The Cambria Daily Leader

>530 trnrrnn IN EVERY TOWN AND HAMLET 1 I of the United Kingdom "Golden Shred" Marmalade NEW SEASON'S MAKE ¡ IS NOW ON SALE. ROBERTSON-Only Maker.

The Corner Column — .0. "Greenhill was un Saturday night— Ward. When was Merthvr mirthful? Not lkfter the match. 11 Swansea delights in "Give it to liallie Ought noL Merthyr to shout, "Hi hi, Mr. McKie. You'd look a much better boy if Jon took your hands out of your poc- kets. "—Chairman to defendant at the l'olice Court. One of the members of the Swansea Police Force, on hearing that a brother offieer had been struck with a flagon. Hanted to know whether it was empty °r full. Not a single cottage has been erected at BlackptU for a. considerable dumber of years. Surely, the village not finished growing Where are eontractoi-s ? The Mc-rthyr supporter who touted prior to the mat-ch on Saturday lhortlil-g: "Mourning Cards for Swa-n- s.a is stated to be in a feverish con- ation H? made a sad n'tsta?; m life. diti oti ]Ho. iiia(le a sa d iiii .-?ta v in life. "Funny," said the man reading a •Porting paper. an EngI sh writer Using a W eieh name for a nam de Plume." On illvesti:gation it was found that the "Welsh name was Ich Dien." # XI i villages of Norton and West C-toss, which aloe in close proximity to ('oh otjher, are growing very rapidly, twenty-eight cottages are m (XHlTæ (If COnstructiOlI at Norton, and 18 at West Cross. An advertiser states "This is the "a;C!;<> of speed." Quite so. Just watch th(\ Sunday knut en his way to work ,011 Monday mornings. The speed with ^hidi he has dressed is quite evident. » the Swan,ea On the mirror in the Swansea ?ting-house, where erstwhik' the greet- r Jflg Blwyddyn Newydd Dda" was 'oawled, we now read Please pay on' '?Uvery." Such is life. 46ti-very.'? Siieh ]is life. 1 Mr. Arthiir Lorell, presiding at last Saturday's Wesley Temperance i efei-rin, to the first item on Mp progratnuie, viz., chairman's re- marks, said: "1 don't think it ought to considered as an item, but as an •U)Hn. » # Amongst the items on to-fltey's .n-da of the Swansea Harbour Trust ??s'the question of a new steam Mgine or the ferry boat. But why the change from oJ! to stea.m, seeing that l?'e best is only u?ut eighteen months (). — » The advertisements of the Ci?.n? 3.? interesting reading. For 'r'?? CUX() hi thit't- Ït: It> "leal ]?,xcillsi"The Neglected Wife, ?J? ^ept" or "Genuine scalp- Tfr-khng, pl1l-stoppin. hea.rt-thriUing\ Melodrama, the Dare Devil Rescue." Questions are being M-ked whether the p-olicing of Mount Pleasant hy men is not a -t,g) in the right direction, and whether it is not likely tc, h:!ve a good effect in ridding the locality of the social pests who have lI8Bd a good d? '? anmna-nce at in- '??a.Is during the pa?t three or four tl"rra.Is dti In 13g: the past, tlree (-)u four # # Mr. George R. Sims stated in his Article in the Leadear" on Saturday ^•ght, that he had his first experience of the hat-pin as a "weapon of the fair" l-hdsi going on one ot his trips in the Jondoii slums some time ago. Evidently Ile has never visited the opening or an f xxngrat-ulating the Wesley Con- Committee on the happy Satur- day evenings they were providing, Mr. -Whur Lovell remarked that there wa Jiever a more slanderous statement ut- tered than that terming temperance folks "Killiovs." A correspondent inquires why local Arms, who are continually advocating the encoivragcrawit of home industries y the introduction of protective ta rift- (10 not practice this in the case o? Aniorican pig iron ? Hecaus they are ?n'?ineM- me1! who will always, other things being equal, buy in the cheapest ^•ajrket whatever our fial policy may l'o.?l,rket whatever -our h eca l polik-.y ina. ,N- A very budding j'onung man who Was selected as a reserve for Gowerton Tf l.o.ci", SLaf o "J' 1-' '-IIt. 1" C\ 11" hand-bag, and invited his best girl to witness the match. After perambula- ting the streets, sporting his new brown has! judtgo his surprise when lie entered the pavilicm to find that all team had turned out. A pair of |"««w football boots and a new bag are ( for sale. I The necessity of going down to the foots of things was emphasised a few Sundays ago in a Swansea Sunday school. The teacher said hp would ex- plain the lesson by an anecdote. But first," said he, "do you know what an anecdote is?" The kiddies were non- plussed for a mom0nt; nnaHv a little hand went up. WeH, my hoy, what is an anecdote?" <s A Welsh sheep, sir." iWas he thinking of a nanny-goat." ?sf- TO-DAY' S STORY. I Please, ma"a.m. Tommy paid a had word." What did he say?" inquired the ipachpr. Please, ma'am, Tommy said it," he replied. ?," Oh! but you must tel! me the word he taid." At last t-he unwill'ng witness sug- gested to compromise. If you say all the bad words you kn<r,v, ma'am, I'll tell v-ou when von <ome to it."

