The Cardiff Times

j, Montbretias Failing. chief point in growing Montbretias is to J||?P them thin. Lift them, if the weather is at end of October, and replant, putting corms >n eacH position, spreading this WhT61 over a space of 12in., and letting the If t? be from 4in. to 6in. below the surface, ^eb ^eatker is bad you can leave them till °tOary. Take care to plant only the strongest 'Oto 'n Prom'neQt places, putting the smaller Bo?'? a reserve part of the garden to grow into u*«riau corms. See that the soil is well drained. thrive best in a rather light loamy jJ^Post, which should be well enriched with WiIa ma«nure, dug in deeply, and if a little leaf- ftiw an^ road-grit can be added all the better, if er with liquid-manure when gi owing freely, "tbretias must have plenty of sunshine. Scabiosa Caucasica, hf'above plant is easily raised from seeas, Jjjj Qiay be increased in March or April by root In fact, the plant, when large, repays and in the replanting fresh soil and a manuring will put new vigour into the l» oIt is not necessary to divide it if the plant healthy, but even then a good mulching jj^J"One meal, or this and blood manure, if 'ly forked in about the plants, would assist M Seeds of the above if sown at once would 8 Plants large enough to put out in May next. Bulbs in Pots. jjf^rcissi, in common with such bulbs as •j'^cinths and Tulips, cannot be flowered suc- a second year in pots, a3 they are especially for the purpose and taken up they are at their very best. When these .Potted and flowered in pots the bulbs are ^derably weakened, and need at least one v*s0n to recover themselves. A practice ji?0rally followed in connection with bulbs of » ■ class is, after flowering, to turn them out of Ai&I* Pots an(* *ay 'n a border till the foliage «a 08. Then the bulbs are lifted and cleaned v.a planted in the open ground for a season, many of them will gain sufficient vigour ^.Dotted the next year. As your butba are L 1 in the pta in which they flowered, the only is to leave them there and take them into the "servatory later on, when a few of them may but you must not expect a great display, a roots will be too active now to repot. Manuring Roses. uj'has been found very beneficial as well as T^otnical to give a winter dressing of basic at the rate of Alb to lib per square yard. hoe- this in at time of application. The plants then be earthed up at the end of November, some Bracken Pern or clean straw scattered thgir tops, when they will be quite safe for s )r. If you object to the straw, the ^rthiup will really be sufficient, as the basal Jrea are kept perfectly safe, even if the tops are t by frost. In the spring, about April, apply j?*Phate of ammonia 2lb to 31b, and superpbos- 1,7**6 81b, to each forty square yards of surface. will be ample until the blooming time, they would doubtless benefit by weak of liquid manure every week until buds colour. Some of the Rose specialists make Special manures for Roses, and they are usually quality, containing aU the necessary Which the Rose requires. Many make a mistake in covering their Tea Roses in titer with long stable manure. This has a C1? baneful effect on the growths, and it would far better to let the plants go uncovered. The Summer Flower Garden. Yet another change seems apparent in the J^ngement of beds in several public parks, says I Writer in Gardening Illustrated." The flat and formal style was superseded by tall plants on a dwarfer carpet, when well done this was very pleasing, and better than the still later method of r°Wjyn^ in a lot of tall plants, often ragged- siuix, of Heliotropes, Fuchsias, Lantanaa, Jatnbagos, Streptosolens, and other things. *hey are far from handsome individually, and too thickly planted to be effective. object of this note is to suggest that if ^ere is i demand for taller things, why not ''ise more of the perennials, which would make J ostter display and be more in keeping with the *"door garden than greenhouse plants—free showy perennials like the tall Antirrhinums, Phloxes, Solidago, Helianthus, 1 the like ? It may be argued that those who ^responsible for the arrangements know the taste better than outsiders and cater ac- j^rdingly( but it occurs to me in cases of this the aim of the caterer should be to direct {^3 lead the public taste rather than be led by Fruit Garden. jAn effort should be made to reduce the uum- jv*sof the Codlin-moth by maJcing war upon the which are now seeking a hidingplace v upon the trunks of the trees or under any j^hbish or leaves lying near. The untidy garden u. Wways a breeding-place for insect* of many but as regards the larvra of the Codlin- ^otb, bands of some kind should be placed round j.) stftms near the ground now, either as biding. J'«8iCe8 merely or eovered with grease to assist progress up the trees. Of course, all fallen l Pplesand Pears will be gathered up daily. This v** not been a good season for Plums, but rumour j*8 it that a firm has gathered 3,000 bushels Otti fourteen acres of land, planted with a •How cooking Plum known as Gisborne's, a Plum in Bast Anglia, which nearly ^ays be juts freely, and is really splendid for j?°king and jam-making. In the present cass toffees are probably in their prime—neither i*1 old nor too young but this kind begins to as soon as it gets fairly established. There 118 lion Apple known as RIston. Favourite which » 1lally bears well, and is a good cooking Apple, w dy and vigorous, and these are the trees we j to meet the tfad seasons which may be com- Surplus wood should be removed from all joined trees to permit of the wood ripening. a ^ly trees have been mulched with manure or Jtything similar, have it all raked off now to let >j 6 «Un warm the roots to assist in the matura- °h of the wood. Vegetable Garden. L^here early Asparagus is required, forcing may {T^'n any time now if there is a good stock of 6 t'r-year-old roots. Roots of this age are more excited into growth than older ones. are various ways of forcing this vegetable, the old hot-bed system is a good one and 0. 'able. There is, unfortunately, a good deal th among Potatoes. 'Tomatoes also in s open are scarcely worth gathering for the fh1116 causes. Stir the soil freely among Spinach, 4J^nips, Lettuce, and young Onions. Spinach t^Turnips should be freely thinned, the former R and the Turnips to lit. Celery has been c~°»ing freely, and the earthing of the latter v °P8 has been delayed, but dry weather should "taken advantage of now to get this work for- Earth also should be drawn up round the bi6?8 °* JLrt'aks- Tops of Potatoes and other rub- th lyiog about the ground should be burnt, as only harbour mildew spores and insects. 0 trenching: or digging vacant land in autumn winter leave the surface as rough as pos- skJJ* to let in the air. Mushroom-beds in bearing have warm liquid manure, but if the jji^rioj- of the beds is moist only tha surface be sprinkled. HINTS TO AMATEURS, «lawns will still require. mowing at least fo ce more, but work of this kind io nearly over 1 the season. jj^here is a good deal of tidying up to do now. ^*vea a.:e falling, weeds are growing, annuals if e Setting shabby and must be removed, and, Possible, something else planted to fill up. a/f there i. a bed of dwarf early-flowering Chry- in the reserve garden they will be useful for filling op vacancies now. the herbaceous border the dwarf flowering *rv»orts or Michaelmas Daisies *re coming on, Ali very fresh and bright. A good mass of 4 8 hellish perennial Sunflower is bright and in the background, and the autumn 868 are sweet, especially the Teas. boehes of Glorie de Dijon are covered i\1 h lowers and buds. La France, too, is lovely at now. trader plants should be lifted if they are to m through the winter, and pots and boxes kjjCt,ttinjj;a will hardly be safe unprotected out- now. ti^^e budded Briers should be looked over and '?°sened, but not removed yet. Cuttings of and Violas will root now in a shady er. G "'e:t the Carnation layers planted where they 0 flower, if possible, if the beds are ready. ^j £ jjy>Bplant seeding Hollyhocks where they are G*ther seeds of anything required. Lupin is seeding freely and the plants raised. Better sow in boxes in frames. *u»ds of bulbs may be planted now.

