The Cambrian

MOTHERS AND MOTORS. INDIGNATION AT BRADFORD. According to the "Bradford Argus," some remarks by an indignant mother on the perils of street crossing for children suggest the need of special precautions. "I never knew when my boy went out," said she, "whether he would not be seized with a fit, such as he was subject to, and be run over. To children who suffer in this way or with St. Vitus' dance, MOTORS ARE A MENACE. For all such children I would recommend Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, which have now quite cured my son. The boy whose case is here reported is tne son of Mrs. Olliver, 356, Harewood-street, Bradford. She said:—"Up to the age of eight and a half years he was healthy. But one night he had a violent fit. The doctor could not tell what had brought it on. From that time the boy became very weak, and lost appetite. I could not coax him to eat. "He had fits every five weeks, and became so feeble that the doctor said he must e kept from school for a year. He was under the doctor all that time. Then I took hin, to a specialist for six months' treatment, and eventually to the infirmarr. "He was a patient for two years, ana v U ing that time was carefully examined y the leading doctors, but the fits still cante regularly. During his sleep he was a way twitching, and I never knew at what mom- ent he would have a seizure. "Then I read in a newspaper, continued Mrs. Olliver, "about It young lady cured of St. Vitus' dance by Dr. Williams pinK pills. It struck me, therefore, that the pills might do my boy good. "He was then twelve and a half, and I gave him two pills a day. Within a week his appetite improved, and he could eat a hearty breakfast. In a fortnight the twitch- ing had ceased. We also noticed how much brighter he looked, and I continued the pills until he had had five boxes. He was then as healthy a lad as anyone ever saw. He has not had a single fit since he began the pills, which is three yews since." Fits and St. Vitus' dance are nervous dis- eases. They show that the brain, spine, and nemous system are being starved for want of blood. Weak back, easy fatigue, lack of interest in life, indigestion, and general nervous weakness which trouble both run and won-en, need new blood to cure them, and if they are neglected they lead to par- alysis and total break-down. Dr. Wil- liams' pink pills make new blood, and cure all the troubles which arise from want of blood, including ana-mia and the miseries that ladies endure. It is important to avoid substitutes, and purchasers should take care to see the full name on the wrapper before paying. Sold by all dealers, or pent direct by Dr. Williams* Medicine Co., Holborn- viaduct, London, post free for two and n'ne- pence. Strong nerves are needed by all in these days of Motor Cars and Motor Omni- buses. FIRE SPREADS TO NO. 3 PIT. A Cardiff correspondent telegraphs on Men- day:- During Sunday night men were engaged in clearing away the debris in the Cambrian Colliery It is feared the flames have spread to No. 3 Pit. When the night gang came. I up from the pit at 5 o'clock on Monday morn- ing, they had really nothing to say, although they bad worked hard in fighting with the I fire. Thev discovered two battered lamps, but it is not lTown to whom they belong. The intensity of the fire may be gauged from the fact that stones on the "Gob" have so fused as to resemble melted glass. The men speak in high praise of the work done by the agent, Mr. Leonard Llewellyn. l' -A

:=. Swansea Licensing Prosecution. At Swanrea on Monday Stephen Hayes, 'I St. Ive's Inn, Caer-street, was summoned for selling three unsealed bottles of stout to a child under the age of 14 years. j(jr Richards prosecuted; Mr. Leyson defended. Evidence showed that the bottles were half-pint bottles which made the amount of beer a pint and a ha.lf in a^- this ground the prosecution fell through, and j the case was dismissed. The Act doesn't provide for quantity over a pint. A summons against the child's mother for sending her was withdrawn.

Gower Roads Improvements. The proposal of the Gower District Coun- cil to apply to the Local Govorrjnent Board for the borrowing of 099 has occasioned some comment, out the roads require widen- ing, and the County Council insist on the improvements. The county will, however, be responsible for the maintenance to the extent of Jtl45 per mile. "In most rural districts," remarked Mr. H. J. Ind, clerk to the Gower Council, to a "Post" reporter, "there are roads main- tained by the Council-in Gower there arc only two that from Killay which forks on to F8¡wood Common, and that piece of the Mumbles road from Blackoill to West Cross. "Has anything been do no lately, Mr. Ind?" "A pÎ-ece from Fairwood Common to Pen- rice Ca-stle Lodge was finished fivo years, ago. The present scheme provides for the { widening of the road from Penrice Castle Lodge to Port Lynon on the south road, and on the north road from the fifth milestone on I Fairwood Common to Stembridge." ( "What will that mean in the way of addi- tional rates?" "Roughly, about 2d. in the £ but of course we can't say yet." Miss lalbot has assisted in the matter all she can, and widened the road from Nich > laston Church to Penrice Castle Lodge at her own expense. She has, it is understood, promised to give the land for the new road widemngs free to the Council-the greater portion of the land concerned being hers. Gower is looking up A12n!==

At a Welsh Kennel Club Committee meet- ing at Cardiff, an application for affiliation from the Llanelly Show was deferred for con- sideration.

