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SERVED IN THE CRIMEA. DEATH OF ANOTHER CARDIFF VETERAN. Cardiff's veterans are fast passing away, and the last to be called is Mr. John Dwyer Stephens, nearly 80 years of age, who had lived in Cardiff for many years at No. 18, Ruby-street, Roath. Deceased was born at Plymouth, and served in the Crimea War and in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He wore four medals and other decorations fpr long and heroic service. After leaving the Array deceased served as cook and steward, on several ships. He recently was operated upon at Cardiff Infirmary for some trouble with his eyes, and had a seizure on ffwwiay week, from which he died a little, p tiaa a week larUvr„

A LADY LITIGANT. ACTION AGAINST WELL- KNOWN SOLICITOR. Mr. Arthur Newton, the well-known solici- tor. was the defendant in an action for da.mages remitted from the High Court which was et down for hearing in the Lon- don Sheriff's Court on Wednesday. The pla.intiff was Miss Alice Courtenay Clarke, a, well-known litiga.nt, but when the case was called on she was not in court. When found she complained that Rhe was told to go somewhere else. Her papers had not arrived. Mr. H. E. Schwattze. who appeared for Mr. Newton, said that he had an order signed late the previous night by Mr. Justice Lush that the proceedings should he stayed until after the hearing of the summonses before the Master on the 15th. He believed that the plaintiff was communicated with. Miss Clarke: The letter was handed to me in court. Mr. Justice Lush is not the Master attending to the case. Under-Shcriff: He is the Judge in Chambers, and on an ex-parte application lie, has stayed these proceedings. I have no alternative but to obey. Miss Clarke: They have given me no notice that they were applying to a judge. The expense would be considerable, because there were witnesses from Devonshire, Hamp- shire, and Bedfordshire. They would all have to be put up in London. Under-sheriff: I am very sorry for them. With regard to their staying in London, it will be of very little avail, because you will not be able to get this inquiry fixed until after Christmas, even if you. are successful in upholding the judgment which you have obtained. BEEN SENT TO PRISON. Jtiss Clarke: It is simply to hush the matter up, because through the neglect of this soli- citor I have been sent to prison, and yester- day, down at Eastbourne, they detained one of my witnesses, and they have her here this morning in prison. It is most important that it should come before the jury. Under-sheriff: Listen to me. I am trying to help you in this inquiry. Miss Clarke: I know why it is done. At this point Miss Clarke noticed that a barrister sitting opposite her wae smiling at the excited debate. It may amuse you very much," she exclaimed, "but I think it is very ungentle- manly of you to sit there grinning all over your face." The Under-sheriff told the court attendant to go with the lady and tell the witnesses that they were not required. Before going, however. Miss Clarke turned again to the barrister who had been smiling and askea: "Who is this young man?' (Laughter.) Miss Clarke went to speak to her witnesses. Returning, she said excitedly: My servant is detained in prison at Eastbourne, and I wish to make it public. A girl of seventeen! She went to deliver a subpoena at Eastbourne, and they kept her there a prisoner last night I -a young girl of seventeen. The matter should go before a jury, and not be hushed up. Miss Clarke then left the court, and the proceedings closed.

HABITUAL CRIMINAL. I BRIDGEND BURGLAR'S APPEAL DISMISSED. In the Court of Criminal Appeal on Tuesday (before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Pickford and Avory) George Hawkins, who was convicted at Glamorgan Assizes of bur- glary at Bridgend and sentenced to five years' penal servitude and five years' deten- tion as an habitual criminal, appealed against the sentence, and applied for leave to appeal against the conviction as an habitual criminal and for legal aid. The prisoner was not present and was not repre- sented by counsel. The Lord Chief Justice, in giving the judgment of the court, said there was no ground whatever for interfering in this case either with the conviction or sentence. The only doubt in the minds of their lordships was whether it would not have been better to have given the prisoner three years' penal servitude and seven years' preventive deten- tion, but that was a question for the Home Secretary. The prisoner had been convicted fourteen times, and had been only two months out of prison after serving three years' penal servitude when he committed the offence for which he was now sentenced. There was no doubt, therefore, that he was an habitual criminal. The appeal was dis- missed.

RETIRED GROCER'S SUICIDE Mr M. Roberts-Jones held an inquest at Griffithstown on Monday on the body of Joseph Gwatkin, a retired grocer, aged 49, who was found hang- ing in his house in Austin-road. The evidence went to show that deceased's wife became frightened by his strange manner on Friday, and whilst she was away from the house he locked the doors. Later in the evening Police-constable Cleaves forced the back door, and discovered deceased hanging by a rope from the ceiling of the back kitchen. Life was extinct. The widow stated that since deceased gave up his business in May last he had been very much depressed. A verdict of Suicide .whilst of unsound waa- returned, •

To meet the social needs and requirements of Churchpeople in the Cathays Ward, the spacious and well appointed St. Andrew's Parish-hall and Institute has been erected in Wyeverne-road, Cardiff, which was formally opened on Wednesday afternoon. Last year. by a united effort on the part of the parishioners, about £1,200 was raised by means of a bazaar towards the carrying out the scheme, and as a similar amount yet remains to be paid off, a three days' sale of work is being held this week in the hall. Lord Tredegar was to have opened the proceedings on Wednesday, but was unavoidably absent. The Vicar, the Rev. G. L. Richardson, M.A., who presided, regretted the absence of the distinguished bazaar opener," but said that under the circumstances he had taken the liberty of presenting Lord Tredegar privately with a splendid replica of the Tre- degar equestrian statute in Cathays Park, which had been executed in walnut by Mr. Harry Gregory, one of their parishioners, and which it had been intended to present to his lordship at that gathering. The St. Andrew's Boy Scouts were present to greet the visitors, and were ably mar- shalled by Scoutmaster Harvey. The secre- tarial duties were ably discharged by Mr. W. G. Wakley. Several handsome donations to the building funere received during the day, including from Mj\ Cresswell Wells, Llanishen, < £ 10 from Lord Tredegar. REPLICA OF THE EDEGAR STATUE.

