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BROBDINGNAGIAN NESTS I In Australia are to be found the largest, heaviest. and most peculiar nests in the world. These are the aests of the jungle fowl. 90 called, and are built in the form of s great mounds, the average measurement in height being fifteen feet and the circumfe- rence 150 feet. The nests are erected in secluded, sheltered spots; and, as in the case of the small nests of birds, they are skilfully iriterwov-eii with leaves, gTass, and twigs, and such other suitable mater-ial as the fowl may be able to procure. A similar system is followed by the bush turkey, whose home is, however, more comprehensive in design. Its shape is pyramidal. It has been asserted by Australian nattira-lists that the nests of the bush turkeys, which live in colonies, are so large that to move them requires the ser- vices of six or seven men. The material of a single nest has been found to weigh up- wards of five tons.

A REALISTIC ZOO 1 Mr. Carl Hagenbeck is now building in Rome a zoological gardens for a private com- pany, which, when completed in October nest, will be the finest and most unique animal park in the world. It will occupy some thirty acres of ground, and is to ece-t £40.000. Prom the spacious terraces here on") can look over the greater part of the park and view thousands of wild beasts, whioh will appear to the naked eye to be roam- ing about at will. This unique spectacle is obctained by resorting to ditches and other ingetuouo; devices for "railing off" the allotted enclosures. There will be a series of arti- ficial mountains, which will be populated by moumtain sheep and goa-te, ibex. chamois. &c- OpT-osite, on the other side of the park, will be another range of mountains for Arctic animate.

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The Man is the Street. -t Radium, the most wonder/ul and valua- able discovery of the age, is rightly asso- cIa/tad with such a progressive institution as the Cardiff Infirmary, and it is to be hoped that the experiments now being made at the Newport-road establishment for the halt, the maimed, and the sick will prove beneficial in every respect. Its use has been rendered possible by the kindness of Dr. Lynn Thomas. The X-rays have been used for a long time, and the fact that they can be made the to reveal the contents of a purse ehouid go a considerable distance in enlisting the support of a larger body of supporters for this noble work on behalf of suffering humanity. It is not known that Colonel Bruce Vatughan carries the X-rays with him when on his begging excursions, but it is best to be prepared against accidents. The gallant colonel has already topped 273,000, and, X-rays or no -X-rays, the public should speedily assist him to announce his individual collection of £ 100,000. If this can be made possible by the time of the presen- tation to be made him shortly of his portrait and bust, surely Cakmel Bruce Vaughan wiU then be the proudest and ha,ppiest man in Wales. lit is highly probable that no one section of the community does more for their neighbours than doctors. Certainly they do more work for nothing than any oiiher class that can be named. Many a medical man woutd come into a veritable I fortune to-morrow if by some magic books full of bad debtwcooidbe-tumed into the cash they represent. Knowing this, and the high standard of professional conduct that prevails, the letter of Dr. Roche regarding the alleged boycott in Penarth of impecunious patients by members of the junior medical profession fell like a bombshell among the Cardiff Poor-la.w Guardians on Saturday. The doctors I have their side of the question to venti- late, and they are entitled, like a tre s-I man, to expect a reasonable monetary reward for services rendered. But one can easily imagine what would be the general effect if their alleged drastic II action became the standard of profes- sional conduct throughout the country. The example given by Dr. Roche in his own case is sufficient to show what a [large proportion of working people would become pauperised, with an addi- tional heavy burden on the already groan- ing ratepayer. Even of those who con- scientiously pay their doctors there are very many who would find it difficult to lay their hands on money at the moment it was required. The finding of the first plover's egg is a matter of some importance to the dis- coverer. The main requirement is to make sure it is the first. As a matter of fact, thanks to the prevalance of hard frost and the visitation of the hardest part of winter in the spring, the first plover's egg of the season is rather coy in making its appearance this year. So far it has eluded the keen eyes of hun- dreds of searchers in many a county. Generally, the coveted prize falls to a farm worker, or a poacher, and of all the counties Cambridgeshire appears to be the luckiest hunting ground. The fortunate finder who realises what a treasure he has got does not wait a moment in the hope of finding another egg. He rushes in haste to the nearest higgler, with whom he drives the best possible bargain. In turn, the higgler carefully packs the egg and sends it by the first available train to one of the leading London West-End poultry dealers, taking care to telegraph the occurrence and the time of the train's arrival. The final journey of the trea- sure is to the King, who thus invariably becomes possessed of the first plover's egg within a few hours of its discovery. A famous golfing match is recalled by the projected battle of clubs between two well-known amateurs and a leading mem- ber of the London Stock Exchange for a stake of £500. I refer to the memorable foursome in which the Duke of York, afterwards James II., took a prominent part on the Leith links in 1682. Practi- cally, it partook of the character of an international contest, in which the Duke, with John Patersone, a golfing shoe- maker of great repute, championed Scotland against two noblemen of Eng- land, a heavy wager depending on the issue. Thanks largely to the man of the last, the Prince and the cobbler had an easy victory. John Patersone's share of the stake was so substantial that he was able to build a handsome house in the Canongate, in a wall of which the Duke caused a stone to be placed bearing the Patersone arms, with the motto" Far and sure," a tribute to the cobbler's driv- ing powers. It is understood that pre- sent-day visitors to Edinburgh can see the house that represents a golfing prize. Residents in the furthermost parts o: C3rdiff were somewha/t surprised on Satur- day evening at the searchlights which were thrown out in every direction, light- ing up the buildings and the weeb-end crowds that were cramming the tramcari to get into the city as usual. I say they were astonished, until they remembered it was the sign that the military tattoo at the Cardiff Arms Park was about to begin, and then there was no peace until the dense human masses in St. Mary, High, and Castle streets were consider- ably augmen/ted. The march of the Terri- torials through the streets drew very many to the picturesque scene, where the wonderful evolutions displayed awakened an added interest in the movements of the local sections of the Territorial Army, which is rapidly approaching the condi- tion of completion required. The execu- tion of the maze and the musical ride by members of the cyclists' corps were among the best items of a programme filled with good thitigs, and the final massing of the troops was a fitting climax to a most creditable display. The entire entertainment had a, capital effect, and the result should be beneficial to the recruiting department by showing young fellows who have been hesitating that the Territorial Army is well worth joining, even from the recreative point of view.

