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I A Knutkfas Fatality. I BELGIAN CHILD'S ACCIDENT. Air F. L. Green, coroner. held at inquest at Knncklas, I on Thur-day, touching the death of Julia Cominisar- irs, aged the years, the daughter of Mrs Margret-t Com- misaries. The family are Belgians, and the husband is away ,ving Iiis king and country. The mother's evidence went to .-how that while she was upstairs on Sunday morning (17th in-st.), and the child was -sitting near the fire downstairs, a coal Few from the fire and alighted on the child's clothing, which was made of flannelette. The mother rendered as soon as possible, but the child died on Tuesday morning. After hearing the evidence of Dr. Graves (Knighton), the jury assigned peritonitis, caused by burns, as the cau-e of death. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon, the re- mains being interred in Hcyope Churchyard. The Rec- tor officiated.

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L RADNORSHIRE TEACHERS I I N.U.T. MEETING. I A LAHOrR PARTY SUGGESTION. I A meeting of the teachers of Radnorshire took place at tiie Council School, Uandrindod Wells, on Saturday last. Mrs Bates, Aheredw. presided, and wa.s sup- ported hy Mr D. Jones, secretary, and Mr Thomas, Presteign. treasurer. The chief matter for discussion was the question of the National Union of Teachers joiiiii), ti), Labour Party. As the result of a confer- ence of telle-hera. held in Birmingham, a referendum of all teachers is being taken, and papers have been is- sued for this purpose. lir Lane proposed and Mr Wil liam-- -econded, "That the Radnor Association recom- mend that the N.U.T. join the Labour Party." This proportion received much support, hut an amendment proposed by Mr Davies that the signing of the refer- endum paper be left to the discretion of each individual teacher, wa- carried by a small majority. It was next agreed that Radnorshire should join the South Walc, Teachers' Federation, and two de?egat?-. Mr J). Jone- and Mr L). D1\\ie" ?ere appointed to at- tend the next conference at Carmarthen. Thctlnan- cial 1)0.?iti, of the IGcal association wa" dealt with by Mr Thomas (treasurer), and h" was appointed B. and 0.ecretary in place of the late Mrs Hurst, whu faithfulh carried out this duty for many years. A vote, of thanks to Mr D. Jones for his successful work for Radnor teachers was passed unanimously..

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New Radnor Concert. WELL RENDERED PROGRAMME. An excellent- concert, in aid of the Baptist Church, was inld at the Town Hall. New Radnor, on Friday, when, in the unavoidable absence of the appointed chairman. Mr J. R. Baehe, J.P., Aid. J. W..Stephens, (Kington) occupied the chair. The hall was crowd- ffi on the occasion, and the singing tiroughout, of a very high order. On the proposition of Rev. G. P. Ed- wards (.pastor), a warm vote of thanks was given, to the singers, the chajrman and to Dr. Harding for the very kind loan of his piano. Appended j, the programme:—Part 1.: "God save the King"; quartette. "When halals meet." Muss Torr and Mrs Meredith, and Messrs. Hughes and Davies; t-ong, "Daddy," Mi* Owen FeJton; song. "Babylon," Mr R. Davies; sons. "There i- a land," Miss Torr; duet, "Wiltcilman what c-f the night V" Messrs. Hughes and Davies; song. "Friends." Mrs Meredith: and song. "If with all your hearts." Mr W. Hughes. Part II.: )rust. cal monologue, "If we only knew," Air R Davies -ong, "What will ou do. love ?" Miss Gwen Felton; wng. "The Sailor's Grave," Mr W*. Hughes; song, "A Perfect, Day," Mi-s Torr: song, "Shipmates o' mine," Mr R. Davies; duet, "Miserere," Miss Torr and Mr W. Hughe>; -ong, "Beloved, it i- morn." Mrs Meredith; quartette, "Regular Royal Queen," Mi-s Torr. Mrs Meredith. Mr Hughe# and -Mr Davjes and finale. "Cod save the King."

