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SAD SUICIDE BY I DROWNING…
SAD SUICIDE BY I DROWNING AT NE u'TOWN TKACKED IN THE SNOW. On Tuesday, at tne Montgomeryshire Intirmary, Newtown, Mr Richard Wdiiams, coroner, opened ail inque-t.up■•n the body of Thomas Dearrdey, a. facto;y operative employed at the Cambrian Mills. ewtClw.i. who was found drowned in h., Ktyer Severn on tee p -evious evening. The foreman of the jury was Mr Cornelius Morgan. The jury having viewed tas body, the following evidence wa." tendered Mrs Dearulev, the widow, said sue lived at 10, Dysart-terrace, Llanllwchaiarn. The deceased, vyr.o < was about 408 years ot age, was her husband, and irai a foreman twister at the Cambrian Milla. She last saw him aiive about 1-30 on Monday, when he left the house after dinner. For the pant three or four w eks he had been rather low spirited, probably in co se- quence of ill-health, and up to the previous Wednes- aay he had been taking medicine from Dr. Gotvan. The doctor aDd the manager of the mills wished him to stay at home, as he complained of pains in his head and back, but he only stayed at home nan a, day occasionally. On Wednesday the doctor pain ed his cheat. She did not know the precise natur3 of his illness, but he seemed very low spirited. Wh^n- ever there was a little noise in the house he w )u;d say, Do try to stop that noise I cannot bear it." They lived happily together, and were nut shoriof money. On Wednesday night he requested he to get up to stop the clock, as it was making a q le"r i sound, whicn prevented him from sleeping. He was very restless, rambling a good deal in his sleep, ai-d complaining of pains in the head and back. lie never said anything which led her to think he won id do anything to himself. Hismemory was also a g J'd deal worse than formerly. When he left the housi ou Monday afternoon she thought he was goin? to work. His last words were, Is Maggie going to work this afternoon?" She replied, No," and lie. then said, All right; I will put some one els) 1m; her work." As deceased did not come to tea at the usual time she became a little uneasy; and about! seven o'clock she asked Theodore Scott had he been: at work. He said be was not sure, but he had net; seen him. He promised to try to sea him, and did S°Thomas Bartlett Webb, assistant to Dr. Go wan, said that Dr. Gowan had been attending the d", ceased for some time. Last Wednesday the deceased came to the surgery, where witness examined him, and found him suffering from insipient consumption of the left lung. He did not complain of pains in the head, but after hearing the evidence of the last witness he thought it oossible that consumption of the brain was eommsi'cing, which would have a de- pressing effect up m the spirits and micrht affect the reason. Deceased was vpry low spirited, and was quite unable to go to work. Dr Go wan and witness advised him to cease work and go 011 the club but he would not do so. He heard nothing further unt,il he was told of his death on Monday night. There was no r a-oti when he saw him to suppoee that his mind was aff -cted. William Parry, of 27, Bryn-street, said he was em- ployed at the Kymric Mills. He knew deceased wdl. and la^t saw him alive about 1-10 on Monday at dinner time. He was going towaras the Canal Bridg- As he passed witness said, You are going round to the gardens, Dearnley," and ho replied Aye, la11. A.s he turn5d the corner to go round the lime-kilns, ho lookei back, and that was the last witness saw of I him. There was noth ng unusual in his appearance, and he believed that he and his wife lived very com- fortably together. fortably together. Evan Evans, loom tuner, Creseont-s'reet. Newtown, said on Monday morning he saw the deceased at work, and he apoetred very low spirited. He had complained to witness previously of having been vt ry poorly, but had never said anything to show that h? contemplated suicide. About half-past seven on Monday evening, at the request of Theodore Scott. witness commenced searching tor the deceased, who i had been missed from home by his wife. They fir-t went to the Bell Inn, and afterwards to other public- j bonses, but failed to find any information about him. Witness afterwards went to search behind the lime-1 kilns, and found footprints which led down to the j bank of the river, bilt there were no indications of the person having returned. Thinking that possibly the deceased bad drowned himself he went back for assistance. Thomas Hnmphreys, Fred Davies. and Richard Jones came back with him. and they saw an objec: in the w..ter, *hich, upon examination, proved to be the b-dy. The part of the river in which the body wa-i bund wa-i called tiie Fonn lry Pool. With the j-snst-nce of Me-s-s Bny 8,y:tt, Humphreys,, and Murray, he got the body or-t of the water, and waited for the -rrivitl of the poliee. who then bC)'- charge £If it. The body was quit" stiff At the point' wh"t"e the footprints) reached the water the Rnow: was t rodden down as thonrrh ho had stoM. Th? foot- t r>»• 'iCtm" from the rii eetion of the c iiai^Un lorn, aod, so far as he knew, no one bad sorn decease:! after W. Pari v. # Pre 1 Davies, beamer at the Camb-ian and r aiding at 37, Commercial-street, stated that he firot detecte i the ohjec* in tho water, and eorroboraW generally the evidsnce of the last witness. The ground se mod to have t?iv<?n way at the river-side, i as thoneh tie deceased bai slippe 1 in. This would: be about four va d-i awn-v from wh;jre the body was | found. The bank was rather precipiVms, and had ■ anyone falpn in :,t ,(,nld have been ditneuit to get out. The deceased had been a great sufferer, but he hid never ho .rd him make any threat as to his own liff.. P S Morsran, Newtown, said that oiormog he examined the spots where the dec»asod was supposed In have gone into the river, and where he was drawn on". The land slop d down from the road for about two yards, xnd then close to th < water's edge WIS, about two feet of lAvel ground, on wmcu t)ere were nurks as if a person had hesitated a good deal.; Tli-ra wer- no marks on the body Ivyond a aag it bruire on the nose and fo'ehoad. Upon searcning the b dy they found 5s 6Jd, a small p mkuife, an ordinary poekft-knife, and a pocket-bonk with sonie corre-pondence. He wore a watca i'hain, but no wl'ltc:l.-By the Foreman There were na signs of a, fall. The Coronpr. in addressinsr the ]u-y, saii there wpfo thre=? methods by wb^cli the body mignthave got into the water:—(1) The deceased might have been pushed in (2) he might have thrown himself in; or (3)' he mig-ht have sipped in aceidenrjy. There was no evidence to show that he hid b e i pushed nor iufact, thatany one had beei n^ar the water at the time be sent in exeep^intr himseif. Theoniy question, therefore, was whether he slipped in or turew hlm;olf I in. There was some little conflict upon this point, on" of the witnesses say;ng th: t there we e indr-a tioas of the g.-onnd having srivn way underneath him, while the police sergeant was of a contrary or. inion, and thought the deceased must h.ive gone in without any fall or slip. If they were ot opinion t^athe fell ia. or if they had any iotibt, or the point, they might bri g in an open v rdict cf Found deowne 1. li, oi,, tli,, other hand, 1-y thought he had done it purposely it WHS their d,i,-v to biinr in a verdict of which, however thty might qualify by addii'g that it was done dirii g temporary insanity. I The iury, aftf-r a few minute's cousultaHon,returned a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity."
