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BACK-CODED RACING TELEGRAMS. T BETTING FRAUD CHAUGEAT TREDEGAR. ABERTYSSWG COLLIER SENT 1. FOR TRIAL. I Another case of betting fraud was heard I at Tredegar on Tuesday, in which Pichardi Horsley (34), an Abertysswg collier, was charged with obtaining £19 by means of a forged Post Office telegram on March 24. The alleged offence is known as back-coding telegra.ms. for the purpose of betting, and a I similar case was board at Blackwood last Friday. Mr. C. S. Goodfellow (Messrs. Giiling and Goodfellow, Cardiff; prosecuted on behalf of the Postmaster-General, and Mr. H. H. Haslam, Cardiff, defended. Mr. Goodfellow said the fraud alleged con- sisted in prisoner obtaining the name of the winning horse immediately the race was run, filling in telegrams to commission agents, and inducing the ppst-office assistant to code them as if they were han4ed in before the race. Mi«s Victoria Adelaide Morgan, assistant at Abertysswg Sub-post-office, gave evidence of hayg coded four telegrams at 4.59 p.m. The rk: That was one minute before the race was advertised to run. By Mr. Haslam: She had no idea what the oliject of the telegrams was. Miss I-ouise, Jones and Miss Clara Jane I Tozer, assistants at Pontlottyn Sab-post-office, i gave similar evidence. Charles George Green, 134, Cambridge- gtreet, Pimlico, on the staff of the Sports- ifaan," gave the time of the race for the Iiainton Plate at Lincoln, won by Markrw, ▼ho started at 100 to 8 against. James Willie Cundall, managing director of the Jockey" newspaper, deposed to receiving money from Horsley for quick results. On March 24 prisoner wanted the result of the five o'clock race, and he was told it was "Marlow." Thomas Henry Bey, a bookmaker, 93, Anthurst Park, London, said oro March 24 he received the telegram produced from Aber- tysswg, purporting to have been handed in at 4.59. It read: "Cow. Marlow, Land, R. Horsley "—which meant je2 Marlow to win. The sum of £ 25 would have been won if the telegram was in order. His suspicions were aroused in the case that everything was not &bov,e board, and he withheld payment until he had made inquiries. This was the first transaction he had had with Horsley. Archibald James Trace, a partner in the firm of Trace and Percy, carrying on t business aa commission agents, 15, Jermyn- Wircet, London, said a cheque for £ 24 was reTnitt?d to Horsley. It was the balance due to him aft?r deducting a loss on another race. Witness said he would not have paid if he had knolw-n the telegram was banded in after Marlow had won the race. Evidence was also given by Frank Wint clerk in the secretary's office, General Post Office, London; Albert Henry I Blake, detective in the Metropolitan Police, pttached to the Genera! Post Office, London, ana Police-sergeant Humphreys, ?ew Tre- degar, who arrested the prisoner. Prisoner was committed for tria.l upon the three charges to the next assizes cm November 10, bail being allowed in prisoner's own surety of R'CO, an two sureties of ClOO each.

DISTRICT COUNCILS. PONTYPRIDD. I BECISIO-V TO JOIN GLAMORGAN WATER BOARD. I 1 I At a meeting ot tne Pontypriact jjimnci Council held on Tuesday, under the presi- ) dency of Mr. D. Evans, J.P., a discussion took I place as to the advisability of joining the proposed Glamorgan Water Board. Mr. Arthur Seaton proposed a resolution in the affirmative, and urged that the council should agree to join the board uncondi- I tionally, otherwise if they were to impose many conditions they might wreck the whole concern. The council would be represented I on the board by some of its members and also the clerk (Mr. J. Colenso Jones), who would fee that the interests of the l'onty- pridd Council were safeguarded when draft- ing the Bill for submission to Parliament. MI". Moses Jones moved an amendment, and Mr. Julian seconded, that the council join the board conditionally upon its being under- etood that the board would 00 prepared to carry the mains from the 60uroes of supply to a point within the Pontypridd area at a price not exceeding 4;d. per 1.000 gallons. Upon a division the motion was carried.

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BEST EVER HEARD Mr. T. Glyndwr Richards and -the members of the Mountain Adh Male Voice Party had a rousing reception from the inhabitants of Frostburg, Maryland, U.S.A., when they gave a concert there in the early past cf the month. The audience was one of the largest ever seen in the opera house of the town. "The Welshman, his wife and family," say the Evening Times," of Cum- berland, were there to welcome and applaud the men from their own native Wales, and they certainly gave them a royal welcome. When the opening number was sung by these hardy sons of Wal, with the same spirit a,nd vim that they sing the songs of their native country, the large audience went almost wild in their applause and appreciation. The solo singing was by far the best ever heard here, and in the chorus work the grand climax of vocal effort was reached, and for pure harmony and melody it was as near perfection as human voices could make it."

LATE MRS. E. J. GLANLEY The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Glanley, wife of the Rev. E. D. D. Glanley, rector of Ystradgynlais, took place on Monday after- noon at Ystradgynlais Parish Church. he was the only daughter of the late Rev. D. Evans, vicar of I/langyfelach. The following clergy officiated:-—The Revs. D. J. Teague and T. R. Davies (curates, Ystradgynlais), the Rev. Anthony Britton (Gorslas), the Rev. J. Wil- liams (vicar of Coelbreq), the Rev. J. Green (vicar of Llyweli, Canon Griffiths (Llangnicke), the Rev. E. Davies (Cwmaman), and the Rev. D. J. Davies (vicar of Devynock R.P.). The cortege was a very large one. Amongst those who sent wreaths were the Mothers' Union. Girls' Friendly Society, Siinday schools, Baron and Baroness Oederstrom (Craig-y-Nos Castle), Mr. C. F. Gilbertson, Colonel Gough (Ynis- cedwya House), Mr. E. B?nthall, Mr. R. S. Hodgson, Mr. T. Watkins, Mr. A. E. Parris, Mrs. S-trick, and Ca.non Griffiths. The old Welsh hymn, Bydd myrdd o ryfeddo- d au," was repeatedly sung at the graveside.

I THEFT AT THE WHITE CITY ———— A daring and novel robbery was per- petrated at the Franco-British Exhibition late on Monday night, two ingots of plati- num, valued at £ 1,000, being stolen from a large glaee case in the machinery-hall. Two men had several times been noticed near the case, and the police are searching for them. The stolen ingots formed pact of an exhibit of a total value of F,15,00, which occupied a case in the machinery-hall, the whole of which belonged to Messrs. Johnson, Matthey, and Co., of Hatton Garden. The stolen -ingots were in the form of bars ready for the manufacture from it of platinum wire. The case was discovered to have been broken at half-past ten on Monday night, but the remainder of the contents, including another piece of platinum worth £ 3,500, was undis- turbed. The two pieces of metal taken are twenty inches long and about three-quarters of an inch square, ,ach weighing about 214oz.

I SWANSEA Y.M.C.A. FUNDS In aid of the funds of th<* Y.M.C.A. for Swansea and district, p. bazaar ard popular scientific exhibition was opened in the Swan- sea Albert-hall on Tuesday, and will remain open till the end of the week. The ceremony of opening was performed by the Hon. Elaine Jenkins. The stalls were admirably arranged. The scientific exhibition, which is a great feature of the event, was under the direction of Mr. Richard Kerr, F.G.S., F.R.A.S.. London, as-siated by a number of local scientist?. Apart from this, there was something to see and hear during the whole day, and the competitions and side shows were arranged with considerable knowledge of human nature.

