The Cardiff Times

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Gored by a Bull. SOUTH HOOK FARMER INJURED An encounter with a bull is reported from South Hook, near Milford Haven. Mr James Davies. farmer, of Windmill Hill, which over- looks the cliffs of Milford Haven, found a strange bull amongst his cattle, and he pro- reeded to drive him out, whereupon the in- furiated animal attacked him in a desperate m«.rm<=»r_ Some time afterwards Mr Davies was found in the field by his son and a workman, bleeding profusely. He was taken home in a trap and medical aid was summoned. It 'Was found that Mr Davies had sustained severe, injuries to the head and chest, and seyeral 'teeth had been" knocked out. Mr Davies- is Wver Highly respected in the j,neighbourh

I "411 R NEXT OF KIN An ers Wanted to Their Advantage twtlv-dermefttioned persons are wanted in CtijgeSion with the estates of deceased per- '>3jSpijrmquiry relating to one of these notices accompanied by a cutting from this m^Hi^f the announcement to which it refers, :si!24u2 £ e distinctive letters and number should Bated in the communication. ifut»tions will be replied to as quickly as le, but not necessarily in the next 7ers will appear in this column only, and fi> #01 be useless to ask for a reply by post. Sntaflft&BgT Mrs, widow, "formerly of Augns- st^e%- Adelaide, Australia, wanted imme- d^minister to the estate of James Sma3$age*'«emmercial traveller. L.L. 3479 Eye, Alfredy.late of 121, Oatland Rise, ELigham Hill, Wa^aiitiSbsg, Essex, deceased. Next of kin want^iirrmediately. L.L. 3480 Booke, WffliaifS lUgt.JtWgkTd of at Dubo, New South Wales, wamfce4-Wh*s advantage. L.L.3481. potbury, Charles St. Australia, wanted immediately to ^minister to the estate of Annie Mary Potbury, late of the Post Office, Old Windsor, Berks. T.P. 3482 ^ITfiVtfii^-Johp, deceased^ km in or near the ISSijneymore in the year* 1836, and in -enlisteq! in the 41st Welsh Regiment of oot. Next of kin wanted. B.N.L. 3483 Johnson RaJph Anthony, son of Walter and Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, late of 26, Frede- rick street, Salford, wanted to his. advantage. G. 3484 Tobupon,F,&ward David and Eliza (now Mrs 7 children of Edward Johnson, do .feased, ;wanted to, their advantage, g N.O.W. 3485

| AlEBPSARferBAB^aKEER, "At Abertfccre on Wednesday Mary H. Evans Bummoned David John Edwards to show » c*tis«, etc.- .Mr W. Thomas appeared for com- plainant. 1 Defendant was not present, but he had i<1»>W< wl: Urn p itnrriitr -mpkjinaefc's child jsssfi: 4 9bas" to pay. 3s 6da^pAxir-«cd^-f€»>'tb«ief<«nou3att and _1'voa'" "> L ",+

,;0' i ( Food assists i nature. f It is used mixed 1 i with fresh new jl milk and forms a I A J tive,,cream Which, .is eopyed and i v ? assimilated when other foods dis- j r 3gme, It is en- I tirely free from t an mdi- | gestible particles which produce I irritation in deli- 1 cate stomachs. S., 1 < Mothers.and"m are requested { to write for Booklet "Benger's Food and ){t ;tj} How to Use it," Tbb cixitzias.A t^CcnK^se jH y Guide to the Rearing of' InfjJiWs, aad fl lE practical information on tbe care of Iznalids H 'B Convalescents, and the Aged.. Post free on I jl application to Benger's Food ltd, Otter t I Works, Manchester. ■ fl Sfreng* FootLhCbI efc, axrywhere. f fl| BORWICK'S >BAKIHC ROWBER. "w!tiiottt I prctmrmtiim. ,.), ,■ ( **«■■" -mi ■ 11 tltl UffY PBSHL A ladjr^rtUio £ fiooa Irdand say*" I 11 who was very ill indeed; She' bad been up for nights with him without undressing he was cry- ing all tfie time as with some internal pain. ioawhe cwit do -nabifig except pot hin»;in a amrm bath, which gave him a Iraeease fof the time being. WID a 1lU:lD'4!:aIe at 'tile tu:ne "1 thought ot STEEDMANS SOOTfiI.NM.- rOwDE, which 11, used fof my-tmmr children; and nest day I sent some to my sister, when she gave « the child half a powder according to directions. For the first time for a fortnight she' and .die baby, and. in fad, aU the household, hid a good night's sleep, and the little fellow has continued to improve ever since." These powdow- do contain poison, nor are they a narcotic t but they act gently on the bowaW thus relieving feverish heat and preventing fits, con- /C5^ pulsions, etc., 1 Please notiee-that the aanw Vfe STEE^M AH U always EE spelt with EE1. :.(\