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] COUNTESS ACCUSED OF I MURDER. SENSATIONAL-ITALIAN CRIME. Strange Society Intrigue. The forthcoming trial of the Countess Linda, Murri and her associates for the murder of Count Bonmartjni, husband of the principal defendant, is exciting been anticipatory interest throughout Italy. The murder took place more than a year ago, on the 27th of August, 1902. That evening Count Bonmartini, a nobleman holding high position in Bologna, returned to his flat in the Via Mazzini, after an absence at Venice. He expected to find the apartment empty, but assassins were waiting for him on the threshold, and he was probably dead within two minutes of the moment when he put his latchkey in the door. Several days passed and the victim was perhaps forgotten by aJl save tha perpetrators of the deed, until at length an unbearable smell began to pervade the whole house in which the Count dwelt. The police forced an entrance into his apartment, and just inside the door they dis. covered the body of the unhappy man in a very advanced stage of decomposition lying in the midst of what had once been a pool of blood. A False Scent. On a seat m one of the anterooms was found the empty pocket-book of the Count, evidently rifled, while drawers and cupboards on every hand bore traces of having been ransacked. In the bedroom stood a small table with an empty champagne bottle and a couple of glasses. The bed itself had been disturbed, aDd between the sheets were found certain articles of feminine attire so as to give colour to a supposition that the Count had been engaged in a common in- trigue with a woman at the moment of his terrible death at the hands, it might be supposed, of accomplices ad- mitted by her for purposes of robbery. All Italy was soon busy with conjectures. Sugges- tions of all kinds were poured into the papers, an d at least one person pretended to have seen in a vision every incident of the murder But in a few days the excitement took another turn. Tallio Murri, the son of Professor Murri, of the University of Bologna, and brother to Linda, the widow of the deceased Count Bonmartini, gave himself up to the police, and confessed to the murder. His story was that, having heard that the Count, who appears to have been a man of by no means spotless character, had returned to Bologna to meet his mistress, he, Tullio Murri, went at once to the house to remonstrate with his brother-in-law, and remind him of his duties as Linda's husband. The Count, he continued, had taken his remonstrances in bad part, and at length, infuriated, had fallen upon him with a knife which he. in self-defence, had turned back upon the Count in such a way that the fatal wound in the latter's neck had been inflicted, so that the count had, in a manner ot speaking, died by his own hand. The tale, however, would not hold water. Tullio Murri was a pnny person compared with the count, who was a strong man; and then it was an ugly fact that Tullio had carried away the weapon which, according to the story, was not his at all, but the count's. Why, too, instead of relating the fact in the proper quarter, had he taken himself over the frontier into Austiia ? A Revolting Crime. Public feeling was next excited by the arrest of Dr. Naldi, a young physician. A young girl named Bonnetti, who had carried on an intrigne with Tullio Murri, was also seized by the police. Both these persons were charged with being ac- complices. Finally, Linda, the Count's widow, was arrested on the charge ot being prime mover in the crime. Many months passed in the collec- tion of evidence. The suspense was too much for Dr. Naldi, who attempted suicide in prson on June 24th of the present year. A few days later Professor Secchi, the secret lover of the Coun- tess Linda, was added to the number of arrested. Five persons, therefore, will be charged, viz., Linda Murri and Professor Secchi, Tullio Murri and the girl Bonnetti, and lastly Dr. Naldi, who is supposed to have dealt the fata blow. The accepted theory of the case is, broadly speaking, that Linda Murri, deeply in love with Professor Secchi, sought his advice as to how she might best put an end to the intolerable life she was leading with her husband. The correspondence .between them goes to show that eccbi advised ..this miserable woman..to kill the count by inject ing curare," a vegetable poison which may be used without leaving a trace of its presence. He supplied her with the poison and a syringe for the injection, and the girl Bonnetti was to bold a towel over the count's mouth during the operation to stifle his cries. Experiments made on a lamb, however, proved unsatisfactory. The poison would not work quickly enough. It was, therefore, rejected in favour of the knife. Then, it see.ms, Dr. Naldi was bribed to commit the murder. His surgical experiences rendered him an expert in such matters. He would know exactly where to strike and, besides, he was deeply in debt, and the reward would set him free. It was settled, therefore, that he and Tullio Mnrri should await the count's return on that fatal evening of August 27tb, rid Linda of her husbaud, and leave her free to marry Secchi. The correspondence, which has been extensively published, reveals the extraordinary confidences exchanged between Linda and Tullio Murri with regard to the latter's mistress. These and several other side issres seem greatly to' increase the interest of the public in what will probably prove to be one of the most celebrated cases ever brought before an Italian tribunal.

