South Wales Daily News

FIGHTING IN RIO GRANDE. NKW YORK, Friday.—The following telegram from Valparaiso has been received here:-Ad- vicS from Revera report that the insurgent com- mander defeated the Oastilhistas near Bage, in Rio Grande do Sul, capturing all the arms of the enemy. The Revera 9ao1 19 filled with Federal prisoners. According to intelligence from Buenos Ayres, the fighting at Tucuman has been stopped by Federal interven- tion The Brazilian Minister, who has been away oil leave, has arrived here on his way to Wuhinaton.-Reuter.

ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF DOCKS. Yesterday afternoon an accident of a somewhat serious nature occurred at Cardiff f' George Carey, 79,, a coal trimmer, living W Gld Sea Lock-court, was working near Wo. 4 tip on the East Bute Dock when a locomotive, which was shunting in the vicinity, caught him by the buffers and jammed him against the wall. He was rendered insensible, and being conveyed %o the Cardiff Infirmary, it was found that he had sustained serious internal injuries. He is now lying at the institution in a precarious condition, his advanced age, of course, mib'tatipg injireAt measure against his recovery.

THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT. RIO DE JANEIRO SHELLED. INSURGENTS' GUNS DO LITTLE HARM. EXPECTED SURRENDER OF THEIR FLEET. NEW YORK. Friday.—A telegram from Buenos Ayres, dated yesterday, says that the rebel fleet, under Admiral Mello, has fulfilled its threat. It opened firo yesterday upon the forts near Nitheroy commanding the entrance to Rio Janeiro. After bombarding the forts the guns of the fleet, consisting of the Aquiaaban, Republica, and Trajano w.-re turned on the city. The arsenal was apparently the main pomt of attack, and many shells were thrown at it. The bom- bardment of thecity lasted from 11 in the morning till five in the afternoon, but little damage was caused. The ships opened fire on the city again to-day. The result was the sallie as yesterday. A message sent by President PeixotQ totheBra- zilian Minister here states that it is expected that the rebel ships will surrender in a few days. Brazilians resident here doubt this. Surprise is expressed in Buenos Ayres that foreign fleets in harbour should permit boinbardmentof Rio. News from other sources states that Rio is quiet. The Brazilian Consuls here and at Monte Video are despatching vessels freely for Brazilian ports. The operations of the vessels after arrival at Rio will be carried on undertheprotection of warships of the nationality whose flag they fly. The inter- diction on the clearing of vessels for Brazil applies only to those under the Brazilian flag. The telegraph service is still suspended. The German gunboats Alexandrine and Arcona have sailed for Rio. An attempt by the insurgents to land was frus- trated. Both sides met with losses, but details of the fighting have not been received. The captaiu of the gunboat Alagoas deserted from Admiral Mello s squadron, and, hurrying to Rio, gave President Peixoto information concerning the movements of the rebel ships. All points favour- able to landing an invading force have been strongly entrenched. It is reported that perfect order is being maintained in the city. During the bombardment much enthusiasm was manifested by the forces remaining loyal to the President. The warship Piradentea, which is still loyal, has put to sea. It is expected she will meet the armed merchant steamer Itacoa, which was to aid the rebel fleet. If the two meet a desperate sea fight will be inevitable. Tho loyal ship Bahia has been ordered back from Parona, as the upper river squadron remains faithful to the Govern- ment. All news contained in this despatch emanates from Government sources. The students in San Pablo bavedeclared against the President. All foreign ships in harbour remain neutral. The correspondent says he endeavoured to send a message to Rio, but the Government refused to allow its transmission beyond Port Alegre. Nothing unfavourable to the president is allowed to pass over the wires. Brazilians living in Buenos Ayrs believe that the success of the revolution would mean a restoration of the monarchy. The British telegraph offices in Rio are situated near the arsenal, and the operators, fearing that the building would be shelled, abandoned their posts. It is for this reason that details of the bombard- ment are unobtainable. The British Consuls here and at Monte Video decline to despatch vessels for any port of Brazil except Santos. The coasting steamer Desterro was detained at Monte Video yesterday evening, just as she was getting under way. The Brazilian Minister requested this action to be taken, as she had sup- plies for Admiral Mello's ships. Commercial houses here have protested against the suspension of telegraphic communication with Ri-o.-Reuter.

DEATH OF COMMANDER JAMES B. HAY. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, Friday.-Her Majesty's sloop Buzzard arrived here to-day. Commander James B. Hay died on board yesterday of peritonitis, and will be buried here to-morrow. Lieutenant Henry Elliott takes temporary command of the Buzzard.

THE MISSING WORD AGAIN, PROPOSED EVASION OF THE LOTTERY ACT. Ever since the missing word craze, the proprie- tors of weekly newspapers have been endeavouring and four through the Lottery Act. The latest attempt is to utilise the ma- ch nery of limited liability, and a syndicate has been formed with this object, which will own a penny paper, and establish a competition to be open to shareholders only-m other words, to form liability company of so many hundreds of thousands shares for the purpose of engaging m a lottery. Sir A. K. Stephenson and Sir John Bridge can now sharpen their knives for the forthcoming strtig .;gle.

FOUND IN THE TAFF. SOMEBODY'S CHILD. On Friday evening, at; the Cardif fTown-ball, Mr. E. B. Reece, the coroner for the district, presided over an enquiry into the death of an } unknown female child, whose dead body was found in the river Taff, near the Grangetown Bridge, on Thursday morning.—P.C. David Bingham took the parcel from the water, and found it contained the body of a female child. conveyed it to the mortuary.—Dr. Roche made a post-mortem examination of tho body, ana came to the conclusion that the child had breathed fully. There were no marks of injury on the body, which had apparently been in the water for two or three weeks.. It was impossi ble to tell what was the cause of death.—The jury, dicT deliberation, returned an open

THE TINPLATEUS' UNION. A THREAT OF SECESSION. Matters do not go on very peacefully at Mor- riston in connection with the Tin-platers' Union The Beaufort workmen are not satisfied with the present state of the Union, and they insist upon certain members of the executive and other officials being removed. To that end a meeting will be held at Seion vestry on Saturday, when several proposed improvements will be discussed. If the executive will not adopt remedial measures the men assort they will secede altogether from the Union. ^MM

MR GLADSTONE'S HOLIDAY. The Press Association learns that Mr Gladstone will nob in any case leave Blackcraig before Wednesday or Thursdry next. The climate suits the Premier so well that be will remain aa long as possible.

