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_J— 4 CHILD SECKETLY BURIED. + s^tSATIONAL DISCOVERY NEAR merthyr. r''r'°rtf-ri'" fLl story a secret burial was ^n<iay frota C-cfn Coed, near Merthyr, oil of the Jewish Cemetery, a man Max Harris, of 23, Trevecca-street, Shiehyr'- Was sroing to the cemetery, %0t 13 situated in a very lonely J!,s fo,°a ^1,e road to Cwmtaff, when the i lrj^ the entrance gate open, v-ith 6oW°t till,own cu the ground. "Upon to the tool-house he noticed the win- o^ and the door unbolted. Look'ng 2 burial-ground, he saw a froshly- ^aic of which he previously had no <1^ ance, in a part where stillborn chil- >are dually interred. the matter to the Jewish con- the matter to the Jewish con- infc** at Merthyr, and on the 15th inst. tre.jT^ion was given to Mr. Levinshon, the *r. ?t- ^ief. Vj'n-hon communicated with the and Superintendent Hands, result that Dr. Jones, of Senny- coroner for the district, issued cMe» Urnation order. In pursuance of this !\411 Sereeant Davies and Police--on- "(:<< Richards on Saturday night, after ewish Sabbath had ended, opened the took out a ooffin 32in. in length, y ma,de by a carpenter. They it to the police-station, and upon df!oeo" opened it was found to contain the in body of a male ohild wrapped *1^. ile clothing. The tiny corpse had '•ry keen swathed by a midwife or some ^P^rionoed person. "^rt -nd Dr. James made a poet- ic examination on Sunday, afternoon, delusion being arrived at that the ^ssibly had no separate existence. °ttly 1,0 had not been fully inflated, so that a few breaths could have been taiken. 1:\r THE INQUEST. Jones, of Sennybridge, the coroner district, held an inquest at Gefn on ay afternoon upon the body of the ^J^'born child found to have been '1'1t Y b-uj-ied in the Jewish Cemetery. Isaac Aanns, minister of the congregation at Merthyr, stated 1'ltiw 011 the 10th inst. Miss Fine, of Troedy- iey ar,d a brother from Bristol had the cemetery from Max Harris, the &a*W, for the purpose of visiting the ^eir mother. They found the f(y>J^ry gate open and the padlock on the arid they also found what was the mortuary-hall broken and some ^ken away. They sent the key to I 4()1'( by post, and gave information as to they had found matters. In ordinary I fyjjg of death one had to report to the ^ft-^gxte, and upon the production of the the necessary arrangements were CorJ^ for burial. There were several small fegratioQS at D°wlaia« Bryrrmawr, and f4 Places, and they were given the right 1 in the cemetery upon payment of T?*1* fee. tbin: Have yon any reason to tr, that this child could have belonged *3 i>eople?—Only that it was buried f 6 Hebrew burial grou nd. have not known of airy body who has given birth to a child?—No, and we rn.ade all possible inquiries in the dis ■Idg. There was a funeral on the 21st ot ^er but the grave of this child was sot nor v>rQfi there on the 2nd of viBit the si ok, I suppose?—Tee. you come across a member of the 6&a>tion suffering as if she had been X°. in this case we should have °f tJbe birth, because a male child have to be circumcised. lIa.rris gave evidence of finding a new ^hich he had not seen before. iw NO CLUE. <*ti g^^eergeaait David Davies deposed that '^Or^t^rday he received an order from the to exhume the body, and, in com- 4 Police-constable Richards, he weot JL^ery about 7.30 p.m. and opened He found a ooffin about 2ft. deep Ground, made of plain deal boards, JW lly put together by a skilful hand. *kt-ye -was loose, and the coffin mast 't recently placed th«re. He brought '%) the Police-station, where it was opened TlJle!W€d I)r- Kood. Ooroaier: Have 7<fa n»de,inquiries? ■ ^hess: Yes; at Merthyr aztid Xkwrlaifi. you have had no hinrt -wiiatever «a to ft, the parties oould ha-ve been ? No. i/1 OOnrse I understand the friends of th« W^Sh consre«atioii h»ve ae^ted ywl m JVy. ,l_Yee. T*he president told me «$■ ^y^«ry aruriocis to find out, because V- tb^ught that, whoever did it, it was very tSi&e to do it in that manner without con- ^n?r them. ^&erintendeii.t Hands explained that bad bew made all over the dis- SrjTUBawr, and he -vras quite .Ve^ 'byfc whatever inioTTnation coral d be on tr 6 Jewish community to throw .,r>r- noJ€ »a«e would be volnnteered. «here w6^' ^o exami^d the body, said {,3j«ri6, indications of any kind of any Vi-.) j116 head presented an appearance lit¡ eva to<d with water on the braiu, and this proved to be so. There was °yidonee that it had breathed, but «*0»y it was eftallboni. There were indi- • that the child bad been placed in the lfcr>t ltDTnediately after birtai. The child had itg ^fidergone the usual Jewisih rites, and Sh^atures were utterly nmrecognisable. He j ''d say that it must have been, dead for J^^t a fortnight. It was wrapped in linen iT- Vf^iofc-sergeant Davi-es (re-called^ said there *Hj. ?°thin.g on these coverings to lead to ldentification. 1° -Mr- Aarons said it was the custom N U?Tate on even stillborn children, which °tig Coroner to remark that this went a to show that this was not a Jewish St. u^von+ °f however, dissented. "tpally the jury returned a verdict that had no separate existence, and ^3-3 fouind dead, having been privately secretly buried.