COALTR1MMING CHARGE. ABERAVON JUDGE'S DECISION UPHELD. In a. King's Bench Divisional Court on Tuesday Justices Darling and Bucknill had before them the case of North's Navigation Collieries (1889) v. Alsteraktein Gesellschaft. which was an appeal by the defendants from a judgment of Deputy-judge Jones of the Aberavon County-court. It was an action against the owner of a vessel to I recover 4d. per ton for trimming charges for different parts of the cargo, which was delivered by plaintiffs to defendants at Port Talbot. The question was whether the county-court judge was right in saying that under the contract, which was contained in a printed book, plaintiffs, who really repre- sented the trimmers, were entitled to be paid this 4d. per ton in respect of the coal which was lowered into the tank, they having, in fact, done no trimming whatever in the tank. Plaintiffs' contention, which succeeded in the county-court, was that they were entitled to the 4d. per ton whether they did the work or not. Counsel for the appellants contended that the judge had put an unreasonable con- struction on this contract by holding that plaintiffs were entitled to .4d. per ton for cargo tipped into the tank. Mr. Justice Darling said he came to the conclusion tha.t this coal was coal coming under the words, cargo tipped into the hold of the steamer," and, therefore, the plain- tiffs were entitled to be paid. The finding of the county-court judge was not open to review, and the appeal would be dismissed, with costs. Mr. Justice Bucknill concurred. j Leave to appeal further was granted.

36 YEARS' SERVICE. RETIREMENT OF SUPT. HAYWARD. After 36 years' service. Superintendent Hay- ward tendered his resignation to the Cardiff Watch Committee on Wednesday. Mr. Lovat-Fraser, in moving its acceptance, proposed that the comittee should offer its SUPERINTENDENT HAYWABD. cordial thanks to Mr. Hayward for his long, I faithful, and efficient services, together with an expression of regret at having to part with him. The resolution was adopted. Superintendent Hayward's salary is JB250 i per annum, and his retiring pension will be two-thirds of that amount, viz., JE166 per annum. =====

MINERS ENTOMBED. MANY MEN KILLED AND INJURED IN CANADA. WINNIPEG, Saturday. Forty men have been entombed by an explosion in a pit belonging to the Wee- tern Canada Collieries at Crow's Nest, Alberta. Twenty had been taken out by midnight last night. Seven were dead, and the others badly, some fatally, burned. A desperate effort is being made to rescue the remaining men in the mine.-Reuter. A MR. JOHN POWELL AMONG THE VICTIMS. Three British subjects were among the 37 victims. They were Mr. Robert Staton, Government mine inspector; Mr. John Powell, saperinten>tent of the mine; and Mr. Raotu jQmmv* foreman.

A "CONTEMIBLE MAN." BANKRUPT ANDiEACH OF PRO- MISE IMAGES. James Robinson, tbon of a well-known Bredbury hat manufurer, was examined in bankruptcy at Stport recently. His liabilities were set eft at JB346 14s., and his assets £1 5s., the Ciency being <EM5 9s. From January, 1909. October, 1909, the debtor carried on busss as a metal broker at Bredbury, and fr September 22 to October 20, 1909, he b the licence of the Foresters' Arms, Grea Fold, Romiley. He is now a journeymanttter in the employ of his father's firm. The Official ReceiverLted that on July 16 3909, the debtor enterdnto an agreement with Miss A. Ward to i: her £100 for breach of promise of marriag He paid her £ 10, aim October, 1909, she took proceedings againhim for the remain- ing £90. SENT TO AOL. On October 25, 1909, jtment was given in this action for X98 103tfcluding the costs. and on June 21, 1910, shook out a judgment summons in the Stockp. County-court, and under this the debtorras committed to prison, where he remaii for fourteen days. Another judgment summs was afterwards i^ued against him, and consequence the debtor filed his petitionfhe debtor told the official receiver that he is 26 years of age, and until recently lodgetfith his father. His wages were 30s. a week. The Official Receiver: ow is it you are only getting 30s. a we and are only a journeyman hatter wherou are one of the family ?—I have not hadiy position offered to me. The Official Receiver jftted out that the only other creditor besiB Miss Ward waa the debtor's mother. The Official Receiver: Ive you filed your petition in order to get d of Mies Ward's claim?—Yes, because I old not pay it. Then you ought to beshamed to stand up there and confess it. You are a con- temptible man. Why slild you not try and pay an honourable dt like that? Have you been committed to jfion by the judge for not paying it?—Yes. SINCE MARtED. And sooner than pay iyou would go to prison?—I had not the m<ey to pay it. You will have to pay tb debt before you I get any discharge. if I has anything to do with it. Debtor stated that Miss Urd was formerly engaged in the same workt The Official Receiver: Siie this affair you have got married ?—Yes. In reply to Mr. Boetockwho represented Miss Ward, debtor said lat his father's works was one of the largA in the district. It was a partnership conoei. Mr. Bostock: You have lone everything you could to prevent MissSVard obtaining Lhe fruits of the judgment-Yes. And you have done that iter you became responsible for her troubletnd broke your promise of marriage to h-?—I could not help it. Debtor added that if he lould he would pay off the money owing tcBtiss Ward. He sonfessed that he had done ome betting on football coupons and had hlPed to make a book. The examination was closer L

I—I DR, EMIL REICH. EXPIRES OF HEART FAILURE IN LONDON. Dr. Emil Reich, author and lecturer on history, died at his London residence early on Sunday morning, aged 56. The deceased had been ill for three months, and the cause of death was heart failure. He was a native of Eparjes, Hungary, and travelled exten- sively in order to complement the study of books with the study of realities for the real comprehension of history. He was engaged in the preparation of the British case in the Venezuela boundary affair, and lectured frequently at Oxford, Cambridge, and London Universities Among his numerous publications was The History of Civilisation" and "A Handbook of Geography."

EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba rep' ts that a severe earthquake occurred there at wine o'clook at nigibut no damage «« Jcme.-T-^ £ eot*r.. f

RIOT IN CATHAYS PARK FREE FIGHT BY CHINESE SAILORS. In the Court of Criminal Appeal on Tues- day (before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Pickford and Avory) seven Chinese sailors, named respectively Wong Chey. Ah Shack, Wong Sing, Yong Sing, Ah Yong, Fon Yang-. and Ah Fook, who were convicted at the Glamorgan Assizes of riot, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment each with hard labour, appealed against conviction on grounds involving questions of law. and applied for leave to appeal against convic- tion on grounds involving questions of fact, and against sentence. The prisoners were not present. Mr. T. P. Parr appeared for Ah Shack, and Mr. Wilfred Lewis for the other appellants. Mr. Lewis submitted a conviction for riot- ing could not stand. The quarrel took place outside the Law Courts at Carcfiff. The pre- vious night there had been a row at the house of Ah Shack, and the next morning two of the Chinamen went to the police- court and obtained cross-summonses. When the litigants left the Law Courts there were several Chinamen outside, and Wong Sing had a. conversation with the two men. A police-inspector, seeing Wong Sing in a fight- ing attitude, advised the men to go away. ing attitude, advised the men to go away. I They proceeded as far as the weighbridge on the canal, where there was a fight, but not a riot. I The Lord Chief Justice: There were other I counts in the indictments charging them with assault. Mr. Lewis submitted there was no evidence of a riot to go to the jury. There was no evidence that the men had assembled there for a common purpose. There was no com- mon intent, and the learned judge had mis- directed the jury on that point. The Lord Chief Justice: If you see all the I men, or some of them, attacking one man, is not that a common purpose? Mr. Lewis said the men merely went to hear the result of the applications at the court. Mr. Parr said Ah Shack stood in quite a different position from the other prisoners. The evidence of a police-constable was that he asked Ah Shack, whom he knew, to call his men together. Ah Shack then addressed the men in Chinese, and the witness was under the impression that Ah Shack was trying to help him to keep the peace, and he never saw the man take any part in the riot. and this witness was present a large part of the time. Therefore, he submitted that a witness named Williams, who said that Ah Shack began the row, must bave been mistaken, as Chinese sailors were so much alike that it was very difficult to distinguish one from the other. Counsel also submitted that in the summing-up the learned judge did not put to the jury the points which were in favour of Ah Shack. He submitted that the conviction against Ah Shack should not stand. As to the sentence, Ah Shack was a boarding-house-keeper at Liverpool, and his case ought to be distinguished from the others. Mr. Fulton, in support of the prosecution, submitted that there wae a common object by all the appellants. Mr. Justice Avory said it appeared that everybody was hitting everybody else who came near him, and that seemed to be the common object. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Justice, in delivering the judgment of the court, said their lordships had no doubt whatever with respect to all the prisoners, except Ah Shack, whose case was a difficult one. Taking everything into consideration, the court had come to the conclusion to quash the conviction for riot in the case of Ah Shack, and to substitute a conviction for assault, which the evidence seemed to support, and the sentence would be reduced to four months, to run from the date of conviction. The appeal of the other prisoners would be dismissed, and their sentences would stand and run from Monday. -11

NO DEMAND FOR VILLAS. NEATH BUILDER'S SPECULATIVE LOSSES. Samuel Chugg. 13, Lenoard-street, Neath, appeared before the registrar (Mr. Charles) at Neath Bankruptcy-court on Tuesday, and was examined by Mr. Henry Rees (official receiver) His gross liabilities amounted to £416 5s. 8d., and deficiency jE269 4s. lid. He gave as the causes of his failure "losses on speculative building contracts, want of capital, heavy interest on mortgages, and sickness of self and family." About ten years ago he commenced business as a builder with a capital of £50. He estimated that he had lost £ 300 in connection with I houses built during the last three years, but admitted having kept no books of any kind. The houses he had erected within three years involved a total cost of £ 45,225. The Official Receiver said debtor had shown a certain amount of recklessness, and it was a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. Debtor: There was no sale for the villas. The Registrar: You ought to have found that out before you proceeded further with them. Your creditors have suffered. In reply to further questions, debtor said he sold certain articles of furniture to his brqther-in-law, and his wife sold a piano to the same person. The case was adjourned, debtor being ordered to furnish a cash and goods account, and an account of all houses built and sold during the past twelve months. Mr. Harry Williams appeared for the debtor. FIFTEEN SHILLINGS CAPITAL. David Walters, Lota House, Ynismeudw, lately carrying on business at Brecon-road, Pontardawe, as newsagent and confectioner, whose gross liabilities amounted to JB200 9s. 9d., and deficiency to JE172 12s. 3d., was also examined. He comenced business at Ynismeudw in 1894 with a capital of 15s., and was aware of his insolvency four years ago. Mr. R. A. Jones appeared for debtor, whose case was closed, subject to the signing of the notes. A TRIPLE BEREAVEMENT. John Morgans, engine-driver, Station- terrace, Pontrhydyfen, had gross liabilities amounting to £49 16s. 4d., and deficiency £ 36 6s. 4d. The causes of his failure were stated to be illness and death of wife," death of two children, and debts contracted by his late wife without his knowledge." Mr. L. M. Thomas appeared for the debtor, and the case was closed. FRUIT IN THE SUMMER. Alban Henry Gaunt, labourer, 6, Pentwyn Huts, Llansamlet, said the causes of his failure were speculating heavily in fruit and vegetables last summer, and bad debts. His gross liabilities were L75 4s., and defi- ciency £ 55 Is. lid. Debtor told the official receiver that he had also been a grocer, starting business twelve months ago with a borrowed capital of £5. During the year he had taken JE586. and made a net profit of f,22 10s. Mr. T. R. Harris represented the debtor, and the case was closed subject to the usual provision.

