The Cardiff Times

COUNTY ACCOUNTANT Glamorgan Council's Selection. DIVISION AMONG MEMBERS. Important Agricultural Scheme. A special meeting of the Glamorgan County Council was held at the Cardiff City Hall on Tuesday,Mr Blandy Jenkins^T.P., presiding. Colonel Henry Lewis and Councillor W. J. Thomas were appointed to represent the County Council on the conference to be called for the .county of Glamorgan to consider the best way of promoting the Welsh National Memorial to the late King. The County Accountant. The principal matter that came up forcon- sideration was the appointment of a county accountant at a salary of E700, increasing by JE50 annually until it reached the maximum of -ci,ooo. I The Office Staff and Salaries Committee reported that they had duly considered the capabilities of the existing staff of the Council, and fully satisfied themselves that no member of it had the training and experience essential to the proper performance of the duties of the vacant office. The committee recommended one of the following three candidates for the post of county accountant :-Albert William Fox, county finance clerk for Warwickshire, 18 years previously district auditor's clerk; G. Wills Taylor, district auditor's chief clerk seven years, five years previously in Cheshire county accountant's office James A. Yelland, district auditor's chief clerk, 14 years on cpanty accounts. Mr D. Watts Morgan proposed a resolution, to which 25 members had subscribed their names, which was to the effect that, having regard to the condition inserted in the advertisement for the,vacant office of county accountant, whereby the present staff of the Glamorgan County Council were precluded Mr ALBERT WILLIAM FOX, the newly- I appointed Qlamorgan Couniy Accountant. appointed Glamorgan County Accountant. from applying and obtaining promotion, the Council be asked to rescind its resolution of the 22nd September, 1910. amending the minutes of the Finance Committee and authorising the special committee to advertise and select not less than three candidates for the vacancy for appointment by the Council and pending the appointment that the present treasurer be asked to control the finances and supervise affairs until the appointment was made. Mr Watts Morgan said that the terms of the advertisement limited the number of appli- cants. The result was that only 23 men applied for this important appointment. County finances were easier. to deal with than muni- cipal finances, and yet municipal accountants were debarred. He further pointed out that one of the candidates now recommended was passed over by the late Mr Fisher in favour of the present chief staff clerk, and Mr Fisher was a gentleman of shrewdness and ability. Mr Watts Morgan further argued that the stand- ing orders of the Council had been ignored, for the selection of applicants according to the standing orders should be dealt with by the Local Government Committee. County Treasurer Criticised. He feared there was a small combination forming in the Council which endeavoured to control and guide the whole work of the Council, and the time had arrived, when all members of the Council should be allowed to take part in the whole of the work. Mr Morgan Williams seconded, and said he was surprised that no Welshman had been recommended. Mr T. J. Hughes replied at length, defend- ing the action of the sub-committee, and in the course of his observations he strongly denounced the action of the county treasurer in canvassing the members. He also regretted, that the treasurer had written a certain, letter to the committee, parts of which were in- accurate. Thanks to the services of Mr Franklen they had been able to get on with the work. They had also given full considera- tion to the claims of Mr Rowlands, the accountant's chief clerk, and of the county treasurer. They wanted an independent and a strong man—a kind of (letective-and he held that a banker was the worst man for the post. He wished to add that a number of Welshmen had applied and were fully quail tied. Several other members spoke, and the Rev. E. T. Davies, Penarth, pointed out that only half-a-dozen members were present when the advertisement was drawn out. I On a vote being taken 24 voted for the motion and 35 against. The motion was there- fore lost, and the Council proceeded to inter- view the candidates recommended. Mr Albert William Fox, county financer clerk for Warwickshire, was unanimously elected. Agricultural Development. The Council without discussion agreed to the abstract of a scheme formulated by the Agri cultural and Small Holdings Committees as a. basis for an application for a grant under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, which recommended that an application be made for an immediate grant of f2,000, together with a loan of £ 1,500 for the purpose of promoting instruction in agriculture and the adoption of other means calculated to develop agriculture and rural industries. This scheme is to include instruction in milk- ing, ploughing, horse-shoeing, sheep-shearing, hurdle-making, hedging and ditching, fencing, draining, drywalling, trenching, stack-building and thatching, the holding of competitions. and the granting of prizes for efficiency and skill in these crafts instruction in poultry- keeping, the organising and support of egg- distributing centres, etc., and demonstrations in connection with the small holdings. An- other portion of the scheme provides for in- struction in horticulture, and promoting the extension of fruit culture by distributing fruit trees and providing guidance to farmers and others. It is also proposed to promote general efficiency in farm management by awarding, in districts, grant premiums f6r the best man- aged arable stock and dairy farms, stnall hold- ings, etc., and especially for good farm book- keeping, and assisting agricultural and other societies that hold competitions for farm crops, if judged by points. -The organimtion of co-operation is also pro- vided for in the scheme, and instruction given in the principles of and demonstrating the value of agricultural co-operation, organising mutual live stock insurance societies, agricultural credit banks, co-operative cream -producing and milk-selling societies, &c. What the Loan is Fer. The loan of £1,500 is proposed to be used for the purpose of (a) affording loans to societies and individuals for the purposes of purchasing and retainmgfor-service at various centres high class stallions, bulls,rams, and boars of selected breeds (by loan); (b) instituting and keeping registers of approved brood mares and sound stallions (c) organising and supporting a system of milk record keeping and registering selected cows and their progeny (d) granting subsidies to societies for the purpose of holding agricultural, poultry, horticultural and farm produce, shows, rural industry exhibitions, implement trials, etc.; (e) premiums for ap- proved sires kept by private individuals for public use at moderate fees. The chairmen of the County Council, the Agricultural Committee, and the Small Hold- ings Committee, the lecturer in agriculture, and the county land agent were appointed a deputation to wait upon the Commissioners in support of the application.

