The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

PEMBROKESHIRE EDUCATION AUTHORITY. Punchestoi-i N P. School. ,A Clark of Works Appointed. A PROTEST FROM ST. DAVIDS. A meeting of the Education Committee of the Pembroke County Council was held on Friday at the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, when there were present- Mr. S. B. Sketch (chairman), Mr. J. Howiirtii Grimthr, {vice-chairman). Miss Ada Thomas, and Miss Ri.ul: Allen. Dr. Grifiith, Rev. VN-. Powell, Ven. Arohdeacoii Hilbers, Messrs. W. Lawrence, b. Bulxiifson, \Y. Palmer Morgan, W. G. Parct-11, y,. T. Daviec, A- G. Llewellin, LI. Recs. J, and V>. Robin- son. PUXCHESTON N ON P iiO VII) ED SCHOOL. At the November meeting a resolution was passed to cease maintaining Puncheston non- provided school, on the ground that the local managers had refused 10 carry out the instruc- tions of the education authority. At the De- cember meeting, Jsov-ovor, Archdeacon Hilbers pointed out. that the requirements of the edu- cation authority had oeeii complied with; and he moved a resolution, which was carried, that Puncheston School should be reinstated. Archdeacon Hilbers asked, after the minutes of last meeting had been read, why the De- cember resolution had not been carried out? The assistant-teacher had gone, and the wishes Of the authority had been all carried out? He "Wished to know, therefore, why the school had not been reoperie(:.? The Chairman said he was responsible. The fact was that he ought not to have accepted the resolution at the December meeting. It Was out of order, inasmuch as it rescinded a previous resolution. Mr. Palmer Morgan wished to raise the ques- tion of the chairman's decision. The Chairman: I shuii rale you out of order. Mr. Palmer Morgan: I challenge the decision of the chair. The Chairman: I "hall not allow any question to be put. Mr. Palmer Morgan: It is a serious matter for the school. The Standing Orders are in plain Eii, The C irnhm: I shall not allow it, Mr. Morgan; i have ruled it out of order. It is my fault that the resolution was accept-ed. I ought to have ruled it out of order at the time. Mr. Palmer Morgan: It. is not the first time you have done it. I hold you have no power to rule me out of order. The Chairman: I rule that I shall not hear you. Mr. E. Robinson: Show some deierence to the chair. Mr. Palmer Morgan was again on his feet, but before he could speak The Chairman said: I will not hear another Word, if you please. Mr. Lawrence: I move that the minutes be signed. Mr. E. Robinson: I second that. Signed they were accordingly. ENGLISH v. WELSH SCHOOLS. The Chairman presented a report of the in- terview which a deputation from Welsh inter- mediate schools had with the President of the ¡Board of Education. As what took place has already appeared, the Chairman said there was HO necessity to travel over the ground again. They got rid of some of the difficulties with regard to regulations. One, they would re- toember, was the difficulty of having to make 80 per cent, attendances in a Welsh school, in 'ordjer to earn grant. In England the grant was 'I.' earned per term, and Mr. McKenna had pro- Enised to put the Welsh .schools on the same footing. With regard to children under 12, Mr. MoKenna admitted he had no idea that they had so many in Wales, and he promised to lelIledy that, and if he had not sufficient money b. would try to obtain some from the Treasury; f.ttd also to get the additional year granted to English schools extended to Welsh county schools. Generally, therefore, they were likely to be placed on a par with the regulations governing English schools. Mr. Palmer Morgan said this would mean B100 a year for Narberth, and other schools would receive more in proportion. He sug- gested that they should appoint delegates to attend a conference at Shrewsbury on the sub- ject. The Chairman, Dr. Griffith, and Mr. Palmer Morgan were appointed delegates. A PROTEST FROM ST. DAVIDS. The St. Davids Parish Council wrote thai they viewed with alarm the increasing heavy burdens imposed on the shoulders of the rate- payers of the county, and protested most strong- ly against another office being created by the Appointment of a clerk of works. The Vice-Chairman said he supported the Protest, on the general ground that something ^Ught to be done to ease the burden on the Ratepayers of the county. Since the Education Act was adopted over 92,000 was spent annually 10. new offices, and it seemed to him there was tfqre money spent than there ought to be. He moved that the protest from St. Davids be referred to the Finance Committee. r't_I4. The Chairman said as the Finance uuiiiu,,i"-c had already dealt with the