WORKHOUSE MUTINY. POLICE MAKE EIGHTY-SIX ARRESTS. The eighty-six inmates arrested at Bel- mon Workhouse, Sutton, were on Thursday brought up at Sutton charged with being concerned in refusing to conform to the regulations of the workhouse, and with doing wilful damage to the extent of LZ 10s. One of the men, named Jeffrey, was further charged with assaulting Labour Master Swan, and another, named O'Brien, with assaulting Labour Master Rylance. Mr. Higgins, the workhouse master, stated that about 350 men refused to eat the food provided, and made a great disturbance. Later they refused to j retire to rest, and when the officials entered I the room they were pelted with plates. Police went to the officials' assistance, and the hall was cleared. A quantity of crockery was damaged. Answering the Bench, the witness said the men objected to so much porridge. Labour Master Rylance corroborated, and said O'Brien assaulted him. O'Brien: You and the master have com- mitted perjury. Labour Master Swan stated that one of his teeth was knocked out by Jeffrey. Mr. William Alexander White, a member of the Fulham Board of Guardians, who was present at the disturbance, said one man urged the others to demand bread and butter. They had previously warned the police because the men had knives, and it had been said there would be bloodshed before. Police-inspector Sommershill stated that some of the men had knives, and assumed a threatening attitude. The police had to draw their truncheons, and when reinforce- ments arrived eighty-six were arrested. Both Jeffrey and O'Brien were committed for trial. Of the remainder of the prisoners five were discharged and the others were each sen- tenced to three months' hard labour.

GENERAL BOOTH ALMOST BLIND. General Booth is reported in the War Cry" to have said, in an interview:— Yes, the power of vision in the remaining eye is, I aippose, gradually decreasing, and yet I am able to see sufficiently to write what my friendr, assure me is really a very legible tetter. For months now I have not been able to see the faces of my hearers, and this, of course, is in itself an additional strain upon me, but I am hopmg e^ery day that the condition of the eye will allow of that marveUoua operation which I am expecting will give me back :ny sight, and make me young esruin, &ny way$0 far aa iipfidrxs1-

Ga." CEMLYN. CRrR MAMAU A'R PLANT. Hyd yma, ysywaeth, nid oes nemor argoel am adferiad heddwch yn yr ardal- oedd glofaol sydd er's wythnosau bellach wedi bod yn segur, ac y mae'n anhawdd i'r anghyfarwydd ddirnad maint y tlodi a'r dyoddef sydd yn yr ardaloedd hyny. Mao'n eithaf posibl fod llawer o honom wedi colli'n hamynedd yng ngwyneb ystyfnigrwydd y gweithwyr, ar un Haw, lieu greulonder y meistri ar y Haw arall. Pan edrychom ar yr achosion oedd wrth wraidd yr anghydfod, 'does dim yn fwy I naturiol na bod dynion yn gyffredin yn ymranu'n ddau ddosbarth, y naill yn beio'I' meistr a'r Hall y gweithiwr. IS 1 I pherthyn i mi, pe meadwn gymhwysder, i benderfynu'r ddadl honnó, nac, yn wir, ddweyd dim am yr "achos" o gwbl. A'r effaith, ac nid a'r achos, y mae a fynwyf yn awr, ac, yn wir, y mae hwnw yn destyn digalon a phrudd. Fel ymhob anghydwelediad arall, v diniwed a'r diamddiffyn sy'n dyoddef dostaf yn ardal- oedd Tonypandy ac Aberdar heddyw, ac er pob ymdrech a haelioni 0 du dyngar- wyr yn cynrychioli pob plaid a dosbarth y mae newyn am fara hyd yn oed ar ael- wyd llawer glowr heddyw a llawer o ael- wydydd eraill sy'n ymddibynu am eu ded- wyddwch ar ffyniant y glofeydd. Gadawaf y glowr ei hunan o fwriad allan o'r cwestiwn ar hyn o bryd; ond rhaid dwevd cymaint a hyn o leiaf am dano vntau—y mae'r glowr yn dyoddef, a thlodi ei gartref yn fwy o groes iddo na hyd yn oed gorfod byw ar ei gythlwng am wythnosau. Na, nid gwr creulon a chalon-galed yw'r glowr Cymreig, ac ymha le bynag y mae ei fan gwan y mae ei galon beth bynag iached a'r gneuen, a'i barodrwydd 1 aberthu er mwyn eraill bron yn ddifesur. Ond gadawer ef o'r neilldu am y tro, ac edrycher ar ei aelwyd lorn a'i rai anwyl bron rhynu yn yr oer- fel. Edrych yn y drych hwn dro Yrr galon graig i wylo." A thra bo'r glowr a'i feistr yn ben-ben y mae dyngarwr yr ardaloedd dan sylw yn ceisio cadw'r mamau a'r plant uwchlaw angen, ac yn methu er pob haelfrydedd. Apelir at eghvysi a chymdeithasau cyf- eillgar a chrefftol ar hyd a Hed y wlad am gymhorth, ac yn sicr ni ddaeth achos teilyngach i'w sylw erioed. Y mae'r amgylchiadau yn fwy digalon na'r un anghydwelediad fu o'r blaen, am nad ,tng yw'r gweithwyr yn derbyn cymhorth o fath yn y byd o'r Cynghrair. Tybed fod eisieu dweyd rhagor am deilyngdod yr achos? Sioroir fu yn fawr os goddofa Cymru i famau a phlant diniwed ddyoddef eisieu. Os bydd ardal yn dd- I dymuno dangos ei chydymdeimlad, gall anfon ei chyfran i un 0 arweinwyr cre- fyddol yr ardaloedd hyny. oblegid y mae yr apel wedi ei harwyddnodi gan bob gweinidog ac ofTeiriad sy'n gwybod rhyw- beth am yr angen a'r tlodi.