HEAVY PEMBROKE CALENDAR. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the comity of Pembroke were held on Tuesday at Haverfordwest, before Mr Abel Thomas, K.C., MJ?., the^chairman, and a full bench of magis- trates.' In his charge to the Grand Jury the Chair- man said there were seven indictments, an unusually heavy number, he was sorry to say,- 1 for XJuarter Sessions in that county. The caaes,; however, were very simple, at least as far as the duties of the Grand Jury were con- cerned. Growth of Fishguard and Goodwick. A petition was read from Justices of the Peace in favour of a new Petty Sessional divi- man for the district of Fishguard and Good- wick. The petition set fortJvthat the com- bined district had now a population of 9,000, and would certainly ere long be increased to 10,000, while when certain works which the Great Western Railway had in hand ijaxl been carried out the two places would pra&jpally be united. At present, they were in separate police divisions, Fishguard being in Qemmaes, and Goodwick in Dewsland, the sessions for Fishguard being held once in three, months, either at Newport, seven miles aw.ay, or at Eglwyswen, 13 miles distant and fo* Good- Wick sessions were hetd at Mathrey, njjic ihilca away. 4. Mr J. C. Yorke supported the petition, nd put in a communication from, the chief con- stable and superintendent of police, stating that the change would be convenient and economical. Mr E. D. Jones also supported the petition. Mr Geo. B. Bowen (Llwyngwair) said the matter was hardly ripe, and he suggested that it should be referred to an impartial com- mittee. '}'he Chairman said he knew Fishguard and Goodwick and it was perfectly obvious that they oug^it to be in the aanic police division. There was a cuiious instance,, of, the present difficulties of the situa-tion- A man was arrested at Goodwick for being drunk and riotous, and was taken across to the only lock- af- FlShgUard. Ob itoe way across he *kieked the policeman, and had to be brought to be tried. -11-was- decided by 15 votes to 12 to appoint a special committee to go into tie matter. This committee was constituted as follow :—Earl Cawdor, Sir Charles Philipps, Colonel Ivor Philippe M.P., and Mr Howell Walters. j)lieged False Pjfptena^ Denied. t Joseph Dudtey Acatid Nesbitt (23). fireman, pleaded not guilty to a chargf of attempting to obtain, from George Bucksdon, a private gentleman, residing at Carew, an amount of money as would pay his railway fare to London, with intent to defraud. Mr Marlav Samson prosecuted. Mr Bucksdon said that while on horse- back on July 28th prisoner came, and repre- senting himself as a cousin of one of Mr Lort Phillips's jockeys (Xr Lort Phillips was from home), said he was anxious to get to London, as a vacancy awaited him in the Me £ L ropoiitaxv Police- Prisoner said be-would return the money as soon' as he received his first Iir' wW9s-e*&mift £ tibn by pri- soner, witness, said that although he was on horseback at the time he-could-hear all the prisoner said. He did not advance the prisoner any money. Superintendent Thomas, of Pem- broke Dock, said that when he charged pri- spper.^with .atteTnp^j^. to. ,abtairl, ^2 frpni Mr Bucksdon prisoner denied tfte charge. -He also I s^jd he had nit endeavoured to join the. Met- ropolitaa poiice^- butihetried' to join the Cardifi Police aoina tizne aga. "v Prisoner noyi.declared that he did not ask Mr Bucksdon for money, and that he must have been misunderstood. Prisoner was found not guilty, and discharged- No True Bills. The Grand Jury returned no true bill against Nesbitt on a charge of obtaining Is from David Davis, in the parish of Nash, with intent to defraud. The Grand Jury returned no true bill in the case of Charles Frederick Allen, of Pembroke Ferry, charged in the com- mitment with unlawfully and indecently assaulting Catherine Johnston, a little girl aged ten years, living it Pembroke. Three Months Awaiting Trial. I Ernest Watts (18), soldier, pleaded guilty to feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of John Thomas, at Pembroke, and stealing a boot. Prisoner stated-that he had already been three months in ptisOn wàiting his trial, and he was now sentenced to one month's hard labour. .Another Long Wait, John 4YConnor (32), tailor, pleaded not guilty to a charge of feloniously stealing a pair of trousers, the property of John Thomas, of Dinas, on July 24th. MrMarIay Samson pro- secuted. P.O. Benjamin Davies said prisoner was wearing the trousers when arrested. Prisoner-made a statement that he met three men on the road, and for illing and a cigarette each he bought the trousers. The Chairman regretted that men should be kept ih prison wasting trial for such a long time. That was the second case in which a man had been kept in prison for three months before he was tried. Prisoner was sentenced to one month's hard labour. l Narberth Station Theft.— James Darnell (29), labourer, was charged with having (1) feloniously stolen two bunches of keys and 39 9d in money from the Gileat Western Railway Narberth Station on September 1st, and (2) with having stolen one pair of boots, the property of the railway company, at Lettdrston Station on the night of the 21st or the morning of, the 22nd of August. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the flmt chwge, and not guilty to the second. Mr Sammu, for the tion, inMmated that as the evidence was very-much the same in both cases he did not pro,pose to offer any evidence on the second charge. A j verdict .of not guilty was then formally re-j turned. in. rcfapect of this charge. Prisoner handed in a written statement, and the chair- ma-rt, after perusal, remarked that if that was Darnell's own writing it showed him to be a person of. consfderable education. The Bench had decided to take a lenient view of this case, but they could not forget that prisoner hd un twelve months' im- prfeonment for a similar oflfence, and prisoner would.ziftw be sentenced to six months^ hard ■labour.

