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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. BIRTHS ^SHLBV.—On January 20th. at 449, Oowbridgs* road. Cardiff, to Mr and Mrs Howard Ashley, a daughter. 346a CAYZER.—On the 21st January, at Rcximghead, Mauchline, Ayrshire, the wife of Lieut. August B. T. Cayzer. Royal Navy, of a son. e613 DA VIES.-op January 22nd, at 34, Grosvenor-sfcreet, Cardiff, the wife of P. J. Davies, a son. 564n EVANS.—On January 25th. at Leostan, The Avemie, Whitchurch, to Mr and Mrs Evan Evans" a son. 921 t JO YES. — On the 18th January, at Sfc. James's Vifarage, Upper Edmonton, the wife of the Rev. Henry Brereton Jones, of a son. ltLOYD.—OB Monday, 17th inst.. at Bodagon. New castle-Emlyn, to Dr. and Mrs Llovd a daughter. n JtOBERTSON.—-On 20th January, at Westleigh, Whitchurch, to Mr and Mrs V. S. Robertson a son. MARRIAGES. :.B-URDEN-JO.- On January 24th, at St. David's, Ogmore Vale, by Rev. A. J. Edwards, Frederick, fifth son of Stephen Burden, Cardiff, to Harriet, second daughter of David John, Nantyrnoel. 772n MOw tiLL—EVANS.—On the 19th inst.. at Christ Church. Gipsy hill. by the Rev. R. C. Joynt. M.A., Frederick Valentine Ho well, youngest, son of Colonel IF, R. Howell, of Trewellwell. Pembrokeshire, to Kathleen Rose. second daughter of General H. M. < Evans, C.B., and Mrs Evans. of Upper Norwood. ZORNSON-SI:LCOX.On January 22nd. by license. I" St. Dionis Church, Fulham. London, by the v Rev. W. T. Carter. D.D.. Thomas McCosh, fourth i Ban of Towrriey Johnson, Esq.. and Mrs Johnson, of Radjr, to Mary Jennette (Nettie) eldest daughter of Hr and Mrs Edward Silcox, Cardiff. XOCKBLVRT-ROSS—LLOYD.—Ou the 15th Jan.. in Bangor Cathedral, Ranald Robert Hamilton -■ Jjockhart-Ross to Ethel Mary, second daughter of fhe Rev. Llewellyn Lloyd. Vicar of ChiWswyck- ham, Gloucestershire. STRONG—McGRKGOR.—On the24th inst.,atCharles- •fcreet Congregational Church, Cardiff by Rev. Mr Williamson, M.A.. Theo. son of Mr and Mrs Strong, to Margaret, daughter of Mr and Mrs D. McGregor.n DEATHS. BARNBTT.—On Saturday, 15th inst., at 17. George- street, Barry Dock, Frank, be4oved husband of Amelia Barnett. coal trimmer, aged 52 years. 'ILA P- .On 19th of January. at61, Frederiek- sfereet, Cardiff, Caroline, agerl 48. beloved wife of Michael Barry, member of Smiths' Hammermen Society, after a short and painful illness. IIARR,ON.-On Sunday. 23rd January, Harriet Mary Barrun, aged 78. widow "f the late Captain Barron, 31, Windsor-place Cardiff. JroCHAK-HEPBURN .-On the 19th January. 1910. Helen Dowager Lady Buchan-Hepburn, in her 96th year. c614 COSSLETT.—On 17th January, at Pontypridd, Fred Cosslett. aged 21 years. CHRISTOPHER.Suddenly. at the residence of his aister-in-law at Pontardawe. on 23rd January. Wil- liam Christopher, of 8, Cranbrook-street, Cardiff, engmectriver on the Rhymney Railway. DAVIES,—On the 22nd January, at 43, Wellington- etreet.Merthyr Tydfil, Martha Levies, daughter of the late John Thomas Davies, Grocer. DAVI KS.—January 16th, atAyr Villa, Coity-road, Bridsend. Amelia wife of Tom Davies. DAV IE?—On the 20th inst.. at 178, Stockwell-park- rns,i Charles James Davies. in his 75th year. late of I Admiralty, and for 30 years Secretary of the Jiovi: General Theatrical Fund. c615 DA. VU:S.-Jan. 21st. at 42. Alfred-street. Roath Park, Cardiff, Katie, beloved wife of Percy Davies, nee Katt,.Jone. DKA.NS On January 19th. at 63, Maesvowm-street, Harr" Dock. William, beloved husband of Mary De*m. nee Neil. SDMl'NDS.—On January 20th. Louis Lloyd, aged 13 years, second son of Mr and Mrs Morgan Edmunda, Taisvcrate. Mountain Ash. EVANS.—.January 21st. suddenly, at 17, Seymour- street Cardiff," David, beloved husband of Anne Evans, late of James-street, Docks. iHVAiSS.—On the 18th inst.. Lewis Evans, of Peisy- bank. Gellygaer. in bis 85th year. Gil.LAM.—On the 22nd inst., at 157, Lower High ttreet. Aierthyr, Alarv Jane, the beloved daughter of "11. 0illani, driver T.V.R. <BliArtA\t.—At St Helens, on the 17th inst., Jane Grais-un, aged 84, widow of John Graham, late of Car'tit). fiKlEI!—At Brook-street, Aberaman, Aberdare, on Saturday, the 22nd inst., Ann, widow of the late David Grier, and mother of Dr. W. F. Grier, New York. U.S.A. HAINKS.—On January 16th, at 23, Byron-street, Cardiff, Samuel Haines, aze 70. HAILUTES.—On January 22nd, in London. Howell, youngest sun of the late John Harries, Penwch, St. Clears. JAMES.—On January 15th, at Tranby," Ty-draw- road, Cardiff, Samuel, the beloved husband of Mary Jam, Deeply regretted. JENK1.NS.—On the 19th, at Cardiff Infirmary, John Jenkins, class master, Grangetown Council School, aced 38. JENKINS.—At.23, Lisvane-street, Cathays, Cardiff, on January 16th, Hilda, the beloved daughter of Mr and Mrs D. A. Jenkins. aged 18 years. JONES.—On Monday, 24th January, John Jones, of 2, Blanche-street. Dowlais. late Foreman Ivor Works (Fitting Dept.), father of Rev. R. B. Jones. Vorfh. JONES.—On the 29th Dec.. at Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, Clara Ellen, widow of the late Robert Pail, fr Jones and second daughter of the late John Braithwaite. c623 JONES. —At Southport. Percy Howard, second sur- viving son of the late Mr Edward Jones, of Snatch- wood Park, Pontypool. Born August 6th, 1876; died January 18th, 1910. 186 JON.-ES.On January 16th, Annie Mwid, agedbmnty, beloved and only daughter of William Jones, butcher, Nantyrnoel. LEWIS.-On the 19th inst.. at Hyeres, South of France, Lewis Egwad, second son of Lewis Lewis, Corymore, Swansea, aged 33 years. lEW'IS.—On January 21st, at the residence of her son-in-law, Geo. H. Edwards, 25, Mark-street, ear- diff. Sarah, the beloved wife of the late William Lewis, aged 76, after a long and painful illness. IISCOMBE.—On January 19th, 1910, Robert Lis- cembe, at Downs Farm, Llantwit Major. IXOYD.—January 19th, Thomas George Lloyd, 9, Dogfleld-street. Cardiff (draper, late Salisbury- road), aged 53. XCCAS.—On January 21st, at 102, Cottrell-road, Car- diff, Martha, widow of the late Thomas Lucas, in her 68th year. JlARK. the 22nd instant, at 34, Clive-street. Grangetown. Cardiff. Christopher, beloved husband of Rose Mark. of pneumonia. •K3QITNELL.—On Jan. 20th. at 142, Clive-street, Graagetown, Gwendoline, the beloved wife of Michael O'Connell, in her 58th year. Friends accept this the only intimation. JPAGET.