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FEDERALS IN FLIGHT. r WOUNDED LIE UNATTENDED ON THE; SA TTlEtlElD I COWARHLY OFFICERS I Mexican telegrams describe moving scenes there. A message despatched from Presido (Texas) on Sunday night states that six Mexican generals, 2,800 Federal soldiers, and 15,000 civilian refugees^ are in the hands of an AmeriNw border party patrol as thereult of the eva- cuation of Ojinaga, which we reported a few days ago. The digress amongst the refugees is stated to be intense. Scores of Federal guns were thrown into the river in the retreat. Though 'many of the Federal soldiers bore rifles and full cartridge-belts, they were easily disarmed. Three Mex can generals, with 500 cavalry, have entered the United States at a good distance from Precsldio. General Amercade charges many of his officers with cowardice. Many of the wounded on the battle- field lay unattended for hours, ad/is Renter's correspondent.. ow.ng to the lack of anv hospital corps. Train Dynamited. Mexico City, Monday.—Owing to the dynamiting of a freight train on the Mexican Railway, which is British pro- perty, the British Minister has demanded better policing of the line.

SENTENCE QUASHED. i » ■ ^8^ 1 LIEUTENANT FBRSTKER NOT TO GO TO PBiSuN. I We reported on Saturday the a,e-I quittal by a mibtary trilmhal at Strasb- ?urg of COlDnel von Renter and Lieut- enant Schad on charges arising out of the Zabern incidents., A telegram now to hand states that Lieutenant von Forstner, who was sen- tenced to 43 imprisonment in connection with the same affair, has, succeeded in obtaining from the Appeal Court at Strasbourg the quashing or his i sentence. I

HUNDREDS HOMELESS. I nlSASTRtiUS FIRES ON THE WEST CDAST Or A. Riel. A mesfiage from Siei-re Leone states that a disastrous fire, fanned by & strong wind, swept the western part ofi Freetown. Over a hundred houses werpi destroyed and hundreds of people are I hornel«*-s. The Governor and prominent citizens, assisted by the townspeople, made heroic efforts to save life, hut a man, a woman, aud a child perished. The damage is estimated at £ 6,000. By a peculiar coincidence, fifty houses in the village of York, 21 miles distant, were destroyed by fire at the same time.

