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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. WOMEN WORKERS. • By MASON, M.P. ^tisR1 4}Inericai1 student of social conditions, one 'etir utlei- by name, has just published a dea,rt "u Women's Trades in Pittsburg, U.S.A., fter 'n? with great skill and in a searching *nan- Mt^th the many difficult problems connected W? w"°iiien's labour. The 'employment of it*di fQ'- as we a" know, is not a new feature in N history, but the nature of their em- ten*111 ,enk has largely changed' during the past the ^ef°re tl'e factory system grew up of spinning and weaving, &c., was wJ out at home and not in factories, and took in the work as members of the lligt X earning a joint income, and in this e^r °IlCal fact the initial mistake in the wage is tlne recognition reckoned due to women faC{ '"i found. Now they work in aM°VuS under the control of others, the false theory that woman labour and l^il^'ages paid thereto only reckons for ilj i J as9*stance is still aliveand ruled supreme it j8 e matter until very lately. By this time t«r 'ir<ty generally admitted "that it is a mat- Operative importance that the State ^hir|r,^ave some voice in the conditions under the future mothers of the race are to be hoYed. by case for State interference isstrengthened 0 'act that the vast majority of women ity have not yet reached the age of matur- t>ffe '> f have in this country a large number' rie8 9 anc^ c'hild labour working in our fac- various kinds, working under difficult ^erna i'ns and badly under-paid. In fact, the ^°r female labour is on the increase, are far from being satisfactory to tThe tales one occasionally hears bitjj j1,pgard to female employment are very t'r very touching, and sometimes calcu- lUaji 'l^pire in us a very bad feeling. Three- the total number of women be- 'tlg the ages of fifteen and twenty are work- t^en'Tv,011 and a wage earning class but be- PlVi*. J-he ages of twentv-flve and thirty the °n is little more than one-third. i to 8eCu dllty °f the State acknowledgedly is «lent iP ^hat the conditions of the employ lot jn hoth men and women are such as are lH(j l^ious jjealth. Then as regards women Care should be taken that the fear* Seating wages is prohibited, and *s ^pejjec^1 °f both of their duties, the physical ^een economical, the difference be- *Ccr>„he two sexes must be taken into It that a fundamental error to suppose °f c°nditions suitable for the employment °f are also suitable for the employm n' the ei 6n* writer in the Times makes ^Oi^J^^ntary mistake of supposing that, i^aus 8 If'10 cheaper than men's merely '«Sg( her physical strength is generally ^eha auSe she is less skilled and because 'earned to organise in self-defence. ^ese p11^06^ °f our readers knows t hat though may t° some degree affect her rea^ reason for the idea is that a w.age for an average man is ^erag. support a man with an family; while the living wage JUppopt average woman is that which will ^°U*h fu8mSle individual living alone. And >Vt ma. State cannot alter the fact that the in3m^- of women must find their I J*0rld's ^riage, and that their share in the ^bands mu8t be earned through their ^°tneoa m'n«+S*^ the time has arrived that V of th^v^e protected from sweated earn- for their own sakes, and their Act detrimp n?er^ and value, as well as not to Jf the ma lo n to the wage earning capacities k^iuch u DoPll^tion. One feels that there ^Ussion °SeJ-kihking on this«ubject, and full and investigation is required. t Factory Lagislatitn 1 the matter of factory legislation America wa+go°d deal behind this country, for not- Ending all its other good qualities there if j.j^Hains in that country a large infusion 'Devil take the hindmost spirit. The thrust in the way of reform are by the recent proceedings in the get1116 Court in which an attempt was made Illiri ^erta'n Jaw by the State Legislature 5"^ pronounced unconstitutional. The J'^tort "ibited the employment of women in f ^lieyS ^or m°re than ten hours a day. ^ct0pi that I would be right in saying that t employing women in that part of a are among the most splendid indus- j't-h he United States—splendidly managed **8, ijj 1 paid men, and, comparatively speak- f. Pa'd women, and with continually ♦?* ^msiness. Rut with all the material RreJ?? them on a level with the best of h h industrial centres of the world, efforts &r°^t& aVe Veen Put forward to increase the *W.°f its capital, which are not incon- ?°tHen e already, by increasing the hours of •, labour there employed, would, 1) r4 t, succeeded—and luckily, to the fto,8 belief and the country's honour, it h ^o^rWould have culminated in one of 5M legislative examples that the world Cie received. What, republican and tOt its rati, America, which has done so much ar, ntnen-kind, and by so doing has given ^°thep example for even the old .Country,proposing to increase the Jabour for women on the pretence Ten Hours Act is against the freedom "'act—Shame monstrous What vnian7'> who is fighting for a reduction °urs of labour, say ? Labour Roppesentat *ion. tlit:e is the remedy to be found for such a wt Itior, of things as this in America ? For °st human conditions they are the hJ*?a.*jmany and complex causes, and they probably will take time and different 0 cure But I cannot help thinking Qe of the first necessities of even 5^ Ca is that Labour should send to its k?'c6s Representatives more authentic t- t ii TJJY if tell the tale of its workers—especi- 'Women workers—their sorrows, their 2? iwj' friends there will know that this is T °Phiion of mine. They will remember lacked courage nor lost an op- press this opinion upon them, convictions in the matter are getting the), Preve day. In both east and west 5 an overwhelming working-class elec- i!. It makes one almost despair to see e "ing millions of America, as-well as in ^mtry, getting so little, many of them, the gigantic industrial prosperity of ^Entries and allowing themselves to be a iu their legislative assemblies by §e number of employers of labour, vM^.STr*°oth and bland bourgeois gospel is ^suited to the conditions and de- wv J the people they represent. Person- ,kk, rnn,t admit that wherever I turn, it is J? Labour parties of the world that ( u the workpeople therof will have p their refuge. There at least I find my 5*^ y ^ing. And I also hope strongly that k g an(^ enthusiastic among the new Liberal Leaguers now organised lQ country will not make the fatal °f hanging their faith respecting the .°f Welsh Nationalism or Welsh aspir- ? Qq^A11 general on capitalism at the expense ^8 their more natural aJlies the working let me further hope that neither J^tijJ^yer nor the teacher will dream of ever 'ong Liberalism of the rich *L°Pe tu e democracT of the poor. But rather they see that the day is not far distant y°un8 enthusiast who will not have j iQ superstitions and antagonism will 1 °rth out of the world's workshops and Preach the gospel of justice to-labour.

