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MARRIACE BEATS DIGS 99 His name is R. T. Ogden. and Mir. W. C. Cropper had a claim against him. for Lio in the South/port County-court yesterday. Mr. Hadfield (for the plaintiff): If you own afford to take a wifle to yoturself you oan a,flord. to pay the debt.—I got married about twelve months ago. It was cheaper to take a wife. I was paying doable the price in lodgings. (Laughter.) Mr. Hadfield: Is it cheaper to keep two than one?-Ye& I was ibeing chiselled.' ( Laughter.) Mr. Had- field: You are not now ?--N-<>; things axe better looked after when you are maarried. Mr. Hadflekl: Did you not get married on the strength of a friend telfling you that your wife from whom you were separated had died in New Zea- land?—I should hardly oomunrt bigamy, should I? Mr. Hadfiekl: I don't know. You got married on the strength of a friend's state meant?—No, I have a letter from the Registrar of New Zealaaid. Mr. Hadfueld: And you are trusting to your' wife having left you all her money, though you were separated from her?—She has left me part. —The Judge granted an adjournment for three months.

RESISTANCE TO ANCIENT IMPOST Mr. Alfred Burn, a tradesman o-f Alnwiok, is a passive reaister against a burden which originated in feudial times. Being a free- holder, he declines to pay a. borough rate of thirteen pence aimuaiiy to the Duke of Noath umbcrLand. The duke's bailiffs having t:a.ken lega.]. proceediD.gs, ?D pa.i:rs of sl:i.pperø seized for quit rent from Mr. Burn's stook were sold by auction yesterday, realising 13s. 6d- in satisfaction of the duke's claim of 4s. 4<L and expenses.

WAR HERO'S DOWNFALL I I went out to South Africa, and was invalided home. I got my shoulder blade smashed. I wao shot through the lung, and disabled in my right arm," was thecatadogue of wounds given by Daniel Murphy (32), a ooeter, at the London Sessions yesterday. He was charged with housebreaking. He waa in receipt of a Government pension. The police described him ae one of the worst characters in the Harrow-road, and Mr. Wallace, K.C., sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment.

SUBMARINE BASE AT DUNDEE f The negotiations between the Admiralty and the Dundee Harbour Trustees for the establishment of a. Tttbmarine base at Dundee are now practically completed. The Dundee authorities yesterday confirmed an agree- ment whereby the Admiralty are to pely £ 4,000 per annum for the exclusive use of the West Graving Dock, which is to be enclosed

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MOTHER OF A CHILD ADMIRAL The Marchioness of Donegall has acquired the lease of Gakfield, Coombe Warren, King- ston Hill. The daughter of the late Mr. Hemry St. George Twinning, of Halifax, Canada, she married, seven years ago, the fifit.h Marquess of Donegall, who, unfortu- nately, died very soon after his little son, the present marquess, was born. Lady Done- gall is very musical, plays the piano, and ■possesses an excellent ringing voice. The youthful marquess, now five and a, half years old, is by heredity High Admiral of Lough Neagh, a naval command dating back to the time of Queen Elizabeth. He has the right to wear the uniform of an admiral and tc receive an admiral's salute. In accordance with custom, a peg is always reserved for tihe marquess in the House of Lords, whereon he will hang his hat and coat when in due course he proceeds to legislate for his country.

ARRESTED HIMSELF! An amusing incident ocourred in Cardiff on Tuesday. A man named William Dainty had been wanted for some titno on a warrant for maintenance, and as he had managed to evade all but his wife, Mr. Pritchard, the guardians' warrant officer, gave the lady a note in an envelope, which also contained the warrant, and directed her to hand the letter to a constable immediately she saw her husband near one. The wife, in error, handed her husband the missive, and he opened it. The sight of a blue document mystified him, and he walked straight into the Central Police-station and asked the officer in charge to oblige him with an explanation. That explanation could only be that ho bad arrested himeelf, and he was shortly after escorted into the dock of the police-court and remanded.

EARL DEFENDS VIVI-SECTION. Lord Lonsdale has resigned the position of honorary treasurer of the International Anti-Vivisection Society and of the Inter- national Anti-Vivisection Congress. His reasons for this step are stated in a letter to the press, to the. effect that since he con- sonted to accept the position he has learned that the great object of tho congress is to ■urge the total a-bolitkyn of vivisection. His feeling has always been that vivisection is an absolute necessity in the interests of hil-um-an life with a view to minimioe the suf- ferings of those who have to undergo opera- tions.

BURDENS AT MERTHYR The annual meeting of the Merthyr Rate- payers' Aseociation was held on Tuesday. Mr. John Mann, the. president, spoke of the heavy expenditure of the borough council, especially in regard to education. The salaries paid to teachers in elementary schools for* the year, he said, amounted to £ 36,044—more than double what it wae ten years ago. They could not go on at this rate muoh longer, as the burden would become overwhelming. He was Slatisfied that. some of the schools were over-staffed, and it was the duty of the corporation to put Lbeae I schools on a proper basis. Mr. Mann was re-appointed president forl the ensuing year.

CONVENT LIBRARIES Some years ago certain convents were sup- pressed in Rome. These institutions had for the most part valuable libraries. The books were removed, and stowed a.wa.y without classification, in top storeys of the Ministry of Instruction, where no one is able to con- sult them. This rich store is said to com- prise 772,000 volumes, among which are some rare manuscripts, and both books and MSS. are threatened with destruction by worms and mice. An official has lately proposed to the Minister that he shouid offer the collec- tion en bloc for sale in the United States, "for Americans have a taste for such j rubbish." And this, too, in the country of Virgil. Horace, and Dante.

WfLL BEHIND A PICTURE. The juw m the Probate Court yesterday decided, in favour of Mr. Robert Lewis, who claimed that his father, a Leaminster butcher, died kit-estate. Mr. Lewis alleged that at has father's request he destroyed a will under which he (plaintiff) bad only a life interest, but the defendants alleged that the will, which was in the keeping 'of the son a.nd 1&ft behind a picture in his room for a long time, was not destroyed Bit the request of the fathar. Tho jury found that the will bad been destroyed with the consent of the dead mem, and judgment was entanxi for the plaintiff.

