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—! Chaotic Building Laws.…
— Chaotic Building Laws. I Mr J. W. Simpson's suggestion for a London Building Court is a matter of some interest to the metropolis, and to a less extent to the great provincial towns, but it is to be feared that we shall have to wait a good many years before his proposal takes the form of an Act of Parliament. It is not that there is little need of reform in the laws governing the erection of new buildings; on the contrary there is the most extreme need for some system which would evolve order out of the present chaos. As to whether Mr Simpson's plan would produce that result is a matter worthy of more discussion than it is likely to receive, but it may be stated briefly that he sug- gests the erection of a court of Building 'for London, on the lines of the Dean of Guild Courts of Scotland, which are in- vested with very large powers in respect of construction, foundations, ventilation, party walls, drainage, the relation of one build- ing to another, light, local bye-laws, and other such matters. Whatever the proper remedy may be ANY WELL-REGULATED REFORM of the present system would be a great boon both to builders and to the general public. There are at least eleven Acts of Parlia- ment with which the builder is supposed to be familiar, with whose provisions he is — — expected to comply. How far he is likely to succeed in understanding them may be gathered from an opinion quoted by Mr Simpson, who states that a prominent dis- trict surveyor was invited by a member of the London County Council to deliver a lecture on The real building law of Lon- don." It would not be unreasonable to suppose that he knew as much about the subject as anvbody, but he declined the task, adding that he did not know any man who had the ability to give such a lecture If an experienced district surveyor was unable to say what the law is it is scarcely likely that a builier would be able to grasp it; yet it is assumed that he is acquainted with the whole of the eleven statutes, as well as the suoplemeutary regu- lations and bye-laws of the County Council and local authority. The result has been to produce a state of constant friction be- tween the builders &nd the authorities. Here and there we find a litigious builder, who takes a delight in carrying disputed points to the courts, but sooner or later he generally tires of that somewhat EXPENSIVE AMUSEMENT. He may argue the case himself, as he often does, but more often than not, the eleven Acts and the administrative regulations are too much for him and he finds mulcted in heavy costs. From the point of view of the public, a more rational system than that which at present obtains would be exceed- ingly advantageous.
INQUEST.
INQUEST. An inquiry was held at the Workhouse, on Wednesday, touching the death of Albert Morgan, of Larkfield Lodge, Chepstow, who bad been employed on a farm belongiug to Itton Court, and on Monday was about a mile from the town in charge of horses drawiug a heavily-laden wagon, when, seeing a run-away horse coming behind, he pulled to the side of the road, When the horse dashed past Morgan, his horses jumped and he fell to the ground. The wheel went over his chest and killed him instantly. Miss Stephens and Miss Cummings said they were driving in a pony trap, when a groom from Itron Court named Clifford passed them in a spring cart. At the bottom of the hill, near the Lion Lodge, he pulled up and faced them, and when he turned to take the Itton road his pony swerved and he was thrown on the road. The animal then made off towards Itton, and, seeing it coming, Morgan, the deceased, pulled in close to the hedge. Morgan's horses jumped, and Morgan fell under- neath the heavily-laden cart, the wheel of which crushed him to death. Clifford, the groom, said the reason he stopped at the bottom was because he thought the young ladies called to him. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," and censured the groom for playing about the road instead of going straight on to Itton Court.
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LLANDENNY. I Agent-Mrs Preece, The Shop. I EASTER VESTRY -The Llandenny Vestry meet- ing was held on Thursday in last week, when both the churchwardens, Mr Robert James and Mr Thomas Peacock were re-appointed.—The Vicar proposed Mr John James and Mr William Jones as aideamen.-The accounts were presented and passed. The -offertories were not sufficient to meet all the expenses, and about X8 for re- building the Church boundary wall is still due to the Churchwardens. PRESENTATION TO THE STATIONMASTBR.—Mr William Reynolds, stationmaster at Llandenny, has been appointed to a similar post at Aberdulais, Glam., and on Tuesday evening, Mr John James, on behalf of a number of subscribers, presented him with a handsome black marble clock and a sum of money, as a token of esteem and recognition of faithful service. His departure is much regretted in the neighbourhood, and especially as ill-health is the cause.
