Evening Express

I DOWN ONTHEjeiO,000 H.B. Objects to W.R.U. Becoming Wealthy. I SAYS THERE'S TOO MUCH TO DO TO BE MISERLY. A July day—and a swelter at that. A hot and crowded room. Eighty club delegates looking, thinking, and talking football; eighty determined individuals, silently oozing from every pore, steadily devouring item after item of a fairly hot agenda; eighty at their last gasp, so to speak, using even that for the goed of football. Well, really, wonderful people, wonderful game. I could not help think- ing of the change that has come over this annual meeting of the Welsh Rugby Union. There was a time in the not very long ago when despatch was the bugbear. Despatch was writ plainly over the door; despatch was seen clearly in the faces of the officials, from chair- man to auditor. And despatch it was. Questions were tabooed, severely frowned at, or frozen to death. And despatch reigned, and reigned supreme. The agenda was pushed through .in record time. And those who really wanted to know you know had to keep the want for some future time. And grumbles were plentiful. But other days other manner, if not other men. There's quite another atmo- sphere at the annual now. Despatch is still important, but it is tempered with decorum. Questions are repeated, frowns are away, freezings are off. You get to know what you want to know, and you don't go home before getting it. There's no waiting for some future time. And grumbles are scare. And there are changes of opinion. Had the puffeck" stranger wandered into the ice-cold atmosphere in the near long ago he would have become impregnated with the certainty that such things as help for the weak and sympathy for the fallen were the least likely of expres- sions that the assembled units could ever be expected to indulge in. True, a separate unit here and there would dare to dream and speak in his sleep, as it were. But the words were chopped before they were chipped, and the dreamer of dreams was plainly given to understand that cultivators of night- mares were quite undesirable units in the annual assembly of amateur august- nesses. Legislation on the lines of help for the weak and sympathy for the fallen, indeed! Who ever dreamed of such a thi'llg? None but the dreamer. But look at it now. With almost the same men, what a change of opinion. Talk of help is welcome, and not un- welcome talk. Legislation on help lines has been, and will, I hope, be under- taken on liberal lines. Union payment of referees, that a great relief for club funds; then direct grants to clubs, support for Schools Union, promised support for the intermediate stage between school life and manhood's threshold, and support for leagues are records of what has been, and real earnests of what can be expected of the future. Oh, yes, there's quite another flavour present now. I don't know whether the idea has taken too deep a TQot yet, and can hardly think a committee which has been the means of legislating on the a bove lines can ever fall back so as to allow this £10,000 desire to be the un- doing of their good work of years. For one, I'm down on this £10,000, and hope to be sleeping quietly below before such a mass of wealth be at our disposal. For, considering the years it has taken us to have less than £ 4,000 in hand, and considering the amount of work that has been left undone that ought to have been done, and, again, considering that three score and ten is the accepted certi- ficate for life, I don't think I shall be far out when the day arrives. Before it does arrive I hope to see every South Wales district alive with properly-managed live clubs, each club with a decent ground, with a stand cor- responding to its needs, and with a debt corresponding to its endeavours—a state of things only possible by judicious help at the right time from the Union. If this be the aim (and it should be) 1;10,000 will be a long time in the getting. But if it be not the aim; if the wise legislation of the immediate past is'to be considered as quite suffi- cient for the future, then the gold will possibly be to hand. It might be done by immediate miserly motions. Might, I say, for there's a new face at the door," my friends, "there's a new face at the door." He might get further in, and much of the- intended gold might be found in his pocket. Even if we gather meanly and this mighty wealth be ours, it will be poor consolation to find our immediate heirs a beggarly array of corpses. The question of the ground for the South African International match came in for rather more discussion than was expected. A little more explana- tion on the procedure of the committee, and the whys and wherefores of their allocating the club matches to the diffe- rent grounds, would have cleared the air. But somehow this clearing expla- nation fell short or was slipped. Any- how, it all came out as the committee wished, though Newport was favoured at one time rather strongly. Most interest centred around the proposed abolishing of two seats —one in the East, the other in the West. The seat in the East was that lately occupied by the late Mr. A. J. Davies. It does not do any harm now to say that there has con- tinually been a strong undercurrent of feeling that once the Cardiff Harlequins became defunct it appeared as though Cardiff had in Mr. Douglas and Mr. Davies two representatives on the match committee where one was con- sidered sufficient. But everyone was averse to doing that which, if carried, would have meant the losing of either of these old members, and so things went on as they were. But now that the cir- cumstances were changed it was felt that it would be a convenient time for the dropping of one of the seats. This the meeting agreed to, and in the poll- ing which followed Messrs. Gould and Douglas got re-elected. The little item with regard to clubs failing to notify the referee of the postponement or cancelling of a match was agreed to, and now referees making fruitless journeys will be more than glad to make the hon. secretary's acquaintance on the spot. I could not quite understand why it was necessary to make a change of auditors from Messrs. Parsons and W. T. Morgans, but the meeting, after being placed in a dilemma as to what I the committee really wanted, decided upon Messrs. Parsons and Mainwaring, after close voting, for the second posi- tion. Had it not been for the chair- man's expressed wish, that one who had served so long should be respected accordingly, I have no doubt that the auditors would have been Messrs. Main- waring and Morgans. However, there you are, and there's no harm done. I hope the fulness of the promises will be fulfilled.