EISTEDDFOD CAERFYRDDIN. Yn ol y rhagolygon ar hyn o bryd y mae Eisteddfod Caerfyrddin y flwyddyn nesaf yn debyg ° gyrhaedd pen llanw poblogrwydd yr hen wyl. Eisoes mae'r pwyllgor lleol wrthi a'i holl egni yn trefnu ac yn tori gwaith allan i fawr a man yn yr hen dref, ac y mae arweinwyr pob cylch o fywyd cyhoeddus wedi amlygu eu parodrwydd i gydweithio. 'Does dim o bosibl wedi ychwanegu mwy at boblogrwydd yr Eisteddfod yn ystod y blynyddoedd diweddaf na'r ffaith ei bod yn fan-cyfarfod Cymry pob cwrr o'r byd, a'1' flwyddyn nesaf, yn ol pob tebyg, bydd yn fwy felly nag erioed. Y mae llawer o son wedi bod am gorau Cymreig o'r America, ond hyd yma nid oes sicrwydd pendant fod hyd yn oed cor enwog Dinas y Llyn Halen yn dod. Fodd bynag, bydd yno gannoedd o Gymry'r America yn yr Eisteddfod, fel y gwelir oddiwrth y dyfyniad a ganlyn o ysgrif gohebydd Pittsbury yn "Y Drych" Ar ol dyrus a gofidus ohiriadau, y mae W. J. Jones, ysgrifenydd a thrysorydd y Pittsburg Bank for Savings, un o brif hyrwyddwyr y mudiad i sicrhau cyfran neillduol o ryw agerlong i gludo yn un tylwyth y Cymry Americanaidd arfaethant ymweled a'r Hen Wlad yr liaf nesaf, yn abl i gyhoeddi ei fod o'r diwedd wedi trefnu gyda swyddogion Uinell y Cunard i neillduo rhan o'r agerlong Caronia ar gyfer y teithwyr Cymreig, yr hon fydd yn hwyho o New York foreu Sadwrn, Gorphenat 29. Cynelir yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol vng Nghaerfyrddin Awst 7, 8, 9, 10, a 11, a bydd y teithwyr yno yn brydlawn a.r gyfer agoriad yr wyl, gan y byddant yn glanio ym mhorthladd Abergwaun. o'r hwn le y gellir cyrhaedd Caerfyrddin gyda'r gledrffordd mewn ysbaid o ychydig dros awr o amser. Yn ystod tymor yr haf, pan y mae cymaint o groesi y mor. nid yw cymniau yr agerlongau yn gwneyd gostyngiad ym mhris y cludiad, ond y mae y cwmni yn cynyg y pris iselaf i'r ymdeithwyr Cymreig, sef $.55 o New York i Aberewaun am yr ail gaban a $37 am y trydvdd caban. Pris y caban cyn- taf fydd$97.50. Cofier nad yw hyn yn golygu ond pris y cludiad un ffordd yn unig. Gan na fydd y pererinion yn dvchwelyd yn ol gvda'-i gilydd. bydd yn rhaid i bob teithvdd ofalu yn bersonol am drefniadau y daith yn ol. Os dewisir hyny, gellir sicrhau lie i ddycbwelyd yn 01 trw," ohebu a W. J. Jones neu a'r First National Bank of Pittsburg, yr hwn ariandy fydd yn gofalu am v trefn- iadau. Nid ydyw rheolau yr agerlongau yn caniatau i deithwyr y gwahanoi adranan ymgymysfu a'u gilydd, ond gwneir eithriad o hyn can belled ag y bydd bosibl, a chiraiateir i'r teithwyr Oywreig ynqgyfeiilatfla a*u grlydd, cynal

