Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer

DESTRUCTIVE CANADIAN FIRE. As the result of a disastrous fire which oc- curred on Thursday afternoon at Bryson, Quebec, the business ration of the town has been wiped out. Twenty eight stores and dwellings have been destroyed, and thirty families rendered homeless. The damage is estimated at over £ 15,000.

DATE OF ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Sir Ernest Shackleton states that the En- durance will reach England from Xorway about May 25th. The vessel, which was built specially for Antarctic work, is a new om\ and has been bought by Sir Ernest Shackle- ton for the expedition. The dogs which are to accompany the expedition are coming to London, and arrangements will be made so that the animals can be seen by the public. Sir Ernest states that tbL- expedition will start not later than the first week in August.

ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. An attempt to wreck a Newcastle-New biggin excursion train was made on the North-Eastern Railway at Bedlington on Sunday morning. The train, when near a level crossing, dashed into an obstruction, which proved to be a heavy five-barred gate used to guard the crossing. The gate had been carried some distance and placed across the rails, where it was smashed by the engine. The train was undamaged, and pro ceeded on its journey.

NAZARETH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, PONTLOTTYN. On Sunday and Monday last, Services were :teld at the above place of worship to celebrate its fiftieth year. The Church was formed the 31sh of March. 1864 and was an off-shoot of Moriah Church, Rhymney, During this period it has bad four pastors, ard its history has been one of peace aud continued prosperity, and is to-dav a strong and vigorous church, and doing splendid work for the Master. The Rev. G. Penar Griffiths, Pentre-estyll, officiit^-i morning, afternoon and evening, on £ to large and attentive con- gregu —i]z. On Monday afternoon a very large number assembled for the formal celebra- tion f the interesting event. The Rev. J. R. Salmon, the esteemed pastor, pre- sided. The Rev. W. M. Davies, Trevil, having conducted the devotional part, the Chairman delivered an excellent address in which he touched upon interesting incidents in th-3 history of the Church, and the duties of the present members with regard to the futura, and urged them to follow in the footsteps of those departed ones who did so well in the past, and left them such a good heritage. Alderman W. Williams, the energetic Secretary, was then called upon to give a brief history of the Church from its forma- tion. Alderman Williams has been connected with Nazareth Church for 38 years, so that his personal observation extends over the greater portion of its history. His references to some of the quaint, but good old characters he remem- bered were both amusing and touching. Subsequently, short addresses were de- liver,.3d by the Revs. Fred Jones, B.A., B.D., D. Leyshon Evans, C.C., Bargoed; D. Hughes-Jones, Vochriw; J. J. Williams, Pentre, Rhondda Valley R. E. Peregrine, B.D.; G. Penar Griffiths, and Messrs. D. Daviea, Ystrad Mynach, Ishmael Harries, Pontypool (both of these had been at one time members of the church), and D. W. Jones (M.O.), schoolmaster, Pontlottyn. All the speakers cordially congratulated the members upon the good record of the Church, and its present flourishing con- dition and prospects. Dnring the meeting a well-rendered sacred solo was given by Mrs W. Harries, Merthyr, a daughter of the late Mr Isaac Phillips, a prominent and useful official of the Churoh for many years. One of the most touching items in the meeting was the presentation by Mr J. Jones, on behalf of the Church, of a hand- sow 'y bound Bible, with a gilt inscription on cover, to three lady members who had been connected with the Church from its foundation, these were: -.Mrii. Thomas, Bry nheulog; Mrs. Samuels, Queen Street, and Mrs. Havard, New Road, and every child received a beautifully bound New Testament as a memento of the event. A large number of letters were received from once members of the Church, now living in different parts of the country, re- gretting their inability to be present. One came from Canada, with a cheque enclosed to show his attachment to, and fond recollections of years spent at Nazareth. A rnosi interesting aud joyous meeting was closed with prayer by the Rev. R. D. Jenkins, Fochriw. Iu the evening, a largely attended preaching service was held, at which the Rev. F. Jones, Moriah, coniactocl the in. troductory part, and two thoughtful and eloquent discourses Wire delivered by the Rava. J. J. WiUU-aH and G. Penar Griftith. The singing, conducted by Mr Ed. Davies was an attraofcive feature of the meetings, and Mr J. H. Beddoe was in good form at the organ.

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) tARONETS BANKRUPTCY. Sir Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick, of Eaton- place, S.W., appeared in the Bankruptcy Court on Friday with gross liabilities of £12)823 and no availab-? a-sets. In 1895 he was engaged on half c-mmission terms by a firm of London Stock Exchange brokers, and two years later he became partner for a yeax in an establishment for teaching languages at Not-ting Hill. By this he lost £1,500. He had been connected with other ventures which turned out. failures. In reply to the Official Receiver the debtor said that since March, 1911. he had lost £ 1,097 on the Stock Exchange and £ -300 by betting. The examination was concluded.

