Evening Express

Persecuted & Boycotted i BITTtR COMPLAINTS BY A WELSH MINISTER There was a large congregation at the I christian Church. Upper Parliament-street, Liverpool, on Monday evening, when a fare- well meeting was heid on the occasion of the departure of the paetor. the Rev. Daniel Hughes, who has aooepted the pastorate of Galfaria, Dlanelly. Pastor George Fowler, M.A.. of Southport, presided. The Chairman spoke in the highest to, a of the services which Mr. Hughee had ren- dered. No one could question his supreme pulpit abilities, and that he could take his stand on the platform with credit to himself and to his people. They wished him God- speed. Mr H. L. Wrathall said that Mr. Hughes's ministrations had taught him to take an enlarged view of others, outside of them- selves, and that his faith in humanity and in Christ had been increased during Mr. Hughes'e tkay amongst them. Mr. B. J. Richardson and Councillor Arthur Black joined in the chorus of good wishes. The Rev. W. O. Jones. B.A., believed that Mr. ilughes would become one of the fore- dk » preachers in Wales. The outgoing minister was a man in touch with what was going on, and fully abreast of the beet thought of the age. her speakers followed. It transpired during the meeting that tele- grams had been sent to Councillors Arthur Black and the Rev. W. O. Jones stating that the meeting had been abandoned. and pur- porting to be signed by "Hughes." The Bev. Daniel Hughes, jn responding, called the attention of the meeting to the matter amidst cries of "Shame." Mr. Hughes asked where were his friends the Rev. F. W. Nichol- son, the Rev. J Fleming Shearer. Mr. R. j. Tunnicliffe. the Rev. James KnOX, and Pastor John Baye, all of whom had promised to be present. Since he (Mr. Hugher.) had come to Liverpool he had been the object of the bitterest persecution from certain quarters. He thought they might have left his fare- well meeting alone. Those friends would never have failed him but for a diabolical interference. From the first day he had come to Liverpool he had been boycotted and persecuted, his integrity trailed in the mud. and his moral character questioned to such an extent that the burden had almost been too much for him. The memory of that meeting and the sentiments and fine thoughts they had expressed be would j cherish as gilts from the hand of God.

JAPAN AND UNITED STATESI A telegram from Tokio states that the Japanese Government has handed to the United States Ambassador a Memorandum replying to suggestions by which the United States sought to assist Japan to effect her plans for the restriction of emigration and to avoid the possibility of friction. Although the contents are carefully guarded, there is reason to believe they are couched in the most friendly terms, and that, while Japan accepts some of the suggestions of the United States, she declares others as being incom- patible with Japanese dignity, and outlines other plans. A Memorandum has been cabled to Wash- ington from which it is possible that a counter suggestion may be forthcoming, but it is intimated at okio that Japan thinks it will form the basis of a final and satisfactory understanding.

THE GUN WENT OFF While a County Antrim farmer, named tobinoQn, accompanied by a gamekepper, 'as engaged in ehooting on a mountain in In-trim yesterday, the gamekeeper's gun tcoidentally went off while he was aroesang a lence. The whole charge of shot lodged in the farmer's hack at twenty yards' range, some of the grains penetrated the lungs, and ho died on the mountain aide in & few minutes after the tragic occurrence.

THE DANCING PAUPER A young labourer. an inmate of the Ber- inondsey workhouse, was accused at the Tower Bridge Court yesterday of dancing instead of doing his work. He had left his task of grinding corn, and was found per. forming a jig. Prisoner: My feet were cold. and I was stamping. Labour Master: I am sure he was danc- ing. Magistrate: Fourteen days.

INDIAN8 AND CHINESE I The non-arrest of Indians and Chinese who !?e failed to comply with the m&gis= order to leave the Transvaal does not imply that the Government has departed from its policy, but merely that it desires to avoid undue haste. There has been no action in the matter to-day. but it is expected that measures will be taken against the recal- citrants at the end of the week.

Miners Entombed 30 MEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SUFFOCATED Thirty miners were entombed yesterday by a terrifto explosion of firedamp in a mine new &am Antonio, New Mexico. AiU efforts to establish coimmiutntioatkna with the Lmtpirisaned men have failed, and it is feared they have all been suffocated.

———————— Schoolgirls' Societies "TERRIBLE ORDEALS." American schoolgirls are very fond of secret organisations, usually called by some Greek letter. In the case of the Sigma- Gamma Society at New York, which is small, but very exclusive, the indignalllt mothers have just met to denounce the nerve-shatterinig ordeals undergone by aspirants to the degree of membership. What the society did to pretty Julia in ills, aged sixteen, reads like a tale of regimental ragging," and much the same ordeal is prescribed for all girl-neophytes. First the girl is half-stripped—that seems an essential part of the ritual in every case-and at times they are blindfolded. What follows depends largely upon the ingenuity Mid resourcefulness of the fully-fledged girl members, who can draw upon their own experiences. Poor Julia Mills's test consisted of the following: (1) Her hands were thrust into mercury, supposed to be moltan lead. (2) Her feet were jerk-ftd from under her, preparatory to her descent into a bottomless pit, pillows being thou-irhfully provided to break the fall. (3) She was made to olasp a wet glove, simulating the hand of death. (4) She was forced to drink nauseous liquids from a skull. (5) She was told to prepca.re .for torture, and was branded on the back with a slab of ice, which she was told was acid. Julia's terrors were chiefly imaginary, but her Auffering was apparently intense. In a half-hysterical state (says the "Daily Telegraph") she staggered home, and told her mother everything, with the result that Mrs. Mills and other indignant mothers met, and decided to wit-her up and destroy the Sigma-G-amma Sooiety with maternal wrath, and then start a crusade against all schoolgirls' eeoret societies throughout the country.

PILFERING FROM TRAINS At Retford on Tuesday the case was resumed in which William Fanthorpe Jiggles- ton, a platform inspector in the employ of the Great Northern Railway Company at Retford, is charged with stealing goods valued at £ 93, and his son William Picker Eggleston, with receiving a portion of the same, knowing them to have been stolen. It was stated that the value of the goods missed amounted to L500, and that the pro- perty so missed was in course of transit through Retford. The goods recovered were produced, and included Court dresses, furs, mackintosnes, watohes, suits of clothes, silks, costumes, cameras, hams, cheese, whisky, cigars, waistcoats, tablecloths, and dressing-cases, and when displayed for identification transferred the court-house into the appear- ance of a general stores. Anotner remand was ordered. The younger defendant, who is employed at Retford as a motor-mechanic, was admitted to bail.

DAY'S WORK FOR NOTHING Does it ever f-ocur to people that leal> year may, and generally does, touch their pockets appreciably ? Those wage earners who are padd every Friday or Saturday suffer nothing. beca,usa they are paid for the extra. day they have to live during the year. But those in receipt of monthly or quarterly cheques for salary are different. for they lose the payment for the extra day's work. Employers are naturally forgetful of such little matters, amd employes are not eo long- sighted as they might be if we may judge from the fact that when engagements are entered into and contracts made for a term of years no account is taken of that extra day in leap year. A simple calculation shows that a person earning £1.000 a year paid monthly, quar- terly, or annually finds himself out of pocket to the extent of L2 15s. as the result of leap year, and. of course, the larger the iiioo-me the greater the loss.

FLOGGING ADVOCATED • At the Surrey Quarter Sessions, at Kingston, yesterday, the General Purposes Committee reported that they had received a. letter fr<ML the clerk of the peace of the Isle of B V enclosing a Mries of resolutions as to the, law and practice passed by the Oourt of Quarter Sessions of that county. Amongst the resolutions were the following: "That it is desirable that the law should be altered so as to authorise (a) sentence of penal servitude and flogging in cases of aggravated assaults on women and children, and (b) the institution of whipping in all cases as an alternative for fines for boya under 16 years of age." Neither the committee nor the Court made any comment on the communication.

NOT FIT TO APPEAR Before the Cardiff magistrates to-day James Reed, 40, was charged with violently assault- ing and wounding John Upham by kicking him on the head and face, at 3, Scott-street, Last night. Police-constable John Wootton said he saw prisoner held up by a large crowd in Scott- street. On going into No. 5, he found Upham, who is an old man, bleeding from wounds on the head and face. Prisoner, when charged, denied the assault. Dr. J. J. Buist tpolice-surgeon) proved that Upham was not in a fit state to appear. Under those circumstances, a remand was ordered for a week.

