South Wales Weekly Post

"I, -M-A V ABOMINABLE." Swansea Labourer's Well-deserved Sentence. At the Swansea Police Court on Tuesday, Augustine Rosse. labourer, was summoned for oommitting a nuisance in a G.W.R. fish van at the South Dock Fish Wharf. Mr. Rupert Lewis, who prosecuted, said that this was a filthy habit to which they had been subject for a long time. Defendant said he was pulling a nail out of his boot. Chairman In the corner of a dark van? This is a dirty, filthy thing you are charged ,with. It is abominable. You must go down for 14 days or pay a fine of 20s.

a Mother's Duty to safeguard h«r haaltb —sh« owes this to the wou-being of her child- ion. Inexperience or p«rh*ps a little want Of thoa?ht M cfitio? 'Ime. hu c?uMd many & X woman yan ot suffering. Undoubtedly the gr«*te»t yaws of Women', Troubles begins with t the wearing of la.rnQl Instruments. In many  omm theae oaum Cancers and Tuaaoun. It you an suffering from any abdominal oonplafait send now for 187 FRER BOOKLET Fully Illustrated It contains price Was information on all women's aOmfote, and will be sent post tree on request. 5t also txphint. wtth the aid of flluatnWonl. how MM Hapgum of ?a Mnd< (Nave!, UmbiiM?i, •to.), Misplacement, in. ternal Weakness, eta. without operations or nternal Instruments- During 25 'y8S I her cur*d ADd ftUeved ova: 90,000 C88ea. BeDCI da.Y for New Inhntmte(t Byklet t M??EMS M? & 5. $later DeÐt. Q68, E.C.

I BOY OF TEN 1 [I, Bleaks into Swansea Arsenic I I Works. Tt*™ M-pin (10) wa £ cliarged at I Dwanoo Juvenile Court on Tuesday with breaking and entering an office at the Arsenic Works, Port Termant, and stealing ^herein a tobacco box and a sovereign purge, Øhe property of Jonerpfc Jones, foreman. A little boy named Richard Collins (14), 9f DefiM-street, spake to seeing the tofoaooo pox in defendant s posseeaion on the even- *mt of April 30th. Detective Johnson stated that defendant, ♦old him he had sold the articles to another f( a penny. The defacdan WM bowa ow fm twelve Months.

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BRICKLAYERS AND BUILDERS Men's Threat of Notices at I Pontardawe. It was decided at a meeting of the Pon- tardawe Operative Bricklayers Society, held on Monday night, to tender notices unless the master builders acknowledge the men's demands for an increase of wages. It was stated that the carpenters were also organising for the same purpose. Messrs. Gilberteon and Company have already acceded to the bricklayers' demands.

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On Monday evening a boy named Albert Daviez, living at Gorse-road, Cwmbwrla, was knocked down by a motor lorry in car-I marthen-road, Swansea. He received cuts on the head, and suffered from shock.

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The South Wales Association have decided to run a local tennis tournament. The clubs in the district will be grouped together, and a cup will be offered for competition.

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HACKING BABY'S THROAT. WOMAN'S DEEDS WITH RAZOR. TRAGEDY IN LABOURER'S HOME. A shocking affair occurred at Wokingham, near Reading, Oil Tuesday morning. it ap- pears that a labouring man left his house at a, quarter to six for work. Almost immedi- ately afterwards a acream wae heard and a neighbour rushed into, the house and there she saw a girl aged about twelve years lying on the floor of the downstairs room with her throat cut. The labourer's wife had a. child aged four and a half years in her arms, bhe was hacking, it is alleged, at the baby's throat with a razor. The neighbour, fortunately, was able to grasp the child and take it away. The husband was fetched back and on going up- stairs discovered his wife vith her tliroat rut. The police arrived and the superin- tendent, with issi stance, took the razor from the woman's possession. The police surgeon, who had been called, made an examination of the three people. The girl was found dead and the woman wa-s removed to the infirmary in a oritdcal state. The baby's condition is not regarded as serious.

