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South Wales News. Merthyr Land Purchase Scheme. On Monday at Merthyr Town Hall Mr M. K. North, C.E., Local Government Board inspec- tor, held an inquiry into an application by the Town Council for sanction to borrow E2,000 for the purchase of land at Gellifaeiog as a site for a Council School," working-class dwellings, and a recreation ground. The ToWn Clerk ex- plained that the Corporation, taking advantage of the sale of the estate of the late Mr Thomas Williams (Gwaelodygarth). purchased 17 acres of land at Gellifaelog for OOO, which was an extremely moderate price as compared with prices paid for land for public purposes in that district. Four acres of the land would be re- quired for the proposed new school. There was no opposition. The inspector said he would inspect the site to-day. Inquests at Merthyr. Mr R. J. Rhys held an inquest at Merthyr on Monday on Hannah Mary Davies, the eleven- months-old child of Evan and Sarah Davies, 13, How ell-street, Merthyr. Evidence was given to show that the child was very weak from birth, and was fed on patent food. On Thurs- day night, whilst the mother was giving the child food, it died suddenly. Dr. James said that the child was well cared for, but was weak. A verdict of Death from natural causes was returned. Later Mr Rhys held an inquest at the Talbot Inn, Penydarren, on Wm. Edmunds (73), who resided at Brynhyfryd««treet, Penydarren. The deceased worked as a labourer at the Vochriw Colliery, and on Friday he was run over by a journey of trams and killed. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." Kenflg Hill Baltot Papers. It will be recalled that in connection with the Mid-Glamorgan election on Tuesday last, a delay occurred at Kenfig Hill polling station through the ballot papers not arriving to time, and it was stated that the papers had to be fetched from Neath by motor-car. The ballot papers, we are informed, were not left at Neath but at Aberavon, and were sent away from Aberavon by motor car after a receipt of a telephonic message from Kenfig Hill. The Kenfig Hill presiding officer desires that this should be made clear. Llanelly Octogenarian Killed. An octogenarian workman, David Davies, of Bethel Gottage, Seaside, Llanelly, was knocked down by a locomotive belonging to Messrs Nevill, Druce and Co., LIaneUy, on Saturday. He was attending to points on the mineral line when the accident happened. The engine paasedovcr bis arm, which was almost severed, and one of his legs was fractured in two places. Dr. Harry Roberts and Dr. A. E. Brookes were soon in attendance, and they ordered his re- moval to the hospital. The injured man died on Sunday. Blaeniiyn Eisteddfod. Awards at Blaeniiyn (Pem.) Eisteddfod were as follow :—Chief cboral—Prize divided between Croesgoch and Blaeniiyn Choirs. Male voice competition-Blaenllyn Choir (conductor, Mr Harry Evans. Quartette—Mr D. Francis and friends. Soprano solo-Miss Pollie Wil- liams, Castle Cenlas. Baritone solo—Mr Gad Edwards, Croesgoch. Recitation—Divided between Mr B. J. Lewis, Solva, and Mr W. Davies, Tredduog Fach. Verses in. memory of the late Mr I. Griffiths, Mabws—Mr John Llovd, Rehoboth. Essay—Mr Williams, Tee- fochlid. Neath Guardians' Infirmary Scheme. At a meeting on Tuesday of the Neath Board of Guardians it was decided to make applica- tion to the Locai Government Board for sanction to borrow £ 6,200 to cover the cost; of purchasing 10 acres of land, with a residence, at Penrbiwtyn, required for the proposed new infirmary. It was also decided to ask permis- sion to borrow M for alterations and improve- ments at the Cottage Homes. The report of one of the committees reco-nmending the establishment of a labour yard for casuals at Neath was adopted. Swansea Policemen's Weekly Day of Rest. At a meeting of the Swansea Watch Com- mittee on Tuesday it was announced that the Corporation had agreed to the principle of giving the members of the force one day's rest in seven. The committee decided to bring-the reform into operation on March 1st. Gored by a Bulr. Two residents of Tirydail, Carmarthenshire, Mrs Williams and Miss Williams, weze gored by a bull on Tuesday and considerably injured. Dr. Scott was summoned, and he found both ladies suffering from shock. Labourer's Sold Rings. At Barry County Court an Tuesday W. Ruck- ley and Son, builders, Cadoxtoiw sued John Rickets for £ 4 16s 3d for work done at an un- licensed hotel at Cadoxton, which defendant had taken z^alodgmg-house. Judge Hill-Kelly gave judgixient for the amount claimed, and asked defendant, How are you going to pay 1" -Def: Oh, sir 1 am not going to pay I am a labourer. Jud^e Kelly You do not wear three gold rings in order to do labouring wortc?—Defendant:Sometimes I do. His Honour You must pay it in a month. Rhondda Vocatisfs-Appoifltment. A meetingin honour of Mr Robert Jones, a member of the Treorky Royal Male Voice Party, was held at Penfcre Rhondda on Tues- day. Mr Jones is leaving for Australia, having accepted an appointment as principal tenor at Adelaide. County Councillor E. T. Davies presided at the meeting last night and warmly congratulated Mr Jones. Mr Hugh Hughes,' on behalrof the choir, presented Mr Jones with gifts. Newport Education Rate. At a meeting on Tuesday of Newport Educa- tion Committee it was reported that the esti- mated expenditure on elementary education for the ensuing year was M,620, represent- ing a rate of Is 3d in the E. Last year the rate was Is 5d in e C. Probably when the Higher Elementary School was erected another Id rate would be required. The re- poet was adopted. The Town Clerk reported thrt the original estimate for the Technical Institute was E40,000, but certain necessary extras had increased the amount to £ 42,000. Owing to the frequent absence of teachers through illness, it was resolved that in all future appointments teachers should be sub- ject to medical examination. Tredegar Unification Proposal. At a meeting of the Tredegar Council on Tuesday the question of the unification of Tre- degar and Dukestown parishes for rating pur- poses was discussed. The two parishes, although under the jurisdiction of the Council, are rated separately. Some of the members objected to the amalgamation because they were of the opinion it would pi«judicially affect the ratepayers of Tredegar parish. The matter was deferred. To Advertise Caerphilly. Mr John Morgan presided at a meeting of the Caerphilly Chamber of Trade at the Windsor Restaurant on Tuesday. On the pro- position of Mr R. R. Morgan, it was decided to suggest to the County Council that the site for toe proposed Higher Elementary School should be near the Castle, as originally selec- ted. A sub-committee was appointed to consider the best means of advertising the town of Caerphilly. Collided With 8wansea Dock Sates. On Tuesday morning while the Norwegian steamer Eusenberg was proceeding to sea from the North Dock basin, Swansea, she collided with the gates, with the result that one of the bow plates was damaged above the water-line and the gates were injured. The steamer had to put back for repairs. Fell Into a Gaily. John Jenkins (52), of G-lahtawe-street, Morris- ton, is under treatment at the Swansea Hospital, having sustained injury by a fall over a wall into a gully, 16 feet below, in Neath-road.