PARENTS' LIABILITY. I Before taking ajty evidence at the inquest on Saturday on Rosina Jeffreys (seven), 7, Agin court-street, who was fatally burned on Thursday night. the Newport coroner (Mr. Lyndon Moore) drew attention to the new Act which would come into operation in a few days. He said that at times portions of the new Act which were revelant to these cases, would have to be considered by coroners and their juries. He desired to draw attention, and to warn parents about the Act, one section of which dealt with burning cases, and another with cases of suffocation of children in bed. Section 15 of Part II. provided that if any person over sixteen having the custody, charge, or care of a child under seven allowed a child to be in any room with an unprotected fire without taking reasonable precautions against the risk, and the child was killed or suffered serious injury that per- son would be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £10. Such person would, nevertheless, be liable to be proceeded against by indictment. This Act would come into force in five days, and it behoved all parents to provide proper firegnards at their homes. If they were too poor to provide them, he thought some means would be obtained by which fireguards would be provided. On the subject of suffocation of children Section 13 of Part II. of the Act provided that if an infant under three years of age was suffocated while in bed with some other persons over sixteen, and it was proved that that other person was at the time of going to bed under the influence of drink, that person would be deemed to have neglected the child. He had, in common with other coroners, received a letter from the Home Office saying that the need of the new statutory provisions as to the overlaying of infants and the exposing of children to the risk of burning had been often urged on the Home Office by coroners, and the Secretary of State hoped that the inclusion of these sections in the Children's Act would have a useful effect by impressing upon the public mind the danger of the practices referred to. The evidence showed that the parents were out at the time of the accident. Mrs. Jeffreys was at work, and Mr. Jeffreys, who was a labourer, at present out of employment, had gone to meet her. The screams of the chil. dren attracted neighbours, who did every- thing in their power to assist them, and speedily took the little victim to the hos- PItal, but she died on the way. Mary Pugsley, a little girl of eight, cousin of the deceased, said she went into the house, and saw deceased standing on the fender in front of an open fire. She was standing on her tip-toes, looking for a black- lead on the mantelpiece. Her pinafore went against the fire, and became ignited. There was no guard in front of the fire. Mrs. Mary Pugsley, an aunt of the deceased, said she went to the house and found the child burning. In answer to the coroner, she said she believed most of the child's clothing was of flannelette. Dr. N. C. Scott, who pronounced life extinct on arrival at the hospital, returned his fee of 21s. to the parents. The jury returned a verdict of "Death | from shock, foUowias bums."

"A Case of Hysteria" MR KEIR HARDIE CONDEMNS 7AVAL SCARE A public meeting under the auspices of the Merthyr Borough Labour Representation Association was held on Saturday evening at Tabernacle Chapel, Brecon-road. Merthyr, at which the chief speakers were Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., and Mr. G. N. Barnes, M.P. Mr. David Davies, J.P., chairman of the asso- ciation, presided. Mr. Eeir Hardie expressed sympathy with Mr. D. A. Thomas, the senior member for the constituency, in his illness. Since he last addressed a meeting at M-ertliyr a Bill for the shortening of the hours of labour in mines had become law. For the first time in the history of Great Britain" Parliament had intervened to fix a maximum working day for men. He observed that the colliery owners of South Wales were distinguishing themselves above the colliery owners of other parts of Great Britain in claiming that the introduction of a shorter working day neces- sitated a fresh working agreement and anew scale of wages. They were most ill-advised in pressing that claim, and he hoped and believed that even now some means of adjust- ment would be found to prevent industrial strife. This session they were pretty sure to have a new departure in social legislation. They would get a Bill through to prevent workers in certain trades from being unduly sweated. There were many women working from 74 to 900 hours a week who never earned more than fc., and they as a Labour party said that it would be better to lose the trade altogether than that people should be obliged to work under such conditions. Sweating meant that the sweater received double profits and the ground landlord double rent. He believed that in the coming Budget they would see an extension of the principle cf putting the burden of taxation upon the shoulders of those best able to bear it. With regard to the naval scare, he ha,d never believed in it, and he had said so from the beginning. The reaso-n why was because he happened to know a good deal about Germany and German affairs. He did not believe in wars, and he was not g-oing to lend counten- ance to anything: which inevitably made for war, and so he had always stood out in protest against the terrible growth of our military expenditure-50 millions, where it ui-ed to be only 28 millions. He foresaw clearly that if things were allowed to go on uuc on the present lines we were going straight, for a military despotism, in which tae civil spirit of freedom would be sub-or- dma.ted to the principle of militarism in every department of the State. Let the da.y ever come when militarism would get the upper hand of the country and all progress would be checkmated and throttled. The Laoour party stood flat-footed against all this. They were prepared to take their part in defending their country, but they were not going to take any pa.rt in creating bad blood between Germany and ourselves. (Applause.) There wae no sane German—no responsible authority in Germany-who dreamed for a moment of the possibility o 1 invading Great Bruam. The thing could not be done. Apart from our insular position, if any attack were upon this country it would lead to a European war, out of which Germany would emerge at the thin edge of the hc-m. Upon the proposition of Mr. C. B. Stanton, miners agent, Aberdare, seconded by Mr. John Williams, miners' agent, Merthyr, a vote of confidence in Mr. Hardie was passed with acclamation. Mr. G. N, Barnes, M.P., speaking of the Naval crisis, said it was a frenzy of so-called patriotism, inspired mostly by self, interest. The money required to build one Dread- nought would suffice to maintain 40,000 people for a year. What did they want Dread- noughts for? He could a.seure the meet,ing, as a result of observations he had made in Germany, that the Gerpians did not want to fight us, and only yesterday he received a letter from the editor of a German news- paper, in which he described the fear of German invasion as rubbish." This good old country was being made a laughing stock in the minds of all sensible German people. Mr Hardie and the Teachers Replying to a question, Mr. Keir Hardie said he wanted to see every teacher paid such a salary as would induce the best men and women to go into the profusion. If the teachers of the Catholic schools had any. complaint to make in regard to their salaries they ought to make it through their Trades Union. There was a teachers' association, who would see that they received the same scale of salaries as other teachers. The proper course for Roman Catholic and Church of England teachers was not to fight this as a sectarian question, because that aroused prejudice on both sides, but to claim and insist upon receiving the same salaries, if they had the same qualifications, as were paid to other teachers in schools maintained at the public oost. The same questioner rose to put another query, but Mr. Keir Hardie exclaimed, Keep your seat; we won't have Any religious squabbles. Mr. Patrick Mansfield said that, having had a public declaration of the hon. members' views, that was all they wanted. At a subsequent meeting held at the rooms of the Independent Labour Party Mr. Keir Hardie was presented with a pipe and a tobacco pouch. "A Case of Hysteria" Speaking at the Gwyn-hall, Neath, on Sunday evening, Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., dealing with the "Naval scare," said that for a time the nerves of the people of this country, at least of the members of Parlia- ment (he could vouch for that), seemed to have broken down. It was a case of hysteria, and everyone now was trying to find out the cause which produced such mar- veiions results. He held from the beginning, after listening to both Mr. M'Kenna's and Mr. Asquith's speeches, and also to Mr. alfour's, that there was not then, as they knew there was not now, the slightest foundation for any scare of the kind. Lest they might doubt his words, let them take those Of Lord Brassey (probably their greatest living naval authority). What did he say? He took first of all the number of ships England had and the number build- 's., and compared them with the number the rmans have built or are building, and thus it works out: Of ships of war of the D-dn,ought class England has 23 bui? or building. Germany has eleven, ana not one of the °\ ^en has yet been buiIt (Laughter.) th« <^ng Edward VII. class, according M!roi?me P<>st." which was neither S1 -r ?.list-?Iaughter)-this coun- try had eight. Germany had not one either baHt or building. And according to the "Morn- ing Post, a ship of the King Edward VII. type would sink a Dreadnought in twenty I minutes. Of other big ships from twelve to fifteen thousand tons England had twenty- five, and Germany sixteen. England had 45 first-class cruisers, and Germany nine; England had twenty-eix second-class cruisers, and Germany six. The totals were:- England had 162,000 tons of ships of war against 34,000 tons built or building in Ger- many. Coming to the men-naval seamen -England had 120000 and Germany 54,000.

