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Collision with an Ice Cream Cart At Chester Assizes, on Wednesday week, before Lord Coleridge and a special jury, inlessrs. Berni Bros. and Co., of Brook-street, Wrexham, were the defendants in an action brought by Maxted Popham, of Llangollen, who claimed £ 1,000 damages for injuries sus- tained as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendants, or their servants. Mr. Abel Thomas, KC., M.P., and Mr Tudor Howell (instructed by Messrs. Evan Morris and Co., Wrexham), appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ellis J Griffith, M P (instructed by Messrs. Thomas and Davies, Merthyr) appeared for the. defendants Mr. Thomas, in his opening statement ,said that on Saturday, the 21st of August last, at 11.30 p.m., the plaintiff was returning from Wrexham on his motor cycle, and when he reached Rhostyllen he came into violent colli- sion with an ice-cream cart, driven by one of the defendants' servants. The defendants' cart was being driven furiously on the wrong side of the road, and there was not sufficient space left for the plaintiff to pass. The shaft of defend- ants' cart struck the plaintiff on the chest. The machine was badly damaged, and Mr. Popham received further injuries whilst lying on the ground, being kicked by the pony. The plain- tiff was taken to the Wrexham Infirmary, where he remained for seven weeks, and his condition was so serious that for three weeks his life was despaired of, he being kept alive by oxygen. Plaintiff, who was an articled pupil to a land surveyor, was still unable to attend to do any work The plaintiff supported coun- sel's statement, and several witnesses were call- ed to prove that defendants' cart was within a yard of the hedge.—Dr. Williams said that plaintiff was still suffering from the accident, and that he would still suffer for some time to come. Mr. Ellis Griffith, for defendants, denied that defendants' cart was being driven at an exces- sive speed, and said that there was sufficient room for plaintiff to pass the defendants' cart. -Dr Thomas Jones said olaintiff had made wonderful recovery. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and assessed the damages at £ 350.

MERTHYR POLICE COURT. TUE:SDAY. -Before Sir T. Marchant Williams (Stipendiary) and Mr. W. L. Daniel. stoned A Russian.—William John Ellis ani Benjamin Morgan, "or Penydarren, were sum*' moned for assaulting Bernard Shelonier, a Rus- sian.-Complainant said the defendants threw stones at him. and molested him as he passed along the street.—P.S. Jones told the Bench that he had received the complaints about the conduct of the defendants.—A fine of 20s. and costs each was imposed, or 14 days. "I won't. have people molested in the street," said the Stipendiary, "whether they are Russians, En- glish, or Irish." VARIOU,S.WilliarD Cousin. Cwm, Dowlais. was summoned by Sarah Thomas for using bad language, and was fined 20s. and costs or a month. Ernest Davies, Brecon-road, whose mother appeared, was summoned by Edith Tur- ner to show cause, etc.—An order was made for 3s. 6d. a week and costs. Pollic Hogan. summoned for assaulting a little girl named Eliza D Sawdry, was bound over to keep the peace. Timothy Sullivan and James Clifford, for fighting in Union-street, were fined 40s. and costs each.