ALLEGED CHILD CRUELTY. • At Ooleford on Tuesday Louisa Niblett, single woman, of Joyford, Coletord, was charged by George Gale, an inspector of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, with cruelly ill-treating her seven-months-old female child. Mr H. H. Vowles, representing the prosecut- ing society, said he regretted to have to inform the Court that be had that morning heard that the child had just died at Monmouth Work- house Hospital, to which plaCe it had been removed. He therefore applied to the Court to grant an adjournment in order that a more serious charged could be preferred. The Court assented to this-

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Pillar and Stall. PONTLOTTYN COAL WORKING METHOD. In my opinion the defendants llatfe not acted in contravention of their covenant to work in a fair, proper, and workmanlike manner, and in the best manner adopted in the neighbourhood unless what they have done is in contravention of some other obligation on their part." This was one of the principal findings of Mr Justice Parker in the Court of Chancery on Tuesday in the action of Brewer v. Rhymney Iron Companv. The plaintiff, owner of the PontJottyn Estate, leased the mineral rights to the defendants, who had, he contended, not worked the mine in a fair, proper, and workmanlike manner, and he claimed an injunction and damages. His Lordship said he had come to the con- clusion the defendants had a right to let down the surface provided they paid compensation for any damage done, or any damage to the buildings. It was admitted that the usual mode adopted in the neighbourhood for work- ing demised collieries was the long wall sys- tem, or a modification of the system known as the Barry system, and the plaintiff said this was the system that ought to have been fol- lowed. It was, however, proved at the trial that that method could not be adopted with- out injuring the buildings at Pontlottyn. What the defendants had done was to work a kind of pillar and sWI system, and it was not contended that the pillars were in an impro- per shape or position. On the other hand, there was no satisfactory evidence that the defendants had injured or endangered, or would injure or endanger, the, houses or buildings on the surface. In his opinion tho. best method in the neighbourhood must be taken to mean the best possible under the circumstances having regard to the defendants' other obligations. His Lordship said he had come to the con- clusion that the plaintiff had not made out his case, and the Action must be dismissed with costs.