"Evening Express.' One Coupon-One Chance. NATIONAL ART UNION COUPON. Great Art Prize Drawing for Pictures of the Value of XIOO, X30, and X20, and at least 1,000 other Pictures. "I desire to participate In tbe above Drawing ia October, 1906, on the oondition* stated la your adrertiifamenta." Ham* .— — WdWM ,0..0 Two halfpenny ftampa must be Mat with each coupon, or. with eix or more eouvww, a postal order. STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams. Oxford (ff for 2 Warwick all out 1S2; 2nd inns., 53 for 5 Hants SI for 2. Cardiff 4o for 2 2.0—iLETROP OL FT AX PLATE EESULT; — Mr W II Schw;nd's Fraxinus Owner 4 9 Id. REDUCTION IN TEA DUTY.-Pbillips and Co., Fine Tea Specialists, Cardiff, have improved the quality I of their delicious teas Id. per lit. Standard Blends 2a., is. ad., la. ML, uul Is. 4d, per lb, 82408

I Our Army. MR. LLOYD MEYRICK ON THE WRONG I SCENT. I To the Editor ocf the "Evening Express." Sir,—Mr. Lloyd Meyriok in to-day's "Even- ing Express" treats of t!he question of Army recruits, and refers to tthB great numbers presenting themselves who are physically below the required standard, although that standard is lower than it used to be a few years ago. He is evidently under the im- pression that the unfitness of candidates for the Army is due to "overcrowding in t-he large towns," and he suggests planting them back again upon the land." I admit that such is the generally accepted impression of those who have studied the subject, but it is not, therefore necessarily correct. Whence are the recruits derived at the present day? Not from the yeomen. They become drapers, grocers, artisans, miners, &c., while not a few invade the fattening pastures of the press. The Army has no attraction for them. They can play at war and parade in uniforms as Volunteers. But don't mistake my mean- ing. I give them credit that they are readv to come to the rescue of the old country in time of need. That is another story. I fear it is beyond doubt tha.t our present Army is largely recruited from the resi- duum of the British population. They are men of lost opportunities—men who care not for steady work and employment, but who develop into useful men under disci- pline. What is the cause of the physical inferiority of OUT present recruits as oom. pared with those in days gone by? (That is an; admitted fact.) Because most of them are drawn from the poorest class of society. Why should these be smaller? Mr. Meyricls says, There is evidence for the view that the man of the future will be smaller, weaker in muscle, and more nervy." Is there? Are our officers smaller now? Are our athletes less muscular? Not a bit of it. They are breaking records daily. Our school- boys and girls in Cardiff compare favourably in physique and development with those of any rural locality. In some of the poorer districts of our populous centres, I regret to say, the chil- dren and the people generally tend to be Shorter and weaker in build. Why? Surely not from overcrowding and want of fresh air? Ventilation is infintely better now both in rural and urban districts, than it was 50 or 100 years ago. The "old High- lander" iir. Meyrick refers to was reared in a. crofter's cottage that had not even a chimney, let alone windows. No, my friend, you are on the wrong scent! It is a question of nourishment!—I am, Ac., I July 5. D. P. H.

