Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

EXPRESS MYSTERY., YOUNG LADY FALLS FROM TRAIN I AT PORT. TALBOT. As the 3.14 p.m. G.W.R. London ex- press was travelling at full speed over Margam. Moors, Port Talbot, on Whit- I Monday, a young woman was observed to fall from the train. The communication cord was immediately pulled by a man who witnessed the affair, and the train was stopped. Subsequently a young lady was found lying alongside the motals unconscious. A down train which was approaching, was stopped, and the unfortunate young woman was conveyed to the Port Talbot station where she was atteuded by Doctors Dickie and Ratcliffe, who ordered her removal to the Port Talbot Cottage Hospital. On being examined, the young lady was found to be suffering from concussion, severe scalp wounds, and body bruises, and her condition this morning was still critical. It appears that the young lady, who is 23 years of age, was travelling from Porth via Port Talbot to London. Her name is Nellie Foy, of 72, Duan-street, Poplar, Lond n. She had recently been employed at Porth as a domestic servant.

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HUSBAND'S WILD TALK SINGULAR STORY OF DOMESTIC I STRIFE AT NEATH. A remarkable story was told at Neath on Friday, when Edith James, Rhianfa House, Crynant, summoned her husband,' Dd. James, collier, Pontypridd, formerly a Crynant butcher, for desertion. Mr. L. M. Thomas appeared for the com- plainant. and Mr. A. Jestyn Jeffreys re- presented the defendant. The party had been married six years, and there are two children. Mr. Thomas said that complainant had only received 30s. fiom the defendant I during two months. On April 13th de-) fendant wrote his wife: Enclose money order 10c: more than you deserve. How is that she-devil of a mother of yours? I will be even with her yet. I keep my word." Defendant, added Mr. Thomas, had also publicly threatened complain- ant's mother. Complainant said that her husband had threatened to wash his hands in her daughter's blood. She would never live with him again. Mr. Jeffreys: Your mother calls him names,? Complainant: Yes, and he -calls her names. Mr. Jeffreys: But he didn't marry the .mother. Mr. Thomas: Good job, perhaps.. He might have been dead. (Laughter). Mr. Jeffreys: Thus wretched mother-in- law is at tho bottom of everything, I am j afraid. Defendant said he left Crynant with his wife's consent to look for work. lie ob- tained employment at Barry, and after- wards at Pontypridd.. lie made a home I for his wife and children at Pontypridd, J but f;he refused to leave her mother. Ile, went to Crynant to see his wife, and had the door clammed in his face by his xuothci>in-iaw. Questioned by Mr. Thomas, defendant admitted calling his mother-in-law a "sh e devil." The Bench made an order of 15s. a week.

NEATH POLICE INSPECTION. I Mr. Leonard Dunning, his Majesty's! Inspector of Constabulary, paid his official visit to Neath on Tuesday anrl ¡ iitapeci?*! the members of the borough, constabulary and of the Neath division; Di the county force. The inspection of, the county constabulary took place at! the Gnoli Athletic Grounds, the men parading in fall equipment with their service rifles. They were put through their evolutions by Inspector Morris, and presented a particuiarly smart appeal- I ante. The officers on parade were Chief Con- stable Higgins, of the Borough Con- stabulary, and Superintendent Ben E ..an:c;, Inspectois Gill (Skewen), Morris (Britonferry), and W. E. Rees (Aber-I avon). ) The Neath borough force looked very I smart and business-like. Addressing the men, Mr. Dunning expressed great i Batisfaction with all he had seen, and referring to the recent riots, compli- mented the men upon what they did under extraordinary conditions. He was glad to see they bore no scars as a result of the violence that was used.

-=- f BEATING AN OLD MAN. I A grey-haired man of 68 years, Iienry Havard, Pantdu Farm, Aberavon, sum- moned, at Aberavon on Thursday, Benjamin Thomas, grocer, Pantdu, for aesault. Mr. Dan Perkins, prosecuting, ex- plained that prosecutor rented a piece of land at Piantdu on which defendant had been allowed to graze his horsee. A dis- agreement aroee between the two men on the 13th instant, when complainant, was closing the gate of the field, and defend- ant oaught hold of the old man and threw him violently to the ground. As soon as lhe rose. he was knocked down again, and defendant struck him on the niotith, hitting out one of his three remaining teetih. The defence was that defendant had a (right to graze on u. field adjoining prose- cutor's and prosecutor endeavoured, <witihouit any right, to prevent defendant opening the gate. Prosecutor attacked defendant, and the latter only acted in ■self-defence. Defendant was fined 40s., with « £ 2 2s. lidweate'a fee, and coats.