BURST 0AM. I GERMAN FISHINC VILLAGE COM- PLETELV SUBKH&cC. A telBgram from Koeslin, in Ger-I many states that the dam between thej Baltic Sea and Bukon Lake has burst in three placer, and th? level of the water in the lake is rising rapidly. 1 All the houses at Nest, a fishing vil- lage betwen the sea and the Jamund Lake, are uuder water. A relief train i on the Electric Railway, which runs along the coast, has been sent to Nest to bring off the inhabitants and their pos-l sessJOns, Nothing is known as to the fate of the villagers, who number about 100. A dyke between the Jamund and Bukon Lakes has also been washed away. Troops have been dispatched from Koesliif to the flooded district. Putzig (West Prussia), Saturday.—A high sea is rushing in J'ight over the village of Karwenbruch. A special trai n has been sent thither with blue- jackets and men of the Putzig fire bri- gade. Danzig,^ Saturday.—The ravages of last night's gale in the Gulf of Danzig and neighbourhood were tremendous, I and a number of buildings in the seaside resorts have been washed away. Floods in Belgium. I Liege, Saturday.—The M euse considerably during the night and all traffic on the MVeT with the Belgian fron-! T he loiv- l v i ll,- tier is interrupted. The low-lying! parts of the riverside communes are fiooded. I SIturdav.Tlie has Brussels, its banks in several places above Brussels, preventing the employes in many factories from going to work.

LORD MrRRAY RETURN. I Lord Murry of Elibank, who for twelve months hat; been in South America on business, returned to Eng-; land on Saturday. j A, k e (IIf he Would make any state- ment, he replied that he did not wish to he eons"dered at all discourteous,: bui, he preferred to say nothing. i

STRIKE AND INGESTION I At Wonsley Fold, Blackburn, last night, the H'sideiits held a meeting, at which, it was alleged, an outbreak of; infectious disease had occurred^Uirougn want of attention, to sanitary^ i»cuts, owing to the strike. The Medkal Okicer states that the outbreak cannot bo so attributed.

THE PCRrs REVENUE, J Tike revenue of the Swansea Harbour Trust for 1 n:'} w-, 1;330,919 15s. 3d., compared witli £ 29S,S4 14s. 8(1., all increai-.e ot £ 32,^35 6s. 5d.; and the expenditure for the same period ;t;33 7 .233 Es, commred with £ 317,918 15s. lid., an increase of £ 19,334 9*. 6d. ,T!ie surplus stands at present at £ 86,736 6s. od., after allowing for the deneit on la&t vear's tra-diaig of £ 6,333 K)s,ad.

SOUTH AFRICA I BUIUERS BACKING UP THE RAILWAYMEN BALLOT TO BE TAKEN I The greatest demonstration of force seen iu South AtrtCt), since the Boer War has been the Government's repjy to the industrial strike movement. Nearly 100,000 men are under arms. Whether as the result of the mobilisa- tion of defence forces or not, no further breaches of the peace are reported. The greai meeting iu Johannesburg yesterday passed orf quietly. The speechos were of a moderate tone, and a. resolution was carried supporting the action of the Executive of the letiei-it- tion of Trades demanding a. general strike. Ballot te be taken. I A ballot will now be taken on the question throughout all the unions. The Cape railwaymen also held a meeting yesterday ,but no resolution was passed, the feeling being apparently against a strike. Mr. Burton, the Minister of Rail- ways. has again refused to grant the rui!waymen's demand for the reinstate- ment of employes dismissed in conse- quence of- the Government's policy of I retrenchment. The demand was the cause of the railway strike. Cold Mines Closing, A numbed of gold mines have closed clown, and business in Johannesburg is at a staiidstill. A labifgram received in London states that the total gold output of the mines of th-e Ti-ansva-al for the month of December amouned to 672,8150z., of the total value of £ 2,857^938, being a decrease of 671oz. in weight, and £ 2,850 in value a.s compared with the month of November. Leader's Advice. I It is reported thkt Mr. Croowell, who leads the Labour Party in Parliament, has declared that a. general strike would be fa.tal'to the true interests of the workers. He recommends a deputation to the Government to seek an amicable settlement. LATEST TELEGRAMS. I Building Federation Strike. I Pretoria. Monday.—Members of the Building Trade Federation and affili- ated socdetie-s struck this morning in (Sympathy with the railwaymen. A mouuted commando from Rusten- berg entered Pretoria last night and en- camped. Another commando yesterday proceeded to the premier mine district. Everything is quiet here. An application A% ill be made to the Supreme Court for the release of the labour leaders.—Reuter.