:■ — = I "EIGHT A.M. TILL TWO A.M." I ALLEGATION AT A SWANSEA MEETING. TRADES UNIONIST SUPPORT I FOR TAILORS. The open-air meeting under the auspices of the Swansea Tailors' Association, held ia Portland-street oil Monday evening with the object of "snowing up the sweating sys- tem," attracted a fair attendance. Mr. R. Probert, president of the Swansea Labour Association, presided and said that two firms endeavoured to .invalidate the agreement arrived at twelve months ago. I Other iirms thus encouraged showed a ten- dency to follow suit. Mr. M. Winski, secretary of the Cardiff branch, said the men worked from 8 &.m. I to 2 a. m. on t he follow iug morning, and some seldom saw their wives more than once a week. The men who were willing factors to this were also sweated as regards prices. Mr. M. Byrr.e, a member of the Executive Council, admitted that the men earned good wages, but the hours were very long and did not tond to good health and efficiency. As in other industries they would be burned on the scrap heap when they failed to turn the work out sufficiently rapid. The following resolution, moved by Mr. J. Glase. and seconded by Mr. C. F. Clarke, was put to the meeting and carried unani- moush "That this meeting of Trades Unionists and residents of Swansea express indignation at the attitude of certain merchant tailors in Swansea to allow their orders to be ex- ecuted by middle-men, who employ non- union labon, and pay less thati the mini- mum rate of wages."

——————————— GOOD-BYE r t I DISTRESSIGFFORESTFACH DEATH. HEALTHY ROMANS DEATH I IN FIVE MINUTES. An inquest was held on Monday- evening at Fforestfach County Police Station touch- ing the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, wife of Mr. John Williams, of Station-road, Cockett, by Mr. F. H. Glynn Price, county coroner. Mr. John Williams, deceased's husband, stated that his wife was 49 years of ag e and had hardly ever had an illness. Witness and his wife were together in the kitchen at about seven o'clock on Sunday evening, when his wife went out to the back to get some coal. A little later he heard her say- in. "Oh, John!" and she came into the house bleeding from the mouth. Witness caught hold of her and put her to sit in the armchair, and she still bled badly. She said, "Good-bye," and passed away within about five minutes. Witness did fiot think that deceased had carried the bucket at all, or lifted it, as it was lying filled on the coal. Dr. McRitchie said he had concluded that deceased had-ov.-i-n- to a sudden strain, the least strain such as raising the bucket of coal. would be &uiffci:ei-it--died from a blood- vessel in the lung giving way. Verdict was returned according to medical evidence. The Coroner and Mr. Jamee Jones (foreman of jury), on behalf of jury, expressed sympathy with deceased's rela- tives.

WEDDED ROYAL BRIDE. DEATH OF DUKE OF ARGYLL. I ROYAL ROMANCE RECALLED. I With deep regret we have to record the death of the Duke of Argyll, whose grave illness from double pneumonia was the occa- sion of general anxiety during the past week. John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, ninth Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T., P.C., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., LL.D., came of an an- cient and historic race. Nine centuries ago one Gillespie Campbell acquired by mar- riage with Eva, daughter of the Treasurer of Scotland, Paul O'Duin, descendant of Diaimid, the lordship of Lochow, in Argyll- shire, and from that time onwards the noble house has continually added to its estates and its power. The list of his Grace's titles is a page from old-time records. A ROYAL ROMANCE. He was a man who will dways hold a prominent part in English history, be. a' of the roniarice connected wtih his marriage. In the year 1870 the rumour was widely prevalent that the Marquis of Lome, as he then was, had become engaged to the Prin- oess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, among the hills and glens of Bonnie Scotland. "When the official an- uouncement was made public the popular' joy was all the greater because the Queen had had the strength of mind "to termin- ate," as Disraeli said, "an etiquette which had become sterile," and to allow a Royal Princess to marry a commoner. The marriage set a new precedent in Royal alliances. There had been no caae of the kind, involving the union of an Eng- lish Princess with a suitor not of Royal blood, since Mary Tudor, youngest daugh- ter of Henry VII., married Charles, Duke of Suffolk. That event took place in 1515, four centuries before the romantic wedding of Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome. As everyone is aware, the marriage was celebrated in St. George's Chapel, in March, 1871, and there was no question that Disraeli was in the right when, in a letter to the Queen, he declared that the startling change from old tradition was effected "under every circumstance that can com- mijind the sympathy of the country." The late Duke succeeded Lord Dufferin in the Governorship of Canada, and one of his first acts was to put a check on "the spoils of office" system, so notorious in the United States. The tlag at the Swansea Guildhall wag hoisted half-mast as a token of respect.

