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turkishgovernormurdered PARIS. Friday. According to a Constantinople dispatch to the petit Journal," Hassan Tashim Pasha, tha Governor-General of the Yemen, was assassinated on Decembt, r29. The murder, it is added, was committed on the road to the Red Sea some hours after Hassan Tasliin2 had left Sanaia. The Governor-General was of Albanian origin. No official confirmation of the statement is forthcoming.—Central New..

ALLTYMYNYDD SANATORIUM; OONCERT AT NEW QUAY. A concert was held at the Parish-hall, New Quay, in aid of Alltymynydd Sanatorium. The chttir was occupied by Mr. C. Lougcroft, Llanina, and the artistes were Mrs. Maude Davies, thè:Mj Lydia Davim, Maggie Harris, and May Angell, Messrs. G. Ivor Davies, J. Albert Davies, and T. P. Timothy, New Quay. There was a crowded attendance. A vote of thanks to the chairmaji, artistes, and;yth,ors was proposed by Mr. W. J. Webb, pad seconded by the B-ev. Ebenezer Lloyd, ILA, rector. ft

I The Clapham Fire I INQUEST ON VICTIMS RESUMED Mr. John Troutbeck. the South Western District coroner, sitting at the Battersea Coroner's-court on Thursday, re-opened his inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of the victims of the fire which destroyed Messrs. Arding and Hobbs' Premises at Batterseo. on the Monday preceding Christmas. Last week seven bodies had been recovered, but since the adjourn- ment of the inquest another was found amidst the ruins. When the inquiry was opened only five of the bodies then found were identified, namely, those of Mary Ann Deacon, Maud Harriet de la Perrelle, Patrick Boyle, Leonard Girdler, and Edward Entwistle. Evidence was given that three employes, named George E-obinson, Neighbour, and Lester, had not been accounted for, and that the first-named was probably one of the two persons still unidentified. Evidence was given that George Robinson, an einplcyecof Messrs. Arding and Hobbs, left his lodgings on the morning of the fir-e and had not since been heard of by his family. Witnesses deposed to the discovery of a body regarding which the police-surgeon said there was nothing inconsistent with the evidence given as to the body being probably that of George Robinson. The counting-house manager of Arding and Hobbs described their fire appliances, on account of which they obtained a reduction of 10 per cent on the premiums. The firm had a trained fire brigade, to whom a yearly bonus was given, but witness could not say they ever had a surprise call. There was also an installation of fire alarms, which were tested nearly every morning. Witness said that at the time the fire broke out he was with Mr. Herbert Arding, Mr. Stanley Arding, and Mr. Lloyd in the restaurant, which was in the part of the building farthest from the outbreak. The first he noticed was that the electric lights went out. Mr. Herbert Arding went to ascor- tain the cause, and when witness followed he smelled smoke. Going to the counting- house on the second floor, he found his staff packing the s.afe. They continued that until the windows in St. John's-road broke, and then he cleared them out of the build- ing. He himself went back, and remained till the office caught fire. That could not "have been more than ten minutes after the fire. started. PROPRIETOR'S SON AND PROVISION AGAINST FIRE. Mr. Herbert Arding, son of Mr. Henry Arding. the sole proprietor of the business, said he assisted m the management. There had been same alteration about a month before Christmas in cotisequezioe of the establish.ment of a restaurant on the premises. For the Christmas trade extra lighting was installed in the bazaar and in some of the windows. There was extra light- ing in the windows in which the fire was supposed to ha.ve originated. It was electric lighting; no ga,s was used. The lamps used were supplied by the firm. The window in question was divided, and there were two septate installations. Mr. Arding added that he was in the restaurant when the lights went out. He went through the bazaar to the Manchester department, where the window in which the fire started was situated, and found that the flames there were very fierce. The firm's brigade was on the spot working the hydrant. Witness ra.n out to the fire alarm post in the street, 50 yards away, and found that an alarm had already been given. He could not check the time. Going back, he went upstairs to the third floor to get the workpeople out. He found them getting ready to go. Many of the people who lost their lives were in the tailors' shop on the third floor. The Coroner: Can you tell me why they could not get away?—I was not on the spot and I cannot say definitely. Are the bells attached to their rooms?— There is a bell they could hear. I p rasa me they would be in their rooms with the door shut. Do you know if they could hear the bell t,he.n ?-I have not the slightest doubt it could be heard all over the premises. Did you hear the bell yourself ?-I do not remember heanng it; I was in such a hurry. Supposing a fire had occurred, how could they escape?—There was an iron staircase on the next floor, and there was an exit over the leads at the back Thes wore not very far away from where the flames originated ?—They were four or five shops away. They had plenty of escape from the back down an iron staircase, and also from a window opposite into the count. ing bouse. Mr. Arding was closely questioned by the Coroner concerning the non provision of automatic sprinklers, and said the estimates submitted to them ranged from 62,000 to 43,000, a large amount. lIe knew sprinklers were very effective, but thought their pre- cautions sufficient. The Coroner remarked that it could not be a question of expense. The sum mentioned was relatively small for so large a business. Witness declared that there were not many similar businesses in London so well. equipped against fire as theirs had been. There were heaps of houses where a similar thing might happen. It was recognised that the contents of the window were inflammable, n,nd there wae always risk of an explcy sion with large masses of inflammable material. They did everything to avoid the risk. He did not know wha,t was the cause of the outbreak. The building was con- structed of steel columns and girders and concrete. An expert witness said he thought that not closing the iron doors was one reason why the fire spread so rapidly. This witness said there was nothing which he suggested to the firm by way of provision against fire whioh they did not adopt. An assistant window-dresser, named Santor, deposed that when the fire occurred he was in the fancy window getting a glass and bead necklace. To get it he had to reach over the stock in front of the window with his right hand. He caught hold of one end of the necklace, which was suspended by two ordinary wires running across. Then he heard an explosion, which seemed to come from below where hewas ptanding. The next thing everything about him went into flames. There was wadding hnng along, and combs and hatpins, whioh might have been celluloid or horn. The flames went from one end of the window to the other. The only thing he could thin!, of as the cause was that there must have been a fuse which broke the globe. It was cotton-wool which he first saw alight. Witness had only been in the employment of the firm for three days. An employe who dressed the window said most of the articles were of a most inflam- mable character. Fire buckets were not in the window, but there were lire extinguishers there. The inquiry was adjourned.

GREAT FIRE IN TEXAS A great fire raged at Galveston, Texas, yesterday, and at one time threatened to involve the packing houses of the Gulf Fisheries Company and the great cotton storehouses near the wharves. The fire started OIl one. of the piers, and the breeze which blew from the bay caused it to spread rapidly. Several wharves were burned, and the warehouses situated on or by them destroyed. Had it not been for dynamite, which was freely used in blowing up several buildings, the large cotton warehouses would un- doubtedly have been burned. As it was, some 3,000 bales of cotton, which were on the wharves ready for shipment, were con- sumed. The latest reports state that the fire is under control, and that the damage will amount to £ 50,000.

"Boom" in NewYear's Eve I SOME NOVELTIES IN WEST-END HOTELS I The Paris custom of making a great night of New Year's Eye seems to be spreading to London. There is nothing yet to rival the reveillon, but the habit of celebrating the coming of another »ear in public is certainly growing. A few years ago only two or three- of the hotels made a. feature of supper on New Year's Eye, but this year at least a dozen have followed suit. The booking at the Savoy is 500 in excess cf last year, and at least 2,003 will be there. The manager's explanation of the increase is that there is now a boom" in New Year's Eve, and that it is rapidly becoming as popular a festival as on the Continent. English people are getting out of the un- sociable habit of staying at home, and are more willing to show their feelings in public. 1 Much the same tale is told at the Ritz. Every table has been bctoked for poime da.ys, and scores of applications have been refused. Asked for his explanation of the develop- ment of the fashion, the manager said that it was easier to be enthusiastic when sur- rounded by hundreds of. other people, and that waiting for the New Year at home was bound to be rather a dreary business compared with welcoming it in a hotel. The Carlton, Cecil, the Piccadilly, the Waldorf, Romano's, and the rest will all be crowded. Most cf them have secret plans which will not be divulged till the proper time arrives, and there are two surprises at the Savoy which will be eagerly awaited. In nearly every case the lights will be turned out at twelve, while "Auld Lang Syne" is sung, and then 1910," in bright electric numbers, will suddenly appear. New York Celebrations America's celebration of New Year's Eve will take place mainly in hotels and restau- rants, and, with a temperature now ranging about zero, it is ha.rdly likely that the al fresco demonstrations will be on a la.rgo II scale. In New York it is safe to say that nearly half a million persons have booked seats for dinner already, many paying premiums ranging from 4s. to 14; and in Philadelphia and Chicago, where the merry- making on New Year's Eye is always on an elaborate scale, the hotels and restaurants will cater for numbers almost as large. Prosperity now reigns in the United States, and prosperity prices will be demanded for everything. Seme restaurants and hotels announce t-hat no other beverage than cham- pagne—and champagne there costs twice as much as in London—will be sold between eleven and twelve oV-lock. Both music and dress are characteristic of America's New Year festivity, and the arrangements have been made this year on a scale far surpassing the luxury and extravagance of all previous years. In some restaurants masks are worn, so that persons may take up the spirit of tho night with informality and complete freedom. It was estimated that upwards of LZ,000,000 was spent last New Year's Eve by the diners in the hotels and restaurants of the American metropolis.

