The Cardiff Times

"K!DNAPPED" G!RL At the Old-street Police Court on Monday Charles MacCoy was charged, together with John Wooder, a brass-trimmer, and John Heatley ,a news vendor, with breaking the door lock and a glass panel of a house in ELingsland- road at two; o'clock in the morning. MacCoy explained tihat he went to the house to get his child back. She was nine years old, and wa: kidnapped last week and taken to the house where his wife tvas living. The conditions made it anything but a fit home for the child. The magistrate, in discharging all the prisoners, said he agreed with MacCoy. but it would have been better if he had gone alone to fetch his child at a more convenient tune.

D!ED W!TH HER D06. When the poHce at Brighton Monday found. Miss Matilda. M. Mason lying dead in bed, her dog (also dead) was in the same room with its head in the oven. Miss Mason who was 45 years of age, carried on a tobacconist's busi- ness at Grenville-place. The cnimney of the room jn which she was found was stuffed with blankets, and the jets of the gas-cooking stove were turned full.t>n. She left letters addressed to the coroner and several friends. t

Atteged Murder Attempt. STRANGE ABERTRtDWR AFFAIR. SOLICITOR AND THE BENCH. At Caerphilly on Tuesday Arthur Ern-st RpH. a. young married coiUer. of CoC'dçar'-roa,d. Aber- tridwr, was charged with attpm?)ting to mur- der his wife. Harriet, by shooting her with a revolver. Mr Haro!d Lloyd defended. Harriet Bell (compla;nant.) said she n.nd her husband were in thr' kitchen about noon on Tuesday last. week. Witness observed some- thing bulky in her husband's pocket, and asked him what it was. He made no answer, but took out a revolver from his pocket. She did not know whether he was going to dust it or not, but it went off. She stood about three yards away in front of him. I know he did not intend domg it," added complainant. There had been nothing between them-no quarret—theywere on friendly terms. After the shot witness 'found she had a wound in the neck, which was bleeding. Her husband, seeing what had occurred, said. Indeed to my God, I did not mean to do it I" They had only been mairied about four months. WitneM heard her husband say. I am goiug to fetch the doctor," and subsequently Dr. Burke attended to her. In answer to Mr Harold Lloyd, witness said she had heard her husband say that he kept the revolver in his pocket because of the children who lived in apartments with them. Witness told her neighbours it was an accident, and her husband told Mr and Mrs Thomas that he did not know the revolver was loaded. She was satisfied her husband did not intend doing it for he ran for the doctor. Prisoner was very much upset. It Mary Anno Thomas, neighbour. said she heard a shot, and in the back yard she and her husband found complainant bteeding from a. wo and in the neck. CompLamant said, Arthur has shot me." Mrs Thomas said the coupte seemed to have lived happily together. P.S. Walters said he asked complainant in the presence of prisoner how she received tb& injury. She said, I stood in front of the nre. I saw something in his pocket. I asked him what it was. He pulled it out. pointed it to me, and it went off. I don't think he in- tended to kill me. We had no row this mom- mg." She snid to her hosband. Dont trotthle, ? I Itve I wHI put you aU right." Dr. Burke said Mrs BeMwasnow out ef danger. P.O. Prosaer said in reply to the charge at Senghenydd Police Station prisoner said, I did not mean to do that anyhow. We wane going to have dinner ami then go to Senz- henydd for a walk." MrBaroMUoyd sabmitted he bad abeo-, mtely no case to answer so far as attem murder was concerned. The Bench conciuded- hawever, that there was a prima facie case and prisoner wotttd be ooaunttted for trial at' the Assizes on the charge of attempted murder. Mr Harold Lloyd I never heard of a meM ftdiculoos thing in all my life. Mr Uoyd intimated he would appeal to Judge in Chambers against the decMMon of the Bench. Mr Hoyd's application for bai! was rehtsed.

