Evening Express

The Ian in the Street ♦ Taken in the aggregate the general election is progressing favourably. So far as I can gather, it will he imposMbta to please evervNodv. Probably. if there were 1.200 seats in the House of Commons the desire to < in the elevating air of Westminster would be don bird. However, that does not matter much, for T see that Lord Rosebery has spokon. also Mr. Raifour. as welt as Mr. Lloyd George. Each oi these gentlemen is convinced t hat the only wa.y to national salvation is by his particular path. If you do not use the Lansaowne lotion the conntrv will saffer. if it is not irretnevably ruined. On the other hand, the only escape from the threstested destruction of the Empire is by way cf swallowing; Lloyd Georgian piN. It is (j.jite simple. The late Lord Salisbury an(i Mr. Glads-cone used to say jwetty much the same, and the country trirtl both ar different time* So far the Atlantic has not swallowed our islands, and India stands whn"p it did. Summed up. yoti simply go to the polling booth and take your choice. If TOO make a mistake this time you can rectify it at the next election, which will be due any time in 1011. A street by any other name ought to be jn.<t as sw oot. if the nomenclature of roads is considered on anything like the lines recognised in the world of lfowers. But resident? of Havrthorrie-road West and Hawrhorne-rosjd East wotzM seem to prefer a change in any case, if the members o: the Whitchurch Parish Council arc £ ood judges in the matter. Mr. Edmund Lewis presented a good case for an afteri-mor1 when he informed his colleagues of the Llandaff District Council yesterday that on one memorable occa- sion a bailiff with a mission in one of these stroets mixed up east with west for west with east) and called at the wrong house, though the number was all right. As to w hat the people or the east Cor west) thought when they found the stranger planted in their mlchr Mr. Lewi?: did not relate. Possibly it was past words. C'er- i tainiy a repetition of the perplexing j situation should not he rendered possible. while it is noo nice to think what the westerners think when easterners retam j letters that have been opened by mistake —with the number right again. Deci- dedly. a change should be crood for all con- eemed. and. as the district council cannot do what is required, assistance should be | seogWt in the right piacp. As both localities cannot want the word Haw- thorne," why not simpiy drop it in oae case or the other 1' East- or West street should be sufficient for many people, even if they are blessed with the pleasure of residence in the bracing suburb of Whit- ch nrrh. It Leo: to be 'n-oped that the people resi-j dent- in the wide nrea watered for by rho Uandafi District Council will do -11 that tbey can to help that authority to annihilate the obnoxious rat. With the exception ot the white-haired, pmk- eyed variety, so popular with boys who have sisters to look a Her them, this, much-maligned rodent u; apparently friendCanon Bu<-k?ev did his nest. s to stir up some sympathy for the doomed pest in his inquiry regarding the neces- j Stty of impregnating an infections dis- ] eswe that meant a s'ow death, but matt of the members agreed with Genera! Lee that "it must be done. "No rats. no plague. was the opinion of Dr. Prichard, and that ought- to he enough for most people. And. surely, this shouki be a matter for the Board of Agriculture, w h o might encourage the wholesale destruction auned at by grant- ing free licences to the owners of proved ratting dogs. 1-nfortxinately, this was a matter on which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was silent during his visit to Sooth WaicA. and for the time being attention must be confined to killing, with the afterthought that virtue brings its own reward. If there is one thing concerning which the fair city of Cardiff is above reproach it is in connection with lajr public gardens and open spaces. In fcost parts i of Modern Athens the citizen ia within easy reach of one of the parks, and if he happens to be a family man.well, the, doctor's bill at Obri&fcmas should be all the lighter. Probably no other centre in the United Kingdom is 60 admirably partPd-if the term may be used—and the people of Canton and Roath are specially favoured. For two years the park;- committee have bad in mind a sr-heme m is practically an extension Ol ftoath P. and at last the work is to be pot in L ad. This will provide a lorely mmmet evening's walk from the neighbourhood of St. Margaret's Church, paet the "South African" Colony and Penylan to the lake, well on the way to Lianiehen. Quite as pleasing a feature, however, is the fact that the laying out of this ground will mean the employment of a large number of the unemployed turing a portion of the worst period of e year. Suffering is already acute in 1 rity. and the dist.re committee look oile saving their hands full. Mr. Roberta had k capital suggestion yester- day as to the provision of paddling plaew for the children, and it was re- assuring to know that Mr. Pettigrew had the same matter in his mind. In these affairs, the children shontd always be first. A good number of people found hist flight that the beet way of escaping the fteotch mist which enveloped ('ardiff was to join the local Caledonians at their annual celebration of A ndre-A' s Nk-ht. By the way. there is always the loss of a "g" to "night" at this time of the year, and mostly a l'c" takes its place, though the word has been pronounced "nish by mere than one glad celebrant. Having eeenped the mist to get nearer to the Highland dew of a more cheering kind, the Scots oi Cardiff cooid not tail to make tkm snort of the occwinw. No one pr*. 1 tended that Dr. Smith could be regards! ( as a Caledonian, and the only regret was I that so rich and popular a brogue was not heard until law in the evening, when the f reporters had gone home to help put their papers to bed. It was another injustice to a country which looms big in the poli- tcd tirmament at the present time, but r other parts of the fniterl Kingdom were I represented, and Lord Nmian Stuart w as | particularly we!! received. Mr. W. jMcKen zie. Cardiff's head-constable, called attention to the best, side of the society's j work in the expenditure of over :L300 ill the sweet, c ause of cba-rity. and he was able to report a miracle in the announce- ment that some of his i'ciiov.-countrymen had i)e-en !'It'nt back to the land t hat is famous for the l irth of those Rbo inhabit the earth. ) =

ELECTION RESULTS., I; SPECIAL ELECTION EDITIONS OF THE ) EVENING EXFRESS" WTLT. B3 ISSrEP ON I STURDAY NEXT, I Containing the Results. of thapolling ¡ BT POST FOR ST?DAY'S DELITBRY, ? ?!. PER COFY. Add'aM Oru?"" ''KLKCT?? F:\íT ro." | ''EVENING EXPBE>S;" CARDIFF, i i £" ,f" JL D. JT ORDE NOW. I ELECTION RESULTS OVER THE 1 TELEPHONE. NOTfCE TO THE PJBUC. ( Cv«i;i( to to c heavy pressure on ou? wires snJ sta? during; the ?emrat election we ?"<* obliged to announce that we cannot supply election results over the telephone or by tot?ra?? The telephone c?ttw from :nquirerw at times of public excitement j have become so numerous as to seriously interfere with the trans- j mission of news to this office. Indeed, aithough we have several I lines, only a proportion of the inquirers succeed in coming througrh. We are always anxious to oblige { our readers, but for the reason stated we are reluctantly com- pelled to make a hard and fast rule against supplying election results over the telephone or by telegraph to anybody. i i

FLEA FOR UNEMPLOYED. I I UTILISATION OF LABOUR AT 1 ROATH PARK. j I In view of the distress prevailing in Car-j diff. due in a !arge measure, he said, to j ooskl strike, Alderman John Chappell moved I a-t- the meeting of Cardiff Parks Committee i on iVednesday that liiey recommend the! co-,poration to proceed with the laving out i forthwith 9f t he- land from the old Roatb J Mm rierht past Mar!boroT;erh-road and taking in the brook. Ttie parks wmoiittee had had this scheme under consideration for about two years, the estimated ot carrying it j out being a bent i;00r,. if carried out as peiief work this winter the corporation would be able to recover 3J b3 per cent. of ] the cotft from the Local Government Boa.rd olt account of inefficient labour through the employment ot the u-,Iempioyed. He mo-ved that the wort be proceeded with. and that the necessary loan be applied for. Mr William Roberts remarked that be would like to see them f,rea,t, the brook in such a. way a.s to provide paddling placce for children in the summer and also ponds to sail their boatf. as was done in other holi- day reeerts. The Chairman exolained that it would probably be better* if they had a caxcade to the nld mill. 7bis retain the landmark of the old mill. This brook was liable to flooding, and by providing breakwaters for children they would have to stand the oonrequences of percolation of I water to private residences in the district. Mr. Pofctigrew said that he had a scheme nnder consideration for providing a water recess for the nse of children during the snmmer months &of. Roath Park. It was eventually agreed to proceed with I the general scheme, and to ask the committee to inspect the place before deciding upon any ,beme l of brook omAmenta?tioc ae s'?ge?tad ew-betw Roberts. —— )

