The Cambria Daily Leader

INDIA IS HOT, TOO! I Two men at Willesden argued about the distance from England to India, and the debate became so heated that they were charged at the local polide ooui-t with disorderly behaviour.

PRISON FOR A JUDGE. I A Swiss judge, who was found guilty of fraud, was sentenced by a brother judge, and personal friend of his, to two-and-a-half years penal servitude, and ten years' deprivation of civic rights. 11

FOUND HANGING IN CELLAR I, Benjamin PHmmer, a Wolverhamp- ( ton la-bourer who disappeared a fort- night ago, w.as found hanging dead ?, y??terda-y in th e cella T of bis father's bou?e, which he must havø ?tered li

[ EDITOR SHOT. 1 I MADAME CAILLAUX ATTACKS HUSBAND'S ENEMY. I PARIS SENSATION For a long time the great Parisian newspaper Le Figaro" has been carrying on a bitter campaign against M. Uailiaux, the Minister of Finance. M. Ga.ston Cainiette, the editor, has written article upon article with the view of discrediting Caiilaux with the public, and throttling the Income Tax Bill which iVi. Caillaux supports. Last night there was a terrible climax to the affair, for Mme. Caiilaux, the Minister's wife, drove to the offices of the newspaper and, obtaining an inter- riewvs*'ith the editor, fired five shots at M. Calmette from a revolver which she drew from her muff. Four of the shots struck the editor, who was removed to a. private hospital in a very grave condition, fears being entertained for his life. Mme. Caillaux was'handed over to the Police Commissary of the district. It is thought that M. Caillaux will resign his portfolio as Finance Minister, and this may entail the resignation of the Doumergue Cabinet. On Tuesday March 10th, the "Figaro" openly ar'-clised M Caillaux of having, when Minister of Finance three or four years ago, procured the setting at liberty of Rochette, the famous bank swindler. The charge is that M. Cail- laux persuaded M. Monis, the President of the Council, to get M. Victor Fabre, the Attorney-General, to postpone Rochette's trial from April to Novem- bet, so that he might benefit by the, Statute of Limitations. I LATEST^WIRES. j I The Wife's Reasons. (Renter's Foreign Special.) Paris, Tuesday.-The campaign against M. Caillaux opened on January 13rd, and the attacks have continued daily. It is understood that M. Caillaux intended to take legal proceedings against M. Calmette. When Madame Caillaux was dis"/1 armed in the Figaro Office, she slid, Since there is no justice in nis I country, I will do justice myself!" At the police-station she said she had no intention of killing M. Ca.Im-ette. She desired only to give him a lesson She was determined to stop the cam- paign against her husband. An eminent lawyer she consulted had advised her that legal proceedings were futile, and were often worse for the, innocent than the guilty. She there fore decided to take the law into her own hands. She declared that when in M. Cal- mette's presence she lost all control of herself, drew the revolver and fired all the barrels. Calmette sheltered be hind the desk. Madame Caiilaux is the Minister's third wife. The Premier will decide to-morrow whether to accept M. Caillaux's resig- nation. Paris, Tuesday.—The usual criminal proceedings will be taken against Madame Caiilaux. M. Caiilaux de- clares that his political career is at an end.-R-euter. I

A NEW REVOLUTION- 1. VENEZUELAN F^OER .LS ATTACKED I Bi REBELS j A New York telegram states that a revolution has broken out on the Venezuelan frontier near Morawhanua, on the Barim River. The rebels raided El Terran Camp (says Router) and a small Federal force is in a perilous position.

I THE PLURAL VDilNG BILL In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. ASClliith informed Mr. Keliaway that he could not yet say when the Second Read- ing of the Plural Voting Bill would be taken. Mr. Kellaway: Can/the right hon. gentle- min eay whether it is etill the intention of the Government to put this Bill on the Statute-book before a freeh -ppeal to the country ? Mr. Aequith: Yes.

INDIAN OUTRAGES i'Renter's Foreign SOecsal.) Calcutta., Tuesday.—The Bengali student Roy, recently acquitted of the murder of Inspector Ghase and a spec- tator named Anantateh on Jan. 19th, was to-day tried. for abetment in the murder of Ghase and the culpable homicide of Anantateli. Counsel for the defence contended that the first acquittal prevented a new trial. The court reserved judgment, but de- cided to meanwhile proceed with the case. Accused pleaded not guilty.