Glamorgan's Long List. CHAIRMAN ON INTIMIDATION LAW. The Michafelmas Quarter Sessions for the, Countyof Glamorgan w^re. opened at the Town Hall, Swansea, on Tuesday, before Mr Oliver H. Jones (chairman) and Messrs Rhys Williams afid Robcartlilewdlyn (vice-chairmen). In charging the grandjmy, the learned Chair- man said be Was sorry to say there was a-large number qf prisoners, one of the heaviest ealen- r dara within recent, years. There were some 54 prisoners in 43 cases. Most of them were of the ordinary type deatf with at Quarter Sessions.. There were-severai changes of indecent assaults, mostly on children, also one or two cases of kinds they did not often have. There was a case of a man charged with intimidating another man so as to prevent him from work- ing during a strike. Although the law allowed people to peacefully persuade others hot to WorK, It alu not allow uieni UJ L12se Luqaio ui to do any act of intimidation. He recom- mended them to,retuln a. true biD- Then there were charges against two persons of offences against the bankruptcy law, and in, those cases he also advised them to return true bills. Mr St. John Francis Williams announced that the rating appeal by Messrs Harrap against the Merthyr Union Assessment Com- mittee had been settled, the ratable value being reduced from E800 to EM. Mr H. LL Pritchard was appointed to the vaeancy on the County Lunacy Committee ed by the death of Admiral L^tons. The trials took place in two courts, the first before the Chairman and Mr R. W. Llewelyn, vice-chairman.; and the second before Mr Rhys Williams, vice-chairman, and Mr W.. Waiters." No True Bill. The Grand Jury threw out the bill against William. Sullivan, (23), jailor, charging him with attempting t.o- commit suicide by strangl- ing himself with a rope at Llantrisaait on September 2nd. Aberavon Tradesmen Defrauded. j | Edward Thomas Willies^ commission agent, was chained with unlawfully by false pretences obtaining from Levi Raphael the sum of £ 2 Os 3d at Aberavon on September 9th with intent to defraud. Mr Ivor Bowen prosecuted. The allegation,, was that prisoner falsely pre- tended to Mr Raphael, an Aberavon trades- man, that he was surveyor to the Commercial Insurance Unioiv^nd that he would insure him against both fire and burglary. Mr Raphael paid prisoner E2 Os 3d in cash. He received no policy, and communicated with the Com- mercial TJnion. Two other Aberavon trades- men were canted who had paid prisoner sums on the same representation, and it was proved by Mr D.W. Davies, the'South Wales manager of the Commercial Union, that prisoner had no connection with his company. Prisoner, who conducted his own defence, read a long state- ment, in which he said he had taken these insurances promising to place them before the company and had made no false representa- tion. In reply to the chairman he admitted giving a receipt on Commercial Union paper, signed E. Williams, surveyor.—Prisoner, who ■was found guilty, admitted previous con- victions and he was sentenced to'three months, hard labour. JIÍlty On His Own Evidence. David Waters (30), shoemaker, surrendered on a charge of wilfully killing a ewe sheep, the property of Janet Thomas, of Margam, with intent to steal the carcase, at Margam. Mr Hugh, Jones prosecuted. The carcase was found covered in ferns with the shoulders and hind leg cut out. The evidence showed that accused very readily pointed out the carcase, and, to P.S. Davies he said, Yes I did it. I came..and found it half dead and killed it. I then cut it up but got afraid to carry it away. I am sure a dog must hJ. ve touched it or I would not have done it. I do not know what made me do it." We find him guilty on his own evidence. "was the verdict of the jury. Prisoner, who bore a 'good character, was sentence to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. T.V.R. Station Burglary. Thos. Idewelyn Rees (28), pianist, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the counting- house of the Taff Vale Railway Co. and steal- ing three railway tickets at Dinas Station on September 19th, and was sentenced to five months' imprisonment with hard labour. Tberewere several previous convictions against him. Mr Beasley appeared for the prosecution. Youths Acquitted. Alfred Davies (18), haulier, and David John Treharne (16), enginedriver, were charged with indecently assaulting Mary Ann Lawson on August 22nd at Clydach. Mr L. M. Richards > prosecuted, and Mr B. Francis Williams, K.C., and Mr Bowen Davies defended. The prisoners were alleged to have molested the prosecutrix late at night as she was returning from the grocer's to her sister's house. They dragged her up a passage, it was further alleged, and behaved improperly, and her cries broughther sister to the door, when the prisoners ran away. Mr Williams ealled several witnesses as to prisoners' characters, and described the girl's story as being nonsense and incon- ceivable." When the girl's sister came to the door and the boys ran away the girl was bound to make some complaint, and it was 'greatly exagg^KjtSd. j iffy %cAmd a verdict of acquittal. Not Guilty. Johanna Kenapjian (18), servant, was in- dicted for maliciously wounding Sarah Ann Quohane on 25th July at Merthyr Tydfil. Mr Stowe prosecuted. Prosecutrix said she lodged at the house of prisoner's mother, and on her arriving home on the evening,in question and ,asking fer her supper prisoner flung a teacup at her, which severely wounded her in the face. Prisoner alleged that prosecutrix sustained her injuries by falling down steps. The jury found prisoner not guilty. Barry Company Robbed- William Hector Smith (24), sailor, and Timothy Murphy (23), sailor, were charged with breaking into the counting-house of the Barry Railway Company, at