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Tailor's Banknotes
Tailor's Banknotes CARDIFF MAN IN LONDON Henry Curtis (28), described as a commer- cial traveller, giving an address at a tem- perance hotel in Cardiff, was charged at the Guildhall, London, on Friday with having obtained threecl Bank of Ireland notes from John Doyle, a tailor, of Tralee, Co. Kerry, by means of a trick. The pfweentor stated that he arrived in London that morning from Ireland, and was emigrating to Sydney. He went tD Liverpool- street Station to make inquiries about the boat train, and met the accused, who, enter- ing into conversation, eligited the fact that he was going to Sydney by the steamer Oratava. The accused then said, How strange, I also am going to Sydney by that boat. We shall be chums. My uncle has large estates just outside Sydney, and I am taKing him out some patent pumpe for water. Let's go and have some tea." He agreed, and after the tea, for which the accused paid, they went to a shop ostensibly for the purpose of attend- ing to the pumps. The accused went in alone, but shortly afterwards came out and said, They are done and all right, but I am jo 10 abort, so most go back to the atation and get some money out of my trunk, unless you can lend me some." Witness said he had three 91 notes, and the accused said "That would do," and he let him have them. lie went into the shop again, but witness saw him ran oat by another door, and gave chase. He ran into the arms of a policeman, who recovered the notea and took him into cue- tody. The Alderman remanded the prisoner.
NO HONORARY DOCTORS.
NO HONORARY DOCTORS. PROPOSED SCHEME FOR BARRY HOSPITAL STAFF. Ever aiwe the establishment of the Harry Town Acei/demt and Surgical Hospital--the first institution of the kind in the country to be erected and mamtained out of the rates —the medical staff has been composed of honorary workers. Some time ago, however, in coneeqiueao^ of an application to the dastriot council from the remainder of the local doctors to be added to the rota, the whole question was referred to the British Medical Association, with the reeuk that a, meeting of the hoeftttal oammittee wa4 held on Friday evening and a scheme agreed to for recommendation to the council whereby the whole of the doctors of the town will take turns on the staff, in monthly batches of four each, amd be paid at the rate of E20 each per annum. This will involve an addi- tional expenditure of about £ 350 from the ra4,w for the mairntenanee of the hospital.
GASWORKS ENGINEER.
GASWORKS ENGINEER. PONTYPRIDD MAN IN Ii SHORT I LIST" AT CARLISLE. Par the poet of chief engineer and manager of the Carlisle Corporation gasworks, vacant by the appointment of Mr. Smith to the Bolton Corporation gasworks, 42 appli- cations were received. The salary Is £400, -rising by yearly increments o< £25 to £500. The Carlisle Gas Committee considered the applications on Friday, and selected the following gentlemen on the" short list": Harold Bloor (Birke-nhead), A. Morton Fyffe (Dwodee). leonard Hall (Rhyl), E. Swain (Pontypridd), W. H. Vialon (South Shields), and C. Broadheatfr (Middieton). These gentlemen will be invited to attend before the committee prior to final selection.
DYNAMITING A WRECK OFF I POIPTHOAWL.
DYNAMITING A WRECK OFF I POIPTHOAWL. Two load reports were beard at Portlvawl about midnight on Thunsday. People were startled and jumped out of their beds and made for the sea front, where they expected to find come large veeeel on the rooks. More tfhots followed, and it turned out that the flavors at work on the wrecked tugboat Toreador were dynamiting the wreck at low water.
SMALL HOLDINGS FOR NEWPORT.…
SMALL HOLDINGS FOR NEWPORT. I Membem << the Hewport Sn3&U? Holdings Committee OQ Friday inspected a site of &ha<!t8$<tece?ttea.rOM<deonwi???new"?o A&Aomietbm -sm-mman badium
The Man in the Street. ! *…
The Man in the Street. Alderman F. J. Beavan can come down like a. steam hammer on a nut occasion- ally, but yesterday at the Cardiff School Management Committee he was in his wittiest humour, and upon the appoint- ment of peripatetic teachers of Welsh he succinctly inquired if it was necessary for the candidates to speak Dutch. Alderman Robert Hughes is a tolerant chairman, and perhaps it was his good nature that resulted in the incident pass- ing. Otherwise, a coterie of members might-have been struck with the desir- ability of appointing an all-round lin- quist, with a smattering of Arabic and a few dead and alive languages. Esperanto might have been added, and by-and-bye, in the all-consuming desire to spend money, the education com- mittee might have aspired to build another Tower of Babel. Wit was in generous supply at this meeting of educa- tionalists, and later Mr. Sdfcsions dis- covered that in the minutes lis. 6d. and os. had been made to produce a total of 16s. The extra sixpence was tacked on, Alderman Beavan remarking that the addition table was being altered. Pos- sibly the official who drew up the agenda, the compositor who set it, and the printer's reader who corrected the sheet were all old boys, and are merely victims of the cramming system. I believe I am correct in stating that Alderman Beavan went to school when Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic were not lost subjects. I Sometimes the question is asked, Should Welsh be compulsory? I am not concerned at the present moment one way or the other. The question has been settled, at least for a time. But local educationalists may well ask, Should the Three Rs be compulsory ? Perhaps they are supposed to be enforced now. But in a multitude of subjects it is not easy either for school teachers or their pro- mising charges to say exactly where these subjects are. They are something like a trio of needles in a bottle of hay, rather difficult to discover. However, this subject is getting worn out. Every- body knows the need of some attention being paid to these subjects except the Board of Education, where the officials are so busy with their red tape and in devising new orders, fresh appoint- ments, and novel methods of rate-spend- ing that they have no time to waste in thinking of actual education for children. The thing is unheard of, and it will be more profitable to pass on to the next subject. It cannot be said that Cardiff have made a good start in their endeavour to retain the Welsh football championship. Penarth frightened them, Newport licked them, and there are Swansea, Neath, and Llanelly to come, as well as the full match list with the Uskside champions. Want of practice might have accounted for the poor form displayed against their neigh- bours of the seaside, and it is possible that their hereditary foes of Newport are beginning to think it is time they ran for the champio&hlp on their own account. Anyhow, Newport are emphasising the improvement of last season, and if they could only go to the top of the tree again it would do the game a vast amount of good. It is all very well to witness the annual duel between Cardiff and Swan- sea for the honours, but the sporting world will hail a change with delight. At the same time, we are but at the begin- ning of the season, and, if Cardiff take these early lessons to heart, Newport may find the gate harder to climb than they anticipated. The loss of 11 man like Gibbs (with Gabe apparently a permanent at his best, the Cardiff team display weaknesses that point to the need of brilliant reserves. While Cardiff are lucky to have first- class men like Frank Woods and Bobbie Williams to fall back upon in the rear division, tney are not too well served with three-quarters. Spiller has turned out to be a gem of the first water, and Louis Dyke only lacks an inch or two to be a second Gwyn Nicholls. Gibbs is one of the most enthusiastic players of the day, and his self-forgetfulness when he dashes for the line at any cost has brought him trouble in the shape of accidents. Johnny Williams is of the very best, and all that can be said has been written of Percy Bush. But when illness and accident overtake these' great oes of the earth where are serviceable substitutes to be found? I am afraid Cardiff have very much the same experiences as other clubs in this respect. Very few good players are content to remain long with the Reserves while awaiting their opportu- nity. Too often they would rather be in the first fifteen of a smaller club. This, then, is the foremost duty of the Cardiff Club, to look well after their reserves, and to see that no good men are allowed to .slip through their lingers for the lack of a little encouragement and some kindly tact.