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--Point-to-Point Races at…
Point-to-Point Races at Raglan. Ideal weather favoured this event on Thursday, 4th inst., and the events were all well filled. The officials were :—Clerk of the scales, Mr B. William-Powlett; assistant, Mr W. Bevan Clerk of the course, Mr Pryce Jenkins judge, Mr E. Curre, M.F. H.; starter, Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Wheeley; hon. secretary, Mr W. L. Thomas. Results :— The MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNT LIGHT-WEIGHT STEEPLBCHASE, for members of the Monmouth- shire Hunt, with horses regularly hunted with the Monmouthshire Hounds during the season 1906-7, and trained at home; catch-weights, 12st and over. Distance, about 3 miles. Mr C. Walwyn's Bandsman, 6yrs 1 Mr H. Gethiug's Barrister, aged 2 Mr W. L. Thomas's Susan, aged 3 The FARMERS' STEEPLECHASE, for horses hunted regularly with the Monmouthshire, Lord Tredegar's, Mr Curre's, or the Llangibby Hounds catch-weights, 12st and over. Mr B. Phillips's Stella, 6ys. 1 Mr Albert Lewis's Ruby 2 Mr W. George's Sweet Briar, 6yrs 3 The MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNT HEAVY-WEIGHT STEEPLECHASE. Same conditions as opening race. Miss Norah Rees's Fisherman, aged. 1 Miss Lascelles' Yellow Peril, aged. 2 Miss Lascelles' Nigger, aged 3 Mr A. G. Radcliffe's Pickpocket, 5yrs. 0 Mr Douglas Graham's Pat. 0 A CHALLENGE Cup. About 3t miles. Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) v. Glamorganshire Imperfal Yeomanry four a- side to ride the team making the most points to be the winners; first home eight points. The race was won by Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay on Corrie, with Major Charles Edmonds on Caleb, and Lieutenant R. G. M. Pritchard on Peaceable second and third respectively, but Glamorganshire won on points by twenty to sixteen. The riders were :—Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry: Major Charles Edmonds, Major Gerald Bruce, Lieutenant R. G. M. Pritchard, and Lieutenant F. Myers. Monmouth- shire R.M.R.E.: Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, Lieutenant H. Mackworth, Second-Lieutenant J. E. Symon, and Second-Lieutenant R. T. Watts. The OPEN STEEPLECHASE, for 'horses hunted regularly with any recognised pack of fox- hounds or harriers in Monmouthshire, Hereford- shire, or Glamorganshire; catch-weights, 12st and over and 14st and over. LIGHT-WEIGHTS, Mr C. Walwyn's Bandsman, 5yra 1 Mr H. Hermus's King of Fiction, 5yrs 2 Mr Edward Phillipa' Athlecca, aged. 3 t, HEAVY-WEIGHTS* Mr B. Lewis Perry's Bill Bailey, 6yra 1 Mr Vivian Prewett's Christie 2 Mr H. P. Wallis's Richard, aged. 3
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Parliamentary. |
Parliamentary. EDUCATIONAL INJUSTICE IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Lord Robert Cecil asked Mr McKenna whether, in view of the fact that the Mon- mouthshire Education Committee recently passed a resolution that the salaries of teachers who had completed their appren- ticeship should be raised to P,25, and subse- quently stated that the resolution applied only to teachers in council schools, he pro- poses to take any action to remedy this treatment of teachers in voluntary schools. Mr McKenna: The settlement of the salaries of teachers rests with the local authority, and so long as the local education authority fulfil their statutory duty to main- tain and keep efficient the public elementary schools in their area I see no reason to interfere.
Roman Catholic Protest.
Roman Catholic Protest. The Catholic Herald states on reliable authority that it has been decided to with- draw the children from the Catholic schools of Liverpool on the day Mr McKenna's bill passes its second reading.
Roman Catholics and the Education…
Roman Catholics and the Education Bill. At a meeting of the Roman Catholic Education Council, held at Westminster on Wednesday, under the presidency of the Duke of Norfolk, the following resolution was adopted That this meeting of the Catholic Education Council condemns the Edu- cation (Special Religious Instruction) Bill as flagrantly unjust, and urges Catholics to resist it by every means in their power.
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IPONTYPOOL.I
I PONTYPOOL. I Agents-Mr Fieldhouse, and Mr G. H Churchill, The Market I Messrs. Edwards and Co., and Mr. Nickels, New Inn. BLAENDARE COLLIERY STRIKB.—The workmen employed at Blaendare Colliery, Pontypool, on Monday tendered a week's notice to terminate contracts. The decision was arrived at in consequence of the representatives of the workmen and the management being unable to settle the price list. A DOMESTIC SERVANT BADLY BUBNED.-As Rhoda Parfitt, domestic servant in the employ of Mr Parker, Penlasgarn, Pontypool, was dusting a shelf over the mantlepiece she knocked a tin of gun. f powder into the fire. An explosion followed, and > the girl was badly burned about the face and bands. She was attended to by Dr Mulligan, at the Pontypool and District Hospital, and is progressing favourably.