THE DRAMA OF THE BOOTH. Constable's Good Memory. Quite a comedy was enacted in the Windsor Gnildhal! on Saturday before Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne and other Berkshire magis- trates, when Harry King, the proprietor of a travelling theatre, was summoned for presenting a stage play without a licence at Ascot on Sep. tember 16th. Police-constable Collet stolidly told the story of the plot of Leah," as produced in a wooden booth erected in a field at Ascot! The night was described on the bills as a fashionable one. The piece, he said, related to a love affair. Leah was represented as a Jewish beggar, and the man she was in love with was also in love with another. Still, be showed a preference for the Jewish beg- gar, and both were preparing to flee from their country, in order to evade his parents' and rela- tives' wrath because of their intense hatred of the Jews, He went straight through the plot in an unemotional way, told how Leah called Heaven's curses down upon her lover's head for his falseness, and how she unmasked the burgo- master I know thee thou art Nathan the Jew." Annoyed at being thus discovered the burgomaster was supposed to have stabbed her with a dagger, but as the witness did not actually see this done he considered it was not good evi. dence. But on hot falling dead the curtain dropped. The Clerk said gravely that there was no doubt that Leah was a tragedy, taking into account the dagger scene, and according to Act of Parliament a licence was required to play it. The defendant, who assumed a dramatic atti- tude in the box, said he had been travelling for 39 years with a portable theatre and had never been asked for a licence before. He contended that it was not Leah that he played on this night, but Deborah." Similar sketches were played in all London music-halls by such great men as Dan Leno, and now, he added, they had driven him into retirement. The magistrates let him off, as he said he was penniless, with a one ofjEl. _4_