I STRENUOUS FIGHT IN HEREFORD…
I STRENUOUS FIGHT IN HEREFORD STREETS. The Hereford magistrates on Friday sent two men who were on their way to the Black Country to in-iioon-David Smith, a powerful young fellow, for two months' hard labour, and an older companion, najued David Hook, for a month, for assaulting and resisting the police and other men who had been called upon to assist. They had been turned out of an inn the worse for drink, and Smith waa kicking tL constable on the ground, when a young lady tried to blow the policeman's whistle. She failed, and a fishmonger who sounded it was kicked severely on the hand. Smith. whose trousers were torn up in the attempt of a man to prevent him kicking, knocked other man about like ninepins, and Hook, with a baok-hander, sent a man reeling who had been called upon to prevent him obstructing a policeman.
TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE AT PONTARDAWE.
TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE AT PONTARDAWE. Questions to be dealt with at the annual meetings of the South Wa.les and Monmouth- ehire Temperance Association at Ponte«dawe on Wednesday and Thursday next will include A New Bill for Wales," Harvest Drinking H-abkw," and "The Budget and Temperance." Meetings will be held through- out the Swansea Valley on Wednes- day evening; while on Thursday, in addition to the conference meetings, there will be a. public meeting at the new Puhlioholl, Ponto/rdawe, at wteoh the apeakers will include Mx. W. F. Roch, M.P., and Professor J- Jones, Brecon. Special railway facilities axe announced.
BRYNCETHIN COLLIERY I DEVELOPMENT.
BRYNCETHIN COLLIERY DEVELOPMENT. Negotiations for the gale of the Bryn- cathin Colliery are in progtem and, if successful, a large sum will be spent to develop the undertaking. There are a large number of men out of work in the district, but. as the opening out will take some time, it alnoot be boped that any large mwobet |in jir fmyftfp'* in ,r^—r
I Primeval Gloom of Arctic…
Primeval Gloom of Arctic -• SENSATIONS OF THE LONELY EXPLORER The New York Herald" (Paris edition) will to-day publish the ninth instalment of Dr. Cook's narrative, Th^Conquest of the North Pole." He says:- We lay in the open sweep of wind for twenty-nine hours before the frigid blast eased enough for us to creep out. The air came in hissing spouts like jets of steam from an engine, but soon after noon of March 29 the ice under our heads brightened, and it became possible to breathe without being choked with the floating crystals. We had been in the bags for forty-two hours without food or drink. It did not take us long to get into working costume. The dogs were freed of snow entanglements and fed, shelter was made in which to melt snow to make tea, a double ration was eaten, and then the sleds began to move again. Soon the sun burst through the separating clouds and raised its icy spires in a tower of glitter. The wind then ceased entirely, and a scene of crystal glory was laid over the storiu- swept fields. With a full stomach, fair weather, and much-needed rest, we moved with inspiration renewed. Indeed, we felt as refreshed as one does after a c-old bath. The pack had'been much disturbed, and considerable time and distance were lost in seeking a workable line of travel. Camping at midnight, we had only made nine miles for the day's effort. Every observation indicated an easterly drift, and a westerly course must be con- tinuously forced to counterbalance the movement. Day after day we now pushed along in our desperate northward efforts. Strong winds and fractured, irregular ice increased the difficulties, and progress was slow, but, in one way or other, we managed to gain a fair march between storms during each twenty-four hours. In an occasional spell of stillness mirages spread screens of fantasy out for our entertainment. Curious cliffs, odd-shaped mountains, inverted ice walls were displayed in attractive colours. On April 3 the barometer remained steady, the thermometer sank, and the weather became settled and clear. The pack became more permanent, and the glitter of colour was a joy. At noon there was now dazzling light, while the sun at midnight sank for but a few moments, leaving the frosted blue bathed in noonday splendour. In these days we made long marches. The ice steadily improved, the fields became larger and thicker, and the pressure lines less frequent and less troublesome. Nothing changed materially as the horizon moved. Our footing was seemingly a solid crust of earth, but it shifted eastward. All was in motion. We moved, but we took our land- scape with us. Often we were too tired to build snow houses. In sheer exhaustion we bivouacked in the lee of hummocks. Here the over- worked body called for sleep, but the mind refused to close the eye. There was a weird attraction in the anomaly of our surround- ings which amused the spirits. We had passed beyond the range of all life. For many days we had not seen a suggestion of animal life. There were no longer footprints to indicate other life. No breath spouts escaped from the frosted bosom of the sea. Even the microscopic creatures of -t,he deep were no longer under us. We were alone, all alone, in a lifeless world. We had come to this mental blank in slow, but progressive stages. As we sailed from the barren areas of the fisherfolk along the outposts of civilisation the complex luxury of the metropolis was lost, and the brain called for food. Beyond, in the half-savage wilderness of Danish Greenland, there was the dawn cf a new life of primitive delight. Still further along in the Ultima Thule of the aborigine the sun rose over days of prehistoric joys. Advancing beyond the haunts of man, we reached the noonday splendour of thought in times before man's creation. I Now we pushed beyond the habitat of all creatures, ever onward into the sterile wastes. With eager eyes we searched the dusky plains of frost, but there was no speck I of life to grace the purple run of death. In these troubled areas we were given frequent opportunities to measure the ice thickness. From these we have come to the conclusion I that the ice during one year does not freeze I to a depth of more than 10ft., but much of the ice of the central pack reached a depth of 20ft. Occasionally we crossed fields 50ft. thick. These invariably showed signs of many years of surface upbuilding. The almost ceaseless snowfall, combined with the alternate melting and freezing of summer, also the natural process of glacial ice, leave no doubt that the sea-ice is capable of almost limitless increase of its superstructure. The very heavy undulating fields which give cha-iiacter to the mid-Polar ice that escapes along the east and west ooaets of Greenland are, therefore, mostly augmented from the surface.—Press Association Foreign Special. Canada and the Arctic Islands OTTAWA, Friday. Captain Bernier, of the steamer Arctic, now on his way back to Quebec, has made the following report by wireless telegraphy to the Marine Depaj-tment:—"I have accom- plished my mission. Captain Bernier left Quebec in July, 1903, with instructions to proceed to the Hudson Straits and report on the iceconditioris there, and to go thence to Cuunberian,d Gulf and Lancaster Sound to take formal possession of Baniks Land and the Arctic Islands for Canada. He had also to land supplies at Melville Island for Dr. Cook.-Beutoer. Peary's Turn I NEW YORK, Friday. Commander Peary arrived here early to-day from Portland, accompanied by Mrs. Peary. The explorer was greeted by the cheering of thousands of spectators. After a hasty breakfast the commander and his wife hurried to the Booeevelt, which had in the meantime passed up the Hudson River from the quarantine station, where she has been lying at anchor since her arrival yesterday. The vessel, which was greeted by blasts from the whistles of hundreds of steam craft, proceeded from Forty-fourth-street, at which point he was boarded by Commander Peary, who took his stand on the bridge. The fioosevelt entered the parade and pro- ceeded towards Peekskill, whence the Cler- mont and Half Moon escorted her to New- burgh. The Arctic steamer was cheered by thousands along the riverside drive, and the river craft tumultuously sounded whistles and bells as she passed down the long line of warships. Commander Peary refused to diseuss the North Pole coiltmversy.-Peuter. Another Statement by Mr. I Whitney. PARIS, Friday. A telegram from Stephenville Crossing to the "New York Herald" states that Mr. Whitney maintains that Dr. Cook's instru- ments were mentioned to Oommander Peary. Mr. Whitney explains that he did not return to Etah for Dr. Cook's effects beoa.use the Jearne's engine was not working satio- factorily, and she had to depend entirely upon her sails, with the possibility of being caught in the ice. Mr. Whitney declares that if he had thought tJlis unpleasant con- troversy would have arisen he would have gone back for the things, but he had had enough of the Ar,-tic.-Reutor. | British Flag Planted I NEW YORK. Friday. rilhe National Geographical Society to-day deeded not to accept the claim either of Dr. Cook or Comman-der Peary pending con- firmation of their respective data. Captain Bartlett, British commander of tho Booaeveit, interviewed to-day, said he planted the British flag at 87.53 degrees, which was the most northerly point he him- self reached, the nearest to the Pole ever ¡ attained by a British subjeot,-Central News.