Overcome by Gas. 6ILFACH GOCH MINE TRAGEDY. Mr D. Rees. coroner, conducted an inquest on Tuesday at Gilfach Goch on the body of Mr Samuel Price, colliery manager. It will be recalled that Mr Price was found dead in a dis- used heading in the Britannic Colliery, Gilfach Goch, on Friday last. Mr Pearson represented the Home Office, and Mr Leonard Llewelyn, Mr Frank Llewelyn, and Mr Trevor Price were present on behalf of the Britannic Coal Co. The Late Mr SAMUEL PRICE. (Photo by H. J. B. Wills, Cardiff.) Charles Read, timberman, said he saw the deceased about 8 o'clock on Friday morning. Later he fancied he heard shonts, but thought the sound did not come from the Tokio dis- trict, where deceased was found. John, Powell (the overman} said the disused heading where deceased was found had been reported as containing gas, and the usual danger marks had been placed at the entrance, Deceased must have known of the presence of the gas he had been there only a day or two previously with the fireman. When the body t was discovered there were no signs of a struggle. Deceased's lamp was found upright on the ground, and did not look as if it had been dropped. Brattice cloth had to be used to divert the air and clear the gas before the search party could go forward. Eventually they found deceased, who, from external ap- pearances, had been overcome by gas. ,I Thomas Evans (fireman), who had been in this heading earlier than the deceased on Friday morning, said he could not penetrate the heading for more than four or five yards because of the presence of gas, which he had recorded in the report book, and had also re- ported verbally to Mr Price. He thought deceased first lost his light, then missed his way, and was poisoned by gas. Everything had been done by danger marks to warn per- sons of the presence of gas. Mr Bowen Jones said when deceased was discovered to be missing he organised search parties. The body was found about 8.30. He thought deceased had lowered his lamp flame to test for the presence of gas, which he found he must have then dropped his lamp and tried to get away, but failed. Dr. McCarthey said a post-mortem examina- tion had been conducted by Dr. Naunton Morgan and himself. He attributed death to poisoning by gas. Deceased had been dead about six hours before the body was found. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death by gas poisoning."