GREAT FINGALL FRAUDS. Presoott Admits He is Anthony Rowe. Albert C. S. Prescott," the man alleged to be Anthony Stanley Rowe, who is charged with defrauding the Great Fingall Company of £150,000, was brought up on Saturday at Toronto, cables the Daily Mail correspondent, before Mr Denison, the police magistrate, on three charges alleging the theft of three specific amounts, fraudulent appropriation, and forgery of dividend warrants. The accused was zemanJeci until Oct. 15th, the magistrate sayiug he would then com nit on all three charges. This is but the prelude to a lobg legal fight to get Pres- cott to England. Prescott's counsel gave notice that he would apply for a writ of habeas corpus which will take the case to the High Court, alter which an appal may be filed. Pres- cott pleaded not guilty. Mr Smith, the office I secretary of Messrs Bewick, Moreing and Co., the London representatives of the Great Fingall Company, identified the prisoner as Rowe. Mr Godfrey, counsel for the accused, referred to the prisoner as "Rowo." The prosecuting attorney expressed surprise, as he understood that Prescott denied that he was Rowe. He denies nothing," said Mr Godfrey, who added, in reply to the magistrate, if it is proved that the Great Fingall Company have lost one cent through these transactions Rowe is willing to go back."

THE DECAYING "WIND-JAMMER." The marine insurance correspondent of the Times" writes With the loss of the sailing ships Oimara and Gifford, added to several others which have been wrecked or missing, the number of this kind of cratt is being largely les- sened and, considering that only two or three new ones have been bailt for British owners during the last six years, these may be classed among decaying properties. In spite, however, oi the small number of these vessels, a sugges- tion has lately been made by a prominent Liver- pool shipowner to have a general laying up oi Bailing tonnage in ozderJo iQPi^YQ tojgtits.

Newport County Council. HIGH-STREET IMPROVEMENT. The Housing Scheme Deferred. The monthly meeting of Newport County Council was held on Tuesday, the Ma5or, Coun- cillor J. H. Dunn, presiding. Councillor W. H. Brown drew attention to the paragraph in the report of the Parliamentary Committee re- ferring to the proposed widening of High-street, which stated that there had been a suggestion that the Corn Exchange should be set back five feet so as to bring it into line with the xemainder of the new street and the proposed new Pose Office buildings, and that if the Corn Exchange was not set back the proposed widening should start from the front line of the present building. He declared that the Council had been misled, and he moved that the arrangement entered upon with tbe Tredegar estate, and which wps set out on the plans submitted to Parliament, be adhered to. Alderman Lloyd said that there was no in- tention to depart from the understanding arrived at. Alderman Parnall, the chairman of the com- mittee, stated that the committee proposed to adhere to the original plan. The amendment was passed, and was adopted. A Law Suit Settled. Alderman T. H. Howell reported that the action which Messrs King and Son3, contractors, of London, had entered against the Corporation, on account of the contract for the asylum at Caerleon, for which Messrs King and Sons were the lowest tenderers, had been settled, and that Messrs King bad accepted JE105 in fall settlement of the costs which they had been put to in amend. ing their tender and the law costs. The Pollution of the River Uek. It was reported that the Board of Trade had asked for plans as to the sewerage scheme for the new asylum, and pointing out that their sanction was necessary before the sewer outfall could be constructed on the foreshore below high water' mark. Alderman Howell, chairman of the Lunacy Committee, said that at present there were 13 outfall sewers at Newport, one at Usk, whilst the Avon Llwyd was an open sewer. Ho did not, therefore, see the force of the objections which had been raised. Colonel Herbert, in moving that the sewage should be eeptically treated, said that the Usk and Ebbw Board of Conservators were doing their best to improve the condition of the river TJsk. Tha manu- facturers on the banks of the Avon Llwyd had considerably abated the nuisance. The conser- vators could not deal with the outfalls at present in existence, but they wished to prevent any further pollution of the river. Councillor Llewellyn seconded the amendment, and said that, seeing that it was proposed to put a tax upon food the Council should take steps to ensure that the river was not polluted to such xn extent that the fish wuld be destroyed. The amend. ment was lost. Housing of the Working Classes. Councillor T. S. Gower, chairman of t: 2 Housing of the Working Classes Committee, moved the adoption ot the report of the Housing Committee, which recommended that 66 tene- ments be erected on a site in Ailesbury-street. The price of the land had been reduced, Mr Gower said, from £1,000 to £800, and the com- mittee were hoping to get a further concession. Councillor F. P. Eobjeat now moved that the scheme be deferred for 12 months. Councillor Thooias protested against the persistent opposi- tion to the scheme. Councillor W. A. Baker said tha.t the scheme would be remunerative. The amendment of Mr Robjent Was rejected by 16 votes to 13 for, 3 neutral. On the report being put the Mayor announced that the voting was 11 for and 13 against the adoption of the ¡report; but he added that several membsrshad not voted. Several memoexs questioned the vote, and the Council again divided, with the result that 15 voted for and 15 against. The Mayor declared the report deferred. At a later period of the meeting Councillor Gower moved that applica- tion be mada to the Local Government Board for sanction to borrow £10,000 for land and build- ings for a housing scheme. The procedure was questioned, but a vote was taken, notice having been given of the motion, with the result that 13 voted for, 13 against, one neutral. The Mayor then gave his casting vote against the proposal. Bridge Widening. The Parliamentary Committee were autho- rised to make the best terms they can with the Great Western Railway Com- pany for the widening of the bridge which carries the South Wales Railway over the Caer- leon-road. The committee suggested a windening of seven feet on either side, for which the com- pany asked that the Corporation should pay the additional cost, which was set down at £2,080. The Council discussed the matter at length, and gave the sanction by 30 votes for to 8 against. The Proposed Technical Institute. Tha report of the Technical Instruction Com- mittee contained a recommendation that the chief inspector of secondary and science schools in Wales should be asked to report upon the condition of the present schools and the question of the provisions for technical and higher educa- tion in Newport. Councillor Canning, the chairman of the committee, urged that Newport had not taken its proper position with regard to education. The work of technical education was rendered difficult at Newport owing to the want of proper accommodation. Councillor W. H. Brown thought it better that aotion should be deferred until the Education Committee under the new Act could consider all the cir- cumstances. He moved that the paragraph in the report requesting the chief inspector to report should be deleted. The amendment was carried, Councillor Canning expressing himself satisfied with the tone of the discussion. Grant to the Hospital. The Council voted to the Newport General Hospital a donation of 200 guineas for the coming year instead of 50 guineas as formerly. The old subscription was fixed in 1888, and since that time the work of the hospital has largely increased. Duringthe past half-year the income was jEl.838, and the expenditure £2,566. Nomination of Justices. Alderman T. Goldsworthy, on behalf of Alderj man Mordey, moved to petition the Lord Chan- cellor to add the names of tho present Mayor (Councillor J. H. Dunn) and Councillors Green- land and W. H. Brown, past Mayors, to the Commission of the Peace for the borough, these gentlemen being the only councillors who have occupied the position of Mayor who are not justices. The Mayor at the outset wished his name to be deleted. Councillor Morgan declared that the Mayor was being made a hack to carry the other two councillors on to the list, whilst Councillor F. Phillips insisted that it was a party move from beginning to end. Councillor Brown repudiated the suggestion, and declined to allow his name to go forward to the Lord Chancellor. Dr. McGinn moved an amendment to the effect that the Lord Chancellor be asked to make all the members of the Council not already on the rota justices. The amendment was defeated. Alderman Goldsworthy withdrew the motion.