NOMINATING A MAYOR. I
NOMINATING A MAYOR. I QUAINT CEREMONIAL AT NEW- PORT (PEM.). In the court-room at the Llwyngwair Arms Hotel, Newport (Pem.), the historic ceremony of nominating candidates for the mayoralty took place to the accompaniment of quaint formalities whose origin is lOóit in antiquity. The borough claims that its charter is contemporaneous with that of the City of London, and it is believed to be the only town the final choiee of whose mayor is not vested in the corporation. The retiring mayor (Captain D. Jones) pre- sided, supported by sixteen of the aldermen and burgesses, who were sworn in as a jury. It was decided to present to Sir Marteine Lloyd (Lord Marcher of the Barocy of Kernes) the names of the Rev. David Jones Evans, Baptist minister; Captain John Davies, and the retiring mayor. The final appointment will be made by warrant under the seal of Sir Marteine on November 9, but custom decrees that the first name on the list shall be the one selected.
ISERIOUS BLASTING ACCIDENT…
I SERIOUS BLASTING ACCIDENT NEAR SWANSEA. A lad of fifteen, named Robinson, had his akoll traotured during blasting operations on the railway work, new Owmrhydoeirw, and Hee in a at- Swaaeee I j
I Collapse of an Arch __I
I Collapse of an Arch I ONE MAN KILLED: TWO INJURED I A serious mishap occurred at Pont- newynydd on Friday by the collapsing of an archway which is being constructed by the Great Western Ra,ilway Company over a brook near their line, and which is in- tended to provide the foundation of siding accommodation. The accident resulted in the instantaneous dea.th of James Pearoe (27), married, of Bel- vedere-terrace, Newport, amd also in more or less serious injury to two other mason's labourer6 of Newport, named E. J. Tiiey and F. Haylande, both of whom were injured about the back and legs. Tiley was removed to the Pontypool Hos- pital, and Hay lands was coniveyed home to Newport by train. It appears tha.t the men were engaged in taking out the supports of laggings under the masonryi when the masonry collapsed, burying James Pea.rce in about two feet of water running under the archway. Six men were engaged at the work of con- structing the a-rchway, which extends over about 40 yards, but at the time of the acci- dent only the three men named were beneath the arch. Dr. Elliott was immediately in attendance. Bridge Swept Away Mr. Howel Cuthbertson, coroner, held an inquest at Glyncorrwg on Friday touching the death of Thomas Hiokey, haulier, lodging at SO, Cwmoas, Glyncorrwg, who waa drowned during the flood on Tuesday night. Joseph Jones, Glyncorrwg, deposed to finding the body at 6.30 on Wednesday on the Neath side ba.nk of the River Corrwg. D. W. Roberts said he saw deceased at eleven o'clock on Tuesday night on the bridge. Deceased remarked to witness, "I think this bridge is going." Before he had time to get off the bridge was swept away. It was dark, and there was no gaslight. Deoeased appeared perfectly sober. Dr. Walters said death was due to drowning, and a verdict of "Death from accidental drowning" was returned.
