Evening Express

From All Quarters I General Sir John French, who is making a tour of the Straits Settlements and China Si3rri~»ons, has arrived at Hong Kong1. The P. and O. Company's steamer Osiria orrind at Port Said yesterday fro,m Brinditi,! thlrledti houifj late in eonie-ciooiice of the lose ct a prf> £ >e<liftr. A marriage has been arranged, and will take plaoe in FÐbruury, l.«tween George rrederiok Widenham Fosbery, yonn-gest son of the late "vVideuham Poebery, of Mos.town, c.oun.ty v; estm, Ireland, and Irene Beatrice, youn^seit daughter Oil Alfred John nbie ,rector of Horton, GHouoestershire. A marriage is announce!, ajid will take place in Ayril, bettween Charles Wilfrid, eldest son of Harry VV. and Mrs. Lee, of 26, Easii- ,ct.r-,ee" a.n<i rernlyn, Merioneth, and Gecrv^lna Lydia., eldest dau?ht-er 4ol H. W. B. I>Avis, E.A., of G-k„slyn, Rhayader.

EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY I Wr 3cvirad raorninars a cow at Nemchatel Ye Idttle or no milk, rttifspeeting theft, the owner quietly placed a bull in t.he oow's plaoe, the next iiisht had the satisfaction of trn Italian railway labourers put to '.gnotruruQiLs flii'lit.

VISCOUNT TREDEGAR'S GIFTI Lord Tredegar has presented a valuable site j in a central position for the erection of I new Young Men's Christian Association premises at Tredegar. The building ..ill cost ab=t £ 3,500. Mr. W, Tredegair, has .-+- I arebite&. Mr. John oory.

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TRAGEDY IN A WOOD A tragedy poaseBBiiis rather unmrnil features hae ooeurred in an isolated wood on the borders of Dorking, Surrey. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. George Ansell, the outside manager of the Deoibies Estate, in the employ of the Hon. Henry Oirbitt, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, wa-s found lying unoonsoious in a pool of blood in the Dorking woods, adja- cent to Banmore Coimmon. His skull was shattered, and he died later in the day. Mr. Aceell bad been missing ginoe Monday, when he had gone pig-eon shooting. It is aasoimed that he killed a pigeon, for the dead body of the bird was found in his coat pocket. It ia conjectured that he then started to climb a beeoh tree, for the purpose of placing the dead pigeon as a decoy on one of the top- moat b-raaohes. About 16ft. from the ground is a bra,noh, newly broken off. On ttis, it ia thought, Mr. An^ell was standing preparatory to placing the deoryy, when the branch gave way and sent him crashing head foremost I to the ground.

ALTERATION OF A SEiNTENCE Ernest Stanley, a barman, was charged at M&it"lboI"OUgh-e.t;reIeit yesterday wilth aaeauilt- ing Mr. Alfi-ed Edward Frame, li-ceneee of I' the Green Man. In defence, the prisoner said he gave Mr. Frame notice to leave. Instead of allowing him to work the notiee out, ilr. Frame paid him off immediately, acd he wae out of work for ten weeks. Mr. Deriman said the prieoaier must have gone to Mr. Frame's house with the spitefu., in- tent of revenging himself. The seatenoe would be si* ivml& imprisoninenit, with hard labour. Mr. Barrington Mattliew,3 la-ter in the day appealed to the magistrate to alter his decision, saying tha.t the prisoner bore a good character and intended going to Australia. Mr. Denman yielded to the apreal, and impeded a fine of 15, with the alternative of six weeks' imprisonment.

A POLICEMAN'S PROTECTION I An exciting story of an adventure with an I¡ armed man was related at Preston Sessions yesterday, when Richard Kay, of Darwen, Nvas charged with attempting to commit suicide. His wife obtaining a separation order, he shot himself through the mouth, but the bullet came out through his cheek. He threatened to shoot the first policeman who came, but Police-sergeant White, divest- ing himself of his tunic and helmet, entered the house, holding a chair to protect himself, ¡ and secured the revolver. Kay, who had I been drinking, signed the pledge, and was bound over.

SLIPPED HIS HANDCUFFS I After scouring the oountry-side, the Win- chester police hare re-eaptured William Whitear, who, after being sentenced to three months' imprisonment, escaped on the way to gaol by slipping his haadcurfs. The man was run to earth yesterday on Portsmouth Hard. about twenty miles from the scene of his dash for liberty.

WOULD NOT STAY AT HOME A convicted burglar, named Woolf Sohwimer, who had three times been sent back to Germany under the Aliens Expulsion Aot, was sentenced at the Mansion House yesterday to a month's imprisonment, and again recommended for expulsion for being found in this country after being expelled.

VIGIL BY DEAD AVIATOR. I Two of M. Lean Dela^r&ngie'e mechanics sat by the aide of the body Oil the dead aviator aJl nrgivt in a. budding aidjoiniiig the aero- rtrrawt vbene be met hte dearth. Tbe body ———————— f-