TEE DAWN OF A NEW COMKUSSTY, On the left bank of the River Mersey not many miles from its mouth, where' but yesterday was a stretch of oicoars farm-land, unheralded anu unsung, now stands the Village of Port Sunlight, lis approach is signailed by tall chimneys, as the masts of a ship give warning of its coming. The rhythmic ham of machinery, the shrill shriek of steam whistles which summon thousands to their labours or rest, the clatter of incoming or departing trains laden with the product of that busy community for all pans of the globe, have replaced the silent wooing of the soil. No more startling transformation could well be imagined, nor will the most exacting lover of nature regret the change. Cheshire, noted for its picturesque towns and hamlets, boasts no more beautiful village than that of Port Sunlight—small wonder it itttracts sight-seers from all parts of the world. Specimen Model Cottage. I' Crossing the Mersey in one of its commo- dious ferries to the Cheshire side of the river a few minutes' walk brings us within sio-ht of the now famous village, to which prince and statesman, economist and social reformer, have made their pilgrimage in search of in- formation and example. Our first impression is one of wonderment and pleasure—broad streets avenued with trees; large open spaces at the intersection of the principal avenues; creeper-clad cottages for the workpeople with lawn fore-courts and gardens, tastefully designed and representing every variety of English architecture, meet the eye in pleasing harmony. But commodious dwellings at moderate rents, fitted with every need for comfort; sanitary, well-paved streets, leafy nooks, grassy lawns decked in flowers, do not exhaust the advantages of the fortunate workers at Port Sunlight. On every hand we see handsome, substantial buildings, planned v.-ith care and forethought, to give the residents every variety of entertainment and social life. The Schools. I The Schools, which have recently been greatly enlarged, accommodate 1,200 children. The education is thorough, liberal and free. Scholarships are offered to encourag" ambi- tion, so that the cinld may fit itself for any sphere in life. Amid these healthy surround- ings, and such opportunities for the cultivation of taste and refinement, the Port Sunlight children of to-day should give a good account of themselves among the men and women of the morrow. Gladstone Hall, named after that eminent statesman, because it was opened by him in 1891, is a large building constructed to offer the inhabitants facilities for dramatic and musical entertainments, lectures, meetings, I etc. It has since been supplemented by an Open-Air Theatre—the first of its kind in Gladstone Hall. England. The proscenium is a separate I' structure, which, with the fall of the curtain, becomes entirely enclosed. The Auditorium is formed of steel rails and pirders, covered ve with waterproof canvas, which is removed in the winter.. T A point of interest is the Village Inn. no. onlv for its tasteful old-world design, but from the fact of its being the only licensed prennses on the property. starred lire on total abstinence principles, and, after muen debate, the question was submitted to a popul al, \ote, when a large majority decided in favour of license. Other buildings are a hancisotnc S>wimrning Bath, three Gymnasiums, LU.rarv Girls' Ciub aud Restaurant, Men's Club and Bowl- eg Green, etc. 1 he latest addition is a prerfy Church, characteristic of English architecture, with a rich peal of chimes, and ab then solemn music echoes through the Chr'sl < -urch. distance, we hope reverently that they may long ring in happy days over a contented population. Clubs and societies for mental and pnysieal culture abound, and every kind of sport is freely indulged ill. Bowls, Cricket, Tennis. Gymnastics, Swimming, are all well supported and have reached a. high state of eihciency. Sweet Village sports like these, With sweet succession., taught even toil to please." Music flourishes, and a recent concert, given by the Philharmonic Society [0 a London audience of 2,000 people, was a great success and highly praised by the press. There is a Temperance Organization, a BOJ's' Brigade, and a Masonic LoJge. Agricultural allotments have not been for- gotten. The Annual Shows of the Horti. cultural Society attract large audiences, and in the exhibits of flowers, fruit, and vegetablea, I there is keen competition for the prizes, -if $'cr is the worlunan, when grown old tt enfeebled, %bptdoned-iike a brokentcol--4a the mercy of cold chance or charity, in the evening of his day. An old-age-pension Tnttt is provided from the Company's Treasury. The employees do not contribute towards n, though it is conducted by them and the managers. It ia also the duty of this Ttast to lend a helping hand and keep a tmtohfal eye over the widow and orphen. A newspaper chronicles the events!# the village; a prosperous general shop sapjjfies its wants, but patronage is quite optional. There is of necessity much that this bdef outline must leave unnoticed, but the public-io always welcome to inspect the Works and VB. lage, and makes liberal use of the privilege. Nothing f.e.rms to htve been left undone to make the social life attractive. That all this should be devoted to the making of a common* place product like soap shows how the prosaic may be made to harmonize with the artistic and beautiful, and what may be done by capital to lighten the lot of labour, with credit "1 -.in j Lever Free Library snd Mosran. and profit to itself; for be it understood 1 hat all sc ggestion of philanthropy is repudix1* by the Company as incompatible with the dignity of labour. They proclaim manfully that the Village is a commercial enterprise, a needful adjunct to their business, that has been successful from that point of vie-, and that nothing is expected from employe beyond attention to dut. Order reigns everywhere with a keynote of freedcrr, and nothing is compulsory that is inconsistent with independence. Port Sunlight is an example of what honest purpose, when pursued by energy and public spirit, ruif accomplish, despite the keen competition ..r these days. Twenty years ago, Mr. W. H. Lever, a whoV sale grocer at Bolton, convinced that ti,- public desired a soa-p of pure quality and pra^ ticable shape, determined to supply that want. He took the meagre capital at his command, and set up a plant of his own at Warrington. Lancashire. Undeterred by predictions of failure on all sides he pursued his object, and whether raw materials were cheap or dear, scarce or plenty, his output remained unvarying in its quality. The response of the public was immediate and unquali- fied, the reputation of the soap for purity spread through the land, and tho factory at Warrington became too small to answer the demands made upon it. After long and The l'o;.¡nt:4il1. j careful search the present site was chosen, and the Works and Village founded thereon. Its growth has been uninterrupted from the beginning, and each year large additions have been made since its foundation. Not content with this success, however, subsidiary works were built in Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Belgium, etc. Everywhere the same fidelity to purity and quality was made the guiding principle, cyerywhero the result in 11 ft be the same- Success! To-day there is no part of the civi- lized world to which the products of the little Cheshire community have not penetra.ted; neither costly transport, nor forbidding duties, Imve been able to exclude them they are the admitted standards of quality, and people will have the best. The dream of the founder has materialized—reality ha ex- pectation. Thus closes our t. e siorv of the dawn ot a new community. «-<> fraught- with example for those companion o* e duction and progress—Labour and C". I,

