The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

St. David's County School Chairman: THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST, DAVID'S. Vice-dhainnan: J. HOWARD GRIFFITHS, Esq. Headmaster MR. THOMAS THOMAS, B.A., (London). Assistant Master: MR. H. P. JACKSON, M.Sc. (Vic.) Assistant Mistress: MISS K. M, GREEN, L.L.A. (St. Andrew's), Cambridge Teacher's Dip- loma. Assistant Mistress: MISS MAY JOHN, B.A. (London). Pupils prepared for the London Matricula- tion. the Oxford and Cambridge Locals, the Legal, Medical, and Pharmaceutical Examina- tions, the Entrance Scholarship Examinations of the University Colleges of Wales, and the South Kensington Science, and Art Examina- tions. TUITION FEES.— £ 4 per annum, ob El 6s. 8d. per term; two (brothers or sisters), £7 per an- num, or P.2 6s. 8d, per term; three (brothers or sisters), R,10 per annum, of £3 6s. 8d. per term. Pupils taking music will be charged an extra fee. For terms and further particulars, Prospec- tus, etc., apply te the Headmaster, or to MR. W. D. WILLIAMS. Clerlr, Gwalia, St. David's.

Taskers High School for Girls. HAVERFORDWEST. Headmistress: Miss M. E. Jones, B.A., Wales. (Assisted by highly qualified mistresses). FEES £ 1 6s. 8d. per term. Special Subjects: Greek, German, and Painting. 15s. per term. Headmistress at home to parents on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. County Pupils are only allowed to board at houses approved by the Governing Body, of which a list can be obtained (with any other information desired relative to school arrange- mente), either from the Headmistress, or from Mr. J. W. Phillips, solicitor, Tower Hill, clerk to the Governors.

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. (One of the Constituent Colleges of the Uni- versity of Wales). President-THE RIGHT HON. LORD RENDEL Principal.—T. F. ROBERTS, M.A. (Oxon); LL.D., (Vict.) Students are prepared for degrees in Arts, Science (including the applied Science of Agrioulture), Law and Music. Sess- ional Composition Fee, £.10, with additional Laboratory Fees for Science Students. Regis- tration Fee, £1. Men students reside in regis- tered lodgings in the town, or at the Men's Jtostei. Warden: Professor J. W. Marshall, M.A. Women Students reside in the Alexandra ffall of Residence for Women. Warden, Miss R. A. Fewings. For full particulars respecting the general Arts and Science Departments, the Law, Agriculture, and Day Training Depart- mects, the Department for the Training of Secondary Teachers, and the Hostels, apply to J. H. DAVIES, M.A., IS Registrar.

ANOTHER DORANDO VICTORY. Dorando defeated Albert Carey in a Marathon race at Chicago by seven miles in 2hr. 56 min., running superbly all the time. Carey was fre- quently obliged to stop to adjust his shoes or receive attentions from his trainer. The race between Shrubb and Longboat, the Canadian Indian, has been postponed until February 9, Shrubb having injured a tendron of a toe while training.

POISON IN CATTLE FOOD. A mysterious case of cattle poisoning at Mobberley. near Wilmslow, has caused great alarm amongst Cheshire farmers. A dozen cows and calves on a farm were fed with grain, mixed with bran, cake, and Indian meal. The animals afterwards became ill and six have died. The subsequent post mortem showed acute arsenical poisoning. How the poison got into the food is a mystery, and further investi- gations are being made.

m EAR1H TREMOR AT SWANSEA. I Mr. W. H. Webber, Swansea, states that there was a slight local earthquake there on Tuesday morning of just sufficient intensity to be felt definitely by anyone not moving at the time. The motion was from east to west, terminating abruptly with a dull thud. Duration, one second; time, 2.20 a.m

Professor Hepburn says that when he got into a Cardiff tramcar one day he noticed that a policeman didn't pay. He thought this might be due to the frugality of the Scottish chief- constable, but to make sure he asked the con- ductor: "Why don't you ask the policeman for his fare?" "Because, replied the conductor, "you can't get tuppence out of a copper." I