RECRUITING OFFICER REVILED. At Neath op Tuesday Martha Roseer, wife of David Rosser. Wind-street, was t iicimcufd by Corporal Bowditch, a local recoiling office-, for using indécent language. ."I have been a soldier for 27 years, raid Corpora' Bowditch. and have served under three crowns. She called me a 'chocolate soldier and a frand." and her lang.nge to- wards mo and my wife was too horrible-for repetition- lii reply to the magistrates, Chief Con- stable; Higgius said there were nine previous cortvictions againct, defendant, all for inde- cent language- Defendant: Yes, but only tovrords ray hus. band. The Bench imposed a fine of Lt. Aid. Hop- kin Morgan remarkirg that recruiting offi- cers engaged in Government work must be protected

BRITONFERRY MAN'S WILL. Mr. William Saph, of Dyffryn, Briton- ferry, rate collector, and formerly shipper to the iNoaih Abbey Coal Com- pany, who died on the 29th December la&t, aged 75 tITS, left estate of the gros-s value of tl,573 life. 4d., of which .£4£H life. 2d. is net personalty, and pro- bate of his will has been sranted to his eon, Mr. Herbert Oswald Saph, of Sunny- bank, Shelone, Britonferry, assistant cvereeer. The testator left his estate to his wife for life, and subject to her interest be left five holies in Regent-street, London, to his daughter. Charlotte, and the ulti- mate residue of his estate to his children. Herbert Oswald. Evan Reginald and Charlotte Elizabeth, in equal shares

MOLESTED ON THE SANOS. At the Swansea Police Court Henry Kegel's, labourer, was charged with un- lawfully and indecently assaulting Mar- garet Jelf, a little girl of five years, on the Swansea Sands, on May 25th. ..xb. little girl spoke to teeing prisoner on the- sands. He took her en the round- abouts, -and later on committed the al- leged offence. After further evidence, the Chairman said that prisoner had acted in a most improper manner. Parents should be in a position to feel assured that their children should not be molested, especi- ally in a town like Swansea. J Prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.

I MR. TRUMAN'S TRIP. I LONDON VISIT TO INSPECT A COMPANY'S BOOKS. At the Willesden (London, N.W.) j Police Court on Saturday, Mr. Clement 'Robert Trueman, of Neath, South Wales, applied under the 5th Section of the Companies Consolidated Act for sum- moDses against Wm. Burrows Trick and I Brhi.dley Richards, both living at Neath, th? managing director and secretary re- spectively of Brindleys, Lid., drapers, of High-street, Harlcsdcn, for failing to keep their books at the registered address of the company, 57, High-street, Harles- den, N.W., 'and also for refusing to allow him as a member of the public to inspect them on payment of one shillling. The applicant stated that he had come from South Wales to inspect the books of the company at their registered ad- dress as he was entitled to do, and was informed by the manager that they had not been there during the five or six years he had managed the business. He was told that Mr. Richards kept the books at his private address at Neath, only a few yards from where the appli- cant himself resided. He had made written application to see the books, but hio request had not been complied with. The Magistrate: What is your interest in the matter.. Arc you a shareholder? Applicant: No, I am merely an ordin- ary member of the public for the pur- poses of this application. Privately, I may tell you that a very-very-big-big question is involved. (Laughter). The company has registered certain iuforma- tion at Somerset House, and I am anxious to see if it agrees with their; j books. The Magistrate: If you have come all the way from South Wales to see these books you must have a very good reason- Why do you select Mr. Trick rather than any of the other directors? Applicant: Because he happens to r,4, the chairman. The Magistrate: Would it not be n < ie satisfactory to proceed against the actual manager of the draper's shop for failing to comply with thp. Act by not having! the books on the premises? Applicant: I am not entitled to do that, and moreover. I desire to call the i manager as a witness. Ho will be neces- 6ary in proving my case. I have had [exactly 1 he samo trouble in getting in- formation from theso gentlemen in con- I nection with other businesses, and havei had to proceed against them in the! Swansea Police Court. I may say there are heavy penalties for neglecting to comply with the provision of the Act, i and I am now desirous of enforcing II those penalties for I have been put to Considerable trouble and expense in the matter The Magistrate: So long as I am satis- I fied that you are entitled to proceed that is all that matters to me at this stage. The Act, for very good reason, doubtless, gives any member of the pub- [ lie the right to inspect company books at the registered address on payment of one shilling, and as you are being deprived of that right you may taki the necessary [summonses to enforce it. I