IN OTHER LANDS I Having given the characteristics of the guards on the French railways, the traveller relates his impressions of other ooumfcries. The Bussian guard is rigid, tight laced, and brutal; the German correct but rough, the Dutch and Belgian rigid, but paternal; the English cold in his manner but ready to oblige. The Italian is a prattler, but amiable. The Spaniard is careless, taeitum, philosophic. The Turk is without caro and without shoes. The Arab, the last on the list, works in his shirt and without system.

HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST" I "Sudden temptation came upon me when I saw the prosecutor's watch," plaintively pleaded a young basketmaker named Holt, who tried to rob a gentleman in Middlesex- street, London, E. Even when I had the watch in my hand I hesitated whether I should take it or not While I hesitated the prosecutor found the watch in my hand." "Fifteen months hard labour," said the Chairman at London Sessions yesterday.

X-RAY HAJR CURLERS. I X-rays usually made children's hair curl, said Mr. Cyril Jackson, chairman of the London Education Committee, yesterday, producing photographs to prove his state- merut and the beneficial effect of the rays for sealip treatment.

WASTED DAYLIGHT During the proceedings of the Daylight Saving Committee yesterday a member dozed while the author of the scheme was giving evidence regarding the desirability of get- ting up earlier.

DOCTOR'S X20 A YEAR I The Local Government Board has caJled the attention of Falmouth Board of Guardians to the inadequate salary of dE20 a year paid to the medical officer of the workhouse. I I

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FROM ALL QUARTERS The Bishop of Sonthrwark will leave Eng- land for hiis tourr in India. about the end of October. The Buill-dcg dub's twenty-seventh show was opened yesterday at the Shepherd's Bush Exhibition. Otters are infesting the Bivesr IDairt in larg-e numbers, and many fish have been destroyed by them. I One hundred and seventeen donkeys and barrows will be seen in the arena at the Olympia Horse Show. I Bacchus was the name of a man who was fined at the Marlborough-street Court yester- day for intoxication. A right-of-way dispute led to the appear- ance in the South Molton County-court of forty aged persons as witnesses. Mrs. Mary Taylor, aged 91, on whom an inquest was held yesterday at Popla,r, received fatal injuries by slipping on a, piece of orange peel.

"AN EMISSARY OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE." Horace Melton (22), described as a billiard- marker, of Nottingham, was charged at Nottingham Police-court on Tuesday, with I unlawfully impersonating a Metropolitan constable, and with obtaining a sovereign from Messrs. Dexter, cigar manufacturers. Detective Atherton, who arrested the prisoner, said he answered the description of a man who had been representing himself to Nottingham cigar manufacturers as an emissary of Mr. Lloyd George, saying he ha.d been sent from the Home Office to make inquiries int-o the local cigar trade with reference to the new duties as proposed in the Budget. He induced Mr. Dexter, cigar manufacturer, to lend him a sovereign, say- I iug he had not suffcient money to pay his hotel bill, a letter from Mr. Lloyd George not having arrived. When prisoner was searched the following note was found in his !pocket:— "Chief-constable's Office, Nottingham, "To whom it may concern. Please allow bearor to pass, wherever he ¡ may present this. He is fully empowered to use his discretion, as he is from the Criminal Investigatian Department, Scotland Yard. (Signed) "PHILIP S. CLAY. Chief-constable." Attached to the letter was the prisoner's oard, a? follows" Inspector F. R. Drew, Criminal Investigation Department, Scotland Yard, London." Both card and lettoor were forgeries. In reply to the charge, prisoner replied, Well, all I can say is that I am a fool." Prisoner was remanded.

NEW TYLORSTOWN CHURCH. The new church at Cynllwyn-du, Tylors- town, which is intended exclusively for Welsh I services, is being built on a most difficult site, on the side of a steep hill on the west side of the valley, and will harmonise with its rugged surroundings, being practically a mountain church. It comprises a nave 66ft. long by 25ft. wide, chancel 50ft. -long by laft. wide, organ-cham- ber and vestry 16ft. 7in. by 15ft., and clergy vestry 9ft. 6in. by 15ft., and a parish-room will be provided undeir the chancel. When com- pleted the church will seat 254 people. The contract has been let to Messrs. Gough Bros., of Cardiff, for £ 2,500. The period adopted in the design by the architect, Mr. Bruce Vaughan, is Early Decorated, and the walls are being built of Penna.nt .atone, with box- groutnd stone dressings, and the roofs will be covered with grey portmadoc slates. The foundation-intone was laid by Mrs. Edmondes, Cowbridge, on Tuesday. The attendance included Archdeacon Edmondes, the Revs. J. Bees (vicar of Tylorstown), Canon Lewis (Pentre), D. H. Jones (Pontygwaith), D, H. Simons (Ferndale), and J. P. Griffiths (Pontypridd). Mrs. Edmondee was presented with a silver trowel by the contractors and a mallet by the architect.—€%non Lewis, in thanklhg Mrs. Edmondes, said that, had it not been for her generosity and that of her family, the new church would not have been possible. Mrs. Edmondes has presenlted the site (freehold), and her husband headed the sub- scription list with £ 1,000.

I MOST POPULAR FOOTWEAR. Why a.re people buying more boofu than The question is suggested by the boom in the shoe and leather world. "Speak- ing broadly," says a trade journal, "the shoe retailers in the country are enjoying a higher degree of prosperity than has been known at a corresponding period for many yeaj-s." Inquiries at the shops of several Lon- don firms confirm the statement. Said the manager of Messrs. Manfield and Sons: "No longer are we open to the charge of being a down-at-the-heels nation. Not only in the upper classes of society, but in the nliddle and well-to-do 4ndustrial classes there is a striking change in this respect. Many factors have probably been at work ptromot- ing the new demand, but there is no outstand- ing or distinctive cause for this violent craze for decent boots." "The moet po-pulax foot- wear," said the manager of a West End Lon- don firm, "is the low-shoe, in both black and ta.n, worn to display the pretty coloured stooMngs or half-hose which are all the rage just now. ¡

SAILOR'S PETS A Piatrie contemporary has been entertain- ing its readers w-ith an account of sailors' pets, and we axe. told that on the Rrench warship lie MaTceau they have a, cock with beautifuP^plumage. He rejoices in the name of Chantec Lair, and when gun practice is in progress he crows every time a. oannon is fined. On the German warship Prkiz Wil- hielTO thssne is a, grey stork, and a. nameless United States war vessel possesses a pig. As for out own sh-ipe, we -are informed that the Bacchante possesses a young ass, and the Terrible a goat. The Cewtsrion formerly had a nionkey which ate from a plate with a spoon am duank from, a glass, with a serviette tucked under his chin. The Caesar at one time had a pet goose, and our con- temporary adds that it is well-known that sailors are fond of cats and dogs.

