The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

GIRL'S STRANG .hi SUICIDE. An inquest warj held at St. Paneraa on Mon- ,,d on the body of Elizabeth Bowvcr, the daughtor of a bookbinder, of Grove-road, Hollo- W'IO was found <lruwnod in a pond at Parliament Hill Fields. The girl's father said hi., daughter was a quiet girl. She had appeared rather depressed, but he thought sue would nave been the last person to commit suicide. As far as he knew she had no mental trouble. A keeper at rlighgate Ponds said he found the body on Tuesday morning. The woman's head was resting on the bank, and the remainder of the body was under the lee. Her footmarks to the edge of the pond were visible, and it was evident that she had broken the ioo and "slid under it like getting into bed." It had been recently done, and she could have got out if she liked. This the fourth cju-tc, C, added "the witness, of people drowning uvem«el\e« in No. 1 pond in lees than three weeks. „ The i ury returned a verdict of "Suicide while *<emporarily insane."

BISHC) AND THE CRUSADERS. On Moi day afternoon the Bishop of London, who was visiting Bournemouth, went to address a meeting on behalf of the East London Church Fund. Entering the hall he was met by the » "Kensit Criis.nlevs," who had organised a pro- test. They displayed a large piaster with the Wordis "Bishop cf London's appeal means popery for pc;<-r parishes." Considerable feeling Was aroused, and the Kensit leader approached the Bishop as ha entered and snouted, "My Lord, no Popery in East London The Bishop thereupon turned back, placed his hand on Mr. Martin's shoulder, and said, "You look like an honest Christian man, but in Opposing this fund you are doing the deril's Work." Mr. Martin re; lied, "Ali, lav Lord, you misjudge us; d-_fi;.re the Gospel only, and no Popery. The Lvhop then reminded Mr. Martin that he (the Bluhup) Lad prosecuted a Shoreditch clergyman. iTes, but you still allow the mass and er^fvs^icnal all over your diocese, Illy Lord," wa« the &swer.

ALLEGED CHILD STEALING. Previously committed for trial on a charge of being concerned in the theft of an infant girl, Lily Clowes, aged eighteen, an actress, and Frederick Plumb appeared at Harlesden on Monday, where they were further charged with stealing another child, Gertie Miller, aged six months, from its guardian, George Grocott. The charge against the man Plumb was with- drawn. Grocott said that Clowes had called at his house two or three times, and then asked to be allowed to take the child out, promising to return in half an hour. She never returned, the next day the child was discovered at ■ft house in Euston-square. Clowes pleaded not guilty. She admitted having taken the child from Grocott, but with- It any intention of stealing it. She was com- mitted for trial.

MARRIED BY SIGNS. A marriage between deaf mutes took place at the Wirral District Registrar's Office. They .were accompanied by two witnesses, who were also deaf and dumb. The contracting parties made the necessary declaration by means of the "(leaf and dumb" alphabet, Mr. A. Binner, of Hoylake, acting as interpreter.

PERFORMING DUG lis court. Mr. Curtis Ecnnett. at Westminster, has had to u--jcide the oveierehip of ait Irish ter- rier, for which there were rival claimant: The magistrate decided that the animal should go through a performance of its tricks in court, each claimant doing his best. When one of them told the dog to "speak," it gave a short, decisive bark. The other claimant remarked That's tho same trick I taught him," and went round to the witness-box to give his perform a nee. Producing a lump of sugar, he got the dog to beg, "to speak," to wag his tail, and to jump. Mr. Curtis Bennett held that the second showman was the owner of the dog, and ordered it to be handed over to him.

THE LAW OF THE MOTOR-CAR. A fine of .£30, with £ 5 costs, was imposed by Mr. Mead at Marlborough-street on J. E. Hutton, Limited, of Shaftesbury-avenue, for refusing to give information as to the iden- titv of a person who drove a motor-car, be- longing to them, in a dangerous manner at Walton-on-Tliames last October. Only the number of the car could be ob- tained, and the company had absolutely re- fused to give the police the information as to Who the driver was. Two previous convictions for similar offences at Grantham and St. Neots were proved.

