SIXTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The further hearing of the action for damages Drought by the Taff Vale Railway Company against the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in connection with the strike of August, 1900, was resumed on Wednesday in the Lord Chief Justice's Court, before Mr Justice Wills and a special jury, this being the sixth day ot the hearing. The same counsel appeared as on previous occasions. The first witness called was Mr George Ritson, Buperintendent of the labour department of the Westinghouse Brake Company, at Manchester. He said on the 22nd August;, 1900, he accom- panied 30 or 40 men from Manchester to Cardiff, who were going to work on the T.V. Railway. When they arrived at Cardiff at 8.20 p.m. a -number of men on picket duty tried to open the dooxs. They asked the men who were with witness to get out as they had come for them. Witness had his suspicions, and he declined to let the men get out. The picket men then said they would bo sent by Mr llarland and Mr Eeasley for the new men, and as some of them wore the old railway cap with T.V.R. on it, witness allowed the men to gst out of the car- riages. They all went to the platform, and a gentleman came up jto witness' and said they had got in the hands of the wrong men. Wit- had got in the hands of the wrong men. Wit- ness halted the men but six or eight had got away. Cross-examined by Mr S. Evans Witness was formerly assistant to Mr Collison, the secre- tary of the Labour Supply Association, but be had no connection with that organisation now. Ho was quite certain that about three or four of the men who came to the station had T.V. caps tm. Engine Driver's Story. Charles Hawkins, a T.V.R. engine driver, who iid not leave his employment at the time of the strike, said on the 20th August he drove the early passenger train to Treherbert. At Wooaville- road there was a crowd of men, and some of them spoke to witness. A man named Daymont asked him where he was going, if he knew what was going on, and whether he intended to go to work. He triad to advise witness not to go, and witness replied he could go back to the committee, or wherever he liked, and tell them that the mag- net (he was called the magnet ") was going to have a little of his own, and intended to pro. ceed to work. He saw George Beadon, and a fire, man named Ridley. They niotioned to call him off his engine. Witness got to Treherbert all right. Witness continued :-On coming back he slowed up near the Coke Ovens .vhen he was etrnck on the back of the head. Mr B. F. Williams When you were struck did yon hear anything ? Mr S. T. Evans objected. This was the class I of evidence Mr Rufus Isaacs had objected to on the previous day. bus ljorasnip understood taese incidents were referred to in some telegrams sent by the men. They had been reported to the head office. Mr Williams That does not justify an assault. His Lordship No; but it justifies show- ing how he was got off the train. It may be that n 0bodyexcept the man who actu- ally does it is liable for the assault, but this is not a question of criminal liability, but civil liability. As the evidence stands at present it is contradictory, but as I understand it the men on strike, and engaged in getting these men off, were amongst those on the pay-sheets for picket daty. Mr B. F. Williams read the wire to the men's committee that Hawkins was returning home. His Lordship I think it is admissible. Mr Evans did not want to be always objecting, but it was difficult to say whether much of the evidence was admissible or was on the other side of the border line. His Lordship thought it impossible to exclude evidence of what wa.s done. It seemed like a case where a. man was engaged in a legal distress and committed acts of violence. The landlord was very often liable, although the man had corn- mitted the offence. Question of Authority. Mr Evan9 said there was no previous authori- sation. The acts bad not been authorised, and he contended there was no liability. His Lordship I will do my best to make it clear to the jury, and I will try to think it out before the time comes exactly what I shall have to say. It seems to me to present a considerable amount of difficulty, but I do not know in the present case it would be of great importance, because the plaintiffs can make out a case of watching and besetting without any acts of violence, and that is a thing which tbe Act of Parliament has forbidden. Mr Evans I don't know how the case of the plaintiffs will be shaped at the last. I want merely to protect my clients, so that we may hereafter argue fully that whatever theso acts were we were not liable for them at all. His Lordship I am very much obliged to you, Mr Evans. No interposition of yours is ever other than of assistance to the Court. Mr Abel Thomas having refsrred to there being nothing in the telegrams to connect Holmes with the foregoing incidents, His Lordship said How far they bear upon Holmes I do not express an opinion. Mr Thomas aoked the Court to assume that throughout the case he made the same objec- tions as his friends. His Lordship It is not an objection as to the admissability of evidence it is rather a warning to the jury that this evidence may not affect you. Mr Thomas: That is eo: but I submit if Holmes were tbe only defendant this could not be evidence against him. His Lordship: I forbear to express any opinion in his case. Really, it is premature to do so. Witness, continuing his evidence, said four or five men got on to his engine. Tom Adams, a Taff Vale fireman, one of the strikers, was the man who struck him. Witness was then lying on the footboard. He coulct not say whether he was kicked by more than one person. He was hustled off the footplate. Witness suggested to the strikers that there was no need for violence. Mr B. F. Williams Did you hear how you were to be got off the engine ? Witness I was to be thrown off. Some one said, Throw the off." Continuing he said he had been pushed off the gangway. After petting off the engine he was struck. His fireman and he were tied together and taken to Pontypridd, about a mile and a half off. They were detained as prisoners about an hour, and Moses Jones, the men's secretary. came in and prevented the men using further violence. Witness and his fireman were sent to Cardiff by the Barry train. At Cardiff they en- gaged a cab to tako them to their homes. Three or four of the men there came and prevented them getting into their own cab, and compelled them to get into theirs. They were taken to the committee-room. Cross-examined by Mr S. T. Evana, witness said there was a good deal of high feeling. He could not say when he ceased to be a member of the A.S.li.S., as his wife paid his subscrip- tions, and he had not lived with her for a con- siderable number of years. Mr Abel Thomas The crowd at Cardiff wanted to detain you there. Did not Mr Holmes insist upon your being allowed to go home ? I Witness •. I really did not note the insistence, He said, Let him go," and afterwards I was I allowed to go home. His Lordship In the committee-room did yon ¡ complain of the way yon wcro treated ? Witness No. I did not consider it safe. Were you bleeding or anything of that sort ?— No, there was nothing visible. The doctor said I had concussion of the brain. Re-examined bv Mr B. F. Williams His clothes were torn and the rents were visible, His jacket was torn and pinned up. His collar and tie and shirt were torn, and he bal even DO I' braces left. (Laughter.) Pelted With Rotten Eggs. William Cooke, enginedriver in the employ of the Taff Vale Company, said he had not gone oat on strike. Some persons came to his house and knocked. He asked tbem from the window what they wantecl. They asked him to come ] down. He refused, but on going down after- wards eight or nine men came around him and tried to stop him going to work. He knew they were Taff men, &nd gave some of their names. His wife came out. and he told her to go to the Ktationmaster and tell him. Afterwards they .me to his engine. As soon as he got on the engine the men came hooting end booing and threatening with their fists. Some threw rotten eggn at him and struck him with them. Mr Evans It mis a Friday when this ha? pened, I think. You must h;i.ve thought it was an election meeting. (Laughter.) The J-.uige: Is that your experience, Mr F,van-'(Roars of laughter.) I Yard Foieman Crocker next gave evidence as j to picketing. He said the doors of the yard had been forced open, and one of the men who did it said, Give us that lamp." Witness rushed down the yard blowing his whisrtle, and someone said, Take the whistle from him." They said, Drive him out a.nd Rick him out, and he was kicked off the company's promises into tho brickyard." Men were convicted for assaulting him. Thomas Richards, who during the strike had been engaged as a signalman, said he had been kicked like a football. He was kicked over the rails. and had a beauty theie "rcinting be- tween his oyes. (Laughter.) This blow blinded bira. A man named Witney was one of the mau whom he saw. Mr Gregory Did they put you into a cab ? Witness