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IT 13LAINA POLTC-E COUn'I: FRil-)AY. ,Before Dr.. W. E. WILLIAAI' -(in the chair. Mr. JA.Ilr?.S PHILLIP?,. A DUGEROUS CII.XLIAGTEIZ. Joh?z Bct,?-tl6tt, a youl.ig man, of B?laiiis' charged with ?arryi.Ag firtarins Nvitliotit ?, lic" on the 30th September.tNIr. T. Thomas, -,m visor Inlind Revenue, Abergaveiin?%r, Coll(] ,ndant? I I the prosecution, and stated tiiat defe others, went into a field, where defendaiit c menced loading a revolver and fired it, shooting a man named Henry, Mason through the 1c,— —Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined £ ], or 14 days hard lab6ur. COAL STEALERS.. f Elizabeth Hale, Fanny Jenkins, and Sanuel Smith, grown-up people, of Nantyglo, were charged with stealing coal, the property of Messrs. Barnes & Co., Cosibrookvale, on the 7th inst.—Mr T. G. Powell, solicitor, appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Company, and Said that he had been instructed to press the charge against the defendants, who were not children, but grown-up persons. As a rule, parents seti't their "children to steal the coal, -but now they had the real offenders before their worships—tf Evidence was given proving each case.—Halef and Jenkins were fined £ 1 eaeh, and Smith lOs^F A SERIOUS OWMCE. David Edivards, engine-dnver, Blaina, :1.nl{ John Cum7ning, stoker, Blaina, were each ?-liarigoci with a breach. of the colliairv rules by slec?i-,Ig when in charge of en e and boilers, at t-ie, ii gin Nokth G ffin Pit, Blaina, the prope-ty of Messrs. Lanea,,iter & Co.-Mr.,Fred Gar(ir?er, solicitor, Abergavenny, pro.ecated on bebalf of,. the Company, and expiaii3ed that defendin-sl were found by P.C.'s Jone?s aud Cotte?r,-L?. fast asleep in the engine.-hoiise on the 31st October duty. The constables called o-ut,t.0 whilst on defendants, but were obliged to go in and shake them before they were able to wake them. n- Company had conceded the enginemen an • hours shift, and it appeared that defend?' only been on duty about two hours w. condition was foudd out. The Company ki.- desire to unduly press the charge, but "L to let the men understand that the must s LiZ reap; when on duty, and havi4Lg si b?gtpy as the?e daendants had, upon them.-Pk-'? Cotteral gave evit lence, stating that at 11.45 p. on the 31st Octolier, he, in company wilth lP5. Jones, who was now sick, found defendaii fast asleep.EclwgLxds pleaded guilty, but C mii?s stat6d ?hat he was reading the? paper at t time, and shouted back to the constable's caIL' Defendants were fined X2,each.' STEALING WOOD. William Lee, of Abertillery, was charged with stealing a quantity cf wood at Six Bells, Aber- tillery, on the 7th November, the property of Messrs. Lancaster & Co.—Mr. Fred Gardner, solicitor, appeared for the Company, and staled that the Company were sinking two new pits at Six Bells, and of necessity had to keep a layge quantity of timber about, which they were not able just yet to protect.—P.C. Ppwell proved, the case, and defendant was fined 10s. AFFILIATION CASE. Wm. Jones, collier, Blaina, who failed to ap- pear was charged with being the father of the illegitimate child of Lizzie B. Jeffries, single woman, of Blaina, a deaf mute.—Mr. Donatd Maclean, solicitor, Cardiff,Jappeared on behalf Jbf the complainat, representing the National Vigilance Association also Mr. Benj. Busseil, as interpreter for the Glamorgan andMonmouth- shire Deaf and Dumb Missions.—Defendant ad-, mitted the paternity, and an order for 3s. 6d. a? week and costs was made. wm. A I)IsRr.VU.TAaE LOT- Davim, Georqe iSmit)?, Thomas,sulliva,-t; .,Johni Kemzy, John W4Llio?ms,, George Afakin, Wm' Johnson, and John- Bi-ow.a (in oul;tody). we'r4, gmiicy by s eep'ng 11 with v? I the ?workt, itt-.L 'andavel, near Ebbiiv Vale, oil the- 2OLh ingt. and having no'visible m?ans of sub?i-stence.-The Bench committed them all for 7 days imprison- ment. LEXIENCX TO A TH?BF. Alice Tibbs, married woman, W" ebargod wifh stealing four yards of flannel, value,ts., ?i Abertillery,. the property of M'X.. H,trmabn Harris, pawnbroker, on the 7th idst.; al$o h stealing a boy's jacket, value 4s. 6(1., fk?m 1-. shop of Mr. Caselberg, Outfitter, Abertil ry-, on the same date.-Prisoner 'd h )icked'kp t]6e- sal s ie flannel from off the gro ad Nid ngA ku und, a kw to whom it belongect, As to the jackf't, ghe, plgaded guiliy.-Evidence was given as,:to'the ownership of articles, ttncl alio- Of tw,goods! being pawiied.-The Bench said that t i,being the prisoner's first4olonce, they would O.'?el-iielat with her, and bound -her over' in her o,?? nizances, to rppear at PI-I 'Migigtrates' -The mean's ii. bel you w?ll hear ii-o- =arc??-i? will be punighed"fb Coll David Baldoin,'collie?r, working at the'Sotith Wales Colliery Cwmtillery, was charged with having au unloaed lam I IIls possession in the above colliery on the th iiist.?-T-be i,?ase was proved, and defendant was fined £ 1 and costs. Joseph Bowler, collier, was charged with like offence on the 14th inst.—^Defendant denied the charge, and said he did not tamper with the lamp, which bad dot been properly locked.— Morgan Powell said he found the defendant with his lamp unlocked. — No evidence was given proving the lamp to have been given to defend- ant properly locked, and the case was dismissed. George Rogers, haulier, working at the same colliery, was charged with leaving a door open after passing through it, on November 9th.— Fined 10s. Wm. Woodicard, another haulier, was charged with allowing a boy to ride on a journey of coal trams, of which he had the charge^ on the 14th November, contrary to the rules,of the colliery. —Mr. Daniel Lewis, colliery manager, appeared on behalf of the Company in each case and in respect to this case said that the boy who was riding on the tramv had his leg broken by so doing.—It seemed that no witness had been brought to court to prove seeing the boy on the tram, and the case was adjourned for a month. A VIOLENT CHARACTER. John Giles (in custody), Ebbw vale, was charged with being disorderly and refusing to quit the Belle Vue Inn, Ebbw Vale.-Prisoner pleaded Lruilty and in defence &%id he was so drunk thit he did not know what he was doing. -Mr. Wm. Harper, landlord. gave, evidence, and Prisoner was fined 91 and costs, or 14 days.- Prisoner was then charged with asmultin P.C. .9 102 on the same day.-Evidence. was given of prisoner's violence, and a fine of £ 2 and costs was inflicted, or 14 days. BEGINNING EARLY.. David Francis 13 years of age, livingat Blaina was charged witb stealing a vest, value 4:s. 6d., from the.shop of Mr. '[I J. Gwillim, Outfitter Blaina, on the 14th insi.-i-Ar- Gwillim stat,? that the vest wus hun up inside the doorwar Mrs. Solomon, pawn'troker, lain&, adnl,: receivine the vest from the def nt into I —Dr. Williams (to Mrs. Solomon): Do you that a pawnbroker should not take any p from anyone under 14 years of age ? A mons will be taken out against you for so d —Mrs. Solomon said the boy appeared to that age.-Defendant was ordered to be r sqned for 2 days and receive six strokes wit/ birch. ASSAULT CASE. James B. Kiley and John Kiley, labourers Aberbeeg, were charged (in custody) assaulting William Walsh, labourer, of the s«.0 place, on the 14th inst.—Complainant stated that he and the prisoners were working on the new railway works at Aberbeeg. prisoners were not working on the day in question they had been drinking, and afterwards came and assaulted hiru in a violent manner.—A signalman on the rail- way gave evidence aa to seeing prisoners beating the complainant.—They were committed to Usk gaol for 14 days. v,