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The Man in the Street. 4 1 I Somebody has said that we are lucky to have any weather at all. Certainly the recent snow, sleet, and drizzling rains have served the useful purpose of show- ing the proud Metropolis of "Wales under unfavourable conditions. One of the oldest residents of Cardiff (and one of the most esteemed) remarked to me yesterday thai he had never seen the streets looking so dirty. While we were talking an empty Whitchurch-road tram- car was starting from the Monument, and another with two passengers inside and a pair on the top came up from Canton, The wheels of the rumbling Juggernauts made the mud ooze out of the tramlines, and the slimd in St. Mary-street was nearly an inch deep, while the pavements oould not very well be much greasier. Strangers may with some reason ask if the streets of Cardiff are ever cleaned. One cannot adventure even to the home o-f the City Fathers in Cathays Park without going through a sea of mud, and, to cross the city the pedestrian must be prepared with loggings and mackintosh, taking special care to turn up the collar as a precaution against the impartial dis- tribution of the pea-soupy mixture thrown off the wheels of passing ca.bs while be slips and slides to his destina- tion. A short time ago we were told that an important city like Cardiff should have its Lord Mayor's coach, as well as its gilt- hatted town-crier. Perhaps it would be nicer to go in for clean streets first. Cer- tainly the city council should consider the desirability of advertising for tenders to scrape and sweep the roadways and pavements of the principal thoroughfares like St. Mary and Queen Streets, where traffic is always congested. The Health Committee, having done so well in other directions, would also be well advised to enforce their bye-laws with regard to th sweeping of shop fronts and the shaking of mats at the front door late in tfhe morning. Cowbridge-road, one of the city's busiest arteries, is not an ideal place to walk along when the rain is not with us to keep the dust down, and even in such a respectable avenue as Cathe- dral-road I have seen the microti stirred up actively and sprinkled assiduously upon those walking to the city to business. Cardiff is, undoubtedly, one of the prettiest spots in the United Kingdom, and the city council might do a great deal to also make it one of the cleanest. Now, then, my Lord Mayor and corporation, let us see what can be done. This poor old world, shortly to pass through the tail of a runaway comet, is full of shocks and surprises. One of the newest of the most astonishing departures is the interesting announcement that there are in our midst a number of women who have to shave off the hair that per- sists in growing on their faces. Possibly, this may ba due to the fact that the modern woman is changing her sex, and as the demand for clean shaves, and a rub down with alum, increases, one may expect that the men who are becoming more ladylike will be able to do without the razor, while those fathers and bachelors who now prefer the manly beard will be able to cultivate luxuriant tresses trained to fall well below the waist line. There is an enterprising hairdresser who has advertised a special department devoted to the shaving of woman by a woman. Strange as it may seem, this innovation answers a long-felt want, and despite electrolysis and the many countless depilatories on the mar- ket, should for a limited time, at least, h ir, ventqre m,as prove a great success. This venture was made on the assumption that there was no really successful way in which to per- manently remove superfluous hair, and the supposition that ladies would prefer the attentions of trained assistants to the constant use of razors or powders by themselves. All this is very well and good and so foirth. However, hairdressers will do well to make the most of the flying moments. An eminent scientist has recently announced the discovery of a prepara- tion which possesses all the remarkable properties of the permanent hair remover used by the women of Ancient Rome, and it is ius belief that he has simply re- discovered the long-lost secret of its pre- parat,ioa-a loss which dates from the fail of the Roman Empire. At this stage it will be well to pause and think a little. If the fall of the Empire marked the growing of hirsute adornments (and their consequent .removal) by the Matrons of Rome, what does the coming of the bearded women presage for this country ? If women are to annex all that is manly, even to our patriarchal whiskers and handsome moustaches, will They also become our soldiers and sailors and save the Empire from the ruin which this r information suggests? The question is a momentous one, and, doubtless, in due time, will occupy the attention of our I legislators. Of course, the thought arises, If women are TMng to usurp all that is now regarded as manly, why on earth sfhould they not wear their new dignity with unblushing pride, mutt-on chop whiskers, King Edward beards, Kaiser moustache and all ? Mr .Robert Forrest, tlfe pop-tiln-r ohaitm-an of the Llandaff and Dinas Powis Council, looked, a.t yesterday's meeting, all the better for the change to Bournemouth which he had snatched from his busy life. Apnrt from the joint complaint of Lian- j Ylair and Whitchurch as to the 'bus service witli Cardiff, the most important matter under consideration was the periodical flooding of Ely River. Mr. Richard Wil- liams was able to announce that the Local Government Board had sanctioned the loan for building the new bridge, and this, with the much-needed cleansing ot the bed of the river from the accumulated rubbish of ages and the removal of the island below the bridge, should make all the difference in the world. The vil- lage of Ely suffers from the ^Usabilities consequent upon its geographical posi- tion. Two or three public authorities have to be consulted concerning any changa to ba made, such as the bridge, a matter which was delayed for some years in consequence, but if the owners of land on either side of the river will combine over tnis one matter there need be no more floods at Ely,

INSULTING THE SAINTS Much astonishment and surprise has been excited by a decision given in the Upper Court at Vienna. A poor woman woh has a, small grocery store in Cracow, bought a lot of waste-paper for wrapping up the pur- chases made by her customers. Unfor- tunately, this paper consisted of the title- sheets of a Roman Catholic journal, on which the picture of a saint and a prayer were printed. Information was given to the authorities at Cracow, and the wootan was prosecuted for irreligious behaviour." She was sentenced to seven days' arrest, the punishment to be accentuated by a twenty- fours' fast. She appealed to the Upper Court at Vienna, which has confirmed the decision of the Cracow Court, holding that the use of the images of saints for packing up eatables is showing disrespect and contempt for the institutions of the Catholic Church. Such a proceeding is considered contrary to the reverence that should be shown towards images. UlitJ." l t Hfc

BRAZILIAN BATTLESHIP he Brazilian battleship Ifinas Geraes was yesterday formally handed over by the builders, Afesars. Armstrong, W-hitworrth, and Cc., Elswick, to the Brazilian Commission at Harrow Slake. The officers of the vessel were in full-dress uniform, and there were also a number of ladies on board. The ceremony or hoisting the Brazilian flag was gone through with enthusiasm. A guard of honour pre- sented arms, and. a salute of 21 guns was fiTed. Admiral Maurity, ohief of the Brazilian Com- mission, and Sir Andrew Noble were both present. The vesael was launched on the Tyne, September, 1908, and has v?ine ? ?n roug h successful speed and gunnery trials, She is expected to loave the Tyne for Brazil at the end of the month.

"JACK THE PAINTMAN" Aftea- an absence of several months, Jack the Paiirtma-n" has re-appeared in a London shopping district. He is the unknown individual who gained notoriety by throwing a mixture of paint and water on women's dresses, with the deliberate intention of spoil- ing them. In Conduit-gtrceit on Tuesday after- noon one woman stopped another and informed her that her dress waa one mass of brown stains at the back. Next minute she learned that her own. dress was in a similar plight. This deliberate spoiling of dresses is a manna," aaad a well-known phyBSbian. "It is a particular form of ner- vous disease resulting from neurasthenia. I

A TIGER'S GRATITUDE I Mr. Elton Bell, municipal veterinary "•nrgeon, Penang, had a novel patient recently. Whan the Palitana arrived Mr. Bell was sent for and, according to the Java Times," on arriving, found that one of the Bengal tigers belonging to Harmston's Circus was suffering from a large abscess on the shoulder, which necessitated an opera- tion. The animal was securely tied with cords and the operation successfully per- formed, greatly to the relief of the sufferer, which mutely expressed its thanks towards its benefactor for his kindly act.