NEWTOWN & LLANIDLOES ABOARD…
NEWTOWN & LLANIDLOES ABOARD OF GUARD LANS.-WEDNESDAY. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above Board was held on Wednesday last, when there were presentCapt. W. H. Adams (chairman), Mr Rd. Lloyd ex-offido, Messrs Richard Bennett (vice-chair- man), C. Morgan, D. Higgs, Samuel Meddins, D. Davies, John Thomas, D. Jones, Rd. Davi-s, J. Lloyd, Mr R. Williams (clerk), and Mr C. T. M. Taylor (deputy-clerk). STATISTICS. The following amounts have been paid in out- relief during the past fortnight, tier Mr E. H. Lloyd, Newtown, to 275 recipients, .£69 19" 6d per Mr R. Owen, Llanidloes, to 421 recipients, .£96 118 6d; Mr J. Hamer, Llantvnog, to 163 recipients.. £ 43 128.- The Master reported that the numberrelieved during the past fortnight were 73 as against 39 laot year. Number in the house 64. MASTER'S REPORT. The Master reported that Mr John Protheroe, an eva,ngelist for railway missions, had held services in the house,-The Chairman said that he did not think they ought to admit itinerant evangelists to the hotse to conduct services. TIn APPOINTMENT OF DR3. SNOW AND CAMPBELL. A letter was received from the Local Government Board respecting the appointment of these gentlemen to the post, of medical officers for the house and for thaLlanvvnog district, auci enquiring as to the reason that the salaries had been reduced.—The Clerk was instructed to write in reply, and state the reason. CORRESPONDENCE. Tho Clerk said that he had received a letter from the clerk to the Darlington Union asking him to bring tpefor;! the notice of the Boirl the following reso- laV'jinThat the Guardians press upon the Local Go" .-liinent Board the need for so amending Artie es 387aiacl 172 of the General Order (Consolidated), dated 24th July, 1847, and any other Articles relating restf'ctively to the tenure of office and salaries of j unior. officers, in order that the Guardians may have independent power to regulate the remuneration of their officer*, and to make their engagements termin- able vithout compensation by rasnnablc notice on either side."—Mr C. Moryan thought it would do awavwith the question of compensation.—The Clerk paid i\ would not effect superannuation. Some years ago the Guardian-' attempted to reduce the salaries of the relieving officers, and they passed a resolution to tha; effect, which, however, the Local Government Board would not s.nction, unless the officers con- sented. Of course the officers would not consent t -M-r R. Lloyd said that the resolution talked of taking away all the power of the Local Government Board and giving it to the Guardians. It was a question of Home Rule (laughter), and tbey were all, he believed, in favour of Home Rule. He would tropose tha £ they adopt the resolution.—Mr D. Davies seconded tbe resolution, which was carried. There was no other business of importance, There was no other business of importance.
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l Damage estimated at several thousands of I-po tndq was caused by fire on Monday at the tjambrian Ironworks, Wrexham. William D. Gordon, son of a clergymqn, pleaded guilty, at Darlington ;ast week, to two offences against the Lottery Act, and was fined f25 on e-ch summons, or in default three months' imprisonment. It was stated that defendant offered prizes through the newspapers for solu- tions of words and figure transpositions, and in one cise defendant netted £ 218 and in another Xi,ooo. LADIES.—A lady will send full particulars of a new and infallible remedy for all obstructions and irregularities on receipt of addressed envelope. Absolutely genuine. Address Mrs. KIRK, 8, Shep. herd a Place, Konnington, London, S.E.
THE 111:1 A!, QUESTION".
THE 111:1 A!, QUESTION". FOR some past the greatest interest has centred in what is familiarly known as the rural qu^s'ioti, and the conilition of things rovea),,1 h" tlio la^t census returns has imparted additional emphasis to the sub- ject. Politicians, ever 0:1 the alert for some new cry, have warmly taken up the cause of the agricultural labourer, and numerous suggestions have bpüa offers! as to the best way of inducing the native population to remain 0:1 hI" soit is one trreat mte-st not oi\ affuCLing the agrToultural 1 eUurer, bat in relationship fl^p r jTnm^i^ at lcirg* It, is essential tlint t'-o Sand of the country should be effifi"i\tiv cultivated developed, and though th" in this age of rush and hurrv :nav seem monotonous compared with the "ri'.re exciting occupations of towns, stili, someone must be found *o attend to it, and'since it is so necessary to the national ■welfare it ought not to be without its due share ot honour. The individual in particular who has been under .discussion is the agricultural labourer, who cf recent years ba* b.-en steadily forsaking the soil „Bpon W.vich his fathers and grandfathers, probablv, .Wiled from early morn to dewy eve, and going into the towns. Only a few week" siir » an important conference of those interested in rural reform was held at the Memorial Hall in London, and the delegates were honoured with an address by Mr. GLADSTONE The difficulty seems to be to create a social environment for the country- man which will absorb his attention and supply him with an object worthy of his existence. Hitherto, it cannot be denied, the life or our agricultural labourers hasj been barren and distitute in the extreme, j The provision of educational means has had in this instance the unfortunate result of opening his eves cm the one hanu. to the hardships or h'.s lot, and on the ether to the more favourable circumstances of artisans, mechanics, etc, in towns. The natural consequence is that as opportunities offer they have migrated to centres of population in search of higher conditions of z5 labour. Politicians and other public men are now facing the problem of how to arrest this tendency, which is assuming a serious character- find darming proportions, I ho main object of the conference above referred to was to discover the causes of this minatory movement, and though it did not settle this point finally, it gave us a good