matter he could not accept the resolution.. Mr. Palmer Morgan said the whole object in Appointing a clerk of works was to save the ttioney of the ratepayers, and to see that they got value for their money. THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN. Felling Education Committee, Durham, wrote suggesting that local education authorities should receive contributions from the National Exchequer towards the cost of medical in- spection, etc. The Chairman thought that was a very 'teasonable thing, and that the Imperial x- 'Chequer should be asked to relieve the local rates of a heavy burden, for this was likely to prove a very heavy burden to this c°ul?y' He was in entire sympathy with the Act, but its application was likely to prove so expensive fell upon local rates, that their friends at St. Davids would have greater reason to cry •out against heavy rates. It was decided to adopt the resolution as suggested by Durham. A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION FOUND. TI-re Fishguard District Teachers' Association "Wrote declaring that no satisfactory solution of the present controversy waging around the giving of religious instruction was possible f Until instruction in State-aided schools was to secular subjects. ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. It was decided that the attendance officers, \1\ future, should make a special report on the 4ttendance of each school when the percentage t attendance was lower than 82.5. A. letter was read from Messrs. Sellick, Mor- ley and Price, of Milford Haven, who had been Prosecuted for illegal employment, stating that they would do their best to see that no boy 14 years of age was employed on their ships, and suggesting that the attendance offi- ceF should notify them if he suspects that any boy. under age is being employed. It was decided to ask the officer to attend to this. The committee considered, the matter of scholarships in elementary schools, which had Ilbeen referred to them by the Education Com- mittee, and reported that they do not consider that the granting of such scholarships in this county is necessary. The Rev. j. M. Dryerre asked permission to give an address to the boys of the Day Schools on "The evils of Smoking." The committee recommend that permission be granted and! he be asked to state what schools he intends visiting. The committee report that the matter of the; attendance at Milford non-provided school on St. Catherine's Day, referred back by the Edu- cation Committee, was deferred until the next ■MEETING. The managers of Group 8 (Fishguard) again Recommended a bonus to the attendance officer for census work in the Goodwick district. The 'Committee could not recommend that this be granted. The recommendations were approved on the tnotion ef Mr. W. T. Davies, seconded by Mr- "Lawrence. BUILDINGS. Dr. Griffith submitted the recommendations .AX il • vu toIlle COECLMittee. A letter from the Board of Education was, *ead inquiring as to the revised plans of council school, and also a letter from the managers asking that the plans be forwarded to them. The architect submitted e revised plans, and it waa decided to send.: 'aem to the Board of Education. The Board of Education wrote asking for the •ttthority's proposals for providing additional accommodation at Hubberston non-provided school. The Chairman reported that several sites had been inspect i "nd the prices in- quired. The Board of Education inquired as to the plans of the proposed new St. Ishmaels non- provided school.—The Chairman reported the position of the school, and the architect was instructed to prepare plans. The committee decided to empower the chair- man to treat with the agent of the company and with the commoners for the Goodwick site, i and that he bring a report t.o the next meeting. Mr. W. L. Williams was asked to accompany the chairman in waiting on the commoners. The committee opened six tenders for erect- ing the new Glandwr council school, and it was decided to send all the tenders to the mana- gers with the recommendation that the lowest tender (Owen Phillips') be accepted, unless the managers think there is some reason to the contrary. One tender only was received for Croesgoch council school, viz.. that of Messrs. Evans and Williams, of Mathry. It was decided to for- ward it to the managers for their approval. The committee considered the applications received for the post of clerk of works, and it was resolved to recommend that certain candidates be placed on the short list, and that they be invited to attend before the Education Committee on Friday next at 11.30 a.m., and that they be asked to bring specimens of their work, such as