THE CABINET. The Cabinet sat for more than two hours this morning, and will, it is understood v meet again to-morrow.

A "NOBEL" OBJECT. Stockholm.—The capital of the Nobel Foundation now amounts to 35,308,681 kroner (abou t £ 1,961,590), and the Nobel Prizes this year will be of the value of 146,900 kroner (.ibout £ 8,160).—Reuter.

A LOCAL BILL < I House of Commons, Tuesday.—The Bed was Navigation Colliery Co., the Muling Association of Great Britain and the Poyvell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. have withdrawn their petitions to be heard against the Brecon and Merthyr Tydi, vil Junction Railway Bill.

THE C.E. R. CONSTABLE. I Interviewed to-day regarding the I case of Constable Fairweather, who was dismissed from the Great Eastern Railway, and whose reinstatement is l demanded, Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., said the matter was still being con- sidered by the National Union of Rail- waymen. Asked as to whether the Union was likely to take action, Mr. Thomas re- plied that he was not prepared to answer the puiaK&ota either way yet.

I JUST IN TIME. .0.1 FRENCH TROOPS, SAVE CREW IF SWANSEA TRAWLER MOORS BAFFLED. I A thrilling story of adventure off the Morocco coast was related to a "Leader" reporter this morning by one of the crew of the Heine Castle, a steam trawler belonging to the Castle Company, Swansea, which was wrecked off that wild c<j £ £ t 4-tcontly. The crew; of ten reached Swansea last arening from London. The Heone Castle left Swansea on February 12th, for a fishing expedi- tion o ffthe cfca&t of Morocco. She iiws captained by Mr. Walter Watson, of Manselton, and the other oiffcers inclu- ded Mr. Palmer, Man&eiu>ii (mate), Mr. Hook, Cardiff (chief enguieed), and Mr. John Thomas, London (sooond en- gineer). The steward was Slx. WiUiaaa Orun, Swansea. [ A Heavy Cale. About a tortIÜgilt atter her de- I parture, the Heine Castle was trawling off Morocco coast, about eight miles south of Agaair, when she encountered, a severe gale. Heavy seas are gener- ally experienced ill this regioa. Mountainous seas were running, i About ten o'clock at night the force of tho gale tore the trawler away from her 1 anchorage, and she was driven towards the shore. the captain tried to keep his vessel in hand, but the forces of nature were too much for the craft. She bumped twice, and then went aground on a sand bank," said a mem- her of the crew interviewed. The captain signaJled for the engines to re- verse, but it was too late. i "For five days," he continued, "we stood by the vessel in the hope that when assistance arrived we should be able to get her off. On the Monday we abandoned t-he vessel and walked I ashore/- "The admiral of a French warship anchored off Agadir sent word to the Moorish soldiers employed by the French Government to have mules brought down to us, and also gave orders for from four to five hundred French soldiers to hasten to the spot to protect us from any po&sible raid by the wild tribes of the Moorish moun- tains. We got wind that these tribes were, collecting to bear down upon us. Troops Arrived in Time. "Fortunately the French contingent arrived in time to save the situation. There were machine guns in case of emergency. If we had landed about i five miles further south I am afraid we would have suffered badly at the hands of the tribes.. .# "We walked eight miles to Agadir. The captain rode on a mule for some of the distance, but found it uncomfort- able, and preferred to walk the rest." A French boat- took the crew from Agadir to Moqupdor. There they were picked up by one of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.'s boats and taken to Las Palmas, whence the Highland Piper, of the Nelson Line, j brought them to London. I

CHINESE LABOUR. I — ■ 'O* ■ —* LOCAL DEPUTATION TO MR. JOHN PENS I Arrangements have been made for I a deputation consisting of Mr. Henson (Barry), Mr. George Gunning (Swansea), I and other representatives ot the Bristol Channel branches of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union to wait upon Mr. John Burns, President of the Board of Trade, at Whitehall to-morrow, to dis.. cuss the employment of Ghinest labour on British ships. The Union officials contend that the increase in the number of Chinese on British vessels is a menace to the mercantile marine. and they have I urged that. steps should be taken in I order to restrict it.