Drowned at Midnight I I LLANORINDOD LAKE MISADVENTURE 1 Mr. E. Powell Charles held an inquiry at Llandrindod touching the death of Georg Nowpert, the German carver who was drowned in Llandrindod Lake at midnight on Wednesday. Evidence was given that deceased, in company with two fellow- servants, strolled near the lake about mid- night on Wednesday. He proposed a" round on the lake," and pushed off in a canoe, using a board as a paddle. After he ha-d been out three or four minutes the canoe capsized, and he was thrown out. Being startled by agonising shouts, Alphonse Philippe, liftman at the Pump House, jumped out of bed, rushed to the scene of the acoident, and swam out to the canoe, but could not see or hear anything of the deceased. The body was found about nine o'clock the following morning. The Coroner referred to the conduct of two of deceased's fellow-servants who were on the bank, and remaked that they did not show any great amount of bravery. A woman could have done more, as she would, doubtless, have attracted the attention of the Pump House people by screaming. The jury returned a verdict of Death by misadventure." Owing to the considerable difficulty experi- enced in examining several of the witnesses, who were either of Swiss or German nation- ality, the inquiry lasted four hours.

ABDUCTION BY MOTOR-CAR Young Girl Carried Off in Paris! A daring abduction was carried out in Paris on Thursday by two motorists, dis- guised with large goggles, who at ten o'clock in the evening seized a pretty young girl, the daughter of a merchant, close to her father's house in the Rue St. Ferdinand at Lea Ternes. The thing was done so quickly that the passers-by had no time to interfere. The girl uttered one cry of "Mother," and then her mouth was covered by one of the mfen, and she was lifted into the car, which disappeared immediately at full speed. By the time the police reached the spot, summoned by witnesses of the scene, no trace of the car was to be seen. The car had made its way towards the Bois de Boulogne.

CARDIFF STREET ACCIDENT A van loaded with goads belonging to the Great Western Railway Company was pro- ceeding up a rise in Bute-street when one of the back whoelH collapsed, ajid sonio of "he goods rolled into the road. Fortunately, the driver and his assistant were uninjured. A number of employes of the Grea.t Western Railway soon removed the parcels to another van.

SISTERS SENTENCED FOR MURDER The trial of the sisters Zeller, who were charged with the murder of a cook, named Maier, termin.ated last might at Vienna. The jury unanimously found Friederike guilty. She was sentenced to be' hanged, but the court is likely to recommend her to the Emperor's mercy. Friederike made the following remarkable statement: "I killed Maier, as I felt it was my duty to do it. I wanted to procure money for Prohaiska, with whom I am madly in love." Proha^ka, the opera singer, on the other hand, declared in court that he wouM marry her, notwithstanding, and she would go to prison as his wife. Prohasku, who played a very doubtful part in the whole affair, was arrested on Friday. The jury believed apparently the truth of Friederike's assertion that she alone per- petrated the murder, but they found her sieter, Mizzi, guilty of complicity. She was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment.

— MINIATURE RIFLE MEETING. Earl Roberts has informed the South Wales and Monmouthshire League that as he will be taking a holiday in August and September. it will be impossible for him to open the meeting at Ely on August 22. HLs lordship has, however, forwarded a copy of his work, Forty-one Years in India," and an autograph photograph to be given as a special prize. Two additional competitions have been added to the programme for prizes value aIO, given by Lord Glanusk, for com- petitors who have never been Volunteers. Over 300 competitors have already signified their intention of competing, and not the least interesting competition will be the match between England, Scotland, and Wales.