On Saturday 92 degrees were recorded in the sun in London. I

-n MERTHYR POOR LAW ADMINISTRATION. "LAX IN THE EXTREME." There are some scathing comments on Mer- thyr Poor Law Union methods in Appendix Volume XVIII. of the reports of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, which was published on Saturday night. The report deals chiefly with the con- dition of the children in receipt of the various forms of poor law relief in England and Wales. The inquiry into the condition of children whose parents are in receipt of outdoor relief was begun in December, 1906, when Miss Phl- lips made investigations into the condition of the children of widows in receipt of out-rclief in the Union of Derby under the supervision of Mrs. Sidney Webb. In March, 1907, similar inquiries were begun by Miss Longman in the Union of Paddington. On May 6th, 1907, at the request of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, Miss Ethel Williams took over the inquiry. Miss Longman and Miss Phillips continued to work with her, and Mrs. Sidney Webb generously handed over all the material which had been collected up to that date. The inquiry was continued on the same lines on which it had been begun, with the addition of a more thorough investigation of the physical condition and development of the children. Amongst the Unions dealt with was Merthyr Tydfil. The total number of children (i.e., persons under 16) in receipt of poor law relief in England and Wales on January 1st, 1907, was 234.004 exclusive of a small number re- lieved in the casual wards. The total has va- ried little in the course of the last 25 years, never exceeding 270,000 and never less than 200,000. It was slightly lower in 1907 than in the two preceding years. Of these children the insane, who numbered 2,086, are for the present purpose ignored. They are. however, a class which is steadily increasing, and of which there is little statistical information. Of the 2,080 more than one-third belong to the Metropolis. Those in workhouses are not diminishing in number, having remained between 21,000 and 22,000 for some years. Of these, 565 children of school age are still being taught in schools within the workhouse, the remainder (of school age) being sent to public elementary schools. Those in Poor Law schools have for the last fow years remained nearly stationary at be- tween 12,000 and 13,000. Those in cottage homes and scattered homes are steadily grow- ing in number, having increased by 25 per cent, in the last three years. The number plac- ed in industrial and training homes is increas- ing very slowly. Among the chief causes which brought about the economic downfall of the families dependent on outdoor relief is acute illness, and particu- larly phthisis. The families relieved on ac- count of the desertion of the fathers form a very difficult problem. They are only seven per cent. of the whole. Most Boards have a rule that out-relief shall not be given in these cases, but in all Unions this rule seems to' be occasionally broken. In Merthyr and New- castle the proportion was highest. In Mcri-r. it was allowed by one of the officials that, t system encouraged desertions. These ssenv specially to occur about the time of the wit; confinement, and were temporary in char.ic^<\ and there was ground for suspicion that :-Ï1? sometimes knew where her husband was, and that had out-relief been withheld he would have returned home. MERTHYR METHODS LAX. In Merthyr Tydfil (says the report) much out- relief is given in comparatively large sums, and very freely The whole administration is lax in the extreme, and the character of the recipients and their homes, on the whole, vc-r.v low. As to the methods of oat-relief, the rt- I port says:—On the whole it is, perhaps, the case that "strict" Unions are more apt to give in money only and lax Unions in kind. St. George's Hanover-square and West Derby may be quoted as bearing out this rule. On the other hand, in Merthyr. a very loosely ad- ministered' Union, to give food and not money is exceedingly rare At Merthyr the conditions among boarded- out children were not very satisfactory, at least amongst the 41 children boarded-out by the Guardians. These children seem to be wholly under the ordinary out-relief admin is- tration, and the system partakes more of the nature of out-relief to the foster-parents, in re- spect of the children, than of ordinary boarding- out. Tho foster-parents are usually relatives or family friends, who have often taken tho child without any view to a boarding-out al- lowance, which they have only applied for long afterwards, and they would keep the child, even were the allowance withdrawn. It is thus diffi. cult for the guardians to retain any proper control of the homes, as the child could hardly be removed unless adopled by the guardians or unless the neglect had been so flagrant as to warrant prosecution. It will be seen from the report that homes and sleeping arrangements are, in many cases, unsatisfactory In the workhouse at Merthyr Tydfil, well children over three are only kept for a period of quarantine and are then sent out to the Aber- dare