TRA6EDY OF PLAY. 6WPort Boy Brothers Kntetl an the Same Wharf. 5*), inquest on Wednesday on J. Donovan °f Mr Timothy Donovan, Caroline- 'Newport, it was stated that while the as Paying at Messrs Budd and Co.'s ^esday evening he was crushed the buffers of some coal trucks, and Mav been advised to go elsewhere t a Lyndon Moore (coroner) said it 2M K. Painful coincidence that Mr Donovan Atw° of his boys at the same wharf. ^fl{S ^"dren were not near one of the town A Played in the next best place, ^^f^ed Ac°i<Iental death was

MINE MANAGER INJURED. nder a Fall at Pantyffynnon. ieorge Robiinccs, chairman of the rc* Urban District Council, who is to the Park and Blaina. Collitery Co., \) ()lIier..OWIng his duties at the Pantyffynnon when a fall occurred and he was f in ln debris. When extricated he t, a» unconscious state, and bleeding L. Itr n 0 nose. Fortunately no bones were ^Ser I^rereton attended to the injured 'ter Trr workman who accompauied the Waa slightly injured.

Cretans' Appeal. REPLY TO PROTECTING POWERS. Athens, Wednesday. Telegrams fron Canea state that the Cretan Government har- sent to the Consuls of the protecting Powers a Note in reply to that forwarded by the Consuls on February 12th with reference to the non- participation,.i)f Cretan Deputies in the Greek Assembly. The Cretan Executive Committee mention that the maintenance of order and security of the Mussulman population was entrusted to the energy and loyalty of the constituted authorities at the time of the withdrawal of the international troops from the island. In order to succeed in that object, the committee says it did not fail to keep before the eyas of the Cretan people the value of the benevo- lent initiative promised by the Powers in their declaration of October 28th, 1908. The com- mittee contends it responded loyally to the expectations of the Powers, and requests the Governments of the protecting Powers not to deprive it of their moral support. However, for reasons which the committee do not understand, the protecting Powers have not thought the moment yet opportune to approach discussion of the settlement of the Cretan question, and this renders the task of the committee very difficult. The Note proceeds to say that the history of recent years sufficiently proves that Crete cannot live without Greek institutions, that the national attraction to the Mother Country is such that any Government other than Hel- lenic is bound to sink under the weight of un- popularity, public disaffection, and lack of authority, and that no other can offer to Crete the indispensable guarantees of duration and security of which she is so much in need. The committee finally express confidence that the protecting Powers will not delay to bring about the only solution which will meet the case, namely, union with Greece, thus crowning the work of the Powers for which Crete is everlastingly grateful to them.- Reuter.

Wreck of a Barque. SEVEN SAVED REST OF CREW LOST. Halifax, Wednesday.—The Norwegian barcfue Borghild has become a total loss on Custor Ledges on this coast. Two of the crew were drowned and others are exhausted and may not recover. The barque struck early this morning. The crew tried to escape, but the boats were smashed against the side of the vessel, so that the men were forced to cling to wreckage to save their lives. Seven were rescued. The Norwegian Consul has taken charge of the survivors. The Borghild sailed from Fredrikshald for Nova Scotia on April 15th with a load of lum- ber for England.—Reuter.

Quarry- Explosion. OVER TWENTY MEN KILLED. Ogden, Utah, Wednesday.—An explosion occurred to-day in a quarry belonging to the Portland Cement Works at Devil's Slide, resulting, it is reported, in the death of over twenty men and injuries to as many more. The gang working in the quarry was mad. up for the most part of Greeks and Japanese —Reuter.

