Evening Express

FOUL AIR VICTIMS I FELL LIKE NINEPINS NEATH MINERS' ADVENTURE Thrilling Stories DOCTOR AND MANAGER OVERCOME BY BLACK DAMP In days when superstition was rife, Cwrt Herbert Pit, near Neath, would have been looked at askance, for it bears such an unenviable reputation for accidents. On the 1st of June, 1906, an explosion occurred in ite workings resulting in the deaths of five men, and necessitating the flooding of that part of the mine where the fire originated. Efforts have since been made to get the colliery into .working order, the Main Col- liery Company (the owners of the pit) taking every conceivable precaution to ensure the ;afety of their employes. Notwithstanding this, an event happened at the pit yesterday afternoon which threatened to be fraught with very serious results. Happily, however, there were no fatalities. It appears that eight men were looking for a wind hole in the west section, when suddenly they struck a region of black damp (foul air). All of them were overcome, and were proetrated. The alarm was given by some other men who happened to be within hearing dis- tance, and quickly a rescue party was orga- nised-David Watkins, Tom Paddison, Mr. R. E. West (the manager), and Dr. Jones. The men who were rendered unconscious by the noxious fumes were:- John Phillips, fireman, Skewen, Charles George, collier, Neath. John Morgan, collier, Neath. William Carpenter, collier, Neath. James Hanford, collier, Skewen. D. Williams, collier, Oadoxton. John Williams, collier, Skewen. D. Jones, collier, tskewen. Other men, to the total number of about twenty, were also affected, but not so seriously. The work of the rescue party was a dan- gerous one. for the air was so foul that first IVVatkins, then Paddison, collapsed. Mean- time. Mr. West and Dr. Jones were doing their best for the men, while others, with great promptitude, set about driving the foul air out. There were several more willing helpers, and all the men were got safely to the top by about four o'clock. When the rescue work was nearly completed Mr. West fell down unconscious, and Dr. Jones, whilst attending to him, shared a similar fate. But the air was by this time much clearer, and both Mr. West and Dr. Jones soon got round. When the men were all brought to the top they were given milk, and every pos- sible attention was bestowed on them. One poor fellow who seemed to be suffering from shock, when offered a cup of milk, exclaimed "No! Give it Dai (pointing to his 'butty'), be wants it more than I do." Of course, bad news flies with astonishing rapidity, and within a short time of the occurrence scores of anxious men, women, and children had assembled at the pit-top. It had been rumoured that another explo- sion had taken place, end the relief depicted on the faces of those who had relatives below when the true nature of the occurrence was announced by the management was unmis- takable. Most of the men were able to walk home, and. although a few are suffering from shock, Dr. Jones, of Skewen, does not appre- hend any loss of life. Symptoms of Black Damp Poisoning Dr. Jones's experience, like that of the other eleven men. was strange to a degree. In the course of conversation with a repre- sentative of the Evening Express be said that he experienced a giddiness and a trembl- ing of the limbs, which caused him to stumble and Call. He would get up, wander a few yards further on, and then collapse again, eventually being unconscious. Upon inquiry on Thursday night we were informed that the affected men were pro- gressing favourably. Rescuer's Story David Watkins, of Cribbe-row, Neath, one of the rescue party, in the course of an inter- view said that he had had a, terrible time. "My 'butty' and I," said he, "were working in the deep when we heard of what had happened. I rushed down tlie deep, and there saw Phillips, the fireman, lying on his back on the rails quite unconscious. I unfastened bis belt and applied artificial respiration, bringing him round after about ten minutes. We then got him to the pit bottom. and he was taken to the surface. With others. I helped to bring several more round, and then a strange feeling overcame me. My head began to whizz, and my legs gave way under me. Then I remembered no more until I regained consciousness a.t the top." No," he continued, in reply to further questions, "I have no idea how it happened. All I know is I don't want another experience like it. I feel very bad now. FALLING LIKE NINEPINS I How the Gas Overcame the Men I Mr. John West, the manager of the pit, tfas sitting before the fire at his home con- rersing with some friends when our reporter called at nine o'clock at night. He was still -begrimed with the dust of the mine, and obviously the effects of his experience of the afternoon had not fully worn off. In fact, while our reporter waa there he swallowed a white powder sent him by Dr. Jones. With some diffidence Mr. West consented to tell the story of what happened in the mine. He I eaid:— "The inrush of carbon monoxide into the main deep took place just before two o'clock. At the time I was preparing to go down the mine, and, of course, I hurried to the scene with all despatch. When I and those who accompanied me got there we found that John Phillips, the overman; Ben Wilkins, and his son Evan Wilkins, and another young man had been rendered unconscious by the foul air. The younger Wilkins told me that John Phillips was about 100 yards further up the road, and some of us proceeded to him. We found him in a dead faint." "You yourself were also overcome, were you not?" "Yes, and a curious experience it was, too. As we were gathered round John Phillips a number of us began to feel the effects of the Impure air, and I remember telling those who were not wanted to get away into the ilearer atmosphere. The sight which followed was an extraordinary one. The men were (nuch weakened, and as they moved off they tegan to faJl down one after the other in an astonishing manner. They just seemed to collapte and came down like so many nine- pins. The sight neoessaarily filled me with wonderment, but by this time, I might tell you, I was becoming very wea-k myself." 11 TI-11 me of your own feelings when you found the foul air getting the better of you ?" First of all, I felt my heart thumping- heavily, then there was a whirring sound in the head. and after tha.t my legs seemed paralysed and I fell to the ground. I remem- ber recovering in the fresher air a03 I was being taken to the top of the pit, and the sensation was just as remarkable. It seemed as if there were millions of pins and needles in my arms and legs, and long before I could jppem my eyes, or, in faot, move a muscle, I could hear and distinguish the voices around me. Now (at nine o'clock) I feel a. little weak and giddy, but that is all." Twenty Sufferers I Mr. Tom James, manager of No. 1 Pit, who was one of the rescuers, said that the men who were overcome, about twenty in number, were brought to the surface in two journeys of trams. They all began to recover very rapidly when the fresh air was reached. The worst of all was John Phillips, the .overman, but he had seen him at seven o'clock, and he was then practically well. Nasty Sick Headache I Another official who had suffered from the I effects of the carbon monoxide said some hours afterwards that he still felt a nasty, Sick headache and a peculiar feeling in the Stomach. He paid a tribute to the overman, John Phillips, who. he said, behaved with Tiueh gallan/try also on the occasion of the explosion in June last. As the men below were overcome they were removed from the return air-way into the intake, and here the worst effects soon began to wear off. The whole thing was very far from being a Plea- sant experience, and the coneequenoes might have been much more serious.- Doctor's Experience in the Mine Dr. D. L. Jones, of Skewen, who, with Mr. West, the colliery manager, went down into the workings and remained for no less than two hours energetically and heroically endeavouring to resuscitate the men, till at „ last he and Mr, ;Weet were both so affected that they could not move, described the scene to our representative as follows: — "About two o'clock, after I had started but as usual after lunch I received a mes- sage from my house that there had been an accident at the colliery. I had no idea, of course, what sort of an 'accident it was till I went below with Mr. West. We had a long distance to traverse from the bottom of the shift, and when we got to the place there were a dozen or twenty men there in different stages of collapse from the effects of the gas, which causes prostration of the limbs. I had given orders to have some gallons of hot milk and coffee made ready, and other stimulants in the shape of brandy to be sent after us, and these soon arrived. The method of treatment is by stimulants and artificial respiration." "What was the condition of the men?" "Oh, they were flopping about, heads fall- ing, and knees giving way, rather than prostrate on the ground. We were there trying to bring them round for about two hours. They were collapsing from insuffi- cient supply of air to counteract the gas. We disconnected the air-pipes so as to give the patients the benefit of the air, and we put them up to the pipes to suck in the air, as it were. The difficulty was that as ono recovered another would go off. The point was to get trams down quickly to take them up to the air-way, and this was done in splendid time, and we got them all aboard at last on a journey of trams." Mr. West would not leave while there was a man behind, and we were the last to leave. Having been in it so long it began' to affect us as we were coming back. I went over first, and after a few yards Mr. West did likewise. Ten minutes afterwards I felt as well as I do now, but I would not risk walking." You were in danger of being run over?" "Well, I was sticking on to the last tram, and I thought I would try to get into the next one, which was almost empty, and in trying to do this I fell. I had my chest on it trying to get in. A young collier saw the condition I was i-n-t-hat I was groggy and unable to support myself—and he stopped the journey of trams and got hold of me. West had been down a lot longer than I had, so he was much worse than me, but he has got round aJl right. All the men are perfectly right now." "But what would have been the effect if they were not rescued?" Well, I suppose they would not have been able to move, and would have been asphyxiated. The air was very close down there. There was a good air-way, but it was not sufficient." The Presence of the Gas Explained I Mr. H. T. Wales, managing director of the Cwrt Herbert Colliery, happened to be at the colliery at the time, and went below at once to inspect the workings and render any necessary aid. Seen later in tlle evening by our representative, Mr. Wales said: We were re-opening the workings of Cwrt Herbert Colliery, and for that purpose were making a communication with a waste or air-way. When the communication was made there was a sudden issue of carbonic oxide gas, which overcame three workmen and also affected a number of others who went to their assistance on seeing the condition they were in. They were ultimately got out, and are now recovering, and appear not to be in any further danger." "What is the probable couse of this gas?" It is a product of incomplete combus- tion." Do you attribute its presence to the explosion of some time ago? "Well, yes; or it might have resulted from the fire, which, we knew of at the time of the explosion and which has since been extin- guished by flooding. That occurred in June last. We have been re-opening the colliery since October. We have not had any gas in this air-way till now. It is down at the bottom of the workings. We have had access berth below and above the particular point where this communication was made. The length of stall to be cleaned out was very small—only about twenty yards. This space intervened between the openings we hod pre- viously made." What is the effect of the gas? Ie it the same as afterdamp?" It causes tr embli ng of the legs and pal- pitation of the heart." Were the men in great danger?" They were not under its influence very long, and the ventilation was good close by. We had air down to the spot." Was it a thing to be expected, SO long after the explosion?" We did not anticipate it." Is it a gas which is very fatal in thecaal district?"' No. The fatalities are not many from that particular cause."

A TRIP TO LONDON Pengam Man's Foolish Act I At the Blackwood Police-court to-day Noem Emm, pedlar, of Pengam, was charged with stealing a cheque value X5, £ 3 10s. in. money, a gold booch, a. pair of gold earrings, and an overcoat, value 26s., the property of Zachia Green, of Fair View, Pengam. Prosecutor, a travelling draper, said that the cheque, money, and jewellery were taken from a tin box in the bedroom. The v ere oat was hanging in the passage. Pri- soner had been staying with him, and on February 1 he rose early and saw him (Emm) put on the coat. Witness did not take much notice of that as the weather was cold, but when on returning from the banker's some time later his wife informed him that the cheque and jewellery was miss- ing, witness suspected prisoner, and at once stopped the cheque at the bank, also report- ing the case to the police. Prisoner returned on. Wednesday week and apolo- gised for his conduct, bringing the cheque, brooch, and overcoat back with him. He had been to London to see a friend, and the money had been spent in train fares. Pri- soner's mother had promised to refund the money. He did not wish to press the charge, as he believed it was an act of foolishness. Prisoner was bound over in the sum of £ 10 to be of good behaviour for the next six months.

