The Cambria Daily Leader

WALES V. ENCLAND. THE ENGLISH TEAM. The following is the English team to Play Wales at Bristol on March 17th:— Goal, Scattergood (Derby); backs, rollipton (Blackburn) and Pennington est Bromwich Albion); half-backs. jtoffatt (Oldham Athletic). McCan reston), and Bradshaw (Blackburn) .,forwards, Wallace (Aston V'Iia), Flcm- ^!g (Swindon). Hampton (Aston ViHa), HoU?y (Sunderland), Hodgkinson (Blackburn). Rp?rv<'s: Harrop (A6ton ? Ui? &j? L.theron (Bla.ckbu¡

A SKELETON. STARTLING DISCOVERY AT A LOCAL I CULLURt. I CLUE TO INDENTITY. I I A most extraordinary story is re- ported from Llansamlet. At mid-night on Sunday the skeleton of a man was discovered in the Samlet Colliery, by some men en-I gaged in clearing the pump. It is believed that the remains are those of Jordan John, who fell down the pit some eighteen years ago, and the body was not recovered at tiie time. Pumping operations, it is said, were ] being proceeded with, and John was being Ion ered in a bucket when he fell out. An Old Time Tragedy. In going over tivj police file it has been ascertained that at 11.30 on the morning of Feb. 10th, 1897, the man John, was reported by Thomas Lund, the manager of the Samlet Colliery, to have met his death. He was being lowered into the pit—which was Hooded at the time—in a bucket, ana although every effort was made to re- cover the body it was not found. The sad affair naturally created a pro- found sensation. An inquiry will be held. Deceased had been employed by a Lancashire firm. His widow, who has married again, is now living at Midland-terrace, Morriston, and a son is employed at Glyncorwg Colliery. j I

SMALL UNIONS. TRANSPORT WORKERS' EXECUTIVE AT UftHijfFf. I An Executive Committee meeting of the National Transport Workers' Fed- eration was held at the Grand Hotel, Cardiii, on Saturday, in connection with tne organisation scdeme now being carried out. )11'. Harry Gosling (presi- dent), presided over a large attendance. Applications were received from a iiuni- ber of lnions ior aihiiation, and these, were acceded to, bringing up the total meiuDersu.p to 2^0,000. ma d e for the I Arrangements were made for the forthcoming General Council meeting to be held at Newport on June 5th, ôtb, and 7th next, and also for the visit of the International Transport Workers' Federation to London in June next. The Executive heartily approved of the amalgamation of the three railway- men's societies. Barry Meeting. Mr. James Henson, the Bristol Chan- nel secretary of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, presided at a mass meeting oi seamen and transport work- ers, which was well attended, at Barry, yesterday. Mr. E. Cathery. of the Seamen's Lin on, moved a resolution expressing confidence in the National Transport Workers' Federation, and calling upon every worker in the transport industry to take his place in the L nion, believ- ing that better organisation was re- quired to safeguard interests and urging upon the Executive Council of the Transport Workers' Federation and the executives of the various Unions the need for closer combination to as- sure ail increased standard of living among members, including an increase in wages, shorter hours, improved working conditions, abolition oi over- time, and better protection of the lives and limbs of all transport workers. Small Unions "A Curse." iL r James Wignall, J.P., Swansea, of the Dockers' L nian, seconding the resolution, emphasised the necessity of all Unions becoming affiliated. Small Unions, he sa-d, were a curse, and did more liarm than wouid balance the good accomplished by the bigger Unions, lunphasising the necessity of every man joining the Union, the speaker said tiiat Barry Dock was as good as any port in the United Kingdom. They were entitled to a bigger siiare 01 Lile profits During the last twelve months Lhe shipowners had made more than during the preceding 12 years. It was no use to stand and watch these things. Mr. Harry Goslmg, of the London Transport Woi kers, said the good con- ditions prevailing at Barry in the Labour world could only be maintained or improved upon if they helped others working under worse conditions to get up to their level, otherwise they would be bound to come down. The reason that there was no railway strike was that the railwaymen were ready if it had taken place. Immediately the transport workers were ready to fight no strike would occur. They had a quarter of a million men engaged in transport work. They wanted the cen- tral fund, not the whole of the funds strewn about in hundreds of sums. They wanted an alteration in the Insurance Act to prevent it pressing so hardly on the casual worker, and to do this they should get a central body to watch Par- liamentary Bills.

