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TheCornerColumn Acts of Parliament are slippery things. "-Air. Villici-s Meagerthe- Pontardulais cricketers are busily itrail.ling-the. I r voices—tor a Devonshirel Jour in August. I At practically all the Pontardulais tin- frocks the August stop-week will last a fortnight. H On the following night previous," pi(i a defendant at Swansea Police Court pn Thursday—and the Court laughed. No oney will be taken at the gate," reads a Primrose League placard at Neath. The missing m will probably jrweeten things a bit. Pontlliw is as yet but a small country fÎllae, but its drawing powers are o-norinous. As many as 10,000 visitors are expected to the place next Bank Holiday, lor instance. A lady correspondent, writing us! anent some household hints, says that ahen painting doors one should always; allow the last coat to dry before putting pn the next." There is a healthy breeze of pure ama- teurism in the first rule of the Neath l Football Club, which reads: "Those who pay £1 10s. annually shall be entitled to rIMY football;" 'Nufl sed I A warning.—Readers who write assur- kig us that w hatever happens to Austria j will Servia right wlit be seeking trouble. We have already received thou- sands of variations of the same atrocity. X The police are everywhere except where they are w anted," declared a de- fendant at the Llanelly Police Court. We tan imagine the forty other defendants h on the list" exclaiming in a chorus, And so say all of us." It's easy enough to pay that," c11- lerved a defendant who was fined 10s. at the Llanelly Police Court for being drunk, but he became refhwtin" and in banding thp money over he muttered, "There ,oe three pints of gin." ? ? A girl of sixteen said at, Swansea olice Court that Whitsuntide camo before Easter, and that the present ?ear Fas 1913. Dr. J. A. Ratings: What time is it? Witness (looking at the. tlock): One o'clock. The answer was, correct. $ The point which divides the Cockett fcamurai at this moment, is not that of Inclusion in the Borough—as to this, ltlPT" is absolute unanimity—but. the old, i>ld, qnory, "which among us is the pteat^t? This is raising a hurricanc. 4mhich threatens the ship. ¡ The pavements in the Uplands dis Irict ha/e recently leseiubled a moat, and residents have been obliged to gain access to their houses by passing over planks which serve as bridges. No rfoubt some (-f the residents now fan.-y themselves in Venice for the holidays, find will tell the talc accordingly when the days "draw in." II It is of interest toO note that Mrs. Gwynne. who is giving organ recitals at the Albert Hall, Swansea, this week (where the remarkable film" Sixty, Years a Queen is showing) is the only lady to carry off the three prizes for nrgan, piano, and harmonium playing at the National Eisteddfod. This happened many' years ago. Mr. Gwynne is a native Di the Mumhles. Dressed aF a tramp, a Britonferry tin- worker won a small prize at the recent rarmnd. One night this week he ap- peared at the works in the same garb ,mel asked his fellow-workers to shelter him for the night.. He was unrecognised, and told such a tale of woe, that they were moved to pity. But the tramp pinched their supper, and a policeman was sent for. Before his arrival, however, the! joker threw off his disguise, and great was the fun that followed. tt: A young man of Thornton Heath re-' rfived the following wire from his em- ployer on Tuesday afternoon.—" t ome off lec at 5 o clock.—-if. lip is not, in the habit of living in a refrigerator or bemg mistaken for a cold soda-water bottle, ¡o.n he made an inquiry on the tele- phone—a It He fearful for his employer's! sanity—and found that the message sent to him was simply: tome office at .5 p'olock .— R. • It is bad enough to bej harassed by the telephone service, but if I 8ur telegraphists keep up these season- able j^ste, where shall we be? TO-DAYS STORY. A stout, red-faced man, wishing fo Alight from a motor 'hut', proceeded to I the platform and rang the bell, .fust at j that moment, the 'hils happened to he in »ne of those maelstroms of London traffle n here stopping is prohibited, and the driver ignored the signal. The fat, man gave another pull, with no result. Then, losing his temper com- pletely, and on the verge of apoplexy, be jerked the bell violently again and again. It was then that the conductor, who was on top collecting fares, poked his head orpr the rail and mildly remarked: "Now then, guv, that ain't a lilooniin'