deal of insight into the views which prevail in the rural mind. Village life has been made intoler- able in many instances by its dullness-the a s.nee of any object in which the villager f^el an intelligent interest. Clergymen, ministers of religion, ladies and gentlemen in retired or well-to-do circumstances may d" Hll immense amount. of good by in- teresting themelvps in the lives of then*; humbler neighbours, taking them into their confidence in originating parish movements, encouraging- an interest in wht is g'oing-. on around them, and giving them perfect freedom of opinion in parish matters as well as in religious and political questions. The agricultural labourer, as a rule, is not unrestful or unduly ambitious. The pro- cesses of nature around him are alt slow, patient, and gradual, and somewhat of this spirit nature seems to have imparted to the rural minrl Where his lot is reason- abJy comfortable, the countryman is con- tented and peaceful, but where he has ai existence which is made up of continuous, I unrrdreined, and ill-remunerated toil, it is; no subject for wonder that when his eyes have been opened he seeks fields fresh and pastures new. The chief point to be con- ^iderwd is how to invest the country population with an interest in their own surroundings. Until this is done the tendency, as far as we, can see, is bound to remain. Parish councils and boards, the establishment of reading rooms, libraries, debasing societies, and, other aids to recreation and instruction, the jenjovmeht of municipal power, and social freedom are all excellent suggestions which; have vet to bo for.mulp.ted by our legislators, and which let us hope -will do something to give the agricultural labourer a new interest in life. < But not alcno in agricultural circles is the; tendpnev to which we have referred felt. It affects in di £ F"rent degrees the small towns. Takn, .r th Principal]*rv we find that 9 out of the i e', counties show no decrease as compared with ten years ago, the proportion ranging from 0-9 and 1*2 in Carmarthenshire and Mreoknoekshire to 10-7 in Cardiganshire and 11*7 in Montgomeryshire. Generally spe.iking throughout the whole country the citv s nd lar. e town populations have in- cre-ised. an.1 of course the country districts ha decreased in proportion. In many cases the sole pause of the migration is the attraction which town life possesses for .Tollii. t ppoplp from the country. The pre- fer14 r. 'H se, • to V afflicted with a spirit of nei Il mrpq. "Whether it be due to the in- creasing dern' n ;s upon the mental power of tht ice or r, some other cause, the fact remains that there lr-ver was a greater cry for el ingp, n veltv, and excitement than in the T'resent day, and this is suie, by-and-by, to result in a reaction. Indeed there are sipns if a reaction already setting in. Holi- day?. wtii(h fQrmerly were the luxuries of the wealthy, are now the necessity of almost all workers, and if fm evidence of the desire for .est weie wanted it may be found in the ■eagerness ;n which the dwellers in towns rush ■ ff during their brief periods of leisure to the seaside or to the Ti-, untain tops in of t ('ner' which, the cares of modern life have used up Already, again. we SPA ministers both civil and religious making for the country at every possible apprruinity, and though the excitement of citv life had charms while their strength last d, how many of them are glad to leav,, the scenes of strife and settle down for the remainder of their days in some quiet con" v R')ot' The signs we admit of the reaction are at present somewhat faint, but they are sure to grow cleaier as time goes on. and when education has readied its per- fect stage men will he able to estimate t-fcel lei'n'.re or the country and the more excitin pleasures of the town each at their true worth.
FORDEN BO Alii) OF GUAHDI.\NS,-WEDNESDAY,…
FORDEN BO Alii) OF GUAHDI.\NS,- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6XN. PresentMr W. Rogers (vice-chairman) presi l'n r. Messi s J. Pryca Jones, J. F. FranoK and C. S. Pryce, jicrk. STATISTICS. Number in the house, first eek, 112 a/ainst 127 "u the corresponding period of la^t year; sfcond wo^k. 114 again si 128. Vagrants relieved durii.g the fort- i.ight 7-i. Amounts paid in out-rclief fir^t w-'eli igl8 !9s 6d to L71 recipients second weok, » £ 17 7s lOi to 247 recipients. AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. The Clerk read a letter from the L>:irlin<rton Union asking th9 Board to adopt the following resolution j.-is-ed by them That the Guardians press upo i the Local Government Board, the need of so amend- iusr th, Articles 1H7 and 172 of 'he General Or 1-r (-onHoiidated), elated July 24!h, 1847, and any other j A rticlek; r(ItL!iiig respectively to the tenure of office; 1Id salari's of union officer*, in ord^r that the Guai dian- mav have independent power to regulat-i t e r m') e P, icn of their officers, and f. make their j engagements terminable without compensation, by j reasonable tio'iee on either i-ide."—Th-; Clerk sai 1 it I w is sn linoortant matter.—The OhairrnHn said he thought they a ready hni an srrar i^meot in regard to their engagements similar to that expre-sed in the roso.ution -vlr Francis t-aid he qaifc-i suppi.-rfced tho object of the resolution.—Oil the sug,gstion of the, C airman it was decided to egree to t'e resolution, an t trl1' CI,'rk was instructed to send a copy to the Local Government Botrd. CHRISTMAS AT THE WOBKH OTTJE. The :v r l-cpurte that Mre iso:; of Na-it-. Cl',bnn, ba-f kindly distributed tea ai sugar to to witn'-n. and buns* oranges, and sweets to" the children of ion I ouse. The Christmas dinner h-ad passed off verv nie, 1y. all the inmates seeming enjoy them- ae-ve" tioroulhly. M-s Mostyn P'Sc' had given a j Ct.ri-tina.- tree in the di. ing hall. It as very much adudr. off it every one in the house received a ptes n'. lhe Rev J. E. Vize bad n Isdistributed -"wrar. tea, 'obieco, and sweets to the inmates.—It las d'ciued that th C'erk should write letters of thanks to those who had t"ken snch a kindly interest in the Christmas life of the paupers.
