Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

THE PRICHARD JONES' I INSTITUTE. NBWBOROUGH'S GOOD FORTUNE. I Mr Priohard Jones, who recently erected an fjibtiiute, Libra.rv, Coffee Tavern, and Cottage OffocidS in his native village of Newbo rough, and is -looufc to convey the title to the local autho- .t, has just purchased, through Messrs Kjitilit, And Rutley, his surveyors, a. freehold in the City of London, with which he intends to endow the property. The gift yields aI per.-sent of j3255 per annum, but the ultimata iraiut; of t'na income wiU be Hearer jBlOOO a y-

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. COMMISSIONERS' METHOD OF TNQUIRY. la an interview in Lon'don on (Saturday in tnef-iTCnca to the procedure which will be fol- lowed by the Wei™. National Museum and library Committee, Lord Balfour of Burleigh lIaid "We (Lord Jersey, Lord Justice Cozens- Bardv, and myself) are masters of our own pro- cedure, but I understand that the Privy Council are now receiving documents on our iboehalf from tlie various interests concerned. These we will i in about a fortnights time, and we will thvri decide which of the municipal authorities rive will call before u,- to give evidence. We jtjhaU sit to hear this evidence some time in the middle of March, but we shall not, I hope. sit ifor more than two or tlnee days. The sittings wiii take dace at the offices of the Privy Coun- cil in Whitehall. There is no likelihood! of our ifcouring the towns of Wales to take evidence. This is out of the question, as it would be very difficult for Lord Justice Cozens-Hardy to leave [London. Our decision should follow soon after nve have heard the evidence we may decide to mil."

SCHOONER ASHORE AT OLD COLWYN. Th: schooner "Reciprocity, belonging to Messrs Rayneis and Co., of the Llysfaen Lime- stone Quarries, rede at anchor in the Colwyn bay on Saturday and Sunday, waiting for fit weather to beach her at the quarry jetty for a load. In the course of Sunday mght the wind. [vaered from north-west to north-east, and in- Cfreaiicd in force. The vessel had conflequentdy iiJo contend with a much heavier sea, and about (four o'clock on Monday morning her anchor cable broke, and ahe drifted ashore nearly op- posite* Old Colwyn Station. As the tide rose, ou Monday morning the craft was carried tcurther landwards, and finally she was thrown Bgainst the sea-wall at the foot of the railway lembanikment, a. little to the eastward of the railway station, where she now lies as though she" were alongside a wharf. Her master and crew, by m-pans of a couple of anchors and r-xp* s on the seaward side, and fenders on the landward side, managed to save her from serious daun-je, but she lies in an, expeeed position.

CARNARVONSHIRE DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS. WANTED, ENERGETIC OFFICIALS. The other day at a Bangor meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to A.,iinials sundry extraordinary facts were ad- duced with regard to unlicensed dogs in iWaies. The High Sheriff of the county stated ijhat some years ago he had a census taken of the number of dogs in Carnarvonshire, and of about 8500 but 3100 had the tax paid for them. Of course, it may be said these figures might be natural, and that in an agricultural county sheepdogs predominated, but, unfortunately for this, it was found out that the unlicensed dfoss included 268 terriers. 122 lurchers, tiurty-five retrievers, eight setters, six mastiffs, and a dozen pugs What can happen in one oounty can do so in another, and no doubt throughout tine land1 a somewhat similar result and analysis would be obtained. Sheep killing by dogs in various districts has been much an the increase of late; indeed, the belief in this is so general that there are people in ifche north of England who still think the re- oent destruction to their flocks there, was caused by dogs, and not by the wolf killed on itJhe railway. Most of the havoc is wrought by these stray, unlicensed dogs, many of them Icept for no purpose whatever, and' most of them would be put away were their owners called upon to pay for their keep. Thus, by the payment of a. few shillings annually the farmers themselves, would to a great extent, ba safeguarded against the worrying of their siheep. At the meeting alluded to the chair- uian stated that all the Welsh farmers were in favour of having their dogs licensed, and sure- ty other agriculturists in Great Britain should not hold a contrary opinion. It is reported that a few days ago a shepherd' in the Princi- pality found several of his sheep dead! and others severely bitten, and being a somewhat sensible man, said mothintr about it, but put j some poison in the carcases and calmly awaited results. Next morning he was much surprised to find seven dlead dogs lying about, which he Ii carefully buried1 with the remains of their vic- tims. It is to be hoped that when this pro- jected dog bill is parsed, it will effectually put an end to the exemption from license at pre- sent granted to dogs used in connection with the flocks and herds.—"The Field." _n

