Evening Express

I LIKED ACCUSING HIMSELF I A disreputable-looking young fellow, giving the na.me of Daniel White, was, at the Guild- hall on Saturday, charged with falsely representing himself to be a deserter from the Army. It was stated in evidence that White, whose real naine is Albert, Bradshaw, had been convicted no fewer than fourteen times for representing himself to be a deserter. Mr. Richards (the clerk): Do you still say you are a deserter? The Prisoner; No, I admit I'm not, but I wish to give myself up for something elee. (Laughter.) POJI-Igeant Page said the prisoner had :been oonvioted of buTglary and other crimes. He was a well-known bad chaacter in Can- ning Town. The sentence was three mont-he" hard labour under the Army Act.

1 WE HAVE ENOUGH CRIMINALS I The two aliens—Max Schneider and ftarles Ie Roi—who broke into the house of Mr. Arthur dn Cros, M.P., at Ca.nons Park, and stole a large quantity of valuable plate, were sentenced to five years' and four and a half years' penal se-rviturle respectively at Middlesex Sessions on Saturday. They were I, also recommended for deportation. The police stated that one of the men was "wanted" at Bayreuth and the other at Cologne. They had also been concerned in a similar burglary at Sir Thomas Lipton's bouse at New Southgate. Mr. Montague Sharpe, in passing the sentences given above, said we had plenty of English criminals, ■withoot having any foreign ones.

£ 4,060 BONUS FOR WORKERS I The twenty-fifth distribution under the profit sharing scheme at Sir William Bartley's jam works at Aintree, Liverpool, took place on Saturday, when £4,060 was divided, making a total since the begintlirtg of ",gM. Sir William announced that he would add 1500 to the pension fund, which he started a year agd with a donation of £ 5,000. Though he coawidered workpeople should contribute to such a fond, he intended to and all the money himself eo that no com-, plications oexuid arise. He would, if possiible, add to it from year to year.

SWALLOWED TEN SHILLINGS I It was stated at the Middlesex Sessions tha.t a. prisoner wh oswallowed a half-sove- reign while in Chelmsford Gaol was taken to Wormwood Scrubs and examined by mleans of the X raye. I

£50 FOR A KICK I It is announced that Mrs. Rawlings. the mother of Gunner Rawlings, of the 3rd Lon- dotr Brigade, R.F.A., who died wtiile* at camp from the kick of a. horse, has been granted L50.

I CHAMPION PIKE ANGLER I Mr. A. G. Jardine, who was widely known as the obajnpion pike angler, died at Ilford on Saturday at the age of eighty-two. His largest pike wae one of 371bs.

TO-DAY. Great Winter Sa'e. R.EM AEK..illf..E REDUCTIONS IX ALL DEPARTMENTS. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF SALE VALUES. Overcoats Suits |f|§f TO TO ^I Usual Price, MEASURE 42/ 20/ Sale Price Usual 28/8 Price se« 30/- Windows. jjgmtim Windows. The CAPITAL4 LABOUR CLOTHING STORES, 59 & 61, Queen-st., Cardiff.

The Itlan in the Street. I —▼ — Like weddings and funerals, a General Election is what you care to make it. Some people appear to get a lot of fun out of it, and, next to those who build fortunes on the great vote-securing car- nival, they are the most to be envied. However, it would appear that the heckler, and the gentlemen who go to meetings to indulge their bent for ironical laughter, thrusting pertinent and impertinent questions into the middle of choice phrases, making exclamations cf derision, disapproval, or admiration, find that political life is not by any means all that it is supposed to be by those who remember t'Le good old days when ancient eggs and cats in a rather high condition were considered quite good enough to present in a somewhat vigorous and impromptu style to a candidate who failed to oome up to the listener's idea of what goes to constitute a perfect M.P. In other words, "life is not what it seems." Somehow or other, candidates now before the free and independent electors are of a different mould to their predecessors, and one seldom hears of a speciment here and there being dumped in the soft, yielding mud of a good old British grecnweed pond. So far, if it were not for the suffragettes electioneer- ing would be a very poor affair from the popular standpoint. Nowadays, strange to reflect, the voter is expected to go to a meeting and listen quietly to the speeches—or remain at home. The only alternative is to march alorig the streets and sustain a stiff neck by picking out the political cartoons from the pictures of cocoa and beef essence people and panto- mime cats and geese. Even in this respect the sturdy British voter must be careful not to tarry too long gazing at the big and little loaves, or the gentleman in blue comes along with the polite request, not for his name and number on the register, but to "Move on!" While the voter is at-it jetted and spoiled at his home by the candidates who take such a sudden interest in his affairs, he must be careful how he behaves when he ventures abroad, while the throwing of brickbats, with other little bits of fun, at the expense of llis. friend the enemy of a different colour is now seldom tolerated in this free and intelligent country. And, to crown all, the merry interrupter at public meetings is threatened with the police-court if the proceeds too far in the manner of his fun, while candidates are taking themselves too seriously in the making of prosy speeches. Really, if this kind of thing continues many of the voters of the United Kingdom will find themselves no better off than ordinary mortals, and it will not be surprising to discover a million or two of them offering their suffrage freedy and without ques- tion to the ladies who succeed so admi- rably in getting their run out of politics with no burden of having to go to the polling booths to make their little crosses against the names of those gentlemen who now enter the political arena with their new, strange ideas of gentleness in all things—even politics. Whether the Christmas dinner had much to do with the matter or not it is impossible/to say, but it must be remarked that the Cardiff Union Dispensary had a busy time during the merry month of December. During the short days and long evenings pills, powders, and bottles of medicine were supplied to 2,149 Cardiff people. This branch of work is all the more interesting because it is entirely apart from the two workhouses, with their 1,400 inhabitants, the 2,000 people who receive outdoor relief, and the hundreds of children in the scattered homes. The Roath District supplied the most appli- cants (946) for this special kind of deli- cacy, while the Central Ward came next with 454, or just a little over half the total 01 the Park people. Canton got along somehow on 317 samples, while proud Cathays and the South District ran a tight race for the wooden spoon, with the respective figures of 137 and 133, both being beaten by modest Grangetown in its 162 demands. There is no fear that this raid on the dispensary will result in short rations in the future. The guar- dians are advertising for further supplies, and there is no reason in the world why the different districts cannot be served as well in this preeent new year as they were in the last month of the old year. Politeness within the tram-car appears to be still a matter of debate in some quarters. The main question is, Shall au old, a tired, or a suffering man sur- render his seat to a woman who would otherwise have to stand? The other day, when the rain was falling as it only can fall in a place which shall be nameless for the present, and the car was fll with that fullness which only that spot without a name knows, a woman hanging on to the strap gazed intently at the man sit- ting near her. At last he felt it incum- bent upon him to say sometuing. "I know I ought, properly, to get up and give you my seat, madam," he said, "but I am a member of the Sit Still Club, and am pledged to retain my place." "That is all right." replied the woman; "you must not mind my staring at you so bard-llra a member of the Stand and Stare Club." She continued to stand and to stare accordingly, and she did it fiercely. At last he could bear it no longer. He arose a.nd waved her to the vacant seat as he said. Madam, I think I'll resign from my club and join yours." So the lady took his seat with an emphatic "Thank you, and thereafter all was peace. There has been a slump in the membership of the Sit StilJ Club. Mr. Arthur Ellis, the genial manager of the Cardiff Corporation tramways, is seldom or never above replying to his critics. This is good, if only because it shows that he is open to conviction and, after all, we cannot all of us go from weighing up sugar, measuring off yards of cloth, casting up accounts, or even scribbling more or less irresponsible chatter to managing big tramway cQn- cerns. At the same time, it does not require a very long-headed man to dLs- cover that the Cardiff car service is not all that it should be. With the six months' experiment of increased fares just concluded, with everybody expecting the figures in connection with that period, there is no doubt that this phase I of the matter is the more important. As to the justice of the thing, fault cannot be found so much with the money's worth given by the corporation as the elemen- tary fact that many thousands of people were allowed to settle within the old penny fare area before the price went up. This meant a direct increase of rent from a.t least sixpence to two shillings a week each for all these people. The change1 affected thousands of ratepayers, and I agree with Mr. Ellis that these have a right to consideration. To justify this even to a shadow the increase in fares for the relief of ra,tes ought to have been many thousands of pounds. All that can be hoped for apparently is anything up to £ 2,000. Against this we see strings of empty cars on the streets, and hundreds of people who either walk on principle or because the purse compels. Is it worth while?