Lodger's Lost Money I
Lodger's Lost Money I TAFF VALE CLEBK CHARGED I William Hill, a Taff VaJe railway clerk, was committed for trial by the Cardiff magistrates on Friday on a charge of stealing L14 6s. 6d., the property of Evan Powell Griffiths, an insurance agent. Mr. Tom John prosecuted, and Mr. Harold Lloyd defended. It was stated that Griffiths rented a couple of rooms at Hill's house. On September 23 the prisoner's wife and daughter went to Weston, and Griffiths remarked to the prisoner that as he had about E14 in the j bedroom, he would like to have the key of rt-he front door. Hill laughed at this, and replied that everything would be safe with the dog in the yard. Locking up his rooms, the prosecutor went out, and on returning found the place ransacked, and his money missing. The prisoner returned to the house next morning, and made a statement that he was short of money. Detective-inspector Harris said he found nc. evidence of a forcible entry. When charged prisoner denied all knowledge of the theft. Witness found that the pantry key fitted tho prosecutor's bedroom door, and another key fitted the lock of the box. I
Woman Suffrage I
Woman Suffrage I u CONFERENCE IN CARDIFF I The National Union of Women's Suffrage I Societies is holding ita-quarterly meeting at Cardiff on Wednesday next, and many pro- mment women conneoted with the cause are expected to be present. For Tuesday even- ing the Cardiff and District Women's Suffrage Society have arranged a reception to meet the distinguished ladies who are arriving from all parts of England. They bear names well known in the social, political, literary, and artistic worlds, and have proved them- selves worthy representatives of the woman- hood of this country. Among those expected is Mrs. Fawcett, LL.D. She is the president of the National Union, and in early life took an active part in the movement for the higher education of women. Aided by her husband, the late Professor Fawcett, she gave her great intel- lectual capacities to advocate the necessity for the extension of the suffrage to women, and for forty years has been working to attain this object. She is a well-known authoress, and among her books may De mentioned Political Economy for Begin- ners," Some Eminent Women of our Time," "The Life of Queen Victoria," "Five Famous Frenchwomen," and tihe Life of Sir William Molesworth." Mrs. Fawcett is an honorary LL.D. of the University of St. Andrews. Councillor Margaret Ashton, who will also attend, is the first woman to be a member of a great city council. For the last three years she has been a member of the Man- -cheeter Corporation, and her work in local government has shown the advantages to be gained by women joining with men in public life. She is the president of one of the oldest suffrage societies—that of the North of Eng- land, which has been in existence for forty- three years. Among those also attending will be Miss Bertha Mason, who has been for many years the treasurer of the National Union; Dr. Ethel Bentham, who is standing for the borough council of Kensington, and is a can- didate for the London County Council next year; Mrs. Allen Bright, who is a well-known social- worker in Liverpool, and is a member of nearly all the organisations which have anything to do with the women's cause (she is the president of the Woman's University Settlement in Liverpool); Mrs. Philip Snowden, the wife of the member for Black- burn, who is a most eloquent speaker, and has devoted both hex, time and her rare abilities to the cfuesiion. of woman's suffrage (at the end of October she is going for two months to America, where she is very popu- lar); and Mrs. Swanwick, the editress of the Common Cause," a weekly paper whieh she started this year. It is the recognised paper of the suffragettes, and represents the opinions of that body. On .ednesday evening there is -to be a meeting at the Cory-hall, and those who wisil to hear their views will have an opportunity of listening to Mrs. Fawcett and Councillor Margaret Ashton. CardifT Women Liberals and the Suffrage] The annual meeting of the Cathays a.nd Park Wa,rd branches of the Cardiff Woman's Liberal Association was held on Friday, Mrs. Chivers presiding. The meeting wae addressed by Miss Helga Gill, who dealt principally with the woman suffrage question. Mr. Lester Janes said that while he held the opinion that women should have the fraaohige, he could not agree with too way that Mrs. Pankhurst and other of theif leaders were trying to obtain it. They were doing no end of dawage to the cause.
SHOCKING DEATH AT CARDIFFI
SHOCKING DEATH AT CARDIFF I Arthur Williams (24). of 10, Frederick-street, brakesman, employed at the Dowlaas Works, wa.s admitted into the infirmary on Friday night suffering from shocking injuries. He was knocked down by an engine at the works, and one arm and one leg were cut off. He 1 died two hours aJter admission.
INEWPORT RATES t
INEWPORT RATES t The finance committee of Newport Corpora- tion decided on Friday that there would be no increase in the rates for the ensuing tarm. Attention was a.1so given to the subject of the removal of the assize courts to Newport, but no resolution was ooane to.
i JNEW NEWPORT PASTORg
i JNEW NEWPORT PASTORg The Rev. O. Arnold Evam, .B.A., has been inducted pastor of the new Stow Park Pres- byterian Ohuroh at Newport.
"TATAL AGENT-GENERAL TO I…
"TATAL AGENT-GENERAL TO RETIRE. It is officially announced that Sir William Arbuckle will retire from the post of Agent- General for Natal in London on the 31st of this month, and that he and Lady ,A.rbuckle will return to Natal, sailing from' England on November 4. Sir William says the primary cause of his retirement is ill-health,
£ 40 IN ARREARS.
£ 40 IN ARREARS. Moses Hughes, a haulier, of Nelson, was summoned at New Tredegar on Friday for maintenance arrears by his wife, who applied for the variation of an order made on February 28, 1905. Mr. R. H. Spenoer, Tredegar, who appeared for the wife, stated that the original order was 15s.}< but the bench reduced it to 5s. He now/asked the bench to increase the order to 10s., as it was impossible for the wife and child to live on 5s. a week. The husband was £ 40 in arrears, but the wife was ready to sacrifice that if the bench made the order foi*lflg. Defendant said that he could not pay 10s. as he bad been in Pontypridd Infirmary for four months. The bœwh.maø;le.en ouxiacsfoe Ifiau a iPieeic-aJi&cotfta, j
r The America CupI
r The America Cup SIR T. LIPTON & SKIMMING DISH" NEW YORK, Friday. Mr. Joseph Garretson, editor of the "Cincinnati Times and Star," who arrived, from England in the Mauretania, states that he saw Sir Thomas Lipton while in England, and learned that the latter would sail for New York on October 9, and that he would challenge for the America Cup if permitted to do so on even terms. He would not, how- ever, engage to sail a freak vessel across the ocean to compet-e against a skimming dish." Leading members of the New York Yacht Club to whom the above information was communicated declare tt it is unlikely that any alteration will be made in the terms of the America Cup raoe.-Peuter. In replr to an inquiry with reference to the above telegram Sir Thomas Lipton said that it was true that he was going to New York on or about the 9th inst. He was and had always been ready to challenge for the America Cup with a boat of any size and under rules that now existed in the New York Yacht Club itself, and in all other clubs in America. He was. in fact. willing to challenge under the fro-called universal rule, but not under a rule that existed 56 years ago, and which had been abandoned for all races in America other than that for the America Cup.
I BLERIOT & HIS AEROPLANE…
BLERIOT & HIS AEROPLANE j All lovers of fairplay condemn the harsh treatment meted out by the Berlin Aviation Committee to M. Bleriot, who is now at Cologne flying with another of his machines. M. Bleriot, in a statement to the press giving his version of the regrettable affair, states that he entered into a contract with the Berlin Committee to make a flight of at least two minutes' duration on two days of the week, the committee agreeing to pay him 25AOf. after the first day's flight, and 25,OOOf. for the second day's flight. As a matter of fact, he flew more than four miles on the first day, but did/ not receive his money. The next day he refused to fly until he was paid for the firs-t day. After being paid he made a second flight of over seven minutes' duration, but when he applied for the second half of the 50,000f. agreed upon he was told that unless he made a flight on another day he would be break- ing his contract. He refused to do this, and, consequently, his aeroplane was seized. Subsequently M. Bleriot was paid the second half of his fee, and since the issue of his statement the committee have released his aeroplane—no doubt, under pressure of public opinion, which is indignant to think it has been so inhospitable to the famous aeronaut.Centmi News. A Fire and an Explosion I FRANKFORT, Friday. A fire broke out this afternoon in the machine house connected with the miniature naval pageant whieh is one of the side shows of the International Aeronautic Exhibition here. The flames spread to the neighbour- ing stores where gunpowder and fireworks were kept, and there was a terrific explosion, setting the whole machine house ablaze. The firemen eventually succeeded in quench- ing the flames. An electrician was killed by the explosion.—Eeuter.
