Evening Express

NORTH BRITISH ACCIDENT Two mineral trains collided on Saturday night at Burnbank on the North British Rail- way. Owing to some confusion in the sig- nalling, the driver of one train got the signal to proceed and then a' counter-signal to stop. but being unable to pull. UP. owing to the slippery state of the rails, ran into the second train, which had been shunted on to the up line in order to let by a late train from Glasgow to Hamilton. Several wagons left the rails, blocking the line, and the passengers in the Glasgow train had to alight at Burnbank. Nobody was injured.

ANOTHER COLLISION I An alarming collision, by which several persons were injured, occurred on Saturday night at Marks Tey, a. station fve miles south-west of Colchester. The train leaving Liverpool-street, London at half-past five was involved. At Marks Tey, which is a junction for Sudbury, the train slipped some carriages as usual. but on entering the station the driver found the signals against him, and stopped his train. The slipped carriages then ran into the standing train, and several passengers were injured. A. Clacton lady and a gentleman were taken on to the Essex and Colchester Hospital. Later in the evening the line was cleared and traffic resumed. A later telegram says the lady injured proves to be Mrs. Clara Frost, of Abbotsford, Holland-road, Little Clacton. she was travelling with her little daughter in a corridor carriage. The child was unhurt, but the mother is feared to have sustained broken ribs. The guard, George Bonner, of Bury St. Edmunds, sustained a severe cut on the head. Others were only slightly injured. The accident appears to have been due to the thick state of the atmosphere, which prevented the signal from being clearly seen. Collision on the Continent I BREMEN, Sunday. The Hamburg-Cologne express collided at Ottersberg with a goods train. Of the postal officials in the express four were killed, and five seriously and six slightly injured. HAMBURG, Sunday. Express No. 96, which left Haaniburg for Cologne at 11.19 last night, was wrecked at Ottereberg, near Bremen. No official infor- mation is as yet available, but it is stated that a mail van was totally destroyed by fire and one of the postal staff was killed, while three persons were severely injured, and two are missing. BONN, Sunday. The Train de Luxe from Frankfort to Cologne collided with a goods train near Brussels. The brakesman was killed and a mumtbar of passengers i-njured.-Itffuter. BERLIN, Sunday. Details of the railway accident at Otters- berg show that it was almost -& miracle that the loss of life was not larger. The express dashed into the goods train broadside on as the latter was proceeding to a siding to make way for the express. A sleeping car was hurled down an embankment on to a snow- covered meadow, where it remained upright. With the exception of a few bruises the occupanta were unhurt. The goods train included a number of trucks with cattle, and the majority of the beasts were killed. Five persons lost their lives. The accident occurred at one o'clock this morning. BRUSSELS, Sunday. Train No. 3, which left Brussels at 8.35 yesterday evening for Bruges, left the rails at Quatrecht, near Ghent. One person was killed, and the train service was completely disorga,nised .-R--uter.

STREET BLOWN UP. I Gas in Caerphilly Sewer. I An explosion of some considerable force occurred in a. length of the surface water øeweè' in Cardiff-road, Caerphilly, to-day, owing, it is believed, to a leakage of coal gas from the gas main. The force of the explosion blew four man- holes out—.two in Cardiff-road, one in Stock- land-street, and one in Pentrebane-street. Tbe surface around the manholes was •hatered, and one of the cape split. Fortunately, no one was injured. The report caused the people in the vicinity to rush to the spot., and very soon a great orowd had collected.

KILLED IN THE STREET I Carl Christiansen Hansen, the four-year old Con of Prank Hansen, a shipwright, living at. 13, Cyril-street, Barry Dock, was killed on Saturday afternoon. Be and other children were listening to an .organ in Jewel-street when an oil-cart belonging to Mr. J. J. Hart, 104. Woodland-road, in charge of William {Roberts, was driven by. The lad was acci- dentaUy knocked down by the horse, and one of the wheels passed over his head. fractur- Soft his skull. 1