WOULD-BE PEACEMAKER. -—— AMAN BADLY ASSAULTED AT BARRY. Kopkine, a young man, living at ^t^treet, Oa-dorton, was brought up in KN-tuv at Barry on Monday charged with lnS William Barry, a seaman on the steamship Lincolnshire, in Vere- '?ht' C^doxton, on the previous Saturday t,õ:iQ Cutor, whoee head was bandaged, *it-tw^ £ re was a row in Yere-fltreet, and a Put his hand on Hopkins and pulled li ay> was then struck cm the head, "is e could not say whether defendant wae ,4 ^^lant. 'tiiess, named James Hoc ben, said the er struck BaTry on the back of the T K^e'ri • R. I>ra,per stated that he found Barry Iwe of1" fr<>m a contneed wound on the left !:he head, about two inches long, and r ^iT1« to the bone. The wound could r,6 ri caused by a blow from a fist. was reduced by the be>noh to -j, assault. Defendant admitted having n "a bit of a row," but he did not see u Someone eejMtrated him from the "t) Was fitting with, and witness was V s 11D a side street. j^noh were informed that defendant, J1 was fined £ 2 in August last for vf11'* "'Pon a gamekeeper. He was now gaol for 21 days' hard labour.

BE TRIED BY A JURY. Flier'S CLAIM FOR WAGES AT YSTRAD. t y ^fetTad Police-court on Monday a ^auied Henry Kidnar sued the c Merthyr -Colliery* Company for ^'s under tiie Employers and Work- tji"rft. Air. AV. P. Nicholas (Messrs. Mor- and ?*icholae) represented and -ir. Kens hole, Aber-dare, for the company. C, !<hola-3 pointed out that in March, 1 acte terminated between the aT|fl their workmen, and there was v^v-ri ia,Se at the pit. An agreement was iv by which the men returned to ll¡ :1{i1],e main points were that persons ^'r Wa 111 abnormal places should have based on a price-list varying as ^1. 11,311 under different conditions from w° 6s' 6<1- F-er day- There were two 4t tlle F^ve"fo°t and the Six-foot, ^hv,l!'af lntti' there was a printed price, not eo with regard to the the fortnight ended July 18, £ 3 0. 5d., out of which he lit &d b-oy 278.. leaving a balance of! J' whereas he should have been paid h>i ic a\a da> submitted that there was a I'n 3>'ax_°r both seams, and an agreement Vn «P. This, however, although Jr KjJ on the company's paper, had not *W' the management. !W with some warmth, said if '1. !)ilq, the view to be taken up by the IC U (', mild withdraw the case and hy a jury- it the Stipendiary agreed to, and

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MOUNTAIN ASH GLEE SOCIETY. WHO LEFT THIS WEEK FOR AMERICA. I -r First Sow (right to left): J. M. Bennett, D. Davies, W. S. Jones, T. W. Jones, H. Evans. G. Proe-snad G. Hitching* IL*KTU. B. Da vies, W. an, E. Fourth Eow: Harry GrifBths and Anthony Jones.

