The Cambria Daily Leader

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THE BEST CHRISTMAS GARn. The War Widows Thanks to Swansea. VALUE OF THE FUND. Below, our readers will find some from among the hun- dreds of letters which have reached us in connection with the Widows' and Orphans' and other Dependents5 Fund. Wo offer them to Swansea as the best Christmns card it will have this fear-the heartfelt thanks of people whose Christrrias they have helped to make brighter and happier. The Commercial Staff of the "Cambria Daily Leader," with" some outride assistance, for which we are very grateful, has been hard at work since Friday last de- spatching the orders and receiving fresh names. The work entailed a heavy Sunday's labour, but the staff, we are profoundly proud and glad to say worked with a will; and to-day we are ablo to record the fact that 004 money orders have been s-nt out, and that before the end of the day every name that has reached us will be dealt with. We are sorry that it was not possible to deal with all the applications in time for Christmas, but that has not been our fault. Over 50 names for in- stance reached us this morning, and the money orders for these are now being despatched. Among the contributions we have to acknowledge to-day is a cheque for £ 25 Is. 5d., proceeds of the recent concert by Mourlt Pleasant Sunday School, including sale of programmes, which was sent on to us by Mr. H. E. Rees, hon. secretary of the Sunday School. In connection with the concert, we are asked to mention that the plat- form was built at the expense of ilir. J. W. Thomas.

LETTERS OF THANKS. I have just received 33s. from your tfund. Thank you very, very much in- deed. It's a blessing, as things are so expensive and my pension is only JS1 IRs. 3d- for self and four children. That doesn't leave much for Christmas cheer. But owing to your fund we can get some- thing extra now. You gentleman and all connected with it deserve great thanks J for your very good work, and I thank yon very much indeed. Will you please, on behalf of my. chil- dren. and myself, convey my sincere thankg to your committee for their .groat kmdnegs in sending me the sum of £ 2 10s. It will help considerably towards giving Itiy children a Christmas like they used to have when their daddy1 was at-home. Jean only eay "Thank you to all who to kindly contributed towards .your great lund, gtid hope t'hat they will enjoy theii < hnstmao ivs much as those who lives they h?ve h?p? to at'fbfo timo. '» =S £ 4 We bc? to acknowledge the receipt of B?s. f«wn the Wido? and O'rph?n? Fund this morning- Kin0v convey our most humble thanks to the committee and yourself for their benevolent kindness to us this Christmas again. Though we grdeve for our dear son, etill we are thank- ful to God that this dreadful war is over, and glad to see our dear prisoner- of war .returning home after their severe treat- ment by the Huns. I received your kind letter and money jfprm for R2 quite safe-this morning, and how to thank you enough I do not know, as I never expected* such a thing, but I -be; to thank the committee for their great kindness to me in my great loss, nnd we all feel iff very much at fuel) tanes as these, and I am left with four children that want every care in these hard times of living. So, dear sir, I wi¡¡¡b I to thank you once again for your great kindness to me, and hoping you will also have a happy Christmas. I received the gift from the. Fund quite Rafe, and appreciate the kindness of the Mine, and thank you all for same, and hoping that all other receivers will do 60. Hoping for the success of the Fund. I am writing to thank you for money order of 30s.. which has been so kindly (>nt to me. Please accept my very many thanks On behalf of my mother-in-law, I am thanking you for 20s. which, has been re- ceived by her. I wish .to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of Xl anci.t. o thank you, and sll your kind helpers for your thoughtful- ne&s to me and my children. Will you pleaeo convey my grateful thanks to the committee of the Comforts Fund for the donation of a money order for 25s., which I received this morning. With the eea-son's compliments. I writ-e on behalf of my grandson and I myself to thank you for your great kind- ness in remembering us again this Christ- mas. I can assure you it will be spirit I wisely. It is a God-scnd. a? I lost a 10s. paper on Saturday. Thankiug yml all again, and wishing you all a very happy Christmas. ———— I I beg to acknowledge receipt, of money order for 20s., for which I t11ft.nk you very much. I I beg to thank you for the order of £ 1 10s. I received safely. I can assure yon that it has been very acceptable in?     trten? wUl nave ? very happy Ghrjtma¡; and a ver? prosperous New Year. I am writing to let you know that I have received money order, thanking you very much. Wishing you all a. happy Cliristmas and a happy New Year. Many thanks for gift received yester- f day, 2-2/12/18, and was very pleased with it, and thanking you again. Many thanks for order .£2 5s. so graciously gent to me. Thanking you ojlq and all. I received 35s. from you this morning safely. I need ha rdly tell you I was very thankful to receive it, as it came in very handy and was very acceptable. I sincerely thank you and all the kind gentlemen concerned. I heg to acknowledge the receipt of St 5s. sent from you with many thanb; Wishing you, all a merry Christmas. I I beg to thank you and members of the committee very much for the contents of your letter to hand, which is very accept- able. Many thanks for your kind remem- brance to myself and son from the Widows' and Orphans* Fund. Owing to having been recently married, I herewith return rnoi/ey order. Thank- ing you for your kindness. With best wishes for a happy Christmas. Will you kindlY thank the Committee of the 6th Welsh Comforts' Fund for the 120- I received?