uTHOUGHTS AT ODD MOMENTS." Officer's Wife's Suicide. J An inquest was held on Saturday at Withing- ton Manor House, near Cheltenham, touching the death of Mrs Eunice Mary Richards (38), wife of Major G. Westley Richards, on the re-, tired list of the Berkshire Regiment, who died on the previous Thursday from taking oxalic acid. Major Richards stated that his wife had been in bad health for sometime past, suffering severely from melancholia, but she appeared to be no worse than usual on Thursday morning, and had never threatened suicide. He went out hunting, and found his wife in bed when be returned home. The Coroner mentioned that a pencil-written note in deceased's handwriting had been found in a drawer in her room. It read as follows :— Thoughts at Odd Moments.—Acts are not always selfish which appear so, and an appar- ently selfish deed may in reality be one of the most unselfish actions od the part of the one who commits It, but it may not be thought so by most people. You have always been so good to me, mv dear husband. The last sentence had been written at a different period and the writing, said the Coroner, was not good. The paper was stained with some- thing which looked like salts of lemon. Dr. Forster, of Cheltenham, deposed to finding two packets of salts of lemon (oxalic acid) in the grate of deceased's room. He had no doubt that death was due to poisoning with this corrosive poison, which deceased probably took dry and washed down with her tea. Deceased was suffer- ing from severe melancholia. A verdict of Suicide whilst of ansoiund mind was returned.

A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. The carelessness of railway travellers in throwing articles from the windows of swiftly- moving trains is the cause of frequent injury to platelayers and other railroad men. An empty bottle thrown from a train at fifty or sixty miles an hour has the force of a gunshot. Newspapers are about the only thing that can be safely thrown out. A newspaper cannot hurt, and it has been known to save life. A plate!ayer on the Great Central Railway read in a newspaper how Dr. Williams' pink pills had cured a woman who suffered from chronic indigestion in exaotly the same way as his own wife, Mrs Bartholomew, 6, Fowler-street, Wincobank, Sheffield T wan under doctors for three years," she said but my disease was chronic. My appetite completely faded I could not sleep for the pains in my side and ches. Even milk gave me frightful pains, my legs and feet swelled so that I could hardly walk" In consequence of a newspaper article Mrs Bartholomew began to use Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people. After the third box." said she, I was completely cured I have not been out of sorts since, and have in- creased a stone in weight." Indigestion, bile, antsmia, consumption, and rheumatism had been cured by the same means. Travellers desiring to dispose of empty bottles and other articles are asked by railway companies to leave them under seats or In luggage racks in the carriages. I

