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B Elegantly-embossed Ster- A £ hng Sii-er-b3.cked ;air 3 jvj Brushes. Va.rious patterns. ?/ ? B Amazing value 6 SIVER WATCHES. B Strcu? and reliable Key- C /fl R Si le,4 V&tches. Im;¡ossible .5/6 8 to epeat at the price. Secure ?// II ? one :lQW. LUCKY" WEDDiNG RINGS. H 22ct. Solid Gold Latest Court styles. H Lifetime's wear. Sold by weight- 10/6, H 17V6, 21, 55,- upwards. Private select- B in? room. I SPECIAL FREE GIFTS DURING SALE. H ASS TO SEE I ^8 A CARDIFF MAtTS famots I I' A-CM E TESTIMONY!' r: .VE IM. R. wobsall. 22, lB^-Mltt-wVrfco K Lt>-uVfcco n BURLINGTON-TERRACE, M mmm I CA?TO?, WRITES- M ???/? ONE OF TOTT? ?*'—' WATCHES HAS dr?r' ttj._TTM Wa.t<;h with 9 the mtrveUottt B patents. BVSRY 8ATIS- fll 9 fl^AI^I? PACTION FOR H} -?ER A ILl?B ? 1 iOJS i FREE g40 YEARS 3 BETROTHAL RHIGS- ? M&?n'&cent 13ct. Gold ? Betrothal Rmgs. set with |1 I/K|% B Diamonds. Ac. Finest selec- al I C 3g tion in the district B CENTS' GOLD ALBERTS. — S Remarkable opportunity. -late? t fashionab?" designs. A A /ft a) beautifully finished. Mar- t U /K B vellous yÙue. Usaa.Uy ?5/ t M ?7 U? ? During Sale • £ ?LATSD T&A?OTS. P» if*} B Richlv engraved Electro- t? ?Cnt Sil?ler-VL-ite,l T e a p ot s ||7 Q B various designs Often 8,6. T B DOIUB" BELL ALA4MS. B Loud Brass Doub!e-beH fk A B Alarms, good Timekeepers, 2/6 B vith adjustable regulatorss. ? U? 9 To d?r -? TthCAltNÕW (- I I BEWARE OF IMITATORS! I ISAMUEL ■ ONLY CARDIFF ADDRESS: I 7 ST. HMY-SI. (OOEXEB OF 31AEKET ENTBANCE), 5 CARDIFF. ■ If vol cannot call, write Head Office for H W Free Ca;a~ogn £ —H. Samu»: 106, Market-street Bm J.nchæter, HOES SAUCE I Ie As good as Hoe's" is often I said of other Sauces when offered in substitution for Hoe's. Hoe's, then, is admittedly excellent, and Quoted as a standard for 'I quality Take the hint and buy no other. For HOSIERY. in Ladies, and Mec's Hosf and Half HoWr and' &C:<;5, 8n(t and Üky finish. Of all drapers and stores. JASON HOSIERY CO.. LEICESTER. 4[00 LA IE FOR CLASSIFICA T!ON ■Cj tf itlr ii t uwner uaariag, —Dining add leit nooms (H Boarding-house, witk ?,??en-day, untied i/jn and I bffi 'r ;ç9nce at ached; excellent position, main W¡2f,: o!d-«8tiib;i3lied and improvfaj; rent Lk' ingoing £ 1?3. or na?r cSor.—Appty DMcey. Auc- tioti_" ±a., C'!arence-straet, Gloucester. e464aaW IF Gotxlsleft at 11, Fcrest-rmd, Treforest, are not cJalmed Ut three days win be said ho defray e.tffenseo. ? ?_ e4882a29 A-?.;TF,D, ;?.tti?ig-room and Bdrmm (Furnishod??, Canton or Orangotown; must be mo4erate.— State tertns and full particulars to 0 23, Evening Ei- prftgj. Cardiff. e4B79a29 FABRIfcR seeks kppintment as Farriar or fortune FAFt ¡x;¡\trIl in o[r work an, thoroughly ur.der^tauds treatment of horses; go0e raferencaa.—Apply V> Hanney. t~^wmtClery." eaSS IB F- DR, ?4 y to Let; lise of breakfast -room, bath; tm light: central: near station and Docks, cas; select; 73. per week.-O 19, Evening Expr-. Cardiff. e4a52a29 'L-R-e: flat-coated Betrierw Bitch, a^red 2, years; .J: no slip Muir-A. Also Sumex Spani1 Dog Retriever—Appiy He?d Kseper, CiMuit? LYAne?-. ?<?. e4896a29 T7V>R 9ate i Gnuuophone taken in part, exchange). JC Ro3d-ra?"; naw laJt AuguM: ? 17& 9e?? ?4 10? (through iliaoss) C. f have, 590, Cowbridge-road. ea29 Rs:aiè.- 3 Empire Lamps (e6on?piete): tth M -SF*rr í' in use.—W. ?j. D?viaa, Grocer, &c., kM, Co?Brfa?e- raa/i. Carton, rardiff. 94885a29 "TT^OR S^.le, 2M Brwling Ewqs, 100 (1 and 2 years old, i Wetfftrs". 100 Eie La.inb«,^ cress Welsh Ch«'rio*.—O 26, Evening Express. CurtUH. e48Mf3- UfOB a1. Freehold Farm of~LS5_»CT«er_Sr~S«rtih J. PembrokeEhire; immediate poaatssion—-O 27, Even- ing F,xP. C?!-<)iff. &4SM3 rpo Letr^SST^Wywerne-road, Cathays; Jar¡' ?rden: ?-s,W:ve,%r.ernero Ca?thays; largerden. 10s. 5d,-39, WoodTiUe-ro&d, ?r?C. <?6?27  '\TT'TtSE Offers Comfortable Home to Lady during 1? Accouchement.-l. St. Aib?n's V Was, Hewlett- StTMt, ChHtefiham. e4868y3 i^UiOTHJNG-;—Wanted, a very smart Junior, b..t 3 > or 4 years' experience; Welsh; outdoors.—Webster, Port h. e«8T0a29 MART, willing Boy. aged 14-16. for the garden; .:9 live in: one just left school prefecrecL-Apply, personally^ Hillside, Leckwith-road, Cardiff. ea29 I> the BpautifUt Tale of Tiwv, near Llandilo.— Apartmects or Home for elderiy people or invalid in, pretty house, own gronn'is: high and southern aspect; bath., hot and -old; inside sanitation; own poultry, Jrc—Apply 0 22, Evening Express-, CMdUf. wWffiaa W-L1\TTED, a clean, e filrl for Housework, 'V aged 20.—Apply, after six. Mrs. De Wdton, 1. Beanie-Street, Riverside, Cardiff. e4gl4a29 A-XTF-D, good Cook-'Janeral for Country u Hotel; gnod wages if capable.—Apply Trewythen. Llan- diio. LOST, last Fridav Evening, between Psnarth Dock Station and PaiX-hall, Cardiff, Pear: Brooch; reward—Miss 3. Corbett, Cogan Ptil, Cardiff. ea29

MELEE OF FOXHOUNDS I an unusual cnb-hunting incident occurred on lbe borders of the land hunted by the Nrtrth Shropshire and Ncrrth qtall-ordshirs- hounds yesterday. Both packs had an appointment in the Market Drayton neigh- bourhood. and towards the end of the day each pack was running into the other's terri- tory. The (Mult was that near Cheewardine hounds became mixed. A similar incident occurred nearly thirty years ago in the same locality when. Mr, Uavenpor-t was master of the North Staffordshire and Lord Hill master of the North Shropshire.

