The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-12-27 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

CARDIFF.  The concluding matches in the Colonials' .tour were entered upon on Boxing Day. 'There was a crowd of 45,000 spectators present, the gates being closed two hours before the start of play, Cardiff paned the scoring with a try by Nicholls, which was converted. Follow" this reverse disaster overtook the "All ks," Sullivan retiring with a broken °oiler bone. Despite being short-handed they held on tenaciously, and were winners by 10 points to .8, the failure of Winfield to convert a second try bringing about Cardiff's defeat.  ALLEGED MURDEROUS ATTACK At the Borough Police Court yesterday, George Al (oshinet maker), of le, Ohver - Place, VMS charged with having feloniously -wounded his wife, Annie Alderson, on Sunday.—A neighbour named John Kerr Mated that on that afternoon he heard prisoner "having a row" with hie wife, who afterwards went upetairs. La her bedroom the disturbance was continued, and when • few minutes afterwards his wife went up to ace what was the matter ehe fainted on seeing .prisoner's wife lying in a pool of blood on the floor—P.C. 2A .Waslam) deposed that at 5.30 p.m. an Sunday he was called to Driseser's house, where he found hie (poisoner* wife lying on the bedroom floor. Her face vs covered with blood, and she was in a fearful condition. When subs& recrfiumfly he charged prisoner with having /ekeawounded her he made no reply. liain Mumby, senior bonne stirWWII st the Borough Hospital, described the wcomiers triunes. She would (=ably be in a fit condition to give evi on Itiday.—Prismer vas remanded till that day.  Ammon Human Ga•Da.Scsoos..—This school has wound up it very successful imming season, having obtained 90 certificates 18 being for quarter-raiis), • much higher number than chit obtained by any ether school In the town. The full value of these figures will be understood when it is stated that ...oar Lodes," who obtained the "Edmund Taylor", Shield, onill gained fie. The School Squadron still maintains its unbeaten record among Birkenhead Elementary Schools, having held it now for five years. The boys who swain in the squadron during the year are Woods, Hayward. Roberts, Stanbridge, Teo, Collins, and Chamberlain.  On top of all this the wage-earner, in New York at least, is called upon to pay an advance In rent from 25 to 90 per cent., and when he moves into his humble quarters the Gas Trost gets in on his pocketbook, if not through higher prices, by forcing the pressure until his meter works like a Waterbury watch. Instead of increasing extravagance among housekeepers, it is a noticeable fact that the standard of living among salaried men and wage-earners is stAdily declining, principally owing to the high price of living. It takes a salary of about 1,4.00 dollars a 'year mow to buy the same household recess& ties that a salary of 1,000 dollars would have bought eight years ago. In other words, it takes 1.35 dollars now to buy the things a dollar would have bought in 1897. The income of the average day labourer Or meohanie is about 700 dollars a year. Out of this he pays about 200 dollars a year for rent, 50 dollars for gas and fuel, 32 dollars car fare; clothing for family of three, 75 dollars; incidentals, house-furnishiags, etc., 50 dollars. This leaves about 1 dollar a day for ,f„ood, which is not ninoh of an average for VITO° healthy pavans.