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The Man in the Street ♦ Before half-clay trips are arranged for Jupiter on early closing days. a'nd mill hands look upon circling the circle of Sa-t urn's outer ring as the purest, supremest joy of existence, there is pro- mised a much-needed revolution on the road. At any rate, many of us hope so. The germ of the movement appears to come from the- welcome announcement, that some motorists now carry miniature medicine chests. These should prove very useful in reviving those unfortunate people, brought up at a distance from chemical works, who .ue unable to with- stand the su'ong ?cent distributed so ?ge,i-ei,ou?El- by earnest people in a hurry to rush through life without waiting to pick up the clouds of microbes which pursue them so relemtlossly, but always fruitlessly, in their mad haste from town to town. The fainting man or woman at the roadside is entitled to this considera- tion, and will, doubt'ess, receive with favour the restoratives that are flung them-al"-ays, of cou se, at the exact I moment that iminediaitely precedes the period of ecstatic absence to all the world, ilotor-c-ars d-iffer in the strength and nature of the scent they carry. But I it would be comparatively safe to throw a tattle of rest)r-tive, to every pedes- trian, who cotlci collar his medicine, select n comfort able spot to "go off" in, I holding the g lass receptacle to nose—oi' mouth, rjcoording to the consents of the aforesaid bottle. A better way, perhaps, wodd be for motorists to combine in defraying the I expense of maintaining half-mile stalls, from which every passer-by could select the kind of resLora/tive best suited to his temperament cr caste. This might prove rather costly, but certainly satis- factory, it one excepts those people who would vote for a stall at every hundred yards oil .account of alleged or real heart trouble. It would probably 1)?? cheaper I for every motor-car to carry a qualified surgeon. There are complaints that the! surgical market is glutted, though the recent wholes-ale appointments of school medical offcers has -ifforded some relief. ] Ba.t with a competent expert aboard wh3 cauid off a leg or two on the! spot, bind up broken ribs, and patch up s'hatvered bones' generally, the daring! a.nd no-body. Of coKirse, this mig-ht have a harmful effect on the membership of Friendly Societies' if people, every time they required medical assistance, knew they had only to get mixed up in a motor accident to get a fulness of their he-arts' desire without the slightest call upon cheir own. purses. Possibly the universal ins-urance of people against accident on the roads would -1),& the cheapest way out oi the difficulty, which is admittedly great. Perhaps the motorist unions and! sooieties will think t'hese suggestions over. W aiter. water everywhere, but not, a drop to drink," migM have been the wtexpressie>d thoughts of those people who found themselves suddenly pulled up on the Cowbrkige-road to Ely yester- day afternoon. The road outside the Jflly Paper Works Institute was submerged, and a dry entrance to the Ty Pwll Coah Hotel was denied the wayfarer. Bicycles went through the temporary stream like so many double Catherine wheels, and the motor-cars and heavier vehicles splashed a showery passage that com- pletely delighted every small boy in the large crowd of curious onlookers. People wcho had gone dry-shod an hour earlier to view the enlarged waterscape from the Ely railway bridge returned with soaked feet along the submerged high- way as though they had been overtaken by the tide. The allotments at the side of the railway and the land at the west end of Victoria Park presented pictures of huge watery wastes, and on all hands the flood had taken overwhelming posses- sion. The tramway receipts must have goRe up in a ii-tannerito delight Alderman Carey's warm heart, for the sightseers who assembled to view the uncommon scene were legion. Perhaps the most effective picture was in Ely village, where the river had over- flowed its banks on either side. 1 p to dusk it was possible to enter eit-her of the two hotels just beyond the bridge without getting very wet. But anyone in quest of a halfpenny srtainp wouid have to requisition the services of a fellow mortal to get inside the poet- office wholly dry. As for Mill-road, it was a river several inches deep, and the unfortunate inhabitants had to resort to all manner of devices in leaving or enter- ing their flocded homes. Children did nc-t appear to find many disabilities— indeed, they revelled in the joy ot getting beautifully wet with the prospect of very little or no punishment as the sequel. Householders found themselves face to face wjth several unforeseen diffi- culties, not the least of thom being to rescue half-drowned roosters and their wives to put them safe, high and dry, ¡ upon their perches. The flood of 1908 will be remembered as a period of excite- Imellt for a long time to come, and few will wish for the visitation to be repeated. When the next edition of "Manners for M.Ps." is published it is to be hoped that the problem will be satisfactorily settled as to the correct treatment of suffragettes under special and peculiar circumstances. The ladies appear to have no compuncition in the matter what- ever, and, according to the reports which are periodically printed, it seems that tlicv treat thenr doormats with infinitely more consideration than they do t'he dtify selected and elected representatives of our Parliamentary bar-ougbrb and coun- ties. In the old times there were no tales told of stolen embraces and kisses, and the ladies in quest of votes are •furjous that Mr. Trevor Walters, M.P., should tell even his oonstitutents—who are supposed to be always waiting for a true and full account of their member's :stew,ar(l,gbip concerning the affectionate attentions he received from a lady who wore a sash containing the now well- known legend, "Votes for Women." I The M.P. says the lady put her arms round his neck, or at least her hands on his -shoulders-and the ladies (who were- not present) say she did nothing of the kind. Somebody is not sticking to the truth in the way beloved of British people, and the denial of the embrace may be the subterfuge that precedes the kidnapping of an M.P. or bwo. Any- how, the sooner the whole affair is cleared up the betiter it will be for all concerned. These little disputes are not dignified.