WOMAN OF ONE PHRASE. I Looking extremely ill, jWes Violet Bryant, ¡ a hospital nurse, was released from Preston Gaol yesterday aJfter a month's imprl-lm- mect foT breaking the windows elf HaSJing-1 den Liberal Club on the occasion of Mr. L. Hairoottrt's visit. When placed in a puau'eh- ment cell she secured a piece of glass and cut the straps which formed part of her costume. Whenever remonstrated with on recount of her behaviour, the only reply she made during the whole month waa --Voim for women."

DUKE IN WITNFSS BOX The Duke of omN'5et suppe?red as a wit- ness a? Ma.rH?pough-?tr&et TMiic?coujt yes- t,e?a,y when Edgar WiUIDS, nineteen, al footmAn. W88 remanded on a. charge of obtaining ?3 by false pretences from a,? caehier at Claridge's Hotel. Prisoner had represented himself to be the duke's valet, and, stating be had certain expenses to meet, h,ad obtained 13 in advance from the cashier. The duke's evidence was brief and to the pad nt-be tewl never seen the prisoner in his life before.

COULD NOT TELL HiS NAME! An accused man at Clerkenwell yesterday was asked his name. "My name?" he replied; how do I know? I can't tell you." He put his overcoat on the ledge of the dock, and exclaimed: "Here wa are again!" Better put him back for the doctor," Mr. Bros said. What!" remarked the man, "Smith? No. of course my name is not Smith." There is little doubt about his mental condition," the doctor reported subse- quently.

POPULAR PEKINESE DOGS j Pekinese enamels are still the most popular of an lapdov. At the first annual show of the South-Western Dog Society, held at the Horticultural-hall yesterday, out of 540 entries (comprising over 20 varieties) 85 were of this species. The various g'pec rfa of Poms also were mueh in evndence, while the British bull-dog bad no fewer than 64 rep-re- eentativee..

BENEVOLENT MAGISTRATE I In fining an old man la. at Willesden yes- terday for begging, Dr. Crone, the magistrate, fixed as the alternative one day's imprison- ment, which meant that he was at once released. He also gave the prisoner Is. to buy food.

MADE A DIFFERENCE In an Irish paper was an advertisement for horses to stand a.t livery, oft the following t,erns:- » Leung-tailed hopaee at 3s. 6d. per week. Short-tailed horses at 3a. per week." On irrwiuiry into the cause of the difference it was answered that the horses with long tails could brush the flies off their hacks wbale eating, whereas the short-tailed horeea ware obliged to taike their heads from the OMMtser. I

Death in a Well LABOURER & WOULD-BE RESCUER SUCCUMB While a labourer named Burton and a briekfeyer rwraed Eva-us were digging a. well near With am, Essex, on Wednesday, an e'!():l.pe of gas took piaee at the bottom of the well, which was 30ft deep. Burton was orer- come. Evans went clown to rescue him, and he also was overcome. Bofch men were dead when pulled up eorne minutes later.

SLIPPED ON ORANGE PEEL. Mr. W. L. To-rath held an inquest at Cardiff on Wednesday touching the death of Thomas Arnold, aged 27, a native of Mogeely, County Cork. Mrs. Creorgina | Littley, of 7, Pearl-street, said the decayed came to lodge with her on Peccmber 18. On the 28th he came downstairs vrith his face swollen, and oomT>lained of pains in the hea/l. He als>o said he had fallen upon a piece of orange-peel. Mts. M&ry Jane Best, of 39, Port-maumoor-road, sa.id the deceased had also lodged with her. She informed the parents of the d-eptb, but they wired, "Must be buried in Cardiff; sorry, we are too poor to do anything." Dr. E. H. Price said the deceased was admitted to the work- house with symptoms of compression of the brain. Death was due to meningitis, and as the fall would have lowered the vitality of the brain tissues he W34 of the opinion tha-t the fall was indirectly the cause of death. The vordi-ct was "Meningitis, caus«ed by a fall accidentally received." rrra 1—_i_

MONEY MAKiNG AT MINT The work of the Royal Mint during 1909 jesuited in the product/ion of no fewer than 113,139,430 coial. Fvcyi this stupendous total was exceeded by over twelve millions in the previous year. The coinage represented by this total includes gold, silver, and. bronze pieces for home use, and gold, silver, bronze, nickel, and aluminium coins for the cun en'Ûy in our Coloui. Last yetr so-.?- reigns wort.h £l1,OOJ,OOJ and half-sovereigns woith £ 2,000,010 were struck, but here, again, the total value was not far from a million pounds below the figures for 1908. Silver coin, on the other hand, was struck in greater quantities in 1909 than in 190??, the total for the iimpire being £1.389,599 fcr last year, a sum which, is about half a million in excess of the silver coinage value for lSîJB. Bronze coin, more popularly known as "coppers," was struck to the value of £121,811, being roughly £ 33,COO below the oopper" odinago for 1908.

GIFT OF PALISADES The Sta/te of New York has benefited by the munificence of a number of rich donors desirous of providing for the public needs in the mattor of open spaces. Governor Hugh-os ainnouneed at the opening of the State Assemby at Albany yesterday that the preservation of the Palwados, the well- known columnar rooks, extending for fifteen miles along the liud&m River between New York and Albany, was n'mw secure, and blasting poerations on the rocks need no longer be feared, for sixteen millionaires had oombirred to contribute £ 325,000 for that purpose In addition, Mrs. Harriman, who is managing the estate left to her by Mr. E. 11. Harrixuan, the late railway "wizard," bad made the State a, present of a 10,000 aore piairk in Orange County, and a main ten- anee fund of £ 200,000 along with it.