—On the 21st January, at 20, Lexham-gar- dens, W:, Berkeley Paget, aged 68. C616 LARSONS.—January 16th. at 78, Salisbury-road, Colin, the dearly beloved eklest son of John W. and f Margaret. Parsons, aged eight years. MATTENBURY.-ON 17th inst., Elizabeth, widow of the late Richard Rattenbury, late of 100, Cowbridge r road, Cardiff. • RICHARDS.—On the 21st instant, at 9, Leckwith- ■, road, Ctaaton, Cardiff, Ann, the beloved wife of f Wm. Richards. SCOTT.—On the 21st, at 6, Copper-street, Cardiff, George Thomas Scott, foreman boilermaker, aged 45 yean. 8DCS.—January 17th (suddenly), at 20. Windsor-road. t Mountain Ash, Elizabeth Ann, the dearly-beloved ). wife of Thomaa John Sims. MTH.On the 18th inst., at No. 1, Newport-street, Grange, Cardiff, Mary Smith, the beloved wife 0: Thomas Smith, aged 79 years. .MTH.-Januafy 20th at 38, Clive-road, Penarth, (the residence of her daughter). Emily, widow of the late John Smith, in her 78th year. 511u STONE.—Suddenly on Monday, January 24th. Alfred Thomas Stone, beloved husband of,Sarah Stone, of 97. Alfred-street. Cardiff. THOMAS.—On the 20th inst., at Gelly Deg Farm, Nf>ath, Ann, the beloved wife of John Thomas. THOMAS.—On the 17th January. at32, Stuart-street, Aberdare. Elizabeth, the widow of the late Mr Edwin Thomas, grocer. Mardy. WILLIAMS.—At Penybryn. Dynea. Annie, the second daughter of the late John and Mrs Smith, Penygroes.
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.SATURDAY, JANUARY 29,1910.j…
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29,1910. REARING THE END. It is now pretty certain that there wil be a Progressive majority of three figures —not so good as was hoped, but more in uniformity with the party majorities of all the great Administrations before the phenomenon of 1906. when the country,1 wearied of Balfounsm and its muddles, as well as the khaki deceptions, swept the Parliament almost clean of the whole party. It was idle to hope for the renewal of any such success as that, and while the present election has proved that the country has returned tc a normal out- look, it has also given Mr Asquith a majority to secure the Budget and carry on a Progressive poiicy. Wales has done magnificently for Progress and Free Trade. The food taxers have no chance in the Principality, though we have to regret that two seats have been lost by trifling majorities. On the other hand, the Progressive majorities have increased in an extraordinary manner. Wales has joined the North and the West and the s Hitl: ::11 clie rcat industrial centres in pronouncing definitely against reaction and food taxes, and demanding that the feudalism which still exists in the attitude and action of the Lords should go. Mr Asquith early in the polls announced that the great industrial centres hadimade Pro- tection or Tariff "Reform" impossible. The Spectator on Saturday acknow- ledged that the electorate had demanded the Budget, and The Times admits It is perfectly legitimate to dwell, as Mr Lloyd George has done, on tie favour- able results to the Government of the elections in most of the large industrial centres of the North. In the main he is right, and it must be recog- nised that to carry Tariff Reform in the face of those constituencies is impossi- ble." By a strange process of manipula- tion the, Top- Press are crying that Tariff Reform is' winning, and one boldly announced that Free Trade is dead." They show a majority for Toryism and Reaction but serious politicians have little patience with these methods of the yellow, screaming Press. But they can- not shout a Tory defeat into a majority. and already the responsible leaders are beginning to acknowledge this. They still thank God for the House of Lords," and one or two of them have de- clared that whatever happens they will rule. Mr Balfour admits defeat, and graciously condescends to say that if the constituencies decide for the Budget they will get the Budget. Mr Balfour, prob- ably speaking forLord Lansdowne, assures us that they will not continue their opposition to the people's will and the Constitutional procedure of the House of Commons in dealing with Supplies. On the question of Tariff Reform" and on the Budget we have scored a vietory by the confession of the political enemy. Further than this, all sorts of proposals of peace and friendly combinations are being discussed by the Unionist Press, The Times leading, probably with a view of softening the fall of the Lords and the Tariffists," by suggesting that "the Unionist party is ready for a reasonable reform of the House of Lords." The Lordly wreckers who were prepared. according to Lord Milner to damn" the consequences are preaching another doctrine now that the country has pro- nounced against them. We have been reminded during the present campaign of the possible effects of a silly canard. Some time ago it was said and repeated that the Post Office Savings Bank was not" safe," whereupon in certain districts in South Wales there was a run on the Post Office Savings Bank, and a large total was withdrawn. In 1886 at the election a mildewed lie was revived to the effect that the Ballot is not secret, and that the landlords and officials can discover how anyone has voted. It was the meanest bogey set up to frighten the timid voter and used to put pressure on the dependents of employers and the landowners. That it did mischief to the Liberal cause there can be no doubt, and throughout the present election there have been many complaints about the revival of the state- ment and its use in intimidating country voters as well as being used to influence town electors. The lie is both frigid and calculated and its use is directly against the law relating to undue influence and corruption. The voter who is influenced or frightened by the statement is some- what antiquated, but the labourer is usually dependent upon one master, and he has been schooled to accept the de- cision and the word of his master, and so he is influenced and pressed to vote his freedom away and against his own interests and those of his class. In the villages within easy reach of Cardiff the questioned seerecy of the Ballot has occasioned many voters very anxious moments and led them to put very per- tinent questions to political friends.
