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Our Note Book ————— ————— Swansea Grocers' Assistants' Technical Classes—Attend- ance Good, But Might Be Better.—The Recent Ex- amination. Labour Em- ployers' Associations' Com- ing-of-Age. At the meeting of the Swansea Grocers' Association last night Mr. F. E. Smith reported on the examina- tion recently held in connection with the technical classes started for the benefit of assistants. From the dis- cussion which followed it wouid appear that the classes have been mere suc- cessful than others started in various parts of South Wales, although there is still room for considerable improve- ment so far as the attendance is con- cerned. The knowledge possessed oy the average assistant of even a small proportion of the goods handed over the counter is surprisingly limited. The employers through their organi- sation, and with the co-operation of the Education Authority, are seeking, te effect an improvement in the in- terest of the assistants themselves more really than anyone else. It is with this object that the technical classes have been started, and con- I sidering tho lowness of the fees charged, it is at least reasonable to ex- pect those who stand to benefit most should attend in good numbers and with a fair amount of regularity. At Swansea fifteen candidates submitted l themselves for examination. This is very good when compared with the I average throughout the country which is about nine, but it is scarcely satis- factory when we consider how many assistants there are engaged at the grocers' establishments in the town and district. The keenest interest in the work of the classes appear to be displayed by residents of the Qlitlyiiig districts, some of whom have to walk a distance of three or four miles. This is rather a reflection upon the assist- ants engaged in the town which will, it is to be hoped be soeedily removed. Memories of stirring scenes are re- called by the announcement that twenty-one years have elapsed since the formation of the Swansea Em- ployers' Labour Association, since merged into the Shipping Federation. The know ledge that the employers were combining for protective pur- poses gave a considerable filip to the movement initiated with a view to the organisation of the focal dock workers. In the course of the earlier trials of strength which took place be- tween the parties some bitter things were said. But in spite of this there has never been on the side of the union men and their officialD anything but the kindliest regard entertained personally for Capt. W. H. Harden, the local manager of the Federation. Capt. Harden fills an admittedly diffi- cult position, but he has always been a straight if a strenuous fighter. That is the explanation of the high esteem in which he is held. Royalty is Pottering about with the Crewes now. # = £ To-nik,-row will be the anniversary of the ourSreak of the Russo-Turkish war in '77. "Strengthening the current fund," is the raison d'etre of a Swansea Bazaar to be held to-morrow. Yesterday was the warmest day of the year, so far, but the highest tem- perature recorded, i.e., at Bath, was only 64deg. # "If you do not see what you want, want what you see! is one of the mottos on the St. Helen's Church Bazaar programme. County A witness in the Swansea County Court told a solicitor that he had 35s. when he got raarriM. Someone asked where he went for his honeymoon. The Latest Ragtime (Sung by Swansea paper boys): "Everybody's selfing it, soiling it ,selling it!" What? The "Cambria Daily Leader," of course. Two whole days' loss of time, rail- way and legal and witnesses expenses, were necessary to get a judgment for £ 3 13s. in the Swansea County Court this week. Mistress: Oh, by the way, Smithers, I've arranged for the break-! fast in the servant's' hall to be al quarter of an hour earlier in future." Smithers: Then, my lad,. I beg leave to give notice." Mistress: ?Indeed! Why?" Smithers: "Well, my lady, it I seems to me that this establishment is being conducted for your convenience rather than for that of the servants." -From" Puncn."