DRINK AT THE BOTTOM OF IT." Drink is at the bottom of it all," said Inspector Williams at Ystradgynlais Police Court, on Tuesday, in a case against Isaac Thomas, colliery haulier of Cwmgiedd, who was charged with neg- lecting to maintain his four children. The proceedings were taken by the N.S.P.C.C., for whom Mr. Jones Will?am? prosecuted. Margaret Thomas, wife of the defen- dant, said she had been married seven years, and had four children. The eldest was seven years of age, and the youngest was two. Defendant had not been a good husband to her. lIe was" drinking awful." He left her on Saturday, March 20th, and then went away with all his l'a. L He said he was going to Swansea to enlist. He kept away for two months, during which time she heard nothing from him. When he returned last Satur- day he gave, her S3 10s. When defendant was in drink he abused her very badly with the result that the children were afraid of him. She and the children had been obliged to go to her mother's house on several occasions on account of his abuse. Inspector Roderick Evans, N.S.P.C.C., said the first complaint was made to him in May, 1912. The defendant had then gone away without leaving any food in the home. Witness described subsequent visits to the- house and conversations which he had with defendant, when he made repeated promises to reform. When witness visited the defendant's house in May of this year, he found that he had cleared off, leaving the wife and children unprovided for. The children would un- doubtedly have starved bad it not been for the defendant's mother-in-law and father-in-law, as well as the county war fund. Witness always found the home nice and clean and well furnished. Sergeant Lewis, now stationed in Brecon, gave evidence of the warnings which he had administered to defendant from time to time. Defendant was very fond of drink. Defendant's story was to the effect tljat his wife was never a.t home when he came home from work, and he had to go some- where. The Chairman said the Bench were of opinion that there were faults on both' sides, and they had decided to adjourn the case against Thomas for two months in order to see how he would behave him- self. and whether he would look after the children properly in that time. For being drunk and disorderly on March 20tb. Thomas was fined 12s.

SAD STORY TOLD TO SWANSEA I MAGISTRATES. A sad story was told the Swansea Bench, when Louisa Johnson (16) was charged with having been drunk and dis- orderly near the "North Dock on the pre- vious day. I'.C. Byliss said that the prison van had +9 he requisitioned to take her to the police station. Superintendent Roberts said that the girl belonged to a certain class, and had been before the court once before. The chairman, after consulting with his colleagues for some time, told defend- ant she would be given Another chance, and would be bound over for three months. She was only 16 years of age, and had her life before her. He and his colleagues implored her to turn over a new leaf. The Sister would see her and I speak to her, and would undoubtedly i advise her as to th3 right course.

Mr. Fred T. Cox, second son of Mr. Morgan Cox, contractor, Port Talbot, has been successful in passing the final examination of the Surveyor's Institu- tion. Mr. Cox now acts as assistant to Mr. J. Roderick, Borough Engineer and Surveyor for Aberavon Corporation,

I ^40 FINE. I CHARGE AGAINST BRISTOL DIRYI COMPANY AT NEATH. At Neath County Sessions on Friday, the Retail Dairy Co., Ltd., Bristol, were summoned for selling milk alleged to be 116 per cent. deficient in butter fat. Mr. Clark, solicitor, Swansea, was for defen- dant, and based his plea of not guilty on the strength of a wartanty. Inspector Morris described the pur- I chuso from Thomas George Johns, manager of the defendants' branch shop at Villiers-sti-eet, Britonferry. Superintendent Ben Evans produced j the f.UftlY-SU8 certificate, which showed, the eamo to be 16 per cent. deficient in I butter fat, For the defence, Thomas George Johns said the e?mple of milk was taken from a supply he had received the same morn- UL trom a Farmer named D?viea.of Llan- ing from a farmer named Da vies, of Laln- gadook. He handed in a written war- ranty, and said the milk had not been j tampéred with in any way. Superintendent Ben Evans: Then how do you explain why a similar sample pur-j chased at the dairy on the same morning proved to be a genuine sample ? Wituess: The cream might have settled! in the dairy, where the can had been j standing. That is the only way I can, explain it. The-magistrates decided to convict, and asked if there were any previous convic- tions. Superintendent Evans: Yes: twenty- three up to 1914. I At the Chairman's request, Superinten- dent Evans read out the list, which showed that fines amounting to £ 50, SCO,) and t70 had been imposed. The Chairman, after consultation with the other magistrates, decided to inflict a fine of £ 10.

BRYNCOCH NOTICES WITHDRAWN. At a pithead meeting of the workmen of the Bryncoch Colliery on Saturday, a report was submitted regarding the posi- tion of the colliery with reference to non- unionists. This was considered satis- factory, and therefore a resolution to withdraw the 11 days' notice, which ter- minated on Saturday, was carried. It was further resolved to instruct the secretaries to submit a report pf the posi- tion every three months. Considerable dissatisfaction was felt that the whole of the war bonus was not paid out on Friday it being claimed that there were still four days due. This matter was left. in the hands of the committee.. We understand that the result of the poll at the Bryncoch Ska&en Pits on the question of price list co?'ssions asked for bv the company was as follows:— Against concessions. 358 For concessions 65 Majority against 193 There were four spoilt votes. I

YOUNG LLANDEBIE I ELOCUTIONIST. Miss Decima Mor- g a. n, the brilliant young Llundebie elo- cutionist, who proved the winner 4it 'the Glanamman C h i 1 dren's National Eis- teddfod. Although only eight years old, she has an almost unbroken list of suc- cesses to her credit, and indications point to a bright future in stoi-c for her.