DISTRICT 1 COUNTY COURTS.I
DISTRICT 1 COUNTY COURTS. I Before His Honour Judge BERESFORD. I.LANFYL LIN,- '\VEDXESDAY. The number of new plaints entered was 30. The Registrar (Mr Elbs Roberts) disposed of all the un- defended cases. With regard to the case Nightingale v. Nightingale, which has been before the Court, on three former occasions, his Honour said bis learned \r edacessor (Judge Bishop) lud asked him to enter -ee- judgment recording to the findings of tho jury, Bishop was perfectly satisfied with the validity of tho deed executed in America, so that judgment would be entered according to the findi1 g ot' tho jury.—Mr M. Woosnam, who had appeared for the plaintiff at the last court, and Mr Dol?eily, who had also appeared for the defendant, iigreed not to attend the present Court, and to jetive tile decision of the case in the hands of the Judge. NEWTOWN, —THURSDAY. THE BRYN BANK WATER SUPPLY. This case was adjourned ftoin the last Court. Perhaps it may be advi-able to state the facts of the ca-e. The Newtown Waterworks Company sued the tenants of the Brvn Terrace for money iW' the supply of witer, the tenants in their turn making a counter-claim for damages, in consequence of the Company failirijr to supply the water inaccordanco with the contract terms.—Mr T. M. Taylor appeared for the plaintiff Company, and Mr M. Woosnam for the defendant.—At the last court the plaintiffs' case had been gone into and concluded, and the case was then adjourned to t're present court. Mr Wooan'tm, in opening the case for the defpn- dant-i, said that at the last court the plaintiffs' case had been thoroughly gone into, and the whole of 1 he evidence that was possiblo had been brought forward by his friend to bear upon the case. He was qaite prepared to go on with his defence, and at the conclusion he thougrithis Honour would tindno reas-on to aiter the judgment he had given upon the previous occasion when the somewhat notable actios bad been before the court. He Was perfectly -non- tent with the decision arrived at th^n. The points be had to take up were of a four-fold nature. The evidence at the conrt., as faras he could recollect, went to showtbtt. under the private Co-npmy's Act, or rather under the G-neral Act of the Waterworks Company of 1317, the p'aiutiff Company contended tnat they were not bouud to supply water to the consumers within their district unless certain requirements were carried out to their satisfaction. The point upon which t-iey roiied seemed to bo that the tenants not having erected ciste-ns to each house that the Company were not bound to supply them with water, even although the tenants demanded and were willing to pay for it. He was quite aware th-it Section 54 of the Waterworks 0 anse of 1847 was of a pome what stringent nature but whilst for the Fake of argument -idmi-,tin:x thif., there was another apect from which the case mu-t bo viewed, and that was the equitable side. If the Company by their action had adopted tho system of the consumer, and not only adopted the system of the consumer but actually put up an apparatus and were paid for it, and had been for years supplying tho.e people—or endeavouring to supply them-with water, knowing the construction the Company itself had put up and been paid for, he said they were stopped from taking advantage of their own acts. The plaintiff Company contracted with Mr Burton, the landlord, for putting up the fittings, which came to over X12. A tender had been sent in to Mr Burton by the Company, which was accepted.—Mr Taylor interposed, and said that tbt-re had been nothing said in evidence about the tender. The only evidence before the Court was a receipt for work done by the Company for Mr Burton.—Mr Woosnam said that he was glad that his friend recognised the importance of this point, because hitherto he had treated it rather lightly.-I-lis Honour said that he had recog- nised the importance a long time ago, and he under- stood that the Company could not take advantage of their own Acts.—Mr Woosnam said, in order to put his friend right, that both the manager and his son, at the last hearing of the c;¡se, recognised the hand- writing on the receipt as that of Mr Swettenham, the late managing engineer of the Company.— Mr Taylor said that this was not correct.—Mr Woosnam said that he was stating whn.t lie believed to be correct. He had got the receipt, which had bee recognised as a receipt given by an authorised agent of the plaintifE Company. He was not going to say anything disagreeable of the Company; but he hoped it would be taken notice of that the Water- works Comnany, when they entered into an engage- meet, with a certain community, were bound to supply water according to the terms of the Act of Parlia- ment and the Acts incorporated therewith-n. whuUV some, and pure supply of for domestic-consr t'on before they supplied any wa.ter for the purpos- s I of trade. Had the Company carried out the terms of the Act of Parliament and the terms of their own contracts ? How had they not carried these out ? Because he believed there was faulty construction, and the Company themselves said that there was an insufficient supply for some reason which, he pre- sumed, they were quite aware of. They had not sup- plied the inhabitants of the district with a proper supply of water. Not his clients only were complain- ing, but it was a general complaint all over the town that the Company did not supply the domestic con- sumers with the quantity of water they were entitled to receive, when they were willing to pay for it. He believed that the pipes laid down from the reservoir were not of sufficient dimensions to carry the water to the town with a proper force. He believed that since the Waterworks Company was formed in 1873 that the pipes were now so corroded that the water couid not flow with the force and pressure that the manager and the directors poisibly desired. Perhaps the urincipal cause ot the inadequate supply to me inhabitanta generally was to be traced to the large consumption by the mill-owners. It had been said and, he believed, argued on behalf of the Company th the Bryn-terrace was so much above the Com-1 pany's reservoir that there was not sufficient pressure to send the water there. That argument was entirely fallacious. He should prove that the reservoir was some hundreds of feet above the Bryn-terrace. Upon the accepted principle that watf-r find-? it own level- J unle, as he believed to be the thert3 was faulty construction—there wouid be no difficulty in sending tho water right over the Bryn. The argument adduced by his friend wa,4 that if the defendants put up the cisterns that the Company would fili them. His (Mr Woosnam's) cont°nti .n was that the one cisteru which had been put up by the Company was lilrce enough to hold 144 gallons, and his clients would be perfectly satisfied if the Company would fill that one, but if the Company had failed to fill one cis'ern what was the use arguing that they could fill half a doze: As long as the Company got the plums from the large consumers they contented th»ni:i2iye.s by offering the crab to the domestic con-1 sufners.-H;s Honour said it would be advisa-blel; re going nny further to clear tbe ground. Did. h-ft nnderst md that the tena its bad been allowed to fall i' to arrears for tho water rate foe two or three quarters?—Mr Tay'or said that was so.