"MADE GOOD £ 1,000"! I ODDFELLOWS' MONEY. I I I Portsmouth Officials Charged I For the seventh time the case in which pro- minent officials of the Portsmouth District of Oddfellowri are charged with falsifying- the bodlis-of the district, conspiring with intent to defraud and embezzling the moneys of the district, came on fcr hearing at Ports- mouth Police-court on Tuesday. The prisoners were Henry Leonard YTocdeson, (-ieorgo,De-,m Bircll, secretary and treasurer of the dis- triet, and Mrs. Kathleen Welch, Wocdeson's married daughter. The total alleged defal- catior.6 are estimated at £ 3,286. Another of the district auditors, John Warn, &aid he saw and examined a bank pass-book, which, however, did not have the same figures as shown in the bank passbook produced. William Heather, one of the auditors who finally discovered that the affairs of the society were wrong, £ aid the bank pass-book was not produced, and he and his fellow- auditor refused to sign the balance-sheet. I Woodftaca then l'aid: There is great trouble in store for you, but I am net going to tell. You and yours will have to find it cut for yourselves. Witness asked Mrs. Welch if the knew where the missing money had gone. She replied: I don't know; I have always handed it over to father. Woodcson, when questioned, said he banked all the money received at the district office, with the exception cf small sums which he aeked Birch to bank for him. At another meeting, when the auditors presented a report to the office that they believed a fictitious bank p:ies-book was in existence, \Vkx>deson replied :— I am not prepared to say that there has not been. Mr. Carter, one of the auditors, made some reference to a sum of L4,13 which on a pre- vious occasion was missing, and Woodeecn I exclaimed: I wa.3 the poor devil who made it goo.d;ll have made good altogether over After the audit Wcodeson was informed by the auditors that they had discovered between £ 2D0 and £ 330 missing. They told him of their discovery because Wcodeson had previously asked them to let him know the worst. The missing money all related to sums paid in at the district office on account of re-payment of the principal and interest of mortgage accounts. Woodcson answered: My God, what are you talking about? ly little black book will prove that all the moneys I have received have been banked. ] Mrs. Welch, when informed of the auditors' discovery, exclaimed: Oh, father! v.here is it gone? Woodeson promised to produce the book and also the counterfoils of the bank's pay- ing-iu -lips. He addeu that his wife kept his black book, and fche was as straight as a nail, and would not rob anyone. A LOAN OF 1 Wm. H. Berry. who in 1907 was chairman of the management committee of the Ports- mouth District, &aid that in June, 1907, he wanted a loan of £3JO for his lodge, and spoke to Woodeson about it. Woodeson at first said he could not have the loan, but witness pointed out that the cash statement then showed £ 1,600 balance. Witness even- tually got the JB303. In the August following witness applied for another loan of £400 on behalf of his lodge. Woodeson failed to produce a cash statement on that occasion after he had said the funds would not permit of the loan being made. Witness further stated that at the district committee meeting in May last he and others saw the bank pass-book, and estimated that there was a deficiency of £ 2,500. Woodeson, however, said there was only £ 2,000 short, and offered to point it out in the bank pass- book. Woodeson then said, "I have ne '?"- had a penny of the Oddfellows' money, but what those around me might have done"- and then broke off the sentence. Witness did not know at the time that the bank account was overdrawn. Alexander Whitbread, a member of the district committee, said he heard Woodeson say, I make Birch £ 2,000 short in his accounts." Mr. Main, one of the trustees, examined the bank pass-book, and estimated the deficiency at zEZ,700, at which Woodeson exclaimed, Not so much as that; it is £ 1,900." Daniel Sargent, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, gave evidence as to going to Birch's house on three occasions to see him and obtain the bank-book. He did not give them the book. On May 16 Biroh told them he bad d-estroyed all the papers except those he had sent to the office. When told that Woodeson had alleged Birch knew something about it, the latter replied, Did he?" The accused, who reserved their defence, were committed for trial on all charges to the Hants Assizes.

RAILWAY FROM LAMPETER TO ABERA YRON. Cardiganshire's dream of a light railway attained the signal Btage of realisation on Tuesday, when Misa Mollie Harford, the eldest daughter of Mr. J. C. Harford. of Falcondale, the erstwhile champion and pioneer of the scheme, cut the first sod of the Lampeter and Aberayron portion of the new light railway, which will eventually extend its facilities to New Quay. The lii-kine together of two suck beautiful centres in the heart of the county and the great development which it is confldently hoped will accure thereby had aroused the greatest interest throughout the neighbour- hood, and hundreds of the country folk gathered at Coedparc, which is about two miles from Larnpeter on the Tregaron- road. to witness the ceremony. The influential people of the county were accom- modated in an enclosure. Mr. Harford, speaJsing from a platform in the enclosure to an assembly cf alxiut" 1,500 people, said that that was a most historic occasion in the history of Cardiganshire. He had just been shown an advertisement of a meeting that was held in 1860 to arrange for a railway through Cardigan- shire. That was the year he was born, and he appeared to have been working ever since his birth for the railway upon which they were embarked that day. For the past five years they had been working con- tinuously towards this great object. They had encountered some opposition by people who thought the project was impossible, and that it would not pay. That opposition had now been beaten down, because the people had realised that the project was a coming one, and that they were supported by men who meant to eee it through. It was imortapnt to remember that every- one present would bear some share of the burden of making this railway, and he also hoped they would receive some profit from the working of the railway. Dealing with the outlay, Mr. Harford said that one quar- ter of the capital had been provided by the county council and the local authorities, who were most loyal supporters of the rail- way, one quarter being found by the Trea- sury, and the remainder had to be found by the directors of the company, and had been got partly from landowners and others interested in the county, and who believed that the railway would be a success. The total capital required amounted to about £ 50,000, and he was glad to say that the money had been provided, and that they were able to start with the railway, and meant to go straight ahead with it from that day. The amount of the contract was about E7,2,000, including extras, and XIO.000 had to be spent in preliminary expenses, Ac. This cutting of the sod was going to be no empty ceremony. Mr. Harford referred to the support which the Great Western Railway had given the project. On the two occasions he had been to Paddington both Mr. Inglis and the late Mr. Baldwin had received the project with the greatest interest. Only two days previously he received a letter from the general manager of the Great Western Railway expressing his regret at his inability to be present at the cutting of the sod, but expressing a hope that some of the principal officers of the company might be able to attend in order to show thct great interest the Great Western Railway took in the undertaking. (Applause.) He thoroughly believed that the railway would do good to the county, and that they would be recouped for their finan- cial outlay. They had to make a start to open the county and bring Wealth into it, and he believed that that railway would be the forerunner of other railways in the county. On behalf of the board of directors, of which he (the speaker) was chairman, he thanked the county council and local bodies for the generous way in which they had ccme forward .to sunport the promoters.

MIDNIGHT SiTTING AT BARRY Barry Education Authority has been for some time concerned as to the ineffectiveness of the educational methods in the primary schools of the town, and on Tuesday sait till midnight discussing the whole question. Tests were recently made in several schools, and these were found to be anything but satisfactory. Eventually it was decided to invite a number of educationists in the town to discuss with the authority the ques- tion whether an excessive number of subjects is beidg tansht.

cc Cruel Prejue I MYSTERY OF A YAFIRE I I At the Caxton-hall, Lonqn Tuesday the Board of Trade inquir;the Ceylon was resumed. A fr. c. TI. Dunlop addres^ court on behalf of Captain Webster,owTler and master of the yacht, said that Al r. Hamilton, K-C., in gpeech for the underwriters on Mon rested bis case on gu-ipkion ;IIA, certain alleged discrepancies in nain Web- ster's evidence. It was a y that the owner cni the water pipes idcr to sink the- yachtr and then, firidfog was not sinking as rapidly as he d\ he set her Oil fire and abandoned h'hat theory pre-s-np posed that the Ilft accus-ed of burning and D''at t,,n g t"l('ht was a monste' absolutc:y r?Idp????an life and regardless of honour, m who was and ??cgardic-ss Of honour- in who was '? the ,.?,-pdrat;on of a ?, fraud on t?.' ni.?rAri[<?. DId tp0Ctor find Capta-in Webster to be a mo He was a gentleman, and the son of pieman, and he had merited tne 0011", of Lord Kitchener :n the Soudan, Lord Milner in South Africa, yet this \1e man Mr. Hamilton had t.1.1e e:ffrontto ask the inspector to call a i:ar. been said they must consider the qtb of motive. The cnlv motive suggested v,0 insurance money. That was merely ;1 and con- t-emptible prejudice. It wriConceivable t.hat a man, rich beyorle ordinary dreams of avarice, should b jm.niense a. risk for zo paltry a pnze. )Ilnlo.p asked the magistrates to ('!ear (in 'vycenter's character by saying there no founda- tion for the charge t h.t :>.c6 were cut before the yacht was abf^j and that there WM abu'-dant evidr-lo show that they were cut after the had been brought to Southampton. Mr. Stuart Moore (for third of Trade) said they were there to i-c, to the eaus-c of the damage to tic,it, and he wished to dissociate hicis^,nl any sa4g_ Nv s t I bc as to section that he wa*5 there^qmr^ as to Captain Webster's conduct^ thought it had been shown te.e>-r! of Trade was perfectly ju^ti^ ltu:d ,r{jel-iiig the inquiry, sio far as the b o%d had deal- ings with Captain Web_terfaf. only fair to say that he had Slven 1every assist- ance that had laill in hlSr, The inquiry then cioeied. t