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| A PENGAM CONTRACT APPEAL. WELSH GARDEN CITIES. Lord Justice Phillimore and Mr Justice Lush, sitting in the Lord Chief Justice's Court had before them the case of Bowen v. the Welsh Garden Cities, which was an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of Justice Coleridge. The plaintiff is a contractor oarrying on business at Marble Hill, Cheltonham, and the present proceedings are in connection with an action he had brought againt the defendants, whose offices are at Dumfries- place, Cardiff. Mr Arthur Powell, who was for the appellant, said his client was asking for a reversal of the order by Mr Justice Cole- ridge affirming a decision by the master staying an action and ordering that the dis- pute should be tried by an arbitrator. Plaintiff was a builder, and claimed for the defendants 9672 for work done. He also claimed under eight different headings damages for procuring the architect to withhold his certificate of R,500 as re- tention money, an injunction against re- entry and taking possession of the site and plant, an injunction against retaining two sums of 2500 each for wrongful determina- tion of the contract, and for wrongful con- version of plant and the £ 1,000. zC22,000 INVOLVED. Counsel said plaintiff had signed two contracts to build a large number of houses for the defendants (Pengam being one of the localities). The total sum of £ 22,000 was involved, and defendants were to give possession of the sites at a particular date, while plaintiff was to complete the building twelve months afterwards. Plaintiff's case was that he was not given possession at the proper time, and defend- ants alleged that plaintiff did not fulfil his contract, and repudiated it. The whole question was whether the matter should be tried by an arbitrator or by the High Court, and how far the arbitration clause went iO as to cover the claim of the plaintiff. Counsel for the plaintiff now submitted that the decision was wrong before the judge and the master, and this was a matter which could be dealt with by arbitration, as the arbitrator could not grant an injunction. Lord Justice Phillimore asked counsel if he did not think this was a case for the official referee ? Mr Arthur Powell; I do not object to that, but we submit that we have our other rights. Mr Cecil Walsh, for the respondents, re- marked that he had no objection to suoh a course or to the amendment of the plead- ings, but he should like the judges to hear some further argument. THE APPEAL DISMISSED. On the resumption of the argumentsZon Tuesday, Mr Cecil Walsh, K.C., for the respondents, contended that the decision of the Judge in Chambers was perfectly correct, as he had full discretion under all the cases decided. The argument was not a collateral one but a supplementary one, something entirely independent of the original arrangement. Lord Justice Phillimore Can the arbi- trator fix and assess the damages ? This is the only point doubtful in my mind. Mr Cecil Walsh, K.C., replied that damages were usually assessable only by a jury, but here, he thought, the arbitrator had special powers for dealing with that question. In regard to the question relating to the architect, it was certain there was no collusion between him and the de- fendants, and on all grounds he should submit the judgment was a right one. Their Lordships agreed that the matter was one which came under the arbitration clause of the contract, and dismissed the appeal with costs.

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FREE CHURCH COUNCILS. CHURCHES AND COMMERCIALISM. NEWPORT MINISTER'S PROTEST. .t I 11 conrerence ot the eastern Division ot the South Wales and Monmouthshire Federa- tion of Free Church Councils was held at Aberfan, on Monday. The Rev. T. Richards, Newport, formerly of Ebbw Vale, read a paper on "What the Churches should do to preserve the sanctity of the Sabbath." He said that three classes had made determined attacks on the Sabbath —speculators, pleasure-seekers, and secular- ists. Speculators wore masters whose chief aim was to make money, while in tho second category there were men who played golf on Sundays at Southerndown and Porthcawl. There was a determined effort, he added, to bring into this country the methods of the Continental Sunday. They should eliminate commercialism from the activities of the Church. Sacred concerts were simply forms of entertainment. For the life of me," continued the speaker, I cannot see on what grounds we can oppose cinemas while churches are holding sacred concerts them- selves. The arguments are illogical, and the other side are not slow in seeing it. Before we attack them we ought to have clean hands ourselves." The speaker also condemned choir practices on Sundays pre- paratory for Eisteddfodau. They were pro- ductive of a great deal of mischief, and Sunday travelling should be reduced to a minimum. Sunday savings banks the rev. gentleman described as pure commercialism. In the evening addresses were delivered by the Rev. David Davies, Penarth, and the Rev. T. Richards.

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EAST GLAMORGAN CANDIDATE. MR. ALFRED ONIONS IN THE FINAL BALLOT. Final arrangements have now been made for the selection of a Labour candidate for East Glamorgan at the next Parliamentary election. Ten gentlemen were originally mentioned as Labour candidates, namely, Mr W. Brace, M.P., the president of the South Wales Miners' Federation; Mr James Winstone, the vice-president; Mr Alfred Onions, the treasurer Mr Robert Smillie, the president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain Mr Thomas Andrews, Mr T. I. Mardy Jones, Mr W. May, Mr Frank Hodges, Mr C. B. Stanton, and Mr Albert Thomas. Eight of these have withdrawn, some of them having been selected for other con- stituencies. There remain Mr Alfred Onions, J.P., Tre- degar, general treasurer of the South Wales Miners' Federation, and Mr T. Mardy Jones, the organising agent of the Federation. The names of these gentlemen will be balloted upon by all the trades unionists in the division, and the date of the ballot has been fixed for Thursday and Friday, May 14th and 15th. The counting of the votes will be super- vised by tho executive of the East Glamorgan Labour Party. The ballot will be conducted on similar linss to that recently taken for a Labour candidate in West Monmonth, and the Labour Party, immediately the final selec- tiou is made, propose to organise a thorough campaign throughout the country.

GERMAN ARMY CRUELTY. ILL-TREATMENT AND SUICIDE. Almost every day fr< s.h torie8 of ill-treat- ment and cruelty in the German Army come to hand. despite the fact that the affairs are usually kept. as quiet as can be by the authori- ties, says the Berlin correspondent of the Standard. Some idea of the reputation which infantry regiments are g4-fting may be obtained from the fact thnt a:i .ipprentiee named Rauch com- 'initted suicide after declaring that he pre- ferred death to doing military service in a line regiment-, as had fallen to his lot. A non-commissioned officer named Wolker was sentenced by court-martial to fifteen days' arrest for kicking and hitting one of his men. He was brought up on the complaint of a bom- bardier who had had his jaw broken by a blow. Again, it is reported from Leipsic that, mad- dened by ill-treatment he had received, a sol- dier named Meyer, belonging to the 100th Grenadier Regiment, attacked a non-commis- sioned officer with a hammer and killed him. The murderer afterwards committed suicide.