The Rhos Herald

EPITOME OF NEWS. In a collision between a motor-cycle and a tramcar at Wood Green, Albert Abrahams, who was driving the cycle, and his daughter, and William Bailey, who were in its trailer, were in- jured, Bailey seriously. At a meeting of the West Ham Hospital Com- mittee it was stated that the Marquis of Anglesey had written that owing to increased taxation he would have to reduce his subscrip- tion from five to two and a half guineas. In the presence of a crowded congregation the Bishop of London consecrated the new chancel which has been added to the church of St. Benet and All Angels, Lupton-street, Kentish Town. By a majority of sixty-five votes the Court of Common Council decided that every constable in the City of London force should be granted one day off duty in seven. The charge will entail an increase of the force by ninety men. Tariff Beforrners of East Marylebone, who are dissatisfied with Lord Robert Cecil's attitude. have d, eided to form an East Marvlebone Unionist Association and to choose a candidate to oppose Lord Robert. A United States revenue cutter has seized the Japanese sealing- schooner Tafci while killing 8eals off the Pribyloff Islands. The Taki and her crew of eighteen hands were taken to Unalaska. Summoned at Farnham, asoldier said that it was owing to a comrade throwing his clothes into the canal while lie was bathing that he walked to barracks at? Aldershot unclothed. By selling strawberries at a penny and two- pence a pound, Charles Sear, a costermonger, stated at West Ham Police-court that between 9 a.m. and 1.50 p.m. one day he made a profit of 19s. j Some fireworks which had been seized by the Alexandria police exploded, killing five natives and causing injuries to seven others. Through the fall of a stack of paper, 8ft. high, and a number of parcels, at Meagre. Waterlow's premises in Finsbury, London, Edward Gayler was fatally injured. Monsignor John Vaughan, brother of the late Cardinal Vaughan, has been appointed Titular Bishop of SebastOpol and Auxiliary Bishop of Salford. After getting up at 4 a.m. and hurrying to Liverpool-street Station to join an excursion to Clacton, Mrs: Sarah Phillips died on the plat- form of syncope caused by excitement. It is stated that the body of Sir Arthur Stepney, Bart., who died in California, will be brought to Llanelly fox burial with his ancestors. The body of Constance Nash, a young domestic, who has been missing from Hampton Wick for a week, has been found in the Thames at Kingston. Dr. Charles Hartley, Honorary Medical Officer to the Bishops Stortford Hospital, died in that institution after undergoing two opera- tions. [ Stuart Gordon, 49, an Australian, lately living at Portslade, Brighton, has died of septic peritonitis. He cut his finger whilst opening a tin of salmon. Three calves have been found disembowelled and with their throats cut in a Burton-on-Trent cowhouse. Some of the limbs were roughly severed and taken away. An expanse of 250 acres at Castle BromwicK has been acquired as a playing ground by the Birmingham and District Housing Reform and Open Spaces Association. Arriving at Vardoe Worw&y) from Russia, the wife of the captain of the steamer Lamazoff has ^eveloped cholera. I At Blaensychan Colliery, near Newport, a cage containing 20 men became jammied in the ishaft. Seven hundred men declined to work afterwards. Colliding with a motor-'bus at luord, an electric tramway car was derailed and thrown against the kerb, 15 feet away. Four people were slightly injured. As a lady visitor was listening to the band on tie cliffs at Southend she turned round, made eome remark about the weather to a lady sitting by her side, and fell dead into her arms. I An earthquake has occurred in Greece, in the province of Elis. Several villages have been destroyed, and many people have perished. Two women who escaped from prison at Moscow in men's clothes were recaptured. They were betrayed by their voices and badly-cut fcair. A millionaire named Weikl, who committed I suicide by throwing himself out of a window at Munich, explained in a letter that he was ) "bored to death." I Harriet Course, wife of a Midland Railway porter, of 5, Cecil-gardens, Leicester, was found in bed with her throat cut. ) The Royal Humane Society's silver medal has been presented to William Jones, and a I bronze medal to John Gane, by the Lord Mayor of Bristol for rescuing a man named Lever, who I was overcome by a rush of gas while working in a sewer. I The ceremony of publicly presenting the "pretty maid for the year with a gift of money j was carried out on the first day of St. Peter's Fair, at Holsworthy, Devonshire. A womaaa complained to the Willesden Police- court magistrate that her husband refused to work and told her that under the new order of things it was her duty to work and keep him. The strike among the employees of the Pressed Steel Car Company, Pittsburg, bus become general, and 5,000 men are now out. Sarah Love was sentenced to six months' im- prisonment at Bath for neglect of her baby, which it subsequently transpired died almost at the same moment as the mother Was sentenced. Information has reached Dover that the Fifth Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, will proceed to America to take part in the Hudson-Fulton Centenary celebrations during the last week in September. A profit of E549 has been made by Coventry Cori»ration on thl'year'e working of the sewage farm. The land is cropped and as much pro- duce as possible sold, the surplus being used for feeding, purposes. Suffering from severe concussion, the result Bf his motor cycle colliding with a trAmway-car in Lordship-lane, Wood Green, Mr. A. Bailey, of Islington, was admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham. ( Fifty men of a French engineering regittieni have succeeded in erecting in three day* an air- ship garage 60ft. high> 45ft. wide, mam 280ft. lone, at Issy, near Pari*. All the sections, ready for use, were brought, to the site by the regiment's transport. "The flower of our country, Lord Nslson, got wounded It twelve minatea past one andclfleed 4u8 eym ia mul*t df victory/* wSwPffjfcmea JBuka*. Jb. Mitor an howd ai at Maura. Utb W I f