LLANDUDNO ELECTRIC LIGHT. I THE RECENT FAILURE OF SUPPLY. Ciatmeil,liur J. O. Thomas. J.'P., presideid over the prrooeedLngs of the monthly metetin^ of the Uazndudno Urban Dfet.T'i'ot Council hidM on Tuesday, when Mr Harold Morton (the electric ligiht en<g,Tniee<r) snibmiitted an explanation -with fmganvi to the recant failmile of thie electric ligiht. Mr Morton reported that the fiaiilLuire of tihe supply on Saturday mght. February 4th, was brought about by a heavy short circuit on the Oraig-y-dbn feeder. The abnormal cumnent tihrew out the automatic safety switdhes and in- teawepted the s-uipply. An- attempt was made to oomtiwue too smptply. tihie switches fbainig .dEosed and the run ujp slowfly, iihe Jaralt had evidently partially butimit itself out ,-M the supply was contintued. In tass thiafn an hourr's time tihe fauHb again developed and tihirew out the switches of tlbe machines, and the lat-t-er being) relieved of all lofcxd, raced and i tbe voltare rising cau-sed tihe madhiintes to flaeh oyer. The brush ,gear was very 'badlly burnt" arid foiesih inis^Iator^. had to be pult in. In tha case of No. 6 machine, tihe armatlune bad been ooneidorabfly overheated'. Trie fault palovied to he in the gland of a tftraight tbnouglh jotat box. The box was foufnd to contain a considerable qraamitnty of water,, amd the igrea&e'i4 portion of tihe compuund had lbfen melted and nun out otf tihe box. The joint in-as oiriganally fmiade in De- camber, 1899. He was further requested! to re- port on what steps shiOiuM be tiabeoi to c^uiaold I against a w-,curreno,- df suich faults and, the msestnian. of keeping tihe faiLuTie of tbe aurpply to tftue district affected, and not pdun^e thie whdLe in' d'arkness. One method was icuititjinlg ujp j the dilre-. area of the supply mains into sections aijdi puttin.se in switdh pilaw e/nd fuses. Thie second and more effective method was by (fnipli- catSooi of the bars and by tlhis meaius makmig it possible dlurinig tlirrje of hieavy load to run i^apara'tl^ miachwiee on the several! disttriicttis. With the firkf method ateolnte retianxie would nleod to he placed in the fuses to eriiaurcie thatt ,they woulvl hmrn out in cag. of a faufllfc befone I tihe auttamatic switches caimie out,, end tihie could mcft always be dow owinjgj ti<» the variability of metals. Another dfeadvantago was that tfte streets and paraperte would n^ted ito be tarn open at tine majority of the stneeit cdrtaiers w^hefre the f.-apply madms are anki aliso ffh work wotfld of ne.ieasity be very long and convplklated owing to the mains being alive. He wa.s of opinion that the separate dir;cniit system wofuild be less costly tihaji the street srwitdh pillaT I metlihodl, a;ni(1 in every w?y be metre effentive, T" and would strongly recommend ifts adoption. I It was decided to defer the corosidteratiom of tihe report, and the engineer was req'-jostec? to prepane a specification and estimate of thf\ cost of c&rrvireg Ot1,tf the itmproveinenit' proposed by hnm and to ftTramaie for a. special meetiine of the Li\rhitcnig Committee to oomswk-r the sanae as 02<rly pis pcssihle. The engniiee/r was also em- wwered to take expert advice if he oon^idens k neoes«i!ry at a ooet not exoeeiling L5 is.

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WEL SH MEMBERS' DINNER. Sir Alfred Thomas, on, Friday evening, en- tertained the Welsh Parliamentary party, of which he is tihe chairman, to dinner at the Devonshire dub, St. James's. Amongwt thoee invit.1 to meet the Welsh Liberal members, wereTJarl Spencer, who occupied the seat on the chairman's right, and Lord Aberdare, who sat on the db airman's left. The; attendance in- cluded Mr Lloyd-George-, Sir G. 'Newnes, Messrs W. Abraham (Mabon), A. Da vies. F. Edwards, S. T. Evan-s, EM-is Griffith, Hum- phreys-Owen, Brynmor Jones. W. Jones, H. Lewis, S. Moss, 'T. Richards, H. Rotberts, S. Smith, Abel Thomas, Aeron Thomas, Osmond Williams, Colon-el Ivor Herbert. Messrs Owen Philipps (Pembroke Boroughs candidate), Lewis Haslam (Monmouth Boroughs), Clement Ed- wards (Denbigh), T. H. W. IdTis (Flint), J. D. Rees (Montgomery), and W. Braoe (South l Glamorgan).