THREATENED TO "LAY HER" I Albert Edward Wilson, a. short, thick-set youra? man, described as a seaman, was remanded yesterday at Westroineiter Police- court on a charge of demanding money Tiy threats. When aTTested he admitted writing a. letter to JTiss Stopford, a. lady who in the course of ph ilanthropic work had more than once assisted him. The letter contained threats that unless Miss Stogjford sent him money, "of whioh she had plenty," he would lay her. He told a detec- tive that he did not mean to hurt Miss Stop- ford, but only to frightton her icrto giving him money.

KNEW HIS BUSINESS. I A lady about to give a little dance" enlisted the eervices of a flcor-polisher. I hope you understand your business?" she said :¡¡s the man was about to begin the work. "I should say I did!" said the polisher, with a g-rin. If you have any doubt on that sccre I'd suggest that you inquire at the big house at the corner of this road. Why, on the floor of the drawing- room alone eight people fell and broke their legs last winter, and a woman slipped down the staircase and fractured both her arms! I polished those floorsV

ALIENS IN SHIPYARDS. I The Newcastle corTpondent of the Ship- ping Gazette" states that at the instigation of the Admiralty all unnaturalieed foreigners employed in British shipyards doing Admir- al1-y work are being discharged. It is doubted, he states, if the number of foreigners employed on the north-east coast, or in any British shipyard, ia appreciable, but there may be a number of premium apprentices learing the ship-hrailding busi- ness to whom the regulation will apply.

SECRET SOCIETY IN SPAIN I In the province of Ooruaina a society has been discovered similar to the Italian oamorra. A number of outrages have been committed lately, such as the burning of houses, the destruction of crope and fonests, and even the memaditg of peasants with death when they declined to contribute to the oa-rrynig out of the secret objects of the society. Great alarm is felt in the whole countryside, and a number of gendarmerie have been sent, with a special judge, to bring the evil-doers to book. So far ten arresite have been made.

EXCELLENTSWIMMERDROWNEDI rt was stated at yesterday's inquest that the young man Gardner, who was drowned while playing polo at Wandsworth Public Baths, was am excellent swimmer. His father, superintendent of the baths, ex- plained that he had been accustomed to the water since he was thirteen years of age. While keeping goal hO had an epileptic fit --to which he was subje-et-and, unnoticed by his companions, sank in deep Wa-ter and was drowned. Accidental death" was the verdict.

SPAIN'S NEW NAVY I It io stated that King Alfonso, after the 1 reg'atta a.t San Sebastian, will visit GaJicia? in order to be present at the in&,ugaradijm of the conmxuctzon of tihe new spazwh ?MMtcom..b? 24"3h fø:íw& I