MR. M'KENNA'S ELEVATION I Date of Election Fixed I The High Sheriff of Monmouthshire has now decided that the nominations for North Monmouthshire shall take place at Aberga- venny on Tuesday, February 19, and the polling, in the event of a contest, on Mon- day, February 25. It is highly improbable that Mr. M'Kenna, President of the Board of Education, whose promotion to Cabinet rank caused the vacancy, will be opposed.

CORROSIVE BLAKCING It is not uncommonly held that the brown or tan leather boot is much more comfort- able to wear than the black boot, and is, moreover, more durable. It seems pretty certain (sa,ys the "Lancet") that tan leather keeps softer than blacked leather, and one explanation of this may be that in the great number of (ases tho blacking used for polish- ing black boots has strongly acid properties, whereas the pastes rused for polishing brown boots are T ever acid, and consist of a kind of varnish made of oils and waxes. In many of the formulae given for making blacking a very large proportion of oil of vitriol or strong sulphuric acid is directed to be need. As a matter of faot, we toarve found sufficient free sulphuric acid in blacking which we have examined to char paper when dried upon it. The view that the leather of the brown boot, polished, that is. with wax and oil, keeps softer and more comfortable than the leather of the black boot. polished day by day with acid blacking, may find this explanation—that in the latter case the acid blacking slowly destroys the pliaiMe qualities of the leather, while in the former the neutral oils and waxes preserve the softness of the leather.

STRUCK WITH A POKER John Delayatmabera, third engineer on board the steamship Washington, lying at Barry Dock, was fined 20s. and costs at Barry to-da.y for assaulting Demetrius Hazle, cook on the same vessel. Ha,zle, whfxse left eye was bandaged, said lie was frying eggs in the galley on Saturday night, when, without the slightest provocation, defendant struck him in the eye with a poker. Defendant only admitted giving Hazle a, blow with his fist.

LATE MR. R. H. THOMAS, LLANDAFF The remains of the late Mr. Richard Hopkin Thomas have been interred at the Llandaff Cathedral Churchyard. The deceased, who was 68 years of age, was a schoolmaster by profession, but, being j»osees&sd of private mean. retired about twenty years ago. He was born in the city, and was one of the oldest residents. He took active interest in Church and parochial work. The Rev. J. R. Buckley officiated. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Augustine J. Stone, Cardiff.

There are Many Like Him.—He-: Young Mr. Heavyfoot dances on hie toes.-She: I wouldn't mind if he oonfir.ed himself to Mb own toes, but he prefers other people's.— "Cfrips.

I Fortune for Someone. SEARCH FOR WELSH RELATIVES: The Lord Mayor of Cardiff has received the following letter from St. Louis, U.S.A.: — Hon. Sir.-Aoout 1850 to 1860 the Francis family, composed of John, James, W. Isabel, a.nd Mrs. Gibb?, nee Francis, came from Wales and settled here. They are now all dead. I have tried to find some of their kin in Wales who may be interested in the estate. If you cannot give me amy information of them, kindly Rsk your locail pa.Twrr to make a. note of this inquiry and thereby tihose interested to locate their interests.—Very truly yours, iNormm D. Isewberg."

GREAT BIG LOVE MATCH." Miss Edna May's Engagement I Miss Edna, May's friends have for eomo time known that an engagement between herself and Mr. Osc.ar L-ewisohn was highly probable. Mr. Lewisohn is a, young country- man of here, and, although no formal an- nouncement of the betrothal was made, it was some days ago understood by the friends of both parties that an arrangement had been arrived at, or, in the phraseology of t.he theatre, negotiations hiad been com- pleted, whereby the couple would, at a date convenient to themselves, be married. Since the publication of the engagement, Miss May has very naturally been over- whelmed with callers, feverishly anxious to gather details, amd last night she made it very clearly understood that no one was to be allowed to pass the stage-door of the Ald- wy-ch if his business was with herself. It is right, however, that to even the most stringent rule an exception may be made in the case of a, very old friend, and, tiakng this view, Miss May made the folIo-willig state- ment to a representative of The Tribune." It is quite true that I am engaged to marry Mr. Oscar Lewisohn, but neither he nor 1 expected thait any publiciannouncement would be m.ade. We did not desire it, and the publication of the fact must have been the result either of accident or of gossip. Now that the engagement is known I should like to eay one thing in order that my position in the matter may be clear.' The emphatic mention of the fact that Mr. Lewosiolin ia the son of a Copper King' might lead some people to suppose that the father's position in the world had had an influence upon my action in accepting the son. This is a false impression that I want to remove right away. The worldly status of Mr. Lewiechn, senior, never for one moment entered into my consideration. This, I tell you, ia a matter of love. It is purely and simply a love match, and a great big love match at that. That 'is all 1, want to make clear. As to when or where we shall be married, I can say nothing; so much will depend upon my professional duties."

LADY CARLISLE ANGRY Owing to the perils from a suffragette invasion that now beset the House of Commons, it has been held necessary since the riot oh Wednesday evening to refuse access to the House to any lady who is not accompanied by a member of Parliament. This has oaused some inconvenience to ladies who are not actually suffragettes, and it almost led to trouble on Thursday evening when Lady Carlisle, who arrived with her daughter, was refused admission to the House. For a time it looked as though her ladyship might become a principal in an uncomfortable scene. Ultimately, however, the countess and her daughter were allowed to proceed, and to make their grievances known to their friends in the House of Commons. Lady Carlisle is a peeress, and as such it is doubtful whether any officers of the House were justified in stopping her ladyship.. Lady Carlisle has two sons sitting in the aouse of Commons, as well as a son- in-law, and a confidential secretary, who are also members.

"THE WELSH SINGER" ON THE STAGE Lovers of Allen Raine's works will be inte- rested to learn lhat at the Court-hot?? Nz castle Emlyn, a public performance has been given of a dramatic version of the novel, "The, Welsh Singer." This was done to secure the copyright in the dramatised ver- sion. It is expected that the play will shortly find its way to the London stage.

I PENARTH DOCK COMPANY The directors of the Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company, in their one hundred and second half-yearly report, pro- pose the payment of the usnal dividend, at the rate of C5 56. per cent, per annum. The report spates that the local Bills in Parlia- ment are receiving the attention of the directors.

BAD LANGUAGE IN THE STREETS For using obscene and profane language at Ebjpw Vale, John Jones, David O'Leary, and HIJ-nnah Mairia Burohell, were each fined 40s. by the magistrate at Ebbw Vale Police-court on Thursday, the Bench expressing their determination to do all in their power to suppress this filthy language.

I SHOCKING BURNING ACCIDENT Eleanor Hicks (15), daughter of Charles Hicks, labourer, Canal-bank, Pontypool, was severely burnt whilst in the act of putting coal on the fire. Her clothing was almost entirely burnt off ner before the flames were I extinguished. She lies in a critical condition.

I GLAMORGAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY I The atnouTit standing to the credit of the Vale of Glamorgan Agricultural Society at the Metropolitan Bank is C175 2s. 7d. The ,a,coou,u,to for the year show a debit balance of RIA Id.

I PENARTH SHIP-BUILDING COMPANY I I The directors of the Penarth Ship-building I ,a.nd Ship-repairing Company (Limited) report a profit of R479 10s. 8d., but the directors cannot recommend the payment of a divi- I dend.

SOUTH WALtS TACTICAL SOCIETY I Under the auspices of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Tactical Society Major R. A. Johnson, Brigadier-major South Midland Volunteer Infantry Brigade, gave a lecture at the drill-hull of the New- .-4 8 W B New- port, on the \subject of The Swiss Militia System." Therto was a good attendance. The J subject proved much interest.

Art Treasures Stolen. MR. SOLOMON ANDREWS' LOSS. PICTURE GALLERY ROBBED. It transpires that by a remarkable coinci- dence a robbery was committed at Mr. Solomon Andrews' picture gallery, Pwllheli, the same night on which occurred the sensational depredation in Park-lane, London. Fortunately, Mr. Andrews' loss will not be anything like tha-t sustained by the London connoisseur, but twelve valuable pictures are missing from his public gallery at the North Wales watering-plaee. These include nine oil paintings and three water-colours, and the total value is about xzw. Mr. Andrews bus not yet received full details of the robbery, but his son, Mr. F. E. Andrews, informed one of our reporters that the pictures included oils by Herring and Ward amd water-colours by Glover and Prout. Herring's picture was entitled "Rabbits and Guinea-pigs." All the pictures stolen were small ones, but, of course, there were many other larger and more valuable works in the gallery. It seems that the thieves ga-ined access through one of the windows, and that all the pictures were taken from their frames, but whether they weje cut out Mr. Andrews has not yet been informed. Nineteen other pictures had been removed from the walls and placed aside, obviously with the object of taking them away with the rest, but, presumably, the thieves were disturbed in the course of their operations, and deemed it discreet to clear off with the smaller booty. A caretaker and his family reside on the premises, but they heard nothing during the night, and only discovered the robbery on coming down in the morning. Glyn-y-Weddw, the name of the mansion which is used as a picture gallery, was built by Lady Parry half a century ago. I

More Spotted Fever" Three additional deaths from cerebro-spnual meningitis and seven fresh cases are re- ported from Glasgow to-day. Disease in Staffordshire A fatal case of cerebro-spinal menin-gitie occurred at Longton, Staffordshire, yester- day, the victim being a boy aged twelve. A 'boy four years of age, the son of work- ing class parents, has died in Wolverhamp- ton from what the medical officer of health has -certif-.c,d as cerebro-spinal meningitis or spotted fever. THE DUELI NOUTBREAK. The following statement with regard to the outbreak of spotted fever in Dublin was issued to-day by Sir Charles Cameron, medical officer of health:- The cases of this disease up to the present number six, two adults and four children. One of the adults, a man and three of the children, have died. A woman and child survive. No fresh, case of the disease has occurred since the 11-th instant."

Strange Disappearance I WELL-KNOWN TRADESMAN MISSING I AT CARDIFF I Much, anxiety is felt by the relatives of Mr. I Harry Long, harness-maker, of Castle-street, Cardiff. who has been massing since Satur- day morning last. He left his house in the usural way, and went to his place of business. Ite left there in a short time, and since then nothing has been seen of him by any mem- ber of his family. Later on that day, how- ever, a friend met him at Bridgend, and that is the latest ava-ila-ble information, as to his movemente. It is impossible to account for Mr. JIOIDs disappearance, and his friends are very apprehensive that eome harm may have happened to him. Mr. Long is very well knowm in Cardiff, and is highly respected. He is an active. Churchman, and is a churohwarden at St. Dyfrig's Ohuroh. He is seoretary and manager and part-pro- prietor of the saddlery business in Castle- street. Enquiries made to-day show that nothing has yet been heard of Mr. Long's where abouts.

A GERMAN CLAIM To Bank of England Hoard A curious story is reported at Berlin (says "The Tribune" correspondent) from Fner- Btenwalde, a towin situated about thirty miles east of Berlin. According to the local press, a certain curator of the Bank of England recently dis- covered a will or similar document, d,ated 1745, leaving the testator's property, consist- ing of L5,000, which was then deposited witih. the bank, to a family named Windel, which was living in the village of Fuerstenberg, in Baden. The conditions of international intercourse then prevailing prevented the due delivery of the money, and, in course of time, the document was forgotten until the present year. In the meantime, the money, bearing com- pound interest. has reached the sum of £ 1,250,000. News of this fortune and the dis- covery of the document lately reached a family named Wiindel, now living at Fuer- stenberg. Their representatives have, accord- ingly, left for London to cl.aim the fortune on the stzength of papers which, they be- lieve, amply establish their lineal descent from the family of the same 'rname living in the village of Fuerstenwalde at the time the will was dated. According to a report circulating here, the document contains fur- ther provision whereby, in case the Windels fail to establish their claim to the fortune, the money shall be paid to the authorities of Fuerstenwalde for the common benftt of its inhabitants.