County Guardian" 100 FREE INSURANCE (Applicable only within the United Kingdom). SPECIALLY GUARANTEED BY THE KLUSGODI BSSDiijlNGE COPiM LIMITED. 104, West George Street, Glasgow. A. REGINALD POLE," General Manager. To whom Notice of Claim, under the follow- ing Conditions, must IN sent in case of injury or Death within seven lays after the acoident. O I A/i will b<)\ >aid by the above Cor- iS/JL"" poration to the legal represen- tative of any one who is killed by an accident to the passenger-train in which the deceased was travelling as a ticket-bearing or fare-paying passenger, season ticket-holder, or trader's ticket-holder, or who shall have been fatally injured thereby (should death result within seven days after such accident). Should such accident not prove fatal, but cause within the same period ot seven days the loss of two limbs (both arms or both legs, Yr one of each, by actual separation above the wrist or ankle), the person injured shall be entitled to receive £100, or for the loss of one limb under the aforesaid conditions, £60; and should such person meet with an injury oaused by an accident as above defined which shall not prove fatal as aforesaid, but which of itself shall totally prevent him or her from following his or her occupation, then the above Corporation will pay to such person iEl per veek during such disablement, but in no case it/r more than ten weeks for any one accident. PROVIDED that t-e person so killed or in- jured had upon his or her person, this ticket with his or her usual signature, written in ink prior to the accident, on the space provided below, which, together with the giving of notice within the time as hereinbefore mentioned, is of the essence of this contract. This insurance holds good for the current week of issue only. Railway servants travelling with a pass or ticket in an ordinary passenger compartment of a passenger train can hold this Coupon In- surance Ticket. No person can recover under more than one Coupon-Insurance Ticket guaranteed by the Corporation, in respect of the same accident. Signature. Coupon expires at midnight on Friday Febru- ary 5th, 1909.

CENTRAL OFFICES-OLD BRIDGE, Haverfordwest Telegraphic Address: Guardian, H'weBt." Telephone No. 14, Poat Office. Branch Offices: Pembroke Dock, Fishguard, and Solva. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PER POST). 3 months is. 8d. 6 months 3s. 3d. 12 months 6a. 6d.

THE POLICE. We are very pleased to be able to compliment the Standing Joint Committee upon the deci- sions arrived at last week. This county boasts of its title as the Premier County of Wales. But there is no value in a name if it is meaningless, and if Pembrokeshire has no further claim to be looked upon as the first county in the Principality other than that derived from history the honour is a barren one. There have been two matters, at least, in which it has held first place in the wrong sense. It has consistently had the worst aver- age in school Attendance, and-a curious com- bination of distinctions-has up to now paid the lowest rate of wages to its police. Every effort is being put forth by the authorities to wipe away the reproach in the matter of school attendance, though much still remains to be done. The unenviable record regarding the police pay was abolished last week by the Standing Joint Committee, who raised the scale of remuneration all round. Generally speak- ing it is now an average struck between the rates paid in the two adjeining counties. There can be no doubt that the paucity of eligible candidates for the Pembrokeshire force, men- tioned recently by the Chief Constable, was the result not so much of inferior education enjoyed by the youth of the county as the lack of attraction in the rate of wages. The men thoroughly deserve the advance they will now receive, and we are sure the public will reap the benefit in an even more zealous discharge of duty, if that were possible, than has hitherto characterised a body of men who have always held a high reputation for smartness and efficiency We think the committee acted quite justly in dealing with the travelling al- lowances of the three superintendents. These officers had in the past been treated in a manner that did not reflect credit on the business acumen of the committee. They were allowed £25 per annum for all travelling expenses, and were thus confronted with two alternatives, viz., either to incur considerable financial loss in the execution of their duty, or else make the work fit the amount of ex- penses allowed. Being human, and not too well paid, they naturally phose the latter. The Committee have now raised the allowance to £ 50 per annum. This is better, but the Com- mittee rightly decided that they could not for this sum compel the officers to provide and keep horses, which a small minority of the members were in favour of doing. In our opinion the Committee do not approach this question from a logical standpoint at all. If they hold the view that the superintendents should have horses the Committee should pro- vide them, together with the equipment and all expenses connected with the upkeep. If they are not prepared to do this they can only pay out the allowance and trust to their officers to use it to the best advantage. There is one other matter affecting the force which calls for comment. The Committee allowed the expenses of a constable who successfully defended himself against a charge which the Pembroke Dock Bench declared to be ground- less. In our opinion they could not have taken any other course, and the attitude of the local magistrates in wishing 1o penalise the officer in heavy costs, after declaring him in- nocent, was entirely inconsistent. Everyone will admit the importance of maintaining the strictest standard of integrity in the force, but the magistrates' decision showed them to be satisfied on this score. The Committee, there- fore, had no alternative but to support their officer in the execution of what Colonel Ivor Philipps described as an ordinary every-day duty in all our large towns.