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THE OTHER WOMAN REMARKABLE STORY Ot A WIFE'S DEVOTION. The matrimonial affairs of William Duer- den, who for some time was employed by a Manchester firm of fish dealers, came before the Southport magistrates recently, when he was summoned for deserting his wife Marie. Mr. A. Blackhurst, of Preston, appeared for the complainant, and Mr. F. A. Jones was for the defendant. The parties, said Mr. Blackhurst, were mar- ried in Manchester, in January, 1894, and some time after their marriage defendant took a fancy to another lady, and differences arose between him and his wife. In January, 1906, an agreement was drawn up by the parties, under which the complainant was to live apart, the defendant to pay her 30s. per week. He continued the payments for a time until Mrs. Duerden went to see a friend at Burscough. This appeared to annoy the defendant, and he declined to pay any more money under the agreement. A further deed of separation was drawn up in November, 1907, and a clause was inserted under which complainant undertook not to reside within twenty miles of Southport, where the defen- dant was then living. MEN TO THE RESCUE. Hearing that her husband was ill, how- ever, she came to Southport, and she had a conversation with the woman with whom defendant was alleged to be living. In con sequence of this interview, defendant discon- tinued maintaining his wife. She called at his lodgings at Southport, and defendant pushed her out of the house and several yards up the street. Two men came to her assistance. and threatened to give him a thrashing if he did not desist. Turning to two women defen- dant called his wife the most disgusting names, and declared ,that he would go abroad, and not give her another penny. Complainant at that time was quite desti- tute, and her husband was living in luxury. He (Mr. Blackhurst) understood that defen- dant was getting JE500 a year. Duerden told his wife that he had never loved her, and that he intended to stick to the woman he lived with. Complainant, who wept while in the wit- ness-box, said that she was now living in Southport. After they were first married her husband managed a fish shop, and some time later he became ill, and she took his place in the shop so as to keep his salary going. She had occasion to complain that he drove out with some of the girls employed in the shop. "THE WOMAN IN THE CASE." Mr. Elackhurst: Was there any particular girl? Complainant: Yea. The Magistrates'-clerk: Is it neoeeeary to give her name? Mr. Blackhurst: It is the woman in the case. The husband told his wife b%did not love her, and he never had loved ner, and that they would live apart. The name of the woman was then mentioned. Continuing, Mrs. Duerden said she met the. woman at Southport station, and said to her, "Now we meet after five years." x Mr. Jones, in cross-examination, drew Mrs. Duerden's attention to a clause in an agree- ment in which she undertook not to disturb nor to interfere with the defendant, or with anyone connected with the business in which he was engaged. Mr. Jones (to complainant): Was it true that you wrote filthy, disgusting letters to the head office of. the firm in Manchester? Complainant: It was for the sake of my husband's reputation. I asked for a certain girl to be sent away. They were not filthy letters. Did you write to Miss one of the defendant's employes threatening to throw vitriol over her?—No, it is a lie. ONLY FRIENDSHIP. Mr. Blackhurst: And with all his faults you love him still?—Yes, I do. Defendant denied the allegations, and said that though he had been friendly with an employe no familiarity had ever taken place. It was not true that he had maintained another woman. Eventually the parties came to terms. The case was withdrawn. Defendant agreed to pay his wife the arrears on the last agree- ment and to keep up the instalments. Complainant, on her part, agreed to keep away from her husband. She wept before leaving the court, and said it was very hard to leave her husband.

NEW PARISH HALL AND INSTITUIN CARDIFF I ST. ANDREW'S NEW PARISH HALL AND INSTIL.

PROHIBITION OF NETS. OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED BYE- LAW FOR THE USK. Mr. Fryer, the Superintendent of Fisheries, I held an inquiry at Newport on Tuesday con- cerning a bye-law passed at a recent meet- ing of the TJsk Board of Conservators with a view of prohibiting net fishing in non-tidal water above Newbridge. The Hon. Herbert Bailey (instructed by Messrs. Lyne and Co.) supported the application for a bye-law, which was opposed by Mr. R. E. Moore (instructed by Messrs. Freshfields), Messrs. Carter, Hallam. and Co., on behalf of the Berrington Estate, and Mr. A. A. Bethune (instructed by Messrs. Sayer and Co.), on behalf of Mr. J. 0. Hanbury, the owner of the-Crown Fishery. Mr. Horace Lyne (clerk to the Usk Board), Captain Vaughan Phillips (superintendent water bailiff of the Usk Board), Major Beres- ford Pierse (superintendent and clerk of the Wye Board), and Mr. John Hodgkiss (for many years a member of the Usk and Wye Boards) gave evidence in favour of the bye- law, and claimed that the prohibiting of all netting in fresh water would improve all fisheries and the supply of fish generally. The objectors contended that the taking away of the beating nets which had been used for many years above Newbridge would be detrimental to their fisheries. The inspector will report.

CONNECTED WITI WALES. RAILWAY MAGNATE'S DEATH IN QUEBEC. Mr. Frank Grundy, who ws prominently xssociated with railway C.voloprnent in South Wales in the 'sixties, as died at his residenco in Sherbrooke, Qubec. Born at Bury, in Lancashire, 76 yearsigo, he entered the railway service as a clek in 1850, and was engaged under various companies till 1863, when he obtained tie position of rtanager of the Mid-Wales, Swansea, and Carmarthen Railway and Mibrd Docks, but! relinquished the post in 1268. From 1889 to 1904 he was general managerof the Quebec Central Railway, and subseqiently its vice- president. He was also preident of the Temisoonata Railway Compair and director of the Eastern Townships lank, and his knowledge and experience of railway and other commercial matters wer) unique. Mr. Grundy left one daughter and six sons, two of the latter residing in Englrnd, Mr. Fred Grundy and Mr. Harry Grmdy, both of whom ara in London. The fineral of the deceased gentleman was one cf the largest and most representative ever seen in Sher- brooke, all classes of professional and busi- ness men in the province atte/ding. I SIR R. DUNDAS. Sir Robert Dundas, Bart., of Armston, Midlothian, died on Monday. Sir Robert presided at a meeting of the Unionist candi- date for Midlothian on Tuesday last, and the next day he had a heart seizure, from which he never recovered. Deceased vas formerly an officer, and served in Egynt and South Africa.