CHILD AND THE ADULT Many cases of constipation in adult life ewe their origin to the acquirement of the habit in childhood. The rectifying of the oondition during early life is of great im- portance (writes Dr. PunLo-p), and conduces miuoh to the health, happiness, and comfort of the individual. Chief among tho cauces bringing about constipa-tion he places neglect in early life. A child leads such an active, busy life, and is so fussily interested in his various occupations and in his play that he is very apt to overlook, neglect, or even restrain the natural pleadings of the bowel. In older children the insistence of cultivating the daily liaibit is of the greatest importance. In the matter of' diet, porridge taken with golden syrup, brown bread with plenty of butter, green vegetables, fruit raw or cooked, the limitation of milk and the avoidance of white bread and the starchy foods, are the main dietetic indications. I consider fadds Dr. Dual-op) the most useful drug to be the various compounds of -easoara. It acts better. I think, when given in small doses, three times a day. than in a larger dose at night.

CUS-CUS EYES NEVER CLOSE i The only cus-ous ever seen aJive in thie oountry has just died, and is to be pre- sented to the South Kensington M seum. The animal was brought from New Guinea by Mr. Charles Darling, of the British New Guinea Corporation, but was unable to endure the climate, though it was kept in a hothouse. The cue-cus has a head shaped like that of a rat, and the deep brown eyes never close, even when the animal sleeps. Without eyelashes or eyelids, these eyes pre- sent a most uncanny appeaa-ance, for during aieep the pupils entirely disappear. The p:a.W8 have fingers and toes like those of a monkey. The ooat resembles lamberwooA, but is spctted like a leopard's. The queer creatuie in its native land lives in the tree- tops, feeding on the fodiage and fruit. When disturbed it is very savage, though at fuU growth it 13 never more t"n 2it. in length-

IMPERSONATOR HISSED I An extraordinary soen-e occurred at the evening performance on Saturday at the Croydon Empire Music-hall. One of the artistes was giving impersonataooae of the King when a well-dreesed ma?t in the stalls be?Mj to birs. His action ajMmct?d attention &nd aroused resentment from the audience, which expressed iteelf in booing. Two otbm I artistes engaged at the hall rushed forward a.nd made for the interrupter, and it looked as if he was in for a. nough-ttaiandsHng. Atten- dants, however, intervened, and managed to restore order. As the man was a British subject it is supposed that he hissed the per. formance on the ground that he regarded impersonations of the King as showing want of respect.

STOLE TO SUCCOUR A TRAMP How the divorced wife of a Hertfordshire, olergymaji stole in order to obtain food and drink for a tramp, who had been taken ill on the Toad, was told at Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions on Saturday. In the dock were the tramp, named Thomas Brown, and the woman who stole for his sake—Mabel Vosper Thomas—and both were charged with housebreaking at Stopsley. It was stated that they met near Hatfield and walked together to Hitchin, where the tramp was taken ill. Mrs. Vosper T'homas left him and ret-urned with whisky, bread, and cocoa, which she had stolen. Mrs. Vosper Thomas, who had consented to go into Lady Somerset's i Home, was bound over, and the tramp was disoharged.

"SOUND POLITICS" l- At West London Police-court on Saturday Elizabeth Spall, a. nurse, was charged before Mr. Lane, K.C., with being drunk and dis- orderly. ¡ Police-constable Abbiss stated that accused I was disturbing a political meeting held in the fetrect. Mr. Lane:.Was it a. Liberal mooting: Defendant: Yes. Mr. Lone: And you are a Conservative? Defendant: Yes. 7 Mr. Lane: What was it you objected to? You may be right, and, if you are, 111 let you go. (Laughter.) What did you object to? Defendant Free Trade. Mr. Lane: Quite right. Your politics are sound. You may go. (Laughter.)