CHEPSTOW GUARDIANS Mr. Hastings Clay Pided, A letter was received from the Local Government Board empowering the borrowing of E596 for the aiteratrons to the master's apartments -Mr H. R. Willianis's rf-port gave the oost of food and clothing for the inmate of the work- house as £ 4 12s Id. per head for ? first half-year of 1908, and C4 10s. &d for th^ second half-year, Chepstow standing fifth lowest on the list for the first half-year ard fourth in the second. The number of vagrants admitted and relieved during the fortnight was given as 276, GQlDost 231 in the corresponding period of last year.

THE CUCKOO I Where does the ouokoo lay its eggs? What j is its staple diet? What course does it take in its autumn migration w.hn it returns to its African haunts? These are questions that await satisfactory answers. Until it, was found that the ouckoo laid its egg on the ground, and subsequently carried it in its bill to a neighbouring nest, it was supd, says the Agricultural Economist," that the bird fed largely on the eggs of smaller birds. This fallacy has been disproved. PTobably in the whole range of British birds there is no other that can boasts-u-eh clllrious domestic traits as the cuckoo. It makes no nest, does not attend to incubation duties, and rears no young- and apparently never sees the bird that is hatched from the egg that it surreptitiously places in the nest of some smaller bird. Evidently the cuckoo belongs to the newer school of thought which has solved the problem as to how a bird can exist with the minimum amount of trouble.

A CAREFUL SCOT A gentleman touring1 in Scothmd happened to be in the baa* of a wayside inn, partaking of some refreshment. While proceeding to light his pdpe he was abbait to use a, wax- liarht out of his box, 4 when an old Scot, who wa.s having his "half," handed him the box of matches lying: on the counter, saying: "Dinna -ut-e your ain. maist-er; hae these— it's the only discount yet git in a public- hoose."

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ELECTION SEQUEL SWANSEA SLANDER SUIT The Case for Plaintiff A sequel to the famous Morriston munici- pal election petition was heard on Saturday at the Glamorgan Assizes at Cardiff (before Mr. Justice Phillimore and a special jury), when Councillor David Harris brought an action against Councillor David Jenkins and Alderman David Matthews for damages for conspiracy, libel, and slander. All the parties are members of the Swan- sea Corporation, and the action arose out of statements published, made, and alleged at the last November election, when Mr. T. R. Harris, brother of the plaintiff, opposed the return of Councillor David Jenkins. Counsel for the plaintiff were Mr. B. Francis- Williams, K.C., Mr. John Sankey, and Lord Tiverton (instructed by Mr. Frank Patteson, Swansea); for the defendant Matthews Mr. J. A. Foote, K.C., and Mr. Villiers Meager; and for the defendant Jenkins Mr. Marshall Hall, K.C., M.P., and Mr. Llewelyn Williams, M.P. The instructing solicitors for the defence were Messrs. R. G. Edwards and Bull, Swansea. I Mr. B. Francis-Williams in opening the I case stated that the plaintiff lived at Morris- ton, and was by profession an accountant. the defendant Mr. Jenkins was a grocer, also living at Morriston, and the defendant Mr. Matthews was a metal broker, living at Morriston. In 1906 the plaintiff and Mr. Matthews were candidates for the mayoralty of Swansea when the former was elected by 27 votes to 10. The defendant Mr. Matthews appeared to have resented his defeat, and entertained a very bitter feeling about it. In 1908 Mr. David Jenkins retired by rota- tion from the council, and offered himself for re-election. Mr. T. R. Harris, a solicitor in Swansea, and a younger brother of Mr. David Harris, offered himself as a candidate in opposition to Mr. Jenkins. As soon as the contest began the two defendants, Matthews and Jenkins, uttered with regard to the plaintiff a series of very wicked slanders. They were not content with doing that, but they afterwards published libels which help up Mr. Harris as being a contemptible character, as being a person who used his position in the county council to get things for "himself and family. They charged him with betraying his trust as a county oouu- cillor, they charged him with being an extortionate moneylender, with drawing interest at the rate of 200. 200, and 400 per cent., and made various charges. The cam- paign of defamation began on October 27, when Mr. Jenkins spoke at a meeting at Morriston, and said: "It is a strange thing that only one of the cookery teachers who received an increase in salary last year was the sister of Alderman David Harris. She is the second highest paid teacher on the list." That meant that she had been jobbed into the position by Mr. Harris, her brother. SIR R. MORRIS'S LAND. I There was not a word of truth in the sugges- tion, and it was a vile fabrication. On Wed- nesday, October 28, Mr. Matthews spoke at a, meeting, and he uttered the same slander with regard to this cookery question. He went into another slander on his own account in the same speech, and. referring to the question of the provision of a par, said the ground would have been secured were it not for the fact that David Harris took advantage of his position and went and bought the freehold of the ground. There was not a word of truth in this. Mr. Harris never bought the freehold, and had no interest in the land. In fact, he received a letter from Sir Robert Morris, the owner of the land. stating that- The fields at the back of the late Mr. Thomas Bowen's house and adjoining Claremont House are still my property, and anyone who says you have bought them from me would be under a mis- apprehension, and I have had no negotia- tions with you as to purchasing them or any other lands. That letter was published in the news- papers and read by Mr. Harris at a meeting he addressed. On the Thursday evening Mr. Jenkins, addressing a meeting, started a fresh slander, suggesting that Mr. Harris in his position as overseer had taken away the votes from a number of widows, and that a man had been allowed three votes, whilst those who lived in the house he vacated had none. There was no truth in the suggestion, because Mr. Harris had nothing to do with the burgess list except signing it, and, in fact., did not sign it on this occasion. On the Friday night Mr. Jenkins, speaking at another meeting, stated that the plaintiff had put his little brother in front to receive the bullet. He (Jenkins) had a. business to attend to, children to feed. and not to skin. It would be a good thing for the town of Swansea if David Harris's attendances at the council were worse. He (Jenkins) had no relatives in the public ser- vice, and did not seek places for them. MISS GR.ENFELL. I On the same night Mr. Matthews repeated the statement about the park, and added two fresh allegations. He spoke about Mr. Harris's money-lending, and also about a, lady well-known in Swansea-Miss Grenfell. He said Mr. Harris was skinning and depriving the working men of 200, 300. and 400 per cent.—not only the poor people of the district, but members of the best families. He is responsible par- tially for the downfall of Miss Grenfell, who was so good to charitable works. I happen to know this; and by extortionate interest, drawing it from the lady-there are others as well as Mr. Harris—he is partially responsible for the downfall of Miss Gren- fell. I say this publicly. It shows how he gets his living." At another meeting, on the 30th, he stated more things. He said that, reading the newspapers that evening, he saw three names which reminded him of the triple scheme. Mr. Francis-Williams explained that this scheme referred to the purdhase of the tramways for the corporation, the electric light, and providing a dust destructor. The gentlemen responsible for wrecking that scheme he said was Mr. David Harris. If ever there was an adroit intriguer," he continued, "and manoeuvrer Mr. David Harris was one. Apart from the expenses he drew from the oppo- sition on account of his visits to London to oppose the Bill, he took advantage of the opportunity to put some money into his pocket at the expense of the poor working- man because they suffered by the wrecking of the scheme. The British Electric Trac- tion Company, a few weeks subsequent to the wrecking of the Bill, acquired the old tram- way company, and, of course, Mr. Harris being in the inner circle knew all about it, and before the thing was made public he called at Messrs. S. P. Wills and Son, stock- I brokers, when the shares of the old company were down from ?10 to ?2 or 37s. 6d." Mr. Matthews stated that he could not remember the exact number of shares Mr. Harris bought, but "within six months these shares, tho moment it was announced that the British Electric Company had purc-hae-ed at once were at par, and he (Mr. Harris) put £ 250 to Y,500 into his pocket, when he was supposed to be serving the interests of the working men." Mr. Harris, said Mr. Francis-Williams, never did anything of the sort, for he never bought any shares. It was quite true that a company with which he was connected bought shares, but Mr. Harris never put £ 250 to = £ 500 in his pocket. At this point the court rose till this morning at 10.30.