At Aberavon on Monday Eynon Thomas, motor driver, Llewellyn-street, Aberavon, appeared on an adjourned summons for alleged failure to produce his motor driving license. At the pre- vious hearing it was contended that the defendant did not drive the car., and I Trevor Saunders, motor electrician, said that he was testing the car at the time, and drove the car himself. Defendant, he swore, did not drive at all.—The sum- mons was now dismissed. i

MOVING WITH SWAN- SEA, TRAMWAYS' BIG I PROGRESS. I £ 18.000 INCREASE IN I RECEIPTS. 1 I Rosy Outlook. I The seventy-fifth ordinary general meeting of the Swansea Improvements and Tram- ways Co. was held on Monday at the ihsad offices in London, Mr. C, G. Tegetmeier, in ¡ the chair, presiding over a representative at- tendance. The Chairman, on rising to move the ad- option of the report, said he had much plea- sure in referring to the very satisfactory pro- gress of the company's business, which the figures indicated. Last year they had fav- ourable weather conditions and the accounts showed a rubstantial improvement upon any that they had previously submitted. For some years past their traffic receipt had Mr. C. C. Tegetmoier, I chairman of the company. I shown continuous increase: in fact, lie thought that on every occasion during the thirteen years that he had been privilegedvto occupy the chair at these meetings he had had the pleasure of pointing to an increase of receipts over the immediately preceding year, and on several occa-sions he had ven- tured to anticipate an expansion of business and an increase of profits in the succeeding years. It was a source of satisfaction to him and he was sure it Wa3 to them aJao that these anticipations had not proved ground- less. (Hear, hear.) Last year they hod a larger increase over the preceding year than they had ever had. (Applause.) As they would see from the accounts their traffic re- ceipts Ic^it, year amounted to 967,169, which was £5,800 more than in the preceding year, and the number of passengers carried was 12,081.000, an increase of 1,100,000, (Ap- plause.) The Satisfactory and somewhat exceptional progress that they had experienced during the last few years wa.s not due to any extension of the tramway system, for the route mileage I worked "Last year wAs practically the name as it was in 1907 when their traffic receipts amounted to £ 49,040 and the number of passengets earned ivet-s 8,652,000. The ex- planation of this increase of £ 18,000 in re- ceipts and three and a half millions in pae- aengera was to be found in the growth and prosperity of Swansea which the company had he thought, done something to facilitate, and m which it naturally shared. Since the date !< had mentioned they had tncre-ased the dividend on their ordinary shares by succes- sive stages Prom the per cent. they were then. paying to the 6 per cent. they now re- Mr. David James, manager of the company. If cortimanded They had built up a renewals fund of £ 19,196, and they had increased their reserve fund from £ 20,868 to ;6361,365, in addition to writing off nearly £ 6,<X)0 of preyious expenditure. (Applause.) They might not perhaps expect that the same rate of progress which the company had exper- ienced during the past six years would be continuously maintained, but thev might, he thought, anticipate with coufidenoe that Swansea had before it a future of continued growth and prosperity in which the corriv might reasonably expect to participate. (Hear, hear.) Tho progressive policy of the Swansea Corporation in the development of the town was a very important factor in pro- moting this prosperity, and As a frequent visitor to Swansea during the laet thirteen years one very no- ticeable feature to him had been the steady and continuous improvements that had been effected by the Corporation during that per- iod. There were very great difficulties to con- tend with, and many problems, financia1 and otherwise, to