MRS. PANKHURST'S SON DIES Mrs. Piankhurst, the well-known suffragette loader end founder of the Women s Social and Political Union, hoe lost her only son. After an illness lasting several months, Mr. Harry Pankhurst died in London yesterday at the age of twenty. Unlike his sisters, who are all militamt suffragettes, he took no part in public life, although he supported the cause for whioh his mother and sisters are working. Mrs. Pankhunrt. was in constant attend&noe upon her son ever since she oame back from her American tour. on December 8, and his sinters were with him as constantly as pos- sible. MT. Hiarry Pankhumst was very clever. and showed exceptional promise. He was going to take up landscape gardening as his proieesaoo. At first he studied architecture, but eventually gave it up-

FAR EAST DANGER BEBAalN, Thursday. The St. Petersburg correspondent cif the "Vossisohe Zeitung" states that M. Glesrmer, a member of the Council of the Empire, who recently returned from a journey to China and Japan^ yesterday presented a report, ac-cording to which he asc'er^a^nod thatjapan, WBA preparing to face the possibility of war with Russia next year, and would probably then declare it. M. G-l^«er aoserts the situa- tion of Russia in Central Asia is an unenvi- j abio one, and advises Russian diplomatists to conciliate the Chinese. He expresses the opinion that in the caøe of war Japan, fail- ing the help of England, woTdd be likely to find &Utes in Ge=any &'? A?tria-.—Cen?raJ j *,C!vr8' I N1}WB. =--

POLICE UNDER FIRE I A pcSioerwan h-.s bad -s-n exciting adventure wdth an armed man at Daa-wen. After his wife had obtained a separation order iliohard Ka.y tried to end his life by shooting himself in the mouth, but the ballet came cut through one of Iris cheeks. He then threatened to ?hoot any constable who came to arrest him. One officer divested himself of his tunio and helmet, and, using a chair as a screen, got into the house, overpowered Kay, and secured tb.e revolver. Kay served in the Boer war, and inheriting a 1, gacy, had been drinking heavily. Yesterday he promised to sign the pledge, and the magis-' trates bound him over.

BURGLARY EPIDEMIC The Glasgow police have been kept busy during the last week by a s'&nas of petty burglaries. Altogether a duzeil men are under arrest in connee-tio-n with them. a.nd yesterday the police arrested several men who are alleged to he.-ve uced a peculiarly effective form of housebreaking. Keating a fiat over other tenanted chambers, preferably a public-lionise, they are cax-d to h.a.V1 bored a hoile through the ceiling and then to have (trawn up any money or saleable goo I It is stated that a small hole Wag first b>4ed and an ambieula pushed through and opened to ca.tch lalLir.g piaster.

SIR E. 8HACKLET0N IN [4RLIN BERLIN, Wednesday. Sir Brnejt Shackicton, who arrives here to-night, is assured of a brilliant reooptioo In Berlin to-morrow he will be entertained at a luncheon, at which Herr Item burg, Colonial Secretary, njwl a number of official and other prominent persons will be present. In the evening he will lecture before the Geographical Society. On Firiday ha will lecture before the Colonial Society, and a tliiixi lecture is being arranged owing to the rush for tickets.—Renter.

WHITE GLOVL-S FOR CHAIRMAN For the fourth time in succession there were no prisoners for trial at the Anglesey Quarter Serious at I»langeifni yesterday, and the chairman received the customary pair 01 white gioves from the high sheriff.

KING LEOPOLD'S ESTATE t PARIS, Thursday. Tbe Brussels correspond en t of the "Jomrnall I states that the amount of the estate ol King I JjeopoW has been ascertained to be 50,000,000 fraacs ( £ 2.00(5,000 News. I

I New County-court Judge IJUOQEO'NENSSUCCESSOR- APPOINTED Mir. Stanley Hill Kelly itns been aprporated judge of the conn ty-courts of No. 24 Circuit, in sueoeesion to the late Jodge Owen. Born in 1869. Mr. Stanley Hill Keily is the youngest son of the late Mr. S. W. Kelly, a well-knofrn colliery pmprwtor. residing at The Elans, Uandaff. He was educated at the MR. STANLEY HILL KELLY. Rreoon Grammar School, and his natural bent being towards the law, he spent a short period in t-be office of Messrs. W. R. Davies and Co.. the well-known Pontypridd solici- tors. He afterwa-rds studied for the Bar and was called at Gray's Inn in 1393, joining the Sou th Wales Circuit. For some time Mr. Hill Kelly was professionally engaged under the Colonial OlSoe in the Seychelles Islands, and for some years past he has devilled for the Solicitor-General (Sir Sa-mud T. Evans). A clever, convincing speaker, he has been a well-known figure at the local courts, and the great interest he has taken in com- pensation law is not the least important of his Qualifications for a judicial appointment in a district of a.n industrial nature. His geniality has made him a host of friends in professional circles, among whom hia apipwintment will certainly be popular. lis is a raeinber of the Reform Club, but has taken no aofrive part in politics. Mr. Kelly, who is a cousin of Sir D. Brynmcr ,hn9S, married in 1906 Mrs. Margurita Pauling, a daughter of the late Mr. Leopold Lopes Guibara, formerly on* of the heads Ox derwirtonents a.t the War Office.

NOT ENOUGH BAIT. I Some quaint sayings of children are given by the Christian Commonwealth" and amongst them is the following:-It was in a Scotoh schoolroom, where a class was being examined in SioTi-pture knowledge by his Ma jesty's insr,,eot*T. **Oan any boy or girl here tell me how Noah would be likely to use his time while on the ark?" asked the inspector. There was silence for pome time, but at lem'gth one boy timidly showed hiB hand, and on being asked what he thought, replied Please sir, he wad fish." WoU, yea, he might," admitted the inspector. Pre- sently another little fellow was seen to wave has han dexcitedly, and on being asked to spea-k said—" P1oose, he oould'na fish vema lang." What makes you thiruk go, my little man?' asked the inspector. "Because there were only t/wa worms in the ark," was the reply.

HAD A STEADY HAND 1 Having taken methylated sp-irite as a drink, Mlaigmns M'BouTior (ttO), a barber, aq)peared at Lambeth yesterday to answer a charge of being helplessly drunk. Mr. Hopkins (the magistrate): if yon have got down to methy- lated spirits, you must be hard up. The Prisoner: I have only taken a little drop at a time. I have not wilfully taken i.t in order to get intoxicated. Mr. Hopkins: Then what did you take it for? The PTisoner: I took it as a substitute for liquid ether. Mr. Hop- kins In a week or two we shall be aJàle to' light you-barn you up. (iLaughter.) Do you mean to say that you a.re one of those w-ho shave men? The Prisoner: Yes. Mr. Hop- kiiiis (with SUTprise): Shave with that baOO? The Prisoner: Yes, sir. Bven last Friday wfhen I was brought here I oould shave. My hand was perfectly eteady. It made no difference. M'Bounor was ordered to pay a fine of 10B.