STOP PRESS ♦ — Latest Telegrams. r: J r. •• .4; I 1.45—TRIAL PLATE. Result Mr Wh.taey'e Top o' the Morning Joyuer Z 7 11 Mr Ben don'a Galteot D", hmrbt fr H 7 mr S JoeIs Pa-ddin.-tan C Ileck a 7 1.45 Runuer-Q: Drceki, D«sespcir, C'colavir., Ctta- peigne, Dotterell, Ciurnera filly, C<.I,óy. and B,,¡¡ of TTOV filly. 2.15—BUCKENHAM STAKES. Result:- Lycao n Spalato TWO BAN. 2.0—BUSHBURY HURDLE. Result Mr A N Brogden's Pertinent .Private 4 It « Mr B Bletsoe'3 Dark Avis .Btetoe a 11 9 Admiral Lambton's Fizer Braitne 4 11 7 Eettin?—100 to 6 ag-t Top o' the Morn nj, Z to ag t (Juilef t, and 6 to 5 agM PaddiUgton. Wolvcrham-pton.—2.!> Rvuvnorr: Burcoush, Daa lac. jiegor, Dinniont, Leghorn, and La La. Bettitig-3 to 1 ay^t Pertinent, S to 1 Oirk Avii, and 5 to I ag-it Fiazer. f" >. s

GRAND OLD WELSH SPORT ,By the death of Mr. F. Page. Abercreggan Hall, Llangollen, yesterday, one of the most popular sportsmen in North Wales. has been lost. Deceased was within a few years of celebrating his ninetieth birthday. He was oat witt the gtins- on Carrog Moors on Mon- day week last. and secured a big bag, for. despite his- advanced age. he was a dead pbot- Deceased, who retired after 40 years' service with the National Provincial Bank at Wrexham and elsewhere, wae a noted angler, and held the record for salmon rod fishing in Llangollen waters. He was known locally as the Grand Old Sportsman of the Dee.

BEATEN WITH A POKER I John James Smithson, was p]ae«d in the dock at the Thames Court yesterday on a charge of violently assaulting his wife, Margaret. The latter, who appeared to have been severely knocked about, stated on Saturday night, after bathing the children, she lay on the bed. as she was not very strong. When her husband came home, he beat her with a poker, struck her about the body with his fist, and also kicked her. He also kept picking her up and throwing her on the ground. On her head was a wound liirr. long. and a doctor had to be called to attend her. Prisoner was continually knocking her about, and had done so for ten years. Mr. Dickinson sentenced him to two months' hard labour.

TORPEDO BOATS SUNK I BERLIN. Tuesday. The 'Berliner Lokalanzeiger" states that the two torpedo-boats S67 and 869" of. the Firat Division of the German Navy. have sunk in the Kiel roadstead-—Central News.

I FOOTBALL EXPRESS The Final Football Ez-nress for delivery Sunday viorning mitt be sent post free, to the end of the season 1910-11 for 216 (remittance with order), or, for a shorter period, at One'Penny per copy.

The Man in the Street. I I + -A I This is another fate-ful dav in the history of the South Wales coalfield, and everywhere the lesnlt of the baUot. i whether the men are in favour of a general stoppage or only favourable to financial! v suDportLia the Can:br:aTi T'orkrnen, "will be await-ed vel y real interest. Onoe more the miners have, the prosperity of the district in their hands, and the rest of the -world can only wait and see hoT they will use their povrer. Already the Abercvnon men hare decided by a small maionty for a general stoppage. But it is to be trusted, that this is not a sign of the gpnie-ral feeling, and that the warning:- or tried and trusted leaders like Mabon. Mr. T Richards. Mr. A. Onions, and Mr. W. Brace will be observed. These gentlemen have fought the battles cf the men over and over a«:>in. himself pro- bably the best authority in the country on the questions at i.1e. He has be-n th^ou^h it all many times, and the men ought to be acquainted with him well enough to kno.v that nothing would, persuade him to give Them foolish advice. Personally. I k-iow no one I would t-ooner follow in. any matter almost than Mabcn. who may be said to be full of the concen- trated experience land the wisdom it begets) of the coalfield The. miners themselves are a fine body of hard-headed, industrious men. and IT. is difficult to think that they will deliberately plunge into a general stoppage with all the horrors that are lemembersd of the grea.t strike before this century dawned As t,he -new Cardiff Ifire station has been postponed again for about the tenth time, and Mr. Alfred Good's friends could not persuade their oolicagucs ot the city council to swamp the standing orders with respect to the veteran's lack I of thirteen days, it may very well be said that yesterday belonged almost entirely to Mr. Sydney Jenkins, who surprised his brother talkers by the fluency of his tongue. Indeed, so eloquent did this -3-oung councillor bf>oome that others were -ca.ugh t bv his fire. Alderman Trounce waxed quite enthusiastic, Cochfarf perpe- trated but a solitary bull. Alderman Beavan got to white heat, Mr. Mander  is v ma l surprised 'his intimates by making quite a long h (for a man of more practice "than words*, and everybody who wanted his lunch was glad the senior memibsr for Grangetown was not present to beco.tu- rn fectod Mr. Mander has heard a lot of talking beneath the City-hail dragon, and he may be believed in hJR statement that Afr. Jenkins's effort was one of the finest speeches heard in the council chamber, while all agreed with Alderman Trounce that it was most convincing. TTniike one or two of his brethren who joined the council about the same time. Mr. Sydney Jenkins d:d not attempt to convert the corporation to his own way of thinking immediately upon his appear- ance in mumcipal life. He eat at the feet of his eiders, and gathered in the j pearls as they fell from the lips of the greybeards and the wise heads. There- fore. when the aspiring one rose the standing orders wa-re not ody suspended. but there was a Irish during the whole of the twenty minutes in which he held the -floor, and the end came with a dramatic bnrst of applause. Certainly this remarkable speech I c-vok-ed much sympathy for the object—a municipal -%vcman'r. lodg,-n_hou,,e and it is to be hoped that yesterday's effer- vescence will not result in death-lixe staJetiess when the committee have I turned the matter over before it comes before the council again. In happy and somewhat original ^-nns, Mr. Jenkins was able to remind his colleagues of the handicapped position of women m a big city, where thp, enemies of purity still stalked the streets to tempt girls who are expected to live nobly on 7s. a week for working anything up to fourteen hours a day. He also referred to the repugnance of landladies to take women lodgers, to which there is the other side, and to which I may refer on a future occasion. In this respect ho went out of his way to declare, with the exception of the Labour Party's tyranny over their accredited representatives, that "hell hath no tyranny likr- that of a woman unto a woman when one of them is in subjuga- tion to the dominion of a,l1ot-her," Some of my readers may not approve of Mr. Jenkins 's exception, and in the interests lof peace, and maybe my own life, I d-at e .rot comment on the other refe-rence. But the quotation is enough to point to the heights of rhetoric reachod by this exceptionally eloquent City Father, and U; understand the hushed eifect it h'-cd upon his raping Colleagues. Regarding the orator's subject, more another time. People w ho gain their sole knowledge of the sea by a few Channel tripe each summer, when the sky is as blue as a British summer permits, and the vast expanse of water resembles the calmness of a mill pond at harvest time, can have but little idea, of real (ot the ideal) life on the ocean ware. "Shut off from the world" was the terse description of a young fellow who came home a short time ago. He added, The Crippen case has been going on for four weeks, and I knew nothing about it!" A writer in the Nautical Magazine" describes sea-life in the Merchant Service as so hard that it can scarcely be worse. Thirty yea.rs ago the pay in one of the best known lines was as f-llows:—Commander, £500 to L400 a year; chief officer, Cl4 to £12 i a month; second officer, £10 to £ 9 a month; third officer, L7 10s. to J57 a month. Since that many of the lines, which at that time were paying far better have come down to something like! this. In some cases the master's pay has! been dropped to half that of his prede- cessor. One glaring case is quoted, w here in one of the leading mail ser- vices the commander of one of our most celebrated steamers retired. He had been getting £1,000 a year; his successor got £ 5-50. | Of course, the man who speaks well of his own profession is rather rare. In several of the leading mail lines the com- manders, it is said, now start at some- thing under £.300 a year, with the hope of rising to £ 5JO, unless things get still worse than at present. In tramp lines the pay is less. In certain cases the master gets L160 a year, and in a well- known line of home traders, many of the ships carrying passengers, the pay of the junior commanders is even less than this, a few of the seniors getting L170. But the writer admits that sea- life is not "hopelessly bad-" Taking the ordinary run there are as many chances at sea as in a number of other profes- sions. Is it "a hard life"? It seems that the hardships in a steamer are as noth- ing to what they were. A man may go for years without getting a wet foot. J The feeding in tramps is somewhat coarse, but it is better than it was in sailing craft. The voyages are shorter, but th ere is little opportunity during the I brief spell in port for a man to see his family. A very little reform would make the Mercantile Marine a fairly decent I profession. "We want better security of l tenure, a little rise in pay, and more consideration in the way of leave. Then let us have reform in courts of inquiry, and matters, after all. would not be so bad." The one thing which would work wonders would, he concludes, be to turn the Service into a Naval Reserve.