schools. The quarters for the children during the probationary period consist of a small dark day-room used for all the girls, the boys under eight, and the children under three. It was overfull at the date of a visit, though most of the babies were in the infirmary with measles. The sleeping accommodation consists of a dormitory furnished with beds and cots; this is used for all the girls, the boys under eight, and the nursing mothers. Thur. girls up to 16 share a room with the mothers of illegitimate babies. This, says Miss Williams. I consider a very serious matter. The children were clean in their persons and their clothes were sufficient. The dietary was good, the medical officer taking great interest in this question. For boys too old to put with the giris and infants there are no quarters at all, and any boy over about eight has to be put amongst the men. ABERDARE POOR LAW SCHOOL. The Poor Law Schools at Aberdare belonging to the guardians of the Merthyr Tydfil Union contained in December, 1907, 123 children, while 32 children were in two cottage homes, each of which contained 16 children. The main building- is not very satisfactory. Many of the rooms in the main building are dark and dismal and by no means well warmed. The girls' playroom is quite unfit for its purpose. It is dark and quite bare. There were no toys or work of any kind about. The boys' room was rather better, but poor. The children's dining-room* was dark and bare, and not heated at all. The sick room accommodation is very poor. The whole accommodation consists of one room with a wooden partition not reaching to the ceiling. At the time of my visit the sole occu- pant was one little girl suffering from eczema of the hands, who was quite alone, with no occu- pation. and sitting in a corner in a very inert fashion. I think she had been employing her- self picking a hole in the wall. Nowhere did I see any signs of out of school employment or amusement for either boys or girls, except that a fow of the older girls were helping to scrub out the dormitories. There was in the school only 20 minutes allowed for dinner, and when this has to include the serving out of food for a large number of children, there cannot be proper time for eating The children were on the whole very well nourished, specially those who had been some time in the institution. There were a few cases of illness. SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Miss Longman and Miss Phillips, in their re- port on the Merthyr Union, point out that rents range from 10s. a month to 24s. or 50s. Houses are so scarce that, save for condemned dwellings not yet destroyed, an empty house is hardly ever seen. The decent artisan with a large family may sometimes be weeks trying to get a house. Once a family gets into a slum quarter, their continuance there is pretty well assured. No other landlord would take them. and their rent is increased at the slum-owners' pleasure Thus in the worst courts in Merthyr the rente are sometimes as high as 6s. 6d. a week, though it is not uncommon for the landlord who is pretending to provide housing for the poor labourer to give his tenant a false rent book for show purposes which gives the rent as 2s. or 3s. The warmth of the houses, due to the con- stant fires. and the habits of a mining popu- lation, have set a high standard of personal cleanliness. There is always hot water, and it is noticeable that the children in Merthyr are seldom dirty in person. The homes and cloth- ing of the people, however, are not so well look- ed after.

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MERTHYR ADJOURNED LICENSING SESSIONS. ) PUBLIC-HOUSES TO BE CLOSED. MERTHYR'VALE APPLICATION AGAIN I FAILS. The adjourned Lioensing Sessions for the County Borough of Merthyr were held at the Town Hall, on Monday, the proceedings last- ing from 10.30 until after 6 o'clock. Mr J. Plews presided, and the other magistrates pre- sent were Dr. J. L. \V Ward, L. P-id-dle, Dr. Dr. Brennan, Dr. H. L. Hughes, Messrs. N. F. Hankey, Arthur Ouniel, John Evans (Tscoed), A. J. Howfield, T. Rich, Row- land Evans, W W Green, W. L. Daniel, D C. Evans, T. Andrews, Enoch MonlI, Gomer Thomas, Thos. Jones, S. Sandbrc^k, and J M. Berry, with Mr. Tom Eiias (magistrates' clerk). The Bench heard all the ca:;œ, and gave their decision at the close of the proceedings. STATION REFRESHMENT ROOM, MERTHYR. The police objected to the renewal of the licence of the Station Refreshment Rooms, Merthyr, on the ground that the third-class re- freshment room was not convenient for police supervision.—Mr. Hornby, Newport, appeared for the licensee, Mrs. Gunn.—Chief Constable Wilson said the department was nine feet square. The door was a very large one. occu- pying practically half of the floor space. "So large, added the Chief Constable, that persons can be concealed behind it" (laughter) On a. Saturday night all an officer could see were the backs of customers. He thought the difficulty might be overcome by the erection of a, circular counter, and then the 'faces of the people could be seen.