Evening Express

Father Overboard qON LEAPS INTO THE SEA WITH LIFEBUOYS. A distressing double boating fatality occurred off iant-wet Bea-ch. near Fowey, Cornwall, on Wednesday morning, inomas Grose, his son, Frank Grose, and a visitor from London, named Campbell, a crippled gentleman, who for the last twenty yeare yeas been in the habit of spending part of )he summer in fishing with tibe Groses, left fowey in the fishing yacht Silver Wave. When the boat wad off Lantwet a heavy sea JJras running, and Thomas Grose, who was attending to the sails, lost hold, and was Swept into the sea.. Frank Grose grasped two lifebuoys and leapt into the sea in an attempt to save his father, who was in oil- skins and heavy sea-boots. Meanwhile the I boat, which Mr. Campbell w&3 poweriet-s to looted, sailed a way from t.he vieinity, and pe quickly lost sight of the Grose*. The jtccident was witnessed by the coastguards, im,nd a tug proceeded to search for the two aliasing men but without suooess. The Silver Waw was towed back to Fowey.

HAULED UP CONSTITUTION HILL. ABERYSTWYTH VISITORS' ESCAPE FROM THE TIDE. By ignoring warnings put up in conspicuous plaoes, several visitors have had their safety rillOO a.t Aberystwyth this week. On Shiesday evening a. party of five from Plyn- lymon House started to walk along the beach in the direction of Clarwh. They ha?d- gone far when it wm discovered that the tide was ri?in? ray. Three of the party 1mmediately t urned back, and shouted to the other two-a young IDI1.n and woman-who had gone on some distance in front, to fol- low tham. Lacier the impression that the two were eoaning on behind, the first party reached heme and sat down to dinner. Finding their friends not arriving, they became anxious. and an alarm was raised. It subsequently transpired that the young couple, who hail from London, had lagged behind, and when they came to the foot of Constitution Hill they found their retreat cut off. They then attempted to climb the cliff, but failed to find means of escape that way, and had to 'feturn to the beach, where they were in ianger of being washed away by the sea, )rhkh was running high at the time. The looting lady was lightly clad, and the weather Was cold and wet, and. to add to their dis- comfort, darkness began to set in. The young tnnxx, however, although minus bis waist- coat, pulled off his coat and placed it over the young lady. Their position was becoming; an exceed- ingly serious one, when assistance arrived in the nick of time. A number of boatmen from the Marine-terrace beach, having beard of the predicament of the young people, hurried to the top of the cliff with ropes. One of their number was lowered down the face of the cliff a considerable depth to the be&ch. and, having tied a rope round the young I"y, those on top succeeded in drawing her to a place of safety. The same means were taken to rescue the young man. The experience was an exciting one, and what might have been a fatal occurrence Was, fortunately, averted, both escaping with nothing worse than a great fright and a wetting.

FARM?G AT 94. I Moderate eating and drinking; early to bed and early to rise; plenty of fresh air and hard work. In these words Mr. Robert Sama, of Castle Jledurghain, E^'sex, tcll-s the secret of his old fcge. Mr. Sams, who has a small holding of half an acre, is 94 years old. He has just s-u;t his crop of wheat, doing the whole of the work himself. Mr. Sam,4 has ii-ever been used to luxury. "When his family was for instance fci0 food often consisted of potatoes and swede turnips. In his youth tea. was y. a p.(Atnd--oo that he was at any rate free from the danger of those nerve troubles which floaters now assure vm tea. drinking often brings in its train. The wage of the farm f I h labourer in the far-off days of his youth was 4s. a. week-with a rise of 1; Oil marriage. As the result of ibis inducement the JvMtoge youths were, says Mr. Sams, keen on fcmutirimony.

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Tho Man in the Street This is the age of questions and every day we are confronted with scores of queries. When any crank or croaker wants to emit a tremor or a croak he puts it in the form of a question, and writes a scare answer. What becomes of caddies? lugubriously asked one the other day. and forthwith added a clark- lined sketch of the future of the lads who haunt the purlieus of the links. To-day Sout'nerndown provides another example of the brighter answer which my knowledge oi golf history provides. As every soldier carries a field marshal's baton in his knapsack so every caddie is a galf professional in embryo. Brace, the new Welsh pro., began as a boy on Tepby links. Vardon was a caddie, and, according to himself, a very poor caddie. Braid began golf by carrying bags and looking a,liter balls; later he was a joiner, and then started making golf clubs. Vardon might have vegetated into a gardener in Jersey, but his brother Tom inserted the golf kink into his ambition. J. H. Taylor began as a caddie, and might have become a gardener, but from groundsman at Westward Ho he lofted to what he is. Sandy Herd advanced from osddying to plastering, but the call of the links proved too strong, and he turned professional. Jack White was nursed on the links, and two uncles were professionals. Business and pleasure are combined always for the professional who loves golf, except, of course, when he is teaching us the proper twist and how not to miss the ball. These are the days of open-air cures and of confusion to the microbe. Most I :people are now convinced o<f the evils of breathing vitiated air in stuffy rooms, and are gasping, .as it were, for the sweet zephyrs of heaven. It is because of this that the Cardiff Parks Committee have provided facilities on the banks of the lake Jart Roath Park for pic-nic parties, and the experiment has been entirely successful. During the warm afternoons of August the gas jets have heated tens of gallons of water for mater familias and her chicks, and the sight of the laden tables, surrounded by light-hearted children, has been a picture which would gladden all advocates of the open-air movement. Day after day, when the weather has permitted, the visitors to the spot have increased in numbers, and the parks committee will be well advised to consider the question of extending the (facilities for alfresco parties. It has been suggested that by next year ia space should be cleared in the wild garden for the accommodation of pic-nickers under the shade of the trees, where Nature can be enjoyed in all her graces, and there is little doubt hut that such a step, if taken, will be thoroughly appreciafted by the public. Practically, the new law governing the practice c.f midwifery has accomplished for midwives what wasloi-Lg ago done for dentists. Until a few years ago it was possible for .the viiliage blacksmith or anyone else who could persuade anyone to part with a too-th to call themselves dentists. Now the term as jealously preserved for those members of the pro- fession "who have made tihe drawing of teeth, &c., a special study. Section 18 of tihe Midwives Act, which comes into operation in 1910, makes it clear that the term midwife can only be applied to a woman certified under the new law. It is now necessary that all midwives should become registered, and those who come on to the roll in virtue of having been in practice escape the necessity of examina- tion, which will 'have to be undergone by all who seek registration after 1910. The great class which the change of 1910 will affect is that of the Sarah GaAmps who now practise, and who, while not calling themselves midwives, prove very serious rivals to those who get registered, whether by practice or through training. All these ladies, far from becoming the victims of injustice, will have the choice of becoming monthly nurses or of qualifying as midwives by examination. There are already more than 2^3,000 midwives on the roll, and, though there appears to be no immediate need for panic, there is much to be done in preparation for the retirement of those of the old order of nurses who will neg- lect to rise to the occasion. It is clear that training arrangements, a be,tter system for the dissemination of informa- tion, &c., are highly desirable in e\*ery district. Ladies everywhere can do great national and local service by actively helping in the preparation for the new system, which comes into force in leas than three years' time.