PENALTY OF MARRIAGE Strong objection is being urged amongst the teachers of the Blackburn district against a deoieion of the Education Com- mittee to terminate the engagements of mistresses of assistant mistresses married a.fter to-day. The committee is asked to reconsider its decision, which, it is poinetd out, bears very hardly upon teachers of, say, fifteen years' experience, who, in gaining a husband, lose not only their income from the teaching profession, but their superannuation as well.

BRITISH V GERMAN CLOCKS A Biahopagate shopkeeper stated at the Guildhall Poltoecourt yesterday that of six oloc-ksthat had been stolen two were made in England and the others in Germany. That is two German to one EngUoh, remarked Sir Thomas Crosby. "We try to push* the English make," replied the shopkeeper, "but people will have cheap stuff." "Are the German docks the best?" inquired the alderman. t?! No", the eho?keeper staged. "The Bug, lisq are the better made article."

I AMERICAN FINANCE The United States Finance Committee of the Senate is preparing a Bill empowering the Treasury to issue emergency currency up to the value of 100,000.000 dollaxs. The issue will be subject to a tax of 7 per cent. It is generally anticipated that the move which is in progress to make industrial secu- rities collateral will canes a gre&t> dead of trouble and disputation. sommennomm-

I FELL OVERBOARD The trawler Bdlorophon, which went to sea yesterday, returned to Grimsby to-day and reported the low of & trimmer, named Baldwin. The deoeased m&n was seen to fall overboard early to-day through somfc un- explained mishap, and, though every effort was made at rescue, he sank before he could be reached, owing, it is believed. to the weight of his heavy clothing.

I MAD MOTHER'S ACT An inquest was held at Southampton on Tuesday on Ellen Houston, wife of a seaman, and her child, who were found lying side by side with their throats cut. The jury came to the conclusion thaa the mother, after killing the ohild, took her own life during a fit of temporary insanity.

ACTRESS HAS APPENDICITIS Miss Cecilia Loftus, the well-known actress, is suffering from acute appendicitis, and the doctors have decided to perform an operation.

Fate of Grindon Halll RETURN OF CAPITAL BY MESSRS. NICHOLL Welcome News for Shareholders I The owners of the Cardiff steamer Grindon Hall (Messrs. Edward Nicholl and Co.), which is believed to have foundered in the Black Sea while on a. voyage from Sulina to Glasgow, arc firmly convinced that the vessel has collided with either a Russian, Turkish, or Greek ship trading in the Black Sea—ships that are known to pay lees atten- tion to the regulation lights than is con- sidered requisite according to English custom. If she collided with such a vessel it is more than probable that both foundered, and that the truth will never be known. The living accommodation of all the Hall I liners is situated above the main deck; con- sequently. the members of the crew would have a better chance of escaping. We understand that the owners of the Grindon Hall have decided to return the whole of the capital to the shareholders—a proceeding unusual in shipping circles. The value of the steamer and cargo, as estimated by the underwriters, reaches Lloo.ca. The Times marine insurance correspon- dent writes:—The British steamer Grindon Hall. which left Sulina on December 4 with a valuable grain cargo for Glasgow, is regarded as alfnost hopeiess. Nothing has sinoe beei heard of her, and reports from Constantinople indicate that she never passed the Bosphorus. It is. of course, just possible that she did pass the Bosporous without! speaking, and, if so. there may stilt be hope, especially as the very bad weather in the Black Sea was in November and not Decem- ber. The Grindon Hall. of 3.721 tons, built in 1905, is insured for ZM,000, and addEional amounts have been placed for total loes only. The grain is insured in Ijiverpoc4 and in this market, and amounts altogether to £ 46,000. The marine insurance correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writes:—It was hardly necessary to ask in a telegram to Lloyd's agent at Constantinople whether the Grin- don Hall had passed without the Turkish ofiBcial sanction. Such a thing is impossible without coming under fire of the forts. This fact oleprly shows that she is lost, and by foundering, as no other steamer that migiht have been in collision with her is lost or has turned up with collision injuries. As she is classed in the Veritas, no note of any lower free-board being allowed is given. The "Times" correspondent says:Mere is now hardly a doubt that the British steamer Grindon Hall was lost in the Black Sea in the first week of December. It is positively stated that she did not pass the Bosphorus, and I understand further that she could not have passed without being reported. The loss falling upon underwriters of the hull, disbursements, etc., and cargo will be £ 66,000.

I Parted in a Gale CARDIFF-BOUND SHIP DISAPPEARS The Dutch steam-tug Noordzee, which left Rotterdam on Monday week with the Liverpool ship Galgate, for Cardiff, in tow, encoun- tered terrible weather off the Longships, and the hawsers parted. The Liverpool veeeel was driven away, and, though the tug searched for some time, no trace of her was found. The Noordzee put into Queemstown on Tuesday. Our Liverpool representative, on inquiry at the offices of Messrs. John Joyce and Co., the managing owners of the barque Galgate, was assured that there is not the slightest fear for the safety of the vessel. In their opinion, the heavy winds have driven the ship out to the Atlartic, arod there is no reason to expect any further barm than may be occasioned by delay in getting her back into the Channel for Cardiff. Further details show that the Galgate, which was coming round from Rotterdam for Cardiff in ballast, left the Continent on Monday week- in tow of the tug. Owing to the stormy weather and heavy seas, the tug parted from the ship twice, the last oooca- sion being at five o'clock on Friday morn- ing. The tug, however, stood by all that day until six o'clock in the evening, when she lost eight of her. The Galgato was then about 60 miles E.S.E. of Hartland Point, and she had are staysails set, and appeared quite steady and in no danger. The tug subsequently searched both Channels, but without result. The Galgate is commanded i by Captain William Griffiths, of Milford Haven, a skilled and experienced master mariner, who has had Command of this ship for ten years. The owners have not the crew list in their possession. According to the "Shipping Directory." the Galgate in a barque of 2,227 tons register, and is owned at Liverpool. DETAINED UNDER SALVAGE CLAIMS. The gchoonor John Ewing, wfoicii was berthed last week at Mumbles after its crew had been taken off by the Mumiblee life- boat, has been taken into Swansea, but is detained owing to the salvage claims.

LOSS OF THE BEAVER Newport Board of Trade Inquiry A Board of Trade inquiry was held at New- port Town-hall on Tuesday touching the loss of the Newport-owued small steamer Beaver, which was abandoned by the crew on the 21st of October last off Bull Point, when she was on a voyage from Lydney, with a cargo of 114 tons of coal, to Fremington, in Devon- shire. She was struck by a heavy sea, which sent the water down either the hatches or the engine-room shaft, putting the fires out. The crew had to take to the boats at once, and the ship sank about a quarter of an hour afterwards. • The court was composed of Mr. A. J. Stevens and Mr. M. Mordey, justices, assisted by Captain William Coeena, of London, and Captain Alexander Wood, of Dundee. Mr. R. P. Williams oondooted the inquiry om behalf of the Board of Trade, and Mr. L. H. Hornby appeared for the master, Mr. John Morgan Evane. The Beaver wae built as a barge for cuial work in 1893. She was 66ft. long by 18ft. 3in., with a depth of Sft. 5in., and was smack. rigged. She was owned by her master, Mr. John Morgan Evans, of 10, Kensington-place, Newport, and was mortgaged to Mrs. Ada Maria Evans, of the same address, to secure a sum of R470 and 10 per cent. interest. The question, said Mr. Williams, which the court would have to consider was whether everything was done which could have been done to save the ship. The owner purchased the vessel at the end of 1906 for SL200. Since then he had spent about C450 upon her in repairs. Her value when she left Lydney on October 14 was set down at £ 1,500, and she was, the master said, insured for LLOOD. Of this sum Captain Evans said he had received under the polioy £ 990. The vessel after being struck by the sea was in a helpless and hopeless condi- tion. Nothing could be dont with her. The crew of four hands took to the small boat and pulled to Woolacombe Bay, where they landed on the rocks after four or five hours' toiling.. CaptaiJi" O'Sullivan. the Board of Trade surveyor at Newport, Mr. H. H. Richards, who carried out a series of repairs, and the master spoke of the vessel being seaworthy when she left Lydney in October. There was practically no conflict in any of the evidence. The court adjourned till this (Wednesday) morning for the questions by the Board of Trade to be submitted. Judgment will be delivered to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon.