"A LITTLE SNOB ELEMENT." CARDIFF COUNCILLORS AND I BOWLING GREENS. i The Cardiff Park Committee on Wednee- ?y gave further onsideration to a propow to dispense with the tennis marts in the open space at Howard Gardens and substitute a fnll-eize bowling green in its stead. j Mr. William Jonee thought that Adamsdown had a prior claim in this matter of bowl- 1, ins ereens. The tennis courts, he contended. were at present monopolised by pupil teachers attending the Pupil Teachers' Centre, and alco the secondary øchooht-young people, he claimed, who could easily be accommodated at Reath Park. Alderman John Cltappeil said that, per- sonally. he did not think it was right to devote this useful health irnir for any class ) of sport. He. however. believed in the benefits of bowling, and said that he knew of old people who had actively taken up bowling and had added years to their lives. He agreed that the education committee had compelled them to provide these tennis t courts. I Mr. Mander thought that they could also provide a tennis court in addition to a. bowl- ine: green if they removed the wtatue. Mr. H. M- Thompson contended that the t tennis courts were serving as very useful pur- i pose. Mr. William Roberts said he did not think it wae fair to reserve this open space for j what he cailed "a little snob element." I The Ch?irm?n (AMerm&n Chappel' stid ]j I th?t once tbey a.empted to distm?uish j between the various classes the committee j would be curbed in th?ir expend itnre. ( A motion proposed by Mr. WiHÍIm Jon-. j anu seconded by Mr. Mander. to provide a t six-rink bowling green was eventually defeated upon being pat to the vote.

t I TROUSERS RECOGNISED. I I ABERGAVENNY PRISONER GETS A! I FURTHER SENTENCE. ) ,Jame Pa.?a?. o?lhe". of AbertiHery. was j f brf?tsht from Usk Gaol. wbwa he is nndeT- going a term ef three months, to Aber- yavennr on Wednesday to answer a charge of i stealing a pair of trousers, vest. stockings, land a, watch and chain, the property of j John Arthur Perrm. The latter "tDd that he ws-o lodging in Viftoria-fftreet. and pri- soner was sleeping in the same room all him- self. The articles were taken while witnees 'V:W at work. Poiice-sergeant Prosser stated that while taking another defendant to Usk he saw prisoner in custody on another charge, and recognised the trousers. He taxed prisoner with the theft, which the latter admitted. Prisoner pieaded nilty. and was sentenced to three months' hard labour, to follow the present term.

BRAVE CAB DIFF CITIZEN. Cardiff Watch Committee IM Wednesday pr-wsented the Boyal Humane Society's medal to Mr. Frederick B. Johrt. Bridsre Hot-a:. for | wr.jij[ a ia4 named James Morsan from tfrowning in the cena.1. Dr. Smith in making trie presentation --aid that the committee weTe plsaeed to recocDme in Mr. John ettt?en of whom CardAr bad reason to be provd.

j— A woman ersa&ed a sensation in the streets of Boefcott. Germany, by wearing a bat which was the exact copy of a bird's nest witfi a I large hen in it. rive trandred bonne are to be sokt itemt wsek by tbe l«Bd«n 6«smi Ornnibm Com- STOP PRESS » Latest Telegrams. T:, Wi'.Kn.Ml THROUGH A CROWD. Ph':? We<))i«-ji<-Uic. N-t l i'iic .-riaie ha? -.nu.-iitred at. Vilay^t "f de Oe, f.t:l A P "t-r- I it nnp«.>sed that the victim, vet uniden- was pr!"ii-.oii into tin- h-usi> if a hoi-rv an-i the'-e d'-ru? v., deatli \vfrit tin } af'-s i -'tan. "f tbe Inner -• n'!)?t i'f?. i CU:<1'if:Ia¡l,I,¡\' ;,11;1:t" b ';ed h? j ;*T> (itl'f: -i.T-liPi lii~- face air! litr.H;- "'1 n Mo?* h'-t nl11!nr; T >io m') i'i<- >" hU. it,i\ »• !1!1li'\1 t ho !<; -r ;1 tvunk '1- 1 i. .v I>'t' 1 i> a -■- -1 J .li-tAcce -> f 'eveti k i !met:-p.» h rer.i->! thr i-■ n 'c,- i-nrt I e: :t: fair wa.« in x>ie>«. .•f.-ipx> h !4 thrice fV>r -Ir inkii on the way. The an?uspec*ed arrival of tw" -soldieis apparently, about to thT""¡ thr IIT,) ih- ••iver caTt.ied Ttini to a-buiidou hi: ti e to flight. j c.vjdce close to the pn rspet. with the harrow ;je at hand. 'The murilerer J:) "Ùll étt iar^c. Tlis- mistrws hss been taier Thi. littir; c iri >"«t T -,vy i r; ;i. hai? wh? probably <> iT ->t the deceased. it it; "nrnotifed that ctcr-ieco ffrejjrs. i'a:jser wjio hari bwirier relatioxjs with m' leir. Jer«py.—Reuier, r inroys FEPLY TO AIR Continued from Pajre -We will, b'-wever. yet win. '?•!> attenn;>!i i tif :•» = 11: -f. ver y m11.1:)1 .t11.(f;: (iow. iJ¡: -air l,('nJdt' are Jltl! .->n till11 • knee?, and thev will nor so if can help it. j n r.t\ (tt" mr I'nf-t Hi |:ait «'lamc>rgan. my fust attention shall he i, P.11 to the men." IA IS flM ,¡j'I',m'c. t¡1:1a.llt!8u.nga.1l:, Kins «.t Arms, Persgriue Pickie, Titter«to«ne, Borm. -'ra. An-t V?.nry, its a on the Spot—Tyrcor.nel,'San M:ni3tn Uttrberi uxcent, lloney II, Bor* "Aa'iirx, dud *Aon»T, me Augur;-Tyrt:ouj!fci. 6umi»)tin> Niter nike. (v., Titieiotone. and Bwnalira nrt.C' .? J &t. 'n 1 ue T»rud-j«., Bormtlir.i uiap ;»nd l?rQt'T. Ktna.tSM lifHillon. llerlie'rt ?Mtt'tt, '??t-??e. Bornalira. and H.-mec Uva.r.hi-: -Tyrconney. lion. Bob. I'ei eariue 1 CickU-, T??rst/t,?. H?.r?ah;?..t:t ??xu? r) ? 1 Adverti-et— Amvaikam 'Ia.. ?h? Towtr. t:?:?? Viuciut, H(?M? H., R?mitUta, ?!? l £ wai«A, J\ .y.Jf'I8'

The Paris Mystery ON OFFICER ARRESTED AT MINISTRY OF MARINE. PARIS. Wednesday. Captain Meynier. in whose rooms the dead body of his mistress was found a fortnight atro. Fines when he ba. been missing, wae arrested this afternoon at, the Ministry of Marine while delivering a ietter addressed tu an officer. The woman was the divorced wife of a Baron Olivier, but passed under the name of Baroness d'Ambricourt. She appears to have been poioaeo When be appeared at, the Ministry of Marine Captain Meynieor wao dreeeed in mufti, and had his beard and hair cut in snch a faehicn that he was hardly recognis- able. He did not give hif name, but aeked the porter to hand 2 letter to an engineer officer. whom he said he knew. The officer in question wae out at the momeut, bnt returned almost immediately and received the letter. He at once ordered the doore to be ejoema, and the visitor to be detained. The tatter at once aefeetf that he should be taken before the Dertei-tive Department, admitting that he wae Captain Meynier. When he was searched three phials containing poison were ) found on him.—Reutcr.