THE MODERN DOMESTIC Jumping into the Serpentine a young Ger- roan woman got into twelve fed of water, and was on the point of drowning when a man, passing by, plunged in and rescued her. 5he had to appear at Marlborough-street yesterday. She had, it was said, been depressed because the mistress of the house where she had been a o3ervant had suggested that she stole cigarettes. "That," remarked M_r. Francis, "sounds as if there were a young man in the case." It wa- explained, however, that she was m the riabit of smoking cigarettes herself. She was bound over.

DECREASE IN EMIGRATION I According to a return issued yesterday by the Board of Trade, 31^00 people left the United Kingdom during July. This brings the total to 206,456 for the first seven months of the year, against 370,440 for the corres- ponding period of 1907. The emigrants of British origin leaving the country during the seven months numbered 149,215, of whom 87,326 went to places within the British Empire. Of the feoreignera, 10,471 went to British Colonies or possessions. The inward movement during July was 41,325 persons, inak:ng the seven months' total 230,992.

TREDEGAR MANUFACTURER SENT I FOR TRIAL. I i Joseph Cohen (22), mineral water snann- fa-oturer, and Noah Oohen (23), labourer, both of Tredegar, were charged before the Tre- degar magistrates with stealing four gallons of oil, value 18s. Ecl., the property of Mathew Walters, marine store dealer, Tredegar, on JruJy 23. Mr. Lyndon Cooper, Newport, was for the prosecution, and Mr. Sidney Simons, I Merthyr, defended. After hearing voluminous evidence prisoners were cornmitted for trial at the quarter sessions, bail being accepted amounting to £ 50 each, and personal recog- nisanoes of £ oO each.

James Moore, a Crimean veteran and pen- sioner, has just passed away at Victoria House. Builth Wells. He took part in the Jetties of Inkerman and Alma, and in the capture of Sebaatopol. The old bero was adao engaged in the Indian Mutiny.

STOP PRESS Latest Telegram. LONDON FINALS. The Star.—Dumbarton Castle, melayr, pom, The Whirlpool (nap), Blankney II., and Fal- len Angel. Evening -Newe.-Dumbarto,n Castle, Pros- pector, Pom, The Whirlpool, Rhinefield, and Fallen Angel. .;¡ »

Kites in War. TELEPHONIC EXPERIMENTS WITH A BATTLESHIP. The naval authorities are well satisfied with the results of the experiments with war kites which have been carried on during the past few days at sea. off the Isle of Wight. They are an invention of Colonel Cody. and consist of three box-like struotures, one above the other, on a single wire rope. In the lowest structure is a basket for holding an observer, and telephonic communication with the warship from which the kite is sent up is provided. The battleship Revenge and two destroyers have been assisting in the experiments. No difficulty was experienced in sending the kite up or in controlling it and Colonel Cody and the naval officers, who have ascended as high as 2,000ft., were easily able to communicate with the warship by telephone. It is contended that the kites would be most useful for observation pur- poses as part of the equipment of a warship. I

————— I BODY WASHED ASHORE. A man named Charlea, living at DocJk- street, Port Talbot, whilst walking along the beach at Port Talbot on Wed- nesday observed a body on the beacih which had just been washed up by the tide. He immediately gave information to Police-sergeant Phillips (Docks police), who, on examining the body, found a tattoo I mark on the right forearm, representing two clasped hands and the name "S. Foley." The body was attired in sailor garb, and had apparently been in the water for several days, the face being very much disfigured. It is believed the man was drowned oa the 20th inst. off the Swansea pier in trying to board the steamship Ermine.

ROBBERY AT CWMGORSE. A seventeen-year-old lad named Ernest Sayee, employed as an auxiliary postman at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, was brought up in cus- tody at Llanelly on Wednesday, when the charge against him of stealing an official remittance letter containing E17 was resumed. Apaa-t frorn the present charge, Sayce, who came to the district from an industrial school, had given every satisfaction as a postman. In view of this, the Bench dealt lenientlj with the case, and bound the defendant ovei to be of good behaviour for twelve months.

LOCAL WILL MR. PHILIP MORGAN, TRECYNON. Mr. rhilip Morgan, of Park House, Tre- cynon, Aberdare, retired grocer, who died on April 20 last, left estate of the gross value of £ 2,159, of which the net personalty has been sworn at 11,312. Brobate of his will, dated December 22. 1903. has been granted to hie daughter Elizabeth, wife of-Mr. Albert David Williams, of Park House, Trecynon, and his son, Mr. John Morgan, bank oaehier, of Bronallt House, Tredegar. The testator left his shares in Messrs. Spiller and Brown, the Rhymney Gas and Water Company, the Ogmore Gas Company, and Messrs. Huddeo and Co., of Bristol, to his son John, and all other his property upon trust for his daugh- ter Elizabeth and her issue, whom failing-, equally between his son .John and the chil- dren of his late son Howell.

MERCHANT SHIPPING CLAtM I Na-armon Hinde, a. coloured fireman, for whom Mr. T. P. Pritchard, solicitor, Barry, appeared, at Penarl-li Poiice-oourt on Wednes- day, sued the owners of t>he at etui) ship Beile of Ireland, Who were Terpresentod by Mr. Norman Ingledew, for XA 10s., alleged to be due under the Merchant Shipping Act. Mr. Priohard contended that the man was wrongly discharged at Roeario, and the money was for maintenance and railwayfare from Porlistead, to which piace complainant got a ship, to Barry, the port of sadling. For the defence it was a,rgued the diechaa-ge was in accordance with the Merchant Ship- ping Act. The Bench said they would like to consider the matter, and adjourned the case till l Friday at Barry.