   SAKE. "WOULD NOT BE A MENACE TO SOCIETY." Renters Forft?! ??ee<a!.? Cont?ordt Jan. H.—The comnitkssioni appointed by the Federal Court to in- quire into the mental condition of Harry Thaw reports that Thaw would not be a menace to ociety if he were to be released on bail. The report declares that he is not now afflicted with the mental disorders from which he was suffering at the time when he shot Mr. Stamford White.

PRACTICAL EBUCATION.  CHAMBER 6F COMMERCE ASKED TO hELP Tht Swansea Education Authority is moving in the right direction. The minutes of to-day's meeting show that at the meeting on Wednesday of the General Purposes Sub-Committee it was dwided ( I ) that the Clerk and the Superin- tendent of Education be instructed to communicate with the Chamber of Commerce asking them to appoint a Sub-Committee to discuss the ques- tion of Elementary Education with a Sub-Committee of tho .Education Committee; and (2) that the membership of the Sub-Committee he determined at the Education Committee meeting.

£ 1,000 DAMAGE. Y, 1000 -DAMAGE.. II EXTENSIVE BLAZE IN ABERAVIIN II SHOP  fire Early this morning a disastrous fire broke out at a. sweet shop owned by Mr. H. Biilmgiiam, High-street, Aberavon, which is one ot the congested thorough- fares of the town. The cause of the outbreak is not, de- finitely known, but the flames spread rapidly, and although the motor tire engine of the A beravon Corporation, under Captain Anderson, was promptly on the scene, the whole of the premises were completely gutted. The fire brigade, however, rendered splendid service in preventing the fire from spreading along the row of build- ings. But, notwithstanding their efforts, considerable damage was done to the business premises of Mr. Lock, saddler, on one side, and that of. I Richards, sweet vendor, on the other. The damage is to he con- siderably over £ 1,000. The fire ca-used a. tremendous glare, lighting up the whole of the town. and some hundreds of people immediately congregated on the scene of the disaster, as there was groat danigcr of the fire spreading over a much wider area.

SWAHSEA PASTOR'S T6UR In conversation with a "Leader" re- presentative the Rev. A. Wynne Thomas, pastor of Argyle Chapel inti- mated his intention of paying a visit to New Zealand in the near future. Mr. Thoma.s also proposes to visit the C.M. Mission stations in the Khasia Hills at Lushia, in India. It is of inttrest to note that during the latter part of the present week a young Swansea mallihe Rev. F. J. Sandy—will sail from England to take up the duties of a missionary at Lttshla* i

HOME ACAIN 1 1I .— SWANS' WONDERFUL LUCK, BBAWFOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE ENGLISH CUP TOWN'S OPPONENTS The draw for the second round proper of the English Cup competition was made this afternoon in London, and I resulted as follows Swansea Tcwn v. Queen's Park Rangers or Bristol City. Manchester City v. Leicester Fosse or Tottenham Hotspur. Liverpool or Barns!?y v; Gillingham. Birmingham v. Huddersfield Town. Bolton Wanderers v. Swindon. Burnley v. Derby County. Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Sheffield Wednesday. Sunderland v. Plymouth Argyle. West Ham United v. Crystal Palace. Exeter City v. Aston Y"illa. Blackburn Rovers v. Hull City or Bury. Millwall or Chelsea v. Bradford City. Glossop v. Prestoji North End. Oldham or Brighton and Hove v. Clap- ton or Notts Forest. Sheffield United v. Bradford. Leeds City v. West Bromwich Albion. To be played on January 31st; kick off 3 o'clock. The Re-Play. The re-plav between Queen's Park I Rangers v. Bristol City, will take place on Wednesday, at, Bristol. CYGNET'S NOTES. I Once agsin luck has favoured Swansea Town in the English Cup competition, for in the second round they have been drawn at home. It is remarka ble (writes "Cvgnet") how Dame Fortune has attended the dub so long, and really one cau hope 3W for much higher tilings. Queen's Plrk Rangers or Brjtetol City are both well-known clubs, bi< it must he recog- nised that at Swansea either will have to play hard for a win. On Saturday the sides met at Park Royal, London, before 20,000 people, and although four goals were scored, neither side could claim the victory. According to critics, the resui? was satisfactory, It was a typical cup-tie game. The Rangers attacked most, butl, the forwards' short passing was not so effective as would have been the case had the condition of th& turf beën im- proved, and as a result the Bristol | quintette, who kicked harder and fur- ther, were always more dangerous when pressing. Bristol City, up till ten minutes from the finish, were leading, but in the nick of time the home side equalised. Last season Bristol City lost to Liver- pool in the first round by a goals to nill, while Queen's Park Rangers went to the second round, when they were defeated by Middlesbrough by the odd goal iii five. ¡