UNSTAMPED INSURANCE CARDS. At Swansea Police Court on Wednesday Oscar Mills, described as a cinema pro- prietor, was summoned for failing to pay contributions under the National Insur- ance Act. There were four summonses. Mr. Haydn Jones, who prosecuted, said that defendant carried on business at Ammanford, Gorseinon, and Brynamman as a cinema proprietor. The summonses had been taken out in respect of four em- ployes at GOIseinon, whose cards had not been stamped from September 7th, 1914, to "January 16th of this year. Since the summonses had been taken out defendant had stamped the cards. Mr. Jones aid a considerable amount of trouble had been experienced in dealing with de- fendant, who had throughout tried to evade payment, and the authorities had failed to get him to comply with the Act at all except under extreme pressure. Defendant had been warned of the serious consequences of his action, but had taken no notice 'of the warnings. Evidence was given by the four em- ployes affected. A fine of £ 5 was inflicted in respect of each of the summonses, and defendant was ordered to pay the whole of the wit- nesses' costs. Mr. Haydn Jones pointed out that on March 29th, at Ammanford Police Court, defendant was fined 10s. in each case in respect of seven similar summonses.

ABERAVON GENTLEMAN'S I FUNERAL. The body of Mr- George Woodruff, of tho Walnut Tree Hotel, Aberavon, was conveyed by trajin to Manchester, wherhe interment took place. Accom- panying the body were deceased's two sisters, the Misses Lillian and Polly Woodruff, of the Walnut TTee Hotel, Aberavon, and Mr. W. Eades (South- port), brother-in-law. The body was en- closed in a plain oak coffin, and was con- veyed to the Port Talbot Station in a hearse, accompanied by some of de- ceased'personal friends.

"GERMAN do SHELLS." I STONE-THROWING THAT ALMOST LED TO RIOT. l ..f h Ab At a special sitting of the Aberavon Police Justices Wednesday three Aberavon labourers—Henry Whitehead, Cwmavon- road; W. Thomas, Velindre; and William Kees, AVei-n-street-were charged on re- mand. with inciting a crowd to riot out- side the jewellery premises of Mr. Koos, High-street, Aberavon, on the 17th inst. Mr. Lewis Thomas, who prosecuted, said that the three defendants were charged wi',h unlawfully inciting a crowd to riot on the night of May 17th. A demonstration took place against the jeweller's shop of Mr. George Koos, in High-street, Aberavon, and it became necessary for Police Super- intendent Evans, and a considerable num- ber of police to protect the premises. With tha police in attendance there was, fortu- nately, no chance of <% disturbance, al- though there were upwards of 3,000 people in the street. These were kept in order with great difficulty. The three defendants", who i were there, had been drinking together, and were seen deliberately throwing stones at Mr. Koos's shop, and were locked up by the police. In corsequence of what had transpired' since, lie was instructed to ask that the serious charge of inciting to riot be reduced to a charge of stone-throwing, under the Town Police Clauses Act. There was a general feeling in the town that Supt. Ben Evans., Inspector Rees, and the members of the police generally merited the conplircents of the public generally, fo.. their admirable and prompt conduct in meeting the circumstances.—The Bench %greed to the application, and the deien- dants were then charged with etone-throw- ing.-P.S. Swaffield, P.S Hale, P.O. Clarke, P.O. Thomas, P.S. Da\ies, and Inspector W. t E. Rees, gave evidence of seeing defendants inciting the crowd, and throwing stones, and finding a number of stones in their pockets.—Mr. Perking who appeared for ibe defence, pointed out that there were a large number of women present in the crowd, ani were inciting the men, and handing them stones with the observation: "Here arc some German shells for you."—Mr. Chas. Jones (chairman): And these men were silly enough to fake them—Mr. Per- kins- That is so. The whole thin6,, is a matter of stupidity on the part of the de- fendants.—Inspector W. E. Rees said he was in attendance with the police, and saw the defendants throw stones aL Mr. Koos's shop. The defendant Whitehead was at once seized, after throwing a stone, by Captain Andeison, of the -ttei-,avon Fire Brigade. The conduct of the crowd was such, that it only required a start, to have the shop wrecked.—Whitehead, in evidence, denied the stone-throwing, and said the stones found in his possession were placed there by some womou.-Ur. Th<)mas: Do you gen- erally carry stones in your pocket ?-Wit. ness I put them there sometimes to take home to the dog. (Laughter). Mr. Thomas: people generally take bones home for the dogs.—Whitehead and Thomas were. fined [ 10s. and costs, and Kees, who had previous convictions, 40s. or 14 days.—Mr. Lewis M. Thomas said that on behalf of the public generally he h?d been asked to remark upon the admirable manner the police had dealt with the croNi, and by their prompt action nipped in the bud what might have been ? very serious affair. In this respect Supt. Ben Evans had shown admirable fore-' thought in meeting a very serious contin- gency. lnpcctor W E. Rees, and Sergt. Halo were in tho thick of the fray, and, wit.i other members of the force, showed splendid tact and judgment in the perfor- mance of their diflicult duty. 1.t was an especial pleasure to him (Mr. ThomaB) to have witnessed the admirable conduct of tho crowd, and their generous conduct to- wards the police. It was pleasing to reflect that an Aberavon ctowd was always amen- able to the dictates of comon sense. In re- gard to Mr. Koos, there was an idea about that he was of German nationality and sei timent. This was not so, as Mr. Koos's father came to Merthyr over 60 years ago, an j there became a naturalised Britisa sub- ject, and married :t Welsh lady. Mr. Koos had only beeu in Germany once in his life, and that was for the sake of his health, an] his brother had only been in Germany, liki many, with a Cook's trip. The truth was (continued Mr. Thomas), that Mr. Koos h.ti, dissociated himselt with Germany en- tirely, and was as true a Britisher as any one in Aberavon. He hoped that these facts would be taken to heart by the public.—Mr. Da s Perkins: I fully associate myself with these observations in regard to the police, the public ^nd Mr. Koos.—Mr. Charles Jones (chairman) said that the Bench fully asso- ciated themselves with the observations made. The police hal acted with consider- able judgment and promptitude, and it spoke very highly for the crowd that they conducted themselves in such a splendid manner. If there wer.i any Germans about tho locality, no on: would be more prompt in getting them dealt with than Supt. Ben Evans and Inspector Rees. The town and district was extremely fortunate in having two such officers of the high standard of efficiency at the heali of the local force. The opportunity should not be allowed to pass without an expression of thanks to Captain Anderson, 01 the Aberavon Fire Brigade, for the splendid assistance he gave to the police.—Supt. Ben Evanb expressed his thanks on behalf of himself and mem- bers of the police force He said the crowd generally had conducted themselves splen- didly. A letter of thalfes had already been sent to Captain Anderson for his assistance to the polioe.

