress of Swansea. In 1900 Mr. Thom&a told her that ono of his brothers had threatened to turn hun out of the house if he continued the engagement, and a.fter thia.t they sa.v.- one anothÃ" less fre<ru.e!nHy, but con'eEponded resTiIaj'ly. Cave Up H«r Busittess. I Early in tJT.c- &utunm ct 1301 there was trouble in her la.te fa.ther'a business on ac- c,ount of defaloaticn.s by the m&nager, ajid witness's income from it wshs stopped, and she had to earn her own living. She went to London, and became a nursery cover- new, "a blind aJley occupation." Up to 1901 she had numerous pivsenits from Mr. Thomas, including a ca;rd-case, a silver- mounted umbrella, a- dia!m;ond cJusber ring, opera glassss, and gloves. In 1909 he came up to London, and said he w&s delighted to r,4-e hsT a.g'ain. "I thank God, Minnie. I ha-ve met you again." He said he ha<d mot nobody eke he would m&rry, and she said tha.t she had refused two otLer offers of mOtrria-ge because of Turn, as she felt herself in honour bound to him en a-oooant of their psat relationship. La<ter he said he and hia brother intended to dispose of tli,? collieries they owned near Swan.3oa., and heint-tided to ma.rry her. "I was very delighted," pMd witness. After tha.t they regularly corres- ponded. Mr. Thomas o.noe aaked her to come down to Bristol as he had something to com- immicate. He said he Mitended to "repair the dreadful injury" he had done to her. He told her about a Mrs. D——, who had had a child and had then developed suicidal' tendencies and died m au asylum. H? per- suaded her to go to Tynemouth with him, I and they stayed at an hote<L'. M,os 4 s,aye d n hote ?'. MttBS Quirk said she wrf?e to the defen- dant, spying, "Years ago it was because of yotur mother, now it. ?s because of your brother that I am to be cast aside." The plaintiff's voice quivered with emotion aa site dramatticaiMy spoke these words. Then, she added, "After that I had to undergo a serious operation." "Did you fear you wouM die under it?" PIaiintin (breaki-ng down): I hoped I wouM. 8ne added'tha,t she wrote to Mrs. Thomas tetlmng her about the oper.aiion, and she expressed regret, a.n<j sent R-6. "It was quite a nice letter, she added. After a.H these events Mr. Thomas said ho was not his own master, but if she would t.ruat him he would try to find a way out of I the diiSicuIty. "1. didn't reproach him for his careless conduct. I tried to keep on the right side of him, as I was enttreJy at his I mercy," she declared. <T!).
ITHURSDAYS PRO- - ,CEEDINGS.
THURSDAYS PRO- CEEDINGS. I I The somewhat extraordinary action for damages for breach of promise of marriage, in which the executor of a deceased man was sued. was resumed on Thursday in the King's Bench Division, before Justice Lueh ajtd a'special jury. PIaintin_was Miss Minnie Magdalene Quirk, a.nd the defend- ant was Sir Griffith Thomas, ot Gouit Herbert, Neath, t'he executor of Arthur William Thomas, file deceased, who is sa,i(l to have made the promise. The defence was a denial of the allegation?, t-hat the claim disclosed no cause of actdon, and that! the dama.ges alleged were too remote. Mr. Waugh, K.C., led for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. La,iley, K.C., ioi the'defence. Miss Quirk, the ptaintin, agLin entered the witness-box, and was further examined by Mr. J. W. C'rawford, her counsel. Re- ferring to a letter of February 15, 1915, in which phHntin informed the deceased that ahe ha-d lost al! the little chentele she had in the millinery business, and would have to start in eledric massage, etc., she said this statement was perfectly true. She had given up an excellent millinery business, which she oan ied on in conjunction with a Mt's. La.cey Snut'h, at deceased's request under the promise that he would look after her, and marry her. The h.ta.tetm'nt that she ma-de in a letter to the deceased of -\la,rcn 4, 1913. tnat she could produce his letters in which he sarid he would marry her was quite true. Mr. da.wfurd: In that letter you sa.y, You kjtow aill I say is true, buit. 1' hatve, as I promised I would, deattroy'ed every le't.ter. Did vou ma.kc ainy such protluae? Yes, I did. To whom?