r—— BRITAIN'S DEBT. j > rospect of Cancellation by U.S. If it i#true, ag I hear it is (says a "London Evening XÐWS" writer), that there is a prospect of the cancellation by the United States of the de-bt of the Allies to that country, it will add to the merri- ment of our Christmas. I understand that Mr. George E. Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate COIDllltittee on Military Affairs, who i? leading the movement, considers that as the money lent to the Allies was used 1 mostly to buy bread and bullets' the I nited StatM should wipe out our finAn- cial obligations to it, and, in addition, yive us a helping hand in reconstruction. According to Mr. Basil P. Slackett. tho financial representative in the United States of the British Treasury. we owe America £ 720.000,000, or about jBIO.OOO.OOii than the amount of our National Debt bc-forf the war. U Our present National Debt is ■ £ 7,075,000,000, and up to the present we have spent on the war, po that a little present of JL720,000,000 would be h<fl pful." U.S.A.'s GOLDEN HARVEST. I Washington.—The Compt roller of Cur- rency announces that on November 1st the resources of all the national banks of the United States were the highest ever I'eeorded, ■ the total amounting to ■ £ 3.3Gi,2i>0,000. De-posits amounted to X'3,010.200,000, and loans and discounts to < £ 2,019,100,000. The growth of resources during 'the past five years exceeded the growth during the preccd-Wg quarter of a century.-—Reuter.

LORD PHONDDAIS WILL I Estate Valued at £ 685,000. Uii^er the will of the late Viscount j Ehondda, so far as can at present be as- certained. the gross value of personal es- j ÜIte will be returned at about £ 685,000. j .After hcqueathmg all his jewels and j fnrnitÜre at Danwern and A?uley Gar-' dcn-??, Loudon, with £ 5,000, to his wile, the t?tator bequeathed to his daughter, Vi?;ouDt("? Hhondda, aU his books. paper?, memoranda, and manuscripts, I with full directions as to the ii,-(, should make of them. The testator left £ 2,000 to his gOfl-, daughter,- Mrs. Florence Madeline Pryse: £ 3.000 to pay the income to the unmarried I daughters of the late Rev. Charles T. Sal- and Caiiis College, .Cambridge; and King Edward Hospital, Cardiff. The late viscount left her the income of and on her dcntll the capital to be left for such person or persons 11.lz the Dowager-Countess might have appointed. I Anrtthor sum of H00.000 was left to his daughter, Viscountess Ehondda, on simi- lar terms. The wlil concludes with a statement that the late viscount mode no otli-r I charitable ?'queft?. as he had devoted the greater part of his life to puhHí aff- air-. and had already ?h'en ?r?e sums of money fot gil'il T)1,1)li? Pul.po!??,

BLOW TO PORTUGAL.* I President Sidonia Pass, says a Lisbon j correspondent, stood for .peace au? order against the Bol-h?vists; hence his d?ath. Portugal, ";he tea re. is likely to return to pandemonium, aad the politicians will have their fill of unrest and revolution,