ARBROATH HORROR I Death of Mr. Black, M.P. PATHETIC RESCUES & ESCAPES The tale of victims of the railway collision at Elliot Junction, near Arbroath, is, indeed, a sad and terrible one. Owing to interrup- tion of telegraphic communicatkm with the North, it was not until Saturday that full details came to hand of the awful train disaster which had taken place on the pre- vious afternoon on the North British Rail- way. By this c,a.tastropbe-whioh occurred on the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Tay Bridge disaster in 1879, when 70 lives were lost—sixteen persons, it now appears, were killed outright, three suffered so dreadfully that they only survived for a few hours, and many others, about 37 in number, were more or less seriously injured. Later accounts indicate the death of Mr. Black, M.P., and another injured passenger, bringing the list of victims up to 21. The catastrophe took place on a line which is under the joint control of the North British and Caledonian Railways and runs north-east from Dundee, by way of the coast, to Arbroath. The whole country was under snow, and in places where the cuttings were deep and exposed there were heavy drifts on the line. The consequence was that the expresses from the South found when they reached Arbroath in the raging storm of Fri- day that their further progress was com- pletely barred. They were held up for many hours in the hope that the storm would abate. But, this hope proving- vain, a num- her of the passengers asked that they might be taken back as far as Dundee, and a, train was made up for their return. Five coaches were placed at the disposal of these passengers and of the passengers who were bound southwards from Arbroath, and one of the large express engines was detached for their service. This engine had, however, to travel back tender-foremost, as there was no turntable at Arbroath big enough for its use. It was then about half-post tibree o'clock, and the light was beginning to wane. The wind was driving the snow wiMly before it. Only a. niile and a half had been traversed, the signals were at "clear," and no great speed had been attained, when the engine- driver, looking over-his tender through the snow, was horrified to see a train standing the same up-Mne at Elliot Junction. There was barely time to shut off steam and seize the brake handles before his coal-laden tender shot with tremendous force into the rear of this standing train. The guard's van and the hindmost carriage, heavily freighted, were telescoped by the impact, and the poor travellers, who but a moment before had been condoling with each other on their minor miseries, had the life instantly crushed out of them or were so terribly maimed and battered that they seemed more dead than alive. The tender swung over on to its side, pinning the stoker beneath it. The engine shot its driver on to a snow heap, but itself kept the lime. A mail- vain immediately behind the engine was shivered into fragments, and two guards who had been in it found themselves hurled out on to the snow comparatively uninjured. One of these men, possessing himself of some fog- signals, rushed immediately back along the line a.nd fixed them at intervale on the rails to prevent any repetition, of the catastrophe. The other ran to the succour of the passen- gers. The engine-driver, torn and bleeding about the head, searched for his massing stoker a.nd rendered what other aid he could. Most of the loss of life occurred in the local train. One exception was the stoker of the express, who, pinned beneath his upturned engine, lived for seven hours in a position of torture which the most willing rescuers could not alleviate. Still breathing, he waa released late in. the evening, only to die shortly afterwards in the infirmary. The Killed." I The following is a list of the killed:— Mr. Alexander William Black, M.P. for Banffshire; compound fracture of both legs, later amputated; died on Saturday evening. William Steele, commercial traveller, connected with the "Dundee Courier," who succumbed to his injuries late on Friday night. Alexander Shand, M.A., journalist, also connected with the "Dundee Courier," whose death was hastened by exposure before he could be rescued. James Cathro, ironmonger, Dundee, who died on Saturday. F. R. Whitfield, traveller for George Anderson and Co., Taymouth Works, Car- noustie. James Jamieeon, traveller, Sinclair- street, Glasgow. Adam Hunter, Hawick. Frank Norrie, Park-avenue, Dundee, traveller for Couttie and Sons, bakers, Dundee. A. B. Ewart, Glasgow. Charles Wood, storekeeper, Carnoustie. A ma-zi called "r A man called "Tom," whose surname IS supposed to be "Wood," a letter having been found mhM pocket si?ed by "brother Oba,rleB,"  Meadow-row, New K?-T?d. ? S'_ Tom Wood, a young man of 23, lived it ? be?eved, m the North of Scotland. His brother, an engineer by profession, left London last Thursday night to spend a New Year holiday at his parents, house at 59, Albert-street, Leith-walk, Edinburgh. Mr. Tom Wood is believed to have been on his way south to join in the family reunion. He was out of work a few weeks ago, and had expressed has intention of going to London to find work. He is the youngest of eight sons, all belonging to Edinburgh. John Wood Wood, storekeeper, Guthrie Port, Arbroath. A man unknown, in possession of a third- oDass free pass of the North British Rail- way for all stations. marked "Inspector Hamilton's Squad, Engineering Depart- ment." Alexander Coutts, Dalmeny-street, Edin- burgh. James Christy, Broughty Ferry. William M'Farlane, traveller for Messrs, John Gray and Co. Glasgow. R. Leslie, railway guard, Edinburgh. W. H. Owen. traveller for Ogden's Tobacco Company. Robert Irvine, fireman of the express engine. John Wood, newsboy, Arbroath. John Gow, railway employe, Edinburgh. Several of the dead were removed to their homes on Saturday evening. It is remark-\ l able that no woman, is included in their I number. The Injured. I According to the latest accounts the injured number 22, of whom two are in a critical con- dition. So for as ascertained the injured I inel,ude:- George Gourlay, express engine driver, Edinburgh; right ear slit through and face otherwise cut. Archibald M'Neiiage, Hope-street, Glasgow, editor of the Scottish Farmer." James Durie, clerk, Fergus-street, Arbroath. Thomas Beattie, Constable-street, Car. noustie; leg broken and head much cut. Peter Brown, engine-driver, Tait's-lane, Dundee. William Fitohett, Hillside'Street, Edin- burgh. John M. Mitchell, Broughty Ferry. H. A. Allan, Olepington-road, Dundee; not progressing favourably at present. Joseph M'Oarron, Kincardine street, Dundee; bot-h legs broken. James Kay, meat salesman, Dundee; right leg broken. James Robertson, Sydney Cottage, Sham- rooket, Dundee; badly bruised about the head. Miss Porter, Bruntsfleld-place, Edin. burgh. mere are in all eleven in Arbroath Infir- mary. The courage displayed by Mr. Black while the moetors were attending .him in the irn. armory on Friday enlisted the admiration of aJI. whale hria broken limbs were being Pl-%Oed iu splints he showed the utmiost forti- tude. On Saturday a. professor from Edin- bUJrgh Wae prefient in the operating theatre. Aooord,ing to a news agency, the operation, was also for internal injury. Death of Mr. Black. I Mr. Alexander W. Black, the Liberal mem- ber for. Banffshire, who was so seriously injured in Friday's railway disaster, died in Arbroath Infirmary late on Saturday night in the presence of his wife, his brother (Mr. Buyers Black, of Glasgow), and his brother- in-law (Mr. Wilson, of Edinburgh). The deceased wae conscious until within half an hour of his death, and bore his injuries with wonderful fortitude. Mr. Black's demise causes a vacancy in the re6enti°11 of Banffshire. When Mr. Black returned to consciousness after the operation it. was seen that the end was near. He realised the fact himself, and to his wife and brother he gave instruo- ions as to his affairs; and arged them to 7 thank Lord Rosebury, Mr. Balfour, and the many members of Parliament who sent messages of sympathy. Among others who visited his bedside on Saturday was Sir John Batty Tuke. M.P. STORIES OF THE INJURED. Scene Like a Chamber of Horrors Some of the injured lying in Arbroath Infirmary aN able to tell their t ir-? ing stories. Mr. James Durie, of Arbroath, said ,he bad no distinct recollection of the actual calamity, as he lost consciousness, and his mind thenceforward was a complete blamk. Another of the injured, Peter Brown, of Dun- dee. an engine-driver, who was travelling home after his work, gave a similar account of abiank mind following the terrific crash of the collision. Joseph M'Oarron, a bright youth, told a press representative of his ill-luck. He had taken the plaice of another newsboy at Arbroath, and was returning with his un- sold papers to Dundee in the train which came to a standstill at Elliot Junction. I remember being struck with terrible force," I M'Carron said, and then finding myself pinned to the ground by a carriage which had been upset. My position seemed fright- ful. I thought nobody would come to take me out, for everyone seemed to be looking after somebody else. It seemed ages befoi-b they came to me. Then, after a terribly long wait, I was pulled out and taken to the infir- niary." Bot-h the lad's legs were fractured. Mir. John M. Mitchell, another of the trn. vellers, bad started out for Aberdeen, but owing to the disorganised traffic was obliged to return to the south. He was in the same carriage as Mr. Black, M.P. After the first shook Mr. Mitchell found himself jammed aanong the wreckage and held by both legs, with debris piled up on all sides. Åu around la.y the dead and dying, and the sight, combined with the groans of the maimed, made a veritable chamber of j horrors." Mr. Mitchell condemned the sys- tem which allowed the express to leave so close behind the other passenger train. i he Only Eye-Witness. XT— -E- James Jtt&i-ctein, Logle-etreet, Dundee. appears to have been, the only person who saw the accident. I had," he said, just left the local train and was stand,ing in the booking-office at Elliot trying to ascertain the cause of the delay. There was a blizzard M the time, a.nd I could not see far down the line. Suddenly a big blaok engine loomed out of the darkness and went crash- ing into the train I had just left. A man dashed past me snouting, 0 my God!" and then all was noise and bustle. The scenes when the dead a.nd dying were carried away were such t-'t I could not find words to describe them." Killed on Sister's Wedding Day, No incidents can surely have been more 'mournful than those attendin.g the death of Mr. Frank Norrie, of Dundee, a commercial traveller. Having completed his work on Friday at Arbroath, he caught the 3.10 p.m. traan to Dundee, where he was on the same evening to have acted as best man at his sister's wedding. In Dundee the prepara- tiote-for the ceremony had gone on apace. and Mr. Norrie's absence aroused mlUch anxiety, which at length gave place to alarm. The n?n-a?riv?l was naturally attributed to delay caused by the snow block on the line. The truth w?e, however, aM too soon asoor.! ?hed. though hopes were &till entertained for Mr. Norrie's safety, -d it w" decided to hairry through the ceremony. The news of hde death reached Dundee on Saturday, the bride being prostrated with grief. Cause of the Disaster. I A. complete explanation of the cause of the I disaster will be t'he work of the Board of Trade inspector (Major Pringle) who is to hold the official inquiry. The points that bear on the matter may bfe put as follows: — 1. The doable track between Arbroath and Dundee was being worked as a single line. 2. This was on account of one line being blocked by a derailment which preceded the collision. 3. Was the" danger" signal so clogged or lighted by snow that it depressed itself automatically to line clear"? The driver of the express says such was the signal he RECEIVED. 4. The line being worked as a. single line, Were the signa-ls the sole guard against accident? The section limit or red pilot system was also being used, and if effectively nsed should have prevented 'the two trains being in the same section. 5. Was it snowing so heavily at the time that the signals could not be seen? A guard and other officials and paaeen.g<ers say yes. the driver makes no such statement. How Rescues Were Carried Out. ieiegTa.pt and telephone, wrree were un- workable, bu,t Arbroath and the surrounding yjliages soon learned the appalling story. e railway servants hastened to the spot, and at their heels came the surgeons, cool ^fd resourceful as ever, and the work of Rescue was begun. Wreckage was carefully lifted. One after another a dead or uncon- Scious passenger was reached a<nd borne away for examination. The dead grew in number twitil it was apparent there was going to be an awful total. The injured, also a. great .ber, bad amongst them M.r. Black, the Parliamentary representative of Banffshire, with two broken legs. Those Wounded, after flnst-aid had been afforded them, were removed as speedily as possible to the infir- mary at Arbroath. It wae many hours before a breakdown gang with its travelling crane and other Powerful apparatus could be brought to the spot. This was owing to the havoc played by the storm with the tel-ograph wires, and to the fact that there was only one line of rails clear to Dundee, the other being blocked by a goods train which had got embedded in the snow. Meanwhile it had been discovered that the express fireman, a young Edinburgh man, who was lying under the overturned tender, was still alive. His voice could be faintly heard, and soon it was possible to reach him and supply him from time to time with stimulants; but, though there was a large &quad of men at work, it was found impossible to release him until the arrival of the break- down gang and apparatus. Brandy was Passed to him in a glass, but he was so wedged among the wheels that he could not raise it to his mouth. He was, however, able to use a bottle. There he lay until nearly ten I o'clock at night, when he was rescued, only to survive, however, a. few hours more in Arbroath Infirmary. I It is impossible to describe the agonies which he and the other wounded peorslons endured. Some of them showed amazing I fortitude of spirit, Mr. Black, M.P., being con- spicuous in this respect, notwithstanding two compound fractures. The suffering of the injured during the long wait in the snowstorm is one of the saddest features of the disaster, and there is little doubt tha.t mamy of fhe wounds were seriously aggravated by exposure.