solve in modernising an" adapting to the businets requirements of to- day an ancient town such as Swansea, but the results so far achieved, if he rriorht 11r I allowed to say so, reflected great credit upon the industry and capacity with which the affairs of the town were managed. The prosperity of S'wa.n.a, was wp,.1 cics?ly connected with the Drogress ? the port, and it must lie gratifying to th. Har- bour Trustees to see that the lar^e increase ,f tonnage liandled at "the docks had fullv justified the heavy expenditure incurred which had provided Swansea" with facilities for dealing with the lar-e^t class ot vessels and placed it in a prominent position among the ports of the Kingdom. (He.i?, hear.) I The Prosperity of Swansea meant I the prosperity of the company, and with the I many favourable indications that they saw there was justification for regarding the fu- ture of the company with confidence. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it was necessary for him to detain them by commenting at 'wy length upon the figures of the balance sheet and revenue account. The details, as shown in tho aocounts, were very full and explicit-, and, he thought, explain themselves. They would see from the balance sheet that they I had paid in full for the ten cars which. some few years ago, when their financial position was in a less satisfactory condition, they obotamed on the hire-purchaise sys- tem. They have written off to reserve the items of Parliamentary costs £4,136 15s lid, and expenses of leases from the Swansea Corporation P,343 3s. 3d., which had hitherto appeared on the credit side of their balance sheet, and which they had thought it desir- able at this stage to get rid of. (Hear, hear). They had also charged against re- serve the deficiency of f;2,012 10s. 6d., re- I sulting from the 1 Disposal of the Palaoe Theatre, whin. in accordance with the resolution of I last meeting, was taken over by the tram- ways undertaking :I satisfaction of the ad- vaaioee made to the improvements undertak- ing. After writing off them amounts, a.nd in- cluding the appropriation from last year's profits of L4,000,. or £ 1,000 more than in the preceding year, the rcservp "toad at the sub- stantial figure of £ 56,365. (Applause.) With regard to the revenue account their traffic receipts, as he had stated, amounted to £ 67,169, and the other items of receipts showed little variation from the preceding year. Their working expenses consequent upon the much greater car mileage run, and the increased cost of coal showed some in- crease, but it WÐa satisfactory to note that [ th3 increase was proportionately much less than the increase in traffic receipts, the pro. portion of expenses to receipts* being re- duced to the very satisfactory figure of 54.48 per cent. (Hear, hear.) After providing for all revenue charges. including £7,880 to the Swansea Corporation and £ 7,500 to i- heir renewals funds, as com- pared with £ 7,000 in the previous year, they were able to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 6 per cent. for the year or 1 per cent, more than in the preceding year, and carry forward £ 2.185 13s. 2d., being 3d. more than was brought forward. (Appiause.) Tributo to Manager James. It was unnecessary for him to add in con- elusion that for the results which had been achieved they were largely indebted to the.! zealous and capable management of their general manager, Mr. David James, whose efforts were ably .seconded by a loyal and efficient staff. (Applause.) Mr. S. E. Garck e was re-elected a direc- tor. and Mr. E. H. Soamps wan also -add d to the Board on the motion of the chaiT- man, seconded by Mr. Somerville. The remuneration of the directors was fix"? at JB500 per annum. Messrs. E. C. Price and Son were re- elected auditors on the proposition of Mr. C. F. James, seconded by Mr. W. J. Allen. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded. the meeting.