MATERNAL IGNORANCE I At a meeting of the Halesowen Dietriot Council, Worcestershire, last night it was reported that within a. few days nine chil- dren had died from measles at Qradley. Many parents, it wa,g, eaid, did not look upon aa epidemic of measles as being serious. In fact a iarge number of motheri3 held the extraordinary belief that it was imperative for all children to have mea^iee, and accord- ingly they did net trouble to obtain medioal add until it was too late and the children's lives had been sacniflced. It was decided that health missdoners should give special { instructions to parents on the subject.

A CARDIFF WEDDING I The wedding was solemnised on Wednes- day at the Cabledral-road Synagogue of Mr Benjamin Cohen, Glasgow, and Miss Miriam Hamburg, daughter of the Rev. H. Hamburg, second reader at the synagogue. The officiat. iug minister w the Rev. H. Jerevitoh (pastor), assisted by the Re?. n. Hamburg) (father of the bride) a.nd Mr. M. Lewis, i The bride was given away by her father; the bride maids W3tT<? her sisters, the Mipses Garty, Lena, and Fanny Hamburg. Among those present at the ensuing reception were Messrs. J. Michaelson and H. Latner (warders of the congregation), Mr. I3aac Samuel, J.P., and Mrs. Samuel, Mr. Fine, J.P., and Mrs. Fine, Mr. Baruec. Jaoobs, Mrs. Fligelstone, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cohen.

"NOTHING WHATEVER." For smashing a glass sihow-op.ee outside the shop of Mr. John E'Ikan, jeweller, of Liverpool-street, ard stealing1 two silver watches froID the case, Josoph Fleming was given- two months' hard labour at the Guild- hall yesterday. Fle-miatg walked up to the glass C-Gse aTd rained blows upon it with his fist untH it broke. He then snatched two of the watches, and was walking oT with them when the manager of the shop 800pped him and gave him in custody. The Magis- 11 trate: What have you to say, Fleming? Fiefciing: Nothing, nothing whatever.

VVIRELESS" SU BSTITUTES CABLE The Stornoway cable broke down on Christ- mas Day, and has not yet been repaired. Ai: tslograrus from and to the Lewis Harris dis- trict and Ba-rra, are being transmitted through the wireless stations at Loehboisdoie and Tobermory, and their efficient handling.^ in striking contrast with the conditions which I prevailed during the previous breakdowns before the stations were established.

AN ALPINE TRAGEDY I CHESIERBS. Wednesday. After three dayS' search, the body of Miss Kate Eastman, aged eighteen, of London, who had been missing since January 2, was found yesterday evening on the Chamossaire. The girl arrived from London at the Hotel du Chamossaire on January 1. She went out alone to see the sun rise on the mountains, and miccwrTEbed to the cold Inter. The body {s being brought home to London/-—Renter

Glamorgan County Ball — IANIMATED SPECTACLE AT BRIDCEND The Bridgend Town-haH presented a.n animated spectacle on Wednesday night on the occasion of the county ball. The large hail had been transformed by the art of the decorator into a. beautiful ballroom. Along the front of the plat-form was a row of palms, chrysanthemums, and other flowers, and the platform itself was charmingly decorated to harmonise with the hall, and luxuriously furnished. Herr Julian Kandt's London Band was accommodated on a dais. Supper was taken in the judge's room of the oonnty-conrt building adjoining. There were altogether about 170 present. The deoorations were in the hands of Messrs. Bon. Evans and Co., of Swansea, under instructions from a committee, consisting of Lady Llewelyn, Mrs. Nicholl (Mertbrrmawr), Mrs. O. H. Jones, Mrs. J. G. Moore-Gwyn, Mrs. Edwards-Vaughan. Miss Sybil Williams, Mr. R. W. Lleweliyn. and Major C J. I Edmondes. The secretarial duties were dis- charged by Messrs. J. 1. D. Nioholl and W. Cope. Owing to the death of Mr. Morgan S. Williams, several house parties were absent, including parties from Rit. Donat's Castle and Miskin Manor.

TRUSTEE'S ALLEGED FRAUD At King's Lynn Police-court on Wednesday Harry Pope, of King's Lynn and Downhn.m, formerly a justice of the pea,o for Down. ham, chairman of the district council, and a well-k.n.own public man in Norfolk, was the defendant in proceedings ordered by the Public Prosecutor upon a flat obtained from the Attorney-General. Defendant had carried on a large business as a Government con- tractor at Downham, and was known through- out England as a drapers' valuer. The gen,eral charge was one of appropriat- ing £ 1,899 ae trustee of the late Ezra Pil. grim, but the prosecuting counsel asked for defendant to be committed for trial in respect of an amount of £ 18,000. Evidence was given to show that £ 18,000 worth of India Three per Cent. Stock, which formed the Pilgrim Trust securities, had been disposed of by the defendant, the pro- ceeds ultimately finding their way into his private account. It was also alleged that a few da/ys prior to his bankruptcy the defendant purported to transfer securities t.o the trust amounting to £ 29,000, and that some of these had already been mortgaged to other people. The new trustees had recovered securities valued at only £ 9,000. The caee was adjourned.

AN ALDERMAN'S RESIGNATION Alderman H. G. Solomon, who was recently appointed organising secretary for the Mid- land and West of England District of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (Lifeboat Saturday Fund), has resigned his seat on the Swansea Borough Council. Alderman: Solomon, though a young man, has been prominent in the public life of Swansea for a good many years past. For twelve yeari1 he was a member of the Swansea Board of Guardians, and vice-chairman in 1908-10, and for eighteen years he ha3 been a member of the board of management of the Swansea General Hospital. During his nine years' membership of the corporation he promoted the Swansea Municipal Telephone Department —one of the few municipal exchanges in the country Mr. Solomon has also been a member of the Swansea Harbour Trust, chairman of the Glamorgan Asylum Com- mittee 1903-4, and vice-president of the National Union of Public Health Authorities. In the sphere of athletics he has been presi- dent of the Welsh Amateur Swimming Association for the past six years, and for nine years was a member of the committee of the Swansea Football Club. He has also taken great practical interest in charitable movements in Swansea. Mr. Solomon's new appointment necessitates his residence in Birmingham. Hence his severance from the publio life of Swansea.

TREDEGAR DISTRICT COUNCIL Mr. W. North presided. The precept of £ 1,647 made by the Western Valleys Sewerage Boa.rd was passed' for payment. The Gas Manager (Mr. D. W. Davies) reported that the gas supply practically failed on Deoomber 11, 2J. and 24. The sanction of the Local Govern- ment board to a loan for extensions and improvements to the works had not yet been received, and the clerk was instructed to write pointing out the danger to the work- men at the works and the inconvenience to the pnblio arising out Off this delay. Instrnc- tions were given to the surveyor to prepare plaais and estimates of a proposed water supply to Park Hill, whioh is being developed by Lord Tredegar. The supply will be for 50 new houses in addition to the existing ones.