BLOCKADE RUNNER'S CLAIM I The question of the impounding of the account of the Russian Government at Messrs. Mendelssohn's bank at Berlin in the interests of Captain von Hellfeld, a German blockade runner, in whose favour an action against the War Minister at\St. Petersburg was decided by the Kiao-Chau tribunals, has been referred to the Prussian court for the setlement of disputes as to jurisdiction. This step has been taken by the Prussian Ministry of Justice, at the instance of the Foreign Office, which was appealed to in the I matter by the Russian Government. It appears, however, that the first point of l jurisdiction that the Court of Competence will haye to decide will be that as to its own right to intervene in the dispute. At any rate, among the host of learned legal opinions published on the question in the Berlin evening papers cpops up the state- ment that the Court of Competence can only act when judgment has not been made abso- lute, and, accordingly, can have nothing to say in the present case. Should this view be correct. it would, apparently, be impossible to do anything for Russia without violently wrenching the German Constitiution. The sum at issue is about 1180,000.

MAGISTRATE AND CONSTABLE I Police-constable Gee, giving evidence at Marylebone yesterday against a man named Henry Newman on a charge of begging, said the man asked him for a copper towards his lay down," and he replied that if he (New- man) had not been drinking he would have given him something. The accused after- wards begged from several other people. Mr. Plowden: Did you really mean that you would have given him something? Yee, sir," replied the officer decidedly. Then," said Mr. Plowden, with a smile, you were aiding and abetting him. Very nice of you, of course, but still you encouraged him, and to such an extent that he begged from several other people. I am only pointing out the effect of your charitable disposition. What you told him raised his standard of human nature considerably, and, inspired and encouraged by your philanthropic spirit, he went on begging. You have almost made him a beggar, you see." Newman was eventually discharged with a caution.

SHIPBUILDING IN 1909. I In a review of the EthiipbulldJin^ industry I for 1909 Engineering" states that 1,036 vessels, including merchant and wax ships, were built, having an agigregaie towiatge of 1,203,496. This is 126,000 tduo--equal to iii per oent,-umore than in the previous year, but 827,000 tonis less thain in 1905, when the output of British 6hivixing rewhod, its maximum. Included in the total are 29 vessels for the British Navy and nine for foreign Navies. The tonnage of the foxwer- 97,000—and of the latter—2a,GO>—is comslder- ably grea;t-Dr than in the previouis year. With the exception of the Tyne and Ireland, the principal shipbuilding districts have im- proved their output as compared with last year, the most notable adlvanoe being an m- crease of 84 par oenit. at liaT.IIewol aad 56 per cent. on the Wear.

BEST LOVE-LETTER WRITERS I One of the most interesting and instruc- tive sections at the Japan.Dritiah Exhibi- tion in London next year will be that devoted to woman's work in Japan. Japanese ladies are fond of writing poetry (it is said they write the most beautiful of love letters), and at the exhibition there are to be photographic displays and collections illustrative of what Japanese women can accomplish as regards prose and pgetry.

CARDIFF VESSEL'S PERIL I Messrs. W. J. Tatem and Co.'a steamer Shandon, reported to be ashore 0111 the sands 1011 the soift'h end of Hcligotond in a dan- gerous position, is a vessel of 3,850 tons, built in 1899 (writes the marine correBponderot of the Times"). The market is interested in the hull, valued at LS",CW. and in her cargo of barley, on which a.mounts are known to the extent of £ 29,000. The vessel was bound from Odessa to Bremen, and according to a tele-gram from Hamburg gflie carried a cargo of wheat, which would have been a much more serious matter foT the raarket than a cargyj of barley. The vessel is described as being fall of water. Eighty per cent. was quoted yesterday for reinsurance; but later a more favourable view of the vessel's pros- pects was taken, and finally, reinsurance could have been placed at 56 per cent.

LYDNEY MANSION EXPLOSION I With the exception of the girl Pearce, the other four persons injured yesterday in the gas exploision at Mr. B a. t burst's mansion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, axe doing well. Pearce, who was the most extensively burned, has had a bad night, and remains in a. very precarious condition. Only faint hopee are enterta,in,ed that she will survive. (Further particulars on Page 2.)

GERMAN LOAN TO HUNGARY I BERLIN. Friday. The "Vossiohe Zeitung" declares tihat the German banks are prepared to ra-nge for a loan to Hungary to the amount of four hundred million marks-twenty millions ,terlin--1.ha,t sum to be employed in strengthening the Austro-Hungarian Army. The journal further counsels Hungary to dispense with the financial ooioperu *on of "France.Central News-

From All Quarters I Toys sent by the King and the Princess of Wales were distributed at the East London Hospital for ChildTen at Shadwell. There is no danger in the use of the stomach-pump inserted in the mouth and passed down," said a doctor at a Southwark inquest yesterday. After a while patients can insert the tube themselves."

FIND IN A CHURCH An important discovery was accidentally made yesterday in the chapel of the Church of Santa: Maria, Florence. Close to the image of the Virgin are two small holes in the wall used to keep the holy oil, and con- cealed behind them were found two beautiful tHibernates attributed to Min odo Fiesole. The tabernacles are of white marble and of the exquisite workmanship characteristic of the fifteenth century. One represents the figure of the Redeemer surrounded by angels, and the other the figure of the wounded Christ. Each is -data raced with columns and cornices, and adorned with leaves and flowers. Several of the figures are damaged, but otherwise the tabernacles are well pre- served. The portion of the wall which con- cealed them is being removed carefully so that the two masterpieces may be taken away.

MEN DASH FOR GOLD A daring robbery took place at Wool- wich yesterday, a bag of gold being stolen from a private carriage standing in the street. About 11 o'clock Mr. W. Busbridge went to the branch of the London and Pro- vincial Bank in Wellington-street, where he withdrew a considerable sum of money, whioh he placed in a bag in his wagonette wfeilst he entered an adjacent shop. Suddenly three men standing near made a dash for the car- riage. One of them secured the gold, and all three made off. The ooachman whipped up the horses, and drove in pursuit of the men. Being hard pressed in their flight they separated, and the one carrying the bag dropped it in the roadway. The men escaped. The gold has been recovered.

ARCTIC HERO IN TROUBLE I When Daniel Hart, a seaman, was charged at the Thames Police-court yesterday witih robbing furnished lodgings, it was stated that in 1905 he was one of the crew of the ship Stork, that sailed to the Arctic Ocean. On that occasion he foun( a comrade who had been last wihile hunting, and dragged him fifteen miles through the snow. For that he was awarded the Royal Humane I Society's medal. He was remanded.

TRAGEDY OF SLEEPLESSNESS I At Stoke Newington Coroner's Court yester- day an inquest was held on the body of Mr. Paul Bendix, aged forty years, a merchant, who committed suicide in a most determined manner. Aliss Rose Annie Bendix, a, sister, said he had always been cheerful up to three months ago, when he had a nervous break- down. He was very prosperous in business. On Sunday he was most jolly, singing several times for a company of friends. Neixt morn- ing his bedroom door had to be foroed with a. crowbar, and he was found dead on the floor, the room being like a, shambles. Dr. AuJuti P. Murtz described the scene. The body was horribly out in various parts, and Mr. Bendix had apparently made several attempts to take his life, changing the razor from the left to the right hand. "A frightful way of committing suicide," tihe coroner re- marked, after hearing all the details. The Witness: Yes, he must have suffered the moist awful agony. The jury returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity. The coroner said it seemed to him a tragedy of sleeplessness; many persons. know the terrible sufferings in such cases.

PRINCESS'S BROKEN HEART The simple and sad life srtory of an un- known Germ.an princess is unfolded in "Dream and Lifei Songs of One who Came to an Early End," a remarkable poetihumous volume of poems ptfbliehed anonymously at Munidh. Beyond the disclosure- of the poems themselves that they are the productions of a Royal lady who passed her final days on the Riviera., the mystery of their authorship is profound. The publishers state that her identity has even been veiled from them. The only dlue is a stanza indicating that the princess was a Bavarian. The poems are of conspicuously higfaer accomplishment than the amateurish efforts owaskmally put forth by poetesses of gentle birth, and deserve notice, according to the reviewers, on their merits, quite apart from tih4eir romantic and mysterious origin, j The author has practically w-ritten an auto- biography in Terse. It begins with poems of her childhood and of a youthful love, rwhicl11 newer foreook her, and it relates the martyr- dom of a marriage in which her heart had no place, and how her sorrow sent her to ,aoll early grave, despite her efforts to find solace in her children and in deeds of mercy. In aristocratic and literary circles there is keen interest in identifying this gifted princess who died of a broken heart.

