The North Wales Express

NO ROAD. There was to much new light upon the ■Lords in Mr Lloyd George's speech ot the jN_-e,t.ioai-ail Liberal Club, but it is evident that the Chancellor had no hotpe of Dis- establiishmeoit while the Lords are in the way. He did not think that a Welsh Meatmre-a Memsure .specially desired by Wales—would: have the slightest cthaance of surviving a second leading in the House of Lopdia a<t the present moment. This is prnjetacally what Mr Lkvyd George said at Carnarvon nearly two. yeia.rs ago, amd it codneddes with what we have said all along. -If we wiant Disestablishment, we must get it over the prosftpatte body of tlhe. House of Peers, a.nd the conquering o>f the Lords must he the first pa.rt of the fight. Mr Lloyd George's aippeaL rto Whales to be in the forefront of the 'battle was hardly needed, for tlf there is amy question upon Whieih democratic opinion .iJll Wales i? specially unanimous, (it iw itlids question. Wales has noi use for the (House ofXords, ai*l Welshmen dio not love lords, be they their owns or other people's. The stand' that .the Hoiuse of Lords would be sure- to nuake agpinst 'DigestaMifihtnent is only one phase of its afttitude towards the demo- cracy in general, aa-ld we believe thai its genial atttitude of hostil'iity to great ^e- • > ——— even in Wiales-, thain. its general refusal to pass a DiisestablpS'hment Measure. Wales is ripe for a campaign against the Lords; it remains to be seen whecner England will join in the crusade. We are not very interested jn threats and diatribes against the Lords by members- of the Government. Enough has been said, and 'it ds now time to do roometbiiig, .if something is to be done. If nothing is to be dome, it would be wiser to taJk lese about the matter. "Relorm," siarid Mir UIoycr George, is idle till you have shattered the sceptre of that House." Unfoj*tiinately. we know thint, by bitter experience,^but we are still wasting for some leader to telS us how tlie shattering -is to be done. "Filling the cup" has been mentioned, and the cup Ciaa been filled: till it ought to be overflow- ing, but we rare afraid there is a. hole in the [bottom somewhere. In any case, tihe re- sults do nc't seem very satisfactory. Mr Llnyd George admits that Disestablishment is hopeless while the House of Lords re- mains where it is, but it blocks tbe road for more things than Disestablishment. We can never hqpe for freedom from the. land- lords whdlo 4xur landlords* have- a veto oai all our at.te.mpt.s at reform, and we eam never hope for an educational1 settlement while the supporters of educational in justice haive power to "revise" every Bill.. The referendum as advocated iw la solution of the difficulty ats easily as if a. re-feremdum had •any col-iigtitutio-nal force behind; it.. The introducticm of a referendum would neces- sitate tai drastic constitutionall change, re- quiring the consent of Lords and Commons. a,nd we doubt whether, at the present moment, that oontaent could be obtained. The situation looks like a blind alley, or, at least, like a blocked, road, and we are aiot sure that anyone knows how to got over the hindrance or how to remove it. Re- moved. it must be, and one does net wonder that Wales is getting a little impatient. "Deeds, not- words," has not been Ci py righted by the militant J/adies. The .ay in which the Lords have dealt—so far- -with the Miners' Eight Hours Bill shows us some inkling of the way of escape. Even t;hey djare not be very contemptuous of the Measures desired by Labour.