CARDIFR GIRL'S STORY I
CARDIFR GIRL'S STORY I A remiarkai Ae story was told at Bristol on Friday in the case of Annie Davies, a Cardiff girl, aged nineteen, who was charged with soliciting. The prisoner was smartly dressed. A police officer said the girl had been living with a man in Cardiff, and he, pt a previous hearing -of the charge, had come before the bench and alleged that he was not married to the girl. His name was John Phillips, and he said prisoner and he had only come to Bristol from Cardiff for a, week. He said that he was the driver of a horse and trolley, and that work was getting very quiet in Cardiff. They had CZ 16s. between them when they arrived in Bristol. The Magistnates'-clerk (Mr. T. Holmes Gore) said inquiries had been made which had resulted in a report from the Cardiff police. It was said that prisoner was married to a. man named Phillips, and her step- mother would attend the court and produce the merriaga certificate. There was no change against Da,wiee at Cardiff. Mrs. May Davies, of Cardiff, said she had brought up prisoner since she was three yeeks old. Witness admitted that she had only seen Phillips twice before he married the girl, and that was when he brought her to the house where she was in service in Tuaor-road, Cardiff. The report Off the chief-constable of Cardiff was to the effect that Annie Davies had worked in Spiller's Biscuit Factory, and afterwards at another factory, since when she had had no regular employment. On May 12 she married John Phillips at a registry office and they lived in apartments in Duffryn-street, Cardiff, till about six weeks ago, when they left for Bristol. Prisoner, who made an appeal for mercy, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment.
THE VOTE OF MABON'S SON I
THE VOTE OF MABON'S SON I The Cowbridge Revision Court was 'beld on Friday at the Town-hall before Mr. Ray- mund Allen, harrister-at- law. Mr. T. P. Prichard, solicitor, and Mr. John Deere, Lla.ntwit Major, represented the Conserva- tives, and Mr. Llewellyn Dtavies and Mr. T. Morgan the Liberals. Mr. John Deere drew the attention of the revising barrister to the fact that Mr. David Spencer, overseer of the parish of Fleming- stone, had not published the lists on the church door. The Revising Barrister censured Mr. Spencer. Mr. J. Deere, on the Llantwit Major list, objected to Mr. E. T. Lloyd, chairman of the Liberal Association, and Mr. J. H. Abraham, son of Mabon. Both gentlemen appeared to support their claims. The Revising Barrister held that. although the objections were quite reasonable, yet there was saareely sufficient evidence to justify the votes being disallowed. Both gentlemen applied for expenses, but the revising barrister refused the applications.
DASH INTO HOP-PICKERS
DASH INTO HOP-PICKERS A coroner's jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter" at Farningham, Kent, on Friday against Mr. Clifton Robinson, of Charing Cross, London. On Sunday evening last Thomas Goulding (35) and hiB wife, Annie (41), were, with their seven children, tramping to London from Kent, where they had been hop-picking, when Mr. and Mrs. Goulding were knocked down by Mr. Robinson's motor-car, and died from their injuries, while one of the children was also injured. Two witnesses stated that the deceased were walking near the hedge. A policeman deposed that when he met Mr. Robinson's car, containing the dead man, Mr. Robinson, who was quite sober, said:- We have had a very bad accident. I can't understand why we did not see them. They were in the middle of the road. In his evidence Mr. Robinson, who drove the car, said his speed imight have been seven- teen or eighteen miles an hour. He did not see the deoeased until within thirty or forty feet. He swerved to avoid the children and the deceased, but the latter were knocked down by the radiator and lamp. The police stated that the car seemed to have made & semi-circle and then gone up the bank. Another motorist and his chauffeur described Mr. Robinson's speed as dangerous. The jury were absent an hour and 40 minutes, and their rerdict was Culpable negligence." Mr. Robinson was committed to the assizes for trial, and was admitted to bail-himself in £ 200 and two sureties of £100 each.
IPRESENTATION AT CARDIFF I
IPRESENTATION AT CARDIFF There was an interesting gathering at the Splott-road Council Schools on Friday, when Councillor John Chappell was the recipient of a present of a handsome chiming clock, and his wife received a silver butter dish, the gifte being subscribed for by the mem- bers of Interlude III. of the Welsh National Pageant in recognition of the services of Mr. Chappell as captain. Mr. Evan Owen, J.P., presided, supported by Councillors Dr. Smith, Dr. Robinson, and Dr. E. F. Thomas. All the speakers paid tribute to the energy, ability, and excellence of the recipient as captain of the interlude. Misb Camp made the presen- tation of the clock
CONTRACT FOR ENGINES I
CONTRACT FOR ENGINES I The Wallsend Slipway, and Engineering I Company (Limited) have secured the con- tract for building the engines of one of the new Dreadnoughts at present under con- struction in the Government dockyards. Engines for the new Cunarder are being built at the same works, and, according to a Newcastle correspondent, altogether largely increased employment is assured for the I Tynesido.
NEW HEREFORDSHIRE J.P.'SI
NEW HEREFORDSHIRE J.P.'S I The following gentlemen have been placed on the commission of the p",oe for the county of Hereford- Mr. David Frederick Powell, Hardwick Court, Clifford; Mr, Herbert Grayetone, The Now, May,; and Major imiwH IkwtbJbWunelyn, j
" MANSLAUGHTER."