A Tip for the Over-stout 0. HOLLOWAY AS SUPERFLUOUS TISSUE REDUCER. Ten more suffragettes were released from Hollotfay this morning. Miss Woodlock, of Liverpool, one of the party, ill conversation with the Central N«ws representative, said she would advise 6.1.1 ladies troubled with superfluous tissue to visit Hoi low ay. She herself had lost 3lb. and never felt better. Miss Woodlock said the Christmas dinner was "a, filthy mess, not fit for pigs." All had abusive things to say of prison fare, and all complained of the icy atmosphere of the cells. "Had it not been for the ga," said Nurse Smith (Manchester), "I am sure I should not have survived." They went to chapel seventeen times to break the monotony. 5trs. Wells, of Birmingham, who only (became a convert to the movement three days before she was sent to prison, took advantage of her seclusion to learn the art of knitting.

VALUE OF TRAMPS I While travelling at night at 45 miles an hour through New Rochelle (New York), two motorists failed to see a sharp turn in the road. Their car ran up a high bank and turned turtle. After being imprisoned under the car for nearly an hour the motorists were rescued by tramps.

CHILD WALKS 3,088 MILES I Olive Hanks, aged eleven, has been the recipient of a handsome watch for her uu- broken record of regular attendance at Hazlemere (Bucks) Elementary School for five years. During that period she has walked ■more than 3,088 miles.

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Saturday's Big Match.1 "FORWARD'S" COMMENTS. I Final score; G. T. P'ts. SOUTH AFRICANS .3 1 16 LLANBLLY 0 1 3 One penalty. Though defeated by rather a handsome score, Llanelly may be justly congratulated upon having given the Springboks one of the best matches of their tour. To those people who did not witness the game the score is entirely misleading, and there is not one admirer of the Springboks, however ardent his admiration of them, who will deny the fact that Llanelly were sin- gularly unfortunate to be beaten by sixteen points to three. On the run of the play a margin of eight points would have been ample, the game in the first half especially being as even as it could possibly be. It is still a moot point whether Llanelly I ought not to have been awarded the second try which they claimed to have scored, and which I am told on the authority of one of the Llanelly forwards was first of all awarded by the referee, who afterwards with- drew his decision and ordered a scrum five yards out. This try was scored right beneath the cross-bar, and had it been allowed a goal would in all probability have been kicked, and this would have given Llanelly I a lead of three points. What influence that lead would have had upon the play and upon the result of the game it is, of course, impossible to tell. But one can catsily imagine it would have been an encouragement, if not an inspiration, to the scarlets to keep up the pressure, and at least defend their line with such apdrit and determination as to prevent their oppo- ¡ nents wiping it off. REFEEEF, ESCORTED BY POLICE. I The reterce came in for a lot of jeering I from an angry crowd at the close of the game, and in walking off the field had to be escorted by a number of policemen and some of the officials and players of the Llanelly dub. Ugly developments threatened at one time, especially when snowballs were seen flying about the unhappy head of the poor referee, but, fortunately, for the credit of the Llanelly club, no harm was done beyond the blund-er ( of throwing a few harmless snowballs. It is not for me to find fault with the con- duct of Mr. Marsh, but it appeared that there was some justification, at least, for the protest of the spectators against what they considered to be undue partiality in favour of the Springboks. Still, above all that, there is no question as to the fairness of one of the South Africans' tries. Although a good many people were under the impression that Loubser when he scored his first try knocked the ball forward* he in reality bounced it upwards with both hands and did not propel it forward. Llanelly'a defeat and the South Africains' victory may be attributed entirely to the superior play of the backs, all of whom were on the top of their form, and by their play belied any suggestion of staleness or, at least, loss of form. In the first half they were prevented by the Llanelly forwards from finding those opportunities which were necessary for scoring, a.nd no praise would be too ijigh or sincere to the Llamelly for- wards for their itagnificent work in this half. When Llanelly drew first blood there was every hope that they were going to win the game, but it was short lived, and completely dispelled when Baal scored the first try for the South Africans, through a mistake by Gordon Thomas in not being in the right place for defensive purposes when the Springboks were attacking. Instead of being near the goal, he had placed himself in & direct line with the right wing, so that when Loubaer kicked across he had to run from the touch-lane to the goal, and then found that he was too late, and that Raaf was there before him. The try, though a perfectly fair one, wae hardly deserved, and was due to the remiss- ness of the Llanelly custodian rather than to the skill or the real merit of the play of the South Africans. When the try was converted all prospects of victory for Llanelly vanished, but only for a time, and hope was revived when the Llanelly players, in the first few minutes of the second half rushed over in a body, and some of them were seen jumping with joy for a try. But, as I have already stated, the referee, although allowing the points first of all, dis- allowed them afterwards, and the best that can be said of such a. ruling is that it was an extraordinary one, and most undesirable from every standpoint. In the second half the Llanelly forwards did not, control the scrums so well as they did in the first portion, and it was evident that two or three of them, especially Walters, were suffering from having been rather badly mauled. Yet they played gallantly to the end, *but were unable to prevent the South African forwards- heeling out with sufficient frequency to enable their backs to score some very pretty and characteristic tries. The last try scored by Loubser especially was a real gem, that player sprinting from half-way, and giving Gordon Thomas no chance of tackling him as he swerved past at top speed and sprang over the line. Had the score ended here the result from the numerical standpoint would have been an equitable one, but three more points were abided by virtue of a magnifioent penalty goal, kicked by Morkel from nearly half-way. What the infringement was which led to the penalty was quite unknown to anybody ex- cept the referee. Still the kick, as a kick, was worth three points. The play of the Llanelly backs suffered con- siderably through disorganisation, which wa4 the result of changes being made at the very last moment, and in this respect Llanelly were most unfortunate. They were beaten both in cleverness and speed by the South African backs, and to these belonged the lion's share of the credit of having achieved such a decisive victory. Speaking individually, all the Llanelly for- wards played well to a man. Tom Evans, Dan Walters, Harry Watiuns, and Dobbe being particularly prominent both for hard work in the scrum and skilful, dashing play in the loose. It may be said that the forwards fully maintained their high reputation, and Paul Roos, the South African captain, on being asked his opinion at the end of the game, paid the Llanelly forwards a glowing tribute by saying that they were the finest pack the visitors had met on their tour. Harvey Thomas and D. Lloyd did not do so badly considering that they played together for the first time as half-backs, but they were beaten, as might be expeoted, by the more experienced South African couple, Dobbin and Jackson, the former of whom played a clinking game. As a set-off to the hostile reception given to the referee, it was gratifying to see Mars- burg, the popular hero, carried shoulder high from the field and to hear the crowd cheer- ing the South Africans as heartily as they have been cheered in any part of the kingdom. The game as a spectacle was one that fully realised the highest anticipations, there not being a single dull moment from the time the ball was kicked off until the final whistle had sounded. It was vigorous and keen all through, and the tackling on either side was perfectly deadly, but it was not marred by a single unsportsmaaiilike incident or the eemiblanec of foul play, and for that reason it was in the highest degree satisfactory. The prospects of Cardiff against the Colonials are dealt with in another column.

APPEAL FOR CHRISTIAN LOVE The Rev. Father Bernard Vauglhan, who is now recovered from his illness, addressed a large congregation at Farm-street Church yesterday afternoon. He was amazed, he said, Bit the laock of charity amonz Christians. Of the early Christians it was remarked: "How these Christians love one another!" Nowadays one might almost say: "How these Christians hate one another!" You may have tihe patience of Job and the seal of Azaliel," oudded Father Vaughan, "but if you have not love and obar-ity your religion is vain."

I 22 DRESSES IN TWO MONTHS The Civil Tribunal of the Seine at Paris on Saturday decided a case dealing with the extent to which tradespeople can extend credit to extravagant married ladies at the expense of the husbands. A fashionable dressmaker sued a gentle- man for payment of £1,160 for 22 dresses sup- plied to his wife during two months. The Court cut down the bill to £ 796, arguing that the husband was not obliged to pay for goods obtained, except in proportion to his pecuniary condition and social standing.