UNHAPPY MARRIED LIFE. BURNED HER ARM AND GAVE! DINNER TO THE DOG. A sad story of unhappy marri-ed life was unfolded at Pontypool Police-court on Satur- day, when James George, a colliery haulier, who at present lives in Chapel-lane, Ponty- j pool, was summoned by his wife, Elizabeth A. George, who applied for a separation order on the ground of desertion, persistent cruelty, and neglect. Mr. Harold Saunders, Pontypool, appealed for the applicant, and Mr. W. J. Everett, Pontypool, defended. Mr. Saunders stated that a separation order was granted in February, 1903. but in April Mrs. George returned to her husband. After two years trouble again commenced, a.nd in 190-7 he beaA her, and, consequently a child was prematurely born, living only a few days. Since July, 1907, defendant had continually ill-treated her. On September 6 of last year he assaulted her so badly that he broke one of her fingers. Several times he gave her dinner to the dog, and on January 15 of the present year he made a most serious accusation against her. On January 27 she left him again because he had burned her a.rm with a hot poker, and told her that if she was there when he came back he would kill her. The Bench granted a separation and allowed Mrs. George 18s. a week, defendant I being also ordered to pay Z3 3s. costs.

^i j CATHAYS HARRIERS I The Cathays WeeLeyan Harrfers Club held a paper-chase on Saturday afternoon over their usual course to Llanedarne, Lisvane, Lianishen, Three Arch Wood, and home, a distance of about eight miles. The flrsi, to arrive home were:—A. Viggers (slow), W. Speechley (fast), W. Male (fast), H. S. Pryce (fast), E. A. Rumbelow (fast), and F. W. Richardson (elow).

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DOCTORS & POOR •J SAID TO WANT FEES IN ADVANCE. 'Surprising PenarthStory j A surprising statement regarding the alleged boycotting of poor people unable to doctors of Penarth was made in a letter pay ready money for medical attention by which was read at the meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday. The writer is Dr. T. F. Roche, the Poor-law medical officer for the Penarth and Dinas Powis district. The letter, dated March 24, was as follows:- I beg to inform the board of a consider- able increase in the number of poor persons now applying" to me for parochial medical attendance. It is the outcom,e of a system adopted by the combined junior medical profession at Pe-narth of jointly black- listing" their debtors and boycotting them I am told that there are from 600 to 700 poor families already on this list. These cannot get a visit from a local doctor with- out first producing 3s. 6d., and it is part of the system that if in the first visit the case is likely to overtax the patient's capa- bility to keep on finding ready money, the 3s. 6d. is to be handed back and the case declined altogether. When many of these persons are ill they are unprepared with a fee, or a series of them, fail to get a doctor, and are driven to fall back on me as the Poor-law medical officer. I know by experience that if I refuse them also the only move left to them is to apply to the relieving officer, or overseer of the poor, for a medical relief order, which he dare not refuse in the face of ill- nese, no money, and no credit. Rather than undertake the obligations which an official order entails, and the burden of reporting on all these eases weekly, I have been giving them the attendance they require without the intervention of the relieving officer. The number of applicants is increasing, as it is becoming known that I am available free, and I am now seeking the advice of the board as to what I had better do in the matter in the future. The following are a few illustrative cases. (1). Mrs. Ellis, of Llandougli, failed to engage a Penarth doctor to attend her in her expected accouchement without E4 46. in advance. She offered me one and a half guineas cash down to undertake her case, but I do not now accept engagements that may take me to Penarth at night, outside of those connected with my public appoint- ments. The result was an appeal to the board, who kindly granted her my services free, and her other expenses on loan. (2). Mrs. Hurley, 19, Charlotte-etreet, I applied for attendance for a child with a broken leg. I asked her to send for her usual medical attendant. I soon had a message from Mr. Williams, overseer of te poor for Cogan, that he was about to give an order, whereupon I attended without order. Soon after this Mrs. Hurley was confined, and the registered midwife sent for me. (3). Mrs. Selby, 78, Salop-street, having tried elsewhere first, sent for me on the 20th inst. I refused, and she paid another doctor for attendance on same evening, and again on the 2?nd inst. As I =,?: on the morning of the 23ird I had a medical relief order. Her husband's wages for four weeks prior to this were £1 6s. 7d., Li ls. 8d., £1 Is. 9d., and 17s. lOd. (4). I was vaccinating a baby at 12, Dock- I road, on the 22nd inst., and met another doctor in the house. A different doctor had attended the patient in question the previous day or days, and evidently the ready money was by then exhausted, for I was formally introduced as the Poor-law medical officer. The Chairman (Canon Buckley): Dr. Roche has evidently, in the kindness of his heart, brought it all upon himself. He ought to have asked for an order from the relieving officer in each case. He ought to ask for orders from the relieving officers. In that case he would not have any more trouble than the medical officers in other parts of the union. I think it is a matter for the relief committee. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. J. Ames: I think it is necessary to send it down to the relief committee, if he makes charges a,gains,t other doctors and reflects on the relieving officers. The Rev. E. T. Davies (Penarth): There is a combination among doctors to exclude those who have not paid them before. It was resolved to refer the matter to the relief committee. STIR AT PENARTH I Bed Town for Dcctors to Live & Work In Dr. Roche's letter has naturally caused a, stir among the local medical men, some of whom were interviewed by our Penarth representative on Sunday. One doctor fc-tated that it was not the junior members of the profession who had to do with the matter, but that all the doctors (with one exception) in Penarth were con-I cerned. An arrangement was made about fifteen months ago which gave the medical men of the town a chance of getting paid for services rendered. That was that each member was supplied with a list of names of people who had contracted debts for a period of over twelve months. This action was not ta.ken against the poor of the town, but people of good local standing. People made it a boast that they could get any doctor in the town and never pay. Continuing, he said that there were more debts owing in Penarth than any other town he knew of. He gave a? a bad example a case in which I he knew there was £ 8 going in-to one house every week, yet he could not get his fees for attendance. Another case was one in which five different doctors had been called in on different occasions, but had received no fees. He had attended a case as far back as June, 1906, and had not been paid, but had again been called in this year and visited six weeks daily and had not had his account acknow- ledged. As regarded the statement that the action of the doctors was against the poor, that was entirely wrong, as he himself had many poor patients, among whom were five widows. In these cases he did not get paid, and did not expect to be. Always the Doctor Who Suffers Another medical man said that Dr. Roohe s letter w&s misleading. He stated that there were certainly about 600 n?mea on the list, but these were not all so-cajled poor people. Many drew good salaries and owned the houses they lived in. Every doctor in Penarth attended poor people, knowing they couldn't pay, so it could not be said that the action of forming a combine was against the poor. The majority on the list owed money to as many as three or four medical men. The names were put on the list when twelve months had elapsed from the time of sending the account. It was always the doctor who was to be the last one paid, and then on a,n average only two out of five ever settled accounts.