"SOUL K!LUNG" STEAMERS. Tale Told to the Yankees. In the Atlantic Monthly," a British marme o€BCer discusses the question whether the United States can produce merchant seamen and, after contrasting the life on a sailing vessel with that upon a steamer, he states :— Let us take the Mediterranean trade as being perhaps the most interesting from an historical point of view. When a steamer has come to anchor, or has tied up, stern to the mote, hatches are opened and the work of loading or dtscharging begun. The work goes on night and day, Sunday or Monday, Christmas or any other day. No day is held sacred in the modern freight steamer. It is possible to go the round of the Mediterranean ports without once plac- ing a foot on shore. Very often the cities are never seen by daylight, steamers entering port and leaving the same night or very early in the morning. In British ships especially—and American ships will be the same—Sunday, unless the cost of working be too great, is seldom if ever held sacred. If one felt inclined to wor ship one's 6ed by attending church, 't wotdd be impas- sible to do so. No; the ?modern sailer must not indolge in such hmmes as a €?od. & soul. prayers, or Snnd&ya. If he does, then it must be in his watch below or when he has signed off the ship's artitdea. Ff)r the time being it is essential, if he is to be caRed a good sailor, for him to remember that he is a brute and to pempmber also that for turming htmseK into a brote onsand" or any other boty day, be gets paid 6d an hoar extra by his generoas owner. If any peayefs ape neoesm6ry, the ship- owner wBl do aU. the praytng teqaired bet the prayers wnl not be <er t&f sailors' <p<rtt<tal welfare, but for better treats and quiCker despatches. Yet again, on the west coast of Africa can be seen ships frying the British ftg carrying on the work of loading or discharging, cargo on Sundays, while in foi! view can b? seen mission stations and churches, with th<ar attendant ministers preaching to a bawh of negroes, exnrtmg them to remember tteir Cfeatorinthe days oftheiryoath.andtore. speet the Sabbath and keep it BoIy. Wtust mockery tn fa<mess it must be admitted that German and Scandinavian veeBeis aeMotn work cargoes on Snudaya."

THE GEftM.A KA VY. WAR WOULD NOT QUICKLY BE OY'Eft' The Heavy Gun Question. Berlin. Jan. 23.—The discussions in the British Press on the possibility of the German shipyards and ordnance factories enabling the Germaz1 (lovernmtmt to a lap in the race for sea power by accelerating the pace of con- struction are attracting considerable attention here. The Hambtirger Nachricbten," in an article by a naval correspondent, draws atten- tion to the necessity of keeping the foreigner in the dafk as to the capabilities of German indusa try, and especially of Messrs Krupp, to forge weapons for their Government, pointing out that ignorance of this factor might exercise considerable influence in restraining a hostile Power from declaring war. The writer seta out by the assertion, based on statements by the British Admiralty, that in determining the time in which a modern battleship can be completed for service, not the ship itaeM, but the heavy guns, and especially the gun mountings, with their extremely compli- cated mechanism, constitute the decisive factor. In English naval circles the subject is plentifully discussed, and it is deplored that there is no way of finding out whether the capabilities of the Krupp works have really so increased that the firm will be able to cope with all the require- ments in the next few years, and especiaUy whether Messrs Krupp would be able to de- liver the annual quantum of guns more quickly than they have hitherto done. On these grounds a few weeks ago the demand was raised in the British Press that Consuls of British nationality should be appointed at Essen, Wilhelmshaven, and Kiel, to serve as centres of energy for British espionage. The writer of the article states there is no doubt that Krupps have increased their power of turning out warship guns, and he discusses English theories and speculations as to possible further developments of the Essen firm's capa- bilities in the supply of heavy guns and mount- ings. and concludes :—" A naval war waged by Germany against a stronger sea Power would not be quickly over. It is to Gretmany's interest and within the bounds of possibility to adopt a strategy which would protract the struggle. During the time the war was in progress, naturally shipyards and factories would be working at high pressure to* increase the number of vessels available for the fighting line."

A NEW ERA IN SIBERIA. In the course of a report to headquarters, the United States Consul-General at Moscow says :— In order to induce a better class of citizens to settle voluntarily in Siberia the Russian Government has decided to abolish the system of sending prisoners to penal servitude in that country, and to incarcerate them in penitentiaries established in the cities of Russia proper. The Government hopes and expects that a staid and right-minded element will exploit Siberia's resources. The prevalent and mistaken idea is that Siberia is a land covered with snow and therefore barren. The truth is Siberia is one of the largest and most productive agricultural regions on the face of the globe, the greater part of the land being fertile, and capable of yielding abundant crops, and of sustaining large flocks and herds. Then, too, the mineral resources have hardly been touched."

CANADA'S UNTtLLED ACRES. Tempting Co!onisat<on Scheme. From the United States and from Europe. immigrants are settling down in Canada in in- creasing numbers every year. The Dominion is so vast that it has room for millions of suitable settlers, and it is one of the pet schemes of Sir Thomas Shaut;hneasy. president of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway, to encourage emigration from Britain in order to strengthen the already existing British sentiment. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy's great idea is to get a good type of British settlers on the Western lands. The railway company is laying out a certain area of land for British settlers and their families. We shall let out farms," said Mr Brown, the new Canadian Pacific manager, build a hocne a.n<t a ham. plough and seed a portion of the land, and let the settler pay for it out of thp crop spread over a number of years. So that an immigrant from the Mother Country with, say. iloo or E200 capital has only to get his family on the ground, buy R. few sticks of furniture and a cow, and poa3iMy some a.gri- cultural implements, and the Crst work he has to do will be to harvest his first crop."