TO-DAY'S PARLIAMENT. — ■■ — MR. RUNCIMAN AND THE NEED FOR BETTER HOUSING, IMPORTANT STATEMENT. TO 'r]EIF, T,F,.A-DER. ) | (SPECIAL TO THE LEADER.") House of Commons, Friday. The Deputy-Speaker (Mr. Whitley) took the chair at noon. Mr. Runciuiim, in moving the second reading of the Housing Bill, said thv .lh'd,- sure by no means covered the whole sub- ject of housing, and was strictly limited in its extent. There would be further proposals with regard to Urban Housing, which would be brought forward by the President of the Local Government Board on a future occasion. For the present the Government were dealing with agricultural districts and with areas like Crombie and Rosyth, where it was desirable that Government employes should be properly housed by the time their presence was required there in large numbers. Negotiations for the building of the necessary cottages for Government em- ployes would be entered into with public utility companies, and should they fail, the work would be done by the Office of Works. 3,000 Houses. The Admiralty estimated that when the building operations were over some three thousand houses would have been erected at Kosyth. It was impossible to say how much they would cost, but they would involve something near one million pounds. With regard to Rural Housing, the progress made in recent years had been totally inadequate. That the shortage of cottages was great aud required some national action no one would deny. Medi- cal officers declared that in the vast majority of rural areas iu England it was impossible to carry out closing orders because of the shortage of cottages and the driving of young people out of agri- cultural districts. They were actually creating that shortage of agriculturl labour which was one of the most serious problems by which the farmers of this country were faced. It was hoped to obtain the assistance of public utility societies in this matter also, and loans would be arranged for a mini- mum period of forty years and a maxi- mum period of sixty years at easy inter-1 est terms. A Central Authority. Should the local authorities fail to do their duty and the public utility societies not be forthcoming, the work would be undertaken by a central authority who, it was proposed, should be the Board of Agriculture. As for the contention that the financial provision made in the Bill was inadequate, there was nothing to prevent its extension in future years. It was impossible to embark on a gigantic scheme all at once because of the w::tniï of labour and materials. They would have made great progress in solving the rural housing problem if next year they spent: the whole of the three millions for which the Government were now asking in this Bill. By passing this measure they would be conferring the greatest boon upon the agri- cultural labourers which they had known in the present generation. (Ministerial cheers. ) Mr. H. W. For-tcr followed. He e011- gratulated the right lion, gentleman upon having shown a more complete grasp of the urgency of the cottage problem titan had been evidenced by other members of; the Government who had had to deal with the question. He said ho disliked the idea. of the Government undertaking specu-i lative building operations, because he did not believe they could do it properly. He would infinitely prefer that the Govern- ment should encourage and assist local authorities as well as utility societies, and lie could not see why they should not en- courage and assist private individuals as well. The only person in the department of the Board of Agriculture who could havf the remotest acquaintance with the intricities of speculative building was de- scribed as a building assistant, who had a salary commencing on a hundred a year. Was that the nucleus of the building staff.' (Opposition laughter.) Under the Bill) they would probably he able to build fifteen thousand cottages, which was a I very modest beginning at a very consider- able cost. | Prepared to Assent. I The Bill was introduced so late in the session. It was impossible to anticipate) that it would pass in its entirety. In the hope that they might be aide to do some- thing in the direction of enabling the Government to house their own employes, he WHS prepared to assent to the second reading. Sir H. Winfrey supported the Bill. Mr. Protheroe. in a maidell speedl, ex- pressed reluctance to vote money for the Government without knowing exactly how it would be spent.