WALES IN PARLIAMENT Critom OUR LONDON WELSH CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Friday Night. The death of Mr Culley, the Chief Com- missioner of Woods and Forests, has placed an important post, in which Wales is deeply interested, at the disposal of the First Lord of the Treasury. This afternoon a deputa- tion, consisting chiefly of Welsh members, including Mr Thomas Ellis, Mr Lloyd George, Major Jones, Mr Frank Edwards, Mr S. Evans, and Mr Pritchard Morgan, and with them Sir Charles Dilke and Mr Bernard Molloy, waited upon Sir Wm. Harcourt, in the absence of Mr Gladstone, to place before him their views with regard to the forthcoming appointment, and the administration of Crown lands in Wales. Sir Charles 1 >ilke led off with the grievances of the Forest of Dean. Mr Lloyd-George followed, and pointed out the anomalies of the Woods and Forests administration in connection with the slate quarries of Carnarvonshire. Mr Pritchard Morgan had an opportunity of again point- ing cut the obstacles to the development of the gold-mining industry consequent on heavy Crown royalties, and difficulties aris- ing from the present mode of granting 9 1 leases. Mr Frank Edwards made some pertinent observations on the same subject, and altogether a strong case was presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in favour of appointing a thoroughly strong and com- petent man, acquainted with the position of affairs, to fill the vacancy in the Department. Sir William Harcout entered fully into the matter, and promised to lay the views of the deputation befare the Prime Minister. The evidence tendered on behalf of the Merionethshire farmers at Bala and at Dolgelley has given the greatest satisfaction to everyone interested in the success of the Welsh Land Commission. I under- stand that when the Commissioners visit Corwon, Mr Thomas ,E. Ellis, M.P., will attend to give evidence, as will also Mr Thomas Ellis, of Cynlas, who will probably have some interesting testimony to give con- cerning the depredations of ground game, and other pertinent subjects. In Carnar- vonshire Mr Lloyd George and his brother, Mr fWilliam George, of Criccieth, will both tender evidence. Mr Bowen Rowlands, I understand, is taking measures to prepare th#Commissioners' visit to Cardiganshire. The Bangor College Scandal," as the recent dispute with regard to the women's hostel has come to be called, is to be brought before the House of Commons. Mr F. S. Powell has given notice of motion on the subject, and the matter will be raised on the Estimatos. Several of the professors and others interested in the question were at the House this evening in anticipation of the event. Major Jones is to be the principal speaker to-morrow at the opening meeting of a nine-days' session of the temperance party at Uxbridge. Mr W. S. Caine is to take the chair. The papers are somewhat concerned about the attitude taken by the member for the Carmarthen Boroughs at the recent meeting of the United Kingdom Alliance. I understand that he gave the meeting a general view of the political situation, and strongly urged that the speediest way of dealing with the veto question was to add a local control cla use to the Parish Councils Bill. Be, however, defended the position which he has held from the fint--that Welsh Dises- ablishment should have the premier place in the Session of 1894, even to the postpone- ment, if necessary, of the Local Veto Bill.

ZZ. THE WOODS AND FORESTS, WELSH DEPUTATION TO THE GOVERNMENT. A deputation of the Welsh Liberal members waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer last evening at the House of Commons to urge forward the appointment of a. man who would take an intelligent and practical interest in the resource., of thelciountry to the vacant Com nlissioner. ship of Woods and Forests m the Principality. Sir Charles Dilke w.9 also present, and spoke on behalf of the Forest of Dean, as also did Mr Pritchard Morgan, on behalf of the metalliferous and Mr Lloyd George for the other interests. The Chancellor of the Exchequer promised to lay the views of the deputation before the Prime Minister, with whom the appointment rests. ..s'jn(S0r

THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. FIXED FOR SATURDAY NEXT. „A?s5^afc>on is able to state that, instead of finishing business of Supply on Saturday, the Consular and Navy Votes will be taken on Monday, and that other arrange- ments have now been made by which the House will be able to adiourn on Saturday, the 23rd inst., till November 2nd TwJa,lso.sta'e'd th»t the agreement between the Postmaster-General and the Telephone Com- panies will not be placed on the table of Parlia- tW H" autumn sitting, but it is understood that tins arrangement will not prevent some discussIOn of the subject t0'day uPOn the Post Office vote.

THE DEFIANCE OF PARLIA- MENT BY INDIAN OFFICIALS. Commenting upon the remarkable apology to Dr. Kate Bushnell and Mrs Andrew which General Lord Roberts has written, the Methodist Times writes:—"But this incident has not yet closed. The Christian people of this country will expect the Government to take some action on the report of the Commission. Lord Roberts was ignorant of the flagrant disobedience of his subordinates to the resolution of the House of Commons. But some- body knew of it. The country will demand that condign punishment shall be meted out to those who thus defied the authority of the Imperial parliament and were disloyal to the Queen's Government m India. It is a disgrace to all Englishmen that such violations of our laws and disregard of the resolutions of our Parliament cannot be stopped in our Indian Army without the assistance of ladies from the United States. Where were all ourown highly-paidofficials? What were they doing ? What are they paid for-to break the Jaw. or see it observed 1 Are the iaw- breakers still In positions of authority to resume their nefarious work when public attention is with. drawn from them ? These and the like questions await solution at the hands of the Government." The London correspondent of the Sheffield Independent states that it is the intention of Mr Stansfeld early next week (probably on Tuesday) to take an opportunity to call Parliamentary attention to the defective carrying out of the resolution in India.

THE NEW CRUISER CAMBRIAN. SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIP. The final official steam trial of the new cruiser Cambrian took place on Thursday. The vessel left Milford Haven in early morning, and pro- ceeded into the Irish Sea. Starting at 8.30 am with forced draught, she ran until 12.30, accomplishing in the meantime no less a distance than 83.25 knots, being an average of 20.81 knots per hour. The following figures, which shows the progress made during each successive half-hour, illustrates a consistency of speed which 1a probably seldom equalled. As previously stated, the Cambrian commenced her four hours trial at 8.30, and, at 9 a.m., she had covered 10.4 knots; at 9.30, 20.8 10, 31.3; 10.30, 41.78; 11, 52.2; 11.30, 62.5; 12, 72.85; and at 12.30 p.m., 83.25. Tho mean pressure of steam throughout the run was 140 lbs to the square inch, the number of revolutions l43 per minute the temperature of stoke hold, lOOdeg. Fahrenheit; and the indi- cated horse-power. 9,176, or just 176 above the contract. On the whole, the trials undoubtedly reflect the greatest credit on Messrs Hawthorne, Leslie and Company, the contracting engineers, and on their local representative, Mr T. M, Everitt. In the course of a week or so the Cambrian will be again docked to have her machinery thoroughly overhauled preliminary to beinff finally taken over by the Admiralty.