Raid on the Chicken Koost. At Swansea, on Monday. Dd. Clements, labourer, charged with Vr ikirg into a ,,e stable and stealing 18 sack*. U .onging to ]>eyshon Richards, Strand di&mi-seed, I the evidence being insuffic, r; A further charge against r- fendant of stealing eeven fowls, value do; from Fny Fulton was gone into. Wm. Murphy, Oak-terrac• g; -r evidence. Prisoner said, after beinc cbnrgod "Is I it only me who's had up for ihm, Mr. Lewis? I It seems very hartt." He now admitted lie bad three of tho ÎOW16. 11 Prisoner was then charged v, a boy's suit of clothes and a iv.r jacket from a clothes Iina at No- etre-et. the property of Dd. Tien. Defendant was sent to '.0011 two months in each case. Fanny Welsh, Emmn-strfr-t, onrd for receiving the jacl r t, was Hfit turced.

RHONDDA PIT DISASTER, 1 Heavy Loss of Life at tClydach Vale, Twenty-three Men Killed or Missing, An explosion, attended with serious loss of life hao again occurred in the South Wales coalfield. This time the scene of disaster is Clydach Vale, a secluded mountain dis- trict contiguous to the Rhondda, and the occurrenoe took place at No. 1 Pit of the extensive colliery owned by the Cambrian Collieries Company. which has been hitherto very fortunate in escaping these terrible visitations. Owing to the circumstances of the chang- ing of shifts, and the absence of a concrete record of tho lamps given out, it is impos- sible to state with certainty the full extent of the injury to life and limb, but it was known on Satuday morning that at least 23 men are deacl or missing. and it is not impossible that the death-roll will be ex- tended. Seventeen men were injured, many of them seriously and, to complicate the difficulties and perils of the situation, fire has broken out and has extended to within eighty yards of the heading of the seam famous in the district as thi "six foot" wherein the explosion occurred. At about 6.15 on Friday evening the inhabitants of the neighbouring townships, where many the 4.000 men employed bv the company have their homos, were alarmed by sounds of a terrific expksion, and at once there was a riTsh to the colliery. Here a scene 01 wreckage was presented at the bank of Nc. 1 Pit. The cage, which was at the morrent suspended at the top of the shaf+. had its floor blown up. A number of men who had been standing near were violently hurled off their feet by the force of the explosion, but fortunately their hurts were not serious. Providentially, the day msn, numbering 400, had just left the pit. and the right ehift was not due to de- scend till a- quarter of an hour later. ThL* difference of fifteen minutes in time has p-obably saved the explosion from ranking in the list of the worst mine disasters of South Wales. The pit h 520 yards deep, and the particular seam where the outburst occurred is 400 yards deep. Whilst repairs were being made to the downcast shaft, communication with the plr J of the accident was attempted and ul- timately affected through another shaft sunk to the lowest seam, called the Corona- tion, along which the explorers made their wr and then up No. 1 Pit upcast shaft The plan succeeded and they restored com- munication with the surface from that seam. Up the No. 1 shaft they found 50 men alive and sent them to the surface. From the Coronation 8e:1..ll the force of the explosion had been felt even by them, but none was severely injured The rescuers, who were led by Mr. Leon- ard W. Llewellyn (agent), and Messrs. Davies and T. Price (managers), and Mor- s Williams (head mechanic), worked their way into the six foot seam, and there found thir- teen men alive, but all badly burned. Fiva bodies were also discovered and sent, to th surface. These were identified as Wm. Gronow (56), haulier, married, Clydajch Vale; John Ridge, married, fix children, Tonypandy Dd. Lewis (47), repairer, Cly- dach Vale Ed. Jones, repairer, Trealaw; and Tom John, Clydacb Vale. The dangerously injured are the follow- ing :—J. Lloyd, wound to head, severe bums; Richard Pugh, compound fracture of leg and badly burned and John Thomas., badly burned. The following have been burned seri- ously:-Robe-t Jones, George Brace (br? ther of Mr. W. Brace, vice-president of South Wales Miners' Federation), Griffiths (53, Marian-street), Morgan Thomas, Mor- gan Harding, David Griffiths, and Thoma- Evans, all of Clydach Vale; James tIail, Trealaw John Jones and John Davies, »f Blaonclydach. A staff of doctors was quickly at the pit. and attended to the injured as rHe> were brought cut. The night vs terr^ij wild and 'vet, but thousands ot peooo stayed around the colliery, their anxieties I being deepened by the doubt -is tc the extent of the number ot men below at 'he time of the explosion, and the grief of thoce wI,.) had relatives missing was made more agonis- ing by the news that fire had broken out near the bottom of the six foot stairs, aiii had necessitated ^pension ot rescue ef- forts. The fire cai^t be effecVjtuiy fought till the water pipe, below the ground have been restored, and during the night it made progress to within eighty yards of the land- ing of the seam. One of the bodies found had been blown from this landing into the Coronation seam, over a hundred yards below. Mr. Llewellyn, in describing the work of rescue, said "As soon as we got the cage free and sent them men up from the Corona- tion seam, we went down to the six foot seam. Upon reaching it we heard a man shouting. We soon found him and carried him to the pit. We found two others alive on the side, and we tent them up also. I ran on and found two or three more men alive. I put one on my back and those who were with me put the others on their back, and 've carried them to the cage. These fellows were up near the fire, which was then plight. The timbers were charring and the fire was being carried on by the air in the seam. We found eight men alive. We searched forwar-i and I think there must he, roughly speaking, five or six bodies there now. We could not m further because of the fire. The fire. is at the entrance to the six foot senm, and is between the main intake and the uncnst shaft main." Among the colliery officials, however, little hone is entertained that any more men will bo brought out alive, though the bare possibility is admitted. The Press Association's Cardiff correspon- L T)o dent telegraphs at noon:—Nine bodies have n recovered seventeen men remain in nit, and there is no hope of reaching them. This will bring the total death-roll up to twenty- six. NINE BODTFS RECOVERED: SEVEN- TEEN MISSING. Thomas Thomas, one of the survivors, de- scribes how he and four others heard a very loud report, followed in fifteen seconds by a great flash of fire, which played about the roof like lightning r!C, force of -be explo- sion extinguished their lamps. Thomas was rendered unconscious for a time. He thought he was smothering when the rescue party reached him. He expresed the opin- ion that the explosion occurred near the lamp-room, and was caused by a workman opening a lamp in order to take it into the room to be cleaned. Nine dead bodies have been recovered, and there are seventeen men below whom there is no hope of recovering. RESCUE OF ENTOMBED MINERS IMPOSSIBLE. It was found on Saturday morning that the fire in CVdach Vale Colliery could not be extinguished by ordinary methods..The force of water at command was absolutely powerless to copo with the flames. The only alternative was to smother out the fire. To do this the ventilation ha^.t-0 be stopped to deprive the conflagration of the air on which it is feeding. There is therefore no hope of any of the men who are beyond the fire zone before the air is shut off- However, the horses, num- bering about ninety, are being brought to the surface. It takes five minutes to bring up a couple of horses, so that the air cannot be shut off for a considerable time. The horses are uninjured. Tom Davies, one of the victims, wal3 brought up in a dreadfully battered condition, his head being com- pletely severed from his body.