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LOVE AND Gill ■■ —— SWANSEA MAN MURDERED. I SORDID STORY. I N SENTENCED TO PORT TESiNAHT MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH. SON SHOT DEAD. We. have received, from an Aus- tralian source, upon which we have every reason to rely implicitly, a story of love and jealously, almost un- paralleled in the history of the town, culminating in the murder of his son, and the attempted murder of hi-s wife and two other members of his family, by a man who at one time occupied a prominent position in the public life of Swansea, and who is still known to a wide circle in the St. Thomas and Port Texmant districts. The man in question is Geo. Mayne (senior), who will be remembered as having carried on a wagon repairing and building business at a depot in Port Tennant, not far from the Port Tennaan..Hall. He is now a man ap- proaching the age of 60 years. The First Act. The first act in this amazing drama opened in St. Thomas about eight or mne years ago, when Mayue made the acquaintance of a girl, then about 17 oi agc. a member of another well-known local family. In a very short time unpleasant rumours reached the ears of the twQ families, who interposed, but their efforts to prevent the meetings of the man and the maid wo-re frustrated by the parties secretly leaving this country for Canada. Mayne, however, did not stay long in Canada, returning alone to Swansea after being away only a few months. Public Demonstration. The next incident that remains in the public memory is the reception which was accorded him by the women resi- dent in the district. It appears that they allowed their indignation to get t,he better of them. He was mobbed by the women, and exciting scenes resulted, and his life, during the remainder of his residence in the town, was made a misery to him. To Australia. Finally he emigrated to Australia with his family, settling in Brisbane, his address being 26, Maclista-street. This happened about five years ago, and for a considerable time the domestic happiness of his household resumed its accustomed sway. Act Three opened with the arrival in Australia of the girl who was originally concerned in his downfall. She ilad apparently learned Mayne's whereabouts and, leaving Canada, she landed in tho Southern Continent in the early part of this year, taking up her residence in New South Wales. She appears to have got into communication with Mayne, and to have succeeded in induc- ing him to resume his old relations with her, but of this the family were un- aware. One day. about three or four months ago, Fred Mayne, one of Goo. Mayne's younger sons, unexpectedly came across his father in the company of the girl. He was astounded at the meeting, and a painful scene ensued. The son, upon his arrival home, communicated with the other members of his family, and their indignation found expression upon the return of tho erring father. Son Shot Dead. Bitter words followed, and the de- nunciation of his family exasperated the father, who suddenly produced a revolver. Te turned furiously upon Fred, the son who was responsible for his ex- posure, and, firmg point blank at the unfortunate young man, shot him dead. Mrs. Geo. Mayne, the dead mail's mother, and his wife, Mrs. Fred Mayne. rushed at the assassin and struggled with h;m for possession of the weapon, but he flung them off, and fired, first at his wife, whose chin was shattered by the shot, and then at his daughter- in-law, injuring her in the neck. His youngest son, Arthur, aged about six years, was also shot, and slightly in- jured. By this time the alarm had been given, and neighbours and police after a violent struggle, succeeded in dis- arming the frenzied man and conveying him to the police station. Death Sentence. I Of his trial for wilful murder we have 1 received no detailed information, but we learn that he was found guilty and sentenced to death. If the law is carried out, he will pay the penalty of his drime to-morrow morning, April 24th. The first reception of the Dews in Swansea created a sensation among those who were acquainted with the members of the two families .several of whom are still residents of the district. A near relative of the Mayne family, seen by a tt Leader" representative, said she had received a communication from a member of the family, stating that there had been domestic differ- ences of a serious nature in the Bris- bane home, but there was nothing in the message that would indicate a murder having been committed.
THE FALL OF SCUT ARI.
THE FALL OF SCUT ARI. SIEGE ENDED. I AMERICAN MINISTER'S PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE. Cetinje, Wedriesday.it is officially announced that ths victorious Monte- negrin troops have entered Swtari.- R enter. Ihis announcement seems to solve the problem of the Balkans—so far, at least, as Montenegro is concerned. Tiie town of Scutari has held out gallantly for months against the at- tacks both of the Montenegrins and, later, 01 the Servian troops as well. As lately M the beginning of this week the commanders of the blockad- ing vessels, sent by the Powers, inti- mated to King Nicholas that if opera- tions were not at once suspended, they I would be compelled to land troops forth- with. The fall of the town, therefore, re- lieves to some extent a very awkward situation. INTERNATIONAL PEACE. I Mr. W. J. Bryan's Plans for a world- wide Movement. Washington; Tuesday.—The pre- Was h mgt-on, pre- liminary plans of Mr. Bryan, the Secretary of State, for a world-wide Peace movement will probably be in- formally laid before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to-mor- row. It is said thrt the Secretary of State's suggestions include a proposal that when vital questions are pubmit- ted to a commission of inquiry neither eolmtr which is a party to the dispute shall in any way increase its arma- ments or make any further prepara- tions for war until the commission has d' f' 1> I reported its ter.
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.= I EXECUTED TO-DAY. j ROTHERHAM MUKDEREE PAYS THE I PENALTY OF HIS CRIME. Walter Syke? aged 24, a labourer, I was eXeeuted at Wakefield Gaol this morning for the murder of two H?.ie girls at Rotherha.m, on November 15th. The children's throats had been cut with a penknife. Sykos confessed to the crime, but during the trial said ho had made a false statement.