THE SARATOGA CONVENTION i XEW YORK, Tuesday. Mr. Sherman. the Vice-president, has been elected temporary chairman of the Repub- lican State Convention at Saratoga, the Republican State Committee having re- affirmed his selection by Z2 votes to 15. Mr. Roosevelt's prediction that the temporary chairmanship would fall to him is thus falsified, and it becomes a, practical cer- tainty that there will be a bitter fight when the Convention meets to-day. Mr. Roosevelt, addressing his supporters at Saratoga yes- terday. showed himself ready for the fray, apd, reviving a phrase which has served him before, declared that he would beat the old guard to a frazzle." Mr. Gaynor, through his deputy, has announced that he does not intend to run the contest for the Governor- ship of New York State. He regards the mayoralty of New York city. he says, as an honour geco-nd only to that attaching to the Presidency. Until last night, when this intimation was forthcoming, it appeared almost certain that Mr. Gaynor would be nominated by the Democrats, but his refusal to accept nomination is now taken as final.- Central News. ■ i" ■ ————

I POLICE FIGHT MOB BERLIN, Tuesday. Further rioting of a serious character occurred yesterday in the Moabite quarter; of Berlin in connection with the strike of employes of Messrs. Kupfer and Co., a firm of coal merchants. A number of sharp encounters between the police and the ex- cited crowds resulted, according to the news- papers, in three police officers, 40 policemen, and many rioters being injured. Fourteen ringleaders were arrested. The police drew their sabres after revolver shots had been fired at them from the crowd and they had beon pelted with stones and beer glasses. The rioters demolished several street lamps and smashed fire alarms. After midnight the mobs stormed the Church of the Refor- mation. the valuable stained glass windows of which were broken. Reinforoements of police were called out. a.nd the crowds were ultimately dispr-r&M.-Roenter.

USE OF THE TRUNCHEON I Harry Diggans had to answer a charge at the Thames Court yesterday of assaulting constables. Early on Sunday morning Diggans. who was drunk, went up to a con- stable and demanded his number. The officer gave it. and then inquired what he wanted it for. Diggatis answered, Never mind; you are a dirty lot of dogs." He then became very disorderly and refused to go away. When the accused was taken into custody he dealt the officer a violent blow on the nose, causing him to fall to the ground in an insensible condition. He also struck another ofece- on the side of the face. The constable wae obliged to draw his truncheon, and dealt prisoner a blow on the head with it. Mr. Dickinson remanded accused, and said he would consider whether he should sentence him to two months' hard labour.

LEVEL CROSSING CRASH I At Birkdale, near Southport. late last night, a motor-car belonging to Mr. Pochin, chemical manufacturer, of Manchester, who was accompanied by Mr. Harry Barker and Mr. Birch, both of Southport, crashed into some level crossing gates just as the eleven o'clock electric train from Southport to Liverpool was passing. By great presence of mind, the driver of the motor managed to turn 'the car aside, but it grazed the rear of the last railway coach as it passed. The car was smashed to fragments, and the three occupants had a remarkable escape. Messrs. Pochin and Birch were unhurt. Mr. Barker was cut and bruised, but not seriously injured.

HEIR- TO JE7,200,000 1 VIENNA. Monday. According to the Prague "Tagblatt," the l wife of a Jewish pedlar, named Newmann, at Prague has been recognised as one of the heira of a fortune amounting to £ 7,200,000, left by the American Beer King, Alfred Lons- dale. Lonsdale, whose real pame was Isaac Glotzenstein, was born at Kabish, in Russian Poland, deserted as a young man from the Russian army, made his way to London, opened a beerhouse, speculated successfully in brewery shares, transferred his operations to New York, and died possessed of the above mentioned fortune. A brother, two nephews, and the sister at Prague were traced throttgh an advertisement in Jewiah journals.- "Times" telegram (per Press Association).