.-LABOUR CANDIDATE TO OPPOSE…
LABOUR CANDIDATE TO OPPOSE MR M'KENNA. I At a meeting of miners' delegates in the North Monmouthshire Parliamentary Division held at the Waverley Hotel. Pontypool, on Saturday, to consider the advisability of running a Labour candidate for the constituency at the next Parliamentary election, the following resolution was carried, with one neutral and one negative voter:— That this meeting agrees to run a Labour candidate for North Monmouthshire when necessity arises.
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9 Nails are called "sixpenny," "eighfcpenny, and "tenpenny," according as 1,000 of a par- ticular kind weigh six, eight, or ten pounds, "penny" being the old term used for pound. On the State railways in Germany the colours of the carriages are the same as the tickets of their respective classes; thus, first-class carriage* are yellow, second-class sreen, and third-clatt white.
i The Thaw Case.
The Thaw Case. New York, Friday. The jury in the Thaw trial reached no decision last night, and were again locked up for the night.
Threw Himself into the Sea.
Threw Himself into the Sea. Paris, Friday. The Journal states that Mr Reiche, of Bradford, who has been missing from Biarritz, committed suicide by throwing himself into- the sea.
1 A Runaway Tramcar.
A Runaway Tramcar. A Liverpool tramcar ran away down a hill to-day, and dashed into a wall three persons were injured.
IA Nihilist Shoots Herself.…
A Nihilist Shoots Herself. I Rome, I Friday. Mile. Paraden, a young Russian, student, aged twenty, committed suicide at Florence yesterday, by shooting herself in a restaurant she was a Nihilist and was wanted by the police.
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THE DATE OF EASTER. j
THE DATE OF EASTER. j The movement for minimising the varia- tion in the date of Easter recalls a little controversy which we are told distracted the Christian Church long ago, an-1 became a scource of mockery and ridicule to un- believers. According to the present rule, Easter Sunday may happen on any day from March 22ad to April 25th, inclusive, and it is suggested that much inconvenience vould be obviated if the variation were reduced to days instead of weeks. It having been calculated that the original Easter Day fell on April 7th, it is proposed that the festival should be kept on the Sun- day nearest to that date. This proposal does not raise the question which divided the Christians of Jewish and Gentile descent, the ruling principle of the one being the observance of the day of the month, and of the other the day of the week. The estab- lishment of a uniform practice was one of the principal objects of the Council of INicsea in A.D 325, when it was decided that Easter must be kept on a Sunday, but there was no general agreement as to the particular Sunday on which it was to be observed. Discrepancies accordingly con- tinued to occur, and it was not until Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, that the British and Roman Churches were finally in accord. Owing to Russia and the Oriental Churches retaining the unreformed calendar, their Easter falls almost iuvari- ably on a day different from that observed by the remainder of Christendom.
AIR - SHIP TRAVELLING.
AIR SHIP TRAVELLING. People talk jocularly of travelling by air- ship, but probably there is nobody, unless it be an enthusiastic aeronaut, who seriously believes that in his lifetime any means will be devised whereby air ships will offer facilities to the ordinary traveller who now goes by road, rail, or sea. One can only think with admiration of men like M. Santos-Dumont, who risk their lives in order to solve a problem which is very likely capable of solution, in so far that air-ships may be available for extraordin- ary purposes, such as those of war, but while the bravery of the intrepid Brazilian is conspicuous and undoubted, at the same time his most recent experiences are not calculated to encourage the belief that we I' shall be able to take a trip through the air to Paris, and return with little more danger than is now encountered in a journey by Tail. It will be seen that M. Santos- Dumont had so much confidence in his machine that he discarded the precaution of making his trials over water, but his optimism was scarcely justified by the event, seeing that he fell violently to the ground, and his machine was seriously damaged. It is a marvel that the aeronaut was not killed or injured, and it is difficult to avoid the apprehension that sooner or later he will furnish a fresh application of the old proverb concerning the pitcher that was taken once too often to the well.
I AJBEKGAVENiNY.