BARRY MINISTER FOR AFRICA The ordination and valedictory service of Mr. W. J. Mathew, B.D. (student of Regent's Park College, London), pastor-elect of Bioerafontein Baptist Church, Soutli Africa, was held a.t Holton-road English Ba-ptist Chanel, Barry Dock, on Wednesday. The Rev. T, Pandy John, pastor, presided, and addresses were delivered by the Rev. G. Pearce Gould. M.A.. Principal of Regent's Pa,rk College, London, the Rev. W. Edwards. B.A., D.D., principal of Cardiff Baptist College, the Rev. A. H. Champion, B.So., South Africa, the Rev. D. Davies B.D., Ponfcycymmer, Mr. T. Powell, B.A., Regent's Park Coilege, London, a.nd others.

BURGLARY AT "TREDEGAR I David Edwa.rd Eva.ns, collier, Tredegar, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment a.t Monmouthsbire Quarter Sessions on Wed- nesday for breGiking into the oounting-house of Wm. Evans at Tredegar on November 4 and stealing zE13 7s. 3d. Prisoner was found Not guilty" on a charge under the Preven- tion of Crimes Act of being a habitual criminal. John Owen Williams (40), labourer, Lang- stone, was sentenced to twelve months' im- pri^nment with hard labour for neglecting and exposing his children by trarapizig about the country with them.

HOTEL TRAGEDY I Three revolver shots were heard in an hotel a.t Falmouth during Tuesday night, and on a search being made two bodies were found on the floor. They were those of a Gej-man named lurschkron, formerly employed in the kitchen, and Mabel Burley, a waitress, and native of St. Austell, who had been keeping company. Each was shot through the head. the presumption being the man murdered the girl and afterwards committed suicide. In the man's pocket-book was a note, stating the couple had decided to die together.

ALLEGED FRAUD I At Bow-street on Wednesday Charles Nfijish (41), a solicitor, lately practising in Norfolk-street, Strand, was committed for trial on a charge of fraudulently converting nioi'ej: belonging to clients. The, evidence showed tha.t the prisoner had had bet-ting transactions. The prisoner was adjudicated a bankrupt last Ootlber, bis liabilities reaching over £ 25,000. His assets wert) estimated to produce over Ct,000, but realised only E2. a commission note for 46,000 prdling worthless.

NELSON RELIC FOR NATION I Tuubridse Wells Corporation on Wednes- day ii greed to send the Nelson memorandum of the Battle of Trafalgar, wh<ch is in their pot»t3sion, to the British Museum. This famous, relic was purchased some time ago by .the ia? Alderman WooUa.n for a l?r?e p ?? of money and handed to the Tun- brid? 'ells CouncIl to hold during his lifetii-A after whioh it was to be given to the nation.

NEW CLYDE GRAVING DOCK The Clyde Navigation Trust have arranged plans for the construction of a new graving dock on the Clyde capable of accommodating the largest hattlN-hip afloat. It will have a length on tho floor of 1.02Jft., and an inside width of 110ft. Sir Thomas Mason, chair- man, states that the Admiralty approved of the dimensions. The new dock will ra.nk amongst the largest in the world.

PRISON VISITING JUSTICES At a meeting of Cardiff magistrates on Wednesday afternoon the following were appointed visiting justices to the prison for the ensuing yearMessrs. John Bovey, Ebeneaer Beavan, and E. W. Shackell, and Dr. C. T. VaOhell.

PLUCKY SWANSEA POLICEMAN I Police-constable Beva.n (Swansea) stopped a runaway horse in a most plucky manner on Tuesday, being dragged ? yards by the an The driver u<w beeia thrown off the wagon and. kicked by tlie bono.

ISwiss Chef's LoveLettersj 11 "GOOD ALWAYS TO MY DEAR 0000 DORIS," I Last Epistle from Paris, ?35 Damages j A ohef's love affaire were before the London Sheriff's Court on Wednesday, when Doris Cooper, a minor, suing by her next friend, claimed, damages for breach of promise of marriage from Marcel Thesis, of Curzon-street, Miayfair. The case, which was undefended, had been remitted from the High Court for assessment of damages. Mr. R. C. Satunders, in opening the case for the plaintiff, said that Miss Cooper, who was under age, was now living at Lavender-hill, Battersea. In November, 1908, she was work- ing in an umbrella shop in Southend, and there met the defendant, a Swiss, %ho was engaged as a chef at the Victoria Hotel, Southend. In February, 1909, the defeBdtint proposed marriage, and, with the consent of the plaintiff's mother, they became engaeed. In Azigust the cifelf at the Curzon Hotel, Ma-yfair. It was arranged tha-t the parties should be married on September 15. a.nd in Angust the plaintiff gave up her employment. The defendant, in November, obtained the return of Lis photo- graph under some pretext, and a few days later he wrote—not to the plaintiff, but to her mother-a. letter which he could only designate as unscrupulous. In that letter he suggested that, the girl hod not behaved her- self properly. If that insinuation had been true the defendant might have come forward when this Action was commenced tri4 said tha.t he had gcod grounds Tor the r engagement, but he had made no defence. Counsel proceeded to re;'d letters written by defendant to plaintiff. One was as follows from the Hotel Victoria, Broadway, Southond- on-Sea: — y Dear Doris,—With pleasure, my dear Doris, 1 write to you these few lines. I will be good always to my dearest good Doris. Doris, dear, I wish it was September so as I could be with you; don't you, my dear Doris. You will never be sorry for it. a,s I will only live for you. my dea r, and I come out to-night for a nic.a kiss. It doesn't matter if it is nine o'clock. I see soon my dea.r Doris comas. I like to see you my darling. Dear Deris, do you feel lonely? Hope you are more well. Doris, good bye for the present, with love, from your dear Marcel Theus. On April 12, 1909, he wi,ote:- My own dear Doris,—With pleasure I write to you :>0 as you don't get tired, Doris. I do think you are very kind and I good to me, and I will never forget yon. dear, as long as I live, and I will always be g?od to you, and, darling, dec? D3ri-i yoa keep your word with me, won't you? I will live only for you, dear. September will soon be here, dear. Won't that he a happy day for us when we get to Paris. 4 On October 22 he wrote:- Dear Doris,—I hope you are net cross about this letter to send me photos, and send as soon as you can; if net, I must going away. Please send. I am leaving hotel about my brother you knowed very well, and he wants to see these what I told him. Hope it will come soon my photos. Good-bye and love, from M. T. The last letter was as follows:- To Mrs. Cooper. Mies Dorii;I am very happy here in Paris, and I hope you will soon have another to keep you. I have speak to Joseph Grogoritsob, and he tells me he had a happy night last Easter with you. I believe him, and you always tell me stories. I am sorry, as I have been so good to you a.nd you are not good for me. I am leaving Paris at Christmas to Italy. I am very norry to send this letter to your mother, but Mrs. Cooper shall see as Doris isn't -o,hi to a young man. Weil, Mrs. Cooper, you shall see this letter as Doris sent it to me. It is a shame of Miss Cooper, and she shall remember it of late she has. I am with Joseph GTegoritseh. I hope mother and the good Jessie will be better, as Doris she isn't good to me. My last letter to you, and forget me for ever and good. Plaintiff, a pretty girl, apparently about eighteen or nineteen years old, went into the witness-box fcnd bore out counsel's Statement. She said that in June defendant told her he had S300 in the bank. In August he put a rosary round her neck and said, "I will always live for you. We are one now." The statement made in his last letter was abso- lutely unfounded. Mrs. Cooper proved the receipt of the letter dated November 9. The Under-sheriff: What interpretation did you put on that letter? Witii-ess: I thought be was a very bad young man to write such a letter, because he has betrayed my daughter under promise of marriage. The jury assessed the damages at £ 35, and judgment was entered for that amount with costs.