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Some of the great Imperialists and welders of Empire, who can only speak of Liberals with contemptuous references to Little Englanders are busily en- gaged describing the Tory South of England as the real England." Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are the hordes of the Celtic fringes," and now Lancashire and Yorkshire and the great industrial centres, with all the ports except Liver- pool, are to be written off as neither be- longing to real England," nor indeed being of mukh count. The successes theTorie8 at the polls have been hailed as a wave of patriotism." The Liberals had already been denounced as Traitors, and the decision advanced that every vote given for a Liberal was a vote given for Germany by traitors.
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Men of Devon and of Wales have been annoyed by the methods of the scare- mongers in dragging England through the mire in their attempts to gain political capital out of the supposed weakness of the Navy. Mr Lloyd George, in de- nouncing the scaremongers, who were not content with the great preponderance in men and ships, said he would fight the enemies of England if they were two to one, as did Grenville, Drake, and the rest. As recently as last Monday Mr Balfour, with his tongue in his cheek, was talking about the relative inferiority in which we have never been within the memory of many generations." He told his audience that he did not regret a single word he had said on the Navy. On Tues- day The Times." which has helped the Navy scare, discussed the retirement of Sir John Fisher, and admitted that it was to his foresight that we owe onr present position of acknowledged supremacy." The leading organ of Unionism* now that the Navy scare has served its purpose at the elections, can admit frankly what every observant person knows to be the truth.
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We are apparently ontheeveof changes in Wales relating to the holding of Assizes. There has been such a signal decrease of crime in Wales that Mr Justice Coleridge, addressing a grand jury at the Breconshire Winter Assizes, suggested the grouping of counties. The time and ex- pense saved would be an acceptable reform, and the absence of serious crime in Wales makes this not only possible, but desir- able. The proposed removal of the Assizes for the County of Monmouth from the County town to Newport has become necessary by the changed and changing characteristics of the county. The de- velopment of the port and of the industrial centres around Newport has rendered the holding of the Assizes at Monmouth antiquated and unreasonable in the eyes of business men. By its -.position and its railway services Mon- mouth is isolated from the population and the business interest of the County. It has an interesting past, it has played its part in history, an is still an interesting town but the continuance of the Assize at Monmouth is inconvenient and un- businesslike, and it penalises all who have business there. The Newport Parlia- mentary Committee have recommended the Corporation to proceed with the erection cf new Assize Courts if the sanc- tion of the Lord Chancellor can be obtained for the removal of the Assize to Newport. The proposed changes may be resisted by the Counties losing the Assize, but busi- ness reasons should come before senti- ment, and that, we believe, will be the result.
Anarchy in India. .
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Anarchy in India. VICEROY AND ITS SUPPRESSION POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN COURT. Calcutta, Monday.—Shamrul SSeraa, the police officer who piayed a large part in un- eajthing the Midnapar conspiracy, was shot dead in the High Court to-day while listening to the evidence in the Alipore case. The murderer fled down the ocimiktf into the street, where he was pursued by a mounted poticem.a.n.. The fugitive threw a bomb at his paxsaer, but it failed to explode. He was arrested. When axrested a Browning pistol was found in his possession. The murderer is a Bengali, aged 18. The tragedy caused the greatest sensaiaosL, and an enormonscrowdbk)cfcEd the approaches to the High Court. The Judges subsequently viewed the body of the victim.—Renter. Calcutta, Monday (Midnight).—The murder in the High Court to-day has caused the utmost sensation in the European community of Cal- cutta. Deceased had been several times warned that his life was in danger, but he refused to take any precautions. The Europeans declare that the limitof patience has been reached, and it is likely that the sheriff will be requested to call an indignation meeting to insist that new laws be passed and that the most severe measures be taken. The murderer belongs to East Bengal, but the police have failed to identify him any further, or to discover his name.—Renter. Government's Resolute Attitude. Calcutta, Tuesday.—The first meeting of the Imperial Legislative Council was held this morning in the Old Chamber at Government House. Lord Minto, who spoke for over half an hour, said that the occasion was replete with politi- cal meaning, and opened a new era with the inauguration of broader principles of govern- ment. He shared the view of his colleagues that below the seemingly calm surface there existed a mass of smothered political discontent. Much of this was thoroughly justifiable," his Excellency continued, and was due to causes which we were called upon to examine. The Government heartily recognised the loyalty of the masses and had decided to increase the powers and expand the scope of the Act of 1892." Lord Minto then said in a most impressive manner :—M It is important that my col- leagues and the public should know the early history of the reforms now sanctioned by Parliament. They had their genesis in a note entirely based on views I myself formed of the position of India. It was due to no suggestion from home. Whether for good or bad I am entirely responsible for it. I commit no breach of confidence," his Excellency went on, in saying the Govern- ment of India distinctly maintained that a representative Government in' the Western sense was totally inapplicable to the Indian Empire and uncongenial to the traditions of an Eastern population. The safety and wel- fare of the country depend on the supremacy of the British Administration, and that supremacy cannot be delegated to any kind of representative assembly. We have aimed at reform and the enlargement of our councils, not at the creation of Parliaments." Finally Lord Minto said. It is unfortu- nately too tnle that the progress of the work upon which we have been engaged and in the completion of which we hoped to confer a wel- come boon upon the people of India, has been marred by a succession of abominable crimes which forced my Government into one repres- sive measure after another, and yesterday, on the eve of the assembly of this Council, a faithful and gallant public servant was brutally murdered within the precincts of the High Court and in the broad light of day. A spirit hitherto unknown in India has come into exis- tence—a spirit opposed to all the teachings of Indian religion and traditions, a spirit of anarchy and lawlessness which seeks to subvert not only British role, but the governments of the Indian chiefs to whom I am so deeply in- debted for their loyal assistance. We are called upon to deal with subterra- nean machinations, methods of assassination and robbery dangerous to public safety, and discreditable to the fair fame of India. We are aware of associations which are doing their best to inveigle into their meshes the youth of the country, poisoned by the dissemina- tion of revolutionary literature which out of a chivalrous unwillingness to interfere with any form of freedom of speech the British Administrations have tolerated far too long. The present dangers we are pre- pared to meet and the moral training of rising generations our duty will no longer allow us to neglect. We can no longer tolerate the preach- ings of the revolutionary Press.. We are determined to bridle literary licence and I am glad to believe the support of the enlarged Council will go far to assure the Indian public of the soundness of any measures which we may deem right to introduce. I can but assert that the first duty of every Government is to maintain the observance of the law, to pro- vide for the present and as far as it can for the future welfare of the populations committed to its charge, to rule, and if need be to rule with a strong hand. I believe the broadening of political repre- sentation has saved India from far greater troubles than those 1Ve have now to face. Reuter.