—Mr. Hornby produced a plan showing how the room was intended to be altered, and the Chief Constable said it would meet with his approval.—Mr. Hornby: This room has been as it is now for thirty or forty years ?— Chief Constable: I do not know I was not here forty years ago (laughter). He agreed that a double door instead of a single door would be an improvement.—In reply to ques- tions, the Chief eaid that Dr. Hughes, Mr. T. Andrews and Mr. D. C. Evans inspected the premises with himself.—Mr. Hornby said if the present door was divided it would leave one foot nine inches for a person to pass through. "I don't think an average man could get through that," he added amid laughter.—Mr. J. M. Berry: Do you object to communication between the two rooms?—Mr. Hornby: I don't know whether that is possible. It would mean interfering with a permanent wall. VICTORIA INN, DOWLAIS. The police next objected to the renewal of the licence of the Victoria Inn, Dowlais, on the ground that the premises were not structurally adapted, and not convenient for police super- vision.—Mr. F. P. Charles was for the owner and licensee.—Chief Constable Wilson said there were windows looking into Horse-street i.isrough which trading might be carried on, and i e windows should be blocked up. There also a yard at the rear of the house.—Mr. rles said that alterations to improve the ? i ary convenience of the premises were car- our, bv order of the magistrates two or yeara ago, and a wall ten feet high was 11.dt. Bad the Chief Constable heard that?— '^l-ief Constable You told me.—Mr. Charles i i^nd you won't believe me, I suppose (laughter). Have you heard anybody else say so?—Chief Constable: No. I have not. Business can be done through two windows there.—Mr. Charles: Trade might be done through any windows. You treat everybody as being an illicit trader. —Chief Constable: We try to make illicit trading impossible as much as we can.—Mr. i Charles: Do you think it reasonable to ob- ject to windows which have been there for years and which were passed by the jus- I tices at previous sittings?—Chief Constable: I do. He also said that the licensees' family had to pass the public urinal to go to the w.c., and that, was not desirable.—Mr. Charles: That's a matter for the family, and not for the police. —Chief Constable: Mine is a proper and legiti- .rna.te objection. He said he did not think an expense of £ 100 would be too much to save the licence.—Mr. Charles thought the proper way would be to close up a cellar door, shown on the plan, and cover the window with wire net- ting.—Mr. Chas. M. Davies said it would cost £100 to carry out alterations suggested by the Chief Constable. A w.c. for the family could I be erected on the first floor upstairs, besides which an old cottage would be lost.—Mr. Ar- thur Daniel: How would it cost £ 100?—Wit- ness Oh, it is wonderful how expenses run up (laughter). MORLAIS CASTLE. DOWLAIS. The renewal of the licence of the Morlais Cas- tle, Pant-road, Dowlais, was objected to, but the Chief Constable said the structural altera- tions required had been carried out, and he asked that the objection should be withdrawn. BUTE ARMS, DOWLAIS. The police objected to the renewal of the licence of the Bute Arms Inn, Horse-street, I Dowlais, the licensee of which is Mrs. Mar- aret Williams, on the ground that the house was J not required to meet the wants of the neigh- I ixHirhood, that it was not convenient for police j supervision, and lacked proper sanitary con- J yemenoes.—Mr. B. Francis Williams (instructed by Messrs. G. C. James, Charles and Davies) appeared for the owners and licensee.—The j Chief Constable said that Mrs. Williams told aim she had been in the house three years, and did not draw a barrel a week, and that she ] was merely there for the brewer's convenience. Mr. B. Francis-Williams: It was possible I tor people to leave the bar by means of two The removal of a partition inside the door would get rid of that objection, and the "^ork could be done at a small cost. There had "been no complaint about the house. The pro.*ent tenant was a widow, and he had been :•)<! that a good trade was done when the hus- '-«inc was alive. He agreed that trade at the | Works had been bad of late, and that j would affect the takings.—Inspector Lamb said j lie had visited the house twentj times from j -January to March, and on eleven occasions there were no customers there.—Mr. B. Fran- j cis Williams said the widow was allowed to i stay in the house after her husband's death. Trade was bad in Dowlais. If the Bench re- j quired structural alterations to be carried out j the work would be done. i CROWN INN, TROEDYRHIW. The next objection was to the renewal of the Sconce of the Crown Inn, Wyndham-street, i Troedyrhiw (licensee, John Keen), on the grounds that the house was not required, that the number of houses in the neighbourhood ¡ was excessive, the sanitary conveniences were not adequate, etc.—Mr. B. Francis Williams appeared for the owner and licensee.