Notes of the Week. The Morality of Football. There has been a great dfeal of discussion of 1wt.e, loca.lly and generally, regarding the ■miOfraMty of flootball. We fancy the people -who condemn the gaime are oonfuising the issues. :No. one at th.is time of day will «afv that there is atmytthimg immioral or de- wading in the gwme ittself; some of our ibest preatchers and otihteirs have pia-yoo. good fdotball in tiheir coliLoge days, and have ,been all the bettea: for it, and the "rigour oC the game," to quote Mrs Battle's phrase, is good, physical, if not moral, training. It is the aooomptanirimenits of the game .tha.t give rise to amxiety, the crowds, some- times foul-mouthed, who too .often w"aftdh the ■players, aind tihe atmount of money spent by .people who can ill-afflord the outlay. Foot- ball must not be blamed for these things, -and it must be said that there is leas open .betting with football than with most other .popular gwrnei3. Some fools, of course, will bet upon anything, but that is their in- herent foolishness, and not the fault of the thing betted upon. Thie tone aind standard of the crowds is a thing that might be im- proved more by admixture than by stricture, and especially by drastic action by the com- mittees. The spending is a thing that DO one can really control. We may add tha.t, while we have every sympathy wit-h amateur •football, it seems to us that,, when the game becomes a profession, for the amusement of crowds who would be atfraid of a soft ntbber ball, it becomes degraded into something not worthy the name of siport. Xmas Shops. This week, we publish our annual review of the shops as a. guide to the many people who at this setason wish to purchase pre- sents either for themselves, their famines, or their friends. The windtow-dreasfimig of most—indeed, of all,—these establishments is a credit to the business ability of the dits,triet, and the man, woman, or child who Would paes them without a. long look, if .mc-thing else, is not to be envied. Wisn- dow-tJrei-mnig and advertising are arts which every tradesman should cultivate, and the one without the other is not of much use. Advertising is the airt of drawing people to Look at your SlhQP; window-dressing is the art of drawing people into your shop. Berth advertising and window-dressing sihlquld be mfade as attiiajctive and alluring as possible, and we are glad to see that there is a window dressing competition for shop taints in Bangor this year. A uompetd- tiofn in advertisements also would not be a. bad idea. The day of the old, crowded, heiatvy type advertisement are nearly over, j.ndi all expert advertisers agr-ee that a pretty type disjplay on plenty of white background, with, if possible, a, catchy phrase, is the most effective way of majking your wares known. En any case, persistence pa'Y'S both with window and type-dressing. The tradesman who would be a success must alwiays keep his wares well displayed in the wind'ows, and bis nacne well to the toro in the .papers. Modesity is out of place in business. Tenants and Cash. Speaking on FridiJjY at a. meeting of the ^Agricultural Society at Aberystwyth Col- Lage, Mr Ellis W. Davies, M.P., dealt with the diifficulltsies farmers experience for lack of sufficient capital, or what was equally valuable—arediit. Several causes hl3Jd con- tributed to the difficulty experienced by the farmer in obtaining credit. One was the landlord's power ax distress for rent. ATl- otlier Quad been the disappearance of the private banks on their merging te Br.e joint- stock banks. A thiird cause was tlie fluctu- ating nature of tihe security which the farmer had to offer. The result w«8 that the farmer, unlike any other tradesmen, found it difficult to borrow except at a, very high rate of interest. Tlie dtfficulty had been felt and dealt with in nearly all agri- cultural countries. Britain seemed to be the only cjantry where agriculture was neglected. All tlhat was spent 11 the im- provement of agriculture in England and Wales1 was the paltry sum of £ 6,000. Under the Small llokllings Act of 1907 the County Coun.c.ths hiatl power to esitabldsii or assist in the formuttioin of credit banks, antd unless this was done it was doubtful whether small holdings cowd be made to pay. He tho-us"1 however, that the neceseai-y money ts "nedd to applicants should be sup- 4hia Imperial Governing" -,vi, n # V A Literary Revival. One ds always glad to welcome any attamjpt at reviving Welsh nationalism in the Anglicised districts of South Wales and the Boifder. The latest (attempt, which will, we hope, prove successful, is being made by the Hon. Mrs Herbert, of Llan- over, co-operating with a number of literary men in Monmouthshire and) bards throughout Wales. Her father, the late- Lord Llanover, established a-bout seventy- five yea-rs ago the "Cymrejgyridion v Fenni," a. Welsh literary association which held an annual Eisteddfod. This was- more on the Lines of the ancient Eisteddfod tha.il is the Eisteddfod of to- day, which is a musical rather than a literary festival. To the Abergavenny festivals started by Lord Llanover (then Sir Benjamin Hull) Wia^es owes the pro- duction of some of her standard works, among which may be mentioned Lady Guest's "Mabinoigion," Thomias Stephen's "Lam.gu.age and Literaiture of the Kymry," and "The Iolo MfSS." Mrs Herbert now seeks to re-est!abliish the old organisation, and to celebrate it6 revival there will, early in the New Yeaa-, be held at Abergavenny a Welsh literary" festival, extending over three, days, it) which there will be no competi- tions, and where music will play a purely f-ruborcliinate part. Among the subjects to be discussed, anid to which the leading (bards mad literati of Wales are invited to contribute, are:—"The Origin, Devolep- tnent, and Influence of Bardism," "The Evo- lution of Welsh Characteristics and Ideals," "The Influence of Industrial Con- ditiome om the Character of Welshmen dturing the Last Century," "How to Stem the Tlird" of Anglicism in Welsh Towns," apd "Tne Revival of the Nationality of Wiales, its Language, Literature, Arts, and Indust'r.es."