THE COAL RISIS. OWNEflS' MANIFESTO 8-HOURS ACT AND AGREEMENT The Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal-I owners Association have issued the following manifesto with reference to the imposition of the eight hours day under the Coal Mines Jtegu'lation Act, 1908;- The owners' refprejseutatives on the Con- ciliation Board, acting on behalf of the Mon- mouthshire and South Wales Coalowners' Association, deem it deeirable to place before those who are interested in the ooaJ trade of South Walea the reasons which will make it necessary for the owners to give notices on June l to the workmen at the associated col- lieries that their contracts of seirvice will oea/vo to operate as from July 1 next, owing to the fact tha.t the passing of the Eight Hours Act renders it impossible for the work- i men to carry out their existing contracts. It is common knowledge that the Eight Hours Act. which comes into force on July 1 next, is the result of pressure put upon Par- liament by the Parliamentary representatives of Ijabour. The owners were not consulted by them before the Eight Hours Bill was introduced as to the probable effect of such an Act upon the working of the collieries. In the final stages of the discussion of the Bill in Parliament the injustice to the owners of enforcing an Eight Hours Aot during the operation of the existing Concilia- tion Board agreement, which embodies the general contract between the owners and workmen, was strongly urged by the owners, but disregarded by Parliament, and, though the owners might reasonably have expected support from the workmen's representatives in urging that the existing agreement, to which they were parties, should be aJlowed to terminate before the Act commence to operate (especially in view of the fact that in the principal competing export coalfields of Durham and Northumberland the opera- tion of the Act was postponed till January 1. 1910), they received no such support. Under the Conciliation Board agreement which forms the workmen's contract of ser- vice provision is made for the ocntinuance of the agreement until December 31, 1909, and thenceforth until either party gives three months' notice to terminate. Under the existing conditions of that agreement the working hours are 54 per week. With a view to ascertaining their lega.l posi- tion with regard to this agreement when the new Eight Hours Act comes into force on the 1st of July next, the owners consulted coun- sel, Sir Robert FinJay, K.C., Mr. Eldon funkes, K.C., and Mr. Montague Lush, K.C., whose opinion is that the Legislature had made existing contracts unde.r that agree- ment impossible of performance by the men when the new Act comes into force. This opinion was communicated by the owners to the workmen's representatives, and on the letter disagreeing with this view of the question the owners' representatives made the suggestion that the point should be referred to one of the law lords or to a judge of the High Court to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor,fc This suggestion • was, however, declined by the workmen's .repre- sentatives. The workmen's representatives, however, made a proposal that a small committee should be appointed to consider the difficul- ties which would a.rise in putting the Act into force, which proposal the owners adopted. In their recent negotiations with the work- men's representatives the owners pointed out that the effect of the operation of the new Act will be to reduce the output of coal and to increase the cost of working, and they put forward several points for the consideration of the workmen's representatives, but only in certain minor respects have the latter inti- mated their readiness to assist the owners in meeting the difficulties which will arise in carrying on the working of the collieries under the new conditions. In considering the effect of the operation of the Act it must be borne in. mind that it doea not permit eight hours' work underground, but that a considerable portion of this time is taken up in travelling to and from the a?tnal place of work, and that in ma.ny of the older collieries not more than 65 hours' eSeotjve work will be performed. The owners are strongly of opinion that it will be found impossible to work such collieries and main- tain them in repair, with all the pumping of water, boilers, engines, horses, officials, and attendants necessary, for 24 hours per day on 6J hoijrs producti,e work, especially in viow of the fact that in South Wales a, much larger proportion of the collier's time is occu- pied in other work than in producing coal tha.n is the case in most other coalfields. In view of these facts, it is absolutely neoeesa.ry that the owners shofald be placed in the posi- tion of baing able to work their collieries in the meet eoonomical way consistent with safety, and it is on this point that they have la.id most stress in their negotiations with the workmen's representatives, and which they reiga.rd as absolutely essential in putting the Act in force. The cardinal points of principle upon which the employers regret they have failed tc arrive at an agrooment with the worirrtK*ri's representatives in view of the coming into operation of the Act are: — 1. The owners contend that it is for thorn to work their collieries in the most effi- cient and economical manner consistent with the safety of the workmen, a.nd that, in view of the coming into operation of the Ooal Mines Regulation Act, 1908, the work- men should afford the owners all the assist- ance possible in this direction. The owners do not require the workmen to agree to universal double shift throughout the dis- trict, but only at collieries where double shift is practicable, which would involve the alternatives of double shift in the face or working parts of the pit on alternative shafts, or partial double shift, or increas- ing the number of men in a shift in a working place, as the owners may deter- mine, The owners have to point out that working by double shift is in no way con- trary to the provisions of the said Act. The Departmental Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment to inquire into the economic effect of a limit of eight hours to the working day of ooal miners" made the following observa- tions in their report.— That the multiple system of working collieries would be an economic advantage for both the producer and consumer. That for those collieries the output of which is limited by mechanical conditions, i.e., their capacity for haulage and winding —and which are unable to improve their mechanical equipment—the double shift would be a necessity. That after the institution of an eight hour day a determined effort will be made by the coalowners to extend this system, especially, probably in South Wales. The Departmental Committee also stated: — That an extension of the multiple shift system would be more or less operative in mitigating the effects of a reduction of the hours of the full working day. That, nevertheless, some diminution of production would follow a statutory reduc- tion of hours, whether introduced gradually or suddenly. In the discussion of this question with the workmen's representatives the owners pointed out that the report of the Depart- mental Committee appointed by the Home Secreta.ry is to the effect that the system of double shift exists in all mining districts of the Urated Kingdom, a.nd tha.t in the districts of Northumberland, Durham, and Cumberland the number of men working on the second shift was about equal to that of the first shift, and that other districts in the kingdom had adopted that system more generally than in South Wales. In addition to leading to more efficiency and economical working, the extension of the double shift system would not, in a.ny way increase the danger of working, but would rather have the contrary effect, owing to the more rapid travelling of the faces pre- venting the borenking down of tbe roofs. During the passage of the Bill through Pa.rl1a.ment a deputation from the colliery owners of the United Kingdom waited upon the Right Hon. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, when the owners' representatives from South Wales pointed out that it was "certain that the South Wales collieries could not make a profit with the working hours fixed at a single shift of eight hours, a.nd, whatever the consequences, it would necessitate the introduction of a double shift, and that this change of system would undoubtedly involve serious friction between the employers and workmen." The fears then expressed by the owners have been fully realised, as the negotiations which have taken place between the owners' and workmen's representatives on this point have so far failed. 2. Section 3 (Sub-sec. 1) of the Act is M follows: — "The time fixed by this Act as the time during which the workmen in a mine may be below ground for the purpose of their work and of going to and from their work may be extended ae respects any mine by the owner, agent, or manager of 1d:ttHDi <M .,uot.da.1arln any calendar -year by not more than one hour a day, and on any day on which an extension of time is made in accordance with this section as respects any mine the time as so extended shall be substi- tuted for the purposes of this Act as respects that mine for the time as fixed by this Act." The owners, in the exercise of the right given them under this section, require that on the Thursday or Friday of each week (whichever alternative day may in the opinion of the management be best suited to the conditions of the different collieries) the hours of working shall be extended by one hour, thTts absorbing 52 of the 60 hours allowed by the section, leaving the remain- ing eight hours to be taken when the owners think necessary. By the existing Conciliation Board agree- ment the men have undertaken to work 54 hours per week, or an average of nine hours per day, and they can only claim exemption from this obligation in so far as the law prevents them from working nine hours per day. 3. As the Act makes it illegal for the workmen to work beyond the specified hours, and, therefon, prevents their work- in^ wha-u hiNwrto been known R$ overtime," it becomes necessary to dis- oonUnue in th future all payme.n? which ave been made 00 the workmen on account 7 such overtime. The owners oontend tha.t these payments are clearly denned and are we 1 understood, both by the management and by the workmen themselves. It is well known tha.t under the new condi- tions the day wagemen will work shorter hours than hitherto, an approximate esti- mate being a reduction of 121. per cent, in their effective working time. Of the total workmen employed underground in South W al, es the day wagemen number a.bout 48 per cent., a.3 compared with colliers 52 per oent. I he genera l average of aU collieries in the United Kingdom is 35 per cent. day wagemen and colliers 65 per cent. These figures (coupled with the fact that many of the oolliers in South Wa-tes are engaged in day- work) show that spocial injustice would be dow to the owners in the South Wales ooal. HeM if the day wag??mcn were W b? paid t^ he present wage for reduced hours. The owners are not, however, unwilling, on con- dition that. the other points are settled, to leave this in abeyance, and to adopt the sug- gestion of the workmen's representatives to give the working of the Act a trial till the end of the exj.ft.ing Ooncfliatfon Board agree- men t--say. till March, 1910. There are other points of lesser importance upon which no difficulty is anticipated 111 coming to a settlement, and on some of which an agteiement has been arrived at between the representatives of the owners and the workmen. The important points of principle wbih have been enumerated are regarded by the owners as of paramount importance if the working of the collieries is to be carried on without a loss. The owners, in determining to give the I workmen notice that their contracts of ser- vice will cease to have effect as from the 1st of July next, desire to point out that such notices are not in any sense an act of aggres- sion on their part, but are given because of the advice they have received from counsel that, as the Legislature has interfered to render the carrying out of the contracts by the workmen impossible of performance, such contracts will, upon the coming into opera- tion of the Act, be no longer binding, and unless the owners give such notice they will have waived their rights, and will be bound by the new conditions required by the Act. The giving of the notices must not be con- sidered as closing the door to any further negotiations which either the owners' or the workmen's representatives may deem desir- able during the period of such notices. It has been suggested that the action of the owners of South Wales in regard to the Act differs from that taken by the owners in other mining districts. The conditions of mining in South Wales are. however, different from those in the districts referred to, a.nd. there- fore, require special consideration and treat- ment, and this was the view adopted by the Departmental Committee appointed by the present Government to report upon the economic effect of the proposed Eight Hours Act. W. J. HEPPELL, Chairman If the Association. FRED. L. DAVIS, President of the Owners' Repre- sentatives on the Concilia- tion Board. W. GASOOYNE DALZIEL, Secretary to the Association. Cardiff, May 24, 1909. Preparing for a Strike in Scotland A Glasgow telegram says :-The large coal consumers are preparing against the expected strike of Scotch miiier3 over the proposed reductions in wages. Ooal masters are being pressed to make early delivery of coal, and the railway companies have com- menced to stack locomotive ooal at the depots. The coalmincfrs meet next week to decide upon their action.