plans and drawings, with them. It was also resolved that the architect should examine the candidates by questions prepared by him, and that Messrs. James Harries, W. L. Williams, and W. Robinson attend the exami- nation. It was also resolved to recommend that the unsuccessful candidates be paid third- class return railway fares. The recommendations were adopted. CLERK OF WORKS. The committee then proceeded to the ap- pointment of a clerk of works. Mr. W. G. Parcell said he saw there were 78 applications, which number had been re- duced to four; but of the four, three were fro;n Glamorgan, and only one from Pembrokeshire. Surely they had men in Pembrokeshire who were capable of doing thai work. Dr. Griffith vindicated the action of the com mittee, and said what they had aimed at was to get the best man possible. He also de- fended the action of the sub-committee in putting the candidates through an examination. He added that the appointment was not a permanent one. Mr. Palmer Morgan dissented from that state- ment, and said with 120 schools in the county they were sure to always have sufficient work in hand for a clerk of works. Mr. W. T. Davies thought they should study the ratepayers. The Chairman said that was just what they were proposing to do, in seeing that what the ratepayers paid for they should get. Mr. J. Harries vindicated the action of the sub-committee, and said they eliminated 58 of the candidates at the first voting, for they had no experience or practical knowledge of the work. Two of the candidates for the office of clerk of the works were then admitted, and under- went a very rigorous examination from Mr. Ll. Rees and Mr. Palmer Morgan. The two were Mr. E. J. Evans, Merthyr Tydvil, and Mr. Geo. Marley, 8, Bengal Villas, Pembroke, who has been foreman of works under the War Office for seven years. The Chairman said it was only fair to Mr. Marley that he should state what had been said to him of this candidate by the civil en- gineer at the Dockyard. He said that he had never met a better man for a very long time. The appointment was unanimously given to Mr. Marley, who was called in, and briefly re- turned thanks for the appointment. Miss Ada Thomas asked would he be clerk of works for the elementary schools only. It was stated in reply that Mr. Marley would be ready to go anywhere where his services were required by that authority, whether ele- mentary or secondary school. The salary offered was C2 per week, and 10s. per week for travelling expenses. TEMPLETON COUNCIL SCHOOL. There were 14 applications for the post of head teacher at this school. The appointment was made of Mr. Thomas Howard, 26, married, now of Pontypool, who was said to have re- ceived the approval of the local managers. bXAFFING. Dr. Griffith brought forward the recommen- dations of the Staffing Committee. Communications from head teachers whose salaries were liable to be reduced under scale were read. The committee recommend that the head teachers of Tenby Provided (B), Barn Street Council, Prendergast (G) Council, Lawrenny Non-provided, and Neyland (B) Council schools shall be paid salaries equivalent to what they are now receiving. It was decided that the head teacher of Tenby council school shall be paid at a salary of £10 higher than the maxi- mum of grade G. A letter from -e Flintshire Education Com- j mittee concerning the employment of married women as teachers was read. The committee recommend that in future no married woman be appointed in any school except in case of, necesssity. A letter was laid before the committee from the County Association of Teachers concerning the scale of salaries. It was decided to issue copies of it to the members of the staffing sub-committee, and to consider it at the next meeting. Matters arising out of the adoption of the scale. Joint Salaries.—It was decided that the teach- ers at Manorowen N.-P. school, now paid a joint salary, shall be each paid according to scale from April, 1908. The committee recommend that assistant teachers possessing a higher qualification than that required for the post for which they are engaged will be paid according to the quali- fication that is required for that post. It was decided that the amended uncertifica- ted scale shall apply to those who had passed the old King's Scholarship Examination,—those who had obtained a first class being paid ac- cording to Grade A., and those who had passed in classes two and three under Grade B of e amended scale. It was decided that all teachers' houses con- nected with Provided schools shall be re- I assessed for the purposes of scale and the com- mittee recommend that the managers be asked to assess what rent should be paid by the head teacher in each case. Notice of Assistant Teachers.