Without Prejudice. A PUZZLE. A resder has sent me the following, which appeared in the "Daily Mail" :— pe "The directors of the Carnarvonshire Liberal Buildings Clubs, which is the chie; centre of the Chancellor of the -Exchequer, on Saturday issued a cir- cular stating that. owing to the falling off -,f the receipts no dividend would be declared this year. Hitherto the di- videld has averaged 5 per cent. upon a nomhal capital of £ 13,500." The said reader explains that he cannot make out what really is "the chief centre of the Chaicellor of the Exchequer," accord- ing to tlis remarkable paragraph, and he politely tsks me whether I can help him. I cannot. English grammar won't explain it, and I doi't know the other. ON BROGUES. iMr Lkyd George, in speaking to the Cymmrod<rion, is reported to have said- "Scdtish accent was as good as a tes- timonftl, and Welshmen would not do as wel as they had until they went into office. vith a good Aberdaron brogue." Some timt ago, Mr Jenkyn Thomas said that he kiew of Welshmen who had been kept out o. office because of their accent. I don't kilo)" who is right, but it is important that we eiwuld have the truth in this mat- ter. The nteresting point about the two gentlemen 'eferred to is this—that they got into office without a brogue, for it is well known thai they are about the only Welsh- men who sieak English without some kind of accent. I admit hat I consider Mr Lloyd George's words being always weighty, conse- quently am anxious to know something about Aberdaron brogue. I was not aware they spoke English at Aberdaron to tl it necessary to produce a brogue, but vy be the case. Of course, it may be 100 that the Aberdaronians are sts, for was it not at Aber- daroi at the famous Dick was born, who tramped the country with teen languages in his head and as ny cats in his pockets? This is what m s me think that the Chancellor of the L chequer was not attempting to make a jae at the expense of some of his j countrymei- Anyhow,if there be an Atberdaron brogue, which is ikely in efficacy to equal the Aberdeen .ne, I think it ought to be more widely knovn, for more than one reason. I admit having an accent myself, but it is nondescript—some people tell me it is French, Lint others that it is German. Per- sonally, I on't mind the accent if I am grammatioaly right, but I would naturally like to hav; an accent which would bring me into offie, somehow. And here, I must confess thaI I don't like the. accent adopted bv some clsses known to most of you, I dare say, gntle readers. For insta.ee, my good friend the School- master's bngue always irritates me. It is sumcientiv pronounced, there is no doubt,, but there* Sesomething unpleasant about it. Let this sere as an instance 'flyfj idoth yr Inspector rownd gwm- pas hal past nine ar Tuesday gwmpas three vceks yn ol, ac mi inspectiodd un o'r stajdards mewn reading ac arith- metic." That is a Mr sample of his professional brogue, a-ol I have often wished I were privileged tf cane him for it. Then ag>aP, casual acquaintance. Mr Shop Assent, has a.Pe,n,lirir of his own. I does not differ greatly from that of the Schoolmaster. This will give yon an id:o of it:— i ''Dviil i chi pair o cuffs, reaal Eirish iinen* .assable, of corse, a dim ond silling a pair—dim tebyg iddyn nhw on the maiiet. air. When firs I heard this brogue, I failed t,o resist th* temptation to hand, back the < uffs to thevoung man rather forcibly in turning n.ws, I suspect that he received them with tie nose and not with the hand. It was perhps a lucky thing that the cuffs were "wassflde," as things happened. There is fiso another bregue with which I am acqua«ited, namely that of my old friend Mrs ^ery Respectable. She is a good soul. fhosf husband mad)e money in some honcsttrade and retired, and she is at present g^atly interested in religion and clo|the«. goes to chapel most regularly, and this i> 9specimen of her tbrogue as she c-t.mes out of the service of a Sunday morn- itig- "Heloi Mister Jones bach, how arre yew? ( haf not seed yew for d'wn i faint And wat diid yew think of the surrm<mt Ond oedd hi yn lovely hel'yd?" I could five you more. but I am con- siderate. I)fcourse, I have suffered myself. Now, I ha^ one more specimen to give yeu. and' tiatis the brogue of my friend Mr Young Miriefr. He is., of course, a fine fellow, a in) biow-s praeticfllly everything there is to kipw, a.nd this is hic brogue— "Rhtid cael intellectual grasp i l-ealisic- «[3ritual phenomena fel hyn, jjethau s/n realities, realities, yr unig jjethau s/n realities, realities, yr unig realities ft y byd, in fact-pethau sy'n ein surp^tsio ni gyda'u persistence a'u vastneks.' This is <>levJ:ted, as you see. Still I dion't. like it. SoniJjhow, I have been cursed with what the Germans call "spraehgefubl," and I have given «p going to listen to my "end's die««'l"— ti.•_ t. And tliat light comes from Aberdaron. If there is an office-brining brogue at Aber- daron, which is devoid of the objectionable fea-turct- of the ordinary brogues of which I have given you a. few instances, I sincerelv ,s, hope that it. may in time be possible to in- duce us uii to pi-ek it up. If thai cannot be done, there is nothing to do but To speak either Welsh Or English, and to take the consequences. <.