M.P.S' PRIVATE BILLS The following private Bills were ballotted for in tihe House of Commons this aJftiernQoo: A Bill to amend the law relating to rail- way and canal companies rates and condi- tions of conveyance, whicih was presented by Mr. Lamibton and fixed for second reading on March 15. A Bill to amend the law rel-atting to mar- riage with a deceased wife's sister. Sir Brampton Gurdon, second reading Feb- ruary 22. A Bill to render compulsory the use of the metric system of wedghts and measures, Mr. B. S. Straus, second reading March 22. A Bill to amend the Land Law (Ireland) Aclts, Mr. Hogan, second reading April 19. A Bill to limit the hours of work beilow ground in coal mines, Mr. Wateh, second reading April 1. A Bill to ena.,ble sefhool boards in Scotland to provide meads for necessitous school oliil- dren, Mr. Rameay Macdonald, second read- ing March 1. A Bill giving local option in Scotland in regard to the liquor traffic, Mr. Robert Bal- four, second reading April 26. Twenty-eight other measures were pre- sented, includiing,a Bill by Mr. Wadsworth to amend tihe law relating to coal mines, a Bill by Sir George Kekewich to provide for the gruprpression of ecclesiastical disorders, aaid a. Bill by Mr. Leif Jones for subjecting the liquor traffic to local veto.

KILLED BY A ROLLING STONE A painful accident occurred on Urureday at the Diamond Colliery, Ystradgynlais. While William Henry Jones, 28, Ystalyfera, was engaged ripping top a large stone fell and rolled towards Jones, and while avoid- ing the stone his back came into conta-ct with a tram. The stone caught him, and the man sustained fatal internal injuries. Jones bad been a non-commissioned officer in the Army, and had seen some active service. He leaves a widow and one child.

CREATING A DRAUGHT Mrs. Alice Yemm, of Blaina, put a large sheet of paper in front of the fire to cause a draught. Then she answered a knock at the front door, and when she returned to the kitchen she found the paper burnt and the clothing of her two-year-old child on fire. The child lived for sixteen days, but even- tually died from shock. At the inquest on Thursday a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

LLANAFAN PLOUGHING MATCH At the Llanafan ploughing match E. Owen (Pencaerhelem) was first in the local cham- pion class, and in the hedging competition the chief prire was taken by F. Lennord (Llaw rwern),

Thaw Trial PostponedI IDEATH -OF A JUROR'S WIFEI After a. sit ing of only a quarter of an hour the Tharw trial was adjourned yester- day owing to the dearth of Mrs. Bolton, the wife of one of tihe jurors. The Court will not- slit a-gain until Monday. In he ohort quart-er of an hour, however, the trial advanced an important step, as permission was given to Dr. Dvains to repeat as evidence the conversations he had with Tlhaw in the Tombs Prison. These conversations, the doctor &ays, show ha,t Tha.w was insane at the time. Thaw's Sanity The "New York Times" to-day says:—In the opinion of Harry Tha.w's counsel, the trial may be ended next week by the application of Mr. Jerome, the district attorney, for the appointment of a lunacy commission to inquire into prisoner's sanity. The "Journal" quotes one of Thaw's lawyers as having said that, judging from the trend of the case for the past two days, they are convinced that Mr. Jerome is plan- ning such a move, and that they intend to oppose it.

I Air Rifle Shooting. EAST GLAMORGAN LEAGUE. I Penrhiwceiber Temperance w. Beck 50; H. Law. renoe, 28; A. IIes, 25; J. Hodges, 25; G. Summerhiil, 26; P. Thomas, 24; C. Sevens, ??; B. James 25- AG" tkl:V:r\as;. 2.\ GriSiths, 29; z¡: Holland '31- Davies, 33—total, 316. *Lamb and 28; S. Slade, 25; G. Roberts, 26; A. Morgan, 27; W. Morgan, 23; J. Stanton, 25; J. Evans, 26; D. Davies, 22; W M..vW 22; A. Howells, 26; D. Powell, 27; B. Bishop, 3J- total, 306. ♦Sharpshooters.—Arthur Morris, 26; E. A. Venn 30; M. Freedman, 30; J. Thomas 21; E. James, 29; John Thos, 55; E. ??tkiDs. 29; W Thom? 31; eX Gj' Kendry, U; E. Jones, 30; H. E. Morris, 27; E. G. Venn, 27-t.o1.al. 345. I Royal Oak.-A W. Maher, 24; S. Spear, 50; L. Cbrke, 28; C. Austin, 30; w. yillis, 30; F. Stokes, J. Card, 30; C. Austin, 30; C. Winter, 25; W. Wilkins, 26; E. T. Howells, 29; G. Austin, 30-total, 342. I RHYMNEY VALLEY LEAGUE. Troedrh'wfuwch-J. Evans. 27; D. Lewis M; F" Lewis 27; E. Hook, 30; 0. Lewi5, 30: W. Evans .?' ?'?' ??' ? ? ??' ?= EvaM. 2.B.Brame28;?.Jam<:?:5;A.H(.rbcrt,' 23'-J 'KvaM,2;}—totat,?7. *Rismg Sun.—W. Booth, J. Tuchr, iq- T Grimtha, 25; F. Extend, Willia?.as, 23; W! ?am?on??? L. Jones, 10; E. Ralph, 22; W. MosM, 23; W. PoweJJ, 25—lota], 214. MERTHYR AND DISTRICT LEAGUE. »lioraon Lennox. Lambs J. Bennett. 5 4 5 &4 5 4-32 A. Berry 3 4 5 5 4 5 4-30 A. Lanvood ?454555-31 ?. Jones .3454344—?7 Le?is .3 5 4 5 5 4 5-61 p. Brock .4454455-31 B. Lewis 5 4 4 6 5 4 4-01 Baker .3 4 5 4 4 5 4-27 i Jenkins, 5 4 4 4 4 4 4-29 p. 1-1?nter ..5 5 4 4 4 3 4-?9   .4 4 4 4 5 5 5-SI ?- Mead .3 3 5 5 4 44-23 H. tiiif2~31 JT- Thorne .4544445-30 A. Colswn. 4 i 3 4 i>5 E. Wash .4544445-30 ?' Bca?' 454?55? ?' ?'? .?544445-30 G. Edwards. 5 5 5 4 5 4 4-32 ?- Chapman 5 3 4 4 4 5 4-29 A. Jones .4 3 45 5 4 4—29 D. Havard..3 5 34343-25 J. Ball, sn. 5 4 4 4 4 3 4-23 o. Watkins..5 4 5 5 5 5 5—34 TotM Total. 350 •Dowlaia Ivor?.—S. Davies; 3.3; J. Cross 29; T Astley, 31; M. Jones 27; E. Astlev, 25; R. H. Davies 3.: W. Mite;, 29; C. GWynne, 3D; W. Davies, 31; Tom Jones, 32.; J. Thomas, 33; J. T. Davies, 26-total, 354. NavigaHon (Merthyr Va]e).-Hris Jones, 28; J. Lovell, 27; W. S?Hjvpn, 27; L Thomas 28; A. J. Bond, 7; E. MiUington. zE.? W. Thomas, 3' ?T; Evans 31; F. Hurd, 27; C. Thyers, 29; J. S. Crebev* 31; W. Barrett, 33-total, 343. Statiou Hotel (Cefn).-F. Bidder. 32: B. James, 28; D. Gouid, 30; J. Lewis, 30; H. Bowden, 24; A. ?ilhams, 26; Mamwann? 26; E. Morgan, 32; w. Jones, oO; H. ?' 30; ? Lcwis, 32; D. Francis 30-tctal, 550. *Bru,Dswjclu;.H. Powell, 26; S. Dowõeswdl, 29; J. Onmtlis, 32; H. ViHia.m?, 26? J. How?]?26- T. B. Evans, 27; Westlake, M; T. Griffiths, 28; S. Bailey. 25; A. Young, 29; J. lir;ffihs, 28; n. Eynon, 29- total, 329. Parks (Merthyrt -E. Nash, 29; W. Jones, 23; J. Jones, 28; H. Baker, 30; E. Humphrevs, 29; J. W. D. Jones, 30; W. Vaughao, 29; B. Vaughan, 28; J. T. Vaughan, 28; W. Bright, 27; M. Jones, 29; G. Fuse, 24-total. 335. ♦Mardy (Merthyr).-W. Hodges, 24; P. Wilson, 28; E. Evans, 33; W. Bryant, 30; W. Howells, 26; W. Evans, 24; A. Symands, 27; w. Morris, 30; T. NaSli 24; J. Symonds, 26; T. Evans, 31; J. E. Price, 25- total, 325. WESTERN VALLEY LEAGUE. Bear (urynmawr;.—j. Williams, 23; 1. Cave 30; J. Powell, 25; T. Williams, 30; T. Evans, 29; W- L. Coles, 30; J. Davies, 31; Phipps, 27; H. Parsons, 25; J. A. Davies, 30; E. Hayward, 24; G. E. Adams, 29- total, 338. Mount Pleasant (Abertillery)._T. Edwards, 2S; J. Howells, 26; W. Humphrie-s, 50; Conoily, 22; M Powell, 24; H. Powell, 26; F. Wilks, 28; T. James, 30; F. Patey. 33; Gilson, 30; W. KathrO, 28; A. Hale, 27—total, 332. CARDIFF ASSOCIATION LEAGUE. ♦University Settlement.-G Smith, 29; J. Washer, 27; F. Tucker, 30; F. Evans, 26; P. Ruck, 27; L. Tuck3r, 27; E. Tucker, 3D; J. Bichards, 29; R. M'Creadie, 26; A. Allen, 31; S. Jones, 31; A. Tucker, 3O-tot.al, 343. St. Martin's (Caerphilly).-S. Busten, 28; F. Haines, 26; A. Taylor, 28; D. George, 26; J. Angove, 28; A. Morgan, 27; G. Young, 29; c. Marshall, 26; T. Jones, ¡ 27; W. Buzzard, 24; W. Davies, 25; B. Wilcox, 29- total. 323. MINIATURE RIFLE LEAGUE. ♦Pontypridd.—Lewis, 68; Jenkins, 67; James, 68; Longfellow, 67; Mackintosh, 67; Thomas. 68; Eankin, 60; Jenkins, 65; Roberts, 63; Phillips, 68-total, 661. Cardiff Whart, 137; EeynoM3, 67; Ba-ker, 64; Hamer. 61; Scale, 61; Price, 67; Alfred, 65; Thorpe, 62; Thatcher, 64; Bullen, 61-total, 639.