ELECTION DAY SCENES IN SOUTH WALES. DECLARATION OF THE SOUTH MONMOUTHSHtRE RESULT AT CHEPSTOW. A portion of the crowd that awaited the result in Be&uiortrsquare, Chepstow. (Photos by W. Call, Chepstow.) DECLARATION OF THE EA$T CARMARTHEMSHtRE POLL AT LLANDtLO. ? Second from the left is Mr Abel Thomas, E.G., M.P. To the left again are Mr Morgan Jones, the High Sheriff, and Mr Mervyn I Peel. the Conservative candidate. The gentteman in the cap with his two hands re&ting on the balustrade is Mr Charles J-nkins, the Liberal agent. (Photo by AoiencanStudi-,Hanailo.) SOME OF MABOWS EMTHUStASTtC SUPPORTERS IN THE RHONDDA. L—On the left are two otd gentlanen who insisted on recording their votes in spite of the snowy weather. 2.—An injured voter being carried to the potL (Photos by Harrison and Evajis,Tonypandy.)

Loss of the ss. Cadoxton. FINDING OF THE COURT. The Court which has inquired into the luaa of the sa. Cadoxton, of Cardiff (Mr Matthew Co Cope and others owners) gave its judgment on Monday. Mr T. W Lewia. who presided over the Court, read the judgment, which stated t-hat at the time the vessel sailed from Cardiff her value to the owners, according to the deputy managing owner, was JE10,000, and according to the superintendent, .E7.000. About tweive months ago the managing owner (Mr Mathew Cope) suggested selling the vessel, and said he would accept JE7.000, but did not give instruc- tions for her to be put into the maeket. The superintendent then considered her worth JE7,000, but the deputy managing owner denied any such suggestion was made. For the last two years the vessel had been trading at a loss. In 1908 the net loss was JE900. She was laid up during part of 1909, but there was a loss when she traded. The Court considered her value when she left Cardiff .?,000. She was insured as follows :—HuU and machinery, E12,000 pre- miums and disbursements, :El,000; freight. JE1.COO; total.JE14.000. The Court considered that when the vessel left Cardiff she was in a good and seaworthy condition. At 8 a.m. on the 18th November the vessel was making some waier, more than usual, but not a great quan- tity. Captain Laverick, the master, omitted then to take precautions to ascertain where and how the water was coming in, nor did he make any attempt to use the hand pumps. Although the chief engineer took prompt and proper but insuCScient measures at & a.m. on the 18th November, neither prompt nor appro- priate measures were taken by the master or chief engineer at 11 o'clock, or 12 o'clock, or thereafter to ascertain the cause of the water or to keep it under. The Court was unable to express an opinion as to the cause of the water, but was satisfied it would not have been followed by its effect—the abandonment and loss of the vessel—if the master and chief engineer had made every effort to save her. The Court did not think her abandonment had been premature. At the same time they considered it to have been caused by the wrongful default and serious omissions of the master ana chief engineer. If proper measures had been taken she might have been saved. The hand pumps ought to have been used. Had they been used the vessel might have been saved. The culpable omissions of the master and chief engineer indicated an absence of desire to save the vessel. There was evi- dence that neither .the master nor engineer had any pecuniary interest in the vessel, and there was no evidence that either of them knew that the vessel was more valuable to her ownefB when foundered than when anoat, but the Court noted that the history of and the story of the loss of the Cadoxton were not dissimilar from previous cases heard in that court in their salient features—viz., an old vessel trading at a loss, over-insured, cause of loss a mysterv, and neglect of prompt and obviously avail- able measures to save the vessel. The Court made no reference to the omcers' ates.

CAGE ON SHEAVES. An alarming winding accident occurred at the Lady Lewis Colliery, Ynyshir, owned by the Lewis Mcrthyr Consolidated Company, on Sunday, resulting in injuries to a nrfmaji named John Evans. and severity shaking two men named Escotte and Price. It appears that the workmen had been en- gaged in carrying out certa.in repairs in the mine. and were being brought tf< the surface when the cage was taken up to the shpaves. Ths rope parted, but fortunately the safety- catch acted and held the bond suspected over the shaft. The violence of the impact threw the miners to the bottom of the cage. and Evaos, falling on a, number of tools, fractured his tliigh and ustained a nasty cut over the eye.