I MONUMENTS, BOARD. I In pursuance of the Ancient Monu! m-ent-s Consolidation and Amendment Act, the Commissioners of Works have constituted the following Advisory Board for Wales. Sir E. Vincent Evans (chairman), Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Ll. Morgan, re- presenting the Royal Commission of Historic Monuments in Wales; Mr. William Edwairds, representing the. Board of Education; Sir E. Stafford Howard, Mr. E. Neil Baynes, Professor R. C. Bosanquet, Mr. W. Evans Hoyle, Professor J. Edward Lloyd, and Mr. C. R. Peers, chief inspector of Airicienil Monuments. < J

I THE "MINIST'RINC ANCELS." I A new women's club has been founded I in Paris; Divorce is a necessary quali- fication for membership. The club meets at a monthly dinner for the pur- pose of il confiding past experiences and jI laughing over them together." ■ ■ )

FEDERATION AND FEES. ( The coalfield ballot on the question of increasing the membership contribu- tion to the Miners' Federation will bei taken on Thursday next. It is :p,ro-, posed to raise the monthly contribu- tion from Is. to Is. 6d.

FELL DOWN A SHAFT. I The death is reported to-day of John Hatton, a banksman at No. 4 Pretoria (Pit of the Hulton Collierv Co. I Deceased was fixing a gate at the pit- I mouth when, it is supposed, he lost his balance in the gale and fell down the I shaft, a distance of four hundred yards.

TAKING fctO RISKSI I When the trial opened at Terro Haute, Indiana, of the Mayor and three coirncihnen on charges of election irregularities, it was feared that there would be a public demonstration, so a number of heavily-armed special duty Sheriffs searched eyeryone who entered for ooncealed weapons.

BAPTIST MINISTER'S DEATH. I The death is announced of the Rev. 0. A. Davis, for iwenty years Baptist minister at Stroud, and secretary of the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Baptist Association. He was formerly I pastor at Reading.

ANCIENT ROYAL TREASURE I Royal treasure belonging to a Thur- I ingian princes. of the third century which was unearthed near Weimar and consists of go'd and silver ornaments and gems valued at C150,000, has been placed on exhibition in the Upper House of the Reichstag in Berlin.

PUTTING ON THE BREECHESI I A young woman named Catherine Wilson, having attired herself in a man's blue serge suit, with overcoat and trilby hat, entered the House of Commons yesterday, but the suspicions of the police were aroused, and a heavy dog-whip fotmd in her sleeve did not dispel them. At Bow-istreet to-day, Catherine was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour. She told the mgistrateshe had in- tended to give \Mr. Asquith or Mr. McKenna a good thrashing if she got the chance

A MYSTERY. ] I ——— 0- 1 IINQUEST VERDICT QUASHED. BY I DIVISIONAL COURT. NO NAMES GIVEN. I I A King's Bench Devisional Court, consisting of Justices Avory and Atkin, to-day quashed a Coroner, r l ;t and ordered a new inquiry, no details as to the circumstances -being dis- closed. T'ja application wa$ made by Mr, Boyd, on behaif of the Director of Pulv lic Prosecutions, for an ordei under Section 6 of the Coroner'? Act of 1887, to quash an inquisition, and for a direc- tion to the Coroner to hold a new in- quiry. I The facts, he said, were set out in j the affidavit before their lordships, and II the application was made under the authority of the Attorney-General. The amdavit of the Director of Pub- lic Prosecutions, said counsel, showed that there was a number of facts which were material to the issue that the jury had to consider, and which were not before th em, and that if they had been I before them the finding of the jury .ht have been different. r. Justice Avory: You apply on the ground of insufficiency of evidenced Mr. Boyd: Yes. Counsel pointed out that paragraph 8 showed that the Coronerconcurred in the application, and under these cir- cumstances he asked that the order might be made absolute.. Mr. Justice Avory: We have read the papers in this case, and we think I that you are entitled to the order you ask for, and it will be absolute. In the first instance the inquisition will be quashed, and a fresh mquest will be I held by the same Coroner. ¡

FOUND DEAD —— -"SjSa*—— -——— SUDDEN DEMISE OF NEATH BLACK- 4 SMiTH A blacksmith named Jolifl Morris, .gie man géd 35, was found dead in I 1 this morning; by his landlady at 8, Alice-Street, Melincrythan, Neath. lie was apparently in good tic-altli when he retired last evening An in-I quest will be held.