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Fifty Years Ago. FROM "CARDIFF TIMES," JAN. 28,186a The first sod df the Brecon and Merthyr Railway was cut last week on the Breconshire side of the Beacons at the base of one of the hills. The first sod on the Merthyr side had been cut previously. It is expected to com- plete the railway in two years. It is intended to connect the railway to the Mid-Wales Rail- way, and for this connection the large sum of £60,000 has been deposited. When completed the railway will be in direct communication with Merthyr on the one side and Manchester and Liverpool on the other." On Monday morning nearly all the colliers at work at Mr Davis's No. 9 Pit, Blaengwa>wr, held a prayer meeting at the bottom of the pit previous to commencing work. In parts of Cornwall and also in the North of England such prayer meetings are held every morning at the bottom of the coal and other pits." Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in opening Parliament, referred with great pleasure in her speech to the new treaty between England and Prance, which would come into operation in 1861. Under this treaty French wines would be imported into England with a duty of 30 per cent. instead of 150 per cent., silk would be admitted into England free of duty; iron would be imported into France at a duty of 7fcs. per 100 kilogrammes, and materials of primary importance would be admitted into France free." The frontispiece of the Christmas Hamper is the first example published of the new electric hlock or printing surface repro- ducing a far simile of a large wood engraving from one of the illustrated papers without the intervention of draughtsman or engraver." Mr Henry Vincent, the great Chartist leader, has been engaged to give three lectures at Cardiff in March." The tolls of the Cardiff Slaughterhouses and Pig Market were on Saturday let by auction for three years to Mr William Lewis, Swansea, for £1,228 a year." Messrs Fulton and Dunlop have opened their new premises att-the comer of Duke-street and St. John's-square." Under the title of The Watch Committee and the Police,' a resident writes in a long letter a complaint of the rapid increase in the cost of the police. He says In 1845 the cost of the police was £&11138 lid in 1850 the cost was £117 8s Id in 1855 it was £1,831178 9d, and in 1860 £2,847 9s 8d, an increase of over 300 per cent, in 15 years and 500 per cent, be- twe^n 1845 and 1860. (The cost of the police in 1909 was £ 26,855 9s 4d). We regret to hear that the erection of the new church at Maindee (Newport) is being de- layed owing to want of funds. The roof and floor of the church are completed, but the tower will have to stop 40 feet lower than was intended." At the meeting of the Merthyr Local Board of Health on Thursday, the clerk re- ported that the cost of the Water Works undertaking, including £4,495 for law and Parliamentary expenses, was £63,145 3s lOd. Some dissatisfaction was expressed at the heavy amount." The Theatre Royal was opened on Sunday week, but was closed on Sunday much to the disappointment of many. The closing of the theatre was due to objections raised by religious people to the use of a theatre for re- ligious purposes."
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"GIVE THE GIRL A REST." Parson's Advice to Lovers. The Rev. Frank Swainson, a London vicar, recently sect out a small red pamphlet headed:— For men only. A few notes on courting. By the Rev. Frank Swainson." Courting one's sweetheart is a pleasant enough occupation, as many of us (including the writer) know from experience But to everything there is a season "—even a time to love "—and you should not be everlastingly courting the girl. On Sunday afternoons, for instance, don't weary the lass with overmuch attention, but give the girl a rest, and come to our Men's Bible Class {or an hour
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The Royal Observatory. Photographs are being taken just now of Halley's comet at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. There will be great number taken during the next few months, and the time is approaching when instead of its present appearance as a pin point amid a multitude of stars, the comet will fill the picture to the exclusion of everything else. Greenwich may claim to have a sort of a proprietary interest in the comet, Dr. Halley being Astronomer- Royal at Greenwich nearly two hundred years ago. It is recorded that he found the Obser- vatory, on his appointment in 1720, destitute both of furniture and instraments. He equip- J ped it anew out of his slender means, and he it was who fixed the first transit instrument, the most important step in astronomical observation that had been made at Green- wich up to that time. The present holder of the office has every reason to be proud of the instruments at his command. There is. for instance, the big visual telescope known as the 28 inch equatorial." Its object glass is 28in. in diameter— the largest visual re- fractor in the British Isles—the focaJ length is 28ft. Among the most valuable astronomical instruments in the observatory is the Thomp- son 26in. equatorial." This was presented to Greenwich by Sir Henry Thompson in 1897. Underneath it is mounted the telescope with which photographs of the sun are taken daily. The bigger telescope is used solely for photo- graphing the stars. I The New Buildings. The Old Obscryste" Photographing a Star. I
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"Tears and Kisses." ENGINEER'S BREACH OF PROMISE. In the London Sheriff's Court on Wednesday, before Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell and a jury, the case of Daniels v. Hughes was remitted from the High Court for the assessment of damages. The defendant did not appear. Edith Daniels, a domestic servant, whose ,present address was not disclosed, claimed damages from Harry Hughes, an engineer of Union-street, Stourbridge, for breach of promise of marriage. Mr Herbert du Parcq, for plaintiff, said that in 1904 defendant went to live near the plain- tiffs people at Love-lane, Old Swinford, near Birmingham. An acquaintanceship ripened into love and they became engaged in 1907. Right up to September, 1908, except for one or two tiffs-which occurred in the best of regu- lated engagements—they regularly corres- ponded in the most loving way, but towards the end of that month he refused to marry her. There was considerable correspondence, and after one or two tiffs in June, 1907, he wrote :— My darling Edith,—Once more I ask your forgiveness for the brutal way I have acted for the past night or two. I can only say it is the result of my great love for you. God knows I would prefer death a thousand times rather than lose you. Without you life for me is not worth living. A month later he wrote, How I wish it were this time next year. You had better send me a gross of photos, as 'after to-night the one I have will be washed away with tears and kisses." Counsel added that within a few months of that Jetter defendant married another woman —so the jury knqw the real reason why he had broken off the engagement. Besides being an engineer earning good money, defendant was the secretary of a local friendly society. Plaintiff, a good-looking girl, smartly dressed in a blue tailor-made costume, then went into the witness box and bore out the statement of counsel. The jury assessed damages at L40, and judg- ment was entered accordingly. A WORTHLESS TROBSEAU." In the London Sheriffs Court yesterday the case of Gibbons v. Waller was remitted from the High Court for assessment of damages. Plaintiff was Elizabeth Gibbons. taaloress, of