BURGLARS ATTACK LADIES PARIS, Tuesday, A Lansanne dispatch to the New York Herald (Paris edition) announces that last night the residence of Mme. Sembrich was entered by men, who murderously attacked her companion. Miss Friede. The latter owes her safety to the presence of mind and prompt fintervention of Mme. Sembrich. The police suggest the theory that th*; attempt was really diiected against Mme. Sembrich.—Central New-a. —

X2,000 FROM BEACH CHAIR8 During the last financial year a net profit of E603 was made on the Meyrick Park Golf Links. Bournemouth. The piers show a net profit of L199, and the Winter Gardens £ 2i5. Over 92,000 was received from the beah chairs, and rents from the bungalows on the beach increased from .£658 to C900. Over £8¡!:) was derived from the letting of refreshment- rooms, and E374 from concert parties in-I others holding beach licences. '« n' in

RUSSIAN MONASTIC SCANDALS ODESSA. Monday. In consequence of certain shocking scan-J dais recently brought to light, a revision of, I all monastic and conventual establishments j in Russia has been ordered, the Holy Synod being given the appointment of three eccle- siastical members of the commission of i inquiry.—Central News. I

f PASSENGER'S FATAL SEIZURE John Landesyoa, employed at Nettle/olds' Works, Rogerstone, was the victim of a paralytic eeianre on the Great Western Rail, "sy stalioai at Cardiff on Monday night, Be [ was taken to the infirmary, where he died later in the evening. He was about 44 years of age. j

"ENGLISH SPIES" I Reported Admissions SAID TO BE NAVAL OFFICERS GERMAN SENSATION THE KAISER AND LIEUT. HELM According to a Berlin paper the arrested Englishman have admitted that they are officers. The documents found hidden in their room at Borkum are said to contain com- plete plans of the German North Coast defences, including the Kiel Canal fortifica- tions, and also important notes concerning the navigation of these waters. The charge against the prisoners will be that of espionage while in the service of a foreign Power. A section of the press demands rigorous police supervision of foreign officers touring in Germany. Three pounds and a corporal's stripe is the reward paid by the authorities to the soldier who captured Mr. Brandon. the alleged English spy. at Borkum (says the Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News"). Evidently the authoritiee consider the capture as of the highest importance. This belief would seem to be justified if the statement that is made by the "Emden Gazette" is correct. It deals with the recent disoovery at Borkum- Papers in Mattress It seems the chambermaid at tne aotei where the Englishman stayed called the attention of the landlord, Herr Heinemeyer, to a. quanti of papers hidden in the mattress ? # under the sofa. in Mr. Trench's room. The papers were found to comist of nineteen drawings made on thin, transparent paper, in, such a. manner that if the draughtenyi'n should happen to b. surprised in the act of spying be oould roll up the sheet of paper and slip it under his tongue without injury to the drawing. These papers have on one side ngures and calculations, and on the other accurate plans of the whole cf the fortifications of Kiel, Fried richsort, Wilhelmshaven, and Heligoland. The entire defence scheme is accurately and fully described, with the exception of the island of Borkum and the mouth of the Ems. High Treason ? -L The conclusion is, thereiore, irresiswoie that if the spies had not been captured while they were at Borkum England would now possess complete information of the whole of the German coastal defences in the North Sea and the Ealtic. More important still, there were also found two note-books with accurate details regard- ing the fairway such as are known only to German pilots. The notes observe the tidal streams, the channels, the position of the buoys, and whether they are provided with lights and fog-signals—in fact, every item of information inquired for navigation. It is understood that these details could have been obtained only from Germans. Hence the rumour yesterday that a number of Germans are about to be arreated as guilty of high treason. Foreigners to be Shadowed I According to the Militar Politische Cor- respond enz "-a not very accurate source— a very high personage "-in other words, the Kaifer-spoke very sharply about Lieu- tenant Helm's foolishness. Wben we get that gentleman back again." he is reported as saying, his commander will have to examine him carefully. Anyone who behaves so unskilfully deserves at least looking-up." One of the various noblemen who lend their august tittee to articles contributed by Krupp's to its organ, the "Neueate Nachrichten," published yesterday morning a vehement article demanding that all foreign officers touring in Germany should be watched-ie., shadowed—by the secret police. Other demands are for a general refusal to permit foreigners to reside at coastal resorts in a district specially defended, and that the military and naval authorities should have a word in the final estimate of the punishment to be imposed in individual cases of espionage, inasmuch aq espionage is simply a preparation for war. Passrts I This kind of journalistic inebriety pre- vails in both countries. I would venture, however, to correct your German contem- porary's demand tha.t compulsory passports should be introduced for foreign civilians. This is unnecessary, as compulsion already exists for persons making a stay of over four weeks in the country. Apparently ill- informed English travel agencies are still ignorant of the fact, as I have recently learned to my own cost, an English dependent having arrived in Berlin without a passport, and having been called upon to furnish herself with one within three weeks on pain of expulsion.

NEW CARDIFF STEAMER I The steamer West Wales. built by Messrs. Bartram and Sons, Sunderland. for the West Wales Steamship Company (Limited). Car- diff (managing owner, Mr. R. A. Gibbs). was taken out to sea for her official trial on Saturday last. The vessel, which is 368ft. in length by 51ft. beam, has been constructed to the highest class in Lloyds Registry. She is of the single-deck type, has been specially designed to carry a large cargo, and will take in 7,600 tons dead-weight on a moderate draft of water. The hatches are specially large, in order to deal with all sorts of bulky general cargoes, and there are double derricks at each- On being taken over the measured mile north of the Tyne, the vessel easily maintained a mean speed of 114 knots. Amongst those present were Mr. J. A. Gibbs, of Cardiff (representing the I owners), Mr. W. N. Bartram and Mr. G. M. BlImd (representing the builders), and Mr. Alfred Dickinson (the engineers). Both the hull and machinery have been built under the supervision of Mr. T. F. Appleton, of Cardiff. The vessel afterwards proceeded on her voyage under the command of Captain Hoskiris.

I AGED PAUPER'S DEATH I The loudness of his snoring is alleged to I have led to the death of William Carr, an aged iamate of St. Gecige's Workhouse. Ful- ham-road It was stated that on Son day momins C&rr's snoring inÏtated a feUow- inmate, named Jennings, and that a fight of five rounds ensued. Carr was over 70, and Jennings not much younger. Oarr com- plained, tp the master, who gave both men, a little practical advice. As Carr was leav- ing the room he fell, and died a few moments afterwards. A coroner's inquest will be held.

 MAURETANIA AT FISHGUARD I The Mauretania called at Fishguard on Monday, and amongst the distinguished personages who landed were the Earl and Countess Granard, of New York, who pro- oeeded to Rosslare. There were 325 passen- gers and U200 hags of mails.