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MEXICAN MINE -1 BLOWS UP A MEXICAN STEAMER. I (Renter Foreign Special.) MEXICO CITY, Monday. A Manzanillo despatch states that the Mexican steamer. Luella, has been sunk by the explosion of a mine planted in the ha hour there for the United States cruieer Raleigh. The casualties are not given. VERA CRUZ, Monday. It is reported that General Huerta intends retiring if assured of safe conduct to some port.

WITH CARRANZA LEFT OUT. MEXICAN MEDIATION GOING I AHEAD. I "Pross Asmoiation Foreigii Special). (press Association Foreign Specia.]). WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The mediators' message to General Cajr- ranza on the subject of his participation in thtir work; declared that so long as main- tained his present attitud-e they must de- cline to treat with him. This telegram, however, left open to General Garranza the privilege of sending a representative to participate in the negotiations if he were wiiliang to arrange a.11 armistice. TI:!Ie mediators will continue the efforte to settle the differences between Huerta and the United States. Word that Genera Huerta. is in desperate straits has reached Washington from many I sources yesterday. Too Minister of one of the Powers telegraphed that General Huerta's "position is dwperatc." There was no explanation.

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I "FOUND A LETTER." TREBANOS DEFEN- DANT'S CASE IN LONG-DRAWN OUT PATERNITY CLAIM. At Swansea Police Court on Tuesday, the hearing was resumed of the affiliation sum- moIlS brought by Mary Catherine Davies, of Morriston, against Christopher Lewis, a tit- ter, of Trehanos. Mr. T. H. Harris was for complainant, and Mr. Trevor Hunter (instructed bv Mcs&rs. li. and C. B. Jen- kins) Wthb for the defendant. The case for the girl was closed at the last hearing and the defendant opened his case to-day. He said that he was employed at Messra. Giibertson's Works at Pontar- dawe. He was married to hie second wife just before Christmas, 1912, but had no chil- den by her, but he had two by his first wife. When he met complainant at Neath Fair in. 1911 lie was a widower. He denied that there had ever been any act of familiarity between them. He had o COURTED HER IN AN HONOURABLE WAY until just after Christmas, 1911. He went openly to her house and met her parents and people. On the Thursday after that Christ- mas he obtained possession, of a letter whilst looking over some Christmas cards in com- plainant's house. He had subsequently de- stroyed this letter before he married his present wife. It was FROM A YOUNG SCHOOL TEACHER at Neath, and the complainant told him that, he would not leave the house until he had given it up. He did not give it up, however. Mr. Hunter What did it contain? Defendant: It made allegations concern- ing her conduct with a young man. Was it a dece.it letter for a young woman to receive from a young man ?—No. Continuing, defendant said that he had! never been in the house after that. He worked night during; July, and on 20th July, a date mentioned by complainant, he worked overtime until 9.0, and therefore it was not poseible for him to have been on the Swan- sea, sands at that time. Cross-examined by Mr. Harris with refer- ence to the letter, defendant said that the Christmas cards were scattered about the table. Do you suggest that this young woman had THIS SCANDALOUS LETTER, where her father or mother could have seen it'—She brought the card* in and placed them on tho table. I put, it to yon, you have refused to pro- duce this ktter because there was nothing in it at all which the girl was ashamed to show?—No, I kept the letter until a fort- night before I married, my wife. It was a scandalous letter for a woman to see, and I thought it better to d-ectroy it than let a woman see it. I put it to you,that all this is a fiction 7- No. Why did you want to take it away? Did you want to show it to anyone else?—It would be plain proof as to WHY I LEFT THE GIRL. Why did you want a reason for leaving her? i Mr. Hunter: He might have been sued for breach of promise. Mr. Harris: So you feared a breach of promise action, not an affiliation case. In further cross-examination defendant said that he used to address complainant in his letters as "Dutr May." He had kissed her and had walked arm-in-arm with her. He admitted sending a Christmas card to a barmaid at the Cross Hands Hotel, but it was when he had quarrelled with complain- ant. He had been on the sands and up Mount Pleasant with complainant,, but it was in 1911. WORKS TIME-BOOK PRODUCED. Benjamin Lewis, foreman at Messrs. Gil- bertson's, produced the time-book for the week ended 20th July, 1912. On that week he worked seven and a half turns, and on Saturday he worked a <la, and, a, half < ver- time. That would mean that he had been on from twelve to one until eight or nine o'clock in the evening. It would therefore be impossible for him to be at the Swansea Sands at six o'clock that evening.' THE DECISION. This closed the case for the defendant, and the magistrates, after a long retirement, de- cided that the defendant was the father of the child, and made an order of 5s. 6d. per week with the usual costs. Mr. Trevor Hunter said that they would give notice of appeal in writing. The Bench fixed the sureties at one in P,40 and two in £2G each. tL:

MURDERESS OR PATRIOT ? i" SNIPER KILLS EIGHT AMERICANS. (Reuter Foreign Special.) Vera Cruz, Tuesday.—The Americans have arrested a. woman who is alleged to have killed eight sailors and marines by sniping during the early occupation of the town. She will be court-martialled for murder. REBELS AND MEXICO CITY. Vera Cruz, Tuesday.—A proclamation was published yesterday announcing the Southern rebels would attack Mexico City to-day.

GENUINE SALE. OWING to being overstocked we are selling 10,000 PAIRS of LADIES' HIGH-CLASS GLACE GIBSON SHOES. Latest style with Cuban neele and patent toooaps, and large eyelete. We are clearing them out at 3s. per pair, or three pairs for 8s., and persons sending for Shoes will receive a Pair of Real Good Stock- ings FREE), as per offer we send. Sixes 2. J. 4, 5, 6, 7. State eiEe required and send P.O. or stamP8 to JOHN LYON and Oo. (Dept. 49), Portland Rd., London, S. E.