Landore. Under the auspices of the Landore and District Band of Hope Union, a I temperance meeting was held oil Satui-day night, at Old Siloh school- room, Mr. Richard Abraham presiding. An excellent programme was provided 11. the following artistes:—Misses M. Hopkins, E. Elias, A. Hughes, C. Hop- kins, N. M. J ones, Masters D. J. Hop- kills 1. Walters, and Messrs. J. Lewis and Wm. Richards. Accompanists: Miss Lizzie Rees and Miss Gata Nicholas. This is the first ot a series of meetings. Pontardawe. I Morgan David V\ ilh&ms, a Pontar- dawe collier, was proccodlug home on ?Saturday night, when he l was knocked down by a cyclist named Hairy Flowers, Pontardawe. Williams was thrown on his back, and, his head striking the road, he received concus- bion of the brain. Dr. Dahne was sent for. but the man died almost immedi- ately. Deceased loaves a widow and several children. Penclawdd. H Mr. F. H, Glynn Price (County Coroner) heh#^ i inquest at the Police Station, Pencil wdd, on Saturday morn- ing, touching the death of Gwynvor Howells, aged three years, from scald- ing. It appears that while the mother was lifting a receptacle of boiling water from the fire, her little boy ran into the room, stumbled against the vessel, and fell into the boiling water. A ver- dict of Death from scalds accidentally received was returned.

I THE MISSING VICAR. I I Melbourne, Monday. The Port Lincoln, with the Rev. Mr. Knight I and Miss Chimes, travelling as Mr. and Mrs. Herbert King, aboard, has arrived here. They were allowed to land.-Reuter.

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PARLIAMENT. -.0- NO RUSH FOR SEATS IN THE COMMONS. I SEARCHING THE VAULTS. (Special to the "Leader.") Preliminary to the opening of Parlia- ment by the King this afternoon, the time-honoured search of the vaults of both houses was made by the Yeomen of the Guard this morning, accompanied by police inspectors and number of officials of both Houses, carrying lanterns. The Yeomen made a complete tour of the vaults and underground passages. A part from this, the police took elaborate precautions to prevent inter- ference by Suffragettes. Up to eleven o'clock very few mem- bers had arrived to claim their seats in the Commons. No Rush for Seats. I HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monday. < in new of the fact that only a bare week-end had elapsed since the closing of a lengthy, laborious and epoch-making Session, it was not surprising that the competition by members for seats for the opening day of the new Session v as, I as compared with previous year's, almost entirely a minus quantity. When, at eight o'clock, the doors of the House were flung open, instead of the usual little knot of energetic legislators wait- ing to set first foot in the represe 'native Chamber, Colonel Burn the Member for Torquay alone entered, and he conse- quently had the pick of the seats He was followed about a minute later by Mr. Alan Burgoyne, a London mem- ber, and Sir George Scott-Robertson, the member for Bradford. Then, at inter- vals, came Mr. Robert Harcourt, the Scottish Liberal; Mr. Worthington Evans (Colchester) Sir John McCailum (Paisley) and Mr. T. Lough (Islington), who was the first Privy Councillor to appear. By half-past twelve only some fifty mem bers had claimed seats. Searching the Vaults. I During the morning the Chamber was entered by a body of men whose modern and medieval garb afforded quaint CLd striking contests—mainly composed of burly, befrilled and bearded Yeoman of the Guard, carrying unlighted lanterns and accompanied by police officers, door- keepers in evening dress, and other officials of the House. The party marched up the floor to the back of the Speaker's chair. Here a masked trap-door was lifted, and one by one the company descended by a steep and narrow flight of stone steps, ostensibly to search the vaults and underground passages of the two Houses for Suffragettes-the latter as substitutes for Guy wkes and other suspicious characters.

