The Welshman

AGRICULTURE. VET. TO THE KING —Processor W'. Owen Williams of the Veterinary School, University of has been appointed hy tlie Earl ot Gra.na.id, Master of the Hcise, veterinary sur geon to the establishment of His Majesty's stables Professor Williams held a similar appointment to the late King Edward. WEIGHING OF GOODS BY RAILWAY COM- PANY.—I sent a. quantity of hay to a railway station lately to be put on rail. Some time after I was charged 2d. each for weighing the carts. ["Was I entitled to pay this c harge F 1 understand the public can have hay weighed at a.ny time for the name charge. Your opinion on tli.e a.bove will much oblige.—J.R. [Where the consigner of goods by railway requires a. certificate of the weights the railway company is legally entitled to charge 2d. per cart for weighing the goods.] ? WINTERING CATTLE.—As a constant reader I write to inquire the cost per week of wintering cattle on cake and straw. Also the cost of win- tering cattle on straw and turnips per week.— Constant Reader. [Querist, does not indicate the age or weight of the cattle, and a great deal will depend upon that. In any case they could nc.t he wintered well on cake an ds'traw without a greater or less supply of roots being given. From 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. p&r week, according to age would be a ,fair charge.] BIRMINGHAM SHOW—The sixty-second an. niial cattle and poultry show takes p[a{;I3" at Bing- ley on 26 Nov. to 1st December. The prize money offered amounts to f",2:-(J. incl'riing the Lord Mayor's prize. The challenge cups. value 100 gs. each, presented by Messrs. Eikington, Mr. Jos TIiorley. Messrs. Webb a-nd Sons, th0 "Daily Post'' challenge cup vahie £50, for the besttini- ma.l not exceN!ing two years old and the Maise- more Park challenge cup, value £;')0 for tlie best Aberdeen-Angus anima!. Tlie usual extra prizes of £50 each for tlie best. Hereford, shorthorn at.d Scot; j630 for the best cross- bred ;£20 for the best ior the best Devon ,app«a.' ) the prize-sheet. DISEASED POTATOES FOR CATTLE.- I have a, few tons of potatoes not badly diseased. Kindly let me 1 now if there would be auv har/it in giving them, along with turnips, to feeding bullocks, and oblige.—Boss. [If the potatoes a-fe only slightly touched with the disease they may be given to adult stock, commencing with, say, three to four pounds each end of the day, increas- ing the quantity gradually until hfteen to twenty pounds are given night and morning. A good al- lowance of both oat straw and hay should also b8 fed to the animals. If the potatoes are much dis- eased pile them up with :1 heap of straw and Iiedge cuttings and set nre to them. Do not put them in the manure heap.] MALLANDEUS IN HORSE.—Some time ago 1 got a remedy horn your columns for mallanders and sallande'-s in the horse which proved very successful. Having lost the prescription would you kindly repeat in :.our next issue?—Mallan ders. [If the anima! is in work do not wash the legs, leave tlie mud on the parts, md when dry rub gently off with <i.wis.p of soft meadow' or old land hay. and dress the sores every alterna.te or third day with a sma)' piece of tlie 10 per cent. of oleate of mercury. Should tbj parts shew signs of being blistered a.fter the third or fourth ap- plication, leave <.tF for a few days and then re- neat. As an alterna.tivH medicine give onp.ounce ot Epsome salts and half a.n ounce of cream ot tartar in a mash brnn or boiled bariey every other night for a. fortnight.] THE CROPS.—Seldom has the wheat crop of a new season made a nuer st'rt. and, this being go, one is glad to hear tha.t a. full has been sown. Roots are being raised, clamped, and stored under very favourable circumstances. Sw edes in the Midlands are said to be a fine crop, fully 5 per cent. above an average, and likely to be rich in sugar. The mangolds w ill be decidedly sweet this year, :'nd S(Mne of the sugar-mangold variety—a. dtstinct development fro'm sugar beet— are said to show a quite remarkable sugar-content. The quantity of the mangold crop, however, is pro- bably not above an average. Common turnips are good and not too watery. Potatoes are fetching a.n excellent price the scare of disease has inna-ted vulue. and certain once favourite varieties having done ill this year. a'small market panic has been set up. Disease, however, is not. a.t all severe in its tortal ravages. HERDS AND FLOCKS.