I DEAL IN DEBENTURES f The action by Mr. William Oban Richards, of Oawshay Villa. Ton Pentre. suing on f behalf of himself and the other holders of debentures in the Aspley Motor and Engi- ¡ neering Company (Limited;, of Aspley, f Nottingham, to enforce the debenture security, was before Mr. Justice Parker in the Chancery Division on Wednesday. Mr. Martelli. K.C.. and Mr. Ja-oot" appeared for the plaintiff, but the defendants did not appear. Mr. Martelli said the debentures were given in part-payment of the purchase money of property of the Rotary Manufacturing Com- I pany. and the defendant*, by a counter- I claim. asked the oourt not to wt aeide the I wbole purchase, but the debentnres issned to Mr. Richards, on the ground of alleged misrepresentation. Alternatively the defen- dants aekerf for damages for fraudulent mis- representation. Six of the allegations they matle had nothing to do with the company and property. In June of 1709 plaintiff was the registered holder of 70 out of the total issue of debentures, and default in payment of interest having been made in September, 1999. in November of that year plaintiff gave notice calling in tbe principal money. Formal evidence having been given proving the facte, his Lordship pronounced the nsnal debesttxre decree, and directed the nsaal accounts and inquiries. The comrbep<laast was dhnalwd. Ida omul

 PEERS DEFENDED PEERS EFENDED i I j Lord Rosebery and Motives for I j Dissolution. AND RECKLESS." I" WANTON AND RECKLESS. i [Upper Chamber's Death-bed Repentance. ) .h f ]" i I The following sre the principal point? in Lord Bo?ebery d speech at Manchester yp&K:- day afternoon !La,nca?htre audiences won't sland hambuc-.i They are not to be cajoled out of their eommen-sense either by flattery or abnse. I fit can attention to the very serione encroachment of personal liberty which1 baÆ> taken place imcier the present Govern-' ment in the way of inquisition. I ventu,e I to say our ancestors would never have 8ub- I mitted to it. There is a dansrer to the State of Irish dicta- j tieD. subt-idised by foreign gold. Reverse the position, and would not such a ( scheme in the United States be irretrieva-bly damned ? Is there a greater danger threatened to our liberties than the issue of the Single Chamber ?c.vernment as proposed by the Government ? After the cieclaration made by Mr. Balfour at j the Albertbali yesterday I think the minda of all wlio wish wen to the Constitution t will he greatly relieved. 1- A Ciear Issue, I We have now a. clear issue to lifht. for. mr. i Balfour's declaration has definitely cleared ) the air. Lord Lindley demonstrated with unequalled ¡ authority in the" Times" that there is nothing to preveut the House of Commons, under the proposals of the Government, I from abolishing the House of Lords without I any interference from any quarter what- ever. i The alternative proposal is to establish a. i salaried House of Commons for five years. ) The offences of the House of Lri-dr are not so enormous aft has been represented. 1 Who is responsible for the failure of the Conference? Nobody knows. f Nobody has said the Conservatives were I responsible for it. I A more wanton, reckless, causeless general election than this has never been perprc- trated. ( H Gaunt Spectre. I | I can-not, help beine suspicious of some I ulterior motive in the proposals of the Government. > I' Th?re is the gaunt spectre of Qocialism behind Ute Govermnent. which ?a.u?a toe berrier ¡' of the Second Chamber out of the way. j I' There is a great mystery surrounding the motives of this dissolution. j I We are marcbinar through the fog to the; difunembermetit of the United Kingdom. ) I' am not here to defend the House of Lords or to defend its hereditary constitution. } I For nearly thirty years I have attacked it ¡ both inside the How:.e of Lords and out ¡ of it. The Honse of Lords which has been sub- J jected to so much noxious gas has ceased to exist. I There i" nothing now to defend—there is j| I nothing to attack. II It has surrendered its powers to the nation because without the support of the nation those powers can uo longer be exercised, That, is a fact of enormous importance. The I He use of Lords ha vsurrendered their hereditary position, of which so much com- plaint has been made. I The Lords are men of honour, and they will ¡ adhere to .the:r decision. Death-bed Repentance ¡ You ma's: take it that they have feaelved.  the nation ha?.?? refused to support them I j that their privHe?ea arc gone. i We are told this is a death-bed repentance.' I have yet to learn that a death-lied repect-! j ance. if it be sincere. ie not valid and vaIu- able. • I believe in the repentance of the House of Lords, even if it be death-bed repentance, Even humble personsr persons than the Peers do not momentarily surrender their privi- leges. It is a wise ma.n who yields to the pressure of circumstances. I cannot remember arry measure taken 1:Jy any Government except nnder pressure. i I would rather live under the absolute j autoer--cy of a Second Chamber than have super-added to it a kind of Constitutional j ) appendage which is a simulcrum of a Second Chamber. The preamble of the Parlia.ment Bill is j sham one. My last hope went this morning when I read Sir Edward Grey's election addree: a no, fn'md that he abandoned the re-ocnptrut ? tiolt of the Seoond Cb«"wber. I aik I..QMÎ Morley to anser the followin.? niion: Does he propose to do away with the hereditary composition of the t-econn Chamber? If not, agrear deal of gaHY rhetoric has been wasted, and at a great- loss. What has become of the strong democratio Second Chamber mentioded in the pre- amble rf the Partiameiit Bill" When that Bill is produced 1 believe I will be found an ardent supporter of it. I have always recognised that- there is iome- tbing in heredity, but it will depend in this election whether you are content to choose the wise and sober part of the Con-! stitnt-ional refonn. and insist npon the maintenance of a strong Second Chamber, j I look to the electorate with confidence to give what is not merely a common-sense, j but a patriotic, answer to the questions I have asked-

THE SHIPYARD WAR I — I A meeting of the executive committee of I the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation was i held in London on Wednesday. At the close of the proceedings, which were private, it was j i stated to the press tha-t the pioposalf regarding the boilermaker's" lork-out which I bad been submitted to the Federation as a I result of the Boilermakers' Society repre- Isentativce' conferencc with the Board of I Trade officials last week had not been con- nidered at the meeting, but they would come j before the meeting of employers to be held at Carlisle to-day. It was stated that the employers ha-d met for the purpose of con- f 'I sidering engineering matters. ft is signi- ficant, however, that Mr. G. B. Aekwith bad a consultation with the committee. j

 I THE NORTH POLE I r XEW YORK. Wednesday, j j Dr. Cook, in an article in Ramptor" M&t{:a,:ine." declares he does not know | whether he reax-hed the Pole or not. He was., [ he says, baa m?d with ml(i and privation at the time when he concluded he haA I done so. I This, the first, admission of donbt on thej 1' doctor's part is accepted here as a virtual J confession that he did not reach the Pole. Reuter. -&.

I GREAT DAY AT ETON I Eton was filled on Wednesday by a. faehion- j ,ble crowd of o)d Enía!l! and their lady j friends and relations, on the occasion of St. Aadrew'e Day. which is 2lw3YE m7ebrated Iw [ a number of football mawhes. the chief of j wh:cb is the annual creat ctrm?!? between I Oppidans and Collegers. For twenty years j this game ha? been fought, and. altbongh the I C)pidan8 have not won t'?r nine years, th\- i claim a balance of two victories. )

j LATE MR. STEPHEN JONES j f Mr. Stephen Jones, of Bryrbir. Bett-ws I II Leike, Cardigan, who died on Jtine 25, left estate of the gross value of £ 792, with net I foonalty EK. and pi-obate of his will has ycen granted to his widow, Mrs. Anne Jonee, of Brynbir. and Mr. John Jenkins, of Derlwyn Gvr, nill. farm-er. I

I LIEUTENANT HELM I ———- I Lieutenant Helm hae returned to duty with I ':lte 21st. Pioneer Battalion at Mayence. but it is understood that Rn investigation into the I efent? whi?h led to hH arrest m En?!aBd haa been set on foot.