—Mr Woo#-j nam said that the Bryn Terrace was very high up, and one of the nwst difficult phc ill the to-vn to j sret water in the summer and in tho winter. It had been a subject of complaint for a very long pe-ind. His Honour would recobect that at the last Coujt he threw out a suggestion as to why the Co.npaoy I wouid not supply the defendants with water pawding those proceedings. From that day to the present: those tenants, although willing t) pay for the water, had not been supplied, and the Company had treated them with indifference and even derision. He hsiu before him a balance sheet of the Company for the hnlf-year ending the 24th of .Tune, 1891, shewing the water supplied to the mills by meter, and also the wiiter to the do-rustic consumer by scale. For that half-yr.ar no less than the sum of < £ 65 ISs. 51. was paid by the mill owners and other places of brisinesi to the C rnpiny..Multiply chat by two and they would find the sum for tho year to be £ 131 16s. lOci. The amount paid by those who were supplied accord, iug to the scale was .£543 9s. Od., or £1,080 13s. Od. for the year, only a difference of about .£950 in the year's payments. The Company no doubt were under terms to supply the miJls.—[Mr Tayior dissented].—Mr Woosnam, continuing, if this was rot so, why did the Company su pply them to the detriment of the .domestic consumers ? Why was it that private individuals wi re idlowod t') cry out for water while the mills had a p-operand ample supply ? The Company knew they were legally bonnd to supply the domestic consumers before supplying placps of trade. The rea"on the Company ignored its liability in this respect ho had already indicated, but if thia course were persisted in the Com,»'ny would find that a community wera not to be so indiffero»i!^J- treated.—Mr Taylor said he may itoint out with reference to that remark of his friend re-pectitigue snppiv of water pending the trial, tho,t the Company did offer to let them have the water when application was made for the new trial, but his friend was vry independent and said that they did not want any water as they had plenty.— His Honour said it wa merely a question of law as to? whether the tenants were bound to supply those cisterns or no'. Mr Woosnam said that no doubt was s i, but hip Honour would bear in mind that the Company had themselves constructed the works at this Terrace, and had for years adopted those constructed without complaint. His Honour That was no doubt, as he had pointedi out, an important fact. out, an important fact. Mr Woosnam then said it was much to ba regretted, that the Company acted towards its customers as they! had done to his clients; bat by their own fault, and] { by their own seeking, they had chosen the present mode of warfare, which would, he confidently believed, end in their own discomfiture. Mr Woosnam then proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr Rd. Humphreys, a;'l accountant, said he lived ct the Bryn Bmk for the last six years and a half. Mrs Kees, with whom he lived, had been summoned for a haif year's rent of water. He had com|'lair,ed on many occasions of the bad supply oi water. Mrs Rees had refused to pay this eum because they had not supplied the water. 0;1 the 7th of Oct. last they sued Mrs Rses for the money, and on the 20th of Oct. they cut the water (if from t'ae house. Mrs Rees had a cistern at the bacix of the house. He knew that the cistern had been empty both summer and winter, and was not caused by the other tenant3 taking water from it. He tendered to the manager up to Dec., 1891, the water-rate to the Company and they refused to take it, saying they were waiting the decision of the Board of Directors. The Fon of the manager said he would call upon him and let him know, but he had never called. On the 17th Oct., after the action ::ad boon entered in that court, they gave Mrs Rees notice that they would cut the water off, and it was cut off on Tuesday morning,'the 30:h Oct. He S'LW one of the directors on that data and informed him that the water had been cut off, and asked him why, as he bad tendered his rate for the half-year. Mr Richard Lloyd then informed him that th-!v did not wish to be harsh with them. The manager told him that they had cut off the water because there were no cisterns, although there was a cistern at I is bou-o. He had been short of the water in the winter just as much as in the summer. There was a branch pipe supplying Mr George Morgan's mill. He and the rest of the ten»nt3 were on good terms, and they would be perfectly satisfi d if the company supplied the one cistern as they said they wouid. They had said they had to cut it off from the rest of the town to supply them, because they were so high. The reservoir is about 260 yards higher than their house. He had been told thai, during the last few days Mrs Rees had put in a counter-claim for XI lli 6d for carrying water, and the money had, been expended by them for carrying water.—Cross- examined Mrs Rees and himself had paid sixpence every day to a boy for carrying w<*t<-r, but he did not know where the boy got the water from. They always told the boy to go to the pump. The cistern at the back oi their house was put up to supply the whole six houses. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF 'CLARENCE. HIS HONOUR ADJOURNS THE COURT. At this point his Honour, after consultation with the Registrar, said: Mr Taylor and Mr Woosnam,— I regret io say ttiat I hn-ve to inform the court that I bave jut received a message to the effect that the Duke of Clarence is dead. That being so, we feel so deeply giieved that as a mark of respect the court will stand adjourned at once.—Mr T. M. Taylor said he felt sure that they ail joined in the regret. WELSHPOOL.- WEDNESDAY. There were entered 50 new plaints, two adjourned cases, and twelve judgment summonses. THE HUMOURED TRANSFElt OF THE JUDGE His Honour, on taking his seat, was welcomed in a hearty manner by the solicitors present. Mr E. M-turica Jones wished, on behalf of himself and the other solicitors practising in this Court, to express their pleasure in seeing him aglin in that Court. They hoped that he would continue judge of t.hat Court for mc;.ny ye^rs to come. He was sure th'vt no one had deprecated more strongly the changes tiiey had had in their County Court ju iges than the solicitors practising before him. He hoped that, they I would not be troubled any more with tho-e unfounded rumours that somehow or other, for some purpose thar, tbey did not know, -vere published to misled the public.—Mr Martin W<>osnim most cordially re- echoed the sentiments Expressed by Mr Maurice Jones —His Honour said that he was greatly oblige for the Rentimens expressed. He had been much amused at the way in which he had beer- transferred from one place to another, and he had jped, as time went on, to hear that he had been tr -,sferred to one of the Superior Courts (Inughier). There was no ground for the report referred to (hear, hear). INTERPLEADER -JOHN PRYCE JONES V. EDWARD DAVIES, GUNGROG LANE. The defendant was sued as executor de son flirt of Marv Davie, Church-street, \Vel"hpo\ll, deceased. This was an action commenced by the plaintiff for X12 3. 6d for the administra- tion of the estate of the daceasei. Mr Charles S. Pryce, solicitor, Mon'gomery, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Edward Powell, solicitor, Newtown, nppeared for Mr Charlei J.,nes, solicitor for the defendant. Thbii there was the case of Thomas v. Edwar$Davie,—This was a similar action in which Mr Mffrtin Woosnam, solicitor, Newtown, appeared for the plaintiff. A compromise was arrived at by the parties, whereby the defendant was t') pay 7s 6d in II -the pound to all the creditors on the debt amounting to .£57 12s. 6d. CHARLES MTTTON V. JOIn. GWILT. This was an action commenced by the plaintiff, who resided at Buttington Hall, Welshpool, against the defendant, who lives at Guilsfield Mill, to recover half-a-year's rent and possession of the premises. Mr Martin Woosram defended. It wall clearfrom the cross-examination of the plaintiff that the actiun was wrongly commenced, and, on the suggestion of his Honour, the case wa-j adjourned to the next court to enable plaintiff to get legal assistance. Mr Woosnam agreed, and plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs of the day. This terminated the business.