lifTING THE VEil I MME DSHf OH U-BOAT I   '!ic;r.¡« :J;- tt; ;¡r ,1: í¡" ,"f' ¡ Now tiiat the ban upon the publication of se-a warfare stories has been I Lfted it is- posslble to- narrate storie of the Navy which have been' hitherto prohibited. One. is .especially good. It deals with the capture of a U-boat somewhere on the East Coast by a local trawler. The Little craft had been on duty for days, and the skij per and crew were getting fed tip," for aever a su lunar i no of the right colour would come their way. They did not mind the conger, br count the cost. All they wanted was the chance to do or die. Just as the hardy fishermen, for of such was the crew composed, were in the act of returning to their base, a periscope was sighted. Here was the chance they wanted—at last. U-BOAT THAT DIDN'T WANT TO. FIGHT, All hands prepared for action, which: meant that th;r just "carried on:7 for they wen.» always prepared. jFritz did not seem to relish the idea of all argu- thent. And tried to sheer ■ off. The trawler, however, knew all, the rones in the game, and managed to get to the seal side of the enemy. Then came a pretty little tps^le. The submarine didn't want to fight, and the water was shoals-just the sort of place a SUblfLHillO hates to be caught, ir). The trawler's cx-ew got to work with all sorts of gadgets and fakements, and be'- fore long were right on the top of, the subrfiarine. with a very efficient baw-sor connecting them. But the submarine would not, come up It sulked at the bottom like- an injured fish and tried to outwear the trawler's j patience. In the end Fritz succeeded ir, his object—but not in the way he had! hoped. TILTED THE" SUBMARINE ON END. Tho ekipper took a few turns of that hawser round the drum of the little steam windlass, and the submarine tilted 611 end, lileo a. bottle standing upright. The result was hat the submarine's crew,ii-ent ?litli<-rmg along their vessel until they! were a spluttering,i muttering mass of humanity caBSned in' what must have been a superior kind of Black Hole of Calcutta, with petrol fumes thrown ill for luck. >i After giving them time to realise the hopelessness of their position, the trawler skipper eased the. submarine down ngain to a level keel, -in order to give the U-uns a chance to surrender. But, a,a iisiitil., they were •obstinate, and wouM not. (Aft' started the windlass agaia, and-tho whol<? I crew of baby-killers were once niol-c" shaken un like rabdn a bag. j That was enough As sopn us the hawser was slackened and thjc snbmapne j retained her normal tppsi1 ion, she rose to the surface. Open came her conningl tower, and the whole crew came out en deck with hands Within a short time the boat and crew were lying comfortably alongside a little fishing quay—finishsd for the war!

RELIABLE FOOTWEAR. One 0" the berets of good health is dry f?c(. and to guarantee, that you must deal wIth a tlrm whose J-epu{-aholi is undis- 1 pnted. The firm of Mr. William Tliomas, Rdiahle Boot Stores, of King Edward-: read, is noted for Kelioble Footwear,'

Hull Corporatioa Committee on Mondav decided to put the largest Zenelin air- lamer alarm in the l museum \Vith a suiUi ablp. inscriphon. j

THE I THE II'?HE. I First Rate Hc-^day Pro- i g, a i r. i i a, This Weak. j  .? T"??-??<?.??????? n .(" 'Wûi1f" 'i.rI',¡,ety.ft\ààh-ov;a;{¡.MJ; l¡ld :huw,?o to the "Swaiicea- Empire I (fiis and see Ocetia' W aves." It is mnsie:a,l trip cn the ocean. It has tho breath of Hie H'a, m:d tJ\e humcur of roll- mg wavs. It is as 1'011Lking as the O(;all -It M à revue of the ?a. i? does not suffer 'becaus-e.there is uo plot; it is none the worse because there is no hard- and fast unshakeable order of sequence. It ¡ ruiiti on its own moods; it sweeps along in a happy inconsistency, and it takes the audience with it. The excellence of the protluction is due to the fine combination I of good clriags it holds. There is no sec- tion of the revue--and it is much better than the average revue-rwhieh cannot be acclaimed with admiration. There is in it.1 too, an 'undying fund OÎ. humour. Harry lioxbury comes on and goes off, "leaving everyone laughing until it pains. (Ie «ing& a laugh-, he talks a laugh, he looks a laugh. Tie is the conjuror of I laughter-laud, calling, ay emilos in the stalk, smiles in the circle, smiles in the I gallery, with Ul) his sleeve," with no effort, but just «■; easily (so it seems) as it is to sit listening to and Intl-Itili, ivitb. him. The entire oust, is one upon which it »vould be very difficult to improve—very difficult indeed. Not only can you settle down to lnughs, loud and' long, but the' singing of the artistes deputed to sing is as' charming as the It-uiiiour is contagious. Pleasing melodies, haunting strains, that will flit through the mind over ttic- Ciii-;Ftinp.,g season are trilled sweetly over Who footlights, and the whole hoase is at peace, enjoying I itself to the full, harhouring. g-nat good ?viU towards the arti&te?. Then the next numh?r i?,. a dance, porha?s with some clever preliminary patter, or ome .suhe- ?qucnt.hcn.mot&.and for good dancing, graceful in every detail, you couldn't do r. than all at the Etnpire. "OtPRn i Waves" is just the tiling for Christmas. It adds just that necessary final touch to [ the merriness of things;.? just that last element that eorves to add certainty to probahility that the season of calm joy and peaceful sweetness is at last here after an absence of four years. We have I seen Ocean*Wave«? ".rÎ!J1}!ing- merrily in the Oxford-street House, and we enjoyed it. Our heartiest recommendation—for j what it is worth—goes out to you, and juries you, your*wife and children, friends —evervbod'/—t\o it anv cost., I,