CLEVER NEWPORT STUDENT. I Miss May Cleaver, a former student at the Newport Intermediate School, and winner of the Caroline Williams Open Scholarship in 1903) has gained her B.A. degree (second class honours Eng.i. Miss Cleaver, who is the eldest daughter of a former Swansea journa- list, commenced her scholastic career at the Swansea Intermediate School. ¡

DESIGNS AGAINST THE KAISER. I August Rosenberg, the alleged Anarchist, in whose house at Seattle plant was found for manufacturing bombs, was arrested at Altona on Friday, on his arrival from America. The police credit him with designs against the Kaiser.-C-entral News.

TIN-PLATE TRADE STOP WEEK. There will be no meeting between the Steel- smelters and Dockers as to the stop-week at Cwmfelin, as on arrangement is reported to have been come to with the management. The Mansel Works will have its stop-week from July 23 to 30.

TO ADVERTISE that the Best or Finest Teal can be sold at Is. 6d. per lb., and especially to adver- tise that ouch has been improved, is what politicians call a "terminological inexactitude"; but to state that Pb;llirs's 13. 3d. is the Fin?t Tea in Cardiff at tbo i i I price, n to Hats the ?uth, aAd nothing but the truth.  t. a". j

I "U p in a Balloon, Boys" HON. C. S. ROLLS' MIDNIGHT TRIP Yesterday at 1.43 a.m. the Hon. O. S. Rolls, with Mr. Frank Butler and Mr. T. Sopwith, started on a record balloon trip from Chel- sea. London, with its myriads of lights, was a magnificent sight, and walt passed over at a height of 400ft. A fire was observed at one point. The fire- engines dashing to the scene from all direc- tions were distinctly visible. The instruments were read by meams of electric lights until three a.m. At 3.24 the birds began to sing. Hitchin was passed at 4.32, Potton at 5.23, St. Neots at 5.45, Alconbury, near Huntingdon at 6.33, and Whittlesea at 7.25. A little laftcr the Wash came in sight, and the balloon was being carried straight out to sea. Just on the coast the altitude of the balloon was reduced, and the aeronauts were able to continue their journey in a S.S.E. current, perfectly safe from the open sea. At one time the end of the trail-rope was in the water, but the run was afterwards continued parallel with the water's edge to Boston (Lines), where the descent was made. About 110 miles were covered in 8! hours.

"Could Give Her No Love" CINDERFORD MAID GETS X50. At Gloucestershire Assizes Florence Maude Woolford claimed El37 from Thomas Cooper Rhodes for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Vachell, K.C., and Mr. Sturges were for plaintiff, and Mr. L. Batten. K.C., and the Hon. Reginald Coventry for defendant. The plaintiff and defendant belonged to Cinderford, defendant being in the employ of the National Telephone Company. They became acquainted in 1894, were formally engaged in 1903, and, as defQndant had been moved to a better position at Guildford, there had been a great deal of correspondence— sacks full. counsel said. They all commenced endearingly, and ended with lots of love and kisses. The lady had obtained a great number of things towards housekeeping, and defendant in one letter said he did not know how she had got such a, nice little heap together. The course of their love ran smoothly till last year, when they went for a holiday to Canterbury. After the holidays he wrote in such cool terms that plaintiff became alarmed and suggested that if they were making a mistake it would be better that it should be found out now. This letter. the defendant claimed, was a release to him from the engagement, but he subsequently expressed his willingness to fulfil his promise and marry plaintiff, but he could give her no love. The jury found for plaintiff, awarding her £50 as damages. On the application of Mr. Batten, a stay was granted on the usual terms pending inquiry.