Dog Routs Burglar. CANINE CONSTABLE'S EXPLOIT. As.the Tesnltof an encounter with a con- &ta.ble,.d a poBce dog, A burglar who broke into a house in a Sheffield suburb onTuesday is now lying unconscious in hospital. The dog carried off the chief honours, for, but for his assistance, the policeman would have been overpowered. The cracksman on being discovered closed with the officer, and wrested his truncheon from him. At once the animal rushed at the assailant and hurled him to the ground. This enabled the policeman to recover him- self, and with the help of neighbours, who had been aroused by the barking of the dog, the burglar was secured. He was so badly injured that he became un- conscious and was taken to hospital, f The Sheffield police authorities pay the licences of the dogs which accompany con- stables on lonely beats. This is the first re- corded exploit of the kind performed by an English police dog. In France, however, many an Apache has owed his capture to a canine constable, and Russia is proud of the famous Tref, a member of the Moscow force, who has done wonderful feats of detective work, thanks to his extraordinarily keen scent, coupled with exceptional intelligence.

FROM PUNCH." On the following Saturday, St. Paul's Cathedral will be—for the third time within a few months-the scene of the wedding of Mr Detmar Blow, the well-known architect, to Miss Winifred Tollemache. EveningNews." The bridegroom seems to marry rather fre- quently, but we hope the third time will be lucky. La Lady has outgrown clothes for boy 13 years- -Advt. in The Lady." Then she must get some for a boy of 14 if she insists on dressing in this way. Wanted, cash offers for six pairs smart prize-bred Borders, some fit show exchange boots, blankets, overmantel, gold albert, Canary seeds, side ornaments for marble clock, cuckoo clock, anything."—" Cage Birds." The Master of Elibank addressing Ulster Liberals yesterday in Belfast, said that the Home Rule question was a far wider question than it was."—" Irish Times." The great thing is to find out how wide it is, and then you can give a better guess at its present width.

HEAD ONE MASS OF RUilJCZEi Took Every Hair Off. A Pitiful Sight. Kept Someone Night and Day to Prevent His Scratching, After Second Application of Cuti- cura Ointment, Itching Stopped. Now Has Lovely Skin and Hair Thanks to Cuticura Remedies. "1 have much pleasure In enclosing a photograph of baby by which you will see that there is no trace of eczema left. When he g i- p was three months his little head and 5* face became one mass of running eczema which flnStSsA I took every hair /-<Ty >1 L off his head, and a(fj\ his I ittle eyes wereatpostelored /*? —A up. lie became a Pitiful sight, (i [\ r<s and it kept some- one night and day to prevent him from scratching himself and making it bleed. The doctor attended him for about three months and gave us ointments and medicines which did him no good. Then we turned to patent ointments. Still no remlt.i We felt daunted until we read of a cure by the Cuticura Remedies. Then we carefully applied Cuticura Ointment. After the second application the itching stopped. He made no further attempts to scratch, and in "b week he was on the high road to recovery. We continued with Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment, and in about five weeks there was no trace of ecxerak. He has lovely skin and a beautiful head of hair, thanks to Cutleura Soap and Cuticura Ointment." (Signed) Mrs. H. A. Morgans, 20, Pwll St., Landore, So. Wales March 29, 1910. Sold throughout the world. Depots: Lon- don, 27, Charterhouse Sq.; Lennon, Ltd., Cape Town, etc.; B. K. Paul, Calcutta; U.S.A., "otter Qrug & Chem.Corp., Sole Props., Boston.

Additions Radyr Church Edifice. i. y Christ Church, Radyr, the recent additions to which were dedicated,on Wednesday. (Architect, Mr G. E. Halhday, Cardiff.) j

Viscount Morley, who is Said to be Resigning, A snapshot of Viseount Morley, Secretary. (){ t.a;te for India, who is said to be resigning thatbigh offiee.-(L.N .A.) I