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-ii SWANSEA SOLICITOR'S APPLICA- TION. Wants a Sunderland Case Retried London, Monday.—In the Appeal Court to-day an application was made by Mr. R. J. Lloyd, solicitor, Swansea, who was plain- tiff in two actions, Lloyd v. Bartram, and Lloyd v. Temperley and another, heard be- fore Mr. Justice Bigham and a jury at Dur- ham a week ago. Mr. Lloyd said he had to ask for 14 days' extension of time in which to give notice of an application for a new trial. The first action was against a firm of shipbuilders at Sunderland, his claim, amongst other things, being for libel and slander, and damages for having commenced bankruptcy proceed- ings against nim, which proceedings were afterwards abandoned. The second action against the solicitors was also for alleged I libel and slander. Through a mistake the second action appeared, first in the paper, was tried first, and resulted in a verdict for the defendants. Thereupon he (Mr. Lloyd) submitted to judgment in the action against Bartram. Mr. Lloyd added that through inadvertence- on his part, he had failed to ¡. adduce at the trial any evidence of malice. I He now desired to consider his position and he accordingly asked for the extension of time in which to set down his appeal. The Master of the Trolls said that Mr. Jjloyd.^ having submitted to judgment in one of the actions, any indulgence must now come from the other side. The court could not help the application in any way. l The application was accordingly refused.