t 2,600 POOR CHILDREN « charity There is no more popular winter h.rity in Newport, or, perhaps, in the whole of Monmouthshire, than the New Year's treat for poor children which has been regularly given at Newport since 1891. Tuesday a gathering wae the eighteenth of the -I and was certainly no less a success than any of its predecessors. It was held. as usual, in the athletic club gymnasium, which was filled at three sittings with about 2,600 poor children, ranging in age from seven to fourteen. They were given substantial fare of English roast beef and potatoes, cookeo in the spot by Mr. Dowdall, followed with plum pudding, steaming hot from the large cookers just outside the gymnasium. The mayor (Mr. T. Parry) was the president, the Rev. Harry Abraham was again the general lion. eeore- tary, the Eev. E. Walrond Skinner the cater- I ing hon. secretary, and Mr. T. Martin Wood the treasurer and financial secretary. When, after the roast beef had been disposed of at each sitting, the plum pudding parade took place the youngsters nearly shouted the roof off. Besides the dinner, there was an entertainment and assault-at-arms, kindly organised by Councillor Peter Wright, and a distribution of bags of fruit. >

Raid on an Inn I MOUNTAIN ASH BETTING CHARGE George Henry Nuttyoombe, 37. milkvendor, surrendered to his bail at Glamorgan Quarter Sessions on Tuesday on five different counts on charges of using the Mountain Ash Inn. at Mountain Ash, for the purpose of betting, on various dates, in October last. Mr. Vaughan Williams prosecuted, and Mr. St. John Francis-Williams defended. Mr. Vaughan Williams said the Betting House Act made it prohibitive to use a house for the purposes of betting. Of course, it was, not illegal to make a bet, but what was pro- hibited by the law was the keeping or using of a place or house for that purpose. It was further prohibited by law that a man should receive in suoh a place money on bets on horses. From the evidence he would call before them he thought they would come to the conclusion that the defendant bad used the smoke-room i f the inn with persons resorting thereto for the purpose of betting. The defendant wa? a milkman, and carried on bnsines8 at Miskin, a.nd the MountAin Ash Inn was about a mile from the extreme erd of Miskin. Defendant used to go to tbe smoke-room of the inn nearly every day about one o'clock and sit there till about two o'clock. About that time of day there were a number of persons waiting outside the Mountain Ash Inn. As eoon as the defendant went into the inn the men also went in, and they ail went to the smoke-room. AN OBSERVANT COLLIER. I Joseph Oollins, collier, Goiden Top. ien- i rhiwoeiber, stated that he visited the Moun- tain Ash Inn on October 23, and in the smoke-room was the defendant and several men, some of whom were making notes and writing on them. He saw the defendant receive slips of paper and also money. Cross-examined by Mr. St. John Francis- Williams, witness said he did not live by betting, but be admitted that he had made bets. How have you got your living during he last three years?—I have got independent means, and I have got a son and daughter. You allow your family to keep you, then? I -No, I have independent means. And being a man of means you only bet on the Derby. (Laughter.) What is the last big bet you made?—I could not tell you. You bet with NuttyoombeP-No. sir. You tried to bet with Nuttycombe after the first race on one occasion was over?-No. On the 24th of October did you go to Hugh Lewis, who was standing in the street at Pearhiwoeiber, and write oat a elip of paper with the names of three horses?-Yes, sir. They were running at Newmarket?—I believe so. At the time you gave Lewis the name of "Tragedy Queen," one of the horses, was the race over?—Yes, sir. And did Lewis eay that he would not make the bet as you gave him the name after the race ?—No. When Lewis refused to pay you did you c;ay you would put a stop to this and Nutty- combe's betting, and that they wudd do no more?—No, sir. Did you eay to Lewis that you had tried to work a flash on Nutt yoombe?-No, sir. Do you know what a flash is?—No, sir. Did you not tell 1: im that you were working a flash on Nuttyoombe, and that as he would not pay you you would do him all the harm you could?-No, sir. You don't object to people betting?—No. I i have had a bet myself twenty years ago. I "FOR THE GOOD OF MY COUNTRY. I I You have no ill-will against Ntrttyooanbe? I —No. Then why waa it that you gave informa- tion to the police?—Because I have seen ham do things he ought not to do. w~at was that?—Take slips from boys of sixteen and eighteen. Why didn't you tell the polioe then about it?—He stopped coming to Pen rhiwoeiber. VTiy did you tell them after that?- Because he began boatmaking again. I was not the only one to object to it. It got 60 hot that ohildTen's parents were after Nutty- combe, and he stayed away for a time. That is a public duty forced upon you against your will?—No. sir. Which do you ma-ke moet by, horse-racing or turning informer?—I am no judge. Did you get nothing for iroing there every day?—No. You did it for a labour of love?—For the good of my country. (Laughter.) Mr. St John Francis-Williams: You hope to gd raised to the peerage as Marquess of Penrhiwceiber. (Laughter.) David Thomas, the landlord of the Moun- tain Ash Inn. said he did not know that the I defendant was a betting man. On the 23rd of October Collins came to witness and asked him, "Do you allow betting in here," and be replied, "Certainly not. Who is doing it hem ? I TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS I At Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions to-day, Mr. Oliver Henry Jones presiding, the hear- ing was oontinued of the charge against George Henry Nuttyoombe, a milkman, of Miakin. of using the Mountain Ash. Inn at Mountain Ash for the purpose of betting on various dates. Mr. Vaughan Williams was! for the prosecution, and Mr. St. Jobs Prancie-Williams for the defence. Another witness was called for the defence to say that no betting took place on any of the days mentioned in the charge. (Proceeding.)

PHOTOGRAPHIC FRAUD Cardiff Youth's Ingenious System ? Thouh only sixteen yeaze of age, & respectably-dressed Cardiff lad, named Julian M.chaelson, was at Reading Police-oom-t yes- terday oredited with an ingenious system of failse pretences. Aocording to the evidence Michaelson canvassed the streets of Reading inhabited by the working-classes, and under- took—"far an advertisenient"-to enlarge, colour, and frame a photograph gratis, if sixpence were deposited to defray carriage. In this manner many people were victimised, and in some cases also lost what to them were priceless photographs of friends. In the three cases in wihacth he was oharged Micbaeleon confessed his guilt. and received three months' hard labour.

BRAVE SCHOOL TEACHER Fourteen little girle at the Eiohetadt board school. Germany, were skating yesterday on a large pool under the charge of an aasasteuit- nlaot-or named Jung. The ice suddenly broke, and all the chil- dren were plunged into the water. The scene was terrible. No help was near, but Jung, with the utmost presence of mind, went cautiously to work, and succeeded in rescu- ing the fourteen one after another from cer- tain death. Placing the last child upon the ice he sa/nk exhausted, but the accident had been seen from the banks, and assistance arrived in the nick of time. He lies in a precarious con- dition.

PIMLICO MOTOR TRAGEDY i An inquest was held at Westminster on Tuesday concerning the death of Hannah Munday, aged 54, a widow, who died as the result of injuries alleged to have been inflicted by a motor-oar in Denbigh-street, Pimlico, on the 23rd ult. A chauffeur, named Davis, stands remanded on bail at the polioe-oonrt charged with recklessly driving, and after hearing the evidence on Tuesday the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Davis. who was oommitted for trial on the coroner's warrant. I fine Substituted for Imprisonment At East Sussex Quart.er Sessions on Tues- day the adjourned appeal of Mr. Daniel Weigel, managing director of the Weigel Motor-car Company, of London, was heard. He appealed against a sentence of one month's imprisonment passed upon him by the Ouckfield magistrates for driTing his car at a speed dangerous to the public. The Court considered appellant would be prejudiced by what transpired at the trial. They, therefore, substituted a fine of £50 for the term of imprisonment. It was also decided to suspend Mr. Weigel's driver's licence for a farther period of one year.