—Arthur Thomas. He Atways asked me to destroy h!s tetters, ;M)d a.U the letK-rs reietTiii, to the tna.l-r.Lage were deotioyed.. Did Artthur Th<Hn'as over deny the truth of the sta.teci'e.ntt you nM<Le in ttiAt let-ter'— Nefver. Furher ex;tmin'ed., witness said she wrote) a. number of letters to the deceased m Argust 1915, but she got no i-eply to any of tht-in. Then sine' wrote to 8H' CfifRth Thomas, I the brother, and now the ejceoutor of the dreeased. In this lebtfT she sa.id It is with the grea.t'eat reiujcbajnce that I am obliged to write to YQU on a 'natter m wfhich you are not reaMy reatpomsiMe, viz., the breaJdng off from the promiee made to m)a.rry m<! by Arthmr. I ha-ve dome t)hÜ¡g I beJi<yve to rouse His senao of hoMur ana ch!w<ttfy, I but wibhout result, und 1 H.m no.w left in I exbremis. 1' am perfectly agix"alle to ooniM to :-)\7'a.nSe.a t.6, see you to further explain the position.. You are Mly aware of the anec- taoti whiich existed bat-ween us, and you kniow he frequently caine to see me a-fter my f Ebtlier's dfMbh. Of com'se, he aJiways sajd he m tended ? ma-rry me. There wa& never any reason 'vhy he should not have done so. True, he objected to my being a Roma.n Cutholic, but I left tha.t oommunift.y for huT). You are aware wf have met again recently. We were very happy, and times out of number Arthur tdid me he would me. I did not pœs:s him but cor'tinued my IcttJe business which to a extent lie helped me to esta-bMsh. Fino-Hy he tc>t!d me to givf; it np. and he wo¡d look after me. Arthur sa.id he would give me JB200. a.nd a,fte< n good dMi of pt'r.sua.Mon he g.ive nte .6100 last February. It iq No quMtton of oompCMattcn, t I but I aji) only tryTim to make Arthur HUHit hie promis." Miss Quirk sa.id that the letter wa.s sent to Sir Griffith's place at Swansea, but ahe got no repl'y to it.. The writ wRs issued .against dec(!¡se<iin December. 1913, Mid 'he d Iffl, in Juiuar-,r, 1914. Her business with AIif. La.cy' Smith was a very good one. and*wa.s irie,reising at the time s'he gave it up. Cj'oss examined by Mr. Ladey. K.C., witness M.id she Srst met the d,,cta,ed m 1396 a,t Gllernse-y" but ha.d never spoken to him or any of liiz -faniiiv before tha.t time. She had never spoken to Sir Grifii-th. De- ceru;ed prop<Tsed in Maj-ch, 1897, and from that time till now he the only member of the famiJy she had spoken of. Within six months of the pronue'e deceased had sed uced her. She wa.s I Then 24 and he was about 44. I I The seduction took pl¡¡oe iu h<'r rocm jn t Swad1SC3. Between 1897 and 1901, when ?he I w?ecA to Lond<m, she met dece<<?ed con- j Rtantly. a.nd h? ctunc to her rooms between l those dates. Immorality only took place on fo'ur oocamoii- You said in one of your left's there ha.d tteetM a lia.ison bctw.ecn you for many years.— Those were t.hf years I referred to. Do you repfestint yoursplf as a 'woma.n auKering under a grievous wrong when you went to London in 1901 ?—Decidedly I do. In 1901, when you went to London, Arthur Thotmas had treated vou a.bo'u;t as badly as a man could treat a woman ?—Yes. Dtd vou bcaa* him no ill-will?—I shaJI not say thui. Wfwo you feeling indignant in 1901 ?—I woo feeling his trea.tment very much. Did yott feel any ill-will against hin. i to a certain extent, at any rate, you were willing to renew the acquaintance P —Always, with the hope that he would carry out his promise. When wa.s the nrst occasion that de- ceased gave you money?