CHAT WITH MR. TRUEMAN ] Batch of Fresh Litigation in Prospect. In the course of an interview which a re- presentative of the "Daily Post" had with Mr. C. R. Trueman, Neath, on Monday, the latter threw light on matters litigious be- tween him and those with whom he has been "connected during recent times." Inasmuch as some doubt exists in the lay mind as to the significance of the rule nisi granted Mr. Trueman i-i the Divisional Court recently, a question C"s put suggest- ing an explanation, and Mr. Trueman said "In my opinion, in the first place the Neath justices never had any jurisdiction to try the case of the alleged assault upon Jacobs. The moment Jacobs was served with a de- claration under the Lodgers' Act, he was a trespasser. "Immediately on my conviction at Neath two courses were open to me—one to apply to the High Court to quash the conviction of the justices, that is, on question of law only or by appeal to Quarter Sessions on a question of fact and law, reserving to myself the right to ask the justices in Sessions to state a case on any question of law which might arise during the hearing of the appeal. I chose the latter, with the result that Judge Gwilym Williams and his colleagues took up precisely the same attitude as the Neath Bench. "I, being unable to pay the £20 fine, was there and then ordered by Judge Williams to be taken into custody, and the governor, acting upon such verbal order, took me into custody and detained me for 21 days with- out any legal authority whatever. "My next step was'to apply to the Divi- sional Court for a 'rule nisi,' calling upon the justices at Quarter Sessions to show cause why the conviction should not be quashed. My application was granted, and 1 was given permission to apply to the Lord Chief Justice for leave to expedite the argu- ment of the rule, so that .he matter be disposed of within the six months' limit in which actions can be brought against jus- tices. In my opinion, unless the justices can show that key had jurisdiction to try the case, and that the fine of £20 was not an excessive jurisdiction, the rule nisi must be made absolute. "Now the justices are in the ordinary way protected against an action so long as a conviction stands, but in this case, as pointed out by Mr. Justice Darling, an action lies against Judge Williams for giving me into custody, and the governor of the gaol for acting upon his instructions without quash- ing of the conviction. "But I have thought it expedient to remove any obstacle which might in the future hamper my movements before com- mencing proceedings against the persons res- ponsible for my illegal conviction and im- prisonment. And I have taken steps accord- ingly. I have been in London a month, and I shall return almost immediately to prose- cute the several matters referred to."

-f;——" CHILD MOTHER AT LANDORE. Painful [Paternity Case at Swan- sea. At Swansea, en Monday, Henry John, music teacher, Trewyddfa-road, was sum- moned by Sarah Jane Rees, Cwm Lev el-road, 15 years of age, last August, to "show cause, etc." Mr. Thompson prosecuted; Mr. Clarke defended. Complainant said intimacy first took place in March, J4. Defendant used to come and her music lessens. He would lock the door, and intimacy took place in the "oom on several occasions, also both in the parlour and the gardto. A girl named Har- riet Holmes had oaÚ) looked through the window. On NovsmUc 18th she heard de- fendant tel' heT lather that he was bound to come and confess everything, for he "couldn't eat, couldn't work, and couldn't sleep Defendant wnoted to take the child himself, instead of making any bother. Cross-examined, complainant said that in Dec. defendant denied being the father oftre child. She repudiated the suggestion that there, had been anything improper between herself and her uncle. Mr. Clarke Do yon know a boy named Tommy Johns? Complainant: Yes, I know him; his name isn't Tommy Johns—his name is John John. (Laughter.) You know more about him than they do? —Yes. Mr. Thompson: Have you ever been wrong, on your oath, with any man except defendant? Complainant: Never, sir. Harriett Holmes, Rutland-street, married, whose mother lives just opposite complain- ant's house, remembered going up to see her mother one night last summer. Her mother sent her on a message to complain- ant's house. She knocked at the door; hut as she couldn't get an answer, looked through the window. Witness described what she saw. Susannah Grove, 1, Siioh-road, had seen complainant and defendant together in March—he with his arm around her waist. By Mr. Clarke: She saw nothing im- proper. Elizabeth Ann John, Penvillia-street, and Catherine Williams, Penvillia-road, mar- ried, gave evidence. The latter had complainant and defendant in the garden. She also described what she saw. Samuel Rees, father of complainant, a spelterman, said that on November 17th de- fendant came to his house. He denied that he was the father of the child; but rext evening came again, and (continued wit- ness), "He asked for my hand. I gave it to him. He said, 'I can't eat my food until I come to explain the truth to you.' He then said he was the father of the child. Then he went into a faint, after saying he v'as very sorry for the oath he had made the night before. Defendant at the same time said ho would take the child himsefl, and pay all expenses." Replying to Mr. Clarke, witness said his son had been taking lessons for a few weeks, then defendant advised them to allow him to teach the girl. He said the boy was no good for music, and he would rather have the girl Clerk Was defendant in the habit of lock- ing the door when teaching the boy? Witness: No, sir. And he did lock the door when giving lessons to the girl?—Yes. Didn t you suspect something from that —No, sir. Margaret Rees, mother of complainant, gave evidence. Mr. Clarke said defendant denied the in- timacy, and the confession attributed to him. He would also adduce evidence to show that the girl was not everything that could be desired. Defendant said he was a steel worker, but in spare time taught music. It was defen- dant's father who suggested lessons should be given to the girl. On Sept. 23 he advised the girl to "do less with the boys." He told her boys were coming down from Morriston. "Oh, they don't come down for nothing!" complainant replied, and also made an im- proper suggestion to him. During the course of further evidence of the same kind, there was much laughter ui Court, until Mr. J. Rosser abruptly stopped it bv remarking: — "As to those young people who thinfr they can laugh at a case like this, I think it would be better if they went out, whether they be men or women." Continuing, defendant totally denied that he had made any confession. Mr. Thompson: Do you know any reason why Mrs. Holmes should tell a lie against you?—No, I don't; but she has told a lie. David John, Penviilia-terrace, and Mar- garet Ann Thomas, Cwmgelly, gave evidence, Margaret Ann Thomas said she had been friendly with complainant from the beginning of last year till the end of the summer. They used to go for walks to Morriston, and com- plainant's sweetheart, Johnny Jones, used to come back witji her every evening. She had also been in the Park with Tommy Coles. Clerk: You never saw anything wrong with them?—No, sir; only she used very bad language. Elizabeth Ann Hughes, Brynbyfryd, was the last witness. The usual order of 3s. 6d. per week was made.