—It was decided to incorporate in the regulations affecting the scale that the month's notice from assistant teachers should be a full calendar month end- ing at the end of a calendar month. As the committee have decided not to ap- point P.T.'s, the committee recommend that this examination be not held this year. The Director reported that it was very de- sirable for teachers to become acquainted with the Board's suggestions, and it was decided that a supply of the book be obtained, and that the teachers be notified that they wouM be expected to show that they had read it. The recommendations were approved. EXPENSES OF DELEGATES. Mr. Palmer Morgan moved that in future all delegates appointed to attend conferences out- side the county should be paid second-class railway fares, and reasonable hotel expenses allowed them. Mr. E. Robinson seconded. Dr. Griffith moved an amendment that the question be not considered that day, and this waa seconded by Mr. Parcell, and carried. A further resolution to pay the expenses of the delegates to the Shrewsbury Conference was carried; as also a resolution to pay the expenses of the Director to attend the Inter- national Art Congress in London. Dr. Griffith moved a hostile amendment, but withdrew it. APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Gwilym Davies accepted the ap- pointment of county council manager, for Wal- ton West and Talbenny Non-provided schools, vice the Rev. James Phillips, deceased. Miss Jane Phillips was appointed a member. of the No. 9 (Haverfordwest group of managers, in place of her late brother. The Rev. T. Gough Griffiths declined appoint- ment as county council manager of Haverford- west Non-provided schools. Mr. John Evans, Market Street, was appointed.

THE UNINVITED GUEST AT THE, MARINERS. HAVERFORDWEST MAGISTRATES DISCHARGE HIM. At the Haverfordwest Petty Sessions on Mon- day, before the Mayor and other magistrates, William Byron Crouch was brought up in custody, under a remand from the 18th inst., for having been on the premises of the Mari- ners Hotel for an unlawful purpose. He was now charged under the Vagrancy Act with having been on the premises for an unlawful purpose. Ann Rees, a servant at the Mariners' Hotel, said on Friday, the 17th inst., at about 11.30 p.m., she went up stairs, and on the landing she found a man's hat and a bopt-lace. She informed Mr. Gwyther of what she had seen, and afterwards went for the police. She had seen the prisoner in the afternoon between four o'clock and five o'clock. He was coming from the direction of Barn Street, and she saw him speaking to some one on the corner, and then go towards Dark Street before she left the window. Prisoner said the witness was mistaken in saying she saw him in the afternoon. He was at Milford at the time mentioned. Witness, replying to prisoner, said she found nothing disarranged in the bedroom, no drawers open, nor anything out of place. Dr. Greenish: You have no doubt about the prisoner being the person you saw on the Square in the afternoon?—None whatever. Replying to prisoner, witness said he was not wearing the slouch hat (produced), but a bowler (also produced). Howard B. Gwyther, landlord of the Mari- ners Hotel, said the last witness brought a slouch hat down to him in the bar about 11.30 p.m. on the 17th inst. He went for Mr. Grif- fiths, of the Greyhound, and they made a search of the house. They looked through the rooms, and in No. 6 found some struck matches on the floor. He found No. 13 keyed, and as he could not get an answer he sent for the police. Inspector Thomas came, and after knocking and shouting burst in the door, and found prisoner in bed. Prisoner only had his collar and socks on, and when they shook him he seemed to rouse and said, "Good gracious, where am 11 Am I in the Infirmary?" He then made a statement that he came from Milford on the 8.10 p.m. train, and later that he came by the 10 p.m. train. Replying to the Deputy-Chief Constable, the witness said the next morning he examined the rooms, and found in the sitting room some matches near the door, and six or seven struck matches near a sideboard about 30 feet from the doorway. He missed a box of matches from the landing, which were similar to tnose he found struck. He did not miss anything, and nothing seemed to have been disturbed. The prisoner was quite sober. Inspector Thomas said he was fetched to the Mariners Hotel at 11.40 on the 17th. He went upstairs to No. 13, and after shouting and knocking he burst the door, and found prisoner in bed. He had a difficulty in rousing pri- soner, not because he was asleep, but because he was shamming. No sober man, such as prisoner was, could have slept through the knocking and shouting at the door. He caused the prisoner to dress himself, and locked him up. He made a statement to the effect that he had just come back from Milford, and, miss- ing his lodgings, he turned into the Mariners. On searching prisoner he found some sundries upon him, a half-sovereign, and Is. in coppers. The prisoner was discharged from the infirmary on Thursday, the 16th inst. Prisoner: Do you really think I was not asleep when you woke me up?