AJBEKGAVENiNY. Avents,-Mes.ir, Desvies # Go. Booksellers, j PRIMROSE LEAGUE WORK AND PRESENTATION.— Lady Llaupattock presided at the aunual meeting of the Heudre Habitation of the Pimrose League, at Abergavenny, and urged the necessity of hard work by the party in the interval between elections. At the close of her address she pre- sented Mr Halle well, who has been hon secretary of the habitation for five years and is now removing to Pontypool, with a pair of silver muffineers in recogaitioa of his valuable services.
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CHEPSTOW. I agent.-Miss Czar* { CHBPSTOW MAY HORSE FAIR.—Attention is called to this fair which wiill take place in Chepstow Market, on Friday, May 24th next, when a great eff rt is being made to revive the old noted Chepstow Statute Horse Fair. The gentry and farmers of the district should do all they cau to help towards the success of the undertaking, there is no reason why the fair should not become as large and as important as it originally was. Entries should be made early, in order to insure publicity, to the auctioneers, Messrs. Davis, Newland and Hunt, 21, Welsh-street, Chepstow.
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Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions.…
Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions. The Easter Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Monmouth opened at the Sessions House. Usk, on Wednesday morning, before The Lord Lteutensut(Viscount Tredegar), S. C. Bosan- quet, Esq. (chairman), Sir Arthur Mackworth, Bart, Sir Alfred Moloney, K.C.M G., Mr 0. W. Earle Marsh, Mr T. E. Watson, MrF. T. Pro'heroe Mr R. Rickards, Mr F. M. Humfrey, Mr Humphrey Humphreys, Mr A. A. Williams, Mr J. Green, Major W. Williams, Mr H. A. Williams, Mr L. Foiestier Walker, Mr W. B. Harrison, Caotain C. J. Vaughan, Mr D. W. Evans, Mr F. T Bircham, Mr S. A. Hiley, Mr Lewis Jones, Mr Lockhart Ross, I THE GRAND JURY were sworn as follows:—Messrs. George Henry Thomas (foreman), C. H. Burcham, Caerleon; W. H. Pittpn, Frederick H. Davies. John Jenkin Gwatkin, Poutypool; J. Francis Grove, He bart Canning, Edgar Chamber, Iiltyd Howell. Godfrey Bowen Partridge, Charles John Francis, E. A. Hammond, J. Duncan Couper, Herbert Greenland, Newport; Thomas Rees Evans, Tredunnock; Thomas Davies, Arthur W. Latham. Monmnuth; Rees William Spencer, Albert Walter Trotman, Llanbadoc; John Buick, Kemeys Commander; Zephaniah Jones. Llanwenarth Ultra; William Jones, Nash and Alfred Griffiths, Blaenavon. I THE CHARGE. I The Chairman briefly charged the Grand Jury, pointing out that theie were only Px prisoners for trial. The cases presented few difficulties, and he thought they would be able to return true bills in each one. I THE CUSTODY OF A CHILD. I The Clerk (Mr H. S. Gustard) said an applica- tion was to be made, on behalf > f the National Society for the Prevention of Cruel y to Children, for the variation of an order respecting Rose Hannah Watkins, who bad been committed to the custody of Ann Bevan some Sessions ago upon the conviction of her father, Lewis Watkins, of Glasllwch, near Newport, of cruelty to his children. Mrs Bevan, who was the grandmother of the child, was now unable to take charge of her, and the Society wished the order to be varied so that they might take up the responsibility. The unine Office had been consulted in the matter, and had agreed to the application being made. Inspector Sparkes, of the N.S.P.O.C., formally made the application, and, in reply to the Clerk of the Peace, said he wished the transfer to the Society also of the 28 6d a week which the father was ordered to pay towards her maintenance. The Court acceded to the application. I STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE. The Court's representatives on the Standing Joint Committee were re-elected, with the exception of Colonel Curre, who retired in favour of Mr F. T. Bircham, of Chepstow, who was formerly Poor LRw Inspector for South Wales aud Monmouthshire, and who now wished to take part in County affairs. I USE PRISON VISITING COMMITTEE. I This Committee was also re-appointed, with the only alteration that Mr F. T. Bircham takes the place of the late Major Edmund Herbert, of Llansantffraed. THE LATE MAJOR HERBERT. I The Chairman said the Court could not pasa over the loss the County had sustained in the death of Major Edmund Herbert without some reference to it. For many years Major Herbert was the ('hief Constable of the County. It was under him that the police force was formed, and to him was due in a great measure its very efficient state. They were indebted to him for the very great services he rendered to the county in that way. After his retirement from the bead of the Force he was made a Visiting Justice of Uak Prison, and he served as long as his health allowed him. He was respected throughout the county in which he had done useful work for many years. He (the Chairman) proposed a vote of condolence with the deceased gentleman's relatives. Viscount Tredegar asked to have the honour of seconding the vote. remarking that he had known Mrtjor Herbert from his earliest life, and that he had been a life-long friend of his. His services to the County had been very valuable, and a great loss bad been sustained in his death. The vote was agreed to in silence. 