Coat Working Dispute PONTLOTTYN SURFACE BU<LD<M68. Mr Justice Parker resumed in the Chancery Division on Monday the hearing of the case of Brewer v. the Rhymney Ircm Co., which was an action by the plaintiS for an injunction and for damages in respect of the working of certain minerats under the Pontlottyn estate. The ptamtiS leased for a term of 40 yearn the mBMral rights to the defendants, and he alleged that they bad by unfair and unwork- manlike working caused damage to the surface a-nd buildings thereon, and he claimed an in- junction and damages. The defendants con- tended that they had adopted the best possible system of working the mine, and denied that any avoidable damage bad been done. Mr Romer, K.C., and Mr Mc8wmney (in- structed by Mr Gustard. Newport) appeared for the plaintiS, and Mr Up John. K.C., and Mr J. G. Ward (instructed by Me<<srs Gwilym James and Co., Merthyr) for the respondents. Mr Upjohn, in concluding his address for the respondents, contended that the important covenant in the case was the one which re- quired that the lessees should not damage or endanger the houses already built, or to be built, on the surface. His Lordship said he was not yet satisned that the mode of working adopted by the' respondents endangered the buildings. Mr Romer, rep tying for the plaintiff, sub- mitted that the defendants had adopted a system of working that was not suitable, and had thereby caused damage that could have been avoided. His Lordship said since the leases had been granted the largest building on the surface had been erected. It looked to him as if the area of building bad been increased, approximately by half if Mr Romer's contention was correct that the covenants were not to endanger more than was necessary, then the defendants must continue working, and letting down, and paying compensation. Mr Romer Yes. His Lordship: It is a very serious obligation. Mr Romer said the defendants did not deny the obligation. The defendants said they must leave half the coal under any surface where there was a building, and they coutd not work the coal by leaving it unworked, but what he suggested was that the defendants, when they could not get out any more coal, could give up the vein aa exhausted. His Lordship said he would give judgment in the course of a few days.

SIR E. 8HACKLETON. St. Petersburg, Monday.—Sir Ernest8hackje- ton arrived here by the North express this afternoon, and drove to the British Embassy, subsequently catling on the Grand Duke Nicolas Michaetovibch, president of the Russian Geo- graphical Society, and M. Semenou Tyan- shansky, vice-president. The arrangements for Sir Ernest Shackleton's visit have been some- what altered. He will dine to-night with the Russian General Schokatsky,whoisafamuy friend. The Graud Duke Nicolas will attend the dinner given at the British Embassy on Wednesday in honour of Sir Ernest Shackteton. —Reuter.

AUSTRALIAN APPLE TRADE. Arrangementa have been made for the annual export of Taamanian apples to the United Kingdom and to Germany. The crop pruspects point to a heavy one. The shipments will probably be about 500,000 bushel cases, roughly 125.000 cases in excess of )aet season's ship- ments. Twenty-two stumers, averaging about 10.000 tonnage cMh, were ah'eady en- gaged in November for the shipments which wiU take ptace ui,)sL!y, in March, April and May :M'xt.

Protection Brutatity. AMERMAN TiNPLATERS AT BAY APPEAL TO U?A. PRES!DENT. A deputation of Labour leadezs, appointed by the American Federation of Labour, has waited upon President Taft and presented to him a document setting out 14 charges of illegality against the United States Steel Cor- poration, .and claiming immediate investiga- tion of the methods of the Trust, which they claim is operating in defiance of the United States statutes. The origin of the Labour agitation lies in the attitude of the Trust to- wards Trade Unionism in sheet and tinplete mills, the workers, including many Welshmen. being out on strike against the" open shop policy of the Trust. In reply/to the deputation, the President of the United States promised to take the matter up, with the Secretary of Commerce and Labour, and with Labour Commissioner Neill A Terrtbte tndiotment. The deputation submitted- That the United States Corporation is an illegal combination, existing in defiance of the laws of the land in this so- called great American industry, founded upon the tariS enacted for the pro- tection of American labour from the competition of the pauper labour of Europe, the Trust is speedily and egectually exclud- ing American labour, skilled and unskilled, from its employment; it has almost wholly eliminated from numerous departments men who speak the English language it has again and again advertised that Syrians, Poles, and Roumanians are preferred the Trust is accumulating hundreds of millions of dollars by exacting excessive prices for the I prdduct from the American public, and en- forcing exhausting toil from its labourers, and reducing its employees to a rate of wages insumcient for the Americam standard of living it not only de- grades labour by low wages and a 12- hours day, but denies a day of rest by en- forcing work seven days in the week; its products are made in reckless sacrifice of human life; it tyrannically prevents the orga- nisation of its workers to elevate the stan- dard of living it denies the right, recognised to workers by the law, to form associations for the promotion and protection of the interests of the toilers tt suppresses free speech and public meetings; it boycotts American labour it has enforced decrees of banishment from communities where it dominates: it has in such communities exercised powers beyond the law and in defiance of the law, denying to citizens rights guaranteed to them as American citizens it has both usurped and controlled the exercise of authorities in local communi- ties in its own name, in violation of the plainest fundamental principles of the law its continued existence and methods arc a ? menace not only to labour, but to the busi- ness men. The document is signed by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labour, and seven of the most prominent Labour leaders of the United States.