I MARK HAMBOURG'S RETURN The well-known pianist, Mark Hambourg, who has been touring in America, landed at Plymouth from New York to-day, and prooeeded to London. He is delighted with his reception in America, and speaks in enthusiastic terms of the music-loving American public. He has been offered a big figure for a renewed series of engagements, and hopes to return there this year. He appears in London this week, and then goes j to the Continent.

BIG ISLE OF MAN FIRE A fire on Monday night gwgpt the west side of the South Burrule Mountain, Isle of Man, and reached the cro?t at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning. Since then it has been sweeping down the east side. and is advancing on the Crown Forest, of about 100 acres, near FoxdaJe. If the flames mount the Etone wall the forest must be destroyed. The area of Burrule is ctome thousands of acres.

LUCK FOR 6 LADIES I FREE CONTINENTAL TOURS I "Western Mail" Scheme I Summer is coming, and with it the holidays. The "Western Mail" has taken Time by the first look, and announces that it has decided to enable haif-a-dozen ladies over the age of eighteen to take a Continental holiday under conditions which will make it enjoy- able in the highest degree. Briefly, readers are asked to nominate those for whom they desire to secure this free holiday. This is done by filling up the form which will be found in the "Western Mail" on Page 6 and posting it as directed. The voting scheme is simplicity itself. A voting coupon will appear every day from now till the 30th of June. These coupons should be cut out, filled up, and sent to the office in batches once a week. Subscribers may give their votes to any- one Who has been duly nominated. The six nominees who reoeive -6hoe largest number oi votes will be entitled to the trips. It ahiouild be noted that winners oo-n select the pLa.oo or places which they desire to visit, and the deute of departure and return I is also left to their choioe. They will receive &ret-otaBS boat and railway fares, £ 1 a day for hotel expenses, and a s?m ZZ51 for theatres, gratuities, amd obher incidentals, the whole amount coming to IN per head. Under these conditions an ideal holiday can be enjoyed. There will be no obligation for the toxirists to travel together, or to -o az a party, cr on a particular date. The fullest freedom is given to each winner to make hex own arrangements as to time and place or places. but should amy winner prefer to join a per- sonally-conducted party, arrangements will be made acooirdingly.

New Laws for All MANY INNOVATIONS COME INTO FORCE Tweny new Acts came into operation to- day, and they deal with subjects as diverse as whale fisheries and London cabs and stage carriages. Prom to-day the privileged cabs system at railway stations will be abolished. All cabs will have the same righte of plying for hire at railway stations. Perhaps the most importan and interest- ing of the bunch is the Public Trustee Act. Under this Act the Public trustee may act as executor of a will (no matter how small the estate), trustee of a settlement, adminis- trator of estates, and of the property of a convict, and in other similar capacities. The Public Trustee will never die, never leave the country, never be ill, and has the National Exchequer at his back. Besides these points in whic hbe surpaeses the pri- vate trustee he possesses another—he is in- fallibly honett and impartial. Playgrounds for Children Another Act which will be a powerful agency for good relates to the provision of play-oentres for school children, during holi- day times. A local authority now has power to pro- vide vacation schools, vacation classes, play centres, or other means of recreation for children during the holidays. This will have the beneficial effect of keeping the little ones out of the stret and of teaching them how to play amid wholesome surround- ings. From to-day a more rigid law will apply to the manufacture of butter, margarine, and similar substances. Factories must be registered and be sub- ject to inspection, and penalties are provided for such offences as adding too much water or applying a Preservative prohibited by any regulation- A different kind of interest is oentred in the Advertisements Regulation Act, under ghich hoardings exceeding 12ft. in height are controlled by the looal authorities, who nay prohibit them "when they affect inju- riously the amenities of a public park or ileasure promenade or disfigure the natural ieauties of a landscape." Those people who are opposed to vaccina- tion will welcome the new Vaccination Act. A parent now need only declare hie con- scientious belief that vaccination would be prejudicial to his child's health, and his statutory declaration will be free from stamp duty.

r.ORE' "COMSTOCKERY" Â('JOOrœ!BIg to tJhe New York mail 1, Mr Amthony Coroetook, agent of the Society for tbe Suppression of Vice, has requested the puplic Proseciutor at New York to glance through the book called "Three Weeks," written by an Em-glistwoman, Mrs. EUnor Gi-y-n, dh the object of seeing iif it oonift within the revised stat-utes of the United gtatee, which prohibit the sending through the mails of irmpiroper matter. Mis. Glyn h-ae gained much notoriety, plea-earat and otiherwiee, since the publication of her book. Wbeu the New York Legislative Leagwe, wit i oh is oomporod of women, recently gave its annual Pilgrim Mothers' dinner at New York, Mrs. Glyn, who attended as a guiest, and was expected to speak, abruptly left in am aM-eged huff, om the ground that she had been smmbbed publicly by some of the League'S officers. MM. Glyn readily received interviewers, explaining her grievances with the Pilgrim Mothers, amd her book consequently received unlimited free advertising. Her portrait was also pub- lished in many newspapers. Mr. Oomstock's action is not intended to increase the circula- tion, but will naturally ha;, e that effect.

LADY CECIL INJURED I Lady Gwendolen Cecil met with a serious accident last night. She was alone diTving her own light electric victoria in Hatfield piark, and on coming to a gate that was fastened stopped the car and alighted to open the gate. From some cause or other the car re-etarted before Lady Gwendolen got in again, and she was knocked down, two of the wheels passing over her. Her ladyship sustained, among other injuries, two frac- tured ribs. Lady Gwendolen Cecil was immediately removed to Hatfield House, and Dr. Bowlby was summoned from London.

I LABOUR TROUBLES I The strike of tbe Ayrshire miners at the I Auehenbarvie Colliery, Stevenston is, it is understood, settled, and the men will rffiume work on Monday next. The part of the moine where the dispute aroffe will not be worked meantime owing to a d>fferj,n^J3et^ two ?? ow?rs as to ? boundaries aDd royal- I tiesi. Over 500 men have been on strike for ??Ye weeks. ? L_ ? =--

T.V.R. ENGINE BREAKS DOWN I The 10.40 ex-Cardiff Taff Vale Railway train .am veil an hour la?e at Mert?yr to-day, the eSne having broken ?wm o?i<? Tre- foaleet.

DIDN'T KNOW HUSBAND'S NAME. I A poorly-dad woman, hailing from Llan- bradaoh, complained to the Caerphilly bench on Tuesday that heT husband had been sowing wild oats, and had assaulted her. so she asked for a summons for assault. "Wbat is your husband's uameP" queried Mr. B. Y. Evans (the olerk). "Seeds," replied the applicant in hesita- ting ma-er.  IB t?i' his name?—Y?s. I think eo, 6ir. Seeds he goes by. Is that the name be bore when you were married to him?—I don't know. sir (was the astonishing reply); he don't give his right name.

SMART SWANSEA CAPTURE. I Detective Maggs, of Swansea, has arrested a man supposed to be wanted by the Exeter police. Noticing a resemblanoe, he went up to a man near the Central Post-office and said, How are you. Mr. Rogers?" and the individual addressed replied, assenting to I the surname, and wae taken into custody.

I OLDEST BRECONSHIRE MAGIS- 1 TRATE. The chairman of the Breoonshire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday referred regretfnlly to the death of Mr. William de Winton, vho i A few months ago became the 6enior magis- trate of Brcconehirc. Dr. de Wmton'e expe- rience and knowledge of the busiaep., ITe a great hell) to the county, and he right literally be said to have died in h. neclel. A vote of condolence and appreciation was adopted in silence.