1 TRIALS OF PRISONERS. J FIRST COURT.—Before the CHAIRMAN and other Magistrates, PENAL SERVITUDE FOB A MAN OF COLOUR. Claudius Cummings, 41, stoker, was charged with breaking and entering the house of John Selway, at Panteg, and stealing a jacket and other clothing, a silver watch, gold albert, etc.; (2), on the 13th January, at Ebbw Vale, breaking and entering the house of Wm. Watts, and stealing one coat, two dresses, etc and (3), on the 2Uth January, at Llanfrechfa Upper, breaking and entering the house of William Poulton, and stealing an overcoat, 16s 6d in money, and other articles. Prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr Bosanquet, who prosecuted, said that there were 36 charges of burglary against the prisoner in the County, 15 of them being in the same division. The Home Office had been communicated with, with a view of getting all the charges against the prisoner disposed of that day, and they had intimated that the magistrates should proceed only upon the three charges specified, but that they should be made aware of the other charges against the prisoner, so that they should not continue to hang over him. The Chairman said the prisoner had a bad record, and apparently it was no good giving him a light sentence. He would be sentenced to five years' penal servitude. It was understood that the other charges would not now be proceeded with. An order for the restitution of the stolen pro- perty was made. LAPSE THROUGH LAZINESS. I William Henry Todd, 18, postman, was charged with, on the 25th July, at Rhymney, detaining a letter directed to T. Elias; (2) on the 22nd November, detaining a letter directed to T. Jones; and further, on the 28th November, detaining a letter directed to Charles Samuel, all the letters being the property of the Postmaster-General. Mr A. J. David was for the prosecution, and Mr H. Acheson Moore was for the defence. Mr David said that the prisoner detained a large number of letters, which were all, with a few exceptions, halfpenny circulars, receipts, etc. There were no valuable letters taken and no evidence of appropriation of money. The suggestion was that Todd considered the documents of no importance, and did not, there- fore, deliver them. Mr Acheson Moore said that he could not minimise the seriousness of the charge, but he would plead for leniency for the boy, who was only 18 years of age, and who, up to the time of these unfortunate occurrences, had borne an excellent character. He had been in the employ of the Post Office since 13t years of age, as 2 telegraph messenger, auxiliary postman, and postman, and did well until he went to Rhymney, when, whether through laziness, extra work, the distance apart of the farmhouses, or what not, these postal letters began to be detained and gradually accumlilated. There was no question of money or valuables being taken, and defendant had rendered every assistance to the authorities when they were enquiring into the matter. His father had been a postman for many years at the Cardiff Post Office, but his son left home at an early age. Prisoner was now in the employ at 18a per week, of the Rhymney Railway Co., who were cognisant of the facts of this case, and were prepared to retain his services if he were allowed to go home that day. In future the prisoner would be living under the protection of his father and mother at Cardiff, and under the circum- stances he appealed to the magistrates to deal with the prisoner by binding him over to come up for judgment. The Chairman, addressing defendant, said that in acting as he had done he had taken a very fo lish aad reprehensible step. It was neglecting his duty, and not acting in accordance with his agreement with the Post Office to detain the letters, whether they were important in his opinion or not. He was sure that defendant had by his time realized what a foolish mistake it was for him to make, to say the least of it. However, the Court did not WiAh to punish him further and he would be bound over in a surety of £10 to come up for judgment if called upon. INDBCBNT ASSAULT. Daniel Thomas, a gus stoker, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting Elizabeth Wells, aged 9, at Crumlin Gas Works, on April 2nd, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour. A SHIPWRHCKBD SAILOR George Machlin, alias George McLean, &c., 47, fitter, pleaded guilty to three indictments charging him with obtaining food by means of false pretences from Harriet Delaware, Fanny Yolonterio, and Elizabeth Williams, at Newport, in November, January, and February last. In each case he represented that he had been shipwrecked. and was allowed 3 a day (or 21 a week) by a Board of Trade Court