SHIPS' STORES AS FUEL A Lloyds' Newcastle (New South Wales) cablegram reports that the steamer Dalmore, Glasgow, from Valparaiso, arrived short of coal, having encountered very heavy weather. The ship's stores and fixtures were burnt as fuel.

LIVED ON 6d. A DAY An old-age pensioner who died from natural causes at Bethna.1 Green was said by her landlady at yesterday's inquest to have had only 6d. a. day to live on after payment of rent. Sho cooked a fowl for her Christmas dinner, tho* landlady added. Tbe Coroner: Had a, fo-I on sixpence a day! Where did he get it? The Landlady: I don't know.

A LIVING SKELETON" At Tottenham yesterday Henry Bull and his wife, of Tottenham, and Henry E. Walter, of Stoke Newington, were summoned for neg- lecting Walter's five-ear-old daughter. It was stated that the ohild had for some time past been in the caxe of Mr. and Mrs. Bull, her unole and aunt, who, however, had received notihing 'for her maintena-noe. Inspector Young, of the N.S.P.C.C., stated that, visiting the Bulls' house on December 17, he found the girl nothing but a living skeleton. She was in a filthy state, and was lying on a dirty bed. She weighed only illlb., the normal weight of a. girl of her age being 411b. Further evidence was given that the Bulls' ha4 seven children, all of whom were well nourished and cared for. The Bulls were each sentenced to six months' hard labour, and the father to four months' hard labour.

LIMITED DIVORCE Trial divorce" had its legal debut in Indiana yesterday when Judge Richter divorced Mr. and Mrs. William Wohole, a wealthy couple of Hammondsport, for a period of five years. The judge called it a. "decree of limited divoroe." The oouple may not re-marry, but after five years of separation may, if they wish, reestablish their household. Otherwise the decree oan be made absolute.

ERRAND BOY'S SHORT STORY An errand boy, who was remanded at West Haan Police-court yesterday on a charge of Stealing 47, gave this tabloid account of his adventure" I caught the midnight train to Birmingham, then went to Northampton, and on to Oxford. I spent the last of the! money on Christmas Eve."

ANOTHER BIG TURKEY Apropos of the hag- turkey story published on Tuesday, a Stockport correspondent writes sbaiting that a relative of his possessed and emhibited a. bkrd C 461b. ÓOL, t beofihocr the. Leedenhall Market mammoth by "S.

A Boon to Bachelors 0. HOW THEIR MENDING MAY BE DONE The path of the bachelor has been smoothed to so great an extent that all the "home comforts" are gradually being brought to his reach. A Shepherd's Bush lady has within the last few days held out the following tempt- ing offer:- Bachelors' mending of all descriptions neatly and promptly executed and car- riage paid each way for £6 a year. Mending is now an important business, and many of its skilled exponents may be found dotted over the Weet-erid. One professional mender, who occupies a neat little room on the top floor of an Oxford-street office, has gathered arou-nd her, in the course of eighteen months, quite a paying clientele. "Ordinarily," she told a, press representative, the bachelor in 'diggings' is necessarily a wasteful in- dividual. Articles of attire are thrown aside as soon as they appear to require a few stitches, for the single young man of a cer- tain class would rather die than seek the offices of his landlady's needle." This is where the mender comes in. For a small sum annually she guarantees to keep the young man's attire in good repair. "Of course," said the busy needlewoman, the bachelor cannot in reason expect us to transform last year's overcoat into a new one for his nominal retaining fee, but it can be said without hesitation that once a young maji does enlist our services we can always count upon him as a regular client." Many of these needlewomen have made a special study of "invisible mending," some being so skilled in the art that the ugliest of rents is scarcely noticeable after passing through the process of repair.

Phantom Fortune Story I*- JUDGES' LETTERS TO OLD LADY A remarkable phantom fortune 6tory was tcld at Belfast yesterday, when a young woman named Mary Jane Surg-enon was com- mitted for trial on a charge of fraud.. Prisoner is alleged to have written a number of letters to her grand-aunt, in which she said she had been left a fortune, including some property, by a man. named Edward Brown, of Baliydare, and asking for certain sums to assist her in paying the necessary legal expenees. The money was sent, but inquiries showed that the unknown benefactor, Mr. Edward Brown, had never existed. Mrs. Surgemcr, giving evidence, said some years ago prisoner said a gentleman, named Brown, had bought a big residence at BaUy- mena,, a.nd that she and her husband had arranged to live in one of the lodges. Later witness received a letter purporting to be signed by a solicitor, stating that Mr. Brown had died and left prisoner his estate. On certain occasions she received as many as three letters a day purporting to come from people in high positions asking for money for some purpose in connection with the alleged estate. Cross-examined, witness said she was very suspicious abatit some of the letters. She did not think that a gentleman like Mr. Justice Wright would ask for 18s. 6d. She sent on I one occasion a pair of blankets which had been asked for to spread over the perambu- lator to prevent it being scratched. I A handwriting expert gave it as his opinion that the letters received by Mro. Surgenor I purporting to be written by Judge Madden, Judge Wright, Mr. Stockport, the Govern- ment inspector, Mr. Osborne, a solicitor, and the High Sheriff of Belfast, were all written by the prisoner.

THE DEATH OF EARL PERCY I PARIS, Friday. I The Journal" publishes the following details with regard to the illness and dearth i of Earl Porcy:-The doctorn who examined his lordship on the day following his arrival in. Paris pronounced him to be suffering from influenza, which developed rapidly into con- gestion of the lunge, and on the illneea taking this serious turn the family were notified. Earl Percy, however, fully expected a rapid recovery, and not for an instant did he abandon interest in political matters. Every day he paid attention to his correspondence, and it was remarked that King Edward had written to him personally. His lordship worked much at a speech which he should have delivered at Kensing- ton, and 00 Wednesday he left his bed. He was satisfied with the speech, and, hoping to be able to return to England on the morrow, read over the text to his sister. When be had finished reading he went back to bed; but in the evening he again became feverish, and I, the malady at once assumed a grave aspect. The patient became agitated towards mid- night, and his condition grew worse with a rapidity which was stupefying, until after a. brief agony death ensued. The "Journal" adds that formal permission for burial was at once accorded and that the body will be removed at two o'clook this afternoon to a special carriage on the Northern of France Railway to readiness to leaJve far England at nine this evening.—Central News.

I BARGAINS IN TURKEYS I A "reck-less" clearance of the surplus supply of Christmas geese, turkeys, and other birds is to be made at Smithfield Market to-morrow. It is probable that a "knockdown" "Dutoh auction" will be held, for, notwithstanding the extensive purchases by the general public during Christmas, there are still majiy birds left, which it is the general desire of the market to get rid ¡ of by the New Year. In addition to the surplus in the market itself, many of tiie salesmen have agreed to take back the shops' leftover supplies. One of the largest sales- men in the market estimated yesterday iliwt by to-mortow morning there will be from 7,000 to 10,000 turkeys in the hands of the salesmen, and that at moat of the stalls the sales will commence at noon and continue up to eighit o'clock a.t night. "To-morrow turkeys will probably go at from 6id. to 8d. per lb. he added, which means you will be able to boy really good turkeys from 3s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. eajoh—all the best and fattest Emglasih, French, Italian, and Austrian turkeys obtainable."

NAVAL LAUNCH SUNK I A Sheerness correspondent telegraphs that the naval steam launch Ethel foundered in the Medway, near Darnal Fort, last night, after collision with the fleet auxiliary Clutha No. 147, whioh was conveying Bluejaekets from Chatham to warships at Sheerness. The weather was foggy at the time. Prompt measures were taken by the Clrntha to &a.ve the men on the Ethel, but one man is missing. The Clutha is uninjured, and salvage plant has now been sent to raise the Ethel.

I AN IMPOSTOR ABROAD I The public of Cardiff are warned against a man who has been collecting sums of money under the pretence that he was doing so with the objeot of assisting the victims of the explosion on the trawler Monarch.