A Pembrokeshire Worthy THE LATE MR HENRY ALLEN, K.C. Honour was paid on Tuesday to the memory of a distinguished son of Pembrokeshire, the late Mr Henry Allen, K.C., at one time M.P. for Pembroke Boroughs, and first chairman of the Pembrokeshire County Council. In the presenoe of a large and representa- tive gathering at the Haverfordwest Shire Hall a brass tablet to his memory was unveiled by Dr. George Griffith (chairman of the Pem- brokeshire County Council). An Assize case was being heard in the Shire Hall at the time, and, with the permission of the learned Judge, Lord Coleridge, the court was adjourned for the ceremony. s Dr. Griffith, upon unveiling the tablet, said that the late Mr Allen was one of the foremost men in the county. Sir Charles Philipps, Lord Lieutenant of Haverfordwest, said the late Mr Allen was a man who was dear to them all. He was always true, just, and honest in all his dealings, scrupulous to a fault, and generous to a degn e. For conscience' sake he resigned one of the most important offices he held, namely, the membership of Parliament for the boroughs. He lived to a grand old age, and he died respected and esteemed by everyone who knew him. Mr Abel Thomas, K.C., M.P., chairman of the Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessis, also paid tribute to Mr ADen's memory. Lord Coleridge said As a representative for the moment of the King's justice in this county, I venture to add a few words to what has already been so admirably said. Mr Allen was not unknown to me as a boy. He played his part here among you as an advocate, and judicially as president of your court of Quarter Sessions. I can well understand how a man of his character and attainments must have given a tone to the advocacy and must have added a strength and dignity to the bench.

H.M.S. Bellona. DEPARTURE FROM PEMBROKE DOCK. The unarmoured cruiser Belkma left Pem- broke Dock on Tuesday for Devonport. The vessel was completed last week, and the official inspection by Captain-Superintendent Godfrey H. B. Mundy, took place on Friday last as a preliminary acceptance of the ship for service in the Navy. Yesterday morning she was moved to the Weare buoy to the west of the dockyard, when the compasses were adjusted. and she left the harbour in the coarse of the afternoon. The ship was laid down at Pembroke Dock- yard on June 15th, 1908, launched March 20th, 1909, and at the time of her completion bad been about one year and seven months in hartd. She is the second vessel of theBoadicea class to be completed. Her-principal di-e-i- length 33:if:t., extreme breadth 41ft. 6in. Her armament consists of six 4in. quick firing guns, and she carries two revolving 20in. deck torpedo tubes. The shipwiHbe commissioned at Devonport on the 8th inst. The unarmoured cruiser Blanche, which is a sister ship of the Bellona, and was launched on November 25th last from Pembroke Dockyard, was dry docked on Tuesday. Three torpedo boats which are to form the nucleus of a torpedo flotilla which the Admiralty have decided to base at Pembroke Dock arrived there -on Sunday last.