C,LAA loli*C-cAN ,SIO_ N S.I -'r- A HEAVY CALbAR AT SWANSH The Glamorgan Countyrter Sessions opened at the Tcwn-hall, ea, on Tues- day, before O. K- Janta.irman) and Messrs' Rhys V^illia™3 anew. Llewellyn (vke-ohairnjen) and Mr. W. ier6t The Chairman, in chargii^ grand jury, said he was sorry to say < was a large number of prisoners bel them. The calender was the largest xxent years. There were some 54 pnsa in 4J cases. Most of them were cf the °lry type dealt with at quarter .cSSIOns. T were several charges of improper asjaul^ one or two of a kind they did nQt othave to deal with. SELF-CON VIC David Walters IO), shoeov, was charged I 'O P the rr(,- with killing a live sheep, v 25s., the pr0- perly of Janet Thomas, with intent to steal the carcase. Mr. Jones prosecute1. t The evidence showed taatn arrested ty Police-sergeant Davies Pne:saidi "Yes, I did it. I came up and loun^jf dead and killed it. 1 then cut It ?? ?ot afraid to carry it away. I am I'ure)g must have touched it, or I woujd ?no.? done it. I touched it, or I wou.d don't know what made msj;. Sentence of three mo?as? ?b&ur was passed. "PIANIST HUlt Thomas Llewellyn a pianist, plpaded guilty "t-o brewing; entering the counting-house of the Taff Railway and stealing three railway \s at Dinas Station on September 15. There were previous OOjons. and he was sentenced to five montiard labour. Mr. H. O. C. Beasley pro., SOMERSET'S "CAEBPHI., CHEESE. Sidney Morgan ana u* Greenwood, labourers, Cardiff, were chit with obtain- ing from the Taff Vale Ray company 21 cheeses by means of false at Tre- forest. Mr. Beaseley PTOted, and Mr. Ivor Bowen (instructed Mr. Herbert Samuel, solicitor, Cardiff) tdd. Mr. Beasley stated that jam Crockett, general dealer, Portm, Cardiff, sent the cheeses to Trefond had them placed in the cloak-room, Inwood, it was alleged, obtained the chrom there by representing himself to Crockett, and that Morgan took them aw, William Crockett admit that he had arranged with Greenwood 0 with him to Treforest, sell the cheese^ share the profits. By Mr. Bowen: The chee8 called Caer- philly cheese, but it was e in Somerset- shire. The jury returned %,dict of Not guilty," and both prisone!? discharg i?t.1 "GREATLY EXAOATED." Alfred Davies (eighteen), -lier, and David John Treharne (sixteen) I chargk-d with assaulting Mary Ann Lan at Clydaoh. Mr. L. M. Richards prose-d, and Mr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C., ano, Bowen Davies defended. Prosecutrix alleged th the prisoners ¡ molested her late at nightie was return- ing from the grocer's to sister's house. Mr. B. Francis-Williams ed several wit- nesses, and described tírl's story as greatly exaggerated. Prisoners were found nwilty and dis- charged. Johannah Kenachan wacquitted on a charge of wounding Sara^n Quohane, at Merthyr. Mr. stowc prosed. SAILORS' OF8. William Hector Smith), sailor, and Timothy Murphy (23), sail pleaded guilty to breaking into the couig-houso of the Barry Railway Company, iarry, and also with attempting to breafco the shop of John L. Stradling, at BriSd. Prisoners were each sei^d to three months' imprisonment foroh offence, the sentences to fun concurrei Edward Hay (18), se-amapleaded guilty to stealing 121b. of tea, of sugar, 15 dozen boxes of matches, a other articles, the property of the Ba r--Y tway Company, at Barry. He was senxe"^ four months' hard labour. Arthur Taylor (23), seam charged with breaking into the Llantwjjajor Station of the Barry Railway COiny, put in a seaman's discharge book testimony of his character. He was Seueed to nine months' imprisonment. Patrick O'Donoghue, sn, and Datid Francis Morgan, labourer, e sentenced to one month's and three imprisonment respectively for breaking ) entering pre- mises at Gowbridge. LIST DRINI I Mark Henry Bobbins (3 charged with I stealiTig lib. of sa USag at Bridgend, pleaded hard for mercy, sa,g he had been I working all the summer wha-t he did I was in drink. He was let off with f°Uen days. NO TRUE B,. The grand jury threw Ouhe bill against William Sullivan (23), gal.. cha,rged with attempting to commit SUM by strangling himself with a rope at Llalisant. JUST ESCAPED PENAIERVITUDE. Alfred Bates, 31, hauir wag charged with burglariously e.ntrinth restaurant of Fr?d?rick George pa?t Barry and taking away 3s. in money, Mr. St. John Francis-Williams p;ros.ecu t'Dhe prisoner, against whom there had bi a number of previous convictions, wa. sentenced to twelve months' ha-r-d labOr the Chairman telling him he had only J1 escaped penal servitude. "A LUCKY I Thomas Sterry, 42, lOrer, who was charged with breaking in the house of John Richards, collier, ??ridwr, pleaded that he made a ml&taJ? entering this house instead of hia bf° T's close hy. The jury found him Pctj uilty. and he waw congratulated by tbc co-chairman as a ,u,cky man." Mr. :roe-Pt Evans prose- cuted. and Mr. W. Hugll Jes defended. GROCERY SHOP LEJ). j?reaericK John Clements (), carman, was i sentenced to throe months ard labour for burglariously entering the Sp of Benjamin Davies, grocer. Neath, (lnCstealing cigar- ettes, boot polish, tin-opei1^ &<•. horse-stea^jg. TuretJ montns' hard la-01 was the sen. tence on James Selby, 'marine store dealer, 28 years of age, for baling a horse, the property of the Cardiff team. Collieries (Limited) on September 26 Llanfabon. MISSING SEAMAN KIT. Sentence was reserved 1 the case of Florence Fitzgerald (43) and Q1111 Smith (28), fireman, charged with s.t.eB.¡g a. seaman's parcel of clothes at Barry u August 20.— Mr. Lovat-Fraser prosecuted The court then adjournedtiil this morn- ing, at 10.30. t