GERMAN JEW & THE WAITSI Benjamin Garber, of Islington, was sum- moned at Glerkenwell yesterday for throwin.g a lemonade bottle at "waits" under his window. The Defendant: De vaits oame a-playing outside my vindow at three in de morning. I opened the vindow, and dere vas a lemonade bottle dere, and it veil among de ^aiis." (Laughter.) Mr. D'Eynoourt: What is the defe-ndamt-a foreigner?—Yee, sir, a German Jew. Mr. ITEynoourt: Christmas wa-ts. and you are a Jew! (.Laughter.) Well, if you come to live in a Christian &>uiFtry, you I-ow. no doubt, U;w?> are some of the drawbacks. A, fte of Sa J with 2s. oosss, was

MR RAFFLES CAUGHT I WINNER'S INTERESTING STORY Raffles was captured yesterday after- noon by a Newport lady, namely, Mrs. ANNIE HAINES, 3, Caerau-road, Newport, who tells the following interesting story of how she succeeded. Says Mrs. Haines: I have followed the adventures of the Mysterious Mr. Raffles since the third day of the cliase, and was much interested in his doings in my own town of On Christmas Eye, although scarcely able to walk from rheumatism, I made one of the crowd in search of that mysterious gentleman in the shopping thoroughfares of Newport. I challenged several men in the crowd, and the answers I received in some cases were most amusing, but I was unfortunate in not being able to loc-ate the gentleman who was worth £25. On Monday I was out again in the mud a.nd rain, and once more I had to return to my home without either the reward or prospects. However, my luok changed after two o'clock yesterday. I was in Devon-place about twenty minutes past two, when I saw a gentleman bearing what I thought was an unmistak- able resemblance to the photographs of Mr. Baffles published in the columns of the "Evening Express." He was walking towards the station bridge at a brisk pace, and, handicapped as I was by lameness, I recognised that if it came to a stcru chase I would easily be outdistanced, 8-0, screwing my courage up, I promptly ejaculated the challenge as I had committed it to memory, "You are the mysterious Mr. Raffles of the Evening Express.' The gentleman smiled, and then said, Let me see the d'3.,t.c on your 'Express' ?" I handed him that paper, which I had kept folded in my hand all the time, and after looking at the date he said, "What is your name?" On being informed, he said, Allow me to congratulate yon, Mrs. Haines. I declare you the winner of the £ 25, and now I must ask you to come with me to Cardiff." Arrived at the "Evening Express" office about 3.20, I was introduced to the editor, who congratulated me. I had to face the camera, not an objec- tionable matter when £25 is considered. It is a stroke of good fortune, as my husband is on pa,rt time, and my illness has incurred some heavy expenses that were weighing me do.vn. My husband is Charles Haines, an engine-driver on the Great Western Railway. It was a lucky day for me when I com- menced to read the "Evening Express" and take an interest in the doings of the Mys- terious Mr. Raffies. How I Was Scalped I BY THE MYSTERIOUS MR. RAFFLES. Scalped on the fifteenth day. and that by a lady! En route to the Newport Station, intent on visiting Caerleon first, with Bassaleg and Eogerstone to follow, I was about to cross the railway bridge from Devon-place end when I saw the red light. Psychologically I knew it was ocming-the inevitable. And it came. Smash on my poor cranium came the lady's whetted tomahawk— Yon are the mysterious Mr. R-affies of the "Evening Express." "I'd like to see the date on your 'Express, was my response. The date was all right, no mistake about it. No error about the challenge either, hence it was my pleasurable duty to declare Mrs. Haines the winner of the Baffles' reward. She had regularly read my articles, she had interested herself in the published photo- graphs, she had joined in the shopping orowds in eearch of my scalp on Christmas ETC. she had hunted through Monday's maid and rain, and who shall say that she is un- deserving of the £ 25? Mrs. Haines makes the fifth lady to do the trick, and she baa my hearty congratula- tions. Once again, as luck will h&Te it, the xzuxney goes where it is needed. Burdened with doctor's bills, rheumatism, and her husband on short time, there is no gainsaying that the Eafflee reward is more tha.n welcome.

MORE THAN HE WANTED An Irish tenant farmer, returning from a somewhat distant market late one afternoon, missed his way and got into a boghole, where he stuck fa-st. His landlord, chancing to pass shortly afterwards on horseback, shouted out, "Hallo, Pat—you've got fixity of tenure now!" "Shure," ejaculated Pa-t. "and I'd be moightily obliged if yer honour wild eviot me!"

AMERICAN TOBACCO TRUST NEW YORK, Friday. In connection with the forthcoming action by the Government against the Tobacoo Trust for violating the law by destroying competition and acting in restraint of trade, the Attorney-General yesterday submitted to the Supreme Court the brief against the defendants. Mr. Wickersham urges that a receiver be appointed for the various com- panies in the combiuation, including both the Imperial and the British-American Tobacco Companies. It is. therefore, very evident that the prosecution will endeavour to show that the latter companies form part of the assets of the American Trust.—Central News.

NEW MODES FOR MEN The New Year opens (says the Tailor and Cutter"; with a number of new styles. Fore-most amongst these is the deep-scye E a gland, which has become so very popular. The new style of dress-coat, with, lapels a.nd skirt strap cut in one with the foreparts, is also very much to the fore. The new patoh- pocket. lounge jacket, with belt at the baok, and the increase in the use of straps across the waist cf overcoats at the ha/ok, are also features of the year. In the matter of materials the rough surface cloth is jufrt now a good deal in favour, and is apparently dis- placing the wide twill which wa.s so much in evidence a couple of months ago.

WOUNDED IN A DUEL New York, Friday.—A cablegram from Havana states that the Spanish Minister in Havana has been wounded in the hand as a result of a duel with a Cuban. The Cuban was shot dead. It is reported that the dead man insulted the prisoner's wife.—Central News.

NEWMARKET NOTES. (FBOM. OUB OWN COBBESPONDEXT.) NEWMARKET, Friday. A fine aay. JUMFESS' \.URK. A B Sadler's Pothein (Clancy UP), ePnelope (G Sad- ler), with A D Sadler't. Chataifrne, a good two miles over hurdJee. Potheen jumped the beet. McCaiie's Wavelaml, a useful mile and a half. LJiFT FOR HUKcT fARK. Exelite. HU.RST PARK MEETING. SELECTION FOB SAT USDAV. pala,ce LA FOLLE. New Year Steeplschasa—XOllMAX THE FIDDLER. XOVICCS* MSIIE—»SEE &EX1. Maleeey Biobmond Hunlie—BAUUSLIlEJfEN. MAXCHEST&B MEETING. New Year Steeplechase—MOo^vaTRUOK. Castle ateepiaoho«e—BOOKlD DANOK. Jaauary StoeptotiiaflB—Mo^-NSl'iitDGK. Satuictey Hmdls—ACTJAICUS,

Election Day by Day I DATE OF SOUTH GLAMORGAN POLLING January 25th has been definitely fixed as the date of polling in tha South Glamorgan D¡vÜnon, and January 17th as nomination day. The candidates are Alderman Lewis Morgan (Conservative) and Mr. William Braoe, M.P. (Labour-Liberal). j

Law Guarantee Society i • £ > PENARTH RESIDENT & COMMITTEE A meeting of the creditors of the Law Guarantee Trust and Accident Society (Limi- ted), called by the liquidators, was held on Thursday. There was a large gathering. Mr. W. B. Peat, one of the liquidators, pre- sided. He said it migvi; have been possible to carry on the business for some months longer. It was not devoid cf means, but the directors had been wise in coming to the con- elusion to face the situation, becauee the affairs of the society could not have continued without liquidation. He was sorry to say that, according to the statement submitted to the shareholders, the whole of the paid-up capital was lo?t. and, probably, in order to Iiquida-t? its affairs, a further call of ?1 per &hare would be necessary. The total losses of the -jety were £1.56.C08, that item com- prising losses partly ascertained and partly estimated. This was about made up by the paid-up capijjal, the reserve fund, shown in the last balance-sheet at EI44,000, and the call of £1 per share, which had a face value of £ 200,000. The liquidators had such a difficult position to cope with that they would welcome a committee of inspection if such were appointed, After a long discussion, voting by writing was taken on three resolutions. The first I stated that it was undesirable to appoint any further liquidators, the second that a com- mittee of creditors should be appointed, and the third that application to ap"p £ int one or more liquidators be made to the court. The Chairman announced that the result of the voting would be communicated to the court. Mr. W. W. Jones, Penarth, was one of the gentlemen nominated on the suggested com- mittee of inspection, to represent the Caxdiff District.