CYFLE'R EGLWYS. Y mae cryn nifer o eglwysi ar hyd a Iled y wlad wedi cyfranu'n haelionus yn barod at drysorfa'r mamau a'r plant, a phrin y buasai neb yn dysgwyl iddynt ymddwvn yn wahanol. Beth bynag yw diffygion eglwysi Cymru, y mae cryn lawer o galon yn eu nodweddu 0 hyd, ond, yn anffodus, nid yw pob agwedd i weithgarweh eglwysig heddyw yn fanteis- iol i feithrin a gloewi eu talentau goreu. Lie gwneir ymdrech i gadw'r ieuenctyd rhag mynd 0 ddrwg i waetli drwy ddifyr- ion y mae perygl o leiaf i lawer eghvys gamgytoeryd y moddion am yr amcan, ac un o nodweddion mwyaf dig?lon yr pghvysi heddyw yw eu gor-brysurdeb a'n ffwdan poenus gyda gorchwylion nad ydynt deilwhg 0 eglwysi ar ddihun i'w cyfleusderau i gryfhnu a chadarnhau t-Vmeriad a thori angen y sawl sy'n dyoddef. Sonir llawer yn y dyddiau hyn fod yn bryd i'r eglwysi wynebu cwest- iynau cymdeithasol a chymoryd ei liochr fel rhyw gymdeithns arall, ond nid wyf vn nicr fod y sawl sy'n dadleu dros hyn wedi bwrw'r draul. Onid gwell fuasai i'r eglwysi bwysleisio ell cenhadaeth arbenig, a thrwy roi ystyr a grym yn hono ond odid na chodent wyr digon glew i fynd allan i'r byd i ddadrys y probloman hyn yn yr unig fan v gellir gwneud hyny vn effeithiol. Fodd'bynag am hyny, pel] f'o'r eglwys sy'n ddiofal am y saw! sy'n dyoddef ymhob rhyw fodd. Clywais fod symudiad newydd ar droed ytnysg ieu- symudiad newydd ar droed ytnysg ieu- I enctyd un o eglwysi Seisnig Caerdydd, ac yn sicr gallasai'r eglwysi Cymreig wneud yn waeth nag efelvchu'r Saeson yn hyn o beth. Y mae rhyw fath o gym- I deithas pobl ieuainc ynglyn a phob eghvys o'r bron, a'u hamcan efallai yn benaf i ddyddori a chadw'n ddiddig y sawl sydd mewn perygl o gefnu ar yr addoldy, neu, o bosibl, i fagll llcnorion. Y mae'r naill a'r Hall yn eithaf canmoladwy cyn belled ag y maent yn mynd, ond prin y gellir meithrin cymeriad cryf ar saig mor amrwd. Ond yn yr eglwys Seisnig dan sylw y mae'r ieuenctyd wedi ymffurfio yn bwyllgor neu gyrncieitnas gyaa r amcan 0 gyfranu i anghenion tlodion a gweini •ysur i gleifion sy'n amgylchoedd yr eglwys, ac y mae'n syndod mor barod ydvnt i hunan-aberthu er mwyn gwneud v gvmdeithas yr hyn y bwrieidid iddi fod. Yn" "awr, beth am yr eglwysi Cymreid yn y ddinas hon a chymydogaethau poblog prniH ? Y mae ugeiniau o hen Gymry tlawd yn y cymydogaethau hyn sydd wedi mynd ar goll i'r eglwysi Cymreig, a llawer o honynt mewn dygn dlodi. Tybed na fuasai llawer eglwys Gymreig yn gryfach ac yn iachach pe'r ymgymerai ei phobl ieuainc a gweini i gysuron hen drueiniaid §ydd wedi myn.d yn ddiamddi- ffyn, a cheisio dod a'r addoldy a hwythau yn gyfeillion unwaith etc? Haner gair i gall, onide?

yr iivii iycii yn gwneud y daith yn benod hapus a dyadorol yn hanes yr ymwcliad a'r Hen Wlad. Y mae eithriad arall wredi ei wneyd yn rheolai. y cwmni, set y cyfyngir aclran neillduol i'r Cymry yn yr agerlong. Ni fydd o wahaniaeth ym ruha gaban y trafaelir, bydd adran v Cymry ar wahan i'r teithwyr eraill, yr hyn fydd yu llanw un o hrif amcanion y daith, sef cael math a aduniad o'r Cymry Americanaidd fydd yn croesi y Werydd.