FROM ALL QUARTERS A Lloyd's Port Said nwesoge to-day says that the Dutch steamer Konig Wiliem III., Amsterdam for Batavia, is ashore. The canal is open for traffic A girl named Brenda Potter, daughter of i an independent gentleman, residing at Mat- lock. had gone to sleep, when a cat nestled on her face, causing suffocation. A royaJ sturgeon, landed at Grimsby yes- terday by the steam trawler Kilmarnock, wae 12ft. in length, had a girth measurement of some 60in., and turned the scale at 4001b. "This stock must be cleared out at any cost," was the notice placed in his window by a Johannesburg jeweller. Next morning he found that burglars had taken him at his word. The chitd, Beatrice WiMiains, of North- road, Bargood, wiho was shockingly butmt on Monday at her home, died yesterday after- noon. Charlotte Saville, aged fifteen, of Bramley, near Leeds, died in the infirmary yesterday after swallowing a piece of chalk, which caused appendicitis. Deceased was a winder at a mill, and used chalk in her work. The late Lord Nunbymtholme left estate valued for probate at E9W,386 gi-oss, the net per8<malty amounting to L689,5%, and pro- bate of bis will has to-day been granted to his son, the Hon. Guy Grenvilie Wilson, and the Earl of Chesterfield. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, in an inter- view at Biarritz. declines to make any state- ment regarding the refusal of an English peerage to Lord Curzon beyond saying that he had given close attention to the question when it was presented to him. A Constantinople telegram states that there are numerous candidates, both Christian and Moslem, for the post of Turkish Ambassador in London, rendered vacant by the death of Musurus Pasha, the most pro- minent being Naouin Pa<-ha, the Under-Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs.

The Sword of Smuts I HESITATES TO FALL ON TRANSVAAL INDIANS The Indians and Chinamen who were tn have been arrested at Johannesburg at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning for their passive resistance of the magistrate's order requiring them to leave the Colony within 48 hours were not taken into custody on Tuesday. The police have 80 far received no instruc- tions from the Government as to when arrests are to be effected. An announcement to this effect was received with cheers by the Indians assembled outside Mr. Gbandi's offioe in Jottsnneeburg. The Indian barrister is of the opinion that General Smuts, Ooionial Secretary, is con- sidering the point raised by the former's legal advisers as to whether the Government hjks power under the Immigration Restric- tion Act to place Indians over the border by force. As regards Mr. Ghandi himself, it is pointed out by counsel that he is domiciled in the Transvaal.—Reuter. Further Interviews On the grave difficulty which has arisen in connection with the registration of British Indians in the Transvaal, Reuter's Agency has ascertained the views of Sir West Bidgeway, Lord Harris, and Lr. Rees, M.P., all of whom are well acquainted with the actual conditions. Sir West Ridgeway said:ne r,.)Iicy of exoluding—or at least of restricting—Asiatic emigrants in countries which are governed by white men has been deliberately adopted by most of our self-governing Colonies, and it oannot be reversed by the Ljpperial Govern- ment unless they are ready to use force, and, consequently, to break up the Empire. We in England exercise that right as regards certain elaeses of aliens, and occasions may arise which would justify its extension to other oases. A self-governing Colony must be allowed full liberty of action, and although we may try to guide its public opinion by persuasion, we have no right to dictate or oo-eroe. It is essential to the welfare of South Africa that the white popu- lation should be increased. I myself have seen in many parte of the Transvaal the white trader driven out, and his place taken by the British Indian. The treat- ment of Asiatics already settled in a Colony, and especially in a Colony to which the right of self-government has recently been given, is another question, There is no doubt, I regret to say, that the British Indian settlers are subject to irksome, if not degrading restrictions, but these are enforced by the mnnictpalitMs. and not by the central government. The method of registration which it is proposed to adopt involves finger-marking, a system which is generally identified with criminal offenders. I think that objections to this method are reasonable, and I cannot believe that it passes the wit of the Transvaal Government to devise some other plan which will not be so obnoxious." Lord Harris said, "Every country is entitled tc make its own regulations for facilitating the identification of aliens. I do not see how it is possible to support the Asiatics in their refusal to comply with the regulations of the Transvaal Government on this point." Mr. Rees said: "I do not believe that the true interests of India can be served by fighting a self-governing Colony on behalf of the immigrants. The Colony must prevail, It is untrue that a question of this kind agitates others than agitators in India."— i Press Association Foreign Special. I Zululand: Capture of an Important' Witness A fully-armed native has been captured.! in Znluland. He confesses having been con- cerned in recent outrages, and implicates several important chiefs. His evidence is alleged to prove the existence of an atiii- white conspiracy.—Renter.

Glamorgan Sessions I SECOND COURT Mr. Rhys Williams presided at this court with Mr. Herbert laoyd, and Mr. Xifoweliyn (Bridgend). Gharles Thomas, 38, a labourer, was charged with an assault upon Mary Ann Welsh, a single woman, of Milli^ent-street, C&rdiff. Mr. Pepyat bvsm was for the prosecution, and Mr. Ivor Bowen defended. Prosecutrix said she was going to Llul. bradach to see her mother, and prisoner, who was travelling in the same carriage, behaved improperly as they entered the tunneL She had a quarrel with the prisoner. He main- tained that he had boug-ht her her ticket, Mid she denied this, with the result that a porter, named Ben well, said if they did not keep quiet he would report them at Llanitshao Station. At Caerphilly the prisoner tried.to run away. Witness admitted to Mr. Bowen tba.t, like the prisoner, she was half-drunk. She denied that abe accosted him in Cardiff, but said it was true she had been oouvicted seventeen times. The prisoner mas found not guilty and j ddsohairged. I

FLOUR MILL COLLIERY RE-STARTED After having been laid idle since December 181, the Flour Mill Colliery at Bream, belonging to the Prinoess Royal Colliery Comipany, has been restarted. The horses are all down again, and the work of clearing up the mess, which the flooding occasioned, is making satisfactory progress. It is stated that the roadways are in a much better state than miig-ht have been expected, having regard to the circumstances. I

DEATH FOR A LAUGH. I One of the revolutionary leaders at War- J saw. who has escaped from the famous prison fOr political offenders known as The Tenth Pavilion," has just arrived at Cracow, and gives a terrible account of the treatment of the prisoners. I In the eighth oorrido- of the "Tenth Pavi- lion are the so-called death cells (Noo. 44 to 49). These cells are damp and dark, and men sentenced to death often have to reimain in them for months before the sentence is executed. Some die of hunger before th-eir turn comes for being taken to the gallows. The only food given them is six spoonfuls of thin soup and a pound of black bread, and when the prisoners pro- tested against their treatment the governor replied: "What do I oarep Die of hunger if you like it is better than the gallows." The judges are as brutal as the governor. One man laughed on being sentenced to death, and though he was afterwards proved to be innocent, the judges decided that the sentence must be carried out "because he had not shown proper respect for the Oourt."

COAL STEALERS FINED. Mary Ann Ohing, a single woman, was fined 103. at Llaubilleth on Tuesday for stealing coal, value 6d., the property of Messrs. Partridge, Jcnes, and Cc. Stanley Dayton, a collier, was lined 5s. for a similar offence.