To-morrow's Football I CONTINUED FROM PACE 4 RUGBY. CARDIFF V. JB.Rl.yloL,, at Cardiff. Cardiff: Back, R. F. Williams; three-quarter backs, J. L. Williams, L. M. Dyke, t\. spiller, and T. Evans; JiaiJ-bacij;, W. L. Morgan and r. F. But?ii; forwards, F. \Y. Smith, J. Pugfeiey, J. P. Casey, J. A. rown, I W. Jenlviiis, R. C. Jellingi, D. v\ estacott, ..J. xike and J. Groves. NEWPORT V. ILA-VEILY, at ewport. Newport: Hack, S. H. 1'0 ;¡;;a.ms: three-Quarter backs, A. A!. Baker, F. Birt. Tuaii Joaee, and H. rlumicer; 1. H. Vile and W. J. Martin; forwards, E. Jeiiklno, Dr. Smyth, J. E. C. Partridge, H. Jar- man, T. R. Edwards, H. Uzzeli, C. Evatt, and P. Coidr ick. Llanellv: Back, Harold Thomas; three-quarter backs, tWilie Thomae, Wyman, II LLlle Arnold, and Martin Jenkins; half-backs, Dai Lloyd and Ivor Jones; for- wards, Jack Auckland (OE.ptair,), A. Stacey, Isaac bewisr, E. Marbb, E. Downing, Syd Phillips, Harry Kact, and A. X. Other. BBIDGEXD V. ABERAVOX, at Bridgend. Bridgend. Back, D. Griffiths; tbree-a'i!art«r backs, G. Hopkins, T. Evans, W. Thomas, and E. J. Evans; lialf-baoks, Clem Lowis and W. J. Cooke; forwards, W. Gronow, L. Parsons, J. Davies, J. Griffiths n. Siockford, F. Evans, J. Deerman, and G. fringer. Aberavon: Back, Dick Hughes; three-quarter backs, Willie Thomas, Willie Davies, \V. Jonas, and Ivor t'oombes; hajf-backs. Baia Jones and Jim Donovan: forwards, Will Jones, L. J»ugh, hor Jonas. Bees Biciiarda, W. J. Lewis, G. VicKery, Tom JOBCS, and Arthur Jones. MERTHYP. V. YXTSYBRL. at RhfdycAJ. ■Merthyr: Back, W. Jones; three-quarter backs (selected fromi, H. Evans, E. twasttbr;dge, T. Watkias. ri. Jones, and D. Davies; half-backs, J. Rees and %V lijims f ,r 4,i,- W. Williams; forwards (selected fiomi, Dai Jones (captain), G. Griffiths, J. Thomas, C. Smith, T. Jenkina, E. Evans, J. Howe, J. Francis, C. Keefe, aiKl Jenkins. Rhymney v. Bream.—Rhymnev: Back, Lewie Daviee: three-quarter backs, J. Parry, H. Benjamin, E. Ford (captain), and T, Williams tPontlottyn^; half-backs, H. Thomas and L. Lewie; forwards (selected from), J. Gunt-er, J. Howelko, A. Cross, It Benjamin, S. V. Jonee, J. Hennessey, F. Gittens, R. Death, A. Ford, aod T. Brewar. West End v. Mackintosh, at Llandaff Fields.— Mackintosh: Back, G. Welsh: three-quarter backs, M. Ilanis, F. Hooper, W. Jenkins, and H. l enton; half- backs, M- Morgan and T. Davis; forwards (seiectea from), M. O'Brien (captain), W. Cornish, 1. Attey, A. Stephens, T. Gibbon, H. Gibbon, J. Marrett, 1. Mey- rick, L. Lamey, and R. Wooldridge. ABERTILLEBY V. iBLAEXAVON. Abertillery (seleoted from): Back, C. Cook; three- quarter backs, W. Boweu (captain;, Chick James, H. A. James, and T. Addis; half-backs, Joe Richard- son, F. Court,and. C. Hodges; ionvaT-d-i, J. Blackmort, Joe Howell, 1\. Lewis, H. Bird, W. Powell, Itog ¡ Jenkins, Lionel i.-ewia, W. Hale, G. Welib, T. Wil- liams, and Jack W ebb. ASSOCIATION. I CWMPARC AKD TRBORCHY TOTTED V. MERTHTB TOWS, at Owmparc. United: Goal, H. Janes; backs, Goode and Parton; half-backs, Hughes, Mitchell, and Wilson; forwards, Thoman, Edwards, Peake, G. Jones, and J. Evans. TREH-KJZRIC, Y. WELTOX BOYEKS, at Treharris. TreKarris: Goal, Wiiiam Eo. Bailiff; backs, George Smart and Albert Timmint; half-backs, George Martin, Tag-g Williams, and William Owen: forwards, Tom Barlow, ..aliace Jones, Fred Pickett, Huhie Williams, and Albert Hawkins. BARRY DOCK ALBIOXS V. MlLJORD CXITED, at Barry. White; hacks, F. K«c4rol and T. Lewis; half-backs, T. Wiliams, A. Thomas, and T. Spikett; forwards, W. Price, C. Pinch, A. Melvin, C. Saunders, and A. Griffiths. CARDIFF COKIXTHIA-N'S Y. BABBY ISLAND, at Barry. Corinthians. Goal, C. J. Green; backs, A. R. Beatt and W. T. Davies; half-backs, T. U. A- Fear, and G. R. Raggott; lonvards, A. G. Travis, C. OhirgTviii, a. T. W. Boswell, J. R. Tajt, aod H. G. Symonds. ST. VINCENTS V. CARDIFF CITY, at Thompson's Park. City: Goal, B. Huzzey; backs, E. Milford and W. Evans; half-backs, F. Good, W. Jofcnooa, and N. Wilsoar (captain); forwards (selectee from), A. Owen, W. (Boon, G. Carlisle, H. Evans, s. tvhepperd, and T. Mutford. Barry Intermediate Old Boys v. Cardiff Camercns.— At the Buttralle, Barry. Kick-off, 2.45 p.Jll.. Inter- mediate Old Boys: Goal, G. Aright; back, D. T. Lewis and T. ipickeU; half-backs, J. Driscoll, E. L. Howollt, and A. Davies; forwarde, F. Pinch, C. H. Hir.-t, P. look, H. G. Adams (captain;, acd R. P. Davies. St. Toilo's v. Lyndons, at Sophia. Garden?.—St. Teilo's: Back, 6. O. M. Body; throe-quarter iaicka, K. Oldfteld, R. Edwards, E. Phillips, and G. Cobner; half-backs, W. Cottle and G. Howelis; forwards, 1. Rouse (captain). H. Tout, J. Beynon, P. Cornish, W. Moore, E. obigey, J. Owen, U. J. Batten, and F. iiaker. Waitchuroh v. Birchgrove Bifles, at BirchgrDm- Whitchurch: Back, W. James; throe-quarter backs, E. Mows, J. Broad, E. Bodger, and F. Lewis; half-backs, F. Beacon and D. Stephens: iorwards, T. Matooney, W. Sprudd, W. Francis, S Watkins, A. Mnitli, T. Durmaii, G. Lewis, W. Legge, T. Grimshaw, and J. Bodger.

I SKITTLES t CARDIFF DISTRICT LEAGUE. ilonaith Dock: H .Vowles, 31; J. Pine, 24; J. Angove, S3; A. Howelis, 25; u'. Hicks, 24: L. James, 23: J. Xewtan. 28; W. Smith, 3-D; T. Patterson, 23: B. Hadker. 31; 6. Lane, 42; W. James, J £ —total, 561. Cardiff City: G. Seymour, 31; W. Moore, 31: W. Davey, 24; F. Fisher, 23; R. Xoor-e, 23; W. iiliapoote, 26; H. Howe, 36; H. Beckitt, 34; G. Counyell, 26; F. Kempton, 27; F. Lawrence, ::4; J. Fisher, 30—total, 337

I To-day's Finance. I LONDON, Friday, 1.0 p.m. There is a good demand ior Money at 4, per cent., Ithort bills 3J, three months' bills 3-7-16 per oent. There hao ü no expansion in the vojnine of business in the Stock Exchange this morning, but in all departments a steady tone is in ev_denct, dealers having few seUing oruers to cope with. Funds are well maintained, Consols being up to E2; for Cash and 82 16-16 for to Aocotipt, whilst the most notable movement in the Home liaihvay Department is the advance uf in G're&.t Northern A." Wall-street was comparatively £ uiet last night, and Stocks were lower at trie open.ng hert, but Rock Islands have been guported fioni tare oUiar jde, and. are new 2d abo»fe the London closing. Mexican R^'ls steady. Foreigners also s '.iow little change De Beers have fallen 3-ifc, but Premier are 3-16 up. Jungies are aiso a good marhet. i_Ai;J>iFF, Friday, L0 p.m. Tho local fto-ck Market t,n:s mOTIllllg wat. cheerful I in tone, but business was not ou a very active scale,' in view of to-morrow's .holiday. Baals were steady, Colliery Shares uncliwi-gled, and South Africans fu.

I Trade and Shipping I I MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Trunfcby loft Smyrna for Bristol 29tii Insrleby arrived Bombay 30th Tlirriby arrived Nicoiaief 29th Westotfiiby arrived PiuliixielpMa 294h Soathfield left New York 29th W-vrrior left Barry for 1-as P-almas 30lit Lena arrived Cardiff 31<>t Lla-nw«rn left Melbourne for Durban 31&t Cardiff Hall left Algiers for Mianchesfcer 30th Grindon Hall arrived Eahia Blanca 30th Para.tia pasa&d Prawie Point for Bremen 31st Qyfarthfa ai<riv«d Genoa 30th Niman Stuairt l.elt Lisbon for Huelva 30th Portugaletts left Ckle-saa for Weser 3Cth Collivaud arrived Bilbao 30ith Trefoerbert left Pomaron for Ciiantanay 30th. A-rg-u,s arrived Penarth 31st Gran,lb,a arrived St. Malo 31M. May wood airrived Cardiff 31st Blemish arrived Swansea 30th Virtus arrived l-eg-horn 30th Gwent arrived London 31st Bala passed Constantinople for Gibraltar 29 Llandudno passed Grave send for Cardiff 30th Llandrindod left Hamburg for Caj-diff 50th -mbwg for Car. iff Soth Duke of Corn wall arrived Constantinople ■ 23 Duohess of Cornwall passed Constantinople- Sulina 50th Pen with passed C3om 3taaitinople for Odessa 29 Penpol left Alt xa.ru!ria for Ii swich 17tii Pendennis arrived Fiume 24th Penile arrived Bahia Blanca 12th Penvearn left Marmagoa for Antwerp 19th Penrose arrived Karachi 28th

I CREW SAVED BY LIFEBOAT. i The trawler Pelican, belonging to Hull, went ashore off Flamborough Cliffs on Thursday. The lifeboat went out, and, despite the heavy seas which broke right over the vessel, the entire crew of ten were rescued from the rigging. The Pelican will probably soon break up, as she is fast on the Bemptaa Cliff, &nd the wares are ooatinually dazblmg over her.