EXPENSIVE SUNDAY VISIT. 4 MSRRISTON MAN AilD IllEGAL HOURS. I At Swansea Borough Police Court on Friday, Joseph Jcnkins, Treboeth Farm, Morn5ton. was summoned for being on the heensed (.)f the Mansei Arms. Oxford-strer, Swansea, during illegal hours. Inspector 1'owen said he visited the public-house at ten minutes to five on July 5th, and found nine people there, amongst, them the defendant. Witness asked him his name and address, and he I said he came from Treboeth Farm, MorJ riston, which is just. over the three-mile limit. He told witness he had walked down, and was going to Yin cent-street to see a friend. Instead of doing this, he came out of the inn some time later, went to High-street,, and waited for the Morriston far. By that time he was nearly drunk. Defendant: I had been down to Vincent-street, but the man was out. The Bench imposed the usual fine of >0s.

Queen Augusta V idor10 a, King Manoel's ?ridf\ underwent a slight operation, per- 'armed by Sir Bertrand Dawson, M.D., tt Fulwell Park, Twickenham. She iu?pM no ill-eSpcts and her health is CQmkV, Mtia?f?tory to the doctoj?

BISHOP BARRED! I THE PENALTY Of HAVING A CONSCIENCE AND USING ïf. At a special meeting of the Standing Committee of the Church Congress, the Bishop of St. Albans proposed that the Congress in 1015 be held under the presi- dency of the Bishop of Lincoln. Prebendary Glcndinning Nash spoke against the motion on tho ground, first, that the Bishop of Lincoln voted in the Convocation of Canterbury in favour of the Church in Wales Bill: secondly, that the Bishop failed to sign the Archbishops' appeal to the whole Church for united action and prayer in the crisis; and, I thirdly, that in his constituency, in the last Parliamentary election, his lordship, j instead of supporting Dr. Montague Bar- low. 4lie 'jmrch cand idate and champion. g-i-e bis whole support to the candidate who was pledged to vote for the diseetab- j lishment, disendowinent. and di member- ment of the Church in Wales. The motion was ultimately adopted, 8.ud i the Congress will be held at Lincoln. j

MEDICAL CERTIFICATES- JUDGE SAYS THEY ARE NO PROOF OF ILLNESS- A remarkable decision as to the value of doctors' certificates was given by Judge Woodfall at the Westminster County Court. The sending of a doctor's cfrtificate," he said, does not prove that an elll- ploye is ill. It only shows that the employe is acting reasonably towards his employer in giving him notice of his illness, and he must prove afterwards that he was temporarily ill. The employe might have sent a doctor's certificate and gone to the Derby."

LA TEST FROM MEXICO. Mexico City, Friday.—The President states that the armist ice with General Carranza has not yet been signed, but he j is making arrangements for a definite and peaceful solution with the rebels.

PEACEFUL PETITIONERS. When the party leaders were leaving Buckingham Palace on Friday morning after the concluding sitting of th e Ulster (-(Itiferel-ice, two ladies bit- peared at the Privy Purse entrance, carrying a petition in the form of a roll tied up with silk ribbon. They paid they desir(?d to present it to ] the Kin?. hut Superintendent Wells j t-r- j ??&dcd th€n't??8\'c and sp'-? c''hcr means of approaching his Majesty.

DEBTOR'S DEATH. Prior to the business of the Swansea Bankruptcy Court this morning the Official Iteceiver said that he had re- ceived a mf'8sagf' "'hil,t on his way to the Court to say that Robert Piper, a debtor who should liiive appeared that morning, was dead. Piper, who was a bootmaker, of Wassail Square, Swansea, had not been examined in public. Mr. Kees added. I" This debtor will not appear in public. He was killed whilst engaged at the 1 f-j<)vr(?rton Steelworks last Saturday. Th? Deputy R'?'strar: "Very sad in- deed." deed .—————

CORONER NOTIFIED. Information was gívPll to-day of the death fit Mr. John Davids. Cefnma-es, Halfway, near Llanelly, which took place suddenly on Wednesday evening. Deceased, who was 22 years of age, was following his employment as a furnace- man in the South Wales Works on the pevious day, when he was taken ill ahout noon with cramp. He went home, and WP9 attended by Dr. Hunt, who ordered his removal to the Hospital, where lie died.