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Story of a Will I SISTER'S CUT OUT LEGACY In the Probate Court on Tuesday a suit came on for hearing affecting the testamen- tary dispositions of Mr. tVm. M'Murray MTar- lane, proprietor of the "Sporting Life," who died at the age of 70 last October, leaving Property amounting to about 110,00. Plain- tiff, widow of the testator, propounded a will of the 6th of March last year, under which she takes the bulk of the property as residuary legatee. Mrs. Mary Wcodfin, a sister of the testator, opposed the will, alleging it was not duly executed, that testator was not of sound mind at the time, that the will was obtained by undue influence and fraud on the part of the plaintiff, and that the testator did not know and approve of the contents. These allegations were denied by plaintiff. Counsel for the plaintiff said Mr. M'Farlane in 1855. he then being: 53, proposed marriage to the plaintiff, who was the daughter of an old friend. She was then 25. They were married the same year. In 1904, in conse- quence of ill-health, Mr. M'Farlane gave his wife and a Mr. Stunders a power of attorney to look after the business. Two years later some unpleasantness arose between Mr. Woodfin, husband of Mrs. Woodfin, and testator, and an action was brought by Mr. Woodfin against testator and his wife. Mr. M'F'wlane made a codicil cutting out Mrs. Wcodfin's legacy under his will, and early in the following year gave instructions for the will in dispute. This was duly executed. Counsel said he would be able to dieprove the allegations of delusions and fraud. Mr. Lomas, a solicitor, gave evidence as to the due execution of the will, and that testator was sane. Witness nearer heard of any delusione. Counsel cross-examined witness as to what he termed a scandal with reference to Mrs M'Farlane Red a, gentleman engaged in the office of the paper, and put before him a letter writte?- by Mr. Woodfin on the subject. Witness admitted Mr, M'Farlane had con- sulted him as to bringing an action for slander against Mr. Woodfin on the matter, and he agreed with counsel that, if Mrs. M'Farlane had complained to her husband about his brother-in-la^w making unfoundeli. allegations against her, that would be likely to influence the testator adversely against the Woodfina. Dr. Clarke, who had attended testator, and another medical witness gave evid. n'ce of deceased being of testamentary capacity. At this point counsel for the defendant sa;d he would not further contest the will, and all the allegations made by the defen- dant were withdrawn. Terms had been agreed between the parties. The jury found for the plaintiff on all issues, and his lordship pronoomced for the will of the 6th of March of last year.

SOUTH WALES AND LONDON IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IX j COASTING TRADE. SIR C. FURNESS CONTROLS THE LONDON-WELSH SERVICE. Important developments are pending in 1 the coasting trade between the Bristol Channel and London. The london-Welsh steamship service, which has been carried I on for many Ytars, has recently passed! under the control of Messrs. Fumess, Withy, and Co. (Limited), the head of which is Sir Christopher Furness, M.P whoso name is so closely identified with numerous shipping, colliery, and other i enterprises. Thi- firm some little time ago,, j established a branch at Cardiff, and are: evidently settling down to conduct business as energetically in South Wales as in other! parts of the kingdom. The carriage of i goods from the Welsh ports to London by sea is said to be about 40 per cent. cheeper than by rail, despite the fact that tJIe distance is about 500 miles as compared j with about 150, and, foreseeing the possi- bilities, arrangements have already been made to double the sailings of the London- Welsh service, while in the near future these are to be trebled. Moreover, addi- tional and faster boats are likely to be built specially for the service. Messrs. Furness, Withy, and Go. (Limited) not only carry on t,his coasting trade locally, but have very important lines to North America, Brazils, and River Plate. Some of the fine refrige- rator steamers have lately called at Cardiff with cargoes of frozen meat for the great River Plate firm known as the La Blanoa. Company, which recently opened a branch in the city. Furness-Withy have a fleet of over 120 up-to-date steamers trading to all parts of the world. In connection with the London-Welsh service Captain Reavley, of Reavley's (Limited), has been appointed to superintend the business.

t DEAL IN DIAMOND SHARES. BANKRUPTCY OF MR. H. TUDOR THORNLEY. The affairs of Mr. H. Tudor Thornley, late of Cardiff, were before the London Bank- ruptcy-court on Tuesday, when Mr. Registrar Linklater suspended for two years the dis- charge of the debtor. It was reported that the debtor started in business as an architect and surveyor in Cardiff, and some eight years z6go he sold the business and started as a stock and share- broker. He afterwards resigned his member- ship of the Stock Exchange, owing to the practice of advertising for business being stopped. He sold the business for zElOO, and came to London, in 1907 and started as an outside broker at Broad-street House. He also worked on half commission terms. His failure was brought about by a tran- saction on behalf of clients in Premier Dia- mond Deferred Shares to the amount of £ 14,000. Owing to clients" not paying these differ- ences debtor was sued for the balance due, and the bankruptcy proceedings ensued. He sold the business in December for £Z5. He had previously arranged with his credi- tors in Cardiff, paying them 10s. in the jE. The offences alleged were insufficient accounts and books and the previous arrangement with creditors.

DEATH AFTER DELIRIUM. PATHETIC CASE OF A NEWPORT MAN. Herbert Faulkner (21), an ironworker employed at Messrs. Lyseght's Works, New- port, who lived at 56, Oakley-street, has died at the Newport and County Hospital as the result of a blow on the head he received at the works a, week ago. A couple of days later he got out of bed, and, becoming delirious, went to work, with an idea tlfat he was wanted. He was taken to the hospital, where he died.

ALD. JOHN JENKINS, M.P. I UNDERGOES A SUCCESSFUL I OPERATION. Alderman John Jenkins (Cardiff), M.P. for Chatham, underwent an operation on Tues- day. It was very successful, and the patient is progressing quite satisfactorily.

HORSE-MAIMING BY YOUTHS I At Stafford Assizes on Tuesday the two yonths, Benjamin Ford and William Jones, each seven-teen years of a-ge, were found guilty of cruelly maiming a horse at Darlae- ton by slashing it with a razor. Ford, as the chief perpetrator of the crime, was sen- tenced to two years' Borstal treatment, I and his companion, Jones, was bound over to come up for judgment when called upon. The horse was so terribly mutilated that I it had to be slaughtered.

ACCIDENT ON A BARRY BOAT. 1 Whilst working in the engine-room of the steamer Westward Ho at Barry Dock on Tues- day a fitter, named William Creasy, aged 50, living in Holton-rcad, missed his footing and fell to the floor. He was taken to the Town Accident Hospital in a stunned condition, and after attention from Dr. Bray was detained. The injuries are to the head.

FARMER HANGS HIMSELF NEAR) BUILTH WELLS. Quite ck gloom was cast over Builth Wells on Tuesday when it became known that Mr. Roger Davies, of Rhosferig Farm, a most respectable farmer, had hanged h,imself during the morning. Deceased 'committed the act with a rope suspended from a beam in the barn. He was cut down, quite dead, by one of his workmen, Walter James. Mr. Davies • was about 63 years of age, and highly respected throughout the district.