Barry, and stealing certain office articles between the 2nd and 3rd October also with attempting to break and enter .the shop of John L. I Stradling, at Bridgend, with intent to commit a felony on the 14th October. They-pleaded guilty to both charges and were sentenced to three months in each case, the sentences to run concurrently. Arthur Taylor (23), seaman, charged with 'breaking into the Llantwit Maior premises of the Barry Railway Company, put in his seaman's discharge book. He was sentenced to fldne months' imprisonment. Edward Hay (18), seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 121b. of tea, 281b. sugar, 15 dozen matches, 10 tins of sardines, 10 pots- of beef extract, and two tins of cheese, the property of the Barry Railway Company at Barry on October 4th. He was sentenced to four months'hard labour. I Cowbridge Burglary. Patrick OTDonoghue, seaman, and David Francis Morgan, labourer, for breaking and entering premises at Cowbridge were sentenced to one month and three months respectively. Bargoed Sausages. Mark Henry Robins (34), charged with stealing a pound of sausages at Bargoed, pleaded hard for mercy, saying he had been working hard all the summer, and what he did was in drink. He bad a bad record, but was let off with 14 days' imprisonment. Just Escaped Penal Servitude. Alfred Bates (31), haulier, was charged with burglariously entering the restaurant of Fredk. Geo. Parr, and taking away 3s in money and a quantity of cigarettes, &c., on August 14th at "Barry. Mr St. John Francis Williams prose- cuted. The prisoner, against whom there had been a number of previous convictions, was ,sentenced to 12 months' hard labour, the chair- 'man telling him he had only just escaped penal servitude. Anwaabg We-big Apparel Case. Thos. Sterry (42), labourer, was charged with burglariously entering the house of Jno. Richards, collier, Aber. Prosecutor found an old pair of trousers and boota and a coat in place of his ovyp trousers and coat In his kitchen. Police evidence Waa to the effect that prisoner stated his brother's house was near, and that he had gone into prosecutor's house in mistake while drunk. Prisoner put in a statement to this effect. The jury after a long consultation returned a ver- dict of Not guilty," the chairman telling accused that he was a lucky man. Mr Pepyat Evans prosecuted and Mr W. Hugh Jones defended. A Rambling Statement. Frederick John ClemOnts (19), carman, was charged with breaking and entering the shop and. premises of Benjamin Davies, grocer, Neafib, and stealing tin-openers, boot polish, cigarettes, &c. Prisoner was seen in a field with eertaJax of the articles on him, and the remainder was in a hole in the field. He now made a rambling statement that he had found the goo& igamewhere near Neath." He was found guilty, sentenced to three months' hard labour. Horse Thief Sentenced. James Selby, a marine store dealer, 28 years of age, was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of the CaadifE Steam Collieries, limited, on-September 26th, at Llanfabon. The prisoner, who alleged that two men left the horse with him after asking him to buy it, was found gniity and sentenced to three months' .hard labours- Sentence Inferred. Flomnce and Jol- Smith (28), fireman, were charged with stealing fuseaman's parcel of clothes, the property of Patrick O'Shsa, at Barry, on August 28th. Mr Lovat Fraser prosecuted. The prisoners, who ■^averred that they had no felonious intent, were t found guilty by "the jury after considerable deliberation in retirement. Sentence was de- ferred. Called Caerphilly, but Made in Somerset. Sidney Morgan, and George Greenwood, I labourers, Cardiff, were charged with obtaining [•from the Taff Vale Railway Company 21. cheeses by means of false pretences, on June [26th, at Treforest. Mr Beasley prosecuted, f and Mr Ivor Bowen defended both. 'prisoners, being instructed by Mr W. G. Howell on behalf ^of. Greenwood, and Mr Herbert Samuel on ? behalf of Morgan. Mr Beasley said that Wm. Crockett, .general dealer, Portmanraoor-road, Crockett, .general dealer, Portmanraoor-road, Cardiff, meant to take 21 cheeses up to Tre- forest by a certain train, but changed his mind, and after paying an excess luggage note he sent them up, together with instructions to have them placed in the cloak-room at Tre- 1 forest. When there it was alleged that Green- wood, by means of representing himself to be Crockett, obtained the cheeses, and that Morgan took them away. Wm. Crockett ad- mitted having worked with Greenwood, both being hawkers. He had up to that time no fault to find with Greenwood. He met Green- wood in a public-house at Cardiff, and told him that he could have a day's work with him the following day, selling those cheeses. The arrangement was that Greenwoodshould go up with witness to Treforest and share the profits. By Mr Beasley Greenwood had no authority to take the cheeses or to give his name.—By Mr Ivor Bowen The cheese was called Caer- philly, but it was made in Somerset. (Laugh- ter.)