liORD CROMER AND SELF-HELP. In repeating his Free Trade views at GIns- Lord Cromer said he found difficulty at iu differentiating between Liberals and ~°*u*:rvati'es. He had no doubt that a uni- jp^ non-contributory old-age pension was 0ra^in°-. Let. us not, he said, throw 0ra^in°-. Let us not, he said, throw J, the priceless jewel of self-help. He be surprised if the thriftv had not to P*? the unthrifty. •j"'Ware»" he remarked, "of the ill-ad- ,emlius1;sm for fresh taxation." Among P051, Policies of the Unionist Free Traders i ltjn 10lled the question of modification of toe HouSe^Lordsl

CARELESS COLLIERS. At ^e^h^JPolice-court, William Smith, fireman at oeyen Sisters Colliery, where an explosion causing the loss of seven lives re- cently occurred, was charged with having had an unlocked lamp whilst at his work at I the colliery named. It was stated that ll;ie ex,M: Smith, while examining a part of the work- ings, fired gas with his lamp, and that this was the cause of the explosion. He was fined 40s. and costs. At the same court, John Mitchell, a lnmp- man at the colliery, was also fined 40s. for carelessly handing out to Edward Jones, one of the ft II for .use.

} CHILDREN SUFFOCATED. —*— TERRIBLE DISASTER. f A tc-rriblo disaster, in which sixteen child- ren were killed outright and between thirty and forty injured, occurred on Saturday afternoon at a cinematograph entertainment at Barneley, Yorkshire. Children were admitted to the gallery at a penny each, and the place was soon packed, and many already there were standing. See- ing that it was impossible to admit any more, an attendant told those outside the doors they must go back and transfer to the pit. AN AWFUL SCENE. The children at the top of the gallery stair- case immediately made a rush to get down. It was during this rush that the dreadful calamity occurred. The little ones at the bottom of the staircase were thrown down by the force of the rush from above, and as they dropped others fell on top of them. Every iri^tsnt the heap became larger and larger, until a mass of children lay wedged together in a small spa-ee at the foot of the staircase. Those at the bottom were being suffocated, while thoi-e on the top were being maimed and otherwise injured by the mass of strug- gling little ones; who were now walking over them, pressed forward from behind. The staircase was literally strewn with dead and dying children. The attendants summoned assistance with all «peed. The police cleared the crowds off the staircase and then they discovered that from top to bottom lay "dead and dying children. Sixteen dead bodies were removed, and 32 injured little ones were recovered. The new-, spread with great rapidity, and man the hall was besieged by weeping mothers and anxious relatives. Tan DEATH ROLL. The following is a list of the dead: Beatriec Cartwright, seven years; Alice Marshall, six years; Henry Williams, six vears; John Hibbert, six years; Flossie Smith, nine years: Mary Leo, six years: Albert Ward/live y-eam; John Charles Graham, eight years: Hardy Stott, four vears; Mary Stott, eight years; Charles Henry Swift, six years- Annie Johnson, five years; Winnie Cousins, seven years; Char- lotte Whitworth. six years; William Parkin Goodall, six years; Edward Pickles, nine years. INQUEST OPENED. The inquest on the victims was opened on Monday. There were sorrowful scenes as the parents were called to give evidence of identifi- cation. The women wept bitterly, and many of the fathers broke down while giving tne par- ticulars to the coroner. One of the saddest cases was that of Mrs. Lily Graham. With tear-stained face she answered the coroner's questions in a low, fal- tering voice. When the name of her husband was mentioned she broke down. On hearing that the husband, John Graham, had died only that morning, the coroner offered the widow his earnest sympathy. When all the victims had been identified, the inquest was adjourned until Friday. There was a representative present of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, who regard the case as one of great importance.

.¡,. -'&d_ EMPTY HOUSE TRAGEDY. A terrible discovery was made at Hanley (Staffs). On entering an unoccupied house, which it is believed has lately been largely fre- quented by tramps in search of a night's shelter, two women came across the dead body of a young woman under circumstances which point to foul play. Appearances indicate that somebody had tried to crush her body into a cupboard, and the fact that her skirt was caught in the door of the cup- board strengthens this theory. Her body was also badly bruised- liciiiarkahie complications occurred at the iiv quest on Monday. The deceased had been identifier as Harriett Cooper, of Wolstanton. but Mrs. Har- riett Fowler, of Chesterton, identified the hod" 0. that of her daughter. Martha Annie Fowler, 18. This proved to be correct. The evidence showed that thirteen weeks ago the girl left, 1}()11 to go into service, where she stayed a month and IHt. She ran away from home three time*, -it I w:4, sent to r., home at Horburv. Yorkshire. She b-tt t.hat also, and Intel- explained to her parents tll;.c -he had been with canal-boat folk. T' e oon>nor naid there seemed to be nothing wrong with the girl except that she had a mania for wandering' Medical evidence showed death was due to and starvation, and a verdict to that effect was recorded.