LATE CARDIFF DOCK MANAGER. Mr Thomas Hooper, Bristol. The death is reported at the advanced age of 94 of Mr Thomas Hooper, of Sefton Park-road, Ashley Down, Bristol, who was formerly a manager for Messrs Hill's Dry Dock Company. Mr Hcnoper was a, native of Bideford, where he commenced work jas a ship's joiner, but early in life he went to Messrs Charles Hill and Sons ship-building yard at Bristol. In 1857 he was transferred to the company's establishment at Cardiff as manager of the old West Dry Dock. At that time the firrm had only one-dry dock, but a couple of years after he came to Cardiff they built the East Dock. In 1882 the firm of Messrs Charles Hill and Sons was formed into The late Mr GEORGE HOOPER. (From a photograph taken at the age of 92). & limited company, but Mr Hooper was re- tained as manager and did not retire from business until 1889, when the late Sir Edward Hill, M.P., resigned the chairmanship of the company. Old Volunteers will probably remember him as sergeant-major of the B Battery of the 3rd Glamorgan Artillery, a battery composed of men in the employ of the late Colonel Sir Edward Hill. Mr Hooper was a man who commanded the respect of every- body, and was well known for his up- right and 'honourable character. He came of a very long-lived family, most of his brothers and sisters living to a great age. He was a Con- servative in politics, but did not take any active part in public affairs. He leaves a son and a daughter.

PIONEER OF ALLOTMENTS. Mr W. J. Harris, of Halwill Manor, North Devon, who died on Saturday, aged 75,'was a pioneer in allotments for labourers, devoting a large estate to that purpose and personally superintending it.

COUNCILLOR BURPITT, NEWPORT. Councillor F. E. Burpitt, Newport, passed away on Tuesday morning at hit residence, Llantharney, Clytha Park, Newport, after a long illness, at the age of 70. Born at Wells, and educated at Bourton, Dorsetshire, he settled at Newport in 1864. For five years he was in the service of the late Mr Joseph Firbank, contractor for the maintenance of the old Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, and in 1870 Mr 'Burpitt established business on his own account as a plumber and decorator, adding the business of house-furnishing in 1887. As a member of the old School Board Mr Burpitt rendered great public service, and The Late Councillor F. E. BURPITT. (Photo by W. G. Busby.) in 1900 he entered the Town Council as a Con- servative for what was then the South Ward. He served on the Watch Committee, the Education Committee, and he was deputy- chairman of the Waterworks Committee. He was also a member of the Finance Committee until the beginning of the present year. His ) wife pre-deceased him some years ago, and he leaves four sons and three daughters. At a meeting of the Newport Education Committee yesterday a vote of sympathy, on the motion of the chairman (Col. W. Clifford Phillips, V.D.), was passed with the bereaved ..relatives.

MR HENRY W. COOKE, CARDIFF. The death of a well-known Cardiff docksman occurred early onTuesday morning in Mr Henry William Cooke, who was manager of the Car- diff branch of Messrs Elder Dempster and Co. Deceased, who .had.been in indifferent health for1 softie tirite", leas eti'^ & vffitC. B. Wakefofrd, of Dinas Powis. On Thuradiy last he had a seizure, and from the first there was little hope of recovery. At one time Mr Cooke was manager at Cardiff for Messrs Henderson Bros., of the Anchor Line, Glasgow, and held this position for a number of years. This firm has no office in Cardiff at the present time. Severing his connection with this firm Mr Cooke removed to Liverpool and held an ap- pointment with Messrs Elder Dempster and Co. When this company opened a branch establishment at Cardiff 14 years ago deceased returned to the scene of his former work, and acted as manager, which position he filled up to the time of his death. Mr Cooke was a member of the Duke of York Lodge of Free- masons. He leaves a widow and one son.

MR THOMAS WILLIAMS, LAVERNOCK. Mr Thomas Williams, who had been in the occupation of Lavernock Farm, Lavernock Point, near Penarth, for about 50 years, died on Tuesday at the age of 80. He leaves fhre children.

MR JOHN NICHOLSON, BURRY PORT, Burry Port lost one of its best known resi- dents on Monday by the death of Mr John Nicholson, Stepney-road. Mr Nicholson was in his 60th year, and had been in the employ of the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Co. from boyhood. He was the oldest engine driver in their employ, and was in charge of the engine which brought the first train load of coal down the line after the conversion of the old canal into a railway. He was an old and consistent member of the English Congre- gational Church at Burry Port.