Fulham, who claimed damages from Richard Walker, a well-known bookmaker in Fulham, for breach of promise of marriage. Giving evidence, plaintiff said defendant broke off the engagement, saying he intended to marry for money, and was now engaged to the daughter of a well-known bookmaker. She had spent over jMO on her trousseau, and that Was now worthless. Mrs Gibbons, plaintiff's mother, said that when she reproached defendant with his con- duct, he- said he should please himself, and the girl had her remedy. He had a chance of marrying a heap of money, and. he intended to do so", as he was only a young man with the whole of his life before him. The Under-Sheriff: Is he married yet ? Mr Cooney No, he is still hanging on." (Laughter.) The jury assessed the damages at E130, and judgment was entered for -that amount with costs. A DRESSMAKER'S SOLATIUM. In the London Sheriff's Court yesterday, be- fore Mr Under-Sheriff Burchell and a jury, a breach of promise case—Conway v. Jeffrey— was remitted from the High Court for the assessment of damages. Plaintiff, Annie Conway, a Court dress- maker, of 160, Queen's-ctUtd, Dalston, claimed £ 100 damages from William Jeffrey, foreman to a firm of saw makers, of Lyndhurst-road, Child's Hill Park, N., for breach of promise of marriage. Plaintiff, in the witness box, detailed the particulars of her engagement to defendant in 1904. At that time she was in the employ- ment of a Court dressmaker, earning JE36 per annum and her board. Defendant persuaded her to give up her situation and start in business for herselL That had proved a failure. They met frequently, and loving letters passed. They had never quarrelled, but in 1909 defendant broke off the engagement, saying he could not save enough. Her health had suffered in consequence, and she had been under the care of the doctor. She had spent a good sum on her trousseau. Defendant earned E2 15s a week, and had a £100 share in the business in which he was employed. The jury assessed the damages at £50, and judgment was entered for that amount, with costs. LETTERS WOULD TAKE TWO DAYS TO READ. Letters which were described as endearing, enthusiastic and gushing," and which counsel said would take two days to read, were a fea- ture in a breach of promise case in Mr Justice Channell's court yesterd The plaintiff was Miss Maud Coldham, daughter of a licensed victualler at Brightling- sea, and the defendant Mr David Williamson, a L.C.C. tramway clerk. Miss Coldham was employed as a barmaid at Catford, and the proposal took place in the Catford recreation ground. The defendant's letters suddenly ceased, and for some time he was lost sight of, but one day Miss Coldham suddenly came upon him at New Cross Gate, when, said counsel, he promptly took to his heels. Then she came upon him again in Catford recreation ground, and he once more retreated, but a friend of the lady pursued him and found his address. The jury awarded the plaintiff E25 damages.
LESS UraHT & LESS POWER.
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LESS UraHT & LESS POWER. At a meeting of Swansea Street Committee on Wednesday (Mr Merrells presiding) the Town Clerk said several gaslight companies were ap- proaching Parliament with a view to altering the present process of tasting the illuminating power of gas. This, he explained, would have the effect of reducing the illuminating power, and if the illuminating power were reduced the heating power must also be reduced. The com- panies met the objection of reduced lighting power by saying it could he overcome by artificial methods, but then arose the question who was to pay for the artificial methods. He had suggested to the town clerk of Liverpool whethfer it would not be possible for repre- sentatives of all Corporations interested to meet and decide on a concerted course of action, and the result was that a meeting had been arranged at the Westminster Palace Hotel, London, for next Tuesday. It was de- cided that the Mayor, the chairman (Mr Mer- rells), and the town clerk should represent the Corporation at the conference.
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While Henry Pemry (19), of Clarence-place, Newport, was loading a cart at the Alexandra Dock on Tuesday he got jammed betwec-n the cart and the wall. He was taken to the hospital, where it was found he was suffering t from severe internal injuries, and he expired about 11 o'cloc k. _>
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I Woman's Best Age. CULTURE THAT MAKES FOR BEAUTY. Woman's best age is a classic subject, and in all times poets, writers and dramatists have plumped for the youthful heroine. Never- theless, history proves that women of middle age, without remarkable beauty, have capti- vated the hearts of men and sometimes changed the story of the world. Every I woman is youthful nowadays. Women walk with elastic step who count their children and their children's children. Women of three-score years take pride and interest in the clothes they wear, and will crown a wealth of silver hair with the wide, softening brim of a Romney hat, and swathe their necks and shoulders coquettishly with dainty, filmy lace. And whilst a woman can join in the laughter and good cheer of a merry world, who shall say which is a woman's best age ? .It is a striking fact that many women appear at their best and youngest when their children are prattling in the nursery. They seem to take of their youth, but relax their hold on youth as their children age and develop. Many a gay young mother has faded rosfes at the age of 40; herphysical endurance wanes^a reticence grows up between her and her children, and though she remains their mother, the tender nurse of their youth and of their later years, there is a difference, and she ceases to be their confidante and merry companion. Other women, most excellent mothers, who watch, lynx-eyed, over the cradles of their little ones, have not the power to play and prattle with their babies, and the baby- days are hours to remember, but not to yearn over. These women, however, develop a new youth with the increasing years of their own children, and they become The Mater," the idol of their boys and girls. They understand a cricket average, a football score, and can play hockey as blithely as their own girls, and they can help their growing boys with the intrica- cies of Latin and Greek. The roses still cling to their cheeks when their tawny-headed youngsters are head and shoulders above their own, and the elasticity of their step is still noted in the merry dance as they chaperon their. gay young daughters to ball and party (writes R.W.P." in the Daily Chronicle "). But, independently of merriment, apart from motherhood in the making of woman's charm is her own will to do and to be. The world of dress has much to do with the increasing youth- fulness of women. They have grown out of the ancient habit of wearing a sober garb the moment a certain age is reached instead they cling to soft draperies and dainty fripperies, which cunning artists fashion into garments that give an elevating influence to the mind and spirit, and. thrill the veins anew with life. And so women are born again, and it is the new birth within, fresh and dazzling, that cap- tivates the hearts and minds of men and other women. There is no then best age for the general- ityof women, but a best age for every woman. To some it comes at 20, and is as short and brilliant as a summer's day; to others it comes later, and gives that zest to life that was missed in earlier days and for some it spreads its power over many years, and lin- gers still when the dear delight of youth has given place to the-charm of age.