ROYAL COLLEGE <, OF MUSIC. We desire to call the attention Of our readers to the advantages oflore by the Scholar,hi f the Royal College of Music, Kensington Ts 0 London of which H.R.H. the P 1-iore, rmce of Wales is the lounder and president. Prelimina examinations for 13 Open F-I Slhllar,hi irl, be held on F6bruary 3i-d in various ll,ayal7el.1- tres throughout the T:rnited Ki_ngdom. The Scholarships )Vill be allotted as follows _Com_ position I Singing 3, Pianoforte 3, Organ 1, Stringed instruments 2, Wind instruments 3. They are each Of the value ?of ;C40 a year and entitle the holders to a sYsthr-44tic free edu-e'.ti,, in music, and are as a rule tenable for three ears. In some cases mitinteiiance is added. urther infomation and forms of a plication P can be obtclined on aloplication to 111. George Watson, Regmtrar, ROYal Col,leg? IKmie, (;ore, London, S.W., UP to the e-d of lj"mber.

A BLAINA INSURANCE AGENT CHARGED WITH FORGERY. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. At tiia Blaina Police Court on ]?rid,,ty .1,L4t (before Dr. W. E. Williams, in the clitir ,aiid lvfr. James Phillips) He?irv Hathawa?r, agent for the British Primitive Me?hodist Frieudiv and Sick Beiie fit Societv, was cliai?ged with ?feloniously for Drtain receip+ of X3 with inteit to ging a c4 defraud. Mr. T. G. i;owell, i3eaufort, prose- CLIt,-cl, and Mr. Dan-]:cl Evans, BreCOD, defended. Mr. Powell said the prosecutor, William Henry Gane, collier, Blaina. had a child insured iu the j above society. It had died, and it appeared some question had arisen as to who should receive the money. The grandmother of the child had paid the premium, and no doubt the question would arise as to whether the insurance was a legal one on account of her insuring it. That, however, was not the point. A dispute actually did arise, and the defendant told the father of the child that the money should be paid to him. Some time elapsed, and the defendant, when the pro- secutor asked for the money, told hiia the claim must be made out to him. Defendant said he had been to Birmingham, and he had only suc- ceeded in getting 30fe. for him. The defendant made out the death claim on a special printed form, which was signed, the prosecutor making his mark, and accepting the 30s. upon those representation. It transpired, however, that besides the claim, the defendant had sent a re, ceipt for X3, purported to be signed by Gane, to the head office of thesiety in Birmingham, whieh amount he had drawn. Gane never signed this receipt, and this was the document they said was forged. Defendant paid Gane 30s., although he received X3. Mr. Powell then called Ann Gane, married woman, living !at Blaina, who said that she was the mother of the prose- cutor, William Henry Ganev who had a son, Alfred L. Gane, whom she had insured in the above so-aety on the 20th of July, l&iO. at the age of 14 months, ami who died on the l3th of September last. She paid ld. per week, and according to the terms, of the policy was entitled to xo at tne time or death. She made a claim on the day after the child died to the defendant, who told her she had no claim. By Mr. Evans She insured children belonging to two of her sons. Mr. Evans You never paid anything in res- pect to the dead child from the 26th of Oct., .1890, until the 24th ot A7ust, 1891 when you ,,paid 2s. 4d. '?-Witness: es- I pai?i is. besides, es but it was not put down on the card at the time. By Mr. Evans She had not continued to pay for the o^her child, who still lived, because her son objected to her doing so. The child who died was not in a dying condition when she paid the 2s. 4d., on the 24th of August last. It had had the measles, but was quite out of it a fort- night previous. She went to the defendant the day after the child's death, when he ft^old her she had no claim, but that he would arrange, to do all he could for her. She had insured all her family, 9 or 10'in number, also 5 or 6 of her grandchildren. She knew the defendant for a great many years. Would rather say she knew nothing against his character and respectability. Did not know he had been a local preacher with. the Primitive Methodists. Witness upon being pressed by Mr. Evans, admitted knowing a man named Beynon, who was a local preacher with the Primitives. Mr. Evans: Did you not draw this man to commit adultery with you ?—Witness No; he came into my house and committed adultery with me. By Mr. Evans: No IW was paid to settle the matter. Re-examined by Mr. Powell: The child died from scarlatina. Defendant never told her that she had no claim until, sbe went to make the claim. William Henry Gane (the prosecutor) said he? was a collier, son of the last witness, and father of the child that died, on the 7th of October. He heard that the defendant had been looking for him, so he went to defendant's house. De° fendant then said he did not want to see him v,er particularly. but what money he bad was to e paid to him, and -no one else had any claim to it. Defendant, continuing, said he had 30s., that he had been up to the firm in Birmingham, who granted him first 91, and, upon his pleading the poverty of witness's mother, he got another 10s., making it 30s. He did not accept the 30s. that night, but went to defendant on the 9th of Oct., when a claim form was filled up by defendant, who afterwards asked him to put a cross to it. He then received 30s. from, the defendant. He did not sign any other document. He after- wards communicated with the office at Birmin- gham, on the 10th of October, respecting the mtter, but not receiving a reply, wrote 09. the- October, and then received a letter from Mr. Turnball, secretary. [Letters aU handed in.] Mr. Turnball and another person came td* him afterwards and gaie, Iiim 3Qs. He