ANTI-TAXATION RIOTS IN SPAIN. TWO PERSONS SHOT DEAD. PUBLIC BUILDINGS STORMED AND LOOTED. MADRID, Thursday.—Senor Gatnazo's fiscal proposals have excited great discontent in various parts of the monarchy, culminating in riots and disorders, chiefly directed against tax- gathers in the provinces of Navarre, Tarragona, Cordoba, and Ocviedo. At Otite yesterday a mob smashed the windows of the mayor's house, and attempted to nre the building. They were dispersed by the civic guards. At Mont Blanch, in Tarragona, the rioting was more serious, the demonstrators firing on the civic guards, who returned the fire. Two persons were shot dead, and several more injured. At Doma Mencia, in Cordoba the mob after stoning the residence of the local tax-gatherer forced their way into the building, sacked various rooms, destroyed the public records, and de- camped with the collector's tax money. The efforts of the civic guards were at first directed mainly to the protection of the tax-gatherer from the fury of the mob. They subsequently pursued the rioters, recovered a portion of the money, and made several arrests. A tax-gatherer while going to levy an embargo on a defaulting taxpayer at Mortera Olloniego, in Orviedo, was set upon by 200 women, and prevented from effecting his purpose. -Reuter,

ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUDS. At Liverpool, yesterday, after an exhaustive magisterial inquiry, George D. Wishart, tobacco factor, and John E. Jones, his chief clerk and cashier, were committed for trial on a charge of obtaining over £ 30,000 from the North-Western Bank by false pretences. The evidence showed that the bank held a large quantity of tobacco as security for advances to Wishart, which was released from tinie to time on sales; the notes alleged to be bogus.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR RNGLAND, S.W., AND sOUTH W AT, KS. windfall, and north-easterly E ^settled some rain thunder locally. G,fv settled weather It "*ely °ver England, with thunder m places. WARNINGS.-The south cone is up in 0,1, 6 and part of 9. —— 1/ I II

GENERAL FORECASTS. following forecasts were prepared last night at .ihe Meteorological Office at eight o'clock •—< DISTRICTS- c„ n A XT 1 Westerly winds, strong to Scotland, N. J- moderate changeable J some showers. 1 Scotland, E.) South-westerly winds, force 2. England,N.E. | «°»htfiil • changeable 6 J some showers. 3. England, South-easterly winds, light* 4. Jlid. Counties I tine at first, close, and un- 5. Eng. S. (Lon. j settled later, withsome rain, and Channel. )J and probably thunder. fi. Scotland W. S v 7. Engl., N. W., >Same as 1 and 2. ftlJorthWales. J 9. Ireland, N. Same as 1 and 2. 10 TrelamL S lEasterIy winds, light; • j oJoud.v come rain.

BALLOT OF THE MINERS' FEDERATION. OVERWHELMING MAJORITY AGAINST REDUCTION OR ARBITRATION The proceedings of the National Miners' Federation were resumed at Nottingham, yester- day under, the presidency of Mr Pickard. The delegates sat with closed doors from ten till one. The results of the ballot in various districts occupied attention. In the result it proved that there was an overwhelming majority against 25 per cent. reduction or arbitra- tion, Sixty-pne thousand voted for the proposal to return at old rates, and 92,000 against The conference (says the Press Association) decided to recommend the men to remain firm. The Central News says after the results of the ballot were made known, the conference passed a resolution-" That after hearing the reports from the districts, and recognising this question as having been decided by ballot by the men we advise them to remain firm, as we still believe that 25 per cent. reduction is unreasonable and uncalled for. At the same time, we are prepared to return to work at the old rats of wages, aud will meet the owners to discuss, in the interests of trade, the necessity of their demands being with- drawn."

DETERMINED TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE. A Press Association correspondent at Notting- ham telegraphing later, says :-Anxiety as to the result of the conference representing the miners of the United Kingdom is now set at rest. the colliers having determined to continue the bitter struggle which began nearly seven weeks ago. When the conference was resumed in the Masonic-hall, on Friday morning, Mr Benjamin Pickard, M.P.. president of the Feder- ation, was again in the chair. The deliberations of the conference were conducted in private. The first business after luncheon was to receive the report of delegates as to result of ballot. It will be recollected that three questions were submitted to the men. The first was, "Will you agree to the 25 per cent. reduction in wages or any part thereo The vote on this question was:—for, 226; against, 145,195 majority against, 144,969. The next question was Will you accept the employers oifer of arbitration?" To this 406 rephed "Yes" and 141,566 answered in the negative, giving a majority of 141,160 against arbitration. The third question on the ballot paper was, Shall all men resume work who can do so at the old rate of wages 1" This was a very open question, and result was awaited with keen excitement. The result showedFor resuming work, 61,496; against, 92,246; majority atcainst, 30,750.— Con- siderable discussion followed on the declaration of the figures, and ultimately Mr W. E. Harvey, of Derbyshire, proposed the folklwiug resolution The conference, after hearing the reports from the districts, and recognismg that this question has been decided by the ballot^ of the men. advises the men to remain firm, as we still believe that the 25 per cent, reduction is unwar- rantable aund uncalled lor. At tje^ t^ we are prepared to return to work at the old rate of wages and we will meet the owners to discuss in the interests of trade the necessity of their demand being withdrawn. Several delegates having spoxen, the motion was carried unanimously, and the conference con- cluded.

THE FEATHERSTONE RIOT. In the House of Commons on Friday, The HOME SECRETARY, in answer to Mr Nussey, said he was aware that at the inquest on the men killed at the riots at Featherstone the #™y ex- pressed the opinion that had the police not been sent to Doncaster Races the military would not have been necessary. At the inquest in the case of Thos. Douglas, the second of the two men killed, the jury returned a verdict of Justifiable homicide." He was obtaining the evidence given, and until he had considered the whole case he must defer his decision as to whether a full inquiry should be held as to the measures taken for the preservation of peace.

ALLEGED JNCENDIARISTS ARRESTED. Yesterday morning the Rotberham police made nine further arrests in connection with the riot at Wath Colliery on. September 6th Twentv men now in custody. Sotiie Of -the prisoaers were identified as having assisted in setting fire to coal waggons on tIK colliery surface. The damage done to property durine the not was about £ 4.000. prisoners were brought before the magistrates yesterday afternoon and remanded.

THE OLD RATE OF WAGES. All the landsalepits at Chesterfield, in addition to the London Colliery, Brampton, worked with- out interruption yesterday. The old rate of wages in each case is paid, and it was generally believed that the Nottingham confer- ence would sanction the miners working. Ilie decision that none are to work has come as a blow, and it is feared will lead to a renewal of disturbances in the county, especially at Chesterfield, where the colliery proprietors are determined to work their non-Union pits and sell coal. The Derbyshire leaders of the men have during the week advised the flJell, in their speeches, tp return to work at the old rate of wages, and it is now believed that the majority of the Derbyshire miners would now vote for it.

PRICE OF COAL IN LONDON. On the London Coal Exchange yesterday prices advanced another shilling a ton.

RIOTERS SENT TO GAOL. At Dewsbury three men belonging to the Leeds district were sent to gaol for six weeks in connection with the colliery riots.