COMPENSATION LAW POINTS. The Court of Appeal, composed of the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Buck- ley and Kennedy, had before them on Tues- day the oase of Squires v. GueEt, Keen. and Nettlefolds (Limited) on the appeal of the plaintiff against an award of the Newport County-court judge, sitting as. arbitrator under the Workmen's Compensation Acts. Mr. W. Shakespeare, w&o appeared for the appellant, Rowland Squires, said that the case had already been before the Court of Appeal, when it was sent back to the county- court judge, and it was against the result of the re-hearing that the present appeal was brought. The appeal gave rise to two points, namely, as to how far a county-court judge was bound by the report of a medical referee, a.nd as to how far he could go in the exercise of his discretion upon a re-hearing. The plaintiff was a charger in the employ of the defendant company, and in 1906 in the course Off his employmient he met with an accident to his knee. There was a reference to tration, and the county-court judge awarded the plaintiff 13e. 3d. a week, which was 50 per cent, of his earnings. In October, jy07, the defendants stopped payment on the ground, as they alleged, that t, plaintiff was then able to follow his employment. 'Further arbitration proceedings then Lork place, when the judge said that there was nothing to show that the man's then condi- tion was the result of the accident, and though he decided in favour of Squires, he only gave him costs on the "B" scale, which prevented the man from getting the oosts of his witnesses. Squires was not con rent with that, and in June, 1908, he filed a request for a declaration of liability. Even. tually the matter was referred to a medical referee, whose report was in favour of the plaintiff, and showed that he was still unfit for work. Notwithstanding this, the judge reduced the compensation to 5s. a week, and allowed costs on the lower scale only. As the/result of an appeal to the Court of Appeal the matter was sent back to the county-court judge, who, instead of consider- ing the one point of the man's capacity to earn the wages he had previously been in receipt of, decided to hear the case de nove. Additional evidence was called, and in tile end the county-court judge adhered to tils previous decision, whereby he had reduced the compensation to 5a. a week. Mr. Shake- speare submitted that the judge was bound by the medical report, and that he ought to have revived the original award, under which the man got 13s. 3d. a. week. Mr. Parsons having spoken in support of the judgment of the county-court judge, The Master of the Bolls, givin.g judgment, said he was unable to say that there was no evidence to Justify the county-court judge in arriving at the conclusion he did, The judge had confirmed his previous decision after hearing additional evidence, and that, in his discretion, he was entitled to do. Lords Justices Buckley and Kennedy con- curred, and the appeal was dismissed, with coats.

THEFT OF COAL AT COLEFORD At Coleford yesterday George RogeTs, a quarry labourer, of Milkwall, was summoned by Police-sergeant Price for stealing a quantity of coal, value 6d., the property of Messrs. Watkins and Sons, of Stowe, near Coleford, on May 19. The officer met the defendant with the bag. which contained coal, and on accosting him defendant said, I fetched it from the red pit, and if you will come along with me I will show yoa where I had it from." He did 80, and took him to Lanrbsquay, an-d pointed out the spot where he had taken it from. The Bench fined defendan,t £ 1.

THE LAITY A "SPONGY" LOT At the annual meeting of the Curates' Augmentation Fund in the Ohurch House. Westminster, yesterday Canon Horsley said that when the report spoke of the generosity of the public it got his back up. The laity of the Church wc-re a very "spongy" lot; they were ready to get all they could out of their pargons in every possible way, and they would borrow 56. just as readily as they would call them knaves behind their backs.

NEWPORT TRAMWAYS Nefwport Tramways Committee on Tuesday decided to go on with the work of doubling the Stow Hill line as far as Charles-srtroet soon after Whitsun. The committee decided to request the police to endeavour to arrange that the Whit-Monday processrions of school- children shonld not obstruct the tramway service, as i) the paet