then signed a receipt on the back i of a letter (pro- duced) as balance of claim, having previously re- ceived 30s. from defendant. A receiptfor £ 3 was then produced, purporting to be signed and then marked by the witness, who denied ever doing so. When he put his mark to the claim form only his wife and daughter were present with them. The claim form produced, purported to be signed by a John Jones, a witness to his signature. There was no John Jones present. On the 12th of October defendant came to him, and after some conversation said he had done wrong, and asked him to forgive him, offering him 5s. 6d. to leave it drop. Defendant asked him to go with him to see Mr. Turnball the next day, which he consented to do, but defendant afterwards said he could not come, being unable to leave work. He again asked him to leave the matter drop, and said he was in a position to do a good turn for him. On the 20th of October defendant and a Mr. Tilson came into his house, followed by his brother, Thomas Gane. Defendant then wanted to know what he wanted to settle the matter, and he replied that he wanted £ 10 to settle it; Defendant answered saying, Rather than pay tenpence he would rot in goal." Saw defendant on another occasion in company with his brother, when defendant admitted he had done wrong, and wanted him to leave the matter drop. This waS previbus to coming to his house with Mr. Tilson. By Mr. Evans He had brought this case into court for the benefit of the public, and to put an end of people of defendant's kind. Mr. Evans: Then why did you want tio to settle the matter. Witness: Because defendants were pressing me to settle the matter. By Mr. Evans He could read and write. He put his mark on the claim, because Hathaway requested him to do so, and never asked him to write his name. He never told Mr. Tilson that he had put his mark to a receipt for JE3. Defen- dant had told him he had been specially to Birmingham on his behalf. Mr. James Turnball, of Birmingham, said he was secretary of the said society, and knew the defendant as being their agent at Blaina, which position he still held. He remembered Hath- away coming to the office on the 1st of October in respect to this matter, and receiving from him JE3 in discharge of the claim. Afterwards he received the claim form for 13, and a receipt for the same amount. He came down to Blaina, and paid Gane 30s. By Mr. Evans: Defendant had been their agent for about three years. Since this occur- rence he had had made a strict investigation into all the defendant's business in Blaina in their society, and found everything in the strictest, order, honest and just. Defendant did no other business with him at" the office in Birmingham but the case now in question. The railway fare is about JE1. He saw defendant on two days. He had characterised this case as one of sharp practice. He did not think the 2s. 4d. would nave been paid if the child was not iU, but legall.t they were obliged to pay the claim, thgr? not morally. Powell: They'had given no notice of lapsing the policy on that of the other child who lived. U they had it would have been equally as,rnuch sharp practice on their side. John Gane gave evidence as to being with his brother Will-ism on the 13th Of Octlb,-c, and hearing defendant admit having done wrolo.' Thomas Gane collier, said he saw the defeyad- ant and Mr. Ti?on on the 20th of (),toor. 'Before this he knew there had been son-4diF,pute about a hey., It was in his brother Wilii,,?u-S house. W., heard 31r.' Usons say tUt ile bad ?been around Blaina ascertain' away ot a!Dout Hath- I'aglt'-s I-. He character and th6ii'm said it with great contempt. M' Til,n* con- tinuec? saying that William b2?d?-nD Iaim. He had had similar cases werebe had -r fused to pay. Hathaway said he knew,. he bad e giving th? receii3t far;E3., 'ao"la wrong by By Mr. Fvan;: ii6 brother did say he'would settle it for Xio. This 'was the cam for thetprosecution, and an adjourw?aent for lawheon -'Cook plappj for hg?ff- an-h6ur. Upon the ourt re-assemb Mr. Evans commenced 1,3y del'iveH?g?gs speech for the defenm He rOfv,'Md to the womn An, 0sn6 as having been accustomed to insurance businen, havin insur g ed about 20-or 30 lives and not with hav*mg a -clean sheet. IE[,6r lo;? of money was no doubt vml? great. TBAM the fwt of her *ntripution of thoohad TYiu-g up the c who 'and not the one *ho SMU lived was a very MOPIciOus incident in tbh?Ow.? The defend. ant hadgons to the ibxpenw and trouble of going to Birmingham for _t?t =910 and it wag not for any love of gImn he did so. IEEE ,spent 91 in rgiIW4 bres, Ion Of two dW work, a?ud other expenses-, go thit h6 bad evtuq*w low W, Aouu% g zo ta BM M' wo as The -C! :r' "4_- defendant had hitherto borne the best of charac- I ter, ami held a^imporcant office in i;.je collieries, and if lie had done wrong would it not be feasible) to suppose he would have been delighted to settle tne mattei- for £ 10 ? but, 011 the contrary, rather than be taken advantage of he said that rather tiiaii pay i0d. he would rot in gaol. IS o other evidence out theGanes' Jiad been'pr-oduced. After some further remarks, Mr. Evans called upon William Tinv> who said lie was as-ift.ut superintendent of flie society at BlrpnngLam. After this matter had been reported to the society, he came down to Blaina, and, acc^m paiueu by the defendant, went to the prosecu- tor's iiou.se and heard Gane spying he would settle ^the matter for £ 10, anr] the reply of the defendant that he would rot in gaol He asked Gane if he had his money (the £ 3), and Gane replied, "Yes." He then said he (meaning Gahe) was sure he hat; put iiis mark to the receip. of £ 3, and he replied, "Yes." He was an ahso^e stranger to defendant when he came down to Blaina. By Mr. Powell; He had come down to investi- gate the case. He was satis tied that Gane i--Ad I put his mark; to the £ 3. Mr. Turnball, re-called by the magistrals, said that the society had paid £ 4 10s in respect of the claim. They had not been refunded the ilOs ¡ by defendant, and ulk-?n being f ul-ti.L.r qucst,01,, s al --t pol t -vA,.s ali--?)wad to Ntaiid tik n ()Ver, ing these proceedings. This concluded the ease, winch had lassea about three hours. The Bench, without retiring, said tbM the evidence was very strong-against the defendant, and they considered it was a case foitz another tribunal. The defendant would therefore be committed for trial to. the next Monmouth Assizes, bail was allowed, defendant in the sum. of £ 100 and two sureties of £ 50 ea,oh. The court being crowded dnruigi the heariug of the case, and a great many were unable toobtam I ■admitta«|ce. v