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A WEIRD CHRISTMAS EVE. I BY W. BOWEN ILAIIEF* RHAYADER. The following interesting article, by Mr W. 1;01x(n Hamer, Rhayader, recently appeared in the "Shooting Time." "Among the many places off the beaten track which I have visited with rod and line there is one place which lia- always ahove all others exercised a strange fascination over mc—Abergwessin, in North-west Breconshire, where may be enjoyed quite excellent trouting in the head-waters of the Irfon, amid scenes that for beauty are renowned throughout the Princi- pality. Within easy reach of 'The Grou- t ll' picturesque inn is happily known, lie other streams of almost equal excellence, to wit. the Gwessin, close at hand: at Nantstallwyn, ix miles away, the Towey; and at Ystradflin, just a two-hous' march over the hills, the Towev again; now swollen by the. water.* of the tributary streams, the Doithea and the Pysgota (fi" Iti n g). And Abergwessin it-elf. Situated as it is in the heart of the Welsh hilis, no such thing as a line of railway runs within miles of it, while it., nearest mar- ■ ket-t-own is. as the crow flies, a matter of 12 mile", away. And it is a singular fact that no Ie" than five market towns lie at that exact mileage of 'The Grouse.' But- of the, neighbourhood round about all that can be said of it is that it is a country for the god and known if few mortals out."ide its borders. My last ybi t there was made in July, 1914, and from •The Grouse' I roamed the hills daily, in company with Felix, a shepherd friend, whose knowledge of the traditions and legendary lore of the district was as unique as it was profound. On my return to the inn one evening I found the big parlour occupied by a soidierly-lcoking man, of anarently my own ,ge, ?"lio?e face .seemed strangely familiar to me. We had dinner together, but try as I would 1 could not fix the iden- tity of my companion. Directly dinner was over I was called to the kitchen to "eC Felix to arrange about a ii.-hing- expedition on the morrow. When I got there 1 found quite ;1 gathering of. the clans from a neigh- bouring sheep-shearing. The hill-man likes his 'Cwrw da,' and for a time the fun was fast and furious. Presently the other guest joined its, and for an hour or more we li>tened to the weird tale., which Felix and some of his boon companions poured out into cur will- ing ears. We were told of 'Cwn-erwr' (posses-ors of the evil eye), of the "CanwyH Corph' (the corpse caudle), the 'Cwu Antiwn' (the dogs of the sky. who hunt departing souls across the midnight heavens), and other superstition. the belief in which i? jjrml held by the Welsh peasantry. 1 ""con saw tt)At my com- panion was succumbing even more quickly than my- self to the .,lrange fascination which tale, of the UB- canny produce, and I .ugge,kd to him that we should return to the parlour. lie at once agreed. For a while we sat in silence, an.1 then lie abruptly remark- cd, 'Were yøn evt r in Jersey ?' In a flash it all came had; to me—Pooley's Hotel at Greve tie Leeq; the mt" iug with (hen and \\ÏIJi¡,m, tbe excursions romid the i.¡\1!d: the subsequent visit to St. Maio, St. Ser- van, Diiiard, and Pitraiiie-all remini-cent of one of the pleasantest holidays 1 have ever -spent. Ours was, however, hut a chance acquaintanceship, and front the day 1. left them at St. Male, I to return to England and they to proceed to Lower Kritanny. I had not btari i woid of either of t-liem. That wa- 20 years ago. Ex- planations followed, and Ithat Owen had met a terrible end in that Hreton tour. Both of them, he- ing Wel,h cf the Welsh, took more than a parsing in- terest in the xplendid Breton peasantry, whose super- stitions so much resembled those of their own Wales, and the many strange Calvaries, dolmens, and maen- hir" and the quaint, unexpected Celtic names, all ,,0 deeply suggestive of Druidical times, interested them greatly. By mid-December they found themselves at Carnac. For days they wandered with a guide over 'the haunted plain of Carnac,' along which tool like :1n army of soldiers in battle array long avenues of Maenhir- rat.-ed in past ages, and one memorable night they r-e: nrned to the inn with their minds thoroughly prepared for the mysteries and romanee"- ",hidl the old guide had promised to relate to them. Two legends alllongst the others -eemed especially to intere-t OWen. One was the ghastly tale of how at midnight the tomh" in the c!1Jrc!.y;¡¡-d at Carnac (,p<ned, tile skeletons en- ter the church, which i' brilliantly lighted," hile Death, in the garb of a priest, delivers asermclI to them oil the pomps and vanities of this wicked world. The other wa" how the atones of Carnac, which, the Bretons believe, are the, persecutors of St. Comely, changed h. stone, are allowed fcr one hour oil one night of the year to resume their human shape and all rush dn'J1 tola);e their raping thirst, at the little brook w1:kh runs near at hand. This they are ju.st able to .