Yes. I had a couple sitting on me to keep me there. (Laughter.) They were T.V.R. men, and they took me to the committee- room. At the committee-room Mr Holmes paid, Are vou going in ?" I sard "Yes." Then he said, We will 2end you out of the country. We will Day you anything. You will have to lea-ve the country." lacked Mr Holmes to send for a doctor. My leg was hurt, and I did not know whether I had burst my eyeball. Mr Gregory Did you tell Holmc3 about the injury Mr Thomas Will you oblige by not leading ? Witness said he had told Holmes it was not mucn creaic to olm, toe, men, or the society that he should have been so ill-used. Holmes re- plied, Weil, I am sorry for yon: but it serves j you a well right." (Laughter.) Continuing, witness said he saw Mr Bell in the room. Holmes had said, We will have Cosran Junction blocked to-morrow." He took witness into a private room. He had withdrawn his case on payment ot £ 10 compensation. Mr S. T. Evans £ 10 satisfied you ? \¡¡tne,s: I would not have it over aarain for S40. I had quits enough of it. (Laughter.) Cross-examined further, witness said he had, be- r ore bei ng engaged by the Taff Vale-Railwuy Goru. pany,been foreman in a stable yard. He had'sent in an application two years before. He had not m.tid in his affidavit about Holmes and Bell oeing there. Since then his memory bad come back. Witness was closely cross-examined by Mr Thomas on his affidavit. If Holmes had not protected him be wou!d probably have been killed. He did not need much persuading-to go into th3 small committee-room. Mr Thomas Did you not want to fight some of the men ? Witness I was not of much use. Holmes did not get me brandy. His Lordship Perhaps it was whisky? (Laughter.) Witness I don't know what it was. I got water or something. (Laughter.) I don't re- member shaking hands with Mr Holmes and thanking him. Holmes said, I am sorry for .you, but it serves you d- well right." Mr Abel Thomas It is very clever, but we have heard that before. Did he not say it was a shame you had been treated so ? Witness I don't know that I beard that. I Did he go further and say no violence of any kind was to be used ?—I did not hear that. Engine Driver's Affidavit. Thomas Williams, an engine-driver known as Robin spoke to efforts made to induce him to desist work. Witness drove to Cardiff from Cow- bridgo, and on the way saw bicycles outside an hotel. He heard voices saying, Robin." The men were in the hotel having a wet." (Laugh- ter.) He heard voices following him. I This witness was severely cross-examined by Mr Evans as to discrepancies in his statement now and his affidavit sworn before Mr David at ¡ Cardiff. In the latter ho said he saw a brake outside the hotel, and that the men pursued him all the way to Cardiff. He now saia he remem- bered nothing abont it. He did not look back. His Lordship Apply your mind to the ques- tion. You say they pursued you all the way to Cardiff. How did yon come to say that ? Witness I am telling what is correct now as near as I can. His Lordship You said something very different in your affidavit. Witness I have no recollection of having said that in my affidavit that they pursued me. Mr Evans It is a very serious matter for you to have sworn that which ia absolutely untrue ?— I do not remember hearing tho words u?ed (as to pursuit to Cardiff) before. pursuit to Cardiff) before. His Lordship said the usual rule, where there were such conflicts of statements, was to take the one aiven months oefora as being more likely to be an accurate recollection. Mr Evans said in view of the differences in the witness's statement and affidavit, he would acgue that the witness was absolutely unreliable. Witness, re-examined, said be was followed, but he didn't see anybody because he did not look behind. Thomas Parry, coal inspector, Aberdare, and an ex-member of theA.S.K.S., and Albert George I Skiiling having given evidence as to picketing, etc.,the Court adjourneJ for luncheon. On the Conrt resuming George Brown, engine- driver, said he took his train to Penarth Station. and a number of strikers rushed along the plat- form. He afterwards found his engine uncoupled. Thomas Adams, signalman, said when ho started on Monday at 5.30 in the morning to go to work he was intercepted and taken to the com- mittee-rooms. He was allowed to go home on the condition that he did not go to work. Later ho received a telegralii from the company asking him why he had not gone to work, and he then did go. Ho worked that Dight, but later on stopped work. He received strike pay. Witness, however, denied that he took part in the strike. Mr Evaus Do you mean to say you took no part in the picketing work ? Witness I never did. 1 went to the committee- room as a spectator. Albert Beer said picket,; had said to him be ought to be shot in tho pond and drowned." There was a pond near. The police were with him at the time. The Barry Bridge was near his box, and all day there were Taff Vale Rail- way men on the wall. Mr Gregory What did they do ? Witness Makincr motions that I ought to have my throat cat and be huug up. (Laughter.) If his bo: had been stopped, Barry traffic would have been stopped, and the Penarth traffic. Mr S. T. Evans Yon do not suggest they were serious when they said you ought to be drowned ?-Yos, I do. William Edwards, engine driver, caused con- siderable amusement by describing how he evaded the pickets by climbing the fence while they waited for him on his usual route. On a later occasion, however, he was surrounded on Llandougli Hill. Mr Williams Did you go home ? Witness How could I get through when I was in the middle of them ? (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr Evaua He had been a driver on the TafT for 30 years. Mr B. F. Williams \Vhy did you go back to your house? (Witness not hearing apparently, Mr Williams repeated the question in a louder tone). Witness (loudly) Oh, because I could not go to my work. (Laughter.) Why ? (Again loudly.) Witnss3 (very loudly) Because I was sur- rounded. (Loud laughter.) Humour and Pathos. John Francis, an enginedriver who did not come out, said on the Monday some of the men came and told him not to go to work, and said none of the men had gone into the shed, which (witness added amid laughter) was a lie. His wife was very much upset about the strike, and he and she went to the door to see, and finding large bodies of men about she tried to persuade him, with all the lovo in the world—(laughter) —not to go. He insisted on going, and then his wife fèJl down in a fit. Then he took her back into the and did not go to work. On Tuesday he went to the committee-room, and there found the Mayor of Cardiff, who asked if ho could do anything to settle the matter, as he Has going to sea the Taff Vale directors. Air Holmes was there, and said nothing would be done unless he or Mr Taylor were present. Mr Holmes did not treat the Mayor in a • proper way. Witness after that went to the committee- room every day. On Wednesday a man was brought in, and Taylor asked if he would work, and he said he would. Then another man struck the one who was brought in a tremendous blow on the bead. He did not see who struck the blow. Witness then said it was a brutal thing to do, and left the room. Cross-examined by Mr Evans: He was-not threatened, but was only affected. How affected ?— Mentally and physically. Without woik I cannot live. (Laughter). Not even on strike pay ?—No, except on a very low diet. (Laughter). Cross-examintion continued It was while the men were arguing the question of representation that Holmes said the matter would not be settled unless he or Taylor went in. He did not say anythingto the man who knocked the other one down, That was the only bit of brutality be j saw, You received St 10s 6d—26 s strike pay and 4s 6d picket pay. Did you do picket duty ?-I don't remember, but we all went one day to see a man I hung in Cardiff, and I suppose we were all supposed to be on picket duty that day., (Laughter). Tho Judge I don't understand. To see a man hung ? Witness: To see the black flag, my Lord. (Laughter.) That was the only time I went out along with the men. Further pressed, witness said be could not swear whether he did picket duty or not, nor did be remember how much money he received. I In reply to the Judge, Mr Evans said he was I oniv cro.-s-ei:amining this witness on the point EO that tho whole of the circumstances might be before tho jury, ItS it might become a question whether this man was persuaded to leave his work I or whether bo assisted in the strike. The Judge said prima facio it was illegal to persuade a man to break a contract, but if just persuade a man to break a contract, but if just cause could bo shown the charge was answered. In reply to Mr Boweit, witness said ho did not know that Holmes proposed a vote of thanks to | the Mayor of Cardiff for his help in the matter. Company's Case Drawing to a Close. In reply to the Judge, Mr Williams said he thought the evidence for the plaintiffs would bo contended by Thursday evening. Herbert Williams, train porter at Meerdy, also gave evidence. i The case was adjourned. j