NEWPORT CHURCH PARADES 1I The Newport Battery of the 4th Welsh Brigade R.F .A. (Territorials) attended Divine service a.t St. Panl s Church on Sunday morn- ing. Although rain fell heavily, there was a very creditable muster. Captain E. Maples "Linton was. in command, assisted by Captain and Adjutant C. St. Leger Hawkes, R.F.A., Captain T. W. Pearson, Lieutenant Alan ( Davies, Second-lieutenants Savours, Brewer, Ha.ndford, Davy, amd Macaulay. Colonel Clifford Phillips, V.D. (commanding the brigade), met the battery at the church. The Rev. A. A. Mathews (vicar) officiated, assisted by the Rev. W. Williams, curate. On return- ing to the Drill-hall Captain Hawkes pre- sented Batter y-sergeant-ma j or S. Cox with a long-serviee medal. The headquarter camp amies of the 1st Battalion Mocamouthshiie Regiment (New- port) held a Clhureh parade to Maindee Parish Church on Sunday. There was a muster of upwa-rds of 200, notwithstanding the heavy rain. Major H. Bertihon was in command, and the other officers on parade were Cap- tain F. G. Dawson, Oap tain E. S. Williams, and Lieutenant B. L. Perry. The vicar (the Rev. D. E. Llewellyn-Jones) officiated, assisted by the Rev. A. S. Richards, curate.

BURGLARY FOR EXAMINATION PAPERS I The Glamorgan County Council Education I Offices, at 35, Park-place, have been ran- sacked, every room in the premises having been subjected to the scrutiny of the intruders. Though no money was abstracted, every desk and parcel was opened, and this fact seems to suggest that the object in view was to gain access to the examination papers prepared for the county scholarships.

CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH TRAM Josiah Toogood, aged about 27, of 13, Da-vies- pla-oe, Canton, Cardiff, was riding a bicycle on Saturday night when he ran into an electric car outeide Canton Police-station. He was conveyed to Cardiff Infirmary, where he was found to be suffering from injuries to the head.