MANSLAUGHTER." I CARDIFF WOMAN'S DEATH Pushed Into Gutter P SINGULAR STORY AT INQUEST An inquest was held at Cardiff Law Courts on Friday by Mr. W. L. Yorath (city coroner) concerning the death of Jane Elizabeth Gallarman, of M illioen t-street, who was picked up unconscious in Duffryn- street on Sunday and died on Thursday at the Workhouse Infirmary. Mrs. Alice Lync/h, who is in custody charged with assaulting the decea.eed with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, was present at the inquest. Mr. Harold Lloyd appeared on behalf of the prisoner. John GuiiLlermo Gallarman, 6, Hoknesdale- etreet, a son of the deceased, said he was a mason's apprentice. Witness said his mother had lived at various addresses in the past few weeks. She got her living by sewing, and bad latterly given, way to drink. He called at Millicent-street on Sunday, and Mrs. Lynch told him his mother had not been there since Thursday or Friday. She was behind with her rent, and she would not let her in unless she did pay her rent. Witness asked Mrs. Lynch to tell his mother to write to him. On Monday he read that a woman wds found uncon- scious and taken to the union infirmary. He went there and identified the woman as his mother. She was then conscious and talked about some personal matters, but said nothing about how she came by her inj uries. The Coroner: She was injured? Witness: Yes. Weren't you curious about it then?—Yes, sir. She did not tell you how it happened?— No, sir. Did you see her afterwards-Yes, sir; the second night.. Did she say anything then about her in- juries?-No, sir. Witness added that on the other and later occasions when he saw his mother she waa unconscious. Tho-s. Webber, labourer, 16, Millicent- street, said he was in the street about quarter-past eleven last Saturday night. He saw the prisoner push a woman in the gutter The Coroner: Where was the prisoner when you saw her? Witness: Standing on the door of No. 15. Mrs. Lynch pushed her with both hands, and she fell down backwards. He heard no quarrelling, and only saw one push. He subsequently identified Mrs. Gallarman at the workhouse. After she was pushed down she got up and walked about fifty yards away. Mr. Harold Lloyd: You and Mrs. Lynch are not very good friends, are you?—I never spoke to the woman.. Has there not been some trouble about a lodger who left your house and went to hers?—Yes, sir. Had you constantly seen the dead woman under the influence of drink?-No, sir. Alice Nicholas spoke to seeing Mrs. Gallar- man pushed down by another woman. MEDICAL EVIDENCE. Dr. E. Price, resident medical officer at the Workhouse, said Mrs. Gallarman was ad- mitted there at 7.15 last Sunday morning. She had one Large bruise on the back of the head, and some small ones on both arms. Her right eye was blackened. She was suffering from concussion of the brain. For the first two or three days she was able to answer questions. The Coroner: Did you ask her how she came by her injuries. Dr. Price: No, she was not able to give coherent replies to questions. She could only say yes or no. Witness added that symptoms of compres- sion of the brain came on on Tuesday even- ing, and after that she became comatose, He had made a poet-mortem examination. There was a fracture starting from just behind the left ear to the middle of the back of the skull. It was about five inches in length. There wafe also a small fracture immediately behind the last one. On open- ing the skull he found a Large blood clot, while the brain was lacewted. The liver showed signs of cirrhosis, the result, of alco- holism. Compression of the brain was the cause of death. Thomas Murray, labourer, 63, Millicent- streot, said that he saw a crowd, and crossing the street, observed a woman lying on the pavement. He helped another man to pick her up, and gave her into the care of two policemen. Mrs. Helen Pol-lard, 13, Millicent-street, who witnessed, a woman being pushed down by Mrs. Lynch, ea/id that the former after being picked up came to her door and asked to be taken in. She seemed the worse for drink, and witness said to her, )(y good woman, you had better go home." Afterwards she walked away towards Bute-street, and witness saw no more of her. Police-oonstable Francde Seale said he assisted a woman to her feet in Millicent- street on Saturday night. She made no com- plaint to him, and said she was all right. He failed to identify her at tihe workhouse as her head had been shaved. Police-constable Leonard Davies stated that he first saw the deceased at the same time as the last witness. He next saw her* at two o'clock on Sunday morning in John- street where she was knocking at a. door. He asked her where she lived, and she said in Millioent-sfcreat, and lie advised her to get along home. She walked away all rigfat. Police-constable Woodward deposed that he found the deoeased at 6.30 on Sunday morning lying unconscious in Duffryn- street, about ten minutes walk from Milli- cent-street. He conv-eyed her to the work- house. Detective-inspector Harris said that he saw the deceased at the workhouse, but failed to get, any aecount of her injuries. Latpr\he arrested Mre. Lyxwh, who said. "She oaane home drunk, and I would not let her in. I did not touch her." VERDICT. The jury returned the foUowing verdict: "Deoeased died from compression of the brain sAt up by the fracture of the skull. The injuries were caused by deceased being pushed down by Alice Lynch and deceased's head coming in coptact with the pavement, We find the said Alice Lyneh guilty of man- slaughter." The Coroner then formally committed Mrs. J Lynch to the next assizes.
DOCTORS AND ASTHMA. ] I
DOCTORS AND ASTHMA. ] An inquiry was held at Marylebone on Fri. -1 day relative to the death of Francis Archer Houblon (29), a land agent and surveyor, lately residing -in Upper Berkeley-street. Colonel George Bramston Archer Houblon, J.P. for Essex, Berkshire, and Herts, identi- fied the body as that of his son, who resided with .him. He had for some years been sub- ject to attacks of asthma, but he did not believe in doctors. He was more inclined to the Christian Scientists' views. Witness last saw him alive on Friday last. Sybil Archer Houblon, daughter of the last witness, said she was constantly' with the deceased, who was delicate in health. Recently he had had attacks of asthma. Witness nursed him, but deceased did not believe in drugs, and did not take any. For a time he had taken- the course adopted by Christian Scientists, but not for the last fif- teen months. On the day previous to his death he was in his room, but very cheerful. About eleven p.m. he went to bed. At two &m. on the 29th she went to him with the object of inducing him to take some food- He .said, "I am trying/to wake up." After- wards he fell forward on his face and died. Witness bad no idea. that the attack was more serious than any which had preceded it. Dr. Bernard Spilsby said the cause of death woo, failure of the heart's suction, due to chronic bronchitis and another ailment. Colonel Houblon: Domedieal men pretend to cure asthma ? Witness: No; only to relieve it. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes."
IPENNY POST TO AMERICA.
I PENNY POST TO AMERICA. Friday was the anni-vergary of the institu- tion of the penny post to America, which, since the innovation of, October 1. 1908, has fully realised the expectations of increased business and private relations with the other side of the Atlantic. I An official at the General post jOffice on Friday stated that the reform had been an entire success. While no exact figures are Obtainable," he said, "I aim able to say that the increase in letters of all kinds has been from 20 to 25 per cent. What this means may be gathered from the fact t-hat in the year previous to the reform the letters and post- cards outward to America weighed 473,0001b., and inwards 503,0001b., each averaging about half an ounce. I think this may be regarded as having entirely justified the experiment,"
CWMBRAN MAN CRUSHED'_I
CWMBRAN MAN CRUSHED' l Jacob Thomas, aged 24, of 2, Woodbine-row, Owimbraai, was admitted to Newport hospital on Friday mofofipg with terrible injuries, the result of being crushed by wagons. His right thigh, left leg. and right wrist ware J ád!g4.ie..
Education Supervision.
Education Supervision. r CHIEF OFFICIAL'S SALARY Mr. Lovat Fraser presided at the Cardiff Education Committee on Friday, when Mr. J. J. Jackson (director of education) applied for an increase of salary, pointing out that his salary had been £ 675 since his appoint- ment, five years ago, with the addition of £ 75 as clerk to the truant school. He also pointed out that there had been a steady growth in the educational work of the city, new schools had been opened, the commit- tee's work had been inoreased, there were more sub-committees, he had looked after the economical conduct of the schools, and I grants had been saved where they might have been lost by wa.nt of careful oversight. He appended the following list of towns, with the salaries paid to the head educational official: I —Brighton £ 600, Bristol .£650, Leicester .£650 to C750, Newcastle JE650 to L700, Sheffield £700, Nottingham, Bradford, Salford, and Hull iE750 each. Leeds £ 850, Birmingham £ 1,000, Man- chester two at £ 1,000 each, Liverpool two at £ 1,000 each, West Riding 11,000, and London £ 1,500. In most of these cases there are addi- tional of&ces. Mr. Walter Thomas said he was not seeking re-election, yet he would propose that the present was an inopportune time to grant the increase. He thoHght Mr. Jackson was paid a sufficient salary, and it compared well with the other towns put before them. Indeed, they would find that their director was getting as much as some of those at larger towns. Mr. Jackson was an excellent officer, and did the work to their entire satis- faction, but the present was not the time for an increase. Alderman Beavan proposed that the matter should be referred to the finance committee to prepare a report. Alderman Robert Hughes, in seconding the amendment, said there was no doubt that Mr. Jackson was an excellent official, and he had helped to increase the grants not only at Cardiff, but in other parts of Wales He did not know whether they ought not V> apply to other parts of the country to ask them to recognise in this matter what Cardiff had done for Wales. He thought they ought, once and for all, to fix the minimum and maximum of the salaries for all positions under the corporation. Alderman Beavan; That is a matter for the salaries committee. Dr. Biggs said he would agree with Mr. Thomas but for the difference which existed between the ala'ry of Mr. Jackson and that of some of tfedr other officiaJs. The director of education received less than one-third of what they paid the town-olerk, and only half of what the city engineer and surveyor (Mr. Harpur) received. Mr. Sydney Jenkins, in supporting the amendment, said every member should be supplied with full particulars relating to the salaries paid elsewhere, with additional information regarding population, number of schools, teachers, and Scholars. Alderman Beavan's amendment was adopted.