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CORRESPONDENCE. NEWTOWN SCHOOL BOARD. To the Editor of the Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times. Sir,—I was somewhat amused at seeing a letter frora Mr T. Parry Jones in your last week's issue, in which he states that If a lover of fair plav "dl give his name ho will havs pleasure in dealing with the poii.ts raised." I fail to see, sir, how my name will benefit Mr Parry Jones. If my statements and figurts are wrong, it is for Mr Parry Jones to contradict them, but it correct he could not do better than leave them alone. Mr Parry Jones says that he has a reason for asking for my name, but Inever care about givi-g my ",ame tc magistrates, fearing I may get fined 10s. and costs, or 7 days'. I suppose Mr Parry Jones has a reason for everything. Por making those misle idieg statements to which I callcd attention in my last letter,-for passin a vote of unabated confidence in the old teachers, aid three months' notice to quit at the same meeting,—for passing the celebrated new scheme, which was the means of causing something like 100 children to leave the Board S-e-hool-for driving the boys from the Penygloddia School to ttie New Church-strec-t Schooi, although that 5;hoo1 was then full, ana, in consequence, a new class-room had to be built at a cost of over £ 300 to the rate- payers, which class-room is not now required, as tho boys have gone back to Penygloddfa. School,-fof, informing us at the time that he had pui his hand to tbe plough, and would not look back,"—for after- wards looking back and assisting in the removal of the remainder ot the new schema from the minute book, and appointing a master for the Penygloddfa School,—for applying for a re-ex^mination of the New Church-street Boys' Shool,-aud also for send- ing that uncalled for and impertinent letter to the Educational Department last week, which even the vice-chairman would not agree to. Mr Parry Jones will perhaps give us his reasons for some of the above before his term of office exuires.-I am, s'r, yours obediently, A LOVER OF EATR PLAY. THE ESTABLTSHED CHURCtI IN WALES. AMATEUR V. OFFICIAL FIGURES. To the Editor of the Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times. Sir,-Will Mr Owen never learn to be open and straightforwai d ? His very title is because it impJici that it is merely a question of, figure- and that the amateur' and the official' stand on equal grounds of trustworthiness !—There are two conflicunir .statements in the field" he tell3 us; but he c-mnot even put them down fairly. (1) The official stat meat, which gives the avrnge I attendance at church on a Sunday at 79'012." That is not what the offiuial Htatement said. Tho Bishop's words were "The average attendance at church on Sunday," that is, one Sunday with another throughout tiio Nrar. (2) An amateur .statement which declare-i that the official figures involve an exaggeration of ab, ',tit 40,000" and he makes t' is bro td and hardy assertion on tbe ground of a snatch count ng. He makes that which is no average at all, but simply a single service a basis or starting point" from whicli he jumps to the conclusion that j it upsets the official average' for fifty-two S-Li, -td iys. Is this, I ask, the sort of logic that he teaches, if he teaches logic at all, to ihe boys in his high scnoolp Does he, a schoolmaster, rot know that for a fair comparison there mtist be at least some equality in the terms? He has" cllled. your attention to the broad issue with regard to the le, me call your attention to the bread difference bettvten his claim and his method between bis assertion and the ground on which he makes it. When called to account again and again for particular errors in his list, he cooly replies that ilno guerilla warfare between a few clergymen and himself can possibly explain the ground of the difference" iii ttie, ments; but they can at least show that his figures are not correct, and that his conclusion is therefore worthless. Driven into a corner, he asks me publicly to help him out of his dilemma by obtaining tee Visitation Returns for 1890, and further to publioh the figures given there fcr the 112 congregations COtl. tiined in his list," and he adds significantly that uutil this is done no progress is possible," and he will wait until the Visitation Returns i'or tho 73 parishes is published." parishes is published." I had previously received a private letter from Mr Owen Owen asking for the names of (1) the i?j parishes I had mentioned as having more communi- cants than the figures given in his cerisns (2) the two enumerators aged 13 and 11 respectively; and (3) the church where one enumerator had attempted j to cour.t people going out at two opposite uoors and I had replied that as he had made the counting a public matter to the disparagement of the church, the public had a right to know whit tools he had used; and that as » ou as ever h6 published the naraes of the enuinerators I also would publi-h tlh, aaswer to his three requests. This reply will suffice to sht>w that he ha'; the matter so far in bis own hands to proceed or not. He will be wiser noi to do go. As to the Visitation Returns they have nothing in common with Mr Owen Owen's snatch service. They give the average for the 52 Sundays of the year, on the re^ponsibiiity of known men. He, a "single service" only selected by a.ionymoas partisans. I decline to help him in the mess. But I will wait until the Visitation Returns are published." "It is only fair that my opponents should come down from general statements to the arena of details." Has Mr Owen Owen so soon for- arena of details." Has Mr Owen Owen so soon for- gotten that that is exactly what so many of them have done ? and that they have exposed errors in their own particular churches? But he shall have some more presently. In his letter of D-c. 14th, giving his "census" of the 73 p trishes, Mr Owen Owen claims to have acted in a spirit rather favourable than otherwise to the church, on the several grounds, that l-R:, had included five large pirishes regarded as strongholds of the church. 2—His list was largely English and tbat the average English congregations were double of the Welsh, 3—He instructed his enumerators to select the service with the largest attendance in each case. • 4—Such a plan was better than an average struck between the smallest and the largest congregation. Now as we have learnt to thoroughly distrust Mr Owen Owen's mere word leu me examine these grounds one by ope. 1—Fir?t, then, as to this average as a principle of his enumeration. The Rector of Garthbeibio, with 60 commur,iean;s and near!y 50 per cent, of his population (560) Churchmen, after protesting against the unfairness of making 72 represent his church attendance, the point of Mr Owen Owen's com- parison, puts the absurdity of his case very pertinently, by asking whether if 50 boys attended Mr Owen Owen's school in the morning and HIO in the afternoon (and particularly if these boys were to a large extent different, ones) he would call 75, the average between 50 and 101 a far and true enumera- tion of his pupils on thaPday. Mr Owen Owen's mathematics appear to be on a par with his logic, and his fairness with both. 2.