ASKED FOR LOAN. I ALLEGATIONS ASAINST A CLERK AT BRECON. At Brecon Police Court to-day, Fi-anl-lin C. Meager, bookmaker's clerk, Gloucester, was charged with obtaining 10s. by means of false pre- tences from David Peregrime, Brecon. Prosecutor said that on Friday, February 13, prisoner entered into his shop and said that be had come from Swansea from the firm of Messrs. Meager and Co. He gave his name as F. C. Meager and observed that he had met with an accident whilst on. his motor cycle. He asked Peregrime for the loan of money and promised to re- turn it. Wi rtnesfc lent the money but had not received it back. He wrote to the firm at Swansea but had had an answer to the effect that he was not a member of the firm. Prisoner pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Quarter Sessions, bail being allowed.

I ALL WHITES AWAY. THIS AFTERNOON'S MATCH AT POMWOOL. During the last few weeks the followers ot the Rugby code in the Pontypool district had been busily en- gaged in discussing the chances of the local side to be the second team to de- feat the "All Whites" this season. Pontypool were always particularly hard to beat on their own enclosure, and, having regard to the improved form which they had been showing of late, the majority of Monmouthshire's football enthusiasts were quite pre- pared to prophecy a victory for the home team at Pontypool to-day. On the occasion of their visit to Ponty- Dool in the season 1910-11, Swansea had the satisfaction of defeating the homesters by a dropped goal to nil; but, in the following season, Ponty- pool took ample revenge, beating Swansea at home and away by a try on each occasion. Early this season, at a period when the Pontypool rear division was badly disorganised, Swan- sea playing at nome, secured a victory at Pontypool's expense by two con- verted goals and a try (13 points) to one dropped goal (four points). Teams:— PONT YPOdL.—Back, W. Vallis; three-quarters, H. Marks, Jack P. Jones, Ben Evans. and A. Roblins; half-backs, R. Lloyd and Tuan Jones; forwards, Rees Thomas, Gus Carr, F. Andrews. F. Talbot, E. Stephens, T. Davies, S. Oliver, and A. E. Hockey.

SOUL OF UNREST." There was a large audience at the Theatre Royal on bunday afternoon at the meeting under the auspices of the Swansea Branch of the Independent Labour Party. Mr. George Beynon pre- sided, and an address was given by the Rev F. Lewis Donaldson (vicar of St. Mark's, Leicester), whom it will be re- membered led the unemployed to London some time ago. Mr. Donaldson spoke on the Soul of the Labour Unrest," and endeavoured to show that behind all the Labour troubles at the present time there was a spiritual force. The Labour unrest, he thought, was working for the best, and he looked upon it as a good sign, and he thought that ultimately the people would see that Socialism was the only remedy. Questions were asked at the close of the address and replied to by the speaker.

BROKE HIS ARM. ro "9" A little boy named Airred Jones (7), residing at 4, Powell-street, Swansea, broke his arm on Saturday afternoon. It appears that the boy was playing on a building in Powell-street, when he fell. He managed to check his fall, however, by holding on to the boardings with one hand. By doing this lie twisted his arm, and he let go his hold, thus falling on to his arm and breaking it. He was taken to the Hospital, and after having his injury attended to, the little boy was sent home. (

I AN ATTRACTIVE GAR. (" Leader Photograph.) A Leader" snapshot, taken in Castle-street, Swansea, of the clever oar for advertising the Black Cat Cigarettes.