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I ¡ Death of Mr Kensit. ——,——— I I McKEEVER AT THE ASSIZES. j At Liverpool Assizes on Monday J. McKeever (19) was indicted for the murder of John Kensit at Birkenhead 0:1 October 8th. Prisoner pleaded not guilty." Mr Pickford appeared for the Crown Learned counsel said Mr Kensit was strnck in the left eve with an iron file at Birkenhead Ferry on September 25th, and died at Liverpool Infirmary on OctoberSth from septic pneumonia and meningitis caused by the wound. No doubt the wound was caused by the piece of iron pro- duced,and the prosecution alleged prisoner threiv it. Before Kensit arrived at the Ferry prisoner was playing a mouth organ and beating time on an electric post with 'the iron. but the defence said it was a piece of umbrella handle. Thomas Wagor Thompson spoke to seeing Kensit with a file in his hand after he had been struck Whilst in the Infirmary Kensit held a meeting in tho ward. There was singing, and after prayer a patient called for another hymn: which was sung. They had hvmnbooks. Mr Kensit was screened round. Asked whether- Kensit carried on correspondence with the WycfirTe preachers in the Infirmary, witness did not unow, only lie Jiaa seen nim writing. A witness named Ewart, a Wycliffe preachcr, said the Wycliffo preachers had no feeling in this ii prosecution; V/hat they intended to do was to leave it to God. Detective-Inspector Parker said prisoner had stated that a youth named McLoughlin had ad- j mitted throwing the file at Mr Kensit. The Bir, kenhead police had tried to find McLoughlin j but failed. McLoughlin's father had told one of j the police that, he would give him up when 1 McKeever's solicitor advised him. j Counsel saict they rested the prisoner's case on I the fact that another man named MacLaughlin, I whom the police failed to arrest, was responsible for the murderous weapon, and further that pneumonia in the case of Mr Kensit was induced by excitement arising cut of his son's imprison- 1 ment. and holding religious services whilst in Liverpool Infirmary. To support this theory Mrs Kensit was called. She said her husband did not J dictate letters to har, and only dictated two tele- grams. He joined in the To Deuni and the I singing of a hymn. At a late hour the court adjourned. The trial of John McKeever, charged with the wilful murder of Mr Kensit, was resumed on Tuesday at Liverpool Assizes (before Mr Justice J Jelf). John Stewart, a newsboy, deposed to seeing I prisoner at the ferry when deceased and bis friends got down. Prisoner was playing a mouth organ and beating time on the electric trolley I standard with a piece of iron. Cross-examined, witness said wilen:]I) and Branscombe, another newsboy, who gave evidence on Monday, were at Birkenhead Police Court waiting to g^ve evidence Branscombe said, "Ln't that like the fellow who was down at the ferry ?" (alluding to McKecver in the dock). Witness first saw the piece of iron produced when it was shown hira by the Birkenhead police superintendent. In further cross-examination, witness contradicted I previous evidence, and admitted that although he nad a full view of the prisoner all the time he never saw him raise his han&or throw anything. Another newsboy namecl McKay deposed to seeing a young man at the ferry with something I under his coat. Be commenced tapping his hand with it. It was a pointed instrument. McKeevcr went to the young man and took the instrument, saying, liend it us." McKeever then recommenced playing the mouth organ and beating time on tha electric pole with something socndiDg like iron. Shortly afterwards Kcnsit arrived, and witness saw nothing thrown A statement which prisoner made in the cell was put in. He there said, "Have I got to stand the brunt of this myptf ? -tddin, when the bobbies came for me I wanted to tell them who was with me, but the constable said we know ail about it and don t want you to tell us anything." Medical evidence was given, showing that two days before Air Kensit's death delirium set in, and the post-mortem disclosed septic meningitis at the top of the brain and a fatty heart, which would contribute to his death. The trial was adjourned. At Liverpool Assizes on Wednesday the third day's hearing of the charge against John McSeover for the wilful murder of John Kensit was commenced. Dr. Hamilton agreed with Dr. Walker, who stated that death was due to a septic wound followed by septic pneumonia and meningitis. Cross-examined, witness eaid he did not look for organisms in the wonnd. He knew they were there without making bac- teriological examination. The actual puncture had not healed at the post-mortem. Dr. Hamilton, further croii-esarnlned, denied that he stated that Keusit had developed double pneumonia unconnected with the wound. He had said. "Probably unconnected. Kensit told him it was a girl that did it, but in reply to the Judge witness stated that Kensit said, I think she threw it from the left, and it strnck. me." In opening the case for the defence. Dr. Mahoney, who attended tiiepost-mortem on jjcisouer a i;«aiu, sum ne signea Ltie official re- port, but afterwards withdrew his signature. There wa3 no direct evidence to show that the wound was septic. It was healthy and healed. He concluded there waa no blood poisoning in the case, and that death was due to ordinaiy pneumonia. Professor McWeenoy, of Dublin, said the statement of Dr. Walker that deceased's spleen was normal completely negatived the diagnosis that there was blood poisoning. Prisoner's mother deposed hsr son took out of the house a stick and returned with (it on tha night of the disturbance. Inspector Robb called on her inquiring for MacLoughlin. At the same time Robb remarked, Your son is innocent." Elizabeth Griffiths testified she heard Kensit on her inquiring for MacLoughlin. At the same time Robb remarked, Your son is innocent." Elizabeth Griffiths testified she heard Kensit exclaim twice when ho fell, She has blinded I me." Another defence witness, however, wa. obliged to confess, in contradiction of a previous te3ti- mony, that McKeever said to her, If I get a chance I will give him (Kensit) a clout with this (referring to a stick' or piece of iron he carried). She could not any which. Owen Kennedy, who was near prisoner, swore the latter did not throw anything at Kensit, nor could he have thrown anything unobserved by witness. Similar evidence was given by another could he have thrown anything unobserved by witness. Similar evidence was given by another youth. The Court again adjourned.