CHiNESE MASSACRE. I — BR CANjS KILL 1,i>00 < ND WOUND BB ChNiS KILL. ",No WOUND I M I. (Reutet's Foreign i Peking, Tuesday.—Telegrams from Lao Hoku state that during the recent i piilage of that town W hite Wolf's j brigands killed fifteen hundred and wounded four thousand of the inhabit- ants. Russian troops, with the exception of the soldiers forming the escort of the Russian Minister here, left for Siberia, to-day.

BAKER'S FAILURE. At Neath Bankruptcy Court on Tues- day, John Edward Cribb, baker and confectioner, 7, Bridge-street, and 60, Leonard-street, NeiJfl, underwent his first public examination. His gross liabilities were set down at C663 lis. 7d., and showed a deficiency of JE552 10s. He attributed his failure to turn- over too small, and unable to extend business for want of capital, and trade expenses too high, and slackness of trade. The examination was adjourned.

THE OLDEST MANX LADY The death is announced of Mrs. Lace, of Lower Foxdale, Isle of Man, who was well known to visitors and residents of Mangland as the eldest Manx lady. She was ninety-seven years of age.

DIED AFTER BITINC TONGUE. A fifteen-mofiths-old boy on whom an inquest was held at Shottermill, Surrey, yesterday, stumbled while playing last Wednesday and bit his tongue not far from the root. Bleed- ing continued intermittently until Sat?ay mo h ?n(lied.

LEITH STRIKE. 1 j At Lei-Cia this morning men engaged in discharging grain from ships ceased I work, because of the placing at the grain elevator of a steamer which arrived with a cargo partly of general goods, and partly of grain. For some time past the dockers have endeavoured to secure an understand- ing that steamers with a part grain cargo should be wholly discharged by dockers, but without success. Several steamers are in docks with a part grain cargo, Itnd on these and other grain vessels work is completely suspended.

f s CARDIFF EXECUTION. We have, been rrformed that the execution of Bindoo., now under f-on- tcnoe of death in Cardiff Prison, ir s ben provisionally fixed for next. Wednesday ^*ie 251:h inst. 5. tr_ i Y 1: LYOABETTCS 2. fcTSAKDZB 3. < h ? -1 4 9 i — Swansea Mercantile i-L iA, 18, PARK STREET, SWANiitAj ItAKE CASH ADVANCES DAilI" 9,10 to P.1,000. No Charga Unless r usiness Done Billi J j discounted. Strictly Private aad Coafl iential. Fcr further particulars, apply H. B. IOUES, Managing Director.

FOREIGN NEWS. ———— ———— SUTH AFRICAN DEPGRTAi IONS MA1 NOT a PRltiANéKT. I OrFLER KILLED BY PAhTAER A cable from Cape Town reports that the Senate yesterday passed the Com- mittee stage of the indemnity Blil. General., Smuts announced varioui concessions regarding the referencei made in the Bill to the deported Labour leaders, the principal one being the deio tion of the paragraph in the preamble to the Bill uescribmg them as per- manently undesirable. Tlie schedule, mentioning each of the deportees by, name, was passed without discussion MEXICO. Washington.—Mr. Bryan has ordereo I that investigation should be held into the death of Mr. Frank Johnston, American postmaster at Tecarte, Cali- fornia, who was I?led while defending his store against Mexican marauders. It is reported his store was set on fire, and his body was found in the debris burned to a cinder.—Reuter. Larooo (Texa.s), Tue.sda' .-The Mexican Federals are reported to have defeated the rebells at Bustamente Canyon, the casualties amounting to 50f killed and wounded.-P-euter. TURKEY. The Sheikhu ul Islam Essad Effendi has resigned, and has been replaced by Hairi Bey, Minister of Evkaf (Pious Foundations), says.Reuter from Con- stantinople. The latter Ministry has bean reduced and attached to the offic of the Sheikhu ul lslam. INDIA. Bombay.—According to intelligence from Secunderabad, Lieutenant L. 0. Shaw, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, haa died from the effects of a mauling re- ceived from a panther in the Maisopet J ungle.-Reuter. Lieutenant L. 0, Shaw joined the Army in September, 1912, proceeding to India to join the 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess (Royal's), which were sta tioned at Secunderabad. ALBANIA. C,P-ttinie.-Accorcling to a message from Durazzo serious collisions have occurred at Croia between supporters and opponents of Prince William, and a force of the international gendarmerie has been ordered to proceed thither to restore order. -Reu-f>r. According to reports eurrent at Durazzo, the new Cabinet will include Essad Pasha as Minister of War and Finance.