The Cardiff Coroner's jury returned a verdict of Accidental death in the ease of the youth James Gordon, who, wbil? engaged in unloading a ship of pitwood, was crushed between the buffers on the Cardiff Railway the other day. Deceased was working with some men engaged by a pitwood merchant in stacking timber on the Cardiff Railway near the East Moors. He was sent to get water for the men's breakfast, but he did not return, and was found

Burial of Neath Paupers. SCENE AT GUARDIANS' MEETING. Mr Law and the Chairman. A meeting of the Neath Board of Guardians was held on Tuesday, the chairman (Mr Hopkm Jones) presiding. Mr Edmund Law again brought up the question of the burial of paupers, remarking that ic seemed to him there was a strong disposition to revert to the old in- decorous mode of conducting the funerals. The Chairman stated that two meetings of the Burials Committee hai been called, but in neither case did a quorum attend. Mr Edmund Law said that Mr Ed ward Davies attended, took part in the discussion and, indeed, presided, although not even a member of the committee. He wanted to know by whose authority an invitation to tender was sent out. The Chairman said there was no tender in, and they thought it advisable to send one out. Mr Laow retorted that the ap plication sent out was for a hearse when reaaired, and the fact was they wanted to do away with the resolution, which provided for the poor people a. decent and respectable funeral. The Chairman Look here, Mr Law, other people are just as anxious as you are to give the poor decent and respectable funerals. Mr Law And yet you say a hearse is not required. The Chairman I do not say it is not reo quired. I say it is not always required. Mr Law: I say again that Mr Edward Davies had no right to be at a meeting of the Burial Committee. Mr Edward Davies I did not want to push myself on the Burials Committee. I am sure Mr La.w is enough there. The Chairman then read out the form of tender sent to Mr Evaus, tho undertaker, Mr Evans had replied that he would provide coffin, shroud, hearse, and four bearers for 38s. According to the tender of Mr Evans they had no option. It must be the whole thing whether the hearse were required or not. Mr Law 1 don't care whose tender it is. I only want to feel satisfied that the resolution of the hoard is to be carried out. The Chairman Look here, Mr Law. don't yoa think you are the only man who wants to see funerals conducted with decency. Mr Law I don't say I am. The Chairman said although there ware from 25 to 30 persons present at a funeral at Penydre, to which reference had been made, Mr Evans did his best to get a hearse used. It was not justifiable to do so when there were so many present. When. however, the bill came in Mr Evans was so magnanimous as not to make a. charge for that hearse. Ho (the chairman) strongly objected to Mr Law appointing himself factotum in connection with funerals earned ont by the board. Me Law I was there. The Chairman Wherever von are, you are a —— nuisance. (Sensation.)" Mr Law I have blocked you in many little games. I care as much about you as I care about my boots, i The Chairman quietly explained what steps had been taken in connection with the tenders. Subsequently at the suggestion of the Clerk the foJlowing resolution was moved by Mr William Jones, ana seconded by Mr W. H. David That Hnbject to an entry on that form of a separate price for a hearse the tender of Mr Evana bo accepted." Replying to Mr J. H. Moore the Chairman said it would be left to the discretion of the relieving officer as to whether » hearse was required or not. Mr Law objected to the motion. He wanted to see the indoor paupers decently buried, and not carried to the grave by four feeble men in corduroy. He moved act ^amendment that a hearse and bearers be provided in all cases of indoor adult pauper funerals. Mr J. H. Moore seconded. The amendment was lost by 9 votes to 7, and the resolution carried.