ELY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. I Funeral of Mr. Wm. J. E. Thomas The funeral of the late Mr. William James Edgar Thomas, the victim of the train accident at Ely on Tuesday night, took place on Friday afternoon, and it was attended by a large number of business men of Cardiff. They assembled at Briar Dene, the deceased's residence, and then the funeral cortege proceeded to Gabalfa Church. It was a very simple service, without any singing. The officiating clergy were the Rev. Frank Williams, vicar of St. John's, Ebbw Vale, an old college friend of the deceased; the Rev. D. Turner, ourate-in-charge at Gabalfa; the Rev. J. Davies, vicar of Whitchurch; and the Rev. Joseph Johns, St. Lythan's. A portion only of the burial office was intoned at the church, the service being continued at the chapel in Whitchurch Cemetery, where the interment took place. The chief mourners were Mr. William Thomas (father). Miss Rose Thomas (sister), Mr. Frank Lancheeter (brother-in-law), Mrs. Higgins, Mr. George Lanchestcr, Mr. H. V. Lancliester, Messrs. James, Philip, and John Thomas (cousins), Mr. Harry Armstrong, Mr. Archie Armstrong, and Mr. H. Lyddon. Among the many wreaths was one of lilies and roses from the employes of the deceased's firm, and another-a pathetic little circlet of roses-which had been put together by the dead man's litle boy and girl, and which rested on the breast-plate of the cofihi. Many others, in addition to those from members of the family, were sent.

I TWO BRAVE CONSTABLES. A greengrocer's cart which was being driven through Trafalgar-square yesterday evening collided with the kerb, with the result that the driver, Alfred Dennison, was thrown out, and sustained serious injuries. The horse bolted, and as it passed Drum- mond's Bank Police-sergeant William Barnee sprang forward, seized the reins, and, though he was dragged a.Iong for a consider- able distance, succeeded in stopping the runaway. The sergeant was injured and has been detained in Westminster Hospital, and the driver, who is suffering from concussion of the brain, is in a critical condition. Lady M. Somerset relates a thrilling tale of an escape from death which she had on Wednesday. While driving a pair of horses in a phaeton at Blackfriars' Bridge, the animals became frightened. She would have been killed, she says, but for a constable, who risked his life by holding the two kicking horses. She desires to send the constable a present, but she does not know his name. In any case," she adds, I thank him with all my heart, and shall always think of him as the most brave man I ever met."

"TINNED FINGER" HOAX. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce sent a commissioner to the district in Stafford- shire where a human finger was reported to have been found in a tin of preserved salmon. The commissioner discovered that the report was untrue, the statement being a hoax. The representatives of five different houses in Liverpool have also investigated the report, and found it to be a hoax. It is stated in reliable quarters that the publio may be assured that nothing of the kind can happen. The bulk of tinned salmon comes from our own Colony of British Columbia. It is most carefully packed, and no question has ever been raised of its purity. Those in the trade who know the way the salmon is cut prior to tinning state that it is impossible for such a thing as was reported to have happened. ■

A WATCH THAT STOPPED Thomas Marsden, of Hibbleton, is keep- ing time against his will. He took part yesterday in a comic sing- ing and variety contest at Preston, and after an exhibition of coi-n-swa-Ilo)Ning he tried the experiment with a lady's watch. His success appalled him, for when he wished to return the watch he found that h? could not. He went outside the tent and stood on his head against the side of it in vain. To his ov.n persuasive powers he added those of sixpennyworth of ipecacuanha wine, but the watch was proof against its blaii- dishments. Even the sterner methods of two medical men were useless. The watch refuses to be parted from Thomas Marsden.

GIRL'S SUICIDE FROM WINDOW A verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned at the inquest at Hove yesterday on Miss Dora Frances Helen Chapman, aged 24, who threw herself out of a window on Thursday. It was stated that Miss Chapman was the daughter of the Deputy Auditor-General at Bombay, where she had spent the last five years. The climate affected her health, and she returned to England last month suffer- ing from mental depression.

NEWPORT CHILD DROWNED A painful drowning case took place at Newport on Friday night. Frederick Wat- son Williams, two years of age, the son of Ezekia-li Williams, Altryn, was walking along the bank of the Monmouthshire Canal near his parents' house when he fell into the water and was drowned. At the time the little fellow was in charge of his sister, who had left him for a moment.