I ——————— 1 32 CHOLERA DEATHS I PARIS. Wednesday. A Lisbon telegram to the "Matin" says that 77 cases of cholera and o2 deaths have been notified at Fimchal (Madeira).-Central News.

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New Osborne Case I I I IACTION FOR WRONGFUL EXPULSION I iJudgmentin Favour of the Society Mr. Justice Warrington in the Chancery Division on Wednesday resumed the hearing i of the case in which Mr. Walter Victor Osborne, the hero of the now famons pudg-1 ment. sought a declaration that the Amalga- mated Society of Railway Servants" Executive were not entitled to expel him from the society nor to dissolve the Walthamstow branch, of which he was s member. Hr. Peterson. K.C.. continuing hi> argn- mentp for defendants that 110 action could lie ;eainst them in respect of thi" matter, cited further cases to show that, the-society was! an illej?al one at oommon law, and could not nc- ued. Mr, .Tmte Warrington reui?r '?ed the learned counsel tbat ho mnst "hew him where the rules of t-he defendants' society afforded power of compelling a strike. Tbe rules did not contain the provision, which wa.s iti one of the cases he had cited, that the members hpl to come ont on strike if tho committee so dociried. First of all. Mr. Peterson had to how that the in tbia cae involved restraint npon the freedom of tile individual. ,I Mr. Peterson said he hoped to establish that: but. if he did not. there still remained tne question op to the public interest. Mr. Justice Warrington said the pnblic were n( -t affected unless there was a restraint. If the men were free to work or not according to their own pleasure, then the public were not affected. Mr. Peterson saili he thought- he shonlr? be able to show here from the rules, nrt-t.. that there was an agreement by the men to abide, by the decision of the executive, and, secondly, that the executive had in the case of a minority refusing to c:.rry ont their decision the power of expulsion, fub.iect to an appeal to the annual general meeting, Mr. Justice Warrington: The fact of the j rules providing for assistance in the ca-qe c-i a. strike doee not make the strike illegal. j Mr. Peterson agreed that, that was merely a kind of insurance. Mr. Justice Warrington: It is merely an enoonragement to go on with the strike. and j not an obligate i to commence it. Mr. Peterson cio^s-esajnined. To Organise a Strike I Proceeding to deal with the rnl. the learned counsel submitted that they undoubtedly permitted the society to organise a strike, and they provided that the decision of the executive should be bind- ing on members and branches, subject to appeal to t.he aanual rawing. Tbe execu- j tive committee wfre to be in charge of all negotiations with a \iew to an amicable settlement of dispute between a grade of men and a railway company. and if th-i, failed and two-thirds of the men decided by voting paper in favour of a strike, then the executive committee bad to fix a day ou which tbe trrade in question—not, the two- thirds who iiact voted, but. all the men—had to hand in their Dotice papers. Thus it was seen that the executive wa-nted a vote iirst before fixing a date for sending the notices in. Ee submitted that- the rebult cf that was this, that tbe esecntive fixed a day for hand- ing in notices, and every man was bound to so act. If any man refused so w act. lie having by agreement bound himself to strike as the result of the decision of the grade voting, he would be regarded as what wiiS familiarly called a blackleg," and the executive and the annual meeting, under the rule that no member was to do anything to attempt to injure the soeiety, might then I undoubtedly expel him. Counsel said, this being so, it was clear on the authorities be had cited that under j these rules there was a:1 agreement which was in restraint of trade, which was ) unreasonable. v.hlch might have s, fimiiar- effect to tbe recent strike in Fj-axtce. r.nd | which might result in a strike whie wüu1à j have the e:ncct of p'scing I<o?doH in a condi tion c-f practical starvation. M>\ Spencer Bower. K.C.. for the plaintiff. «ubn»;tted that the defendant? bad not made out their contention thau the iileauings in the case riirciosed no pa tree for o-ction. What they had, to show in support oi their conten- tion that 710 art-ion would lie, against them was that the whyle <;f their rules were 00 permeated and affected with illegality that j anyone contri 6"f> on lookincr at them that! they were a society formed for tbe sole pur- pose or the substantial purpose of law-b:eak- J ing. Ee argued that fhev had not. estab- lisbed this burden. Unless bis lordship thought he was bound by quoted, be was .-urc* he would not en this f demurrer that .the door of .iinrt-iee to Mr. ( Osbo^^e, who had been expelled from the j society without the slightest notice of any charge being preforled a-ga-inst him. Right of Expulsion I The learned counsel then went through the rnlefc. and argued that the one as to strikes meant, no eiere'^e of rmpre-ion cr tyranny- over the members which would amount to; restraint to trade. Tbe men could sign the; notice for leaving work or not. ae they pleased, a,nr] if I hey dec hied to strike, the' feoc-iefcy, it was aid. would assist them by every lawful tnea-rs. The rule did not f-ay that those men who refused to stgn should | he expelled from the soce-tv. i Mr. Justice Warrington reminded <h? learned counM-l t!wt what. M". Pft?rso'? 6a.d 1 was that the object of the rulo* taken together wa-s to oref-ni^e i.i)(I oompel a strike. That was the point which 2Ir. Bower 1Jad to meet. Mr. Bower replied that Mr. Peterson had not come within re i'eq of showing that. 'I'lie i only way he bad attempted to show that II this was tbe mean ins; of the rules was to put an unnatural and wholly improper con- struction upon the words of one particular rule. I Mr. Justice Warrington: You say thal. under the rules the executive conimittee ) merely sanction, and do net compel, a cessation of work ? Mr. Bower said that was his contention. All that the executive could do. lie argued, was to sanction a movement. They coiild not compel a movement, uor were there any powers enabling them to call out the mem. bers from work. I Finally, he said Mr. Osborne had not j brought this action for any personal benefit, j It was brought, as the original action was, to keep the society within the bounds of the law. They had expelled Mr. Osborne for no other reason than to punish and deprive him of his status as a member of the society, which status' alone would Rive him any chance of raising any of these illegalities again. ) A Service to the State j Mr. Osborne had already performed a useful service to the State by preventing the society from H!c?a!b' applying their funds, and he now desired to pfeTeot them from committing further iHeg?Iitiea by expelling membe and closing branches. Mr. By?-ne havinF foHowed Mr. Bower, Mr. reterfoc entered on hi? reply, but was stopped by the leameÜ indge, who ??lid ha need not trouble him further. His Lordebip, in giving .iudgment, reTje?ed the facts, and sa id the defendants had taken the objection that in point of Iw the action was not m&iut?inab'e. It was said that Mr. Osborne hl been expeHed to punish him for t the original action he brought against, the society. He (the learned judge) need uot say- that the court would not give elleet to any I objection in point oi law the result of which would be to allow that which at first sight. at all events, appeared to be a, gross injustice to be perpetrated without remedy I unless cODnnt'd to do so. He need not My. j fn rther. that he had anxiously considered j whether be wa5 ('o)nerl to ?he eGect to the preliminary objection. lie thought he w&s. and for reasons which he proposed to state. The Judgment I The learned judge went through the various points raised, and said -what he bad to decide was whether the conf.ra-ct with the members of the society waa one which would he illegal a-t common Did a man by ) becoming a member of this society arid sub- scribing to its rules enter into a contractual j obligation which. if capable of being enforced, 1 would operate as a. restraint on liis freedom J of employing himself and earning his living, ami. if it di't ? f that I-P ?traii)t one whkb was contrary to pubHc policy, and, t.herefore, not legally enforcible? In his opinion, the! agreement into which the members of the society entered by joining the society was one which was art illegal agreement at ("Ommon law on accounts of ite being in restraint of tra?e. The a<'uon Wa- ?ot one which co?td ha.?e been maintained prior to tiiQ^p.iiising of te Trades Union Acts. an3 it, was*not one ?hich the Tmies Ubn ActH authorised the cou-ts to entertain. The preliminary objection, therefore, in his opinion, succeeded, I and. ae bis decision must necessarily dispose of the action, there would be judgment for ¡ tb e defendants. Vr. Peterson: With j j Mr. Justice Warrington re. if you a!-? for I them. Mr. Bower asked for a ft ay of execution as to cM;to Pending the bearing of ?n appeal. Mr. Peterson resisted this. I Mr. JuFtice Warrington said he could not exercise the discretion he possessed to do as > If-r. Bower asked, and he must, therefore, refoee his application. He had anxiously con- j sidered if he could do what wae requested, I but be felt be could not.