—The Chief Constable said the landlord told him that the trade was much worse than last year owing to the operation of the Eight Hours Act. The rooms of the house were low and dark, it was the worst house structurally of any he had objected to. The passage had to be lighted artificially —By Mr. B. F. Williams: Last year a window was put in at the suggestion of the Bench. He agreed that last year a. house in the immediate vicinity was referred for com- pensation. The tenant had been in the house for five years, and there was no complaint against him he was a very respectable man. The club room was the best room in the house, a branch of the Miners' Federation met there. The landlord told him he drew two barrels of beer a week. It was a very old house.—Mr. Williams said the owners would be prepared to carry out structural alterations. The trade was two and a half barrels of beer a week. RED LION, MERTHYR. The licence of the Red Lion Inn, Castle- street, Merthyr (licensee Wm. Edward Tho- mas) was next objected to on similar grounds, and that the house was the resort of prostitutes and thieves.—Mr. B. F Williams appeared for the owners and licensee.—The Chief Constable said this house had given the police a con- siderable amount of trouble. There had been three convictions since December, 1907, and the present tenant had been fined once. Up to December last the house was frequentd by the worst class of prostitutes and thieves in Mer- thyr.—By Mr. Williams: The house was not far from Ynysgau, where prostitutes lived.— Mr.^ \Yilliams: There used to be a place call- e(? "China." Is it still in existence?—No.— What has become of the "Chinese?"—I am afraid they have gone altogether.—You ought to be glad they have gone. I suppose their re- presentatives still haunt that neighbourhood? —They are not in the neighbourhood of the Red Lion.-—Mr. Williams said that although perhaps the landlord supplied fallen women they were not allowed to stay in the house. — The Chief Constable did not know that the present tenant was an ex-soldier, that he fought in the South African War. and had been a prison warder in two gaols.—P.S Hun- ter gave the names of people he had seen in the house.—Dect.-Sergt. Thomas said he had found fallen women in the house.—For the de- fence the tenant, Wm. E. Thomas, said he had been in the house since 1908. He was formerly in the 11th Hussars, as a reservist he served with the Dragoons in the South African War, and he had/been a warder in two prisons. This was the seventh licence he had held, and up to August last there had not been a complaint against him. In that month he was convicted on a charge of permitting drunkenness Two men walked into the passage, but he denied that they were served. "I have not supplied anyone whom I knew to be a thief," he said, and added. "Am I supposed to ask persons if they are prostitutes or thieves?" After saying this the witness fainted, and was taken out of the court.—Mr. B. F. Williams addressed the Bench in favoyr of the renewal of this licence. The owners. Messrs. Dd. Williams and Co., he said, did all they could to get a respectable tenant to carry on the trade properly, and tho present tenant was a highly respectable man. THREE CUPS. BRECON-ROAD Chief Constable Wilson next objected to the renewal of the licence of the Three Cups Inn (ale-house), Brecon-road, Merthyr. Mr. F. P. Charles was for the owner and tenant. The Chief Constable said the house was a small one, and the rates amounted to only £12 2s. 5d. a year. The population in that district was 7.491, there were ten ale-houses and four beer licences, or one public-house for every 535 persons. On one occasion he found only one customer in the and in January the landlord, Thomas J o.B. him Us bad got 1 had a customer in the house that day, and I that he sold less than a barrel of bear a week. There were two entrances to the house from Brecon-road. The licensee kept a coal yard. —P.S Percy Botting said that very few peo- ple went to the house. The landlord told him he did not sell more than 36 gallons of beer a week, and very little spirits.—Mr. Charles said that perhaps was in consequent of the Budget. Last year, he said, a similar objec- tion was made, but the license as renewed. There was no change in the condition of things. It was not fair to a licensee that the police, having failed to do away with the house one year, should come to court the year following, and ask the Bench to reverse their decision. The action, he said, was like dropping water on a stone until that stone wore away. ROSE AND CROWN, DOWLAIS. The Rose and Crown beer-house, Dowlais, was next objected to. Mr. F P Charles was for the owner and tenant.—Chief Constable Wilson said there had been three tenants in j two years. It was the smallest house in the particular district in which it was situated- only two rooms were used for trade the house was not adapted for use as a public-house, The landlord told him that he did not draw more than three-quarters cf a barrel of beer a week. He asked the B{3nch to refer the .hou.se for compensation.—By Mr. Charles: There was nothing against the character of the house, The Corporation had, built houses in the dis- trict, but they were 500 yards away, and there were three licensed houses intervening. The, Ivor Works were partially closed, so that there j was no need for so many houses. The landlord had told him that the ownership of the house changed in January; he would be very surpris- ed to hear that the trade had since then in- creased to three barrels a week.