MISOLIOX RHAGFYR. Daeth y misolion canlynol i law rai dyddiau'n oi, ond yn rhv ddiweddar i alw sylw atynt yr wythnos ddiweddaf:— CY MRU'R PLANT." 0 bob cylchgrawn plant hwn yw'r goreu i gyd i ateb ang-henion ci oes. Arwydd calon- ogol yw fed y man ion yn tynnu cymaint o sylw; ac oni ddywertodd rhywun taw'r plentyn yw darganfyddiad mwyaf y ganrif hnr? Y mae ysgiifau a darluniau rhifyn E-hagfyr o "Gym]'u']' Plant" yn hynod daraw- iadol. ac wedi eu parotoi gan feddwl diwyll- iedig a llaw gelfydd. Fe-I arfer ar ddiwedd blwyddyn, cynwysa garol dice* o waith Mr. L. J. Roberts. M.A., a Mr. J. M. Howell, Aber- aeron. Cymwynas s. phobpeth goreu'n gwlad yw croesaw,. r cylchgrawn del. "YR YMWELYDD 1IISOL." Yng nghyfree yr Aelodan Senedoll am y mis hwn rhoddir y flaenoriacth i Mr. David Davi-as, Handinam. gwr ieuanc sy'n tynu sylw y dyddiau hyn ngiyn a Ghofeb y Brenin Edward. Yn y rhifyn liwn hefyd oeii- ddiwedd- gio fitori ddyddorol Antliropos, 1 uoiint Gwell," ac yn eicr y mae hon yn un o'i oreuon.. Cryfheir bywyd yr aelwyd roddo grocao i'r "Ymwelydrl Misol," ac i ddybenion eglwysig bua-sai' n anhawdd taro ar ei gymhwysach fel cylchgrawn lleol. Y CERDDOR." Nid yw'r gwir yn tori esgyrn" yw cyewyn- air Rhagfyr, ond rhydd Mr. D. Jenkins, Mus. Bac., gynghorion didderbynwyneb i gerddor- ion Cymreig. ac er nad ydynt yn debyg o dori eegyrn neb pwy bynag buasai llawer o'n corau ar eu mantais pe talent ysylw dyladwy iddynt. Yng nghyfres Ein Cerddorion" rhoddir darlnn o Mr. W. T. David, Tony- pandy, ynghydag :pr:r yn adrodd ei hynt a'i 'lü ym myd y gan. Caiff Eisteddfod Colwyn Bay gryn lawer o sylw yn y rhifyn hwn. a thraetha Mr. D. Emlyn Evans yn helaeth ar dostynati cerddorol Eisteddfod Caerfyrddin.

TREDEGAR EISTEDDFOD. WELL-KNOWN VOCALISTS IN A' LARGE ENTRY. A very successful eisteddfod was held at Tredegar in connection with Park-place Presbyterian Church. Tho entries numbered 260. Mr. Jacob Gabriel, Ii.T.S.C., Argoed, and the Rev. Harry West, L.T.S.C.. were the musical adjudicators. and Mr. Owen Jones, Tredegar, the literary adjudicator. Mr. David Evans, colliery manager, presided. The secretaries were Messrs. W. J. Whitney and W. J. Wright, and the awards were aa fullow: Pianoforte solo (juniors): Master Leslie James, Abertillery. Seniors: Miss Gata Nicholas, Swansea. Boys' solo: Master D. J. Williams, Tredegar. Girls' solo: Miss Gertie Evans,•Tredegar. Boys' or girls' solo lown selection): Misa Gladys Partridge. Abertillery. Recitation: Divided between Miss Nina Jones, Abertysswg, and Miss J. Snort, Rhymney. Junior novice solo (any voice): Miss Gertie Millard, Tredegar. Male voice champion solo: Mr. J. Lewie, Newbridge. Female novice champion solo: Miss Iris CoMinb. Bristol. Soprano solo: 1st. Madame Maggie Morris, Tonyrefail: 2nd. Madame Turner. Caerphilly. Tenor solo: 1st. Mr. J. L. Bebb, Abertysswg, 2nd, Mr. Alfred Lewis. Newport. Contralto solo: 1st. Miss Maggie Davies, Ynyshir; 2nd. Miss Nita Johns, Risea. Bass solo: 1st, Mr. Ben Date. Nelson; 2nd. Mr. D. Edgar Davies, Ebbw Vale. Open champion solo: Divided between Madame Maggie Morns. Tonyrefail, and Mr. D. Edgar Davies. Ebbw Vale. Male voice competition: Six parties com- peted, the winners being Beaufort, conducted by Mr. Joseph Price. Mixed choirs, God shall wipe away all tears (Gabriel).—Four choirs competed. The prize was awarded to Tredegar Music Lovers, conductor Mr. J. H. Morris.

'SENTENCE UNJUSTIFIABLE.' REDUCTION IN APPEAL FROM CARDIFF. In the Court of Criminal Appeal on Tues- day (before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Pickford and Avory) Bertie Tanner, who was oonvicted at the Glamorgan Assizes for demanding money under a forged instru- ment at Cardiff and sentenced to three years' penal servitude, appealed, leave having been granted by Mr. Justice Lush. Prisoner was not present and was not represented by Mr. Llewelyn Williams, who appeared for the prosecution, said there were three offences for which the prisoner was inaiciea. On the other hand, he had never been con- victed or charged before, and bore an excel- lent character. Prisoner was an Army pensioner, in receipt of a pension of 6s. a week, which in case of a sentence to hard labour would be forfeited. In giving the judgment of the court, the Lord Chief Justice said their lordships were unanimously of opinion that in this case the sentence passed upon the prisoner was too severe. Of course, it was the duty of the Post Office to prosecute, but in the absence of previous conviction the sentence of penal servitude was not justifiable. and the sen- tence of three years' penal servitude would to reduced to imprisonment for twelve months, to run from date of conviction.

ELECTIONEERING DUTY. EXTRA DAY'S PAY FOR CARDIFF POLICE. At the Cardiff Watch Committee on Wednes- day, Mr. J. T. Richards presiding, it was decided to grant the police an extra day's pay for their arduous work on the Cardiff election day, December 7.. The amount involved is 9,80. Mr. LovatrFraserOught the city to bear it? Dr. Smith: Why should the candidates bear it? Mr. J. W. Courtis: The candidates have enough to bear. TRIBUTE TO SUPERINTENDENT HAYWARD. WELSH-DRISCOLL CONTEST. An application was made by the promoters of the Welsh—Driecoll boxing oontest at the American Rink next Tuesday night for the services of forty police. The application was granted.

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