—Taff Vale Railway Company officials gave evidence as to the alleged claim by Greenwood in Crockett's name. A porter stated that Greenwood appeared to be pre- tending to be drunk." Greenwood said he sold the cheese as per agreement with Crockett. Cross-examined He claimed to be part owner of the cheeses. Morgan said he acted in per- fectly good faith, believing that Crockett and Greenwood were, as usual, acting in partner- ship. Witness gave his own name at Bargoed. Both prisoners were found not guilty and dis- charged. The Court then adjourned. The GlamorganMichaelma.s Quarter Sessions wpre resumed at Swansea on Wednesday, the first court being held before Mr O. H. Jones (chairman) and Mr R. W. Llewelyn (vice- chairman), and the second court before Mr Rhys Williams (vice-chairman). Seaman's Clothing Stolen. Florence Fitzgerald and John Smith, the two prisoners found guilty on the previous day of stealing a parcel of seaman's clothes, the pro- perty of Patrick O'Shea, on August 20th at Barry, were sentenced to two months' hard labour each. Domestic Servant Bound Over. Amelia Biddlecombe (26), domestic servant, pleaded guilty to stealing a diamond ring, a gold brooch, and E2 23 6d, the property and money of her late mistress, Lena Stewart, of Penarth, in August last. Mr Douglas Lewis appeared for the prosecution. The police gave the young woman a good character, and the Vice-chairman said he did not wish to send her to prison.and so bound her over in E20 to be of good behaviour. Schoolboy Discharged. Albert Leonard Grange (13), schoolboy, .respectably dressed, surrendered on a charge of attempting to break and enter the dwelling- house of Mr James Watkins at Port Talbot on August 11 th last. Mr Lovat Eraser appeared for the prosecution and Mr Ivor Bowen de- fended. It was stated that M1- Watkins was away on hoiidays, and Mrs Hadley, of 22, Oakwood-street, saw the boy from her back attempting to enter the premises about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr Ivor Bowen, for the defence, contended that the prosecution, as they were bound to do in the case of a boy under 14 years of age, had not proved feloni- ous intent The boy was found not guilty and discharged. Burglars Sentenced. Edward Baker (27), sinker, and Charles Mur- dock (27), bricklayer, pleaded guilty to break- ing and entering the shop of William Peel Davies at Bargoed and stealing clothing. Baker was sent to giaol for six weeks Mur- dock, who had a bad record, was committed for 12 months with hard labour. William John Davies (28), labourer, admitted breaking and entering the counting-house of Messrs Philip Jenkins and Sons with intent to commit a felony at Neath. It was stated that there were a lot of valuables in the office. and that prisoner was arrested whilst asleep in an empty railway carriage on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway. Sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Done in Drink. George Scott (31), on bail, labourer, pleaded guilty to malicious damage to machinery, the property of Messrs Russell Rea and others, Penarth Docks, on September 11th. There was a further count for the theft of a steel cylinder and a piston rod, but to this defen- dant pleaded hot guilty, and MrPepyat Evans offered no -evidence for -the prosecution. Mr St. John Francis Williams, for the defence, admitted that the damage was serious, as the tips could not be worked till it was repaired, but urged that it was done in drink due to domestic trouble. Defendant was fined R5, or six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, and also bound over in two sureties of E10 to be of good behaviour. A formal verdict of not guilty was returned on the second count. Protection of Girls. Frederick Wary (16), greepgrocer, of respect- able appearance, was charged with an indecent assault upon a little girl, aged 11 years, at Barry. Mr St. John Francis Williams (in- structed by Mr Morgan Rees, Cardiff) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Ivor Bowen de- fended. Complaints were not made at once, but subsequently Dr. Wild Sound no bodily harm had been done to the child, whilst the prisoner first denied, the offence, but afterwards apologised and threatened to drown hiimself if a case was brought against him. There were discrepancies in the evidence, and Mr Ivor Bowen for the defence commented upon them. Accused was found guilty, but recommended to the mercy of the court on account of the delay in taking the proceedings. A lot. Of lies," said the' prisoner, commenting on the evidence. The Vice-chairman, in passing sentence of three imprisonment Witlt hard labour, said it was a very light sentence, but girls must be protected. ia Window Smashing. Jeremiah Colbert, labourer, pleaded guilty to damaging a plate-glass window belonging to W. WiliiamA, at Llanwonno, on August 31st. Mr Lovat Eraser was for the prosecu- tion. Prisoner was sent to prison for seven days' hard labour. Alfred Baker, shoemaker, pleaded guilty to damping a plate-glass window belonging to Hepwcjjrth and Son, Ltd., at Aberdare on October 13th. Mr Edwards, barrister, prosecuted. Prisoner was sent to prison for a month with hard labour. Wounding Cases. James Hibbard, haulier, charged with un- lawfully and maliciously wounding William Henry" John on August 1st: 1908, at Aberdare, was sentenced to twofr months' hard labour. John Ford, collier, was charged with unlaw- fully and maliciousfy wounding Annie Scully on September 29th with a table knife in a lodging house at Merthyr Tydfil. He was sent to prison for nine months' hard labour. William John Pritchard, tipper, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously wouncung John May on July 18th at Merthyr Tydfil. Mr Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr Herbert George, Mountain Ash) was for the prosecution. The jury found defendant guilty, but that the act was done under great provocation, and they asked for the leniency of the Court. Defendant was fined E3, or a i*onth's imprison- ment. Assault. Thos. Jones, collier, charged with indecently assaulting Ellen Williams (13) on October 1st, 1908. at IJanwonno, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. < Barry Theft Charge. Daniel Costeilo, fireman, and Brougham Grenville, fireman, were charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Chas. Hoare" at Barry, on August 8th. The jury-found Gren- ville not guilty, and he was discharged. Costeilo, who pleaded -guilty, was senttopnson for four months.