RETIREMENT OF A RAILWAY CUARD. [Photo by Kinsley.

PKESENTATK hN TO M'R JOHN I GODFREY. At the Carnarvon Railway Station, on J Friday evening, Mr John L. Godfrey, Ban- gor sn-eet, Carnarvon, was presented by the I employes of the London ana North Western Railway Company witn a testimonial on his retirement from the service oi the company. •Mr Parry, station-master, presided over a large attendance, which included re- presentatives of various departments of the company, &c. The Cnairman, in the course of his re- marks, referred to Mr Godfrey's faithful service to the company for such a. long period. 'He had been a servant of tlie com- pany for forty-two years, and was always attentive to his duties. He had been a familiar figure on the Bangor and Afonwen branch, on which he served as guard. The employes could not allow the occasion of his retirement to pass without showing in a small way their esteem for their late fellow- servant, and they asktd him to accept a small present. The other speakers were Mr Owen Evans, driver; Mr Taylor, station-master, Port- dinorwic; Mr Williams, sta-ti-on-maister, Chwilog: Mr T. Nash (waggon department), Mr W. Jones (station inspector), all of whom bore testimony to Mr Godfrey's faith- ful service, and to the high regard in which he was held by all the company's employees, as well as by$he passengers. The Vicar (the Rev J. W. Wynne Jones, M.A.), was asked to make the presentation of an enlarged photograph in frame to Mr Godfrey, on behalf of the employees. The Vicar made a happy speech, and handed the portrait to Mr Godfrey. The Chairman then handed a purse con- taining gold to Mr Godfrey, also on behalf of the employees. Mr Godirey, in rising to acknowledge the gifts, was received with applause. He said ue could not find words to express his grati- tude for the handsome present which he had received. Mr Godfrey went on to refer to his connection with the Company. Many changes had taken place in the Permanent Way and the Coaching Departments. When he entered the service, the coaches were small, the guards, being accomodated in a box at the rear, and there was only just room for one to sit down. The luggage was loaded on the roof. iMr Godfrey then re- lated his recollections of the construction of the Conway Tubular Bridge. He had seen many changes on this line. He served under the first district superintendent, Mr J. O. Bunger. One of the fir6t things he remem- bered was the building of the Britannia Tuibular Bridge, which was constructed in the vear 1&50, by Robert Stephenson, en- gineer. Captain Clayton was in charge of the floating operations, and an amusing in- cident occurred on this occasion. After it was properly floated, the captain smashed his speaking trumpet and pitched it to the sea us a signal of the success of the work. The line from Chester to Bangor was opened for passengers and goods tra.ffic on the 1st of May, 1848, a.nd on the 17th of the same month a public dinner was given by the gentry of Conway to "the eminent engineer, 'Mr Robert Stephenson, to celebrate the suc- cessful erection of the bridge over the river IConway. The late Lord Mostyn was in the chair, and in hi:; speech he contracted that part of North Wales 35 years ago with the facilities which they enjoyed then. In the old days the mail coach left Conway at 12 noon on Wedn sday, and did not arrive in London till Friday* morning, and the fare was zC7 7s. iMr Godfrey gave some other interesting reminiscenses, hM- address being listened to with much interest. (Mr Jones, Telegraphic Department, was the secretary of the testimonial fund.