MR. HAGGARD ON SMALL HOLDINGS Mr. Rider Haggard, addressing the Bungay Farmers' Club, iiai-cl, he was an earnest advo- cate of, and believer in, small holdings where, owing to the character of the soil and its cul- tivators. they sprang up naturally in the neigh- bourhood of good markets, but as to small hold- ings created by Act of Parliament he thought that, unless they could be established on a business basis, and enabled the workers of them to earn a living and pay their way, the result would be disastrous to everyone concerned. He feared that in counties where the properly equipped farmer did not find it easy to succeed, eight small holders out of ten would go under. Tu his mind it would be far better if our Government would do what they were perfectly ready to do in Ireland, and advance money on easy terms to farmers of proved success and ability to enable them to buy ineir farms and tlitas bring the land into more hands.

HOW TO LIVE CHEAPLY. A young man, who went to reside in Ilford, and led the neighbours to understand that he was in receipt of £ 1,000 a year, is stated to haN successfully worked a clever cheque fraud on many of the tradesmen of the town. The stranger took a good house on a lease, had it expensively furnished, and entered upon the tenancy in company with two ladies, one of whom was supposed to be his wife and the other her mother. Haying obtained credit in numerous quarters, hs met the bills by means of cheques which had been drawn in favour of himself, and which were all for amounts much larger than the trade"lmen'lI! claims. In almost all eases the young man obtained the balance in cash. The cheques have been returned dishonoured, and the family has vanished. The furnishing of the house, it has been die- covered, was done by a firm on the hire system.

GLASTONBURY ABBEY. Though the purchase price of Glastonbury Abbey has not been fully subscribed yet, the historic building has been handed over to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Glastonbury Abbey is one of the most interesting buildings in England. According j to the legend, Joseph of Arimathea came hither, bearing the Holy Grail, and founded the first Christian Church in Britain. The present Abbey was built by Henry de Blois in 1186. When it was announced last year that the Abbey was for sale fears were entertained that the historic pile might be bought by an American syndicate. However, Mr. Ernest Jardine, of A'o(tii)gh:im, tlio, Unionist candi- date for East Somerset, acquired the pro- perty for £ 30.000. Alter thu cttle the Bisnop of Bath and Wells appealed for subscriptions to defray the cost of purchase, and now the Abbey has been restored to the Church of England.

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IRISH SHOOTING OUTRAGES. Five Irish shooting outrages are reported Co. Clare and Co. Galway. Mr. Daniel O'Loughlin, one of the best-known residents of Lirsdoonvarna, was assaulted while driving to Enniflt.ymon Railway Station. Four men sud- denly appeared on the road and stopped Mr. O'-Loughlin's horse. One of them fired a shot which struck Mr. O'Loughlin in the breast close to the heart. In spits of his wound Mr. 0 Loughlin jumped to the ground and ran along the road. Mr. Cwvl.iiao the shot, and eaw Mr. O'Lough- lin ensuxd and caught by one of the men. ile rufihed back, and a struggle took place, which ended in Mr. O'Loughlin being carried off. He wr/i released later, when a revolver bullet wai extracted from his breast. Another outrage occurred at Scariff, where two gunshots were fired through the window into a room in which three people were sitting. shooting outrages have occurred in C-iilway. At G&rryland she te were fired turough a ho)ii». On Lord Gougli's estate at Russana a pferty of limber-cutters were fired on, a Mr. iiiie;i and a workman being slightly wounded. Ail th. windows in two houses at Pappard, in rj;nie district, were shattered with gun- pelkio.

r: fLLE D I; Y MOTORCAR. 1\ ¡. inquest was held ;:t Kir:gf;ton-on-TIiam"s en 1 ]:" hs.dy of Henry Jordsui, a housekeeper, 51. \c-ricy of £ •• who died as the result of injuries sustained in a motnr-car accident. A witness said he saw Jordan step off the pavement and cross in fr< nt of a motor-car going towards Ditton. At the same moment Hiioiner motor-ear, coming from the direction of Ditt*.n, reached th-8 spot Jordan's head was turned away iYora it, and me moment he 6c-emed to walk in front of it. The car knocked him down and carried him along for some dis tr-nce. The driver pulled up within a few yardis, and, as far as \vihuv,s could judge, he had the car under perfect control. It was travelling about seven miles an hour. Mr. John O'Connor Power, barrister, com- plained of the absence of preper regulations for controlling the traffic, not only at this particu- lar point, but at some six or seven other dan- gerous points near Kingston Market-place. These places, in cases of reckless driving of motor-ears, were positive death-traps. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," and exonerated the driver from blame. The jury added that the limit of ten milee an hour for motor-cars through Kingston wae too great, and that six miles an hour was quite sufficient.