NO TAX ON NUTS Tax our food. would you ?" exclaimed a man with uplifted fist to a Tariff Reform speaker at Thornton Heath clock. Don't t-irubte," was the retort, there will be no t#xon n»"r «y irrts"

Sir E. Shackleton TO MAKE ANOTHER EXPEDITION BERLIN. Sunday. Sir E. Shacklaton left here for Vienna last night. A banquet was given in his honour in the evening by Professor Penck, president of the Geographical Society, at which a num- ber of eminent German scientists, explorers, and travellers were present. Afterwards a number of students of geography, oceanography, and kindred subjects were presented to Sir E. Shackleton, who made a speech outlining his plan for a new Antarctic expedition which he had decided to undertake. With the aid of a map the explorer showed to the company a new route which he intended to follow on his journey, and he declared he would begin preparations for his expedition when work in connection with the publication of his book on the last expedition was completed.— Renter. VIENNA. Sunday. Sir Ernest Shackleton lectured here to-night before the Austrian Geographical Society. Professor Oberhammer, the president of the society, took the chair, and the aristocratic Audience included the Archduke Rainer, Archduke Leopold Salvatcr, Archduke Francis Saivator, and the Archduchess Marie Josepha. The lecturer was accorded a meet enthu- siastic reception —Reuter.

BAD YEAR FOR SUFFRAGETTES 1910 is to be a bad year for the suffragettes. Su-oh. at all events, is the opinion of an eminent astrologist who yesterday informed a press representative that all unnatural causes must suffer this year." Ast.rono- niers," he continued, "are guided by the regent' planet in forecasting broad ten- dencies, the 'regent' planet being that one of the seven which is nearest to the earth for the particular year. Each of the seven planets has its own particular influence on the earth during its year of regency'; Saturn was regent last year, and this planet's influence being notoriously restless, savage, and generally unfortunate, the ship- wrecks, political assassinations, and murders in which last year was so prolific are easily accounted for. Saturn has also an unnatural influence, and this, in my view at all events, explains how 90 unnatural a cause as votes for women' prospered. "But Saturn's influence is removed and that unfortunate planet has been succeeded in regency by one of a very different nature. Jupiter. As everyone knows, Jupiter is a rigid dispenser of hard, prosaic justice. Woe te- t.ide all frivolous and vexatious ca-uses in Jupiter's regency, for the first effect of his reign is generally to overthrow and blot out all traces of Saturn's nefarious works. Starting from September 16 then (the be- ginning of the astronomical ^ear) 1910 should prove a, peculiarly unfortunate year for the suffragettes."

ESCAPE OF "JOAN OF ARC." Some years ago the divine Sarah Bernhardt nearly lost her life at a rehearsal of a Joam of Arc play. She all but lost it, too, as Joaai of Are lost hers, by fire at the staike. She was standing on a little platform ringed round with a box in which was the sham fire. In this box was a certain amount of powder so prepared as to give smoke and flames without the slightest dagger. But the property man, foolishly enough, had kept another box neaT him in which sufficient powder had been propated in advance for 50 performances. This caught fire as well, there was a terrible explosion, and a panio. In the middle of the tumult Madame Sarah Bern- hardt thought she was dymg. The ffmoke and noise confused her, and she waa ringed in by flame. "But suddenly I heard a voioe —just like Joan, she sadd afterwards. "The ,v,ai- said, 'Fall back into my arms and you will be safe!' I let myself go, and it was <mly when I was out of danger and in my own drassing-room that I realised that the voice had not came" from above. It was that of one of the supers, who had not lost his head like the rest of us, and who knew thait I could not step out of the flames, but that could fall backwards cut of them."

BRITISH MARINES AT FIRE I According to the Atbeirs correspondent of I the "New York Herald," considerable trouble is likely to arise owing to the landing of British marines at Athens on the night of the palace fire. To the amazem-ent and indignation of the Greek officers, one hun- dr.ed British marines marched up to the palace. The number permitted by interna- tional law in such cases is twenty-five. The mar-ines took up a position in front of the Greek regiment which was already stationed there. Besides being armed with rifles and bayonets, the marines carried their colours, which, says the correspondent, is another breach of international law. Some of them entered the palace and mounted guard over the children's chamber. On being informed of the incident, King George asked for the withdrawal of the British troops, which at once took place.

ANGLO-GERMAN SCHEME I According to the "Deutsche Kolonial Zei. tung," a company is to be formed in Berlin for the establishment of motor-car traffic between Voi, a station on the Uganda. Rail- way, and Moschi, the capital of the Kili- mancharo District, in German East Africa. The distance is about 120 miles, end the run is to be performed in two days. The greater part of the route lies in Uganda, and the British Government has promised a subven- tion of £ 1,000 towards keeping tip the road in the Colony. Should the enterprise prove a success—and there is every reason to believe it, will—the company will enlarge its sphere of aotion and, in connectticn with the Uganda Railway, run motor-vans to different places in the two Colonies, with o, view to organising a more rapid system of transport.

A COLD IS "CATCHING." I A cold is eminently 'catching"; and the sooner the public know, and the sooner our authorities act on this fact., the better it will be for the community. When a lady says to her friend, Do not come to otliv house at preeent, the children have mumps," she recog- nises tho infectious character of the dosease, and she speaks sound prophylaxis. And where another says, "Do not co,me neacr me, for I have a bad cold," she is, says Dr. Taylor, equally wise in her precaution, though the advice is not always followed. "Yet I have no hesita-tion in saying that according to my experience no one of the infectious dilseasm is more likely to spread in a house or in a community than is a .cold.

CRUSHED TO DEATH I A man, named Harry Ellis, died in the General Hospital, Birmingham, on Saturday, as the result of a remarkab-le accident which befell him in Col more-row, Birminghaan. lie was walking with his son, when a two-horse omnibus belonging to the education depart. ment came along. The horses were out of the driver's oontaol, having taken fright a.t a cable tramway-car. Ellis was wedged between a stone pillar and the omnibus, and was so severely crushed that there wae never any hope of saving him. The lad escaped unhurt.