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Sale of Poisons at Cardiff SEEDSMEN MAY TAKE OUT LICENCES The chemists of Cardiff object to seedsmen selling poisons for agricultural and horticul- tural purposes, and the point was oonsidcred by the Cardiff Health Committee on Tues- day, when applications for licences under the Poisons Act. 1908, were received from local seedsmen a.nd florists. Deputations were received from both seedsmen and chemists. The seedsmen were admitted first, and were represented by Mr. J. T. Phoenix, solicitor, who objected at the outset to Mr. Jabez A. Jones acting in a double capacity. He cannot cut himself in two," said Mr Phcenix, "he must either be a chemist or a member of the committee." Mr. Jones: I am here as a member of the committee. If Mr. Phcenix thinks I ought not to introduce the deputation from the chemists I will not. Mr. Phoenix: Your good sense ought to tell you not to. Replying to Mr. Phoenix, the Chairman (Dr. Robinson) said that no objection to seedsmen having licences had been received from the head-constable or vendors of substances—the only people who would abject, Mr. Phoenix explained. The deputation of chemists, totalling seven- teen, were then introduced, and their spokes- man, Mr. Leo Joseph, 84, Albany-road, was first heard. Mr. Joseph pointed out why the chemists objected, and added that chemists had no need to ask for licencee. He also pointed out the danger of entrusting poisons to florists Mr. W. T. Hicks said there was no reason to say that the public demand in Cardiff had not been satisfied. For twenty-six years he had sold sheep dip in his Duke-stre-et shop, as well as spray fluids. This was a very important part of a chemist's business. They had to sell at store prices—therefore, more oheaply than at seedsmen's. Mr. -trncenix said that nurserymen and seedsmen sold horticulturists' requirements long before chemists did. He contended that there was no more danger in a se-edsman stocking poison than in a chemist. The danger in either case did not arise until the article got in the hands of the public, and the object of legislation was that the public requirements might be met freely. He quoted the names of thirty or forty towns where licences had been granted to seeds- men, and in the only place where licences had been refused they were now going to be granted. Mr. Treseder ridiculed the notion that only chemists could sell poisons, and pointed out that chemists could not advise amateur gardeners what poisons should be used. He had seen a lot of destruction of good plant- life by ill-advised use of horticultural poisons. Mr. Hibbert said he was surprised at the objection made by the chemists, who knew nothing about horticultural productions. Mr. Joseph having asked' for the right to reply, Mr. Phoenix objected. The Chairman objected to Mr. Phoenix taking charge of the meeting, saying it was not a debating society. He decided to act on the sxiggeetion of Mr. J. Chappell, and hear both sides while they were there. Replying to Mr. Edward Nic-holl, Mr. Phoenix said the seedsmen sold most of the articles under discussion. Mr. Joseph, in reply, said chemists had made a special study of botany in order to handle these poisons. Their president (Mr. H. A. Gerhold) was a champion sweet-pea grower, and they took special trouble to study horticultural subjects in order to be able to cater for the public. Mr. Jabez Jones said he, as well as other I' chemists, had been consulted by farirers and horticulturists as to their requirements, and they had got posted up in those special subjects. He described the seedsmen's sale of horticultural poisons as this illicit trade," and added that, though we are the most modest and unassuming people in the world," chemists are the proper and legal medium for the sale of these articles. The deputation having retired, Mr. John Chappell said he thought a gardener would be more likely to get reliable advice as to the use of poisons from seedsmen. Mr. Jones said he regarded this as the most vital question which had ever affected phar- macy. ine principle was absolutely vital to chemists. On the proposition of Mr. Chappell, seconded. by Mr. Nicholl, it was decided to grant licences to seedsmen. Replying to questions, the Chairman said that applied to ail applicattons for licences that were in legal order.

CONSERVATOR SUMMONED. Charge Under Fishery Laws Breaks Down I At Penrhiwpal Petty-sessions on Tues- day, before Dr. Powell and other justices. Captain WiUiam Lewes, Plasgeler, a member of the Teifi Board of Conservators, was sum- moned by Head-bailiff Griffiths on a charge of having unlawfully and wilfully taken the young of salmon. Mr. Howell, Lampeter, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Roy Evans for the defence. Bailiff Griffiths deposed to seeing defendant fishing on the 7th of April. Witness saw him examine his bait, which witness suspected was a samlet. Witness asked him to shO,V it, and defendant having taken it out of the water, witness at once saw that it was a, salmon peel. Captain Lewes in his evidence stated that he was strongly of opinion that the fish was the fry of a. species of trout. It waa infamous to suggest that he kept the bait in the water. If he had thought it was a samlet he would have returned it, as he was very keen on preserving them. He had moved a.t a meeting of the board recently that a sub-committee be appointed to go into certain matters, and as a consequence the pub-committee suggested that Griffiths should I be dismissed. and he was of opinion that this case was the result of ill-feeling on his part. The Bench dismissed the case.

I PRINCESS'S FIRST SALUTE. I While on guard a-t the gate leaing from the palace garden at The Hague into the Molenstraat yestecrday (says the "Daily Mail") a sergeant of the Grenadiers observed the approach of a white perambulator pushed by a nurse. For five seconds he looked at the approaching vehicle, when, suddenly realising that it was the little Prin- oess Juliana taking her first airing, he came to attention and presented arms, although the prinoess slumbered on unconsoioue of the honour. In the afternoon the sergeant was told by his colonel to repair to the palace in full uniform, as the prince wanted to speak to him. The prince told him that he had seen the salute from his window, that he had noticed the soldier's moment -,a. l u t ,o, of hesitation and his subsequent salute, <uld so presented him with a bank-note to provide himself with some sonvonir of his first salute of her Royal Highness Princess Juliana.

A TERRIBLE INFATUATION." A smart-looking, well-educated young raan, Harry Gaphan, was brought up for sentence at the London Sessions yesterday for having obtained L25 worth of goods by false pre- tences from Messrs. John Barker and Co. (Limited). The prisoner, it appeared, used a fa-Joo naane a-nd practised various devices to conceal his movements before taking the good-a-for which he had paid with a worth- less cheque-to the residence of a young woman in Avenue-road, Hammersmith, for whom he had conceived, it was stated, a terrible infatuation." Mr. Wallace, K.C., bound the accused over under the Probation Act 0

AS OTHERS SEE US. I At a meeting in New York, attended by Mr. Taft, a story wa.s told which is likely to cling to the portly President. An old negress oook in the South, who had cooked a delicious dinner for Mr. Taft during his Tecent visit, wa,s asked if she did not feel greatly honoured at cooking for such a great man. Aunty replied: "Neber done heerd cib him befor. Know nothin' about him except he do look as if he been regiar at has meals."

NEST IN A BEEHIVE. I At West Ashby, near Horn castle, Lincoln- shire, a, wagtail has built its nest in a bee- hive, and is sitting on ten eggs, despite the bees being busy at work below. The bird enters by the rood: of the hive through a small hole; it has carried bit by bit quite a heap of hay and other material through the hole, amd made quite a cosy nest.

YOUNC COUPLE SUFFOCATED I A young married couple, named William and Jane Little, aged respectively 21 and nineteen, were suffocated in a fire which occurred in a small dealer's shop in the Balymaoarrett district of Belfast last night. The shop was completely gutted, and the Littles had died before the fire brigade could effect an entrance.