INQUESr DEADLOCK. A cirrieus position of affaire has arisen at Wandsworth in connection with the death of Charles Henry Oatridge, a Chelsea paper- hanger, whose body was exhumed in the Wands- worth Cemetery by order of the coroner. It was alleged that Oatridge, when taken to th'3 Chelsea Infirmary to be treated for a skin disease, was given a bath by one of the atten- dants, who left him to attend to other duties in another part of the building, and then, for- getting all about the patient, went home. Oat- ridge was found in a istate of collapse. In the course of a day or two he died, and was buried at Wandsworth. The facts were brought to the notice of the coroner, who issued an exhumation order. The inquest wa. opened cn December 19 wiui only twelve jurymen, and an adjournment took place until December 27. On that date all the wit- nesses attended, but a juror was absent through illness, so the coroner again adjourned the case. The juror is no better, and the inquest has now been adjourned sine die. To add to the complication, the coroner himself has been taken ill, and is away from London.

INDIANS IN THE TRANSVAAL A meeting was held at Caxton Hall, West minster, to consider the situation in the Trane- vaal which has resulted from the imposition of the terms of the Immigration Registration Act of 1907 upon British Indians in the country. Lord Ampthill presided, and the Colonists had a general right to say that they would keep their own possessions to themselves, subject to the usual limitations on rights of property. It was a European necessity that South Africa. should be preserved as a white man's country, a place of overflow from the crowded popula- tions of Europe. The following resolution, moved by Mr. Harold Cox, M.P., was carried: "That tnis meeting regards with extreme disapproval the imposition by the Transvaal Government of differential and humiliating laws and regula- tions, such as the Asiatic Law Amendment Act and the Immigration Restriction Act of 1907, upon British Indians lawfully settled in the Colony, a.nd regards with the gravest concern the enforcement of these laws, in spite of the offer of the resident Indian community to re- gister voluntarily, as an attempt at the expul- sion rather than identification of that section of British subjects, and the extinction of tlufir vested rights and property."

REMARKABLE MOTOR STORY. A remarkable charge of converting a motor- car to his own use has been preferred against John Henry Parratt at Marlborough-street. Counsel for the prosecution said that in June last Mr. Andrew Fletcher, of Saltoun, desired to dispose of the car. It was placed in a, garage in Oxford-street, and it was the duty of Parratt to show it to intending purchasers, but he ha.d no authority to sell it. He, however, sold it to a Mr. Cripps for £50 and a house- boat, after which he went into the country with a young woman, eventually going to America with her. Since then Mr. Cripps had purchased the car from Mr. Fletcher, having to pay twice oyer owing to the prisoner's conduct. Mr. Cripp6 had received a letter from the accused written from the Tombs Prison, New York, saying, "I should have made some money by now, but my luck is right out. I will work for you as engineer. I am married now, and my wife might act as governess to your children." He promised to repay the money a £ soon as possible. The accused was remanded.

WIFE OR WIDOW? An old man complained to Mr. Fordham ai North London Police-court that his wife had disowned him, and would not let him into his own house. Mr. Scammell (missionary) said he had made inquiries, and found that the woman whom this man claimed as his wife was a widow. She had shown him memorial cards and the picture of the grave of her deceased husband in Southgate Cemetery. The Applicant: That is not her husband. Mr. Fordham: I suppose you say that that grave contains no body, and tnat is good reason for saving it should be opened? You have come to the wrong court. I don't make orders for graves to be opened. Of course, tnis may be another Druoe case but, as the missionary has satisfied himself that you have no claim upon the woman you say is your wife, I shall not interfere.