IMPORTED MEAT. As the third port in the kingdom for the import of frozen meat Cardiff was particu- larly interested in a discussion which took place at the Chambers of Agriculture me Tuesday atfhe Society of Arts, London, under the presidency of the Earl of Chichester. The matter came up on a resolution by Mr R. Orlebar (Central Chamber) that this Council supports the Meat Marking Bill introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Clifford of Cbudleigh last Session." Mr Orlebar, in moving the resolution, said the main principles of the Bill were well known, but there were some details which were not generally understood. The actual mark- ing of meat was not as generally supposed one of insuperable difficulty. It had already been undertaken by other countries, and he believed it was the case with all meat brought in from New Zealand. The Bill did not ask Englishmen to, ipark the meat, but that it should be sent over marked by the foreign or Colonial exporter. All the Engbsh inspectors would have to do would be to see that the meat was marked and that every one of the chief joints were afterwards separately marked. In the case of live cattle the marking would be within the. tea days' limit prescribed by the present law. A further clause made it compulsory that every dealer in Colonial or foreign meat should affix a notice to that effect at his shop, the object being not to penalise the man who sold foreign or Colonial meat, but td give the pur- chaser the opportunity of knowing that the shopkeeper was dealing in both qualities of meats. (Hear, hear.) Lord Carrington, as representing the Board of Agriculture, opposed' the Bill. He (the speaker) did not know whether he looked upon it as a .measure of Protection. He sincerely hoped he did not. It was high time something should be dfeie to give English farmers a fair pght with their competitors. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously Among those present at the meeting were Mr Charles D. Phillips (Mon.) and Messrs B. Read, C.E. (Machen), and J. D. Oewdson (Glou- cester). 1.

H TIRED OF LIFE." An inquest was held on Tuesday at Aberdare by Mr R. J. Rhys touching the death of Sarah Jane George, a married woman, 32 years of age, living atMirt from her husband, whose body was found in the Cynon river on Sunday, Mary Evans, of Hirwaia-road, mother of de- ceased, said her daughter lived with her, and ceased, said her daughter lived with her, and left home at noon on Saturday to go to the Aberdare Steam Laun Irv fov her wages. Wit- ness knew of nothing that could disturb her, although she was dissatisfied with her. Bit the laundry. John Daffies, Mount Pleasant* street, Trecynon, said he saw deceased about 5 o'clock on Saturday evening near tfle Queen's Hotel, Aberdaie. She waa crying bitterly, and told him she was tired of her life. She was perfectly sober, and afterwards walked down Cynoo-street with a young man. Thomas Prowle.spoke to finding the body. Dr. Carry, who examined the body, said it had been in the water for some time. There were no marks of violence upon her, but she was pregnant, and had been so for six months. The mother, recalled, said she did not know her daughter waa in that condition. A verdict of Foudd drowned was re- turned.

I COLLIERY FIRE. Feared Loss of Three Lives. On Tuesday fire occurred at Easton Colliery, Bristol, by which it is feared three lives were lost. It apparently originated in an under- ground engme house, and men in the workings were at once called out. There were at the time only seven men engaged at the point where the fire broke out, and four were rescued in an exhausted condition. Three others could only escape by going up a stiff incline, and it is thought they must have been overcome by fumes. A rescue party went down, and up to a late hour last night there was no news of the missing men.

LIVERPOOL BROKER'S WILL. The will has been proved at Chester of the late Mr James Smith, cotton broker, of Liver- pool, who died in October last. The gross estate is £ 264,011. Deceased bequeathed E5,000 to his wife, £1,000 each to Mary Smith and Jessie Carruthers Smith, E5,000 to his son Alan Ramsay Smith, and he left £10,000 in trust for religious and charitable institutions in Liver- pool and the surrounding district.

I THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN Newport, Wednesdajf.—Quiet trade market dull, Maize 3d dearer on the week. Barley abont the nune, Oats'in fair request at rather better figures. No alteration in flour. Bran and sharps in good request at increased prices. CATTLE Carmarthen, Wednesday.—The monthly market held here to-day was not large. There was a good trade in fat cattle, and everything which went under the hammer was sold by Messrs Lloyd and Thomas, auctioneers, Carmarthen, at from S14 to £28, There was a better inquiry for sheep, although there were very few in the market, and the demand was con- siderably more than the supply. Cows and calves were down in price, and the demand was not nearly so good as at recent markets. Newport, Wednesday.-IAme supply of cattle and sheep moderate supply of calves and pigs good demand. Best beef 6id and 7d, seconds 6td, best Irish beef Sid and 6Jd, seconds 6d and 6Jd, cows 4td and 5jrd, best wethermntton 8fcdand 8}d, ewes5id and 6$d, lamb 3d and 9d, calves 7d and9d, porkers lis 9d and 12s per score, baconers 10s and 10s 3d per score. Neath, Wednesday .—Large supplies but moderate demand. Priecs :—Beef lis 6d, seconds 10s tolls; sheep--smiLlI aid, heavy 7d to 7id; pigs--light 12s, heavy 11s to lis 6d calves 7d to 8d cows and calves. PROVISIONS. Carmarthen. Satarday.-At the buttermarket to-day the supply was not incraased and demand was only moderate. Prices Arm at from Is 2d to Is 2td per lb. Fresh butter in pats Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. Eggs from 10s to lis per 1 1. Llandilo, Saturday.—Butter, in lbs., from Is 2d to Is 5d do. in tubs, Is 2d. Welsh cheese, 5d. Fowls, lid to Is a lb. Eggs, 11 and 12 for Is. Rhayader, Wednesday.—Fairly good supply and brisk demand. Rates :—Hares 2s 6d each, rabbits 8d, eggs Id; live fowls 3s 6d to 4s per couple, trussed fowls 48 to 5a and fresh butter Is Id and Is 2d per lb. CHEESE. Newport, Wednesday.—Short supply good de- mand average attendance. Caerphfllies, 66s to 70s fancy dairies. 73s doubles, 60s and 65s singles* 588 and 63s Cheddars, 62s and 64s. HIDE. SKIN. FAT, AND WOOL Rhondda, Pontypridd, And Aberdare Hide, Tallow, and Wool Cotapany, Limited, Treforett. Saturday.—Hideo (without horns or skulls) 901bs and .upwards, ordinary flayad, 6d perfect flayed, 6id 801b«. toS9ib»., 5?d. 6d 701bs. to 791bs., 5|d, 5}d 601bs. to691bs.. 5^1, 5fd 50lbs. to 591bs., 5id, Sid; 491bs.and under, aid, 5JLI heavy cow3, 601ba. and up, 5d. Bid; light cows, 591bs. and under, 5d, 5Jd; bulls, 4d, 4jd: cats and warbled, 3d to 4|d. Calfskins—17lbs and upwards, 7Jd 121ba. to 16lbs., 9d; 11 lbs. and under, 9d; euta, 7id. Lambs, 2a 6d to 7s, Pelts, 2s to 8s, rat-boat aweet clean, 21 d aeoonds. lid common. 1M. Salt. 2s Der owt. Builth W ells, Monday.-Fairly good supply and early clearance, especially of cattle. which fetched improved figures. No change was evident in prices for sheep and pigs. Rates for produce were—trussed fowls 3s 6d to 5s per couple, fresh butter Is and Is Id per lb., eggs 12 and 13 for Is, and rabbits 8d each.

REMAINS OF A ROAD." The last meeting of the Pembrokeshire County Council before the County Council elections was held at Haverfordwest, on Lues- day, Dr. George Griffith presiding, Colonel Mirehousc said the village of Angle was with- out a road. The District Council, as usual, had done nothing, and he asked whether any action was intended to be taken. The Chairman said that a committee representing the County Council had visited Angle, but althbugh an in- vitation had been sent to the Pembroke Dis- trict Council to meet the committee, they did not appear. However, the County Committee went over the locality, and there was no doubt that there were remains of a road visible. Mr Dan Davies said the Pembroke District Council were prepared to meet the County Council, Colonel Mirehouse, or his ancestors. The Chairman: Please do not go into any per- sonalities. Colonel Mirehouse: The matter has been going on for a whole year. If some- thing is not done, I shall have to take steps myself. It was ultimately decided that a meet: ing should be arranged between the representa- tives of the County Council and the EJistrict Council. The Small Holdings Committee reported that during the year 1909 35 applications for small holdings had been dealt with, and the committee had decided to accede, if possible, to 18 of these applications. On the 31st Decem- ber, 1909, there remained on the committee's books 49 approved applicants for whom land had not been acquired or agreed to be acquired. It would be necessary to acquire 1,088 acres if these applications were to be satisfied. During the year 1909 1,519 acres were pur- chased for small holdings at a cost of E31,950, and the committee had agreed to lease 59 acres at an aggregateannual rental of 162 4s for the same purpose. Dtaring the year 1,396 acres had been let in small holdings to 35 tenants. In two cases where the committee had purchased land they were unable to get vacant possessions, and had served the present tenants with notice to quit in order that the land might be let as mnall holdings on 29th September, 1910. The report was formally adopted.