Wales v New Zealand I EBV PENDRAOOK.1 I There was no doubt about the intense interest taken in the bill districts of South Wales in the Wales v. New Zealand profes- sional Rugby match played on the Athletic Grounds, Aberdare, this afternoon. An hour before the match there were between 2.000 an-d 3,000 spectators present, and from that point on people poured ill rapidly. The period of waiting was pleasantly whiled away by t.be Aberdare Town Band. under the conductor-ship of Mr. Man ley. It was a disagreeable surprise to myself upon arriving at the ground to find the turf wa.s hard, despite the liberal application of rook salt. There were patches of the field which were as hard as adamant, and outside the touch-line the turf, almost entirely around the field, was quite frozen. If I had been asked to determine the matter I should certainly have declared the ground unplay- able. Although the sun at times shone brightly, it was freezing all day in the shade, and the tendency was for the ground to get harder instead of softer. Tha.t the field was not suitable for a big matdh was early made manifest, for half an hour before play commenced the crowd on the grand stand side invaded the ground and crowded in front of the press table to snob an extent tihat there was little prospect of the reiporters seeing the game. However, Mr. Bas'kerville, the New Zealand manager, ca-me to the rescue, and harl the long table shifted on to the turf bordering the touch-line Still, the task of the police, under the ca.reful charge of Inspector Nott, in keeping the crowd und^r control was not an enviable one. However, the genial insjiector and his men worked very hard, and there was every prospect of their suocveding. Just a minute before Klie commencement there were 10.000 present, and a tendency to increase to nearly 15.000 when the teams entered the field at 2.50. The sides lined up in this order:- WALES. NEW ZEALAND. Back: Eack: "ChicJ,Jenl-.iw (Ebbw I'ale). if. s. TurtiiL Three-quaiter backs: Three-quajter baoks: I. Treharna (W ,i 2. n). lL Messenger. B. Jenkins (Wiganj. H. Rowe. T. Llewellyn (Oldham). A. Kelly. D. Thotilat; (Halifax). Hali-backs: Five-eights: D. Beynoa (Oldham). E. Wriglev J. Thomas (Wigan). W. Winvar4. Half-back: R. Winyard. Forwards: Forwaids: G. Thomas (Warrington). Johnston. D. Rees (S?J:ord). Cross. O. Burgham (Ebbw V«ie). H. Wrifrht. D. B. bitvies (Merthyr?. D. GUchrist. D. Joaes (Malthyr). C. l-earce. H. Francis (Braafoid). W. MacurilL Referee: Mr. J. H. Smith (V, idiies). Linesmen: Msssrs. VI. M. iSvaas tebbw VaJe) ana J. B. Evans (iierthvr). Condition of the Ground Omotals repreeeniinj; both sides visited the gromnd this morning and found it playable. As the morning wore on the weather became lees cold, and were were signs of a oaa-uge. Visitors otgan to pour into ttie town at an eariy hour, and Liie streets of "Sweet 'Be-rdar' presented a Vdy animated aspect. Besidents >ve-e Keuly aiive to the impoi-tance wmoh the holding of an inter- national match conferred upon the town, and it is only fair to add tnat those whose duty it is in a sense to cater for the comfort oi visitors to the d.strict, aad left no stone u-utorned in order to acquit themselves fOT their task in a commendable manner. Welshmen All Pit The Northern Union officials and the Nor- thern oontingent of the tea-u. arrived at Aber- dare this morning from Hereford. The memuere 01 the We-&a team are all reported to be in tip-top form. and we under- stand that they are very confident of being victorious. Teams Entertained The all black team had a good time at the local pantomime on Tuesday evening, .iile for to-night (Wednesday) boxing contests have been arranged. Ptotos and biographies of Boane of the Welsh players will be found on Page 4. Brynmawr Man for Ebbw Vale N.U. The .BÍ>ow VaJe Northern Union Club have signed on W. Brown, of the Brynmawr amateur olub Br- wn, who plays forward. is 21 years of age, "d vie 12st. He is c?)?naid,&red a auuu-t mptLL I ? gba 12ot. he iL- considered a smart capture for the profes- sional club.

CARDIFF AND DISTRICT RUGBY UJHON. Ar. A li. Wliliaina presided over the weekly meeting ol tue Cardiff and District Rugby Union, nelti at the brifitol and :SÓUWl cities Hotel on Tuesday evening. January 11 was fixed for the date of the i^eague match with the Bridgend Dte-tnot at Bnagend. It was resoived that the fixture lists of all oluos be laid oefore tue committee at tOe- next meeting, in order tnat the League matches might be arranged to be played off prior to the cup tie competitions. carditf FruittN-efe v. &t Michael's game, which was curtailed on Saturday last, was oroered to at-and as a win for the Fruiterers.

BRITISH VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND The Pontypool Captain Invited J. P. Jones, the Pontyool captain, has received an invitation u \.1m tue LngiisJa huguy Union to aoeoinjiaay the British, team to New Zealand Merthyr v Leigh At Lot? on S&tujd?y. Merthyr: Back, T. Faddison (*&Pkuu,; wœ-q..a.ckJr bM? (seK»uad fM? J. k,I meado, &uut?. Peaty" ThoiMe. F?e .??uis &ad Syd JaiMS (late Mn Auj?teu?). haM-tackh, J' H&rri9Mi and BLYO &œ; forwa?e (se??,d ?&m) Da' Jones, D. B. levies, Dai Tnou.a*, ?. jio4- » w- D- ??'?' led Jenkins, George C? Md W. 'l'hoWM. ———————-——————.

PEN I WPDST-ry-kNO A.F.C. (formed this ) toae Open Dates lor Fixtures.-l'ull particulars apply Secrete, Jota W. Smith, 25, Alxandrh-Ioad, Feutire' Qiadjo6 eeuu

My Lady's Nicotine SPREAD OF WOMEN'S SMOKING It is a lofg time since ladies began to smoke art-r-(Lu- cigarettes in the leading retttanrMiM of ijOtndon, but the practice is etiil novel enough to excite comment. Har- dened diners-out declare that the habit is growing. More and more is it the custom for ladies to produce their cigarette-cases after dinner and fill the air with a dainty aaid fragrant perfume. The jewellers, quick to recognise a growing habit, have made a great show of jewelled cases for ladies in their windows this uristma*?!ide. America is now following the example of London and Paris. In New York, that strange compound of prudery and ostenta- tion, ladies have hitherto been refused the consolation of the after-dinne-i whiff in fashionable restaurants. But Europe has won at Last. M. Mar-tin, of the Cafe Martin., that dashing and fashionable rest-onra.nt hard by Broadway and the Fifth Avenue, has announced that hie Ghrlstmas gift to the lady patrons of the establishment will be per. mission to sm oke. Mr. Joseph Lyons, of the Trooodero Restau- rant. thinks the change inevitable. New York is alwaye striving after the habits of Europe," he says, "and in a little while the fashionable ladies of the city will be smoking European cigarettes in public just as they now wear BuiropeaTi clothe?. And where is the Unarm of it? Intrinsically there is none. If a lady likes to smoke a ciiga-rette in oirouin- stances wtere she doee no violence to public opinion she is surely as m-uch entitled to do so as a man. She runs no danger of contract- ing a habit which will enlarge into a vice. Her motive is as a rule a componmd: she likes tihie spice of adventure the cigarette confers, amd ahe is convinced th&t the action brings her into closer oom-pan.ion.shlp with the men of her party. No danger lurks in the lady's cigarette. It is tbe lightest smoke imagi-L able. At the Oarlton Hoted the report from New York found tihe management unmoved. Ladies smoke after dinner at the Carlton, and nothing is thought of it. bat the pro- portion of lady smokeit to ]ady diners is small. It is noticed that t.he lady g-uests who smoke most habitually are the Austrians and the Germans. Frenchwomen are not given to smoking, possibly because the cigarettes in their own country a.re, as a rule, ooxree and bad. Many Amerioac ladies, who dare not smoke at home, quickly contract the habit when in London. It was reserved for a Ger- man lady to be seen smoking a cigarette in the hall immediately aftar breakfast.

ESTATE AGENT HONOURED AT I LLALET. I A public meeting was held at the Parish- hall, Llavsamlet, on Tuesday evening for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr. E. Oolville Lyons (assistant agent to Lord Jersey), who- is leading the district, having been appointed agent to the Earl of Lichfield. The Rev. J. Martin Griffiths (vioar) presided. Mr. Walter Rice Evans, J.P. (high-sheriff), made the presentation, which consisted of a set of silver sauce boats. He bore eloquent tost:ouy to the services rendered by Mr. Lyons in the neighbourhood. Addr were also delivered by the chief agent to Earli, Jersey (Mr. A. T. Williams), the Rev. Thoanas j H. Jones, Alderman Jordan, Dr. J. L. Jones (Ll&nsamlet), Messrs. Rees Llewellyn and Thomas Rowlands, BLrohgrove, and John Williams, Owm.

Weather Forecast I The British Meteorological Office this morning issued the following forecast of the weather likely in South Wales from 10.30 a.m. to-day till 10.30 a.m. to- morrow. Easterly or nortb-easterly winds, fresb or strong on coast; generally overcast, with dry atmosphere and low tent- peratuire.