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SWANSEA DOCTORS. j I REPRESENTATIVES OF INSURANCE I COMMISSION Td HOLD CONFERENCE. 1, To-morrow Dr. Meredith Richards (vice-chairman) and Dr. Williams, medical adviser to the We!sh Insurance Commission, will I -isit Swansea and confer with the local Medical Committee I on points of difficulties which an I arisen in connection with the adminis- tration of benefit under the Act.
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MUMBLES WATER RATE. I ALDERMAN MORGAN HOPKINS I PROTEST AT POLICE COURT I At the Swansea Police Court to-day, Mrs. Emma Hopkins, Mumbles, was summoned with respect of the non- payment of her water rate. Aid. Morgan Hopkins made a state- ment to the effect that they objected to paying the rate on the ground that they had a totally inadequate supply. His wife was one of the heaviest rate- payers in the parish, and the sum of rates paid was nearly C20. They had deducted the water rate because of the inadequate supply. He pointed out that the Council had allowed a 50 per cent, abatement which he suggested should have been done in his case. The rate collector said this had not been applied for. The case was adjourned for a week, and in the meantime the matter wiU be brought before the Council.
VALLEY TINKER'S DEATH. I
VALLEY TINKER'S DEATH. I BROKE THREE RIJS AT THE YSTALYfERA FAIR. I Mr. GlynJl Price (County Coroner) held an inquest at the Workhouse, Pon- taidawe, on Tuesday, touching the death of Edward Vaughan (66), tinker, of Graig-road, Ystalyfera, who met with an accident on the night of the Ystaly- fera Fair in September last. Sergeant Brown said he found the deceased on the roadside near the river at Y stalyfera. on September 19th last. Deceased was very drunk, and witness took him to the police station. Next morning Vaughan complained of beings in pain, so he was taken to the workhouse. Dr. W. O. Evans said the deceased had fractured three ribs, and was in a poor condition. Seme time after his detention in the Workhouse consump- tion of the lungs set in as a result of the accident. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned.
"PETER THE PAINTER."I
"PETER THE PAINTER." I The Houndsditch tragedy, in which three City policemen were killed by ¡ armed jewel thieves in Cutler-street, Houndsditch )v has been recalled by the receipt of a letter from Peter the Pa'inter" by a friend in London. Under the name of "Sti-aume" Peter is staying at Laden. Lemsal', .Livonia, one of the Baltic provinces. He is a victim of consumption.
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  GHAN6ELL0R nu'lit.J.J n AND HIS BUDGET. j I I A TRIUMPH. I NO FRESH TAXATION. I I MOST SLOWING YEAR BRITISH THADE HAS EVER SEEN. I I OPTIMISTIC SPEECH. As was reported at special iengih in out, 5.30 and 6.3S atiiticns yesterday, the Chan- cellor of the kJ;che«,'jor introduced his fifth annual C.69et in the Houso of Commons. If was another triumph for Mr. Lloyd Ceorge. I No now taxes are imposed, despite the gJeoirsy prognostications of the Tory I' (fafst) prc.phets. Although an ao^iticr.al savan millions has to be found during tm y8al" :313-M, the Chanltor is confident that the bulk ef it will be provided for by a continuance of the great traile- prosperity which distin- guished the past year. He was justified, he said, in forecasting his revenue this yaar on the assumption that wa have entered on ths moss glowing year" British trade has ever seen. A table showing the national financial position will be found on Page 5. Pir Alfred Moild, Bart., M.P., the member for Swansea, delivered an important speech in the House of Commons last night an the Budget. — —■ i.■■* IN THE HOUSE. I A Triumph for the Chancellor. I Hearty cheers were heard in the House of Commons when the Chancellor, in bringing in his fifth annual Budget yesterday, announced that taxation remains unaltered, and a small pros- pective deficit of £ 815,0C0 will be met hy appropriating the million already set aside from the realised surplus of 1911-12, leaving a balance of L186,000 for contingencies. Since taking office, the Government have reduced debt by 102 millions-an achievement t,) be proud of when the amount of money they have already ap- propriated to social needs is taken into consideration. Prospective Increases. I In his estimates of customs and ex- cise the Chancellor—who is optimistic as to the diplomatic si 'tiiatioii-looks forward to the following increases:— £ Spirits 670,000 Beor 252,000 Tea. 298,000 Sugar 321,000 Tobacco 900,000 £ 2,441,000 I Liquor license duties will be down by I f;108,000-this because of public- I houses being closed. Of the 21 millions of customs And excise increase he thus estmates that one million is "normal" mid I- "abnormal" the re- sult partly of holding back stocks The Chief Points. I The following were some of the chief I points of Mr. Lloyd