—A great many cows are still in tire fields, but with milk falling on' in supply it is not wise ,to trust too much to the weather. Tlie sun may be shining brightly at ten o'clock. hut the white frost on the gra&s earlier in the morning will have made the green feed rather unwholesome ,and the time of year is calling naturally for a more stimulating diet. If. how- ever, adult stock are allowed to be out until real cold sets in. the yearlings should already be shel- tered. "Roughing it" may or may not be good foT growing members of the human race, but all practical men are agreed tha.t it is most unpront- able where the growing young oif domestic stock are concerned. Sheep are doing uncommonly well this autumn, and butchers are buying more freely than usual. Beef, however, is in less requests, there being a. pause before the regular Christmas inquiry. Store cattle are selling well. HORSE STAGGERING AND FALLING THE VALUE OF CHEESE.—Few laymen can open the "Lancet" without a tremor; but among those fortunate ones recently w ere the producers of cheese. Instead of nnding that the bacilli in a. mouthful were to be counted by scores of millions. and that the wrapping w as largely pathogenic, the delighted men of Cheddar and Cheshire read that their produce was highly to be recommended that 90!b. of it contained as much nourishment for the human frame as three sheep. Now a 901b. cheese, whether from Somerset or Cheshire can be bought for 70s.. the best quality, but three sheep at 81. per Ib. would cost 144s., at least double. The idea that cheese digests everything except itself is erroneous, or only appnes to cheese w hen old and .,greeI\ and nutey." and eaten as a quasi-savoury a-tJjie conclusion of a full meal. Cheese makes a, nrst rate nourishing meal with bread, as plough- men know; but there is no foundation for the notion tliat it requires a ploughman's work in the open air for digestion to do its part duly. Many of the humbler City workers, both youths and girls, would enjoy vastly better health if they re' placed their tea and scones and buttered cakes with bread and cheese and light ale. There is also no reason to suppose that the harder cheeses of the North are less digestible than the softer kinds prevail in gin the South. (MEGRIMS).—Will you kindly let me know wh;).t is the real cause of a horse staggering and mlling. ttCuch wa<s thought to he owing to a too tight col- lar? The/common spying here is that it is "chok- ing, the belief being that the collar pressing on windpipe steps the animal's breath. My own observation has led me to the opinion that in the great majority of cnse.% it is pressure on the b)ood vessels of the neck. causing vertigo or giddiness by stopping or hindering tlie now of blood to and from the brain. I have observed that constric tion of the windpipe may cause distress and wheezing." but I ha-ve repotedjy seen a horse fall whose collar caused no distress in breathing. but was too tight on both sides of As I have had occasional arguments on the matter, and may be in error in my opinion. 1 would like an authoritative statement from you.—T.H.D. [In the olden days if a- hMse when in harness stopped threw up its head. staggered and fell, and after Iving for a shoft while got up and resumed its journey it looked upon as Megrims, a pressure of Mood in the head. caused hy too tight a collar compressing the jugular veins in the neck, which prevent-ed the blood returning to the heart. Gid- diness, staggering and falling .in harness arises from a great variety of causes—such .is indiges- heart ajfection. brain trouble, tumours, and the degeneracy of the blood vessels (arteries). In such like cases, where there are no symptoms manifested of any one of these derangements, and the horse has onlv a momenta.ry fit of giddiness and faHs. it is in tlie majority of cases due to the collar pressing too tightly on the blood vessels in the neck, and arresting, as already stated, the now oif blood from the head to the heart, and very rarely from choking, .as it is called, by the coll'tr pressing on the windpipe. We therefore consider queristf quite riglift in bis view.] READY MADE FARMS IN CANADA— Mr. Bethnne Grav. <vf the Lands Department of the Canadian Pacinc Company, 62-65 Charing Cross. London. lias published a. pamphlet respect- ing the ready-made fa-rms enured by thts Company. The Canadian Pacinc Co. are desirous of having their lands in Alberta, closely settled, and with <t view to this end they are on'ering car- ter and half'quarter sections of land in Alberta in closely settled colonies, &o tha.t the settlers should have neighbours on each s'ide of them. and be able to co-opera.te with each other. These farms of 80 to 160 acres are each provided wit,h a. substantial house and stable, wit.h 25 to 50 acres of the pra.irie land broken up and cultivated. Many a new settler going out to Canada is a-ppalled a't the loneliness o'f his location, and is apt to be discour- aged at the long time he has to work and wait bc- fore' the nrst returns begin to come in. But this system o'f nxing up tlie settlers in colonies on ready-made- farms, with a considerable proportion of the pra.irie land already broken ajid cultivated, effectually removes these objections. These ready-made" farms are orrered to settlers at I from JE3 to :E8 per acre, according to