—I should think in J909—oh, no, I remember, now; I got I a cheque in 1908 for JE10 from him. That is absolutely The Rrst ttme t reoetwed money I from him. Further questioned as to when witness made the copies of the letters she sent ? to deceased which had been produced, she explained that she always made a draft of a letter before she wrote one to the deceased, and those drafts were the ones she had copied and brought into court. Why did you make drafts of tiho letters to deceased ?—Because I liked to see if I cou!d improve them. I am not a very olever letter writer. Why did you keep your drafts?—Bemusej I wdshed my sister to see exa?Jy what I was writimg t« Mr. Tho'mas. Counsel further pressed the witness aa fxl the letters, and ahe then s-tid she could not underata.nd the queKt'ioc. His Lords'hip sqid it wa.s very simple. Plaintiff Breaks Down. wTftncsa (bursting into tears) I have been through a. great deal of trouble and illness, my lord. Mr. Latiley I am chaJl<ng!iDg you ae to the drafts of the letters. Miss Quirk (int'igna.n.tly) Then you ha.ve no right to do so. His Lorrdahip Oh, yes, he has; he m-ould not be doing his duty otherwise. Mr. Lailey Don't tet us have any hysterics, plea&e. There is nothing to cry about. In 19C6 yom invited this man, who had so grievously wrong you, to come amd see you aga.in?—Yes. On the advice of a mutual' friend. I wa-s not asking you about advice?— Well, I am giving it to you. (Laughter.) In answer to further questions, witness s&i.d she met deceased in March, 1909, and having dlriod with him at the Gaiety be invited her to spend the night with him, but ah)6 did not do so. Their former inti- ma-t'0 relations were not resumed till June cr July <xf that year, when she went WTith him to Teignmouth for the -week-ond Did you ever go with deceased to a place I you would Descrtbe as a dubIOus p!aoe? I —I did. 0'nce or twice?—Twice. Whsre was that dubioJls pierce?—It was m Wa< it the aajiie p" hf took you to on the second ockasion? Yes, that ivw abmt F elwu.wr)', 1911. W;hen was the last occasion th&t these rta.t<i()tH; took place?- -N-ever'agaiii a<ftar he t&ak me the ,:4econd tcme to the dubious pdace. Witness furbh.er sa.id wheii she 6rst nM't t'h'e dpoeased she t!M not think he wras wealthy, I bt)!t In 1909 s)he Icnew he was well off a<s his 1 mothef had Wt him a k¡¡rge sum of monoy. There was no reason why be kiould not ha.ve matiTied he, in 1910 or 1911, but tJta<t he was so 'vac.iiilafting. Asked why hite Wfiit. with deceased to the ¡:wlaœsmlled. "d1libious," wi aafid a'he was penniless and complet'ely at his memy. She always hoped he wouM many her a<nd aJways oons.idered herself engaged to him. After th<' second viecit to the d'u'h.iou; phce she,neY'er saw dœea,sed aga.iu tiU Fe'm'Dary, 1915. Was it not strange you should not see hJm &H thatt time if you were engfilged to him?- Not if you knew him. He was Net a very eager lover. He was a very vacilla.t.mg one. He wrote to me a good m&ny times but I did not. go back to him exc&pt under proper oond,itiollS. i knew he wUlted to resume imhioral rela-tions and I woupi,d not a.gi'ce. Miss Quirk was then cross-examin<<d at coiisicierable ieagth with respect to the business, for the loss of which she claimed da-mages, an<f she admitted she had no receipts of documents to produce. The business had been' Injured by the death of King Edward. His iordship expressed the hope that the court was not to be asked, to estimate how many hats the lady had made and the pronts on them. (Laughter.) In answer to further questions wit- ness admitted that in many of her letters, to deceased she reminded him that he had promised to "look after her if she gave up her business, but she had always meant that phrase to import the under- standing that it was only till marriage. Pressed as to the money she had got from deceased, she sa-id she had Received !n all aonte P,230. Did he in June, 1911, write you that he could do no more for you than an occasional "nver"?—Yes, he did. And he did that though you regarded yourself as an engaged couple?—Yes. The hearing was adjourned.