THIS DAY'S RACING. LEICESTER MEETING. Oadby, Monday.—There was a tameness about the proceedings to-day that was not altogether surprising, considering that the ineeing preceded such an important celebra- tion as the National Hunt. Nor was the attendance up to the average, the threaten- ing, aspect of the morning, no doubt, keep- ing many intending visitors away. Mask Ott, who has frequently disappointed his owner this season, justified his position in the market upon the Blaoy Steeplechase, but he really had little to beat. '150-BLA.BY HANDICAP STEEPLE- 1.50- CHASE of 85 IWvs.-Zm. 9 W Walker's MASK OFF, 6 11-9 F. MASON 1 Barrs's THE MTNK, a 10-11.W. Payne 2 Mr Appleby's MEMENTO, 5 11-6 R. Gordon i Off 1.64. Trained by Whitaker. Betting: 6 to 5 MASK OFF, 7 to 4 The Mink, 7 to 1 Asteroid, 6 to 1 Memento. Also ran: Asteroid (Mr Drake). The Mink cut out the work from Mask Off a.nd Memento to the fence after the brook, where the last-named swerved and dropped into the rear, but soon made up the lost ground and was Aevei with The Mink three fences from home. At the next obstacle Mask Off jumped to the front, and drawing away in the last two hundred yards, won by four lengths; six lengths between second and third.  0A—STONYGATE SELLING STEEPLE- 2 •ZA) CHASE of 75 eovs.—5m. M:, Wren's BUZZY, a. 11-13.Mr GEORGE 1 Mr Stirton's FLODDENFLBLD, 6 11-8 Mr Walster 2 Also ran: Fishsauce (Mr Bellamy). Off 2.28 Trained by George. i Betting: 100 to 30 on BUZZY, 5 to 1 others. lishsauce was followed by Flodden Field foi haif a mile, when the latter drew to the front, but was joined three fences from home by Buzzy, who obtained the lead at the final obstacle and won by four lengths. I'ishaauce did not complete the course. Buzzy retained 120 gua.  A—MEX.TON MAIDEN STEEPLE- ?)?.31"0 CHASE of 80 6oH,Zm. Mr Montagu's TAliMAC, 6 11-15 Mr ROBERTS 1 Mr Watta's SCARLET BUTTON, 5 11-6 Ivor Anthony 2 Mr Robinson's MEIKTILA, 4 11-1 Wilmot 3 Also ran: Carthagena (Mr Harrison), Tibet Chief (G. Lyallj, Iron Duke II (W. Smyth), Tbeobold's Park (Atkins), Quasimodo (R. Gordon). un Z-01. trained by wmtaker. Betting: 13 to 8 TARMAC, 3 to 1 Meiktila, 4 to 1 Scarlet Button, 8 to 1 others. At the first fence Iron Duke fell. Theo- bald's Park made the runnin from Cartha- ena, Quasimodo, and Tibet Chief, with Tar- mac in the rear, for a mile, when Cartha- &nf shot to the front, but fell seven fur Ions from home. at which juncture Quasi- modo refused. Scarlet Button then went on clear of Tarmac, who assumed command at the final fence, and won by six lengths; four lengths between second and third. Tibet Chief was fourth. Thkeobold's Park wac the only other to finish. 3-t r—W1STOW SELLING HANDICAP a HURDLE RACE of 150 sovs.-2in. Mr Rhodes's CLIFTON HiLU 5 11-3 G. LYALL 1 Mr Foster's ETRICK, 5 11-10 Owner 2 Mr Gunter's CLIMAX, 5 11-4 Owner 3 Also ran: Genasia. (Mr F. Brown), Whis- pering Captain (Heckford). Off 3.17. Trained by Yapp. Betting: 13 to 8 Whispering Captain, 9 to 4 CLIFTON HILL, 4 to 1 Etrick, 6 to 1 Cli- max, 10 to 1 Gervasia. Climax set the pace to Whispering Cap- tain aud Clifton Hill, with Gervasia whip- ping in. for six furlongs, when Clifton Hill went on clear of Etrick, Climax, and Whis- rering Captain. Seven furlongs from home, Etrick joined Clifton Hill, who, however, drew right away between the last two hur- j dles, and won by five lengths; eight I :.??h between second and third. Gervaaia was last. Winner bought in 200gns. 3 4S-KILBY MAXLEN HURDLE RACE .4:0 of 70 60V6.—2m. Mr James's SCOTCH WOODCOCK 4 10-11 MASON 1 Mr Davey's SCHOOLMONEY, 4 10-0 Young 2 Mr Straker's PALTA, 6 11-0 Mr Hornby 3 Also ran: Automatic A. Aylin), Half Moon (Mr Drake), Adelante (R. Gordon), Mill- stream tHehir). Off 3.45. Trained by Whitaker. Betting: 6 to 5 SCOTCH WOODCOCK, 7 to 4 Schoolmoney, 10 to 1 others. Half Moon led for half a mile, and then gave way to Scotch Woodcock, Millstream, and Automatic, with Adelante, who blund- ered at the third hurdle, in the rear. Seven furlongs from home, Schoolmoney closed with Scotch Woodcock, but the favourite easily held him at bay; and won by two lengths, bad third. Adelante was fourth, and Half Moon last. A 1 A—OPEN HURDLE HANDICAP of 90 eovs.—2m. Cross Baby 1, CSHnock Lass 2, Oookhill 3.—4 BETTING ON FUTURE EVENTS. IJO.NDON, Monday. 3.0. I IiINCOLNSHi-aij H A I\ i> I (Run Tuesday. April i.-One mile). 10 to 1 Long Set, t and o log to 9 Cigar. 10) to 9 Uncle Pa.t, t and o. 100 to 6 Cuthbert, t and o. 20 to 1 Lesta t and o 23 to 1 Lavolt t and o. 20 to 1 Castleton, t and o. GRAiSi) .Nil iiUiSAl* Run Fr' v. April 4-About 4m. 8S6yds.). 11 to 2 Rathnally, t and o. 9 to 1 Covertcoat, t and o. I OFFICIAL SCRATCHiNCS. I All Leicester and Cheltennam engage- roentlt-Melton Prior. All enga,gements in Mr R. McCreery's n,gme--Tres Pinoe. Cheltenham engagementa-Telbedde, Rick- shaw, Watchman. All engagements-Howard O'Carroll, Lady St George f, Smudge o. Tamworth Selling Handicap, Birmingham —Wolf's Pride. County Hurdle Handicap, Chkeitenham, a.nd Spring Hurdle Race, Newbury—Hidalgo. County Hurdle Raoe, Cheltenham, and JubUee Hurdle Race, Manchester—Him&n.