THE INQUEST ON MRS. LUARD An inquest was held on Wednesday at Ightha-m Knole into the circumlstances attend- ing the death of Mrs. Luard, who was fcpmd shot on the balcony of a smnmer-hous, belonging to Mr. Horace Wilkinson, of Seal j Chart, near Sevenoaks. Great public interest was taken in the case, and upwards of thirty pressmen appeared at the gates of the house trying to gain admission. Only half-a-dozen, however, were allowed to attend the proceedings, which were held in the drawing-room. None of the general public were admitted. Chief-constable Colonel Warde and Inspec- tor Scott, of Scotland Yard, were among the police officials present. After the jury had been sworn in they proceeded to view the body, which was lying in a bedroom. General Luard, the first witness, said his wife was 58. they had resided at Ightham for twenty years. Deceased enjoyed good health, and they lived together on good terms. The Coroner: Was she in good health on Monday last?—Yes. General Luard, continuing, said they left on Monday last for a walk to Godden Green golf links, and went through Fishpond Wood past the casa, or summer-house. This was on Mr.. Wilkinson's estate. His wife accompanied him as far as the top of the narrow lane leading to Mr. Wilkinson's house. They parted near St. Lawrence School. The Coroner: She left you, and you went on your journey?—Yes. She expected someone to tea?-Yes. Did you notice which way she went home? -Yes. For a few yards you can see the path from the gates, and after that you lose sight of .it?—Yes. After that you went and got your clubs, and came back?—^Yes Then the visitor had arrived when you reached home?—Yes. Did you do anything?—Yes, I made the tea, and said to my visitor, "I will go up the road, where I will most likely meet her." Did you reach the bungalow?—Yes. The lady left me at the Seven Winch at 5.30 p.m. I remember it was that time because sh? told me she had to meet somebody by the train, and she looked at her watch. You went by the path you knew she was coming back?—Yes, exactly the same path we had taken previously. You did not see her on the road you went to the owa?-I went the path I expected she would have taken from the summer-house. Was there a verandah surrounding the summer-house ?—Yes. Was there anyone occupying it?—No. Did you njeet anyone on the road or in the vicinity?—No; neither did I meet any- one while I was by myself. l When you got to the bungalow you saw your wife, lying on the verandah? You thought she was in a fainting fit?-I did, but on going closer I saw blood on the floor, and thought she had broken a blood vessel. On going closer I saw that her head and her faoe were covered with blood. Was her head covered in any way?--No. i Her hat was off. She was lying partly on her faoe. Her hand was very cold, and I concluded she was dead. You made an examination of her dress?— Yes; her pocket was cut open. You saw one of her gloves, which had been turned inside out?—She had gloves on when she left me. YOItl examined her hamd, and found the rings were missing?—Yes; they were taken off the left hand. Did you notice the fingers dircoloured?- No. Did you notice whether silie had rings on when she left home?—Yea; she always wore them. Anything particularly valuable about them?—Yes; one was 100 years old. Did you know she had any money and valuables?—I cannot say that. I examined the bureau and found they were not there, and concluded she had her purse with her. WitoeaB then described how he summoned assistance, and in reply to the coroner said he had several revolvers in the house, but his wife never had one. As far as you know, is there anyone who would do her harm?—No; I have no idea of anyone. She had no enemies. Is any ammunition kept in the house?— Yee, but, a strange thing, I do not quite know where it is. I had some revolver ammunition in my pocket upstairs. I kept it in case of burglars, but I do not know where it is now. It was ammundtion for a military revolver, and there is no ammuni- tion for the other revolver. He had not missed any revolvers. At this point the revolvers were brought into the room. They were two heavy service revolvers. The general said no one could have access to the revolvers. A Jurynian: lvhat time did you arrive at the club-house?—I could not tell. I did not look at my watch. I got back at 4.30. Did you hear any shots?—No. # Is there amyone in an asylum who might have a grudge against Mrs. Luard ?-Xo, Did you see anyone at the club-house?— Yes. I saw the groundsman and the steward (Kent). Which road did you take in returning from the golf course?—I took the main road past the letter-box, whigh is rather shorter. The Coroner: I don't think we need to trouble you any further, general. SHOTS HEARD BY A GARDENER. Daniel Keppel, ga-Klener to Mr. Wilkinson, I of Frankneld, Seal Chart., the next witness, said: I was on Monday, at 3.15, coming down the drive at Frankfield, about a quarter of a mile from the summer-house, when I heard three reports and shots. There was an interval between the first and the t.wo last. I thought it was the farmers shooting squirrels. They came from the direction of the summer-house. It is quite a usual t.hing to hear such reports at that time of day, and I took no notice of them. "MRS. LLJARD IS DEAD." Herbert Harding, butler to Mr. Wilkinson, said General Luard called at the stables. He seemed in a collapsed state. He said, She is dead—Mrs. Luard is dead at the casa." Witness asked him if she had fainted. He replied, Worse than that." Witness accompanied General Luard, and found Mrs. Luard lying dead. A BLOW ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. Medical evidence was given by Dr. Mans- ueld, the deceased's clothing being brought ioto the room whilst he was under examina- tion. The doctor said he was called to the scene about a quarter past eight. There was much blood on deceased's left, temple. On turning the head over he found there was much blood behind the right ear on a level with the auricle, and one inch behind there was a bullet hole. There wa.s some sign of blackening round the hole. There was & smaller hole in the left temple. The only other signs of injury were on the left hand, where there were three small abrasions. There was also a minute abrasion of the second finger. Remarking on a dent in the deceased's hat, Dr. Mansfield eaid it was apparently inflicted by a blow on the back of the head. No marks of violence on either limbs or trnDik were revealed by the post-mortem examination which had been held. There were, however, Fign-s of bruises on the cheek and nose, while the skin had been scorched by powder. Aaked whether the wounds might have been self-inflicted, Dr. Mansfield said it was possible, but if they had been so, the blackening would have been less. Moreover, the second shot was fired when deceased was in a prone position. The Coroner: It is advisable to clear your evidence about the hat ,and the mark on the back of the head. Could it have been from a, blow?—It is consistent with a blow having been struck from behind. Would the blow have been struck before or after the shot was fired ?-I think it is more probable that the injury was done to the head first. He thought the deceased lady was struck from behind. It would appear that she had gone to the verandah, and was struck with some weapon from behind as she was falling. The bullet entered her head. A Juryman: Would the blow dn the head be enough to kill her?—It is extremely diffi- cult. to pay, as some people could stand a more severe blow on the head than others. Dr. Walker, who assisted at the post- mortem, while corroborating the details of the examination as given by Dr. Mansfield, disagreed with him as to the cause of the wound at the back of the head. He thought it was not inflicted by physical..violence, but was the result of impaet with a stone. There were several pillars on the verandah. The bullet wounds, in his apinion, could not have been self-inflicted. The inquiry was adjourned for a fort- nigiit.

OBITUARY. COUNCILLOR T. JENKINS, RHYMNEx. Mr. Thomas Jenkins, a member of the Efcyirroey Urban District Council, has died at Towyn, where he had gone for a holiday, he having been ill for about twelve mouths off and on. He had been a member of the council for years. The deceased, who leaves a widow and nine children, was a check- weigher at one of the Rhymney Iron Com- pany's collieries.

Cunarder Damaged I COLLISION WITH HOPPER I E 't' "I S I Exciting Mersey Scene. T! <> outward-bound Cunard steamer Etruria collided with a hopper in the Mersey on Wednesday morning. The hopper was struck a heavy blow, and the Etruria came to the stage with the hopper hanging on to her propellers. When the hopper was struck Chief Engi- neer Griffiths, Second Mate Walter Brown, amd Steersman George Woods, of the wrecked hopper, were hurled into the river. Griffiths was rescued by a tugboat. The second mate seized a lifebuoy thrown from the Cunairder, and swam to the side of the hopper, where he was pulled on board again. Woods was drowned. A flotilla of tugs gathered round to give assistance, and after the hopper had been roped to the Princess Stage the Cunard tag S-kirmish tried to pull the big boat loose. The hopper's mooring ropes) however, snapped like whipcord. Then the Etruria, with her rudder and propeller still driven deep into the hopper, and thus keeping the boat afloat, was towed into mid-stream, where two tugs and another hopper attempted to pull the boats apart. When the hopper, after four hours' work on" the part of the tugs, was pulled free of the Etruria she promptly sank in the fair- way. The Etruria is believed to have suffered serious damago to propeller and rudder, and has gone into dock. She was unable to sail with her mails and passengers, and the latter, numbering 600 first and second I class, no steerage, were conveyed to Liver- pool hotels as the guests of the Cunard Company umtil the Umbria is ready to sail with them to-morrow.