HURST PARK I I 9 30-The SHRBITON SELLING HURDLE ±1 ?9 .OU RACE of 100 SOYS winner to be sold for 50 sovs One mile and a half. 10 10 Mr Teg-leaze Mason 1 10 10 Mr F iln.ot'6 Cosy Piggott 2 1010 Mr Tyler'e Park Keeper Mr Welsh 3 3 Mr li M Hortig"an'g Antoninus Drake 0 10 10 Mr Ba.roh,"& Mr Fœtrnal1 .Kel!y 0 10 10 Mr A .Bcll"s Information .1 :Morgan 0 10 10 Mr G Bird's Slyen .Bates 0 10 10 Mr Crickett's Bucklaw .OW11er 0 ID 10 Mr T A Eilge'e Toyiair .1 Anthony 0 10 5 Mr biix>s'gi HOn:a.ntÏ1 W Esoott0 .G 10 Mr Hallick's Winkboorne .Da:nty C 10 10 Mr licibeck's Look Slip-py Emery 0 10 10 Mr H Randall's Wareham .F-dulkner 0 10 10 Mr Se-lddit." Sncramento .Hunt 0 Winner trained by► Bell. Beting-ll to 4 aest Winkbourne, 7 to 2 asrst Ware- ham, 6 to 1 aest Inflammation., 7 to 1 agst Park Keeper, S to 1 afrst Antoninus, 10 to 1 each :irv* Buck. law and Homa.nton, and 100 to 8 aget any other. Won by a Jen6'th; two lengths between the second end third. Hamanton was fourth, Bucklaw fifth, Antoaiaus sixth, Mr Postman seventh, Sacramento cijrhth, and P'.ippv last. (Race started at 12.31.),  ?'-The THREE-YEAR?OU) HURDLE 2.30 RACE of 100 sovs; the second Lo re- oeive 10 sovs. One mile and a halt 10 0 Mr E C Irish's Specimen Ja-;s 1 10 0 Mr G T nook's Wntefnars .Rolla,oll 2 10 5 Mr Cari Meyer's Cinder King Dr'.scoll 3 11 1 Mr R Tyler'? Cipanpo .Walsh 0 10 12 Pule of Portland's Curzola Trudgill 0 10 5 Mr A H Ledl'c's Electric Boy Bulteel 0 î 5 Mr Îr !j L Young's Correspondence ;i g 10 5Mr E B Jeffrey's Koul MMon 0 10 0 Mr C RB'cr: Mochrum Terretta 0 10 5 Mr J D Cohn's Greenwing .Ha.re 0 10 0 Mr A Surl",¡l', St Virtus .l'ïightingal1 Q Wiimeir trained by Juris. BE"ttng-3 to 1 apst Specimen. 6 to 1 each a.gst Correspondence ajid Whitefriars, 100 to 15 asrst Cipango, 7 to 1 each 3.'rf't Curzola, Koul, and Cinder King, 10 to 1 agst Electric Boy, a.ud 100 to 7 ageit any other. \\on by four lencths; one lenfrt-ii ;.epu.ra the second and tnird. Koul was fourth, St Virtus fifth, t'ur~oua. sixth, Cip?ngo seventh, Correspondence next, and tiectiic Bey last. 1 4 A-Tho PRIORY SELLING STEEPLE- 1.40- CHASE PLATE of 100 90T6; winner ¡ to be sold for 50 sovs. Two milee. a 12 3 Miss E M Woodland's Braes Lock Morg'lUl 1 E Morgan 1 a 12 3 Capt L S Dennv's The Chemist ..Mr gmith 2 a 12 3 Mr J II Cohn's Quaijo .Fletcher 3 5 12 0 Mr G C Xug-ent s >"ugtnt's Milfoil Oolmaji 0 Winner trained by M&callfeter. Betting—11 to 4 on Lock. ? -The PARK STEEPLECHASE of 120 2.5 sovs; the second to receive 20 sove. Three milee. 6 11 9 Mr Asyheton-iSmith's Holy War .DrillOOll 1 C 10 5 Mr Luit-rell's Carder .}ia80n 2 a 10 5 Mr Partridge's Red Earl II McGumnetse 0 V' inner trained by Gore. Only two finished. ADDITIONAL ARRIV A8 THIS MOEXING. Infla=atiG?i, Toyfair, The Merry Widow, Sa?-m- m:otiu;'O: ¡re¿: \\¿:go.: I zcla, Donnington, Koul, Cinder, Cinder Ki ?l, Moch- rum, Green Wing, Whitefriars, i'he Chemist, Lock, Milfoil, Holy War, IVeathor Eye, Let Go the Painter, N.B., Evelite, and Bhodroms.

MANCHESTER. I 1.0—The PADDOCK HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE of 70 SOYS the second to receive 5 sove. Three miles. a 11 7 Mr A Ltwe Fetiar's Pride Gilligan 1 all 4 Mr Kampey'e King Pluto Jackson 2 5 11 5 Mr Brooks's I>rinaugh Mr Foeter 3 Also ran: Logun Ro-k (chadwick), Sheerness (G Ly¡¡j.J), and Gloom (Orahaml. Winner trained by Gwilt. Bet-t.ing-7 to 4 aget Lopan Bock, 3 to 1 apt F«tl«r'e Pride, 7 to 2 agst King Pluto, 9 to 2 agst Drinauph, alld 10 to 1 agtt any other. Won by t-hrpr lengths; ten lengths between the second and third. (Race started at 1.0.) 1.30.—The PEEL PARK SELLING HURDLE RACE of 70 sovs; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. 4 10 9 Mr T Wilkinson' slnritation Mr Foster w.o. Winner trained privately. 2.0.—The CLUB MAIDEN HURDLE RACE of 100 eovs; the second to receive 10 sove. Two miles. 4 10 5 Mrs Charters'? Broadside Walkington 1 5 11 1 Mr Vriier's Grow Cup L-all 2 5 11 1 Mr C W C Henderson's Shaun Ore Chad wick 3 Also rn-Precentcr (Owner), Van Ginckell (Jackson), Soldier (Xewey), and Agjrlrthorpe (Readetr). Winner trained by Gwilt. ADDITTOXAL ARRIVALS THIS MOEJTING. I Txxran Bock, Varlet. The Dwarf, Invitation, Shaun Ore, Merrythought, Blind Hookey, Lady Malta, RaJl- gate, Genuine, Marlborough, Stag's Head, and Bath- naiiy.

CATTERICK BRIDGE I 12.45—The EASBY HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE PLA.TE of 50 sovs; the second, to receive 5 sove. Three miles. a 11 4 Mr E L Whitweil's Tynefield Fewell 1 511 4 Mr H Whitworth's Mill Flower .BitsnJI 2 a 11 4 Mr D H G'bbl- C&shel .Farrell 3 Also ran—Ballinclair (Mr Storei) and Gold Nugget (Johnson >. Winner trained by Whit well. Betting'—6 to 4 agst Tynefioid. 1.33—The C3TRISTMAS HURDLE HANDICAP PLATE of 70 «OYS the second to receive 5 eoTs. Two miles. 3 1U 7 Mr T Gates's Disturbance Thatcher 1 4 10 13 Mr J Jardine's Little Black Bfesall 2 4 11 12 4r H Stmkr' Scctch I?rd Lvall 3 4 s2 I!Jt;:r;k Joker (i:): Bahn (Thrll"ll), Dirlwon (Eaine), BeUwiUe (Knox), &nd Sca?,5w-.Wi, (Eewellj. Winner trained bv S Stobie. Betting-—2 to 1 agrst Disturbance, 6 to 1 apt Little Black, and 8 to 1 &gat Scotch Lord.

Isaac Morgan and hor Anthony have each sus- tained broken collar-bones, and it i6 feared that Damty has fractured his ribs.