OUR LONDON LETTER* [From Our Special CorrespondetU.} From Southend right up to the Houses of Parliament there is a long- line of vessels of war, the greatest and most powerful Fleet the Thames has ever seen. London sees at last the Navy of which it hears so much, and for which it pays cheerfully. There are one hundred and fifty vessels, fully equipped and ready for war, representative of every type in the Navy, from submarines to Dread- noughts. If it fulfils no other purpose it at any rate shows the man in the street that Dreadnoughts, however important, are not the Navy. There are battleships, cruisers, scouts, torpedo boat destroyers, torpedo- boats, and submarines. Only the smaller vessels, it is true, are berthed in London itself, but Southend, where the mighty Dreadnoughts are anchored, is not very far, and a trip down the river affords a wonder- ful spectacle of Britain's naval might such as few landsmen ever get the opportunity of seeing. And all London is out to see the show. There the ships lie, just so many rather queer-looking ships; it needs the eye of imagination to see the inner meaning of the pageant and its tremendous importance. But it is a wonderful show, and it has given Londoners a keener interest in the Navy than they ever had before. As the discussion of the Budget clauses -an- winds its slow length in the Commons specu- lation as to what manner of treatment will be meted out to it by the Peers becomes keener. Will they accept it as it leaves the Commons, in accordance with precedent in '-he case of Bills of a financial nature, or will they amend it according t6 their ideas, re- jecting those parts of it with which they dis- agree entirely? To be or not to be, that is the question. A speech delivered by Lord Lansdowne a few nights ago is significant on this point. The Opposition leader in the Lords says that if he cannot say what the House will do he can at least say what it will not do. It is not at all likely, he says, to declare that it has no responsibility for the Bill and is therefore bound to swallow it whole. Then Mr. Churchill, in a week-end speech at Edinburgh, put the Government view that the Peers must swallow it whole. "No amendment, excision, modifying. or mutilating," he says, "will be agreed to by us. We will stand no mincing, and unless Lord Lansdowne and his landlordly friends choose to eat their own mince up again Par- liament will be dissolved." It will be men, therefore, that important issues hang upon the action of the Lords. Though, on the whole, the all-night sittings over the Budget are conducted with marked good humour, there have been one or two indications lately that tempers are worn pretty thin when it gets past midnight. It is a good long time since there was such a scene in the House of Commons as that in which Earl Winterton and Mr. Will Thorne were the principals the other morning. Labour members have their passions, even as other men, and Mr. Thorne, everybody admits, was justified in resenting Earl Winterton's very injurious and mistaken imputation. The House of Commons showed its sense of this by agreeing unanimously that the record of Mr. Thorne's expulsion for using an "un- parliamentary" expression to the noble earl should be expunged from the journal of the I House. This was not by any means the first. time that one member has called another a liar in Parliament. Many members who wit- nessed the scene the other night recalled another, in which one of the actors was a much greater man than either Earl Winter- ton or Mr. Thorne. Mr. Chamberlain was j speaking, and Mr. John Dillon let fall a remark about traitors. Mr. Chamberlain broke off, and said grimly, "The hoa. member should be a good judge of traitors. Mr. Dillon, in a white heat of passion, re- torted, "The