—I am positive you were not. The Clerk: Did you shake him Yes; enough to have wakened a drunken man. Prisoner: I swear before God I was asleep, Inspector.—I am confident you were not asleep. Prisoner elected to give evidence, and said i when he was out of Milford Haven two days, in the Blue Jacket, he broke a rib. When he returned Dr. Griffith gave him a ticket for the infirmary. On Thursday, the 16th, he was dis- charged at 3.0 p.m., too late for the Milford train and to find the office open at Milford. He, therefore, stayed for the night at Castle Back. Next morning he walked to Milford, where he got his money. He could prove that he "touched" his money at Milford at the very time the girl said she saw him in Haver-' fordwest. He drew 16s. at Milford, and he had a postal order for 3s. 2d., and he spent 8s. He had several glasses of beer to while away the time. He missed the 6.25 train by someon* telling him it left at 6.35, and he left by the 8.10 p.m. At Johnston he went to the public- house until the 9.50 p.m. train was due. Some- one said to him there that he did look a tramp in his slouch hat, and he gave him a bowler hat. When he got into the train for Haver- fordwcst he fell asleep, and would have passed it if he had not been roused. When he got into the town he thought the lodging-house would not be open, and as he was thoroughly tired, when he saw the Mariners Hotel open he walked in, as he had sufficient money to pay for accommodation. The Clerk asked why prisoner did not stop at Milford, and he said he had to come back for some things. A boy directed him to Castle Back, and told him first right, and then first right again, and as it seemed to him he would be walking three sides of a triangle, it would simply bring him back to where he was. The Clerk: He gave you the right direction. and he walked into the hotel He had sufficient and he walked to the hotel. He had sufficient money upon him, and when he got in he called out, "Is anybody at home," or words to that effect, but no one replied. He then walked upstairs, and seeing a door ajar he went in. Seeing it was a large room, with a big bed, he thought it would be too big a price for him, and he went into a smaller one. He accounted for the sheets being dirtied by saying that his clothes had got dirtied at sea. He went to bed, and knew no more until he found the Inspector and others around his bed. That was the whole truth. He had been living all over the world, and he should never hesitate to do in France what he had done here. He added that he only came back to fight for his country in the South African War. He was in the Colonial Scouts, and enlistened at Pieter- maritzburg. Asked if he went into the sitting-room, pTi- soner said his ideas were so confused he hardly knew where he went. He had had six or seven glasses of beer that day, and before that he had been having on^y^tea and coffee for nine days in the infirmary, so that the beer made him sleepy and heavy. ] Asked by the clerk if he had spent some time in Milford, prisoner said only between his voyages. He came to Milford a little before Christmas. The Deputy-Chief Constable said he had not been able to find out much about prisoner. Prisoner said his discharge papers from the army were stolen from him in Philadelphia. He had no papers to show his connection with a trawler, but he was only a cook on one of the vessels of Messrs. Sellick, Morley, and Price. The prisoner handed in a letter from Messrs. Topping and Spindler, the well-known book-makers, who said they had known pri- soner for many years, and had always found him honest and straightforward. The Clerk: What have you had to do with Topping and Spindler? The Prisoner: He was once responsible to me for 30.000 rupees in India. The Magistrates retired, and on returning to Court the Mayor said: The Bench have uecided that you had no right to be on the premises of the Mariners Hotel, but they do not believe you were there for an unlawful purpose; there- fore you are discharged. The prisoner said if he once lost sight of the white chalk cliffs of England it would be a long time before he would see them again.