BETTER IN GAOL THIS WEATHER I "It's better in gaol than out this weather," said a burly young fellow, named Thomas Smith, to Police-constable Sharpies, of the Preston force, who 'caught him, after an exciting chase, witha ham under his arm, which he had snatched from a hook inside a shop in Fishergate. He repeated the obser- vation before the magistrates on Saturday, but 'before sending him to prison they decided to inquire into his antecedents, and remanded him for that purpose.

NOT A CAPITAL CRIME A man summoned at Marylebone on Satur- day for cruelty to a horse said, when served with the summons: "I sapposeUMy won't hang me for it." ".if";t lk&Uwjk- 4

Brecon Baby's Body I FOUND IN THE ROADWAY Whilst on his way to work to-day Thomas Morgan, of Maindee-street, Brecon, found in the Gwttwys-road, Brecon, the dead body of a newly-born child. He conveyed it to the police-station, and inquiries are being made for the mother.

Mother-in-Law Blamed ACTOR AND HIS WIFE Robert Frank Williams, of Stockport, was summoned at Stratford on Saturday for deserting his wife Ellen. Defendant is des- cribed as an actor. The parties, it was sta.ted, were married in October, 1899, and besides the one child of the marriage the complainant took care of her husband's child by his first marriage. Fifteen months ago the defendant, in the course of his profession, went away, but during his absence he sent his wife, who is an actress, various sums of money. In August last she received a letter in which it was stated that her husband was living with another woman. The complainant asked him to give the girl up and be reconciled to her, a.nd the d?,f?.- dant agreed to do so and promised to reeign his engagement and take another one at Weston-super-Mare, where his wife was to join him. He, however, failed to do eo, and his wifeaud-erstood that he followed the girl to Leamington. Since October he had not sent her any money. In a letter addressed to the clerk, dated Decem,ber 24, the defelidant stated that he had been out of regular employment, but he had obtained a Christmas engagement at a salary of X2 a. week. fie intimated his will- ingness to allow his wife JE1 a week, but he declared that his mother-in-law and his brother-in-law, with whom she lived, had created trouble. This, however, the com- plainant denied, and said that it was arranged by her husband that she should live with her mother. The Bench granted a separation, and ordered the defendant to pay his wife 15s. a. week.

ARRESTED IN BED William Owens, a middle-aged labourer, living at the Arch, Parade-road, Carmarthen, was charged a.t the borough court on Satur- day with stealing a quantity of lead roofing from the old tin works. Police-constable Jones (No. 1) stated that at 2.45 a.m. that day he, in company with Police-constable Rees, saw the defendant coming from Priory-row into Priory-street carrying a piece of lead on his shoulder weighing betweeh 601b. and 70lb. They saw him enter the passage of No. 30, Priory- street, where his uncle lived. They ran after him, and defendant threw the lead down upon a quantity of similar lead in the pas- sage, and closed the door in their faces. Upon gaining access to the back kitchen they found defendant lying on the bed with his clothes on and pretending to be asleep. Asked where he got the lead from, defendant said, What lead? I know nothing at all about the lead." Witness then took the defenda-nt to the police-station, where he charged him with stealing the lead, and in amswer he said, You did not see me." Defendant was the only occupant of the house when they entered it. and when asked where his uncle was defendant said he was out courting. Altogether aibout 2801b. of lead was found in the house. A remand until to-day (Monday) was granted, bail being aUowed on defendant's own recognisances of £ 50.

CAPTAIN TO BLAME The Cardiff stipendiary sat at the Town- hall on Saturday afternoon to give judgment as president of the Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the stea.mehip Roes, a Cardiff steamer, owned by Messrs. John Cory and Sons. The Ross was sailing from Ayr in ballast, and bound for Newport, but about midnight on the night of November 12 she was stranded off Ballyferris, county Down. She was little damaged, however, and after three or four hours' delay was floated by the tide, and was got off by the ship's engin. She then made t, course for the Bristol Channel, but about midnight of the 13th-14th she was stranded again on the North Bishop Rock (Pem.), and became a total wreck. Her orew abandoned her, and were picked up and taken to Dublin. Mr. Arthur Vacbell appeared for the Board of Trade, and Mr. F. Vaughan (of Messrs. Vaughan and Roche) represented the master, Jesse Chiverton. In reference to the first atrandir-g tihe, conrt found that the master set and steered his course without allowance for the ebb tide. The casualty might yet have been averted if the position of the vessel had been verified by observation of the New Island Light about midnight. The vessel was navigated at too great a speed, and the master should also have used his lead, as this would have shown him that he was about six miles westward of his course. Regarding the stranding in Pembrokeshire the court again found that the master had made insufficient allowance for tide and current. He could have averted the disaster by taking his position from the Codling Light. The vessel waa again kept at too great a speed, heading towards la,nds in hazy weather while within range of lights that were invisible. The lead was not used, although it would have shown the master that he was off his intended course and in imminent danger. The court, there- fore, found that the strandings were due to the wrongful act and default of the master, and suspended his certificate for nine months.

JAPANESE VEGETARIANS I Vegetarians persistently refer to the I Japanese (says the "Family Doctor") as valorous, strong, and particularly free from disease. They tell us that this is because of a vegetable diet, and through it that they were enabled to endure hardships during the Russo-Japaneee war with but slight morlality from disease and wounds. It is a fact that the Japanese army and navy rations formerly included meat, and did during the late war with Russia, and that the preponderance of vegetables in their diet was for economical reasons only; that it was realised during the war that the meat ele- ment in the diet was too small in quantity for the maintenance of health, and it was then increased.

LEVIATHANS OF THE MUD Snow hias discovered a, new terror in the motor-omnibus. We had hardily dreamt tiill now (says the "Saturday Review") of its capacity for flinging mud. Artificial thaw had made Regent-street— mewt of the road and some of the pavement- a see. of mud; and the motor-omnibus, rejoioi-ng in the lese traffic of the neither- play-n»r-work day that follows Bank Holiday, dashed through the waves unhindered, throw- ing a, jet of mud fully twenty feet each side. Leviathan could hardly have made more stir. Wretched pedestrians, contracted to their very smallest, might be seen jamming themselves against the rSiOOP windo ws, like an ill-used cur flattened against the wall to avoid a kick.

FATE OF A PIONEER, At an auction of second-hand cars and accessories at Lewisham the other day one of the original Benz caM, minus engine, tyres, Ac., was knocked down for 25s. It was once owned by Mr. E. J. Coles. If ever a car had a history we should say this old vehicle bad. Knocked down for 25s.! What a fate for a pioneer car! In contrast, a motor overcoat that went for L2 seemed dear.

HOUSE LIKE A HEN ROOST W,hen Edward Howlett and his wife were charged at Northampton with neglecting their four children, it was stated that the house was like a hen roost, that Howlett was of drunken harbits, and had deserted his family, and that his wife spent all her time in reading novelettes. He goes to prison for three months and she for one.

THE DYING SHAH The New York "Herald's" Teheran corres- pondent telegraphs yesterday that the Shah was still alive, but had been unable to take nourishment since Saturday.

TRYING TO SHOOT THE DEVIL General Booth said at Southend yesterday that 40 years ago he was recommended by a West End physician to live in a email parish where there was plenty of good shoot- ing. Instead, although in his 78th year, his parish, he said. was now the wide eWorld. Ae to shooting, he had been trying to shoot tbe

I Double Skating Fatality BROTHERS DROWNED AT NANTYGLOI A skating accident occurred at the big pond, Nantyglo, on Saturday evening, which resulted in the death of two brothers, named Jonathan Eddy (21) and Robert Eddy (18); sons of Mr. Robert Eddy, builder, of Victoria House, Brynmawr. But for timely assistance rendered by the Rev. H. F. S. Williams, the vicar of St. John's Church, Newtown, Ebbw Vale. another youth would have been drowned. Hearing cries of distress, the rev. gentleman ran forward, and, crawling over the ice, managed to get one of the youths, William Jones, of Winchestown, Nantyglo, out of the water by the aid of his walking-stick. Jones suffered from shock, but is progressing favourably. It appears that the two brothers and their sister were on the ice skating, and the elder brother went down whilst the other was attending to his sister. Seeing his brother in. distress, Robert rushed towards him, but dropped through the ice before reaching him. The sister had the painfttl experience of seeing her brothers drown. After effecting the rescue of Jones. the Rev. H. F. S. Williams ran with all speed to Brynmawr Police-station, and help was speedily forthcoming. A boat was procured, but it was not until twelve o'clock on Soitur. day night that the body of the younger brother was found, nearly in the centre of the pond, a considerable distance from where he disappeared. The body was found by the aid of grappling irons. The search for the other body was continued all Saturday night and Sunday under the direction of the Mon- mouthshire and Breconshire police from Nantyglo and Brynmawr. The search was given up about half-past six on Sunday evening, and will be continued this (Monday) morning. The pond is a very large one. about three or four acres in extent, and the work of finding the body is made more difficult 'because of the fact that the water is con- tinually freezing. Two Boys Drowned While some boys, belonging to members of the Royal Field Artillery stationed at Deep Cut, Aldershot, were sliding on the ice of Basingstoke Canal last evening, the ice gave way and they fell in. Two of them, twin eons of Quartermaster- sergeant Johnson, 100th Battery, were drowne d.