right hon. gentleman is a —— liar! The minute recording Mr. Dillon's expulsion for that little speech still stands upon the journal of the House. ] What a rush there would have been for | places on the Council steamers this week if they were not being sold by auction' at scrap- iron prices! With the Fleet in the Thames probably a great many Londoners are now regretting the absence of the steamboats more acutely than they ever did before. But the regrets are vain; the boats are being dis- posed of, though very slowly. Five more were sold the other day for 92,70&oue going at E705 and the other four at the ridiculous price of E500 each. Whatever one may thiiik ¡ as to the wisdom or unwisdom of the Council running a service of steamers on the river it is certainly pitiful that these boats, which cost the ratepayers £ G,50G each, and are. still in excellent condition, should be sold for such absurd prices. Sixteen more remain to be got rid of. There was not a single bid for one or two of these, and the bidding for the others did not reach the reserve. They lie, a most embarrassing burden, upon the hands of the Council, and at this rate there will probably be some of them still left when the new Council takes over the duties and re- sponsibilities of the present one. An interesting experiment is to he made on a Sunday in August or September, when, if the committee which has the matter in hand can possibly arrange it, there will, not be a horsed vehicle in the whole of Westminster. Since motor-vehicles have become 80 nume- rous and popular the prophecy hae been fre- quently made that the horse will soon disap- pe ar altogether from the streets. There are, j however, still a good many hanaom cabs and horse-omnibuses. The "homeless Sunday" us designed to show that the traffic of London can quite easily and conveniently be worked by motor-vebielea ionly. Among the advan- j tages claimed tUtt t( gain m. cleanliness, less noiae, and a more aniform rate of travelling and ooneeqaently ggefter mfcty for the tnblJfi TImm p, f auy be .,j6 o i good deal of detail work to be done before a "horseless Sunday can be achieved, but the committee lias a faith which ought to move mountains. Horse 'buses, it believes, will be induced to turn back when they reach the boundaries of the area of experiment, and passengers will change into motor 'buses; hansom cabbies will drop their fares, who will then step into taxicabs, of which a larger number than usual will be available doctors who still cling to their carriages and horses will be induced to try motors for the day, and BO on. The result of the experiment will be 4waited with interest. Women's Labour Day at Earl's Court gave those who looked on plenty to think about as to the part which vsomen take in the work of the nation. There were no less than 70 trades and professions represented in the de- monstration, from domestic servant8 to women doctors and novelists. Most interest- ing of the many items in the programme were the exhibitions of the various kinds' of work in which women are engaged in these days, and naturally the Sweated Industries Section secured a great deal of sympathetic attention. In this section were represented match-box making, tailoring, chain-making, and various other kinds of labour at which women slave day after day, earning barely enough to keep body and soul together. There was a young girl, for instance, whose awful drudgery at chain-making for a week brings her in only six shillings for two cwts. of chain, and from that beggarly sum a deduction of two shil- lings is made for fuel. In Kingsley's "Three Fishers" it is men who must work while women weep, but the women who earn their bitter bread in these ways must work and weep too, more's the pity. A. E. M.