Race Rioting I AMERICAN NEGRO KILLS FIVE I WHiTE MEN A telegram from Bryeon Otty, North I lina, reports desperate fig-hting on Monday during race rioting in that town. The trouble, which is understood to have arisen out of a trivial dispute between a negro and a white man, soon assumed serious propor- tione, and a number of combatants were placed hore de oombat. The leader of the negroes, a man of great size and strength, shot dead five white man. and then made I good his eeoape. Finally, the police succeeded in queiiing the disturbance, and arrested twelve black men.-Centra.l News. I

To-day's Finance I CARDIFF, weddesday. To-day being t Stock Exchange holiday, Dutfcaes I wae suspended. v I

MANCHESTER. 1  U f\— The CLUB MAIDEN HURDLE 1 • RACE of 100 MV8; second to re- oeive 10 sove. Two miles. 5 11 1 Oapt C P Wood's BertiUon Mason 1 4 10 5 Mr V>-ner's loung Lioc-lill. 1hr Lyall 2 Also rnæ-Mt Tower vK Lysii). Klnef»way (Owner), Java (Lane), Hoiwat BlH (Todd), and Hater Wag (Bib- ku). sill). winar tined by F Hajtie?n. Oniy two ûnisbed. Bot-ting-ii to 8 00 Bertitiom, 2 to 1 Java, and 10 to 1 aevl any other. ¡ "on in a. oajiter by about six lngths. Kothiag etee completed tbe oourse. (Race (rtarted at 1.1.) I•On U —The CLIFF SG STEEPLE- 1.30 CHASE of 100 eow; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. a 12 2 Mr J Milu-thorp's Barograph .A Vox 1 5 11 10 Mr J Edwardee'e Chinoa-pin He.taix 2 5 11 10 Mr B Craig'e Jovey's .Ne>.lk Bieseli S AIN r&ii—Varlet (Owaw). and Baku iTacf?on). W1Jwer trained by Maning, Brttlag—5 to 2 agrt Jovey's Keut, 3 to 1 agPt Baro- I graph. 7 to 2 aeat Yariet, 4 to 1 apt CtKoeapin, and 6 to 1 ?<?t Baku. V. on by about eight lengths; a very bad third. (Dace st.r,-d at 1-30.? 2r\ — The NEW YE?R HANDICAP .0 HURDLE RACE of 200 sove; eaoond to reoeive 20 sovs. Two miles. all 10 Mr R B Henry's Moonstruck .A Newey 1 511 9 Mr (J Menziae'a Weather Eye Cook < 6 11 10 Mr A M CrickMt'g Mystical Close 3 A'ic-9 ran—Eurafcas (F Mason), Cordul f<"S Murphy), Jetkins (G Wi-ipoti), 8ingjftltiok (WaJiey), True Steel (JJeader) and Lord Bilbrook <W *?hen). Y\ in.er t,.in-d by 0-,rhvaite. &ti-7\\ne;;un:fuj Weatber Bye, atid 3 to 1 ag\;t Mystical.  9A-'tt« PADDOCK HANDICAP -mp,- 2 •OU PLECRA?E of 50 sova: Mcood t? receive 5 sovs. Three mile& a 10 12 Mr T Sotan's Lad:. MaJta Newey 1 a iC, 12 Mr Sunday's Etudes F Morgan 2 ¡ a 10 !0 Mr 1-\ Nelson's Kinlougli G Ly S Also ran—Corveno (F Mrieon). Pierre (Owner). W inner trained by OcuJthwa te.  A—The PEEL PARK SELLING HUR- 3. DLE RACE of 70 sove; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. 4 10 S Mr A Wood3ead> Tarpon G Laoe W.O. Traine dby W Woodland. ADDITIONAL ABRIYAU5 THIS MORXIXG. Honest Bill, Water Wag, Moonetrock, Sinrlectick ()Drvlw, ]Dt-leE, Lady M&!t&, Caabeen, ?wpet Cecü' I Oarveno, tae Fir?. Lady Hawker, and WoM Oott.'

I BOGSIDE. 12.45—The MONTROSE MAIDEN HTJBDLE I RACE PLATE of 70 sovs; second to reoeive 5 sovs. Two miles. a 11 2 Mr R Pawson'e LitUe Scotchman ..Owner 1 5 11 8 Mr G Menzies'e Ointicte G Menziee 2 4 10 7 Mr B C Thompson's Liaca i )A ii-n 3 Also ran—Scotch (F Simmons), Brown Fox (N Waleh) Locty Cain (G V> itli&ms), Cyrus (D M'Greeor), Red Camp (J La, Alteriow (D Pheian) ami Rigmiiden (T M'Kwa). Winner trained privately. 1.15—The RAVENSPARK SELLING STEEPLE- SHA6K PLATE of 70 60vs; sedond to save entrance. Two miles. a 12 5 Mr W L Hickey'e Domineer D Phetejid 1 all 7 Mr Hore-Ruthveo'e Marrrm Glace ..A Heard 2 a 11 Li Mr H Br&wn'e Ytntee Dope .Ownef 3 Atoo ran-RLictey (J Brisbane). Winner trained by Dick. ARRIVALS. Aherlow, Amnesty. Atrlie II., BeadneM, Cawtmll, Caahel. Cobham, Oronpark, Country Girl, Domineer, Fairy Scene, G+Rigonua, Hate, Japajty ItjrohnobiU, Little Scotch man, Liana, Lady Mary IL, Marsabe. Marmontel, Napper Nunkte, Night Warbler, Obtroder. Pirate Prince, Perigfteux, Plain Polly, Rochet, Bed Dow, Rnley. Spioc Kop, St. JDdric il., Sulkie Kim, Tbreepmulr, Yorj, Wffliam'* Hill, Wee Buetrie, and Yankee Dope.

I NEWMARKET NOTES. fFBOM Dun OWN ODRRBWO-NIMNT.) XEW MARKET, Wedeesday. A ottid morn teg. BERT GATA-OPS. Waugtolg LochJee, a nice two milea Aehby's Yeast and Suffers a nice two milen. Medcfttfe'a Bushpooi aad Little Phil, a Dice mfle separately. J apis's Easter and Serverue, a useful seer nfur- io'wrs. Ijeadert Pretty Diek and Ope VMde. a nice mlim MANGHBeTEH MEETING. SWLBOTION6 FOR THURSDAY. Trsfford Hurdle Raoe—ORA XI>I F"I» c;A. Manchester oteepleohaee—MOV .NT PROSPECT" P FORTU NE. January nwreday Hurdle Baoe—WK r*R. OUtle Steeplechase—DOM INKER. Maiden St«>plechaee—WEAT'HKB EYK. BOGSIDE MEETING. tnierwood Steepieo6h»t—GUITT. Kogsidc Hurdle—JAPAN. Fiat Bace—AMNESTT.

PEDESTRIAN ISM The Powderhall Handicap The Powderhall pedestrian prorram me opened on Tuesday with a rpecia = yards handicap. The wea-ther was delightful, and there were nearly 4,000 spectators. Day. of Blackpool, was scratch. E-,tstman a nd Y. 't] Eastman and T. BUi-'k off three yard*. Gum-pbell, tim Irish champion, off six. Bailent, of Salford, off seven, and Daley of Merthyr, off eight. There wa" a sensation in the seoond heat, where t.he cht m-pion. running1 ma-imiftoently. won easily in 22jsac If Day had been pushed he would have dne evens. Campbell also grandly, the Irishman finishing: second in the third heat. Results: nnrt he, alt let. Bernard, Edinburgh '23vds'>: 2nd. Had^cn, Big-gar (21yds). Seoond beat. T Day, Blackpool (scratch); 2r..d. Ja-c'iaori, Leith .21 vds). Third heat: 1st. Wardrop. Paisley (ZSyds)- 2i d, Oa.mpbell, Car rick maorrw* (6yds). Fourth heat: 1st, A leu, Leith (20yde); 2nd, Fin,-er. bd'nburg-b (23yds). Fifth heat: 1st, Henderson, Edinburgh (19yds); 2nd, Bullock. Edinburgh (16yds). Sixth heat: 1st, Struth, Edinburgh (17yds); 2nd. Bailey. S'lford ;7yds). A great race. Seventh heat; 1st, £ eil, C'ramoud (86yds); 2nd. Collins (22yds). Eig-bth beat: 1st. Beade. Whitburn (2Dydz) Znd, Johnstone, Edinburgh (ZZyda). FINAL. Bernard (Edinburgh) 23vda 1 Struth (Edinburgh) 17ydo 2 Wardrop Paigley) 23yds 3 Day (Blaokpooi) scratch 4 Betting: 2 to 1 aget Bernard, 7 to 4 agst Hendorson, 5 to 1 bar two. A great raw; won by barely a ya.rd. Day ran magnificently, but was crowded on the last ten yards, and oould not get through. Time, 2tsec. LATEST BETTING ON TO-DArs SPRINT. 6 to 1 agat Walker 7 to 1 IdaekinnoiL LATEST E P,PRING. -1 The card for the great handicap wae called over on Tuesday night at Edinburgh. Heavy wagers were laid on Walker (Cupar) and M'Kinnon (Edinburgh), but Graham (Edin- burgh) was only offered at short odds, and his party did not back him. Pinal betting: -3 to 1 agst Graham (Edin- burgh), 4 to 1 agat Walker (Cupar), 8 to 1 burghM), 'Kinncn (Peebles), 10 to 1 aest Good agst fellow (Langholm), IÐ to 1 agst M'Ewan (Glas- gow). 12 to 1 a4g-t Winsper (Darlaston), and Watkins (Kettering), and 15 to 1 agst Denny (Glasgow)