THE DISCOVERY'S CREW, I Five members of Lieutenant Shackleton'e Antarctic expedition were on the New Zea- land Shipping Company's steamer Paparoa, which arrived at Plymouth this morning, and proceeded to London. They are the first of the party to reach England, and pre- cede their leader by. a -f artcrisht.

"My Time is Past It STRANGE LAST LETTER TO A WIFE You are better without me. My race is run. I am now a failure all round. So, in a last letter to his wife, read at the inquest yesterday, wrote Aix. H. P. Emslie. a c-ommerc-ial traveller, who was found dead on a sofa a.t his house at Longmead-road, ToOt- ing, with a bottle containing prussic acid by his aide. The jury returaie.d a verdiot of suicide. The letter ran:- I am heartbroken to think that I repre- sented the old asbestos company for twenty- five years and helped to build up the busi- ness as it is now, and then to be cast into the gutter like a sucked-out orange. My head is in a whirl, but I know not wha-t to do. To think to drag you down to the gutter. That to me is horrible. You are better without me. My race is run. I am no good in this world. My time M past. Be sure and see H. Bell. Tell Snow don I have tried, but have been a miserable failure. Mr. Giles, secretary to Bell's Asbestos Company, said t,hat Emslie was in their ser- vice for twenty-four years. lie did not help to build up the business, and was not dis- missed on the ground of age.

A BOYS DRAMATIC SUICIDE Paris, Wednesday.—From Clermont Fer- rand is announced an extraordinary occur- rence which has taken place at the Lycee Blaise Pasoal in that city. Three pupils in the third class decided to cTmmit suicide during the evening lessons. Th&y drew lots to decide who should die first, the lot falling upon a lad named Xeny, aged fourteen, the son of a schoolmaster. In fulfilment of the agreement he entered Upon, young Neny at the hour fixed shut himseif in the temple with a revolver, and immediately fell dead in front of his terrified schoolmates. On the desk was found a note m the following t-,rms: Ave amici moriturus vos sa,lut.at (Hail, friends, he who is about to die salutes you).

TRADE UNION BENEFIT LOST The United Builders' Labourers' Union, of Blaokfriars-road, Southwark, was sued at the Southwark County-court yesterday by a member, named George Whiting, for £12 125. accident benefit. Whiting said he had sub- scribedw-e-ekly to the society for twenty yearg. He lost hLs left eye in an accident on October 27 last, and the executive council refused to give him compensation because he failed to give notice of the acoident until four days after the occurrence. Judge Willis gave judgment for the society, in 4,w oi the Union's rule requiring notice withi° three days.

TO FIGHT TAMMANY. The movement to cleanse the New York City politics and secure a man at the head of the city government who will neither be a tool. of Tammany nor too weak to fight that organisation is growing in strength and has resulted in the appointment of a committee of "one hundred," who will work from now until election day, next autumn next a, -utuu'A for good government. The committee it drawn from Republications, Democrats, aU4 Independents, and the avowed object of tb. new organisation is to fight Tammany, a-n*5 the fusion of all anti-Tammany forces vvO shortly be brought about.

■ LORD DENBIGH'S BIRTHDAY. The jubilee birthday of Lard Denbigh to- day will bring him good wishes from many friends, from Royalty downwards. He was a lord-in-waitir>g, under Conservative Govern- ments, both t.o Queen Victoria and to his present Majesty, and has always been highly esteemed in the Royal circle. Lord Denbigh, who enjoys the Irish earldom of Desmond besides his English title (both peerages date from James I.'s reign), is an old captain of gunners, and saw active service in Egypt In 1882. He has for some years commanded tha Honourable Artillery Company.

750 GUINEAS FOR PRINTS. The remarkable rise in value of eighteenth century colour prints was exemplified yester- day at Christie's, when Messrs. Colnaghi and Co. paid 750 guineas for a set of thirteen prints of Wheatley's famous" Cries of Lot1" don," published in the year 1796 at 16s. apiece- In 1900 as much as 1,000 guineas was realised at auction for a very fine set. At the rajo rooms a whole-length mezzotint portrait ot Lady Elizabeth Compton, by V. Green, afte* Sir J. Reynolds, fetched 370 guineas.

"NO HALF TICKETS." The following is translated from the t\'&er tables of a railway in tte outh of Fro-nee: —"Half-tickets for children are not issued on this line. In the case, however, of two ohil' dren of one fa,mily travelling together, a 6ingle ticket will be sufficient for the t\vo. Should tlie family consisrt of only one chi1d. application should be to the booking clerk, who will issue a portion of a ticket at a moiety of the usual faie."

DEATH AT 104. Fran Julie von Kucgc'gcn, believed to b0 the oldest woman in Germany, died Dessau on Monday at the age of 1G4 years and six months She was the widow of the Late Lord Chamberlain and Court portrait painter of the Duchy of Anihalt-Beimbtirg- Alii three of her ohiidren preceded her to the grave. On her hundredth birthday the Kaiser' and Kaiserin sent Fran KuegelgeQ personal greetings.

PRESIDENT A GRANDFATHER. 1 M. Fallieres, President of the French Republic, is, a grandfather. His daughter, who last year was married to M. Jea, Lanes, a forme rchief secretary, yesterday gave birth to a son. The President and Madam* Fallieres have been the recipients of many- congratulations on the haftpy event.

TOURIST ROBBED OF X2,0001 1 A Peruvian tourist who is staying a-t Geneva., on returning from a steamer excur- sion on the lake, found that hie wife's jewels hod been stolen to the value of £ 2,000. All English couple in a, Geneva pension have been robbed of jewels wcrth S200.

SUNDAY TRIPS NOl WANTED. The Swa-nage District Council, at a special meeting yesterday to consider a suggested Sunday steamboat service for SwanagO, decided to write to the Swanage Pier Com- pany, asking them to do all in their powel" to istop any such proposal.

INVITATION TO LORD ROBERTS I Mr. Dcakin, speaking at a meeting of tbe Liberal party at the Town-hall, Melbourne, yesterday, expressed the hope that Lord Roberts would visit Australia a.nd advise t'b. Government on the question of defence.