SWANSEA GUARDIANS I
SWANSEA GUARDIANS I At a meeting of the Swansea Board of Guardians a complaint made by one of the matrons of the cottage homes, Miss Cor nick, was considered.—Mr. Owen moved that in future the master should not be allowed to send out any matron or servant for intoxi- cants. They had, he said, charge of little children, and were continually complaining of poverty caused by drink. The Rev. E. O. Evans said that the inquiry by the committee had brought about quite a crop of resignations, which made him feel that the condition of things at the cottage homes was very deplorable. Mr. Rosser proposed that they should ask for a Looal Government Board inquiry into the state of things at the homes, but this was discountenanced, and Mr. Owen's resolution carried. The increasing severity of the consumption scourge was discussed, and it was decided to call the attention of the corporation to the urgent necessity of preventive measures, and I to hold a spocaial meeting of the board to consider the matter.
I A TRIFLE DRAMATIC --I
I A TRIFLE DRAMATIC I Edith Powell and Alice Powell, her sister, single young women, domestic servants at Coleford, Dean Forest, were charged at Little- dean on Friday with obtaining by false pretences two dress skirts, value 17s. 5d., the property of the Oinderford Co-operative Society. They were also charged with attempting to obtain two gilk blouses, the property of Henry Trotter, draper, Cinder- ford. The evidence in the second case was that Edith Powell asked an assistant at Mr. Trotter's for two blouses for Miss St. John, of the Speech House, stating she wa* employed there. The goods were packed up, when Miss St. John's carriage drove up to the door. Edith Powell, addressing the lady, said, "Are-y<)u -Mi-,e St. John, of the Spooc¡h ,H<oose?"a¡oo,. the lady replying in the affirmative, the girl proceeded to ask if Miss St. John could assist her to get a situation. As prisoner was a stranger, this waa refused, as also was an appeal for monetary help.' Prisoner then left the shop without taking .the blouses. Explanations with Miss bot. John followed, and prisoners were traced and arrested. The bench sent Edith Powell to gaol far three months' hard laoour, her sister being discharged.
I A _QUARTER'S RAINFALL I
I A QUARTER'S RAINFALL I It was reported to the Cardiff Waterworks Committee on Friday (Alderman R. Hughes presiding) by the waterworks engineer (Mr. C. H. Priestley) that the rainfall during the past three months had been as follows:— Beacons Reservoir, July, 6.51 inches; August, 3.47 inches; and September, 5.76 inches. This was considerably less than in 1908, when the rainfall wasJuly, 8.76; August, 10.05; and September, 4.82. The rainfall at Lisvane Reservoir from. J amiuary 1 to October 1 was 21.67 inches, as against an average of 27.08 inches during the past 45 years. The total quantity of water at present stored in the Cardiff reærvoirs was 988 million gallons, the rains of the 23th and 29th 0If September having considerably increased the storage. I
G.W.R. AS8ESSMENTAP -PEAL…
G.W.R. AS8ESSMENTAP -PEAL I At a meeting of the Aherdare District Council on Friday a ge ne raj distriot rate of Is 6d, in the £ was made for the ensuing half-year, compared with a rate of is. 3d. Provision was made for the greater portion of the expenses incurred in connection with the Glamorgan Water Bill. Provision was also made, to the extent of JE:900 e4minot eventualities in the appeal which the Great Western Railway Company were making against the method of assessment of their property.—It was stated that the police in the district were much understaffed, and it was resolved to communicate with the county oottnoil on the matter.
IALLEGED ROBBERY 1
ALLEGED ROBBERY 1 Albert Fisher, a Llantwit Major wood- cutter, was charged at Nc,ath on Friday with robbery with violence, the allegation being that he stole the sum of 6e. from the person of Mr. Robert Williams, timber merchant, Neath, between Aberdulais and Crynant. Mr. A. jeotyia Jeffreys appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Trevor H. Hunter repre- sented the defendant. Police-constable Ivor Evans said he r-eceived defendant into custody at Llantwit Major. In reply to the charge he said, I did not use violence towards him. I told him I I wanted some money which he owed me. He I gave me about 6s. and I left him." I The Bench held that there was a -prima facie oa&e. and committed defendant to the assizes, allowing bail.
SMART ARREST AT CARDIFF
SMART ARREST AT CARDIFF A smart capture was made by Police- constable G. Giles, of the Cardiff City Force, on Friday evening. Information had been received from Bristol of the theft of a motor- bicycle from that city, and Police-constable Giles whilst 011 point duty at the Monument, St. Mary-street, saw a motor-bicycle pass him bearing the letters and number FB129. He remembered that this was the identification mark of the missing bicycle, and followed the man in possession of it to the Great Western Station, where he arresteed him. He took his prisoner to the Central Police-station in a cab, and had the bicycle sent on there on a truck. At the police-station the man gave the name of Edwin Jonee, 50, gtrathnairn- street, Cardiff. He will be handed over to the Bristol police.
TALGARTH MAN'S DEATH
TALGARTH MAN'S DEATH 1fT, Thomas Vaughan, a Tetired farmer, living at Regent-street, Talgarth, 4ied under rather peculiar circumstances. He was sitting in his chair paying his rent to his landlord, when he expired. Deceased, who had suffered from rheumatism, formerly farmed Penrollydd with his brother. His sudden death caused some surprise in the town.