NEWPORT LICENCES. The Newport annual lioensing sessions were held on Tuesday, Mr A. J. Stevens presiding. There were 17 magistrates present. According to the Head Constable's report the police found a number of children waiting out- side public-bouses while their parents were drinking inside, and on Satusday evenings some publicans employed special men to loak after the little ones. The number ofpecaons charged with drunkenness last year was tfee lowest recorded since 1884. 1%e Chairman an- nounced that no licences would be referred to the Compensation Authority. All the licences were then renewed with the exception of two, which were referred to the adjourned licensing sessions on Tuesday, March 1st. Tbe only application for a new boenee was- for the Savoy Hotel, Station-apjiroacb, and it was withdrawn after the Chairman had re- marked that the Bench thought that the wants of the neighbourhood did not justify them in granting a new licence at present. YSTRADOYNLAIS Ystradgynlais annual Licensing Sessions were held on Tuesday, Mr Herbert Lloyd presiding. All the old licences were renewed. Appli- cation was made on behalf of Mr Daniel Thomas, Glynrhebog Farm, for a new licence for a. proposed hotel near Penrbos. Tbe appli- cation was refn-ed. w COLEFORD DISTRICT. Superintendent Griffin, in the course of his annual statement on the licensing business presented on Tuesday at the Brewster Sessions at Coleford, said there were no registered clubs in the division, but one licensed hoose to every 208 persons. Seventy-four persons were pro- ceeded against for drunkenness, and of that number 69 were convicted—an increase of 24 persons proceeded against and of 24 convicted as compared with the previous year.

MONMOUTH OLD MOAT. At their meeting on Tuesday-the members of the Monmouth Town Council again considered the question of clearing out the old town ditch or moat in order to prevent land floods. The work was suggested by Mr C. N. Ballinger. The Mayor (Mr W. Sambrook) said he bad inspected the moat with the surveyor. The moat was in the possession of otter people, whereas, in his opinion, it should be the pro- perty of the Corporation. It was probably built for defensive purposes about'the same time as the old Monnow Bridge gateway. The moat was in semi-circular form, and there were certain landmarks. It was half a mile long, and in one place had been filled in. They did not get a penny piece for it. f As a Corporation, they ought to go into the1 matter and assert their rights. Councillor C. N. Ballinger said he was afraid the land had been in the possession of the present owners too many years. The Mayor They have ho title deeds. Mr A. C. Tweedy (borough treasurer): If they have had twelve years' possession you are beaten. Alderman Tipptns: Why spend public money in this way t Is it the duty-- The Mayor (sharpK): It is our duty, as a Corporation, to save poor people from getting water into their houses. The question was adjourned.

FAMISHED DEAN FOREST SHEEP At Coleford on Tuesday Moses Baldwin, a collier-sheep farmer, of Pludds, Lydbrook, Dean Forest, was summoned for leaving the carcases of a number of lambs unburied on the open forest on the 5th January. He was further charged with cruelty to eight lambs. Mr A. Lionel Lane, Gloucester, appeared for defendant, and pleaded guilty to allowing the carcases to remain unburied, but denied the charge of cruelty. Evidence for the prosecution given by I.. spector Berry and Mr William Case well, M.R.C.V.S., showed that the lambs, which were in a field with rams and ewes, were in a weak and emaciated condition in fact, one was so weak that it could not raise itself off the ground. At the requeet of the defendant the veterinary surgeon destroyed one of them, whilst he also suggested that another should be done away with. In his opinion the condi- tion of the animals was due to want of food. A number of witnesses were called for the defence, and spoke to seeing the animals fed regularly three times a day, and being given plenty of food. It was stated they were sufler- ingfrom scour." The Bench fined defendant in both cased, with costs, Z5 28 6d.

MONMOUTH RATE DEFAULTERS The Finance Committee recommended at the meeting of the Monmouth Town Council on Tuesday that proceedings should be taken against 11T persons, who had not paid the first half of the district rate. Alderman A. Vizard (chairman of the Finance Committee) said they had little more than half the total rate paid up. This placed the Corporation in a serious financial position. He urged that the defaulters should be proceeded against for the whole of the rate, if they did not pay in the current week. Alderman Tippins wanted longer notice. It was decided to allow 14 days before issuing any summonses.