THE LIGHTING OF MINES. I MINERS AND SAFETY LAMPS. WHY NAKED LIGHTS ARE PREFERRED. The question of the efficient lighting of the mine galleries is one of the most difficult problems which engineers, inventors, and others have to, solve. To the lay mind it would perhaps ap- pear that with the introduction of safety lamps there ought to be no more risk ol loss of liie low than above ground. But suca a. supposi tion would be based on entire igiioranew 01 the peculiar daiigei-s of coal- iiiinin-. '4' ?, he -first ,iiety lamp was invented by Dr. Ciauny in 1H14, but n was such a cumbersome arrangement that it was wholly unsuited for the purpose for which it was designed. In the folio wing year Davy's gauze safety lamp was brought forward, and whatever faults modern science and the cnanged circum- stances of mine veiitiiation may have discovered in it, there can be 110 ques- tion that it has been, on the whole, a very valu- able lamp in working gaseous seams of-toal. With its introduction, ncwever, explosions did not cease; on the contrary,they continued to increase, and, worst still, they became more destructive of life than they had ever been before. Whereas formerly the greatest disasters, and they were relatively few, caused scores of deaths, the mod- ern explosions carry away the mmers by tiie hundred. But we must attribute this difference notto the safety lamps, but to the greater extent of individual mines and the increased number of hands employed. Then, again ts Li t Bedminster,? explosions occur i., 9 where safety lamps are not in use, they also result, there is too much grouad for believing, from the criminal foiiy of reck: ess miners whose craving for a. puif or two of tobac- co renders them inddieient to the possible conse- quences of such rash acts; or an expio>i«!i timy be brought about by shot liring or some other oper- ation. Tiie cause of the Morfa calamity of March, 18O, has never been cleared up. Only saiety lamps were allowed, all of which were found 1a- tact after the explosion, and no matches were discovered on the person of any of the victims. Under these circumstances it was conjectured that there must have been shot fir ing at i-tie time although the was no precise evidence bearing upon the point. Remarkably few explo- sions can be traced to any inherent de sects in the construction of safety lamps. We know they break down under the severe experime li Uii tests to which they are subjected, but rarely, xi ever, do the ventilating currents underground attain such a velocity as the air currents which are artificially manufactured for testing .purpose. It may therefore be conceded that, spite of some defects which we have not .uaierto been abie to overcome, the various patterns &i safety, iamps in use do insure greater immunity froid explosions of gas, and are tuus tue means 01 saving aauny lives annually. What, then, it will be asked, are the miners' objections to safety Idiups ? In mining circles it is well known that if the question were put to the vote, and the law allowed it, not a pit in the kingdom would be worked with safety lamps. The men are practically unanimous in condemn- ing the lights they are compelled to use, not because of any defects which may render them untrustworthy under very remote contingencies in the presence of gas, but because of the incom- pleteness of the illumination they provide.At the Malago Vale inquest the men urged that gas was not the miners' worst enemy; they feared other classes of accident more than explosions, and as a means of protecting them against the former safety lamps Vere a snare and a delusion. Only two days before two men had been killed in an explosion at Caerphilly, on the other side of the Severn, and as the mine in this case also was worked with naked lights, the evidence before the coroner bore on the practice. Here, too, the witnesses expressed themselves in favour of naked lights for exactly the same reason as in the other case. A still more remarkable instance wa^aiforded during the investigation into the Liaherch explosion in March, ISu). No less than 175 miners perished in that fearful disaster, nnd yet their comrades came forward to declare, in the presence of the dead, that their faith in na- ked lights was not shaken. So earnest were they in their conviction that when the workings were re-opened and they were compelled to use locked safety lamps they came out on strike as a protest against what they considered an Unne- cessary and a dangerous innovation. It is easy for outsiders to condemn the men for what at first sight looks the extreme of fooihardiness but if we examine the matter a little more closely we shall find that, even if we cannot en- tirely agree with their conclusions, we can sym- pathise "with them under very trying and difficult circumstances. A safety lamp, they say, gives them a minimum of light; it varies with the pc- tern of the lamp, but at best it only tends to in- tensity the darkness, and this being so they can- not do as much work, and they suner in pocket. But the reduced wage is the least of the evils about which they complain. The lamps are so constructed that they do not atford an all-round light* and it is to this fact the men attribute the great frequency of fatal accidents other than explosions. The public have been accustomed to hear of large numbers of lives being sacrificed in explosions, but they seldom or never hear of the hundreds of other fatalities which occur every year. In the ten years to the close of 1884, there were in all 11,166 deaths from all kinds of acci- dents, of which 2,562 were due to fire damp, the yearly rates, therefore, being 256 deaths from explosions, against 860 from falls of roof and sides and other miscellaneous causes. THip np-sr r five years had a total of 5,050 deaths, 806 of which were due to fire-damp, the annual rates being 161 from explosions, and 849 from other causes. In 1889 the figures were respectively 138 and 926. These facts show very clearly that gas is far from being the worst of the miners' ene- mies, and we can readily understand from such figures the strong predisposition of the men in favour of an open lamp which throws a light in all directions. They insist that the serious loss of life from miscellaneous causes is largely due to the exceedingly poor illumination of the safety lamp, which gives them virtually no assistance in discovering weak spots in the roof, sides, or floor of the workings, aud falls of roof and sides alone are responsible for about one half the deaths in coal mines every .year. The question of an efficient light therefore becomes of para- mount importance to the half million of our fel- low creatures who spend the best part of their lives far from the reach of ttest gleam of daylight. Lamps have been constructed which are proof against gas under neadf all circumstances, but as yet not one comes up, to the men s re- quirements of a perfect light which will enable them to earn good wages, and at the same time be a means of protecting them against the num- erous dangers to which reference has been made. Until, therefore our inventors can produce something which will meet the miners' very ser- ious objections, we fear that naked lights, with all their xiskB of disastrous explosions, will continue to be preferred to any safety lamp ex- tant -iformag PMI. —