BEFORE THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL Anglo-American Arbitration. Hague, Wednesday.—The Arbitration Tri- bunal appointed to deal with the Newfound- land fisheries dispute between Great Britain and the United States held its opening sitting to-day. Dr. Lammasch, Professor of Inter- national Law at the University of Vienna, president, in his inaugural speech, observed that by submitting this century-old conflict to the court America and Great Britain have expressed their complete confidence in this pacific method of settling international con- flicts, have given an exa«iple to the whole community of nations, and have won for themselves fresh credit in the cause of inter- national justice and peace, for which those Powers have perhaps done more than other nations, especially during the reign of thegreat monarch whose premature and sudden death has so recently been lamented by his vast Empire. The first business session will be held on Monday.—Reuter.

THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. The German Crown Prince, who will sign all the German State documents until the Kaiser's arm is in a more favourable condition, is a handsome and sprightly young man, with a great love for soldiering. He came over to this country with his father to attend the funeral of Queen Victoria, and on that occasion the late King Edward invested him with the Order The Crown Prince of Germany. I of the Garter. While a student at Bonn, the prince paid a round of private visits in Eng- land and Scotland, where he had the advantage of seeing some of our greatest country houses. Among others he was the guest of Lord Roee- bery at Dalmeny, of Lord Lonsdale at Lowther Castle, and of the Duke of Marl- borough at Blenheim, to which he went after a visit to Liverpool and its ocean liners.

IN FULL FLIGHT. Government Troops Rooted. New York, Wednesday.—A cablegram re- ceived at Washington from Bluefields this afternoon announces that the Nicaraguan Government troops, under General Lara, have been routed after a series of unsuccessful attacks upon strong positions held by General Estrada in the vicinity of the city, and are now in full flight. Another despatch states that war between the United States and the party of President Madrid is considered possible.- Central News. „ Washington, Wednesday.—^The State De- partment, learns that the Nicaraguan Army, under General Lara, has been defeated by General Estradas. The Government troops are now in full retreat.—Reuter.

PRINCE IN A SMASH. Tramcar and Carriage Collision. Rome, Wednesday. Prince Rospiglioei, Lieutenant-General commanding the Vatican Noble Guard, was severely injured in a traffic accident here to-day. His carriage was run into violently by an electric oar and over- turned, the horse being killed, while the Prince and his attendant were thrown immediately in front of the car. Happily, the safety net with which the latter is furnished proved efficient. As it was the Prince sustained grave injuries-to the head. The attendant was also injured.— Central News.

FINLAND CONSTITUTION. Italian Appeal to Duma. Reuter s Agency is informed that a memorial to the Russian Duma has been signed by 128 deputies of the Italian Parliament, including five former Ministers and ten ex-Under Secre- taries of State., expressing their hope that the Imperial Duma will preserve for Finland her glorious historical constitution. They present this expression of their hopes to the honourable members of the Duma moved solely by their desire to express their sympathy and solidai-ity with theprinciple of nationality.