TAKING NO RISKS. New York, Prirlay.The Defiance has been withdrawn from races to secure the defender for the America Cup. THE PANAMA CANAL Washington, Friday.The Panama Canal will be opened to the commerce of the world on August loth. A DISASTROUS STORM. Budapest, Friday.—A terrible storm burst over Budapest yesterday afternoon, damaging many buildings and killing I Vour people. I

TEACHERS ON TOUR. I A party of 3f) teachers left London on Thursday for a month's tour in Canada and New York, under the auspices of the National Union of Teachers.

THE LATEST IN HATS. Coloured hats of the" bowler shape will be shown by well-known West End hatters during the coming autumn. Light brown, olive green, grey, bronze, and slate are among the shades. I-

KiSSES AND GOLDS. I It is little short of criminal for a person suffering from a cold to kiss a; hahy or elderly individual," says the I medical officer of Macclesfield in his annual report.

ROADS AND RATES. I Main roads in England and Wales cost £ 3,:V>fi,000 to maintain in 1012, and sum came out of ffc* rates. These facts were given by Mr. Herbert Samuel in a printed reply to a question yesterday.

HOME, SWEtT HOME I Victoria (British Columbia), Thursday. —The Komagata Maru sailed for the East to-day. She is being convoyed as far as the open sea by the cruiser Rain- bow.-P,eitter. The Komagata Maim arrived at Van- couver on May 24th with about 350 Hindu immigrants. The authorities refused to let them land, and they caused much trouble, refusing to let the captain sail I untU ¡.4.e use oi facce was tbc^Atencd. v 1

END OF THE CONFERENCE 4b SHORT SITTING. PREMIER TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULT TO PREMIER TO ANNOUNCE THE HESUl T TO THEMEL I STATEMENT TgHSAY. i I Particular inters iw;h ;)• taken in the j fourth nuking at Buckingham Palace en Friday morning of the" eight party leaders. Although nothing dcfinite was known, j there was a general impression that the, j meeting would be followed by an import-I anI statement. The members of the conference, it will be remembered, are For the Government, Mr. Asquith and I Mr. Lloyd George; For the Opposition. Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Bonar Law; For the Ulster Unionists, Sir Edward Carson and Captain Craig; For the Nationalists, Mr. Iedmond i and Mr. Dillon. Many Consultations. There vere many consultations on Thursday. The King received the Prime Minister in audience. Mr. Redmond and Mr. Dillon lunched with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Lansdowne, Sir lJ. Carson, and Mr. Bonar Law lunched together. There was an informal meeting of the Cabinet in the evening. A conference at the House of Lords was attended by Lord Lansdowne and ,otber Unionist leaders. Prominent Fu;onists also met at the House of Commons. ;■.  t -————— THE FOURTH MEETING. ■ A Short Conference. Lomlon, Friday, i The fourth sitting of the Conference summoned by the King to em8id1' the Irish situation was held at Buckingham Palace this morning. The party leaders ?lll(,t at "Ifven o'clock instead of 11.30 he- of t'iie :zittilig of ihe House of Commons on Fridays. There was a large crowrl outside the Palace, but the mem bers of the Confer- ence passed in without any demonstra- tion being made. The Marquis of Lanfdowne was the first to arrive, and the nUlPt leaders ar- rived soon after. Mr. Redmond was a little bite, being under the impression that the meeting would commence at 11.30, as previously. Despite the opinions to the contrary which had been generally expressed, it. was helieved this morning that there would be a lengthy sitting of the Con- ference, but this proved to be incorrect, for the members left the Palace at ten minutes past twelve. CONFERENCE ENDED. CONFERENCE ENDED. Later: The Press Association is dfici- ally informed that t.he Conference is ended. The result cannot yet be ascertained. The Prime Minister has, it is under- stood. arranged to meet his colleagues in the Cabinet this afternoon, v/hen he will formally announce to them the result of the Conference. ..u OPINION IN THE LC3BY. Our London apnts teIepho!'e:- I No doubt is f,?lf in the Lobby that the Conference has failed in its innnpdjatej purpose, and that no definite agreement bas it. STATEMENT TO-DAY. ) As we go to Dress wHh this bage a mes- j sage is to hand stating that the Premier is expected to make a statement in the House of Commons this after- noon. NO SETTLEMENT. I The Press Association is informed that I no settlement has been arrived at. j I