Stadden's Amen." EX-FOOTBALLER'S DEATH AT I DEWSBURY At nine o'clock on Sunday night W. Stadden, I the ex-international football player, of Dews- bury, who out his throat on Boxing' Day after I strangling his wife, expired quite suddenly at Dewsbury Infirmary, where he had been a patient since the sad occurrence. It was expected that deceased would be able to attend the adjourned inquest on the 10th I of January, and on Sunday morning he ap- peared to be comfortable and was quite conscious. The only word he was able to utter since his admission to the infirmary was "Amen." in answer to prayers offered by the Vicar of Dewsbury, who attended him. He leaves five children.

I DON'T KISS YOUR BABY I I never kiss a baby on the mouth; it is criminal," said a woman doctor recently, according to The World and His Wife." The medical profession is practically unani- mous on the point. Bebies' mouths should not be kissed, even by their parents and, immediate family. If this rule were fol- lowed there would be fewer sickly infants, for there would be one le66 way in which disease can be transmitted to them. The best way a mother can demonstrate her love for her baby is by touching it as little as possible. Diseases can be trans- mitted by every kind of caress, but most easily by way of the mouth. It should be remembered, also, that young children do not understand the usual demonstrations of affection. Being squeezed close in a mother's arms half-smothers them, being kissed "dis- turbs their comfort, as well as their health.

MONEY FOR OLD TIN KETTLESI Old tm kettles and pots have suddenly become marketeble commodities, for a means has been discovered of extracting the tiin. originally used in tinning them, and leaving the iron foundation as dross behind. Sinoe tin has risen to its present price of nearly PZoo a ton, it pays to use up old metal, and a similar process is now being applied to braes and other alloys in which copper is contained. Copper is at £ 109 a. torn, amd any ecrap metal containing copper will now find a ready buyer at a good price. There is a scarcity of nearly all metals now, and one that seems likely to continue. Scrap steel has risen 15s. a. ton in the last three months, and is still rising.

KAFFIR TO WEAR TROUSERS Farmers of Molteno, Cape Colony, are agit,a,ting in favour of compelling the natives to wear proper clothing, and condemn the wearing of the blanket only as indecent. The agitation is really aimed at forcing the blacks to contribute more to the revenue of the colony by purchase of addi- tional raiment, and thus make them per- form more work.

Air Rifle Shooting I SATURDAY NIGHTS MATCHES EASTERN VALLEY LEAGUE I *Union, Abergyclian. li. Holmes ..4 3 4 4 3 4 5—27 L. Gough ..444544 5—30 R. Holmes ..3 4 4 5 4 4 4—28 J. Barry 5 4 4 4 4 5 5—31 W Holmes ..5 3 3 35 4 4—27 W. GiUman 3 5 3 5 5 5 4-30 H. Branch..3 4 4 4 5 5 5-30 F Marshall ..4 -3 4 4 4 3 4-26 W. Griffin ..4 3 4 5 4 3 3—26 W. Needs L5 4 4 4 4 4—28 :'Hl:t: G. Branch ..4 4 4 4 2 4 5—27 Total 333 Unicorn, Abersychan. W. Flook ..3 5 4 4 2 2 3—23 G. Watkins 2 4 0 2 2 3 2-15, T. Flyn 3 4 4 3 4 3 5^-26 J. Stephens 4 5 5 4 4 3 4-29 T. Dando 0 4 5 0 4 4 4-21 A Stephens 5432535-27 W. Wavies ..3 4 3 3 4 3 23 S. Watkin-, ..4 5 43 4 3 5—28 W Proudfoot 3 2 3 3 3 3 3-20 D. Phillips ..4 5 43 5 4 4—29 A Bennett ..5 5 5 3 3 4 5—30 G. Wat kins 5 5 3 4 4 3 4-28 Total 299 Masons Arms, Panteg. F. T. Bence 28 D. Owens. 27 D. Grcves go G. Vann 32 C. Trenlett 24 D. Cook 24 W. Griffiths .27 C. Lloyd 7..5 W. Wilcox 31 W. Whilcott 26 J. Vodden 28 W Prico 30 Total.531 White Hart, Garndiffaith. 1. Harding ..5 4 3 4 5 3 3—?7 S. Willian-,6 5 4 4 5 5 4 "0 W. Jones ..44 2 4 45 3—26 T.RUey.450:5:4—24 E. Reed :t=i F. Paifitt ..4 3 5 3 3 4 5—27 J. Higgs .3 2 5 4 3 4 4-25 E. Blake 4 5455 5-33 T. Jones .4 33 35 4 4—26 S Barnfleld 4 3 5 0 3 3 4—22 H Jenkins ..5 4 4 5 4 3 4—29 J. Higgs .4 4 5 4 5 4 3— Total 323 *Six BeEti. Gaxn, D. Leek 5424424-25 W. Pike .3 4 4 4 3 3 5—26 J. Burrows ..33 443 5 5—27 F. Leek.O 24433 3-19 J Maggs 5 3 4 4 3 4 3—26 G. Wall .45 43423—25 G Weaver ..3 2 2 32 3 3—18 T. Deacon ..4 4 5 4 5 4 3-29 J. Flower ..5 5 4 5 3 4 3-29 J. Loxton ..3 3 3 4 4 34-24 J. Brown ..2 3 5 5 2 5 4-26 G. Brown ..3 4 4 4 45 4—28 Total 302 Commercial, Talywa-n. J. Williams ..4 4 4 4 5 4 4—29 W Williams 5 3 3 4 5 4 5-29 J. Excell .535 5 4 4 4—30 W. R. Smith ..3345234-24 B. Williams 3 4 3 4 4 5 4-27 W. Barret ..4 4 43 3 2 3—23 S. Tudgay ..4 3 33 4 3 4-24 G. Barnfieid 3532443-24 R. Watkins 4 4 3 5 4 3 5-23 S. Tudgay ..353 2 5 53—26 S. Smith .5 33 3 4 3 3—24 Total 310 *Aheryschan Arms. W. Whlte..3 3 4 4 3 4 3-24 G. Burton ..4 4 2 4 4 5 4—27 W. George ..5 5 4 4 3 5 4-30 W WlIllaLns 4 3 3 5 4 4 5—26 W. Palmer .2 3 3 4 4 4 3—23 G. Langley ..3 5 5 4 434—28 C. Perrin ..4 5 4 4 3 4 3—27 R. Smith .3 3 3 3 3 4 4—23 E Rees .5334222-21 W. Bra'n .2 3 4 5 4 34—25 E Lan?;ley ..3 2 3 1 2 3 3—23 G Evans 3 2 2 4 4 4 3—22 Total. 296 *Co:!ier's Friend, Gam. E. Bmith 19 G. Thomas 25 E. Rawlings n O. Clark 24 G. SmaUcombe ?, 26 W. Maohney .???? 18 J. Haais 26 J S. Haines .Ii F. Gregory 17 J. Pearce 2i T. Gregory 17 J. H. Bennett IS Total. *White Hcrse, Talywsln. W. Cook .5 3 4 4 54 4—39 W Stone .444 4444—28 J. Barber ..4 4 3 3 4 5 4—27 E. Wiliiams 5 4 4 4 5 4 4-30 E. Davies .4 4 4 4 3 5 5-29 A. Davies ..3 3 4 5 3 4 4—26 F. Mead .3 4 43 4 54—27 S. Fifich .3 5 4 5 3 4 4—28 W. Jones -.5 3 3 4 4 4 5-28 JKeene .2 3 3 4 3 3 4-22 B. Evans ..345 544 4—29 G. Luce .5 2 4 4 3 3 4—25 TotaJ 1338 Rising Sun, Abersychan. E. James .4 53 2 5 5 4—28 J. Hitchin ..5404 454-26 W. Lewis .2233334-20 A. Powell 5 4 4 4 5 4—30 t i'4'bi R. Powell ..345453"81 E Diss .3243554-26 J Whitcombe 3 3 3 3 5 4 3—24 F. Biggs .4 3 4 54 4 3—25 M. Tucker ..3 2 3 4 3 3 3-21 R. Bright .3 32 4 4 4 3—23 G Morgan ..2 451 4 24—25 Total 391

I MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING I Rhymney Valley League. I Pengam. J.G ox .63 i W. Reed. 62 E. J. Davies 60 W. E. Bunton .80 A. E. Thomas 57 T. WiWams 58 B. ColliDB 53 w. Batt ■ 5i 0iD; B ♦Bedwafl. I 'Williams 58 Churchill 59 Morgan .57 S. Thomas 51 Simons 54 Thomas 49 Malletv 47 B .2f 1

Cape Welshman Hanged [ THE PREMIER AROUSED AT 3 A.M. BY. JURYMEN 1 AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY I A criminal trial which has excited con- siderable interest in Cape Colony resulted in the hanging on Saturrday (the Cape Town oorres-pondentt, of the Daily Mail" cables) of Bobert Martin Coupar for the mwrder of the child of his sweetheart. The latter, Alice Jane Willcocks, was also tried for the mur- der, but found not guilty. Numerous meetings were held after the verdict,, and petitions for Coupar's reprieve were presented, bn*, the Governor twice refused to exercise the prerogative of mercy. Two members of the jury, which had recommended Coupar to mercy (" on the ground of the circumstances which led him to commit the crime") a wakened the Premior at three o'clock on t4he morning appointed for the execution, and urged upon him that they thought Oceupar should not be hanged in view of that recommendation. The Att-orney- General, who was present at this strange; interview, which was held at Groot Schuur, j the late Mr. Cecil B-hodee's residence, replied that the ywere unable to stoy execution of ] the sentence. The executed man Coupar was a young Welshman, employed as a carpenter by Sir John Jackson's, Limited, upon the construc- tion of the new docks at Simom's Town. The young woman Wiloocks was the daughter of am engine-driver on the Oape Railways. They were sweethearts, both living at Simon's Town, a.nd well known there. in July Ooupar hent her to Johannesburg, where the ba.by which was* to be the victim of the tragedy- was born on August 17. Miss Wiloocks returned from Johannesburg in September, aiad on the 7th met Coupar in Capetown. j Body Put in a Bag I In that city Coupar bougt a Gladstone bag and a red leather bootlace. The child-- described as a singularly pretty girl-was strangled with the bootlace, and pressed into the bag. Next day the father and mother and an innocent companion of the former went back to Simon's Town together. Coupar walked to the seashore and threw the bag containing the body into the sea, where it was found a week later, September 17, cast upon the beach. Much of the circumstantial evidence by which Coupar was convicted was startling. For instance, four days after the crime, and a week before the arreet of the couple, they went together to the house of the girl's father, a man apparently of the highest rec- titude, and this dramatic conversation occurred: — "Do you know, father, that they have the rumour down the town that it was my baby that was found in the Gladstone bag?" "What, Alice!" exclaimed the father, "have you had a baby?" "No, father, I have not." The puzzled father turned to Coupar and asked him the same question. "Not to my knowledge," he replied. Then Alice said she could not stand the rumour, and must go away from the town. "Wby fear it? the father said. You hav2e not had a baiby." Coupar then said: If we can get a baby to take to the court, it will be all right." The old man answered that that was non- sense, for a doctor would soon settle the matter. Sensational evidence was also given of how Coupar and the girl followed up his idea. They went to two married women in Simon's Town in the dead of night. and tried to pur- chase a baby. To one woman Coupar offered £ 20 down and L30 when "the case was OT-er." Both women refused.

I Bridgend Woman's Fate I I FOUND DEAD IN LAVATORY AT I SWANSEA I Late on Sunday night John Webber, a, guard on the Mumbles Railway, entered a lavatory at the Swamsea terminus, and found a. woman apparently dead. He sent for the police amd a doctor, who subsequently arrived, and Dr. Morgan, after -examining- the body, found life extinct.. A rumour is in circulation at Swansea to the effect that the woman, who has been identified by the police, is Lena Thomas, aged about 35, and a native of Bridgend.

I Bedroom Tragedy. I ABERDARE MAN'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH. John Ford, aged about 28, and lodging with John Jones at 11, Darren-court, Aberdare, died just before midnight last night under Mysterious circumstances. Shortly before ten o'clock last night it appears that the deceased was in his bed- room and shouted to a fellow lodger, named James Smith, who was in the kitchen, to bring him a cup of tea. The request was at once acceded to, but on reaching the bed- room Smith observed some traces of blood about Ford. Close by Smith saw an ordinary pocket-knife, but whether it was this that that inflicted the cut in the throat it is impossible to say, there being no marks of blood about the knife. A doctor was sent for, and about eleven o'clock Dr. Slood, assistant to Dr. Jones, arrived and bandaged the wound. As above stated, Ford died before midnight. In the course of an interview with our Aberdare representative, Mrs. Williams, a widow, who lives near Darren-court, and who cleans the house for John Jones, stated that she was called in about ten o'clock. She rushed upstairs, found Ford and Smith in the bedroom, and saw blood about Ford's throat. Mrs. Williams exclained, Oh, Jim, what has he been doing ?" Smith replied that so far as he could see, Ford had been trying to cut his throat with a pocket-knife. Mrs. Williams added rthat the deceased was a native of Dowlais. He was an old Army man, hajving served in India, and was invalided home four years ago. In the meantime he had acted as track- man at the local hotels, and was latterly employed in that po&ition at the Black Lion Hotel, Aberdare. Ford had been unw('>l for about three weeks, and last Friday he remained in bed. He left the house on Saturday, when the went to Dr. Jones's surgery and got a bottle of medicine. Mrs. Williams further stated that she had never seen anything strange in his conduct. Ford, who is supiposed to have an aunt residing at. Dowlais, was of a quiet disposi- Uon and was well liked in the town. To- morrow he expected his pension of 9d. a day. Up to the present it is not known whether a. poet-mortem will be made, but an inquest will be held in due course.

Renewal of Snowstorm I MARVELLOUS ESCAPE OF A WHIST PARTY The renewal of the scowstorm on Sunday has greatly interrupted the restoring of tele- graphic commumication along the line where Friday's accident occurred. Many wires are broken, and hundreds of telegraph poles have either been levelled to the ground or bent in dangerous fashion. Notwithstanding the acci- dent. the number of persons who desired to book from Glasgow to Aberdeen on Saturday was greater than any former day during the Christmas season. Both, companies refused to book north of Dundee. Passengers who have reached Glasgow speak of the pathos of the Scenes witnessed after the accident, and many niarrow escapes a.re recorded, in one compartment a party of four persons were playing a game of whist, and only one of them was injured, although all the passengers in the next compartment were killed or badly maimed. The compensation to be pa.id to the relatives of the victims and to the injured persons will, it is anticipated, run well into six figures, and will probably be the heaviest I sum pa.id since the Tay Bridge disaster.