RESUMING WORK NEAR CHESTER- FIELD. The Press Association Chesterfield correspon- dentstates that coal getting was resumed yesterday at the London Colliery, Brampton, the premises being guarded by a forcp of Durham and Uerby- shire police. Thirty Metropolitan Poh^,<^n" stables arrived at Chesterheld yesterday, and aie quartered in the Market Hall in case there should be a raid on the stalls in the market.

DURHAM MINERS CEASE OPERATIONS. The miners at Hebburn Colliery, Durham, refused to continue work yesterday morning because they were engaged yesterday in tilling trucks for the Midland districts. The men have decided to refuse to fill coal for any disaffected districts.

THE MIDLANDSAN D THE 20TH RULE. Our Birmingham correspondent telegraphs The pronouncement by the Miners'Federation Conference yesterday for continuing in force the 20th rule, and thereby prohibiting a partial resumption of work until the wages question is settled, has produced a crisis in the Midland Federation, which it is expected will result in either the conference resolutions being ignored or in a complete secession of the district, with its 46 000 members, from the Federation. The reso- lution absolutely forbids the compromise effected in the Forest of Dean and North Staffordshire, and it is improbable that the men in those districts will now abide by the decision as their funds are exhausted, ar.d the eeneral distress so great that subsistence is im- possible. The North Staffordshire miners may attempt to temporise with the matter by keeping at work as long as possible, and then leaving the pits to avoid exclusion, but if they adopt this vacillating policy they will be met by a determined attitude on the part of the em- ployers, who will close their pits till the reduc- tion is accepted. The coalowners were almost unanimous in a similar decision last week, and its enforcement was only prevented by one of the largest owners giving way.

SCOTTISH MINERS IN CONFERENCE. At a very inharmonious conference yesterday in Glasgow, of Scotch miners' delegates, the majority agreed that as no reduction of wages has been intimated, and no over-production proved, the miners of the West of Scotland wQrk only four days next week.and that the conference meet next Thursday to inaugurate a national policy. The unsuccessful amendment was to begin the four days' policy and continue it what- ever happens.

SEETHING DISAFFECTION ON THE. CONTINENT. BELGIAN MINERS WILL STRIKE. PARIS, Friday.—The secretary-general of the Federation of Belgian Miners in on interview yesterday, said it was almost certain a general strike would take place in the Borinage colliery district next week in order to support the French miners, who favour international federal prin- ciplea on labour questions.—Renter.

DISASTROUS FLOODS IN SPAIN. FORTY PERSONS DROWNED. MADRID, Friday.—Owing to the unprecedently heavy fall of rain Villac.mas, in the a Toledo, near Oonsuegra, has been flooded, ain the destruction of lite and property is reported 10 be very great. Forty corpses have already beei recovered, buty it is believed the number of victims greatly exceeds this, many being buried ufidfer the ruins of their dwellings and others drowned. Help has been sent to the inundated district, and the Minister of the Interior has ex- pressed his intention to visit Villacanas. Commu- nication is, howevei, difficult, as the railways are impassable at several points. In the same region the train from Badajoz, for Madrid, went off the wla. but no deaths are reported.—'Central Nt*>*•

DISEASE DECLINING-AT-GRIMSBY. THE OUTBREAK AT ASHBOURNE. S SIX CASES AND THREE DEATHS IN ONE HOUSE. The official report issued by Dr. Thome, of the Local Government Board, yesterday afternoon statesNo deaths attributable either to cholera or choleraic diarrhoea has occurred in' Hull, Grimsby, or Cleethorpes up to midday to-day. Only one fresh attack of a choleraic type has occurred in Hull,. only three in Grimsby, and none in Cleethorpes. The attacks which occurred at Bingley turned out not to have been cholera at all. A few other cases involving some suspicion have been reported, but as yet there is no con- firmation as to the attacks being choleraic. Dr. Bruce Lord is still in Ashbourne, where fifteen attacks and nine deaths have occurred amongst those using one well, which had opportunity for special contamination. Notwithstanding very unsatisfactory sanitary circumstances the disease appears to have been strictly localised. Stringent measures are now being taken and no fresh attack has been reported. In the House of Commons, on Friday, Mr Hanbury asked the President of the Local Government Board whether he had any informa- tion aa to the extent of the eutbreak of cholera at Ashbourne, and whether the Local Government Board had any knowledge of the sanitary condi- tion of the town and the unsatisfactory water supply.—Mr H. Fowler replied that a Local Government Board|inspector wasat oncedespatched to Ashbourne. He reported that the par- ticular yard (mentioned on Thursday) was of a dirty and disreputable character. There had been 15 attacks, and nine deaths. In one house there were six cases and three deaths. There was in she yard attached to the public-house a water-closet used by tramps, hawkers, and strangers. The soil pipe leaked within two feet of the well. The well had been pumped out and filled up with quicklime, and since these measures up to midday to-day no fresh cases had occurred. Dr. Low, the inspector, reported that there was much enteric j fever and diarrhcea at Ashbourne, and it had a bad sanitary history. He meant to push this matter to the utmost—(cheers) and see what the powers of the Local Government Board were to get the water supply improved, and if the rural sanitary authority declined—which he hoped they would not—to deal effectively with it. (Hear, hear.)

SUSPICIOUS CASES AT MANCHESTER. Two suspected cases of cholera were reported at the meeting of the Charlton Board of Guardians, Manchester, yesterday. One patient was 73 and the other 44. One case was that of a married woman, who first became ill last Wednesday, and the other was her mother-in-law, who had been attending her. Both patients had been very bad with cramp and other symptoms peculiar to the disease. The younger of the two women died yesterday. Dr. Rhodes said that the public should understand that the cases were not certified as cholera but as choleraic diarrhcea. If there should be any doubt about the real nature of the cases, be thought it would be well to let Dr. Thorne, of the Local Government Board, know about them.

ALARM AT ACCRINGTON. Considerable alarm has been caused in Acering- ton by the report of the sudden death of a woman from cholera. The medical officer says it is a case of English and not Asiatic cholera, but he has taken every precaution and sent a report to London. The bedding has been destroyed, and the body wrapped in a cloth strongly disinfected, and was interred yesterday by medical order.

PLACED IN QUARANTINE. The ship Excelsior, from Ibrail, on the Danube, with grain, has arrived in Moville Bay, Lough Foyle, 16 miles from Londonderry, flying the yellow flag. The medical inspector reports that sickness has prevailed during the voyage. The vessel has been placed in quarantine.

ANOTHER DEATH AT LEEDS. Another fatal case of cholera is reported in Leeds, being the second this week. The deceased is Elizabeth Ann Campbell, and she died 24 hours after first being attacked. The sanitary authori- ties are taking extensive precautions against the spread of the disease. The wotoan, Who was 41 years of age, was the wife of a labourer.