THE "SARDINE" CASE. i The appeal of Messrs. A ngiis Watson and Co., of Newcastle, against their con- viction for selling Norwegian ..sprats, or bristling, in oil. to which an alleged false trade description Sardine had hpeuh applied, wis upheld at the London Ses.l: sions to-day, and the conviction hy Siv John Dickinson at Bow-street was quashed.

AN ALL-ROUND ATHLETE. ) Mr. Walter Brickejt" trainer of the British swimming teams for the London and Stockholm Olympic Games, covered five miles in five different ways withiii the hour yesterday between Putney and 1' Hammersmith. Mr. Brickett is forty- nine. His times were as follows; Walking. 101-uiii. 13sec.; running. 5min. 39sec.; rowing, (imin. )-isec.; swimming, Itimin. 25 Net time, { 42min. 20 1-5sec. i — (

THE COEMPTION CURE CASE. i 1, i I At the end of his summing up in the case, resumed in the King's Bench on Thursday, in which Mr. C. H. Stevens j brought action for damages for libel against; the British Medical Association ( arising out of an article in criticism of his method of treating consumption, Mr. Justice Shearman said the only question i for the jury was whether, on the proved facts, the comments were fair or not. If they found them unfair, the question of damages was for the jury alone. The jury found the words complained of were not libellous and that the com-, ments were fair. Judgment was given accordingly for the defendants with costs, including costs of the I

I INDISSOLUBLE ALLIANCE. THE FRENCH PSESiOEST AND THE TSAR. Cronstradt. Tliur,-day.-ri-op,, si ng the toast of his guest at a banquet to thp Tsar on the battleship France to-night, | M. Poincare said that in the honours j which had been accorded him France I would soe a fresh guarantee of the senti- ments that the Tsar had always shown Towards France, and a spipndid consecra- ?' tion of the indissoluble ailiance which ?r.?pd Bu?i:t and France. Hpplying. the TMi- baid the consorted action ot their two d'pjcmac'ps and the fraternity wjifch existed between the | forces ot the two countries facilitated the | task of the allied Governments.

TERMS MENTIONED. I The action of Mary Williams versus the Llanelly Rural District Council, hrougbt to rstrain the defendants from tipping refuse on the plaintiff's land. was settled on Friday before Mr. Justice Sargant. The motion was treated as the trial. and a final order was taken in terms that were not mentioned.

REMOVED FROM THE PANEL. The Glamorgan Insurance Committee d'?()d<?d 011. Thllr.d£lY to nil to'"C the na'ille! of a cprram llwdlnd man from the panel as the result of a letter from the Com- missioners stating that as :trps'n<<? th<? inquiry intn?h" recent complaints against a medical man. they considered that the continu- ance of his namp on the panel.would be prejudicial to ihe efficiency of the medi- fat service of insured persons. The practitioner referred to is not a local man.