THE ART OF "MOTHERING."
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THE ART OF "MOTHERING." War Against Ancient Dogma. It is one of the chief articles of faith of the Ladies' Public Health Society and Mothers' Guild that mothering is an art and not an instinct; that good mothering," in other words, needs to be taught and is not a neces- sary coroHary in the possession of a baby. And so the societv is waging war in various parts of the country against that ancient dogma bequeathed us by our grandmothers—the dogma It's mother knows what's best for it, poor little dear." In the byways and back- ways of our cities the Ladies' Public Health Society finds evidences only too piteous that baby's mother is far from knowing what is best for it. They find babies with constitu- tions fighting brawely but punlty none the less against an hereditary weakness and underdone pork chops babies fixed in little chairs with lungs striving weakly for oxygen within the confines of an obnoxious back yard babies fed on scalded bread with occasional beer by way of a tonic babies ricketty, babies phthisical, babies convulsed through systematic gorging, babies—you could go on to the end of the page with baby-woes that the society unearths, all, or nearly all, of/them woes which a little en- lightenment of the mother might have obviated. No wonder the modern health visitor.breathes execrations on the head of the ancient grandmother who first announced the preposterous dogma It's mother knows what's best for it." The society and guild— the two bodies are incorporated-have their health visitors, trained, paid women who visit all poor homes where there is a new baby. and everything possible is done to put ignorant but well-meaning mothers on the right track.
S.S. CADOXTON INQUIRY.
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S.S. CADOXTON INQUIRY. Criticism of. the Findings. The Shipping Gazette," in a leading article upon the findings at the Board of Trade inquiry into the abandonment of the s.s. Oadoxton in the Bay of Biscay, says :— The most remarkable passage in the judg- ment is in its concluding lines. The Court notes that the history and the story of the loss of the Cadoxton is not dissimilar from previous cases heard in the court in their salient features—namely, an old vessel trading at a loss, over-insured, cause of loss a mystery, and neglect of prompt and obvi- ously available measures to save the vessel. This is a very serious statement. What are the names of the other vessels which have come before Mr Lewis at Cardiff whose loss falls within this category ? We are really entitled to have them. Further, the owner of the Cadoxton is entitled to know what the Court really means by this extraordinary statement. If Mr Lewis believes that the vessel was de- liberately and by arrangement thrown away, why does he not say so ? There is a sugges- tion of cowardice about findings couched in general terms, and which avoid dealing frankly with the specific case under consideration.
! I— LOSS OF THE SS. CONGRESS.
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I — LOSS OF THE SS. CONGRESS. The Court of Inquiry held at Liverpool into the loss of the Congress in the Bristol Channel on Wednesday found that everything possible was done by those on board to effect repairs. No efforts were made to save the men washed overboard. The vessel was navigated with proper seamanlike care up to the disaster. The Court were of opinion that the vessel was prematurely abandoned, and that very serious blame attaches to the second officer, Purdy, for in the first place not making efforts to save life, and in the second place abandoning the ship under conditions prevailing. 1 The captain aIld, t mate were drowned.