FATAL CASE AT DERBY. A married woman named Nash died yesterday in Bold-lane, Derby, after three hours' illness. The doctor who attended her has had experience of Asiatic cholera in Egypt. and he states the symptomsareto be in no way distinguishable from that disease. A post-mortem examination has been ordered.

THE SCOURGE ABROAD. BERLIN, Friday.—The Imperial Board of Health to-day announces that seven fresh cases of cholera have occurred in the Rhine territory since Wednesday. In the district of Solingen the number of cases which have been certified as cholera is six. Berlin itself is new declared free even of suspicious case?. —Renter. ST. PETERSBURG, Friday.—From the 11th to the 13th inst. there were 122 cases of cholera and 43 deaths in this city and frcm the 9th to the 11th, 25 cases and 14 deaths in Moscow.—Reuter.

EXAMINATION OF THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. Mrs Monson arrived at Greenock again yester- day and saw her husband in Greenock Prison. Monson, who is bearing up we! will probably be visited by his agents to-day to arrange for his defence. Mrs Monson wears a thick veil, which obscures her features and baffles persons who have been:trying to secure snap-shot photographs of her. With the view of preparing the defence of the prisoner, Mr John Wilson, advocate; Dr. Matthew Hay, Professor of Medical Juris- prudence in Aberdeen University Dr. Gordon Saunddrs, Edinburgh and Mr Clark, of Messrs Davidson and Syme, W.S., Edinburgh, on Thurs- day visited Ardlamont. About four hours were spent in the wood. A most exhaustive examina- tion of the ground was made. The pellet marks on the rowan tree sapling were examined with the createst minuteness and a series of measure- ments was taken. Search was made for pellet marks on the surrounding trees, with the result that a number of such marks were discovered on a beech tree immediately behind and on a higher level than the plane tree so often referred to. Traces of pellet shots were also found on larch trees to the north of the plane tree. In view of the theory underlying the case for the Crown, careful examination was made of the situation of the line of fire as indicated by the marks on the rowan tree sapling and the plane tree, and other measurements were made, evidently with a, view of establishing that the positionof the pallet, marks is quiteconsistent with the theory that Hambrough stumbled on the turf dyke and that his gun acci- dentally went off. Another observation suggested by the presence of pellet marks on the various trees examined was that these marks may have been made before the accident. Monson and his friends had frequently shot in the wood, and as pigeons are plentiful the fact that twigs and branches of trees are indeuted by leaden shot would not be sufficient ground for suspicion. The jiolice watch on the rowan tree sapling is not yet withdrawn. It is the intention of tbe authorities to cut down the tree and preserve it for production at the trial. A num- ber of twigs and branches of the adjoining trees bearing pellet marks are likewise to be removed and preserved for the purpose of evidence. Monson is reported to feel his position very acute'y. He is well treated so far as the prison rules will permit. His wife has returned to Ardlamont.

A SUPPOSED PHOTOGRAPH OF SCOTT. It is understoood that the photograph, said to be that of Sott, now in the hands of the police, will form an important clue to the discovery of the missing man. Precise information as to how It ws dlcovered is difficult to obtain, but one version is that the butler, Wright, found it in a bundle of photographs in one of the apartments of the house. A number of the witnesses who saw Scott, are said to be satisfied that the photograph is that of the man wanted. When Mrs Monson was confronted with it, and was asked who it represented, she is said to have replied that it was the photograph of her brother. Asked where he was, she answered that he was dead that he had died in Buenos Ayres at the end of July, but at what particular place she could not remember,