ASSIZE REMOVAL QUESTtON. The Newport Parliamentary Committee on Monday further discussed the question of thp removal of the Assize Courts from Mon- mouth to Newport. It was resolved to re- commend the Corporation to proceed with the erection, of new Assize Courts if the sanction of the Lord Chancellor bo obtained for the transference of the tribunal to Newport. This recommendation will come up for discussion at the next meeting of the Newport Corpora- tion. The question of site for the new courts has not been considered.

Sir Griffith Thomas. HIS DEVOTION TO SWANSEA. Chamber of Commerce Tribute. DOCK EXTENS!ON PROMOTION. The Future of the Port. The annual banquet of the Swa.nsea.Cha.mber of Commerce was held at the Hotel Metropote on Tuesday. Aji interesting incident of the gathering was bhe presentation of an address to Sir Griffith Thomas, in recognition of his va-tunble services to the port as chairman of the Harbour Trust. Mr A!ex MoSit (thepresidenb) occupied the chair, and he was supported by the Mayor (AMennan Matthews), Lord Glan- t&we, Sir Grimth Tbomas, Mr Alfred Mond, M.P., the Hon. Odo Vivian. Sir Robert Morris, Mr W. Hnwoi), Mr A. J. Grimths (preaidpnt of the Caj-diff Chamber of Commerce), Mr W. L. GoIdsworU.y (president of tite Newport Cham- bfr of Commcrcp), Mr J. Livingston, Mr R. J. Ma.tbhcws. Mr H. Goidbera-. Mr G. S. H&rries, Mr R: I,. I;ai-Is, Mr E. P. Joties (the secreta.ry), Mr W. La.w. Mr L. G. JeSrevs. Mr W. T. Farr, Mr S Stephens, a-nd Mr T. P. Cook. Mr A. S?undera, coHector H.M. Coatoms, subr.utted the toast of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce." They, at Swansea, be said, had a oodty heritage, and he was glad to know it wan in good handa. He ventured to think the progress now so evident wonid continue, and that a quarter of a century would not pass be- fore Swansea would be a set ond Liverpool. (Cheers.) I The President, in response, said for six months of his year of office he had been absent, hut a-bsent at the request of his Chamber as a delegate at the Empire Congress of Chambers held at Sydney. Australia. Thi' Prt'sident, dh behalf of the members of the Chamber- proposed what he described as the tA)--tzt of the evening, the health of their honcturfxi R. ,t, St? GrtQith Thomas,, and readthf address. The following are .ddress :— \Ve..Î1f" -"fjcbsrs of the Swansea Chamber of i.iCt.rpoTtt.tcd. desire to avail oarst'hr.&j n{ afforded by the (:omple.1t'lf1 n-a open.i!Ag of the King's Dock to pl.Mtf rc.i jid our high appreciation of the very which you have rendered t« t,R<; .;uLn.:nn/y i.;t Swansea- We recall wi.jh 1'e.¡.t th<; fact that it was t.tw of this Cham- ber bh.?t. t- ?ss?; y?u u?Jpfto'.k ? successful cacditLatKr? fur a seat a? A proprit'tary trustee on u<t:bo?7 and this pica8U1"C») -z-tic-h by the rememb- r<mee tl4,-ii-, iiie re.og!1¡smg your eminent tlt;:tt 'u< th-. elected you in 1898 to bf theIr ehiirnian, to which high office they siuce unauimousi-Y you Vt*ar by y<&r. WhiiNt we c.iokfttny retnember the able manner in which you have discharged the onerous duties of the many important public offices which you tia-;(- 6Ued, we wish more particularly to ,-xp-c-ss to you our thanks for the deep interest yon have taken in, and the great services you nave rendered to the port of Swansea. We recognise that your aim has been to multiply and perfect its facilities for dealmg with and incrc'M.inf; its trade, and, by providing it with a. ck..k of modern design and of extem-nve at\-a, eoiaipped with the latest sdentific machinery, to make it one of <h. finest ports m the United Kingcom. L "d Glantawe said Mr Gr;oith deserved everything that had been so well said in the address. No one could have devoted more time and ability to the development of the trade of that port, and they were most for- tunate in having such a man at the head o< their trust. It was Swansea's pride that its people bad themselves developed the resources of the port., beginning in a small way and f;raduaUy increasing the facilities until they h-iA re-achffithe perft-ction they now enjoyed. Lord Glantawe remarked that owing to the fact that A General Etection was now proceed- ing the toast of Parliament bad been wisely omitted from the list that night, but he must say that never was the necessity of drinking its health greater than now. (Cheers.) In this connection he was sore they