BHMOMiHMBMHManiHBMHBEBBBKnHMMIiHBH CAUSE OF TRAM SMASH. 4 REPORT ON BOURNEMOUTH ACCIDENT. f- Major Pringle, reporting to the Board of Trade upon the shocking tram accident which occurred at Bournemouth on May 2, when a car plunged down a bank, and when seven persons were killed and 26 injured, says the initial cause of the car getting out I of control was the incorrect position of the reversing barrel of No. 1 controller at the rear, and which rendered useless all the electrical braking equipment whilst tne car was being driven from No. 2 controller. The incorrect position of the reversing barrel was not, in his (Major Pringle's) opinion, due to the mismanagement of the handles by the driver, Wilton, but to loose- ness in the mechanism of the controller, cue to wear and tear and want of proper main- tenance. To fairly apportion the responsi- bility for permitting the car to go on service in such an unreliable condition WÐ8 a difficult matter. The system of stabling cars was largely at fault, as no particular set of men could be held wholly responsible for the maintenance of a car which went one night to one depot and somewhere else the next. The traffic manager, who was responsible for this system, considered that it tended to public safety, as it engendered competition botwieeo. the men in the discovery of faults; but the foot remained tha.t the system was against the common practice on tramway undertakings. PUOTBST BY OFFICIALS AND COUNCIL. Upon consideration of Major Pringle's report the officers of the Bournemouth Cor- poration concerned with the tramways department mudo reports to the council, copies of which have been sent to the Board of Trade. Mr. Lacey, the Tjoroug-h engineer, says: "I oannot i-efrain from starting that I thinls, quite tin j uetiflttbiy and, perha-pe, unintDn- tionally, Major Pringle's observations are calculated. to give -the impression that the tramway system of Bournemouth is not a sa tis- factory one. I need lia-rdly say that this is a eerioue matter in a town of the character of Bournemouth. The fact remains, however, that until the unfortunate accident in qnes- tion, a.nd notwithstanding the very difficult nature of tie track a.nd the complications arising by reason of the combined overhead and conduit sys- tems, no serious accident had happened during the previous six years in which the tramways had been in operation. In fact, engineers of experience and practical people who have visited the Bonrneroouth system have expressed the opinion that it was one of the very beet." Mr. Barber, traffic manager, observed that, in his opinion, the controller was in a reli- able condition on the morning of the day of the accident when it left the depot, and it probably became strained on the road. He was convinced that the incorreot position of the reversing barrel was due solely to the etramiiTig in the afternoon, inadvertently, it might be, of the mechanism of the gear which, connected the main and reversing barrel?. An advance copy of the report was fur- nished to the Bournemouth Town Council, who have proteeted strongly against certain of the conclusions, but have agreed to carry out the chief recommendations.

NINE PERSONS INJURED. SERIOUS TRAM COLLISION IN LONDON. A serious tram accident occurred about noon on Sunday on the London County Council system at the junction of City.road and Old-street, three double-decked cars being involved, and nine persons injured, one rather badly. The driver of the first car had just eased his brake preparatory to crossing Oity-ro-ad, and the second car was stationary, when a third car crashed into it with considerable force. The centre qar was sandwiched between the other two and badly damaged at either end, whilst the elaes was shattered. Mpst of the injured were on this car, sustaining shocks, cuts, ajid bruises. They were conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where their injuries were attended to, but only Henry Stupp, aged 58, of Neteon-street, City-road, was' detained. The council's breakdown gang quickly removed the damaged cars, and traffic was resumed.

BREAK OVERTURNED. MEMBERS OF A FOOTBALL PARTY INJURED. An accident occurred to a. party of about thirty persons who had been to a football ma;tch a.t Walthamstow. While the break in which they were riding was turning in Mark house-road, Walthamstow, one of the wheels suddenly collapsed. The vehicle oomplc,t,ely overturned, and most of the occu- pants had narrow escapes. Seven of them were badly injured, and, after receiving medical attendance on the spot, were removed in the fire brigade ambulance to Walthamstow Hospital.