FIANCEE'S SUFFER- INGS." REMARKABLE CARMARTHEN ASSAULT CASE. SEQUEL TO ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AFFAIR. Considerable interest was taken in a case 1-.eard at Carmarthen on Monday, when Archibald Stephens, an assistant school- master under the London County Council, was charged by Mr. H. Long Priae, Aber- gwili, with assault. Mr. H. Morgan Griffiths (for the prose- cution) said that wheil Mr. Price reached Priory-street, defendant came across the road and asked, "Is your name Price?" and on receiving a reply in the affirmative Mr. Price was felled to the ground by a terrific blow in tho mouth. Thc-re was no provocation whatever. Mv. Griffiths explained that as far back as January last Mr. Price had acci- dentally shot the defendant's fiancee, re- sulting in the loss of an eye. Giving evidence, Mr. Price said he was dazed by the blow. When asked to explain his conduct the defendant said. You shot Miss Davies. You are not fit to ha.ve a gun. Defendant, giving evidence, said he was in a sitting-room at Miss Davies's house. The YOUNG LADY WAS SUFFERING I INTENSELY from paan m the eye. His feelings overcameI him when he saw Mr. Pride.. j Stephens was fined 20s. and, costs. I

I LOST SWAKSE&  I TRAWLER. I .0 1 ? COURTS FINDING. I SKIPPER CENSURED:! MATE SUSPENDED. I I French Cutter Thanked. Judgment was given at the Swansea Guildhall on Monday in the Board of Trade I inqmry into the loss of the Swansea steam trawler, qHene Castle, which stranded off traw l er, qfiei-ie Castle -,N- h lch -,tranded 4)ff the c"st of Agadir, Morocco, on Fehruary I ?th last. The court had been KEPT WAITING FOR fuUJF-AN-HOt'H,i and as the clerk (Mr. Thorpe) led ?" way into court Mr. Crawford Heron, manager of the owners of the Hene Caat!e. made some remark to him tOo the effect that tnt' UJ! been kept waiting a ridiculouslv long time. i The Clerk I never heard such a thing in j mv life. I TRAWLER MANAGER'S REMARK. The President (Mr..7. W. Jotias) What's that? The Clerk complained of Mr. Heron's re- mark. Commander Houstoun (one of the asses- sors) We can adjourn till to-morrow morn- ing. Mr. Heron I made the remark in the heat of the moment and I apologise. The President: Very well; that's hand- some. I The court found that the caxws the stranding were: Using a small kedge an- chor and wire rop", instead of using a bower anchor and cable chair the combined action of the heavy westerly swell, current, tide, and northerly wind causing the vessel to drag the small kedge used; and the failure to keep a good and proper look-cut to see the vessel was not dragging the anchor. The French cutter I LarackchegaT every assistance and made efforts to tew her off, the cutter's boat on one occasion, capsizing and the crew only being saved by the crew of the Hene Castle with difficulty. Regarding the discrepancy in the evidence, the Court said that Harry King, the DECK HAND. DID CALL THE I I ATTENTION I 01 the mate to the fact that the vessel was dragging her anchor or that something un- usual was happening. Blame, however, was attaching to him for not keeping a pro- per look-out and realising sooner the great danger the ship wM in, and when the mate did not go cm deck immediately, especially the second time he was called, he (the deck hand) should have called the skipper. THE JUDGMENT was as'lellows:- "That the causes of the stranding and the loss of the vessel were as follows: "(1) The error of judgment cn the part of the skipper in not using proper and suffi- cient ground tackle. "(2) The wrongful act and default of the second hand remaining below during his watch and neglecting to take any steps to see the ■ship was not dragging the anchor, especially after the skipper's instructions. The Court censures the skipper and advisee him to be more careful in the future, and SUSPENDS THE CERTIFICATE, J No. 8511, of the second hand, Robert James Palmer, for a period of three months from this date. The Court desires to express the appreciation of the very great services ren- j dered to the s.s. Hene Castle by the French Revenue cutter Larackche."