location and wlioithM- irrigated or not—the Canadian Pacific Co. having an enormous system of irrtgation in use on their Alberta lands. The conditions on which these lands are offered to polonies of settlers are—(l) tha.t tlie settlers must be farmers or farm labourers; (2) that they must be married, and (3) that they must have a capital of f;200 each. With this a'mount of capital the should get along all right, and the payment of their holdings will be taken on yearly instalments. By this plan the pro'mising work of empire building is robbed of its terrors .the settler is among friends and neigh- bours from the first. he enters mto possession of his farm straight away, and lie has ample time for the repayment of the purchac price of his pro- perty. ANTHRAX ORDER.—In their new-anthrax or- der, which is to come into operation on January 1st next, the Hoard of Agriculture lay down the following regulatio is:—(3) If the veterinary sur- geon [employed by the local authority] is satisned at the time of his examuKition of the animal, or carcase, by a microscopical examination of its blood on the spot or by other eviae-nce, that the animal or carcase was not diseased he shall forth- with give to the local authority a. certificate to that. effect, etc. (4) If the veterinary surgeon is not so satisned [that the animal or carcase is not affected by anthrax] he shall forthwith give to the local authority a certincate stating that the case is one of suspected anthrax. He shall also for the purpose of furt<her investigation take and ex- a.mine one or more samples of the blood or other fluid of the a.nimal or carcase or of the tissue of the ca.rcase as may be necessary fo.r that purpose, and as soon as may be after examinatirtn thereof forward to the Laboratory of the Board, Alperton Lodge. Wembley, Middlesex, such samples as may be required to enable a. veterinary inspector of the Board to certify whether or not thf .ihirnal or carcase was diseased, together with a report of his examination of the animal or carcase and of his further investigation. In other words, if the vet- erinary surgeon employed by the Board gives an opinion that the (,18e is not anthrax, his word is to be taken, and no more is to be said about it, but if he is not satisfied that the animat or carcase is cte.ar of the disease, and in fact if lie finds clear proof that it is a. case of anthrax, lie is to make a leisurely microscopic and bacteriological examina- tion of tlie blood and forward these samples to the laboratory of the Bo. i,(I. a.nd nil this time the risk of the disease spreading is increasing with every hour. Had it been the other w-ay a.bout, an.d tlie veterinary surgeon been empowered to ''forth- with declare a cle:i.r case of anthrax, one would have seen some po<ssibHity of this order doing some good. But. as it is, it may A%,el I be reared that it will do much more harm than gocd. SCIENCE AND FUTURE OF AGKtCULTUHE While lecturing the <tther eveuiug at the Birming- ham & Midland Institute on the electrincation of crops Sir Oliver Lodge emphasised the Import- ance 0!f devoting more money to the development of agriculture. The discoveries of Pasteur, he said, had had a great innuence on a.gricult'1r:d prance, white facts now coming to the front w *r.e explaining old practices and suggesting new ones. so that tlie farm became .a. laboratory of great in'- portance ,and life in the country, far from being dull, was of percunnially absorbing interest, fhe function of leguminous plants in rotation the whole pro<ess of the absorption and assim'?a- tion of sa.p, the chemical cha.nges going on in tre laboratories of the leaf under the influence of sun- shine, and the discharges of electricity from ph1 t. surfaces under the notion, of light were subjects as yet very imperfectly studied. These and otn<r problems coming to the front must po"rfulJv affect the capacity of the British nation tt} f('cd itself and to lessen the extraordiuarify iarge a.mount of imported food. In time of %v.)r th.s power might become cruets) in time of peace it would mean a. great iiberation of na,tional funds for other purposes. TIie electr.incation (.f the rir above growing plants always existed, and the pointed character of the leaves showed that it was utilised. By artthcial means it could be intensi- fied, the plant stimulated, and the action of feeble sunshine accelerated and assisted by high tension ctectricity purposely conveyed to the at- mosphere above the plant This was done in Sweden by Berthelof lo<ig ago, but only recently had we been ab]e to supply the requisite kind of electricity in a. fairiy easy manner. When Mr. New man and Mr. Homford wislied to try experi- ments <;n a la.rge scale near Evesiia.m, the lec- turer was able to assist then', and the results had been very encouraging Mr. Lowe. at Baime kewian. was te'sting the whole process scientinc- ully