ALLIES AND THE SCHELDT. II BRUSSELS, Monday. The. British' GOvemmcnt is Mportc? here to, hovo informs. the ??thc??and I XJovernuient that it intends to forward ??'pplics to the British Army of occupa- tion on the Eblne by way of the Scrtddt I and Dutch Ty 1 niburg. —1?ftut-er.

I R E; E- P S E. I Charles Shaw, 2,fu:i::tty,;rd-row, LlanelTy, J who apuearcd in the in naval uniform, as, cliarge(I at Uanelly Police Court, on t Monday, with being drunk. Evan Daviec. (Docks) spoke to fiiKliiur the defeud- ant in a very drunken Audition in Station- rc?f) on Sa.n'd.ty ni?ht. ?haw paid tb?t he osly oame hmnè On leave or, ^turtlay, and, hid eerved 52 years iii the Mavy. He was a i^serviut when war broke cut. and was then .m-calted to tne | Navy. In view of defendant's' 'excellent record-, !the i magistrate; said the Benoh I .need not irf-ict a iienalty on this oc asion, bitt ordered bira to pay <!s.' ecsrs.

r ==- [ Colliery proprietors arid miners at Maa- working week for surface workers in aud Lancashira.

FAMILY FEUD CARDIFF BROTHERS IJUMEL ONE DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED A shooting affray of an unusual char- acter took place on Monday evening in the West End of Cardiff. Two brothers,>, well known at the Cardiff Docks, were concerned in the dispute, which termin- ate?, in the wounding of the elder and the death of the assailant. The injured man is Arthur Reginald Tucker, prin- cipal of the firm of W. II. Tucker and Co., Limited, tug-boat owners, Cardiff, and his wound is in the left wrist; the dead brother is William Henry Tucker, The affair occurred shortly before 10 .lock-. when Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tucker .ere a bout to enter the gateway of their 'home, 73, Romilly-rcad, close to the en- trance to Thompson's Park. They had -n to town, and had taken tea, and had Lit the car on the return journey at lieda-road. They were the only witnesses of what followed Mrs. Tucker (states that she heard a voice that she recognised os that of her brother-dn-law, .saying, Now I have got you, you swine." Her husband, who is 28 years of ag. w.as. re- ticent a.s to the circumstances which had causod ill-will towards him on his brother's part; but for some yearo before the father aied, and Mr. A. H. Tucker became the noad of the business, there were strained i Delations between them. Litigation had taken place, and the dead man, who is married his wife living in Albany-road, had been out of Cardiff for a considerable time. At all events his brother had not seen him to speak to since 1915. Deceased had an interest in the business estab- lished by his father, but had disposed of certain s hares, and friends of the family aS6êrt that the cause of the tragedy was iealousv over business matters. INJURED MAN'S NARRATIVE. I Mrs. Tuckcr was naturally very much I upset, but she was able to give a coherent story of what she witnessed, and it corroborates in every particular the I' following statement made by her hus- band:— The wife and I were returning to our house from town. When I got to the I gate und was fumbling for my key some- one rushed in at the gate. I did not at- tach any importance-, to it at first. I heard someone was there, and a voice, but I did not catch what was said, but my wife tell-. me that what was said was Now I JU\ve got you. you swine!' I turned promptly, but 1 am rather near- sighted and cannot see very well in the dark. I saw a man's head without a hat nn. It was bald. and I concluded it was my brother. I have had reason to fear him. for threats have been made, and I have a letter which I cannot show you. HHe camo towards me and I rushed at bim.- I heard a shot and knew I was struck, but I closed with him and ~lisig;ried for a time, probably a f,,w- ?. ??.ih  %?? '.?N?.t .-?-?,?,t..? ?''  ??'? ?! ?'.1 ee????- ?? did not become unco?scioup. "The next thing was I 8aw him com- inp towards me and turning something ))ri !lit in his hnd. That was probably the revolver. 1 thought my end had when I heard another ehot and saw him fall, and' he seemed about to say something. He was conscious when he fell, but I could not make out what he! was saying. That's all I cW L'll you." J