WELSH COUNTRY HOMES. XXXII I I.-Lianmihan gel Place. 1ANDMARKS IN ITS HISTORY, FEATURES OF ITS JUSTICE ROOM. The Ancient Yew Tree Greve. v In the heart of the Vale of Glamorgan, Jrió- way between agricultural Cowbridge ? -d historical Llantwit Major, there stands t peacelul little valley an ancient Tudor d?fr lint.' Unless you went specifically in search of^c you LLANMIHANGEL HOUSE—GENERAL VIEW. would probably never see it. for the country road which traverses this oblong cavity of the Vale is but a byway leading to nowhere in par- ticular. The valley lies east and west. The hills on the northern slope are crowned by extensive orchards and a dark wood of yew trees. The latter forms the background against which Tudor builders reared the walls of many- gabled Llanmihangel. Its Tudtr Builders. It was built and habited for many genera- tions by the Thomas family, whose progenitor, curiously enough, came out of that old home of the Herbert family, Wern Ddu, near Aberga- venny, which formed the subject matter of a previous article. This family, therefore, known m their day and generation as Thomas, were LLANMIHANGEL HOUSE-THE JUSTICE ROOM WITH TUDOR FIREPLACE. in reality Herberti-as much Herberts as were the Powells of Perthir or the Jones's of Treo- wen or the Gwyn s of Llansannor or the Vaughans of CotU'ttieM. There was a house in existence at Llanmi- hangel early in the fifteenth century, for it is on record that Jeakin Thomas, who was the grandson of Jevan the son of Thomas ap Ghwilym of Perthir, was of Llanvihangel by Cowbridge." It was, however, James Thomas, the grandson of Jenkin Thomas'and the sixth generation in descent from old Gwilym ap Jenkin, of Wern Ddu, who built the present house at Llanmihangel between the years 1500 and 1520. That he built it upon the site of the older house is, as we shall see presently, pretty certain, for it contains several features which are quite pre-Tudor in character. LLANMIHANGEL-THE CHURCH AND POOL IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. N The Thomas Family. The Thomas family appear during the six- teenth and seventeenth centuries to heve been people of importance in the county, and the fact that they inter-married with the Mathews of Llandaff, the Buttons of Woriton, the Turber- viiles of Llantwit, the Carnes of Nash, and the Morgans of Ruperra, is evidence of their social position. James Thomas distinguished himself not only by bllilding Llanmihangel, but also by being the father of sixteen children. His eldest son, Robert Thomas, was succeeded by William Thomas, whose only daughter, Jane, mairied William, the son and heir of Edward Carne of Nash. Llanmihangel Place passefl by entail to Edward Thomas, who was the son of Wm. Thomas, of Bettws, a barrister. Edward was created a baronet about 1641-2, but under the Commonwealth he laid aside his titles. He formed a powerful alliance by marrying Susan, the daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan, of Ruperra^ Their son Sir Robert Thomas married a daugh* ter of the famous Justice Jenkins of Hensol, and by her had a son, Edward Thomas, who died shortly after his marriage, leaving an only daughter, Susan Thomas. Sir Robert Thomas, who, it is interesting to note in passing, was M.P. for Cardiff i I 1678-9, sold Llanmihangel in 1681 to Sir Humphrey Edwin, of London. A picture of Susan, the last of the Thomas family of Llanmihangel, still hangs in the old house, and to this interesting relic we shall refer subsequently. The Edwins and the Wyndhams. Sir Humphrey Edwin, into whose hands Llghmihangel passed, was a Londoner who had married a Glamorganshire lady, and who, as a result, had been desirous of obtaining a resi- dence in the county. Sir Humphrey was a man of parts, and was Lord Mayor of London in 1697. He died at Llanmihangel, and monuments VI his memory and to that of some of his immedate dascendants may still be seen in the chancel of the quaint old church which stands a stone's throw from thd porch of the old house. Two or three generations later the male line of the Edwins became extinct, and Ann, the daughter and heir of Samuel Edwin, of Llanmi- hangel, became the second wife of John Wynd- ham, of Dunraven. Thus, about the middle of the eighteenth century Llanmihangel passed into the hands of the family who still own it, and it is gratifying to note that the present Earl and Countess of Dunraven when they are entertaining visitors of distinction at Dunraven Castle, are in the habit, when opportunity pre- sents itself, of taking them over to Llanmi- hangel on a tour of inspection Among those who have visited it in this way is the present Queen and her father and mother, the Duke and Duchess of Teck. I It is some years since any members of th' Wyndham family resided at Llanmihangel the present tenant is Mr Watts, who rents 1 he farm of over three hundred acres-one of the largest in the Vale-from Lord Bunraven. Llanmihangel To-day. Llanmihangel Place remains, externally at any rate, practically as it was during the Tador age. It occupies a fine position facing south I and looking .down upon an oblong pool of clear water, in the limpid surfaoe of which,-as will I be seen by a reference to our illustrations, the church with its Norman tower is reflected. The front of the house is typically Tudor, mallioned windows, steep gables, and irregularity in the line of the front produced by the projection of the wings at either end, and a forest of grey chimneys above, combine to produce an old world and singularly picturesque effect such aa is scarcely equalled by any other house of its character in the Vale of Glamorgan. Standing as it does upon a slope, the internal structure has had to be adapted to its situation so that what is in reality the first floor at the front becomes the ground floor at the back. Hence it is that on entering the porch you ascend a flight of stone steps to reach the floor upon which the principal living rooms are situated. Interests of "The Justice Room." The most striking feature of the interior is what is known as the Justice Room, a spacious apartment the walls of which are panelled with oak to within a foot or so of the ceiling and are finished with a