MONMOUTHSHIRE. Labourer's Destructive Work. The Quarter Sessions for the county of Monmouth were opened at Usk on Wednesday before Mr S. C. Bosanquet (chairman) and Sir H. M. Jackson (vice-chairman) and Viscount Tredegar. Not Guilty. John Lewis Thomas, clothier's assistant, Abergavenny, was charged with stealing a bicycle, the property of Henry Powell, cycle dealer, of Abergavenny, on A-PRU Voth. Mr J. Corner, Hereford, prosecuted, and Mr David, Cardiff, defended. Prisoner denied any inten- tion of theft, and tbo jury found him not guilty and he was discharged.

Joseph Cohen (21) and Noah Cohen (22), mineral water manufacturers, were charged with stealing four gallons of oil, the property of Matthew Walters, at Tredegar on July 23rd. Mr Corner, Hereford, prosecuted, and Mr Micklethwaitc defended. The defence was there was no theft, but that the prosecutor had agreed to exchange the oil for some old metal and iron. The jury found prisoners not guilty, and they were discharged. E7 15s 8d Damage. Reuben Savigar (44), labourer, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously doing damage to windows and furniture of Albert Gough at Pontnewydd on August 22nd.. The Estimated damage was C7 15s 8d. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. No True Bill. No true bill was returned in the case of Frederick William Wade (26), architect's assistant, Newport, who had been charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Frank George Newman by shooting at Newport on October 8th. Recommended to Mercy. Daniel Spanswick (20), Christopher Clement Gooch (19), James Henry Hook (15), and Jas. Gooch (29), colliers, of Cwmbran, were charged with stealing two bullocks, the property of Thomas Jenkins, farmer, Mamhilad, at Mam- hilad, on Septeniber 29th. Mr S. R. C. Bosanquet prosecuted, and Mr J. Corner de- fended Spanswick and Hook. J. H. Gooch pleaded guilty, and the other prisoners not guilty. It was alleged that the prisoners took the cattle out of a field, and drove them to Abergavenny market. Hook was discharged, as there was no evidence against him. The jury found Spanswick guilty of receiving, and C. Gooch guilty of stealing, but they recom- mended him to mercy. The elder Gooch was sentenced to six months with hard labour, Spanswick to four months, and the other Gooch was bound over to come up for judg- ment if calledupon daring the next 12 months.