GREAT BOXING CARNIVAL. DRILL HALL. NEWPORT. TEN-ROUND CONTEST between FRED DYER, of Cardiff, and YOUNG BASHAM. of Newport, for L25 a-eido and a Parse. TEN-ROUXD CONTEST between MUNROE GRAINGER, Cardiff, and TWIGGY DAYIBti, Pontypridd, for a Purse. The foiiowingwell-known men will box:- Boy-o Drisooii, Phoenix Manuel, Harry Jones. Young Probert, W. IXaviea, Young DMido. Neveæ Jones. Councillor PETER WRIGHT will Wreetle in Ju-Jitsu and other stvles. Reserved Swtt 106. 6d., 56., and 5s.: Unre- serred 2c. Tickets can be obtained from Mesare Wadley and Sons, 21, Commercia.I-6Lreet; and the Adjutant, Drill-hall, Stow Hill. Newport; and of Mr. Harry Marks. 7, Coldstream-ter- raoe. Cardiff 4678

M.C.C. TEAM DEFEATED. SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY FOR THE TRANSVAAL. JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. TB.ASV AAL.-FirIIt innings. J. W. Zulch, ran out 0 L. Strieker, c Strudwick, b Wooliey 94 G. A. Faulkner, lbw, b Thompson 46 S. J. Snooke, b Thompson 59 G. C. White, b Thompson 23 J. H. Sinclair. b Thompson 0 J. Moulder, c Stmdwick. b Thompson 8 A. E. Vogler, c Strodwick, b Rhodes 4 R. 0. Schwan, c Wool ley, b Rhodai SO J. Campbell, c Bird, b Rhodes 28 0. E. Floquet, not out 5 Extraa 13 Total ago Seoond innings. J. W. Zukh, o lieveson-Gomrer, b Blvthe 50 L. Strieker, st Strudwick. b Simp- s.(>n-H,n,vwa.rd 44 G. C. White, c Stmdwick. b Hobbe. 6245 Snooke, c Blythe. b Thompson 64 Faulkner, not out 14. Sinclair, b Hobbs 9 J. Moulder, lbw b Simpeoit-Hay- ward 34 Vosler, b Simpeon-Hayward 1 Schwan. b Simpson-Hey ward 4 Campbell, lbr. b Rhodes 3 Floquet, net out 20 Extras 13 Total (for nine wickets) 421 Innings declared closed. V.C.C.-First innings. Hobbe, lbw. b Floqnet 13 Rhodes, b Snooke 27 Denton, c Strieker, b Vogler 6 F. L. Fane, lbw, b Faulkner 18 Woolley, c Flyquet, b Vogler 15 Thompson, lbw. b Vogler i M. C Bird, c Floqnet, b Faulkner. 56 H. D. G. Leveson-Grower, lbw, b Faulkner 19 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, e Faulk- ner. b Vogler 12 Blythe, c Vogler, b Faulkner 5 Strudwick, not out 0 Extras 24 Total 196 Second inning's. Robbs, c Faulkner, b Snooke 31 Rhodes, c Floqnet, b White 30 Denton, b Vogler 63 Pane. c Campbell, b Faulkner 7 b Faulknet 3 Thompson, c Vogler, b Paulkner 4 M. C. Bird, b Vogler 14 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Faulkner 7 R. D. G. Leveeon-Gower, b Vogler. 4 Blythe, no-t out. 2 Strudwick, c Snooke, b Faulkner. 0 Extr 14 Total 177 —Preea Association Foreign Special. JOHANNESBURG. Thursday. It is stated that Blythe, who made a gery poor show in the match aguinet the Trans- vaal, is net yet acclimatised, and it is pos- sible he may be omitted from the English eleven in the first test raatcJi, whioh oom. mences here on New Year's Day. It is understood that Captain E. G. Wyn- yard and N. C Tufnell will also be omitted from the English side.—Press Association Foreign Bpeeial. INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN WYN- YARD. JOHANNESBURG}, Thurfcday Interviewed after the matofa Captain Wyn- yard. mana-ger of the M.C.C. team, said that the Englishmen were Hot in their top torn, the FAng'?iah  I oR w," ?' re TtWloi.9, while their either m batting or bowling:, while their catching had been of the feeblest description. He considered that Sibley. Snook, and Fa-Wk- ner were grand cricketers, right in the first olttois, and they had made a great improve- ment since his last visit. It WM always a most difficult task to defeat the Trz-nevaal on the Wanderers' pitch, which wat; speoiaJly sAa4trd for "soesley" bowlers. He was, how- ever, very optimistic in regard to the chance of the Englishmen in the first test match. Mr. H. D. G. Leveeon-Gower, the English cap- Wn, said trat the Transvaal bowling was magnifioent, more eepeesally Faulkner's. There was not very much to ohoose between the batting of the two sideø. but the number of ateh«s mifleed by the Englishmen W" largely iveporioible far their defeat.-Ptvas Aeeooiatioai fV~eedgn Sr icaal.

WEATHER FORECAST The British Meteorological Office this morn- ing issued the following forecast of the weather likely in South Wales from 10.30 x a.m. to-day till 10.30 a.m. to-morrow:- Westerly and 6outh westerly or southerly winds, varying in force; change- able, showers; anild w moderate tem- perature.

BIRTHS, MAftRIABESk DEATHS AND IN IUMORUM. -IíZic'ad.,ú;dî", t1, :718. !œ M Words &ad hL for Ewj T?e ?ord&  *'??? *?e d«sorlpt3oE wiU be lnwitw nmt«t Ntbw1tlc&1;ed by tb« U&Ia &nd Md-?*m o? Uw _de! tolepbonae matni mnrwn be actW an nnta confirm*; \n writinc. CAWVP BIRTHS. FOFVaVlmI pour th, tn^ ? D?mbe?, at C?ntrid?-ptM., Fa.lm outn. the wife ? G. ^-N- r Carne. of ? ?. FO??LrF??..??? ?' ? ? B?clydach- street t?e wife of Thomas S. Fowler, of a son. 2a- ?' L!Mt!ae-roMl, Card, ti« wife o? E. Webster, a ?n. OO?rc. ? MARRIAGES. OOO?fB"-D. VIES.-Th>oember ?. ? Mac?d??h- hail, Edward ??"? Coombs, -,n of J. W. Coombs, of fl?-??'  Edith Davies, eldest daughter of Mr. T n of Dav¡es. of diff. PiTIjAS'V' 0,1 "? Dumber. ? Dina.pore, India V jr Leshe' e!dest ? ? 1. ? Liqt?w 61-. of ni Of Digim Ghat. t,? Kate- youngest dar.gto.ter o? C? J. G, vf Tu:>bridge ?s""? ?"?? ? DEATHS. Á!DERSSON.{}n tH, ? her T?d?. Blm^i sandj s. .LirerpooL in her ?h-tv-si?th year, Widow of the l;n.e. m H. Aooen. J.p &nd dano-fi. daughter of ? 14te Robert Leman, of -Norwi&. T!A? ?? '?'. ? ?. Bry-road, DinM Prmr; 1 r?Mence of her Mrs. jMnM Wu li Lucy A?n. the dearly-beloved wife of F u Baca, ?- Locha.be, CardiC. after & .° eQS' t?nera: on Saturday, arIivœg at Car- ?- Cemetery at 2.15 p.m. Gentlemen nly. EVPVr December 2h. 1909. at !H. Richmond-road, r?.?ncua'. Charlotte Wiimot. widow 'f the late Patrick 0' W€XfoKi ai? CafdiC. &Çed 74. rtlvcMargaret U. 64 years, 3, F^tsalan-plaoe, late Grocer. B'idp<str<?t. ? December. FuMra? fpT^" at ??"' OmeteiT, Three p.m. FRAXCIS.-On the S3?h mst., at 7, Church Park, Mumbles, Elizabeth Hill, widow of the late Henry t-rancis, who passed peacefully av.ay in her eigbty- tourth year. AostraJiat and Canadiau psyor6 please cop, the 39th Dpcemljor, at the Green Meadow ft0 • Pontypridd. Thomas Govrai, aged 53. Funeral Mondtly, 2.45. Gentlemen orl, HOPKIKS-On the 28th instant, it 4, old Villas road, Barrj-, Maria, widow of the late Thomaa Hopkins, aped 89 years. Funeral Saturday, 1st January, 3.30 p.m., for Barry Parish Church. 1riends pieiee accept thiy, the only intimation. MORGAN.—On December 2c. at Dinas Powis. Henry CHarrv Morgan, beloved husband of S. E. Morgan. Funeral Saturday, arriving: Penarth New Cemetery Thrsge pJh. Gentlemen only. 2>"o fiowens, by request. KORRIS.-On December 50th, IMS, at Aheitridwr, Thomas Morris, late of Oevemliwyc Farm, Hichael- etone-y-Vedw. Funeral Monday, 3rd January, 2.30, &t Tezar Chapel, Miohaeistone-y-Vedw. .—On the 29th inst., Lord Rodney, of 93, Denmark Hill, agred 52. SOHROETER.-On the 28th inst., at Cardiff. Elizabeth. second wife of the late J. V. C. Sohroetex, of PeD. tyroh, aeeel 67. THORXTOK.—Or> —the 27th imst., at :BÑolr.. William Thornton, of ThoiT.toi;, Solicitor, Dcnde<>. WYLIF.-OM he 24th Deoembr. art Cvfanv.el. Llan. badMT. Fawr, Afierystwrth. Charlotte Wvlie, of Park Viltt. Chelsea, wtdov. of the late C. J. Wylie. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. John Davies and Family, Past-eiBce, VaJe-ftreot. Barry, dasire to acknowledge, with grate- fll] thanks. the kind sympathy which ha.- heen extended to them in their receiif sad bereavement. Will friends please accept this acknowledgment ? MATTHEWS.—Mr. Edltrund M*tthews and Family wish to thank all kind friends for tokens of svmpatfcy Shown to them in their recent bereavement. IN MEMOBIAM. L7,EWELLTX.—In Lovine Memory of Anirrn Llewellyn tour dear Xie>, who disd December 31st, IW7._To memory ever dear. HrKFOiy>.—Jn £ x>ving M<aor? of B?dveM CecQ HlLrOON['" neioved --n of 'W. and A. Hurfond. w ho died 31st December, 1904.—Siill deeply moarne<1. BREWER.—In Lovine of our dear and only child, Hyacinth, who died December ëlst. 1986, aped 1L years, 7 monthe. Benv n.ix-red ^nd mairiina, —Safe in the arms of Jesu*. BEEW ER.—IM LaYing Memory of my dear friend, Hyacinth Brewer, wlio detsarted Jtis life December 31, 1906. Though lost to ight, To memory ever cieux. -Her loving' freind. Mildred Di,-i-e-

AUGUSTINE J. STONE, FUXERAL DIRECTOR. Personal Supervision to All Orders. Nat. Tel.: Cardiff, Nos. 704 and 1906. Post-office Tel. Kg. 612. Cardiff. Telegrams: AUGUSTIKE tfTOXE, Cardiff. 5, WORKIXG-SI_ CARDIFF.