Telephone 85 Morrinton. Telegrams: "Pumps." Morriston. MORGAN E, REES & Cp, Merchants St Engineers MORRISTON (Sole Agents for Swansea Distriot and, West Wales for The-SooitwhTubeCo., Ltd., Glasgow), -loor- STEAM, WATER AND CAS TUBES. Immense Stock of SCREWED wri liOOSK FLANGED TUBES for Prompt DaUvery

THE "Cambria Daily Leader" Has a Guaranteed Circulation Larger than that of any other paper published In the district of SWANSEA & SOUTH-WEST WALES

The Corner Column To-day we celebrate Ireland's iWelsh saint. # The question for St. Patrick's Day, 1914. Is the Ulster hullabaloo a sham- rock? The biggest spray of shamrock seen in this office to-day was sported by an ardent Welsh Nationalist. 8= A correspondent suggests a new song for the Swans: "It may be for fears, it may be for- We don t know what it means. # A certain charming revue artiste is known as" The Spanner." She turns the heads of all the Nuts. Dean Inge says that niouer-cinkitig. may be a form of asceticism. And, we presume, the charity which begins and ends at home may be a form of self- denial. # To-day'ft Problem: How many leaves has the shamrock? It was used to illustrate the Trinity hence it should have three. The "Times" to-day writes "the four leaved shamrock." A visitor round the Docks yester- day remarked that it was quite pathetic to see how the men in that part of the town loved work. "Crowds," he said, "stood for hours watching the asphalt ens." Rather unfortunate, but a fact, that the toasts of His Holiness the Pope and of the King, Queen, and Royal Family were drunk "dry" at t.he St. Patrick's eve banquet. The drinks had not yet materialised. "I only know one rscmg, so you mustn't encore me, because I can't sing again," said Councillor Molyneux after having volunteered to melodise. From a gentleman who, in his sjjsech, had been deprecating egotism, the saying was quite good. # Mr. de Grey, at Lambeth, opined that a defendant could not be sober, be- cause he spoke in Latin. And yet (says "London Opinion"), any schoolboy would tell the magistrate that drink is declined in Latin in more cases than in the English language. To-day's 'agony' from the "Times" :— I HAVE the be6t, DRAMA, full of comedy, JL written since The Suver King." I want it, read by somebody with money, enterprise, and intelligence. The Tin Gods of the istage are unapproachable save through their underlings, who have sawdust where brains should be. There is zeloo,oob in tjiis drama. ♦ Window displays of female wear have caused considerable comment in England, and in Berlin thirty-five ex- part witnesses were called in connection with the police prosecution of a Berlin corset maker for exposing dummy wax figures which were considered indecent. The figures were confiscated by the authorities. # # Mr. Daniel Costello contributes the following apologia to the London Opinion, for the use of suffragettes wh chop up the nation's masterpieces: "What means yon mark?" police- men cry, Gating upon the rent; To which the suffragettes reply, "Merely an axey dent." (- ■ Two-actors met in the Strand, says Mr. George Graves. One of them was in deep mourning, and the other asked, who was dead "My grandfather," was1, the reply. We buried him yester- day." The other actor murmured sym- pathy. "Many at the funeral?" he asked. A gleam of satisfaction broke over the other'fe gloomy face. "My boy," he exclaimed, "we were turning 'em away." "I am quite aware that there are clever men, able men, thinking men', learned men, who are sceptics; but most of the doubting of to-day, the doubting I mean of the man in the II street, comes from lack of thinking, c&mes from. ognADrance, comes from the fact that be has never faced earnestly and honestly the facts of life."—The Rev. A. Wynne Thomas. :ti" qr Some Of Wales' Rugby players will poon forget the last occasion upon which they were home for a week-end. The Swansea team were at Paris recently, and returned on the Thursday only to be off again—to Newport on the Saturday. The following week they left op the Friday for their Devonport tour. The Internationals among them started for Ireland with the We-Ish team on the Thursday, and returned home last night. This week Glamorgan will in- clude many of them in the side who go to France. < I TO-DAY'S STORY. I For.a long time James and Maud had courted. Eventually the engagement was announced, and to the loving pair the future looked as beautiful as if it had received a new ooat of paint. But, alas! One evening there was a misunderstanding, and then came the bitter quarrel. With flashing eyes the proud beauty yanked off the k20 soli- taire. "Take your ring!" she dramatically cried. "I have decided that I can never be your wife! I shall expect you to re- turn everything you have in your pos- tession that belongs to me!" "All I have is a lock of your hair and a photograph," sadly replied James. "You will hardly care for the photo, but the lock of hair you will no doubt vric-h to preserve as a souvenir." "As a souvenir of what, pray?" im- Jjeriously demanded the angry Maude. "Of the time when you were a brunette," was the gentle rejoinder of I James. l,ondon Opinion."