SEQUEL TO A RUNMtMC, OOWM CASE. SOLICITOR'S CLAIM FOR COSTS. On Wednesday, at the Carnarvon County Court, Mr Richard Roberts, solicitor, Car- narvon, sued Robert Jones, carrier. Clynnog, for £ 34 in respect of a bill of costs. — Mr William George appeared for the defend- ant, and applied to have J. R. Jones, also of Clynnog, joined as a defendant, on the ground that in the action to which the bill of costs applied, both J. R. Jones and Ro- bert Jones were eited as defendants, and were represented by the plaintiff. The ac- tion in question was one for running down by Robert Jones, who at the time of the accident was in the employ of J. R. Jones, and damages were awarded against. him.— Mr S. R. Dew appeared for J. R. Jones, and resisted the application. On behalf of J. R. Jones, it was represented that he had already paid his share of the costs in the action* while the defendant had also paid £ 31, and it was in pursuance of an arrange- ment between the plaintiff and them that he made the present claim upon Robert Jones in respect of his (plaintiff's) own costs.—Mr George submitted that his client was not liable, as he had merEly acted as agent on behalf of his employer. It had also been proved in the action that the lamps of the car were defective on the night of the aoci- dent, w'hich clearly pointed to negligence on the part of the employer.—The defend- ant, in the course of his evidence, said that he had never understood that he was a. party to the running down action, inasmuch as he was only a servant. He did not even know that judgment was entered against him (laughter). He also asserted that it was under an entire misapprehension that ho allowed k25 of his wages to be used by his employer towards paying the £ 31.—Evi- dence which went to support that of the f, plaintiff was given by J. R. Jones, who said I that Robert Jones knew distinctly what he was doing w-hen he paid £ 25 of'his wages towards his liability in the action. — His { Honour held tx.ai there was no joint re- tainer of Mr Rdcliard Roberts, and, there- fore. it was necessary to separate tlie debt. He gave judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount, to be paid in equal proportion by Robert Jones and J. R. Jones.

'r* Rev D. T. Jones, Lampeter, has been "rate of St. Mary's, Bangor.

> A SUCCESSFUL WELSH INDUSTRY. FLOUR MILLING AT BANGOR. "If a line is drawn southwards from Rhyl to Montgomery and then west to Barmouth, says "Milling," "the angle formed tmbraeee almost the whole of North Wales. Besides a small roller flour mill on the island of Angle- sey, there is only one other mill in that part of the Principality at Bangor. Its name is the Snowdon Flake Flour Mills, and it is owned by Messrs Thomas Lewis and Co., a firm of very high repute, as all our readers know. The mills occupy an unique trade for high-class patents in the numerous seaside and mountain resorts of North Wales. The founder of this business is Alderman Thomas Lewis, J.P., a gentleman well known and highly respected throughout North Wales. He has served as Mayor of Bangor, and as High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire. He is now capably assisted bv his sons, Mr T. C. Lewis and Mr Howard Lewis, in the man- agement of business, which has steadily grown till it now ranks as one of the most successful firms in North Wales. If. is a far cry from Mr Thomas Lewis' initial enterprise in Anglesey to the present huge buildings and warehouses in Bangor, but when one knows of the enterprise, probity. and indus- try that have gone to the making of* the business, its development is not surprising. The present capacity of the mill is over 1,200 sacks of flour (of SSOIbe.) and 2,000 sacks of Indian meal (of 2801bs.), &c., per week. The machinery has been frequently remodelled, and improved machinerv has been added' as the older kind became obso- lete. This wa.s only to be expected in a mill whose proprietor was the first man in North Wales to use rollers. r The private wharf owned by the Snowdon Flour Mills afford exceptional facilities for the transport of wheat by sea, and the owners propose to improve these facilities by the erection of a set of transit silos on the wharf. The milling premises are exception- ally, well fitted up, including a power house, flour mill, .clearing and 6ilo houses, and several warehouses; there is a large mill yard, and a range of stabling and sheds. A smithy is also provided for shoeing horses and making iron work repairs. There is also a sack sewing department, fitted with a "Singer" machine. The water used for washing the wheat is obtained from two never-failing rock wells in the yard, and this ensures the water bedng of undoubted purity. All the premises, are protected against fire by fire-proof doors, and by hy- drants and other safeguards. The site of the mills measures some 3,872 yards, and is freehold. The power of the mill is generated by a double flued Lancashire boiler. The lOOlibs. steam pressure is turned to rotary motion by a horizontal compound tandem engine, hav- ing a possible output of 300 horse-power. The maximum load when both the milling plant and the cleansing machinery are work- ing is 180 horse power, so that, an enlarge- ment of the capacity is possible without altering the power equipment. The coal generally used is North W&Ies coal, obtained by sea. The premises are aJJ lighted by electricity, produced on the spot. The num- ber of incandescent tamps in use is about 180, mostly of 16 and 8 candle power. The flour milling section is thoroughly up- to-date ajid scientific. The four double mills are the newest thing in such machinery, and were made by Messrs Thomas Robnson and Son, of Rochdale. They run as smoothly as a timepiece. Ofe dressing machines are par- ticularly interesting. Of these there are thirteen centrifugals, with cylinder frames. over which is spread a silken cover of fine mesh. This silk is made in Switzerland. The roller mills and some of the other ma- chines are cooled by air current, and the dust drawn off is deposited in large rooms outside the mill. The specialities of the Snowdon Flakc- Flour Mille need no introduction. The "Snowdon Flake" and "Snow White" flours are brands inferior to none in the country, and the "XX Brand" is an excellent flour, largeiy used by confectioners and others. r Bakers," "Household. L.L.L.L. and "Blue Take" are also well known. We hove a.lroadv said something of Mr Thomas Lewis' fine record. Mr T. C. Lewi", has also taken part in public life He oc-u pied the chair of the Finance Committep Of one of the earliest County Councils of Car- narvonisriire, and was subseqxientlv a.n- nomted chairman of the Council itself. Mr W, Howard Lewis is fl. miller bv tuition as well as by birth, and in his earlv manhood he spent several years st-udving the prnan business and flour mi.llins' at the important centres of Duluth and Minneapolis.