DROWNED iN CANADA. I A. Reuter telegram from Toronto states that Mr. Courtney Wilkinson, the son of a lady residing in Kent, met his death by drowning on Wednesday. -0

NUGGETS OF BRASS. When A ike Lumke was sentenced to 9 I months' hard lahour at the Old Bailey, l it was stated that he sold some gold nuggets to Mr. Rotheetoin, in Euston- road, but while the jeweller's back was turned he substituted nuggets of brass. n

PAPERS IN WOODEN LEG. A wooden-legged man has been arrested it Friedrichsfeide, near Dusseldort (says ihe "Daily Mail"), on suspicion of espionage for France, and important mili- ary docnments and infantry bullets .\hich. it is alleged, he h?d stolen from 1:inacks, were fou nd hidden in his wooden -PS i

THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE. I A meeting of the Executive of the National Sunday League for Wales was held at the Cardiff Y.M .C.A.. under the! presidency of Mr. H. F. Hood, Swansea. The secretary (Rev. J. Evans) reported that branches of the League had been formed in various centres iu Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, and arrangements were being made for linking up West, Mid and Nortit Wales with p movement. A sub-committee was appointed to con- sider the main lines of a special Hill for Wales dealing with Sunday trading.

[ 100 FITTERS OUT. ——— MARINE ENGINEERS' STRIKE COSTING SWANSEA THOUSANDS OF POUNDS. NO SIGN OF SETTLEMENT. I, If is estimated that the port of Swan- sea has already sustained a loss in wages and in other ways, amounting to several thousands of pounds as a result of the marine engineers strike. Vessels which >vere intended for repairs at Swansea have been sent to Rotterdam, and the neces- sary work effected there. At the present, time it is said that about 100 fitters are idle, but onh about 10 are actually on strike. These were em ployed at the Ocean Dry Dock, where, it is alleged, a forennin was dismissed because he refused to do work on one of j the banned vessels. Thereupon all his mates came out in sympathy. The demands of the marine engineers ) affect, in particular, vessels over 1.0001 tons on which they claim an advance of wages and the services of an additional engineer. But vessels of all tonnage be-1 longing to the Shipping Federation are affected, and fitters have refused to carry out any work a board these steamers. At present seven ships are held up at Swansea docks, and it is feared the posi-! tion will get worse and the effect of the strike be more far-reaching as the (Ïs- pute is prolonged. There are, as yet, no signs of a settlement.

AT BAY. 4- GAMEKEEPER DEFENDS HIMSELF WITH; HiS Gun. | Berlin.—A gamekeeper named Kramer came, into conflict with some poachers at Osterweddingen, and shot one of them ciyad. ] licensed by the crime a crowd gathered 1 and tried to storm Kramer's dwelling last night. To defend himself he fired a num- ber of shots, wounding four persons, three ot them seriously Fifteen policemen aimed with rifles were sent from Magdeberg to Osterwed- dingen this morning. A preliminary in- vestigation into the affair has been opened, and Kramer is under examina- tion.-Heuter.

COLD MINER'S ESCAPADE. i 1- SCENE AT MIDLAND STATION AT I SWANSEA. John David Hughes, a South African gold miner home on holiday, was charged at Swansea Police Court on Friday with being drunk and disorderly at the Mid- land Railway Station, and also wjth ob- structing P.C. Morgan in the execution of his duty at the same time and place. The constable said that on 'Thursday evening he saw Hughes on the platform drunk and creating a disturbance. When spoken to by witness he made use of bad i language and struck him severe blows on the chest. With the assistance of P.C. Greenfield, witness got prisoner on to a tram-car, and conveyed him to the lock-up. Defendant You ordered me out of the place when I was making enquiries. Witness: No, you were insulting pan* sengers and everyone who f-aine along. Defendant said be was going to see his *i:?ter at Ystalyfera and was making en- quiries about the train when the cou- ntable came up to him. and handled him roughly. 1 think the hoot is on the other leg." he added. 1' A fine of 20s. including costs was im- posed.