DEPUTATION NOT NECESSARY. With reference to the special meeting held last week of the committee of visi- tors to the Joint Counties Mental Hos- pital, Carmarthen, when a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Board of Control and the Local Government Board to urge upon them the necessity of pro- ceeding with the contracts for carrying on the alterations at Waun lago (a build- ing acquired as all addition to the insti- tution to relieve the overcrowding), we understand that the Local Government 1 ment Board think it unnecessary to re- ceive any deputation on the matter, and they were yesterday again in communi- cation with the Carmarthen authority on the matter. In the communication from Whitehall, which the local authority considered ft their meeting, it was suggested that the work referred to should he delayed in view of the national crisis, but the Car- marthen visitors think that the matter urgent, especially the erection of a new laundry.

THE WRONG DOOR. I At the Swansea Police Court Tobata Borg (25), a. Danish fireman, and &axl Erick Anderson (23), a Swedish seaman, were chained with being found in the office of Messrs. Houider Bros., 41, Wind-j street, Swansea, at li.20 p.m. on Satur- day, for the purpose of committing a felony. The defendants' story was to the effect that they found the door open, and took the place for a public-house. They. were cautioned and discharged.

MR. W. LONG AND SWANSEA SCHEME. There has been no change in the posi- tion of the Swansea Borough Extension Scheme, but speculation is now rife re- garding the policy which will be adopted by Mr. Walter Long, the new President to the Local Government Board. It may be recalled that when Croydon embarked on an extension soLeme, Mr. Long and Mr. Chaplin, two ex-Presidents of the Board, offered the most strenuous opposition to the scheme. Of course, the opposition may have been d ie to special circumstances, which might not prevail in the ease of Swansea. But there is un- doubtedly a good deal of speculation as to the course that may be now taken in the matter.