DISTRESS IN CARNARVON. ORGANISED CHARITY. A LAUDABLE PROPOSAL. As we hinted last week, steps are being taken at Carnarvon for the formation of a charity organisation on the lines of the as ioai sociations which are doing such excellent work at Bangor and Llandudno. The object of the organisation is to systematise all the existing channels of charity, thus doing away almost completely with the evils of indiscriminate alms-giving and of differen- tiating in a very effective manner between the deserving and undeserving. It is notor- ious that. in the absence of a central or- ganisation, which would be both non-poli- tical and unsectarian. much of the charity now dispensed is ill-directed and inevitably tends to perpetuate a race of paupers and beggars. A great deal of this is avoided in the towns where a charity organisation con- ducts its operations. All applications for help are submitted to a committee, then thorcitghlv investigated by an agent or sec- retary, and afterwards dealt with in ac- cordance with the merits. A few gentle- men who are interested in the movement have met for a friendly discussion, and as a result of theYir deliberations, the co-oper- ation of the Mayor has been enlisted, with the view, if possible, or summoning a town's meeting early in the New Year. In a week or two, we hope to be in a position to ex- plain at greater length to our readers the objects and methods of the organisation. CHRISTMAS DINNER TO DESERVING NOR. The committee of the above, at Carnar- von, desire gratefully to acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions and gifts in kind:— SUBSCRIPTIONS. Lo-rd Peiirhyn R2 2 0 His Worship the Mayor 1 1 0 Mj* J. H. Thomas I 1 0 Mis.s S. Owen 1 1 0 Mr Charles Wawn 0 10 6 Mr Rees Hughes 0 10 6 Lady Turner 010 0 Mr W. Brocklebank 0 10 0 Mr T. Armstrong 0 10 0 Mr A. H. Richards 0 10 0 Mrs Clemenger, Coedmawr 0 10 0 Mrs Finehett-Maddocks 0 10 0 Miss Potts 0 10 0 Misses Newton. 080 Rev G. G. W. Clemenger 0 5 0 Miss Finch 0 5 0 Mrs Hughes, Barraiico 0 5 0 Mr Peter Angel. 0 5 0 £ 11 4 0 GIFTS IN KIND. 4 Mr Owen, Tai Cochion, Anglesey, sack of J potatoes. Mr

< A Letter from Santa Claus. I My near Friends,— I Before a few days are gone, I shall be with you again. I find there seems a general with for GIFTS of a more 'useful and lasting character, so am makine ex- c tensive purchases from CHARLES JONES (The House for Value) Draper. Arc., 139 and 141. K:ffh street. BANGOR, as I hear tliev are specially catering for the Christmas trade, and trust to meet you there. Ycurs Sincerelv. SANTA CLAUS. ^———WWWB3—