==■ PUBLIC RIGHTS. The Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society haa juet issued its report of pro- ceedings during the years 1906-7, containing several references to South Wales. It is pointed out that the society secured the insertion in the Barry Railway Company's Bill of 1907 of amendments providing for the restoration of the surface of Rudry Common, through which a cutting was to be made. An action of more than usual importance, it is mentioned, has been decided by Mr. Justice Neville in favour of a body of men known as the Free Fishermen of Hoarwithy. Two of these fishermen were defendants in an action brought by the Earl of Chesterfield and another, who sought a declaration that the defendants were not entitled to fish in any portion of the Wye belonging to either of the plaintiffs. It was claimed that the river was non-tidal and a private stream, but the fishermen contended that as fishermen and freeholders of the hundred or manor ot Wormelow they were entitled to enjoy free fishery" or common of fishery" in the river, and that by custom of the manor all freeholders whose holdings were situate in parishes adjoining the river had enjoyed similar privileges from time immemorial. Mr. Jugtice Neville found in favour of the fishermen, and allowed them costs. This decision had been appealed against. Mention is made in the report of the valuable assistance given to the defendants in this case by Mr. John Lloyd, J.P., a member of the society. In regard to Goodwick Moor and Hill, Pem- broke, the owners of the soil, it is stated, are now considering the society's advice that a regulation scheme should be obtained for both these open spaces. In the past, it is added, the commons have suffered greatly from numerous amall enclosures, and unless some scheme is obtained it is to be feared that the whole area of 60 acres may be gradually whittled away.

WITHOUT A LICENCE.. < Sidney George Bedworth was summoned at Swansea Police-court on Wednesday for trading as a hawker without a licence on May 8. Mr. Fitzroy, of Somerset House, Who presecuted for the Inland Revenue, said that on May 8 defendant had certain goods sent to him, and he conducted a sale of them at Messrs. James's auction rooms, Swansea. Later in the day Mr. Ley den, a local offioorof the Inlaoid Revenue, called and asked for his licence. Defendant said that his name was Charles Bedwort,h, and that he had left his auctioneer's licence at home. As a matter of fact, that was the name of his brother, who, Mr. J. F. Last, Inland Revenue officer, of Hanley, proved was a licensed auctioneer and hawker of Hanley, and at that time Charles Bedworth was conducting a sale at another place. Mr. Norman Grieves, licensed auctioneer with Messrs. James, ga,ve evidence as to defendant hoMing the sale in question, while Mr. Leyden said that when defendant gave his name as Charles Bedworth he showed him an advertisement giving his name as Sidney George Bedworth. Defendant said, "That is my brother." Defendanrt had since written a letter stating that he was travel- ling on behalf of his brother, under whom he acted. A fine of zElO inclusive was imposed.

MAGISTRATE REBUKED During the hearing of a maintemance cafe a', Aberystwyth Petty-sessions on Wednes- day there was a lively passage of arms between one of the magistrates and Mr. W. T. Owen, the solicitor for the defence. Mr. Owen questioned the relieving officer as to whether he knew the woman who now applied for relief was a few years ago pos- sessed of £ 500. Mr. J. Gibson: What does that matter? Mr. Owen: I am entitled to aek the ques- tion. Mr. Gibson: You might a6 well ask the officer whether he has been Emperor of Japan. Mr. Owen (warmly):I am entitled to ask any question. I like in cross-examination without interruptions from you, and I won't have youir interruptions. Mr. Gibson: But you i must put up with them. Mr. Owen: I ask the'derk for his ruling on the point. Mr. Gibson: You asked the witness a ques- tion you had no right to. Mr. Owen I had a perfect right to. The Clerk, on being asked to give his opinion, said he thought Mr. Owen was quite entitled to put the question. Mr. Owen (to Mr. Gihson): Fortunately, there are four magistrates on the bench, so don't you please interrupt and be objection- able again.

ABORTIVE CONFERENCE. The dispute at the South Wales SteelworkE. Llanelly, is still unsettled. On Wednesday Mr. John Hodge, M.P., general secretary of the Steel Smelters' Union, had a long confer- ence with the manager, but no agreement was arrived at, a.nd. matters remain as before. The dispute lias arisen in regard to one of the bar-mills, which the company contend ought to have an outprut of 250 tons a day. The men, o-n the other hand, contend that this is too much to expect. The millt they say, has turned out an average of only 210 tons a day in the past. Mr. Beaumont Thomas was not present at the interview on Wednesday, and in the afternoon Mr. John Hodge returned to Lou- don, his efforts to arrive at a settlement with the manager having proved futile. Unless some agreement is arrived at soon the present situation may lead to a serious impasse. Meanwhile extensive improvements at the works are being proceeded with which necessitate the men working only two or three days a week.

TRAMCAR DERAILED. A workmen's tramcar had a narrow escape from disaster at Halifax on Wednesday. It ran back while ascending a steep incline, known as Gibbet-hill, éwd, leaving the mils at the curve at Hall-end, crashed across the roadway and came to a standstill at the kerbstone opposite a jeweller's shop. Sixty passengers jumped off, the conductor hoeing crowded off with them, but the driver stuck to his post. One passenger complained of a sprained ankle, but otherwise no injuries resulted. The car was practically undamaged.

ABERGWILI BREEDER'S LOSS. Mr. R- A. Falconer, The Bwlcli, Abergwili, has this week had the misfortune to lose his -valuable liaekney brood mare "Amman Empress," the wiuner of numerous prizes, including firsts at the Welsh National and United Counties Shows. Mr. Blennerhassett, one of the judges, said at the recent Amman- ford Show that it would be very hard to find an animal of better quality, more hand- some, and a I-,etter gkw-r. Amman Empress" was found dead in a field near Abergwili, death being probably due to colic. Mr. Fal- coner also lost a valuable heifer the same night.

BURGLARY AT BRYNMILL. Whilst Mr. Hughes, Oakwood^terraoe, Bryn- mill, Swansea, was attending a bowrfe match, tils family being away, his-hooee was broken into and a gold watch and a sum of money taken away.

Attacked with Chopper a MO'R'RISTON MAN MURDERED IN BORNEO. Mr. John Owen Mad docks, who had been an assistant at Sadong, Borneo, with the late Mr. E. R. Naysmith, whose murder- by his Chinese cook has already been reported, sends to his parents at Port Talbot graphic details of the sad tragedy. He says:— Just aifter seven o'clock on the night of July 11 Lee Jong, Mr. Naysmith's cook, came to the back of my dining-room and asked to see me. When I went to him he asked me what business his 'Tuen' had to beat him. I answered I did not know his Tuan had beaten him, and told him to clear off at once, which he did. Just afterwards I sat down to partake of my dinner. I had taken soup and a little fish only when I heard a whistle, so calling the police. I took no unusual notice of the whistle (which is always hlown when you want a policeman to take a message), but soon afterwards I heard Mrs. Naysmith shrieking out my name a.nd 'Police!' and there was a regular stampede of feet. I ran across at oace to see what was the matter, and met Mrs. Naysmith half-way on the verandah in a great state of panic. I told her to run to Mary (the writer's wife), while I at once went to Mr. Nay smith's assistance. I met Mr. Naysmith coming out of the dining-room, and to my horror saw that his throat was cut and bleeding frightfully. I could see at a glance it was a deep out, but I got hold of his throa,t while he was still standing and tried to keep the blood back and get him to walk quietly along to my room, where I put him in a sitting position on the mat. I was still holding on to what I though was the artery that had been severed, but it was of no avail, as the blood came rushing out like a river, and in a few minutes, more or less, Mr. Naysmith passed away. The only words he sadd to me were, Oa-toh by here and stop the bleeding.' He also told his wife to give his love to all at home, and kissed her." The Sarawak Gazette" says Mr. Nay- smith had had occasion more than once to reprove his Chinese cook for neglecting his duties, and it can only be supposed this had namkled in his mind. On the day in question Mr. Naysmith remonstrated with the cook, pushed him towards the kitchen, and ordered him to serve dinner. After dinner Mrs. Naysmith had left the room when Lee Jong burst into the room and attacked deceased with a meat chopper before he could defend himself. Lee Jong also attempted to attack Mrs. Naysmith, but she escaped into Mr. Mattock's quarters. Lee Jong made good his escape, presumably into the jungle at the back of the bungalow. He was, however, caught, and is now in Kuching Gaol.