I TWO SENSATIONS. ',1 THRILLS IN THE KIDWELLY I DISTRICT. I I COLLIER STABBED: SEQUEL TO A DISPUTE. The Kidwelly distri-d-usually so quiet- was the scene of two sensations during the week-end. A serious wounding affray took place at a district colliery, Glyn Abbey, Llangen- deirne, about four miles from Kidwelly, when a collier, named Henry Lewis, a single man, living at Pontnewydd, Llangendeirne, was stabbled in a serious maimer, and on Saturday afternoon Police-sergeant Robbins, of Pontyeates, arrested another miner, named William Anderson, living at Glyn Abbey, Pontnewydd, Llangendeirne, on a charge in connection with the affair. It is alleged that Anderson, who had had ¡ a dispute with Lewis some time ago, waited for the latter when he was returning home and came suddenly upon him, and exclaim- ing, I will cut your heart out," stabbed him on the '?est. The wound penetrated.to the bone, the only protection next to the h<;a?t. Lewis was also cut very badly with the knife about the hands in apparently de- fending himself. Lewis was able to proceed home, where he was attended by Dr. Enoch, of Ponty- eats. .Late on Sunday night Lewis was making favourable- progress. t BOY SHOT. I Fatal Accident: Orphan Succumbs I to Injuries. f There was a fatal sequel on the same even- ing to boys' play with a shot-gun, also in the Kidwelly district. At Newtown, a group of dwelling-houses on the side of Mynyddygam-g, a party of youths, whose ages ranged trom fourteen to seven years, were shooting at bottles with a shot-gun, sporting cartridges being used in the gun. It became the turn of Alex. Gravell, a youth of fifteen years of age, an orphan, to use the gun. By some means it went off as he was handling it, and the charge lodged in the body of another youth, named John Allan Jones, who is also an orphan, and lodged with Mr. and Mrs. Matthews at New Town. The unfortunate youth succumbed to his injuries.

BOON TO THE VALLEY. I NEW MOTOR SERVICE BIG I SUCCESS. The South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., opened tJio motor-coach service between Y nisforgan and Yuismndw (Pontardawe) on Saturday. The first day proved a decided success, the Valley inhabitants availing themselves of the splendid cars and the comfort which have been the management's first consideration in the erection of the busees. The dust evils in travelling have been reduced to a minimum. The service, too, has supplied a long-needed require- ment. On Sundays the Swansea Valley has been isolated, being without any go-rt of service. The Transport Co., in opening on the Sabbath, has won the gratitude of the resi- dents. The first day's rn-a was exception- allv well patronised. Commercial travellers who visit the Swansea Valley will not be -the least grate- ful for the new service.

I MEASLES BAD AT BRYNHYFRYD. The abstract of attendances 1Il the eie-1 mentary schools showed for March U.11 average of 86 per cent., as against 89 per 1 cent. for the corresponding period of last year. The highest for the month was 93 per cent.. at the Oxford-street Schools, and the lowest 71 per cent.. at Pentreohwyth In- fants'. Measles is still prevalent., and has affected the eohool attendance. no less tha.11* .26 per of the infants nnder five years being1 down with it at the Brynhyfryd Schcol.

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PAYING ON TWELVE POLICIES, NEATH WIFE'S IRONS IN THE FIRE." At Neath on Monday, Cecilia Clarke sum- moned her husband Charles Clarke, collier, Caetle-buildings, for assault, and, further, alleged persistent cruelty against him. Mr. Dan PerkinS, representing the de- fendant, announced that the defendant wam. prepared to accept a separation order, point, ing out that the woman was paying In reo epect of no leas than twelve industrial insur- ance policies every week and had run her husband in debt to the extent of 447. A separation order of 12s. 6d. a week wig made, and defendant was fined 5s. and costs for the assault.

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FELL ON THE "DEYIUrV Singular Accident in a Swansea Street. John Eirton (65), of 25, Fisher-street, Swansea, was admitted to the hospital orv Monday night suffering irom severe burns. The injured man was employed by John Airds, Ltd., as watchman at the cutting in CollegeTStreet, and in some inexplicable manner he fell down the hole, pulling the fire "devil" on top of him.. 4 He was detained at the hospital.

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