—Inspector Lamb said he had visited the house on dates which he named, and told the Bench the num- ber of people he found there on each occasion. —Mr. Plews: Your figures show a gradual in- crease (laughter).—In,reply to Mr Charles, the officer said the Spaniards living in Alfonso- street did not go to the Rose and Crown.—Mr. Charles said that since the change of owner- j ship the trade had increased, and was increas- ing. The district was a growing one, 137 new houses had been built within the last two or three years, and buildings were in course of erection. The Rose and Crown was as near to those houses M the other licensed premises.— Mr. Morgan (from the office of Messrs. Giles and Harrap) said that during six weeks 20i barrels were supplied to the house.—The Chief Constable said that perhaps there had been a house warming after the purchase (laughter). THE WHITE HART, ABERCANAID. The next license objected to was rhe White Hart 'Inn, Abercanaid. Mr. G&skell was for the owners, Messrs. Hancock, and the tenant.— The Chief Constable said the landlord told him that he sold about two barrels of beer a week. He also did a good flagon trade. There were only 29 houses in the vicinity of the public- house.—Cross-examined, he said the tenant had been in the house for 13' years without a com- plaint. The house was bad for poli-ce supervi- sion. In his opinion, the house was not re- quired.—Mr. Gaskcll: If you take away this licence the people would have to go nearly a mile to get an article of refreshment except water?—Chief Constable: Yes.—P.S. Wm. Lewis said he had visited the house; and found from two to eight, persons there each time.— Evan Trigg, tho landlord, said there had been no complaint, during the thirteen years he had been the landlord. He sold over two barrels of beer a week, besides flagons and small bot- tles. He did a fair trade, and kept his family upon the proceeds.—Clement Wilks, from Han- cook's Brewery office, said that during the last three years the average annual barrelage was 508; a considerable portion of tha" beer was bottled.—Mr Gaskell contended that the police had failed to prove their case. He submitted that the house was required, and the owners would be willing to make alterations for the pub- lic conveniences if the Bench should so direct. It would be a serious inconvenience to many people if the licence was taken away. About ten barrels of beer a week were supplied to the house, much of which was sold. in flagons, be- cause, he took it, people liked it in that way. RISING SUN, MERTHYR. The objection to the renewal of the licence of the Rising Sun ale-house, Pondside, Mer- thyr, was next heard. Mr F P Charies was for the owners and tenant.—Chief Constable Wilson gave evidence similar to that in the other cases, the objections being the same.— The landlady (Elizabeth Price) said she served about a couple of barrels a week, and five quarts of spirits.—Cross-examined, Mrs. Price said she had held the licence for 15 years, and there had only been one conviction.—Mr. Charles said that about 2 barrels of beer were sold a week. It was not, he said, a fair thing to call evidence as to the trade done during the past year, on account of the bad trade in the locality." Every tradesman in the town, he contended, would prove a falling off in takings. MOUNT PLEASANT, MERTHYR VALE. The police next objected to the renewal of the licence of the Mount Pleasant Hotel, Mer- thyr Vale, the property of Messrs. Giles and Harrap, the grounds of the objections being that the house was of a disorderly character —Mr. B. F. Williams appeared for the owners and the tenant. The (Jnief Constable said he agreed that the landlord, Mr. Quant (late Sergt. Instructor at Merthyr) was a man of a most exemplary character.—Mr J. M Berry: If the licence was taken away would there be sufficient licensed houses there to meet the requirements of the district?—Chief Constable: Yes.—Dr. Webster: Is it not rowdy all round there, within half a mile of the house?—Chief Constable: Is it a particularly rowdy neigh- bourhood. The better class of people live on the other side of the police station (laughter). —Mr W. W Green: If you close this house would not these people go to the Windsor?— Chief Constable: Yes.—Mr Rowland Evans: Would they be under better supervision?— Chief Constable: The people would be 800 yards nearer to the police station.—Mr. B. K. Williams said the Mount Pleasant was the onlv licensed house in the village of Mount Pleas ant. What did the police think was a good ) average population for a licensed house'The Chief Constable: I think one house per thou- I sand people is a good average.—Mr. Williams ■, I Like policemen (laughter). You would like to diminish public-houses and decrease police- men.—Chief Constable: If they made the num- bers equal it would be very good.—Mr. Wil. Iiams: What, the same number of public- I houses as policemen?