and financially for a period of five years. Dr Priestty, of Bri&tol, a scientin<' chemist and hotan- ist. had also given careful attention to the test- ing of results. NOTES ON CLOVER SEEDS—Red clover seed. which is Yno--it prontably saved from the second cutting, is mature when the flower heads are ch-inging in colour from brown to black, and threshing o nthe neld prevents loss. Dodder is a frequent impurity in foreign clovers, and plan- tain, docks, sheep's sorrel and othitr weeks are present in many samples. Adulteration is seldom t attempted now-a-days. but fraudulent substitu- j tion. such as the desc-ribing of American seed as English, is by no means uncomm<Mi. The natioinL- ality of red clover is 05 great importance, as the various types cultivated in difterent countries possess widely varying characteristics. EngHsh strains produce tall, succulent and enduring plants, and should be preferred to all of foreign gro.wth; Swiss. Syrian and Silesi'an are hardy, enduring and of luxuriant habit; French and Italian are not hardy, productive nor lasting as a rule; and America'n strains are generalty very susceptible to cold. The seed of white clover, which is abundantly produced and easiiy har- 1 vested .is generally saved from the nrst cutting. Phmtain, sheep's sorrel and held camomile are frequent impurities, and dodder is sometimes pre- sent in samples. Good comjnercia) seed should have about 96 per cent. of purity and 85 per cent. of germination..The seed of atsike clover is abundantly produced at the first crop. and is eas- ily harvested on moderat-e-ly dry ground.. Good co'muiercial qualities should have about 90 per I cent. of germination and 97 per cent. of purity. rrefOlll5ood is a lso' abundantly produced, and the cr<j<p should be taken when the p<Mls become black. Sanfoin,'though not a clover, belongs to the same ramify of legumes or nitrogen gatherers. As the cutting of mature plants seriously injures them, seed should he saved from old leys that will soon be broke nup. and the crops must be taken when the pcds are of a. bright brown colour. The pro- duce ought not to be put into cock. as the seeds; lose their germinating power if they become heated. ) OWNERSHIP v. TENANCY.—At last meeting of tile London Farmers' Club a. well-kn<nvn es- tate a-gent—Mr. W. Anker-Simmons—read a pamper on Occupying Ownership versus Ten- ancy." A man with a capital of ;&2,000, he said, could take a lease with .a fair chance of success of a farm of 250 acres, out <xf which he should be able to t<ike an income of t250 per ajinum, but if lie elected to become an occupying proprjetor he would only be able to pnrc.hase <'nd stock 60 n.cres of the'same kind of land. and with 4 per cant. for the purchase price of the !ijid and 10 per cent. on &is working capital lie could only make ;CII.O a year. If the occupying owner w ith -62,000 of capital were to borrow to the extent of two-thirds of the purchase pi ice of his LMtd, and pay 4 per cent to the mortgagee, lie would bo a.hle to buy 120 acres of land at ;G25 per acre, and on the stune calculation of paying 4 per cent. for the mortgage and making 10 per cent. ofT the work- ing capital he would only make an annual Income J of ;ei40, while the daily life o'f a man who has to cultiva.to a. farm. of 120 acres is faj' harder than j that of the occupier of 350 acres." In this calcu-' latio.n, however, Mr. Simmo.ns fakes no account of the personal equation," and tht is the greatest determinant of all. One man may by his skill a.nd enterprise take mnch more pron.t on' a smaller fa,rm than another man of less skill and enterprise tna.y tfike off a larger HM'm. Generally, however, Mr. Sunmons' argnments in favour of tenancy in place of occupying ownership n:ay lio'ld but it seems to us that he makes far to<j mu<;h of his idea. of the superiority of the tenancy system as a means of money-making. But his great objection to the system of occupying ownership is in regard to what happens on the death of the occupying owner. If the occupying owner has died leaving only a, w idow a<nd one son he thinks it would be all ,,Tit buft tf there is a.large'fa.mily and the bulk of the money he tied up in the purchase of the land, then the oldest son comes into possession of the holding burdened with death duties and family charges, which hang like & millstone round his neck. He holds thQ-t this is the one weak point in the system of occupying ownersiups. But he ev]-. dently owner h:m no rent to p:'y o'thpr than the interest on auy mo.i)ey borrow ed a.t 4 per cent., he should be in n. much better position than a tenant farmer occupy- ing the same acreage to have made some provision for the younger members of his family. And even; though the farm owned a.nd occupied by a fami)y should have to he sold and the proceeds divided a.mong the family of an occupying owner then- wo'uid be no hardship in that.