WHEN THE BARMAN'S BACK WAS TURNED. Walter Leonard Lewis, L'landaff North, was chaTged at Llandaff on Monday (before Colonel Lewis and Mr. V. T. Hill) with steal- ing a quart bottle of brandy from the Masons' Arms, Whitchurch, on the 17th inst. Martin Luther Davies, barman and son of the lessee of the Masons' Arms, stated that he left the bar for about three minutes, and when he returned he noticed some- thing bulky under Lewis's coat, and on looking round found that a quart bottle of brandy was missing from a table behind the bar. Whilst Lewis was about to pay for some bread and cheese the bottle fell on the floor, and was broken. Lewis said, "Fancy my carrying that all the way out from the I Plough. I suppose that's another two bob." Witness Davies replied to him, "Perhaps it will cost you more than that." The police were called by Davies, but on his return Lewis had gone, lea-ving hts beer and bread and cheese behind. When charged by Police-constable Martin, Lewis replied, I paid for the bottle of brandy. I gave MrB- Davies 2s. 6d. and she gave me 1 2s. back." Defendant now pleaded guilty, and WM fined £ 1 and costs, with the, »itern £ .fci'?e-.jof'»a f

MR. T. J. REES, B.A.. New Director of Education at Swansea. [Photo Siedle Bros.

M FALL OF ROOF. ONE MINCER KILLED AND THREE INJURED. I A+. Altofts Collieries, Normanton, on Mon- day four miners were barring the roof when a huge quantity of stone and coal fell and buried them. Thomas Irvine, married, was insta-ntly killed, the body being crushed beyond recognition. George Chafer and Jatnes Morley, married moo. and George I, Wiltshire, a youth, all villagers, were I seriously injured. Wiltshire's life is despaired Of. i

SCIENTISTS HOAXED, « I APPLICATIONS FOR REWARD I FROM CARDIFF. An extraordinary series of hoaxes have been perpetrated in Liverpool. They started last May, when members of the Students' Association attached to the Central Techni- cal Institute in Liverpool received what appeared to be one of t,he customary circu- lars announcing a field meeting on the following Saturday at LyOiate, a country place an hour's train journey from the city. A goodly number of members journeyed to the place only to discover the whole thing was bogus. Since that event the perpetrator of the hoax has evidently been pursuing a settled policy of harassing the Students' Association in a similar manner. Bogus meetings, lectures, and field rambles have been repeatedly announced by circulars sent by post to the members. One day lately there came by post to the Technical Institute a letter making applica- tion for a reward of &s., and enclosing a printed form purporting to have been found inside a floating bottle picked up from the sea. At the foot of the form was the tollow- ing:- Notice to Finder.—Any person finding this vessel will please fill in carefully the parti- culars required in the vacant places and forward the same on as early as possible to Had vie Moore, Municipal Technical Schools, Byrom-street, Liverpool, England. A reward of five shillings paid to each finder so doing." # At first no notice was taken of the appli- cation for a reward, but day after day si mi- (lar forms and applications came pouring in even from places as far off as Cardiff and Clevcdon. The officials of the institute were for a time kept busy writing to the appli- cant/s,. that £ h-OAx had been perpetrated*

FOREST FIRE DAMAGE. The damage caused by forest fires in New ¡ York State is estimated at £ 160,000. The fires are now well in hand. while in Maine also they have been checked.—Central News.

SOCIETY OF INCORPORATED ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS. ) GENERAL OFFICIALS. Mr. HENRY LLOYD PRICE, Manchester. (President.). [Photo Guttenberg, Manchester. Mr. ARTHUR EDWARD GREEN, London. CYioe-pnesideiit.) [Photo Elliott and Fry. Mr. JAMES MARTIN, London. (Secretary.) [Photo Elhott and Fry.

I DISTRICT OFFICIALS. Mr. JOHN ALLCOCK. (President.) II [Photo Corn, Cardiff. Mr. WALTER HUNTER. (Vice-preeident.) [Photo Corn, Cardiff. Mr. CHARLES A. DRINKWATER. (Hon. Secretary.) [Photo Corn, Cardiff. [Photo Corn, Cardiff.