VISITORS IN CARDIFF I AV the close of the business at Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday, Professor Barbier introduced two distinguished Frenchmen to the sitting justices, Messrs. Lewis Williams and Isaac Samuel. The visitors, who had been much struck with the dignified appearance of the magistrates, are M. Jacques Vaillant de Guelis and M. Louis Wilders, both advocates of Paris. There was some badinage from the bench, and in the end Professor Barbier was facetiously discharged under the First (Menders Act. The visitors, in conversation with a "Wœtern Mail" representative, said they were much struck by the general prosperity of the city and the civility of the citizens at the Docks and in the town. The "politeness of the police" and their fine physique were to them marvellous. Our courts, they also said, were cleaner and more commodious than the majority of the tribunals in France. The fair and swift administration of justice was to them also a revelation. In oonol us-ion they said they wished to thank Mr. Southey (Western Mail engineer) for his kindness in showing them the Western MaH" works and appliances, which they declared with enthusioem, ranked with the best in Paris.

NURSING A DEAD BABY Mrs. Revill, the wife of a well-known resident of Hathersa-ge, a village in Derby- shire, was found on Tuesday sitting on a boulder by a shallow stream;, with her boots off and her clothing saturated with water. In her arms she was nursing her dead baby, aged nine months. The child was wrapped in the another's apron and shawl, and had a/pparently been in the water up to the neck. On Wednesday morning the mother, who had been more than onoe in an asylum, tried to commit suicide by cutting her throat. She had been carefully watohed, but by some means became possessed of a razor and, 'burying her head beneath the bedclothes, drew the instrument across her throat, inflicting a severe, though, not dangerous, gash. She was subsequently handed over to the care of the police. At the inquest on the child the jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned." The mother had informed her husband that she became dizzy and had fallen with the child into the water from the bank. She was in a dazed condition when discovered.

A MARRIAGE LICENCE I A curious story was told at Aston Police- court on Wednesday, in connection with a charge against Theodore James, described as an architect, of stealing 1160 belonging to Clara Ann Fleboher. It was stated that prisoner, who is 87 years of age, made the acquaintance of the girl as a customer at a tobacconist's shop, which she kept in Aston. He made love to her, representing that he was lonely and friendless, that he was worth property in Essex and Devon of the value of 115,000, and that he had other property bringing in Z550 a year, but that he would lose it if be did not marry shortly. She eventually agreed to marry him, and both signed what purported fo be a marriage licence. She sold her business and handed prisoner L158, which she withdrew from the bank on his plea that he would invest it. Subsequently a question arose as 'to the legality of the marriage, and prisoner left the house. Prosecutrix then discovered that the other money was missing, and she in- formed the police. Prisoner was committed to the quarter sessions.

AGRICULTURAL SHOW The annual East Glamorgan Agricultural Exhibition at Caerphilly on Monday next promises to be a great success, many winners at the Olympia and welsh National Shows having been entered. In the harness section the renowned horse "Heathfieid Squire," driven by his owner, will be in himself a show. In the jumping and hunter classes the entries of Messrs. Glanoross, Grundy. Grange, and Merritt will ensure a good display, while in the speed and action classes some of the best horses of the country have been entered. Cattle, sheep, and other classes are also well filled. In the dog section alone upwards of 400 animals are entered, some of which are recognised as the very beet in England. If favoured by fine weather, the show will cer- tainly eclipse all previous exhibitions. The Earl of Plymouth is expected to preside at the luncheon at one p.m.

SWANSEA TIN-PLATE TRADE Mr. W. B. Bates, who has been appointed I arbitrator by the Board of Trade in a dis- pute about gas annealing, is now at Swan- fi-ea in connection with that business. On Wednesday a visit was paid to Raglan Bay Works, Briton Ferry, and Gorseinoai Works, Gorseanor. The workmen's side of the coan- mittee is made up of Messrs. W. Pugh, Gomer Griffiths, amd D. Mathiias; amd the masters', Messrs. D. Williams (Clayton), W. Morris (Baglan Bay), and D. Williams (Old Castle), The dispute is with regard to the price of annealing at Grovesend, where 10s. 6d. per 1CO boxes is paid for annealing, and the men claim lis. 6d. per 100 boxes. Mr. H. Clement, secretary of the Masters' Association, and Mr. Victor Morgan, Gas Workers' Union, al&o attended.

ALLEGED THEFT OF CYCLES. Jarmies Brice, alias Horry, seventeen, and Albert King, sixteen, tramps, were charged at Lydney Petty-sessions on Wednesday with sleeping out, and also with being in posses- sion of two bicycles, supposed to have been stolen. It was stated in tfourt thait prisoners were found asleep under a hay!- nok in a field on the Gloucester road near Chepstow on Tuesday night by PoJioe- con stable Jlaggett, to whom, they suhre- quemitJy made the confession that whilst making their way through Bristol they stole taw, macbiTies from St. Stepheit's-av enue, off Clare-street, Bristol, a day or two since. Prisoners were remanded for inquiries to be made.

ANOTHER COAL TRADE RUMOUR I Upon inquiry at the Cardiff offices of Messrs. Hill's Plymouth Collieries on Wed- nesday we were informed that there was no truth whatever in the rumour current on the Cardiff Exchange that Mr. Hugo Stinnes, the German millionaire coalowner, was negotiating for the aooqrlintion of-tbe com- pany's ooHierlea.

I Horse Show Tragedy. CAPTAIN FALLS FROM THE SADDLE I AND DIES. A sensational incident occurred at the Dublin Horse Show on Wednesday. Captain Goagh, of Fethard, .County Tipperary, an exhibitor, was riding a horse, going slowly alonig the drive, when he was seen suddenly to fall from his seat in the saddle. He expired in a few miautes. The deceased was a very popular gentleman. One of his horses obtained a second prize on Tuesday. GOLFER EXPIRES ON THE LINKS. While playing a round at Ambleside golf links, situated on Loughrigg Fell, the pro- fessional golfer, Joseph Pye, beoame indis- posed. His three companions in a foursome went on, under the impression that Pye had gone to the club-house for a rest, but on again going round the course they found him as they had left him, huddled up on the seventh tee. He was quite dead. He had just driven off from this tee when the three members left him, and he must have expired immedia.tely. He was about thirty years of age. CARDIFF PUMPMAN'S SUDDEN LND. Henry Milton, aged 43, a pumpman at the Mount Stuart Dry Dock. and living at 60, Clarence-embankment, on Tuesday returned from work and complained of his heart and pglins in his side. His wife was awakened at 1.15 on Wednesday morning by her hus- band's heavy breathing, and in a few minutes he died. Dr. Chave stated at the inquest on Wed- nesday that death was due to heart failure, and the jury returned a verdict in accord- ance with the medical evidence.