TO ADVERTISE that the Best or Finest Tea can be sold at Is. 6d. per lb., and especially to adver- tise that such has been improved, is what politicians call a terminological inexactitude but to state that Phillips's Is. 8d. is the Finest Tea In Cardiff at the price is to state the truth, and nothing but the truth. 2406 Mr. F. T. Mossford, monumental sculptor, Barry Dock, was granted a. certificate of exemption from vaccination at Barry Police- court on Friday with rcapect to his infant Ka.àJe. ,<

f Gibson Girl Engaged TO SON OF A SOUTH WALES PEER I I hear (says the London correspon- dent of the "Western Mail") that Miss Camille Clifford, the beautiful American actress whose pourtrayal of the Gibson girl at the Vaudeville in "The Catch of the Season" was recently so much admired, has become engaged to the son of a Sottth Wales peer. Miss Clifford made her debut in this country in "The Prince of Pilsen," produced by an American company at the Shaftesbury Theatre. She was soon the most be-photo- graphed actress in London. Picture post- cards showing her in a hundred different Gibson attitudes sold like wildfire. Miss Clifford's last appearance was with Edna May at the Vaudeville in The Belle of Mayfair." Miss Clifford. whose figure has been described in the fashion press as the best in London, is severely particular about the fit of her frocks. She has been known to refuse one costume after another made with si-ecial care for her by a noted firm, and it is said in the world of modes et robes that if you can satisfy Miss Camille Clifford you need not doubt your ability to please the grandest duchess in the United Kingdom. The pretty Gibson girl is likewise remark- able for the number of the proposals of mar- riage she has received from the wealthy youth of England. Miss Clifford left for America a week ago on a visit to her rela- tives.

NEWPORT TRADES COUNCIL And Shop Hours Compromise. A good deal of discussion took place at a meeting of the Newport Trades Council on Friday night as to the inquiry into the Shop Hours Act held on Tuesday last at the Town- hall. Several delegates expressed the opinion that the chief consideration was given to the owners and not the assistants of the shops. Mr. Peter Wright argued strongly in favour of the shop assistants not accepting the compromise extended to them at the inquiry, and a resolution to this effect was carried. It was stated that only three members of the corporation were to make the whole of the appointments in connection with the working of the transporter bridge about to be opened. The council carried a resolution asking the corporation to advertise all the posts. A letter was read from Miss Sylvia Park- hurst, Women's Social and Political Union. in which she asked the council to pass a resolution in reference to the sentence on Miss Billington. It was agreed to refer the matter to the executive committee.

I BATHERS' DEATH ROLL. Boy Sees His Brother Drowned. Mr. T. Walters held an inquest at Carmarthen on Friday on Idwal Stewart Jones, ten years of age, residing with his parents in Orchard-street, who was drowned in the Towy on the previous evening. The boy, with several companions, went to bathe near the cricket field, a spot usually con- sidered safe. Finding that there was a high tide, the lads amused themselves by playing in the overflow, and deceased got too near the river bank and fell in. His brother shouted to him to keep his head above water, but he could not swim and sank. His body was recovered by a fisherman named Henry Howell, and all efforts at restoring anima- tion failed. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

FOOTBALLERS' MEMENTOES. I Progress of Fund at Cardiff. A meeting of the committee in charge of the promotion of the mementoes of last season's invincible record of Cardiff football team was held on Friday evening at the Queen's Hotel, Cardiff, Mr. Johin Gibson pre- siding. In the unavoidable absence of the hon. secretary (Mr. John Davies) Mr. Harry Edwards reported that about £100 had already been received towards the fund, and he hoped the eport-loving public of Cardiff would not be lacking in showing their practical sympathy with the movement and would subscribe the required additional sum of £100 during the next week, if possible. Mr. J. S. Taylor was added to the committee.

YOUNG BURGLARS. Three Boys Given 21 Days' Gaol Three Pembroke Dock lads, named Kendrick Davies, Frederick Davies, and Alfred Joseph Williams, were on Friday sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment on three charges of housebreaking. The premises were entered by means of a, window in each case in the early hours of Thursday morning. From the Army and Navy Home a teapot, some butter, sugar, and dripping, as well as a knife, were taken, from Mr. Thomas's mineral water manufactory an oil-can, and from Mrs. Pbilben's shop three ladies' belili, a brooch, and a. watch-case. Some of the articles were found hidden in a wall.