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MARKETS. CARMA-RTELKN, Saturday -Quotptiors :1.8 fotlowf :— C%k butter, 14d per lb fresh butter. I !d to 15d per lb. Dressed poultry: Fowls. 4s Od to 5x 6d per couple du<'kf<, 3< Od to 4< Od aH,(.b geese, 5s 6d to Od each; turkeys, Hdper Ib. Eggs, 7 for la. Cheese, 35-? Od per cwt NEWCASTLE EMLYN. Friday.—Prices were &8 follows Porkers, 7s tjd to ¡'" )d per score wetmera. from 9 to n weeks old, 15s Od to H)iI Od each sheep, '2'}d to 3d per !b.; lambx. 3M to ;>ii-e1 per !h t,.alveg, 4d to -itd per lb young fowls (a]iva\ 5d ppr lb old dit'.o, 2s to 2a 6d per couple ducks (alive). 6d per Ib dead ind trussed, 2.. 3d to 2.. 9d (a Jh. Egg. 9 for)tis. Fresh butter, in rolln. 1" Id per lb ditto, in unsslted Jumps and in tuba, l8 per ib. CORN Liverpool Tuesday.—Wheat hrrn small busi- ness at 1d. to Id. over Friday—Australian 7s. 8d.. N<t. 2 Manitoba. 78.Hd.; futures—December 7s. Id., March 7s. 3d., ;May is. :i,,d. Maize quiet at about Fridav for nnxt'<t at ')s. 2d. to ;)S. 2!d.: Plate the turn dearer at 4s. 31d. to 4s. 4d.; futures—December 4s. Beans and (was unchanged. Oats—Old white 2.s. lOd. to 2s. lid., netv 2s. 4d. to 2s. 5d. Flonr unchanged. Weather frosty: E. Hull, Tuesday.—Market dec-idedly hrtneron the \veek, especiaHy for whea.t and oats. which are .scarce. To-day's value on line wheat 431s. to 31 s. 6d. barley 23s. to 29s. oats, 17s. to 17s, 9d., black winter oat-s 18s. to 18s. 6d. bean.s. 31s. Grain Anoat. Lon'lon, Tuesday.—At the Baltic to-day the market for cargoes of wheat ruled- nrm. Sellers oH'er sparinniy at 3d advance demand, however, isouiet. JATTLK Roath. Carfiift. Tues<lay.—Live stuck: The'e were no cattle on offer. There were only a few !Clts of sheep <m offer; very little demand at. about prices of previous week: very few buyers pi'e.sent. No 'afves on offer. Pigs—increase in number: rapid drop, Is. to Is. 3d. per st-ore. Dead meat. Fair supply, demand slow; prices ea'sier—host ox heef, sides, 5ill. to 6-(1., hiuds 7d. t) 7yd., fot'es 4ù. to ;S!d.. cow and huH beef— demand bad at from 4td. to 6d. Mutton—good supply, best demand for light weight wether do. Prices—heavy nnttton .'xl. to 5d.. wether do.. 6d. to 7d.. lamb 6d. to ï}d. Vea)—no veal on olier. Pork—best 12& to 12s. 6d.. seconds Us. Cd .to 12s.. quality, good. Salford, Tuesday.—Owing to great fog much confusion arose out of the non-arrival of stock. and no ngures could be given; prices pra.cticaHy une-hanged. Quotations: Ca.t'tle 41d. to ()ld. sheep 41d. to 6d. '-alves, 6!d. to 81d. per Ib, ) BUTTER. Cork, Tuesday.—First 92s.. thirds 86s., superfine 9;5s., choicest boxes 95s., fresli from 94s. to 88. per cwt. POTATOES. London, Tuesday.—Trade slow British Qut'f.ns 80s. to 90s., Up-to-Dates 80s. to 90s.. Maincrüp 95s. to 100s.. Kent; and Essox 7.5s. to 80s., Black- tands 6.5s. to 75s., Scotch 75s. to 85s., Lincolns. 80s. to 85s. per ton. ———: o. ———

Mr. J. Chamberlain baa written to Mr. B.ufour fully- approving of the letter-' recent speech and appending'; the Unionist policy as defined therein. By the Ruffian project to build a. railway across Persia, it would be to travel fr,m. London to' Bombay in .-oven iavs instead of fOUl te-n, a" at present. One hundred and "eventy persons are reported to have been killed in rioting which broke out at Puebta in in Mexico on Friday. The trouble,originated with the party which opposes the re-election of Pre.Aident Di.tz, The 119 Safiragist. arrested on Friday in connection with the disorderly seeiiei at Westminster were brought up at Bowftreet on Saturday, and, at the instance of the Home Secretary, discharged. The Trade Unionist Defence Congress at Manchester, which was sucoeasfuliy org:tnised on Saturday, paused & aeriea cf resoluti<jn-t in support of the Osborne judg- ment and against the tyranny of the Socialist leaders and the Labour movement. Mr. Keir Hardie. "peaking at Bradford, on Saturday said that unless the Labour party received satiffactory aaauraocea from the Government that the Osborne judgment would be rfvereed by law they would oppose the Radicals in seveuty or eighty constituencies. Ic. the time coming, he baid, these lines wuuld be reatit-ed:— Bi"hopn iu their t-hovel hats Were plentiful as tabby cats, Wbifft duk<M were three a penny. NEW WELSH htve beeti uom- menced with the working of what is claimed to be a deposit of ehinti c'ay that haa been discovered at Van- annon. an uut-oithe-way village situated in Denby- shire between Mold and Rufhin. The prospects for the opening out of the new industry and the ultimate euccean of the undertaking are t-xceedhigly promising. Analyses of famples nhow that the clay is of a quality that will be valuable for bleaching purpoeei and for converting into high clatw tiles and bricks.