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Active preparations have been in hand for some time past in this country and in New Zealand for the despatch of relief food supplies and equipment for Lieutenant Shackleton and his comrades to M'Murdo Sound, in the Antarctic regions, where they are wintering preparatory to the sledge journeys to the south-east and west at the beginning of October. The supplies from London will be shipped to Lyttelton, New Zealand, by the Royal Mail steamship paparoa, sailing on the 3rd of September, and from Liverpool by the steamship Surrey, where they will be put on board the Nimrod, but meats, butter, cheese, woollen goods, Ac., will be procured in New Zealand. The Nim- rod will take fOod supplies for 38 men for one year, to provide against the possibility of being frozen in. The Nimrod will sail from Lyttelton for the Antarctic on the 1st of December. She is at present in dry doc ( at that port undergoing repairs. The Nimrod left Lieutenant Shackle- ton and his party in the best of health at M'Murdo Sound base, 77J degrees south Lati- tude, on the 22nd of February, when she returned to Lyttelton. She successfully landed all the stores at the above base before sailing, viz., a portable house, 33ft. by 19ft. by 6ft.; an acetylene gas plant, two years' food supplies, equipment, ponies, dogs, motor-car, coal, oil, &,o.-in fact, everything necessary to make their stay there warm and. comfortable for the winter. Captain F. P. Evans, R.N.R., will command the Nimrod on her voyage to the Antarctic. It will be remembered that this officer was in command of the steamship Koonya when he successfully carried out the perilous tow of the Nimrod for over 1.400 miles. It is hoped that news from the Antarctic will be received about March or April next year. To the Editor of the Evening Express." Sir,-With the departure of the steamship Pourquoi Pas from Havre last Saturday, France has now placed herself on a level with America in having two expeditions out in the field of Polar research. Whether Charcot, Benard, Peary, or Wellman will succeed in gaining the coveted goal time alone will show; at any rate, there is no doubt they will add much that is of value to ouT scientific knowledge, especially in the fields of oceanography and terrestrial mag- netism. In the meantime, what has become of British enterprise in this ddrecti<yn? Has the old adventurous spirit of our forefathers quite died out? Since my return from the Arctic regions last year I have discussed the matter with many of the old Arctic explorers, and they are all of the opinion that if a little enthusiasm were aroused it would be easy to equip an expedition by popular subscrip- tion, and thus make it in the widest and truest sense a national undertaking. England is the oldest suitor for the hand of the White Lady of the Pole, who is still waiting to be won. Let the nation wake up and show that Britons have still the adven- turous spirit which characterised the days of Queen Elizabeth, and are not to be out- paced by either the Tricolour or the Stars and Stripes.-I am, Ac., Malvern Link. SAN DON PERKINS. I

CARDIFF LABOURISTS. I A coalition between certain members of the Cardiff Trades Council 'and others with Socialistic proclivities is making lively the situation as to the selection of a Labour candidate for Cardiff-a topic which, where working men congregate, is always excitedly discussed. A meeting of the ParliamentaTy L.R.C., attended by some members of the Trades Council (whilst others belonging to that body held severely aloof), was held on Wednesday night at the Oddfellows' Insti- tute, Charles-street, Mr. W. H. Morris pre- siding. The official report, after long and excited discussion, was that the withdrawal of Mr. J. H. Jose's candidature will not in any way affect the decision of the previous conference to run a Labour candidate. Though the discussion was keen, there was a notable absence of dissidents. Sir W. S. Crossman is from home on a holiday, and Mr. John Chappell and other stalwarts were conspicuous only by their absence. TO COMBAT SOCIALISM. I At a meeting on Wednesday night it was decided to form a new Unionist Labour party for the Bordesley Division of Birming- ham. The organisation is intended to combat the influence of the Labour party and to oppoee Socialism, while fostering the policy of the Unionist party, including Tariff Reform and Imperial unity. It will also assist in maintaining the Unionist represen- tation in Parliament and on the city council.

CALVINISTIC METHODISM. I The monthly meeting of the West Glamorgan Calvinistic Methodists was held on Wednesday at Salem Chapel, Bonymaen, near Swansea. The president, the Rev. Pioton Evans, Morriston, oocupied the chair. In the course of a report, the Rev. T. Da vies, Vardre, said that there was a welcome increase in the membership. Finan- cially, also, they were in an improved condition. The only thing that was not up to the previous standard was this: there were not as many candidates in examination as previously. A committee recommended the collection from the Churches in the association of JE1,300 towards a memorial to Dr. John Pugh, founder of the Forward Movement. The fonn the memorial is to take is the defraying of X20,000 of the debt.

GERMAN CUT GERMAN. Arno Leickerbbaoh, a German bricklayer, som-etimes employed at the Port Talbot Steelworks, was charged at Aberavon County iRolice-court on Wednesday with stealing plans of patent furnace and gas producer machinery, the property of Osk?.r Ungar, a German engineer employed by Messrs. Paul Schmeat and De Grab, Hanover, Germany, in erecting machinery in the Port Talbot Steel- works. The nominal value was placed at 398., but prosecutor said that they might be worth thousands of pounds to his employers. Mr. Lewis M. Thomas, on behalf of prose- cutor, said that the plans were used in erect- ing patent furnaces and gas producers at the steelworks. Defendant went to the works and was given a job as a bricklayer. Defenda-nt was fined 40s. and costs. Prosecutor: It is hard for me to appear against a fellow-countryman.

SCALDING FATALITY, I An inquest was held at Dow]a.is on Wednes-I day concerning the d?ath of Morris Welsh, th? two-and-a half year old child of Thomas and Mary Welsh, 34, Sand-street, Dowhus._ The mother, who was greatly distressed, stated that the little one succumbed on Mon- day, having been scalded on Tuesday week by Culling back into or sit-tillg down in a boiler of water, which the witness had removed momentarily from the fire and placed on the kitchen floor near the hearth. She applied flour and oil. Dr. Dunnismuir (of Dr. Stuart C. Greeswell's medical staff) described the injuries, and said that there were symptoms of blood-poisoning. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death by scalding."

A MOTHER'S CRIME At Lee& on WedneaUY a? ?ardMt of "Wilful murder was returned &gtmmt Louisa Dow- lin. manied, who recently cut her thre& t yMr?d _'I throat A..ø.u.. 