of Inquiry. The Chairman, in sentencing him to three years' penal servitude, said he had some good discharges from ships, but when ashore between times he seemed to occupy himself in a criminal maimer, and it was of no use to give him a light sentence, as he had had many of them. THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. I JRmes Beaven, 27, wagon examiner, was charged with stealing two brass bearings, the property of the Powell Duffryn Company and another, at New. port. on or about the Ith February. Mr J. Corner prosecuted, and Mr A. J. David defended. The case lasted over seven boure. For the prose- cution it was stated that prisoner was employed by the Alexandra Dock Company, and that the bear- ings were taken from railway trucks which came unde rhis examination at Mendalief I unction. The chief witness was a youne gatherer of odds and ends named Corten, who. after being arrested with Beaven, changed from dock to witness box. He it WH whom Detective Caldicott watched from his stables adjoining Beaven's house to a marine store dealer's, where be was about to sell the brasses. The detective then took Corten in charge, and then Beaven was arrested as the one who had sold them to Corten, as he had done many lots before, at 4d. per lb. The brasses had been fired and broken up. but P.D." was on one. Prisoner, on oath, said the story of the prosecu- tion was untrue, and his wife, father, end other witnesses gave evidenoe for him, Corten's state- ments being attributed to ill-feeling caused by Beaven ordering him off the railway. After a few minutes' retirement, the jury re- turned and said they had decided to give Beavan the benefit of the doubt, which The Clerk elicited was meant for a verdict of Not Guilty, and Beaven was discharged. SECOND COURT.-Before F. T. E. PROTHEROE, Esq., and other Justices. AN UBK CASK. Tom Jones, 54, labourer, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of Wm. Probert, and stealing therein bread, cheese, and sugar, at Llangeview, on March 4th. Mr Moore prosecuted. After calling upon Probert overnight and being given food, it was alleged that Jones broke into the house through the window, in Probert's absence, and took the eatables, with which he was seen re- galing himself by a roadside fire in th6 vicinity in the morning. A clay pipq found on Probert's kitchen table was subsequently olaimed by prisoner when P.S, Sheddick arrested him at Llangibby. Jones was loquacious to the jury,, and having de- nied that he was on prosecutor's premises at all on the day in question, he said he saw another man leaving there with bulky pockets when he was pass. ing that morning. The jury, however, found him guilty, and Jones having admitted a previous conviction, was sen- tenced to two months' hard labour.
MONMOUTH.
MONMOUTH. Agent.—Mr. J. G. Jones, 24, Church Street, Monmouth. PRIMROSE LEAGUE GATHERING, The annual meeting of The. Rolls Habitation of the Primrose League was held at The Rolls Hall, on Tuesday, when Lord Llangattock, the Ruling Councillor, presided and voiced the sincere thanks of the Habitation to Miss Jessie Addams-Williams for the very efficient manner in which she bad acted as bon. secretary to the Habitation and the great success that bad crowned her efforts. They all regretted that Mr W. C. A. Williams and his family had left the neighbourhood, and be should like a notice placed on the minute book, and a letter also sent to Miss Jessie Addams Williams, expressing their appreciation of the services she so freely and ably gave, to the Primrose L-.azue. Fortunately, they were able to find a worthy successor in Mr G. B. Adamson. Mr Hamilton Baillie seconded, and Mr Adamson suitably replied. A public meeting was held at 8.30, when Mr Arthur H. Easten, Provincial Secretary Grand Council Primrose League, delivered an able address.
I The Stranded Great Eastern…
The Stranded Great Eastern Steamer. The stranded Great Eastern Steamer, Brussels, remains in the same position to-day some of the- cargo will be taken out to-day.
Edinburgh Honours the Colonial…
Edinburgh Honours the Colonial Premiers. At Edinburgh University to- day, Dr Jameson, Premier of Cape Colony; Sir Joseph Ward, Premier of New Zealand; and. Mr Moore, Premier of Natal, received the degree of Doctor of Laws.
———■ An Alderman takes Poison.I
———■ An Alderman takes Poison. I Mr James Muir Smith, solicitor, an alderman of South Shields, was found dead in his office to-day, with a glass of poison beside him.
Sudden Death of Major Gollop.
Sudden Death of Major Gollop. Major Gollop, composer'of u We will stand by the Red, White and,, Blue," and other songs, died suddenly during a concert at Salway Ash, near Bridport, last night.
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Weather Forecast. Rather cold and dull weather predicted. Printed and Published by THE COUNTY OBSERVER, NEWSPAPER and PRINTING COMPANY, Limited, bv J AMES HENRY CLARK, a their Offices, Bridge- Street. TTsk, in tho County OIf Monmouth, Saturday, April 13th, 1907.