RIVER BANK COLLAPSE. On Tuesday a portion of the bank of the River "Usk near the Gasworks, Pill, Crindau, New- port, gave way, and about 3,000 tons of mud slid into the river bed. Fortunately, the land- slip took place at a high point, so that there is little danger of the river overflowing its banks.

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CON GREVE'S BALSAMIC ELIXIR for Diseases of tbe Lungs is sold by ill Chemists at x/x) £ a/9, 4/6 and u/- per bottle. Mr.Congreve's well-known book on Consumption and other Diseases of the Longs will be sent post free for Sixpence, on Miplicatiott-toCoomhri Lodge, Peckham, London, S.E. — v Bahtnrf eitty Pair of NORWELLS Perth Boots. It & firm with aw leaywrs' r«p»- tatioafor mkuv forxl*>G<i MDBOIO, aUJ88thac boofi. for tbe I-s- and tear of the Agriculturist and L < TIM Parth Farmer Jf Hi A (on the Fwm) 14W H TM KM or Market Farmer, IS/9 (XF\ J The Forth Waiglinui, Watertight, 1O/0 jB^Br Write to-day >or cm ftee Bhu- ( yv toted Pais* List Na. ^It tail* all abaut us '4 and our happy-footed I Established-over too years. NORWELLS, PEKTH.N-B. HAVE YOU A BAD LEG With wounds that dilebarlt8 or otherwise, perhapa totroanded with Inflammation and swollen, that when you press your finger on the inflamed part it leaves the impression ? If so, under the skin yon have poison that deftes al1. the remedies yon have tried, which, if not extracted, yoa never can re- cover, but go on suffering till death releases yoa. Perhaps your knees are swollen, the Joints being ulcerated tha same wit.3 ths aaklej, roulld wnich the skin may be discoloured, or there may be wounds; the disease, U allowed to continue, will deprive you of the power to walk. You may have attended various hospitals and had medical advice, and been told your case is hopeless, or advised to submit to amputation but do not, tor I CAN CURE YOU. I DON'T SAY PERHAPS BUT I WILL. Because others have failed to no reason I should. Send at once a P.O. for 2s 6d to C. T. ALBERT, 73. FA&&XNGDON-STREET, LONDON. and you will receive a box of GRASSHOPPER and tear of the Agriculturist and L f TIM Parth Farmer Jf Hi A (00 Um Farm) !€{• H TM KM or Market Farmer, IS/9 (XF\ J The Forth Waiglinui, Watertight, 1O/0 jB^Br Write to-day >or cm ftee Bhu- ( yv toted Pais* List Na. ^It tail* all abaut us '4 and our happy-footed castanets-. Established-over too years. NORWELLS, PEKTH.N-B. HAVE YOU A BAD LEG With wounds that di*charge or otherwise, perhapa totroanded with Inflammation and swollen, that when you press your finger on the inflamed part it leaves the impression •' Ii so, under the skin yon have poison that defies al1. the remedies yon have tried, which, il not extracted, yoa never can re- cover, bat go on suffering till death releases yoa. Perhaps your knees are swollen, the Joints beins ulcerated tha same wit.n ths aaklej, rouud wnich the skin may be discoloured, or there may be wounds; the disease, U allowed to continue, will deprive you of the power to walk. You may have attended various hospitals and had medical advice, and been told your case is hopeless, or advised to submit to amputation but do not, tor I CAN CURE YOU. I DON'T SAY PERHAPS BUT I WHL. Because others have failed to no reason I should. Send at once a P.O. for 2s 6d to C. T. ALBERT, 73. FA&&XNGDON-STREET, LONDON, and you will recei ve a box of GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT and Pill*, which Is a sure remedy for the cur# of Ba<f. Legs, Housemaid's Knee, Ulcerated Joints, Carbuncles, Poisoned Hands. Tumours, Abscesses, -Sore Throatc Bronchitis Bunions, and King worm. (Copyriffht.) FTW P O R T O FTTCII F, W P 0 OF THE SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS," 18, BRIDGE-STREET. Printed and Published by the Proprietors. DAVI1 DUN'CA.V and SONS, 102, St. Jlary-street, auf Westgate-street, in tha City of Cardiff, in the CounC of Glamorgan. (