SINGULAR FATALITY ON A MILFORD TRAWLER. A TRIMMER FOUND CHOKED. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Herbert Price, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Sessions House, Milford Haven, on the body of John Gartrell, aged 28, trimmer on the steam trawler Titania. Capt. A. J. Rust was foreman of the jury. The following evidence was given. Joseph Wood, chief engineer on the Titania, said the deceased was a trimmer under him and belonged to Hull. He last saw him alive on Thursday night on board ship. He then seemed all right. About 9.30 a.m. on Friday witness went to the ship, and found deceased on the cabin floor dead. He was cold and stiff. He had never heard deceased complain of any illness during the month he had known him. Deceased had only been in Milford about a month, and had made three voyages. He came from Cardiff to Milford. David Phillips, 23, Priory Road, Milford, said he was acting as watchman on the Titania. He went aboard with deceased on Thursday night about 10.30. He seemed quite sober. Witness was in the cabin with him for about a quarter of an hour. Witness said to him he had "come aboard like a man"; and he replied, "Yes, it is better than paying the police 7s. 6d." Wit- ness left deceased reading, and saw no more of him. The next he heard was that he was dead. Joseph Harris, boiler scaler, said he was working on the Titania on Thursday night and Friday morning. On going into the cabin on Friday morning he found deceased lying on the cabin floor. He shook him and asked him what was the matter, but he made no answer. He was groaning, but witness thought the man was drunk merely, and did not take much notice of him. It was usual to find men like that. He appeared to .be sick, and that made witness think he was under the influence of drink. Witness did not say anything to the watchman when he left the ship. Dr. W. S. Griffith said he examined the body on Friday morning. It was then lying face down on the cabin floor, and the mouth and nose were in a quantity of undigested food which had been vomited. Evidently the de- ceased had been suffocated by the stuff. Later in the day he made a post-mortem examina- tion. He found the right side of the heart enormously distended with blood, and the lungs very much congested. The symptoms pointed to suffocation,. which was the cause of death. There was no wound, nor anything else to account for death. There was no smell of alcohol. The Coroner, addressing the jury, said if the man Joseph Harris had moved the deceased he would probably have saved his life. Instead of doing that he seemed to have gone away and taken no further notice. Mr. Foster (a juror) said that was done regularly. v The Coroner said that did not make it right. Mr. Foster: If he interfered he might have got a punch on the nose. I think he was quite right. The Coroner said it seemed very sad that this life should have been thrown away. Th Foreman: It seems very careless, and very neglectful to leave a man in this state. The Coroner agreed, and said it seemed strange that the watchman should not have known anything about. it. He asked the watch- man what were his duties? The Watchman: To see that she (the ship) is properly moored; to see that she makes no water; to see that no unlawful person goes aboard, and that no other vessel runs into her. The Coroner: But in order to find out whether any unlawful person goes aboard, what do you do? The Watchman: I am on the wall, and no one can go aboard without my knowledge. The jury brought in a verdict of "Accidental death."