Llandrindod Council has decided, in view of the number of visitors from both towns each season, to remain neutral between Car- diff and Swansea in the fight for the National Museum*

■^WIW'HU. Jit-w-—- w.. in mi mini »i I HI mi w, in |t1 rrr-n '"] I t?fH fy m' I BRIGHT METALS. BRIGHT MARBLE. BRIGHT GLASSWARE. BRIGHT CUTLERY. [""BRIGHTNESS RESGWS SUPREME J m.u {;1 'J ;I 3ESt | WON'T WASH CLOTHES. BRIGHT LIRE-IRONS. BRIGHT TAIR=RODS. BRIGHT MACHINERY BRIGHT HARNESS. cWt.11'V' For KITCrfEW TABLES and FLOORS, LI&OLEUM and OILCLOTHS, PMFITWORK and CROGXERT FOS a HHOUS&NO ussa M HOUSEHOLD, SBOP, OR FACTORY. LEVER BROTHERS, LiiMITEn. PnT SUKLIOHT CHESHIRE. The nsntc LEVER on Soap is a guarantee of purity and excellence II'

Fresh Cabinet Changes, The King has been pleased to approve the following appoiutniente :—■ ( Right Hon. Walt-er Hume Long, M.p., President of the Local Governmpnt Board to be Chief Secietary to the Lord Lieuten- ant Qf Ireland i, succession to the Right Hon. George Wvndham, 11.P. Right Hon. Gerald Balfour, M.P., prosi. dent of the Board of Trade, to be President of the Local Government Beard in succes- sion to Mr. Long. The Marquis of Salisbury to be President of the Board of Trade in succession to Mr. Gerald Balfour. The Hon. Ailwyne Edward Kellowes, I M.P., to be President of the Board of Agri- culture in. succession to the Earl of Ons- low, now Chairman of the House of Lords Committee.

Assaults on Swansea Police, At Swansea, on Monday, Walter J. Sum- merall, spelterman, Rosebery-ierraee, p]as. maT"' .was chargeed with having been drunk an £ £ isor<lerly and assaulting P.C. Delve, c i i -^elve found defendant drunk and nghtmg. Asked to go away, defendant re- phed "I'll not go I'd rather go with you Pusoner must have changed his mind, for Gn attempting the arrest, the officer was struck and kicked. Prisoner also put his legs around the officer, and both fell. With the assistance of Inspectors Gill and Francis and another officer, prisoner was tc/ken to the Station. Prisoner was sent to prison for a month. When the sentence was passed, a young woman at the back gave a lond shout, and fell down. She was carried out. Alfred Chaopell, haulier, Caerau, charged with having been drunk and disorderly and with assaulting P.C. Edgington, was fined 40s. or a month. ■ ■ < min mi -='L.

Contest in Gower Division. A Trades Unionist correspondent writes: If the contest in Gower at the next Parlia- ru-entary election is left between the two —Mr. John Williams, miners' agent, and Mr. T. J. Williams, Maesygwernen—a keen fight is anticipated. Mr. John Williams, it is stated, secured the support of Pontarduiaia Liberals and the Labourites, but, of course, this was dona before Mr. T. J. Williams came into the field. Wih Mr. J. Jay Williams, of Clydach, not a serious candidate, the tussle for the fu- ture representation of Gower is looked for- ward to with keen anticipation.

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Mr, Alfred Davies' Carmarthen Supporters. A meeting of the supporters of Mr. Al- fred Davies, M.P., was held at Llanelly Parish Hall on Saturday. Mr. W. B. Jones, who presided, said the meeting was called to organise a council to support Mr Davies. They must work for all they were worth. The Liberal Association would do them more injury than the Conservative Association. A Working Men's Committee, which had the same object as the Radical Council, was al- ready in existence, and ha suggested amal- gamation of both, bodies. Mr. Alfred Da- vies was free and independent, and in reality was more fitted than any candidate who was tied hands and feet. Mr John Hughes (chairman of the Work- inrr Men's Committee) expressed his readi- ness to amalgamate both bodies and resign his position as chairman. Mr. J. Loanes urged Mr. Alfred Davies I supporters to unite and drop all persona.! matters. Tho treatment meted out to Mr. Davies had been unfair. If the same treat- ment was carried into every da.y life, it would be outrageous. Until he was shown that Mr. Daviee had acno anything dis- honourable and unconstitutional, he would vote for him and support him. On the motion of Mr. Parry, seconded by Mr. John Davies, Mr. J. Loanes was ap- pointed president of the amalgamated bodies. Mr. David Phillips, secretary of the orig- Alen'6 Comm tt inal Working Men's Committee, read a let- ter received from Mr. Davies, asking the Council to appoint, four speakers to come on his platform at a meeting to be held at Carmarthen. The letter o-oceeded "You know that on Friday week we arc goinp to have a big meeting at the Market .Hall." Dr. Shipman. M.P.. senior member for Northampton, will speak." k The following were elected to speak for Mr. Davies at Carmarthen: Messrs. Wil- liain Grey. John Hughes, W. B. Jones, and D. C. Parry.