ROOMS WITHOUT WINDOWS. In his report to the Poinbardawe District Council Dr. D. Thomas, medical officer, said that of all sanitary questions the condition of Yatalyfera houses should command the council's chief attention. Regarding the basement dwellings at Ystalyfera, every available opportunity should be taken to have as many as possible closed. At the same meeting Mr. John Griffiths (Ystalyfera) moved the adoption of Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act. Dr. John Jones said he knew of one house at Clydaeh where there were no windows to the bedrooms. Stables in comparison were palaces. He would not turn a pig into the place The motion was carried.

I DEAD ON THE LINE.' A most determined suicide took place on the Rliondda and Swansea Bay Railway near Aberavon Riverside Station on Friday even- ing. The victim was Philip Eees, a tin- worker, 52 years of age, who was said to have recently parted from his wife and to have given way to drink. As the 6.50 up train 'w, passing a man named Mounts was. horrified to see Rees deliberately throw him- self before the engine. The wheel did not pass over deceased, but the front guard struck his head, and his brains were scat- tered over the line. Death was instantaneous, and Rees's body was conveyed to his late lodgings.

SHOWER OF MOLTEN METAL. An explosion, resulting in injury to five men, occurred at the works of Messrs. Samuel Mason (Limited), Birmingham, on Friday. A large melting pot containing 5cwt. of molten metal burst without any warning, and scattered the contents upon the men who were in the immediate vicinity. A man named Lucas, who was working some distance away, was struck by a piece of the shattered furnace, and he is the most seriously injured.

RESCUED SWANSEA BATHER. Gustavus Evans, who, as already reported was nearly drowned whilst bathing on Swansea Beach on Thursday, lay at Swan- sea Hospital in a serious and criti-cal oon- dition during Friday. His breathing was restored by ambulance men, but ever since his oondition bas been one of only semi- consciousness. He was a, learner at Swansea Post-office, twenty years of age, and his parents live at Llanelly.

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I Riding on a Turtle. I DE ROUGEMONRS EXHIBITION. After years of waiting, Mr. Louis de Rougemont, who astonished the world with his extraordinary tales of adventure. was given an opportunity yesterday of demon- strating his ability to ride astride turtles swiming under his control. The scene of the achievement was the London Hippodrome, after the usual mid- day performance, and there was an audience of not more than 30 privileged persons. Mr. de Bougemont, in bathing costume, and standing on the edge of the great tank, addressed a few words to the audience about himself and the huge turtle that lay almost inanimate at his feet. The turtle weighed about two cwt., and since it was captured on the coast of Nica- ragua it has eaten little food. It was a female, and Mr. de Rougoemont explained that the male is much better able to carry a man. A turtle of three to four cwt. was better fitted for a man of his weight-ten j stone. Passing his hands over the turtle—to mes- merise it, he explained—Mr. de Bougemont pushed the sleepy-looking creature into the water and got astride it. At first the turtle was inclined to get out again, but the brown- skinned jockey, sitting erect and holding the shell near the neck with one hand, beat the water with the other, at the same time shouting excitedly, "YataLi!" "Yatali!" Then the turtle began to swim very slowly towards the centre of the tank. The progress through the water was very slow, but the rider continued his cries, and beat the water on either side of his mount to guide it. When the centre of the tank was reached" Mr. de Bougemont slipped off and quickly turned the creature on its back, righted it again, and remounted, keeping clear of the dangerous flappers. A round of applause rewarded his efforts. He was apparently tired after his exertions, and retired immediately the tank waa emptied of water.

HUGE ARBITRATION AWARD. The Tanjong-Pagar Docks. The Liverpool Post and Mercury under- stands that the award in the arbitration between the Government of the Straits Settlements and the Tanjon-g-Pagar Dock Company (Limited), Singapore and Penang. has been received. The company were the owners of wfcarvea, docks, machine-shops, and shipbuilding yards, and it is one of the largest and most influential concerns in the East. The Government of the Straits Settlements decided in Deoember, 1904, to acquire the whole of the undertaking of the company, and a local ordinance was passed in the Legislative Council to give effect thereto, and the Government entered into possession of the properties of the dock compa-ny on July 1, 1905. The compensation to be paid was deter- mined by arbitration held in Singapore in October, 1905. The umpire was Viscount St. Aldwyn, and his award is that the Govern- ment of the Straits Settlements shall pay to the company for the undertaking £ 5,585,856, and for sundry other incidental items 18,279, making a total of £ 5,594,114. In addition the Government pay certain com- pensation to the directorate and the costs of the arbitration.