handsome cornice. The ceiling, which affords a very a beautiful example of the Elizabethan plasterer's art, slopes upward from the north and south walls and has a flat portion at the top. In the centre of the tym- panium, resulting from the slopes of the roof, there. is at the western end a grating in the wall which hears the appearance of having been at one time a solar. Probably in pre- Tudor days this was the case, for the more one examines Llanmihangel the more confirmed does one become in the opinion that when James Thomas built his Tudor house he re- tained the general outline of the older manor house with its great hall. As we have shown in previous articles in this series, the tendency of domestic architecture in the sixteenth cen- tury was to reduce the relative importance of the great hall, which in the past had domin- j ated the whole house, and to construct a num- ber of smaller apartments. At Llanmihangel, however, the great hall, or as it is now called The Justice Room occupies the greater portion of the main floor. On the northern side there is a Tudor fireplace which was at one time plastered up, but which is now open, and it contains an irou grate back on which appears the arms of a branch of the Cecil family. This grate, by the way, was found by a former tenant in a very rusty condition in the yard where it had evidently been lying for a long time, and was placed by him in its present position. The top of the fireplace is panelled, each panel containing a heraldic device. A ftelic of the Thomas Family. The beauty of the Justice Room is greatly enhanced by the window recesses to the north and south at its eastern end. The ceilings of these are much lower, but are beautifully decorated in similar pattern to those of the main apartment. On the wall in one of these j recesses hangs—and has hung for nigh two j centuries an oil painting of Susan Thomas, the last of the branch of the family who built Llanmihangel. It is not a picture that can lay claim to high artistic merits, but it has a con- siderable sentimental value, and an old tradi- tion attaches to it to the effect that should it by any means be removed from Llanmihangel the title deeds of the house will be lost! It represents Susan Thomas as a good looking "■ young woman with her hair elaborately dressed, curled in delicate tracery fashion ov & her forehead, and extended presumably on a kind of light framework at either side of her head. She is in low necked dress disclosing a pair of very sloping shoulders, while a red robe, trimmed with ermine is worn over a blue dress. The Dining Room. At the eastern end of the room the cornice <>/ the panelling is fretted and over the large folding doors, which lead to what is known as he dining-room, a carved coat of arms forms a handsome object, and relieves the bareness of the tympanium, which here, as at the other end of the loom, is formed by the slopfaig sides of the ceiling. In the dining-room, which is rather a dull apartment opening put of the eastern end of the Justice room, the panel* are larger and evi-* dently of later date than those in the Justice Boom which are quite late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. In this room, formerly hung piece of fine t&pestry, one of those depicting scenes from the book of Esther which were some years ago removed by Lord Dun- raven to Dunraven Castle, and which wfere described and illustrated in a former article in this series. To the left of the dining-room on entering the place is shown in the panelling behind which a stone stairway leads to the vaults below, and up which the prisoners were brought in medieval days when the Lord of the Manor held his court in the Great Hall which in this case still retains the name of Justice Room." The State Room and the Basement. The rambling old house is full of nooks and corners. Everywhere there are stone staircases, and one of these forms a narrow, tortuous ascent to a look-out tower on the roof. Near this is a bedroom known as the State Room, concerning which there is a tradition that Queen Anne slept there. It was in this room that the other two tapestries, now at Dunraven, were formerly hung To-day the interesting feature of the room is its fine ceiling, which is plastered in a pattern of which the fleur de lis is a prominent feature. The low pitched rooms below the main floor are of considerable extent. Here in days long past the retainers were housed, and the prisoners were herded pending their appearance before the Lord of the Manor in the hall above. The present tenant has turned these cool stone- paved apartments to other purposes, and on the low benches vast pans of cream-laden milk be- token the first stage of the butter-making industry. The Yew Tree Avenues. A notable adjunct of this fine old Manor House is thrf Yew Tree Grove, which crowns t,he slope above It is such a collection of yew trees as our eyes have not lighted upon any- where else in South Wales-grand old trees representing a growth of years in comparison with which the generations of the human race are but ephemeral. From the back of the house a broad path leads up a flight of stone steps to a long avenue extending due north while at right angles another avenue of solemn yew trees stretches east and west. The angles formed between these avenues are dense wood —dark even on the brilliant day of early sum • mer anwhine on which fortune turned our steps thitherward. It is a saying that there is a tree for every day of the year--s"e Good Friday—and that on the latter day the tree that was planted refused to grow In the little church by the pool just below the house, the main interests of which were kindly pointed out to us by the Rev E. Jenkins, the vicar, there are monuments to some of the former inhabitants of Liaumihangel. These b ye-gone worthies have now slept in that church for two centuries; but when they were in their cradles that yew tree grove was already a land- mark in the Vale NOTICE TO READERS. Further articles of otlr Welsh Country Homes" series will be held over till the late summer. During the next few weeks we shall publish a series of illustrated articles dealing with Wehh Holiday Resorts.