STRANGE BURIALS. I The opening of the Drnoe grave reoalls that Boasetti secured permission, in 1869, to re- I open the ooffin of his wife, in order to secure the manuscript* of some poems which he had buried with her seven yews before. Some such inoident might have occurred in connection with J. M. W. Turner if his desire to be buried ? tapped up in his own painting of "C,anbpge" had been carried out. There was some diffioulty in selling the painting, and the artist kept the canvas by him. He always said he would be wrapped in it when he was buried, and even went so far as to ask Ohantrey if, as his executor, he would fulfil his wishes on that point. "No doubt," answered the sculptor. "I shall bury you rolled up in your picture if it is one of the oooditions of your will, but I would take you up next day. and nsroD you!"

With reference to the burglary recently reported to have taken place at the detached hojM of Mr. W. G. Parkee. in Oskfieid-road, Newport, Mr. George Daviee, the ec-cretary of the local Boilermakers' Society, writes that Mr. Parkee, the treasurer of the society. is quite prepared to stand the loss, and will make it good out of hie private acoount.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS AND IN MEM OKI AM. Obaxpi for tnttfttce MHarilMXZMBta usdec tbta beaA- ma- :-1A,. fer it Word* and lei. for Ewery Twt Kxtrs Worda. No ftoUe* of ÚIå doMripttoo wgl be --14 mumm MtbttttioaKd by tåIt umt and addrea of the eecatt. Ifefecraaw aad lelophaaie weaagei enumt be boted at matu aeo&rmed in wrttlnt BIRTHS. NOKIA-At n. Syr D»V ic Vaveroae, the 2att December, the wile of T. None, at a son. HOOKEY.—On BOtt December, al St. Andrew' Disss Firms, 8b8 wife oi G. C. Booaey, at a soft. MARRIAGES. BAJiXES—DAVIE6.—At ibuM MuorB-hafl. bj the Bp*. W. D. 0. Jones, on Decernuet 25Ui, lBQi, £ uuljr ■ l'meD0C6, e.idet;t aauglitei oi J>a.n Dana, to luljey Barnee, yoiuigeat aon of John teiuK, bott v; Cajdifl. NICHOLAS—tLL £ L&—L>oc«iit>er i*Ui, w. PuiniUwo Xethodbst Chapel, Caaton, Sydney Xic-liolae to Liume Hisley. B"quot at Stlvaxion Army, Curtou. in Msmoriam. LEWIS -In Loving Memory o: my detf Fat-bar, Wil- Hare L/ewifc, ol Eiy. wlio departed this lilt January tot, but not forgotten by hif; daughter Maxj.

AULrU6iiiNE J. a'lOiSiL, < FCXEJLAX. DlbtiCTOS. Personal Supervision to All Orders 1 Nat. ToL: Cardiff, No 7M. Poct-offiot TeL: Jtfo tl2. Qvdit. Totacmot*: AU(KUSTINL STOSS, Oardlfl c WORKlbiG-ST., QARDIFF NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS For the Best Selection at Moderate Prioea, ptc SEATON'S. 14 and 16, THE MORGAN ARCADE, ST. MARY-STREET. CARDIFF. Initials or Names Engraved P'ree of Ohanm upon Articles Purchased. e4043 ^——i——i»—

THE DOWNFALL OF MAN The maxim oi the rival suffragist organisa- tionc--the National Women's Social and PoU- tical Union and the Women's Freedom Leoa.gn-e-is to be emphasise-d in a most deter- mined manner during the ensuing twelve months. Votes for women" has been adopted as the New Year resolution of both organisations, and preparations are being made for the accomplishment of some epoch- mai-king events in the year which bat; now made its advent. The programmes of the L wo factions are elaborate ones, but in respect of some of the details strict privacy is main- tained. One of the principal evente in the programme of the National Women s Social and Political Union is the Parliament of Women which will be he:d in the Caxton- hall, Westminster, on February U, 12, and 13 Miss Pankhurst told a press reprp^nta- tive on Tuesday that this event is uniynp in the history of women's suffrage. l>e?isl»- dye measures will be submitted suggestive .,1 flie linos upon which women should be repre Rented in the governing Chamber, anu pro mnle-ating reforms in various other dl-ree. tious. No men will be admitted. The chair will be occupied by Mrs. Pankhuret herself, and the various members of the com- mittee will be among the speakers. Largw contingents from the provinces, in ding factory women from Lancashire and York- shire, and even from Scotland, will flock to the scene. At the second session the principal subject for discussion will be "The Ways and Means of Obtaining the vote." In the evening of each day there will be a public meeting to which ladiep will be admitted free, while men will have to pay. The Albert-hall will be the venue in Mar.-h of a remarkable gathering of women, as a sequel to the Parliament. It is to be the largest women's meeting ever held. We are always galled upon to prove that women I want the vote," said Miss Pankhurst, and we are going to do it." On June 21 there will be a mass meeting in Hyde Park. I WORKING IN THREE ELECTIONS. I Next Sunday, in Mr. Winston constituency Mies Pankhurst will addreoB the members of two Jewish associations. Women suffragists, she said, received great II sympathy from the Jews. Great progress has been made by the iion during the year that hs.p passed. "We have more members now than ever." said Miee Pankhurst, "and more financial Eupport. I We are resolved to get the vote," she added; that is our New Year resolution, l,eally, it is emphasising our old motto. We shall, of course, continue with our militan* demon. strartwns; -those will not be abandoned^ We are working the three bye-electione. We have a large staff in Devon now. We sha soon begin to work in Herefordshire, and also Worcester." BEWARE OF OPENING DAY. The Women's Freedom League, of which Mrs. Dcsjjard is the controlling force, have also made their arrangements for the coming year. Th-eir cam'-aien will begin next Saturday. when a public demonstration to protest against the tyranny of legisla- tion without representation will be held in Essex-hall. Mrs. Billington Greig will preside. The league has juet issued its New Year proclamation, which arges women to refase to pay taxes on the ground that pay- ment is not followed by representation. The league, which is a new organisation, will receive its baptismal frre very shortly. The 29th inst. will be a red-letter day in its history. On that day, when Parliament is to be Ofiened by the Ki-ng, tbe membese of the 'i(>"TIP will be patrolling in the vici- nity of St. Stephen's in great force. What besides is to happen there is no conjecture, for the plans of the league are carefully guarded, and the intentions of suffragists are enshrouded in mystery. I -rnmmmmtm

I PREFERRED TO BE IN GAOL Four Paris apaches have selectea prison as the most oomfartable quarters in Paris. 1-.eon Sa-uteur, aged 43. and Emdle Cudelie, aged seNe,t,E,en, entered a restaurant- in the Rue St. Honore and had a hearty dinner, after which they told the proprietor that they had no money, and asked to be arrested. Vootor Gauthier took the s&me course ia the Roe de Raunbeatu, while the fcurth, Gaston I>-deuil preferred to smaoh an electric globe. All four told the commis- Ea.ry of police that they were determined to spend tihe winter in prison.

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