I JUDGE COULD NO-TDECIDE I I In the Thomas v. Jeremiah case in. the Chancery Division on Thursday Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady resumed the hearing of the summons, the remaining question in which was whether the 104 shares in the Upper Forest and Worcester Steel and Tin-plate Company should go into "hotch potch," or whether they belonged abso- lutely to Tom Jeremiah. When the arguments of counsel on that summons were completed his Lordship said he would hear the. other summons before pro- nouncing judgment. Mr. Micklem, K.C., said it was a summons by the father, George Jeremiah, asking that it might be certified that. there was due from the defendant Tom Jeremiah to the trust estate a sum of £ 921 • 10s., being the sum raised out of the trust estate and paid to the Capital and Counties Bank (Limited) in part discharge of a liability of £ 5,1-48 due to the bank from the owner of the 104 shares of £100 each in the Upper Forest and Worcester Steel and Tin-plate Works (Limited), which shares the Master had certified to be the property of the defendant Thomas Jeremiah. The summons also asked that it might be certified that the sum of £ 2,COO ag-reed to ba paid to Hannah Louisa Jeremiah by George Jeremiah, or out of his estate, by a document dated the 9th of October, 1899, was within the "hotch potch" claiise in the settlement of January, 1900, and should be certified as having been conveyed, appointed, given, or j advanced to Hannah Louisa, Jeremiah pur- suant to a direction in the order of the 4th of July, 1904. His Lordship said that the evidence was so unsatisfactory that he found himself quite unable to decide whether the shares belonged to the father or the son. He thought that ,the -,best plan would be to let the summons stand over with liberty to either party to adduce further evidence. His Lordship fixed Wednesday, March 6, for the further con- sideration.

I EXPEDITION SHIP ASHORE News has been received at Christiania I from Australia stating that the Norwegian South Polar whaling expedition ship Cathe- rine (Captain Bull) ran aground on Decem- ber 4 on one of the uninhabited Crozet Isles, to the north-west of Kerguelen. The ship is a wreck, and the equipment of the expedi- tion lost. The crew were saved. On January 1 three of them left for Australia in one of the ship's boats, in order to procure assist- ance. They have now arrived at Melbourne. The remainder of the crew are still on the island, but a relief ship has been sent.— Renter.

THEY WROTE DOWN THAT, TOO Of the late Lord Allendale it is related t.ha,t once, carried away by the enthusiasm of a meeting he was addressing, he went ra.ther beyond what he had intended to say. He discovered his error as soon as he had uttered the words, and, leaning over anxiously to the reporters, said, "I did not mean that; rub it out, rub it out."

COAL-TRIMMING NEGOTIATIONS A joint conference took place on Thurs- day afternoon between the committees appointed by the Cardiff Coal Exporters and the Coal-trimmers' Union, for the purpose of discussing the constitution of the pro- posed trimming hoard which is to deal with all matters arising out of the new trimming tariff. The meeting was a lengthy one, and the proceedings, as usual, were private, and no report was supplied to the press. We understand, however, that on a material point there was a considerable difference of opinion, which the parties were unable to reconcile. The men's represeuta- tives went to the limit of their powers with the view of bringing the matter to a con- clusion, but eventually the proceedings were adjourned for the men's representatives to consult the general body of trimmers. For this purpose a mass meeting will be convened.

NOT RITUAL, BUT TEACHING The Bishop of London moved a resolution in the Upper House at the Convocation of the Southern Province on Thursday request- ing the Primate to appoint-a committee to consider and report upon what changes, if any, are desirable in the conduct of the Church service end in the Ornament Rubric. His lordship remarked, par para/ntheee, that what gave him anxiety was not ritual, but teaching.—The resolution was adopted* i

UNITARIANISM. 1 "THE WORD CARRIES A REPROACH WITH IT" EVIDENCE BEFORE COMMISSION The Royal Commission on the Welsh Church resumed its sittings at Westminster to-day, under the presidency of Lord Justice Vaughan-Williams. Mr. Marlay Samson (in- structed by Messrs. George David and Evans, of Cardiff) appeared on behalf of the diocese of Llandaff, and Mr. Lleufer Jones repre- sented the Free Church Evidence Committee. Evidence was given by the Rev. W. James, retired Unitarian minister, of Llandyssul, the secretary of the South Wales Unitarian Association, embracing the Welsh Churches in Cardiganshire and Glamorgan. The Chairman pointed out that the wit- ness had been called in order to obviate the necessity of calling the various officials who had contributed statistics to the witness, as the secretary in charge of the production of the Unitarian Year Book. Witness: I cannot stand voucher for any statistics. The Chairman: I only ask you to vouch in there being such a book issued. Sir John Williams: They are issued every year. Witness: Certainly, but, personally, I am not responsible. Ttie Chairman: Do the stronger Unitarian bodies make contributions to the weaker ones?—We get a lot of assistance from Eng- land. Several of our chapels get grants annually from the British and Foreign Uni- tarian Association. They are comparatively well-to-do Uni- tarian Associations in Swansea and Cardiff? -Yes. The Communion servica is a memorial ser- vice and nothing more?—Yes. By Sir John Williams: He could not say that the Unitarian body was increasing in number, but it was maintaining its position. It was a highly literary district, there being a large number of authors in the district. He believed the Unitarian body were getting weaker in other parts of Wales. Professor Jones: How do you account for the fact that the Unitarian body is getting w--akerl-T-he Unitarians, is an unpopular cause. The word "Unitarian" carries a reproach with it. Professor Jones: Undoubtedly. I quite believe that. Sir John Williams: Have you ever found any doctrine w!hioh approaches the Unitarian doctrine '.n any of the works that you have read?—You are grying into theology again. (Laugthter.) No, I am only asking a question of fact. Have you found any doctrine similar to or appToa^ihing your own in some of the works of the canons of Churcih ?-It is my impres- sion that I have. The Dean of Ripon approaches it very much, I think, and there are also Dean Stanley and Canon Cheyne. The Rev. T. Arthur Thomas, Unitarian minister, of Llandyssul, next gave evidence, and, in reply to the chairman, he said that in their worship they acted in a way more like the Co,n,gregationalist body than any other of the four great Nonconformist Churches. The Unit.afians c-el-doni changed pulpits wit-li the Congregationa.lists, but 'lever with the Baptists, or Calvinistic Metho- dists. He had never preached in a pulpit of the Churtih of England, but that was not his fault. There was a. great freedom of opinion with refereece to religious doctrine in con- nection with their Church, and that freedom was extended to their colleges. By Lord Hugh Cecil: Members usually joined his Church from the age of fifteen. Members sometimes lapsed, but he never excommunicated them for moral wrong, because he found that members usually excommunicated themselves. Evidence was next given by the Rev. Charles A. H. Green, Aberid,a.-re Vicara-ge, who stated that the parish was an urban area, and the population consisted of colliery and railway men.

To-day's Finance. I LiOXDON, Friday, 2.0 p.m. Call Money ii in demand 'up to 5 per oent., and three months' bills 411-16 per cent. Bio 15id, Val- paraiso 1521-32d; Indian Exchange not yet received. The Stock Markets are inactive and irregular, and without any special feature. Consols are 86g for Money and 87 1-16 for the Acoount. ,In Home Kaiis, Brighton "A" is 1 down, North Eastern t, and North Western and Great Eastern, i; but South Western ia 1 up, and Great Western and British Caledonian 1. Americans, if anything, are easier than at the aprming. Erie, Milwaukee, and Southern Paciflc6 are 1 doy<-n, Unions ê, Atchison, Baltimore, and Southern Common i, Pennsyh-aaians R. J, and t. and Canadian Pacifies Trunk Thirds and Ordinary are i down. Mexican lls are unaltered. International Stocks are dull. Japanese, Russian, and PeruTian are i to j down. Gold Shares are inactive and dull. De Beers and other South Africans are slightly lower. Coppers are also duGI. Tintos 954, and Anacondas 15,. CARDIFF, Friday, 1.0 p.m. The Stock Market has opened with a quiet, dull tone. Local Rails are offered with little response. Heavy lines have hardly been mentioned. Colliery Shares are quiet and irregular. D. Davis and Sons, Cambrian, and North's are inquired for. Rhymey Irons, Internationals, and Ebbw Vales are on offer. Miscallaneoiis Market apathetic. In the Mortoling Department, Stepney Spare Wheels have been a good market at 21s. Mining Shares show a de.pressed tone.

YESTERDAY'S FOOTBALL I A good amount of interest was centred in the Glamorg-an v. South of Ireland match at Swan- sea on Thursday. Both sides sufFered from a-bg.ei] theism. Three Welsh, players assisted Hibernians. The presence of Serine in the home side was hailed with satisfaction at Swansea. The home team played Phil Hopkins in place of Trew, D. H. Edwards instead of W. T. Bees (Bridgend), and Serine versus Gibbs at extra back. Teams:— Glamorgan: Back, J. Bancroft (Swansea); three-quarter baeks, Phil Hopkins (Swansea), D. H. Edwards (Neath), R. C. Thomas penarth), and W. Thomas (Newport and Aberavon); half-backs, R. M. Owen (Swan- seaj and Chris. Williams (Merthyr); extra l>a-c-k, F. Serine (Swansea); forwards, A. MBnth (Swansea), R. K. Green (Neath), L. S. Thomas (Penarth), W. Morgan (Treorky), w Jones (Aberavon), E. James (Bridgend), a.nd D. Williams (Penyg-raig). South of Ireland: Back, W. J. Croeter (Oon- stH ut-iOon); three-quarter backs, R. N. M'Cra.th (captain) and P. Shaw (Constitution), H. Thomao (Llanelly), and A. Crowley (Queen's College); half-backs, D. Desmond and Idris Jones (Neath); forwards, G. W. Humphreys and A. Newson (Constitution), F. Hayes and P. Linehan (Queen's College), A. I>ennahy; J. Murphy, a.ud C. Deasy (Cork County), and R. ? Y, a R. Thomas (Mountain Asih). Referee: Mr. R. Pollock, Newport. There were four or five thousand people present. Immediately after the kick-off the Irishmen were penalised, but M'Crath neutralised the advantage Glamorgan gained by kicking beautifully into touch near the centre. iScrine was early prominent, and put his side in a splendid position. The Irishmen by good forward work took play to the Glamorgan 2-5, from where Serine got going, and D. H. Edwards, next receiving, ran well down the ground before he gave out to Willie Thomas, who covered ha.lf the length of the field, without having1 any oppo- sition to beat, and scored tihe opening try. Bancroft converted. Lack of dash just after- wards lost tie Irishmen a certain try, Desmond making a most feeble effort to evade Bancroft. Serine went to inside half for a while, Owen having gone off for a moment. Glamorgan repeatedly tried pass- ing, but the centres were at fault, Thomas (Penarth) being very selfish. Owen and Chris. Williams were doing very well. Oh r is. WiHia-ms made a magnificent effort, beating half a dozen opponents, and only just stum- bling before the fall-back. The Irishmen worked out to half-way, and the interval then came. Half-time coore: G. T. P'te. I Glamorgan 1 0 5 South of IretMid. 0 0 0 Resuming, Idris Jones made a bold bid I for ,-scoring for the Irishmen. Afterwards Glamorgan attacked for some time, but their efforts were very poor, and once the insn centres got pofisession and ran right through, but kicked wildly, and the Glamorgan backs got the ball a,nd re-gained the ground with a fine run. Immediately after fine play by Chris. Williams resulted in a, trv. He got clear from several taoklers, and dodged a few more, after which he grounded beauti- fully Bancroft converted. From a croee- kick by Dicky Owen a try was scored by Jones, who had followed up hard. The kick failed. Glamorgan pressed to the end, but failed to add to the score. Final eco: G. T P'ts. I ,Glam3or-Za,n 2 1 13 South of Ireland 0 0 0 MERTHYR THURSDAY V. MONMOUTH- I SHIRE BARBARIANS. i Merthyr Thursday took on the Monmouth- shire Barbarians on the home ground a.nd gave them a severe drubbing, winning by 3 goals and 5 tries (30 points) to nil. The scorers were Syd James (3), Meade (2), and J. Hunter, R. Harris, and D. J. Thomas (1 eac/n). The goa.!s were kicked by R. Lewis. Meade, and D. J. TbQmal". ABFRDARE 'OLD CROCKS" V. I'ONTYPRIDD I "OLD CROCKS." This match, the proceeds of which were I towards the Porthcawl Rest, came off on the Ynys Field, Aberdare, on Thursday, before a =yat-o crowd. The contest was a most amœing one, and thoroughly con.kt,t with thio reputation of the "old crocks," whose movements gave rise to no end of mirth. The issue was a draw, Edwards scoring the only try for Aberdare, and Fall doing like- wise for Pontypridd. Cambrian Juniors, 7 points; Newport United Services, nil. Surrey, 17 points; Ea/stern Co=-,iwj 9 poixfc