PRINCESS AND BABIES Prifccees Christian on Saturday afternoon a-t Windsor Guildhall giave her annual treat to children who had leen cared fcr in the Windsor Infant Nursery during the year. The little ones, numbering about 100, were mostly in arms, and were accompanied by their mothers. They Clapped their hands for the Princess, who wa.tched them Lave tea and was present at an antortaittmerbt afterwards.

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Arrest of an Apache TWO POLICEMEN MORTALLY WOUNDED PARIS, Sunday. This morning's papers give a long and dramatic description of a fearful scene which was witnessed in t'tz Rue Aubry le Boucher last night, when a party of police- men attempted to effect the arrest of a noto- rious Apache known as Leaubeuf. When the man found the police closing upon him he attacked them savagely with a dagger in one hand and a revolver in the other. Leaubeuf fought with the desperation of a tiger, and, although the police advanced upon him with drawn sabres, he mortally wounded two of them, and seriously wounded two others. It was not until he himself had been badly wounded with a sword cut that the police succeeded in overpowering the man. Having secured their prisoner, the police had great difficulty in shielding; him from the fury of t-he crowd, who made a deter- mined effort to lynch him.—Central News. One of the polioonicn died in hospital on Sunday. Early in the morning the chief of polioe pinned a gold medal to the dying officer's ehirt, and afterwards distributed silver medals to the other vieti.-Reuter.

MINERS AND TRADES COUNCIL I At the annual meeting of the Ðbbw Vale Dietriot of the Miners' Federation cn Satur- day Mr. Barber objected to a notice of motion in the minutes to the effect that the miners appoint a committee to work on behalf of the La,bour members on the local bodies, pointin'g out that such action would be a direct severance from the trades council Nothing had been straight in the proceeding. Mr. J. Williams (Cwm) said the enemy was gloating over the way in which the Liabour parties of Ebbw Vale were wrangling with one another, and he thought it time they left off quibbling. Mr Evan Davies denounced the action of the trades and labour council ii introducing j the M.P. for the dirifinn into question After a long discussion it was decided that the election of the committee should be left over until after the general election. The following officors were elected for the year: -President, Mr. Evan Davies; vioe-D:resi- dent, Mr. J. Gale; secretary, Mr. Percy Cla.rke; treasurer, Mr. F. Miles; auditors, Messrs. T. Lawrence and Frank Miles. Dowlais Miners' Legal Representative Mr. D. W. Jones, solicitor, Dowlais a.nd Merthyr, has resigned the position as legal representative to tho Dowlais District of I Miners, which he has filled for the past eleven years. A bpecia.l meeting of the evecutive committee on Saturday appointed a.s his successor Mr. Edward Roberts, solicitor, Penyda.rren. Mr. Roberts, who is a. young man, is at present engaged in the office of the Merthyr Borough town-clerk (Mr. T. Aneu.ryn Rees;, with whom he served his ariicles. Strike at Ammanford The workmen at Tirydail Colliery, Amman- ford, have struck work owing to a, dispute with the management.

A YANKEE YARN Mr. William D. Boyce, proprietor of the I" Chicago Leader," who has ju-,t returned from a photographic trip through Eastern Africa, tells the following utory related by ex-President Roosevelt at a dinner at Nairobi as a satire on the extraordinary feats of buntemanship with which he has been credited in the American -press:- "One day," said Mr. Roosevelt, "in looking for game I found a lion. The gun carriers were frightened away, and I was alone, with no weapons. As the lion, crawled up ready to spring I figured that the best thing to do was to drop on my knees. The lion sprang, I dropped, and the beast went clear over me. I then arose and saw the lion was coming on again. The knee drop having worked well, I tried it ag-ain as the lion sprang, with the same happy reswlt. This performance went on for some time until the lion tired and went away. The next morning, when I went out to hunt, I saw the saxae lion. I knew him by his stripes. I watched him for some time. What do you think he was doing, gentlemen? He was practising short jumps."

A BOGUS AUDITOR I Thlt the methods of -I,e, famous "captain" of Koepenick may still be applied with success in Germany is demonstrated by a coup which a clever swindler effected at the village of Geinsheim, on the Rhine, on New Year's Day. Between five and six o'olook in the evening a young man presented himself at the house of the village tax oold.ee tor as an auditor from the Exchequer Office at Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duohy of Hesse, to which Geinsheim belongs. On the strength of a letter (which he produced) purporting to give information of irregu- larities in the village tax-office, he inspected the books and cash, aided by the tax collector. The bogus auditor declared the books were in order, and, with many aipologies, took his leave. The tax collector subsequently looked at the cashbox, and found S25 was missing. Inquiries at Darm- stadt showed that Geinsheim had shared the fate of Koepenick.

I COST OF PAUPERISM I There ia a slight increase in the cost of pauperism in the Cardiff Union, as in some of the other large populous centres. At the meeting of the guardians on Saturday the OHerk (Mr. A. J. Harris) reported that, accord- ing to the Local Government Board return, the pauperism of the union on July 1 last was 3.11 per cent., compared with 2.50 the throughout England and Wales. However, previous year. Much the same rate prevailed though some of the larger unions showed a higher percentage than Cardiff, most of tho unions were lower, ?w&neea was higher than Cardiff, but Pontypridd. Merthyr, and New- port were lower. Newcastle was also lower. On the proposition of Mr. W. Jones, seconded by Mr. R. Sutherland, the guardians decided to recommend to the corporation that the date for the triennial election of Poor-law guardians and rural district committees be fixtfd for Saturday, April 2.

UNDERGROUND FIRE It was announced on Saturday that a. eerioois "gob" fire which has been raging for some tim in the NewdigaA& CoHTery, near I Nuneaton, had at length been maF,=. l7h. fire made its appearance in the underground working's, and from time to time as it gained headway men were thrown out of work, and ¡ the coal output diminished in consequence. The officials have stuok to the work of get- ting the outbreak under, with the result that -nearly 150 men will resume full work this week.

"A DISGRACEFUL THING." I Harold and Victor Austin, aged thirteen and ten respectively, of Basfcrd, were charged on Saturday with breaking into a neighbour's house and stealing two diamiomd rings worth £6. which they pawned for 6s. Two pawn- brokers' assistants who advanced the money were admonished by the chairman (Mr. T. Shapstone), who said that it was "a disgrace- ful thing." The magistrates adjourned the case generally, warning the 1:a,ds that if they came there again they would be birched.