MINISTERIAL FOOTBALL TEAM Neyland Minister's Remarkable Suggestion Play the Game" wa! the subject of a remarkable sermon delivered by the Rev. W. M. Williams, pastor of the Neyland Pres- byterian Chapel. The rigid system under which he had been brought IIp, he said, had led him to believe that football matches were of such a character that it was wrong for Christian people to support them by their presence on the field. liunning the risk of being excommuni- cated by my deacons," he added, I attended a football match between N'eyland and Nant- ymoel on Boxing Day, ami I must say I am very glad I went. The game taught me that g-reat benefits are obtained by playing football. I Skill and training are required, and I noticed that the home team played with their heads and gained a victory over physical strength. A ga,me of football teaches people to have good tempers, and I suggest that local ministers and deacons would do weil to form a football team in the town of Ney- land." He would appoint the Rev. W J, Chamber- lain, the Wesleyan minister, to play forward, 'himself half-back, the Eev. B. C. Evans three- quarter bank, and the Rev. W. Powell full- back. The preacher cdvocated clean play, and said that he noticed all the members of the Neyland team present. The sermon has created a grea-t amount of discussion in Neylend. Mr. Albert Richard- son, tbe captain of the Neyland team, in an interview with a Western Mail" represen- tative, said he thought the discourse wouid do a great deal of good for football in Weot Waios.

CAERLEON FLOODS I 'Most of the time at Cacrlecn District Coun- cil meeting was oocupied in diseu-ising olairn3 for damage done by the recent floods. The proprietors of Oaorleoji Engineering and Tin- plate Works wrote claiming ax-b damages. The clerk was instructed to reply that the council repudiated lia,hility, one member i remarking that the floods were an act of God. Alderman T. Parry (churchwarden) paid that during the heavy rains C'aerleon ChurcJi w-as flooded owing to defective drains. He i maintained watei,, &-c., had accumulated for yejirs under the oliuroh. (A Member: A wonder you have not been poisoned.) Excava- tions had taken place, but the junction of the church drainage system and the town sewer had not yet been discovered. It was resolved to continue excavations, and to hold a special meeting of the council to determine who was II:a4le-t2ie town or church authorities. The Clerk stated that the new Town- planning Act ga-ve additional powers to dis- triot councils. He was instructed to prepa,re a report. It was stated that it was not now necessary to got magisterial orders to close insanitary houses.

BUILTH WELLS NEW PAGEANT! Built.h Wells Pageant Committee met on Wednesday, and appointed Mr. de Winton (Llandrindod Wells) and Mr. 1). Thomas (Builth Wells) to audit the accounts of the pageant held last August. A balance of £ 115, as well as various properties worth £ 70 to Lao, was reported by the Ilev. D. Edmonds Owen, B.A.—The committee reeolved to offer an honorarium of £10 to the Rev. and Mrs Edmonds Owen, as a slight recognition of the great services they rendered. T n m e —1

Y.M.C.A ENTERTAINMENT There was a very large attendance at the annual reception and entertainment given in the Cory-hall to the members and friends of the Cardiff Y.M.C.A. by tlw president (Mr. John Cory7. All were pleased to see Mr. Cory present in person, and in few words of welcome he wished them a happy New Year. Refreshments were served, and a delightful, humorous, and musical entertain.meut was given by Mr. Harold Montague, of London.

COTTON BREAK I NEW YORK, Wednesday. There was a sensational, break in the cotton market both here and at New Orleans. During the last hour July slumped 65 here and 78 in the Louisiana City. There was a run of pajiic-sTHcken liquidation on weak- neos in Wall-street and rumours that Mr. Patten and other leading bulls had unloaded Prioea closed at about the lowest.—Seater,