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IMPERIAIIPARLLAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FbidAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. THE MERCANTILE SHIPPING ACT. Mr MONDELLA, replying to Mr Howell, said the Merchant Shipping Bill, which had now been. read a. second time, proposed to consolidate various Acts of Parliament relating to the- mer- canle marine. THE POOR LAW. Mr H. H. FOWLER, replying to a question from Mr Howell, agreed in the desirability of having the Poor Law consolidated, but the statutes were not all the Poor Law, a great .deal of the Poor Law being contained in the Orders of the old Poor Law Board and of the Local Government Board. His copy of these orders, with a few notes, extended to a thousand octavo pages. Con- solidation presented a serious undertaking. He would, however, submit the question to the Statute Law Committee, with a view to seeing what could be done. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Mr H. H. FOWLEB, in reply to Mr Benson, said that under the Local Taxation Act of 1890. county councils, town councils, and county boroughs were empowered to apply theadditional subsidies under that Act to technical or intermediate education, but no legal obligation was then imposed on councils so to apply the subsidies. He was glad to say a very large proportion of the councils had complied with what might he fairly called the intention of Parliament 111 making the grants. Of the counties in England and Wales, 54 applied the whole of the grants to technical or intermediate education, and in the remaining 'eight a consikerable portion of the eight grants was so applied. Of 64 town councils 50 devoted the whole of the grants and 10 part of the grants to simitar purposes. In one council no decision had been arrived at, and of the remaining three he understood, although returns had not yet been received, the whole of the amount was appropriated in this manner. A recent return would show the details of the schemes and the amounts devoted to art, science, technical and manual instruction. Mr LODEU tnquired how the London County Council used the grant allotted to it. Mr FOWLER believed, though could not speak with certainty, the London County Council applied the grant in the same way. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAMPERDOWN. Sir UGHTRKD KAT-SHUTTLEWORTH, in answer to Mr Gourley, said the actual cost to make good the damage to the Camperdown, caused by the collision with the Victoria, bad not been ascertained, but the estimate for the Camperdown repairs was £2,500. A slight defect unconnected with the collision in the A" frame, containing the port propeller shaft, could be remedied without bringing the vessel home. Spare gear, including spare propeller blades, was carried by all vessels to the extent experience had shown to be desirable. The Camperdown had spare shafting also. In reply to Mr Arnold Forster's question, put by Mr POWELL WILLIAMS, Sir U. KAY-SHU'ITLEWORTH said the total expenditure on naval expenditure in the year 1393-4, exclusive of the contract ships building under the Naval Defence Act, chaiged on the Consolidated Fund, and spread over a series of years, wrs £2,398,600. To this should be added £45,125 for the transfer of gun mountings and machinery (explained in the Estimates), making a total of £2,443,725, as compared with an actual expenditure of £2,268,000 in 1892-3, an I increase for the current year of £175,000. This was a correction of the answer given on Sep- tember 1st. THE LANDING OF IMMIGRANTS. Mr FOWLER, in answer to Mr Macdona, said Russian immigrants had recently arrived in the Thames from Bremen, Libau, and other ports. Of 85 which arrived in the Adler from Bremen, Libau, and other ports on the 13th, the medical officer prohibited the landing of 75, and on the 26th he prohibited the landing of 26 from Libau. Bedding and luggage, if in a filthy state, could not be delivered over the side of the vessel until the port sanitary authority gave orders, and it was either disinfected or destroyed. The Local Government had every reliance on the mauner in which the port sanitary authority carried out the regulations, and he understood the German authorities subjected these Russian and Polish emigrants to close supervision before their de- parture from the port. BOROUGH AND COUNTY JUSTICES IN IRELAND. Mr J. MORLEY, in reply to Mr SEXTON, stated that since the present Government came into office 332 county justices and 78 borough justices bad been appointed in Ireland. In answer to Mr BALFOUR, Mr MORI.KY said he believed some of the borough justices were holders of drink licences. He would inquire how many county justices were licence-holders. THE STATE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as his hon. and learned friend (Mr Hopwood) had convinced him that the Pistols Bill was contro- versial, the order relating to it would be dis- charged. He congratulated his hon. and learned I friend on having vindicated the right of free shooting. (Laughter,) Almost all the new Government Bills had received the assent of the House by the exertions of hon. members on both sides wishing to forward useful measures of a non-controversial character. When the votes in Committee of Supply were finished there would be the stage of Report of Supply. This might be put down as the first order of the day on Mon- day, when the whole day would be available for the discussion of votes which had been insufficiently discussed in committee. If there was not a long discussion on the second reading of the Appropriation Bill, the Indian Budget might bo taken. The Bills on the paper would be disposed of by Saturday, and nothing would remain beyond the Report of Supply and the Appropriation Bill. The right hon. gentleman then moved that there should be a sitting of the House to-morrow (Saturday). SUPPLY. The House went again into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates. The first vote proposed was to complete the sum for county court officers, &c., in Ireland. Mr MACARTNEY complained of the appointment of Mr Wylie as assistant revising barrister for Londonderry. That gentloman, he stated, was an active politician, who bad.been more than once a candidate for Parliament, and he had had close professional relations with the Nationalist party in the city of Londonderry. Mr J. MORLEY could not admit that the circum- stance that Mr Wylie was a Parliamentary candidate in an adjoining county seven years ago disqualified him for the office of revising barrister. After some discussion, Mr BALFOUR thought the right hon. gentleman opposite had been unlucky. He had reason to believe that the right hon. gentleman had taken great pains to make such opportunities as would give us cause of complaint. But he hoped that even at the eleventh hour he would transfer Mr Wylie to some other district. This could not be an insult to Mr Wylie, because that discussion .had made it clear that no objection was taken to that gentleman's personal fitness or impartiality, but merely to his previous political connection with tht locality to which he had been appointed. A motion by Mr MACARTNEY to reduce the vote by £1,000 was negatived, and the vote was agreed to. On the next vote, to complete the sum for the expenses of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Mr T. W. RUSSKLL asked the Ciiief Secretary to state the results of his inquiries as to the case of alieged boycotting in Tipperary. Mr J. MORLEY was satisfied from the informa- tion that reached him that the Irish Constabulary, so far from showing systematic neglect of the Sunday-Closing Act, had exercised great vigil- ance in enforcing its provisions. He would see however, that the force was well-informed as to what constituted a bonafide traveller. He had made inquiries as to the alleged boycotting in a district of Tipperary. and it appeared that the occurrences referred to were due entirely to jealousies of traders. Mr SEXTON said it was one of the moat remark- able proofs of the success of the Chief Secretary's administration of Ireland that this vote, which had in past years been the subject of two or three nights' acrimonious debates, should now only give rise to a short discussion of a good-humoured and even humorous character, of which one of the most important topics was the flying of a flag. (Laughter) °' After further discussion the vote was agreed to On the vote for National Education 111 Ireland Mr MACARTNEY criticised a recent revision of a reading book used in the Irish national schools and also took occasion to express his entire want of confidence in the present commissions on education. Mr J. MORLEY repeated his former statement that the book was revised and re-arranged by a committee consisting of four Protectants and two Roman Catholics. It was absurd to suppose that the alterations were made with the object of excluding Archbishop Whateley's name or pooh-poohing the British Constitution. At the same tune, he agreed with Dr. Fitzgerald that it) would be better if in Ireland, as in England there was free competition in the provision of school readinsr-books. Mr JACKSON urged the importance of dairy instruction in Ireland, and expressed his convic- tion that the average school attendance could be and ought to be, raised by at least 10 per cent. Mr J. MORLKY said that under the authority of the Government arrangements had been made for an experienced instructor to visit the creameries and butter factories in different parts of Ireland, and the instructor commenced the active discharge of his duties on tbe 26th of April. Upon the important subject of com. pulsory education, tho commissioners had issued circulars to 118 of the principal townships affected, and from 80 replies that had been received they were quite prepared to comply with the requirements of the Act, but in 12 cases hostilities had been declared and 17 municipal authorities had sent no replies. The vote was then agreed to, and the last of the Irish votes, namely, the votes for Queen's Colleges in Ireland, was sanctioned at a quarter to twelve o'clock. The nex: vote for miscellaneous legal expenses was, after some discussion, agreed to. Several other votes were agreed to, and the House adjourned at 2.38 a.m.

Time was when thousands of likenesses of Mary Anderson and Mrs Langtry flooded the market, and were purchased by many people out- side of dudes and dukedom; but this ia of the past, and there is now a vacancy for a photo- graphable beauty, whose latest pose shall be sought for by thej'eurmsi; dorte.