I KICKED IN'THE RIBS Harry Crombie, of Landore, a fireman, was charged -at Swansea Police-court to-day with assaulting Police-constable Roberts on Satur- day in Woodfield-street, Morriston. The officer stated that he was taking another person person into custody when the prisoner came up, knocked him down, and kicked him in the ribs while he was OIl. the gronnd. J, "r¡jf

"NO FAT AT ALL."I On Adulterator's Trail; CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S STRONG ACTION I Cardiff Health Committee were in a serious j mood this morning, when Mr. J. Chappell brought forward the question of milk a,dul- teration. Mr. Chappell said that he insisted upon a satisfactory analysis being made of the milk arriving at the various Cardiff railway stations every morning. He complained somewhat strongly that sufficient precautions were not taken by the inspectors to secure purity and good quality in the milk retailed in the city. For some time past he had taken an active interest, with a committee of tradesmen, in testing this milk, and he had i frequently found that it contained NOT A PARTICLE OF FAT. I And yet, added Mr. Chappell, analyses of a satisfactory kind had been presented by. an inspector. SUGGESTING A REMEDY. Mr. Chappell proceeded to say that the miBcihdef could be detected and stopped if tfcie committee were to instruct the medical officer of health to stop sending the same inspector to do the ?ork of det?eW and 00 place the work under the dti'rectioi[? ?V,,d to member of his staff, who could then pay BUTpnsp v. its. The Chairman (Alderman Jacobs) and Alderman Carey said they were much obliged to Mr. OhaJppell for bringing such an impor- ta.nt matter before the committee, upon whom it was i coram bent to adopt every pre- caution. The Medical Officer (Dr. Walford) sadd there was a technical difficulty in the way, as it necessary to receive special directions from the oommitttee in respect of special men to act as inspectors for the work. Mr. Cba/ppell challenged anyone to say that the drifficulity was insurmountable. The, committee could remove all limitations upon the medical officer by appointing all his staff inspectors under tihe Food and Drugs Act. "Your staff," said he to Dr. Walford, "ought to be so organised that each member could do this work at once. The suggestion to appoint all the staff to do the work was adopted, and it was under- stood that, as soon as possible, the medical officer would transfer a certain inspector to ¡ other work.

FINAL RESULTS. I G. T. P'ts. Aberdare 1 1 8 Danygraig. 0 1 3 G. T. P'ts. Blaenavon 0 1 3 Talywain 0 0 0 G. T. P'ts. Briton Ferry 0 0 0 Ma-esteg 0 0 0 G. T. P'ts. Abertillery 2 0 10 Canton 0 0 0 Goals. Bristol City Reserves 2 Treharris 1 Goals. Ton Pentre 3 Cwmamain 1 GoaJs. Welton 6 Kewport 2 Goals. Ll, anb, radach 2 Cardiff Corinthians 0

LOCAL RUGGER RESULTS. I Stow Hill' (Newport), 4 points; Barnard- town, 3. Alexandra (Newport), 12; League of the Cross Reserves, 0. Tongwynlais, 1 goal 1 try; Llandaff, nil. St. Peter's Seconds, 1 try; St. James's Juniors, nil. Exeter, 3 points; Newton, 3 points. Blaenavon, 3 points; Talywain, nil. Midland Stars, 12 points; Barry Drnge, 7 points. Exmouth, 16 points; Cardiff Northern, 3 I points. ENGLISH LEAGUE. I DIVISION I. Woolwich Arsenal, 4: Manchester City, 1. Manchester United, 0; Bristol City, 0. Birmingham, 3; Preston North End, 0. Blackburn Rovers, 2; Aston Villa, 1. Bolton Wanderers, 0; Notts County, 0. Everton, 5; Middlesbrough, 1. Derby County, 3; Sheffield United, 0. Sheffield Wednesday, 1; Bury, 2. Stoke v. Liverpool postponed. Sunderland v. Newcastle United postponed. DIVISION II. Chesterfield, 7; Gainsborough Trinity, 8. Lincoln City, 2; Burton United, 0. Leicester Fosse, 4; Burslem Port Vale, 1. Notts Forest, 0; Grimsby, 3. Bradford City, 2; Leeds City, 2. West Bromwioh Albion. 5; Burnley, 2. Glossop. 0; Chelsea, 1. Hull City, 5; Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1. Blackpool, 2; Barnsley, 3. Stockport County, 1; Clapton Orient. 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Fulham, 1; Norwich City, 1. West Ham, 4; Tottenham Hotspur, 2. Queen's Park Rangers, 2; Luton, 0. Plymouth Argyle, 1; Portsmouth, 1 (friendly). Bristol Rovers, 4; New Brompton, Q. Watford, 1; Brentford. 4. Reading, 4; Millwall, 0. Southampton, 1; Swindon, 1. Northampton, 2; Crystal Palace, 1. Brighton and Hove, 1; Leyton, 1. MIDLAND LEAGUE. Lincoln City R., 1; Kotherham, 1. Mexborough, 3; Barnsley R., 2. Sheffield United R., 6; Grantham Rovers, 1. Leeds City R., 2; Bradford City R., 1. Grimsby R., 5; Newark, 2. LONDON LEAGUE. Tottenham Hotspur R., 5; West Ham R., 5. OTHER MATCHES. Stockton, 3; Corinthians, 7. Dulwich Hamlet, 3; Civil Service, 6. I LOCAL SOCCER RESULTS. I 0. Cathedral Juniors, 1; St. Martin's Seconds, 10. Grange Rovers, 2; Cathaye, 2. Marl Stars, 0; Clarence Excelsiors, 0. Canton Parish Church Juniors, 1; Splott Old Boys, 0. St. Vincent's, 1; St. Martin's, Caerphilly, 0. Canton Villa, 4; City J-uniors, 1. Newport Barbarians, 3; Cefn United, 0. 8th Company Newport Boys' Brigade, 6; 10th Company, 0. Bedlinog, 0; Pontlottyn, 0. Dinas Powi6 Juniors, 3; Wyndham Villa (Cardiff), 3. ENGLAND V. F" ,\NCE. The following team has been selected to play for England against Prance in London next SaturdayBack. H. Lee (Kent); three. quarter backs, T. Simpson (Northumberland), Birkebt (Surrey), Shewring (Somerset), and Imrie (Durham); half-backs, Stoop (Surrey) and Wedge (Cornwall); forwards, Hill (Kent), Shaw (Midlands), Mills (Devon), Green (York- shire), Dibble (Somerset), Nanson (Cumber- land), Hopley (Blackheath), and Kelly (Devon). GENERAL MATCHES. Devonport Albion, 6 goals 3 tries; North. ampton, 2 tries. Birkenhead Park, 3 points; Moeeley, nil.

BOXING. BADMINTON OLUB, CARDIFF. NEW YEARS NIGHT. TWO GREAT SPECIAL 12-BOUNDS' CONTESTS. BILL KING (Birmingham) (8st. 101b. Champion of the Midlands) and YOUNG LILLY (London* (Winner of 8st. 61b. Championship Belt). YOUNG JOEY SMITH (London) (Set. Champion of the World) ar.d KID JENNINGS (Merthyr) (5st. Champion of Wales). COMMENCE EIGHT P.M. PROMPT. Tickets, 56. eJlll SOUTH AFRICANS V CARDIFF, Cardiff Arms Park, January 1st, 1907. I KICK-OFF, 2.30. Gates open 11.30. Admission: Angel Entrance, le.; Fire Station Entrance, 28. Racquet Court Entrance open at Twelve o'clock (noon) for Members and Reserved Tioket Holders, who must enter by Racquet Court only.-Chas. S. Arthur, Secretary. The only Official Programme (price 2d.) will have the Coloured Springbok on front, and will contain the numbers and names of the players, musical pro- gramme. photos (singly and in group), with biographi- cal sketches of all the players and records to date. Published by Re&V Electric Prase, Cardiff. ezioo GRAND ENGLISH CUP-TIE. PLYMOUTH V. CARDIFF (SCHOOLBOYS); INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PLAYFIELD (Newport-road) (By kind permission of Mr. J. Waugh) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2nd. KIOK-OFF, 2.30. Admission, 6d; Boys, Zd. e2709z31 WELSH FOOTBAltL UNION. WALES V. ENC^AND, at Swansea, January 12th. 1907.—Tickets loj Qeaie Inside Hopes (reserved, but not numbeted), at 3s. 0-h. may be obtefted fnxn

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND IN MBHCItUM. Osarfe fOr averting adTerUeercente nadet fef heading: -is. for 30 Words- and UL tor Brer? Twt Extra Wonle. No notioe pf this description will be Inserted llnle8 authenticated by the name and address of the sendac Telegrams anc telephonic messages cannot be acta until confirmed in writinc. HUBFOBD.—In Ever Loving Kemorr of o\xr dear S Bedvers OJcil, of Cwmzz-voia, who died 3ist December 1306.—His memory is as dear to-day As in the tioa be passed away.

AUGUSTINE J. m ONE FUNERAL FtTBNISHEB & FDNEBAL MBJBCTOB. Personal Supervision to All Ordera. N-St TeL; Cardiff, No. 7M; Post omce DeL, lie. 612, Cardiff. Telegrajne: APttPSTCNE STONE, OAEDIFF; AUGUSTINE STONE, BARRY DOCKS. C "^RORK-ING ST' CARDIFF, 101. liOLTOW-BOAM, BABBY nocu.