-10 an:! r(>turn to their places within the allotted time: but woe to the unlucky mortal who may encounter them in their wild race across the moor. He wüu\<1 be crush- erl j>S' surely as though the .LJj('j'-}f rock had fallen on liiiii. After the departure, of IfI].1 Pierre. Owen, who hatl 'for .-ome time been impatiently pacing the room. IId- dv'nly remarked, 'By the way, Williams, do \ou re- member that this is Christmas Eve—the very night on which old Pierre told its the .otone." were allowed to go down and drink at the brook? I think I .shall go down and sec if the story i, true.' It was a wil(1 night, and Williams .scoffed at the sug- gestion, adding that lie (Owen) would be much more comfortable in hed than in roaming over the bleak moor. But Owen was obdurate, and. saying that he would not be away very long, he abruptly left the house. WiiJj¡JP.1S, thinking it- a foolish freak, and tired with the long day's sight-seeing, retired to his bedroom and was soon fast asleep. It had been arranged that they were to be c:led early next morning in order to leave for Auray. where they had hZTn promised a few days' •shooting before returning to England. Accordingly, when lie was awakened at daybreak by the garcon hammering at the door, Williams was not surprised, and proceeded to get leisurely cut of bed: but he was startled by the man calling out. excitedly, 'B\it, Mon- sieur Williams, where is Monsieur, your comrade? I have hen to .:all hint, but cannot fiiul him. His bed has not Iwen slept- in. and lie is not now in the house.' Wakened up suddenly, Williams had forgotten for the moment that Owen had not- -one to Led at, the same time a-s he had on the pri vious night; hilt it all came back to him with a banc. 'Good God!' he exclaimed, 'He went out for a walk on the moor last night; possible lie did not return!' The servant repeated that his bed had not been .Jept in and that he was not in the house. Williams wa,soon downstairs, and within a quarter of an hour. accompanied by some twenty peasant.- whom he had hastily commandeered, was on his way to the moor. The search did not take long. Poor Owen was found lying face downwards on the heath just out- side the third row of Maenhirs ,about a mile from tlie inn. He was quite cold and stiff, and obviously must h-ive been dead some hours. The eau-e of his death was only too apparent. He had received a fearful blow, which had literally smaslud in the back of his head. That robbery was not the object of his murder was clear, as lii-?; )iioiie)r a, well as his gold watch and eiiain, 'wel't' ,till in Iii? iocket, While it couple of men were procuring a hurdle to Jay; the dead body oil. Williams examined ttie ground care- fully for any clue to the terrible tragedy. There were no marks of anv struggle, and the only <u>picions -traces he could linSl were on a small piece of .wampy groiii (I where the prints of a pointed, fashionable boot, evidently, from the shape of the heel, of foreign manu- facture. It was easily seen from the frightened ges- tures of the peasantry that they did not think the cause of his death was far to t'k, and that it was not attri- butable to any human Hgenc, The body was buried in the cemetery at Canine, and. although, in on!er to, stimulate the ze.?l cf the gendarmes, a reward was dïel'dL the mv<y of poor Owen'- death had never ■been elucidated. Thb was the story which Wiiliams told me. So deeply affected Iwd he been hy the tragedy, that, in- stead of returning to England, as he had intended, he proceeded to Paris, where he joined a big-game expedi- tion then just leaving for Central Africa. He had iservtd throughout the South African war, settling down in that country after the conclusion of hostilities, and had only .iu.-t returned to England. When I met him lit Abergwessin (where he only stayed the nÍ;!ht.) lie was GIl hi, way to visit a relative who lived at a farmstead in the Towv Valley. lie told me that he could never forget the horror cf that Christmas morn- ing. and that he was still haunted by ghastly visions "f Owen wandering over the IOJPly plain, sometimes tracked bv the dark form cf a relentless some- times vainly endeavouring • t:> escape from the huge Maenhirs in their wild midnight hurry from the brook of Kerlesvcan. Before I left Abergwessin. England and Germany were at war, and in an early casualty list T saw that the supreme sacrifice had 1"'[':1 mad2 I, Wi!lial11-. May God rest his ou]

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