PONTYPOOL, POLICE COURT, SATCJRDAT. ir), Mr. --Xefo-e (!(,I. BYRDE (in the cha A. A. Mr. W.- P. JADIEF,, Mr. W. L. Mr. R. GREENWAY. THE INEBRIATES. Jnmns Holloioay and Robert Holloway, brothers, "Wfcr«, summoned for being drunk and disorderly at Aberbeeg.—They did not appear, it being explained that one brother was ill, and the other was in attendance upon him.—P.O. Edwards gavo. evidence, and defendants were fined 10s. Ifte,f?. ?,r 'tavs hard labour. Pli;?lil)s (represented bv his sister) was beinc, drunk and iiicapable at The ;I). defendant T-r?in -?-P.C-. Foiall gave evidence beiiisj fined 10s. Frederick Williams was summonc-cl for being drank and disorderly at Blaenavon on the 14th lost..—Defendant pleaded guilty.—P.S. Thomas Proved tlie case, and defendant was fined 10s. hoar Davies, Blaenavon, was charged with a like offence, which was admitted.—P.O. Coles stated the case.—Supt. James said defendant | had been twice convicted, the last time being m I 188y —A fine of 10s. was imposed. PROFANE LANGUAGE. Catherine Bartz and Catherine Rillin were ?, gmmm,)iit?d for using profane'languace at Spring CN bran, on the, 15th inst.-f?.'C. Tucker k (,,?v-'ldemi3co, saying that the language used was a dreadful efiaracter.-Bartz was fine'd 10s. *R,i.Uin did +? app?--u, and a warrant was issue Id no or her appreiiersion. C,.qIMNEy ON pIRr. -Will?'oni, Row-lands (-who was represented by' wife) was charg,?d with allovir'm his chimney l?P.C. Wilson be on fire at Griffithstown.f- ,? 1,3rfveii- the cage.-Mrs. Rowlands said- it occurred brougli a piece of lighted paper being carried up ,?,Iie ciiimney.-A fine of bs. was ifficted. 'I iLfIIOCKINq. NEGLECT BY A FATHER. IF | EXEMPLARY SENTENCE. Thomas Phillips, a labourer, living at Forge- Pontnewynydd, was charged with wilfully W&^iectirg his children, Mary Jane and Richard Phillips, at Pontnewynydd, on the 13th Defendant pleaded not guilty of neglecting thorn.—Supt. James said he had taken proceed- ings against defendant under the Cruelty to Children Act of 1889.—P.C. Stephens said that -"it 10.20 p.m..on Friday, the 13th mst., he was on 'Attty in Pontnewynydd Village, when he saw Mary Jane Phillips, defendant's daughter, asking People for food. Witness asked her why she "fas not at hqiae at that time of night, and she :ftid that hez father had gone home to bed and LI'l,'?ed her oqt, :She was in a dirty, filthy state, ?-Ud had'very,little clothes on. She to?ld witness %at iho bad not had any ood since thst morning. -Witnes-, took her to the police-station, and, then w't to her father's house. The dobr was 'Ocke?l and dofen'dant was u?stairs. He came 'AOWD and opened the door, anct witness went in '$4d examined the house. He found it in a very "Althy state. The only furniture was one deal tuble ar,?l o-ae chair. On the table was one cup ftd te??r, and the only food in the house eon- *ted'of one loaf of broad and a small portion of bal;?ll- There.was no fire in the grate, and. no '"I or stick bo' ma' te (.one with. Witness went lby defendant, and asked isr? 'Wheree*ri slept.. He pointed out ce, c I nd witness found. that all :bad fo lens a sack and an old counter- .to-qe in ? dirt? condition. On a bedstead in the llill,,Q au,i too-, witness found the little boy Richard but 'A elder brother, with nothing under them mma'l old sack with a couple of pounds of dirty .seenpt'll't, Previous to this occasion witness bad le two i:hildren sleeping out ??ny timei, ?and ha,-i takeit them homd. On Sa?turuay, the '27'-h rt?Oci?mber, 1890, witness found the two '.iQd en ib, Where thev, t?ng out at the end of the row "d. Ho took 'them h6me and thii? helpless state of, druu'ken- a, k. .'4tom, wit4 a, tin -IPbktlY full-of beer Dn:tbe There wag then very little coal in the 0-' e and very little food. Un the 3rd'February, 1,890 ;?t,ess found Thomas Philli ?, the older ;) mtber sleeping out. He. 'Visited tlr6 house and fO"d ihe two children sleeping in the r6ceag in e wall The father w-?s then very drunk, and .-here w?s Oil.Sunday no, emi in the house. 'Wning last,'witnessvi isit?bd the, house in eom- )'4iY wit!, P.S. All. The house was i. its '4?l condition, and the kitchen was covered 'With water and mud. There was no fire, iiid no "'041. O? the bed?t-ad upstairs they saw the "51'der brother in repl 'to a question, he said he u y ,*4 'lot know wiiere nis brother wa%, and that he ?A-d laot come home -the previous night, as he N;afraid big fath.er would beat him, bee4use he "'14 riot bring any coal from ?the tip. They '4ftc-rwar,'s found the- litti b6 wa deririg about Y-iear by, andeon ?e?i??interrogated., ?p a ft?(t iie the preVlOa'3 n'll,bt iii a pios- a Ptt4? Tho pigaeot was pointoll outto *itriOS4, q,L, 4 411 found it consisted of aii o d tar 'ea8k, i?i'4' Ia,tt-tis the boy had passed the night th- e pig.-Askled if hehad aiay4ueitions, endat- Wlio maintained astelid'demeanoar 4*0u,h??t ,q "id It trug enough what he says. ounc, Them outside.-Mr. Greenway: And V, ilisi(le w.'??.§ as bad, I suppose ?-Defendant e,ll, tlere isno one to clean it.-The constable Avck'ther stated that the defendant told him be -Oued 2s 8d a day, and his eldest son 2s 4d a t'lai he' had his son's money and allowed 6? per Week for pocket mone?, Witness *Wliced a wage certificate from 4efendant's 't?ilover (Mr. Tinn, Pontnewynydd Works) 'which it appeared that defendant earn?l' I",4,,Gd eekl y and his son 12s 8d. Mr. Tinu in- t.?13, w? I' -aed witness that defendant was formerly a '?0' 4-dler but lost his job through drunkenness, ft'rh in the ordinary course of events should be ing two guineas. a week.-Evidence in s:aP- of the const?b'?e's statement was given by Allen, -Oho said the defendant had :four dren The one, a girl now about, 18 Years '0'01 wa; taken to the Workhouse 2 or S' years 90 and was 4ow in service. Witness added that Kad filthy house as never aeou, such a- dirty %nV:sin?Vii-liT-,e.