CLARBESTON ROAD STATION. The absence of suitable accommodation for passengers who have to wait at this station is a matter which calls for immediate atten- tion on the part of the management. Some eighteen months or more have elapsed since the old station premises were burned down, and ever since then passengers have had to be satisfied with a wretched little wooden cabin of the rudest and most inhospitable descrip- tion. One would expect to find that sort of structure on the prairies of America, but at a station which has now become an important junction on one of the principal railways in this country, it ooases to have any attraction as a novelty. Presumably the G.W.R. officials are aware that they have provided passengers with a train system which enables them to spend considerable time in contemplative exer- cises at this station? Ig not, we may mention for their benefit that passengers from and to- Fishguard have frequently to wait considerably over an hour there. We do not expect the* G.W.R. to prvvide us with the comforts of a City Club, but passengers have a right to look for reasonable treatment at the hands of the company. This they are far from getting at. present, and the Company have no sufficients excuse for a neglect which is becoming little short of scandalous. Not infrequently th& little wooden hut is crowded out with rail- way employees, whilst passengers, including women and children, have, as on a recent, occasion, to parade up and down the platform without shelter of any kind. No matter what may or may not bo done with regard to the position of the new station, it is tne obviosns duty of the G.W.R. Directors to immediately provide reasonable accommodation r passen- gers who have to wait at this station if they do not, the-i steps should be taken in the proper quarter to compel them to do so.