POPE & BARONESS VAUGHAN The Pope, says a telegram from Rome rooei ved at Brussels, has confirmed the mar- riage of King Leopold with the Baroness Vit-Li,gii,a,n, and has sent his condolences and blessing to her two sons.

[WORLD'S LARGEST STEAMER The launch of the Olympic, the first of the two White 8t,a.r leviathans, will take place at BdLfaet on October 20. The Olympic will be of nearly 60,000 tons displacement, and will be the largest stealer in the world. I

IThree Persons in River EXCITING SCENES AT ABERAVON Rees lewis, aged five, the son of William Lewis, Pleasant-row, Abaraveii, whilst play- ing near the Tabernacle Chapel, Aberavon, fell over the wall into the River Afon. He was carried down rapidly for over a quarter of a mile. The father rushed down the river bank to try and intercept his child, and, seeing him pass under the bridge, sprang over into the river. Almost at the same moment Poliee-sergoant Poison, who had rushed into the river further down, secured the boy. Artificial respiration proved suc- cessful.

A VARIED ORDER I Mr. David Hopkins, chairman, presided at the ordinary meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians on Saturday. A vote of condolence with Mr. F. T. James, the. clerk, was passed in the bereavement which be had sustained by the death of his mother, and a vote of condolence was also passed with the family of the late Colonel D. Rees Lewis, V.D., Attention was drawn to the fact that in a case in which a man had been ordered to pay 3s. 6d. a week towards the support of his father the stipendiary magistrate had increased the amount to 6s. 6d. a week, and the man now appeared before the board to appeal. Mr. Llewellyn Richards, the war- rant officer, explained that at the police- court it waa suggested by the stipendiary that the man owned a motor-oar. Questioned upon this by the board, the man declared that, so far from having a motor, he had never been in one in his-life. The Chairman remarked that it was a faroe for the guar- dians to make orders if they were subject to be varied by the justices, and the board resolved to insist only upon payment of the 3s. Cd. It was agreed to appoint a permanent t-raitied nurse for the Aberdare Training School. The tender of Mr. David Rees, Trecynon, at £ 1,460 6s. 8d.. was accepted for the erection of a new cottage home at Abercwmboi.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS The Cardiff of the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers' Association held their annual meeting at the Park Hotel on Satur- day. There was a large attendance, Mr. J. W. Prothero in the chair. Tho treasurer (Mr. A. J. Hybart) reported a balance to the good of llZ8 in the general fund, and stated that the credit imianoo of the local benevolent 1 fund amounted to £ 402 us. 7d. The Secretars flvlr. W. J. Brown), in submitting his report, said the paid up membership at the end of December was .370. This was a falling off of 40 members since last year. Mr. Alfred Morgan reported for the social committee ajid Mr. Willie Williams for the local benevolent, while Mr. B. O. Jonee placed the claims of the benefit society before the members. The officars for next year are:-Chairinan, Mr. S. G. Barber; vice-chairman, Mr. J. L. j Tianiel; treasurer, Mr. A. J. Hybart; and secretary, Mr. W. J. Brown. Mr. A. M'Kinnon was elected press steward. Among the many influential gentlemen elected as vice-presi- dents wore Lord Ninian Stuart and Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P. The Lord Mayor (Mr. J. Chappell) has kindly accepted the position of president of the branch. "The following are the delegates to the Hull Conference:— Messrs. S. G. Barber, A. J. Hybart, W. J. Brown, G. A. Lourie. and M. S. Pickering.

A RECORD BAG I Saturday's shooting on the Margam Castle preserves produced the record bag of the week. For the final day were reserved the woods around the Western Lodge, the abbey, and the vicarage, known as the Great Wood, Ten Acres, Waun Knapp, and Rope Walk Coverts, which are considered to provide some of the finest sport in the country. Driven by the beaters from the highland coverts, the pheasiints swept <town over the open space to the lowland coverts in what is known as rocketing style, and so swift in their flight that they tested the skill of the most experienced marksmen. The guns were his Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Cormaught, the Mackintosh of Mackintosh (who both accomplished some especially good execution), Major Murray, Captain Fordyce, j Lieutenant E. Bonham, and Colonel Miller., The bag consisted of 663 pheasants, 36 hares, two rabbits, and various small birds. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, together with some of the other guests, left Margam on Saturday evening for London.

A REMITTED ACTION At Llandilo County-court (before his Honour Judire Bishop) the case of David Rogers, of the King's Head, Glaiiamman, v. the Gelly- ceidrym Colliery Company was heard. This was an application for an arbitration under the Workmen's Compensation Act, and bad been remitt-ed from the Court of Appeal for, re-hearing. There was an order made in August that the weekly payment be reduced to ld. per week from the 24th of May, 1909. The order was now increased from ld. to 7s. Id. per week. Mr. D. Villiers Mea«er ] finstructed by Messrs. Randell, Saunders, and RandeU, solicitors, Llanelly) appeared for the respondent, and Mr. Griffith Jones (instructed by Messrs. Gee and Edwards, solicitors, Swansea) acted for the applicants. Costs were directed to be pi-id by the respondent.

CURIOUS CHARGE DISMISSED' Edward Thomas Hopkins, butcher, Porth- cawl, was charged at Bridgend on Saturday with attempting to obtain, by false pretences, the sum of 16s. 4d. from the Great Western Railway Company. It was stated that a car- case of frozen Iamb, valued at 10s. 4d., was sent to defendant, but it was returned, as there was no label thereon, and remained in the possession of the railway company. Defendant claimed £1 6s. Bd., contending that in consequence he had to supply English lamb for the Boys' Brigade Camp at Porth- cawl. The case was dismissed, the chairman remaining that there was very grave doubt.