I FARM FIRE AT CAPEL CURIG. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LABOURER. On Wednesday, at the Bettw .syooect Police (burt., before Jelf Pettit, Ejq. (presiding), W. B. Halhed Esq., and R. Parry, Esq., a farm labourer, named David 'Hughes, who served in the South African war, was charged1, on re- mand, with having set fire to a farm building named Bryn Hafod, near Capel Curig, and to a quantity of hay stored in. the building. Mr James Marks conducted the cass for the prose- cution. instructed by Supcrintemdent W. Rees. Mr Marks said that Bryn Hafod was held by Thomas Williams, farmer, who in December last engaged the prisoner for a definite term, at the definite wage of E8 10s, to be paid at the end of the term. The prisoner either thought, of pretended that he thought, he had' a. right to quit the service of his employer by giving a month's notice. He gave what purported to be a month's notice, which, if in order, would have expired on February- 13th. But his em- ployer told him he could not. leave until the conclusion of the term, and that his' wages were not payable till then. The prisoner got very angry, and used oertai-n, threats. On the morning of the 13th the prisoner asked his em- plover what he was going to do about his wages. Williams replied, I have told you several times I shall pay your wages when they are due, on May lith." The prisoner retorted, "Well, you had better not temipt me," and when pressed as to what he meant he made no reply, but went away muttering something which Thomas Williams did not catch. To a fellow-servant, named Robert Roberts-, the prisoner said, ■dn the previous Saturday, "If Thomas Williams does not settle up with me I shall be in prison." On the Monday he said to Roberts, "Your place will be on fire to- night," and Roberts Teplied, "Then we shaH know who has done it." At about six ilelock i in the evening Mrs Williams, wife of the farmer, saw that the Bryn Hafod. shed was on fire, and, sent RobeTts to it, but Roberts found the building enveloped in flame and beyond hope of being saved. Roberts went to find his master, and met the prisoner near Cobden's I Hotel. Mrs Williams saw the accused go into the stable loft at Bryngafaelia about half-past four o'clock on the Monday afternoon, and an hour later a boy saw him. The prisoner was arrested at Rhyd-ddu, and' as soon as he saw the constable he said, I will go with you," but stated that he knew nothing about the fire. Evidence was given substantiating, in effect, the statement of the advocate. The accused, when asked if he hai anvthino* to say, said, I was not neafr the building at the time of which I am accused, and I have not touched the premises at all. I went to the house for the purpose of seeing Thomas Wil- liams, but he was not at home; I never put my foot off the high Toad between Bryngafaelia- and Oapel Curig. He was then committed for trial at the Car- narvon Assizes.