I Merchant as Detective I BABY CARRIAGE AFFORDS A CLUE The story of how a London merchant, act, ing as his own detective officer, crossed the Channel and obtained an extradition order against a woman, was told at Marylebone Polioe-oourt on Wednesday. Mrs. Blanche Marie Fraser, aged 25, who was arrested at Brussels about a month ago, and whose address was given as Whitford, near Bodmin, Cornwall, was charged with obtaining dresses and other property, to the total value of over E2W, by false pretences from Charles Lee and Son, costumiers, of Wigmore-street, London, Madame Stephanie, dressmaker and milliner, of New Bond-street, London, and Mr. Frederick M'Kenzie, of the International Baby Carriage Store, 4. Great Portland-street, London, respectively. Mr. F. Freke Palmer, solicitor, prosecuted for diaries Lee and Son on a charge of obtain,ing dresses and other articles to the value of £ 90 6s. 5d., and explained that the goods were obtained by means of a worthless cheque. After the cheque had been returned, he said, Mr. Charles Lee, a J.P. for Willesden, diwovered that her goods had been removed from the hotel at which she was staying and taken to Charing Cross &taMon. Having thus obtained a clue, he proceeded to Oharing Cross, and there saw in a crate labelled to Dover the baby carriage she had obtained from Mr. M'Kenzie. He followed the crate to Dover, and from thence across the Channel to Ostcnd, where to his astonishment, he discovered the accused sitting down to a most expensive dinner at one of the most expensive hotels, dressed in one of Mr. Lee's most expensive dresses, for which she had pot paid. At this point Mrs. Fraser laughed and appeared greatly amused. Proceeding, Mr. Palmer gaid that Mr. Lee obtained an extradition warrant. and in the result she was arrested and brought back to London. Mr. Lee had acted as his own detective and traced the accused. Detective-sergeant Farrant stated that when he received the accused from a Belgian officer of police at Dover, he read to her the three warrants issued for her arrest. She replied, When I gave them the cheques I thought there would be enough money to meet them by the time they were presented. The money was in my solicitor's hands, but I afterwards found that it was garnisheed by my creditors before I could get it into the bank." Mrs. Eraser was remanded, bail being allowed in two sureties of £ 200 or one in £400.

MYSTERIOUS CRIMES Cuenca (Spain) newspapers contain accounts of a terrible series of crimes which are laid to the charge of the Mayor of Alar- coo (Dr. Argostine Tortosa), who is known as El Toritas. He is charged with the mur- ders of nine persons who have died under mysterious circumstances. The details of the crimes alleged to have been committed by El Tortas are so atrocious as to be almost incredible. His brother-in- law a,nd mother-in-law perished by suffoca- tion, amd it is declared that he placed them in an unventilated room, and caused it to be filled with dangerous gases. Three other persons are stated to have been suffocated by the dootor in his fatal chamber. A young and handsome partioot who consulted him was murdered and her body cut to pieces and thrown into a torrent. The mayor, having bad a dispute with his landlord, invited the latter to meet him, and pierced his skull with a pin. For a considerable time the population of Alarcon was in such a fear of Dr. Tortoea that no one dared to give evidence against him.—-Central News.

HEIRS TO THOUSANDS To hunt through practically the whole of Wales for the certificates of baptism of two men, one of whom was born about 1769, and the other between 1690 and 1710, with little clue to guide the seekers to the parishes containing the records, is very muoh like looking for the proverbial noodle in a hay- stack. This, however, is the quest which has prompted a public notice offering a reward to the clergyman or parish clerk who can discover the records of the baptisms of John Hatfield, born in 1690, and of Thomas Hatfield, born between 1690 and 1710, in their records. It is stated that some thousands of pounds lie in Chancery waiting to be claimed by the legal heirs to the persons named. It appears the money reverted from the inheritors of a wealthy Liverpool mer- chant, John Hatfield, to Chancery after his next-of-kin had emigrated to America. The gentlemen who are prosecuting the search were at Swansea some time ago, and have worked their way up the country as far as Welshpool.

TRAMPS AT LYDNEY. William Giles and John Clark, tramps, were charged at Lydney on Wednesday with attempted burglary and with being found on enclosed premises at Lydney on August 19. Prisoners were watched by Inspector Sea- bright and Police-constables Daykin and Barker. They were loitering about the places of business, and eventually Giles displaced a piece of glass, unfastened the gash window, and got into the premises of William Webb, confectioner, Newerne-street, Lydney. The police-constables then jumped from their hiding-place and arrested the prisoners. Clark received two months and Giles a month's imprisonment, with hard labour.

SHOULD BE LICENSED. Charles Williams, aged fourteen years, was charged at Abergavenny on Wednesday with carrying a gun without a licenice.-The Supervisor of Inland Eevenue Office (Mr. T. Kennellv) said that, although the gun was sold as a toy, it was capable, by means of a strong spiral spring, of projecting a bullet with sufficient force to cause injury at short range, and recently a. cab-driver had been wounded in the head by such a toy. It waa more than a toy, and by its power of casting projectiles, as stated, it came under the licensing law. This case was brought for- ward for the safety of the public, and not for the enforcement of a penalty. The Mayor (Councillor S. Devenall) asked I the press to notice the case, which was dis- missed, the gun being confiscated.

CONTINENTAL INVASION. The scheme of operatioms of the great cavalry division on Wednesday took the form of a battle between two Continental armies. It was presumed that in alliance they had invaded and conquered this country, and had then quarrelled as to how they should divide amongst them the British Colonies and dependencies. The contending victors met on Salisbury Plain as a Red army under Major-general Seobell, and a Blue force commanded by Major-general Bethune. After a stiff battle the theory was that Bethune had sustained a temporary reverse and had crossed the Avon. Hostilities will be resumed to-day.

AEROPLANE SOMERSAULT I After having accomplished two flights of 2(J(J and 250 metres with his aeroplane at Issy les Moulineaux on Wednesday morning, M. Bleriot attempted a third flight. He had already travelled ]00 metres, when the aero- plane was caught by a gust of wind, turned a somersault, and was dashed to the ground. M. Bleriot escaped unhurt, but the propeller was smashed, a wing and a wheel being broken, and the framework was twisted.— Renter.

MINE DISASTER. Twenty-Five Men Cut off in America, Fire broke out on Wednesday in the Coral Mine at Haileyville (Oklahoma), cutting off 25 miners, all of them foreigners. It is feared that there is no hope of rescuing them, ae the mine is burning fiercely.—Renter.

?50,000 FOR A HOSPITAL. It was ascertained at Dudley on Wednes- day that, Mr. Hugh Lewis, formerly a pawn- broker of Tipton, whose interment took place on Tuesday, had left the whole o £ his estate, valued at about 150,OW, to the Guett, Hospital, Dudley. During his lifetime Mr. Lewis pent va^iloiids of furniture and lx>oks to the hosipital, in addition to money, a-rid made generous gift", to several Nonconfor- mist chapels.

COLLIERY GEAR BREAKS. I While in full tawing raising coal, a winding engine at the Ooegruant Colliery, Maesteg, was ymc wit of action by the breaking of a cylinder. A good deal of damage was done, and it is not known whether work will be resumed to-day. The men were raised by another shaft.