—Chief Constable: Yes. —Inspector Roberts gave the names of black- listers who had visited the house.—By Mr. Wil- Iiams: He agreed that, Mr. Quant had done alII he oould, since he had been in the house, to keep it respectable 'and orderly.—P.S Jones j said he had known the house for five years, and it was a "bad" house.—Mr. Williams: People j who visit this house are the people who live j in the neighbourhood.—In reply to Mr Arthur j Daniel the officer said the house was visited lr, j the worst characters in Merthyr Vale and Aberfan.—By Mr. B. F. Williams: Mr. Quant had done his best to reform the place, "and 1 everything is correct now," added the officer.- j Mr. F S. Simons, solicitor, said the present 1 owners of the house were Messrs. Giles and Harrap, they having purchased the freehold for £5,500. A contract had been entered into for j the building of 40 additional houses in the neigh bourhood.—By the Chief Constable: The char- acter of the house was known to Messrs. Giles and Harrap before they purchased it,—Mr. B. F. Williams said that people who lived in the neighbourhood of the hotel were of a rough c|ass> and tne house was supposed to cater for them. Take away this licence, he said, and I the rough people would not become teetotallers they would invade the other part of Mertbyr Vale where the other hotel was situated. j ADAM AND EVE, MERTHYR. j The next objection was to the renewal of the licence of the Adam and Eve Inn, Pondside Merthyr.—Mr. B. F. Williams was for the owe- ers and licensee (John Rees).—The Chief Con- stable stated his objections, which were similar to those in the previous cases, and said the house was of a disorderly character. It was the worst constructed house in the district, incon yenient for police supervision, and illicit trad- ing had been carried on to a large extent Illi- eit trading in Adam and Eve Court could be carried on without detection.—By Mr Wil- I Iiams: He did not know how the house could be improved, unless it was pulled down and rebuilt. It could be improved, but could not ¡I be made worse.—Mr. Williams said the trade averaged between five and six barrels a week.— Evidence was given that the last tenant, named Moxey, an ex-policeman, was fined for Sunday trading.—Mr. Williams. I should have thought: that as an ex-policeman he would have known I the way to do it without being found out (laugh- ter).-—Inspector Phillips gave evidence of the conviction.—Mr. Williams: Are you the officer who caught the ex-policeman—set a policeman to catch a policeman ?—Inspector Phillips No. I was the instigator of the one who caught him. Mr. Williams addressed the Bench in favour of the renewal of the licence, and said the owners were prepared to carry out any structural al- terations. TRAVELLERS' WELL, SWANSEA-ROAD. The police had objected to the renewal of the licence of the Travellers' Well, Swansea- road. Merthyr, on grounds of redundancy — Mr. F. P Charles said that since the notice had been served the landlord, Henry Eaton, had shot a relative and then committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He ap- peared for the widow, who after considering the matter very carefully had come to the conclusion that it would be to her interest to I ask that the licence should be deferred for com- pensation. He asked, in the meaniime. that the licence should be transferred to the widow Catherine Eaton.—The Bench assented. NEW APPLICATIONS. j THE STATION HOTEL, MERTHYR VALE, For the fifth time Mr. F. P. Charles ap- plied on behalf of Mr Daniel Morgan, wine] and spirit merchant, Merthvr, for a full licence for premises known as the "Station Hotel, near 1 the Taff Vale Station, Merthyr Vale. He j1 said the premises were now completed, and were next door to the police station. The premises were eminently fitted for the pur- i pose for which^thev were intended.—Mr. Plews i asked if Mr. Chall. had any fresh evidence, —Mr. Charles rerii;>d ;hat since the last sppii- 1 cation 39 houses ):*«! been built and occupied iu close proxiuut* On £ lje l&st occaaiog i.t was J put against him by some of the magistrates that there was no evidence before the court that the licence was required by the people of Merthyr Vale. He now would call witnesses j representing workmen of Merthyr Vale, who would tell the Bench that this application was in the interests of the people, and that it should be granted.—Mr. Plews: Is here any opposition?—Mr W. R. Edmunds: I oppose the application on behalf of the Free Church Council of Merthvr Vale and the Ancient Or- der of Rechabites. The Bench asked Mr. Charies to call his evidence. Mr W Millar. estate agent to Messrs. Nixon Navigation Colliery Company, Merthyr Vale, said the Company owned the collieries on which Merthyr Vale depended He was authorised tc give evidence in support of this application. There were 3,500 men in the pit, and the Com- pany considered it would be to the benefit of the men if the licence was granted. Merthyr Vale was constantly increasing in population many people lived away from the place because they could not get houses —By Mr Edmunds: At present the men had drink in their houses, which was worse than going to a public-house for a drink. The people would drink less if this licence was granted. The flagon trade was very prevalent in the district.