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"Until Death Doth Part" I SCOTCH IDEA OF MARRIAGE The Divorce Com mission resumed its sittings on V, wineecia-N- at Winchester Eonse, under the presidency of Lord Gorell. The Kev. Pearson McAdcm Ynir, n.D., minister of Glasgow Cathedral and model's- j tor of the General Assembly 01 the Church of Scmtla.nd, sa.id he had been 40 years a clergyman ot the Church of Scotland, and a remarkable thing wae how very seldom in all those years the subject of divorce had been mentioned, a-nrl bow seldom any case of divorce had happened among bis parishoiters. f. very where he had found respect for i marriage. J be idea that in Scotland marriaee was more ijgMJy esteemed than eisewhere wais in Ililt contradiction to all his observations. "In my childhood." he said, I used to a-ccoropany my father vdltr. be was officiating at weddintrs, and nothing on those occasions impressed me more than the solemn manzer in which some soeh phrase as unt.il you are separated by death was tJ-ed. The nni- ve;-sal feeling is that death alone is to die- Folve tho union." MUST HATE A MINISTER. A wedding was not considered as perfe-ctiy reepectable unleet it waja. performed by a, minister The fact that in Scotland the mere acknowledgment of each j other before witnesses as man and wife con- stituted a legal union made it remarkable that snch marriages were exceedingly uncommon. There wa-s a growing feeling that, while divorce should be made difficult for every claps:, it ought not, to be made easier for the rich than for the poor to obtain il. Mr. Christopher N. Johnson. K.C., sheriff principal of the county of Perth a.nd stand-S ing counsel and legal assessor of the Church of Scotland, explained that the most impor- tant, difference between the divorce law of England and that of Scotia,nd was the recog- nition of desertion as a ground of divorce in Scotland. He was. he continued, opposed to all other extensions of the grounds for divorce. The {.nly grounds in Scotland were misconduct and desertion. P OS IT [ VIST'S VIEWS. Mr. Frederjc Harrison, who wrs president of the Positivist. Society for a number of years and author of several worl;? on the marriage law, was the next witness. He said that the State bad tha highest interest in maintaining a uniform public, simple form ot lawful marriage. JVopoKy, family rights, personal duties and liabilities all hung together on that institution. The State; should not abdicate its duty of recording this legal act and suffer various religious bodies to keep these a!! important registers. To a, large majority of Englishmen and to a.1i Englishwomen marriage seemed to demand a religious sanction of some kind over and above the legal sanction by the State. The religious sanction must be left purely voluntary, at the discretion of the parties. To allow the religious rite to con- stitute or in any way to affect or modify the legal rite was to breed confusion and strife. Mr. Isaac Sharp, of the Society of Friends, submitted a memorial from toe member of the society in Great Britain advocating the equality of both sexes in connection with the j divorce laws, in reply to the chairman, he said that divorce and brea.ch of proini-ie, were practically unknown among the Society | of Friends. MI. William Bill, secretary of the English Church Union, and the Eev. E. Wood, proctor Convocation for the Diocese of Ely, both be341 i that marriage WHÆõ a, Divine institution and indissoluble. n e The Commission was again adjourned.

National Memorial I EFFORTS IN GRANGETOWN, CARDIFF I i A successful concert in aid of the funds of the Welsh National Memorial to the late King Edward was given at Wood-street Chapel, Cardiff, on Wednesday evening, when. by their presence, a large ajiri appreciative audience supported the efforts of the OrarigetoMii United CboraJ Society and the other artistes who had Yoltl-I tartly given their services. The concert was orgauited under the auspices of the society, and with Madame Clara :oveno Da-viec and other well-known artistes proffering their services, an excellent, programme wa* arranged, and it is certain that a handsome donation to the funds wiii result. Prior to j the opening item, the lion. Secretary (Mr. A. Rogers'i re::d a letter from Mr. J. T. Richards, I who was una-ble to preside owing to indispobi- tion. i/ater in the evening Dr. B. J. Smith and Mr. Sydney Jenkins, representatives of the ward on the city council, thanked the audience on behalf of the society for their pree.en^e in support of tile choir's efforts toTrards the campaign for stamping out the dreaded white scourge." and Mi". Jenkins rfcioa-rked that Grange Ward residents were the pioneers in concerted ward movements in Cardiff in aid of the funde. The musical programme, which contained items by 1-iiss Win ifrecl Lewis, Miss Pauline Ailea vaoloists), Mias Hilda Garvin (violin soloist1. Mr. Harry Lewis, and Mr. Wilfred Doiithitt, and the choir, under the baton of Mr. John Williams, received warm approba- tion, nearly every item being eucoied. Madame Clara Novello Davjes and Madame A. ff. Sanders acted as accompanists during the evening-. WESTERN MAIL NATIONAL FUND. i Already acknowledged i39,V30 1 a, To-day s subscriptions 26 6 0 I £ 59.756 7 8 Total of fund to date £ 176,256 7 8 ¡ NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS. Grove-place C.M. Church, Port Talbot £ 1 0 Oj -criptioris fi,(,m G"an,etOwn 25 6 0 Ward, as per list below 25 6 0 j iE26 6 0 1 SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM GRANGETOWN ) WARD. Dr. R. J. Smith £5 5 0' Workmen at Grangetown Gas- works 5 5 0 Workmen nt Slipway  4 10 0 Councillor Sydney Jenkins ? 1 0 Kev. T. P. Price, 'I'aff-ernhankmeiit "I Councillor John Mslnder i 5 0 Mi-s. John Mander j 1 a ¡ Mr. W. R. Smith 1 1 0 Mr. D. Thomas, Penaith-road 110 Mr. John Hnrlow, 76, Paget- ?,trmt. 58.; ??- Budding, 76. Paget-street. Is.; Miss Smith. 32, Corporation-read, 10s. 6d.; Mr. i Geo. mosm. Corporation-road, 2P. 6d.; A. Dalton, 2c. 6d.; Mr. I EvMS. Is- MI. Cotter, Pen- bevad-street. le.; Mr. J. W. Wis. bey, Taff-embankment. 10s. 6d.; Mr. Evans, Tudor-road, 5a. — 26 6 0

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THE WELLINGTON MINE. COAL DUST'S HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE j CHARACTER. I The inquest and Home Office inquiry into I the Wellington Pit disaster was resumed at Whitehaven on Wednesday, when Mr. Kobe it Steel, manager of the pit, gave fur- II ther evidence. He said there appeared to be adequate ven- tilation in the pit prior to the explosion. Ile did not admit there had been laxity in the supervision of the pit. Professor Henry Louis, of Armstrong College, Newcastle, gave evidence of the results of his analysis of the coal dust in the Wellington Pit. and of lis highly explosive character, while the gas generated was of a deadly poisonous character. Several colliers having; Riven evidence of being sent to work in riMea where there wae gas, the inquiry was again a?j'?trned. J J 1

YOUNG WELSH STUDENT'S SUCCESS. Mr. Jack Lewis, who now resides in Lon- I don. and M a nephew of Dr. and M-n.. W. T. ftees and Dr. and Mr*. J. A. Morgan, Llan- wrtyd Wells, has won a scholarship value £ 100 per annum and teuabie far Bve years at St. John's College. Oxford. Mr. Lewis, a pupil of Merchant Taylors' School and a member of the Rugby fifteen, is well known in the localities of Builth and Llanwrtyd Wells..