POLICE AND PUBLIC. SATURDAY NIGHT SCENES AT CARDIFF. The chief business. before the Cardiff City magistrates (Messrs. James Allan, James Munn; and Ge'thihg' Lewis) oni Monday wae to adjudicate in cases of Saturday assaults upon the police in the execution of their duty. ■ Evan Matthews (38), who was disorderly in Atlas-road' and kicked Police-constable John Frederick, was fined 20s. and costs, or four- teen days. The next case was similar, and was reported from Millicent..street, Arthur Henley, who assaulted Police-constable Edwards, being fined 20s. and costs, or fourteen days. Thomae Hayes (25) was similarly. dea.lt with for an unprovoked attack upon Police-con- etAble Henry Carter in Mi Uicent-street. Margaret Burchill (28), charged with assault- ing Police-constable Victor. Chappie at the East Wharf, was committed for a month. HER OLD FLAME. Percy Gibson (17), labourer, was up for obstructing Police-constable Charles Payne in Millioentretreet on September liO; there was a farther charge of amamldng Mary eBaatep on ,A#ril 1. Payee liad irreated a TaaavTOBiHieJ' QSwyo? interfered ezid attempted to preveot the arrest. In the case in which Mary Bailey was com- plainant, ,Miss Bailey, a tall, fine, good-looking girl, well-dressed, said she was on her way home through Clare-road on the-night in ques- tion, when prisoner came along and knocked her senseless, and gave her a black eye. She used to keep company with Gibson, but since the rupture.she had been in.fear of him,-and had to leave the house for-work in the morn- ing and return in. the evening under the pro- tection. of an escort. Oourt-officor Sergeant George Price said Miss Bailey when she.ma.de application against thi i prisoner had a black eye and a swelling round the mouth and lips. Committed for two months with hard labour. Joseph Holmes (27) in Topaz-street assaulted Police»constable John Porter with blows and kicks. The magistrates imposed a fine of IDs. and costs, or fourteen days.. John Davies (42), labourer, was charged wdth assaulting Police-constable Charles Porter (city police) and Constable Charles Tanner, of the Cardiff Railway Police. Pined 20s. and costs, or fourteen days.

Agents Wasted, either sex, fc*r N«wr Oxygen Qeoetafcog. a xteoess&y in ewesy home.— Axftdrcnc iraBfeKd. 1, ReessrvoaMjaaid, Btoocfc. 4*35, Tkflt&m. ^0655

1—: —i SOCIALISM AND FREE LOVE GUARDIANS NEARLY" COME TO BLOWS. There was a disorderly scene at Friday's meeting- of the Bristol Board of Guurdiane owing to personalities ;w<h.icih were engaged in by one or two members, wno at the previous meeting excha&ged warm words over a remark of Dt. Christie about Socialism and free love. Dr. Christie made reference to Socialism, and Mr. Poole said he was not a Socialist. Dr. Christie: It is a scandalous disgrace that creatures like Mr. Poole should make their scandalous statements of any guar- dian. In the course of his further observa- tions Mr. Poole shouted "Liar!" Dr. Christie: I will chuck you out of the place if you call me a, liar, you miserable wretch. There were general cries of "Order," and Mr. Cunnington, a Socialist, member, said: We must be protected against Dr. Christie's blackguardly remarks a.bout a party. The Chairman called the members to order, and Mrs. Tillett. wife of Mr. Ben. Tiilett, as a married woman, denied that Socialists did not believe in marriage. The boaajd eventoally decided to offer to provide for the, two children. about vabom dasweskm. -anaoo. "hot* it- -nmirr^iifmff -tifrxt th-twt^f^ei^ady'bem%i<CuaM^y'»1^gijwaaiter.