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"RUMOURS UPSHOT," TRUSTEE ASSAULTS PASTOR I Suggestion About a Baby I A SENGHENYDD RUMPUS I Extraordinary charges of assault were heard at Caerphilly on Tuesday, the defendants being William Williams (49) and Mrs. Eliza- both Williarp-s (39), of Senghenydd, whilst the complainant wa6 Mr. Richard Thomas, a young lay pastor, of Senghenydd. Mr. Harold Lloyd was for complainant, and Mr. W. Kensh-ole for the defendants. Mr. Harold Lloyd said the complainant was j engaged at Sion Wesleyan Chapel. seng- henydd, until a few days before the hap-I penings. The defendant was a trustee of the ell a.pe! and for some considerable time was on friendly terms, because the minister lodged with the defendant, though he left some days before the assault. On September 29, a,boat 8.30 p.m., Mr. Thomas and a Mis6 Morgan were passing down Commercial- street, when the defendants ran after them, and Mrs. Williams caught him by the throat. Then the male defendant came up, caught him by the neok, and struck him_a violent blow on the mouth. He also pushed Miss Morgan. Seeing a crowd collecting, Mr. Thomas took to his heels, making for Miss Morgan's house, the two defendants and the crowd following. As Mr. Thomas was about to enter the house William Williams kicked him severely. The male defendant, then made accusations of impropriety against Mr. Thomas and Miss Morgan, and asked com- plainant to come out and fight. Mr. Lloyd said that there was an action pending between the parties in the High Court con- cerning the allegations. He (the advocate) felt that the woman was led by her husband, and if the ease was proved he would be satisfied for her to be bound over. Complainant gave evidence, agreeing with this statement, adding that he told Mrs. Williams that if there was anything to settle ) they should go to some house near. Mr. Lloyd; Is there anything in these alle- ga ticns ?-Oh, no. I would not bring this action if there was any truth in it. By Mr. Kenshole; Defendants were peace- able for twelve months whilst he lodged with them, and the oniy reason he could give for the assault was that action was being taken for the charges made against his character to a Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Mrs. Williams, when. brought face to face with Mr. and Mrs. Evans, deslared that complainant must have made the clmrges himself. "MYSTERIOUS CHARGES." In further cro&s-examinati&n the com- plainant sa;d: I went to Mrs. Lewis, and she told me that there was some very mysterious charges against Miss Morgan and myself. I knew for about three weeks that there were rumours about us getting married on the sly, and all I said was that the same parties who were trying to slander me were slandering her (Miss Morgan). Mr. Kenshole: Mrs. Williams asked you to clear her?—She caught me by the throat and shouted murder. (Laughter.) Did you and Mies forgan try to push her aside?—I freed myself from her grip. By Mr. Lloyd: The only reason for the assault he could give was that they heard he had been to a lawyer. Complaiiiant added, "I stood like a statue." (Laughter.) Miss Mary Jane Morgan, a smart-looking young woman, said she tried to assist Mr Thomas to free himself. Daniel Lewis, a neighbour, spoke to giving sound advice to the male defendant. The latter was outside the Morgans' house, and said to witness, "I want to see Mr. Thomas, the preacher, to give him a thrashing." Wit- ness said it would be better for him to go home, for if Mr. Thomas had done anything to him it would be better to summon him. Williams then 8aid, "I won't go home until he comes out if I have to stay here till the morning. (Laughter.) I nearly caught him, and I had a good -skiclc at him as he went into the house." (Laughter.) I "A PARTING KICK." Mrs. Williams, in defence, said that com- I plainant and Iliss Morgan held her by the arms when she asked Mr. Thomas to clear her character, and she shouted "Help!" Her husband then came and parted them, Mr. Lloyd: With his fist? (Laughter.)—No: Continuing, witnea? &a-id she ?a??e no reflection upon their chara,?ter. Mr. Thomas himself bad told her something about Miss Morgan. Mr. Lloyd; That she was an imtruthful girl?-Yes, and a baby. Oh. Mr. Thomas told you?—Yes. .Further cross-examined, she said she was angry because she knew they were all liars, Mr. Lloyd: Poor Mr. Thomas never said: anything?—No. Miss Morgan invented the staltement that she had a child and buried it in twelve months?—Yes. The Clerk: Did your husband give a part- ing kick?—I didn't eee it. Mr. Kenshole here intimated that he had advised the male defendant not to give evi- dence. The whoJe incident, apparently, was the upshot of rumours. Dr. Leigh fined William Williams EZ and costs or fourteen days, and Elizabeth Wil- liams 10s. and costs or seven days.

ALLEGED ROBBERY AT NEWPORT The story of what is alleged to be a very smart and decisive robbery is engaging the attention of the police at Newport. At the George Hotel, Maindee, a young lady had applied for the position of barmaid, and on Monday attended at the house for a personal interview. She was shown into a sitting-room to a.wa-it the arrival of Mrs. Stallard, the manageress. Some of the drawers of a desk were not locked, and the young person was there alone., After the interview the applicant, apparently quite eligible, left for the purpose of making final arrangements for taking up the appoint- ment. But some little while afterwards it was found that a sum of about £15() was missing from the room. The young woman had carried a handbag, and suspicion associates the bag with the cash, which con- sisted of about XIGO in gold and about C50 in silver. Unfortunately there is not much in the way of description. An address at Leeds, which formed an ingredient in the application, has caused inquiry to be made by Mr. T. Rosser, the proprietor, in that city, but as yet the search is fruitless.

SULTAN AT OYSTER FEAST I Colchester oyster-feast was held on Tues- day, the principal gruet-ts of the Mayor of Colchester being LOlrd Carrington, t,hes,ultan of Zanzibar, and the Chinee Minister. Lord Carrington spoke in defence of British farmers, who. he said, were a hard-working, intelligent, honourable set of men. By the Land Tenure Act, which was antagonistic only to bad farmers, end the Small Holdings Act. which was doing something practical towards the re-setting of the British yeoman on the land, the Government had done some- thing for an industry which was hitherto somewhat neglected. The Sultan of Zanzibar declared his inten- tion of following in the footsteps of his father, who abolished slavery from his terri- tory.

.TRADE OF MERTHYR The thirtieth annual meeting of the Merthyr Chamber of Trade was held on Tues- day evening at the Bush Hotel, Dr. C. Biddle, president, in the chair. The treasurer's account showed a balance in hand of 961 9s. 7d. Mr Charles Morgan Davies was elected president for the ens-uing year, and Dr. W. W. Jones was chosen vice-presi- dent. Mr. Arthur J. Howfield, J.P., consented to continue in the office of hon. secretary for another year. Mr. Frank T. James was re-elected treasurer.

MR, HALDANE'S LATEST I Speaking at the Town-hall" at Durban on I Tuesday, General Lord Methuen, the Com- mander-in-Ohief in South Africa, said he never had a more important duty to fulfil than to carry out the manda-te which had been given to him by Mr. Haldane, namely, to endeavour to consolidate the present forces in the different Colonies in South Africa in order that. the Mother Country might be able to withdraw every soldier, leaving the defence of South Africa to the [ Colonists.—Renter.

ELECTRIC CAR ON FIRE I Passengers in an electric car going along City-road, Cardiff, on Tuesday were startled to eee smoke ooming from under the seats. Examination showed that the car was 001 fire, and those inside made a rapid exit. The fire, however, was 600D extinguished, little damage being done.