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I Woman's Suicide m I STRANCLED IN LONDON POLICE CELL I At the Bethnal Green Coroner's Court on Monday Dr R. L. Guthrie, the deputy- coroner, held an inquest with reference to the death of Louisa Banter, aged 43 years, a charwoman, who strangled herself in a police cell. Miss Martha Taylor, an officer at the Salva- tion Army shelter, said the deceased was with them fQr three months, up till a. month I ago. when she left, saying she was going to work with a former mistress. Witness met her a week ago, when she admitted she had been on the drink for a month. She was given another chance to come back to the home, and slept there on Tuesday night. On Wednesday she was raving, and went out in that state. She had said if she did not get work she would do away with herself, but, of course, added witness, she could have stopped with the army. Station-sergeant J 72 said he took the chargc- when the prisoner was brought in charged with drunkenness, and deceased was placed in the cell at 1.15 p.m. She was then I very lively and cheerful. Singing Comic Songs I n_1': x-ouoe-constaoie uoarles Skinner (J ltJ) saia I o had charge of the cells. Deceased was I tery merry, and singing comic songs up till two o'clock, when he went off duty. "I Other evidence wae given as to the tare of the deceased up till five o'clock, when I Inspector Beckley tcok charge of the station. The Inspector, in bis evidence, said be offered ¡ ■to let h«r out cm bail, but she declined. At I six o'clock she had tea and bread-aaid-butter, and from then till 8.45 witness visited her every half-hour with the jailor, Police-con- stable 149 She was singing eomicsongs the whole of the time. She then became quie+, and at 9.20 on going into the cell he found her lying on her back, with a piece of skirt lining tied tightly round the throat with two knots over the windpipe. She was not quite dead, but died in a fow minutes, arti- ficial respiraton being useless. Letter from Husband I The Coroner said he had a letter from the husband, under date of September 24. from Railway-terrace, Porthcawl, as follow a:- I am very sorry to hoa/r about Louisa's death. I have been separated from her for four teen years, and have not-seen her for ten yM.r5. We were married twenty years ago at St. Mary's Church, Swansea. I was in a good position onoe, but went bank- rupt six years ago in Cardiff.. I am now working at 16s. a. week, and can do nothing in the matter, as I find it as much as 1 can do to live My eldest eon is in a good position, and I believe he has gone up U< see her —J. S. DANTER Dr. "BeJhe said, death was due to 8tr. ♦ion. < 1"11Ie Coroner eand the police seemed to b-age kept c&reful observation, amd it undoubtedly was a. most nonrenal method of sicide. The eon had not como to London. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst of unsound mind."

 INDIES! CANADA AND?VEST INDIES i The report of the Royal Commission on I Trade Relations between Canada and the West Indies is, contained in a Blue Book, published on Monday. The Commission, of which Lord Balfour of Burleigh was chair- man, included Sir John Dickson Poynder (now Lord Islington, G6vernor of New Zea- land). The instructions issued by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Commissioners directed inquiry as to the extent to which the increase of trade was due to preference Planted by the Canadian Government to British West Indian products, the means by which that trade might be fostered, and the advantages which British West Indian Colonies might be willing to give to imports from Canada. The Commissi-oners are agreed as to the capital importance of securing that the Canadian market f for West Indian sugar should not be lost, the* preferential policy ii-itiated by the Canadian Government having proved of very great benefit to the West Indian planters. The grant of recip- rocal preference is the only policy which, in the opinion of the Commission, is likely to command any measure of approval, either in the West Indian Colonies or in thb Dominion.

UNITED STATES AND CHINA I The Sheffield Daily Telegraph of to-day contains the text of a secret agreement entered into by the Chinese Government with a groqp of American financiers represented in Peking by Mr. Willard D. Straight, for the financing and construction of the Chin Chcw- Aigun Railway. Neither Russia nor Japan looked favourably on the scheme, but Great BritAin, beyond advising China to come to an understanding with these two Powers, has preserved an attitude of atrict neutrality. The agreement states that the proposed railway would be of the utmost importance both for commercial and strategical purposes, as well as in its effect upon the covetous policies of Russia and Japan in Mongolia and Manchuria. The amount of the loan is not specified in the agreement, but it was subsequently fixed at ten millions sterling, to be issued at 95, with interest at 5 per cent. The agreement provides that the chief director of the railway shall be a Chinese subject, and the chief engineer an American, the railway property and the customs tax (Inland Native Customs) to be offered as security for the loan. The railway is to start from Chin Chow and terminate at Aignn, connecting with all the most prosperous towns en route. Chinese and American materials are to be used.

AVON COLLIERY RE-OPENED? We understand that negotiations are pro-I ceeding for the ? sale of the Avon Colliery undertaking, Abe?gwynli, to several gentle- men at the Cardiff Docks who are already associated with some of the leading con- cerns in South Wales. The colliery is owned by the Great Wee- tern Railway Company, and was formerly worked by them, but has been idle for nearly two years. In 1908 between 900 and 1.000 men were employed at these pits. Although the gentlemen who are negotiating are connected with extensive colliery interests, the present intention appears to be to carry on the col- liery for a time as a separate concern. The stoppage of the colliery was a severe blow to the district in which it is situated, and its re-opening will be very welcome, as owing to the closing of other pits in the neighbourhood a large number of men have been idle for a long period. Before complet- ing the deal, however, steps are being, taken to ascertain whether the labour conditions will be sufficiently favourable to give those engaged in the enterprise a chance of earn- ing a reasonable profit.

TARDY ROYAL LOVER j Princess Clementine of Belgium arrived at Charing Cross on Monday evening from Brussels, and-WAS met at the station by her Royal lover, Prince Victor Napoleon. Owing to the train having arrived some minutes before the aohedvled time the Princess found no one to meet her on first alighting. Her plight was eventually discovered by Mr. 1'ro? bridge, the" station superintendent, who offered her the use ot his private room. Later in the evening the Prince and Princess left for the Empress Eugenie's residence at FarnborotJgh. The visit is primarily to decide the pisce and date of the wedding BRUSSELS, Monday. According to information derived from a well iriformed source the marriage of Prince Victor Napoleon and Princess Clementine will not take place at Farnborough on aeconnt of the ill-healt^ of. Prineeea Stephanie, hot at Moucalieri at the beginning of November.-Reuter.

AFFRAY ON A STEAMER I There was a rumour at Barry on Monday night that Ellis Satvala, the tlremanon the steamship Pennine Range who is alleged to have stabbed a sWede, named -Johnson, while the vessel was at Cork, had been arrested at Cork. Johnson died in the infirmary from his wounds. The asailant escaped, and when the vessel arrived at Barry on Saturday the pol-ice searched the ship for the assailant, but in vain. The Barry police he not been informed of any arrest, and are still prosecuting inquiries for Satvala.

CHRISTMAS AT POST-OFFICE I The Evening Express is officially informed that arrangements have been made by the General Post Office to recruit through the Board of Trade Labour Exchanges the casual labour required in connection with the Christmas work. Intending applicants should register their names at the Labour Exchange nearest to the post-office at which employment is desired.

OAlBPKTS BBATEK-—ly Minroy-«treet. Ottawa ADVICE TO MOTHERS. "—Are you Broken in ynmx 'CA by stek QbUd t?Certnt with the p?tn of cutting _Ul' Go once to a chemist, and get a bottto of 1418. Winskw*# S«otbteg Syrup. It produces natural, ,!uti. by jetjteTim tlw oMId from p$ia, and the l.ttle cherub awakes 'as bright 39 a button." toaai.4 I)tI t. Of aU CT,04 put bottta.