Doctor Toulouse telle Parisians that "Modern man, wa.tched over and taken care ot by the police, lore6 the ability to struggle lor himeell." David Cunningham, a. Stockport grocer, was bed Ife- and estte tar —Dutch bacon as Irish.

Lord Lansdowne TO SPEAK AT CARDIFF Tt was announced at a, meeting of the Car- diff Conservative Executive that Lord Lans- downe will address a. meeting at Cardiff on Monday evening. The Right. Hon. George Wyndham is una-bie to come down as promised. The meeting will ta.ke place at the Westgafce-street Skating Rink. The Karl of Plymouth will preside. Sir J. D. Rees, ex-Liberal member for Montr gomery Boroughs, who recently crossed the floor of the House of Commons, will speak at Cardiff this evening in support of Lord Ninian Stuart-.

1 — CENTENARY OF A CHAPEL Centenary celebrations were held at Benlah Welsh Baptist Chapel. Newbridge, on Wcd- 1 nesday. The meetings were started at Kyffodvach, a. farmhouse situated between Newbridge and Abercarn. It was the residence at that time of a Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan. A man named John Evans: pastor of Penygarn Baptist, Church, near Pontypool, used to visit this abode, and he gathered ;t.-oget,her a bali(I of Christian men and women. Subsequently the house became too sue all, and a chapeJ-tlw present building— was erected in 1809. The first minister to taKe charge was the Rev. John Evans, who resigned the position in the year 3818. There wa", a. jjreat revival ia the district from 1816 to 1818, and it became necessary to enlarge the chapel. It was again enlarged twelve yea! later. The Rev. Benjamin Williams j was elected pastor in 1S29. lie left, for Maes- yberllan after ten years of successful service. His ?ucce-s?or was the Rev. Thornae livans, of Liangefai. Anglesey. The Rev. William Price was invited to the pastorate in 1860, but left for America a few years later. The Rev. Morgan Ja.mes became pastor in 1854, and in 1362 he was succeeded by the Rev. J. G. Davies. from Haverfordwest College. The latter died in 1889. and in 1391 the Rev. John Edwards was invited to' 6!l the pulpit. He left for Caenale.m Ne?ydd. nca,r?8wanse&. aftM' morc than ten years of successful ministry. The Rev. D, .T. Da\ies then under- ?t,c,ol? the TaFtnral charge. The present pastor of the chui-ch is the Btv. W. J. Lewis. He came to the district freta Sketty. near Swansea^ and was ordaioed it 1907. The rev. gentlemen is an excellent ireacher and a devoted pastor.

TENANT AND TRUSTEES In the Chancery Division Mr. Justice Neville on Wednesday liewd a summotis taken out -by Mrs. Gwendoline Alice Grace Prettejohu, who resided with her husband at Winter bourne Manor, Somerset, for leave to j enter into possession of large estates in Pembrokeshire. Radnorshire; Somerset., and Devonshire, of which she was tenant for life. Mr. Arlams appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Percy Wheeler for ilessrs. Ticehurst and Rowlands, solicitors, of Cheltenham, who were the trustees of tie estates. Mr. Adams stated that the estates were bequeathed by the will of the late Mr. Howell Gwynne. The ijiainiiff's husband bad had considerable experience in mana-giiig the estate, aud had himself an tstate in Ceylon. The lady was 31 years of a-ge, and woll i(ii thus enjoy the estates in al probability for many years to come. Mr. Wheeler anid that tb* trustees would !i?a to he relieved from reiponsibility, but uT.'ion.ui)ately, she had dismayed an unwill- ingness to do the repairs Oit of income. His lordship, on the plainljif's undertaking to do the necessary repairs made an ord er giving her possession, a.nd tave the trustees liberty to apply for perfusion to re-enter should the property not be kept in a proper state of repair.

SOUTHWARD HO j As reported in our colum% on Wedines(tar, the British Antarctic extWljon. under Cap- tain R. F. Scott, has left port Chalmers, >.tw Ziealand, for the Soitb Pole. Cap- ta»in Scott and his fifty men will not be seen again, if their programme is followed out, until Ma.rch, 1312. 1 The expetlhion left Lond(A on June 1 and proceeded via St. Helena, t? Cape, and Aus- ? traJi-?M ports to New Ze?t??. Here the final preparations were made. n1e Manchurian dogs and ponies taken on \,ard the expedi- tion's ship the Terra. NOVA and the stores and equipment re-examined before the depar- ture for the unknown south. The expedition s future plans are:- December, 1910.-Reach fccMurdo Sound, the main base. January, 1913.Landing of the weefem and eastern exploring parses. The Terra Nova p1'(! to King E<i?.rd II. Land. February, 1911.—Estttb]ie?!t?? of proV¡-1 &]ou depotE south of the ?at J(e'banier. API'lL 1911.-The Terra ?'a. leaves the j Polar party and l'etnrn t? ?e? Zla,[)d. ) Ma' to ptember. lail.—?ta?n Soott and b:s men remain in their '\fjt' ql\a.t't.ers. ¡ October. ?n.—Tbe main ?t?tCpt to rea?h the Pole will be begun. '¡' December, 1911 .—Arrival at The Pole, if all goes well. Jacuary and February, tg1:1.-Journe,y I back to McMurdo Sound. March, 1912.-Return of the t-spedition.

'Z?, BLOW TO THEêHURcH | The blow which would be inflicted on endowments in the Gower district by a, Dis- establishment Bill is plainly indicated by I the following statistics. They 6Ww that out of every £100. in round rutah^-s. £ 90 5S- would be taken and only kg 1& left.- Parish. Gross Income. l%jowment. I £ S. (I. Teft Taken. Bishopston Z92 4 6 XothioS All. Cheriton and Llanmadoc 240 0 0 Notbirim. All. II"ton 280 13 9 Nothing. All. I T,Iarclewi 180, 13 6 6 15 0 177 18 6 Llaogennith 69 0 0 Nothing. All, Llanrhidian <fc Penclawdd 81 5 6 NothUg. All. Oxwicb and Nicholaston 313 4 8 .115 10 0 197 14 8 Penmaen 5 6 6 0 0 6 iletit,ar(i All. Peurice 153 13 6 52 0 I 101 15 6 Port Evnon 151 14 0 21 0 0 130 14 0 Revnoldston 170 2 4 42 0 0 128 2 4 Rhosilly 1" 117 0 0 Nothi>lp. All. £ 2,491 17 3 £243 5 0 2.248 12 3 These parishes a.re large in and the population scattered. But for i>h§ generosity of one loyal Church member, the (jjiurcb in I Gower would be left with only <22 158. out I of its endowments. I

GRIEF FOR DEAD WIFE I A strange verdict was returnefl by a City of London jury in the case ot a young widower, named William HenrY }!ay (28), who. driven to distractou by grief, poisoned himself. The jury decided "tbat there was not sufficient evidence to show t state of his mind." The Coroner told the jlj-jr that in a nicely-written letter the deced stated that he desired to join his dead v,-iti and the young fellow's father iaid "the d'tb of his young wife unhinged bis mind from the beginning At the fuuei-al he head, ¡ and threw himself mto the It has preyed on t,he lad's mind he lias not slept for nights. Besidea. the cost of his wife's funeral worried lijT4, and he had to dispose of his home to pay the expenses." Deceased went to the where hi, sister-in-law Wa.s employed, arct drauk poison in her presence.

i LATE MR. WILUAM TAVIESIJ Mr. Williapa Da vies. of 44, I ehtioorlais. Merthyr. grocer, who died on Octoj^r 7. left estate of the gross value of £ 5-4°0, with net personalty £ 1,648. and probata jias beeu granted to his widow. Mrs. Alalia Di,vies, and the Rev. Jacob Jones-, of 6. U^^ti-street, Merthyr Tydfil, minister of the .^sP^5- The testator left his watch and chlilltp his son David Sydney Davias, and he left bis house- hold and personal effects to his e for life, He gave his son, John Edgar, th option of taking over his business jirenii^, and he left the residue of his estate to his wIfe for life, and subject to her iuteres4 he left his freeholds, 1, and 2, Cross Keys-str^ty, Merthyr, and 75. High-street, to his daught-er Gwendoline Kate. and the residue oi his estate to his children in shares.