would allow him to welcome to their midst that night Mr Mond —(cheers)—a gentleman largely connected with the business of the district as well as of the worid, and one from whom in commercial matters he bad no d'mbt they would derive great advantage. (CheersJ Speeches in sut)port of the toast were also by Mr J. R. Leaver, Mr W. Howell <who said the great characteristics of Sir ?enfBth wfrc hb stnughtneas. coortcsy, cleMi- meaa in business, and success in all his under- ",takiT4p), Mr R. J. Matthews. Mr H. Goldbefg. amd Major Harries (who a&id Swansea Docks bad the advantage of being controlled by men.) The toast was drunk with HMtsicaJ hoooofB. Sir GrifRthr Thomas's Repty. Sir QrttSth Thomas, in his reply, said such a c'tr.bute from thoee with whoni he had been <tsa<M:iat«t att itts Mte he could pet help feetmg deeply. He was at the end of his conunercia' life—(" No ")—bubnot of his devotion to the interests of Swansea. (Cheers.) Referring to the new dock, he said Mice it was fully equipped they would aee a wonderful development in the trade o< the pact, and new trades w<Mtid be established ef a character which they had hardly dzeMned. He predicted that, great as Swø pros- perity had been in the past, the future in store f was infinitely greater. (Cheers.) Mr W. G. Foy, the president-elect, submitted the toast of" The Visitors." New Works for Newport. Mr Ctoldsworthy, on behalf of the Newport Chamber, responded, and said that white he was delighted to hear that SwtLnse& was pro- L ?fessmg, Newport was engaged in constructing the largest docks in the world. He had also pleasure in announcing that another Srm ircm the Midlands bad just decided to remove their works to Newport, on a site which ha?l been secured on the East side. (Hear. bear.) Referring to the cloud now aga.in gathering over the South Wales coa.tSeld, he expressed the earnest hope that both sides engaged in the controversy would be bleesed with a delightful reasonableness, and that such amicable relations would follow that a dreadful cataa- trophy would be averted. (Cheers.) Mr Alfred Mond. M.P., submitted the toast of the County Borough andTrade ofSwansea." He was received with enthusiasm on being introduced for the nrst time to the leaders of commerce in the district as their representative in Parliament. The hon. gentleman nrat ex- pressed his delight at being able to assist in the recognition of the valued services to their port of Sir Griffith Thomas. Referring to the manner in which the town had suffered from the lack in the past of that systematic develop- ment which was so marked a feature in our Colonies, he drew the attention of the local authorities to the value of the Housing and Town Planning Act. It waa an experi- mental Act, which would enable Councils to direct the somewhat spasmodic action of builders, and really make towns beautiful. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to know Swansea was not suffering from trade depression. The trade of the district was good, and would con- tinue good. Indeed, trade throughout the country had been improving, and was improv- ing, and 1910 bid fair to become a record year in British industry. (Cheers.) The benent which Swansea had derived in the past from the variety of industries established there would, he ,hoped, be continued in the future. He reminded them that they were not living in an age when they could live on a past name and past record. Those who wanted to keep abreast mQSt be watching not only competitors at home but all over the world, and nothesitate to abandon all that was old and obsolete, and adopt new methods. If that course was adopted at Swansea, that district had nothing to fear. The Mayor, in response, referred to the eSorta the Corporation are making to keep pace with the numerous requirements of a rising and prosperous community, while Mr Law (gen- era.) majiager of the Harbour Trust), who also responded, announced that the latest statistics showed that the trade of the port in 1909 just equalled the record of 1908. Mr R. W. Beor submitted the toast of the secretary (Mr E. P. Jones), which was received with cheers. The illuminated address was executed by Mr Morgan Thomas. On the top is the Harbour Trust coat of arms, whilst the aides are em- bellished with views of Court Herbert, the residence of Sir Griffith Thomas, and the King's Dock, Swansea.