I MAGGIE MAY." LOSS OF RICHTS UNDER MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT. JUDGE'S OPINION. In the Divoroe Court to-day the President, Sir Samuel Evans, resumed the hearing ot the application on oehalf of Mr. Melville bewell Bagley to con- firm the Registrar's report with regard to the variation of a marriage settle- ment executed in favour of Mrs. Mar- gaiet EdJth Bagley, who is an actress known on the ".Lage a*. Mtss Maggie 1 May," and who is well-known un Swansea. Ihe Registrar had reported in favour of the extinction of the wife's interest in the settlement, but when the matter came berore the court his Lordiship ( adjourned the case in order that he might be furnished with a l.;st of Mr. liagiey's creditors^ who would be beneiitted by tiie ajinuiment of his bankruptcy. Mr. Barnard, K.C., for the husband, in asking that the wife's interest in the property should be extinguished, said he cLd not want to go ruliy unto the matter again. A list of creditors in Mr. Bagley's bankruptcy had been supplied. The Divorce. Hii. Lordship: Hespondent was divorced from a former marriage? Mr. Barnard: Yes. His Lordship: And not by reason of misconduct \\< th this gentleman? Mr. Bar uard: -No. Proceeding, counsel said there seemed to be plenty of authority for the course lie asked the Court to take. The Court had to ask itself was this a case In which the husband should be forced to contribute to the maintenance of his divorced wife. The whole of the pro- perty broug'ht into settlement had been hers, and the parties only lived together tour months. His Lordship: There is evidence that she caused him to incur a great, deal of debt. Mr. Barnard: Yes, and evidence that she is capable of earning her own living. His Lordship: And she is, in fact, do- ing so, though she says in humble words that her alleged good looks are not what they were. and she is not earning as much as she seems. Mr. Barnard: With regard to that, in 1910, she went' out to South Africa with one of Mr. George Edwardes' companies, taking a leading part in the "Merry Widow," and in November and Decem- ber she was travelling in this country with Mr. George Edwardes' companies. £ 511 Dressmaking Bill. I Proceeding, counsel remarked that some of the debts of the husband were obviously incurred by the wife. £ oi instance, there was a dressmaker's bill for £511. Mr. McCall, K.C., for the wife, said that in this case there were no children, and the application < as not really made by the husband, but by the trustee in bankruptcy. The wife was not really asking the court to do anything; she was simply resistin g an application to deprive her of her right In her affidavit she said, "Certainly in a few years' time I shall be help- less. That fact should be takan into account, and some allowance made which would prevent me from starving and enable me to lead a moral life." Under these circumstances, counsel submitted that the court ought not to deprive his client of her interest under the settlement, and at least some allow- ance should be made to prevent her from starving. His Lordship, in giving judgment, said the property brought into the settlement all belonged to the hus-, band, and it did not appear that the wife contributed anything out of her own means towards the maintenance of the joint establishment. ) Must Forfeit Rights. -1 Where there were the circumstances and the wife was a guilty party, as in I prima facie, she must forfeit her rights | under the settlement, but the court had the discretion to order something to be paid t.o her bv way of allow ance in order that she might lead a respectable life. In this case, however, unless the peti- tioner were himself willing to make an allowance to the lady while she re- mained single and chaste, he did not think she ought to force him to do so. The evidence was that the respondent was capable of earning a good income. In the lady's own last ajBdavit she said the salary she was earning was only enough to keep her in comfort. If that were so, she would still have the means to remain a chaste" oman if she desired to do so, as she said, and though his Lordship said he should have been con- tent if the husband had consented to make some allowance; yet, as the hus- band thought himself justified in refus- ing to do so, he felt he ought not to j force him. In this case not only had the married life of the parties been very short, but it wa.s clear that a good deal of this gentleman's capital had been dis- ,,Pt( by the lady. Under these circumstances his Lord- j' ship saw no reason why the report of the Registrar should not be confirmed, and the trustees of the settlement em- powered to raise money on the propert;. to annul Mr. Bagley's bankruptcy and provide for costs. j