HOW TO DEAL WITH USURERS I Three German usurers were sentenced at, I Hamburg yesterday to varying degrees oi imprisonment for extorting exorbitant I interest from Army officers.

RAILWAY VAN ON FIRE I A van attached to a passenger train run- nin-g between Derby and Burton-on-Trent yesterday caug-ht fire, and one of the offi- I cials was severely burnt.

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I The Man in the Street. I Many important impressions were made at yesterday's conference between the Cardiff Union Vi&itlng Committee and the officials of the Local Government Board. All eyes were naturally on Dr. Fuller, ¡ and when he opened his lips every ear gave close attention to his remarks. It was soon very evident that this gentle- man had preconceived notions as to what would be best for the large district embraced by the union. Perhaps his favourite idea was that in which a, country hospital was the centre. Dr. Fuller believes in getting the sick poor far away from the madding crowd into i the peaceful atmosphere of bucolic tran- quility, with air surroundings of perfect purity. Altogether a splendid conoep- tion. The only drawback is the vital matter of cost. Ratepayers are often called upon to provide better accommoda- i tion for the necessitous poor than they can afford for themselves, and something' of the kind in the near future would not be very surprising when it is remembered: how some authorities have shown how easily they can make the money fly. However, with rates rising in every direc- tion. I think it may be taken for granted that other methods for dealing with the overcrowded condition of the Cardiff workhouses will be attempted before this particular pet scheme of the Local! Government Board. official will be resorted to. A more practical suggestion of the humane doctor will probably be acted upon by the removal of the twenty to thirty infants from the Cardiff Work- j house nursery to the Ely Children's: Homes. Immediate extension of some sort has long been regarded by everybody as neces- sary, and the Local Government Board officials evidently fall in with the guar- dians' scheme to provide temporary accommodation at the Ely house for another 150 inmates. And it seems pro- bable that Alderman F. J. Beavan will have his way in the contention that 120 of th ese places shall be for men. The London visitors appeared to, have a great respect for the possibilities of buildin, I at Ely, and it will certainly be better to make additions at the village workhouse, where there is plenty of room and abun-; dant air, than at the already stuffy city institution. And the guardians will also: do well to resist any pressure that may be attempted to add an additional floor to the two-storeyed buildings at Cowbridge- road. The safety of helpless old people is all against the carrying out of such a dangerous idea. The visiting officials were also struck by the fact that close on 700 of the Cardiff inmates are desclïbed as "sick." But the term creates an erroneous impression. About 300 inmates require constant attention, but the remainder are anything but invalids. At: the same time, there is plenty of work for the single resident medical officer, and much is to be said for the oft-reipeated statement that the institution is .little else then a large infirmary. However, the proposed additional accommodation for 150 inmates should carry the board over next winter, and there is plenty of time to consider other less pressing matters. At last the long-expected has happened. Nearly everybody had seen an airsihip except the police. And now a constable has seen what it has only been permitted ordinary mortals to view hitherto we should be able to sleep peacefully these nights. The fortunate officers who saw during their night watches a light moving in the air" hail from Port Ten- nant, and this in itself is re-assuring. People living in that favoured spot are not used to seeing double, neither are they given to fanciful imaginings and vain visions. However reliable informa- tion from other quarters may be, it is always safest to have the Port Tennant seal of truth placed upon it. But even more gratifying than all this is 'the fact that the police—the embodiment of law and order in this country—have actually seen this flying monster. Probably the gentlemen in blue broadcloth and brass buttons flashed their bull's-eye lanterns, and it would seem that this action so alarmed the aeronauts that they fled in alarm, few. we are told that the airship disappeared in a north-westerly direction at top speed. In or —— 1 be none of In order that there might be none of the mistakes that arise from verbal state- ments that invariably get twisted and distorted in passing from mouth to mouth, the constables have made their official report-and that places the event beyond all doubt. Up to the present moment, there are 'no county council or other bye-laws to limit the speed of air- ships, and for this reason—and the addi- tional one that it was out of reach, to say nothing of the fact that it was going too fast-the officers did not effect an arrest. The appearance of the flying men in court on a charge of furious driving would have made pretty reading, but that is of the future. The evidence does not even say that the aeroplane was of the orthodox cigar shape, and the infor- mation that there was a light below it would lead one to suppose that it was merely a fire balloon if any but the police had seen it. Certainly, now that the official eye has seen it, the airship should give Parliament and other matters crying out for passing notice a chance of getting a share of the public attention. rhen there is the Pageant, the Whitsun- tide holidays, and a few other matters. So, everything considered, it is just as well that affairs are as they are. One very pleasing feature of the pro- 4te*intes.^8t- ing fact that the performers are largely volunteers, thus insuring that all who take part in it are, far from being driven, really anxious to do what they can to make the functio-n a great suocesis. Led by the powerful Great Western, the rail- way companies are doing their utmost to assist in advertising and bringing the public to the festival. Mr. J. Carter has taken an active personal interest in the Pageant from the beginning, and his com- pany's artistic handbook should have a great effect all along the Great Western ltallivay's gigantic system. Pageant posters have been put up in Jamaica, Las Palirras, and in other foreign centres, while visitors from the far ends of the earth are just packing up in preparation for their visit to the Old Country. School children throughout the Principality are looking forwarci to the occasion, and, doubtless, many will follow the excellent example of Merthyr, who are sending nearly 3,000 children to the rehearsal on July 21. Everything is going as merrily as marriage bells.

THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON. A wliitfvliaired, diminutive man, named George Smith, agad 64. a bricklayer, who pleadod guilty to th-eft and was sentenced at London Sessions yesterday to three years' penal servitude, had the following list of con- victions proved against biim.- 186S, three months. 1869, three months and seven years. 1876, four months. 1379, twelve months. 1383, six years' penal servitude and five yeoxe super- vision. 1832, five months and twelve mpnths. 1895, 3? ye?rs' pemi sor, tuf0 and three years' supervision. 1899, nine months. 1900, seven years' penal servitude. 1905, 4 years' penal servitude and two years' super- vision His offences included theft, shopbreaking, and robbery with violence. The Judge remarked that the man seemed unable tK) i keep outside a prison/ and was one of those who, when the new Act was passed, would be detained for the rest of his life.