Do You Know That "Musical Chairs" is said to be the latest game at the Bangor Council? That "Municipal Chairs" would be the better name for it? That there is some fatality in the Bangor 'Council's connection with chairs? That we have not forgotten the Museum chairs vet? That one of the parties in the little affair says he was met with smiles wherever he went on Thursday? That. when he entered one shop the two men behind the counter burst cut lau<^h- ^ing? c That the humour tvas too much for one of them, who had to retire to have his laugh out That we do Dot wonder he laughed? That we hope the parties are now comfort- ably settled in their chairs? That those people who profess to admire what they call "seasonable weather" at Christ mastide are dissatisfied with the latest samples? That thunder and lightning dce-s seem a little out of place just now ? That the mildne.-s, nevertheless, is much better than frost and snow would be? That we do not .believe that, the "seasonable Christmas" ever existed as a regular thing except in the imagination of artists and That it is very pretty—and also verv un- comfortable ? I That the best thing for Christmas day will be the Christmas number of this paper? That it will be full of stories, jokes, conun- drums, special articles, and other season- able matter, of local and general interest? That one little boy is taking special interest in Santa Claus these dayst That he remembers him in his praveTS every night? That he gets a bit mixed sometimes, with disastrous results? That lie is under the impression that -Santa ought to have about two sackfuls for him .bv this time? That we hope he will not be disappointed? That the fact, mentioned by us last week, that a cat has been seen parading the top of the Castle walls has attracted a good deal of attention? That we wish that people would not worry us about that cat? That we do not think it is their ca.t? That we do not think, judging from its looks, that io is unhappy? That it looks contented encugh? That, it does not look like a spectral cat? That we only said that it looked spectral by moonlight? That this should b- eno igb about it for some time? That the following remark was made in this column last week, "That we hear of one go i 11 go n 1 i odarth.su no'' ? That some people have been unable to in- terpret this phrase? That we pity their ignorance? That some have jumped to the conclusion that it was common, or garden, Esperan- to.t That it was nothing of the kind, but a new 'and improved1 universal language invented by a comp with the aid of a linotype machine? That we have requested that we should be spared further experiments with the new language in this column ? That a young man, aged six. had &n acei. dent with a rubber ball the other day? That he managed to smash a globe and an incandescent mantle with i1? That, his father behaved in a'verv tmolea- sant manner when he heard about W That next morning the young man refused to get up for h!s breakfast* that his mother wanted w}j.vv to know the reason Tup Hll all the time !"?lng Ut that S*5 That we have often f^u stances, that it is no'tbfn CirCUm* gas all the time? h™g but S&S> T!Snc!fre *Sid to a revival of folk- TCh 6T3e foIks' mng 8eem» That thl atve is hrtr ♦ believe v«J ,bad enough, but not, oenei e us, as bad as the song? That. football tea-mg ar, not sete in motor That one never knows what will happen? That sometimes the car dislikes football matches and, refuse to proceed? It,' %°iar *kis kind seems to have kept the Colwyn Ray team from putting in appearance at Beaumaris on Saturday? time* team must come by train -next,

MR R. B. ELLIS, J.P. We regret to learn that Mr R. B. El).s, J.B., Bronant, still continues seriously ilL Our representative made enquiries iat a fete hour last night, and was informed &a.t there W<819 a flight improvement in th.< m- vaJiidr's condition.

BEAUMARIS FOOTBALL. NEWCASTLE UNITED TO YfBIT BEAUMARIS. 'Our Bangor correspondent k>tfns on fi^^aU rj<y that ihe SeWG*&tl<> United first-division league team, which pgid a to Beaumaris last year, will borough and play ft matjh against the home team early in the new v,ar Newcastle Tf DOt ^til^tS castle team is in training fGr +,1^ UD- It is to be hoped that Beau t good eleven to play -aEaim^ 1 *v'1 enthiii'>r+-.

:II The committee respectfully and earnestly appeal for subscriptions and gifts in kind, ro be forwarded .;11t once, or intimation to be sent to the hon. secretary. Mr Re-es Hughes, Garnon street; or uhe hon. treasurers, Messrs Richard Thomas and Peter Angel.