MRS LABOUCHERE. Mrs Henry LabOuchere died suddenly on Sunday morning at Florence, after an attack of apoplexy. She wps, a daughter of Mr Thomas Hodson, of Dublin, and married Mr Labouchere in 1868. Mrs Labouchere (Henrietta Hodson) shared honours with her sister, Kate, as one of the grea.test actresses of her time. Mrs Labouchere resided for many years at Pope's Villa, Twickenham, and in London, but of recent years she and her husband have lived mostly in Italy, especially at Florence, where Mr Labouchere has a be villa. v Her only daughter, Miss Dora Labouchere, was married to the Marquis Carlo di Rudini in 1903.

MR THOMAS DAVIE8, SWAN SEA. The death has occurred, at the age of 73, of Mr Thomas Davies, who was for many years an engineer at the Morfa Works. From his earliest days he displayed musical talent and was after its formation 30 years ago engaged to instruct the Swansea police band.

FOUNDER OF THE RED CROSS. Basle, Monday.—A telegram from Herden states that M. Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross Society, died there yesterday evening, at the age of 82.-R-euter. The death was announced on Monday morning of Mr T. Lupton, of Hampstead, the oldest practising solicitor in London. Deceased, who commenced practice in 1849, was in business in Essex-street, Strand. He was the son of Lupton, the engraver of many of Turner's pictures. His brother is a landscape painter, and winner of the Turner gold medaL The death is announced at Kingston-by-Sea, near Brighton, of Mr Hiram Maynard, who for 34 years had been Trinity House pilot at Shore- ham. During all this time he had been a. member of the crew of the Shoreham lifeboat, of which he was coxswain 19 years, retiring & month ago.

SEVEN MILLIONS IN SIBERIA, Odessa, Tuesday.—According to official data just published by the Ministry of the Interior the population of All the RuSsias was 74,536,300 in 1858 126,896,200 in 1897 and 160,095,000 on January 1st last year. In European Russia, Finland, and the Vistula Provinces (Poland) excluded the population on the last mentioned date was 116,505.000 Finland, 3,015,700 the Vistula Provinces, 11,671,800 the Caucasus, 11,392,400; Siberia, 7,878,500; and Russian Central Asia 9,631,300. According to nationality 65*6 per cent. of the total population are Russians, 10-6 Turks and Tartars, 6-2 Poles, 4'5 Finns, 3'9 Jews, 2'4 Lithuanians and Letts, and 1'6 Germans and Swedish. In the category of religious confessions the percentages are given as follows :—Orthodox 69*90, Moham- medan 10*83, Roman Catholic and Armenian Gregorian 8'01. Lutheran 4'85, Israelite 4'05, and other Christians 5. According to the edu- cational data only 211 in every 1,000 of the population can read and write. The percentage of literates varies very much in various parts of the Empire. It is highest in the Baltic pro- inces, where the figure is 7'9, and lowest in entral Asia, 5"3.-Centra I News.