NEW POLICE STATION. I PONTARDAWE CONTRACT GIVEN TO I YSTAlYiERA FIRM. Six tenders were received for the erection of a new Police Court at Pontardawft. The building is to he erected at the rear of the oid premises, and considerable alterations are to be made to the old police station. The contract-—which reaches nearly £ 3,000 —has been given to Mr. J. R. Tifiliiams, contractor, of Ystalyfera, while the architects are Messrs. Thomas, Meager and Jones, Swansea. I

TO AWAIT ESCORT. I ————- ————— PGUCE COURT SEQUEL TO CitEENHilL SCENES. A sequel to the exciting incidents at I Greeniull on Saturday mght (as re- ported on another page) wa-s witnessed at the Swansea Police Court to-day, when Michael G. Evans (20), was charged with deserting the 1st Battalion Soutii Wales Borderers at Borden. P.C. (69) Jones Raid that, shortly after 12 o'clock on Saturday night, he saw the defendant in Llangyfelaeh- j street. He recognised: the defendant as a deserter, and took him into cus- tody. Defendant became very violent, 'I e I I and was with great trouble taken to the police station. Voice from the back: "Tell them they kicked you!" Defendant was remanded until an escort should arrive to take him back to the depots

POLICE V. PEOPLE CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS Of DUBLIN RIOIINUII. BARRISTER'S ALLEGATIONS. At the Dublin Riots Commission to- day Mr. ,1. O' Byrne, a barrister who was in Sackville-street on ifie Sunday when Larkin was arrested, declared that the crowd was great and peaceable. The police who charged used their batons with great. evidence, and invari- ably on the heads of the people, who were caught between two contingents of the force.. He saw policemen in twos single out single individuals and use their trun- cheons on them. The people were terrified. Police evidence was next tendered as to the riotous behaviour of tho crowds in other parts of the city on the Sunday night, when tramcars wore attacked. Policemen told how they were stoned and attacked, women bringing up bricks in aprons, One constable declared that after be had been thrown down he was kicked from the back of his neck down to his ankles, placing him on the sick-list for three weeks.

CURATE REV THOMAS IHENT WINS HIS SLANDER ACTION Whpn the action for slander brought by the Rev. Thomas Ghent, a. Stockwell curate, against Police-Sergeant Fitz- gerald, in which the jury disagreed last term, was. called on in the King's Bench to-day, defendant appeared in person and asked for an adjournment on the ground of want of means. His application was refused, and de- f.n d ant left i,he cotu-t fendant left t he court saying that plain- tiff mu-st take his judgment. Plaintiff denied on oath that there wa.s the slightest truth in the slander, and the jury returned a verdict for him, and a&sessed damages at £ 1,000. Air. Justice Lttsh entered judgment accordingly, and granted an injunction to prevent defendant repeating the slander, or any other to a like offence.