THE WAR ON RATS. Great interest has been aroused by a report that the Board of Agriculture has some inten- tion of assisting farmers by the destruction of rats. In many places Hertfordshire farmers are now paying very considerable sums for the destruction of rats in the stacks. Two years ago 1.200 rats were killed in this way in one small parish. A Kent club, working on lines recommended by a leaflet from the Board of Agriculture, destroyed 16,000 rats ;n three seasons. The Board fe-el" that any attack on vermin must be quite futile unless it is both united and universal. The French Government once spent a large sum on clearing a district honeycombed with rats. The attempt at first failed, until the people of the locality were forced into co-opera- tion, and the experiment was announced to be a success.

NOT A "TANNER CAB." The delayed arrival of sixpenny cab fares was the cause of a young woman being sum- moned at Maryleboue for sixpence, the balance of a cab fare. She arrived at Paddington railway station, engaged 'a cab to convey her to her address, and there tendered the plaintiff sixpence in coppers as liis fare. Her explanation was that a porter at the station told her that six- penny cab fares hud come into vogue that day. Mr. Plowden: Ah! I am afraid you are in advance of the age. We have not got six- penny cab fares yet. You will have to pay 6d., the balance, and 8s. costs. Don't be too ready to listen to the blandishments of rail- way porters in the future.

By command of the Emperor a display was given before the Hon. Rupert Guinness, mem- ber of the London County Council, by the staff of the Fire Brigade Headquarters of Berlin. The men went through various evolutions, alter which Mr. Guinness visited several fire stations, accompanied by Berr .Reichel, commander of the brigade.

STOHIES OF THE SEA. A terrible experience was related at Plymouth on Sunday by the captain and five men forming the crew of the brigantine Aquila, which was abandoned waterlogged in mid-Atlantic while on a voyage from Nr w Brunswick to New York. The vessel was driven several hundred miles out of her course by a hurricane and blizzard. After being three days and nights without sleep, and with only dry biscuits to eat, the men were rescued by the steamer Italia. The crew of the fishing coble Jane and Pria- cilia, sailing out of Scarborough, but worked by a Filey crew, had a narrow escape from being run down early on Saturday morning whilst shooting their lines off Cloughton Wyke, a few miles north of Scarborough. A big cargo steamer collided with the tiny craft, which, the crew state, was spun round like a top. One of their number, John Douglas, was thrown down, and sustained severe injuries to his head. The coble escaped with a smashed bowsprit. The London steamer Fernfield, owned by the Woodfield Steam Shipping Company, arrived at Grimsby on Sm,day badly damaged. She was proceeding in !;v.ilast from Blytli to America, and on Saturday collided with another steamer in thv X< r:h Sea. The Fernfield had four plates stove in on the starboard quarter. EIGHT DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT. The Canard liner Campania, arriving at Queenstown on Saturday, brought details of the foundering in mid-Atlantic of the barque Ger- manic and of the rescue by the British steamer Mots am Newton of seven of the crew after they had endured suffering for eight days in an open boat. Seven others of the crew who were in a second boat are believed to have been lost. The Germanic left Weymouth on November 23 with a cargo of wood pulp for Fleetwood. She experienced rough weather, and, her hold becoming filled with water, the wood pulp swelled and burst the deckfi, through which the sea poured. The crew worked for 120 hours up to their waists in the endeavour to save the ship. Despite their efforts the barque filled, and went down head foremost. When the crew took to the lifeboats their real sufferings began. They went before the gale, and when the Hotsam Newton found them they had sailed about 800 miles and were 400 miles off the Irish coast.

SHOCKING CHILD CRUELTY. .Sentence of nine months' imprieonment was pfrssed on Mrs. Sarah Catherine Rushworth at York on Saturday for ill-treating and neglect- ing her two adopted daughters. Her husband, Charles George Golden Rushworth. solicitor, and secretary of the York Education Com- mittee, of Poppleton House, York, was fined £50. Both defendants were ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution, which was undertaken by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The Eastern Ainety Petty Sessions, presided ever by Sir John Grant Lawson, spent three days in hearing evidence on the various sum- monses. Acts of cruelty of a shocking character were alleged. It was said unit the two children -Olive Mable May, aged 14, and Dora Crees, aged 13—had been dog-whipped, kicked, and tortured with a hot poker and a smoothing iron, besides having been half starved. Every item of tne accusations was indignantly denied by both defendants. Each day hostile crowds assembled outside the gates of York Castle, where the summonses were heard, and hooted both defendants. Sir J. Grant Lawson, chairman of the magis- trates, in passing sentence on Mrs. Rushworth, referred to her treatment of the girl Olive, saying "Had you been a poor, ignorant woman, driven to harshness by rough surroundings, there might be something to be said, but your superior position and education are an aggrava- tion of the offence." Co