LLANDUDNO POLICE COURT MONDAY.—iBefore Dr R. A. Prichard (pre- siding). Ephraim Wood, Esq., J. Adey Wells, Esq., W. Bevan, Esq., J. O. Thomas, Esq., and Huisrft Owen, Esq. VARIOLAS.—A large wumjber of rate oases were dealt witli, and the us nail ardent? made in eaoih case. Mr John Rellis (the assistant ctvar- i aeer) and Mr A. CoifcoTly (clonk and v^oiliicibar to the LiaJidiudno Urban District Cotundil) wercie the prosecutors. Mr J. Rowland Jones (atten- dviiTuoe offioetr) prosecuted a numiber of parenrtts far the non-a-ttendanoo of their tMLdirem at sdhool Tegulafrly. Frank Beewick, PHoBipect- tenraice, Llandudno, said' that he couild not con- trol h'ife child without using extraordinary Means and boat him- The Beodh ordietred thalf the dhilid should be sent to an indiusitriail sdhtool.—■ Charley, William*. CwJach-Streoet, said that his son, who was in standard one, would be 14 yieeuns in Augnst, and could, not wizite 1h.i6 own name. An attendainoe ordier was madie.—lOthe-r cases, bu:t of not euch a serious charaotor, were aiso deailit -with. A THREAT.—Joffin Wilson, sihop asds3t)a(nt, PeniihyiMde, snunmioned Joseph Hobson, Pen- riiynei.de, far h-reateninig and assaulting ihim on the 21st January.—.Mr J. J. Marks diefended. —The complainaffit stated that the d^fiendant went. to the shop when he was enjgia(g^d an the evening of the Slat of January," struck hiim j twttoe in the face, and tihpeatlenied to lay háim cniib. DeBeaidajnt visited the shop again an the Monday, atnid1 repeated the thireat. Thie <deten- dant adlm.i!ttted that theme was a squabble, but! no threat or assault.—.The case was da-im|iseed wtith a caution. CRUELLY ILL-TREATING A WIFE. Maxy Jones, Back Madoc-sfcreet, TZarKbAno snimm^n'vl G. O. Jones, barman, 3, Victoria Ymrd, Llandudno, for assaulting her an the night of the 8th February. The cxsnpTaiiraant aiiso apPlied for a. separation order.—Mr R. S. Chamberlain (Messrs Chamberlain and Joihnson) appeared for the complainant, and Mr Arutihony (from: t'he officie of MeesTt^ Pritohand, Hemd'er- I son, and Co.) for the defendant. —Mr Ohaimber- Ilain said that Che defendant was a( df^unken man and always thrashed Ihis wife. On the night in question, not only did he go home I drumk, but took in another man, who held her wihen the husband beat the wife.—Matry Jones said that she had been married to the dieifleindant eilgjht years. He was employed at "The CSioak" Restaurant. She now Jived in Back Madoc- .>t roet. He left tihe house alright, butt always returned home drunk. Witness left the defen- dant s.ix years ago, beaafuise of the il-uae, sibe was subjected to. At the time, she was away for a week, bUt he begged her to come back to hins and, t'hat he woujtf treat-her better. She consented. The dispute on this occasion arose because she had beard that he was carrying an wnt": other women. Defendant beat her sieveral t/in»PB last summer, and otn one ocaasion took hold of a knife with a threat that he Was going to cut the throat, of her child. She. had to sl'eep autt several times at neighbours' houses because of the il-trreattment sfhe Was subject fco. On the JlIiogibt in question, Johin Wynne, a cab driver, held her twio hands wfhile the defendant beat her. Her body wvae bruised as a neflult. CampilainaRt wtaa ailraid to live wtMi Mm._ Annie Williams, who wte p'rasienf at tlbe hicrase o,+ thie tiime., deposed that the defcrtdant seized Qiis wife by 'tlbe tfovdzt and thrashed hier, the cfar^paarion, meanWhifle, aesdstindg: him by hold- cfar^paarion, meanWhifle, aesdstindg: him by hold- ing hlelr harnd. On the following moiaifin.^ tlhere wietre two Hack marfct on the throat, and, also, on the armfi, of dompHainant.—G. O. Joraee. tihie diefendiaint, sai3d that the dispute arose because of the al'leiialtlan made by t'he wife a^gainHt him- .leflf and Jwhn Wynne, whiich was to the effect that tbey had been driving, on Sumdiays, with women to the Jumction. He challenged her to prove it. Complainant tliineiw a plate towards him before he touidhed ber; but lit did not Strike him., as. he saved himself witfh Ms hand. f»he then took hold of a dhair. but Wvnerue took hold of her bindR to prevent her. He did not sit-rike ner as alleaod. Comjplainani left! him a^d took the chifiiren and the beddimsr with her. vris hyltc^TicalHy, ojid had caused him to lose his work, and he was now out of employ nveint. Def»'ii-iajit wa^ willing to talo01 her1 back, and the hou;»e wa s there for her.—John Wynne, 16, Jfubi tee-street, Llandiudruo, stated that he iT.tfwfered because it was his duty to prevei.t t,hs> complia5na,r>t from iniuring the defendant.— Mary Jane WVrme, wife of the last witness, a]>-<)■ occrobomtea.—The Bench found the rase ■p-naved aaid fined the defendant' £1 and costs, iwcludin'z the advocate's fee, crraateyj a sietpara.. ti'rm order, nnd ordered the defendiant to con- tribute 10s. ;1, week t-owards the maintenance ot bii' wife nnd children. They a.13.o granted a smmmions asaTnst John Wynne for assjudtirtg the complainant.

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THE COLWYN BAY AND LLAN- DUDNO LIGHT RAILWAY. IS IT IN SIGHT? At the monthly meeting of the Llandudno Council, on Tuesday, Councillor J. 0. Thomas, J.P., presiding, the Works Committee reported that a sub-committee appointed for the purpose reported that they had spent an hour and forty miuutes in going into details as to the con- struction of the roads along which the proposed light Tailway is to be laid, amd! in considering other matters connected with the undertaking, and a list of the requirements had been for- warded to the Company's engineer for approval. The Surveyor stated' he had since seen the engineer, who had given him verbal reasons why some of the sub-committee's suggestions could not be agreed to, and who had promised to put the same into writing- j It was decided to hold a special meeting to consider the engineer's reply as soon as received, and to grant the engineer an interview if he desires one.