WOMEN EJECTED. 0 I DISGRACEFUL SCENE DURING CHARITY MATINEE KING SHOUTED AT. I There was a disgraceful scene at the Palladium this afternoon. It had been announced that the King and Queen would attend a special matinee in aid of the fund for rebuild- ing the Chelsea Hospital for Women. The performance was interrupted by a demonstration by militant suffra- gettes. It will be remembered that a. petition was recently presented to his Majesty asking him to receive a depu- tation on the suffrage question, but the request was not acceded to. This afternoon, as stated, a demon- stration was made. A Suffragette rose and called out something in the direction of the Royal; Box. She was at once seized and ejected. Then another Suffragette threw handbills from the gallery, interrupting the performance. Another disturbance then took place, and two more women had to be ejected.

I A LAW OF 1567. SCOTTISH JUDCrS DECIDE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION I Judgment was given to-day in the High Court of Edinburgh by a bench of ilve judges on the question whether intercourse with a brother's wife is a crime according to the law of Scotland. Martin Ryan, a young man, was charged with having had the relations with his brother's wife, contrary to an old Scots Act dated 1567, which incor- porated the 18th chapter of Leviticus. Counsel for the accused challenged the relevancy of the indictmnt in re- spect that it did not refer to the crime of incest acoording to Scots law. Counsel for the Crown maintained the relevancy, and contended tiiat there was no amb- Ig-ilty about the 16h verse of the 18th chapter of Leviticus. The Court held that the indictment was relevant. The Lord J list ice-General said that the words of the verse were free from all ambiguity. Their lordships might! entertain their own views with regard to the propriety and wisdom of retain- ing that ancient statute in the criminal. code of Scotland, but their function was that of interpreters, not makers of e law. Counsel for the Crown, in view of the length of time accused had been in prison, moved for leave to desert the diet simplicter. The motion was granted, and the I accused was dismised from the Bar. h

I INCREASED WACES. I ————- 0. AFFAIRS OF C ERKS, SHOP ASSIST- AO i S AND WAAEABUSEMEN. We have received from the General Secretary of the National Amalga- mated Union of Shop Assistants, Ware- housemen and Clerks, the following I extracts from the annual report, which will come before the Executive Com- jmittee shortly. The number of legal cases dealt with on behalf of members during last year Aas 523. The amount recovered and received bv members was E445 lis. 4d. inuring 1913 a number of minimum wage movements were undertaken by the members in various partJ" of the country. The wages of members have been increased between JC-30,000 and £ 40.000 per annum. Negotiations with a number of firms also secured a reduction in the hours of labour. The only occasion on which members ceased work were among the drapery houses of South Wales. The membership at the end of 1913 was 85,945, an increase of 6,000 for the year. The total income from the trade union contributions of members for the year was between L,50,000 and £ 60,000. The income on the State approved side was over £ 113,000 making altogether a com- bined income of nearly £ 170,000. This is against a total income of P,50,000 last year, and £31,000 in 1911, the year be- -fo-re the Insurance Act became opera- tive.

SHORT WEIGHT. I The Government will within the next few days move for a Select Committee to inquire into the practice of giving I short weight or measure of bread, and I of goods sold in packages.