REGISTRATION OF NURSES. When the International Congress of Nurses met at the Church House, Westminster, on Tues- day, reference was made to the question of State Registration. The Hon. S. HoHand, chairman of the London Hospital, said opinion on the subject was very far from being unanimous. By registration the doctors and the public would be lulled into a false sense of security, thinking that they had got a good nurse; yet everybody knew that pass- ing an examination did not make a woman a good nurse. Once the State guaranteed that a woman was a fit nurse she could not be removed for sleep- ing at night, for neglect, for frightening child- ren, or for want of tact or gentleness, or for taking too much drink or taking drugs provided she did not create a scandal, except those mak- ing the charge were prepared to prove it before a council, and they must realise how extremely difficult it would be unless she was drinking to such an extent that it had become a public scandal.

A "DRINKER OF WATER." A statue to the late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., which has been erected in the Victoria Embank- ment Gardens was unveiled on Tuesday by Mr. Asquith. At a preliminary meeting in the Committee Room of Westminster Hall the Prime Minister paid a tribute to Sir Wilfrid Lawson. The pro- gress of the temperance. cause was largeiy due to his exertions, but he was no fanatic. "Among all the votaries of Bacchus there was no more genial soul, no merrier temper, no wittier tongue, than was to be found in this confirmed drinker of water." Yet his wit never wounded, never won him an enemy. Two Suffragettes, one with a megaphone, interrupted the unveiling ceremony, aid a leege toy balloon with "Votes for Women "on it was floated over the gardens.

JUDGE REPROVES DOCTORS. An application was made at the Old Bailey on Tuesday for yet another postponement of the trial of Harry Benson in the Felt ham's Bank case, on account of his health. Drs. Ewart and Peachey said that it would be dangerous to Benson's Jife to try him at these sessions. In reply to the Treasury counsel Dr. Ewart said he had not been told that for the past month Benson had been working at an office from ten to six daily. The Lord Chief Justice said he was quite dis- satisfied with the affidavits and with the evi- dencs of the two medical men, and it was not creditable of them to come and state what they had without proper inquiries. But for the ful- ness of the calendar the case would be taken this sessions. He postponed it to the Septem- ber sessions.

FATAL EXPERIMENT. At an inq-neot held on Tuesday at Swansea on William Robinson, a lad of fifteen, it was stated that he and another boy having got pos- session of some carbide, put it into a hole in the ground, covered it with a tin, and allowed a stream of water to run into it. They then threw matches into the hole until an explosion resulted. Robinson was blown into the air, and died of his injuries.

FATAL COLLIERY DISASTER. Three miners were buried by a fall of roof in the Edmoristpne Colliery, Niddrie, Midlo- thian, on Sunday afternoon. After twenty- eight hours' work they were reached by the rescue parties on Monday evening, who found two of the men dead and one alive. All Sunday night rescue parties were busy at work, but up to i/jfonday afternoon they Shad been unable to teach the men, fchouarh they had got into communication with tie lone still living. He Was cheerful, though wedged in by timber and stones. Touching scenes took place when$t lengtli his ordeal came to an end on Monday evening, The SM- vivor of the trying ordeal was Andrew King, and the dead were David Beattie and Harry Williamson.

A boy ef twelve, named Richard Hills, was commended at a Hackney inquest for diving into the Regent's Canal and epdeavopring to rescie another hoy. lie had p^eviouely aftved a bey from drowning. %n hourawtil the stain and handrail, which had _0) sma»hed in a 811" batt". forarily repaired* '•*»; X *■" W 'q; ,A

COAL CRISIS. J c BALLOT TO BE TAKKN. 1 The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has H decided to take a ballot of the members as to a. jB general stoppage in consequence of the reduction H of wages in Scotland. There seems little doubt. ■ that the voting will be in favour of a national W strike, but there are hopes that the interven- S tion of Mr. Churchill on behalf of the Board I of Trade will have good results. I! The Miners' Federation unanimously resolved B that, pending the decision of the ballot, financial | support equal to 10s. per week per member b6 I paid to the Scottish miners. The ballot papers are to be returned by July 27. A special conference will be called for July 28. The executive committee of the Miners! Federation afterwards met, Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P., presiding. The committee decided upon the form of ballot. The question on the ballot paper will be — "Are you in favour of determining your con- tract for employment so that you may stop is sympathy with the Scottish miners? There are considerably over 600,000 members of the federation—practically the whole of thø urderground workers. It is the intention of the federation, if it be decided to put Rule 20 into operation, to issue the notices so that the strike may begin on the same date throughout the country. Rule 20, under which the ballot is to be taken, i reads "That whenever any county, federation, or district is attacked on the wages question all members connected with the society shall tender | a notice to terminate their contracts, if approved | of by a conference called to consider the ad- [ visability of such joint action being taken." Mr. Churchill received at the Board of Trade offices representatives of the Scottish colliery owners and miners, the majority also being mem- bers of the Scottish Conciliation Board. The offer of the President of the Board of Trade to intervene with the object of bringing about a settlement of the present dispute, and avoiding a strike or lock-out, was provisionally accepted, and a meeting of the Scottish Conciliation Boara will be held in the near future.