WAREHOUSEROBBERIES. CHARGES AGAINST" CARDIFF MEN. At Cardi £ f|on Tuesday before the Deputy Stipen- diary, John Miller (30) and Wallace White (22) were charged with feloniously breaking and entering a lock-up warehouse at the rear of 60, Queen-street, in the occupation of S. C. Larkins and Son, Limited, sometime betsveen 8 p.m. 0n ¡ the 2nd and 9 a.m. on the 2rd inst., and stealing therefrom 74i yards of silk, 15* yards of satin, nine blouses, 38 pairs of gloves, and other articles, of the total value of £1116s, the pro- perty of Messrs Larkins further charged with stealing between 30th of JnJv a.nd the 2nd of October, 36 pairs of knickers, seven dozen hand- kerchiefs, 27 pinafores, 12 skirts, 11 blouses, 29 yards of silk, 19 aprons, 44 gloves, two fur neck- lets, and other articles, valned in all £19 19s, the property of the same firm from the same ware- house. Mr Harold M. Lloyd prosecuted. Mr Lloyd Meyrick defended Miller, and Mr J. B. Stephens appeared for White. Mr Lloyd explained that White was formerly employed as order man by Mr Seccombe, and Miller as a traveller. It Was part of White's duty in those days to supply Miller with any goods he wanted to take on his rounds. Some time afterwards White left his employment and went to Messrs Larkins, wholesale merchants, carrying on business similar,to Mr Secoombe's in Queen-street. Miller also left Mr Seccombe's employ and started for himself in business as a travelling tailor. During the time that White was working with Messrs Larkins, Miller con- stantly saw him. and purchased goods from that establishment. Having detailed the circum- stances of the alleged breaking and entering, Mr Lloyd stated that White when arrested by Detective Dicks said, The game is up I com- pliment you I took the things to John t Miller. I should think it was about £6 worth. He is as deep in the mire as I am. He has been there before. He gives me £1 a week for what I bring him." Miller said, II I shall be perfectly frank with you, and tell you all. He brought some things to me last night. These are the things, and told me to take them. I did so." Evidence having been given by Mr G. H. Sec- combe, Mr Ganderton, manager of Messrs S. and C. Larkins, went into the box. White was em- ployed by his firm to keep stock and serve. Wit- ness fcnew Miller by sight, and had seen him in the warehouse in July last. On the day he locked up the premises on the 2nd of October he saw White in the warehouse. He came to ask for a reference. He had been previously discharged for drunkenness. The fanlight and all the win- dows were then secure. On the next day wit- ness noticed a footmark near the blind of one of the windows in tho warehouse and the nail which secured the fanlight had been taken away. Witness identified the articles specified as the property of Messrs S. C. Larkins and Sons, Limited. These articles had not been sold by anyone. Joshua Williams, salesman, stated Miller had been to the warehouse/on several occasions, and had bakn served by both witness and White. He did not remember selling any of the articles produced. On the morning of the 3rd inst. witness noticed the goods near the fanlight were disarranged. Detective-sergeant Dicks deposed to noticing fingermarks on tbe dust on the edges of the fan- light in the warehouse. On the inner side of the fanlight witness found a number of ha.t shapes, all disarranged, and on the curtain underneath he found the mark of a boot. The fanlight was large enough for a man to pass through. Wit- ness the same afternoon arrested prisoners. In answer to the charge at the Central Station, White aaid," It is perfectly correct." Miller said, I was not out last night. I was with my wife all night. I paid White for all I have had." Prisoners were both committed on the first charge to take their trial at the Assizes. There was a number of charges against Miller for embezzling sums of money belonging to Mr G. A. Seccombe, brt Mr Lloyd informed the Court that Mr Seccombs desired to withdraw the charges at that stage. The Deputy Stipendiary agreed to that course. Evidence was then given in respect of the second charge, and on this also both prisoners were committed to the Assizes, substantial bail being allowed.

AN IMAGINATIVE PRISONER. A frail-built young woman named Florence Edwards (20) was indicted at Cardiff Quarter Sessions on Tuesday for unlawfully and mali- ciously wounding E. Crosby, seaman, at Cardiff on September 15th. Mr Hugh Jones (instructed by Mr Harley Downs) prosecuted. Prisoner at first pleaded guilty, but when the Recorder was addressing her prior to passing sentence she re- marked, I did it in self-defence." The Re- corder said that was equivalent to a plea of not guilty, and directed that the case should be gone into. The prosecutor said he was going up Mill- lane with a friend when the prisoner caught hold of him by the arm. He told her he didn't want to have anything to do with her, and tried to shake her off. She then put her hand in her pocket, pulled out what appeared to him to be a pair of scissors, and struck him with them just under the left eye. This was on the 15th'of ltist month, fctnd the prosecutor still had a mark about an inch long under his eye. Dr. Buist said the wound was not serious, bufrit might have been. Prisoner, on oath, said as she was going up Mill- lane the prosecutor behaved indecently. After going a little way np the lane she came back, and he caught hold of her by the dress. He re- fused to let her go, and m self-defence she struck him with a key she had m her band. The Recorder recalled the prosecutor and his friend, a.nd they, said there was no tmth whateverin the prisoner's story. They tried to get rid of her, but coald not. The jury found prisoner guilty of cutting and wounding with a sharp instru- ment. The Recorder passed sentence of six months' imprisonment.

MEDICAL OFFICER FOR 84 YEARS. Presentation to Dr. Essex, Pontypool. There was a large meeting of Glyn Colliery workmen, Pontypool. at the Waverley Hotel, Pontypool, on Saturday evening, when Dr. J. R. Essex, J.P., their medical officer for 34 years, was presented with an illuminated address on tbe occasion of his retirement from practice. The addceaa bore testimony to the doctor's devotion to duty, and stated that he had during the long seasons of unfortunate depression and stoppages at the collieries continued to attend the workmen and their families without remuneration. Dr. Essex, who36 father preceded him as medical officer of the collieries for 51 years, is to be suc- ceeded by Dr. Jones, Blaenavon.