&AVE THE SHOW AWAY." Michael Gavan and Peter Ritey, labourers, both of whom had long records of convictions, were charged at Bolton Monday with steal- ing boots from a shop in Deansgate. Gavan admitted that he stole the boota, and asked Riley if he could find a buyer. Riley said he had a ready mark for anything, and the stuff would be away to Manchester directly. Gavan told the magistrates that he and Riley had to divide the spoils, but he has shot at me and I'll' shoot him. Not content," added Gavan, with his share, he got up in the niiddle of the night and hopped it' with the whole lot of money. He not only shopped me, but he has shopped the fellow who bought them." Riley turned to Gavan and exclaimed, "You wait. I'll meet you when I get out of this, and I'll twist you." Both were committed for three months' hard labour.

SCHOOL BATHS. At Birmingham on Monday Dr. G. A. Auden, medical superintendent of the Education Com- mittee, lectured on Open-air Recovery Schools t.nd School Haths as Factors in Educa- tion Administration." He emphasised the im- portance of school baths, and pointed out that these were installed years ago in the schoots of Germany, Belgium. Francpj ajid Italy, whereas it was only within the last two or three years that it had been considered worth the munici- pality's while to establish them in English schools. London led the way in this respect, and several of the leading provincial towns had followed the example Of the Metropolis, includ- ing Birmingham, which could boast of two schools thus equipped.

By D. EMLYN EVANS. MISS AMY EVANS. To some it may appear that this lady's reo cent and very successfu! assumption of th< chief s<tprajio ro1,. in Gilbert and German's new opera J-"a!1en Fairies," at the Savoy Theatre, London. !8 but a. f-onnrmation of the old say- ing that Artistes are born and not made and that talent cannot fail to exhibit itself if only a sui table opportunity is offered-a statement, it may ba added, which is not untrue so far as it goes. aithough it may not express the whole of the truth. Those, however who heard Miss Amv Evans at the Cardiff National Eisteddfod in 1889. and beard Mr Ben Davies's remarks upon her singing and future prospecta —oar leading tenor having acted as adjudi- cator in that particular competition-and who have followed the young artiste's career as a student and a public vocalist since that time, will not be grea.tly surprised at this sudden at- tainment of a position which to many an aspiring singer might mean the realisation of their highest ambition, but which to the still more ardent artiste may only be a stepping- stone to yet higher things. True, opera coou- que, or light English opera, may be a long distance from what is termed grand or serioua opera, but it is on the way-given the necessary tatent and desire on the part of the aspirant. Miss Evans's success in opera daks not neces- sarily mean the complete abandonment of concert work, and this is not her wish as we understand, nor, certainly, can it bf; that of the public generally, for our list of capable song and oratorio singers is suRn iently limited already. This, however, is not a matter for outside inter- ference, as c<*rtain of our past experiences in Wales pretty plain* y teach us. In some strik- ing and well-remembered instances, the at- tempt made by committees, &c., to direct and restrict the future artistic course of young talent has led into anything but satisfactory results, and bas possibly taught us to leave that question to the decision of the persons immediately concerned and the ad ice of tbeir more particular friends. In any case, all musical Wales will watch Miss Amy Evana'a future progress wKh undiminished interest ajLd heartNy wish her Godspeed. Colwyn Bay E!steddf6d Pavttron. The need of a Central National Committee, that would be uninfluenced by local interests and opinions, in connection with the National Eisteddfod, scarcely requires a stronger argu- ment in its support than what has occurred in connection with the setectionof a site for the pavilion of the Eisteddfod to be held this year at Cotwyn Bay. The battte of the sites," as the newspaper headings have it, lasted a num- ber of weeks off and on, engrossing much valuable time. with the expenditure of a con- siderable amount of heat no doubt. The site first selected was for many weeks tenaciously clung to by a majority of the executive com- mittee, notwithstanding the resolutions of the musical committee and the protests of inde- pendent and old-experienced Eisteddfodista, who naturally condemned a site which tay on the verge of the main railway line front, Chester to Holyhead," and where the meet' ings of the Eisteddfod would be distracted by the noise of the whistling and the contumat passing of trains." Truly, a" deplorable spot to select for the testing of high-clast and refined musical competitions We understand that common sense hat triumphed at last. But the condition of affairs which prevailed here will continue to prevail in other places which the Eisteddfod may visit until the evil is radically removed- in the way indicated above, and as haa been previously indicated many times, indeed, by other writers as well as the present. The country is already heavily indebted to the two potent knights who have so long and so ably guided the fortunes of the Cymmrodorioa Society and the National Eisteddfod Associa- tion—to wit. Sir Marchant Williams and Sit Vincent Evans-and if they would take tha question of a National Eisteddfod Central Council in hand, plus the appointment of a general secretary, and other .necessary Eistedd- fodic reforms, our debt of obligation to them would be largely increased, and also their own satisfaction at having served their country and the old national institution st)U fnrther. Another trate MusMMLD. The term musician as often used at print is somewhat comprehensive, eovenng a very nondescript collection of individual being in this not unlike the other very elasttt deRnitmn of commercial traveller." The bcM. &de cOl'ttiD.i trMVfNcF, however. IBM tite musician proper, is a highly respectaMe pefson although, of laic, some of the LAttm fraternity have ghown certain pugHistic tern" deucMS, as the observant reader may hwft noticed. It do< s not appear from the report to what branch of the TtMMcal art, if any, <t certain person h&tling from Liverpool, dew cftbed as a musician," belonged b<tt he lately appeared in the police court in answer to a summons charging him with having strw4 a railway inspector on the mouth with a roUot music or paper, causing pain and doing certain damage thereby. The defence was that th< complainant had whistled the song Get yom hair cut," in defendant's face—it was dom< impudently the latter said, and he' struct him in consequence. The railway ofSciat denied having whistled the tone, and aJthougit he confessed, to having beazd the song sevefat years ago, the persuasive eloquence of the de* fendajit's advocate failed to induce him ta oblige the court with a specimen. As aa obiter dicta of that legal luminary it was stated that it being the custom of the musical profespon to wear their hair long, the tone get your hair opt' was a great insult." la Wales particularly, where the minstrel and the bard with the flowing mane are supposed to abound, the evident moraJ for railway in. specters and others disposed to publicly dt*- p!a.y their whistling talents, is that they shouid do so to some other tune than—" Get yo<ir hair cut."