WHITE GLOVES AT BRECON. At Brecolffehire Quarter Sessions, at the Shire Hall, Brecon, on Tuesday, there was no prisoner for trial, and the Chairman (the Hon. R. C. Devereux), who congratulated the county on its present state of morality, was, in accord- ance with custom, presented with a pair of white gloves by the Under-Sheriff (Mr D. T. Jeffreys, solicitor, Brecon) on behalf of the High Sheriff (Mr H. E. Gray, of Ynysowen, Merthyr Vale).

Swansea Engineer. DISMISSAL RESOLUTION. REJECTED BY TOWN COUNCIL. OUTSIDE ENGAGEMENTS BARRED. A meeting of the Council of the County Borough of Swansea was held on Wednesday afternoon, the Mayor (Alderman Lee) presid- ing. The Water and Sewers Committee in their report included a minute of the sub-committee, which ran :—" Your sub-committee after due consideration are of the opinion that Mr Wyrill, the water works engineer, should be asked to resign his appointment, and the Mayor and the chairman were requested to convey to Mr Wyrill this expressian-being the opinion of five out of eight members present." The Council resolved tAmt this recommenda- tion of the sub-committee be not accepted. Mr D. Davies moved as an amendment that the sub-corimiittee's recommendation be accepted, and said he would state the grounds on which it-was based. He said there were serious and provoking delays in carrying out the decisions of the Council respecting the drainage of the Sandfield district. Mr Wyrill years before had done nothing to inform them of the condition of things at the Cray Reservoir whilst Mr Dix was employed there. Mr Davies said that the Llanelly and Ammanford District Council and the Swansea District Council had been pro- moting rival Bills, and Swansea Borough Council wanted to conserve as much as possibleof.the water areas, and their interest ran directly contrary to those of the Swansea District Council, but inasmuch as they dis- covered that Mr Wyrill had already been advising the Llanelly Council they were com- pelled,to give him permission to do work for them Which was in violation of his contract with the Borough Council. There was every prospect of a fight between them and the Swansea District Council, and they then found that Mr Wyrill had already been en- gaged by them, and they would not be able to put Mr Wyrill into the box in support of the Corporation because he had already com- mitted himself. Then Mr Wyrill was retained by a contractor to act as an expert against the Maesteg District Council—a friendly body, and he spent 23 days preparing a report and then spent some days in London. His excuse was he dij}. not take his holidays that year. But unfortunately no record was ever kept of the holidays of the officials, every man went away ,)As as e p d.t, t as he p¡ ]![a1*> stfttedv thafcMW Roger Thomas, the chairman of the-copipaitteev give him permission. If so he had" no right to give permission to an, official to do %or.&G-w 'thing outside his contract with that Council. Mr Davies, in conclusion, said that he only wanted the principle laid down that a Corpora- tion servaant should be treated like a servant of any private individual, and the committee were all unanimous that although this resolution was drastic Mr Wyrill deserved to be penalised in some way. But by the resolution they let the matter drop altogether. Alderman Morris seconded. Mr Solomon asked them not to commif themselves to a course which would be rninout to Mr Wyrill,"but he was quite in favour os something being done to mark their sense of the matter. 5 Mr Vivian said he did not doubt Mr Wyrill a integrity, but he doubted his capacity as an engineer, and he had not proved himself to be a strong man. Mr Livingstone said the worst feature of the case was that whilst their own work was being delayed Mr Wyrill was all the time working for outside employers. It was the worst instance of neglect of public work he had ever known, and how far they could -condone it- be did not know. Mr Lovefl said the difficulties respecting the contending drainage schemes had been such that no engineer could have given satisfaction. Mr Chatterban, the expert, had given them ad- vice on that subject which nobody w>uld afterwards accept. Mr Tutton saw. tine amendment mtaui um- missal. Yetthere was no fault whatever found with any of Mr Wyrill's work. The Cray, reservoir was a magnificent work. The fact was that hia ,opponents found him deficient in taet and pliugibility, and he contended they had not given them the bottom of it. The committee themselves had agreed' to Mr Wyrill working for the Iianelly Council, and the chairman had given him permission for the Maesteg work. Considering his splendid work for the borough, it was enough to break any man down to have such a resolution proposed, against him as that. Mr Martin said the engineer's reply to the assertion that he had violated his engagement was thaVhe considered that in 1888 its terms had been relaxed, at the time that he was refused an increase of salary. If there had been a misunderstanding the remedy was to make things clear to him for the future, not to dismiss him. Even Mr Vivian did not ques- tion his integrity. Mr 'Vivian attacked his qualifications. Mr Martin instanced the Upper Lliw and Cray reservoirs designed by Mr as the only satisfactory reservoirs the town possessed. Such criticism showed that the critic knew nothing about the subject. Mr Martin, in conclusion, hinted that the drainage question was really afc-the bottom ot, if the antagonism to Mr wyrui. Mr Corker (chairman of the Water Com- mittee) said Mr Wyrill had lost the confidence of the Water Committee, and that v^ae tb» reason for-the amendment- But he was not against dealing leniently with him. Mr Wyrill, in replying to the charges made against him, said they were summed up in the words of one member that he had taken, outside engagements which had prevented >iim from doing the Corporation work ex- peditiously. Mr Wyrill then entered into details of the work said to have been delayed, and urged that it was owing to other causes- alterations of decisipns. Matters of prejudice had been brought up against him at times, and he had been understaffed, and had had to work night and day. With regard, to his accepting outside engagements, he eapiamed that in 1887 his duties were altered, and it was then understood, by members of the committee that In refusing an increase of salary they informed him if he had opportunities of adding to hia emoluments he was at liberty to do so. Since then that had been recognised by past 'chairmen of the committee, and some members had actually suggested private work to him. He greatly regretted thet cejrtam fric- tion had ariaigai which had prevented his dis- cussing matters frankly with the members, but he declared he had nwer -been gurty, of, the conduct alleged against him. • Mr Dawes's amendment was then put to the meeting, When 14 voted for it-and 20«gainst. Mr Miles then suggested a resolution that in view of thet that Mr Wyrill did in viola- tion of his contract, with the Corporation ac- cept ootside engagements he be requested to pay the amounts so received into the -coffers oi the Corporation and that if in future Mi Wyrill undertook work from other employers that, the Council would have no-alternative but to dispense with his services. This wa& carried by 30 vote&to 3.