r WIND AND WAVES. —— 0 —— WEEK-END CALES CAUSE CREAr: DANCEii AND DAMAGE. I I LOCAL CLLLISID -18 I (By a Special Correspondent.) Whilst fishing about 45 miles off St. Ann's Head on Saturday last, the Lowestoft steam drifter Victor and Mary was caught in a heavy gale of wind from the westward, and it was only i as a result of skilful seamanship that the vessel, though damaged, was! brought safely to port.  The crew had only hist finished bA-u?-I ing, amd were engaged i?'?tonng?th?r nets down below, when a terri?. sea I enveloped their ship. Three hands j sprang down into the hold, and others ran att for safety, but George Reed, a fireman, was knocked down and washed about the deck, miraculously escaping. Ii with his life. The sea played havoc with the ship, washing away the pound bounds, boat i chocks and bulwarks, and smashing the j wheelhouse. About two tons of coal were washed out of the bunkers into the: engine-room, and it was only with ex- treme difficulty that the engines were! kept going. However, when the bulwarks gave! out, the water on deck was cleared, and by their combined efforts the crew were successful in saving their ship and their lives at the same time. It was found that the rudder and steering gear had been rendered in- operative, and a jury rudder was fixed. The steam drifter Welcome Boys stood by the damaged vessel, and accompanied her into Milford, where they arrived on Sunday morning. On arrival the injured man was re- f moved to the John Cory's Sailors' Rest and Bethel, where he was attended by Dr. W. S. Griffith. Reed was injured about the face and badly bruised all. over, but no bones were broken. I A COLLISION. I Schooner Missing With Five Men. (SPECIAL TO THE LEADER.") A Board of Trade inquiry will be opened at Liverpool on Thursday into the circumstances attending the disap- pearance of the schooner Mary Ashbur- ner, which sailed from Charle-s.town (Cornwall) on November 25th last for Runcorn, with a cargo of china, clay, and of which nothing further has been heard. On December 10th last, a small boat bearing her name was picked up about four miles to the eastward of Lundy Island, which would seem to show that the vessel had been lost in that neighbourhood. She carried a crew of five men. The Eilerman liner Pastilian, on ar- rival at Tangiers on December 2nd Last on a voyage from Liverpool for Alex- andria, reported that on November 27th last, the day after leaving the Mersey, she was in collision with, and sank, a small sailing vessel when about 25 miles west of the Smalls. As the Mary Ashburner would probably be in about that position at the time the collision occurred, it is possible that she was the vessel with which the Pas- lÜ".an collided. The Mary Ashburner was a wooden schooner of 106 tons gross and 79 tons net register, built in 1877 at Barrow, and owned by Messrs. W. Thomas and Sons, of Amlwch, Anglesey. I SH IPPI N Of CASUALTIES. I Milford Engineer Drowned. I On arriving at Milford Haven the I skipper of the steam traw ler Cleo- patra, owned by Mr. D. Pettit, reported the loss of one of his crew at sea. The Cleopatra was fishing off the Faslmet last Friday night, when the chief engineer, J. Bowen, came on deck to tip some ashes overboard. While hA was doing this the vessel suddenly shipped a heavy sea, and the unfortu- nate man was washed overboard. Smack's Predicament. I The Brixham fishing smack Bee- orchis arrived at Milford with her main gaff gone, having been caught in the gale whilst fishing off the south each coast of Ireland. In making the passage to Milford the Beeorchisi carried her gaff away, and it required skilful seamanship to bring her safely j to port without the use ox her main- I sail. Engine-room Flooded. The Powell-Bacon ana Hugh liner I Stonehenge, which has arrived at the' Swansea South Dock, reports having experienced terrific weather on the vojtage round from Liverpool. The most trying time experienced by those on board was off the Smalls, where heavy seas swept over the stern of the steamer dislodging the wheel from its position, demolishing the companion- way of the engine-room, which was flooded, though fortunately the water was kept away from the fires.

MISSIONARY BOX TnEFT. ———— ap FifE YEAR OLD BOY AMONGST THûSE CHhRD. Three small boys, James Evans (10), t r lu.aju ifov.is v.<-viiu Lewis' Lewis (5), were charged at the Swansea J'uyenile Court to-day with stealing and receiving 4s. 9d. from some boxes in the National School, the property of the Church Missionary Society. The boy Evans did not appear, but the mother of the two smaller boys was told by the Bencfh that the cases would not be proceeded with, as they were too young. Later on in the sitting Ja-mes i Evans arrived, and he, a boy of very small stature, was cautioned and dis- i charged.

FAMOUS DANCER ILL 1 ■! M. Nijinsky, the Russian dancer, be- came suddenly and seriously ill last night just before he was due to appear at the Palace Theatre.

LINER STRIKES REEF. Port Eliza.bet-b.- U nion-CastM liner Dover Castle,.fivmI.e making for her anchorage here, struck a partially submerged reef. She disengaged her- self, however, and reached the road- stead. —Reuter. The Dover Castle, which is of 8,271 tons, left Hamburg on. February 14, and London on February 20.