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Glamorgan Assizes A WITNESS'S INDIGNANT DENIALS CRIMINAL COURT. Saturday.-(Before Mr. JUSTICE BRAY.) STILL NO ANSWER. The name was again called of Lewis Lan- worri (41), collier, who stands charged with burglariously entering the house of Henry Griifin, No. 3, Parkfield-place, Maindy, Llan- daft, with intent to commit a felony. There was again no answer, and it was stated that Lanworn had not been seen since Monday. The recognisances of the surety were estreated, and, on the application of Mr. Raymund Allen, a bench warrant was issued for the prisoner's arrest. HARDLY RESPONSIBLE." Hannah Prosser, a respectably-dressed, sad- faced girl of seventeen. described as a domestic servant, was charged with breaking and entering the house of Gomer Davies and stealing two parcels of books and a pair of curtains at Aberdare on February 9. Mx. T. Walter Williams (instructed by Mr. J. T. Thomas, Aberdare) prosecuted. Upon pri- soner's plea of not guilty, learned counsel said he did not propose to offer any evidence. His Lordship said the proposal was at his suggestion. He (the judge) had information which led him to believe that, although pos- sibly prisoner was not insane, she was in such a state of mind as to be hardly respon- sible. No evidence being offered, perhaps the jury would be good enough to say that the prisoner was not guilty..v This the jury did, and his Lordship, addressing prisoner, said: "I understand you are willing to go back to the home wiierp you have been. You must control yours-elf. and not allow yourself to be persuaded by other people." The girl on being discharged burst into » flood of tears, and withdrew in charge of a female warder. DEFRAUDING COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. Ernest Hans Davidson (oi), commits agent, was charged on four counts. The first was to the effect that, being entrusted with £ 10 by John Ernest West for a specific purpose, he fraudulently converted the same to his own use between December 24 and January 1 at Cardiff. The other three indict- ments charged Davidson with obtaining £ 10 from Charles Width am, a similar sum from Ernest Maidment, and £20 from John Pere- grine by false pretences, also at Cardiff. Mr. I-ovat-Fraser (instructed by Messrs. Harold Lloyd and Cross) prosecuted. Learned counsel's statement concerning the prisoner was somewhat remarkable. He said Davidson was a German, and in October last carried on business as a retail grocer at Newport. At the beginning of November the bailiffs entered into possession, and prisoner was sold up. In December he took two small rooms in Frederick-street, Cardiff, at a rental of 10s. a week, and on the windows of these rooms were the words, "Wholesale grocer." In December prisoner inserted an advertise- ment in a local newspaper for a traveller. As a result there were five applicants. Pri- soner's modus operanidi was the same in each case. Taking Maidment's case, the learned counsel said prisoner represented himself to be in the wholesale trade, with a warehouse and several retail shops in Car- diff and Bristol and a warehouse at Cardiff Docks, all of which statements were untrue. Maidment was engased at a salary of 30s. a week, with commission and expenses. Prisoner broached the subject of a guarantee, whereupon Maidment offered a guarantee bond. Davidson objected, saying he had had trouble with former employes, and must have cash security. Finally Maid- ment agreed to give £ 10 security, and the two went to the office of Mr. Tom John, solicitor, where the zElO was handed over. He (Maidment) had no accounts to collect, and no genuine business was carried on, the orders received never being executed. For the 110 Maidment received 15 5s. in wages. Prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months. ITALIAN AND WIFE. I Mascenzo Lorentio (43), hawker, was charged with wounding his wife, Mary Lorentio, with intent, on November 12, at Cardiff. The! parties are Italians, and have been living in Christina-street. Mr. J Bowen Davies (instructed by Mr. A. Frank Hill) was for the prosecution; Lord Tiverton (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) defended. Prosecutrix, who carried in her arms a baby, showed a disposition to put the best possible construction upon her husband's conduct, the Judge remarking that her memory "seemed to be improving very rapidly." (A laugh.) It was alleged that on the day in question prisoner struck his wife with his fist and caused her to fall twice, and that he afterwards renewed the attack. In the result the lower part of the lady's nose was left hanging, and the cavity was exposed. Dr. W. G. Williams, who attended to the injury at Bute-street Police-station, said that prosecutrix had lost a quantity of blood. Lorentio was found guilty, but not of using a knife. Inspector Ben Davies described him as a steady man and a hard worker. This was his first offence, and his Lordship, in passing sentence of fourteen days, said he thought a short 'Onten0e would be more effective than a long sentence in making the relation- ship bcllter between husband and wife. DIVORCE SUIT RE-CALLED. INDIGNANT WITNESS DENIES IMPUTATIONS. The hearing was resumed on Saturday in the Civil Court at Glamorgan Assizes at Car- diff (before Mr. Justice Phillimore and a special jury) of the action in which William Charles Curtis, a painter, of Nelson, sought damages from David Evan Jones, Silbrook House, Whitchurch, for malicious prosecu- tion. The plaintiff was charged with e:.bll, ment of moneys belonging to the defendant which he had collected, but was acquitted at the quarter sessions. Mr. Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr. F. Sydney Simons, Mer- thyr) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. j B. Francis-Williams, K.C., and Mr. St. John Francis-Williams (instructed by Messrs. Gwilym James, Charles, and Davies, Merthyr) for defendant. Mr Francis-Williams briefly opened the case for the defence, and said he thought the jury would come to the conclusion that the defendant had sufficient reason in prosecu- ting the plaintiff. Mrs. Sarah John, Ferndale, who formerly lived at 32, Fox-street, Treh arris, said the defendant was her landlord. When the plain- tiff took her re-nt-b-k for audit and returned a new one showing 18s. arrears, she declined to take it, as she owed nothing. Another book showing 12s. arrears was given her, but she denied owing this sum, and subsequently Curtis brought back her old book, and told her not to show the book with 1. arrears to anyone, but to pay rent on the old book. He promised to bring her Dack 12s. David Evan Jones, the defendant, stated that the sums which formed the subject of the prosecution against the plaintiff were never handed over to him by Curtis. In cross-examination he stated that he was a married man, but Mrs. Jones did not live at Whitchurch. Witness denied destroying the pocket-book he carried in which inter- mediate payments made by Curtis during j the week were entered. It was partly torn up and thrown on one side. At the quarter sessions he &aid the diary was a Welsh Methodist diary. Mr. Ivor Bowen: But this pocket-book is not a Welsh Methodist "dyddiadur." Witness: Well, I bought it from the men who cell the Methodist book in Merthyr. (Laughter.) Continuing, he said ho began to suspect Curtis in November, and latterly gave notice to him through his wife to quit his service He admitted that there were some arrears of rent, but not half of what was reported. He had never quarrelled with Mrs. Curtis, his housekeeper, until he told her about the deficiency. Mr. Bowen: Were you always in the rela- tion of master and servant and nothing I more. Witness: Nothing more. At the police-station did you go to her amd state that you would stop proceedings if a certain course were taken'—That's as big an untruth as you could speak. You were poinp, to provide P,3,000 for her under a will?—That is many years ago, and it is no business of yours to raise it. Why were you going to make provision for her for £ 3,000?—She reckoned to stop single as long as she lived, and I said, "If you be a good girl I will handsomely reward you." Have you ever brought false charges against anybody before in a court and given evidence?—Yes, once—but it was a bona-fide case. His Lordship: Did yon bring a false charge against your present wife? Witness: Yes, my lord. It was against my wife for bigamy. Mr. Bowen: Did you give evidence on oath i:i Loadon at the Divorce Court against your present wife? Witness: Yes, of course, I did. WITNESS EXCITED. Mr. Bowen: Did you also give evidence against a perfectly respectable Witness (excitedly): What are you trying —to blackmail me. The Judge: I think a great deal of indig- nation on your part is justified, but try and answer calmly. I suppose there was a co- respondent ? Witness: Yes. His Lordship: And you were not believed, and they were acquitted? Witness: Yes, but it wag. wrong. Mr. Bowen: Did you give evidence in that case against a medical man-a perfectly res- pectable and innocent man? Witness: How do you know he was a respectable man? How can you prove it? (Laughter.) Re-examined by Mr. B. Francis-Williams, witness said his wife had confessed every word about the matter in question to some- body and then denieft it. His Lordship having summed up the jury, returned a verdict for the defendant with costs.

The JudgesGo to Church I CHAPLAIN AND CRIME IN WALES Morning service at St. John's Church, Cardiff, on Sunday w?e?tot only the occasion of a visit by the two assize judges, Justices Bray and Phillimore, but also the occasion of a most appropriate sermon. Their lord- ships, who were accompanied by the high sheriff (Mr. F, W.. Gibbins) and the sheriff's chaplain (the Rev. H. C. Lindsay), were, as is usual, conducted to the sacred edifice by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Lewis Morgan), who had with him the deputy-mayor (Mr. J. W. Courtis), the town-clerk (Mr. J. L. Wheatley), and many members of the corporation, the whole being escorted by city police, trumpeters, and firemen (under Mr. McKenzie and Superintendent Goon), and the stal- warts of the county police (in charge of Inspector Letheren). The service was con- ducted by the chaplain and the Rev. Aliok Henderson (vicar). The sermon by the chaplain was peculiarly appropriate. He said that Wales had in many respects risen nobly, and they found the most wonderful activity in her business life, but how had character borne the strain of the change? There was great ambition, there was great desire for higher education, and Wales to-day, especially in secondary education, stood higher than any other part. It was, however, in parts one of the blackest portions of the kingdom so far as crime was concerned. That was a position that must be faced. Let them, therefore, face it like men and do everything to alter the position, whatever might be their religious convic- tions. In the great rush for wealth there was always a danger lest men should forget the spiritual side, and to those who had an interest in Wales and a love for Wales he would put the question—Was it not their duty to beware of the dangers of activity and to remember more of the spiritual side?