HAVERFORDWEST TOWN COUNCIL. WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS. Council Taking Action. ORDERS MADE AGAINST. LANDLORDS., The monthly meeting of the Haverfordwest Town Council was held on Tuesday evening in the Council Chamber, when there were pre- sent:—The Mayor (Councillor 1. Reynolds), Messrs. J. H. Bishop, James Reynolds, G. Mer- chant Phillips, P. White, T. H. Thomas, W. G. Rowlands, H. J. P. Thomas, H. J. Rogers, the 'own Clerk (Mr. R. T. P. Williams), accountant (Mr. F J Warren), Medical Officer (Dr Brig- stocke), Surveyor (Mr. Bevan), and Gas Manager (Mr. Gibbon). WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS. From the reading of the minutes of a meet- ing when the Council went into committee it. appeared that the Council decided to write to Mr. Jenkins, butcher, Dew Street, offering him ICISO for a plot of laud for the erection of workmen's cottages; also to Mr. Victor Higgon offering him zPl per foot frontage for a site in City Road; and to Mr. Shankland offering Kim Z120 for a plot of ground in Prenderga.st. The Sanitary Committee reported:—The Cotu. mittee recommend that proceedings be takfen against Dr. Henry Owen, the owner of Nos. tZ, to 21, Prospect Place, for non-compliance with the statutory notice served in respect of the said premises. The Committee recommend that proceedings be taken against Mr. Arthur H. Thomas, the owner of Nos. 85. 87, and 89, Prén- dergast, for non-complianco with the statutory notice served on him. The Committee recotn- mend that the Surveyor be authorised to exe. cute the work required at Nos. 30 and 32, Qu,ay Street, according to notice served on the owner, Mr. T. G. Lewis, and to take, the necessary pro- ceedings against him to recover the cost. The Town Clerk stated that he had received a letter from Mr. T. Rule Owen, who wrote on behalf of Dr. Henry Owen trusting that the Council would hesitate before carrying out their recommendations with regard to Dr. Owen's property. He had carefully valued the pro- perty. The present gross rent was £70 per year, and after allowing for rates, taxes, repairs, etc., there would be about £35 nett. At 12 years' purchase this would bring their value to L420 nett, which was an 8 per cent. investment for anyone who would like to buy the property. Dr. Owen, added the writer, was prepared to do all reasonable repairs, but not such as the Sur- veyor says should be done. The Mayor: It is for you to consider what effect that letter will have upon the paragraph in the report. In reply to Mr. Merchant Phillips, the Sur- veyor said, in his opinion, if his requirements were carried out the houses would be made serviceable for workmen's dwellings for many years. Mr. Phillips moved that the letter be referred to the Borough Committee to be considered in connection with other proposals for workmen's dwellings. The Town Clerk said he had other letters which might also be submitted to the commit- tee, and he would ask the Council to consider them in committee at the end of the meeting. The Mayor suggested that they should defer the recommendation in the report for the pre- sent. Mr. Rogers asked what about the other recom- mendations. They were all the same. The Mayor: We have no communication about them. After further discussion the report was adop- ted as it stood. GAS PRESSURE. The Gas Committee reported that the Gas Manager had been instructed to test and report upon the condition of the gas mains on the lower levels. The Mlyor said he wished to urge upon con- sumers the importance of seeing that their own service pipes were not defective. He had known instances where faulty pressure had been complained of and it was found to be due to defective pipes within the house. The Coun- cil were doing everything in their power to give the town a good supply and counted on the co-operation of the consumers. FAIR TRAFFIC ON SUNDAYS. The Town Clerk read correspondence he had had with the Local Government Board with res- pect to a bye-law prohibiting show caravans leaving or entering the town on Sundays. Tne Board wrote that the passage of heavy traffic on Sundays through the streets was not suffi- cient to allow a general prohibition, such as was sought. The Town Clerk replied asking whether it could be prohibited during certain hours and to that he had not yet received an answer. BYE LAWS AND TOLLS. The Town Clerk reported that the Board had provisionally approved of the bye-laws and al- teration of tolls, with very slight alteration. It was decided that the tolls should come up for adoption at the next meeting, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to advertise the ne- cessary notice re Bye-laws so that they could then be adopted and submitted for final ap- proval. TERRITORIAL FORCES. The Mayor said he had received a telegram from General Lloyd stating that he had that day taken over the command of the Welsh Divi- sion of the Territorial Forces, and asking when he might wait upon him (the Mayor). His Worship said he did not quite know the purport of the telegram, but had written in reply that he would only be too pleased to meet him at any time the General was pleased to call upon him. He was sure they were all proud that so distinguished a soldier should have been appointed to the command. General Lloyd was connectcd with some well-known families in Wales.

New Ketch for Pembrokeshire Owners. A new ketch for trading along the Pembroke- shire coast was launched on Thursday of last week from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. James Goss, of Calstock, Cornwall. The christening ceremony of the boat, which was named Gar- landstone," was performed by Miss Olive Goss, daughter of the builder, and on the removal of the dog-shores the vessel glided gracefully on to the smooth waters of the Tamar river, witnessed by hundreds of people on the Cor- nish side of the river. The .vessel displaces about 140 tons, and was launched fully equip- ped, and ready for sea.. She is splendidly adapted as a coasting vessel, and has been purchased by Mr. John Russon, of Milford Haven, who was aboard the vessel with his crew at the launch. The Garlandstone will load a cargo of manure from Messrs. Burnard and Algar's factory at Cathdown, and sail for the harbour of Solva, and it is hoped her voyages will be successful as those of her sister .ship the C-H-F. which was built at the same yard, and is well-known at the South of England ports.