DEATH OF A NEATH SOLDIER. Official notification has been received in I Neath of the death of Pte. Hadley, of the 2nd Battalion Highland Light In- rantry, whose motljer resides at 55, London Road. He went to the front on May tth, and ivas killed in a charge on the morning of May 9th. In a letter to his mother, Pte. M. McLeocl states: "We brought him in on the 12th, and buried him in the rear of our trench, with two others of his regiment. Ä small wooden cross, with his name on it, marks his grave. He could not have suffered much pain, as he was struck about the- head. He diedi like a soldier, facing the enemy for his country. I sympathise with you in your sad bereavement, especially as'I notice lie only left England on the 4th May. But he is at peace nowr." I

NEATH VOLUNTEER CORPS. The Neath Volunteer Training Compxny I has been inspected at headquarters by Cap:. Morgan, the recruiting officer at Neath, and w-as P,ut.thi,o-ugh various movements by Mr. K. L. Stone and Mr. N. H. Medhuret, the commandant. Afterwards Capt. Morgan also put the company through various evo- lutions, and congratulated them on the way the various movements had been executed. He expressed his appreciation of the spirit which prompted them to give up their spare time to drill, which could not be other than useful, and which might stand them in good stead at an early date. ¡ The company is indebted to the local military authorities for the use of the Drift Hall, yard, and shooting r.inge. The corps officers spare neither time nor energy, and as the members are increasing in nnmber weekly, they have every hope of success.

ABERAVON WEDDING. I A wedding which excited a great deal of local interest took place on Whit- Monday at the English Baptist Church, Water-street, Aberavon. The contract- jfnotos.) (Moody, Port .Talbot I ing parties were Mr. David A. Bees, a popular local tradesmen, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rees, Groeswen, Castle-street, Aberavon, and Mise; Alice Hatton Beynon, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beynou, Edge Hill, rentyla, Aberavon. Mr. Beynon is the local registrar. The bride, who looked very charming, was attired in an ivory crepe de chene costume, with silver and chiffon lace trimmings, and a shell pink hat, overlaid with a not", (Iliged with smaJl pink roses. She was attended by two briàesmaide- Miss Beatrice Beynon, who wore a pale blue gown, with hat to match; and Miss Ethel Beynon, wearing a white gown and floral voile and nigger brown hat and net. The marriage ceremony was con- ducted by the Rev. D. Pugh Bevan (pastor). The wedding breakfast was held at the residence of the bride's father, and the happy couple subce. quently travelled to London, where the honeymoon will be spent.

SKEWEN CHAPEL'S NEW ORGAN, On Thursday evening, Dr. D. Vaughan Thomas, M.A., Swansea, opened the new organ, at Cajiasjfi Welsh Baptist Chapel, Skewen, built by Messrs. p." Conache and Co., Leeds. Dr. David Lewis J oJtleõ, Skewen, pre- sided cfer a crowded audience. Dr. Thomas gave as his opening performance Mendelssohn's Sonata in E, Minor. His Fantasy" introducing the two Welsh hymn tunes ,Dolgelly and Moriah," Was greatly enjoyed. The artistei were: Soprano, Madame S. J. Thomas, Llanelly; contralto, Madame Ann Williams-Gough, Skewen; tenor, Mr. Ben Davies, Skewen.,

FORGOT THE BAR HOOK RUNAWAY JOURNEY FATALITY IN AMMANFORD PIT. Mr. W. W. Brodie, deputy cor-oner, con- ducted an inquiry at Ammanford on Tuesday into the circumstances attend- ing the death of Evan Thomas (54), of Villiers-road, an underground labourer at ?the Tirydail Colliery, who met his death on Saturday afternoon. Mr. D. J. Owen, H.M.I.M., attended on behalf of the Homo Office. Mr. W. J. J ones, Swansea, represented the colliery company, and Mr. T. Randall the relatives. David Thomas, son, identified the body, and said his father was in good health, I and his eyesight was all right. William Williams, pumpman, said he was standing near the pump at the time of the accident. A journey of eight full ¡ trams was proceeding up the drift, aiftl the next thing he knew was three of them running back past the pump house at a great speed. Deceased was clearing the rollers from ten to fifteen yards lower down, and witness called out to him, Evan! Evan!" Receiving no reply, he went down and saw him lying face down- wards about two feet from the rails. He was dead. The trams had gone five to ten yards beyond before leaving the rails. He added that there was a manhole near by. j The Coroner: Is there any reason why i he did not hear the trams coming?—Only the pump. sir. That made some noise. Do you think it could have made SUm-¡i dent noisa to prevent him hearing the trams coming P-,No, I don't think so, be-j cause it was outside. He added that the trams were going like a gunshot. Wm. Prosser, rider in charge of the journey, stated that the front tram got off the rails when about 40 yards abovel the pump house. He signalled the engine driver to stop the journey, which he did, and took off the bar hook from behind i the last tram, because it was easier for him to raise the tram back to the rails by slackening down a bit. After getting the tram to the rails, he got it going the trai-ii to -the rails, he got it goin, -aiii, but foi-ot to fix the bar hoo; oil The Coroner: You had better give an explanation how you came to forget to do that?—I forgot, somehow or other. Proceeding, witness oaid that 80 yardgl further he felt a slight jar, and, thinking a shackle had given way, he signalled to stop. But it was too late then. Thei three last trams had run back wild. There was nothing he could do now. He went downwards, and saw the trams off the rails below tho pumphouse. The; slant was "as steep as could be." Prior to the snapping of the shackle, ho had! not noticed any jerk. Mr. Edward Harris, mechanic, spoke; of the annealing of the shackle, and Dd. Jones, engine driver, said there was no jerking of the rope. Mr. Thomas Wm. Lewis, manager, said that the slant where the trams ran away was two feet in the yard. He thought, had the bar hook been in its place, it would have stopped the runaway trams before they got to deceased. The Coroner said the first question they had to consider was whether there was any defect in the shackle itself, which caused it to break. That is to say, was it, made of inferior material, or was it owing to the negligence of anybody not in a p/oper 4nd safe condition to be used? On those points. there was no evidence to justify them in answering in the affirma- tive. The really important issue was whether, on this occasion, there was in the non-using of the bar hook criminal negligence or not. It was an absolute necessit-N- I by law that there shall be provided and! used a back stay or other suitable con- trivance. There was evidence that here a back stay was provided, and that it waol in good working order. Its use would most prbably have preovented the .anis running so far as to reach where the de- ceased was. Of course they could not say that with absolute certainty. The matter was a very serious one, because if they found upon the evidence that that bar hook ought to have been used, and that the rider, who was the person re- sponsible, should have used it, and that in not doing so he was guilty of criminal negligence, then it may be their duty to return a verdict of manslaughter. The jury retired to consider their ver- dict. On their return the foreman (Mr. J. Harries-Thomas) announced that they found that deceased's death was occa- sioned by not using the bar-hook, but it was quite unintentionally done. Coroner: Then you find it was not coupled with negligence?-No, isir. The verdict was, therefore, one of Accidental Death." Sympathy was ex- pressed with the family.