I. In Bantry Bay .—————— .0 ——————- NEWPORT STEAMER'S STRANDING A Board of Trade inquiry into the stranding of the Newport steamer Reggio (belonging to the Order,a » and Hand- ford Steamship Company) in Bantry Bay on September 20 began at Newport Town-hail on Tuesday. The justices were Mr. G. R. Martyn and Mr. M. Wheeler, the nautical assessors being Captain Jenkin Thomas and Captain David Davies. Mr. R. P. Wiliiams conducted the inquiry on beiiail of the Board of Trade, Mr. Lyndon Moore appeared lor the owners, and Mr. A. T. Miller (instructed by Messrs. Miller, Son, and Taylor) for the master (Mr. Jenkin Jenkins), who was the only officer cited. The Reggio was built at Sunderland in 1903. She was 247ft. long, scIwuner-rigged, with engines of 164 horse-power. She left Barry on September 19 with 957 tons of coal for Berehaven, to coal the fleet. At 9.10 p.m. on Sunday—the following day—she struck on what was subsequently found to be the Carrigarada- Shoal, and remained fast. The ship settled down comfortably on the j rock, aucl the crew stood by her till the fol- lowing Thursday. The only signal of d-is-1 tress that the master appeared to show (said I Mr. Williams) was the burning of a flare for about an hoar. The matter was reported by the coastguard to the Admiralty. Admiral Paget, commanding at Queenatown. sent Staff-captain Wetherall Smith in the dockyard tug Stormcoak with considerable salvage plant, but Captain Jenkins declined Htancc. I Mr. G. R. Martyn (the presiding magis- trate) Do ycu allege that, in addition to the possible default, no efforts were made to get the ship off? Mr. illiams: I am going to put it that she might have been got off if prompt action had been taken. Divers examined the wreck, and his Majesty's ship Cumberland pro- ceeded to her, as well as the salvage vessel Lady of the Isles. But as there was a sug- gestion of 0 cure no pay," nothing was done. The captain (Mr. Jenkin Jenkins) said the vessel wa.s equipped with the newest sailing directions, which were purchased in Cardiff the day of sailing. Witness had never beeo up Bantry Bay before. When the boat stranded he burned a flare light. He did not send up rockets because they had all been spoiled, neither did he send a boat for assist- ance, because if was too fa.r away, and the neighbourhood was too dangerous. When his Majesty's ship Cumberland passed the follow- ing morning he did not give signals of dis- tress because he thouglit, it was all over. Witness did not decline to allow salvage operations to be carried put. The salvage vessels could have done what they liked. He attributed the stranding to ?c error of judg- ment on his part. He did not -11'Z1c)- of a suggestion of No cure no nav." WHAT THE CAPTAIN FEARED. WHA1' THR C.PTAIX FEA.RED. The captain, in answer to Mr. Miller, said he made signals for telegraphin.g- to nis owners at daylight on the day after the ship struck. He did. not decline salvage efforts, but his fear was that if the ship was got off in her then condition she would sink in deev water and they would all be drowned. AVith reference to the matter of salvage, Staff-captain Frederick Wetherall-Smith, R.N., Kind's harbour-master at Queeustown, sa:d, as the Reggio had Government stores on board for the fleet, he was ordered to the scene, and went there in the Govern- ment tug Stormoook. He carried all salvage appliances except big pumps. Divers from his Majesty's ship Attentive had been down, a,nd had made a plan of the damage. A pinnacle rock .had pierced the Reggio amidships and held her fast. She was quite alive a.ft. When the salvage veiss-el Lady of the Isles arrived from Penzance there were enough pumping appli- ances on her and enough power on the h'tormcock to do all the salvage which at that time was necessary. He (Captain Wetherall-Smith) would have made a tunnel down through the coal to the damaged p.a.rt, boxed it off with bulkheads and made a cofferdam, temporarily repaired her by means of collision mats and cement then pumped her out, and she would have floated off the rock. Mr. Ensor, from Queens- town, also went there with salvage plant, and there would have been plenty of power also from the ships of the fleet. But the captain of the Reg?io said he bpd had in- gtructions from his owners that as the matter was in the hands of the underwriters nothing was to be done until their agent a.rrived. In answer to Mr. Miller, Captain Wetheral!- Smith said he had no complaint to make against the master of the Reggio, who him- self had no appliances for salvage, and who was quite right in his view that if the vessel was got off the rock -before she bd been made watertight she would have sunk in deep water. There was, he (the witness) thought, need for another light at the entrance to Bantry Bay, where a destroyer and some fishing vessels had also gone ashore. Mr. John Boddy, marine superintendent for the owners of the vessel, said imme- diately the telegram announcing the casualty arrived at the office of the Orders amd Handford Steamship Company it was wired to the underwriters in London, who took the matter over, and the salvage asso- ciation despatched their agent, Captain Barge. The inquiry was adjourned till to-day (Wednesday). LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP ROSELLA. The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the steamship Rosella, of Cardiff, off the coast of France, has been fixed to take place at Cardiff on Wednesday, October 23.

I COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY I The third exhibition in connection with the Cardiff Windsor Photographic Society was opened at the society's rooms, 6, High- street, Cardiff, by Messrs. Sam Allen and W. J. Jenkins, who also undertook the judging of the pictures. A large number of interest- ing pictures are on view, including the Rawlin's oil pigment and the new Lumiere process of colour photography. The follow- ing are the winners in the respective classes: Landscapes and street scenes: 1st (silver cup), Frank H. Brown (Barry); 2nd, I. Vaughan Evans; 3rd, H. Nash. Sea'soapes and beach scenes: 1st (silver bQwl), 1. Vaughan Evans; 2nd, I. Vaughan Evans. Portraiture and figure studies (including animals): 1st and zud. 1. Vaughan Evans; 3rd, B. Shalson. Architecture: lat, H. Nash; 2nd, I. Vang-han Evans; 3rd, H. Nash. Beginners' class (any subject): 1st, C. C. Howells; 2nd, H. Smith; 3rd, C. C. Howells. Still life: L<;iÍo, W. J. Holloway. The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge during the whole of this week from 7.0 p.m. to 10.0; and, to add interest, lantern lectures will be given each evening at 8.0 o'clock. The autoehrome plates (colour photography) have been placed at the disposal of the society by Dr. Taylor, .T.P.

RHONDD DEANERY The Rhondda Deanery Reading Group of the Central Society of Sacred Study held its fiist meeting of the eighth session on Tues- day at St. Paul's Schoolroom, Porth. The Rev. Canon Lewis, R.D., presided, and was supported by the vicar of Abercynon (the Rev. D Ellis Jones), the secretary and con- venor of the group. The Rev. G. Francis, M.A., Porth, read a paper on "The Intro- duction to St. Matthew's Gospel"; a paper on Inspiration was read by Canon Lewis, R.I.; and the Rev. J. P. Griffiths, M.A., vicar of Pontypridd, gave an address on Psycho- logy and What it Means." The papers and address were thoroughly appreciated and discussed by the members.

JUVENILE WIDOWS In connection with the Congregational I Union at Liverpool on Tuesday a meeting for women was held in the afternoon, at v hich Mrs. Theodore Taylor gave an interest- ing address on the life of women in the East, especially bearing on child marriages. She said there we,re 25 millions of widows in India, and of these five millions were under nine years of age. In China woman had an unhappy lot, for little girls were so un- welcome that drowbing was their fate. Christianity must niake further progress, and she rejoiced that its teachings were reaching the oonscience-s of tne Chinese.

A SCHOOLBOY FEUD At Coventry on Tuesday, in the children's court, a boy, named Hfsrbert Victor Gilbert, was charged with wounding another boy, named Samuel Garrett, by stabbing him in the breast with a knife. It was stated that the boys belonging to Gilbert's school were repeatedly jeered by the boys of Garratt's sahool. Gilbert jumped from his bicycle and chased his tormentors. He caught Garratt and struck him with an open pockot-knife, inflicting a flesh wound. A remand for a week Avas granted.

PEMBROKESHIRE SESSIONS I 7 The quarter sessions for the county of Pembrokeshire were held on Tuesday at Haverfordwest (before" Mr. Abel Thomas, M.P., tho chairman, and a full bench of magistrates). » In his charge to the grand jury the Chair- man said there were seven indictments, an nnusually heavy number, he was glad to say, for quarter sessions in that county. Tb0 oases, however, were very 'simple.