GOWER TRAGEDY.
GOWER TRAGEDY. FARMER FOUND DROWNED IN POND. William Davies (44), farmer, of Scurtage Farm, Lllandewi, near Port Eynon, was found drowned in a pond near his home on Wednesday. Discovered by His Dog. Further e!iqum'M o to mow that the deceased got. up between five ajid sijc o'clock on Wednesday mormng. and nothing more was seen of him until Ms body wa- found by a, cister-in-law Athertoji). ghe noticed a dog own<*d by the deceased which h;Ki evidently missed it3 ma.&ter, ajid which barked about the house and ran to the pond, which Is rot far away. She Mowed the &mTnal anp Mun.e across the body of the 410000800 h,-ad downwards in the water.
MERE ..SKIRMISHES.I
MERE SKIRMISHES. I Egyptians Not Excited I as Yet. I I (CentraJ News C-urrespoiideiit). < CAIRO, Wednesday, 7.40 p/m. TL'e t)&ws of th" light-Ing ylc-.stk-rdziy and to-dav on tj)p hajiks of t'hc Suez Canal h:t; been recen'ed hy the pubHc in Cairo with- out t.hP sliglitesi. 'darm. Our !<jsses of oni.y six !Ticn wotuidt3d at Isma.Uin. :u)d three wcunded nt Al Kantaia point to the cn- pgeiiie,ti.t,A having been mere skimMghes without miHtajy sin.ifi('mce, althúugh the Turkish losses ware in proportKm cA>nBider- able..
REPELLED BY THB RUSSIANS.
REPELLED BY THB RUSSIANS. FURTHER PROGRESS IN EAST PRUSSIA. PETROGRAD, Tuesday. The toilov.'lug communique from the HeaA quarters Staff of the Russian Army in Eaa6 PrusMa is issued :— Our hoops ]Mve consoiida-ted their post" twnf; naar the viUage of Grossmed-1-k-10 on the Left bartk of the Anges&p. On the right ba,nk of the Vistula. couisims with the enemy have become more frequenti More important engagements have taken plaoe on the Li pno-Bejorin front. Our troops earned by aasautt the towT$ of Skefmpe, and repelled the enemy's st-4 tempted a-ttack on the vitiate of Blino, caus4 ing him hea.\y losses. Here we captured the oommajider of t< b-ittallon, Viiree other omcers, and a hundre4 soIdMrs. On the left bank of the VistuJa. the fight oat the front Borjimonf Sonmine Vohashid< lovska and Bolimoff was continued with ita former violence on the second inat. nje enemy brought into his firxt line ot action more tha-n fourteen regiments a.n<i grpat masses of artillery, including hea-vy guna, which cease fire neither by day nof night. Fighting of especial determination Is in progress at the viHage of Sonmine, where, after BLOODY HAND TO HAND FIGHTING. we repeJIed the f'.mous attacks of the enemy, the latter continuing t-u suffer Immense losses. He continues to bring up fresh rem< foircements. Demonstra.ti«ns by t.he enemy on tiMt Nida Hiver have not been successruL The fihtillg in the Carpathians is del- yeloping and becoming more and more d&4 t'ermitM)d. Considerable German forces aje arri vine. ACTIVITY IN THE AIR. It is announced tha-t on February 2nd RussiaAi avi&tors succeasfuJIy dropped bomba on gatherings of Cei-man Reserves and on Germ&n tra.ins at Rava Rzeczezi and BoKa- dci. r
I I GERMANS SILENT
I GERMANS SILENT RUSStANS S!NK A TORPEDO-BOAT. I t (Press Association War Telegram). PARIS. Wednesday. AN OFFICIAL TELEGRAM FROM PETROGRAD ANNOUNCES THAT ON JANUARY 29 A RUSSIAN SUB.. MARINE SANK A GERMAN TO* PEDO BOAT OFF CAPE MOEN, D,E' MARK.