MISSING GIRL FOUND
MISSING GIRL FOUND Rttby Salter, the girt who was reported missing from her home at Portb, was found OIl Friday. She bad been staying at. the Victoria Coffee Tavern, Queen-etreet, Cardiff, and was aeen by one of tftfc city constables, wiho recognised her and took her to the polioerfitaticyi, She. wiU. be raeUxred to hw ( I
Trade Routes of the Was"
Trade Routes of the Was" IMPORTANCE OF MILFORO HAVEN Sir George Armstrong, the ppospeotis* Unionist candidate for Pembroke Beffougi* speaking at the dockyard gate 00 IridaY. said he came forward as a sailor, as 000 who had been in the Navy for several yea& and knew what the dockyard and NANY, requirements were. It would be his deeiift if he became member for Pembroke Boroughs, to advance the int-erests of their dockyard by every means in his power. He contended that during the la.st three years the Pem- broke ya.rd had not received that attention which its great strategical position entitled it to. During that period Germany had advanced her shipbuilding programme to a most extraordinary extent. If this oountr1 went to war with Germany the chief cockpit of the fight would be in the North Se6, and that would mean that the great stream of trade upon which England depended for her existence must be maintained, not week by week, but hour by hour. The two Western ports, Bristol and Liverpool, would play an important part, and that meant that they must ha.ve a great naval port on the West Coast to serve as a base. That port, it was apparent, must be Milford Haven, whicn should be made a base for cruisers, and, as a repairing depot for ships, the Pembroke yard should be equipped to enable repairs to be executed to the biggst ships in the Nairr. The jxresent dock was quite inadequate for ihat purpose. What was required was a per- manent dock large enough to accommodate a disabled cruiser, and if ever he was returned to Parliament he would presa for- ward that matter until such a dock was established. A large permanent staff in the dockyard would be in the interests of the service. (Cheers.)
ISWANSEA ART SOCIETY
SWANSEA ART SOCIETY The twenty-first annual exhibition of too Swansea Art Society opens on Monday next and will remain open till October 16 at the Royal Institute of South Wales. A private view enabled the press representatives to cc.me to the conclusion that the society is maintaining its character, although a free. development of the artistic faculty amongst the residents might possibly have been expected ere now. This year there was no hanging committee, and the choice of pic tures was left to two well-known local aitia" All copies were rejected, and the works hung are, therefore, all original. The pletureo number 137; and in addition Mr. H. C. Hall. Swansea School of Art, has sent in three pieces of sculpture. The feature of the exhibition this year iø,. undoubtedly, the work of Mr. W. Grant Murray, the new director of Swansea School of Art, who has sent in some 22 pictures, nearly all with strongly marked charac- teristics, and proving that in its new master Swansea has, undoubtedly, a man of sure artistic touch. Perhaps his most successful exhibit is that entitled, "On the Seine. Paris." Othsr new exhibitors who will te acquisitions to the society are Mr. G. E. l'reweek, of Plymouth, who hangs several prettjr Cornish Coast scenes, and Mr. J. H. Sanders, la-te- postal superintendent at Swansea, who sends two or three excellent 1 water-colours. Nearly all the old supportert of the society, such as Mr. C. E. Schenk, Mn H. Percy Heard, Mr. W. W. Goddard, and Mr" F. J. Kerr, are again well represented. • I < ===== h
NOT LUCID ENOUGH i
NOT LUCID ENOUGH i At a meeting of the Rhondda Education: Committee on Friday, Dr. E. W. Thomas pre- siding, the resolutions of the Glamorgan Education Committee concerning the devolu- tion of powers in respect of the management of the several schools and classes were con- sidered. The bone of contention was the following clause:—" in the month of September an account shall be made out of the net cost to the rates of the evening classes conducted in the residue of the county during the session, including a proportion of the salaries of organisers, visiting teachers, and inspectors employed in connection with them by the county education committee, and there shall be paid before the 29th of that month by the county council to the Rhondda Urban Dis- trict council, subject to the indemnity con- tained in paragraph (a), such a proportion of the said net cost as the assessable value of the Rhondda district bears to the assessable value of the rest of the administrative county, according to the county rate basis in force at that time, after deducting the advances ( £ 750)." After a lengthy discussion it was decided that the clerk should interview the clerk to the Glamorgan Education Committee and get the matter explained and stated more lucidly.
.-I GUEST FIRES AT THIEVES…
I GUEST FIRES AT THIEVES Ja.mes Kemble, a clerk, of Darwin-strmt. Old Kent-road, and James Baxter, refusing all a-ooount of himself, were charged oil remand at the South Western Police-oonrt. London, on Friday with burgla-rionsly enter- ing Ryootes, Dnlwich Common, the regidenes of Sir Hiram Maxim, and stealing AW worth of property belonging to him. There wers two other charges agaiiist them. An entry into Sir Hiram's house waØ obtained by the drawing-room window. Mr. Francis Thomas Carter, a guest, waS awakened by unusual noises, and, reoognjøoo ing that the house was visited by thieves* went in search of them. He fired his TOTOI" ve" at two men whoim he saw running away, but they succeeded in escaping without being hit. The thieves left behind them a. æoeip. for some photographs, and with the aid of this document the whereabouts of the prison-ers wero traced, Detective Bakef arresting them in a public-house a.t New- ington Butts. At Kemble's house were fotuodi- the proceeds of several robberies. Another remand was ordered.
MUSIC OF THE SPOKEN WORD
MUSIC OF THE SPOKEN WORD There has been a successful inougooratioa of the Welsh concert season in London witdl the opening concert of the New Jewin Mutual Improvement Society at the Welsh Obapea in Pa.rm-streot, Aldersgate, Sir Francis EdvitrdO- Ba,rt., M.P., presided, being accompanied oØ the platform by Mx. Vincent Evans, the Ref- J; E. Davies, M.A. (Rhuddwawr), president of tfhe society, also supporting. The artiste* were Miss Annie Bartle, Miss Winifred Lewi* Mr. Cynlais Gibbs, and Mr. David Emn4 (vocalists), Miss Elsie Owen (violinist), Dr. 1* J. Pryce Jenkins (elocutionist), and Mr. W- Rees (accompanist). The Chairman gave 80 series of graphic Welsh a,nd English recita* tions from Isaiah, Virgil, Macaulay, Words- worth, Tennyson, Addison, Oeiricg, and LIOO Tegid to illustrate how much music there i. in the spoken word. Sir Francis was very cordially thanked, on the irsotioa of Mr. J Vincent Evane.
SEQUELTOHUNTING ACCIDENT
SEQUELTOHUNTING ACCIDENT Mr. Frank St. Osyth Cross, a well-known anti popular member of the Essex and Suffolk Hunt, died at Wonsley on Friday froC injuries sustained in the hunting field o Wednesday. The horse on whieh tbf deceased wa.s seated turned its head sowe- what suddenly to brush off a. troubleson1^ fly, when the bridle caught in the stirrup- The animal reared and fell, with the ridet underneath. Deoeaise-d sustained injuries tO his back.
-SWANSEA'S NEW DOCK
SWANSEA'S NEW DOCK It has been provisionally decided. if tits dredging of the entrance channel to awsw flea docks is completed, to fix the opening 01 the new King's Dock on Thursday, Novelw ber 4. Sir Griffith Thomas, chairman of tbd trust, will perform the ceremony. It is hoped that a first-class battleship will lead the wftf into the new dock, and amongst the guest* expected is the Chancellor of the (Mr. Lloyd George).
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