DRAPERS' PROFITS AT LLANRWST. At the Llanrwst County Court, on Thursday, Sir Horatio Lloyd resumed the hearing of an action in which John Griffiths, the manager of the business of W. S. Williams and Co., Lim- ited', drapers, etc., of London House, Llanrwst, sued W. S. Williams, Llandudno, for the re- covery of jB82, the amount of the profits of the business alleged to be due to the plaintiff upon the trading for eleven months up to April, 1903, when a limited liability company was formed. Mr B. J. Griffith, M.P., appeared for the plaintiff, instructed by Mr A. O. Evans, Denbigh, and Mr Cuthbert Smith was for the defence, instructed by Mr Vinoent Johnson, Llandudno. Mr Griffith said the claim was brought under an agreement, dated November, 1902, under I which plaintiff was, as manager, to receive annually a third of the profits, such share to be used in paying off a debt of JB220 due to the employer and interest thereon, and after- wards the profits were to be invested in the business, the manager receiving 5 per cent. upon the sum so invested. When the amount invested equalled half the estimated capital of the business, then the defendant and the plaintiff were to enter into partnership. It was aJso provided that if the plaintiff materially improved the business he was to be I entlitled to a greater share of the profits not exceeding one-half. Under the last provision I the plaintiff claimed that he was entitled to i half the net profits. I Mr Smith suggested that the complicated matter of accounts should be referred to two I accountants, Mr Conway, who acted for the plaintiff, and Mr J. H. Jones (Llandudno), who acted for the defendant, the two to call in an umpire if they disagreed. Mr Griffith said he would1 agree, but there ought to be a clear indication of the view of his Honour as to the documents to be put be- fore the accountants.

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BANGOR CHURCHMEN'S HALF- CROWNS. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. Recently, the "Manchester Guardian" pub- lished a letter from Mr Lampitt, denying the accuracy of a report published in that paper with reference to the proceedings of a meeting of tihie managers of the St. Mary's National School, Bangor. The same paper in its Satur- day issue published1 the following inte-resting communication:—Sir,—A letter appeared undier this heading in your paper last week, and although I am not concerned with defend- ing the accuracy of the report of the meeting of the managers which was published in the papers, still, I may say that the report seems more accurate that Mr Lampitt's comments on it. Referring to 'these sdhlools,' Mr Lampitt says that 'the Bishop's usual suibscription of B10 has 'been paid at the usual time and in the usual way.' This statemaemfc is clearly in- accurate. I have before me now the bank- book of 'St. Mary's National School,' and the Bishop's name is not included amongst the subscribers 'at the us-ual time and in the usual, way.' The following wm tx- plain itself:— "8, BTynteg-terraoe, Bangor, "August 7th, 1904. 11 "My Lord Bishop,—I shall be much obliged if you will kindly send me a. cheque for your annual subscription of j310 towards the Lower Bangor National School. We are anxious to receive the subscriptions a.s soon as possible, aa we have no funds in hand to meet our lia.bilities.-I am, etc., "T. EDWIN JONES, "Chairman of the Managers. "Glyngarth Palace, Menai Bridge, "August 8th, 1904. "Dear Mr Edwin Jones,—The Bishop desires me to write to you that the subscription of JB10 towards St. Mary's National School is paid; each year on the 1st of January direct from the bank. The Bishop finds from his bank pass-book that it has been paid this year on that date.—Yours etc., "WILLIAM WILLIAMS. It is necessary to explam that the financial school year ends on the 31st January in each year, so that the Bishop's subscription alluded; to in his secretary's letter was for the previous year. The subscription due for the year end- ing January 31st, 1905, does not appear in the bank-book now before mo.-I am, etc., "T. EDWIN JONES, "Chairman of the Managers."