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PEMBROKESHIRE POLICE. Complaints Against Officers. A meeting of the Pembrokeshire Standing Joint Committee was held on Tuesday at the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, Mr N. A. Roch pre- siding. Tbe Clerk presented a sealed report from the sub-committee appointed to inquire into complaints made against P.C. Charles Davies by the landlord of the Foje and Hounds, Mr Charles Davies. The complaints were to the effect that the constable bad carried on a system of petty peesecution against the landlord and his wife, after two charges of alleged Sunday drinking against them had been reveised on appeal to Quarter Sessions, and that this conduct culmi- nated one Saturday night, when he entered the house and used bad language towards Mrs Davies. II The Chairman opened the report, which was as follows :—" The sub-commiitee do not consider that the statements are sufficient to substantiate the complaints made by Mr Davies." The Chair- that the statements are sufficient to substantiate the complaints made by Mr Davies." The Chair- man added that the report was written with some consideration, because the committee certainly did not negative the complaints. They did not think them frivolous or vexatious, but considered the statements were not snfficient to substantiate the complaints. On the motion of the Chairman, the report was adopted. The Chairman read a letter from Mr Willing, of Pembroke, with regard to a complaint made against P.S. Evans, of Pembroke, by Mr Daniel Davies, of Alleston, Pembroke. Mr Willing stated that he was chairman of the magistrates at Pembroke on the occasion when the sergeant's conduct was called into question, and he felt it bis duty to lay the ciicumstances before the committee. The sergeant had summoned Mr Davies, who was then ex-Mayor of Pembroke, for driving without a light, and during ths hearing of the case the defendant made allegations against the sergeant which, in the opinion of the Court, were quite unwarranted and irrelevant. The sergeant bore the abuse for some time, and then used the words which were to form the sub- ject of an action. In the opinion of the writer and his brother magistrates, the sergeant said what he did under great provocation, and was not in any way to blame, and they were willing to state that in a court of justice. The committee took no action in the matter. Criminal Statistics. ) The Chief Constable (Mr T. Ince Webb-Bowen) presented.his quarterly report, showing that the number of indictable offences were 34. for com- mitting which 37 persons were arrested and six summoned. This was an increase of seven in the number of crimes and of 13 in the number of persons proceeded against on the corresponding ¡I quarter ot last year. Of those arrested three were discharged, seven committed for trial, and 17 dealt with summarily, of whom two were acquit- ted and 15 convicted. Of those summoned three were convicted s ummarily and three committed for trial. The number of persons proceeded against I for other offences was 381, being a decrease of 68 on last year. The charges against three were I withdrawn, 33 dismissed, 11 ordered to pay costs or cautioned, six banded into military custody, and 328 convicted. Of the latter number 12 were imprisoned, two school attendance orders made, one ordered to find bureties, and 313 fined.

liWANNAH TRUANT SCHOOL | I A Boyish Freak. About 4 a.m. on Tuesday three boya from the Havannah Training School, Cardiff, succeeded in climbing out of the vessel and getting down on to the mud, whence they made off up the river. Their escape was not discovered for some time. About 8 o'clock, however, three other boys from the school were on their way to their daily em- ployment, when they discovered the truants in the neighbourhood of Canton Bridge. They were in a very muddy condition, and their clothes were saturated. The runaways suffered them- selves to be escorted back to the ship by the other boys who had found them. Our reporter subsequently saw the master of the Havannah ship, who said be merely regarded the event as the result of a boyish freak. Thev are three boys of excellent character," be said, and I don't believe they meant to stay away in fact, it would not have surprised me to have seen them turn up again of their own free will by the time we call over the roll. Why should they run away ?" be added. They are well treated here and as happy aB sand boys. As I said before, it was, I think, a mere boyish im- pulse you know boys sometimes will do these things I"

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COSTLY DESTRUCTOR. Cardiff Health Committee's Decision. At a meeting of the Cardiff Health Committee on Tuesday a sub-committee presented a lengthy report on the subject of refuse destructors. They recommended the erection of one 8-cell destructor for destroying the most offensive matters, which would cost about £ 15,000. The total aunnal ex- penditure which would be necessitated would be JE2,300, but the coat of haulage would be reduced by X500 per annum. Alderman Jacobs moved, and Councillor Crossman seconded, the adoption op loll of the report. Councillor Robert Hughes moved an amendment to the effect that the committee. whilst appreciating the report, could not at pre- sent see its way clear to recommend such a heavy expenditure. He did not disagree with the necessity for a destructor, but pointed out that there was no urgency in this matter for at least six or seven years, as there was at present available dumping ground for refuse tips. Alderman Ramsdate seconded, solely on the ground that the town being already committed to heavy expenditure, it was not wise at this juncture to incur this additional outlay. The Chairman agreed there was justification for the amendment, which was practically unanimously agreed to.

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