BISHOP V. VICAR, X vicar's strange treatment of a messenger from his bishop was described in the Court of Arches on Monday, when the Bishop of Oxford instituted a suit against the Rev, Oliver Partridge Henly, vicar of St. Mary's," Wolverton, in respect of certain matters of ritual. According to counsel, the bishop issued "monition" restraining defendant from keeping bread and wine upon the altar which had been consecrated. Later the bishop's chaplain and an archdeacon attended even- ing service at the defendant's church, and found a tabernacle on the altar and a light 1 burning in front of it; in his sermon the vicar preached the doctrine of transubstan- tiation. Giving evidence of the serving of the "monition," William Henry Partridge, clerk to the registrar of the diocese, said that Mr. Henly sent down a message that he woulA not see him, but witness said that he could not leave the vicarage till he had seen Mr, Henly. The defendant then came to the top of the stairs, and said that he would black witness". eye. Witness declined to go, and defendant, ex- claiming, "D you, get out of my house! buttoned his coat, rushed down the stairf* and tried to turn witness out. ] Defendant did not appear. Judgment watt reserved. £ The Dean, in delivering judgment- on Tues- § day. said the practices indulged in were un- doubtedly illegal. He would not finally dis- pose of the that d%v. but adjourn it for a fortnight, with the intimation that unless som-hiLia: occurred in the interval to alter materially Mr. Henly's position towards liia- Bishop and that Conrl he would On that pronounce sentence of deprivation and condemn. him in the costs of the proceedings.

A CONFESSION OF MURDER. A man who gave the name of Harold Hall went into Bridewell Police-station, Bristol, on Sunday niaht, and said that he had com. to surrender himself for the murder of the iprl Kitty Roman, who was found dead in aer room in Miller's court, Spitalfields, London, on July 2. In a detailed statement he said: "1 went with her to a room at the top of the house. I asked her to light the gas. She replied there was none. She asked me to1 light a candle. I struck a match, and found ? £ a candle on the mantelpiece at the side of the bed. I turned ray head round and saw her drawing her hand from my inside coat pocket. I said, 'Is that your game?' At the same time I flew at her in a rage and strangled her, and thrust the knife in the side of her neck." The man when brought up in court oil Monday made no answer to the charge. He was remanded pending the arrival of Scot-- land Yard detectives. The Bristol police be- lieve that the confession is genuine.

STRANGE INCURABLE DISEASE, A remarkable and incurable disease was re-, lerred to in the City of London Court oil Monday, when Philip J. Davis, aged fifteen, printer's assistant, sued the Great Eastern London Motor Omnibus Company (Limited^ to recover damages for a disease which bad Jeveloped as the result of his being run over )v one of the defendants' motor-omnibuses. The boy was an in-patient for many weeks at guy's Hospital, where skin grafting was re- torted to, pieces of skin on one lg being re- noved with a razor to the other. These operations, however, were not successful, and T teloid had supervened. Medical evidence was given tftat the plaintiff's disease Was in- surable, and that it might be tuberculous. Vobody really knew what keloid was. Dr. Lawson Brown said that keloid was rery cojttmdn among the natives of West Africa, being due to the use of dirty knives '0 cn marking their skins. Ultimately the plaintiff agreed to accept £7,5 as compensation. .'„

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