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CARMARTHEN COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. SATURDAY.—Before Mr. Dudley Williams Drnm- m<md, Hafodneddyn (in the cliair) Sir Owen Phil- ipps, M.P., Amroth Castle; Mr. D. L. Jones, Dctlwvn; M' H .)uue&-Davit's. Glyneiddan; Mr J LI. "Thomas, TanyLnn; and the Rev. A. Fiilier, I Mills, Carmai-then. IGNORANT PARENTS. Alfred Ruiter, Danyrhiw, Cwmduad, was sum- moned for tea.vins; a child under the age o.'f aevein years in a. room with a. fire witli<iUt a guard, the said received burns, death fo)- lowiug. A report which appeared in our J'asi. week's issue, stated that on the 3rd in&t. the mother went out for a few minutes and w as called ba<*k by one ot her sons. She found the deceased, Kvan John Ruttcr, four yea,rsold, \vith his head in the nre..Death occurred six days fater. In answer t6 the Cha.irman defendant said he was ignorant of the law. A similar charge brought against Thomas Enis, a collier, LIydiadma,wr. LlanIIian, Lhtn- rthney, ivith regard to' hig ün, Fred. Alcwyn EUis. a,ged two and a ha'If years. On the 8th inst whilst the mother went to a. neighbout's house the child pocked the hre with a stick, and its na.nnelette nightgown was ignited. The chd t died afew hours afterwards. The Chairman said that the Bench y for the loss < f their cliildrein, and won 1 aí'e ;< lenten,t view of the cases. No fine wcr: i 1)( in- posed. but they would ha veto pay 'sts, .'s. fa<'h. The Chnirman added tha.t. the Carma:- the.nshire Co'unty Courn-il should h.? <'<'nnnun' fated '.vi.th, wtli the s printed and ?uh):&JiHd and distribut'd o t) ijis MMinty. dac.¡ng the .necessity \)i' Laving fire- g¡¡:. rds., 1 ARM !sa<ic Ja.m'-< farm servant, Cii'r.t'ch. Ll.tnd' fei)og, Was charged with having sto?a the sun) of -C)., the property 01 Mr. Hy.DavLcs, Uph.td Arms. LlandefeUog. that he was the licenses of t)«' Upi..n(t Arnis. About 9 p.m. 'u iiii? --Stli O.b'wr deff,;l'(b¡flt'md his fellow f..rmsnv;]jtt <atne t« lit:. house for some heer ati Clf t<«' He gave defc'nd<u)t ¡' ixp-u! a!M{ (what he thought) thr€€ halfpennies. E- r! r in the eveni-tig }M had t-eceIN-e(I a SoN-ereigii. After etching tinie he fou'ld that the ,ovel'eign was mis- sing. The defendant wa.s the person whom he had given change since he had had the sov- ereign. Witness then went to Cih).arch F;u-m and saw defend;!nt Ln the store-hous," He r.- fused to show the three halfpennies witness had tendered him. Witness th-ill saw a poUcemar! and t<fl<j him of hhs !o&s. hut did not at that time ask him to takeflny pro<-eedings. Later on wit- ness heard th.tt the defendant had spent a great deal of money in the fair. and then .asked the police to see into th<- matter. Percy Taylor, th3 defendant's fellow servant, tta-id that he was with defenda.nt on the night in question. In the store-house defend unit shmve i witness the sovereign. Defendant refused to give it to the complainant. when be asked for it, add- ing tha.the was hoinest. Witness to!d defendant to take it hack to the owner. The Court smitcd when witness added: I want to add one thing more. and that. is, it says on the blue paper that the defendant did feloniously steal, ttke ;in 1 <rryaway. He did Dot steal it. I was there nt the time. P.C. Thcs. Hidwnls said that in answer to the charge d<*femdant repHed: "I ant sony f da not t'p'U Davies of the Fpland Arms about it. When he ca no to me in the cart-house that night. Th-i.t is the sovereign I had spent in KidweHy. He will have it hack again some day." Iji answer to the charge defend;mt ph-a'!ed guilty. After .some consultation the Chairman said that the Bench would take a. lenient view of his case. They did not wigh to send Inm to prison, but he \\Quld be fined .61 and costs.