[ A Lady Smuggler I CleARS AMONG LINEN IN LUCCACE ■ ■ At Bow-street (before Mr. Marsham) Conni. e Myers, a young married woman, of Lime- I grove, Shepherd's Bush. was charged with concealing in her registered baggage lilb. of cigars, the value and duty on which I amounted to Si Sq. 6d.. with intent to defraud his Majesty's Customs. Mr. Thomas Purcell, a Customs officer, said I that on Saturday the defendant arrived at Cha,ring Cross Station by the Continental train On being questioned she said that she had nothing to declare, but when her baggage waj searched about lilb. of cigars were found separately packed among some soiled linen. The defendant was a frequent traveller between England and the Con- tinent, and her method of packing the cigars showed some little-ingenuity. The defendant said that she brought the cigars over as presents for-her brothers. She understood that if she took one from each box she would not be called upon to pay duty. The Magistrate ordered the defendant to pay double the value of the cigars, with the duty— £ 2 lis.

¡ CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS it is probable that during this ween can- didates will be chosen by the various ward associations in Cardiff to' contest the Novem- ber elections, and, as usual at this time of the year. aspirants to municipal honours are busily engaged in pulling the strings." So far as is known at present, only one of the retiring councillors will be allowed to walk- over, and that fortunate individual is Dr. James Robinson, who has represented the Park Ward uninterruptedly since he was' first elected to the council nine years ago. Dr. Robinson is the chairman of the health committee, and is so popular in his ward tha,t his return at every election has been a foregone conclusion. In the adjoining Roath Ward ex-Councillor William Roberts is freely I mentioned as the most likely nominee of the Liberals against Alderman Trounce, the "father of the council." Mr. Walter Thomas will not seek re-election in the Splott Ward, and, so far as the Conservatives are con- cerncd. the first refusal of the candidature will be offered to Mr. G. F. Willett, solicitor, who has fought pluckily. but unsuccessfully, on previous occasions. Mr. Alfred Good will again seek re-election in the Cathays Ward, and will be opposed from the Liberal side by Mr. Evan Owen, J.P., the secretary of the South Wales Miners' Provident Fund. The Conservatives have not yet chosen their candidate, but they can be depended upon doing so in good time Parbaps the most interesting and exoitmg ftght of all will be that in the Riverside Ward, where ex-CounciUor F. J. Veall has entered the listsa;gain in the Conservative interest against the retiring member—Mr. C. F, Sanders. Mr. Veall's supporters are a.lready confident of returning their old member to the council. Mr. J. T. Richards, the retiring Ca,nton representative,- who was returned only by a narrow majority three years ago, is certain to meet with opposition, but the Conserva- tive Ward Association have not yet made their choice of candidate. Dr. Smith holds a strong position as the retiring member for Grangetown, and. like his brother medico-Dr. Robinson—need not be seriously apprehensive of his return, even if he be opposed by the Liberals. In the South Ward neither party has selected its candidate, but in any event ex- Alderman T. Windsor Jacobs will go to the poll. Mr. F. G. L. Davis feels confident cf his return for Adamsdown, and is already well prepared to meet all comers from the Radical camp. As already announced, Alder- man Robert Hughes will stand for the Con- servative party in the Central Ward, the retiring councillor-Mr. A. J. Stone—having considerately stood aside until November 9. when Mr. Hughes will be restored to his place on the aldermanic bench. Thus a vacancy will be created in the Central Ward, and Mr. Stone will again be nominated by the Con- servatives, and there is not much doubt about his eventual return to the council.

I DIVERS' DISCOVERY i The men at work salving the British battleship Montagu, which was wrecked on Lundy Island four years ago, have found a Spanish wreck which went down in a terrible gale fifty years ago. They recovered a quan- tity of anchors and heavy iron chains from the wreck." Then they shattered the old huik with guncotton. It is said that there is much valuable material, and the divers are likely to be busy for months with the new discovery. Nothing now remains above water of the Montagu at high tide. Her bar- bettes show, however, at low water. The Montagu has put quite a fortune into the i pockets of the salvage men, who have been taking the sunken vessel up piecemeal ever since they bought her for £ 4,000. The first year they began work they cleared about XIo,om profit out of her, and to-day ten to fifteen thousand tons still remain unre- covered.

—— MINISTER AND MAYOR I The death of the Rev. David Jones Evans, Newport, Pem., took place on Monday at his father's home at Pen-y-bryn, near Cardigan. The deceased gentleman, who was only 32 years of age, had been ailing for a consider- able time. He was the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Churchi Newport, Pem., taking up ministrations thereat immediately after leaving college. Educated as a boy at Pen- y-bryn Board School, and then at Cardigan Grammar School, he subsequently studied at Cardiff Baptist College, and succeeded in obtaining the qualification of A.T.S. Unnsual success had attended his labours at Newport, and so great was his popularity in the Pembrokeshire town that he was elected its mayor last year. Ill-health, how- ever, prevented him holding office but for a very short time; in fact, his health had been a great trial to him, and on one occasion the members of his Church sent him upon a long sea voyage. He was a popular minister in the denomination, and at the Baptist Union meetings at Treorky last year was one of the appointed preachers. He was in great demand at special services in Pembrokeshire and Glamorgan, and undoubtedly had a bright future. In January of this year the deceased gentleman buried his mother, but his father still survives him. Coming of anold Baptist stock—the Georges of Pembrokeshire-tbe late Rev. John George, of Jabez, and the late Rev. David Jones were his uncles. Mr. F. G. Jones, Pontypridd. is also, an uncle, and Mr. S. H. Jones, Llangwm-place, Whitchurch, a first cousin. The funeraJ takes place on Friday at Pen-y-bryn.

I THE WHITEHAVEN PIT, A further effort was made yesterday to restore the ventilation of the Well?i.. Pit. A party descended, and found the conditions to be quite satisfactory. They wore smoke helmets, but these were not required until they got to within about forty yards of a door in a cut whinh con- nects the main intake with the return air- way. On Sunday the party closed a similar door 230 yards beyond the main intake jrtopping. Tb« object, in .closing the doors was to make more effective the circuit of air. the investigations of the party led to the discovery of propis blown out of position for a distance of over 80 yards. The props were blown towards the stop, evidently the result of an explosion.

TERRITORIALS' TREATMENTI A correspondent who wrote to the Secretary I of the ATmy Council regarding complaints recently published alleging harsh treatment of the Territorial Force whilst undergoing their annual training, has received the fol- lowing reply:— I am commanded by the Army Council to inform you that the official reports Tendered on the subject of the recent train- ing of the Territorial Force have only just been received, and the Council are not in a position as yet to make any comment upon them."

RIFLE RANGE BULLET I PARIS, 7$6egday, The Petit Parisian" says it is rumoured that the British Consul at Calais will demand £2.00.) compensation for Mr. Cattling, father of the lad who was sbot near Sangatte on Sunday The police have now established the fact that the fatal bullet came from the municipal rifle range, whore firing by local rifte clubs was in progress.— j Central News.