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A REMARKABLE RECORD. At an inquest held at Cleeve, on Monday, on the body of Mrs. Honor Cloeman, who died at Cleeve on Monday at the age of 107, in con- sequence of a fall out of bed, it was stated that but for the accident Mrs. Coleman would have lived many more years, every organ in her body being sound. Evidence concerning the acci- dent was given by deceased's youngeet daugh- ter, who is aged 70, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." It was stated that the deceased's mother was drowned at the age of 101. •

25 APPEARANCES ON ONE SUMMONS. Thomas Thomas, a man with a wooden leg, formerly a lampman at the Pentre Colliery, appeared at the Ystrad Rhondda Police Court for the 25th time on an adjourned summons for assaulting Mrs. Catherine J. Rees, Market- square, Pentre, in August last Late at night rs. Rees went to Thomas's house to leok for her husband, and the allegation was that Thomas pushed her down, causing her to break her leg. She was laid up for a considerable !ime, and consequently the summons had to be adjourned week after week. Thomas now pleaded that prosecutrix had created a distur- bance at the door, and struck him a blow on the nose. He denied having pushed her, and said Mrs. Rees might have wrenched her leg by getting her heel into a stop-water hole in the pavement. He thought he had been pun- ished enough by having to come to court 25 times. (Laughter). The Stipendiary, in im- posing a fine of £5 or a month, said the Bench believed that a push had been given. Still, it was more or less an unfortunate accident.

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PEMBROKE DOCK PETTY SESSIONS. I Sat., January 25th.—Before Mr. S. B. Sketch (in the chair), Messrs A. McColl, J. Lawrence, J. Hutchings, W. Angel, and H. Trevena. RATE CASES. Some twenty-six rate cases, were heard, and the usual stories about no work, bad times, etc., were told by some of the defendants who didn't want either to pay or go to prison. Among the defendants was Mrs. Law, of the Army and Navy Home, Queen-street, who stat- ed that she could not pay as she was also in arrear with her rent. The Chairman asked why she continued to occupy such large pre mises, and she replied that she did so for the benefit of the men belonging to the services, though she nad received very little support from Army and Navy people. She, however, would undertake to leave the premises be- fore the next rates were due. The Chairman: You must clear out of the premises or pay the rates. It is not the slight- est use of coming here again. We will not make an order in this case. Mr. Way, as usual made his appearance, but this time said nothing about his invention, or the money he says is due to him. He now said that if he had the money he would pay, but he was an old man now. Another man who was summoned was rather candid. He said that he had no work, but ad- mitted that he had gone away and obtained work underground. "It didn't agree with me," he said, "so I came back and I haven t been able to get work since." Several commitment orders were made. ASSAULTING THE MILITARY POLICE. Thomas Armstrong, of Commercial Row, was charged with assaulting Sergt. James Hunt, of the 2nd Wilts. Regiment in Queen Street, on January 16th. Mr. F. S. Read defended, and pleaded not guilty. Prosecutor said that he was provost-sergt. and on the evening in question about 10.35 p.m. he was in Queen-street accompanied by an escort, when he met Armstrong who was accompanied by a soldier. The soldier had some of his clothing disarranged, so prosecutor ordered the escort to take him to the guard room. De- fendant tried to pull the soldier into the Rose and Crown, and pushed him and the escort about in attempting to rescue the soldier. The escort, however, proceeded to take the soldier to Barrack, and prosecutor went with them. As they were going up Tremeyrick-street, how- ever, defendant suddenly threw a large stone at them. Prosecutor ducked his head, and it missed him, but struck Gr. Harrington, one of the escort, on the shoulder. Defendant was only four or five yards away when he threw the brick, and was standing in a lane which led from Tremeyrick-street to Arthur-street. After throwing it he ran away. Mr. Reed cross-examined prosecutor at some length, and he stated that the men came out of the Gun Tavern. He had the soldier arrested for a military offence. He did not speak to the soldier, but simply told the escort to confine the man. It was not his duty to speak to the men arrested, and he never did so. The sold- ier and defendant did not invite him into the Rose and Crown. He asked defendant whether he was a sdldier or a civilian, and he replied that he was not a soldier. He believed that defendant did ask him why he was arresting the soldier, and he might have replied "What's that got to do with you." He denied that when defendant asked the question he turned round and pushed defendant in the gutter. In the struggle defendant did fall down, and prcise- cutor held him there until the escort had taken their prisoner away. When he got up defendant said he would not interfere again, and wished him "Good night." He was positive that it was defendant who threw the stone at him in Tremeyrick-street. Defendant would have time to get mere Deiore wie esiruxi,, as the man in charge was resisting them, and they could not go very rapidly. Lance-Corporal Frank Titson, of the Wilts. Regiment, corroborated, and said hat defen- dant tried to pull the soldier into ibe pabli house, and then got in front of the escort. a f- terwards, as they were goL i., up 1 reiiM-yn-k- street defendant threw a back K rinnnor TTarrintcnn. '110.