[Barry Motor Fatality, II VERDICT OF "ACCIDENTAL DEATH." II Mr. David Rces held an inquest at Bam Dock on Tuesday afternoon on the body of William Owen (66), caretaker of- the boat- house of the Barry Amateur Rowing Club, who was killed on Monday evening on the Beggarswell-road, Barry, through being knocked down by a motor-oar. Mr. Lewis Morgan (Messrs. Morgan and Box, solicitora) represented the owner of the car (Mr. Henry Gething Lewis, Porthkerry Rectory, near Barry) and the chauffeur (Jehu- Beverley Walls); and Mr. F. P. Jones Lioyd, roii-itor, appeared for the relatives of the deceased. Miss Martha Matthews, Beg-garewell Farm, with whom deccasied had lodged for the past twenty years, identified the body. John Beverley Walls, the chauffeur, said he had been employed by Mr. Lewis for nine weeks, but he had driven a motor-car for two years. He met Mr. Lewis at Barry station at a quarlter to seven, and com- menced the drive home to Porthkerry. On the Beggarswell-road, 250 yards past the Rem illy Schools, he saw a man on the left side of the read about ten yards away walking towards the oar. Witness sounded the horn and swerved, but as he did so the person jumped in the same direction. The road was sufficiently wide for three motor, cars to pass, and witness was driving at the rate of about ten miles an hcmr, At thus stage a man in court interrupted the evidence, and, acting on instructions from the coroner, he was removed by the police. Continuing, Walls said the car knocked the man down, but he could not say whether it ran over him. Witness imme- diately stopped, and found deceased under- neath the car. There were two head- lights, two side-lights, and a tail-light on the car. Mr. Tewis and witness tried to extricate deceased, but failed, and discovered that he was dead. Three policemen even- tually succeeded in getting the man from underneath the car. Witness had driven over the same road hundreds oi times, by day and night. Mr. Jones Lloyd: Did you see the man's face? Witness: Yes. Did you shout?—Mr. Lewis did. Did the man do anything?—Yes; that was when he jumped. It was raining very hard. Are there any marks on the car?-Yes, on the steering rod and the right head-lamp. Did you have the machine under control? -Yes. And stopped on your own brakes ?—Yes. I do not think the wheel went over deceased. Mr. Morgan Deceased could have walked on the path? Witness: Oh, yes. Mr. Henry Gething Lewis, the only other occupant of the car, said he was seated alongside the driver, and only saw deceased when he was about ten yards from the car. Owen appeared to jump right in front of the car, and the driver pulled up in half a length. Mr. Jones Lloyd: Do you think your driver committed an error 01 judgment? Witness: If he had been the most expert of drivers he could not have avoided that accident, in my opinion. Police-constable William Purser gave evi- dence that he was called to the iscene of the accident, and found deceased under the car, but the wheels did not appear to have gone over him. The car was nearly at right angles across the road. There were no lights wha-te-ver on the Beggarswell-road, and the flooded nature of the road prevented the tracks of the car being discerned. Dr. W- Lloyd Edwards stated that he examined the body at the mortuary the same evening. The front part of the breast- bone had been driven in, the spinal column in the neck was fractured and dislocated and there was a big gash at the back of the head, the scalp being torn away. It appeared that deceased was struck on the chest, and the impact dislocated the neck. In summing up, the CoroneT said it was always dangerous to theorise in a matter of this kind, and the prejudice against motor- cars, though, perhaps, necessary at times. must not guide the jury in an affair like this. The jury Teturned a verdict of "Accidental death," and expressed the opinion that the chauffeur was not to blame At the conclusion of the proceedings Mr. Gethin Lewis intimated his intention of defraying the expenses connected with the funeral of the unfortunsayte victim.

CARDIFF'S NEW COLLEGE. I f The Conncil of the "University College cf South Wales and Honmouths&ire has autho- rised its finance committee to make a special couimunica-tion to the governofrs. Up totho present date IV-,610 has been spent on the new college buildings in Ctithays Park. The whole of the subscriptions promised towards t-h a,. object, with the exception of about £ 4.5€0 not yet paid in, have now been spent, and a.gainst this £ 4,500 there is already an overdraft on the building account of £ 3,300. The liability on the building is. however, far from being liquidated, contracts having been entered into- requiring a further sum of about £ 33,000. In these circumstances (says the council) it seems not unreasona,bl.e to appeal to the 380 governors of the college to make a concerted effort to aid the great institution with which they are connected, and they suggest that eacih of the governors I should consider it his duty to make a personal endeavour towards the alleviation of the ptreeent financial difficulties.

I SUFFRAGETTE'S QUESTION. I Miss Helen D. Ogstoai, of the Women's Social and Political Union, who was ejected from the Welsh Baptist Chapel, Castle-street, London, on^Monday night, writes that she waited until the end of Mr. Lloyd George's speech. She then states: Mr. Lloyd George evidenltly recognised thait there were suffra- gettes present, for he oast frequent glances in our direction, and during the last few | words of his speech thrust his note;- into his pocket and lite-rally ran off the platform, a vote of thanks being moved while he wa.s in the vestibule. Before lw b-vd left, how- ever, I rose in my soeaot and commenced to ask a question, but before I had time to express myself I was seized by several stewards and violently ejected from the meeting. This treatment, often repeated at the meetings of Cabinet Ministers, should convince women that if they wish to put their questions they should do so before, and not, after, the Cabinet Minister has finished his speech.

EMBRACING AN M.P. I Mr. Trevor Walters, M.P., expresses amaze- ment that Mrs. Pethick Lawrence should have taken it upon herself, without know- ledge of the facts,'to flatly contradict hi? statement as to an excited young female excursionist, who showed a card bearing the words "votes for women," having seized him round the neck or on the shoulders in order, apparently, to iavloid being prevented by the police from entering the Parliamentary precincts. The hen. member states that the incident took place several months ago immedia,tely outside the House of Commons, and that he told the story shortly afterwards in a jocular vein at a meeting of his con- stituents, when it was duly reported in the local papers.

LABOUR IN JAPAN I At st. Mary's-hall. Barry Dock, on Tuesday evening Professor Houda, of Tokio University, Japan delivered a lecture on Labour Con- ditions in J.apan." Mr. W. J. Flower presided. Miss E. P. Hughes introduced the lccturer. Professor Houda said in Japan there was neither great wealth nor great poverty. As a, nation, they had never been conquered, and their victories over -poorer nations they did not recognise. Under the old feudal system five families were grouped togifther as one responsible body, and it was the duty of each family to produce no paupers, but to help each other. Under such conditions there was no need of an Old-age Pensions Act. Prcfjte"s-or Houda eulogised the la,bour cot.ditions of his native country, and said although the wages paid were low compared w?h Western countries, the cct of living ?M much Ie?. There was no ??u?ch thing in Japan as -unemployment.

SOUTH WALES ACCOUNTANTS I In connection with the lectures and papers arranged by the students' society for the present session, a well-attended meeting took place on Tuesday evening at the library of the society, Xo. 1. Park-place (by permission of Mr C. M. Berkeley), when Mr. A. IV. Horton, managing clerk to Mr. J. T. Saunders, F.S.A.A., read a paper on "Cost" Accounts," which evoked very favourable comments, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer for his able exposition of the subject.

WHITE GLOVES FOR BRECONSHIRE I There were no prisoners for trial ai Breconsliire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday. and the chairman (the Hon. R. C. Devereux), I who congratula-ted the county on having f olean sheet, "was presented with a pair e white gloves.