I Severn Tunnel Water ITS POSSIBILITIES AS A TOWN SUPPL [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] Sudhrook is something less tha-n a milk from Portskewett, and sits on the edge ot the Severn. Time was when it was solely famous as the site of T. A. Walker'( foundry works and shipbuilding yard, whence harbour dredgers and other Strang* crafts, oddly classified at Lloyd's, set forth unobtrusively but bravely withal on voyaget of great peril across lonely oceans, even a1 far as Buenos Ayres. Mr. Walker has been gathered to his fathers, but the building of dredgers and barges with snubby ends and other marine oddments goes calmly on. Meanwhile, a new fame has come to the sequestered scene of his life's endeavours. At Sudbrook nowadays the broad tide of the Severn is reinforced every day by the addi- tion of some ten or twenty million gallons of the finest fresh water, which are pumped into its salmon-iaden stream at vast expensa from the Great Western Railway Company's tunnel that there crosses under the river to the Bristol side. From 17 to 34 million gal- lons oi potable water aie thus pumped daily up from 18Cft. below the level of the ground and are poured into the bosom. of the Severn—absolutely wasted. From 10 to 15 million gallons of that water is the purest* spring water—rather hard for washing pur- poses, but delicious for drinking, sparkling and cold as ice. That is pumped out sepa- rately, and, with the exception of a few hundred thousan d gallons a week that are distributed iu mams around the adjacent small to v.-ns and villages, it all goes back into the Severn. Roughly speaking, a dozen million gallons of the finest drinking water are thus pumped into the Severn every day within 25 miles of Cardiff, while Cardiff, with its present supply of only six million gallons a day, is looking for some source whence to draw another three million gallons a day. With the excep- tion of a 15ft. mound in the Great Western Tunnel at Newport, there is an even fall from Sudbrook to Cardiff all the way. Only the other day the matter was laid before the Cardiff Corporation as an alter- n.ative scheme to a proposed new reservoir which is planned on paper at a cost of a, quarter of a million sterling or thereabouts- a sum which, by precedent, should swell to at least a third of a million before the work is all done. The suggestion was that the railway company should either sell the water a.t so much per 1,000 gallons at Sudbrook. or bring it down in pipes and deliver it at Cardiff at so much per 1,003 gallons. It was noted by those, who saw reason to consider the scheme that the main from Kemble to Swindon, twelve miles, was laid in three months, and analogously it was argued that a 14in. or 16in. main from Sud. brook to Cardiff could be laid in six or eight months. The engine-houses at Sudbrook are a; number of solid brick structures. There are some three dozen enormous boilers. In one engine-house a tandem high pressure engine eternally propels the fan that ventilates the tunnel. In another one—a house of many st.o.r,eys-ar,e the enormous low-pressure pump- ing eIlginesbea.m engines of primitive typa but absolute reliability—which drive the pumps. There are three -ets of these engines, two of which are generally workmg at about half-speed. So beautifully are they adjusted tha.t, despite the immensity of tITeir task, they are practically noiseless. Up and down with slow majesty the mighty piston pushes the mightier beam. Correspondingly down and up the mighty beam of each great engine pushe3 the plunger of each great pump. There is not even a creak. Slowly, about five strokes to the miruiifce, the bea-m goes up; slowly again it goes down. The great cylinder that pushes up the piston is 7(1 inches, nearly 6ft., nt diameter. The pump that it works on the other end of the beam has a 35 inch diameter pkmgecr. Every time the plunger goes down it forces up 356 gallons of water to within 10ft. of the ground surface, which is about 25ft. above the level of the river. There are two of these great force pumps working all the time. Opposite them are two other pumps, identical to the lay observer, but differing insomuch that they are bucket or suction pumps. The four pumps were on Wednesday driving out between them about 7,000 gallons a minute, which means 420,0313 gallons an hour, or over 10 million gallons a day. These pumps are only those that are keeping the great spring at its proper level. In No. 2 House, and No. 3 House, and No. 5-4 House, and other houses below, there are the other great pumps that suck up the ordinaJy seepage from the tunnel and poui it into the Severn. The total output of water pumped from the tunnel into the Severn ranges from a minfmum of 17 millions to a maximum oi over 34 million gallons a day, and the plant has never been put to nearly full pressure. Sudbrook, therefore, can at any time supply Cardiff with twice as much fresh water as it requires.

King's Historic Luncheon DIPLOMATS FROM FRANCE & RUSSIA M. Isvolsky, Ruasian Minister for Foreign Affairs, motoring from Karlsbad .arrived at half-past twelve a.t the Hotel Stem, Marten- bad, where Sir Edward Goschen is staying. Shortly before one o'clock M. Isvolsky, aocom- panied by Sir Edward CToech and Mr. Bruce, Secretary of the 'Euxbag:4yl, walked to the Hotel Weimar. M. Isvolsky was ushered into the presence of the King by General Sir Stanley Clarke. M. Clemenceau. the French Premier, who left Karlsbad later than the Russian Minister, arrived at Marienbad about the same time, and after paying a call in the town proceeded, accompanied by M. Font in, his Chief of Cabinet, to the Hotel Weimar, where General Sir Stanley Clarke received him. Besides the two Ministers, Sir Edward • Gosohen, the Marquis de Several. General Sir Stanley Clarke, Colonel Ponsonby, and Mr. Bruce were present at the luncheon. M. Clemenceaa sat on the King's right, and M. Isvolsky on his left. Luncheon lasted an hour. Coffee was served in an adjoining room, to which the RoyaJ party withdrew. Subsequently King Ed-ward, M. Clemenceau, and M. Isvolsky had ten minutes' conversa- tion on the balcony. Although official quarters, as well as the two Ministers observe complete reticence on the subject of this conversation, it may cer- tainly be assumed that the present political situation was discussed. The whole luncheon party proceed at tbreq o'clock to the Kmrhaus to witnez-s an assault art-arms arranged by Chevalier Della, Santa The King. M. Clemenceau, M. Isvolsky, and Sir Stanley Clarke drove together in a motor-car, the other members of the party following. In the ball-room of the Kurhaus, where thp display took place, M. Clemenceau was seated next the King, and M. Isvolsky close by. The King evinced keen interest in the various fencing displays, particularly one between Chevalier Delia Santa and M. Jeno Fuahe, of Budapest, who won the fencing oha.mpionship at the Olympic Games. Shortly after four o'clock King Edward left the Kurhaus, saying "Good-bye" to M. Isvolsky and "A demiain ou a bientot" to M. Clemenceau. The French Premier and M, Fontin immediately returned to Karlsbad, whereas M. Isvolsky walked to the Hotel Stern, and subsequently motored to Karls. bad, visiting the golf links on his way. M. Clemenceau leaves Kartobad on Tuesday for Paris. Mr. Anthony Drexel entertained the King at dinner in the evening. To-day his Majesty motors to Karlsbad.—Renter. Count Benckendorff, Russ'an Ambassador to Great Britain, arrived at Marienbad on Wed- nesday, and had a long interview with M. Isvolsky, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs.—-Reuter.

TEETH MARKS ON ARMS, Catherine Heiren, of Aylesbury-street, was charged at Newport on Wednesday with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting Police-sergeant Noble, and breaking two panes of glass in the window of the house oi her brother, David Wallace, in Mellon-street. The constable stated that on Monday after- noon he heard a great disturbance in Mellon- street. Defendant was shouting tha-6 Pheha-d broken two panes of glass, a.nd would smash the others. She would not go away, and had to be taken into custody. On the way to the police-station she threw herself down, struggling violently and kicking and bitir.g. ,he bit him twice on the arm, and tore the shirt clean off a man who went to his assist- ance. lle was mad drunk. The policeman took oft' his tunic and showed the woman's tpf th marks on his arms. Defendant: Oh, I can show my marks aa well. She was proceeding to loosen her dress and open her cornet, when the Clerk (Mr. T. Summers) hu rriedly exclaimed, "No, no; you mustn't undress here." "He nearly choked me," exclaimed Ihe defendant. Yes," replied the constable, "I had to choke her to ma-ke her let go. There was a. large crowd of people there, and they all wanted to assist me." The Clerk: Oh, that is something new in Newport. Perhaps that is because you had got a, woman in custody. If it had been a, man it might have been the other way about. The Constable: A lady complimented me foe the way in which I deaJt. with her. &he was fmed j)p