DEAD 0? TH?LSME. Tragic End of Aberavon Collier. Thomas-Brige (59), a collier on compen- sation, living at Al-wravoll, was found dead on the Croat Western Railway war Pcntyla, Al>eravon, on Monday night. He had gone to the allotment aixmt five o'clock, and as he did not return his son went to look for him and found him on the line with his hea:btt8r.d, having been obviously knocked down hy a train. Ho suffered from <leafn«*s and short- sightedness.

NEW BANK HOLIDAY. Wednesday January 1st. has been pro- claimed a Bank Holiday in England. Wales and Ireland. This affects banks only. and the oiay will not be a general public holiday.

GERMAN WARSHIFfS. New York, Dec. 23.—The Washington correspondent of the Associated Press states authoritatively that President Wil- son will srongly oppose any proposal to sink the German warships surrendered under the armistice. Tiro suggestion lias been widely criticisrxl.—Pouter.

 "THE JOY-STICK." A Clever Christmas Number. "The Joystick," which is published under the auspices of Blighty," is an iirtifitic and literary tribute to the officers ■ind men of the Eoval Air Force, and it' iii(In of ?lie P. o v aid of the Eoyal Air Force hospitals. The nrke is :s. 6d.,itet. It is profusely illus- r-rated-, and contains a large percentage of full pages in colour. The literary con- tents include contributions by the Poet T/aureate, Kudyard Kipbng, C. K. Ches- terton. Pett Ridge, Edwin Pugh, Coulson Kennahan, Col. Finch-Noyes, D.S.O., JÜmy" Glover, Nat Gould, G. R. Sims, ctnd n large number of other well-known writers also a gallery of Boche beauties, consisting of about a dozen funny car- toons in colour, is a unknie feature.

COLLIER'S FAMILY." At Llanelly Police Court on Monday, a single young woman named Olive Hay- den, applied for an affiliation order against a collier, named Evan Williams, of Brynueri, Trimsaran.—Mr. Ludford was for the applicant, and Mr. H. Hay- ton Williams defended. Mr. Ludford said the applicant: was 23 years of age, and earned her own liveli- hood. not having a home of her own. The defendant was paying towards an illegiti- mate child born six years igo., Wllilp a fortnight ago an order was made against him, in respect -of another child. If th.- girl had spoken out at the time eho could have had a criminal charge brought against: defendant. Applicant, stated that when she spoke to tho defendant abou t- her condition, he told her that he was a married man. but she subsequently found out that that-.was DOt so. An GiGer of 5s. per week was made.

I GERMANY'S SEVEN REPUBLICS. I A message from Berlin says that I Von Paten is supposed to be in Con- stantinople, Capt, Boy-Ed on one of the Baltic Inlands, Tirpitv and Ludendorff hiding n Switzerland. The latter is said to bs r aw the most hated man in Germany. Strong movement in Saxony demands the division of ermany into seven republics—Lower Saxony (capital Dresden), Upper Sax- ony (capital Hanover), Ehineland (capital Stuttgart), Bavaria (Danube- land) (capital Munich), Austria I (Alpland) (c&pital Vienna), Branden- I I burg, Prussia, osen and Silesia (Oder- I land) (capital Borlm).