MISSING GIRL .—————  t .———— SWANSEA VALLEY SEARCH LEADS TO HAPPY DISCOVERY The disappears nee -on Saturday of Daisy Grift;,th,J (10), daughter of "Mr. George Griffiths, of 27, College-row, Ystradgynlais, led to the organisation of search parties of police and civilians. The Swansea Valiev was searched from end to end, and it was not until yester- day she was found. 'Ihe girl skeins to have had a sudden lapse ot memory, and wUs bdr;lJ 4, iolk who did not know her, and dJili not learn until yesterday that' an Ystrad- gynlais girl was missing, and that search was being made for her. The girl was sent o-u an errand hy her stepmother on Saturday morning to a grocery y to res. She did not turn, and no trace of her was dis- covei-ed until Saturday evening, when the police were informed that she had been on the Vstradgynia's Station platform about 11 a.m. Yesterday morning her whereabouts was dis- covered, and sho was returned to her family.

WINDJAMMERS I MANY SAILING SiiiPS CALLING AT I SWANSEA PUiil. There are signs of a return of the old sailing ship trade to the Swansea North Dock, Tha wind-jammer is commonly supposed to have had its day, lAit this would not appear to be the case, judg- ing by the fact that no less than eight large sailors have been fixed to load patent fuel for South America. The Castleton, the first of the number, is now being painted and overhauled in the Central Dry Dock, preparatory to taking in her cargo at the Atlantic Wharf. Owing to the increase in steamship traffic at this dock difficulty has been experienced for some time in facilitating the discharge of ballast from sailing ships. Mr. Law, the general manager of the Harbour Trust, has now made arrange- ments with a view of obviating this, so that the sailing ships may now rely upon receiving every attention.

CORPORATION S CLAIM. I SUBSIDENCE AT TREWYDDFA HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAE. Negotiations are in progmss between the Swansea Corporation and the Duke of Beaufort, with a view to arriving at all amicable settlement of the Corpora- tion's claim for compensation arising out of the damage to the new Corpora- tion houses at Trewyddfa by l'bi- aence. At present about 19 houses are n.f- fecrted and anyone passing up Nea-tli- road cannot but, be struck with the cracks and 'parting" in the frontage, due, ir is alleged, to ocUiery workings which run under the sites. Up to the present, the claim amounts to about £ 1,000, and is made up of loss of rent through inability to let, and the cost of "making good" the damage. As has already been (stated, it its hoped that the matter will be arranged without legal action being necessitated.

DOMESTmSERVIGE PROBLEM I The Swansea Education Authority Juvenile Employment Sub-Committee have considered the question of sending a deputation to investigate the working of Domestic Service Special Committees in certain towns. The question of providing articles of clothing in really necessitous cases to girls entering domestic service has been referred to t.he Ladies' Special Com- mitter to deal with.

SYLVIA RELEASED. t Miss Sylvia Pankhuxst was. released I from Hollo way Prison on Saturday. Shf) had been hunger-striking since I her arrest a week ago, and was iu a state of collapse. <

[ VANISHED BAC DARING DAYLIGHT RUBBERY AT SNAKSEA C.P.O. I MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS A young lady was robbed of the sum of JE22 odd by means of what appears, to have been a very ingenious trick at Swansea on Saturday morning. It UP. pears t.hat the lady m question, who oc- cupies a responsible position at a. well- known local biisffeess. establishment, went to a bank in the centre of the town and cashed a cheque for the amount sta.ted for the payment of wages- Having received the money she put a sovereign aside for the purchase of insurance stamps, and then placed the remainder of the money in a, canvas bag which was afterwards enclosed in brown paper. From the bank he pi-oceeded to the General Post Office. I'he-e w" a 'goodly number oi people in the Post Office at the time. She placed the parcel containing the money almost im- mediately in front of her on the counter, and having done this handed in 2J paper stating the number of insurance stamps required. I Mysterious Men. When the postal assistant was get- ting the stamps a man at the back asked for a registered envelope. By this time another man had come up to the counter on the other side and in- quired of the lady if the envelope asked tor by the first man was for her. She replied that it was not, He then asked the clerk to supply him with a similar envelope, at the same time placing a two shilling piece on the counter in payment. Hav- iny received his change, he made the remark "I beg your pardon" to tl:e lady, and then stopped down to pick up his envelope which, whether by design or otherwise, had fallen from the counter on to the floor. He motioned to the young lady to stand aside in order that. he flight- pick it up, and with this request she of course readily com- plied. On looking up a few seconds later she wa-s surprised te find that the parcel containing the money which she had placed on the couotei had mysteriously disappeared. Inquiries were made, but by this time both men had left the premises.