THE UNWANTED PRINCE. I It is stated that'the Mpret of Albania, acting on the Kaiser's advice, has de- cided to abdicate. The insurgents threaten to destroy Durazzo with their I artillery if the Powers interfere.

ELECTROCUTED. I Though he had twelve ypars* experi- ence at electrical work, George Gale, a skilled labourer, touched a live terminal at a Cardiff electrical station, and was electrocuted.

THE FUSILIER TRACEDY. I Evidence at the inquest on Private Thomas Rees Jones. of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who shot himself dead on the march near Dorchester, showed that he intended not to kill himself, hut to injure I himself so as to secure his discharge from I the Army.

POPULAR PENAL SERVITUDE! I I He is not very fond of imprisonment, he says, but he likes penal servitude. It is more comfortable," remarked the chair- man of the London Sessions in sentencing Benjamin Phillips, aged K-), to nine months' imprisonment for breaking a window. The man has spent forty-four years in prison.

PERSONAL PARAChAPHS. I Mr. Plowden's condition has improved. Major Guest, M.F., is progressing satisfactorily. Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest has ar- rived in Londun from Plas Machynlleth. Lady Tredegar has bought Oakwood Grange Ockley. The Rev. Dr. J. H. Jowett. of New York, has had a breakdown in health and has been compelled to cancel his engage- ment to preach at the Metropolitan Ij Tabernacle next Sunday.

i I ¡ i"" SATURDAY'S CIVIL LIST. Wiii. Morgan v. John Bryan,, iJlegei breaches of covenants; Neit v. Liau- elly Mercury," alleged libel. I C 1. OAKK A MFTOy 2, ST POI\S Z—5 Aico raji: Citisec, Pericardium. 6 to 1 on Glaze a SLUE L'^JNTJ-BE 3, AVOCADO 2, KCC/JE. J. —Iso ra;i Prim Simon, S.Ja}: U. Ba.helor's Club, Poeidomus, Lcuch Foyle, General Frost, Belle^aee, Tern, rajr.;ttud Square, i'otiuck. I j ? v ) ASSIZES. At the Assizes, the Somali, Gooled, was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour ior an offence against a 37oung girl.-Thomas Keiley was found <Dot gTiilty of a charge of feloniously de- manding £ 1 10b. and certain clothing by virtue of a forged seaman's demand note at Cardiff, and dischai,g min Jenkin (i2), pleaded not guilty to n charge of arson at Merthyr, and was [ Id prison for five days. WESTERN MAIL CASE. At Assizes to-day jury found for 1ft", David on claim and coun tor-claim, awarding a£25 in counter-claim. Th judgb had loft the Court. i i 4' I Swansea Mercantile Co., Ltd. 18. PARK STREET, SWANSEA, MAKE CASH ADVANCES DAILY front 110 to 11,000. No Charge Unless Business Done. Bills Discounted. Strictly Private and Confi- dential. For further particulars apply- H. B. JONES, Managing Director.

BEN EVANS AND 00. rB. R!CHARD LEWIS ftiApE MAKACINS DIRECTOR At a meeting held in London on Thurs- [ day, Mr. Richard E. Lewis, at present manager of Messrs. 13en Evans and Co., Ltd., was appointed to the important position of managing director of the firm. MS Lewis, who is a Welshman, lias sewed for over 2t years in various busi- ness houses in London, including t hose of Messrs. D. H. Evans and John Barkers (Kensington), and two years ago JIP came to Swansea from Messrs. Whitcley's, where lie had been under-nianager for manj' years. .? "enr('"fll;d ¡yp of n1f' Leader," r,1 1I¡ to congratulate him, Mr. Lewis ?aid'"??nc? ? hm-p bof;i here lU? business has increased very mud1; and withtbehplpo?myioyalsta?'itisiri- pTovimr cypry week. Since March 1st, the takings have been considerably higher than in the corresponding period of Iliy previous year in the history of (he COlll- pany.