r RACING ITEMS. Spanish Prince, the Lincolnshire Handi- car candidate, was still absent from exer- cisc at Wantage this morning. He has beei. piaced in a separate yard to prevent the rough spreading to the rest of Morton's | horses. F. Fox, the flat race jockey; leaves Want- ag) to-day for Germany, where he will ride cit, ring the coming season. i

IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. L !JU. I STATELY SCENES. GORGEOUS SPECTACLE AT OPENING OF PARLSApACNT. BLAZE OF JEWELS. (Special to the "Leader.") LONDON, Monday. I The King, accompanied by Queen ) Mary, this afternoon, opened the third; Session of the second Parliament of his reign. Inspi te of the threatening weather people began rc assemble in tHe vicinity j of nuckillgbam Palace quite two hours before the time due for the "procession to start for the Houses of Parliament. It was learnt oiheiauy that the Prince cf Wales would tahe no part in the opening ceremony, but would content himself with witnessing the departure j of his parents from the Palace. The State carnages arrived shortly aft-er one o'clock, and the procession set out at 1.40. The Royal Coarti. The King ana Queen were seated in the State eoacn, and the mein .rs of the suit rude in four carriages. The State coacii was drawn by eight cream horses, splendidly caparisoned in gold- plated Morocco harness. The King, wno sat bare-headed in the carriage, was wearing a held marshal's uniform covered with a long grey coat, while the Queen's dress was entirely concealed with a* long ermine cloak. Upon her head was a small diamond crown, and she also wore diamonds as neck orna- ments. I As the procession moved off the band I of the Coldstream Guards played the National Anthem. The first greetings oi the public were paid in the Mail, where, behind the soldiers guarding the route, large crowds awaited the lioval s passage, and the cheering of the popu- lace was graciously acknowledged by I their Majesties. A dense throng cheered the Sovereign and his Consort as they drove under T Horse Guards' Archway. v\ hiie the crowds were awaiting in Whitehall the Royal arrival, some amusement was created by an accident which befeJI the conveyance in which a diplomatic representative was pioceed- ing to the Houses oi Parliament. For some reason the horses had btcn re- moved from the carriage, anu it was drawn along the route by a number of police oonstf. bles, who were the butt of I waggish comments. Those who had chosen Parliament- square as a vantage ground from which to witness the ltoyal piocession had been entertained with the playing of military bands and the arrival of the peers and peeresses and other distin- guished personages. The police had an anxious time, the most thorough precautions having be-en taken to prevent untoward incidents, whether occasioned by suffragists or other p ons. Happily there were no contrer IS of any kind. Ent g the Houses of Parliament by ti. v ictoria Tower, the King and Queen proceeded to tne robing-room, where they assumed their crowns and robes of State. Then they passed through the Royal Gallery, which was lined vrith distin- guished folks. Here the magnificent ca-rpet which was woven for the Coronation was spread, extending from robing-room to the Prince s Chamber, while the bar- riers on either side of the processional way were draped with dark blue velvet hangings. The spectators here had been stand- ing for over an hour, the weary wait having occasioned some discomfort to the ladies and elderly occupants of the apartment, and the thoughtful reform of providing seating accommodation must, apparently, wait for another year. I In the House of Lords. From noon the interior of the Crim- son Chamber had presented a brilliant spectacle, peers and peeresses having taken their seats wearing their rich robes and waving plumes, the latter's coiffeures scintillating precious stones. As the hour of the King's appearance approached, the scene became one of great splendour and magnificence. Peers and peeresses, Ministers, Diplo- matists, High Ecclesiastics, and distin- guished soldiers and sailors filled the Chamber, presenting in their attire and I uniforms a mass of colour, over which the light from the great pendant elec- troliers bril1innv shone. It was, as '?Kual. a wonderful picturo. At five. minutes to two prayers were said, after which the Speaker, wearing his State robes of black and gold, took the chair, and awaited hte summons to the House oi Lords. There were then presert fewer than fifty members. I Accompanying the Prune Minister CD the Treasury bench were Mr. J. A. Pease,Coloel Seely, Mr. Buxton. Mr. L. N Harcourt, Mr. McKinnon Wood, Sir Rufus Isaacs, Mr. Trevelyan, and Mr. Hobhouse. Mr. Wedgwood Benn und I Mr. lilmgworth and alcut half a score of the rank and hie sitting behiad them. Mr. lionar L'iw faced Mr. Asquith or the Front Opposition bench, with Lore Edmund Tatbot and Mr. Pike Pease on either side, and about four other Union- ists made up the total muster of the Opposition. Half-a-dozen Nationalist members, Mr. John Redmond among them, and a handful of Labour members represented the rest of the attendance. I A Stately Procession. After a brief wait, black Rod entered, tdJ in response to the King s command communicated by him, the Commons, headed by the Speaker, who was accom panied by the Sergeant-at-Arms (carry- ing the Mace), with the Prime Mmistei and the Leader of L Opposition, walk- ing side by side; lmmediatelv behind, proceeded in a body to the otber House On their return the members tem porarilv dispersed until four o'clock.