PEMBROKE GUARDIANS APPOINT MEDICAL OFFICER. The fortnightly meeting <if the Pembroke Beard of Guardians was held on Thursday afternoon. Mr W. G. Parcel! presiding in the absence of the Chairman. There were also present: Rev. B. C. Evans (vice-chairman) Mrs. Lowless, Miss Stokes Ma.jor Wynne, Capt. C. S. Richards. Rev. E. T. Roderick. Messrs. T. Tucker. B. Hancock. W. Gibbs. J. J<mes, W. M. GrifStbs, W. H. 0. M. Bryant, J. J. Evans. J. Thomas. J. Hitchings. W. Evans. J. W. Penney. J. Davies. W. C. Jones T. B. Ormond. J. Goodrich, T. Phillips, Geo. Thomas. J. M. Thomas. G. M. Thomas, A. J. Pritchard. T. A. Davies, Owen Hire, C. 0. Thoma-s J. Grimths. B. G. Roberts, B. 0. Lewis and J. Roch with the Clerk (Mr. J. S. W. Jones) I and other omcials. There was only one applicant for the post of I' medical omcer o'f No. 2 district, declared vacant bv the Loca.l Government Board, and this was fr<Mn the late omcer. Dr. W. R. E. WiDia.ms. Pern I roke who wrote regretting that he had put the guardians to the 'nconvcnience be'oar&e he had not resided within the Mmits of his district. This, he stated, was owing to his previous hone having been sold. but now lie. had acquired LyonSotme House, St. Michael's Square, where he intended j taking up his residence in order to comply with the terms <'f his appüÍntment. He had served the guardians for nearly five years, and during the whole of that period no complaint ha.d been ma.de aga-inst him. ¡ Mr. Evans proposet] the re-appointment o'f Dr. WiIH&ms, remarking that it was no surprise to him to get the letter they did from the Local Gov- ernment Boat d. He had the greatest respect for Dr. Williams: his attendance at the House was most constant, and ho ha-d perfor<med somo most skilful operations succeRsfu'Uy. and in urgent cases be was there instantly. Mr. Hanco;k seconded, amd said thaff the a.c- tion he took in the m'atter at the last meeting was not in opposition to Dr. Willia,ms. but because he knew from past experience that the Local Govern- ment Board would not be trifled with. On a. show o'f ha.ads Dr. Williams was declared 'unanimously elected, the Chairman remarking that he was very glad that they had not lost the services fyf such an excellent doctor, and that he would have to t.,ike up his residence within tlie district in less than two months, otherwise the <)? 'e would be vacant again. <. Mr. Geo. Thomas—He has got a :olly go< d land- tord (laughter). A letter was read irom Mrs. Ivor Philipps. Cosheston Hall. stating that a movement was on foot to establish a district nurse for the parishes of Co'sheston. Upton Nash. and Carew, and asked if the guardians could give some nnancial assist- ance ,nog tli<jse in receipt o'f parish relief would ba.ve the services of the nurse free of charge. It was pointed out that similar applications I had been made from other districts and refused, a.nd the Clerk was directed to reply to the letter accordingly. A letter was read from Mi.?s E. Jen kins. nurse at the Union Innrma-ry resigning her appointment and asked to leave on the '17th December. The resignation was accepted, and it was agreed to advertise for a successor at £35 per annum and uniform. Mr. John JoTies—Why is she leaving? She is a verv good nurse. Rev. B. C. Evans—Yes, but site prefers enter- ing upon another situation (laughter). TOOTH BRUSHES. I The House Committee recommended the Guard- ians to adopt the suggestion of the Local Govern* nteut Board I&dy ijispector to provide a. tocth brush, hair brush atld comb for each child in the House. Mr. John Jones—Good gracious, wh3.t are we g, i i n g to htve, next P The Chairman-I don't know; decide this nrst ('laughter) Mrs. Lowlfss—T don't think we can help our- selves. Mr. J .Thomas—I thi.nk it is a waste of money. Rev. B. C. Evans—The recommendation is from a. representative of the Local Government Board. Mr. John Jemes—They are going to cut a fine caper here I see (laughter). I never heard of such a. thing. The recommendation was adapted. The Master reported gifts of pa-pers from Mrs. Davies (Bush). Co!. Taylor and Capt. Richards. The numher of inmates was 128 as compared with 1.50 for the corresponding period of last year.