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MENAI BRIDGE LICENSING COURT. THE ADJOURNED SESSIONS. The adjourned licensing sessions for the first petty sessional division of Anglesey were held on Wednesday. at Menai Bridge, the Bench consisting of T. Williams Jones, Esq. (chair- man), R. W. Roberts, Esq., R. Roberts, Esq., Griffith R. Jones, Esq. (Newborough). and Dr R. M. Williams. ADJOURNED LICENSES. The following licensee, which were not grant- ed at the ottdinary sessions, came before the magistrates: —Cross Keys, Llangefni; Bull Inn, Pentraeth; Panton Arms Inn, Pentraeth, and the Liverpool Arms Hotel, Menai Bridge. The licenses Were, however, Tenewed, but the Chairman warned the holders that the magis- Chairman warned the holders that the magis- trates were determirued to deal severely with i those licensees who permitted: drinking to excess in the future. Mr H. C. Vincent (Messrs Carter and' Vin- ctent). who repreptented the licensee of the Liverpool Arms, Menai (Bridge, 'said that his client would in future exercise as mudh care as he had in the past to conduct his house with sa-tisfaction to the police. Mr Vincent sug- gested that. the Bench, who were cognisant of the difficulties which licensees UJJad at present to contend with, should' encourage them now and then with a few wordte of praise when they conducted their houses properly. The Chairman said that Mr Vincent's client ihaJd .ooon fined for adulterating whiskey. Mr Vincent: .Well, from a temperance point of view that rather favours mv client (laughter). TIMOTHY'S VAULTS, MENAI BRIDGE. The magistrates informed the manager of Timothy's Vaults, Menai Bridge, that a respon- sible person mueft in future reside on the pre- raises. Mr Vincent, on behalf of tihie licensee (informed tJhe 'Bench that the busipeiss (had Ibeen carried- on as a lock-up shop for the last 30 years with- 1 out a. complaint of any kind. If the Bench in- sisted upon somebody living on the premi*f. tbe adjoining house -would have to be broken (tnfbo. ■ | The 'Obairman agreed that the house had been well conducted, and in that respect the Bench offered no objection. j Mr Vincent said that- it would met be possible to get rid of the tenant, of the adjoining house urtil' next May, and he was. therefore, not in a position to jjive an undertakin to tihe Bench that their wishes would be carried out. The Chairman We ask that a man should live on the premises next year. In announcing the decision of tha magis- trates, the Chairman said that someone should! be Dialed an residence at tihe vaults as soon as could be conveniently arranged. Mr Vincent: I cannot give any undertaking. The Chairman That is vour own business. A (PENTRAETH LICENSE EXTIN- GUISHED. Mr W. Thornton Jones apnlied for the re- newal of the license of the (White Horse, Pefn- traeth, in the name of Miss Elizabeth Owen, the sister of the late licensee. Mr Richard Davies, of the Llangefni Council School, the secretary of the Anglesey Temper- ance Association, objected to the house, on the grounds that it was not required, that the pre- raises had been closed during nart of the year. that they were not striicturallv adapted," and offered undue facilities for drinking, and were difficult for police supervision. Mr David Owen represented thie association, and said, that the house was in a wretched state. Evidence was tendered by the Rev W. Prit- chard, Calvinistic Methodist minister, Pen- traeth, who said that the house was in a. very dilapidat-ed state, aNd, was structurally unsuited for licensed premiers. TJre house was also not required.—Cross-examined The main point of objection was that the house was not required. The temperance party did not object to the house in the lifetime of the late licensee, be- cause they respected his age. It was the first public-house he had objected to. Lewis Morris, Pentraeth, and Hugh Thomas, Cloth Hall, Pentraeth, also tendered evidence in support of the opposition. Mr Thornton Jones said that if the Bench ruled that the ihouse was not required, the owner was entitled to compensation. The Bench retired, and the 'Chairman an- nounoed tJhat they had come to the conclusion that the house was structurally unfit. Mr Thornton Jones: That means the refusal of the renewal? The Chairman: Yes. Mr Thornton Jones thereupon intimajted that there would be an appeal.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR. MOSTYN ESTATE BUILDING LEASES. am- ;glad to see that the Motsftyp. Estate amtharit&es are cofnlsdderimig: a system to give their lessees more fixity of tenure, and I bape scnm«vt(liing may ooanie out of it, and that soon. But frotai a builder's pointfe of view, tihe pno|posal omly touches mw oiife of tihe question. The dtiher side is this, Willi Lend Mctetyn make it possible for ub to build on ihik land ait the cost that wle incur m ojtihiefr people's lamd? That is what I anidl eveiry oitiber bruildieir in the town nwve been waiting1 for some yeaTA (past. What I Write others think. For obvtfioaus neasonte, I do not append my proper1 name to this tetter. truly, A BUILDER. LORD MOSTYN AND LLANDUDNO LEASES. Sir ,-The letter read from Mr BDnmuphtneys (representing Lord Mostyn) to tihe mearibects of the Dfetrtct Council on Tuesday flg of tihie ut- most iraportan'cie to the townspeople and re- ^dianitK pit Llaaidudno, and confirms the a^fitia- tian wlhich has beiem- so ably lied ror years by Mr R. S. Chlam'biea'Olaiin, and in a ntinar degree by the "VisitdnsP' Herald." Thie tlhan'k.s of tihe publib aIM due to MT I I Cbamlbeirlam for so persistently directing a/tten tiicmi to this matter of the Moetyn teases. "All's well that ends ■well. Land Mbgtyw sees the j force of the argument-, aind lift pricwniJ^edl not only to grant extended Jieases1 d%n future to those Who ,1.11 to build and (reside among us, but on 't.rrirpis tlo extend leases aJifeady granfted. His TordsihipV; oonisideration will be gneatly aiflpfe- ciaited; aaid Mr Humphreys may be relied inpom, I am sure, to fetoilitalte weglotUatiLoinS! where- evor1 possible. Wh-en> the itetvr sdheme conIes j into operation ib '.should ttneBinj a now era of proapeiity to the town. I echo the eentbimemt of tihe (membor of the DistTict Council who faid this Was tine i->st important document sen' the local aut.horiity for the past ihalf cenitury.—I am, sir, youj-a, A RESIDENT —