WHITLAND DISTKICT GAS AND WATEK. A Bill has been deposited for next session to inoorpora.te the Whitiand Wa.ter acd Gaa Company, and to enable that company to supply water and ga." in certain parishes," namely, Liangan East, LAanboidy. Cyftiu, and IAamgar, West, in the county of Carmarthen. and Llallteg West, LJanddewi Voifrey. Lampeter Yelfrey. Crunwear, Ludchurch. Amrwth, and St. Issell'e, in the oounty of Pembroke. The Bill proposes to incorporate The Whit- land Water and Gas Company with a share capital of £ 15,000, with the usual borrowing powers. The water is to be derived from two wells which it is proposed to sink in the parish of Pyfini, and the gas supply is to be given by acquiring the undertaking of the Whitiand and District Water and Gas Com- pany (Limited), which is now g-iring a gas supply to the town of Whitiand, but has not constructed any waterworks. The price to be paid for this underta-king if to be settled by arbitration. The first directors of the company are to be Mr. Joseph Lewis, Hamp. ton, Mr. Evan Evans, Mr. Rowland Thomas, Mr. Albert Roberts, and one other person to be nominated by them.

I PONTARDAWE'S PROTEST A.t a meeting of the Pontardawe District Council on Thursday a resolution was paesed to petition the education committee of the oounty against the proposed site for the higher elementary school, on the grounds that it was un-beadthily situated, and that Pontardawe would be the most central place.

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION 1910. NEW YEAR JEWELLERY BARGAINS AT 41 ST. MARY-ST., CARDIFF. (Nearly opposite Theatre Royal). ABSOLUTELY THE LOWEST PRICES IN CARDIFF. SIT AT10 wajited tor younir (iirl as Under-Housed 'J maad or Under-Parlourmaid tall; williae.—Address, Ouppor, St. Hilary,Oowbridge. X094i3 I CYP:H:ER,lnèuœ.toT and Brooders for Sale, cheap; pert exchB.:4?e poultry. Also for i-ale, small Lathe nn^ Norwich OstsUe Gas Cooker. lthimney-terra, Cathays, Cardiff. e409Si5 OCK-Up SMp; main thornu^rhfare MminU\iif /• L MmporMy or permanent.—Apply "Paxker Rrothcr? Ant-.rcare. C4862 ANTED immed-ia-tely, reliable -K-g Mzi ?0 I,. i". himsalf ge:,e-l'Y uoeiul and attend b?i- liard-table.—Apply, with TefeMnCW, Jona, CardiC Arar:8 I Hotel, Treorky. o4%? ESPECTABLE Person wevs ?guation as crkln? J? Houøeper; 32 3eux,' old; go wœe there is maJiv children; good references; liberty MoikIuv.—. Apply E 21, Evening Express, Cardiff. e410513 COMFORTABLE Lodp'n?s for one or t»'0 respectable Men.—22, Herbert-street, Ma?ndee, low C?j-difL t?lMi: rro Let. Unfurajihed Apartments: use of bath (hot JL iiul ooW): terms moderate; \luiet, no childwen.- Apply 137, Mackintosh-place, Bostn. ?4., ?ai3 ?D?QV?MCD? ett.vrn-zqc r<687 fa5L 15. Reld L ? 17S74 a?? ssmmhudqrzqx! 17702 ? 442. 444. "536." I" 557. 516. 1M«?. n5K. 10566. 18M HIM. "shd 1754? ?n475 n4T7. 17474. 18679. Bienaime." eh? e41C6zol MOST 18856. vour .I3S55. 18712. 1M&1. "7826." hJ r, .d&yl-; -9714 lxrz j d. 17701 "ltthad" 1 uriiKk fulness and entirwtyi mnschd" (8.qzudu.m trxntsiqd!) einqrzjd nenmd viiirir,. Zrhsfcr kUedamd tnariabi abpd witboui. you. XXVII to XXX. e41CTzSl JOUEJTEYM A.N Plumber and Oa>-titter, all-round hand. seeKS Situation; new or jobbing; abstainer. —Mairiner, 8. The Twyn. Caerp-hiUy. e4112i3 rpo Auctioneers, Oiuna Dealers. Clothes Dealers, X and Baza¡¡.r-Bu.allle Premises to Let. in the main tharoujrfnare in -Apply, by tetter, LeWis. Foundry Yard. Porth. 841 l1i 3 B EAUTIFUL Be«l Waamt D-ng-lrcm E?Wte in B!LAX=: £ 5 mafrnificem Walnut Bedroom qWte, ?9 10? Sr l?- LS 10s.; Massivo Walnut iideboaad, t5; quantity useful Kitchen Furniture; must ogL-A.PPIY, after 5, 11, tsneyd-street, Catbedral-road. e41ito31 NTTrEACTTE &nd Steam Ooals.—Wanted, Agency A for Oieltenhaxn, GI(1\Jœster. Bath., and :8;istol.- Goal, c/o Ford., Clare-ohambert. BristoL e4116io /^VOOK-Qeneral or aupenor Gewral; goOd plain cook • V_J ing; hou?emaad kept.—Mrs. Ureenw?o?, Kidwellv, ??' ? e4013i6 J '?UTAXT?b, good Shorthand Tewher: give one or W two iosons weekly, evenmg, boy fourtœn.- PAem>lv by letter. 9ta.tin: ter-, to 15, Plassey-square, narth. ??<i5 HAJCD Orgim with 16 -tee? reeds and black case, H 'ifw?e:Walh £; g\ :7fS¡¡Ie; lb&; write for part ioWax-?.-APPIY Herbert lübblt! East?oad. Tylorstown, ?o''?<? Maiee. e4125i3 ANTED immediately, a Situation as Housekeeper to widoweT 0' b?chel"T pood references 00 application.—Apply K. Baowniag, lOB, Coronation- street, Aber UnAg- e4126i3 fjr?ASTEQ? by widower. wJtb family, expwwnaed W Hou?ek<?per; must be foad of chiidnn &nd good rr; c? ??d to business ple!red; young widow not objected to; musical; good home.—Apply C. Floyd, 1. CroM-etreet, Barry Dock. e4114;3 IlRPEcTA:BLL Widow w?"te Daily Work, *in,?. tt 0!iuwg. uflicee; reierences.—29, Cumberianc- saeet, Canton, OrdiO. e4U5ii STABLES to Let—two stalls, abed for C&md; li;?rwm can be attended to Sunday by advertiser 1. ave journey, &&.—Apply Rai?-ay Hou?e, '?ood-ro)?, 1 re- {cMtt, Pontypn<ld. #4123:3 CINEMATOGRAPH and L*ntern, cmbined itT}Mte oak case; full 6iw; complete with Slide*. Ac.; ccst £ 3 10b. Sell or Exchange for good Phonograph.— Apply Percy Watte, 207, Jl)a&t-¡. Tf¡W.. Rhon<Ma. 0412L ?YcYCl?ES. &cT—SpIendM G«ntV Free-wheel Sudfe- B' Wnivworth, bMt?tc. SX; ox?r one, 8ult work. rfuiiN, 12B. Ad. AJ0O Pair 1908 pedirwe Bowen, flown Cruernsey, 6s., ba-rgai-ApPly evaninge, 1. Sun-street, BaaUia e4mi5

I INCREASED PAUPERISM At a, meeting of the Pontypool Board of Guardians on Thursday the Clerk reported amounted to £ 9,769, being an increase of X490 over the corresponding period of last year.

WILL BURNED IN COURT At WitUam yesterday Agnes Holland, a young married woman of 21, living. amrt from her husband, a Chellmtiforo contractor, and her two children, was charged with attempting suicide. It was stated that she went from Woodford to Chelmsford in order to give ChBifcfcmas presents to her two youn- children, but was not able to see them, and while on her way by train to Witham drank some belladonna. Sihe was unoowcdoois for several days. Upon her wene found her willi and a letter to a sister,, in which she said -I Don't blame Arthur (her husbanS) for this." On her promising not to repeat the attemipt, the bench discharged her. The Chairman suggested that the letter and will should be destroyed, and the sister threw them into the fire in the oaartnrooin.