-Emily Price, a married *omaii ?'Living at Forge-row, Poutnewynydd, kd de' endant bad be,n livini near her for more Sir, years. He was constantly beating his dren and 'turning them out of the house at ?ght time, During last winter his conduct was ef Ill. Et?'tuimed the children out nearly d when the snow was two feet deep. Since time witiless had fre -he chilfl? quontly seen t ttit,late at? night and early in the morzl*mg. had come to her house, ad she had taken in many times, And also given them food. little girl had been sent home from school Ilse she 'was not sufficiently dressed. -In. to a question, Supt. James said all the ,tld dren were now away from defendant, the tOt boy having gone'to lodgings. The two ,to 4!ren,-?Niary-Jane and Richard, were present in rPt, and after their week's sojourn in the ,? 'Orkhouse, looked very clean and cont,?,?uted.- 4e chairman iaid this was one of the worst of negl-,ot 4hat had e_ be- brought for. the court. It wa% very:f6rtiluate that an -Act had recently been passed which gave the es power to adequately punish the offen?ce th which defendant was charged. The S;n- e of the Bench was that defendant pa: a Of --P12 IN in each case-there being two --and Ll default of pp6ylDg the L2'5 he would 4 with hard ladoor for six weeks in ,,?-aPrisone ,6? case, t'ne sentences not to be concurrent.- 44t?he children were being removed the defend- endea,voqred to speak to them, but was l?'ained, tli? little boy simultaneously bursting t?O e-rying, with the remark that he didn't want Qt,O with his father again.-The Chairman inti- ted that arrangements would be made for the tudy of the children. NON-MAI.NTENANCE. ete?- Hughes, engine driver, was charmed with ecting to iiiaintain his wife Eliz th by V ?er to become chargeab?' to the Ponty- Juon.-Mr. T. M. Phillips, barrister, rt (instructed by Messrs. Bythway & Son ,Vpool) det?tded.-John R. Jerroms, r4?liev- cer to the Panteg District, said that Mrs. s came chargeable on the 71bh November lie left her ulad was given 2s. 6d. She said,% alid in January last, and he had not leontri- qhtell anything towards her support and that had lived as long as she coula without ,,In him. He bad turned her out of doors, e fad sold'her sewinL7 machine and every- she had. ? The defendant earned 7s. 9d. a ss was satmed that the cue was tj4 Witne N, IA which relief was required, as defendant's b"!4?ol.lbad no other means of support.-By Air. Ps Witness did not]. now that defendant bitered to take his wife back.-31r. Green- Don't kou think, Mr. Phillipi;, that it be po?-gible to make some arrangement ,;heeia l?Ir.' Phillips Well, the 'parties?, Hu cult is that N _gheg is evidently of fiv'ing apart from. her husband. ne tilulnoned'at this court in May last for an A ggta,v tok-,l ated assault, and convicted of a common ?&It- She is evidently desirous of getting an t fDr alimony, but as the assault was oniy a lk,40" one, she could not get an order or te bc4 'L 11 ce.?-Mr. Greenw?y said that Mrs. "e8 tho ht then to. maintain herself, but ,was lao,' v a ill-health and found she could IT he Ch *rman: 1, may say. there is a cort, that sh w?te upable to 4er Own sgd that 4da"t waw quite prepared to tike her back house and treat her as his wife.Mr. ,4t4"WaY T 'Dnu.e has b,en made over Over aga- pr I le ,,d el that if she did o to hi., h trous wojd .6opeliL I wn something cusas .Z-U*ld Xl"ke agr urge most iitrongly that you ae arrangewnt ifistead of out tl history 6f Toeir privatehfe IMIDW VUV ?uimu?va Of the cabe.7 After consultation with the defendant, Mr. Phillips said he was afraid he must ask their worshipsc determination on the case. Although it was true that defendant had indulged in the ast, he was now a,temperatb M' an', aiid he (Wk. billips) believed that he and big wife would live happily together in future:—Mr. Greenway: Then I tell you candidly that you will have a great difficulty in persuading me* that.—This outspoken expression of opinion- rather took aback the advocate, who once more consulted his client.—After having had a little time allowed for a consultation, Mr. Phillips said he was prepared to make an offer which he thought was a reasonable one. The defendant had two children to keep, and had to employ a woman to look after his house. He would provide 7s. 6d. weekly for his wife's maintenance. The Bench considered this a fair offer, and made an order accordingly, together with the costs, 10s.—Mr. Greenway observed that after his expression of opinion, he would have retired from the Bench if the merits of the case had been gone into. William Thomas, Upper Race, was summoned to shew cause why an order should not be made upon him for the support of his father.—J. R. Jerroms, relieving officer, said that defendant's father was chargeable to the Pontypool Union, and was in receipt of relief upon a medical cer- tificate. Witness called upon defendant, and asked him if he would contribute, anything towards his father's support, and he replied that he would not, as he could not afforddt* (fitness ascertained that defendaht's earnings were 28s. a week.—An order for 2s. 6d. per week was made. Defendant: I can't afford to pay it. The Chair- man Then you must go to gaol.—The defendant was about to retire when he was informed there were 8s. costs to pay, and was advised to obey the order. Charles Price, Thos. Price, Juri., and George Price were summoned for non-maintenance of their father.—The two first-named did not ap- pear, and the latter was represented by his wife, who said her husband was perfectly willing to pay his share.—Mr. Jerroms said the other two defendants had tQld him they were willing to contribute Is. 6d. each per week.—The Clerk Well, the costs are 8s. in each case, and the Guardians ought not to pay those.-The case was adjourned for the attendance of the parties. SCHOOL BOARD CASES. William Edwards (who was represented by his wife) was charged with disobeying an order in respect of the education of three children.— Mr. W. H. V. Bythway prosecuted on behalf of the Trevethin School Board, and evidence was given by Mr. E. Jones."—A fine Of case was inflicted. Joseph Griffiths (whose wife appeared) was summoned for a like offience. The attend- ance was very bad, and the officer explained that the boy was incorrigible, and was at the court that day to answer a charge of breaking into a school.—Mr. Bythway said they would have tried to get him into a truant school, only it was full.—The Chairman: It will be my business to urge the erection of a truant school upon the County Council.—A fine of 5s. was inflicted. Emma Richards (who did not appear) and John Barrett were snmmoned for similar of- fences.—Fined 5s. each. Jesse Garland, Isaac Pyne. Wm. Matthews, George Coles, and Henry May were charged with neglecting to educate children.—An order to attend was made in each case. A BAD MEMORY. Wm. Brankley was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Blaenavon, on the 7th Nov.