I LIST OF LOCAL MATCHES I The following matches, with others, will be played to-morrow, and will be reported in the Football Editions of the "Evening Express" WELSH UNION BEFERFteS. Aberdare v. Treorky—Mr. C. R. Crawley. Abertillery v. Tnxlëgar-Mr. T. L. Lewis. Bridgend v. Pfilarth-Mr. Ben Lewis. Llwynypia T. Ebbw Vale-Mr. W. E. SumrDC-M Masateg v. LlaneIly-Mr. T. W. Millar. Mountain Ash v. Cardiff Mackintosh—Mr. H. E. Evans. Pill Harriers v. Pontypridd-Mr. W. F. Davies. Risca v. Monmouth-Mr. R. W. Tonkin. Brynmawr y. Pontypcol-Mr. J. Hague. Treherbert v. Aberavon—Mr. J. S. Philp. Cwmbran v. Blzenavon-Mr. R. H. S-itil. Merthyr v. Peuygraig-Mr. R. Pollock. Briton Ferry v. Cardiff Romilly-Mr. Joe Davies. Newport Seconds v. Cardiff Secoaas—Mr. W. Wills. FOiltTymmer v. Bridgend 'Quins—Mr. W. M. Bees. Cardiff v. Newport. Cross Keys v. Bristol Seconds-Mr. G. H. Jones. Pontardawe v. Danygraig-Mr. D. H. Bowen. Tenby United v. Wiltshire Regiment—Mr. W. O. HaITi2S. Blaina v. Penylan-Mr. W. Leahy. CARDIFF AND DISTRICT UNION. Canton v. Cardiff Northern, at Sophia Gardens—Mr. J. Evans. Dinas Powis Juniors v. Penarth Albion, at Dina Powis-Mr. W. Best. Grange Juniors v. Gabalfa, at Marl—Mr. D. Evans. Canton Crusaders v. Penarth Oid Boys, at Jubilee Park-Mr. C. L. Price. Grange Old Boys v. Caerphilly Harriers, at Jubilee Park—Mr. W. J. Brierley. West End v. Penarth Stars, at renarth-Mr. A. Totterdale. RHYMNEY VALLEY LEAGUE. Maesvcwmrcer Y. Aberbargoed-Mr. W. Leahy. Tirphil Grasshoppers v. Maelien-lIIr. J. White. CARDIFF SCHOOLS LEAGUE. Albany-road v. Gladstone, at Boath raxk-Mr. J.  AUensbank v. Moorland-road, at Barracks Field—Mr. A. Richards. sp?ott-road v. Radnor-road, at Splott Par?—Mr. H. I ^Lansdowne-road v. Stacey-road, at Llandaff Fields- Air. H. Coyne. Marlborough-road v. Severn-road, at Koatn rark- Mr. G. Tayhr. CVRDIFF AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS UNION. FIRST DIVISION. St. Peter's v. Court-road, at Roath Paxk—Mr. A. J. St. David's v. Whitchurch, at Wbitchurch-Mr. W. M. Lucas. Grangetown v. Victoria, at F.arth-MT. W. Price. Boath Park, a bye. SECOND DIVISION. South Church-street v. St. John's, at Sophia Gardens —(Mr. F. Jenkins. St. Monica's v. St. Mary's. at Barracks FiÐld-Mr. D. Williams. Adamsdown v. Cogan, at Roath „ Park, —M« r. S. Auck- land. Crwys-road, a bye. I RUGBY. I CARDIFF V. NEWPORT. At Card in. Cardiff: Back, F. Woods; three-quaver backs, J. L. Williams, R. T. Galw, R. A. GAt??d A. N. Other: half-backs, R. J. David and P. F. BUS-, forwards (selected from), G. Nort-hmore, J. Brown, XeiU. J. Csey, J. Pugsley, L. G?rgf, F. Sith. E. Harding, and J. FoweU. Ke?-port: Back, D. J. Boots; three-quarter backs, W. Thomas, R. B. Griffiths, S. Adams, and Alby Daws: half-haokr T. H. Vile and Cliff. Francis; forwards, C. M. Pritchard, E. Thomas, W. Dwell, G. Boots, J. J. Hodges, E. Jenkins, Gus Jones, and W. Webb. SWANSEA V. LEICESTER. At Leicester. Swansea: Back, J. Bancroft or Fred Rees; three-quarter backs, Trew. Davies, Hopkins, and Arnold; half-backs, Owen ar.d Text; forwatds (selected from), Serine, Joseph, Smith, Runt, D. J. Thomas, Ivor Morgan, G. 1 vvF.rd. W. J. Davieoe. and Edgar Morgan. Leicester: Back, E. J. Jackett; three-qua-i-ter ba.oks, F. W. Hardy-man, J. Jackson, K. B. Wood, and A. F. Scott; half-backs, G. W. Wood and J. R. Wat- son forwards, R. F. Russell, S. Matthews, D. Penny, T. W. Smith, S. Jackson, A. J. Hobbs, C. Stafford, and R. Hives. LLANELLY V. MAESTEG. At Maestog. Lianelly: Back, J. Davies; three- quarter backs, H. Morgan, G. Rowe, H. Thomas, and W. Thomas; half-backs, D. M. Davies and Dai Lloyd; forwards, D. Walters, T. Evans, J. Watts, H. Cole, W. Cole, J. Auckland, Levi Howell, and stagg. PONTYPOOL V. BRYNMAWR. At Brynmawr. Pontypcoi: Ba&k, Tal Jones; three- ouarter backs, D. P. Jones, Jack Evans, J. P. Jones, and E. T. Morris; half-backs, Reg. Jones and Bevnon; forwards (selected from), H. Jarman, T. Carter, G. Carr, Fred Williams, Jim Evans, T. Hali, Rees Thomas, D. Prothero, J. Roberts, and R. Price. NEATH V. OGTMORE VALE. At Neath. Neath: Back, W. M. Edwards; three- quarter backs, J. D. Daviee, "ShorL" Evans, D. H. Edwards, and Tom Davies; half-backs, J. Thomas and J. Brenian; forwards, W. Jones, F. David, Howcl Jones, & K. Green, T. Thomas, T. Reason, W. Perry, and G. E. Lewis. PENYGRAIG V. MERTHYR. At the Penydarren Park. Merthyr: Back, W. Cole- man; three-quarter backs, Wyatt Reed, Tom Jones, T. Paddiaoq,, and D. Davies; half-backs, Chris. Wil- li&ms and Syd. Jam (captain); forwards, P.C. R. Jon, ? Davies, C. Hamar, T. jMlkun, P.C. Wilkms, D. B. Davies, E. Williams, and W. Thomas. CINDEBFORD V. PONTYPRIDD. At Cinderford. Cinderford: Back, H. Hyett; three- quarter baoks, W. Smith, W. Rhodes, H. Smith, and J. Wright; half-backs, A. Hall and F. Nibiett (cap- tain); forwards, A. Teague, J. Hyndman, J. Wa-tkins, A. Redding, 0. Burgham, G. Bowkett, R. Adorns, and 1J. Trafford. BRIDGEND V. PENARTH. At Bridgend. Bridgend: Back, W. Pennell; three- quarter tracks, T. Matthews (captain), W. J. Rees, D. Griffiths, and G. Hopkins; haif-backs, W. Jenkins and J. Hopkins; forwards, T. Griffiths, E. James, B. GronOlw, W. Orunow, S. Brytant, S. Bex* an, A. Richards, and F. Evans. Penarth: Back, F. Best; three-quarter backs (selected from), R. C. Thomas, L. I M. Dyke, H. Shepherd, R. Shattook, and E. Good- man; half-bar-ks, F. Davies and S. Smith; forwards (se-lected from), E. I-ladnilton, E. Franks, L. Thomas, F. Kirby, A. Pu-rneil, C. Pavey, W. Jenkina, T. Bartlett, and W. Matthews. MACKINTOSH V. MOUNTAIN MH. At Mountain Ash. Mackintosh: Back, J. Rogers; three-quarter backs, F. Lewie, D. Timothy, E. Arnott, and D. Hill; half-backs, II. Davies and E. InOOll; for-; wards (selected from), E. Smith (captain), A. Miles, P. Lamey, J. Roberts, iA. Horton, G. Shepherd, J. Matthias, F. Donah, and J. Chorley. ABERDARE V. TREORKY. At Aberdare. Aberdare: Bsok, E. R. Evans; three- quarter backs, Williams, Whittle, Shepherd, and Bovan; half-backs, Rees and Gibbon; forwards, Eynon, Arch, Edmunds, Brothers Taylor, John, Wrentmore, and Jones. EBBW VALE V. LLWYNYPIA. At Llwynypia. Llwynypia: Back, H. Piper; three- quarter backs, M. Evans, B. Jones, G. Richards, W. John and D. Davies: half-ba-cks, G. Pinkam and E. PIlilllpa; forwards, Joe Sellings, Bob Jones, T. Harris, C. Cresswell, T. Thomas, J. Ormond, E. Lewis, J. Horrigan, and G. Walk ley. PENYLAN V. BLAINA. At Blaina. Penvlan: Back, P.S. Howell; three- nuarter backs, T. Spencer, W. V, arfield. laris Thomas, and T. Charles; half-backs, D. J. Stevens and J. Thorna- forwards (selected from). L. Williams, D. C. Duncan, J. Ward, F. Nash, H. R. Jellings, A. G. Stone. F. Gaccon, W. Banner, and A. Williams. BREAM V. BERRY HILL. At Berry Hill. Bream: Back, F. Moore; three-quar- ter backs, H. James, A. Moore, H. Rudge, and J. Kent- half-backs, A. Jemuiis (captain) and J. Baker; forwards (selected from), G. Davies, G. Reeks, W. Pcrwles. A. W org an. A. Holes. T. Waalev, A. Adams, A. Rudge, G. Cooper, and C. James. Barry v. Dinas Powis.—At Cadoxton. Barry: Back, D. Jones; thtee-enarter backs, T. licbert6 A. Lewis, A. Thomas, and Barttatt; half-backs, O. H. Thomas and Mayne; forwards (selected from) T. Jones, T. Butler, I. Ruse, D. Jam, G. Wessendorf, W. Warren, W. H. P. Rees, H. M'Carne, S. Roberts, and C. 6. Milne. Cinderxcrd A v. Whitecroft.-At Whitecroft. ASSOCIATION. I Barry Dock Albions v. Cogan Old Boye (SemHin&l! Bnan Shield)—At Barry. Albions: Goal. F. Connor; bacts A. Hayward (captain) and F. Davies half- back?, A. Thomas, A. Melvin, and E. Westall; for- ¡ wards, T. D"n, A. Dadds, L H. Allen, A. Jones, and E. M'l uckie. Barry Railway CMnees v. Barry West End—?t Barry. Ot&ce?: Goal, LIeweUm; backs, Whvman and Smith; Offices: GoaWl, illiams, Lawrie, and Spickett; forwards, haif-backs, ?tiMi&ms, La.wrie, ?n' Sp!ckett; f.rwal.?, CrLmths, JenMns, DaY?eE, Eanford, and Gnfliths. ?est End: Uo?, D. Lewii; backs, W. Lee (captain) and W. Engash h?back8. W. Coles. W. mms' and R. Grant; forwaias, A. WnohMd, C. Bowles, A. Lee, J. Lewis, and J. Dunn, Barry Island United v. Grange Pioneers (Cardiff).- At Barry lelanJ. Island: Goal, E. Levfs- backs. Black and G. Jones; half-backs, Dunn, Langford and M-Lenaon; forwards, Jonæ, M'Wade, B. J?, Prinee, and Fru?. Cwmpark v. Cardiff Riverside.-At Cwmpark Cwm. park: Goal, Harry Jones; backs, Ted M. and Terd Evans; half-backs, FeMce. Morgan, and Mar? for- wards, Dicks, Jones, F. St and Ted Richards. Barry Island v. Gladstone ViUa.-At the Buttrills, Barry. GWYN XTOHOLLS TO PLAY FOR I CTIJAJH.ORG AN. At the Royal Hotel, SwehjUsos., on Thursday the Glamorgan Committee selected the fol- lowing players to meet Yorkshire at Cardiff on February 23: BacK, J. Bancroft (Swan- sea) threenarteT backs—centres Gwyn Niohoils (Cardiff) and S. C. Thotuas (Penarth), I wings G. M Craith (Cardiff) and W Matthews (Bridgend); haii'-backs, J. Thorn ae (Neath) and Chris. Williams (Merthyr); rover, F Scrine (Swansea); forwards, A. Smith (Swansea) R. K. Green (Neathi, L. S. Thomas (Penarth), W. Morgan (Treherbert), W. Jones (Aberavon), E. James (Bridgend), and D. R Williams (Penygraig).