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PARIS OELUCE. Spectacle of Lifetime," FLIGHT FROM CITY. ALARM 1148 SITUATION. River Seine Still Rising. Paris, Wednesday Evening.—In face of the deluge, which is working havoc in all directions, and is threatening the centre of the capital with wholesale destruction, the attitude of the Parisians remains admirably cairn. There are no signs of panic anywhere. v Architects, engineers, officials, and military are doing everything in their power to stem the progress of the invading waters at the numerous points which are menaced. The public continue to frequent the quays in their thousands in order to marvel at the spectacle of a lifetime, but the mass of citizens who are not affected by the inundations or the dis- organisation they have caused pursue the even tenour of their normal existence. In curious contrast with the devastating flood is the pre- sence here and there of an artist transferring to canvas the unwonted scene, while numerous anglers impassively watch their bobbing floats in the swirling dirty brown current. Householders and Food. The chief occupation of householders outside the range of the inundations is the possibility of the food supply running short. So far as bread is concerned, the public is officially assured that there is no cause for anxiety, the Bakers' Union having met to consider the situation, and having issued a statement to the eftect that while many bakeries have been flooded out there are plenty reinaining to meet daily requirements. The only question is the supply of flour, the price of which may go up if stocks run owing to interruption of communications. Careful housekeepers are, however, hastily laying in stores of provisions, mineral waters, and other necessaries which may become dearer or scarce if matters do not mend soon Reuter. A Veritable Catastrophe if- Paris, Wednesday.—The rise of the Seine con- tinues steadily and relentless. It is estimated that by to-morrow the river will have risen to eS3i.. n^ne metres ten centimetres, and at a meeting of the Municipal Council this even- ing the prefect of police declared that if this is the case the situation will be aggravated so much that it will be a veritable catastrophe for Paris. To-day the floods invaded the Foragn Ministry. The offices had to be evacu- ated, and all important State papers were re- moved. The collapse of the Gare des Invalldes is feared its foundations having been under- mined by the water. The floods in the suburbs are extending seri- ously. The telephone service is in a state of chaos, many lines being completely cut, and in several districts the electric light is showing signs of failure. Owing to interruption of rail amd road com- I munication the prices of foodstuffs are rising I alarmingly. At Alfortville, near Paris, enormous damage has been done, and 2.000 persons are awaiting rescue from inundated houses, whilst the road to Pans is thronged by a pathetic mob of men, women and children driven from their homes by the invading waters,—Central News. Damage, £40,000,000. Paris, Wednesday.—The Foreign Office has been evacuated under the direction of the architect, owing to the danger caused by the ever increasing floods. In official quarters the damage done is estimated at £ 4tMX)0,000 sterl- ing. BARRICADING STREETS. Paris, Wednesday Evening.—The floods threaten to invade Place de la Concorde, which would doubtless mean that the Jardins des Tuilenes, Place Carousel, and the Louvre itself would be affected. A body of engineers from Versailles are hastily constrcting barri- cades in order to stem the torrents. Thousands Homeless. Large numbers of persons have been ren- dered homeless. In the Alfortville district alone there are over 15,000. Many of these have crowded into Charenton. whence they struggle aimlessly towards Paris, carrying with them bundles of clothing and other miserable remnants of their wrecked homes. Public and private charity, however, is active, and liberal subscriptions are pouring into the funds which been opened, and shelter and bedding are being provided as fast as the necessary arrangements can be organised. Boats and detachments of sailors for rescue work are being brought from Cherbourg, Dunkirk, and other ports. There are still thousands to be saved from the submerged dwellings, and the difficulty of the operations is hourly inczoeaseci. by the spreading of the waters, the overflow of the roads and the cutting off of one district from another. The Polar bears at the Zoo have been rescued, one side of their den being demolished and the animals driven into a cage and removed out of danger.—Reuter. Right From the City. Paris, Wednesday, 9.30 p.m.—The floods are still rising, though no rain has fallen since mid- day. Ominous cracks have appeared in the Place De La. Concorde, and all traffic is sus- pended in the Rue Royaleowing to subsidences in the roadway. An indeterminable'factor in the problem is the immense amount of water which is percolating under the foundation of the capital. To-night, for instance, in the Rue Drouot, a mile away from the Seine, cellars are flooded three feet deep. Lakes have formed in the low lying quarters of Cassy, and pavements and roadway are collapsing. Local train services are being more and more restricted. Portions of the Rue St. Honore have subsided, and all traffic along it is stopped. Sewers are bursting in all directions. The inhabitants are fleeing and the roads still open are blocked with carts containing furniture and household effects of refugees. Fresh troops have been called out to the work of rescue, and the Government is placing all the available buildings, including barracks and schools, at their disposal for the reception of refugees. Further large votes of public money I for the relief of sufferers are contemplated. I 10 pan.—Water is gradually enveloping the -Chamber of Deputies, and a, lake is forming be- I hind the Foreign Office building. The electric light is being cut off in many quarters. The bridges still hold, and it appears the stone bridges are strong enough to resist any tidal pressure. The iron bridges, however, may be less secure if masses of debris are lodged against buttresses.—Reuter. The Hotel de Ville Threatened. Paris, Wednesday (Midnight).—The water has flooded the printing offices of the Hotel de Ville, and it is feared the basement will be flooded and the lighting and heating supplies cut off. At the creche of St. Philipoe du Roulc shelter has been given to 100 women with babies at their breasts. The town of Neuilly Plaisance is half under water. At liaisons Alfort floods have reached the level of the houses. The valleys in the Hautes Pvrennees are under water. Reports from Chambery state that there have been considerable falls of snow on the mountains. From Bourges comes the news that the traffic on certain railways is suspended and a cyclone is ragin in the district.—Reuter. Rome Seriously Threatened. Rome, Wednesday.—To-day is the third day of the heavy rain and wind storms in Italy. The Tiber has overflowed its banks, flooding the country around Rome and threatening the city itself. At Naples this morning when the storai was raging fiercely over a hundred yards of the quay gave way before the heavy seas. A great volume of water poured into the with it a large quantity of fish. The beach at Naples is strewn with wreckage.—Central News. Northern Spain, Inundated. San Sebastian, Wednesday.—Violent storms k&vsoeen experienced throughout North and North-West Spain. Rivers are overflowing their banks, and a wild sea is running. Reuter. ° Madrid, Wednesday—Telegrams from Corunna state that a violent storm is raging there. A steam trawler has been wrecked and the crew of nine persons drowned.—Reuter. Bilbao, W ednesday.—The steamer; Annain, of the Messageries Maritime Line, regarding which anxiety has been felt owing to her non- arrival yesterday, arrived off this port this evening, but could not enter owing to the storm and put to sea again.—Reuter.
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CARDIFF COAL TRIMMING. Meeting in Lord Mayor's Parlour. A meeting of the Cardiff Coal Trimming Conciliation Board' was held at the Lord Mayor's Parlour,City Hall, on Wednesday,Mr T" Evans (Ocean) presiding. The proceedings were private. The Board considered a dispute re- garding the charges for loading a steamer, the point at issue concerning its internal structure, and the class under which it should be placed for trimming purposes. An amicable settlement was arrived at, but the terms were not reo- vealed.
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MANSION WING GUTTED. A fire broke out on Wednesday in the north wing of Colehy Hall, Lincolnshire, the resi- dence of Major Arthur Cecil Tempest. A lady's maid who was awakened by the smoke gae the alarm, and the servants were able to escape, but the whole wing was quickly enve- loped, and the efforts of the firemen from Navenby and Lincoln and other helpers hud to be confined to saving the main building, r n which they were happily successful. The building dates from 1628. The damage amounts to many thousand pounds.