METHOD IN HER MADNESS." Alleged Worthless Cheques. Atthe Central Criminal Court on Wednesday Mary Ann Moore (67), said to be the widow of an evangelist, pleaded guiJty to obtaining credit by false pretences to the extent of over t20 from boarding-house keepers in the Paddington district. It was alleged that the prisoner represented herself as having private means, and that she gave worthless cheques in payment of her bills. When arrested on the charge, she said, Monstrous I have had 92AM paid into my bank to-day." There were six convictions against her, including two terms of penal servitude of three years. It was stated thit in 1892 the prisoner married the late Mr William Moore, an American clergyman, who subsequently worked in the Liverpool diocese, and afterwards became an evangelist in Hyde Park. For the prisoner it was said that she was feeble-minded, and was not altogether respon- sible for her actions. The Recorder: There seems to be consider-, able method in her madness. Accused was sentenced to 12 months' i mprisonment.

-0_ HANGING FROM A TREE. Discovery Near Blaenavon. On Wednesday the body of a man named James White (74), of no fixed abode, was found hanging from a tree near Coedavon Farm, Blaenavon. The discovery was made by a guard on a goods train on the G.W.R., who informed some platelayers. The latter cut the body down, afterwards conveying it to Ashtree public house, where it awaits an inquest. Deceased had at one time been employed as a farrier, but had of recent years suffered from asthma, and was in receipt Qf outdoor relief from the Guardians. I

Prince of Wales, CARNARVON BID FOR INVESTITURE. The Cardiff Cymmrodorion Society have, says a North Wales correspondent, voiced a general wish throughout the Principality for making the coming investiture of the Duke of Cornwall as Prince of Wales the occasion for a great national gathering. The special associa- tions of the Royal family with Snowdonia, and the fact that the first English Prince of Wales was born at Carnarvon, and there formally proclaimed, is considered in North Wales to give a strong claim to Carnarvon Castle as the place most fitting for the investi- ture. Before the matter was mooted by the Cardiff Cymmrodorion steps had been taken by public officials in North Wales with a view to making representations in the proper quarters that the investiture should take place < at Carnarvon. I am in a position to say," concludes the correspondent, that active steps have already been taken to this end. The ceremonial, if present anticipations are realised, will be the most brilliant and picturesque the Principality has for many centuries witnessed, and will be largely founded on ancient British usage."

FROZEN MEAT CARGO. II' Action Against a Cardiff Firm. In the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, before Lords Justices Vaughan Williams, Fletcher Moulton, and Buckley, the appeal was heard of Campania Sansinena de Carnes Congeladas v. Houlder Bros. and Co., Ltd., and others from an order of Mr Justice Hamilton. Mr Bailhache,'K.C. (with him Mr Crawfurd), was for the appellants, who had brought an action for damages sustained in respect of 450 tons of frozen meat shipped on board the Federal Steam Navigation Company's steam- ship The Devon. His clients brought an action against Houlder Bros., of Cardiff, and the Federal Company. The latter applied to be struck out of the action on the ground that the plaintiffs were not entitled to join both tha defendants in the action, and Mr Justice Hamilton made the order as asked. His con- tention was that under the rule the plaintiffs were entitled to make both parties defendants to the action. The question of fact that "n\1:ù.d arise was whether or not The Devpn was seaworthy. Though the contract was on "the iiouidere form, he contended it was with fcfoe Federal Company as much as with Horiiderf. Mr Bailhache added that his clients had a general carrying contract with Houlders dated December 23rd, 1903, and which was renewed from year to year. Under that Houlders were to do the carrying in certain specifically named boats of their own, or other suitable steamers in addition or substitution, but in each case the bill of lading should be Houlders. In this instance Houlders substituted The Devon, and the question was the seaworthiness of that vefkSf-1, which belonged to the Federal Com- pany, l»rd Justice Vaughan Williams, in giving judgment, said the judgment of Mr Justice Hamilton striking out the Federal Company must be reversed and the appeal allowed. The other Lords Justices concurred, and the appeal was allowed with costs.

DAMAGES AGAINST DOCTOR. Gave Strychnine by Mistake. In London Sheriff's Court on Wednesday a case was remitted from the High Court for the assessment of damages. Plaintiff was James Pratt, a stage manager, of Fulham, and the defendant Dr. John Fletcher, of Dawes-road, Fulham. The allegations were that last December plaintiff's wife, Amelia, was taken ill, and that Dr. Fletcher was called in to attend her. Mrs Pratt died, and it was alleged that Dr. Fletcher gave her strychnine in mistake for chloroform water. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict of Death by misadventure." The jury assessed the damages at .£50 for the husband, £50 for each of the three children. and aCl4 118 6d costs of funeral and doctor's expenses. Judgment was entered for these amounts with costs.

ZAW-K E rl Al InM Mr Howel Cuthbertson held an inanest at Pontrhydyfen on Wednesday on Stsse-Morris, of Plus Cottage, Pontrhydyfen, who was drowned at the vVhitworth Colliery, Townawr, on Tuesday night. Mr Carey (Inspector of Mines) was present, and Mr Percy Jacobs (manager) attended on behalf of the colliery company. J. Roderick, sinker, said deceased and he were engaged on a staging 15 feet from the bottom of the pit. As deceased was unfastening a chain he slipped and fell to the bottom of the pit. There were 13 feet of water at the bottom of the shaft. Witness at once called forlielp, but it was nearly 40 minutes before Morris was got out. Dr. Warren, Tonmawr. said he tried artificial respiration for 40 m nutes. A verdict of Accidental death wacs re- turned.

THE FOUR-AMA-"QUARTER MILLION ORDER. Mr Norton Griffiths, M.P., together with a number of engineers, surveyors, etc., have left Southampton in the Royal Mail steamer Araguaya, for South America, where he is going in connection with the £ 4,250,000 contract his fftrm has just obtained for constructing a railway in the south of Chili, which work is to take five years. In the face of the compe- tition of American and other capitalists, Mr J. Norton Griffiths, M.P. for Wednesbury, has again been successful, as in the case of the Mr J. Norton Griffiths, M.P. I Arica-La-Paz Railway, in interesting British capitalists, and thus securing this large contract for Britain. In the Ar" za" it was a Germen group which was his opposition in this instance-a very powerful. American combi- nation was the chief obstacle. The new line will traverse the heart of Chili and open up great tracts of timber and agricultural country, and at the same time connect-up the principal mining centres of the rich mineral regions which Chili contains.