SUBMARINE SIGNAL- I Arrangements have been mbs the Freuoh authorities and the Tri'Mty Masters for the bells of the various Hothouses to I jif sounded as fbe. American "'bjps now visiting Europe pass up and doWI1 the English Channel, so that the oiffcers J11" keep up I their practice with the subtf>a%e signal i apparatus.

KINGTON EISTEDDFOD I*RX2ES. I Mr. Firnest Weatherte3,, Builth V,Ils, won the challenge cup in the open 91010%t K'^f?ton Eisteddfod. He also carried off t. prize in the bass solo contest. The duet PIVO went to Messrs. Jamee Prothero (GlaIlllt. Builth Wells) and Emest Westherley, and the former also obbaned bsZ the pCM.

I A Coronation Gift I I I I PROPOSED QUEEN-MARY MAN- I OF-WAR • I Prominent Monmouthshire ladies were present at the Working Men's Institute, Mon- mouth. on Wednesday, when Lady Llan- gattock presided at a meeting ca.Ile(I together in order to promote the National Women's Navy League. Lady Llangattoek said the women of England were using their influence to make known tbe true state of the national defence of England. The object of the league was to get sufficient money to build a man-of- war as a coronation gift, to be known as the Queen Mary. Monmouthshire was. perhaps, a small county, but a very loyal one. By commencing this scheme they hope- it would ¡ spread far and wide throughout Great Britain, if once we lost comma (id of the seas hearts would be broken, the Motherland gone, and Home, sweet home," would be a d ealll of the past. Admiral Sir Hugo Young said Germany -ai?l (,rrma.n 'v was making rapid strides in naval matter*. If the women of Eric!.nni tool- the mntter up it would rouse the men to insist upon the superiority of the British Fleet. If they did not bui!d ships, this country would not bo safe from invasion .—Mrs. Bosanquct also I' addressed the meeting. The branch was formally formed, and Mrs. Maclaverty appointed secretary.

I CONFINED TO BARRACKS 1, The War Office is issuing instructions to the ¡ Regular and Territorial Forces in respect to I their conduct in the general election, and especially directing attention to the statute, which enacts Tha.t on every day appointed fnr the nomination. or for the election. or for t&b- in? the poll for the Commons House of I' Parliament, no soldier within two miles of any city, borough, town. or place where such nomination or election shall be declared or poll taken shall be allowed to I po out of the barracks or quarters in which he is stationed, unless for the purpose of mounting or relieving guard, or for giving bi,? ?ote at snch election: and that every ?o!dier aHowed to go out for ;?ny m?'.h pur- poe within the limits aforesaid shail | return to hia barra.cks or Quarters with all convenient speed as soon as his guard shall have heen relieved or vote tendered, No officer of the Regular Forces, except be he a candidate for election, is to take an active part. in any election in the neighbour- hood of his barracks cr quarters beyond recording his vote if he have one. PRIVILEGED TO POLL. Men qualified to vote are to be g"anted leave for the purpose of doing so. travelling at their own expense, and no inquiry is to be made of such voters as to the candidates for whom they purpose to vote, nor any other attempt be made to influence their votes. THE SAILORS' VOTE. To enable the electors in the crews to vote the Admira Ity have issued orders for battle- &hips, cruiRers, and destroyers of the Home i-ieet and battleships and cruisers of the Atlantic Fleet to viocecd to their home ports, arriving in time for polling, Dockyard employes will have an afternoon's leave on the date of polling.

THE REFERENDUM j ?r. F. E. Smith, speaking a,t Liverpool on Wednesday ni?ht. said Mr. T. P. O'Connor had been good enough to ma'ke some obser- vations a.bout him of not a very polite cha- racter. (Laughter.) h e took no offence at any- thing Mr. O'Connor said about him. because although as a politician he wished to -icHtroy our dukes, as a journalist he wae entirely dependent, upon Mu' duche??ea. (Lau???r and cheers.) He ha-d said about Mr. d'Cc.tt- nor before that be would aell every single j Catholic school in L:Yprpc?! for the sake 01 a housemaid's little tattle about a lady of title—(laughter a.nd cheers)—ami this was one of the democrats who were going to sweep away the House of "Lords. On the Constitutional question, he proceeded. "i ormation of Qrinion a very interesting transformation of opinion bad taken place. Not very long ago their opponents were raying that what we wanted '¡ was government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Now they were running away from the people. (Laughter and cheers.) They were afraid cf the referendum to the people. (Hear, hoar.) On the high i authority of Lord Lirulley, the Veto Bill would not give the people the rule, but it would give Uncontrolled rule by the House of Commons. Speaking for himself, in the interests of democracy he would fight the Veto Bill as long as )-, e had I a seat in the House of Commons. Shaking of Home Rule, lie said the quarrel was the same, the enemy the name. and the end would be the same as in 1886. fCheere\ He noticed in the papers with little surprise that the loyal Ulster Council had (lefinitoely and formally stated that they would never pay taxes to a, Home Rule Parliament. lie was a law-abiding citizen, but he could not and it within him to use language of censure a.t the expense of men whose only fault was that they had always been loyal to this ¡ counto- (CheerF.)

FLOODS IN FRANCE I PARIS, Wednesday. Floods have recommenced in France, and I, in several pls-ces have assumed a ehara-ctcr causing alarm. e (hdly rie of the Hei lie is now nearly a foot, and by to-morrow the river is expected to attain an increased height of over 211t. at the Pont Rofyal. Anxiety is general in the outskirts of Paris, and the river banks which have been free from inundation during the last few davs, are now again encroached upon. In the departments tbe situation is serious. The rise of the Oise is slow, hut that of the Loire is psodncing disastrous effects. At Angers engineer-soldiers are watch in g and strengthening the dyke of Monjeau, which, it is feared, may buret and bring about a catastrophe Telecr&ma from Bonnes state that the V ita ne is overnowii)? its banks and that fields are disappearing under the floods. Everywhere great damage is reported, aiid the Meteorological Department forecast* a continuation of the heavy rains which have I caused the floods. Dispatches from L Orient antioti-nee that, the Atlantic Coast has been visited by a. tempest, and that ma,ay fisning- boats have been wrecked. No loss of liie is reported.— Central News. I

A POPULAR DOCKSMAN J The funeral of Mr. Job Morgan, Wick House. Whitchurch, partner in the firm of I Morgan and Cadogan, took place at the Cardiff Cemetery on Wedaeeda-y afternoon. A short service was held at the residence by the Kev. D. T.vssil Lvan8, who also officiated a,t ¡ the graveside The chief mourners were Messrs. J- C- Morga nand Frank Morgan Messrs. WiU?m ? and Benjamin Mor?ft 'hrotber?). a? 0. WiU'am? (brother-in- law). and there were a?o present Messrs. J. ?. Cadetan and Max Wideman (pa.rtaers) ?es?re.Bae?ett. Bltt. E. Deere, M iles, Mayl ''and. LMnrt. and Clement ((-Mee staff). MO st of the Ie&<H'? Srme at the Card i E Docks a I co Sent repreH?"???'?. including Messrs. Roger Price and W- ?- Bogeps (Cardiff Railwa,y Com- pany), C. Ldm?Bde (Taff Va.Ie Ra.hwav) Stephen B. Held. F. R. Howe. A. Kromage, F. Ambrcse. J. Ha.rr?a. E. Ler?v A. P. ia,wee. A- C. Forrest, A. Seward, D í Lewis. J. H- Smith. W. Eustace Jenkins, John •'enkins, T. Smith, D. Lloyd. G. Travers, W. A. Jooes, J. Morgan Lewis, and Alfred Thomas. 'I There were a large number of wreaths from friends a-ud business firms.