BUTTED A TRAMCAR. An extraordinary fatality occurred on Saturday morning at Dcptford-bridge, be- tween High-street, Dcptford, and Black- heath-road, Greenwich. A respectably dressed man was seen suddenly to step from the footpath into the roadway in front of an approaching electric trame0.r. Taking off his hat he stooped down and butted the car. The driver made every effort to stop the car, but the distance was too h0rt, and it struck the man with tremendous force, hurl- ing him backwards for a considerable dis- tance. He was instantly killed. Later in the day lie was identified as Thomas Foreman, aged 61 years, the clerk in charge of the district pcst-office at Union- street, Southwark-bridge-road.

EXPRESS IN COLLISION. A serious railway collision occurred at Hud- dersfield on Monday afternoon, resulting in in- i'uries to twelve people. The one o'clock L. and J.W. passenger express from Liverpool to Leeds had just started, after being held up by signal at Hillhouse siding, when a Lancashire and Yorkshire express, from Huddersfield to Bradford, dashed up and caught the rear part of the Leeds train as it was crossing a loop line. The engine of the L. and Y. express crashed through the guard's van of the North-Western train, telescoping it. A thick fog prevailed at the time. The noise of the impact soon brought helpers to the spot, and the work of rescuing the injured was immediately commenced. Doctors were quickly in attendance, and rendered first aid, after which the injured were removed to the infirmary on motor-cars and ambulances. The nature of the inj uries was not dangerous.

ICE FATALITIES. Skating was general throughout the country on Monday, and, as usual, there were several fatalities. At Longford, in Warwickshire, a five-year-old boy went on to the Faz<dey Canal as he was returning from school, and disappeared. The first clue to the tragedy was the discovery of his cap on the ice. An inquiry was held at Marbury, Cheshire, concerning the death of Peter Scott, aged 12, who ventured on the ice on Marbury Mere, fell in, and was drowned. While playing hockey on the ice at Ham Common Harry Robinson, of Beaumont-avenue, Richmond, fell in consequence of one of his skates breaking. He cycled home, but died later in the evening.

"STRAW HAT KING'S" BEQUESTS. Remarkable demonstrations of sympathy were witnessed at the funeral of Aid. A. J. Hucklesby, J.P., of Leaside, Luton, who, despite humble birth, rose to be "Mayor of Luton on five occa- sions, and, by large operations in straw hats and plait, earned uie title of Straw Hat King." Among a long hit ( f loon.cies his will con- tains the following L. -Luton Bute Hos- pital, £2,000; Luton v Sick and Con- valescent Home, £ 1,0. LMOII King-street Congregational Church. 'O.to be applied to the reduction cf 11. "i c, on church pro- perty—and £2,000 to church funds; Luton Bury Park C i-nreentional Church, £1,000. OJ

ATLANTIC i. A h VV A It. The inroads mad: by the new Cunnrders Mauvetar.iu and Lo rn: t < n the Atlantic traffic have had the efket < precipitating' a rate war between the Cunard and White Star Companies. In consequence of this new competition the White Star Company announced a reduction in second-class and third-class fares. The Cunard Company immediately retaliated by making similar reductions in all their vessels, including the Mauretania and Lusitania. The American line also announce a like reduction in their service between Liverpool and Philadelphia.

MOTORING M.P. FINED. Mr. W. Heaton Armtrong, M.P., of Portland- place, London, W., was fined £4 and 8s. 6d. costs at Kingston for motoring at a speed greater than ten milea an hour at Ricnmond Park. Mr. G. C. Sherrard:, for the defence, stated that his client was at present in Egypt. Park-keeper Harrild, who timed the car over a measured quarter of a mile. 6aid that de- fendant's pace was twenty-two and a half miles an hour.

— WHERE EMIGRANTS GO TO. Only two out of 3G9 emigrants assisted to the Colonies bv the -Central Emigration Board went to Australia, the remainder having gone to Canada. The Board would like to see a wider scheme of immigration adopted by the Austra- lian States. At present they only want domes- tic servants and agriculturists, and we would like to see the doors opened for otner classes.