CURIOUS VACCINATION CASE At Waltham Abbey on Tuesday William Thomas Thompson, chief chemist at the Royal Gunpowder Factory, was summoned for fail- ing to have his five-year-old son vaccinated. He said the child at birth was medically cer- tified physically unfit for vaccination. He heard nothing further for three and a half years, and during the interval his views on vaccination had changed so that he did not now believe in it. Sir Fowell Buxton (chairman): The case stands dismissed. Other magistrates dissented from this de- cision, and defendant was recalled, and told that a vaccination order must be made against him. At the clerk's request the defendant waited till the close of the court business, and was then told, after the point had been looked up, that there was no apeal from the magistrates' decision.

RELEASE OF DINIZULU. Union Cabinet's First Act. Pretoria, Wednesday.—At the first meeting of the Union Cabinet yesterday it was decided to release Dinizulu, who will be given a farm near Nylstroom, on which he will live with his wives and personal attendants and enjoy rea- sonable liberty on an allowance of jE500 per annum, subject to his good behaviour.— Renter.

STRANGE YSTRADGYNLAIS CASE. At Ystradgynlais on Wednesday, H. Holder (22), labourer, was charge i with obtaining 30s by means of false pretences. Eiiza Gottrell, 8, Gladstone-terrace, Ystradgynlais, said defendant came to her house and said he had purchased the house which she rented, and showed a receipt purporting to have been signed and stamped for E185. He wanted her to buy the house, and defendant agreed to take the money by instalments at the rate of 30s a week. Charles Gladstone Davies, builder and contractor, said he had not sold the house nor had he signed a receipt for £ 185. De- fendant was committed for trial at next Brecon Assises.