BILLS IN PARLIAMENT The Barry Railway Bill is to be opposed on Standing Orders before the Examiners by the Cardiff Railway Oompany and the Taff Vale Railway Company. Other local Bills which will go before the Examiners unopposed are the Ammanford Gas, Mountain Ash Water, Taff Vale Rail way (Cardiff) Vesting, Taff Vale Railway (Rhym- rey) Vesting, Pontypridd Waterworks (exten- sion of time), Gowerton Gas, Rhondda Urban District Council (Tramways Extension, Ao.), Cardiff Railway, Pontypridd and Rhondda I Joint Water Board. Abertillery District Water Board, and Garnant Gas. •

CARDIFF SHOP FIRE Shortly after one o'clock on Sunday morn- ing the Cardiff Fire Brigado received te-le- phonio intimation of an outbreak of fire at 38, Clifton-street, a hardware dealer's shop, kept by Mr. James Facey. A steamer in charge of Superintendent Geen turned out, but on arrival the brigade found that their services were not required, the fire having been extinguished by means of the hose from the Roath Station. The fire appears to have originated in the shop window, and was dis- covered by a passer-by, who immediately aroused Mr. Facey. The damage done is estimated at about £ 30.

A SHOVEL FOR OARS — As the Fleetwood steamship Duke of Cornwall was returning from Belfast on Saturday she came into collision with the fishing vessel Elizabeth, cutting her st^wn completely off. The latter vessel sank, and the crew, taking to a boat, were saved after an exciting experience, having to use old shovels in place of oars. The lifeboat at Ramsey, Isle of Man effected the rescue on Saturday of the cap- tain and crew of the schooner Glide, bound from Connah's Quay to Belfast, which was in distress owing to the heavy gale.

POLLING-DAY CLOSURE A large deputation of ministers applied to the Bridgend justices on Saturday that all public houses in the district should be closed on the day of polling. The Chairman (Mr. R. W. Llewellyn) pointed out that unless evi- dence was forthcoming that disturbances would take place, the benoli had no power. The Rev. W. Jones, vicar of Pontycymmer, urged that the blood reached fever heat on election day, and there was great possibility of a disturbance. The bench made no order.

SUICIDE WITH A TABLE KNIFE A man na-med William Maearren (46), a committed suicide at Blaenavon on Saturday by cutting his throat with a large table-knife. ') ■»

FLUID AND SPIRITOUS "I likes to 'ear you preach ex-trumpery, sir," remarked the old parishioner to the new parson; "yur Luxguklge 113 that, wonder., Ml ftuid aDd sprritone."

I Sir A. Jones's Estate .ft I BEQUEST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH Sir Alfred Jones', the semor partner in the famous shipping arm of Elder, Dempster, and Co., who died on December 13 last, left estate valued at £ 674,259 gross, with net per- sonalty £ 446,759. The will has been lodged for probate by the surviving executor, -Afr. W. O. Ha.rrison Williams, a director of the Elder-Dempster Company. Sir 'Alfred left certain legacies and lie- quests to his sister, Mrs. Pinnock, his sister's children. Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Miss Pin- nock, his servants, and employes of Elder, Dempster, and Co. and Elder-Dempster Ship- ping Co. Subject to power to oari-y on any business of his for ten years. Sir Alfred le-ft the resi- due of his estate on trust for such charitable purposes and objects in England or any British possession on the West Coast of Atrica as his trus.tee.s may thing proper. For the guidance of the trustees he indi- cated, among others, the following charitable purposes or objects — Original research of all kinds into tha cause of disease on the West Coast of Atfrica. R-elieving the poverty of any person who may be related to him in any degree, and who may be poor; and, generally, any charitable object which may benefit. directly or indirectly any such person or persons. Relieving the poverty of any deserving person who shall, at his-death, be, or have been, in his employ, or in the employ of any firm or company in which he shall be or shall have been a member or director; and, generally, any charitable object which may benefit, directly or inrectly, any suoh person or persons. Sir Alfred left £ 500 each to William Dempster, John Craig, William Seddon, Les- lie Coupar, and L. M. Sharp, and L250 to Thomas Banks, provided they were at the time of his death in the employ of any firm or company of which he was a member. He also bequeathed one year's salary to each clerk not included in the above list who had been ten years in the employ of Elder, Dempster, and Co. or Elder-Dempster Shipping Co., and lesser amounts to other clerks. Captain Newey, Saundersfoot Captain Samuel Cotteril Newey, of Elm- wood. Saundersfoot, late of the mercantile service, who died on November 4. aged 72 year-, left estate of the gross value of £ 1,S03 with net personalty £1.764, and probate of his will, dated June 26, 1909, has been granted to his brother, Mr. Alfred Newey, of Holden- road, Blundellsands, Liverpool, master mariner, and Mr. George Dow lies, of 23, Spellow-lane, Liverpool. The testator left his estate upon trust for his wife, Mrs. Philis Mary Newey, during widowhood, with remainder, subject to her interest, to his children Catherine Mary, Frank James, and Samuel Edwin. Mr. John Bowen I Mr. John Bowen, of Mill Villa, Rhydding. Blaenlicnddau, near Neath, formerly of Rhydding House, Blaenhonddau, who died on December 10. left estate valued at X447, and probate of his will has been granted to his sons, Mr. Thomas Bowen, of 5, Christopher- road. Skewen, library keeper, and Mr. Hop- kin Bowen, of 161, New-road, Skewen, moulder.

POSSESSION PROVES TITLE I Before his Honour Judge Bishop, at Llan. dovery Count.court on Saturday, an action was brought by Mary Morgan, of Ffynonlas, Llansadwrn, again James Price.. of the Sexton's Arms, Llansadwrn; E. J. Morgan, of 5. Water-street, Llandovery; and Eleanor Jones, of 79, Oxford-street. Swansea, to recover 15 as damages for improper distress on the premises at Ffynonlas. The plaintiff also* claimed an injunction against James Price and Eleanor Jones from interfering with her occupation of Ffynonlas. The defendant Eleanor Jones counter-claimed that the plaintiff was tenant of Ffynonlas to David Price up to the time of his death, in I 1898. The defendant James Price became heir-at-law, and by an indenture of convey- anoe dated April 8, 1909, he conveyed the pre- mises to the defendant Eleanor Jones. She claimed possession of the premises and £1 fu. as mesne profits from the date of the oon- veyance. Defendant James Price counter- claimed for £ 13 10s. in respect of six years' rent of the premises. After considerable evidence had been called on both sides. his Honour gave a ver- dict for the plaintiff for 15 damages as against James Price for the illegal distress and also for the plaintiix on the counter-claims. Although the plaintiff had not produced any documentary-evidence, he held that she had not paid any rent for a great number of years, and proved a full title in consequence.