WOLVES IN FINLAND. Great packs of wolves are terrorising the irshibitants of the villages in Finland. Cattle dogs have been seized in broad daylight, and mnny of the pcopje themselves have been attacked and injured. It is nearly sixty since anything of the kind occurred.

THREE BALi OT PAPERS. An interesting point in election law was in Bench OIl Monday, when Mr. William Cooper, the unsuccessful candidate at the recent Oldham municipal election, pre- rvntod a petition return of Mr. William O^ckn. a>- e: hiined that, the voting was tqadl; and the L airman gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. Ogden. Three H tllIg papers were c: :'■< Vrl to i en the ground that the voter bar: k^otd e cross in front of the name of one of tie1 candidates and a line in front of the nr mc ot!:••. It waf; con- tended tii-di ti, j\ i.. had voted for both candidates, and that therefore their votes were bad. Mr. Justice P.igham held that the votes were gcocl. The cr<«#; wtr» no doubt intended as a vote for one candidate, and the line as an indi- cation that he did not vote for the other. Mr. Justice Phillirnore v. nt further, and said the voter by the u! that he had not for- gotten the candidate, out did not intend to vote fov v :m. The Court held that Mr. Cooper had a majority ;.j tne a d that he was entitled to the seat. Nn were awarded.

FROST ANJ) FIRE, Excising fire scenes were witnessed early on M. lutav nt!-ruing at Cippenham,. a village be- tween Maidenhead and Slough,- I:> Opposite the village gretn are seven cottages, and the centre one was occupied by Mrs. Ellis and her son. Just before three o'clock Mrs. Ellis was aroused by a noise downstairs, and on g"ing down found the lower rooms a mass of Sanies, and was so overcome by the shock and smoke thai she fell headlong into the fire. Her screams aroused her son, and he received s'r.eie injuries in rescuing his mother. The poor old lady's night attire had been nearly burned off, and she was shockingly burned. The fire was eventually got under by ttee Fire Brigades. There were ISdeg. of frost at the time of the fire, and this rendered the firemen's task very difficult, as almost as soon as the water fell to the ground it fr >:e. So bitterly cold the weather that the water it poured efT the burning buildings was frozen, and the firemen's uniforms were frozen stiff.

FATHER AND SON. A verdict of "'Suicide whilst temporarily it- sane" was returned at an inquest at Pontefract on Monday on the body of Horace Brears Coward, aged 33, who worked with his father at Park Farm, Pontefract, and who was found in an outside scullery of the farm on Saturday morning with his head shattered and a, gur. lying by his side. The fathenadmittoo that he had: paid his so* no wages for the last year, but he knew he would get it when a certain account was settled. His son was not despondent, but had, 8id he ought to be married, and witness said, 1œ. my lad, when you meet the right girl like you* mother. Constable Whittaker said the dec -n-^d man had told him that he had left his father to work at the colliery, because he could not get his wages, and that his father had threatened to summon him for leaving the horoes at-anding.

THE THAW TRIAL. The selection of the jury in the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of Mr. Stanford White in New York being completed, the case opened on Monday morning. The case for the prosecution was that the shooting of Thaw was a premeditated and deliberate murder. The first important witness was Mr. James Clinch Smith, the brother-in-law of Stanford White, who repeated the evidence he gave at the former trial. Mr. Giirvf.n, Assistant District Attorney, in ad- dressing the jun, tvuid that the grrat publicity which had 0"( n given to the case would bring to the minds of the jurors a thorough understanding of the grave duties imposed upon them. v Mr. Littleton, adilrexsing the Court for the dA- fence, declared tlnu, the excuse for the crime was insanity. ►i-.eu-i iiig (he life history of Thaw, he ml I r.he< e w insanity both in the family of hi^ far-Iter mid < t hi-, mother. Tliere wOldd he 11', attempt, 1\ a fdell, wexplain the act bJ some cx t, mtr. mn 111'11 iit..

BATTERSEA BROWN DOG. Great interest was taken in-a public meeting, held at Batfcersea Town H;11 on Monday night, in defence of the Brown Dog Memorial. A iarye number of stewards were ported in the hall in ren.lines8 to deal with any disturbance raised lJy the London medical studen's who protest against the eOlltillued existence of toe Ittmous anti-TiThsec- tion monument. A resolution w: moved anci seconded declaring the inscription on the memorial t > be a veracious reference to ns<-ortained fd)-, thnt neither it nor the statue should he ieinovt-d. and that vivisection ill all forms wa., cruel uud oeinor<»lising— a t-tain llpoli civilisation. Tiley eoulo ¡,:et the unemployed of iixtterse i protect the memorial for less than the £ 70<! » veur the Commissioner of Police wanted. An mnendmcnt was put, but the resolution was can io o\ an overwhelming majoiitv.