CARNARVON COUNTY PETTY: SESSIONS. I MORE MARRIED MISERY. SATURDAY.—Before G. Jones Roberts, Esq., and other magistrates. I HUSBAND AND WIFE.—A married woman, named Jane Owen, now in service at Carnarvon as a cook, claimed from her husband, William Owen, 'Retail, Llanfaglan, the sum of E5 as arrears towards her maintenance. The troubles between the parties had been previously in- vestigated by the magistrates and at the County Court.—Mr Richard Robarts, on behalf of the defendant, complained that the order of 6s a wook w-as excessive in view of the fact that the complainant was e:*ning LIB a year and had at least £ 100 in the bank, while her husband, owing to ill-health, had practically nothing. He asked that the defendant be al- lowed to pay off the arrears at the rate of half- a crowu a wook.-The presiding Magistrate said that the defendant seemed to be fighting against obeying the order, and as a promise had been made that the money should be paid that day he feared' that tbey had no alternative but to commit the man for one month.—Mr Roberta: Then if that order is made I shall write to the Home Secretary. This man had absolutely nothing.-The Bench intimated that they were not satisfied that the man was unable to pay.— Upon being told that an order for committal had been made the complainant expressed her willingness to forego the arrears provided future payments were made regularly. Consequently the order was not enforced. DRUNK IN CHARGE.—Griffith Evans, of Lleiniau, Llanrug, was fined 20s and costs for being drumib while having a horse under his charge. ALLEGED ASSAULT. Percival Evans, a nawv employed at Penypass, summoned another navvy, James Smith, for an assault. The complainant alleged that he was kicked and belaboured on the road, bat the defendant asserted that iEvans waa the aggressor, and the police stated that the defendant's story was con- firmed by eye-witnesses.—Dr Evans said that he had examined the defendant, but had found nothing to account for certain pains from which he alleged' he was suffering. His honest opinion was that the man was malingering.—Tlie case was dismissed.

HOCKEY. LLANDUDNO v. CARNARVON. Iiiajn'd'uidno went down badl'y in their ganne at Carnarvon against the home team, wibo from first to Hast had mudh tliebest of tihe gaarife, and eventually won by four goals to nil. NHtherr team was nt f-mll strength, the local eleven being Without Messrs. Phillliphon and Addi.e, White thie Llandwdtnoites were short of Beviingr- ton, Short, amd Turner. For the fitt-<t! half tlhiii'gsi were fairly even, both goals being Visited em many occ?>ions fruitlessly, so in the datse of Llaindtodinfo foriwards', and the home team, who played down, hill, saoirted one. After the in- tervti, LJia.nd'udno ftle>emed to be quite out of the running, and stcairoely .got into their op- ponents' Girdie. CaJmarvon, on the otiber hajid, maMy owing to ekilful play by Rev Alban Lloyd, pneissed ha.rd, and were rewairidled by three .goaOLs. Any criticisni of the pillayers on t'he losing side would be invidiote, as they seemed to be all- off colour. This may be partly accountied fbr by the state of the .ground, which was very ltegvy and rouglh, which after1 playing- on a fair gtround would naturally haaiidHcajp the visliitiinig team somewliat, and in addition, to this, tale absence of Iievington and Short from the forwaid Jine destroyed the chance of any effective combination., while Turneir at Ihialf has always, pirtoved a istuimbling block to the oippoea- tion forwards. Team: Goal, J. V. Humphreys; backs, R. Anthony andi C. Jones; half-baiaks, Dix, Fairless, Dent; forward, W. Bailey, Gathorne, Mather, and H. L. Jones. WALES v. IRELAND. Too Welsh team against Ire!and' in the forth- ctoaning matdh at Cotnk on Febriuary 25th con- sists of tihe foHowtinig playe<rs :—Goal, J. V. Humphreys; btacks, Bellinghom, R. Antihany; haff-backs, Thomas, Phillippttn, and Mytiton; forwards, R. Wffliams, Evans, H..WiUsoj^, B. Bevinglton, and Bayliesl.