& _o- This witness was also cross-examined by Mr. Reed, and said that the prosecutor said to the soldier, "Come along with us," and the escort caught hold of him. Anyone who had been in the Army would know that he was arrested. He said that they took their prisoner to the barracks by way of the back lane turning down near the Edinburgh Hotel. Anyone would have time to reach Tremeyrick Street via Dimond Street and Water Street before they did, as the man they had arrested gave them "the deuce of a job all the way." Defendant threw the brick from a lane leading into Tremeyrick Street. When the brick was thrown witness turned and saw defendant, who then ran away. Mr. Reed asked witness if, after the soldier's arrest, he heard Armstrong remonstrating with the sergeant. "I don't know the meaning of the word," replied witness. Gunner Henry Harrington, R.G.A., also gave evidence bearing out what prosecutor had stated, and said that the stone thrown by defendant struck his shoulder. In reply to Mr. Reed he said that he saw defendant throw the stone. Defendant was slightly in front of him at the time, on his right-hand side. Defendant then went into the box and said that he lived at the Bell and Lion Inn, Com- mercial Row. On the evening in question he was in Queen Street, accompanied by a soldier friend, when they met the prosecutor with the escort. They went across towards the Rose and Crown when the sergeant made his friend a prisoner, and at the same time pushed him in the gutter. He asked the sergeant why he had arrested the man and he replied, "That's nothing to do with you," and pushed him in the gutter. The sergeant also asked him if he was a soldier, and he replied, "No." He denied pushing the sergeant or the escort about, or that he tried to pull his friend into the Rose and Crown. He did ask his friend if he would come into the Rose and Crown. He denied also that he went into Tremeyrick Street and threw a stone at the prosecutor, and said that such a thing never entered his head. After he left the sergeant he walked down the street, and he was home at the Bell and Lion at 10.45 or a little afterwards. Prosecutor: Didn't you tell anyone that night that you had trained two of the Garrison police -No. What state were you in that night 1-1 was between drunk and sober, but I knew what I was doing. In reply to further questions, defendant said that he left the Army in October last, but he refused to state the reason. Walter Armstrong, the father of the defen- dant, and the licensee of the Bell and Lion, said that his son came home between 10.45 and 11.0 p.m. on the night in question. Mr. Reed addressed tjie Bench, and asked was it probable that a lad like the defendant should try to attack three big men like the prosecutor and his escort. The Bench retired, and upon their return the Chairman stated that the magistrates could not at once make up their minds-not whether the defendant was guilty or not, for they had no hesitation about that-but whether they ought not to send him to prison, because it was a most dastardly, cowardly thing to go into a dark lane and throw a brick or any other missile at men discharging a very important duty. He thought it the most cowardly thing a man could be guilty of, and but for defen-1 dant's youth they would have sent him to prison. Under the circumstances he would be fined 20s. and 10s. 6d. or a month's hard labour. INEBRIATED. John Lewis Thomas, of Pembroke Ferry, did not appear to answer a charge of being drunk and incapable on the highway on January 22nd. [ The case was proved by, P.C. Bidder, who said that he found defendant in a helpless con- dition in Water Street at 1.30 p.m. As he was being taken home he also used very abusive language. He was fined 2s. 6d. and coste, 6a. 6d. Martha Williams, an inmate of the Work- house, was summoned for a similar offence on January 24. P.C. Mill said that he found de- fendant lying on the pavement on the Upper Road. He roused her up, but found that she was so drunk that he had to take her to the Police-station.—Defendant said that somebody had pushed her down. She had only had a small bottle of stout and eome bread and but- ter. She was very ill and weak. Fined ls. and 2s. towards the cost.