— Defendant pleaded guilty of being drunk, but had no recollection of being disorderly.The Cierk Probably not. (Laughter.)—P.C. Barnie gave evidence as to finding defendant, drunk in., Broad-street, and resisting the efforts of two companions to get him home.—Fined 10s., or 7 days. A TELL-TALE TICKET. John Lewis, a stranger, was charged with stealing a quantity of dress material, value 25s., at Griffithstown, on the 19th November.—James Thomas, assistant to Mr. W. ti. Griffiths, draper, Griffithstown. said that on the date in question he was in an inner room when a little girl came and* told him that a man had taken a piece of stuff from the shop. Witness ran out and caught the prisoner, and found the stuff (pro- duced) under his coat. Witness identified the material as belonging to his employer.—Evidence was given by a little girl to the effect that she saw prisoner come from the direction of the shop, and noticed a ticket hanging down from his coat, This aroused her suspicion, and on glancing closely at the Mtfin she could see the ?iece of stuff. She then told the last witness — ».C. Wilson deposed to apprehending prisoner in Griffithstown and charged him with stealing the stuff. In repl,?he,said, ",v .ght i it Was risbner p r?o good, to 6 gmlty and e-p--(,seed his re,y-ret, addirg tha-t lio imd Ix--Yt, d'1?i" on the date iri qu?,-stiou. T4e Boac' i asse4 entence of two caenda months pr' I r ?Mp?i7 with'bard labour. THE THEFT FROM THE .TWMPATH SCHOOL. Joseph Griffiths, a boy of 9, was charged (on bail) with stealing a quantity of slate pencils and a whistle, value Is. 6d., the property of Mr. J. C. Hanbury, J.P., from The Twmpath Infant School, Pontypool, on the previous Sunday.— Miss Moseley said that on Monday morning she was informed by the servant, who had gone into light the fire, tnat the school had been broken into. On going in, witness found that the room was very much disarranged, and that a cupboard which had been left locked had been broken open". A box of slate and drawing pencils had been taken away, together with a whistle, the latter from off an inkstand. She had not seen the pri- soner near the school.—Mary Jane Tippett, an assistant, said that on Monday morning she ob- served that the school had Deen entered. A number of things had been scattered about the room. The schoolroom windows had been left open a little for ventilation, but the door was locked. The pencils and whistle produced were like those which were lost.—PA 48*1 that oh Monday morning, in company with P.C. Gar- .dener, he went to the Park-terrace School, where he saw the prisoner. Witness asked him for the pencil he was using, when he handed him a piece similar, to those now produced. He first of all said his mother gave it him, and afterwards that he found it. On going to the house of hisgrand- mother, a young woman gave him the remainder of the pencils—32 sticks—from a drawer. On being charged, prisoner said a boy named Welsh got in through the window, and handed the things out to him. Witness found that the boy Welsh had gone from the neighbourhood for about six weeks. The grandmother brought the whistle to the station when she came to bail him out. Someone had been writing in the school, and several sums had been done on a slate. The name J. Griffiths" had also been written on several windows.—The Clerk So that he was not in any hurry to come out ?—No I should think he had been there a considerable time.—Mr. Greenway He was very honest to write his name.—The Chairman said they had carefully considered the case, and, having regard to the fact that the boy was a truant, they thought the best thing would be to send him to a reforma- i&, be would be well fed, taught, and clothed He would be sent to prison for 10 days, to De ioliowed by 5 years in a reformatory.

M ON DAY. Before Mr. R. GREENWAY and Mr. W, L. PRAT T COAL STEALING. Mary Jane Davies was charged with stealing a quantity of coal, the property of Messrs. Part- ridge, Jones, & Co., Abersychan—P.C. White proved the case, and prisoner, who was given a bad character, was sentenced to 14 days hard labour.

TUESDAY. Before Mr. R. GREENWAY. DRUNKENNESS. Elizabeth Jones, a tramp (who obligingly stated that she had been convicted 48 times at different places for drunkenness, and hid only come out of Usk prison on the 23rd Nov.) was charged with being drunk and disorderly at y^teg on the nignt of the 23rd inst.—-P.C. ODonnell gave evidence.—Prisoner was fined 20s. or 14 days.

Great surprise has been expressed by profos- _g entlei3ien in the medicall world through- ional sout the kingdom at the wonderful cures e:ffected by WEE E. COOPER & Co.'s RHEUO in cases of long-standing rheumatism, where all hopes of a cure had long before been abandoned. The great success attending the sales of Rheuo-which are the largest of any patent medicines for rheu- matism only, in these pa;Ps-may be accounted for b the fact that it is not offered to cure every y n, but rheumatism only _om laint under the su? i. 0 fd adyoung._ Taken internally at reguar intervals it quickly subdues the pains, and gradu- ally but surely restores the sufferer to a healthy state. DAVIS BROS., Grocers, Pontypool and Blaena arethelocal agentsg and one,2,, bottle V? ttl, 'I Igd wlt curt most cases, also bo es, 6 Sd and 4s 6d. Sent post paid by the above ageyate or from 599, Co Tn ial-road, London, Z, ou receipt of the above amounts. The Editor of the Medical Annual speaks in the highest terms of CADBURY'S COCOA as a beverap, and a food for invalids, on account of its absolute -purity-, high quahty, a?d great solu- bility and ?ounmis the medical pr remai?ber, in Xecommen niz e Vt t hte di Coc'cw, name Ccidbwv oil any pwket purity. vt,, tit,,