George's speech:— Without exception last year was the most prosperous year that British trade had probably ever soen. His advisers had thought that the coal strike would prejudicially affect his Estimates by :£800,000, but the actual loss had worked out at £ 550,000. Eight million pounds worth less spirits had been drunk in the past four years, and £ 2,000,000 more had gone to re- venue. The death duty yield had not come up to estimate by £ 250,000. The super-tax produced £ 100,000 more than the estimate, owing to the improved collection. The receipts for the year exceeded the estimate by £ 1,600,000. The main catia. of the startling in- crease of expenditure now estimated was the growth of military and naval estimates. He expected that the next financial year would be the most glowing British trade had ever known. They proposed to reintroduce a I change in the procedure under the Finance Bill due to the ruling of the Speaker, and in future there would be two Bills, one dealing with the taxes ¡ proposed and the other dealing with the amendment:: c:f he law. t h\ amendmtlr.+,?? I.io law. SOME PRESS VIEWS. t ■■■■ ■* Daily Chronicle: j For a Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce four Budgets in succession without a single new tax would at any time be a remarkable record; to do so in the face of a national expenditure leap- ing up by something like seven mil- lions a year is little short of a miracle. I Daily News and Leader: I Although the increase in expendi-I ture on armaments, insurance, etc., makes it necessary to raise seven mil- lions more than the estimated revenue I of last year he is able to calculate on doing this without placing any new bur- den upon the taxpayer. This fact is due to two prime ca-use-zfirst, the extraordinary prosperity of the country second, the unexhaustod har- vest of the new taxes of the famous Budget of 1909. (Continued on Paige Five).
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THE GERMAN I SCARE. AN INQUIRY. BUDGET COMMITTEE REFUSE TO PAY I THREE MILLIONS. (Reuter's Foreign SpsciaJ.) Kerku, Tuesday.—The Budget Com- t mittee oi the Reichstag to-day adopt d j the resolution introduced y-esfcvdaj ou behalf of the Centre, calling on. the Reichstag to request the Chancellor to appoint a Commission, composed of mem bers of the Reichstag and experts, to investigate the whole question of army and navy contracts, and to sub- mit the Commission's .report to the Legislature, with recommendations for the removal of any abuses which may be discovered. AU parries supported the resolution with the exception of the Radicals. Committee's Independence. The Committee gave a further proof of its independence to-day by refusing its assent to a transaction figuring in the army estimates in virtue of which the War Office without previously cqn- sulting the Reichstag obtained by ex- change a site fcr a new building for the Emperors's military cabinet, and had a building erected on it at a cost of over three million marks. The item was rEr jected as a vioiation of the constitu- tional control of the Reichstag over the public purse. The Conservatives alone voted in the minority. Resignation Probable. I The German War Minister, General Von Heermgen, will probably -r-esign after the passage of the Military Bill as I a sequel to the Krupp scandal, says the I Exchange Telegraph Co., from Berlin.
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PRINCE MURDERED. I — POLISH PARK MYSTERY. I (Router's Foreign Special.) j Warsaw, Tuesday.—Prince Ladislas j Lubecki, the president of the .motor-car cluh of Warsaw, yesterday left his estate at Leresin, near Warsaw, with Baron Bisping, his guest, whom he wished to t  st ivii accompany to the railway station. As he had not returned in the morning the servants organised a se-arcli party, and found the Prince dead in the park with two bullet wounds. His carriage was standing near the body. The murderer is unknown.
TO GO-OPT " COMER." I
TO GO-OPT COMER." I RESOLUTION FOR SWANSEA CUARDiANS TO CONSIDER. The annual meeting of the Swansea Board of Guardians will be held to-mor-¡I row afternoon at the Union Offices, Alexandra-road. The most important item on the agenda is a resolution in the name of the Rev. E. D. Evans, Danygraig, to co-opt Dr. Gomer Lewis as a member of the now Board. The reasons put forward by the mover of the resolution are that Dr. Gomer Lewis was for over 20 veai-s a member of the Swansea Board, and that for ten years he occupied the position of chair- man. Although many of the present mem- bers of the Board are on principle op-I posed to co-option they are on this occasion prepared to supp&rt the resolu- tion, as they consider that Dr. Gomer Lewis's services to the town and the! Union deserve the recognition thus given. It will be remembered that Dr. Gomer Lewis declined nomination for 11 Alexandra Ward at the last election.