WIFE'S DISTRESSING END Mr. Fred Jones, the Cardiff deputy-coroner, held a,n inquest on Saturda-v touching the death of Elizabeth Lang-don (40), wife of Wm. Langdon, a platelayer, of 2. West Luton-place, who stated that his wife had been suffering with a, oold for the last week or so, and on Monday night bro-ught on gome hemorrhage whilst coughing. About two a.m. on Thurs- day she said she would like a cup of tea, and whilst lie was preparing to go downstairs she called to him in distressful tones, "Oh, Bili, oome here!" Upcn turning round he found his wife leaning over the side of the bed and bleeding from the mouth and nos- trils. de called the landlady and went for a doctor. Dr. William B. Harries got to the house about 3.30 a.m., and found that the woman had been dead albont half an hour. The probable cause of death was the rup- ture of an artery in the lungs, brought on by pulmonary trouble. A verdiot in accord- ance with the medical testimony was re- turned.

I A CARDIFF PRESENTATION An interesting ceremony took place at the Cardiff offices of the Powell's 'Tillery Stea-m Coal Company (Limited) on Saturday, when a presentation wae made to Mr. E. L. Robin- son, of Newport, on the occasion of his leav- ing their employ to take up the position of manager of the Machen Brick and Coal Com- pa.ny. Mr. F. J. Dawson, the manager of Powell's 'Tillery Steam Coal Company (Limited), in making the presentation, expressed his high appreciation of Mr. Robinson's services during his conneotion with the eprapany, a.nd conveyed the best wishes of the com pany's management and staff for his future welfare. Mr. Robinson suitably responded.

I OFFERS TO MR. BELL Mr. Richard Bell, addressing a meeting of railway men at Birmingham on Sunday, spoke of the growing opposition to him in the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and said that, in consequence, he decided to sever his connection. He hoped he bad done the best for the society, in whose interests he had laboured for 27 years. He had acoept-ed an appointment under the Boa.rd of Trade. though several large firms had offered him more than double the salary he got now to go and work for them. Those offers were open that day, but money was r.o tempta-tion to him.

DR. COOK'S RECORDS COPENHAGEN, Saturday. The newspapers state that Dr. Cook's original diaries have arrived here, and will be compared with observations which Cap- tain Loose declares he supplied to the doctor. The Journal Vort Land" says if the supplementary examination of material to hand warrants such a course, the University of Copenhagen contemplates the annulment of the decree of Doctor "Honoris Causa" con- ferred by it upon Dr. C-k.-Router.

I RECTOR BOUND OVER At On gar, EssexaturùaJ' the Rv.11 William Philip, rector of Shelley, was sum- moned for assaulting Evelyn Galloway, the daughter of Mr. Maloohm Galloway, of Shel- ley Hall, and Bessie Brimsden, her com- panion. The rector was bound over to keep the peace, it being alleged that he had threatened Miss Galloway because she had made faces at his wife, and that he assulted the companion when that lady interfered.

MAN IN A BEDROOM The Newport police have arrested a man who will be charged before the magistrates this morning with burglariously entering the house of Mr. Leslie Jacobs in Stow Park- avenue. It is alleged that the man gained acoess to the bedroom of a servant maid, who complained that she was molested. She, how- ever, gave the alarm before anything was taken from the house.

NEWS OF THE CHURCHES At the annual meeting of the Newport Free Church Council Mr William Blow was chosen Qé; president-elect, Mr. J. Powell wa.s re-elected I financial secretary. Mr. R. J. Lang mead general hon. secretary, and Mr. W. H. Wilson hon. auditor.

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| Ideals of Social Reform I ———— PROFESSOR CHAPMAN AT CARDIFF The association of past students of tha Cardiff University College held its annual meeting 011 Saturday evening, Professor Mackenzie presiding. Professor S. J. Chapman, lecturer in Economics at Manchester 'University, and formerly of Cardiff University College. delivered an interesting address on social reform. The main interest of the community at present, he said, was in social questions; so ruuoh so that they were almo:-t getting tired of the term. 'i'?e demand was not so much for fresh legislation but for rccon' ilti,tietion of tha present. It was safe to say that in a century society had gone through the period of the greatest change that it had over had. The present was a period of reform, and in such periods there was a ten- dency for people to ask for a simple solution of their diiuculties. He sometimes thought that Socialism was to-da.y taking tho place wihioh the formulae of the utilitarians occupied some years ago. He did not want to say anything depreciatory of the Socialists. He did not know whether he wa.s a Socialist or not. He argued that they should deter- mine firstly what the ideal to be aimed a.t ought to be and put Socialism into a secondary poou.ion-using the term Socialism" as representing the machinery or the means by which particular tocial needs could be attained. Proceeding to deal with the fundamental characteristics of the social ideal. Professor Chaponan urged that our productive system should be sensitively reativtJ- the changes taking place in human l demand-instan. taneou.sl £ adaptive to changes in the needs of the community. An idaal social syste.-n should secure that each person should be brought to the task most appropriate to his powers, and the distributive system should encourage the individual to develop those powers he possessed which were of the greatest use to the community. He con- sidered the demand of women for political equality to. be wholly justified. (Applause.) Professor Jevons proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was enthusiastically adopted. A musical and dramatic enter- tainment followed. The arrangements fot the re-union were carried out by the hon. secretaries, Miss Gladys Mullin and Mr. Ca-leb Rees.

I QUEENSTOWN OMITTED First Direct Liner to Call at Fishguard Between five and six o'clock on Tuesday evening tho Roi'al Mail Steamer Umbria is duo at Fishguard with mails and passengers frdrn New York. The ocoa.sion is a memorable one, inasmuch as it marks the inauguration of the direct service, Queenstown being omitted from the itinirary, whilst it is also the first time that the vessel in question haa visited the Welsh port.