MURRAY'S NEW EDITION. I Mr. Murray has now issued the first! five volumes of his new series of Shilling Novels. They are: Septimus," by W. J. Locke; Miss Esperance and Mr. Wycherly," by Mrs. L. A. Harker; "Flemington," by Mrs. Violet Jacob;, "The Florentine Frame," by Miss E.! Robins, and "The Compleat Bachelor," by Mr. O. Onions. A sixth volume, j Freckles," by Mrs. Gene Stuatton Porter, is held over until about the end I of the month for the gratifying reason that the demand for it in advance of pub- lication has been so great that it must be reprinted and reprinted. The edition is well printed and bound, so that the volumes make convenient holiday com- panions. All the books included are by favourite authors, so that the series should find a hearty welcome.

LLANGYFELACH HUT DWELLERS.  At the Swansea Tolice Court, Mr. Edward Harries, on behalf of the Swan- sea Rural District Council, applied for It closing order to be enforced against David Morgan and his wife, the occupiers of certain 'condemned premises at Llan- ,d preiiiist-?s at L I ;AN- jjyfelach. Mr. Harries said that when the new line was being laid down by the Great Western Railway Company at Llangy- felach, huts were built to house the navvies. 'When the work was completed the huts in question were bought by a Mr. Rees Rice, who let it at a rental to defendants. The closing orders against Mr. Rice a.nd defendants, had been tie. cided upon by the council, but the ten- :nts had not :rat liait. The Bench made fbe order asked, fois

YOUTH DIES IN BED. I A youfh named Morgan Morgan (19), a porter in the employ of the Neath. ana Brecon Railway at Seven Sisters, was found dead in bed on Friday morning .t his lodgings. The deceased, whose parents live at Abercrave, had complained of fed- ing unwell for a few weeks past. He lial Leen in the railway company's service nearly four years. J

NEXT CF KiN. RELATIVES WHO CANNOT BE TRACED. Many of our readers are doubtless not aware of the very large accumulation of monies which are now lying dormant and unclaimed in the various Govern- ment Departments of our Dominions. It is estimated that there are many thousands of pounds emanating from Australia alone, and we propose during the next few weeks to publish a portion of a list of unclaimed balances to which claimants have been unsuccessfully sought for in Australia, and which has not hitherto been published in this country. Readers who may consider they are justly entitled to enter claims against these monies should write to the Bditoa of this paper, marking their envelopet "Unclaimed Monies," or write direct tc Lloyd's Inquiry, 55-6, Chancery-lane, Lon- don, W.C., who have established offices in Australia and who keep records of the particulars relating to same. A stamped envelope should be sent for reply. The following is the weekly list: — John Flynn. Richard l'latt. Ellen Gaffney. John Salisbury, iienry Gray. Dani'al ;-iiea. Holmes liar! ley. Harry Smith. Thomas Ibbotson. John Taylor. P. Knight. Elbr Veny. Thomas Moore. William Weddltt John Morgan. Ralph. Wilkin. Martin Naylon. John Williams. NOT O'Brien. William Wilson. Elizabeth Owen.