MR. D. A. THOMAS AND AMERICA.…
MR. D. A. THOMAS AND AMERICA. I Mr. D. A. Thomas is returning to America to-day to carry out certain negotiations concerning some import- ant colliery properties in the American coalfields. It will be remembered that on his return from his previous Ameri- can tour he gave tints of ambitious schemes with -1-egn-rd to the American coal trade. Ho is expected back at the end of May.
KiPLIHC'S DRAMATIC DEBUT.I
KiPLIHC'S DRAMATIC DEBUT. I Mr. Rudyard Kipling made his debut I as a dramatist yesterday afternoon at the Royalty Theatre. London, when The Harbour Watch," announced as an original play in one act, by Rud- "Vard Kipling," kept the audience laugh- ing from beginning to end. Adapta- tions by other people of his novels and siiort stories such as The Light That Failed," and "The Man Who Was," have long been favourites, the former being included in tho repertory of Mr. Forbes Robertson's farewell season at present running at Drury-lane; but The Harbour Watch is the first play wrntten for the stage by Rudyard Kip- ling, and this may rightly be regarded as his debut as a dramatist.
LEONCAVALLO'S LATEST. I i
LEONCAVALLO'S LATEST. Leoncavallo's new light opera will be produced for the first time in England at the London Hippodrome about November. It is expected that the composer will personally conduct at least the first twelve performances.
A YOUNG STOWAWAY.
A YOUNG STOWAWAY. Zoe Davidson, a six-year-old stow- away, who has walked five miles to Port Melbourne to board the ship, was dis- covered in the Orient steamer Otway when far out at sea. The child de- clared between her bites at an apple: "I mean to have a ride on the big ah'ip."
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I SUGAR T:U<. GiUQAH Tfi v I I WHY ITSHOULi) nU' l U I I BE A B L: 8 E D a I | NEC"t'.SSITY. I A NECESSITY. I SI!! ALFRED MONIJ'S FINE SPEECH I UN THE RUDGET. I I FREE TRADE TRIUMPH. I Sir Alfred Moad, Bart., M.P., speak- ing in the House of Commons last night during the debate on the Budget, commented upon the mildness with winch the House had received the Budget, and thought that wat, a fact upon which the Chancellor ol the Ex- chequer ought to be congratulated. The right hon. gentleman, he thought, The right bon. gent- might confidently look forward to a good year of trgde if xjiere were no foreign complications. He (Sir Alfred) was surprised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not anticipa.te that more money would be got from stamps. A iaxge number of notations had been held up in the citv for six months owing to foreign com- plications. If, as everyone expected, the international situation improved new issues of all kinds would increa.se the number of stamps required. He very much regretted the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer had given no indication of his intention or desire to abolish the sugar tax which was put on as a war tax only. Mr. Austen Chamberlain: No. It was put on not as a war tax, but to widen the area of taxation. A War Tax. f Sir Alfred Mond, proceeding, ;-aid ho had always been under tile im- pression that it was put on entirely to deal with tcxpenditure camed by the war. (Hear, hear). He was sorry to see that there was a tendency for it to remain as a permanent part 01 our taxation. He did not think it ought t.o, as it was so largely a food, especially of children. Jt was in fact a prime necessity of life. They wanted to improve the children so as to produce the beri citizens they oculd. Moreover sugar was the ra.w material oi a very large industry in this country which had suffered by the imposition of this tax which seemed to him most indefensibie. It was not his duty to indicate a way by which the comparatively ?mall bum which this tax yielded could be made up. There were many ways in winch it could he done. He did not think ithey were entitled to spend twelve millions a year on wiping off the National debt and at tne same time ask the working class to pay a tax upon so pnllle a necessity of life as sugar. He thought it was much xsg&R import- ant that the children 01 the workiag classes should get their toad Ii6 cheaply as possible than that the national debt should be reduced by a few more J millions. other Ways. I He would much sooner lessen the National debt reduction, if that were the only way of getting the money pro- vided by the sugar tax, but there were many other ways. Our income tax was really a kind of hotch-potch legi&lation. It had gone on for years and required a scientific reclassiifcation, which it 'I had never had. and which it deserved to have. A reasonable graduation of that tax would easily produce the I amount required to do away with tho sugar tax, He was not certain we had not gone I too far in the income limit cf exemption. R, was not sure that the exemption figure should not be a lower one than £160 a year. They had been told that the reason the limit was not I*wer in this 1 (Continued on Page 5?
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