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-LAND UNION CHARGES Chancellor Indignant. fiROS8 LIBEL" ON DEPARTMENT. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has sup- plied to the Press acopy of a letter he addressed on Tuesday to the secretary of the Land Union, which reads Relative to your allegation that valuations for the purposes of the new land taxes are being carried out without inspection of the property valued, I note your refusal to name either the office referred to, the district, or your informant. You have made a charge which impugns the trustworthiness and effici- ency of the work of a whole Government Department, and which, if sustained, would probably lead to the dismissal of the public officials concerned. Instead of sending the complaint to me for investigation or explanation, you write direct to the Press. You do all this on the authority of a person who for some reason or other failed to obtain the employment which he sought from the new Land Valuation Department. When I call upon you to furnish me with his name and with the locality of the office you decline to give me either, assigning no reason for your refusal to specify the district. You now aggravate your conduct by ex- tending the area of your charges, stating, with- out any evidence which you think is fit for publication, that similar things occur in other districts. You know that you have circulated a gross libel, and that if you only dared to send the particulars the officials you have attacked would have redress at law., You have neither the manliness to stand your ground nor the fairness to withdraw the charges which you cannot substantiate. In the absence of any of those particulars Which would be necessary to enable me to meet your charges in detain, I can only repeat the emphatic dettiaf which I havtf already caused to be published." In a postcript Mr Lloyd George adds :—" As to the Greenwich case it has nothing to do with your original allegations. Nevertheless now that you have furnished me with particulars I am investigating it." SAM PLE CASE BY TH E L.U. Mr C. H. Kenderdine, secretary of the Land Union, forwards a letter" received from Messrs Wood and Sons, solicitors, of 16, Eastcheap, on the subject of land valuation, in the course of which they say We have now before us the first two provi- sional valuations that we have seen made under the present Act. We cannot, of course, say what inspection the valuation officer made of the exterior of the premises or whether he made any at all, but we have the authority of the tenants of the houses for say- ing that he never went inside or even called at the doors. This may account for the fact that the values are put down at a sum equal to from 25 to 30 per cent. less than our client paid for the properties in 1901 and this year respec- tively, and this notwithstanding the fact that we gave the purchasse prices in our return forms, and our client is now compelled to go to the expense and trouble of appealing against these provisional valuations in order to pre- vent the value of his properties being put down at an absurdly inadequate figure." The situation of the property and the name of the officer in question are given in the com- munication. LABOUR CHAIRMAN ON LAND TAXES. Mr G. N. Barnes, M.P., speaking in Glasgow on Tuesday on taxation of land values, said landlordism from the view of social require- ments had been weighed in the balance and found wanting. It was a mad world, but the maddest thing was the marvellous patience of the people who were victims. The taxation of land values would effect the spreading out of the population and increased demand for labour. The Government in their modern Doomsday Book of valuation merely touched the fringe of the problem. The Budget con- tained too many exemptions because agricul- ture was strong enough in Parliament to secure these. There was absolutely no justifi- cation for these exemptions.

1 Glamorgan Assizes. THE CAUSE LIST. The following is the cause list for the Gla- morgan Autumn Assizes, which open at Swan- sea on Saturday :— Before a Jury. Guarantee.—The Metropolitan Bank of-, Eng- land and Wales, Ltd. (solicitors, Collins and Woods) v. John Thomas (solicitor, J. R. Williams). Goods sold and delivered.—Jones (Morgan and Richardson) v. Jones. Damages for negligent driving.—C. C. Wil- liams (Oswald S. Hickson) v. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City of Cardiff (J. L. Wheatley). Damages for negligent driving.—E. M. Wil- liams (Oswald S. Hickson) v. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City of Cardiff (J. L Wheatley). Damages for negligence.—Greaves (J. H. Joynson) v. The Park Hail and Hotel Co., Ltd. (George David and Evans). Libel (consolidated actions).—Naval Colliery Co. (1897) Ltd. (Ingledew and Sons) v. The Rhondda Leader, Ltd., and others (Morgan Bruce, Nicholas, and James) Naval Colliery Co. (1897), Ltd. v. Robert Davies and Co. and Another. Commission.—The Metropolitan Bank of England and Wales, Ltd. (David Seline) v. A. R. Martin (trading as Martin Bros.) and Another (Edward Harris). Breach of promise of marriage.—Mary n (Harold Lloyd and Cross) v. W. H. Grifferi (Charles E. Edwards). Libel and slander.—Beale (W. R. Davies and Co.) v. Morgan (Dan W. Jbnes). Without a Jury. Goods sold.—The Crosthwaite Fire Bar Syndicate, Ltd. (W. H. Clarke Middleton and Stott) v. Gamant Anthracite Collieries, Ltd. (Joseph Davis).

WHEN RATS ARE DANGEROUS. Lieut.-CoL Bannerman, director of the Bom- bay Bacteriological Laboratory, states in a pamphlet which he has written on the plague in India, that rats which have died from plague are dangerous to man shortly after death, but not when cold, some hours afterwards. The reason for this is that the vermin remain on the rat's body only so long as heat remains.

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CORY BROS. & CO., LTD. Resignation of Mr Reginald Cory. We understand that Mr Reginald R. Cory ha3 resigned his position as director on the board of Messrs Cory Bros. and Co., Ltd., the well-known firm of colliery proprietors and coal exporters. The remaining directors are Mr Richard Cory (chairman), Sir Clifford J. Cory, Bart,, M.P.. and Mr Herbert B. Cory. The shares in this private limited company are all held by members of the two families.