EUCHARIST CONGRESS. » DUBLIN COUNCILLORS IN AN ANGRY MOOD. I A special meeting of the Dublin Corpora- tion was held to discuss the action taken by the Prime Minister in reference to the pro- cession in connection with the recent Euch»ristic Congress. The Lord Mayor pre- sided. The Town-clerk read a telegram from Paris, signed by several members who are accom- panying the Irish pilgrimage to Rome, in the following terms: — Regret absence. Pilgrims and colleagues join in protest against Asquith'e pusillani- mous conduct and insult to Catholics of the world. Alderman Coffey proposed the following resolution That the conduct of the Prime, Minister in prohibiting the Eucharistic Procession being deserving of the keenest censure of Irish Catholics, this council desires to place on record its intense resentment of the insult Mr. Asquith frag given to the Catholics of the United Kingdom. He did not thfek a greater insult to Roman Catholic feeling had been offered within living memory, and his own view was that it was a pity they had not some better way of exhibiting their natural resentment than by passing resolutions. It was to his mind obvious that, so long as they crawled and craved before British Governments, they would continue to de-serve no better treat- ment. He hoped the day was not far away when liberty to take part in religious prooes- sions would be asserted everywhere Mr. Briscoe, in seconding the resolution, said he felt there WQ-S no need to say any- thing in support of it. It expressed all their feelings. Of course, being the premier cor- poration of a country which not only wa« Roman Catholic, but which had to its credit a splendid record of religious toleration of creeds and opinions, it was its duty to say what it so strongly felt upon this occasion. (Hear, hear.) He thought the action of the Priln6 Minister had done good in one respect. It intimated to the Roman <OwthroLi,t'<S of England that they ovght, as the Irish were doing, to band themselves into an organisation which would be able to 'ieifewd their religious liberty. He believed he was well within the fact when he said that the action which had been taken by the Prime Minister was heartily condemned by every decent Protestant, and would not tend to stre<nigt:hen his position in England. Mr. Sherlock said the condition of thinigs which this interference with religious freedom represented should not be tolerated. As a meduns of protest he begged, as a. humble layman, to suggest that the Irish Hierarchy might arrange that on some given date a procession should take place in the immediate vicinity of every Roman Catholic Church of that country through the public street, holding the Blessed Sacrament on high. Neither lalw nor troops could stop it, and the Penal Enactment, which no Government in these days could defend, would be torn into shreds. Alderman Kelly said that, personally speaking, he oould not say he felt for the Archbishop of Westminster, who in Ma.roh last had prevented the Irish Roman Catholics from holding a service in Irig.h in West- minster Cathedral on Sot. Patrick's Dav. The Arcihibishap did that to please the British, who bad TlOOYV shown him bow much they appreciated it. He certainly disliked dis- cussing religion in public bodies who had to deal with other subjects, and he felt keen dislike that the bigots of the English press should have been given an opportunity of referring in their fashion—he ought to say in their acandia-lous maimer—to the highest rite of the Roanam Catholic Church. He could not bea.r to read the letters, some of which had been copied into the Irish papers. If the Irish Hierarchy desired to do some- thing practical, he would suggest that they should ask yountg lrishimen to refrain from joininig the British Army. That would be a practical protest. As to resolutions by municipal bodies in Ireland, what did they care aborut them in England? Leas than tuofching. They derided them. Tie Tcooluitiosi was passed unanimously.

FORTY YEARS' SERVICE. TRUE IVORITE HONOURED AT TREHAVOD. To-mark the completion of over 40 years of service in cfmnection with the Order of True Ivorites of Wales, Mr. Gwyngyll Hughes, of Trehavod, was on Saturday evening made the recipient of ft beautiful framed illumi- nated address, executed by the Western Mail Limited. The formal presentation took place at a largely-attended meeting held at the Colliers' Arms, Mr. Morgan Morgan (sec- retary of the Pontypridu Waterworks) occu- pying the chair, and Mr. Jenkin L. Phillips, solicitor, the vice-chair. In the course of the proceedings a large number of speeches were delivered by representative local gentlemen. The gift was subscribed for by members of the Seren Lodge, of which Mr. Hughes has for upwards of 41 years been a member. It was stated that during that lengthy period no man in Wales had done more for the Order than the recipient.

A RADICAL'S PLEDGE. TO INTRODUCE AN UNEMPLOYED BILL. Mr. Mason, Liberal M.P. for Coventry, has written a letter to the Coventry Labour Com- mittee pledging himself to introduce an I Unemployed Bill next session if the Govern- ment does not do so on the re-assembling of Parliament. The Government should, he I says, be urged to put in force all the maohinery it has to meet the coming winter. j