WELSH FOOTBALL TTNrrrvNT WALES V. IRELAND, AT CA.P.DIFF, MAB.OH 9th, 1907. Grand Stand Tickets (Reserved and Numbered), 5a. each: Seats Inside Kopes (Beeerved, but not Num- bered), Ss.; also a Limited KumbeT Imide Ropes on Grand Stand Side (Reserved and Numbered), 36. each. Tickets may only 00 obtained from Walter E £ e». Secretary Welsh Football Union, Neath. All Applications must be accompanied with a remit- tance and stamped, addressed envelope. e3261 NEWPORT V. CARDIFF, Cardiff Arms Park, Satur- day, Feb. 16th, 1937. Kick-off, a. 15. e2719

Trade and Shipping. TO-DAY'S CHARTERENGS. LUXDOK, Friday, The demand for tonnage is fairly steady, but there is an absence of activity. Americans, Easterns, and River Plates are arm, especially the last-named. Ore freights continue in request at the recent reduction in rates. Outward coal tonnage is firm. Coastings and other departments show little change. Fixtures:— Carthipena to Maryporl, 3.000 tons, 7s 9d, February; San Lorenzo to United Kingdom or Continent, 3,880 j tens, 17s Sd, late March.

SKITTLES. ODDFELLOWS' CUP, TOURNAMENT. Diamond Heign.—J. James, 33; R. ijugheg, 36; J. Bowler, 29; R. Stevens, 38; A. Pugslev, 27: H. Turner, 37; F. Wstkins, 42-tot3,1, 243. Greengrocers.—Coombo-s, 36; Feppard, 25: Tanner, 42; Morgan, 25; Greening, 36; Sydenham, 35; Davies, £ 7—total, 226.

CARDIFF ASSESSMENTS A meeting of the Cardiff Union Assessment Committee was held on Thursday, when the chair was occupied by Mr. F. J. Beavan. Altogether, there were about 70 objections to the new valuations by tradesmen in the centre of the town and business men who occupied offices at the Docks. In some cases the application was for a division of the premises where certain parts were vacant, the most important being that of Mr. I. Samuel, on The Hayes. Several reductions were made, but on the whole the assess meats were fairly well eustained.

L.NGFIELD PARK. I 2/V-The GBOOMBKIDGE STEEPLE- 2.0 -"?cRA.SE of 70 8OVB, fQr fom year olds and upwards. Three miles. 5 11 12 Mr W M Singer's Hea.tree C Kelly 1 a 12 5 Mr J M Hartvig's Lord Scattercash Mr Tabor 2 i ?511 5 Mr W PuHan's Friaragate .Ca.pt Basbothajn 3, 1 AJeo ran—Extravagance (Gœwell), Serpolet (G Mor. I gMi), Ballybrophy (Mr Poole), and Dalmuir (Rolla- son). Winner trained by Dav.ee. Betting-9 to 4 on Heatree, 100 to 30 agst Extrva- gance, 103 to O 8 aget Lord Scattercash, and 20 to 1 agst any other. | I Won in a c&ater by eight !gths; four lengthe separated Llie second and third. Extravagance was placed fourth. (Eace started at 2.0. ) QA-TJfls GEEENHUBST SELLING 2.3 STEEPLECHASE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. a 12 5 Mr J D Cohn's Black Ivory C Jonm 1 a 1122 33 rr JR D Ge'So:to;VOT.pC ¿;: 2 a 12 3 Mr J AJlen-Jeffer-f-'s Poetry J Cormor 3 Ateo ran—San Jose (Mr Pooie), Herrmopolie (Owu?T,?, arid Lady Duirno?,' (Capt 'Ra?bo?t?,am?. Winner trained by Batho. Betting—Evsne Orpington, 5 to 2 agst Ladv Dun- mow, 7 to 1 ;6&t Hmopoli6, ?)0 to 14 aget Black Ivory, and 10 to 1 aget any other. Won by six lengths; the same distance sepsratec the second and third. (Race started at 2.29.) Black Ivory waG said to Air X J Wood for lf-Igs. 3 O-The FEBRUARY SELLING HANDI- • U CAP HURDLE RACE of 150 sovs; winners extra. Two miles, over eight bardies. a 12 1 M, M X Rhodee's (.bel G Hathaway 1 4 g 6 Mr r M Ha.rtvig'e S* Edwy .atà:; 2 all 6 Mr H M Hartigan's Z,pa ,B Syth 3 Also ran—Ad&mas (J  Horticulturist (J DiUcn;. Rdte J-'i:M. lIt"(r H;:c;uN (\-jll La? (F Ly?U), Ss..b3t (J X?htin??I), IvM (F Ma?on). Ama- bit (V. Morgan), Lucifer (C lp-ck. Hous-eboat (G LymsJ, Summit (G Gouwell). and Zilp-ah (G Butch). Winner trained by F-Uon. Betting-4 to 1 agFt Ivan, 5 to 1 each agst Zilpa-b. and Sabot, 6 to 1 agsrt Maria, 3 to 1 &gt Zam pa., 10 to 1 agst Or be!, and 100 to 8 agst any (}th. Won by five leagrths; half a length st^arated the second and third. (Race started at 2.59.) Q ory-The GUEST BALL SELLING EUR- .0 DLE RACE of 70 sovs, for four yea' olde and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 SOTS. Two miles, over eight hurdles. 5 11 10 Mr C Bewicke'e Tan}urn:us Superbus J O'Brien. 1 a o 12 0 MT ? Colem&n's Morocco Bo J Donn^'v 4 10 9 Mr J Appiyad' Sybil Primrose T Dunn 3 Atso rnn->St Moritz (P cowl" Decave (W Morgan", Ciytie (T Fitton), and Breadivinn-er (G Smyth). Winner trained by Cort. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS 3TOILNING. Poetry Lady Dun mow. Orbsl. Ivan, Horticulturist, i.lpa-h, Gojd Lock, Grimaldi, Mysterious, and A^tolat. Broken Bon&, LATE ARRIVALS. Broken Bonds, Olive, Mise Spratt, Lord Scattercash, S'r iE>dwy, Breadwinner, Discovery, Sonning, Mystical and Undecided Isaac.

I LDvGFIELD MEETING. I ORDER OF RUNNING FOR TO-MORROW (SATURDAY). I OSiklandfi Steepledhaee, 2.0; Lingfleld Stee- I plechase, 2.30; Surrey Hurdle, 3.0; Rever Hurdle, 3.50j Amateurs' Steeplechase. 4.0; Oobha.m Hurdle, 4.30.

I TO-DAY'S LONDON BETTING. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. (Stia Tuesday, MaretL 19. Owlance, one m He.) 1" to 1 agist His Eminence, t 14 to 1 Dean Swift, t and 0 —- 16 to 1 C-isa.,d, O. after 20's t 20 to 1 — Lovsnia, t and o GRA-VD KATIONAL stbkflBCHASX, (^ Sun Friday, March 22. Dist&noe, lour milee and about 856 yards.) 12 to 1 agst Red Lad, t and o 16 to 1 Asoetic's Silver, t 2) to I t < 25 to 1 — Barabbae II., t and o 2,') W) 1 Kremon, o. after 25's t

I NEWMARKET NOTES. I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 1 NEWMARKET. Iridav LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP WORX. Kaffir Chief and Cyclops Too, a useful mile and a quarter. His Eminence and Certoea, a useful seven furlongs. Ca-misard, a useful six furlongrs. Loyania, the sajne distance steadily, Gaia Wreath and Saxham cantered. Earla Mor walked. JUMPERS' WORK. Capta;n Dcvhurst'e Lurgan led Rayon (H CroWi Miiii Secundiis (R Morg-an), and St Faustino, a good well over hurd?a. Rayon and Nulli Secundus jump wetu. LINGFIELD PARK MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY. I Lingfield Steeplechase—CULLODEN'S DELIGHT iI Hever Rurdle-TURBULEKT. I Surrey urdle-PALLADIA. Oa-klands Steepi,-chae,-IITUS II. Amateurs Steepiec-haee—ORGUEIL. I Oobham RuTLl-RONIAN-Y RYE.