MAN IN HER ROOM -0 MOTHER'S ASTOUNDING STORY Daughter Found Dead Downstairs Sordid details were related at Hackney on Wednesday during the inquest on the body of Edith Beck (85), a, single woman, who lived in Lower Clapton- road. She was found suffocated with a pillow by her side. William Harrison, a seaman of his Majesty's ship Excellent, is at presens under remand charged with her death. The first witness was the deceased's mother, who said that she worked for her living, but that her daughter did not work, as she had a diseased ja.w, and people ridiculed ner. Witrwss went to bed on Saturday night, when her daughter was still out. The latter always slept with her, and witness expected she wouid follow soon afterwards. She fell asleep, but was wakened by feel- ing a,D icy cold arm on her neck. She remarked, Yoa are cold, dear," and then the voice of a man said, "Yes, I am very cold here." She jumped out of bed, and turned up the gas, and found a man in her bed. The Coroner: Did you know the man? W itness: No, I have never seen him before. Continuing, witness said she called out to him, "You scoundrel, how dare you be bore P" and tried to get him out of the room. The man simply said he was tired and wanted to sleep. Witness screamed for other tenants, and, going into the kitchen, saw her daughter lying on the floor. Lifting her head, she saw that the girl was dead. The kitchen was swamped with water, and on. the table was a beer jag. She ran out, a.ad fetched the police, and then the prisoner got up. Pointing to the accused in court, Mrs. Beck ;:aid, "I swear that that is the man I saw in my room." Witness said she could offer no suggestion as to how he came to be there, for her daughter did not know him. Mrs. Dormac said she went to a neighbour- ing public-house with deceased about ten o'clock on the night of the tragedy. They had some port wine and whisky. Witneas left doceascd in the tavern. When she went to deceaeed's house earlier that day the girl was under the influence of drink, and it waa necessary for her to sleep it off before she could go out. Wiliiam Henry Edwards, a bootmaker, residing in the same house as the Becks, said Lhat on Saturday night he was return- ing home, and a few minutes to midnig-ht and on the doorstep he saw a man and the dL-owased. Both were under the influence of drink, and the man was rolling artfainst the door. Tho key was upside down, and, as witness was going in, he opened the door for them. He could not say for certain that t,he accused was the man. Police-constable M'Millan, who was called in by Mrs. Beck, said tbat the prisoner said to him: "What's the joker Give me a. cigarette." There were no signs of a struggle in the kitchen. The prisoner appeared to be getting over his drink. Dr. Pepper, of the Home Office, said that there was no sign of a struggle having taken place. The position of the arm showed that deceased did not fight for her life. It was known tha.t she was drank, and. that being so, she could be suffocated by placing her arm over her face. Tho jury returned a verdict of Man- slaughter, finding that whilst the woman ,w as drunk she was suffocated by tao drunken carelessness cf the priaoner. Accused was committed for trial.

CAERPHILLY SCHOOL cosr At a meeting of the Caerphilly Urban Council, Mr. J. H. Mathias presiding. Oounty Councillor Hubert Jenkins referred to a question raised at a pre*ions meeting of the council by Mr. Mark Harding, when he deprecated the extravagant cost of schools by the couuty education committee. Mr. Jenkins said he had gone to the trouble of getting information from the county architeot. Mr. D. Pug-h Jones. Had it teen in the possession of Mr. Harding, he did not think he would have been so -severe in hij eastigation of the county authority. The cost had been mentioned at about £30 per bead, bnt from the figures he hnd before him the Hendre School, the one in question, actually cost £19 2s. 10d., which, when the extensions were carried out, would be leduocd to El3 liSe. 5d. He sympathised with Mr. Harding's remarks regarding the enor- mous prices paid for school sites-in one case £ 1,000 per acre was asked—when land was being o ffe refl at about £ 200 per acre Mr. Harding expressed .his thanks for the information, but again drew attention to the lack of foresight on the part of the county education committee in not building schools of an adequate size. and thus enta.il- ing additional oust almost immediately alter they were built.

LATE MRS. LLEWELLYN Mrs. Sarah Llewellyn, of the Baglan Hotel, Trttserbert. hotel proprietress, who died on the 8th of July. left estate of tlle gVosa value of £ 36,44a, with £ 35,762 net personalty. Probate of the will, dated the 17th of July, .d t l l,?, 17t]) cr Jti!y, 19J7, has been granted to her nephew, Afr. Morgan TJewellyn Rec-s, of Peneella. North- road Cardiff, estate agent, and Mr. John Gower. Pentwyn. Mount Iihnlus, Treherbert, The testatrix left the Baglan Hotel and con- tents and two cottage? adjoining to her sister. Jennet R-oos ubject to a payment by her of £ 500 to the trustees of the testatrix's will, and to Libanu8 Chapel, and desired her to continue the testatrix's sub- scription for the maintenance of Mrs. Jor.cs She left £ l.C-QJ to her nic-co Mary Ann Üemp- ster, £100 to Annie Evans, and the residue of the estate to her sister. Jennet R-ees, the children of her sister Margaret Williams, the children of her brother, David Evans, and the children of her sister, Mary Morgan.

CARDIFF SUSPECT'S OUTFiT Frederick Watts (24), vva:5 charged at Cardiff on Wermesdty with b^ing a sus- pected person and unlawfully loitering ia West ga te-s l root, Cdstle-strcet, Qnpen-street, and other streets for the purpose of com- mitting a teloriy, and a .so with being foumi by nlg-bt in p-reper.sion without lawful excuse, of a house-breaking implement known as a jemmy. Detoctive-sergeaait Little and Detective Pug-sley deposad to seeing- Watts acting suspiciously, and kept him under obsarvation from six p.m. until 9.50 P. w. He was looking up at office windows entering passages, &c. They arrestaq bun and found the jemmy, a paii of kid gloves, a id a yoclict knife. On the application of the police, the defendant waa rcma-Tided in custody until Friday.

STRUGGLE WITH KEEPERS John Llewelyn Griffiths and Thomas Thomas were charged at Swansea on Wednes- day with using dogs and guns upon certain sporting land of Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Pentreniawr Common. It appeared that on Christmas Day the defendants were mzlght by the keepers and there was a struggle, during which guns went oil twice. Mr. H. Davies. for the prosecution, said the gist of this oSfence under Section;) of the Gilme Act was that it occurred on Christmas Day. Mr. E. Harris, for defendants. said they had no knowledge that this mountain land was preserved. Defendants were fined £ 3 each.

LATE MR. D. H. DAVIES Mr. David Hughes Daviea, of 11, Alban- square, Aberayro-n, formerly of 21, Pro- menade, Mount Pleasant, Swansea, who died on the 4th of August, aged 46 years, left estate of the gross value of £ 1,556, with net personalty £ 1,549. and probate of his will, dated May 10, 13S9. has been granted to his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, to whom he left the whole of his estate absolutely.

DEATH CAUSED BY SQUIB A Falkirk correspondent telegraphs that Francis Davie (fourteen), regiding at Pol- mont. died on Tuesday ae a reeult of injuries received in an accident which occurred a& Maddieton, near Polniont, the previous night. As he and his employer, a butcher, were driving through Maddieton in a van a girl threw a lighted squib from a shop. The horse bolted, hoth shafts of the van were broken, and Davie wad thrown out and ter- ribly injured

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