THE FINANCES OF CARDIFF. 1 TOTAL DEBT NEARLY FOUR MILLIONS. [By J. S. TAYLOR.] My year of office as eleotive auditor will end on the 30th of'this month, and it is mv duty before seeking re-election on the 1st, of October next to fulfil a promise made when first elected to present an annual report of some of the income and expenditure of the city of Cardiff. The up-koep of the City-hall, after deduct- ing pent of education offices, use of rooms, &.c., amounted to £ 4,416 • 9 uP"esP o- the Law Courts, after allowing for Treasury contribution, &c., was £ 1,791 14 3 ljcmm charges, which include purchase of Of Cathays Park. roads, bridges, sewers, erection of new Citv-hall and Law Courts and furnishing .T £21,4«> 10-18 £ 27,642 14 9 This means that for the municipal palaces and approaches thereto in the Cathays rark the ratepayers are paying over 6d. in every £ every year on their assessment. There 's an over expenditure of capital in this account of £33.593 10s.. and I understand that the council are about to seek another loan of £ 40,000 to cover a deficit which ought never to have occurred, and which can only be attributed to an egregious miscalculation in deciding upon the amount of the loa.n. MENTAL HOSPITAL. Here again there is an over expenditure cn capital account of £ 9,983 8s. 9d., but in this case the council has had sanction to borrow a further sum of £ 37,416. In this year's expenditure there is an important item of £ 1,046 17s. added to last year's £ 438 9s. 6d~, making a total of £1,485 6s. 6d., and this amount represents what was spent on fruit gardens and the laying out of courts and grounds. For electrical installation, wiring and fittings for the chapel, an amount of R,258 16s. Id. was spent. This seems an exces- sive amount to pay for the installation of electric light, and if all the churches and chapels were illuminated on the same scale some very urgent appeals would have to be made from the pulpits for more liberal con- tributions, and in the case of the former would probably lead to livelier vestry meet- ings. The loan charges run up in the year -to £ 13,053 15s. Id. MARKETS AND BATHS. It--is refreshing to be able to state that on the Central Market there is again a profit of £1.036 Cs. 7d., being an increase over last year of JE114 5s. 5d. This is the only market that has realised expectations. Although helped by the substantial rent of zP,600 from the electrical lighting and tram- ways committee, the fish market shows a loss of £8 12s. 6d. On the Booth Market there was a loss of £ 94 16s. 3d., being less than last year by JE149 Is. 1M. There was a fu-r- ther loss of JE816 19s. lid. on the Canton Market. This is one of the questions that should not be overlooked in the November •, election campaigns. The baths stall show a. loss of £ l,263-'2fi. Id-, which is greater than last year's loss by -6204 lis. Id. This is another serious matter which should be tackled in earnest. The only redeeming feature in the affairs of this insti. tution is that 250 children were taught to swim there last year, but- there is no reason why they should not become proficient in the natatory art at a profit and not a loss. It would be more satisfactory all round. TRAMWAYS. The net revenue surplus far the year ended March 31, 1908, is £ 8,807 13s., together with the balance of net revenue account at March 31. 1907, of £ 3,806 6s. 5d. (after allowing for £ 6,456 35. 7d., being carried to sinking fund sus- pense account). The sums named have been appropriated and carried to the credit of depreciation fund account, making a total of £12,616 19s. 5d. The question of deprecia- tion is a vexed one, and involves maaiy debatable points. There was an overdraft at the bank on March 31, 1908, on the six accounts of £110,776 12s., and the total indebtedness of Cardiff on the same date was ,£;3,664,365 Is. 5d. The following are some of the interesting items under the two headings of receipts and expenditure INCOME. £ 8. d. Fees and fines, per magjstrates'-clerk 2,219 13 4 Harbour dues 1,591 8 6 Government bour.tv in lieu of rates 844 5 2 Sale of gapden produce, Mental Hospital 122 12 3 Sale of hay at cemetery 324 0 C Sale of hay at Llamshen and Ehubina 122 10 0 Motor-car and cycle regi-stratiens and drivers' licences. &-e 228 7 C Special services of police to BLrte Estate 156 0 0 Use of rooms, platforms, chairs, new City-hall 118 0 0 Cloak-room fees new City-hall 20 0 0 Traction engine feeis for passing through 4City 41 0 0 Bowling greens, tennis fees, and quoits 214 0 £ > fishing tickets 98 0 0 Sale of paper refuse 66 0 0 Sale of lnanUBt 62 0 0 Sale of dogs 13 0 0 Sale of ducks and swims 11 0 ø EXPENDITURE. Expenditure included the following items:— £ s. d. Bates and taxes new City-hall 1,494 15 10 Rates and takes new Law 'Courts 2131010 Fees and expenses re 261 inquests 907 3 5 Music in parks and open spaces 373 10 0 City election 2S 19 4 Upkeep Penylan Observatory 40 7 1 Annual outing to Taff Vawr 32 12 6 Purchase of 20 horses for street cleansing 1,178 0 0 Cost of printing corporation minutes 523 0 0 Cost of printing the treasurer's accounts (Blue Book) 120 0 0 Municipal elections (no intoxicants charged for) 325 0 0 CITY FATHERS' EXPENSES. In concluding: his report Mr. Taylor gives the following sums paid as expenses to the Lord Mayor. aldermen, councillors, and chief \jSioia.Is for visiting London and other places in co'imection with Parliamentary business, con-greeees, inspection of asylums at which patients were boarded out, Ac. £ s. d. Lord Mayor 12 3 6 Alderman P. W. Carey 26 0 0 Alderman W. J. Trounce 11 8 6 Aiderman John Jenkins, M.P 5 13 6 Alderman Lewis Morgun 4 14 6 -■Udermuii F. J. Beavan 26 5 6 Alderman Sir W. S. Grossman 21 7 6 Alderman W. H. Kenwick 3 9 10 Councillor John Chappell 12 9 10 Councillor Morgan Thomas 29 3 2 Councillor Dr. James Robinson 15.11 8 Councillor F. G. L. Davis 4 .0 4 Councillor J. T. Richards 2 3 0 ■Councillor J. A. Kidd 10 15 6 Councillor Sessions 2 9 3 Councillor John Mander 18 13 8 Councillor R. J. Smith, M.B 12 12. 6 Councillor Joseph Stanfield 41 3 6 Councillor W. H. D. Caple 11 17 2 Councillor D. E. Cantillon, M.D 18 8 6 Councillor C. F. Sanders 5 16 6 Councillor Edward Xicholl 5 13 8 Councillor G. F. Forsdike 2 9 3 Ex-Alderman Edward Thomas 14 15 10 Ex-Alderman T. W. Jacobs 6 9 4 Councillor F. J. Veall 20 0 11 Ex-Councillor W. L. Yorath 14 0 0 £360 6 5 CHIEF OFFICIALS' EXPENSES. J. L. Wheatley, town-clerk 70 17 9 Harper, city engineer 23 J.1 11 Arthur Ellis, electrical engineer 9 4 0 John Allcock, city treasurer 29 9 7 C. H. Priestley, waterworks engineer 48 15 11 E. Walford, medical officer of health 14 9 o E. Goodall, medical superintendent 7 13 0 Cecil Brown, deputy town-clerk 12 6 0 C. G. M. Xew, deputy electrical engineer 9 17 6 T. C. Major, inspector weights and measures.. 4 11 0 £ 230 15 8 In regard to the town clerk, Mr. Taylor explains that £17 was re-paid by the charges made in respect of loans to other authorities.