u A SELF-WILLED VICAR. The Rev, M. M. Evans, vicar of the Church of St. Michael. Finsbury, London, has been excit- ing considerable interest in religious circles. Mr Evans has been practising extra-liturgical ser- vices—services outside the scope and meaning of the Prayer Book—and persisted in these prac- tices in spite of the bishop. For some time the chrnch and its vicar have been uuder the ban of episcopal authority, the Bishop of London having signified his intention not to preach or conficm in the church until the The Rev. M. M. Evans. I Archbishop's judgment on reservation given in May, 1900, was obeyed. The bishop has even gone further than this. The adoption of the Roman Catholic office of Benediction, the recita- tion of tho Rosary, ard the Devotion to the Sacred Heart led him to intimate that unless these are surrendered ho would institute pro- ceedings under the Church Discipline Act of 1840. Mr Evans did not obey the episcopal admoni- tion until threatened with a Commission of Inquiry, which could have dealt with the charges under the Act. If the Commissioners had reported that there was sufficient prima facie ground for instituting further proceedings the bishop would have then had the power to pro-, nounce sentence, The vicar has been in charge of St. Michael's for 11 years, and has built up a large and devoted congregation, which, poor a3 it is, contributes E250 a year, mostly in coppers, to the Church Fund.

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ABERDARE CHAMBER OF TRADE. At the or3inary meeting of the abovj Chamber of Trade held on Tuesday the following officers were elected -Clieirniaii, Mr Ben Lewis vice-chairman, ex-Inspector EvLtns treasurer, Mr E D. Lcwia, Lovvia street secretary, Mr T. Rees, Plough Inn. An address on the ob- je<-tfj aud advantages of Chambers of Trade was too/1 hv It!* n M, Rich$«jds, Wenallt. Aberdare.

I MERTHYR WATERWORKS. THE DAMAGE AT UPPER NEUADD. Lightning or Dynamite ? On Wednesday the meeting of tlraMerthyr Waterworks Coc rmttee was presided over by Mr Norman F. Hankov. Mr R. Edmunds, solicitor, wrote on behalf of the Merthyr Vale Chamber of Trade asking if it would not bo pos- sible to give noticc to the inhabitants of that locality henceforth when the water was cut o:f. Mr John Roberts emphasised the inconvenience which was caused to tradesmen, especially bakers, by the stoppage of the water without notice, and it was left to Mr T.F. Harvey to make inquiries. MrT. F. Harvey, surveyor, presented a statement regarding the damage totheca.,t- iron diaphragm plates at the Upper Nenadd Reservoir. Mr G- F. Deacon, C.E.. who had visited the Upper Neuadd Reservoir for the pur- pose of inspecting the fractured plates, sa.id he ¡ was unable to find any evidence of the damage having been caused by water pressure, and it appeared to him that the causes were more probably dynamite (or its equivalent) or lightning. He was not I inclined to balieve it was dynamite, because he was reluctant to think anybody would do such a thing, and he thought it fvas unlikely that the preparations which would have to be made in such event could have been made. Therefore he was more inclined to adopt tho lightning theory. The iron platers wore practically in I a state of insulation. A lightning conductor had now been fixed, and he did not think such :1:1 occurrence was likely to ta.ke place again. Ho suggested the completion of communication with the lightning concitictor. to Mr David Evans, Mr Dca,cou stated the damage to the fractured plates was stir-liko in several different places, such as might have been produced by several charges of dynamite or lightning. After further discussion, Mr Deacon said they had bettor get the broken plates taken ant as soon as possible. The value of the whole of the plates damaged was £65. They could soon got new plates on the ground again and put them in. Mr Gv.ilym C. James asked if it. was correct that the work could not be finished before March, —Mr Deacon No, it cannot possibly take all that time. He could not conceive any cause for the damage other than lightning or dynamite.— it was resolved unanimously that steps be taken to provide new plates and connect thorn up with the lightning conductor. Mr Deacon, replying to Mr H, W. Martin, said he had not seen any Haws in the -broken plates, but it was very slippery owing" to tho severe frost when he visited tho reservoir that morning, and it was impossible to get about as much as he eould otherwise have done. He thought if a string of dynamite had beeu let down and fired it would have pro- duced such an effect.—Mr 11. W. Martin Suppose they id lied fish, how would they get them up.—Tho Chairman: Tho fish would rise to the surface, and then they could be got out with a net.—Mr J. Harper asked if tho place could not be protected, and it was left to Mr Deacon to see to the desir- ability of doing something to prevent people getting near the ironwork. The repairs to the damaged plates will probably he effected in three or four weeks. Mr. T. F. Harvey, surveyor, re- ported a leakage at the Lower Neuadd Reservoir. Mr Deacon said he had looked at this very small leakage, which came from the top of the puddle. It was quite superficial, and couJd not be con- veniently got at until the reservoir was lowered a foot or two. In reply to the chairman, he also stated there was no occasion to fear the reservoir was going to fail again.

LLANBRADACH MAN MISSING. ANXIETY IN THE DiSTRiCT. Search Parties Organised. Up to Wednesday evening no trace of the man named Escott. who is missing from Llanbradach, had been found. The anxiety in the district is great, and search parties were organised for the purpose of making a thorough examination ot the mountains between Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Llanbradach. Escott is 32 years of age, of medium height, and was dressed in a &uit of } greenish grey. He was formerly a collier, but was seized with a failure in the left side, which necessitated the leaving of the colliery and the subsequent use of a stick. The search parties met on Wednesday morning at the Public Hall, and three parties were organised, the one to leave Llanbradach, another to leave Ystrad- mynach, and the third from Caerphilly. Each party was to moet at Eglwysilan Church. The parties took their prescribed routes. One of the parties gleaned information that a parson answering tho description had bo3n seen in the Senghenydd district on the Saturday previous, This necessitated the calling together of all the parties, and a general return wa.s matte to Sen- ghenydd, but the information proved absolutely groundless. The party then resumed their journey in the direction of Pontypridd and Tre- forest, where it was known the missing man had some relatives. En route about 100 yards of the canal were dragged without any success. The last trace of Escott was that he passed through the grounds of Glyntaff Farm, Treforest, on Monday of last week. It was arranged that the search will be resumed on Sunday next, when the whole of the local woods— at present not touched | --wj1} be searched. )

LIBERALISM IN SOUTH GLAMORGAN. Meeting at- Dinas Powis. I U Liller the auspices of the South Glamorgan Liberal Five Hundred a public meeting was held at the National Schools, Dinas Powis, on Tuesdav night to protest against the Education Bill. There was a good attendance. Mr John Isaac, Elmgrove, pr6sidod. and addresses were delivered by Mr T. W. David, the president of tlio Five Hundred, Mr George Dobson.F.R.G.H., Penarth, and Councillor Morgan Thomas, Cardiff. A resolution was moved by Mr Reynolds and seconded by Mr H. Naldrett, and wa3 carried unanimously, protesting against the Bill. Sub- sequently a Liberal Association was formed, and Mr .T. Isaac, Elmgrove, was elected president Mr Fred Cram, Gladstone Villa, being elected secretary, and Mr H. Naldrett treasurer.

y AVE HIS CASE AWAY. I would say more," wrote a Member of the House of Commons as he sat in the library there penning a letter to a friend, but that tall rascal the Member for Brideborongh, is looking over my shoulder and reading every word of this." Whereunon the tall legislator shouted excitedly, It's false, I haven't." This is giving away one's case with a ven- geance yet hardly more so than the people who I claim for a particular medicine that it will cure certain ailments if the person affiictcd with them be curable at all, but which fail to do so, the sufterers finally obtaining relief from another and different medicine. This is of frequent occur- rence, and of many such cases, hero is one, that of Mrs Edward Morris, of the "Hoyal Oak," Llangollen, Denbighshire, who writes thus on the llth July, 1902 :—" There are times when I would rather bo short of food than without a bottle of Mother SeigeVs Curative Syrup in the house. That medicine has been a veritable bless- ing to me for nearly seven years. I suffered from a very bad form Of ildigestiol), for which I took a certain widely advertised rill but it afforded me no relief at all. The pain and fulness at tho chest after eating seemed to weigh me down, while if a kiiife bad been inserted between my shoulder blades I don't think I could have suffered moro. Tho pain came on about half an hour after meals, ar.d as it increased in severity I iti effect upon my general health ivls very bad. My sleep was much broken at night, and in the morning I had usually such a bad taste in the mouth that it qaite destroyed any appetite I might have had for breakfast. Soon I began to dread meal times, for I knew too well wha.t pun- ishment they meant for nie, and I went about my housework like one half-dead, thin, pale, and looking miserable. Dizziness and a stuffed, bloated feeling, were other symptoms I am not likely soon to forget. At times everything seemed to swim around mo, while my eyesight would become quite blurred. Then that bloated or swollen feeling, it was so pronounced at times that it was quite a relief to loosen my clothes. For three months I suffereci like this, and I should have broken down-entirely but for Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. That went directly to the root of the ill, and by the time I had taken the first bottle I wna much better and stronger. If ever there was a sign of the old symptoms, Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup never fails me— hence my pleasure in giving this testimonial for publication. It is impossible to praise it too highly,"

A SHAREBROKER'S FRAUDS. Sentence of Pena! Servitude. At Leeds Assizes on Saturday Wm. Henry Wilson (43), a ebarebrober, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude for frauds in connec- tion with shares. Prisoner, who cried in the dock, read a long statement in which he attri- bated his trouble to Stock Exchange speculation, said he had hoped to reimburse his clients, gave a list of numerons public ofueea he had held, and pleaded earnestly for leniency. Mr Justice Channell, who described the transactions as Stock Exchange gambling, said severity of sentence was due to the public.