A. CARDIFF ELOPEMENT. HEARTLESS DESERTION OF WIFE AND FAMILY. THE SERVANT GIRL AND THE TRADESMAN. Daring the past fortnight there has been missing from his home in Cathays a well-known Cardiff tradesman, who, there is strong presumptive evidence to show, has gone off in company with a domestic servant, who was till lately in service 111 one of tha most fashionable parts of Roatb. The circumstances of the case are exceedingly painful, the fugitive husband having left behind him in dependence upon the charity of relatives and friends a wife and three children, the oldest of whom is only seven. So great has been the extieinity to which the wife has been reduced that she has has bad to make application to the Cardiff guardians for relief, and inquiries are being set on foot with r. view to the discovery of the missing husband. It would appear from what has so far transpired that the man had to go to various houses for the purpose of doing work con- nected with his business, and it was in this way that he came to make the acquaintance of the domestic, whose blandishments appear to have proved too much for him. The mutual affection which thus sprang up was continued after the tradesman's work was completed. During the absence of the lady of the house at the seaside the domestic, who is described as being about 24 years of age, had control of the house, and it is alleged that she received frequent visits at very early hours in the morning from her married friend. A system of signals I seems to have been arranged between them, the indication of his presence outside the house being the blowing af a policeman's whistle. During the fine fresh mornings of the last few weeks the erring husband has been seen and heard piping the recognised note at as early an hour as six o'clock, and the domestic has responded to his call with a promptitude begotten of expectancy and experience. Latterly, however, the "friend- ship" had to be carried on a little less openly, owing to the return of the mistress of the house, and then the girl left somewhat suddenly and proceeded temporarily to a house in Cathays. I From here on Saturday week she was conveyed in a cab, having with her a considerable quantity of luggage. The cab was driven through one of the principal streets in Roath. about mid- way along which it stopped and picked up the person, the head and front of whose offending I, forms the subject of these lines. The two then proceeded to the Great Western Station, where, as is generally supposed, they took train for Hereford. Nothing has been seen of them by their Cardiff friends from that day to this but j search is being made for them owing to the man's J wife and children having become chargeable to the Cardiff Union. As the poor woman and her family had been on particulaly short commons during the last few weeks that the husband and father was with them, and have, sinco his departure, had nothing but the generosity of relatives to maintain them, their position is a particularly distressing one, more especially as the poor woman is in rather delicate health, and is still grieving over the loss of one" of her children. She is now resident with her brother in Cathays, but he is a young man in bumble circumstances, and not able to render her all the assistance that he would like to give. Their parents, who are people very advanced in years, live at Pontypridd, and owing to the feebleness of the father, who is up- wards of 80, the sad occurrence in the family has, up to the present, been kept from them. The absent husband, who is described as a man of commanding figure, and as possessed of consider- able personal attraction, is about 31 years of age, and was until recently in the employ of one of the largest and best known firms in Cardiff. He left there to open business on his own account, and his shop is still being carried on by a man whom he had in his service. The girl, with whom he has evidently eloped, is believed to come from the town of Monmouth, where her home is. Letters from her to the husband, couched in language of the most absurdly affectionate description, have been discovered, and these leave no doubt as to the object the couple had in betaking themselves off so sud- denly and mysteriously. The poor wife and family in their affliction stand in need of imme- diate assistance, and are not without hope that when their present circumstances come to be known a ready and generous helping hand may be extended to them,

11 ACCIDENTS IN THE MINE. FATAL FALLS OF ROOF. A SERIES OF FATALITIES. A heavy fall of roof in one of the stalls of the Bed well ty Pit tookplaceyesterday morning. killing a collier named James Hough, married, East-lane, Tredegar, and seriously injuring two other men, named respectively Thomas Jones, gaffer haulier, of High-street, and Wjlliam Belt. collier, Charles- street. Hough was killed on the spot, while Jones sustained a serious injury to one of bis feet, and Belt had his back injured. The injured men were at once conveyed home, and received prompt medical attendance. Yesterday, at noon, a miner named Charles Breen, living in Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, was killed by a large stone falling from the. roof of the workings in the Albion Colliery, Ponty. pridd. The body was conveyed home, followed by -a number of tbe workmen. Yesterday afternoon a miner named Thomas Frenoh, residing at Pontygraigwen, near Ponty. pridd, was killed on the spot by a fall of roof in the stall in the Albion Colliery, Pontypridd. He leaves a widow and three children. The same afternoon a young miner named Thomas Hughes, 19 years of age, living at Llantwit, was killed in. stantaneously in the Penrhiw Colliery, Ponty- pridd. The deceased was working with his two brothers.

THE RISING IN ARGENTINA. BUENOS AYREB. Thursday.—Troops have been despatched to Tucuman to protect the railway traffic.—Reuter.

——i—mmmm f, CARDIFF BUILDING TRADES. THE DISPUTE CLOSED. Yesterday work was proceeding as though there had been no dispute, and the masters had not placed up notices of lock-out. Of course, there is no working on the college buildings or on the new church in Tredegarville, owing to Mr Lattey's having paid off his men last night, pre- sumably by mistake. A meeting of these men was held this morning, and a deputation was appointed to wait upon their late employer. It is probable that as the outcome of this conference work will be resumed on these two jobs in the morning.

PRINCIPALITY LIBERAL CLUB. The new premises of the Principality Liberal Olub, in the Market Buildings, .St. Mary-street, Cardiff, were yesterday afternoon inspected by the sub-committee and promoters, and the ques- tion of the location of the rooms for the various purposes of the club was considered.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A* NEWPORT INNKEiSPEK, Mr C. M. King, landlord of King William the Fourth, a noted hostelry in Commercial-street, died somewhat suddenly on Friday morning. The deceased walked to-an-fro to Caerleon on Sunday, but caught cold a day or two after, and this de- veloped into inflammation of the lungs. Mr King was only about 45 years of age, and was a mem- ber of an old Newport family. For some time he was proprietor of a brewery at Chepstow. De- ceased leaves a widow and a largre family.

REWARD FOR GALLANTRY. At the Weir, Llandaff, on Sunday afternoon, July 30th, of the present year, a brave Welshman) named Fred. R. Evans, gallantly attempted to I save the life of a visitor from Liverpool, named James Shaw, a lad of 15 years, who had slipped into a deep pool at the loot of the weir. Unfor- tunately, the means adopted to resuscitate life I proved unsuccessful. The spot where the unfor- tunate youth was drowned is very dangerous but will shortly be railed off. The parents of Shaw have forwarded to Evans a valuable gold medal, I with a neat inscription recording his gallantry. This is not the first time Evans has attempted to save life. He was one of the survivors of the ship Bay of Panama, which was lost off the rugged Cornish coast during the terrible blizzard of about two years ago, when many lives were lost.

A. RlWENTLY PUBLISHED REPORT ot the Histori- cal Manuscripts Commission contains a most interesting digest of the ancient records of the Corporation of Hereford, and some references tit the making and selling of beer, are worth notice. AlIc," Beere," and Metheglen" (a beer made from honey) are frequently mentioned from 1513 to the end of that century. At various times, from 1513 to 1550, persons were indicted far putting hops in ale, there being » law in fwrce against the practice. Little did the magistrates of that time think that in the nineteenth century one of the most paying industries in the county of Hereford would be the growing of this so-called I pernicious drug," and that the city itself should become famed for the brewing of a special beer, the "Golden Sunlight" Ale, whose excellence and flavour should greatly depend upon the very pick of Herefordshire hops being used in its brew- ing. Brewed only by Charles Watkins and Xon, the Hereford Brewery, apd egld by Agents fthrouKkont the kingdpio. l3Wl"'lrll90