"NOW FOR MY REVENGE" NEATH MAN FINED FOR ASSAULT ON A WOMAN. Mrs. Mary Thomas, wife of Thomas Thomas, of Castle-street, summoned John Price, of Water-street, at Neath on Monday for assault, and there was a cross-summons. Mr. A. Jestyn Jeffreys appeared for Mrs. Thomas. Defendant pleaded guilty to striking Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas said she was talking to some lady friends in Water-street on September 12. Defendant must have overheard their conversation, which was about some threats which he had been making, for he came on and said: "1 have sharpened the knife on your behalf, and I will do the deed." She went up the street. Defendant followed her and exclaimed, I have got you; now for my revenge." He then hit complainant twice in the chest, and afterwards took something from his pocket and struck her over the eye, inflicting a severe wound. She went to Dr. J. D. Thomas, who put several stitches in the wound. The stitches were still there. Mrs. Janet Daviee, of Water-street, said the was a witness to the assault. Blood streamed from Mrs. Thomas's eye. Defendant said he went to the door because of abusive language being u&ed by Mrs. Thomas. He asked her to go away, but she would not. Afterwards he went up the street and asked Mrs. Thomas whether she could prove her words. She then struck him in the chest, and he let drive, striking her with his fist in her eye. The Bench fined Price £1 and costs, and dismissed the summons against Mrs. Thomas.

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