_°- JUDGE OWEN AND THE JEW. Account Books inYiddish. Before Judge Owen at X'ontypool County Conrt on Wednesday, Isaac S. Marks, a Jew, sued James Williams, a Talywain collier, for 19s 7d for goods supplied. His Honour asked plaintiff to produce his books. Marks handed up a little pocket-bouk. "Liis Honour No, no, I don't want that dirty little book. Whore's your trading ledger ? Plaintiff It's written inYiddish. His Honour Well, I can't readYiddish. With all due respect, I don't like the way you people I of other nationalities have. It is not honeet to keep books inYiddish sud then come into English courts to sue people Judgment for tha payment of 12s. Marks also sued a labourer's wife for 15s 5d. The woman said she only owed 7a 6d for a shawl. Marks said the balance was for a pairof trousers. The Judge (to defendant) Did yon have a pair of trousers ? Defendant No, your Honour. The Judge I dou't suggest that you wore them but I have hoard of women wearing trousers, I Plaintiff The trousers were for her husband, His Honour But you have only just told me that the woman came to you for the trousers. I am not satisfied with the accounts. I give j judgment for 7s 6d.

SOUTH WALES NEWS. I n I The Lighting of Swansea Docks. At an inquest held on Saturday on the body of I an old man named William Yaughan, who was rii-i tnd itillf-d at the East Dock. the 3ary added to its verdict of '• Death irum shock a rider calling the attention of the Harbour Trust to the stafco of the lighting of the level crossing in question, and asking for tho defect to be remedied at once. Cardiff Infirmary. The Hayes recreation Association, employees of Messrs Morgan and Co., have decided to forward an annual subscription of £ 5 5s to the Cardiff Infirmary. Aberdare Training School. Thereportof the Inspector of Training Schools. referred to in tha committee's report to thn Merthyr Board ot Guardians on Saturday, was satisfactory on the whole, but the overcrowfiiug j of some of the departments was noted. { Merthyr Guardians. ] The Merthyr Board of Guardians on Saturday ] authorised tho increase of t^e salary of Mr J. W. I Young, their relieving officer at Aberdare, from I £120 to .£130. A reolv was received from thA Wstr I Office that it was not considered desirable to make any chango in the present method of pay- I ment of Army pensioners' pensions, although thoy were prepared to consider individual case,; uuder spccial circumstances. I Merthyr Parish Church Bazaar. The fonar days' bazaar at the Drill Hall, I Merthyr, in aid of the restoration fund of the Merthyr Parish Church, coucluded on Saturday. The takings amounted to £ 687, to which Sir W. T. Lewis's contribution of 5 per cent. on stdes I' and other donations will be added. Missing Cardiff Man. George Vickery, bootmaker, of Ring's-road, Canton, who was reporled as missing from his home, has sent a telegram tohis friends announc- ing his safe arrival at a village near Taunton. Fatality at Aberdare. On Friday evening an inquest was held at Aberdare touching the death of John Davies, Oak-strcet, who was killed by a fall of roof at Fiorchwen Colliery. A verdict of "Accidental death was returned. Cardiff Street Accident. On Saturday Mrs Ann Giles, of Sapphire- Rtreet, was passing across Clifton-street, when she was accidentally knocked down and run over by a trolley. Sfct) was taken to the Roath Police Station nad attended by Dr. Treharne, who found tfat she had sustained no serious injury. Accidents at Barry Dock. On Friday David Jenkins, coaltrimmer, of Tynewydd-ioad, Barry Dock, sustained severe injuries through falling down tho hold of the j steamship Dardanus, on which be was employed. Dr. Brav attended to the injured man, who was conveyed to the Accident Hospital. On the same vessel another trimmer, named Walter Durrants, of Penarth, sustained injuries to one of his legs through a wire hawser breaking. Ho was conveyed to the Accidcnt Hospital, whero j on Sunday the injured limb was amputated, A lad named Cornelius Johnson on Saturday fractured his leg through falling over soma ropes on board the Swedish vessel Wermland. He also was conveyed to the Hospital and detained. Playing With Fire. Annie TeresaMcCluskv, aged6, of 48. Emerald- street, was admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary on Saturday suffering from burns to the arms ami face. The child was playing with the fire, which caught Ler clothes. She was attended bv Dr. Evans. A Fractured Kneecap. H. Dntton, a filter, employed at East Forry Engineering Works, Cardiff, was admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary on Saturday suffering from a fractured kneecap. He was attended to by Dr Evans and detained. Sudden Death at Cardiff. On Sunday evening a coloured man named Mahomet TIacceo, lodging at 40, Bute-street. Cardiff, died rather suddenly. He had been ill for fc-omo time, and only left the Union Infirmary last Monday. It is believed a medical certificate as to the cause of death will be fortheoiiiiu, Cardiff Infant's Death. Arthur Gray, the ten months old child of Mr Wm. Frederick Gray, of 179, Tlabershon-street, Roath, was found dead in bed by its mother at I 3.15 p.m. on Saturday. The child had been last seen alive at 10.30 a.m. by the mother,and it then seemed well. At 1.15 p.m. it was heard to cry. Mynyddislwyn School Board. The Rev. J. M. Jones presided at a meeting of the above board on Tuesday evening. The I cierK reported imac grants received trom the Education Department amounted to £ 212 5s 6rl. J After cheques had been drawn that day amount- ing to £ 1,477 2s. they had a balance overdrawn amounting to £ 241 18s Id. Tha Rev. T. A. Thomas brought up a proposal for revising the salaries of the wholo of the assistant male 1 teachers, monitors, and pup:! teachers under the board. The revision was agreed to, and it was resolved it should come into operation on the 1st I of May, 1903. A letter was read from tha clerk to the governors of the Pontywaun lntevmediato I¡ Schools condemning the action of the Mynydd. islwyn School Board at their last meeting in arriving at a decision to disallow applicants from county schools being appointed on the staff of the schools. The Revs. T. A. Thomas and J. M.Jones, both of whom are governors of tho Pontywaun schools, considered it obviously unfair and unjust that children who had been educated at county schools should bo debaned horn appointments on the staff of the boards. The Rev. T. A. Thomas considered it was a mean action of the board, who ho also regarded as an insane board, in prohibiting working men's children who had been specially cdacated for the purpose. Mr Thomas proposed a notice of motion for the nemt meeting to rescind the resolution. Generosity of Sir Geo. Newnes, M.P. Sir George Newnes, M P., has sent the Swansea Choral Society a donation of 22 gnin&as, which will enable the society to wipe off a deficit which resulted from a tour its members made last year. Naturalists and the Museum. A goodly company of the members of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society attended the Cardiff Museum on Tuesday evening, when Mr Drane gave an interesting lecture on the antiquities deposited in the museum, confining himself chiefly to the collection of antique culinary utensils, cutlery, pottery, etc. At the close Mr II Dranc W::1.5 cordially thanked for his instructive lecture. Runaway Brake at Aberaman. I Shortly after 5 o'clock on Tuesday evening a horse attached to a brake owned by Mr Brooks, I brake driver, Aberaman, was startled whilst on the stand between New-street and Cardiff-road. It galloped towards Aberdare, efforts to stop it being futile until it had nearly reached tho Full Moon Inn, a distance of nearly three-quarters of a mile, where the brake completely collapsed Several children who were on the road at the time had miraculous escapes. Mountain Ash and the T.V.R. Bill. At the fortnightly meeting of tha Mountain Ash Urban District Council, held at the Town Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, it was decided to oppose the Taft Val9 Railway Bill in the next Session on the ground that it will prejudicially aliect the interest of the rate-payers at Abercynon. Burning Accident at Swansea. On Tuesday evening while Gladys Jewell (7), of2. Prospect-place, Swansea, was lifting a kettie off the fire, her pinafore caught, and the child wa3 instantly in flames. She ran out of doors, where she was met by two women who at once enveloped her in wraps and so extinguished the flames. The child was severely burnt. Sudden Death at Pontypridd. John Short (47), a quarryman employed at the Graig-yr-cIesg Quarries, Pontypridd, died suddenly on Wednesday at the quarries. He had gone to the blacksmiths' shop, and as he was warming his hands he exclaimed, Oh, dear," and died almost immediately. Maiden Sessions at Swansea. Swansea Borough Quarter Sessions are due to open on Saturday. So far, however, there are no prisonerq for trial. Merthyr Travelling Draper's Affairs. On Wednesday, at the office of Mr W. L Daniel, Official Receiver, Merthyr, the first meeting was held of the creditors of Woolf Leitch, travelling draper, 1, Dwyer-street, Coedpenrcaen, Pontypridd. No money to buy I goods for my business," was the cause of failure as alleged by debtor. Tho statement of affairs showed the gross liabilities were £ 148 18a lOd, ciuo to four unsecured creditors, and the assets ware as deposited for costs of petition, book for zEi 193 bein estimated to bo worth nil. The deficiency was £ 138 18s lOd. Burning Fatality at Pentre. May Williams (six) daughter of Mr n,nd Mrs Thomaa Wil liams, of 10, Cb arelifietc! -road. Pentre, Ivhondaa, who was' shockingly burnt on Tuesday j morning, has since died. Llanelly Man's Success. Mr George Clarke Williams,B.A., theyoungeat son of Mr Samuel Williams, chairman of the Llaneily School Board, has passed tho final examination of the Incorporated Law Society in II the honours division. Another Fire at Swansea. On Wednesday evening a fire brolie out at the shop of Mr Richards, ironmonger, flafod Bridge. The lire brigade was promptly oil the spot and the blaze was got under in 20 minutes, bet not before considerable damage had boon done to the stock and building. wA.