THE SEMI-FINAL ————— ————— TO-DAY'S DRAW IN ENGLISH CUI CJMPETITIUX. The draw for the semi-final of the English Cup resulted as follows: Aston Vina v. Cidham Athletic. Sunderiand or Newcastle United v. Burnley. ya t(?? es to be play*ed on March 29th. kick off at 3.30 p.m. GATE RECEIPTS. The gate receipts of the International match at Swansea on Saturday are offi. ciaiiy announced at £1,U50.

MANY INJURED. — -— —^ DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT A SOitfTiSrt wURKS. A terrible dynamite explosion occu-rred at Nobei s Works, Ardoe, Ayrsiiire, on Monday. A great many people are reported injured. mere were three loud reports, and i-iie cnuxchois, schools and o^ner build- ings near sustained much damage. feopie rusiied into the streets in great alarm ,and horses borung aoaed to the conins-on. A later message says:—I t is officially stawxi tnat six men were k.L, seven injured (two criucaHyj and four build- ings completely destroyed.

YOUNG GIRL'S PERIL. PLUCKY CONSTABLES PROMPT tCi lutt ianVco h LIFE. Owing to the gallant and prompt ac- tion ot two Swansea poncemen, tne lite oi a young girl ,ra.s saved irom drown- ing on Saturday night. I it appears tnat about 8.30 p.m. Annie Bater l18), wiiobe parents live on the Crumlyn burrows, anu who is in ser- vice at tne L planets, was -Wilking along tile jNortn Dvck liaar the Corporation I ai-d, wnen sne ieU into nhe dock- tnrough, she says, having lost, her way in the dark. Luc^iiy P.C. (44) Evans in the vicinity, and on an alarm temg raised he ran to the spot, and b2. the hair oi the unfortunate girl floating on the water. He nastily cuve-sted himself of his belt, heimet, and top-coat and plunged into the water. by this time P.C. (16) Webber, of the D<tek Police, had arrived on the scene, and he, seizing a luebelt, threw it to Evans, who swam to the girl, and lllout her to trie quay, WDell. with Weuoer's assistance, bhe was brought ashore. She was conveyed to the CentnI Police Station &Ad ?it?rwa.rds proceeded home.

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