JUVENILE HOUSE BUILDING. At the Workmen's Institute, Treorky, on Tuesday the coroner, Mr R. J. Rhys held an ihqueat touching the death of Edward J. Jones (12), son of Mr Joseph Jones, Tylacoch House, who was killed whilst playing on the Tylacoch Mountain side on Saturday last. Deceased's younger brother David said they had built alituc house on the ruins of the old Tylacoch Farm with some planks and stones, and when he and another boy got outside the top feU in upon Edward and smothered him. Witpess ran to the Tylaeoch Level to fetch assistance, but when a workman named Christmas Edmunds arrived on the scene he found deceased covered with a heap of stones. When extricated the lad was dead. A verdict .of Accidental death I was returned.

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A Princess After All. KING OF ITALY AT LENGTH GIVES WAY. The "Giornale d'Italia announces that the marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi, cousin of the King of Italy, to Miss Katherine ElMns, the American senator's daughter, is abso- lutely certain to take places The journal adds that the question of the marriage was debated at length by councils of the Lloyal Family. frhe Duke of the Abruzzi having declared his^flecp and lasting attach- ment to Miss Elkins, King Victor Emmanuel was finally induced to give his consent. "From to-day (says the "Giornale dItalia ) Miss Elkins may be considered a Royal prin- cess, for after her marriage she will have the rank and honours of a member of the Royal Family." A Turin telegram announces that, according to the Gazeta di Torino," the Duke of the Abruzzi is about to leave Italy, probably for Le Havre, where he will embark for America. For months past America has been excited over the conflicting reports that have been spread as to the love affair between the Italian King's cousin and Miss Elkins. During last week it was confidently stated in <rih.e newspapers, on successive days, that the engagement was definitely fixed, that all pros- Tjects of an Mig^PtnGnt were at an end, that the Duke had jilted the senator's daughter, and that the lady had jilted the Duke. The obstacle to the betrothal throughout was the fact that the King of Itahr withheld his -consent. If, as is stated, the King's consent has now been obtained, the betrothal will pro- "bably be officially announced at an early date.

MINES COMMISSION. The Mines Commission met again on Wednesday, with Lord Monkswell in the chair, Sir W. Abraham (Mabon), M.P., and Mr F. L. Davis also being present. No witnesses were •called, the Comnussion confining itself to dis- cussing matt^ appertaining to their report. An otTunal announcement will be made to-day as to future procedure.

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Labour Alternative. NO PROPER HOUSING, NO WORKMEN. Discussion at Maesteg. At a meeting of the Maesteg Council on Tuesday night, Mr Vernon Hartshorn pre- siding, a resolution was discussed, of which notice had been given by Mr Thomas Griffiths, one of the Labour members, that 100 houses be erected under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. It will be remembered that Dr. Wheaton, of the Local Government Board, in his recent strong denunciation of the sanitary condition of Maesteg, drew attention to the lack of good working class houses, and sug- gested that the Council might consider the advisability of proceeding under the Housing of the Workilig Classes Act. Mr Thomas Griffiths, in moving his resohi-i tion, referred to fact that Messrs North's 1 Navigation,, Ltd., were sinking new pits at Cwmdu, which would mean an influx intp the district of from 1,000 to 1,500 additional workmen, and there would be a greater demand than ever for workmen's houses. The motion was seconded b Mr John Rees. Objections to the motion were raised .by Messrs J. P. Gibbon, John Howells, John Edmunds, and Thomas Rees, who contended that the financial position of the Council did not justify expenditure on a housing scheme- The rates were higher than they ought to be, and the scheme might still further increase the total. It was also pointed out that some of the collieries in the 4istrict might be closing at the end of the month, and that any future increase in the demand for houses would no doubt be met by private enterprise. I Mr Vernon Hartshorn, miners agent, said that before the scheme could be adopted it would have to be approved by the Local Government Board, who would have to be satisfied that it would be self-supporting and not a burden on ^the rates. He suggested that a committee be appointed to draw up a scheme. The motion was eventually put to the meeting and defeated by seven votes to five. During the discussion Mr Vernon, Hartshorn said that though the motion might be defeated it would be brought forward again. He also stated that if the Labour members had not the power "to carry out schemes, of this kind, they had, at any rate, the power in another direction to prevent -men from coming into the district unless proper housing provision was made for them. After the new colliery at Cwmftu was sunk it would have to be proved that there was proper housing accommodation* otherwise that power would be resorted to.

ABERTtLLERY SEPARATION. C. Frowen, timberman, Abertillery, was son*" moned at the court on Wednesday for persis- tent cruelty towards his wife, Clara. A separa- tion order was applied for. Mrs Frowen said that they were married 15 years ago, and there were three children. Defendant was of drunken habits, and had thrown hot water over her ana had also ordered her out of the house. AboutO fortnight ago he-struck her in the mouth, a* she then left him. About six years ago he told her that it would be a snip to get out of her a* £ 1 a week." Mr Everett, who appeared for wife, said that defendant could earn nearly per week. The Bench granted a separatum* order, defendant to contribute 20s per wee with S,2 2s costs and court fees.

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