-d_" The annual meeting of Barry Free Church Council was hold oil Tuesday evening at the Wesleyan Chapel, Barry Dock, Mr W. J, Flowers, the retiring president, in the chair, The following officers were elected President, Rev Aaron Davies, D.D. i vice-nresidents, Rev. D. U, Williams, M.A., and Mr D. R. Jones hon, see- retary, Rev. J. Mydyr Daviea; treasurer, Mr Fraser; secretary of Temperanno Coininittee, i Mr J. Cruise, Court-road. The Executive Com- mittee were instructed to consider the question of locci oJleotiona in relation to the Education Bill.

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| CARDIFF. j The Hospitable Oriennji!.—At Cardiff on | Tuesdav (before the Stipendiary (Mr T. VV. Lewis) Mahmed Ahmed, 13. Tredegar-street. j was summoned lor selling peer wuliout a licence. Mr Lewis Morgan was for the defence. P.C. Male said he watched 13, Tredegar-street, from lO.iii to 10.45 a.m. on November 30th. Several men and women entered and left, and the latter appeared to be carrying something under their aprons. On entering the house with P.C. Clarke witr:esssa.vde!:endanfcin a back room with live men and a woman. On the table were | (ivo empty beer bottles, a whiskey bottle, and a I ease of 21 beer bottles stood in the corner, j Defendant, an Arab, eaid, Me give beer mv men for dinner." Cross-examined by Mr Lewis Morgan, witness said defendant kept a boarding- house, and the men and women referred to were lodgers. He concluded the women carried beer < because they had their hands under their aprons. ,—The Stipendiary That is not nnusunl, is it, especially in this weather?—Defendant, who was sworn on the Koran, said his lodgers on the pre- vious )ii-,I-t gave him 2s 6d to buy beer. The whiskey was his own. The case was dismissed.

LLANDAFF. Sheep Scab at Whitchurch. At Llan- daii on Monday Mauaerv Gilbert Hill, occupier of the Pantmawr Farm, Whitchurch, was summoned for having 40 sheep on his farm suffering from scab." and not having reported the case to the authorities. The defendant de- nied that he knew the sheep had the scab, &s he had not visited them for a fortnight. Govern- ment Inspector Jardin said that some of the sheep must have been suffering from the disease for a month at least, and the defendant's atten- I tion had been called lo them by Mr Perry, veter- inary surgeon. The Bench lined the defendant 40s and costs.

I LLANHILLETH. Sleeping in tbo Mine.—Before Mr T. Butler and Mr LL Llewellyn, Daniel Williams, Cram- lin, Albart Jones, Crumlin, and Edgar Evans, Llanhilieih. wore summoned for sleeping in the Llanlrilleth Colliery whilst in possession of a lighted lamp. Evans was charged with two offences on different dates. The defendants pleaded guilty and Williams and Jones were fined 40s, and Edgar JBvans was fined S4. First Offenders Act.—Leysiion Davies (12), Wilfred Waro (I0\and Goo. tIO), Llan- hilieih schoolboys, were cbarged witii breaking into an omco situate on the G.W. Railway, L V, Llanhilieth, belonging to Messrs Mackay and Davies, contractors, Cardiif. It appears that on the night of November 28th the boys forced the office door open and stele several bottles of ink and sta clefendants were dealt with under the First Offenders Act.

CAERPHILLY. Different County 10;111ations.-Henry Ben- nett, a Senghenydd labourer, at Police Court on Tuesday, answered a charge of driving without having the necessary num- ber of lights. Defendant pleaded that he had recently come into Glamorgan from Monmouth- shire county. Only one light was necessary in that district, and he thought the same law ap- plied to Glamorgan. lie was fined 5s, including costs. Smashed His Window Cell, — J. Clarke, of no fixed abode ws brough t up on a double chaige. He was discovered at 11.30 on Monday night by P.C. Coles in the main street at Caerphilly drunk and creating a disturbance. He was cou- veyed to the police station and lodged in the cells. On tha officer going bis rounds this i morning ho discovered that tho window of the I cell in whiclJ the prisoner was placed had been I smashed. When questioned prisoner at first denied having broken the window, but after- wards admitted the damage. He was fined 10s and costs or seven days for bsing drank and Is damage to the window.