c.: Swansea Shop Burglary, At Swansea on Monday, Dennis Sullivan, shoemaker, and Frederick Harrison, la- bourer, were charged with breaking into 118, High-street, and stealing a dozen bot- tles of wine, four boxes and four bars of soap, paper bags, and 3s. in money, the property of Louis Bromfield, confectioner, etc. Ethel Bromfield, daughter, said that on March 4th, they removed their furniture to Carl ton-terrace, but left the stock in the shop. Sullivan helped them. On Sunday they found the shop had been broken into, and the articles removed. Henry Curtis (16), Greyhound-street, saw defendants "viewing the place." ^ne was on the roof and one in the backyard. Witness afterwards heard a smash of glass. Catherine Collins, Strand, with whom Sullivan and Harrison have been staying, said they didn't come in on that Saturday night, though they had paid for their beds. They came in about seven on Sunday morn- ing. NVitnes6 recognised a cake as one that Sullivan had given her. I Walter Howard, fitter, bought a tablet of scented soap from one of the defendants for a penny. Detective Lewis found that a glass-door had been burst open and a window broken. The shop was in confusion. Witness ar- rested defendants. They were picked out of four or fiv other men. When charged, Sullivan said, "Oh, What-h<)! What's com- ing off now, then? Do you think we want a wash?" Harrison made no reply. Sullivan said that he spent the night in u Liv another plaoe, only meeting Harrison on Sunday morning He went on: "I've got a bad character here from 1889 up to 1891, when I got send awav to a Reforma- tory School, but from that time up to four months r>r.n. I haven't been in this court. Four months ago. through a drunken freak I got three months When this robbery- was heard of it was natural that Beiective Lewis should drop on him. I Harrison told a long storv about having met two sailors, and picking np the soap in the road. He then thought the tablets would come in handy to sell for a night's looo-Lng. n Both prisoners were committed to the Assizes. Sullivan: Can we get a lawyer under the Poor Prisoners' Act, sir. Mr. F. Rocke: We don't see anv reason for that at all. è-

SWANSEA RATE COLLECTION. Reversion to the Half-yearly Demands. In accordance with a request the Borough Accountant reported to Friday's meeting of the Finance Committee of the Swansea Cor- poration, Mr. R. Martin presiding, on the collection of the October rats in quarterly instalments. Only a small proportion, he said, of the ratepayers availed themselves of the opportunity of paying the first quar- terly instalment, and at the end of Febru- ary, with only one month left for the collec- tion, there was 49 per cent., or practically half of the rate, outstanding. The short time at the collectors' disposal made re- peated calls impossible, and the eti'ect was that so large a number of ratepayers at- tended at the office during the. period of the second moiety that it was impossible to carry on the work in the cashier's office, and h2 had to make arrangements for the com- bined rate affecting the town portion to be received in the lower office. Tho clerical work had been doubled and he had had to engage during the whole of the period two. and during some portion of the preparation of the rate, as many M four, temporary as- sistants. "The success of this mode of col- lection can, in my opinion," concluded ír. Hopton, "only be brought about by taking out summonses for each quarterly instal- ment and a minut.e authorising this to he carried out would materially assist the col- lection." Mr. Dd. Harris did not think full work was being got out of the office staff, ajia suggested the appointment- of a .sub-com- z, mittee to investigate the matter. The Borough Accountant detailed some of the work done by the staff, and said that it involved great care. Replying to Mr. Morgan Hopkin, the Ac- countant taid that the bank pass book was inspected by him every month, and every- thing found absolutely correct, so that a case of fraud could not go undetected. The Chairman said he quite anticipated difficulties in changing the method of the rate collection, but the funny part of it was that the outcry against the quarterly collec- tion was made by the class of people who never paid. He argued there could be no z, possible grievance against a system that permitted the ratepayer to pay a rate in two instalments instead of in one lnmu sum. The first two months of the present xuarter had gone, and it was reported that the col- lectors had not got twice over the ground. What had they been doing? It looked to him somehow a sort of conspiracy that the thing should not work. Replying to Mr. Tutton, the Accountant stated that more money was brought into the office than collected. Mr. Tutton Then whence comes the com- plaint on the part of the outsiders. Both Mr. Solomon and the Chairman said it came chiefly from the small cottage owner who pocketed his weekly rents but never forked out his rates till the very end of the quarter. Aid. Roger Thomas put in a plea for the email speculative builder who must have his rents before he could pay his rates. Answering Mr. Morgan Hopkin, the Ac- countant said tha.t the quarterly method in- creased the administrative cost. Mr. Harris But at the cam-2- time you have got the benefit of having one half of the rate reducing the interest at the bank for three months. The Chairman said there was a section of the ratepayers who, by not paying up when the rate was due, got the benefit of the interest on their money, but the collectors were employed for tho benefit of the com- munity, and nayment should be enforced. In further discussion it was pointed out that there remained outstanding of the Anril rate, half-yearly collection, at the end of the six months, 44 Per cent.. and of the October rate, quarterly collection, 49 per cent. The Chairman: But you must remember you are starting a new system. Tho onlv fair remedy to apply is to take out summonses, no matter whether he be a councillor or an ordinary ratepayer in ar- rear. Mr. Morgan Hopkin put in a word for the struggling tradesman who might not li- able to ar a moiety of a rate quarterly, but could pay the whole of it at the end of the half-year. Mr. Merrells further said the officials would not take instalments. The Chairman expressed surprise at this and said that any official who refused an instalment of a rate ought to be dismissed. He went on to point out that the first Guar- ter's demand notes of the October rate were late in delivery. and suggested that it would have been more fair if the accountant had included that in his report. At length, the committee, by four votes to three, favoured a return to the half-yearlv method of collection. Mr. David Harris did not vote, saying he was undecided on the point. m_ ■ .1.1. i.J.in, ::='I