—In reply to the Bench, witness said that Mr. H. E. Gray, the managing director of Messrs.- Nixon. had ask- ed him to give this evidence.—David Sullivan, 43, Taff-street. Merthyr Yale, collier, general secretary of the workmen employed in Merthyr Vale Pit. and compensation agent, said he thought this licence was required. There was a strong feeling on the part of the men that the licence should be granted. On Saturdav night the Windsor Hotel was overcrowded, and he had often left the house because he failed to get served. Such a licence would lessen the flagon trade considerably. Besides the flagon tracie, two grocers supplied the houses with beer in bottles and casks. 'To-day, thete was no shelter for the- men who had to wait at the station for their trains.—By Mr Arthur Daniel: He had not a resolution in favour of this licence from the lodges he represented. The beer in flagon was supplied by grocers in, Troedyrhiw and Alei-th.vr.-By the Bench: The 20th Cen- tury Society had been unable to find a room for meetings on the Merthyr Vale side.— Matthew Jones, Crescent-street, Merthyr Vale, vice-chairman of the workmen's and other com- mittees, .said that he also had had a good opportunity of testing the feeling of the people, and the opinion was that the licence was neces- sary. The present licensed house, the -Wind- sor, was often crowded on Saturday nights. He agreed that flagon trade Was not conducive to temperance.—By the Bench: He did not bring to the court any resolution in favour of the li- cense beihg granted.—In' reply to Mr. Plews, Mr. Charles said he had a dozen witnesses who would give similar evidence, and also witnesses who would tell the Bench of-the convenience this licence would be to them. — Mr. Plew6: Have you Any evidence outside the facts?— Mr. Charles said he took it that the Bench did not want to hear any more of that class of evidence. If they would take it that he had zc a dozen people he could call that would be suffi- cient for -him.—Mr Plews: We will assume that they would corroborate the evidence you have already given.—Mr. Charles said the li- cence could be only granted subject to mo- nopoly value, which the applicant was prepared to pay, and which would go to the reduction of the local rates, "'which will be very welcome to the Town Council," added Mr. Charles. BILLIARD LICENCES.' Mr. W R. Edmunds applied on behalf of John Davies for a billiard licence for premises known as the Church of Christ, Merthyr Vale. There was no opposition, and the licence was granted, subject to a certificate being given by the sanitary authority that the usual con- veniences were provided. PENYDARREN TAVERN. Mr. W. R. Edmunds applied for a full licence for the Penydarren Tavern, High-street, Peny- darren, in place of the single licence.-The Chief Constable opposed the application.—Mr. Delacey, the tenant, said that in 1907 the pre- mises were altered at a cost of about £ 1,000, and the premises ware commodious. He was often asked for spirits. People often asked for lunch.—Chief Constable: It is n<Y- often peo- ple ask for whiskey with bread and cheese; they ask for beer (laughter).—John Jones, 170, High-street, Penydarren, said the house was most commodious for a double licence. He knew of a club which did not meet there be- cause there was no spirit licence.—Ivor Hughes, 11, Urban-street, also gave evidence. MAGISTRATES' DECISIONS. The Bench then retired, and were absent from court for over an hour. The licences of the Barley Mow, Merthyr Welsh Harp, Dowlais; Wellington Inn, Merthyr; Crawshay's Arms, Merthyr; Quakers' Yard Inn, Quakers' Yard; the Lord Napier, Merthyr; and the Royal Oak, Merthyr, were renewed, the licensees, however, being cautioned. The licences of the Refresh- ment Rooms, Merthyr, and the Victoria Inn, Dowlais. were also renewed subject to the struc- tural requirements of the Chief Constable be- ing carried out to his satisfaction The licences of the White Hart, Abercanaid, and the Mount Pleasant, Merthyr Vale, were likewise renewed, the latter only on the vote of a majority of the Bench. The licences of the Red Lion, Merthyr, and Adam and Eve, Merthyr, were refused. The licences of the Three Cups, Mer- thyr Bute Arms, Dowlais, Rose and Crown, Dowlais; Rising Sun, Merthyr; and Crown Inn. Troedyrhiw, with that of the Travellers' Well, Swansea-road, were referred for com- pensation. In the case of the Stag and Pheas- ant, Georgetown, Merthyr, and the Heath Arms, Troedyrhiw, which were referred for compensation at last year's sessions, and in which the Inland Revenue authorities had awarded a larger sum than had been claimed, Mr. Plews said that some correspondence had taken plaoe in reference to the awards, but as they had been made, the justices would now assent to them subject to the agreements being handed to them showing how the money was to be apportioned. The application respecting the Station Hotel. Merthvr Vale. was refused.

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