WELSH GLEANINGS. News and Views in Lighter Vein. —A- Which was the tcxt-tly preached upon at the memorial services to the late King 1 If a list were compiled, surely that verse about King Uzziah's death would occupy a promi. nent position. The Roath Park aquarium, sparse of ex- hibits as it is, delights children more than anything else in the gardens. A fine specimen of the poisonous British adder has been added to the collection. The three counties, Carmarthen, Pembroke- shire, and the lower parts of Cardiganshire have arranged to hold a united Cymanfa ganu in the pavilion of the National Eisteddfod Carmarthen next August. The brief autobiography of Watcyn WYIl. prepared for publication by his bosom friend and co-worker Gwili, has not satisfied the great de- mands for data concerning the bard of Rhyd- amman. At the request of the family Penar is at work on a biography. Mrs Mary Jones, wife of Mr Evan Jo of the Ewenny Potteries, is a descendant of a family who have had charge of the potterier from their early history. She has a remark- able memory, and has compiled upwards of 300 Welsh proverbs for pottery inscriptions. The Cardiff ^Times for May 26th, 1860 announced the appointment of Dr. W. T. Edwards as consulting surgeon to the Cardiff, Infirmary, and orDr. W. Taylor as surgeon in ordinary. It may be added that both gentle- men still reside in Cardiff, and both are hate and hearty. The Cardiff Board of Guardians have made a new departure. The workhouses at Cardiff and Ely are to be thrown open to public in- spection, so that ratepayers may see what hi done for the poor. Wednesday afternoon, when the refuges of the poor of the Union will be open to the public, should disclose the amount of interest felt in these institutions. Socialists are making a determined effort to capture Wales. As evidence of this, a good many pamphlets have been published in the Welsh language, and now there appears & bulky volume entitled Y Werin a'i Theyr- nas (The Democracy and its Kingdom), being a series of articles by Mr David Thoma&| The Porthcawl Council, who have been tarring the roads of the popular seaside resort during the past few days, have come in for & good deal of criticism for not having done ao before the town was crowded with visitors. The tarring meant an unpleasant experience for one visitor, who bad a side-slip on a bicycle and was nicely blacked. The reverend gentleman who received & bottle of whisky on his departure from London is the Rev. George Davies, Westminster, who has accepted the pastorate of Richmond-road Baptist Chapel, Pontnewydd. Mr Davies be- lieves the gift was sent with a true heart and a pure motive, f I have no idea what it tastes like," he said the other day," but I am told that it is of a very superior and costly kind." Logical treatment:—Janet, aged seven, has recently recovered from a feverish cold, and the other morning she came down to breakfast without her most treasured possession, a Teddy bear. Teddy's very ill," she said when asked for explanations. His temp'rature's up to 600." Due sympathy was expressed with the sufferer, but Janet quite confident! remarked, Oh, he'll be better after breakfast. I've put him on the window-sill to cool." The late Dr. A. P. Fiddian had devoted considerable time to acquire a knowledge of the Welsh language, and was one of the many Englishmen in South Wales who were fired by the enthusiasm of the late Mr Dan Isaac Davies to take an interest in Welsh literature. Dr. Fiddian was a gentleman of extensive reading, and was never happier than when en- gaged in discussing his favourite authors. "Vigilant," Neath, writes :—Looking S.W. on Friday night last at 10 p.m., the much- talked-of comet could be seen distinctly with the naked eye, and the head and the com- Tnencement of the tail with glasses. It was at first a kind of flickering light, at one moment very bright, and at another dull, as if covered by steam. The head was very bright, and was surrounded by a haze. The tail stretched southwards, but was not very distinct. Monmouth is shocked! A local Baptist minister declared the other night that he bad only been in Monmouth six months, but had noticed more jugs carried through the streets than he had seen elsewhere during the whole of his life. What the jugs contained he left us to guess. The Society of Friends in Wales was repre- sented at the yearly meeting in London last week by MrJJohn E. Southall(Newport), Mr W. G. Hall (Swansea), Mr Richard Watkins (Swan- sea), Mr H. D. Phillips (Llandrifdod Wells;), Miss Hughes (Pontypool), Mr Llewelyn Els- mere (Ystalyfera.), and Mr E. P. Bastin (Mil- ford Haven). Mr Alfred Nutt, who was drowned in the Seine at Melun, near Fontainebleau, leaver gap in the Celtic lines. He was well-known to both the Welsh and Irish groups, for long aa active member of the Councils of the Irish Texts Society and of the Cymmrodorion, and a tireless deviser of schemes which should do that difficult thing—make Celtic literature appeal successfully to a public not quite ready for it. His foreign ties and acquaintance with French and German movements helped him in doing so. Rev. ttiioiMMa. Williams, in the Christfan Commonwealth," teHs of an unpublished inci- dent concerning the late KinØø consideration N for others in misfortune. AsPrince of Wales he was enjoying the fun of the Battle of Flowew at-Canneg. Everybody was gay and happy, but by the roadside was a little pale French girl in an invalid chair. She could hardly aea from her position any of the glory of the pageaat. The Prince of Wales spotted the next time he passed along he stood UD ready with a buoch of his best violets. Bm threw them to the little girl, and she le £ t~ttM fete happier than any in the throng. The Hon. C. S. Rolls, the popular son of Lord Llangafctock, the latest candidate for Channel flight honours, has been looked.. since the beginning of the aviation movement as one of our most promising air-men, and has already justified these hopes by some of the fine flights which he has accomplished. In earlier days he was a keen balloonist, and it may be remembered captured the Gordon Bennett Cup a few years ago for achieving the longest distance in a balloon race. AjtNta as aeronaut, automobilist, and aviator, he-few had many thrilling experiences. The stopping of the Penarth 'busses and brakes is sadly deplored by the urchuw of Grangetown, who ran alongside the vehicles. Wot's to be done this summer ?" queried 0D8 as he gazed at his shoeless feet. We waai ice-creams, cigarettes, and a pair of roller skates." Tell yer what." answered a com- panion mmus coat and vest, and with his arms m the holes in his knics where the pockete ebould have been, Let's tell the manager as the 'Merican Rink in WTestgifc-street as well give a free performance amongst the rollers every day for a week for nothink. That ought. to fetch a pair of skates Werry good. Jimmy," replied his chum pathetically bet fust of all we ain't got no boots to fix 'em to 'Ways and Means Committee left debating. THE BOUNTY OF GEORGE III. Rhaith Duw lor a'n Sior ni sydd-—yn union Un geelion a'u gilydd, o blaid y tlawd, a ffawd ffydd, Y troedia Sior y Trydydd. > Y Sior uchelwaed sy' or'chwiliwr Ei dylodion, a'u da ly wiawdwr Ymgeledd gorsedd y gwr—i'w faon, Wna glod i goron ein gwladgarwr. Ie, 'i dylodion, ei deulu ydynt, Parodd eu harddel a dirprwyodd erddynfrf Boneddion bawb o naddynt—cyfreithwyr Rhoi, a'n seneddwyr yn weision iddyut. Ein cynor Sior, ar ei sedd, „ Adfero Duw ei fawredd I'w iechyd a'i fywyd to Ddyddiau hedd i'w ddvhudda, A'i had a f'o hyd y farn, I'n ciwdawd yn ben cadarn. Dewi Wyn o Billon It has just been decided by a King's Bencl Divisional Court that the pocket of a coat if an instrument." This may not seem very in* portant, but in the case of the Monmouthshir* water bailiff who insisted on searching & labourer whom he suspected of fish-poaching it was decidedly so. No fish were found in the. man's possession, and it is lucky for the searcher that the decision of the Court went the way it did. Had it been otherwise the man searched would have had good ground oi action for assault. One of the keenest members among the Nationalist group in Westminster is Mr Mat* thewKeating, who represents South Kilkenny. He is an ardent Irishman of true Celtic spirit, and inasmuch as he was born in Wales is « connecting link between the Principality and the EmiVald Isle. He speaks Welsh fluently, and is thoroughly conversant with the Gaelic. Not only is he a staunch supporter of all Irisls movements in London, but is more keenly interQtted in Welsh affairs than the average w.r& representative.