SWANSEA POLICE COURT. MONDAY. Before Messrs. F. Rocke, S. Goldberg, and J. Rosser. INTERNATIONAL ENJOYMENT. John McHugh, labourer, was sent to prison for seven days for 'begging. These were dealt with for drunkenness: — Wm. Clement, collier, Hosea-terrace, 7s. 6d. or five days; Margaret Sullivan (125 pre- vious convictions), sent to prison for a month. and asked to find sureties for future good behaviour; Mary Jane Doyle, Strand, cau- tioned and discharged on promising to sign the pledge Sarah Trust, Brynmelln-street married. 10s. or 7 days Ellen Caspv. Cwm- street, 7s. 6d. or five days Marv Thomas, Gendros, cautioned and discharged; Ben. Thomas. tinwoTker, Ystalvfera. 5s. or five days; Francis Evans, haulier, Brvnamman, 5 s. or five days; Dennis Waters." laboured Port Talbot, 5s. or five days; Rob. Evans Thomas, veterinary surgeon, Ystrad-road, Pentre, 5s. or 5 days; Llew. Hughes, labourer, Bathurst-sfreet. 10s. or 7 days; Patrick Barry. Cardiff-read, Mountain Ash, 7s. 6d. or five days Pob. Gibblins. labourer, inmate of Swansea- Workhouse HO previous convictions), 20s. or 14 days: Wm. Hestal1. Pentregethin-road, Cwmbwrla, 7s. 6d. or 5 days; Josiah Padloy, fireman, Evans-terrace (26 previous convictions), 20s. or 14 davs: John Brown Thomas, printer. Lampeter. 10s. or 7 days Wm. Cashnan. labourer, Dyfattv- stred:7s.. 6d. or five days; James Donovan, seaman, 10s. or seven days John McDonald, labourer. Strand, 7s. 6d. orfiv, days: Samuel Chappell, haulier, Caerau, 20s. or 14 P"3 TWO CHARGES OF THEFT. James Riley, labourer, charged with steal- ing a pair of braces, value 2s. 6d.^ from the doorway of Mr. Hasquencorts, High-street, was fined 10s. or peven days. For stealing three pen'no^th of coke from Mess^ Baldwin's Works Victor Deferee, a Belgian, living at Market-street, Morriston, was fined 5s. or 3 days.

Hero of Rorke's Drift. Sergeant Henry H^kT V.C 'ormerly of «* ° 5- t»er on blindly, r ,JO won his Victoria °f Rorke's Drift, ^as attendant at ,hc ,->ntLsh Museum for twenty years and re,=ont]y re- tired owing to ill-health, his Victoria Cross pension of £ 10 beinS ^creased to £ 50 by the W ar Office. The cause of death was consumption He W a widow and two httle daughter* SWANSEA VETEKAN BECATIS HIM. Mr. Dav^ "eu^inR- 16 employed at the Sw^ns-i-a C orporation \ard, is r. survi- or of the historic Rorke s Drift fight, and to him a "P^t ™n repaired on Monday. "Oh, yt>S, responded {ex-24th hero; "I remember Hook well; but he was not in my battalion. 1^ was in the 1st-, and lie was a "private in ths "B Company of the second 24th. I recollect now." continued 1ho vet- eran, reflectively, "that he was on the roof doing his bit towards keeping off th Zulus. We had, as you know, 27 out of 128 killed, bat accounted for over 800 of the enemy. No, he wasn't wounded; but he got his V.C. all right, and well he deserved it. A quiet fellow, but a good fighter. But, there, we a.ll had to fight!"

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Swansea Permanent Money- Society. Thrih and brotherly help ti),' V- o-; mtes of the Swansea Permanent Y, the first annual dinner con! d with which was held at the Cafe Monvo on Thursdav night. Established 18 moiuhs the so- ciety has now over 300 mi-mberf a) i has loans to members of r.wK- IfA* The excess of assets over liabiinwe ire £66 5a. 7J. Mr. A. Francis proposed the Town and Trade cf Swansea- and inoid-ulaTly men- tioned that hero. was a capital market in Soutii Africa for tinplate 'naker< io turn I their attention t.o,-C.!ÛuD(j¡h Vlo-rt i-e- sponded. Mr. S. Jelfreys (Morristo- prvposfyl "The Society," the objects of v. /oh were to e. the masses i • self-respe- f. comfort and independence. The president (Mr T. J. W illiams, Manselton), in reply spolf€ of t h,, benefits of membership, arsi saui soli;0 hu6i- nosses had oeen extended 111(, town hv its means. 'l^cas already loc-i^erj mmbers was £ 55J Mr. R. Martin propoeed "The Conunittee and Officers Mr. P. "11 (ihe sec retary) and x M: C" D. Toomat ro#ponded, the former statius tr.at the a>xiet;- v.-ae in a thoroughly sound condition and oven bor- rower had made hv- payment- reguiarlv. Mr. R- (L Davies proposed ti,. Visi- tr s," to w..ioh Ald. D. Williams and Conn. Morris replied. Other to&Sif followed The musical programme v. as ontnbuted to by the l'dlowing: Ji, Samuel (piano), Tom Jones, J. and Trevor Jones. The at,endance numbered 50. i--

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