LATE MR. CHRISTMAS EVANS The funeral of the late Mr. Christmas Evans, of Penrheol House, Merthyr, pro- prietor of the Six Bells Brewery and principal owner of the Britannic-Merthyr Colliery, Gilfach Goch, took place on Saturday, and the fact that the obsequies were attended by quite 2,000 people afforded eloquent testimony to the high regard in which the deceased gentleman was held. The remains were interred in the burial-ground attached to the old Unitarian Chapel at Cefn-coed, and the funeral was carried out in the old Welsh style, the corpse being carried all the way, although the distance from the residence to the place of isepulture was about two miles. Practically the whole population of Penrheol- gerrig, men and women, swelled the proces- sion, and there were present, not only a very large number of the principal resid": Merthyr and Aberdare, but many gentlemen from other parts of the county who had been brought into association with the departed philanthropist. The coffin, which was of plain unvarnished oak, bearing no floral tributes, was borne in .relays by members of the three Friendly Society lodges which meet at the Six Bells Inn and by workmen of the deceased and others. Among those attending were Mr. Evan D. Evans, Mr. Torn Evans, and Mr. Noel Evans (sons), Colonel J. J. Jones, Mr. 0. E. Jones, J.P., Sir W. T. Lewis, Bart., Mr. Wil- liam Evans, J.P., Dr. Biddle, Mr. Rliys Davies, J.P., Mr. J. plews, J.P. and Mr. R. J. Rhys. The Loyal Cárnbri-an Lodge of Freemasons, the Merthyr C,on,stit-u-tiianal Club, and the Cardiff Railway Company were represented. A short service was conducted by the Rev. J. Hathren Davies, and the Rev. R. J. Jones, the venerable Unitarian minister of Aber- dare. officiated at the graveside, and subse- quently the Rev. Pedr Williams impressively performed the sublime service of the Masonic Order.

COAL TRADE UNREST A general meeting of the Ebbw Vale District of the Miners' Federation was held ? t!I ,-I Workmen's-haU on Saturday eveaing. Mr. Evan Davies in the chair.-The chief matter under discussion was the presence of non- | UnionIsts at the Ganister Level, Rassau. near Ebbw Vale. This working place had been discontinued by the Ebbw Vale Company on the ground that it did not pay, and the men ( formerly employed there are in receipt of payment from the out-of-work fund of the Federation. Since then the workings had been leased to a contractor—Mr. David Morris-and the men engaged by him in open- ing up the work are non-Unionists. The com- mittee of the Fedtratio-n contend that if any men are to be employed there the places should be first offered to the men who were drawn out. The committee only visited the place on Friday and had an interview with the men there. Mr. Vyoe, miners' agent, in giving a report of the visit, said that not only did these non- Unionists refuse to join the Federation, but they used impudent and insulting language. Mr. George Williams proposed that a mass meeting of the whole of the mem- bers of the district be held on Tuesday evening fo,r the purpose of considering the question of tendering a month's notice to terminate contracts from April 1 on account of the presence of non-Unionists at the Ganis- ter Level and other places, and that Mr. Vyce, miners' agent, convey that decision to the management.

DISCHARGED AT BARRY The case in which a detective effected a smart capture of two men who fished money from the offertory boxes of St. Mark's Church, Hamilton-crescent, with pieces of whalebone and bird-lime, while the officer watched them from his place of concealment in the gallery, was disposed of by Mr. Plowden at Marylebone on Saturdav: One of the men, a, Canadian artist a,nd Lnguist, named William Turner, was dealt with by the magistrate last week, and sen- tenced to three months' hard labour, but the second prisoner, an alien, named Joseph Bertholli, who had been deported in 1907, and was charged with being found in the United Kingdom after an expulsion order had been made against him, told an ingenious story to the effect that a ship upon which he was serving was originally bound for Hamburg, but the captain received a telegram altering his course at the eleventh hour, with the result that prisoner very unwillingly found himself discharged at Barry Dock. Detective-sergeant Bowden informed the magistrate that Bertholli actually signed a contract to work on the ship to Barry Dock. The officer added that he had seen the captain's reports, and there was no mention in them of any telegram. Mr. Plowden sentenced Bertholli to three months' hard labour on each charge.

DEATH OF BISHOP JOHNSON I The Right Rev. W. A. Johnson, Bishop of Arindela and Vicar-General of the Arch- diocese of Westminster, died at Archbishop's House, Westminster, on Saturday night. Bishop Johnson, who was 70 years of age, had bee n i denti fied thr ou gh ou t the whole of his life with Westminster, having occupied the posi- tions of private secretary to Cardinals Man- ning and Vaughan and general diocesan sec- retary to Archbishop Bourne. The Archbishop of Westminster has received the following telegram from Car- dinal Merry del Val The Holy Father learnt with deep regret of the death of Bishop Johnson, and joins with the diocese in praying for his eternal repose. Please accept expression of my heartfelt condo- lence."

WORK IN BAKEHOUSES The Bill to restrict the hours of labouT in bakehouses to eight per day was iSSUed on Saturday. The Bill provides that no employe shall be required or Permitted to work in any bread, biscuit, cake, or pastry bakery establishment more than forty-eight- hours in one week, or more than eight hours in any one day. except in cases of accidents or emergencies.

CARDIFF LADIES, BEWARE! The Head-constable of Cardiff desires the fact to be known that a Professional bag- snateher is parading the city just now. On Friday and Saturday coimnlaints were received of ladies having been robbed in this way, and it is thought that a public warning might cauM the fa?r *x to guard their poM.ession?. Th? o robber i- ?ti%ted to be young and respectably dressed.

FATALITY AT TREORKY. W. J'" Cooke (23), a Taff Vale Railway groundsman, whilst engaged ? shunting operations on Saturday afternoon at Trtv orky was badly crushed the buffers of two wagons. He was at once removed to his home at Cwmpajc. where he succumbed on Saturday night.

DEAF AND DUMB MISSION. Mr. J. Bodvan Anwyl, superintendent of the Glamorgan Mission to the Deaf and Daanb. Pontypridd, writes to correct th* statement that that is the only organised mission in Wales, although he states that there is no organised mission in the Principality outside of Glamorgan.