THE LAST POLLS. r
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THE LAST POLLS. r Welsh Campaign Closed. CARDIGANSHIRE ENTHUSIASM. Colliers 60 Home to Vote. On Thursday the pollings in Carnarvonshire (Eifion) and Cardigans hire completed the electoral campaign in Wales. The votes in each case were cast up yesterday. There was a heavy poll in Cardiganshire, and great enthusiasm prevailed. A number of Glamorgan colliers, who returned home to vote. were cordially welcomed. The weather was bitterly cold, and as the hard frost pre- vented agricultural work fanners were enabled to go to the poll without difficulty. The con- stituency is very extensive. >lf Vaughan Daviea (the Liberal candidate) was unable to visit aD the booths, but his agents watched his interests. Liberals are quite confident that Mr Vaughan Davies will be returned, probably with an increased majority. The electorate has decreased by 600. The Conservative can- didate is Captain Fossett Roberts. CARDIGANSHIRE-1.3.333. *M. L. Vaughan-Davies L 6348 Captain Fossett Roberts. C 2942 Majority. 3406 No change. 1906. 1900. Vtoghan-Dayiea. _L 5829 Vaughan-Davies-L 4561 M. Richardson C 2960 J. Harford C 3787 2869 781 1895-Vaughan-Davies (L), 4927; J. Harford (CU 37M. CARNARVONSHIRE-—EIFION. *Ellis W. Davies. _L 6118 C. F. Lloyd Priestley C 1700 Majority. 4418 No change. 1905, 1900, and 1906 J. Bryn Roberts (L). unopposed. By-election, 1905, Ellis Davies (L), unopposed. 1292. J. B. Roberts _L 4567 W. Humphreys C 1973 25M
Position of Parties.
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Position of Parties. Up Till Last Night. LIBERAL & CONIiIERV A. NATIONAL- LABOUR. TIVB. 1ST. 302 263 76 Liberals 261) Labour 411 378 Nationalists T6 j Conservatives 263 Total elected. 641 Still to be returned.. 29 AGGREGATE GAINS. Conservative — — 122 Liberal and Labour 19 Net Opposition gain of. 103 Counting on a division 206 Converting the Ministerial majority of 334 in the last Parliament into a Ministerial majority of 128
AT THE DISSOLUTION.
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AT THE DISSOLUTION. The following table gives the state of parties after the General Election of 1906 and at the dissolution. The two vacant seats, at Ports- mouth and Uxbridge, where by-elections were waived in view of the nearness of the General Election, are counted to the parties that held them. The Unionisttotal includes the Speakee. 1910. liberals. 366\ Labour 53 [-/v, Socialist. 1 Nationalists 83; Conservatives. 168 168 Total 610 Ministerial majority 334 It will be seen that in order to secure a bare majority the Conservatives must win exactly the same number of seats they held at the dissolution. 1906. In 1906 the Liberal and Labour foreas woa 215 seats, and the strength of parties wes #A follows labewda. Sf9.\ Labour members 511-513 Nationalists 83 J Conservatives 157 157 Total. 670 Ministerial TO a joritv 356
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Cardiff Tram Fares. HOW REVISION HAS WORKED. Mr A. Ellis (Cardiff tramways manager) submitted to his committee yesterday, Coun- cillor J. W.Gourtis presiding, a report upon the result of the six months' working with increased fares. He suggested, however, that six months was not a sufficiently long trial. Prom a traffic point of view the summer of 1909 was a bad one, owing to the unpropitious weather, and his opinion was that had not the fares been adjusted the returns would have shown a con- siderable reduction for the six months intstead of a substantial increase. The following are details of tickets isoad for each of the two half years of 1908acd 1909:— 1909 1908 1,979,942 Id 2,256 £ K> Decrease 276^28. 260,719 lid 60,-448 Increase 200,271 69,304 2d TUfl Decrease 7,870. 3,277 2id 990 Increase 7,282. 2,72G 3d SUOBO Increase 676. The decrease in the total number of tickets is 76,281 at the same time the receipts show an increase of S117 1th 6d. A large number of the original 2d fares had, by the re-adjugtazink been reduced to Itd fares. Mr Ellis commented upon the increasing popularity of the transfer system. The total decrease in tickets of all • values sold during six months was 163,539, working out at 0.79 per cent. The committee decided to hold a special meeting to discuss the report. The increase of income from "all sources for the six months was S3,765, while the increased expenditure was £555, gmrn, an actual increased income of £ 3,210.
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61R L'SAMAZrNGTrORY. MASKED BURGLARS IN BEDROOM. A remarkable story of an alleged attack on a servant girl has been reported to the Mon- mouthshire police. One night early this week Hannah Elizabeth Morgan, a girl 17 years, who is in service with her aunt. Mrs Walters, North Road Farm. Redwick, a small village abont 11 miles east of Newport, was awakened when in bed. According to her story, the intruders carried a light and wore masks. When they realised that she \va^ awake one of the men said, Don't shout, or [ will kill you." What happened afterwards the girl is notelearabout, and she believes that ,he lapsed into uncon- sciousness. On the following morning she crawled into her mistress's bedroom with her hands and feet securely bound with threshing-cords, and told Mrs Walters her extraordinary' experience, as to how the men had bound her with the cord. On searching the house, it was discovered that three valuable silver cups :md an electro- plate teapot were missing. Information was at once given to the police, and P.C. Frost, Magor. Superintendent Porter, Risca, and Inspector Barry, Newport, visitea the farm, but up to the present they have made no arrest. We learn that the police have found most of the missing articles outside the house.
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MYSTERY OF BARRY SCHOOLMASTER. Mr David John Lewis, a native of Barry and an assistant master at the Kendrick High $chool, Reading, has. been missing from the town since Tuesday evening. Mr Lewis, who is twenty-four years of age, was engaged in hv scholastic duties at the school up to four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and he pro- ceeded home to his apartments in compa.iy with a fellow lodger. After supper at eleven o'clock Mr Lewis said he was going out for a stroll as he was accustomed to do. He did so and never returned, and has notbeenheardof since. The Reading police have circulated a photograph and description. Mr Lewis had been studying a good deal of late. He has visited Germany several times, and it is thought possible he may have gone there. He was of a most cheerful disposition. Mr D. J. Lewis, M.A., is a son of Mr Samuel Lewis. Llan^rallo House, Barry Dock. Revd. Ben Evans yesterday proceeded to Reading from Barry to inat.tutc inquiries.
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Before the next General Election (a corres- pondent suggests) a Candidates' Book of Re- partee should be compiled. Duffi yn, the seat of the late Mr John Cory, near St. > i.-holas, is beautifully situated at the top of a valley which culminates in Porthkerry Park, near Barry. It was formerly owned by the Bruce-Price family, but the residence is an entirely niw structure-