I Welsh Coal Contracts DROP IN PRICES ON LAST YEAR It was reported on the Cardiff Exchange yesterday that the Egyptian State Railway contracts for about 280,000 metrical tons of second-class Cardiff and Monmouthshire large steam coals had been divided among about half-dozen Cardiff exporters, including Messrs. Moxey. Savon. and Co., Messrs. H. C. Vivian and Co., Messrs, Pyman, Watson, and Co.. and Messrs. Thomas and Stephens, at prices ranging from 13a 6d to 14s 3d per ton f.o. b. Cardiff or Newport, according to the quality of the coal to be delivered. Thece figures compare with 14s to 149 d a year ago. The period of delivery is eight months, from December next to July, 1911. in quantities of 20,000 tons per month for the first four months and 50,000 tons per month for the remainder of the period, subject to the option of the authorities to call for an in- crease up to 30 per cent. in the quantities j from Docember to May, such extra quantities to be deducted out cf the later deliveries. The coals specified by the purchasers are :-Risca. Sirhowy, Celynen. Llanhilleth, Tredegar. Powell's 'Tiller.y, Ebbw Vale. Griffin Nantyslo, Russel's Black Vein, Llanbradach, Powell Duffryn, Rhymney, Windsor, Elder's Navi- gation, Burnyeat's Navigation, Newport- Abercarn. Coegaant, and International. French State Railway Contracts Tenders have been sent in for 340,000 tons of small steam coals required by the French State Railways. Allotments are expected about October 16.

WELSH BAPTIST UNION I The Baptist Union of Wales and Mon- mouthshire, whose annual meetings are being held at Blaenau Gwent Baptist Church, was officially welcomed to Abertillery on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis, Aberbeeg, enter- tained the delegates to tea, and at a subse- quent reception at the chapel speeches express- ing cordial" welcome were delivered by the chairman (Councillor W. B. Harrison, J.P.). the chairman of the urban district council (Councillor George Jones, J.P.), Councillors Joseph Boots and William Harris, the Rev. T. Gray Da vies (on behalf of the Free Church Council), Mr. Llewellyn Thomas (presi- I dent) and the Rev. T. Huzzey (on behalf of the Monmouthshire Baptist Association), and others. Suitable response was made by the President of the. Union (the Rev. T. E. Wil- liams. Newtown). ¡' .1 Speaking at a temperance meeting, Mrs. Edwards, wife of Principal Edwards. Cardiff, dealt with the work of the Baptist Temper- l ance Sisterhood, and partimlarIT. with her rescue mission at Cardiff, remarking tha,t she regarded her weekly half-day at the gaol as a very important engagemert.-MT. Edgar Jones. M.P., al? spoke. At the evpnu!g meeting, over which Mr. Llewellyn Thomas presided, Mr. Arthur Lewis, B.Sc., of Porth, gave an address on "Our Young People; Their Iiesources and Opportunities." No nation, he remarked, had better ideals than Wales, and at no time I were they more wanted than at the present. Mr. W. C. Evans spoke on The Modern Sunday School Teacher."

INSPECTOR MISSING I Superintender-t John Williams, of t.he Neath County Police, has issued infon.al10H respecting John William Barnes, of Vale View, Llansamlet. inspector for the South Wales District for the Pioneer Insurance Company. Liverpool, who has been missing since Wednesday last, when he left home with the object of proceeding to the head offices of the firm, He never arrived, and does not appear to have booked at Swansea for Liver- I pool. I The police are circulating the following ) description of the missing man:—" Age 35 years, 5ft. 6in. high, slight build, and speaks with strong Scotch accent. Dressed in dark I grey frock coat, white waistcoat, wit?.1 ora,nge?colour buttons, bowler hat, grey trousem and black !me-up boots. He bad in his possession a gold hunter watch, with gold curb chain, a brown kit bag, and brown travelling rug."

WAYLAID AT THE DOCK I Although Messrs. Honlder's steamer I Royston Grange, which was loaded at New- port by free labour at day wage rates, left Newport on Sunday without having expe- rienced much trouble or hostile demonstra- tion, the temper of some of the disaffected men is shown by a report which reached the police on Monday. Captain Ackland. the aged master of the Shipping Federation depot ship Lady Joscelyn, on board of which the free labourers had been housed, was walking along the dockside late on Monday night when two men stopped him and asked for a match. The report shows that before he realised his peril one of them had him by the throat and threw him down. and both of them belaboured and kicked him in such a I way that he was very badly hurt and had to be carried on board the Lady Joscelyn (still lying ir the Alexandra Dock) and have his injuries attended to. I

SWANSEA TO APPEAL I The proposed asylum arranged between Merthyr and Swansea, by means of which both boroughs hope to make a great saving of capital cost, is being impeded by a refusal of the Lunacy Commissioners to sanc- tion the financial condition to the effect that whenever the buildings become assessable to the borough rates Merthyr shall be relieved of the same to the extent of £300 a year, thus equalising the advantages to be derived from the inclusion of the site within the borough boundaries. A deputation has been appointed by the Swansea authority to wait upon the Local Government Board to ask it to set aside the objection.

FIRE NEAR NEWPORT I An alarming hayrick fire occurred at Cefn Llwyn Farm, about half 8, mile from Cefn Mably. on Monday. The Newport fire Brigade were called out, and they found that a rick of hay of about twenty or thirty tons ¡ had caught fire, apparently by overheating. The brigade out the rick in two parts, and saved one, but as there was a shortage of water the other had to be allowed to burn out in the field. TBree other ricks were I safely isolated by the brigade. From a dis- tance the are gave the impression that the fine old Cefn Mably Mansion was ablaze.

POPULAR ASTRONOMY I It will be a source of regret to many people to learn that Sir Robert Ball has decided to give up platform work after this season. I The eminent astronomer told a press repre- sentative on Monday that pressure of other work was the reason for his retirement. Astronomy has gained largely in popu- larity by Sir Robert Ball's talks to the people. Abstruse scientific facts as he pre- sented them could be grasped even by chil- dren, and his ready turn of wit made his lectures entertaining as well as instructive.

NEW VALUERS APPOINTED I Mr. D. J. Williams, of Tynewydd, Garn, Dolbenmaen. has been appointed financial valuer for minerals under the Finance Act. At one time Mr. Williams was in the educa- tipn, offlce in .Pembrokeshire, He is a geoio- gjst of great ability. He passed through the School of. ilines, .South Kenaiegton. tfith high, honours, and made his mark both in tbeUniversity: of Wales and in Dublin Uni- versity. Mr. Williams spent some time in South Africa as a mining engineer.

LAND FOR THE LANDLESS I The ertensive Packenham Mahon Estate, which inchides the town of Strokes town. County Roscommon, has been sold to the Estates Commissioners. and formal pos- session will be handed over to the future occupying proprietors within a week or a fortnight. The estate is one of the best and most considerable in the province of Con- naught.

A PRINCE'S FALL I BERLIN. Monday. While Prince von Buelow, ex-Ohancellor, was out for his usual ride on the sand dunes at Norderney to-day, his horse fell with him. and he sustained contusions of the left shoulder. The Prince is expected to be com- pletely recovered in a few days.—Reuter. '-1

SUICIDE IN BOATHOUSE A boatman named John Julius Geaurk, 54 I years of age, was on Monday found dead, sus- pended from a beam, in a boathouse on the shore' at the village seaside resort of IA4- i bedrog. near Pwllheli. The deceased had been depressed owing to sores on the face.