CONSTABLE BOUGHT FOOD. A sad case of extreme poverty was descnbeo at Marylebone Ponce Court on Monday, when Elizabeth BaUey, a pale-faced woman of A was charged with placing herself and het twelve-year-old daughter in Kentish Town* road for the purpose of begging. The con- stable who arrested them stated that he went to the address they gave in Somers Town, and found that they lived in a top back room. There were four other young children, and there was not a particle of food in the room, and the only furniture was a bed. The woman'a husband, a street musician, had earned 9d that day, and the children were so hungry that the constable bought food for them. Mr Paul Taylor, the magistrate You think it is a genuine case t—" Yes, perfectly," the constable replied. Asked why he did not go into the workhouse,. the husband said he did not care to. A remand was granted for inquiries.

SUICIDE AT 70! An inquiry was conducted at Tottenham re- garding the tragic death of Frederick Mardell, a&ed 70, a painter, of King's-road, Edmonton. A son-in-law of the deceased stated that the old man had been depressed because he had been receiving sick pay from the Foresters so long, and felt that he was -3uch a charge upon his club. He went out last Wednesday and did not return. Evidence was given as to the find- ing of his body in the River Lea at Tottenham on Wednesday evening. The legs were fastened together with a piece of cord. In one of his pockets was a slip of paper, on which he had written, Good-bye, don't fret for me." A verdict of Suicide whilst of unsound mind was recorded.

ALLEGED PEPPER ASSAULT. Arrested in a counting-house at Preston be- longing to Mesars Marsden and Hay. druggistt and drysalters. John White was Monday remanded. It was stated that, seeing a flash- light in the counting-house on Sunday evening, Inspector Woodacre and Constable Waring entered and found the man hiding. He hurled a large quantity of cayenne pepper in Waring's face and then struck him with carving knife. The constable said that th< pepper entered both eyes and was still causing him intense pain.

BY SUBMARtNE TO POLE. Dr. Anschutz-Kemp, a well-known GermMt inventor, has resolved to attempt to reach the North P"le by means of a submttrime vessel which will float beneath the huge masses of ice in the Arctic Ocean. A special type of sub- marine is to'bc construeted for this purpose, owing to the necessity of remaining at a great depth beneath the surface for a considerable pcrind of time while travelling northwards. The inventor has also desied an apparatus by which he hopes to be able to take his bea-ringw during his submarine passage. This apparatus has been patented in all countries.

"'WHITE MAN'S LOVE CHARM." In his lecture at the London Institution ot Monday, one of Mr A. H. Dunning's stories n< the New Guinea natives related to a bottle at strong smelling salts. The first man who sme't them, under the impr.'ssion that it was a white man's Inve chanr)." was so sta.rt!c<! that he brought & friend to try. Then the) formed flip "alts into a kind of trust an<- 'scoured flu nlhbourhood for recruits.Nobfd! gave the *h.jw away. They brought nc* people up one tftor the other, propped then. up against a tree and sat round like Christ} Minstrels to await the result. (Laughter.)