MINERS WHO MUST "PLAY." It is now clearly evident that the earnest appeals made to the miners of South Wales that they should take only one day's holiday, and that there should bo a general resumption of work at the collieries on Tuesday morning, fell in a large number of cases on deaf cars. In some parts of the dictriet the re- sponse was a gratifying one, and in those collieries controlled by Messrs. E. A. Cleeves and Co., New Cwiugorse, New Cross Hands, Tirydail, Llandebie and New Cawdor, about 80 per cent. of tho workmen presented themselves at the pit- heads on Tuesday morning. The total number of employes is said to be about. 3,000, and the figures given snow that of these approximately 600 were absent. The figures given by tho Dillwyn Col- lieries Co., Ltd., show that, of the em- ployes at their two collieries—Wernddu Coyiery, Pontardawe, and Dillwyn Col- liery-far less than two-thirds resumed work on Tuesday. In the Swansea Valley district the re- sponse was fair. At the Abercrave Col- liery a fair number returned, but at the International Colliery, Abercrave, the re- sponse was very disappointing.

NEATH MAN DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF. i There is popular rejoicing in tha neighbourhood of Penydre, Neath, over the official intimation that Pte. Dick Hughes, of the 1st Somerset Light In- fantry, has distinguished himself in the field by conspicuous bravery. When war wut; declared Dick was a collier. He re-joined his regiment on August 3rd, and teven daylS later was in action. To use his own words, he has been in H many good scraps," had soma lucky escapes, but is still smiling. In a letter to his wife. Mrs. Sarah Hughes, which was received on Friday, Dick, with his customary modesty, en- closed the card he had received from Major-General H. M. Wilson, command- ing the 4th Division, without comment. It was addressed to 757.t Pte. R. Hughes, 1st Somerset tight Infantry, and read aa follows:— Your Commanding Officer and Brigade Commander have notified me that you have distinguished yourself by con- spicuous bravery in the field. I have read their report with much pleasure.

FAR BELOW SWANSEA RECORD. After the 25,000 crowd on Monday it was not expected that there would be a large gathering at the Bath and West Show at Worcester on Tuesday, and the total crowd numbered only about 3,000. This brought the total attendances for the five days of the show to 35,773, con- pared with 85,000 at Swansea a year ago. It has to be icmemberfd that there wero no cheali bookings, and that the, popula- tion of Worcestershire and the surround- ing counties has been greatly depleted by the calls of the war, over 30,000 having gone from Worcestershire alone. Wor- cester's total attendance, if rather below the general average, is in excess of Rochester's (25,917) in 1910, and- Dor- chester's 32,577 in 190b.

GAVE HIS CHILD BEER. William Bowen, haulier, Seven Sisters, was at Neath on Friday fined 12s. tkl. for giving intoxicating liquor to his threc- year-old child. Wlic,ii tiif constable tooir the glass from defendant lie replied, "I didn't know there was any harm in it."

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. Bill TILS. MOPGA .-To Mr. and Mrs. I. llihryn Morgan, Firdene, West Crotsa, ori May 25, a daughter, still born (premature). MORGAN.—At 64, Beochwood-road, Swansea, on May Ziit, to Mr. aud Mi*. J. G, Morgan, a sou. MARRIAGES. WILL,] AMnS—FK A NCI S. —On May lath, at AU Saints' Church, Llanelly (by license), God. frey Williams, Gwynfa, Gwinbwria, w Gwen Franci#, Woodville, Alban-roau, Llanelly, by Rev. Watcyn Morgan i Vicar j. DEATHS. BORI)ER.-On the 52nd inst., at 25, Burlais- crescent, Hafod, Ernest, beloved son of Arthur aud Margaret Border, ag-ed lit years. BOWE-N,At Eldermcre, Park-road, GOI' einon, on May 21st, Henry Bowen, age 6i DOHERTY.At No. 6, Worceoter-place. SwenseeA on the 22nd inst., Rachel Maud, the fifth daughter of Mr. and lirs. Jchn Dotuerty, iate of Manchester, aged Ik years. EDWARDS.—On the 21&t infi., -it Llwyn Calyrn, Touna, Jam B. Edwards, age 29. JAM-ES.-A.t Pontrhytfyfen, ooi May 22nd, Xa--s,aa,a,t, relict of the late T. &ta,tiioi>;jj>a £ te, S.W.R. KATES'—On the 11th ingt. (killed in action), Alfred, beloved son of Jchn aud Eleanor Marks, el1 Swahsea. THOMAS.—On the lfitfJi May, a: Brojiferen, Kins's-road, Mumblos, Elizabeth (Bestie) Thomas, daughter of the late DaTid Thcmas, of Westbury-terrace, Swaueca. Printed and Published for the Swansea Press, Limited, by ARTHUR PAKNELL HIGILAM, at Leader Buildings, SwaueM. hk tiPL