WELSH SCHOOLS VINDICATED. Professor Anwyl presided at the twenty-seventh yearly meeting of the Central Welsh Board, hei.J in Shrewsbury on Friday, when the principal topic discussed was the draft statement of t;le ""eelltn è in reply to Hie Board of Education f,):" I !H m the Welsh E<lu.cation Act. Lord SItefSeld then moved that the the statement and forward it as a reply to rhe animadversions of the Board of Educa.tton. 'the reply did perhaps contain some strong language. but it was not stronger than the tit'nation re- quired. The report of the Board of Education claimed to be based on the reports o'f their e\au) iners, artd the board frankly accepted ihose re- ports; but wh.at.the Central Welsh Board .11,1 in their reply was that those examiners' documents as a whole did n<"t justify the observations which the Board of Education had made. They knew their schools were not perfect, a<nd they welcomed any remarks of the examiners where their work needed improvement (hear. hea.r). Proud as they were of Welsh county schools, much as they had wen the conhdence of the Welsh people during their twenty years' existence, they felt that their work had been that of pioneers, that they had had to work under exceptional such ;-8 other parts of Great Britain had not had. Critic- isms that applied to some schools had bee. general ised as though they applied to the schools of Wales They complained of the omissions of material words in quoting from the examiners' reports, and, lastly—and this was a serious charge to make against a Government department— words were put into the mouths of their examiners that were never used. Though the Central Welsh Board was in the forefront of the attacked, they felt that the aspirations of the country were being attacked, a.nd that an unsym pa.the.tic and hostile spirit prevailed at Whitehall as the report dealt a serious blow at the aspira.tio'ns, the rights, and gocd name of the Welsh people (applause). Print ipa! GriiHths, in &econding, said there was no other report issued by the Board of Education in which they ha.d taken partial reports of exam- iners and treated them in this way, and he. ay, an d lie thought if was not treating Wales fairly. He hoped that the board wofuld be able to convince the people of Wa.les flia.t they had done good work in the p.tst, and that the educu.tdona.I system of Wales compared favourably with that of the rp'-t of the kingdom. Councillor Myers (Swansea) considered the re- ply dignined, and lie hoped the effoot would be that the Board of Education would see that a mis- take had been made. Mr. J. H. Da.vies moved the following amend ment: 'Tha-t a.fter a generaj discussion the further consideration of the report of the Board of Educa- tion be deferred and .a committee be appointed to co'nsider and report upon it, the committee to bring up its report to a special meeting of the Central Board to he held in January, 1911." t'he poUcy of tli,.tt executive committee was differ- ent from any other board. The members came up for election one at a time. ajid, although occa.sio-n- aJIy it had been tried, they never found the Board turning out an old member if he were put u for ejection. For some yea,rs the meetings of the<'en- tral Welsh Board had been a. far(,e. He objected to this answer because it was hysrterica.1 :md un dignified Dr. Catta-way seconded. Mr. Tom John expressed surprise that the mover and seconder of the amendment should defend the report of the Board of Education. The amendment w as defeated by a bi gmajority. ft was agreed after further amendments that the statement as amended be adopted.

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Sir J. D. Rees, LiberaJ M.P. for the Mont- g'impry district, has intimated his intention of resigning in a letter showing his dissatisfaction with the entire Radical Socialist positiotn. Herbert Roberts, who for years lived as a her- mit in a cottar made by himself of rough stones, near Cam, Carnarvonshire, fell into his open camp fire on Friday .and was burned to death, his sole companion, a dog, barking frantically until passe rs-by found the body. For the third time within forty-eight hours it i.s my duty to paM the awful sentence of dearth," said Mr. Justice Darling at the Old Bailey on Fri- day in sentencing Noah Woolf for the murder of Andrew Simon at the Home for Aged Hebrew Christia-ns, Upper HoUoway. The French Illeational &ystent continues to produce its natural results. Juvenile crime iu- creases fearfully. On Friday aji American sailor was stabbed to death at Cherbourg and his body thrown into a dock. M<uiy sajlors have been robbed at Brent. Cherbourg, aud Paris The Seine is fiftill rising, and extraordinary pre- cautions have been tak,c--n to minimise the dam¡\ge from the flood in Paris. Hundjeds of people have been forced to leave their dwellings ow ing to the immda.tiQll.