INSPECTOR'S CLAIM The Rev. H. Eynon Lewis presided at a meeting of Penybcnt Rural District Council on Saturday, at which a letter was Had from Mr. E. E. Dairies, solicitor, claiming, on behalf of Mr. Watkin J. Davies, late sanitary inspector and surveyor, a total sum of £1.218 in rt'-pect of water and sewerage schemes prepared by him for the council while in their employ, and stating that unless the amount were paid within fourteen days pro- ccedings would be taken to recover. Hia tiient was informed that until the claim was met he had a lien upon aU plans, speci- fications, Ac., in his possession. lIfr. T. J. Davies proposed that the council reply stating that they did not admit any lien, but that, as a claim had been made. they were willing to submit it to the i>oca.l Government Board.-M,r. J. 1. D. Nicholl se^ond^d, and this was carried. The Pylc Parish Council recommended the adoption of a scheme of water supply, inolud. Ïrlg' the construction of a reservoir, prepared by Mr. Jesse Hurley, the council's water engineer. The scheme, which was estimated to cost .f.,OOO. provided for a daily supnly of 100,000 gallons.—The report was adopted. The lowest tender for a water scheme for Pencoed a.nd Heolyoyw was accepted, namely, tha,t of Messrs. W. and J. Watson (Limited), Edinburgh, at £ 3,089. The highest tender received was one of over £ 7,000.

LEAK IN A GASPIPE An inquest was held on Saturday at Belfast on the body of Al-derman John Rooney, one of Belfast's leading Nationalist politicians, and for fifteen years hon. treasurer of the Belfast branch of the United Irish League, who died. in the Boya.1 Victoria. Hos»jta.l, to which he had been conveyed from his resi. dence in Central Belfast. Mrs. Rooney depose that deceased was in the habit of taking an afternoon nap. When she went to the bedroom to tell him that Air. Devlin, LP., had called, she detected a strong odour of gas, although the jet w-m burning. When she got no lesponse she went over to the bed and lifted deceased's head. which was limp and fell back. She then threw the doors and windows of the house open and shouted for assist an eo. The sky- light. of the room, she believed, was opeu. when she entered. She then fainted. A gasfitter, named M'Cullough,. stated that the leak in the gaspipe was oaused by an electrio wire coming in contact with the pipe. The inquest was adjourned, a post-mortem being in the meantime arranged on a smaif terrier dog also found dead in the room.

PRESENTATION AT TALYBONT On the occasion of their marriage Dr. and Mrs. James, Lodge Pa.rk, Talybont, were on Saturday the recipients of several presenta, tions from the people of North Cardiganshire, in appreciation of the invaluable services rendered by them towards agriculture, the sick the poor, and every good cause in the neighbourhood. Mr. W. Morris, J.P., occupied the chair. The presents consisted of a solid silver tea and coffee service, solid silver soup tureen, solid silver biscuit box on tray, solid silver salt cellars, and solid silver sugar bowl. These were presented by the Rev. R. Jones (Trebor Aled),ff Messrs. J. T. 31crgwh J.P., Richard James, E. Evans, and D, Edwards, as representatives of the ministry, bench, tradesmen, farmers, and labourer, respectively. Dr. James suitably responded on behalf of himself and Mrs. James.

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT VIENNA, Sunday. An extraordinary accident occurred at Raibi, in Careuthia, yesterday, when, owinc presumably, to a sudden subsidence of some mine workings, a small hospital building erected over the mine collapsed and dia appeared in an immense cavity in th, ground. All the occupants perished, namely, a doctor and his wife and a baby, two F" vartts, and the nurses. Rescue was impossibly as the hole was immediately flooded. Reuter.

BUTE WEDDING DOWRY Bath the dowry maids in Rothesay haw now received their portion of the Bute wed ding dowry. Miss White was married at hei father's house in Ladeside on Friday even- ing, the Rev. Dr. Hewison officiating. Mist Gordon was married earlier in the week in St. Andrew's Church by the Rev. A. Mao don a Id. Provost Miller was present at bott ceremonies, and handed over f-17 10s. to eaol of the maids.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDEAT NEATH The man Hughes, who attempted to com ni, it suicide near Neath, on Friday night; sta,ted on Saturday that he had been foa some time living at No. 1, Hoo-street, Port Ten riant, with his brother and sister. iTi had been working at the spelter works ther4 and the only reason ho assigns for his a4 is that he had had no food for two days am was starving. His condition showed eligh improvement.

FELL UNDER TRAMS William Tudor, of North-street, Abercynap, a rider employed at the Dowlais-Cardiff Ool licries, was ltilled while at work. Tlw deceased accidentally fell under the wheel of a journey of trams, with the resul that his head was orus-hed and his leg fractured, death being praotically inertaj taneoue.

DIED ON HEARTHRUG Mr. Rees Pearce, 2, Newport-road, Bed-wan has died suddenly at his residence tindo peculiar circumstances. He was sitting on the hearthrug playing with his little saig when he suddenly swooned, and in a verj illicit while died before Dr. J. S. Nolan, d Bed was, arrived. The deceased for some yealm carried on a butchering business at Ynyodds

CLERK TO CARMARTHEN J.Pt Mr. C. Hubert Morgan Griffiths, of the flrn of Messrs. W Morgan Griffiths, Son, axU Proaser, solicitors, was on Saturday appointed magistrates'-clerk to the Oarmaa then County Petty-sessions, in succession 11 his father, the late Mr. W. Morgan Griffith*

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CHILD'S LONELY VOYAGE I Little Margaret Pickering, aged eight., is among the passengers who sailed on Satur* day from Liverpool by the Ounard liner Lusi- tania. for New York. This juveniJe voyager is I travelling all alone to join her father in Milwaukee. As a precautionary measure she l wears, attached to a ribbon arranged around her neck, an oval brass disc, inscribed with her name and the address in Milwaukee which is her objective. On board ship she will be in charge of the matron.

A NOVEL PROTEST I Berlin hotel keepers have issued a joint protest against the thoughtless practice of would-be suicides who, regardless of the in, oonvenienoe caused, engage rooms at the best hotels in order to carry out their p13 ,s.