< FT* RT^TT>LY SOCIETY DIXNEJI AT BLAENAVON. The' second anniversary of the "Hand-in- H&nd" Sick and Funeral Society was celebrated on Thursday evening week by a suaiptaous dinner at the lodge-room of the Association, the Crown Hotel Assembly Room. The spacious room had been freshlypainted and decorated for the' oscasion, and several additional improve- ments, calculated to make the room more com- fortable and to facilitate the convenience of both lio,;t ?tncl gui3st, were made under the supervisiort of ?Mr. Arcl)er. The embellishments in the sli,),p- pf flags, S- -c., ad(led considerably to the ch?ti-iiiih-? appearance of the room, and the bez,utifu?tv arranged tables white as driven $now," wera wortli?of ltny ford Mayor's dinner the Guildliall. he meynbership is prinepaliy composed of employees at the steel departments, -tnd aw -oncrst those who were present we noticed Messrs. Walter Davies (Forge Side), Walter Price, Richard Jones (late of Oiipliant, P.a, TJ.IS.A.), Isaac Wathen (principal timekeeper, 'Blaenavon Works), William Harris, H. Davies, Wm. Davies, J. Davies (mills), J. J. Davies, J. Thomas (Eos Brycheiniog), T. Peppin, J.. R. Jones (Bwtchwr Bach), Geo. Thomas (traffic manager); George Dash, Ivor and Samuel Evan (R.E.), Win. Price, James Jones (blow- ing engine), Wm. Scourfield, F. Gilbert, G. Vaughan, WM. Edmunds, Thomas Price, &c. )$ome 150 of the members and friends sat down to the repast, which was splendidly pre- p,tr4 th(?- vian(.is, consisting of- the best available poaii with mince pies, proddings, tarts, &c., d to perfection under the supervision bf'#Ostess Jenkins. -f a cop-v-ivial A,ter the nino*al of the cloth, meeting was held, Mr. Walter Davies presiding. JXJie proceedings commenced with an overture yjjji the pianoforte by Mr. Charles Countee, and *1ttppropriate address by the chairman. Mr, J. (Eos Brycheiniog) followed with The preached my heart" in his usual able effjbrge Yaughan proposed a toalft,' The javon Works and Officials." 4ar. Isaac wathen, m responding, said the {.whole fabric of the Blaenavon Works was in- debted to the enterprise of the management, and ftheir judiciousness was shewn by the constant [ employment they found their employees iu face -.at the fact that some of the neighbouring works -had been closed. He trusted the good feeling ^hitherto existing between the officials and work- men would always be maintained. The toast of Kindred Societies was pro-' P. d by Mr. W. Scourfield. and responded to by Mr. Wathen. The following songs were further rendered :— Don't tell mother," Mr. William Davies ''Waterloo," Mr. C. Countee u The flower of Pail-Mall," Mr. A. Evans True till death," Mr. J. J- Davies Fifty years ago," Mr. J. Thomas and Mr. Ivor Evans played several selections of airs with admirable taste upon the whistle. Mr. Countee accompanied the whole of the songs in a very efficient manner. The toast of "The Host and Hostess" was proposed by Mr. Wathen. and enthusiastically drunk, Mr. Jenkins duly, acknowledging. Votes of thanks to the chairman, performers, and waiters brought the proceedings to a close.

PRESENTATION TO MR. J. DAVIES (LLEW MYNWY), BLAENAVON. Recently a meeting was held at Broad-street Baptist Schoolroom for the purpose of present- ing Ml-. John Davies (Llew MynwT) with a ,,pfrse of gold in reco *t' n of the vaiuable ser- 8gai io vices be ba( e for'the past thirteen'years in the? capaicity of musical conductor at the chapel- Previous to the presentation a social tea ;;?s pariaken of by a Igge number of the members t>f the chapel Mesdames Charles, Cox, and Phillips presiding at the tables. 'The presentation to Mr. Davies was appropriately made by Mrs. Rees, and the recipient very feel- ingly thanked the donors for the great interest they took in his behalf. He was especially grate- ful to the ladies for the interest they had shewn ip the movement. He had never looted for pay- meat in any way for his services, but he was pleased to find that they were appreciated. Advanta%,Ye was also taken on this crceasion to resent Mr. and Mts. Hopton -old and E iglilt respftted members of the chapel-with a supord copy of the revised edition of the Bible, on the occasion of their leaving the town to take their residence in London. The fly-leaf con- tained a suitable inscription. Mrs. Charles made the presentation on behalf of the subscribers. Mr. Hopton expressed sincere thanks for their kindness, and much regretted the severance of the Connection which had so long existed among tfoetfb G»eo*>g<iv presented -S&ftr lie'll'te Hopton, on behalf of the teachers and hof,,ars-of the ",4tddiy School, with a hand- ig re mely-botind Bible '-as a sl* lit token of the w -spect they bor-e her as ?a faitbf al olai3s teacher.- p The following entertainm?out was given. Piano- T f forte duet, the Misses Charles; song, Naz reth,' Mr. J. Davies; song Mentra Gwe., ?? Jones i;oeg, "Love at home Miss Katie [q 1-hiWps recitation, The bells, Miss Annie L Lyjie: son Miss-Josephine Williams: clarion- et let,tesolo,glr. Coombes (with pianoforte accom'- Paniment by Mrs. Coolnbes) song, The song W tb that rea?hea 11 heart Mr. Jalies Nicholls quartette, '6 4no be with you" J. Davies anct party; pianoforte solo Mis PlOrrie 0,,hard; song, 44 Daddie," Miss FAith Clark; son '441A 11 Mr. J. J. Davies; song, Anqels ever%rig'hot%'d fair," Miss llgucs duet 11 rhe flowers," Miss Josephine Williams and'Master !Edgar Jones; recitation, I I T'he drawbridge Miss i Waters song, 11 The Wolf," Mr. D. kiles Evans song, "The friars of orders grey." Mr. J.- Davies pianoforte duet, Misses Polly and Josephine Williams. The esteemed pastor, the Pev. Wm. Rees, presided in his usual able manner.

ABEBCABlf CHAMBER OF TRADE. TRADE. A meeting of the above Chamber was held at the Crown Hotel on Tuesday evening week. Mr. Edmund Harris took the chair. There were also present Messrs. D. Jones, T. Evans, D. Mathews, H. F. Dugmore, and T. Howe, sec. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. PROPOSED COURT-ROOM FOR ABERCARN. A discussion took place on the question of a Court-room at Aberearn. Prisoners now had to walk from the police-station tolthe Public Hall, having to pass through the most populated part of Abercarn. The matter was left over till next meeting for further comment. A COMMUNICATION. The Secretary then read a notice from Mr. Plews, of Merthyr, the hon. sec. of the Federa- ted Chambers of Trade, convening a half-yearly neeting of the Federated Chambers of Trade, o be held at Merthyr on December 3rd. The dlowing are the subjects to be discussed: 1. ection of officers. 2. Railway rates report. 3. comd tax, Schedule D. 4. The mode of pro- dure in appointing Income Tax Commissioners. One assessment of property for Government, Inty and parochial purposes. 6. The advisabi- ">f affiliating the various Chambers of Trade the London Chamber of Commerce. 7. ipensation to jurymen. 8. Date and place lext meeting. All the gentlemen present notified their in- vention of attending that evening. INFANT ACCOMMODATION AT ABERCARN SCHOOL. The Chairman next introduced the question of infant accommodation at Aberearn School. What he meant to say was that the children had a long way to walk from the village to the school at the West End.There were great risks incurred by small children having to travel such a distance, as they had to cross ft canal, a river, and two level crossidgs. All the members concurred, and the matter was left over for the next meeting. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business.

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