NEWPORT. Soldier and His GirL-Gunner Herbert Gilbert, of the R.F.A., was in the docic at Monday's Newport Police Court charged with assaulting Driver Smalley, of tho j same battery. There was a dispute between j some soldiers and civilians in a public-honso in j Commercial -street ou Saturday night, and the j house was cleared in consequence. In the street j P.C. Bannern:an saw Smalley twice cross the street to Gilbert and put himself in a fighting attitude and strike out at him. The latter got in his blows first, and thrice knocked Smalley down. The last blow was so effective that Smalley was rendered unconscious, and he had to be re- moved to the Barracks in a cab. The quarrel, the officer told the Court, was over a woman. Gilbert said that the young woman to whom he was engaged was insulted, and if Smalley had been as big again a3 he was he woul 1 have had a flop at him. Smalley declared that he was only trying to get Gilbert away to prevent a, further disturbance with the civilians. When asked if he wanted to put any questions to Smalley, Gilbert turned away aud said he did not wish to apeak to him. Both soldiers were given a good character, and the Bench thought that Gil bert had been sniucientty punished in having sjpent the interval since Saturday in the. calls and discharged him.

SWANSEA. Assaulting a Railway Porter.—David Harris, collier, of Cwt-nl Iynfel, was summoned for assault- ing Charles Pound, a porter on the Midland Railway at Swansea, on December 1st. 4 Defend- aut, it was alleged, arrived on the platform aud complainant asked where ho wanted to go. He replied to hell." Complainant told him that was not the way, and defendant retorted with bad language. Complainant put his hand on him to move him out of the way when defendant struck him a blow across the face. Defendant, who now said he bad had a drop of drink, was J fined fl 1cs.

ABERDARE. I Pirated Music.—Mr Harmston, music seller, I Cardiff-street, Aberdare, applied to the Bench for an order to destroy some SO pieces oi music said to be pirated editions of copyright songs ¡ seized from one Marks Coleman, of Pontypridd. at Aberdare on Saturday week. Mr Coleman did not appear, nor was he represented. Inspector David produced the authority to seize the music which was signed by Sir Harmston. Mr Harmston said he was the agent of the owners of the copyright. He had carefully examined the whole of the music and found it was all copy- right. He handed a certificate to tho Bench to that effect. An order for the destruction of the I copies was made. Theft of Coal. -Elizabeth Price, Fanny Reed, and Emily Mansfield, all or Hirwain, v.ere fined 10s each lor stealing coal, the property of the Marquess of Bute, from tho tips adjoining the Aberdare-Merthyr Colliery, Hirwain. Unlicensed Slaughter House—Gomer Thomas, butcher, Cwmaman, was fined 10s and costs for killing animals in a stable near his premises, which was not licensed for the purpose. Col. Thomas Phillips prosecuted on behalf of the Urban Uistrict Council.

CARMARTHEN. Theft.—David Richards, ropemaker, 63, St. Catherine-street, was brought up in custody and fined £ 1 and eogts for stealing eighteenpenny- worth of coaJ from the yard of Mr Wm. Davies, St. Catherine-street. Defendant was discovered by two constables at five o'clock on Sunday morning stooping near a heap of coal with a bagful of coal by his side. Assaulting a Pugilist's Wife.—David Howells, collier, Tumble, was charged witn assaulting Elizabeth Samuel, wife of the well-known pugi- hst, on the 14th ult. It was stated that during the holding of the Carmarthen fair a disturb- ance took place outside Samuel's boxing booth, and in consequence Mrs Samuel was called from her cinematograph show close by. She noticed I that the pictures outside the booth had been destroyed by stone-throwing, and,when speaking to a bye-stander about it, defendant camo up and dealt her a violent blow on the car which caused I her to fall and rendered her unconscious for twenty minutos. Defendant was fined X2 Os Gd inclusive,

TREDEGAR. Exemplary Punishment.—Robert Locke, Ebbw Vale, charged with indecent conduct in tbe presence of females at Ebbw Vale, was committed to gaol for three months without the option of a fine. He had unci ergo i\f a similar I term for a like offence. Neglect at Nantyglo.—Alice Boycott (20), a single woman living atNantyglo, was summoned by the H.S.P.C.C. for neglecting her two illegitimate children. The woman, it transpired, lived with a man named Ford, therepnted father of tho children, one aged two years and the other I live mouths, Evidence was given that both were sadly neglected. The younger weighed only 74 Jbs. and had a sore on the back through lying on wet clothcs. There was sufficient food in the house, but tho woman, it was averred, left tho children to take care of themselves. Prisoner I' was sentenced to one hard labour.

MERTHYR. Trespassing on the Great Western Railway.— Ernest Wilks was summoned by the Great Western Railway authorities for trespassing on the line so as to expose himself to danger on the 7th ult, Defendant pleaded that be wanted to see that some goods were sent on to Aberga- venny, and he could not at the moment find a porter on tho platform. Defendant waa fined 5s and costs Annoying Innkeepers.—Evan Powoll, sum- moned for being and refusing to quit the Gesthin Arms, AbereanLict, on tho 2Gtli ult., was fined IN and costs.—Seth Jenkins and Daniel i Owen, summoned for a similar oftc-nce at the Royal Hotel, Treharris. on the 27th ult., were lined 10s and costs. and were told tiiey Wet$ liable to a penalty of £5.. Charge of Woandiug.—Humphrey Hennessey' Timothy Cullinar, and Thomas Rowlands were charged with wounding William Butler. Supe- intendont Townsend withdrew the ciiarge again9' ROY¡}¡Lnd8, who was discharged, and applied ior remand against Heunessev and Cullinar. df Bed doe, who appeared for Cullinar, applied bail for tho two men, who were then' released j upon a surety in each case for £ 10. In reply t0 the Bcuch Superintendent Townsend said prose' cntor had been injured in the eye, and the had to be takju out.

I PENTRE. A Theft in r, iii. Stagg, Trealaw, w*8 charged with stealing a table cloth, valued at &> the property of Alexandra Campbell, a travelling draper, of Pontypridd. It appeared that prisoned stolo the cloth from prosecutor's bundle at the j Trealav Hotel during the latter's temporary absence. Prisoner said he had taken the' table cloth in inn. Prosecutor added that he hoi stood the prisonor and others beer and rnill- Stagg was fined £1 and costs. Set on a Constable. — William Honry Lloydf Clvdach Vale, aud Daniel Williams, Moun- tain Ash, were brought up in custody ILI Pentie on Monday charged with assault" ing P.C. David Williams at Treforest on San- clay. Previous convictions wora recorded agains' Lloyd; who had been fined £ 15 for an ass-,Iait upon the police at Abercynon. Prisoners were now fined £ 2 and costs or a month's imprisonment A Theft in Fun."—Mr Alexander Ca.mpbell, of Ewonny- Villa, 9, Wood-rcacl, Pontypridd, all the only travelling draper of that narno at Pontypridd, writes to say that he was not the prosecutor in the above case, reported the other day, neither did he stand rum iox beer to people ia the Trealaw Hotel.

PONTYPRIDD. An Uudesirable Visitor. An unrehearsed scene which took place at the Pontypridd Hippodrome last Thursday night was reported to the Stipendiary on Wednesday. Ths defendant was William Baten, a young labourer from Hopkinstown, who was charged witk assaulting P.C. Taylor and being drunk and dis- orderly at the Hippodrome. The constable3 attention was called to the defendant by one of the attendants, and when be asked hi m to be quiet Baten assumed a defiant attitnte and de' clared with an oath that no policeman would turn him out. His friends tried in vain to pa.cih' him, and the constable was compelled to eject him. On the top of the staircase the defendant tripped him, and both fell to the bottom, a dis' tance of about 20 feet. Taylor hurt his shouldeii and the defendant became very violent outside, again tripped him, and kicked him on his hand- In imposillga fine of S-2 for the assault, his Worship told the defendant that there we$ nothing against him previously, otherwise W would have been sent co gaol for two months. Permitting D)--ank.ei-ines,-i.-Evaii ThomaSi Royal Oak Inn, Hopkinstown, on Wednesday, for permitting Drunkenness on his premises wflfl fined L2 and costs.