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Lively Scenes at Milford ——— PUBLIC-HOUSE BAR WRECKED There were some lively scenes in Milford Haven early on Saturday, a skipper, now out of employment, said to be named John Robert Saunderson, working havoc in the bar of the Globe Hotel. About nine a.m. the man entered the Globe Hotel and asked fat a bottle of whisky and a bottle of gin. As he produced no money, they declined to serve him, whereupon he announced his intention of smashing the place." He picked up a stone water-filter and sent it flying among the bottles of spirits at the back of the bar, smashing them and the mirrors. He then started the gramophone playing, and spranS on the top of the couch, and, with one leg on the counter and the other on the shelf behind the bar, he went on breaking every- thing within reach. Several demijohns of ?,spirits, with glass nearly an inch thick, were broken, with bottles of spirits, mirror, PI"" tures, and everything within r?ch. In le? than two minutes Mr. Eynon's bar looked as if it had just emerged from an earthquake. ?The man is a big powerful fellow, and the way he brandished the bottles of spirits kept everyone at bay. After helping himself to a drink of port wine he picked up several bottles of spirits and went out and walked in the direction of Charles-street. He enMT? Mr. Sandell's tob&cconist shop and be?a? helping himself. At the moment Police-sergeant Evans calno up, and, speaking quietly to the man, the latter allowed himself to be led away, and gave up the articles in his possession. Later in the day he was conveyed to the work- house and placed under restraint. Mr. Eynon's loss is heavy. He estimates it at from 145 to £60.

WEDCED BETWEEN ROCKS. The body of one of the members of the crew of the ketch Nouvelle Marie, of Apple-- dore, which foundered off Porthkerry, Barr1, during the gale on Wednesday last, was recovered on Sunday evening. It was the body of William Cobbledick, seventeen, a native of Aberthaw, anil was found wedged in between two rocks a-t Coldnap Bay, and was identified by the initials "K. C." tattooed on the arm. The stern of the boat belonging to the ketch and a quantity of wreckage have been washed ashore at Barry, and it is believed that the men, seeing the craft running ashore, took to the boat, which foundered, and they were drowned. The crew consisted of Josiah Boon (64), master, 5ft. 9in. In height, stout build, dark and stubby beard. turning grey, dressed in blue jersey and. trousers, with name, woman, and umbrell30 tattooed on one arm; William Boon (24), the master's son, 5ft. 7in„ slight build, dark brown hair, light moustache, dressed in blil jersey (marked W.B. 3 ") and dark trousers. with W.B., E.T." tattooed on arm; and WIJ1. Cobbledick. The chief of police at Barry (Superintendent D. Morris) has published 8 description of the men.

ENORMOUS LEAKAGE OF GAS. At the monthly meeting of the Merthy* Union Assessment Committee on Siturday" Mr. Rees Rses (chairman) pre8iding, r. D. W. Jones appeared on behalf of the Do*" lais Gas Company in support of ag adjourned appeal against the assessment 01 their works, which are at present rated J £1.750 gross and £ l,19Qjyiet. Mr. Jones that in 1907 the company made 45 In iiiiod feet of g ,-is, and sold 35 million odd. In 1 they made 42 million feet, and sold million. Asked how he accounted for tllt great difference between the make and sale, Mr. Jones said there was tlwiys an eno1* mous leakage of gas, and th-a 'I.eakage waA probably greater in Dowlais than in places, because of the very heavy traffic through the steelworks. Mr. Jones added that the price of gas was only 3s. 6d.. all that the company only paid 5 -per cen^ The committee decided to reduce the asse5S- ment to £1.64a gross and £ 1.000 net, moggi,g. Body and Son, the expert valuers vbolv they had consulted, having advised the adoption of these figures. Mr. Augustus Davies brought forward the question of the advisability of raising the tonnage basis upon which coal was a.s;essod in the union, and it was resolved to get information from other unions with the view of ascertaining how their basis cOIJl- pared with that adopted at Merthyr.

YOUNG LADY'S DEATH. A fashionably-dressed woman, named Ad3 Walters (39), and said to be a widow of 80 doctor, appeared at Westminster Oil Saturday on a charge of causing the death, by it]3 illegal operation, of a young lady na111 Dora Boot. t Deceased, a. housekeeper at expired on Thursday in hospital, a-ft€ having made a statement. t An inspector said he saw accused f6 house in Pimlico, and informed her of tn occurrence, intimating that he would errost her. Accused said no young lady had lieerl there, and asked the name. Witness replifj that the name was Boot, and that she 1Iligll have been staying there under the name 0,11 Mrs. Bradnam. He added that the girl went away from the house in a cab the da^ before her death, and that accused had sc?' a telegram to the girl's young man, ^0 had fetched her away. She replied, ":NO wrman is staying here, nor did I send a telegram." Witness told the woman that it would 1>6 a charge of wilful murder, to which sha replied, "I did not do it." She was remanded, bail being refused.

AMBULANCE WORK The second annual dinner of the No. 7 Diet trict (Rhondda Fawr) of the St. John .A.1D" bulanoe Brigade was held on Saturday even' ing in the new Abergorki Ambulance-hall Treorky, Chief-superintendent Tom DavieS presiding. Earlier in the afternoon 3irl Braithwaite, agent for Messrs. Buxnyea-t, Brown, and Co., declared the building opeT6 It has been specially built for ambulant work by the men interested, with the assist* ance of Messrs. Burnyeat, Brown, and Co. I* will seat between 700 and 800 persons. A stage has been erected, and a handsome proscenium and drop scene permaniently fixed- The hall when not required for drilling ill convenient for dramatic performances, 000* certs, public meetings, &c. Dr. Armstrong, speaking at the droneo* said it was a credit to Treorky to have such a well-appointed hall for the benefit of tW working classes, and a credit to Treorky- Mr. Herbert Lewis, Cardiff, also con grata la-ted the brigade, and other speak followed.

SMASH-UP AT PORT TALBOT A violent collision occurred about eleveo o'clock on Saturday night near the EasteriJ Schools, Taibach, when a ehellibier, driven by a man named D. Stew, of LaJeston, Bridg- end, who was returning home from Swansea. was run into by one of the Aberavon motof char-a-banes returning from Kenfig HilL Stevv was thrown off and injured his foot, and h- was carried to Dr. Davies's surgery. The ShBllibier was smashed, but the horscfl escaped, and the driver of the char-a-banO also escaped injury, but the char-a-banc wag damaged, and had to be towed to the Talbot Arms Hotel yard. Stew was later taken to the Cottage Hospital at Port Talbot.

A CARD UP THEIR SLEEVE A general conference of the Yertbyf Boroughs Labour Representation Assooiatood was held on Saturday at Merthyr, when Mr. David Davies, J.P., Dowlais, was re-elected chairman; Mr. J. Prowie, Aberdare, vice-chair' man; and Mr. E. Stonelake, Aberdare, secre- tary. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., was present, amd, speaking on the question of the Parlicr mentary levy, said that if the decision of the Appeal Court were upheld by the House of Lords, the Labour party had its pland fully matured to secure adequate financial maintenance for the next two years.

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