—Next for his "single service." But he ia not consistent even here. It is not the same service m each place showing the attendances at the s-tme time; but made up of morning services (40), after- noon (14), and evening (56), ami undefined (2). It is not even a service on the s sme day. In publishing his "Census," Dec. 14th, air Owen Owen merely sajs that ho had ask< d for tho number at one service, and that one the beat attended," and that since 10th of Nov. he had received the returns. On the 29th Dec. he wr tes that "nearly all tho congregations were couuted on Sundays when fine weather pre- vailed." "Fine weather," indeed. The rector of one of the vcj-y roughest parishes in Montgomery- shire who has kept a record of attendances, and of the state of the weather on every Sunday in 1891, has for Nov. 8th, oer atliy wyll (cold and gloomy), and for the loth. gwlyb a thywyll" (wet a el gloomy), and Mr Robe-ts, of Y*pvtty, at the junction of the mountains of Carnarvonshire, Denbighshire, and Merionethshire has stated that Mr Ellis Evans (the enumerator there) passe i one Methodist Chapei on his way to church, the doors of which were locked ] on that very Sunday, because the weather was too xousrh for its frequenters to assemble. Fine weather," forsooth Would any fair minded man choose the iiion: li of November for puch weather? It misrht have been like yesterday with the snow many inches deep: and I dare say Mr Owen Otycii would have been J1 the mora pleased. 3—And now for the enumerator■<. Mr Owen Owen writes m igniioquently (Dec. 20th), It is positively | insulting to rhe intelligence of my countrymen to insinuate that the enumerations are not equil to their tisk." Well, children of 11 and even 13 do not indi- cate a very high standard cf 'inteliigence' and even a man must squint handsomely to count at the same time peopie going out at opposite doors. I know a parish, and Air Owen Owen knows quite woll which one I mean, where tho person asked to count, a lead- in» member of his own denomination,—hononrab y declined to have anything to do with it and se it bick the form3. Tht parish has not yet aopeared in his list. When it does, Mr Owen Owen will perhaps tell the public who undertook the tricky business for him. Mr Owen Owen asked his enumerators in taking the one service to select as far as they knew," the best attended'one. Now most people know very well that the evening service -is as a rule much the best att»ndpd and yet the enumerators have only tak n 56 of these balanced by another 56, of morning 40, afternoon 14, and 2 unstated. 4—We pass on to the language. Mr Owen Owen takes considerable credit to himself for including in his test so large a proportion of English congregations, and asserts that an average English congregation is more than double a Welsh congregation," bnt he forgets to add that tbi-i is largely" a question of locality, and that there are many churches where an English service is giv«n, but where the proportion is just the other way. Of the 72 English services I note that 21 are in mission rooms only. 5— But the c' ief claim tu crcdit is that in this list a.re included fiy-j large parishes which are regarded as s'ron<hold3 of the church":—and these T- take it must be Oswestry (2) St. Oswald's and Holy Trinity; Weltihpool, Wrexham and Hawavden. One by one we test Mr Owen Owen's -jreatment to them. (a) Oswestry (1) St Oswald's Mother perish. Here I see no sign of the church service in the Grammar School Chapel nor any of tho Church Army service in the Cast'.e Fields Mission Room, 2—H. Trinity.—I look in vain for any service at Aston. Only three missions around his door j' 3—Welshpool.—On December 20,h, a Radical census like Mr Owen Owen's was taken by the Mont,. go-meryshiro Express, -and it gave the chmeh attendance for the day ai 1914 and all the together at 1686. Tho morning attendance 3.t St. Mary's was 21)5, evening 599 Mr Owen Owen's figure is 207, and ho overstates the population by more than 600. (,aeon Howell bar shown ju the Times that here also Mr Own (i.p,ll has over- stated the population by 3,000, and at the same time- he entirely ignores the services at th3 churches of Bevse, and Bersbarn and Seuthsee apd the MiasiOB Rooms at Rhosnesney and Rhos Robin, and the Chu; cli Arrey service. 5—Ilawarden.—Here I give Mr 0 <ver. Owen ane& credit as he deporves. This is the one and only instance where his fignr^s agree pretty well with those of the visitation returns. And the coincidence* is both singular and significant. lier" the enumerator' sent, the form to "be reet ;r, and the rector carefully filled it in. His figures aie a little h'>her than those of the" official" return and they certainly do not weaken the reliability of the Bishop's figures. A little whue ago, a secret cenm-j was taken in Liverpool, and its result was a -ittle satisfactory to Nonconformists do they, or does Mr Owen Owen lor' them, accept that census ss of eqeal v«lue with their own denominational statistics ? And are they willing that we should t ike them as a fair measure of their numbers? And yet they have been controverted than ms. But even suppos.ng Mr Owen Owen's statement were both c:>mp:ote and reliable (ii, is ndtber the one nor the other), would it even so up-etthe "official Ftvle!iiejat F For a siugle !;el'vÙ:e" :'tild for only one language (except in three ius anees), ,;HH1 that in the m,th of November ai.d taken by interested partisans with over countings of population, and t 199 of churches and mission rooms, Mr Owen O "> en allows 11,009 for only one-third of the parishes, and two- fifths of the population of the diocese. To complete his own estimate therefore for a single service the' figures should be multiplied by a-, least two-and-a- half, and that would gm*27.50i> for only one in wintry November: and 110 has tr;o !J,dibnod to. assert that the Bishop's figures are very nearly three' times toe actual figure (December 14). But 111 n>»i^y of the churches there are three, i!i some four, services in the day and spring and Huinmar and autumn have yet "liner weather" than :,11" Owen Owen's November; and all these bave to be con-4 sidered in the "average atten'nece for Sunday. Will any fair mmded person bedove th?.t tha official statement made on the responsibility dtJlP clergy, and taking ait these things into consideration, is shaken by such an 'amateur etatjineiu.! as Mr Owen Owen's ? But Mr Owe: Owen has other interests to serve besides those of simple truth. And with him to represent its figures and Mr Lloyd George to repre. sent its facts, tho disestablishment ca-ope.ign may yet produce some equally astounding statements, bat to apply Mr Owen O.ve.-i',i phr i.,e,Iog 'y justice to the Principality demands that wo should examine those statements (whether numerical or rhetorical), by means of which such strenuous efforts are made to build up a case for tit in Wales." D. R. THOMAS, Jan 10th, 1892 Archdeacon of Montgomery. _n«J«"