FOUR BESMES OF FROST. SWANSEA PEOPLE MAY EXPECT M6RE?8W. There was a (-old snap in the weathpi- at Swansea on Sunday night. The lowest point registered by the ther mometer was about midnight, when there was four degree*; of frost. A t nine oYlock this morning the ther- mometer registered 30 degrees. Asked by a Leader" m.æn whether he thought there was.any prospects of skating, Mr. Walter Webber said he I did not think so, as usually when there is a prolonged frost the coldest point a' I the start is reached in the morning and not at midnight. He rather thought there was more prospect of snow.

(lONE TO HONG KONG 1 ■ SWANSEA SO CLAP'S APPOINTMENT \.i urn.ik Ml*. W. P. C. Trafford, B.A., sen of Mr. William Trafford, of 72, Mansclton- roadj Swansea, has been appointed Lecturer in Economics at the English University of Hong Kong. Mr. Trafford, who is only 23 years of age, has had a brilliant scholastic career. He was educated at Cardiff College, and in June of last year ac- cepted a teaching appointment in L-ondon. He was irlioson for the important position he i £ to occupy for the next five years on tne recommendation of a well- known Welsh educationalist. He sailed from England on Friday last, and is expected to arrive in Hong Kong some time in February.

WE ARE ALL HUMAN! I Even His Majesty's judges'are human beings like the rest of us. Mr. Justice Bucbnill could not attend to his duties in the Divorce Court to-day owing to a bad cold

I x i. SIR G. THOMAS'S BROTHER. Mr. Arthur Thomas, only .surviving brother of Sir Griffith Thomas, Chair- ta an of the Swansea Harbour Trust, I died at Court Herbert shortly anor noon to-day. He was in Sv/an^ea. Oi. Wednesday last; but had beta confined to his bed since, suffering from a chili. lIe was about 50 years 01 age and was unmarried. I tL. Swansea Mercantile Gj., Ltd. 1S, PARK stREET, SWANSEA, MAKE CASH ADVANCES DAILY from f.10 to £ 1,900. .C2^r £ %JTi]df¥is. Business- Done. Emf, Strictly Private and Confi- dential. For further particulars, apply H. Ð. JONES, Managing Director.

INNOCENT MAN SHOT. REf^fER FUSILLADE IN NEW YORK STREET. ibP If to provide a. test of the "leC) Kithe new City Administration, gangs of "gunmen" have been particularly troublesome of late (says a. Route, telegram from New York), and an ex- traordinary shooting affair took place the other night in iront of a hall in the Bowbery quarter. A ball wars being given there, and the Reception Committee wore arriving w hen one of the gangs which infest th Iirast side opened lire upon the party from. a doorway opposite The Reception Co mm itt.ee drew their revolvers, returned the fire, and finaal'v routed the assailants. An oid man wh o happened to be passing along the street was shot dead Mi-. McKay, the new Police Commis. sioiier. has detailed a special body of detectives to take the case in hand. Mr. Mitchell, Mayor of N ew York, has issued an order permitting the police the use of long batons for the purpose of dealing with the gangs.

NORTH MONMOUTHSHIRE. At Pontypoot on Saturday .Mr. James Winstone, vice-president, of the South Wales Miners' Federation, was selected to contest the North Mon- mouths-hire Division in the Labour ilJl terest at the next election.

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