INDUSTRIES OF WALES I By the invitation of the ladies' committee ¡ a large number of ladies and gentlemen attended a" At Home." at the London depot I of the Welfek Industries Association on Wed-I nesday afternoon, amongst those present being Viscountess Parker, Lady Mersey, Lady I ttrynmor jullcw, Mrs. Mash iter, Mrs. n. H, Evans, ?ra- Francis Branton. Mrs. Hatchi? "on. Mrs. P?iehH'e. Mrs. Hu?h Matheso? and I Mrs. Harold Arbuthnot,. The occasion was l an especial of articles suitable for Christ- mas present", and conspicuous amongst the new things shown were beautiful silk flower, new pottery", lace and drawn thread work, h,inlesl)url-- and flannels of remarkably fine texture. The gathering was very successful. The Ijondon committee ia making arrange- ments for u6xt summer's annual sale and I exhibition in Lon,doll, which will he of unusna^iy attractive character.

NEHTH BYE-ELECTIONS I The foU<'?"S nominations were rowived ?D Wednesd?? ? ccunection with the muni- cipal bye-e???ona at Neath:—North Ward- Memr, Da.?? CH?&the (1.). Bna!ey iRichards I?wis Arnold (L.); South Ward— '!•). and and Ch.), J. B. Jones Messrs. T- Joues (C. and Ch.), J. B. Joaes (Lab.), and John Davies <L.?.

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Discarded Officer PROVES HIS VALUE An Army case which aroused great interest is recalled hy the announcement that Mr. H. Charles Woods has been appointed British Vice-Consul at Adana, in Asia Minor. Mr. Woods was formerly in. the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Owing to certain inci. dent", which occurred Lieutenant Woods demanded a public inquiry, alleginc: that he bad been boycotted by his superior officer and prevented from properly studying his profession." A court of inquiry wa.s granted, and much evidence was taken. As a reeult the court found that Lieutenant Woods was inefficient as a regimental officer, and that his retentiiu in the Service was ot m the interests (It the Army. The Army Council called upon Lieutenant Wooclg to resign, and he finally did so under strcncr protest. In connection with Lieutenant Woods's present appointment, it. is interesting to note that he lias travelled extensively in Turkey, and has been employed by the War Office in special intelligence work. For this he was specially thanked by the Intelligence Depart. ment of the War Office for his keenness and enterprise.

A POLICEMAN'S KNOCK The Cardiff Watch Committee on Wednes- day. after investigating a charge brought a,gainst Police-constable Frank Slocomb of disturbing and frightening a respectable married woman residing in Tudor-road by knocking her up at 11.30 p.m. on the 14th nit. and demanding admittance, ordered him to be dismissed the force immediately. Several members of the committee charac- terised the police-officer's version of the incident as a "tissue of lies," and that in the interests of the police force it was best that be be "drummed out," as no reliance could be placed 011 his evidence in a eourt, of law. Slocomb had served five yeare and a half in the force. Although he admitted that he had had some drink on the particular day in question, when he was off duty from three o'clock, he denied that he was drunk. He alleged that. although "off duty," he called at the bóu'e to investigate an allegation made to him by a certain man that he had been robbed at a house in Tudcr-road,

OFFIC AL'S FUNERAL The funeral of the late Mr. D. C. John deputy-town-clerk of Swansea, took place on Wednesday at the Mumbles Cemetery, a lar"e attendance of representative public men testifying to the e-Fteem in which the late official of the corporation was held. A. number of the borough police, under Deputy- ch- cf-coii stable Gill. several of the dock police, and a, contingent of the Swansea tramway employes formed up in the proces- sion. Amongst those present were the mayor (Councillor I). Matthews), the town-clerk borough engineer, borough surveyor, assis- tant solicitor, the chief-constable, the magis- trates' clerk, the collector of Customs, the chairman and clerk of the Swansea Board of Guardians, the clerk to the education autho- rity. the clerk to the rural district council besides other officials and members of the public bodies of Swansea. At the ceraetex- tile Vicar of Swansea (the Rev. the Hon. Talbot Rice) conducted the sen ice.

LATE MR ROBERT FORREST Llandaff and Dinas Powis Council were on Wednesday the recipients of the framed por- traits of the first council, 1894-98, by Mrs. Robert Forrest. This was presented to the late Mr. Robert Forrest by the members twelve years ago. and the centre and larger portrait is tha.t of the late Mr. Forrest. who occupied the chair from the inception of the a-uthority until his death some time ago. The other portraits include the present chair- mau (Mr. O. H. Jones) and the deputy-chair- man (General Lee). On the proposition of Canon Buckley, the stift was accepted with thanks, and it was decided to hang the picture in the council chamber.

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION On Friday the annual, speech-day and exhibition of produce and competitive examinations in dairy work and shoeing in connection with agricultural education in Monmouthshire takoe place at the Newport Cattle Market. The presentation of medals will follow at three p.m. in the Temperance- hall. Dock-street. Sir Thomas Ii. Elliott, K.C.B.. Secretary of the Board of Agriculture 4 and Fisheries, who will be the guest of "v is count Tredegar, will make tee presenta- tions and address the meeting. There is to be 110 charge for admission.

ACCOUNTANCY APPOINTMENT Mr. F. J. Atban. deputy-accountant to the Pontypridd Urban Council, was on Wednes- day at a meeting of the Pontypridd and Rhondda. Joint Water Board appointed accountant to that body. Mr. Alban has occupied his present position for thopa.st nino ye r". and previously acted in a professional capacity in connection with the Pontypridd Board of Guardians and Llant.mant and Llantwit Fardre District Councils. Mr. V Alban is only 29 years of age.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY At the annual meeting of the Whitchurch and District Horticultural Society, Mr. H. Donald Cory presiding over a good attend- ance. M.r. J- He. bert Cory was elected pzneei- dent, Mr. R. J. Went chairman of the com- mittee. and Mr. Donald Cory vice-chairman. Mr. W. Evans. the treasurer, wap re-elected, as was also the secretary. Next year's show was fixed for Wednesday. August 9. The accounts showed a. small deficit.

NEGRO'S RETURN TO BARRY Walter Thompson, a negro from the United States, was charged at Penart,h on Wednesday with returning to this oonntry after haviniz beeu expelled as an undesirable alien. Police- sergeant Rees stated that he found the man iu a seamen s boarding-house at Barry Dock on the 23th ult. Dcfeiidant said, "I am a seafaring man. I had to go to sea for my living, and the ship brought me here." Remanded till Friday at Barry.

BARRY ACCIDENT HOSPITAL A public meeting convened by the Barry L.R.C. on Wednesday evening decided to recommend to the district council to appoint a. resident siirl-eon at the accident hospital, that all surgical cases might, be treated at the institution if the patients so desired, even if it meant the engagement of specialists, but no charge to be made to local residents.

DISAGREEMENT IN GOWER Speaking at Pontarriawe on Wednesday, Mr. F. W. Phillips, the Radical candidate. asserte.d that some of the Swansea Liberals had tried to induce Mr. Cory Yeo to with- draw his offer of assistance, so as to debar him from opposing the Labour candidate. Mr. Phillips said be intended to fight the Labour man, who, as a Socialist, was an enemy to their cause.

MURDERER REPRIEVED The solicitors of Harry Bright, recently sentenced to death for the murder of bis sweetheart at Tottenham, on Wedneeday received a communication from the Home Secretary stating that the sentence had been commuted to penal servitude for life.

LATE MR. DAVID EVANS Mr. David Evans, of Pleasant View. Dan- fair Orltwyn. Cardigan, who died on Septem- ,3 value of 9,421. ber 7, left, estate of the gross value of £421, and probate of his will ha-9. been granted to his sister, Mrs. Esther Davies, of the same address.

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