FEDERATED MINERS' WAGES- LORD JAMES'S ARBITRATION. A meeting of the Conciliation Board for tbØ coal trade in the federated districts was held 0° Tuesday at the Westminster Palace Hotel. under the chairmanship of Lord James of Hereford, as arbitrator. The colliery owners' representatives present were Mr Alfred Hewlett, Mr H. Bromall, and Mr W. L. Bourke, Lanca- shire and Cheshire Mr F. J. Jones and Mr J. J- Addy, South Yorkshire Mr A. J. Holliday and Mr Cnrrer Briggs, West Yorkshire; Mr J. A- Longden, Mr A. J. Barnes, and Mr Fitzherbet Wright, Midlands Mr H. Dennis, Soutb Wales; Captain Harrison, Staffordshire; afld Mr T. Uatcliff Ellis, secretary. The miners' representatives present were Mr E. Cowey an 11r Parrott, Yorkshire Mr S. Woods and Mr J. Cheatham, Lancashire and Cheshire; Mr J. Hancock, Nottingham Mr W. E. Harvey and Mr W. Buckley, Derbyshire and Leicestershire; Mr A. Stanley, Staffordshire and Warwickshire« Mr W Abraham, M.P and Mr W. Brace, Soutl1 Wales Mr R. Smillie and Mr D. Gilmour, Scot' land and Mr Thomas Ashton. secretary. Wlt Pickard, M.P., was unavoidably absent through illness, and so also were Mr W. Kellett and 3^ W. Heath, representative coalowr.t:- tff*0 miners' case in support of their application an advance of 10 per cent, was stated by Woous, Mr Stanley, and Mr Ashton, and tbs case in opposition to the advance by Mr Hew- lett and Mr Ilatcliff Ellis, while the application of the coalowners for a reduction of wages wao stated by Mr Hewlett. As there was a considat- able difference of opinion regarding the amonnC oi the selling prices of coal the meeting, after lasting two hours/was adjourned at the sugges- tion of the noble chairman for the purpose of all independent inquiry being made with a view obtaining information as to selling prices afld other matters. The date of the adjourned meeting will depend upon when that information is available.

SUNDAY DRiilKING IN WALES- AN APPEAL, TO THE CLUBS. Action of Pontypridd CounciL At a meeting of the Pontypridd District Conø' cil on Tuesday Mr Wm. Lewis proposed thal the various political and other clubs in the dt!l. trict be requested not to supplv intoxication liquors on Sundays." He (Mr Lewis) had 130 objection to any political clubs, but what he aid object to was the sale of intoxicants on Sunday There were no beueficial results to the and ho did not think tbo sale of liquors any political cause. He believed that there a tendency to evade the Sunday Closing The Council, he knew, hod no power in tbis matter, but the clerk could courteously ask the secretaries to carry out the wishes of the CoQ^' cil if the motion was carried.—Mr 11. T. Richatd* secon(,'cd. I-Nlr W. J. Powell (Conservative) sof ported, and said he would like to see the club be belonged to closed on Sunday.—Mr T. characterised the opening of clubs as an attemP to counteract and challenge the Sunday Closifl/j Act. If they bad a grain of religion tho would studiously do all they could to stop Mr Edward Williams observed that as they separate legislation governing the legiti fit$ trade in Wales, they should also have siiniJ^ legislation to control the clubs.-The Chairing (Mr Edwards) in supporting said that thon they had no legal right to interfero no porso, had a risiht to outrage the feelings of the re3 majority of the community, who, he ventured say, wit'iiod to keep tho Sabbath. A great de^ had been said of Pontypridd being a black He did not believe it, but it could be made betto." by tho closing of the clubs. Mr Jno. Tiion'O drew attention to the T.V.R. refreshment rooo where liquors were sold on Sunday—It Wo, agreed to include this in the motion, which ot beingput.to the meeting was carried unanimously

JABEZ BALFOUR'S AFFAIRS. Heavy Claims of Creditors. The affairs of Jabez Spencer Ba,lfonr.. ? Liberator fame,Vame before Mr Justice WrJg, on Monday upon two claims by the Allotment Company for £ 173,332, 'and the H and Lands Investment Trust for £ 19,000. Balfour was made bankrupt in 1893,four years V fore he was arrested in Argentina.The claims admitted. The dividend payable to the creditJL will be reduced from 18s in the £ to lid. debtor's assets realised £ 13,200, and the trus^ had admitted claims for £ 14.050 After heaf^ arguments bis Lordship hold that the must have further evidence before the cla1^ could bo admittej, and the hearing adjourned.

-u_ THE KAISER'S SON INJURED. ACCIDENT IN THE GYMNASIUM- > Ploen. Schleswig-Holsteia, Monlay.—PrllJi; Oscar, the fifth son of the Emperor wIli., years of age,met with a. slight accident on day last. He was on tho horizontal bar, ho l?st his grip and i'ell, sustaining a slight ture of the extremity of the right collar-bone-^ bandage was applied, and his Royal Hig^^s was able to roviait the Schloss Park yesterday usual. He will continue his studies to.dal > the Princeg' :icbeoL-nenter.

———y On Sunday night while the family, attending Divine service between 7 and G o c, the liouso in Abernact-road, Aberdare, Thomas Williams, lata landlord cf the ".j)' Lion Hotol, Abordaro, was broken into • quantity of jewellery and other articles ^i} An entrance waa effected by means of a jet^ throngh the parlour window. -A

Monev put in your pocket as tho result oi Mmmmt hmMm is to much money saved. You need haU-a-spooni'ul to malso a strong cup 0 g cocoa, and even then it is found too str0 ,< some people. Tho quantities can reduced, however, which is strong indeed, and speaks volumes for Jts manufacture. The exqo'site ftavor.r of >' WATTEE COCOA has never been « ud its sterling qualities are gratefully to0 *1 cvtiry where. « ud its sterling qualities are fnj!yrecogo cvtiry where. ¡i

Mr Evans: Learning signalling, I suppose. ";L,ttighter.) Mr W. CoUison, general secretary of the National Free Labour Association,said when the strike took place he made arrangements to fill up all the vacancies on the T.V.R. Each man know the particulars of the strike. Witness saw every contingent of men away from London for the ,T.V. Railway. They were all competent railway men, and lruew what they were going to Cardiff for. v By Mr Evans Witness was the founder of the Free Labour Association, which was run in the interests of the labourers. Who is it composed of ? —Intelligent men who have revolted against the tyrannyoftradeo Onions. (Laughter.) That is part of your programme ?—Yos. Your object in life is to smash up Trades Unions ?-No, we make inquiries into all strikes before we send down men. What inquiry did you make ?—We found that the wages paid by the Taff Vale Railway Com- pany compared favourably with those paid by others. What do you know about the men's grievances ? As much as the ordinary man interested in labour. Where does your salary come from ?—From the funds. Where do the funds como from ?—From the Workman and employers. Further cross-examined, witness said the men paid 2s 6d a year each, and were supposed to pay that within 14 days of joining the society. They got £100 for their trouble in the Cardiff strike from the employers, ikaj he reckoneil ths society could break the back of the strike in 48 hoars. He had known many justifiable strikes in the last 15 years,and his opinion was they bad all been fomented. He believed in conciliation boards, bat not in outside interference. (Laughter). lie did not organise the London 'bus strike of '9l, but left the Union because he disagreed with the strike. Do you call your society a Trades Union ?— Well, you can call it a. Trades Union if you like. f call it the biggest and best labour supply Association in the world. (Roars of laughter.) Re-examined In view of the strike he got large number of men ready for the company, and also had a. number in reserve. The men all signed contracts before they went. The court rose just after four o clock.