ITHE LION S CUBS. -....;
THE LION S CUBS. AUSTRALIAN CRUtSEFTS SMART WORK. A Renter's Buenoa Ayres mesaage says the, new"pets 4em annowice that the A'ustmJ)ian cruisar AustaraHa ba, wnik A &M'mau auxHIary cruiser, foti'merly a Woermann imer, off Patagonia.
"UFEBOAT AHOY! "
"UFEBOAT AHOY! CREW LANDED t' "ILT MUMBLES. f. The Mumbles lifeboat wag called out about 5 o'clock on Thursday morning to the assistance of the schooner Illaway," of Fowey. The vessel which was bound from Swan- aea to Par, became unmanageable in the bay, and the captain sent, (Alt flares for assist- ance. The lifeboat put out, but so heavy was the sea that it waa two hours before if could reach the distressed vess&I. Captain Durepaire And the crew of two were taken c'H and landed in the Mumbles, where they were taken care of by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The IIlaway afterwards ran aground, but there are hopes of floating her next tide.
GERMANY'S SEA, OUTRAGE.
GERMANY'S SEA OUTRAGE. QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Lord Robert Cecil a&ked whether it was true th&t the Asturias had been attacked by torpedo, whether it was true that she was so pointed as to make It perfectly clear that she was a hospital sh)p, and whether, if the&e two questions were answered in the afnrmative, the Govein- ment would cmllnder seriously whether this very grave violation of the laws and cus- toms oi civilised warfare could not be brought to the attention of neutral TPowers. I Dr. Ma.cnamara. said the Admiralty had j received a message advismg them that a &u bmari!ie Wiith conning to"r showin'j fu'ed a torpedo at the AAsttii,iis at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st, which, happily, missed her. She was pointed white with green band8 and red crosses, which were !iil!ummated. He understood she was nota- fied as a hospital ship to the beiHiigerents by the War Oince in accordance with the I QONVENTIONS SIGNED AT THE HAGUE on October 18th, 1907. Those-included a convention for the adaptation of the prm- ciples of the Geneva Convention to mari- timje war, and those who concluded it were animated by the dteaire to diminish as fac as depended upon them the inevitable evita of war. It was interesting to note that of thoae who were ao anamated the &rst on the list was the German Emperor. Ai-ticl4 I. of the Convention provid'ed that miHtary hospital ships—that was to say, ships con- structed or adapted by States for the parti, cula,r and sole purpose of aiding the sick wounded and shipwrecked, the names .;f w!rch had been communicated to the be&Li- ger-eiit Powera at the commencement or durmg the course of hostitHties, and in any case. before they were employed—should -be exempt, and might not be captured whalt hu&ti.IatM's lasted. Such ships, moreover, were not on the ame fcoting as warships a* rt'ardoed their stay jn a neutral port. With petard to making representation to neutral Powers, he would, of course, notify the noble Lord's suggestion to the Foreign omce, but this much was certain—that the civil'ised world would need no .representa- tio'n of ours to 'enhance Its sense of honfor at thia want<M) outrage. (Cheera.)
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A Stornoway telegram states that the ,ti,tes -tiiat tlie Norwegian schooner La.ura. frotu Swan- sen. tor Stavanger, with coat, stranded a.t )tigh water during a westerly gale at Battery Pojint. Stornoway Harbour. The crew wprc t::kM! ashore by the rocket Lppar, -ttp, The ij}tip is fuH of wat<ei', &nd is expected to become p, total loss.