LOUD DE LAM ERE AS A FARMER. Lord D-lamere has returned to England after an absence of five years in Nairobi, Biitisli East Africa .where lie owns a farm of 100,000 acres, 1,200 head of cattle, and 15,000 sheep. He is also a member of the East African Legislative Council. In an interview Lord Delamere was en- thusiastic on the subject of the colony. "Everything grows marvellously in the highlands of East Africa," lie said. "Two thousand wild ostriches this year have given feathers almost equal to the South African feathers."

FULL PAY FOR LADY DOCTORS. The Association of Registered Medical Women have passed a resolution that as women are equally bound with men practi- tioners by the ethical laws of the profession, women practitioners should under no circum- stances accept a salary beneath the minimum agreed upon by the profession, and that where men and women practitioners are do- ing identical work the payment should be the same. The motion had reference to the appointment of women medical inspectors of wheels.

GIRLS' STRIKE ENDED. The strike in the tin-box department of Messrs. Barclay and Fry's large factory in Southwark has been settled. Most of the girls have resumed work, and others will be taken on at the earliest possible opportunity. The work is to be graded, with a guaran- teed minimum wage in each grade, and Messrs. Barclay Fry have 'agreed to recognise the branch of the National Federa- tion of Women Workers whicn was formed in the course of the dispute.

JEWEL ROBBERY. Valuable jewellery has been stolen from Mel- ton Hall, near Doncaster. one of the country seats of Mr. F. J. O. Montagu, a well-known county J.P. Among the property taken is said to be a valuable diamond tiara belonging to one of the house-party now visiting at Melt-on. The police have little upon which to work. No traces of forcible entry can be found on the doors or windows of the hall, and it is believed that the thief or thieves must have hidden themselves on the premises, and Jet themselves out in the earlv morning by the ordinary exit. Melton Hall" is situated in a picturesque and well-wooded park, near the church of Melton- on-ihe-Hill, five miles from Doncaster. It was for some time tenanted by the Hon. Mrs. Henry Lindley Wood.

THE RIGHT TO HUNT. An interesting action for damages, arising out of the recent interference with the Ormond Hunt, was heard at the Nenagh Quarter Ses- sions. Mr. Thomas Craddock, master of the now defunct Ormonde Hounds, sued Mr. Michael Hogan, Nationalist M.P. for North Tip- perarv, ar.d Mr. John lorphy. ot L sadonua, Shineone, for £ 19 19s. each for trespass, and for loss and damage suffered through the defen- dants having conspired to prevent him doing an act which he had a lawful right to do—namely, to hunt with the Ormonde Hounds. Evidence was given at length, after which an order was made for the full amount, with, costs in each case.

NAVY'S NEW DISEASE. Not since 1856 has the health of the British Navy, both as to the ratio of cases created and of deaths, been so satisfactory a6 it was in 1906, says the official report. The modern growth of engineering and sub- marine work has brought into existence a new ailment, named caisson disease. Surgeon Rees points out in the report that those liable to it are stout men and men over 40. It is due to absorption of atmospheric air by the blood when exposed to pressure. Bubbles of air were found in the veins of men who died.

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HENLLAN AMGOED EISTEDDFOD. An eisteddfod was held at Henl^an Amgoed, Whitland. the president being Mr. Evan Jones, M.A., headmaster of the Whitland Intermediate School. There was a crowded audience. The proceeds were to secure a piano for the local council school. The chief awards were:— Solo, "I will extol Thee"; Dan Evans, St. Clears. Tenor solo, "Llongddrylliad"; J. Evans, St. Clears. Bass solo: David Davies, Llanboidy, St. Clears, and John Evans, St. Clears. Duet, "Lie Treigla y Caveri," D. Davies, St. Clears, and John Evans, St. Clears. Chief Choral, "In the sweet bye and bye." Llanboidy and Whitland Parties. Composition: Llanboidy, Mr. G. Williams, schoolmaster. The adjudicators were: Music, Mr. Anthony, schoolmaster. Goodwick; poetry, Mr. B. Davies, Llangran, Whitland; and drawing, Mr. Rees, schoolmaster, Tegryn.

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