I TO-MORROWIS PROGRAMME. I LINGFIELD PARK MEETING. —The LINGFIELD SELLING HAN- DICAP STEEPLECHASE of 150 sore; winners extra; winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Two miles. v!It Ib Lord Suffolk's St. LevM Private "a it 'l £ 5 *«*>• Zampieri Owner 6 12 8 MT H ?D ?J°o? hn?ns Cynique T Smith a 12 1 MMI r H W -J? S CIW?-G,?t s C?lo?B-e DeU? 12 0 F,Ui" a 12 0 Mr F B BM-lmg's Blu? Crescent ..HackeH ? ? l? Mr Herbert Newmann's Sonning ..Hampton a 11 11 Mr C irI. KJrkwooo. s V101et:ta. .Ruæeli a 11 10 Mr G Edwardes s Knight of the Garter F lirt?gan 5 11 7 Mr Col, wvn s Prince T?c?a Wa? aH 7 Mr W M G Singer's Piea II Da-vi^ 5 11 7 ? J C AlIen-J&Ser}e'6 Ciandon Lad Thirlweil a 11 5 Mr Phil Baker's Funny Wag ,GQSwell all 4 Mr G C Nugent's Seymour .Gully 6 Hi 13 C t G MiddJeton's Broken Bonds ..Pnv&te a 10 13 .Itrp H Ingram's Venezia A Gordon 6 W 12 Mr E Woodland's High Bred Owner a 10 Mr H Bonae'e The Bey .G<Jby 5 10 7 Mr P V. hftakar's Lady Era .(}wner 611 5 -The HEVEB HURDLE HANDICAP of 70 eovs; winners extra. Two miles and a quarter, over nine hurdles. st lb Mr G Walmsleys Call Duck .W WcxxB?nd 5 12 7 M, TCMT'sMdo pu?? a 12 1 Mrs P Lynch 6 ^Period Private a 12 1 bir 3amuel Scott's Seriee Costello a 11 13 M.r A Fitz?3ra.id_s Myl?-na?C?paJeen am. 6 11 13 Mr H Bonas's Jaloun Q<yre 6 11 13 Mr R L-ch's Morning Mail Thirlweil a 11 10 Mr J North's Eleton Fittom 5 11 9 Lord Suffolk's St. Levari Private a 11 9 Mr T E Gilbert s St. Colon .0wner all 9 Mr Fred White's Shaun Dhuv Waller a 11 S Mr H M Hartigan's Ron&ldo .F Hartigan 4 11 7 Capt L S Denny'G Turbulent Gully a 11 7 Mr E H Po.ehampton's Childwickburv Gore a 11 5 Mr Louis W Winane's Cassia. Bark Buckland a 11 4 Mr W Sin peon's True as Steel .Manning 5 11 4 Mr R Bennett's Ama.bit .Duller 511 3 Mr Bradford's Aveinue Pullen 411 5 Mr D 8 Hodge's Granada 5 11 2 Mr Walter Winans'e Master Spratt Buckland 4 10 12 Mr GWalmsiey's Lapworth W Woodland 5 10 iy Mr C T Puiley'? Ware ? Butchers 4 10 10 Mr H G Il,iÆad'' 'AUC:f ig 1 Mr F B Barling's Gorgias Hackett 4 10 7 Mr H Braime's Sad Affair Owner 4 10 5 —The SURREY SELLING HANDI- CAP HURDLE RACE of 70 sove; winners extra; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles, over eight hurdles. ysstJb Mr R a 12 7 Mr '1' L. Gilbert's Nereua .Owner &12 7 Mr A k-oodlandTo Wise Lad W Woodland a 12 3 Mr E W Robinson's Chorus Girl II. Private 6 12 2 Mr R Bennett's P&Hadia DlùJer 411 9 Mr HOmtio Bottom?ev's BeriW?l Batho 5 11 9 Mr H Bonas's WI,? &obv 511 9 l! KingBwall'3 Grocer Thirlweil 5 11 Mr J Parkinson's Goidcraft Ri-le 5 ii 1 Mr J Baylie's Barm G- F Wilson 5 11 1 Mr R Craig's Jovey's Neuk Digby 4 11 1 Mr W Catling's Mrs Bowee T Smith 5 10 13 Mr E J Bradford'* Sight Puilen 5 10 13 Mr T '?harwood's Ch?rrv Nob Owner 4 10 12 ¡ p'spr;tr, ::cOOii:; 5 g 12 Capt H F Watson's Tehodoric Downes 6 10 12 Mr P Gleeson's Taleteller Kelly 6 10 10 Mr Nicholas J Wood's Discbvery Haitick 4 10 10 Mr C Hib'oert'e Yquem W Nightingall 6 10 10 Mr A M Crickstt'3 Grove Park Downee 4 10 7 -The OAK LANDS SELLING HAN- DICAP STEEPLECHASE of 70 sovs; winners extra; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. ye st lb Mr J C Allen.Jeffrers's Poetry Thirlweil a. 12 7 Mr R Gore's K?toomb? Owner a 12 4 Capt RF D Gric%ll's Richmond Boy ..A Cole1 fz i Mr Phil Baker's Funny Wag .Gœv.-ell a 12 1 Mr P Gl?-6?n's l?? — Kelly a 11 13 Mr W E r;11enLttl" Šl;;t ji:f;i H i Mr W Thomas's Mr. Schomberg Privaw a 11 11 Capt G Middleton's Broken Bonds Private a 11 11 Mr E M Leveeon-Gower's Arrogajit Duller a 11 9 Mr C Hibbert's Bobs IV. W Nighting11.11 a 11 9 Major F C Stratton's Pat M'Cann ..Puilen alls Mr H J Cove's Lifebuoy .0wner &11 7 Mr C E Hawkins's Fair Future Private a 11 7 Mr J M Kerne's Titus II Persse a 11 0 Mr A Hood's Eaetergate 6 10 10 Mr F B Barling'e Bould Derry K&ekett a 10 S Mr W Downes's Prince Chalcis Owner a 10 9 Mr E Wcodland'6 Snowden Owaz a 10 8 Mr A Kite's Malcolm Orme Owner a 10 7 —The COBHAM HURDLE PLATE of 70 eovs, for four year olds and up- wards; winners extra. Two miles. ye st Ib Mr W E Sharp's Camelia Lucy 6 11 12 Mr A FitiGeraid's Mid Air 5 11 7 Mr C Hill's Lord Bilbrook Thornton 5 11 7 Mr G Lambton's St. Faustino Capt Dewhurst 5 11 7 CSopt W Murray's hole Truth Capt Jackson 5 11 7 Miæ H G Studd's Wolsinffham Private 5 11 7 Capt Williams's Firmament Pri-vate 5 11 7 Mr Louis W Winans's Dean Stanhope Buckland 5 11 7 Mr E Woodland's Mysterious 0wner 5 11 7 Mr R R Appleby's Stara R Gordon 4 10 11 Col Chance's Hebe H Powaey 4 10 11 Mr John Coleman's Sugar Baby Owner 4 10 11 Mr Lionel Digby's Florizel III. Owner 4 10 11 Mr J F Hallick's Neapolitan Owner 4 10 11 T?l r H M Mr H M Hartigan's Breadwinner ..F Hartigan 4 lu II Mr H Mawkins's Viliefranche ,OnU1or 4 10 11 Mr J M Kerne's Sa-r.cho Peerses 4 JO 11 Mrs C A C Kershaw's Undecided Isaac Tremayne 4 10 11 Lord Llangnttock's Roeethorpe Hackett 4 10 11 M; C Luitreil's Warfield's Pride Swatton 4 10 11 Mr V P Misa's Mif.6 Spratt F-qcott 4 1 III I I Mr F C Parker's Jack Kelly 4 10 11 Mr W H Pawsou's Postscript Parkes 4 10 11 Mr T C Reynard's Mystical Hampton 4 10 11 Lord Roeebery's Auriol W Nighting.11 4 10 11 Mr W F Foy's Romany Bye Hampton 4 10 II Mr W M G y Singer's Buckfast .Dantc'l'\ 41011 Mr A Sted&TTs Scotch Mine" W NiglitingaH 4 10 11 Mr Louis W Winans's Torpedo III. Buckland a 13 0

TOPPIXe SPINDLES, FLUSHING, HOLLAND. The Oldeet Krtabtishad and Moct Kxtanclva Firm oi Turf ConuauMio* Acen" in the World. Lincoln Handioap, Grand Not. Steeplechase, to. Double Trobl* Bveste, S.F., & Aceojiiulatl•»o« at S.P. No OomzniMoa on Startinr Price Investments. The Continental 8" containing latest market movements an above, also "Tmr Book and Ready Beokoamr," Met free eo reoeipt oi Fompa Postcards containing name and eMiaS All Letteis to tie Addrused- Postace, 2;d. TOPPING & SPTXm.M Postcards, Id. FLUERlNG. HOLLuLND. OOUBSING MATCH, on MONDAY, at Caer- philly. Tom Evans' "Dick," Jones' "Nip. "Sporting Life." e669pl5 W;AINTE.D, thwfm?hly good Plain 000 k m?st WitEôod ;e to M\i¿; Grosvenor House, Aberystwyth. c9805 LIVERPOOL.—A g?nli-e ??z d mo respeotat>!e Fully-licensed Hotl to Let; proof turnover £2.800 yearly; fine opening for a respectable fa&iUv; nice living accommodation; price Tidswell, Licensing Agont, 51, Exmouth-street, Liverpool!. 09802 PIANOFORTES Md .Furniture.—A?e?ta wact?d' in ?- every district.—BcYM and Company (L), Cardiff, e$2e?

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND aid KUiORiUL Charge for inserting: advertisements under this hsm& insIs. for ia Words and Id. for Every Two Kxtr* oniø. No notice of this description will be inserted unless authenticated by the name and acdress of the sender. Telegrams and telephonic messages cannot be acted ou ontii confirmed in writing. DEATHS. ARii-i-TAGE.—On Wcdnesdav. February 13th, at N orr- kigh, Mountain Ash. Annie the beloved wife of Walter Armitage. Funeral Saturday a-t Three o'clock. Gentlemen only. BATIiEV.—44n February 11th, 1307, a.t Stelvio, Newport, Mon., Charles Henry Baiiey, oi the Tyne Engine Works, Newport, Mon., ana Barry Docks. DAVIDS.—On 11th inst., at Woodfield, Radyr, Garty, youngest daughter of the late William Davies (T.Y.R. Inspector;. Funeral Three p.m. Friday- SEWELL.-Laurie, the beloved wife aaid chum 011 Walter Sew-eil, Garrick Hotel, died February 15th, 1-07. Funeral leaves above addre36 11.30 a.m. Tues- day. WILTSHIRE.—Oai February l'h. at 1, Woodbine- terra-ce, Elizabeth, the widow of the late William Wiltshire, Cross Keys, Bisca, Mon.

AUGUSTINE J. SIOEE FUNERAL. FURNISHES & FUNKEAL DCSBCTOB. Fereenal Supervisias to All Oideca. Nat. Tel.: Caraifi. No. 784; Post OSes TeL, No. 612, Cardiff. TeiegTams: AUGUSTXKJS STONE, CAR IFF; AUGUSTIXK 6TOSS, BARRY DOCKS.  "^r°RKING-ST-» £ )ardiff,  I l5» 131, BOLTON-ROAD^ BARRY DOCKS. APPLY TO WM. JAMES, ESTATE AGENT. OFFICES: 168, RICHMOND-ROAD, If you want to SELL or LET a house. If you want to BUY or RENT a house, If you want a MORTGAGE, If you want to INVEST on mortgage, or If you want your RENTS collected. Apply to WILLIAM JAMES, Estate Agent Offioes 168, Ricbmond-roa-d. eSM2

SWiMMING CHAMPION'S CRITICAL CONDITION Mr. Frederick Reoord, of Rochester, the Southern Counties long: dista-nce swimming champion, is lying in a critical condition as the result of an accident while cycling last night.

MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. l Fa-irm-ra-a. psd Tsha-ut for Rotterdam 14th. Niniaai S-fcuart arrived Aimeria Htii PortugiaJet-e left Newport for Sp-ezzia 14t4i Lyndliur^t left. Tyne for Lisbon 15th Pomaron left St. Xa-za-ire for Bilbao 14th Coliivaud left Bilbao for Newport 15th Maywocd left Rouen for Barry 14th -krg-,is left Caen for Barry 14tii Okmloe left, Rouen for Barry 15th E uddersfiel d arrived Torre Vega 14t,h Gre'pinhill left Portland for Penarth 14th Anthony E-adoliffe left Odessa, for Leith 14tb iHrnraY<-<Ti psd Gibra.itar for Liverpool 14t.b Pict-on arrived Barry from Rotterdam 14th Glaimorg-a.n psd Madeira for Bahis- Bianca 14 Enidvren left Tyne for Trieste 14th "IVaetonby left Suez for Vizagra-pafcim 14th Hazlernere left Havre for Barry 14th I Oastleford left St. Nazaire for Cardiff 14t;h Ederniam left. Mameiilee for San Tropez 14th Oa-nsrania-i left Valencia for CartTmgena 14 iSegontian left Genoa for Vatenoia 14t,h.

itas F-att fsr ClasetSfatisn SEE SOL. PHILLIPS' WINDOWS FOR JEWELLERY AND BARGAINS. 41, ST. MARY-STREET. AND 43, CAROLINE-STREET, CARDIFF. li^uD, Pianist for Hotel in oower 7 district, aw 'V.1 oel?= warK.—Apply P &1" inverting E*- i>iess, ditt. tf/2&pil ABTJJO'JUtlul'.—" Old tSars'"MUa? Hcro&Mp?; marriage j-,t.e? de5-ibd bu-?ue?, logiLo?e?, two :Y5' events.-ÐJIth-da.te, 15. id. P.O., Old Soi," 4, Murray-street, iSitrnley. e72+p28 B(¡-ÃEJ).iS-o.tl()-æ; U eomg concern;thorcugMy genuine; 14 bedrooms; exœpt!On&l position.— "i. x., Koyai Library, M31hern. erpZl TVfAKlKD, by tout w in AprU, a House u»of 'f near Aug"z'?l'?et' WI conservatory and oou gr<tte in middle room; rent Ite., or tliereaoouU—Apply l' 86, Evening Express, Cardiff. e COÜK -General wanted; nuTse-nousemaid anc boy Kept.—Mrs. J,Y"œ.d, PrÜl. epes W' '1'£.1), -tppieiitioe lor Dmpery, Grootary; 1rom  ooLunry prMerrcd.—App?y, mU part.cwan, K. LfUUieid, lie/ieroeit. e7i4p2l W ANTUJ, t-xpeneneed Jf arse-Housemaid; only one TT cf)Ud, eglt 3?eaTs wd; WODi'iUg 'Ílouser ?ept, good references essential.—I' bi, Eycnmg h.xpree&, CaratC.  e?l;;? DitAKEtBY.—Wanted, a young Man; window- dr; must 00 experienced in geuera.1 &ad lancy oiapery window diopiay.—-iatpiy, giving iuli particulars 'Vf prev,o?:6 situations, Moig*n and l?ranrib, DrapelTh Abert?ry. ?IKpiS i î),youilg Man with -gOOdpriV'&i¥:SÍl tajloriag connection Carmn, on commission at 1-e Per cent.: no obj-ection to otner commission iJei earned.—.Puli ;mnir", Tr?eLer, CiO 135, Ci%v-r?d, Ca.rdifL e"Q&plZ BJS'TixBMiAA, of good appearance and address, vX requires Position as Travedür, Inquiry Cierk, Œ Saperrisor; experienced.—E. "Opjoita, SU, .Alfred-&tr. R- Part, ?.rdiS. _?_' ?  e7??' A 0am,foi"ta'We, FUmi5hed SiU:ng ni F'rom Bed AP-00- for married couple; own &Ltezd&nce; 7a. weekly; near town and oa.rs.-7, Bentoxwoac, Canton. e6&lplS XXOUSE, Maleiant -street, Cathays; let at 10s. 6d. weekly; four bed-?ooa6, bth; back catrance-' price X2?BO, of which ?l5C oa.n r?,??n M ? pcT oem?' 5O9 per cant.— P M, E?'eMB? Lmprew, C&rdiS. apM CJ1LVESTEE tuart, Voc&ii? and ExpLTt S (from The  Palace, Bow, London), vacant; concerts smokers, &.c.lúIIn5, apply 6, .Peauohaanp-streeot, Riv- adc, CardiH. e6lipple TY??/ Uonn&n, 15 .md 15, BrMi?e-street, C?rdlS* ?-L ?apnrcbe D eater; highest prices lor MIemnl. nothing, arees suits, &.c.; eststbi?hed 1864. YDr Saie several real Seal JuckeZ6 and Mantiles, Caracul Coats e721pei TIT-VSTTED immediately, Barmaids, Wa;tre-s- n&m;i>crmaids, Houseimaids, fctafimaitit, Cooks Generals, Housekeepers, Hotel and Private Begsetry, 11, Green-street oardilt. Comfortable Lodgings iouiid. stamp. eple  '??T?'D, Uta ?se lor O gbLt yag€-b?6'<?I? t fit; aged ?? S°? ?'? ?' ? ssume.—State tero?, VP „ L?v?l_pg Empr?_s, Cadiff. enBp13 A Good Girl wanted m General; small f=ily; good A v.?es.—Appiy G¡utbowen, High Walk;, '1?? POWlS. e694pl8 ACAJsC\ for one or two gentlemen at Boarders, or cpm-°ri.able Booms; with attendance; good Claude-road. Cardiff. e6S0pl8 A™TlCaJ1 Organ; solid wawUt; ten s- p knae?weUs: co? l? cmDe?, nearly new; spt?did tone and per.Mt order. Will ExchM? for Ood F?no.ipp.y Probsrt, &ker, Cwm, near Ebbw Vale. eWp!8 -f Y^T'ANTED. Ladies and Gentlesnen able W sine 1/1 SrSBCa^teUr MiD3tTei ,ftoap*-P 73' ??..  <6S? A ??, ?' s01^, ex-non-omn-mi^oned Omoer A ;{g cer, truanvor?hy, re;i&b!e, &: requtrM Situation ?y kind: aM-night ?p?vrnpn? five P-?-?P? P., U, .Ag-streat, '&pimt, Otrdiff • ?76?1 UTPJnlKG.—Smart Junior or Improver wanted" ? CM used to soliciting measured orders preferred" ?.?rpBCM required.—P 80, Evening Express oftio,: Ca.rdiff. e707 .OOD Plat Cart: suit cob 14 or 15 hands; cli«u7To ^{immediate buyer. Aleo Motor Tmiltr; ??If?M £4 los.; splendid conaition; latest etvle A,orlV i?l-P.a,?en-?"rc-?, Cardiff. _?_ e&88pl £ t?OR S?e extrMrd?ari? oCer. must efeULadvv« -? Cycle; B. S A Stti?s. D?nJop tyi-?s- re?i? eea?; cost seven guinœ cash 190?, of raaken; aemp, ?£ -4 „ 10s. cash.—Early appl?,m?ion, letters on'Y f'ox 7' Der<tOi?r?d. Cardiff. ^9^1 "I^OE absolute &lle. Two L?t? Vme; Ut?exc?ien* ?  to ??ct ? immediate sate M rS?': W i, be refused.-AppIv -AmdriS Mdf? ?c?oneers, 11, St. John's-?u?e, <?rd:& ?L?'' ?OM?RTABLE Apartments or B?rd-Re?idMLCe' ?? t?EEM on &pp.!icstioc.-M, Gordon-ro?d, .?S? JT-3-; e€fopis 4, rt£e-t':e:?r a?Q' Sdroom 4, to Let, every convenience; central; for la?'J or ?nt?M.n<;iMg. o?t; terms 8??. M ?h ?S?i  S??? 3t?chip, -?T? F?- ze —— siMer SE;{;chtf:rou¡ wcfji of::l/ze50s. jni ?toror dr?sma.ker-M? H?, 127. I"enarth-r^ Ca.rdlff. t'686i8 ? Westbourne-crescent, OMtor. Br.dxe —T'hr? ?. 09 Five. Pnfurn?hM Booms to Lf?; eve-v ?,,? n.cncej young fflamed cougle pr?fc-?f??d. e67Tpl8 -Y?-A?TUD, T?eUeT fOI7 BnUt.rt Md en-  « ?'? tenms.—Apply p 69, E?en? Express, CnJjff. Q'7T\ 0 TF Furniture ief?L &t 169, G«U-roa<i, ?T?t 1-i-ed JL ?thin three days ?U be acM M defray excpem,,46. e6æ?18 F— [MEDIATELY Boy Hopr?no WMt??CalT?r p.\)ls;.I; sf: 6, B?ucha.mp-&treet. E'ver- 5Jde, <??rdiS. Ju\enHe talent of a? deecr?uon write E: e680pis '1'0 B2.ke-rs, Coaiectioners, Grocers, -,c n. ed. seeks Situation: used to bread delivery, con- fectioners van, grocery, &c.: well used horsee; inchest references.—W. James, Matthewstown Post-office l'en- rtL:wc6ibe; e6a&p31 GOOD AgemooS and Canvassers wanted for weil-known London firms; constant employment; whole or spare time; energetic men can reahte a handsome income.—W rite D. E., Maeegwartha House, Gilwern. e634pl6 COAtFVFTABLE Front loom? Vamnt; good neTglT- C bourliooa; nM.r TaS &at;on; t?ut eenUemaa- gwd c?k"u?.; mc:usive terms. 10s. M w?2kl,; central -^Appiy p 82, Evening Expreæ, CtrdiC. e7?0p.2? MOTUR-Car (Benz.i for Sale^ £ 15 cash; or Exchange .if. good Motor-bike, about 5-h.p., twin-cy"linder. Apply Booz, 4, Tonyfe!in-road, Caerphilly. e717pl8 ?J'AJXTED, ?i?untion by Boy; d 141 years; Miy w -pv.?t y rfe??., if ,u,,igrced .-Appiy P 78, Evening Exprass. Cardiff. e69Sp21 RESPECTABLE, motherly Person, with good r.;?,- -E wishes to Adopt Infant; good home and well cared fol-Ita-te premium first letter, P 77, Evening Express, Cardiff. e6æp18 LOD'GINGS or Furnished Apartments for two young L men; every comfort and accommodation li. and c. bath. pi1Ulo.-P 7&. Evening Express, Cardiff. f-7[»1pl8 W. Ellen Watts, Wardrobe Dealer, 42, Holmes- ..l'1 dale-street dealer in gentieihen's and ladies' clothes, boots, &c.; parcels will receive prompt atten- tion, e686p21 l\{lilt&iJrff' 42, Holmesdiai*- "tsreet, Grange, C??rdiff; concerts, parties, b-a-S. t., ppla.tJc>- e6S7p21 Af!esp«tab;e Person would Adopt a Child (any agej, A or Take Charge of one or two of same pafentage; weekly or monthly premiums; references, if required. —M 95, Evening Express, Cardiff. e702p!8 LADY wants Another to Join her in Taking House L in Barry or Cadoxton; moderate rent.—Apply P 62, Evening Express, Cardiff. e»tS27pl8 iö.,)(T.A.1;:r-Gjrl M General; a?e to wash.- A.ly Mrs. Powen, 151. Holton-road, Bwry. e-plS ,)(TANTEn-.afe:w dozen OU Casks; cheap; in good condition.—Aj>p!y, stating price on rail, to UOYD, 12Cj_ lligh-S'tet, Treorky. 70411- |^OMPORTABLE Lodgings for one or two respectable C young men; use of piano: with or without board; terms moc",ate.-95, p¡ott-r\)Q.d.. _06p21- COLONIAL Postage Stamps, mixed, 6d. per 100; %-) Foreign Stamp,, 100 (all different) 4d.; post free- -W. Wiok.r, 112, Pa-gat-street, Cardiff. eropig FOliEIGN Stamps; fine mixture; 260, M-; 500. M.t JL' 1.000, 2,000. le, tel. i post free.—!W. Wicker, Ut. e71ftaOS