THE FOREIGN MMLS To be despatched from London to-morrow, Jan. I" OUTWARD.-Mor,-ting- To Oylon, Straits Settlements, Chins, and Tapaal by German packet. To Azores, by Portuguese packet. Evening:— To Titfe, Gmrid Caoary, Gambia, 1I.ud Wea&- Coaet of Africa, via Liverpool, per rn, Addah. To Egypt, by A-uetiian packet. To United Sta-tes, parcel mails, via Liverpool, paC s. cettx. To Newfoundland, parcel mails, via LiverpooL To West Indi, Central America, &c., parcel nlafk via Southampton, per s. Thames.

To-day's Finance. UONDON, Monday, 1.0 p-m. Money is in good demand at 6 per cart. Disoooat rates—short and t-hree months' bills 5i per csat. Consols better. R¡5: Hooey 1-15 Irish and Trans- vaal loans, down. Home Bails steady. Amaenoair? weak. Tmules dull. Fan: Ordm-my 1-1% and Third Pref g. Mexican Bails firm. Bfse: Ordinary and First Pref 1, and Seconds Foreigners quiet. Mines steady. PRINCIPAL CHANGES. South Western, Brighton, South Western Deferred* i up; Great Eastern i down. Milwaukee, Beading 2;' Union Pacific 14, olllinoÏ5 1, Steels 6, Baltimore, Loui9 xllle, New York CSh-trsl, Wabash Pref 4, Canadian Pacific, Southern Pacific g, Atchison, Steel Prof i. Erie, Kansas, Ontario down. VesieztieJi i up; Guatemala 4, Uruguay i down. Tinto J, Utab, Jag, Joch 4, De Beer, Welfedacht, Vaal Baver, Tanganyika 4, JBaet Band, Modder, Kxightfc. GoicLfields Deferred, 1, Gold Trust, H.E. Proa Transvaal Consolidated, Joey, Fiiigall, Boston, GreaÆ Cobar 1-16, Cbartereds. Kal- gurli, South Band Mine 1-32 up; Premier Deferred, Ttafsis 4, Anaconda, Lake View 1-16 down. OABDIKF. Monday, 1.0 p.m. In viof to-morrow's Stock Exoiiaoge holiday, there was little doing on the Cardiff Stock Mark est this morning. The tone, however, was of a cbwrfai character, especially as regards South Wales Baite nod Colliery Shares. There was no feature in other direc- tions.

FACE BLOWN AWAY A wedding had been celebrated in te1 Dungiven (County Derry) Catholic Chapel and a friend of the parties, Jamee M'Oloskey, resolved to give them a fitting reception on their return. For this purpose, it i6 said, he procured a gun from a blacksmith, and — he and other men examined the weapon and pronounced it unloaded. It ie stated that one of the men blew down the barrel, and declared the gun was empty. M'Oloskey, it is alleged, then placed a charge of powder in the gun, and as the wedding party were leaving the Tillage he discharged the weapon. The bystanders were horrified to &ee Miss C,ild-ars,on, one of the bridesmaids, fall, bleed- ing profusely from the neck and side of the face. She was conveyed to a house in the town, and two doctors sent for. It was found that the left side of the girl's face was blown away, one eye destroyed, and the jugular Teing injured. It is feared that some of the pellets have entered the brain. M'Oloskey has been arrested and admitted to bail.

LABOURER58 LUCK Henry Lamont, a carpenter's la-bower, of Gospel Oak, N. W., has unexpectedly found himself the heir to. an estate valued at ZE-0,000, left in Amerioa. by his brother. Lamont is 25 years of age, amd war, earn- ing 18s. a week when he was married two months ago to Annie Singer, a laundress, who was in receipt of 12s. a week. He had his attention drawn some days ag-o to an advertfeement in a London newspaper asking for t'he next-of-kin of a man named Lamont who had died in America. He satisfied the solicitors as to his credentials, and, having being financed by them, he left London with his wife om 'Saturday for Liverpool, on hie way to New York to take possession of his fortune. He explained that Shis brother left Eng-laaid for the States fifteen years ago, and that he had no idea. such good fortune n-a4 attended him. There is a/bout f,8,000 in cash and nearly £ 12,000 wortih of land and houses," he said. On my return I shall take the advice of friends how to invest the money: I certainly buy a little house amd a business of some sort."

XMAS AT THE POST OFFICE It is estimated that m the Christmas period extending from Friday, Deoem-ber 21, to Tueso day, December 215, a total of sixty millions o) letters, packets, postcards, &c., passed throug-t the London. post-offices. The ordinary man for such a period would a.mount to thirty millions. Christmas, therefore, exactly doubled the work of the G.P.O. To cope with the tremendous increase 0: work, between 7,000 and 8,000 additional men were engaged for a period ranging from a week to a month before Ch4-i»=t,ma&. In addition to the auxiliaries, the 20.000 regula? employes of the General Post Office worked on an average four houls a day each over- time. To oo-nvey the various mail-bags to the cliffer-ent railway-stations in London about 1,200 vehicles were employed, each making about seven journeys a day. On an ordinary day about 900 vehicles, making five or six journeys a day, are engaged.

gas tatt far clasq-taration XMAS PRESENTS. SEE SOL. PHILLIPS" WINDOWS FOR JEWELLERY AND BARGAINS. 41, ST. MARY-STREET, AND 43, CAROLINE-STREET, CARDIFF. SAVING MONEY. AT TEMPLAR MALINS' NEW CENTRAL ROOMS, 51, QUEEN STREET, CARDIFF A RFOEIPT is given when Payment is made for Extractions, and these receipts, if kept, go towards the cost of NEW TEETH Ordered to re-plaoe those extracted any tiIn. within 12 months afterwards. HOURS: 10 till 8 Daily (including Wednee- days). Nat. Tel. 1305. LADY IN ATTENDANCE. el835 AN W=ted, to Make Himself Generally Usefud, .r B 53, Evening Express, Cardiff. e2965ii GOOD Plain Cook; aged 28 to 30.—Apply" MrJ \jr Harris, 144, High-street, Merthyr. e2S6=i7 EWIS Lewis andDr8iJers, Swan sea, tWo .V.i"s in their London Branch for thor- oughly experienced Young Ladies; personal applica- tion preferred. e28S5io w ANTED, Cook-General and Pt.Tisr.i rmaic, Cli VV about 25 ye;s: references required.—-Apply to Miss TUoraw, Brynbenlog, Bladapill, near _Swanæa. ei7 6eneral Servant; good references.— V V Apply W. Bray ley, West Cross Hotel, Mumbles, S wa.n sea. e28€7i? LEWIS Lewis and Ot> Drapers, Swaj?ea, h'e Vacancies for th4woughl, experienced Young Ladies; Welsh; personal application preferred. eG L OOK 'You.-Why Pay Bent all your life whea 10s. lOd. a month w:U Buy JE250 House, or 17s. 4d. month will Buy a L400 House? All your own.—X. J., Evening Express, Newport. e2840i5 YOUTH Wanted as APprèlïtiëëtOBoot It-ade,-Io, JL Risca-road, Newport. e284li2 "TXT A2\TED, clean, respectable GeN&raI; assist in br? when required; good references.—W illiam HI., Maindee, Newport. e2842>6 C^IBCTJLAB Sawyer Wants Situation;-sharPeq J gullet.1ohn Williams, 12, Abere?rden-i-oad, Gilvach Goch, Bridgend, e2843i5 COMMISSION Agent, working Ebbw Yale distrtct, Open to Treat with good House; Sour, prevision, grocery, fruit commission.—B 42, Evening Express, Cardiff. e2849i2 "tXT ANTED, to Buy a good St. Bernard Dog.—Apply V f C. Ward, Lydbrook, Glos. e2853i2 DENTAL Assistant Required: good all-round man, to take charge of branch; also Junior.-Addrew D 1904, 34, Union-street, Birmingham. e2852z31 DRESSMAKING.—W an bad at once, thoroughly expe^ rieaced Skirt Hand, state full particulars of experience, salary required, indoors.—Apply to Mian #ohn, I$aed £ >»-««-•> "oxgall aoatd FnMb l.. i Ift— in. in in 11 •'