j POLICING THE WORLD ALLIED TERM FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS According to the Paris "Matin (quoted by lleuter), preliminary terms of the peace proposals leading up to the Society of Nations have been agreed be- tween the Powers of the Entente—that is, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Bel- givim. Theee terms include:- Limitation of armaments and com- pulsory arbitration. No discussion with Germany. A world police to carry out decisions of an international tribunal. Germany not to be admitted until she has discharged her debt6 and fulfilled the terms to be imposed. POINTS OF AGREEMENT. The stages by which the Society Off Nations will be established (says the Matin") will be comprised in three articlesas follows:— 1. The Governments of the Entente are in agreement among themselves on the principles of a Society of Nations, and have laid down as a fundamental rule teE' right of peoples to dispose of their own destinies. It is probable that the Entente will pledge itseM to include the limitation of armaments and compulsory arbitration in the terms of the peace preliminaries.. This appears from the statement.s made by M. Clemenceau to the Bureau of the French Association and its President, M. Bourgeois. 2. Provides for the notification to the •leuiy Powers of the fundamental prin- ciples inscribed in the peace preliminaries and for demanding their adhesion to these principles without discussion. 3. This article will be drawn up subse- quent to the signature of the Peace Treaty when a world conference will regulate the now relations between peoples. Neutrals will be admitted, but no nations wilTbe regarded as a member of the Society of Nations or have equal rights with other nations unless it gives guarantees which are considered satis- factory Germany will only be considered the pqual of other nations when she has dis- charged her dobts; and besides collective penalties against the German people the quest ion of individual penalties against ,the Kaiser and other responsible persons will be settled. In the meantime the other people united < by formal pledges will create a world po'Hco and institute an international board, which will, as far as possible, do away with (h* spectre of war.

THE RUG.2"L-I? W ,]'I') -.f..  ?:e???-4,r- W??., ? ?2t??,'??"' Referee. There will he no withdrawal from the Welsh team to oppose New Zealand at Swansea on Boxing Day. All the men rre home on leave so that no difficulty need be anticipated in that direction. The game wiM be rofereed by Mr. W. Best., of Penartn.

I NAVAL STAR. New Decoration for Fighters Those men of the navy who served in th" earlier stages of the great war are to have their distinctive decoration of honour. This information was conveyed in an Admiralty order issued yesterday stating His .Majesty the King, having been pleased to approve the grant of a tinctivt» decoration to the forces whic took part in active operations of war up to December 31, 1915, the following regu- lations for the award of the decoration as regards the Navy are issued:— Tho decoration will be a star in bronze similar in type to the 1914 Star," but bearing distinctive marks as to date. Those 'entitlèd to the 1914 Star" will not be eligible for the new decoiation. The rmand wiil be red, white, and blue. shaded and watered. Subject to certain limitations the star will be granted to (a) All officers and men of the R.N E.M., R.N.A.S., R.N.R., R.N.V.R.. tv.I.M., and Dominion Naval Forces who were mobilised and served at sea or on shore within the theatres of military operations (b) Trained pilots and observers and men of the R.N .A.S. employed in flying 'r¡)ln naval air stations on oversea patrols. (c) Mercantile marine officers and men ,-orvin<r under special naval engagements. (dt Canteen staffs who have served in a ship of war at sea. The decoration earned by officers and men deceased will be issued to their .egatees or next-of-kin entitled to. receive thm. A farther announcement as to the wear- i 'ng of the riband will be made when it is I ready for issue, and no applications I shoul* be made pending such notification. The Secretary of the War Office an- nounces that the question of making the riband of the 1914 Star distinctive from that of the 1914-15 Star js under con- sideration, and that the decision arrived at will be published at an early date.

I NEIGHBOURS FALL OUT. What was described by the defending advocate as the comedy of the ham- nier-" found its counter-part in the Am- manford Police Court on Monday, when Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis. Harold-street, summoned a young woman, Sarah Ann Pise, living next door, for assctilt. Mr. S. Griffitli defended. The squabble started in a co lyle of ;words between Mrs. Lewis and the defendant's sister-in-law. and it was alleged that later the defen- dant herself threw dirt in her face. She retaliated in a like manner, and the de- fendant thereupon came rushing along with a blunt instrument with a long handle—a kind of hammer—and with this she struck her a blow on the Jhead, which rendered her uti conscious, and blood streamed down her face. The defence was a denial. It was said that Mrs. Lewis threw bricks and pans, and water and ashes, at various members of the Rise family, and as much as her two daughters could do was to hold her hack. Defendant rever moved from the I doorstep. I In face of the conflicting evidence, the Bench dismiseed the case. expressing re- gret that it was not settled out of court.