FACTORY ACT OFFENCES. Fined For Overworking His Daughters. A series of summonses under the Factory and Workshops Act weredealt with at New- port on Friday on the prosecution of Mr. Arthur Wolfe, the assistant factory inspector. Messrs. Davies and Sons, outfitters, of 77, High-street, admitted tha.t three young women worked longer hours tiutm thopo prescribed on some of the days in the week before Whiumu-the busiest time of the year. Mr. Davies, sen., said he always gave his employes an extra. holiday in the following week, as well as paying them over- time.-Fined 10s. in each case. Lazarus Oossick, tailor, of 54, Corporation- road, was similarly fined (10s. in each case) for employing two of his own daughters- Annie (16) and Amelia (17)—beyond the hours. Mrs. Alice Phillips, 84. Church-road, was fined 20s. for employing one young woman amongst others on overtime in a room defi- cient of the full cubic air space. Williams Brothers, firewood cutters and motor-makers, Granville-etrect, were fined 10s. for employing a lad who had not been certified by the surgeon and been registered.

WOMAN SPY AT TOULON. The trial took place at Toulon on Friday of Jeann,e Benee alais Bourg1, a spy in tho pay of a foreign Power, believed to be Ger- many. The prisoner, who is only 21. is accused of having induced certain naval officers to reveal secrets to her regarding the French submarines. Jeanne Benee is an opium slave, and it was while in an opium den at Toulon that she attempted to bribe a naval mechanic named Jullien, employed in the central workshops of the fleet, to become her accomplice. Jullien, fortunately for himself, promptly reported the matter to his superior, for soon. afterwards a letter from the woman to him was anonymously placed in the hands of the' police. The letter urged him to let her have plans of the submarines. Sentence will be pronounced next week.

I MR, KEIR HARDIE'S LETTER, The letter written by Mr. Kear Hardae to a n&tive of Zululand regarding the rebellion in Natal is not to escape Parliamentaxy attention. The Prime Minister will be asked by Mr. Lonsda.le on Monday whether he intends to take any action in the matter. Inquiries at Edinburgh failed to discover the Zulu correspondent to whom Mr. Keir Hardie addressed his letter. Seen art, the House of Commons, Mr. Keir Ha-rdie said he knew n-othing about him except thait he is a student at the University of Edinburgh. The letter will not be published in Durban. the authorities having expressed a wish ta this effect.

[HUNTER'S PRIVATE MUSEUM The attractions of Oxford were augumented yesterday by an exhibition of big game trophies collected during numerous hunting1 expeditions by Mr. C. V. A. Peel, of Oxford. The exhibition included a fine specimen of an African antelope, a-n Aard wolf, a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus, and a python. Tableaux showed an attack on a zebra by lions, an antelope defending itself against a leopard, and a python attacking a monkey. The anthmpologrieNI section included weapons and implements of the pigmies of the Congo forests.

PONTYPRIDD HOUSES FLOODED A water main which supplies Treforeet burst in Mill-street, Pontypridd, oa. Friday afternoon, and before the supply, could be cut off some damage was done by the water rushing into the adjoining cellars and inconvenience caused by the delay in traffic, the thorough- fare being the main road to the Rhondda. It is believed that the accident was due to heavy vehicles passing over the pipe and breaking a joint.

SWANSEA NEW DOCK. The Swansea Harbour Trustees have just paid a. visit to the new dock works and inspected them from the eea from a tug- boat. Excellent progress is reported. Three German navvies are at work excavating, and the work on the outer lock will oonn- Imeuce in about three weeks' time. The con- ¡ struction of the walls of the coimm?n ica-tic? channel is well advanced.

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