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. 106 CASES IN THREE MONTHS. THE SOURCES OF INFECTION. SUGGESTED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. At a meeting of the Ystrad Local Board, held yesterday, under the presidency of Mr W. Jenkins, J.P., Dr. James, medical officer of health, reported that: during the past three months there had been 106 cases of typhoid fever in the district, but the cases had become more numerous recently. The localities infected with the epidemic were Llwynypia, Treherbert, Pentre, and Ystrad, but Blaenrhondda, Treorky, Clydach Vale, Dinas, Cymmer, Hafod, Porth, Ynyshir, Tylorstown, Ferndale, and Mardy were free from the infec- tion. The board had no doubt seen in the news- papers reports that the district was in a most insanitary state. He did not think the outbreak of fever was due to the milk supply. There was one case of fever at Paris-street, Ton, and one at 63, Bailey-street. A milkvendor resided at the former place, and the party at tbe latter house had got milk from him. The sale of milk at his place was therefore strictly prohibited. If the milk supply was the cause of the epidemic, there would have been more cases at Ystrad. A large number of cases had occurred at Llwyny- pia. He had inspected the locality recently, and found the sanitary arrangements so good, he con- cluded that the outbreak was due to something else. The people derived their milk supply from eight different sources. It was inferred by the inspector and himself that the water supply must have been tampered with or was impure, and consequently printed placards were distributed throughout the locality infected, cautioning people living in the terraces owned by the colliery com- pany to boil the water owing to its impurity. He knew Mr W. W. Hood, part proprietor of the collieries and the terraces, was away from home; but he thought he was quite justified in warning the tenants publicly. The Clerk here read a letter from Mr Hood complaining of the action taken by the medical officer as the water was quite pure. The Medical Officer ^proceeding) remarked that the epidemic was rapidly decreasing at Llwynypia. They could not attribute the outbreak of tbe infec- tion to insanitary arrangements because some of the fever cases had occurred in some of the cleanest houses. There were in some of tbe houses which are kept clean, and where the sanitary arrangements are good, three or four of the members of the same families infected with the disease. He had visited the intake of the waterworks of the Ystrad Gas and Water Com- pany that morning and found all the water from 1 the No. 5 air level flowing into the waterworks' main. He considered that all the water used for domestic purposes should be boiled, and the milk should also be boiled. With the exception of the residents infected at Llwynypia, all the other patients suffering from the infection receive their water supply from tbe Ystrad Water Company. It was unanimously agreed that printed circulars be issued lequesting the inhabitants to boil all the water used for domestic purposes, and calling the attention of the inhabitants of .the districts to other sanitary questions.

A DISAPPOINTED MILK VENDOR. < Subsequently a milkvendor, residing at Too, attended asking why he had been prohibited from selling milk.—The Clerk Is there not typhoid fever at your house ?—Yes.—The Chair- man Is that not sufficient reason for prohibiting the sale of milk at your house ?—I don't say less, but how am I going to live ?—The Clerk Do you buy milk wholesale ?—I buy some and keep cows.—Mr Lewis Do you keep a dairy ?—No.— The Clerk Well, you must have a registered dairy. You should consider yourself very lucky you have not been prosecuted. You are an illegal milk seller.—The Milk Vendor: But what am I going to do to get a living 2-A Mem- ber You must work at something else.—The Clerk You must not be allowed to kill peoples —-The milk vendor then retired.

INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT. 'I, CONTRADICTION BY THE GOVERN INSPECTOR. MR MANSEL FRANKLEN S ALLEGATIONS. y At a meeting of the Ystrad Local Board, "held on Friday, under the presidency of Mr W. Jenkins, J.P.. Mr J. W. Jones, engineer of tire, sewerage works of the Rbondda Valleys, reported that the main sewer bad been completed up so far as Wattstown, and from this locality the sewer was now actually running to the sea and by the end of next week the works would be completed as far MTyIorstown, in the Rhondda Fach Valley. With regard to the Rhondda Fawr the engineer thought the mam sewer would be completed in thret weeks up to Pontrhondda, or a little highef up the valley than Llwynypia. Porth distrie, bad not been connected with the mam sewer in consequence of the board not having giveti instructions to the engineer to do so.—Mr D. W* Davies, J.P., said he thought Porth bad been- connected. — The Chairman remarked that be was also under that impression. He thought the surveyor should have drawn the board's attention to the fact that the sewer was ready at Porth to receive the sewage.—Mr Jones, engineer, re- marked that he had reported the matter long ago. —Mr D. W. Davies observed that there was a doubt about it.—Mr Jones rejoined that he had reported the fact immediately.—Mr D. W. Davies < asked if it was necessary for the board to give instructions to the engineer to connect the subsi. diary drains whenever the main sewer was ready in the respective districts.—Mr John William* proposed that the main sewer should be coin nected with the subsidiary sections immediately after the completion of the former and it is conoo venient to do so, and that the engineer be em." j powered to execute the work without further COlle suiting the board.—This was seconded, and car. J ried unanimously. ■ The Surveyor reported that Mr Bruce Low. ) inspector to the Local Government Board, had made an inspection of the urban sanitary district of Ystradyfodwg during the latter part of August and the former part of September, his visit last- ing over two weeks. lie was accompanied on his rounds by Dr. James, the medical officer of health, and the surveyor, and also by the sanitary inspectors in their respective districts. Accompanied by Mr Williams, medical officer to the county, the party visited the waterworks of the Ystrad Gas and Water Company on the 4th inst., and found. qhat all the water issuing from one of the colliery air levels above the intake was flowing into the water supply. Dr. Bruce Low was much in favour of having the backyards of the cottage8 paved, so as to prevent any soaking under the < foundations. He considered the sanitary authority; should adopt the Public Health Amendment Act, 1890, which gives extended powers, enabling bye-laws being made to deal with certain sanitary reforms needed in thp district. He also strongly recommended the adoption by the board of the Infectious Diseases Notification Act. He objected to the use of cellar-houses as dwellings for people. There were several cellar habitations in the dis- trict quite unfit for dwelling purposes. i The Surveyor remarked that it had appeared in the Press that Mr Mansel Franklen had stated at a meeting of the sanitary committee of the county council that Dr. Bruce Low had returned to London ill in consequence of an injurious effect produced on him while making an inspection of the Rhondda Valleys regarding their sanitary condition. The surveyor observed that he had forwarded a copy of the Press reports to the Government inspector and had received a reply stating he was unable to understand how Ms Franklen could have imagined that he (Dr. Low; had been taken ill, for he was quite well on leaving the valleys, and had been in perfect health since. Dr. Low wished him to contradict snch false statements if made again in the Press, and the surveyor wished to state that many of the allegations made recently regarding the sanitary condition of the valleys are without foundation. It was considered advisable not to discuss the report regarding Dr. Bruce Low's inspection until an efficient report be received from the Govern- ment inspector himself.—Dr. Jamas, medical officer of health, remarked that Dr. Low had told him the official report would be ready in about two and a half months. However, the medical officer did not consider the condition of things ia the district should cause any alarm at all.

FUNERAL OF A VICTIM AT YSTRAD. Yesterday afternoon the remains of the late Mr Jonah Thomas, butcher, 36 years of age, who died on Tuesday evening at bis shop at Ystrad Rhondda from typhoid fever, were interred at the Treorky Cemetery. The deceased had been for years a conductor of the choir of Bethel Chapeti in the locality, and also a member of the wel1-; known choir which has competed on several occa- «' sions, under the conductorship of the popular, Mr Rosser. at various tiste idfodau.