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NEWTOWN AND LLANIDLOES HIGH- WAY ) AR1).—T I" T.SDAY. Present :—Messre John Pryce, H'ghgate. (chair- man), W. Scott O ven. T. Jonea Henb as, Edward Savage, E. Morsrnn, Thos. Breese, Thos. Junes, Edw. Jones. Taos, h ra:.eis, R. Griffiths, John Svans, R. Williams, cierk, C. T. M. Taylor, !.le'uty-elerkr. and Thos. Edmunds, surveyor. FINANC The nuance commutes repot tad that they bad examined the Surveyor's accounts wit'i the vouchers produce 1 by hitu, and they recommended the pay- 1 mnnt of the following- bills Manual labour, 4119 Iz, 3d; team labour an i mm,erials, £ 24 4. 10d total, £ 143 17s Id. Balance due to the Surveyor, £ 5. i'he followingamoun shad been paid to the treasurer — W. B. Pugh, Esq.. on account of repairs to Cider' House, £ o; parish of Kerry, £ 04 10s tot W, £ 99 10*. Balance in treasurer's haivis, IPs 7d. Contri- but-ions in arrears, due 1st Nov. :—Carno, .£26; Llan- gurig, jg-23 10s Llanwnog, 10s; Mochdre, X16 total. £ 124. Tee committee rec oneji ntled that the- following cheques bo issued :-I)jstr ez surveyor, < £ 150 salaries «ccount, Xi3 1:)8 end £ 8 5s; estab- lishment account, JH 5" 3 I.—Tee reeort was idopted' on the motion of Air I'howas Jones, seconded by Mr T. Francis. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. Tynypwil Bridyc. — Tee Surveyor pai l he T.a.3 in- formed that Mr Widhms had forwarde: to 0»erswe- station one truck loud oi planks roqui-ml to re-over | Tyoypwll bridge. Griff house Hoad Encroachment.—Mr Prothorton of tho Grifirhonse, Bettws, consented to the removal of the raiiings opposite his house so as Hot to encroach on the highway. Thero was no other business ot i nporhancc.
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TH: ORTH LIBERAL FEDERATION" AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS. The Secretary of the North Wales Liberal F- dera- tiOl has just issued a circular letter to the secretaries of tho constituency aDd lecal Liberal Associations in the ''oilowieor terms — COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.—I PLEASURE in coin- raTim<ititle4 to you two resolutions adopted by tile Executive ive Committee of this Federation ns follows:-Ist. That in the opinion of this Committee the forthcoming County Council' in Wales should be fought on political grounds and that every candidate should be asked to pledge himself in favoar of the Disestablishment and Disendowinent of the Church of England in Wales. 2nd. That t.[12 secretary be in- structed to convey tho foregoing resolutions to thf) con- ftituency and Liberal Associations of North Wales. In view of the forthcoming general election it is considered to be of great importance that the voice of Wales sheald be distinctly declared upon the question of Welsh Disestablishment and Disendo-svment. I need s urcely point out to you that (unless indeed the General Election come first) the bounty Council Ejections which will take place in the first week in March will afford a capital opportunity of testing ozir organization and of bringing it into first-class form preparatory to the Genera] Election, which must now be rprctty close at hand. I shall b" glad if yon will bring the ,mbje:;t before your Com- mittee at the earliest possible moment and I trust that by the selection of the strongest candidate in each district and ard"at and systematic work by the party, a ^reat victory will be won. You will readily see that if th1'0l1gh any mismanage- ment we fail to carry the County Council Rl2ct,:ons in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, it will tell ,(':1.i.E1t 11" at the Parliamentary elections. I therefore, yOlo. will give this matter yoar earnest attention, and that you will also do everything ia your power to bring your Constituency into- complete preparedness for the General Election whether it- come before Q1' after the County OonneiI Electious."
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His Honour Jud-2-e Cecil Berssforrl has telegraphed' to deny the truth of the report in the Times that he ha". been transferred to the Derbyshire Circuit. LI,OVD\S B&NK.-The directors of Lloyd's Bank., at their meeting, decided to rec nnmeod 'o t0 share- holders at the ensuing general meeting the u*u»l dividend for the half-year ended olst December last of 12s per sharp, being at the rate or 15 per cent. per annum, together iiith a. I)o-,iis of 4s. Her ^hare, mak- ing a tobl distribution for the year of 17l per cent. MONTGOMERYSHIRE SHIRE HOXSE ASSOCIATION. —Mr John Lewis, Wes-on, one of tho deputation appointed to select a shire hor?e_iOr Montgomery shire, together with Mr Robert. Richards, of Green- llin, have seenred tbe horse Viilcaii, ttie property of Lord I<¡¡eAmere, fr the ensuing season, at tbe hiring foe of Jil,OtO. t V ulcan has twice been champion ia London, o.nd the stock by him are very fine, especially the fillies. Mr JD(m Lewis has let his h"T'Bf? British Standard to the Or.ester Farmer's Club for ,5300.- He hes ak. sold to Mr A Gratididge, Royd House. Br'ghoive, Yorks. a three year old horse, Marshal! Neil, for £ 1300, and a yearling colt, Fiornn. to the same gentleman for 100 guinea*. Arrangements are being made for a. Welsh fe-tival in S\ Paul's Cathedral oti St. l>avii|'fi.eve similar to that which took pl ace tw j years fg"), The ttee, include Sir John Puieston (chairman), the Rv. Evan Jones (vice-chairman), the K^vs. J. <Jroo1e Ellis, E. Kdlin Roberts, and Morris Roberts, Major Limner, Dr Williams, and Mr Evan Jones. The unite choir under the conductor hip ot' Mr Dyfed Lewis. R.A.M., meet every Tuesday eve is in 2 in r.be School' 00m of Holy Trinitv, Gray's-inn-road, kindly len" for tbe purpose. Mr Thomas, the We'sh organist at All Holy Trinitv, Gray's-inn-road, kindly len" for the purpose. Mr Thomas, the Welsh organist at All Saints', Marga-et-street, is to preside at the organ. SHOCKING DEATH OF A WELSH CONTRACTOR.— On the evening of the 7th inst., as Mr Evan Thomas, one of the be-t known sinking cint- ierrors in .South Wales, was vvalkiuq alon,, the Taff Yale Railway, he was knocked down by a. mineral train and cut to I pieces. A blinding snowstorm was raging at the time. Deceased, who was fifty-five years of age, been engaged io colliery development for years,