[ Labour Unrest — DISSATISFACTION WITHIN THE RANKS The annual meeting of the Ebbw Vale Die- trict of the Miners' Federation was held at the Workmen's-hall on Monday. Ther was-a fair attendance. Mr. W. Vyce (miners' agent) presided, and wa,s supported by Mr. D. J. Shackleton. M.P.. Mr. Thomas Richards, M.P. (general secretary of the Federation). Councillor Evan Davies, Messrs. George Davies. Percy Cla.rk, John Barber, and the members of the local genera,} committee. Mr. W. Vyce, in opening the proceedings, 3,aid the Federation was passing through the furnace at the present time. Trades Unionism generally was upon its trial, and met with difficulties from ail quarters—from the general public, from employers, and in some instances from within their own ranks. However whatever difficulty presented itself. Trades Unionism in this country had come to stay, and no power on earth could wipe it out. Mr. Evan Davies (chairman of the Ebbw Vale District), in moving the usual resolu- tion, said Trades Unionism could not btII separated from politics. He believed in ft Labour party, but not in fnatics. There were, however, difficulties in a political sense. Steps had been taken to undermine the power of the Labour party. To a certain extent, the judges of the law courts had been captured. But the Labour party would use every consfcitutionaJ means to get the judg- ment reversed. Mr. Davies suggested that the Federation should be divided into smaller districts, &uch as 5,000 members instead of 50,000 or 60.000 as at present. (Cheers.) Mr. George Davies seconded. Men's Absolute Confidence Reouired Mr. Shackleton. If.P., dealing with the unrest that was prevalent in labour circles, said it would need all the energy, tact, and judgment of Trades Unionists to steer through the next few months. They were not prepared to go down on their knees and accept whatever the employers might demand. The leaders required the men's absolute and undivided confidence- so that when they met the employers they could tell them they had the united mandate of the men they represented. He was afraid, when it became necessary to decide point after point by means of a ballot of the workmen the davs ef collective bargaining would be few. Referring to the Oshorne judgment. Mr. Shackleton said they desired to set it aside.. The judgment was really the re-estab- lishm&nt of the Taff Vale decision. From the early days of Trades Unionism political action was a part of its work. The fact that they had a Parliamentary committee showed that part of the duties was political. The speaker then traced the history of the Taff Vale decision, and said he believed in loyally abiding by the decision and seeking at an early date to get -it They had a good case, and be wouj-1 be sorry to see it destroyed by theatrical work. such as threat- ening to go to prison. In conclusion, Mr. Shackleton said the present Parliament had not long to live. Theie was not much time to carry out legislation such as the passing of the Osborne Relief Bill. But something should be done to relieve the financial posi- tion by passing the Payment of Member* Bill and the Returning Officers' Fees Bill. (Cheers.) Mr. T. Richards, M.P.. in the course of his speech, which is given in another column, declared that he had never been repudiated by the Ebbw Vale men. He agreed that the i..erv"~al unrest in the coalfield was largely caused by the Eight Hours Act. The resolution was unanimously adopted, and votes of thanks were accorded to the speakers..

LABOUR SINEWS OF WAR It is denied in authoritative Labour quarters that members of the House of Commons belonging to the affiliated societies which have suspended their contributions to the Labour party's Parliamentary fund are in danger of having their salaries cut oft as the result cf the decision in the Osborne case and the granting of injunctions of a similar character. The question has not yet arisen as to the interpretation of the rule which provides that "any t so-ciety ever three- months iji s,riears shall forfeit all claim to the fund on behalf of its members or candidates for twelve months from the date of the pay- ment"; and, in point of fact, there is no possibility of a society being in arrears until after March 31 of next year. Every society which was affiliated, except the Amalgamated Society of Railway Ser- vants, had paid its contributions up to the end of the last financial year, and there can- not be any arrears until after the end of the current year, on December 31. The conse- quence is that there is. if necessary, plenty of time for the Labour party, if it chooses to do so at its next annual meeting in Feb- ruary, to alter the constitution; but whether it will be necessary to do so. remains to be seen. As far as can be ascertained practi- cally all the Unions restrained up to the present have paid their contribu- tions to the Labour party for the cur- rent year. The miners and the textile trades, sections of which have been restrained, have pad to the Labour party from the central funds. which, have not yet been attacked in the law courts, and these coter nearly the whole of the Unions against which injunctions have been obtained.

CHURCH CONGRESS On Monday night the Vice-Chancellor at the University a.nd the Mayor of Cambridge held a reception of the bishops, clergy, and laity attending the Jubilee Church Congreee there. Nearly 4,030 tickets for the congress have teen sold. The university not being in term, hundreds of the clergymen are back in their old rooms at the college. The topics of discussion embrace religious education. Prayer Book revision, relation of episcopal to non-episcopal religious bodies. Teoent movements in philosophy in relation to religious belief, heredity and social respon- sibility with special reference to the feeble- minded and to parentage, boy labour, and widows with children and unmarried mothers under the Poor-law. Viscount Halifax presiding at the English Church Union meeting in connection with the congress stigmatised our present divorce law as a direct incentive to sin, and the pro- posals to lacilitate divorce as a demand for a legalised system of free love. The law per- mitting divorce with power to re-marry ought to be got rid of altogether. He also pro- tested a,gainst the tinkering of the Prayer Book, undertaken to get rid of the Athanasian Creed. Resolutions werelpassed upholding the teaching of the Church as to tjie indissolu- bility of holy matrimony. and insisting that the State has no authority to dictate terms of admisaion to Holy Communion.

BOTHA'S DECISION PRETORIA. Monday. The telegrams despatched from here by Reuter's correspondent respecting the political situation have been based on information derived from unimpeachable sources totally unconnected with the Opposition. The situation has never been described as one of crisis. The facts are that for various reasons General Botha last Tuesday re-considered his decision to remain in office, and ever since then it has been an open question whether he will remain or not, and whether the Cabinet will be wholly re-con st rue ted or not. During the past three days General Botha has been so strongly urged from different parts of the country not toreeign. and has received such repeated assurances of support, that provided other portfolios can be satis, factorily arranged as now may be General. Botha will most probably remain Prime Minister, but the arrangements that would ensure this are not yet an accomplished fact. and it is idle to pretend that no difficulties exist or have existed.-Router.

WARNING TO SHIPOWNERS The Board of Trade desire to draw the, attention of owners and masters of British vessels to the fact that a law was promul- gated by the Government of the Argentine RepubUc on August 10. 1910, limiting the coasting trade of the Republic to vessels registd under the Argentine flag, and pro- viding for the confiscation of any foreign vessels, with their cargoes, detected in carry- ing or. the coasting trade in contravention of the law. The law will come into force within 60 days of its promulgation.

MAULED BY A LION PARIS. Monday. Jack Jackson, a young man of 25. engaged as allon tamer at the Millot Menagerie, in the Place de la t Nation, was putting the animals under his charge through their paces in the course of practice exercises, when a lioness, named "Sultana." ferociously attacked him, ripped open his chest, and seriously mauled him before the menagerie attendants were able to effect lys rescue. Jackson was removed to hospital in a orit-ical ooiLdition.Central News.