LLANDUDNO URBAN COUNCIL I The monthly meeting of the Llandudno Urban District Council was held on Tuesday, under the presidency of Mr J. O. Thomas, j PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DEFERRED A deputation consisting of MT Jolia Roberts (chairman of the Ratepayers' Association), Mr Thomas Smith fhon. secretary), Mr J. M. Holliday, Mr J. Price, and Mr T. Crabtree at- tended1 on behalf of a meeting of ratepayers to present a resolution asking the Council to defer the work of completing Gloddaeth-street; tha reconstruction of the surface water sewer; and cutting the rock for widening the Happy Valley-road until after the season, on tha ground; that it would be detrimental to the highest interests of Llandudno to carry such improvements out during the summer months. Mr John Roberts etxplained that the ma-er was prompted by ratepayers from outside the Association. He maintained that it would be detrimental to the interests of the town to carry out the improvements during the season months. None of them were urgent, and oould very well be left over until the end of the season. There waa another aspect to the question. A large number of navvies and otheT foreign laborer would be imported, and all knew that such labour was mot-conducive to the welfare of Llandtudno during the season months. The roads were now in fairly frood condition. Therefore, he 'appealed "to the Council to postpone the carrying out of the work until the end of the steason. Mr James McMaster asked whether there would be any objection to carrying out Lie making of the street, seeing tihat it was sur- faces 'Work, provided they abajidioned the sewer works. Mr Roberto: Judging from the tone of the meeting, there would. The Chairman thanked the deputation for attending, after which they retired. Subsequently, the minute of the Works Com- mittee, dealing with tlie matter under consideration. They recommended that- the tender of Mr R. Luther Roberts (Llandudno) be accepted, namely, £ 2522 2s 6d for street works an<j £ 702 15s for sewer works. Subse- quently, a letter was read from iMr Roberts, stating that he could not undertake to •carry out the work in five months. At a special meeting, held on Monday, a. communication wao received from Messrs George Read and) Son whese tender was JB2550 for street works, and £750 for the sewer -work, expressing their readiness to abide by the stipulations "of tihe specm cations. and to oomplete the work in five months. Therefore, the Worka Committee re- oommend'ed. the acceptance of the latter tender. A long discussion ensued on the subject, and a number of amendments were proposed. Mr W. O. "William* proposed that the matter be deferred! until November next, and that, the tender of Mr Luther 'Roberts be accepted sub- ject to that. Mr John Owen seconded. Mr R. Roberts and Mr IR. J. Williams sup- ported. Mr J. J. Marks moved, and Mr Belli 3 second- ed, that the work be deferred until the com- mencement of October, and that the contract be let, subject to that, to Messrs G. Read and Son. The Chairman pointed out that it would not be farr to reject Mr Luther Roberts's tender now because he could not complete in five montlis, and in the autumn to grant an exten- sion of time to Messrs George Read and Son". He simply mentioned the fact so that the Coun- cil oould not be blamed hereafter. Mr James MoMaister, Mr W. Ellis Jones. arid Mr W. Henrv Jones supported the com- mit.tee's recommendation. Mr T. W. Griffith proposed, as a further amendment, that the matter be postponed until the commencement of October, and that. tbe question of letting the contract be left tin aJbey- ance until the Autgust meeting. Mr Sam. Chantrev seconded. Mr W. O. Williams said that with the con- sent of his seconder he would withdraw his amendment in favour of the latter. Mr John 'Owen agreed. Upon a division, eigjht voted for Mr T. W. Griffith' amendment, and five for that proposed by Mr Bellis and Mr Marks. When put up as a substantive motion, nine voted for the ad- joTixn.ment, and five a,gai rust. The question of accepting the teaider of Messrs i Geo. Roberts and Bro., Llandudno, for JB246 be accepted' far Tock cutting and widening the Happy Valley road then came under considera- tion. Arter a discussion, Mr it. J. Williams proposed., and Mr W. Bevas seconded, that the work be deferred until October. Ten voted in favour of the, amendment and four against. BRYNIAU QUARRY. The Works Committee reported having met at Bryniaui Quarry, and after inspecting the quarry proceeded* to the quarry near to the j Vicarage and also to Cwm Bryniau Quarry above the present quarry, and! decided that Lord MotstynJ be asked to allow tlie Council to obtain some few loads of atones from the last- mentioned. quarry for the purpose of testing the quality of tfe stone and ascertaining the cost of getting it. Also, that the surveyor be instructed; to get some trial boles made on BryniaTt Hill between the present quarry and the quarry by the Vicarage in order to ascer- tain whetbetn afn|y) suitable istome for road- making can be obtained other than from the present quarry. IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING LINE. The Surveyor reported that Mr William Davica in erecting houses in Howard-road had caused thie part of the propentv abutting on Council-street to be brought in front of the building line ire the last-named' street to the extent of three feet. He did not blame the btwlder, but attributed the cause to the fact that the building had been' inaccurately set out by the architect. It was diccided; to call upon the owner to remove the bay window on the ground floor, and so alter the room above that the bay window only shalll project in front of the buildrng line. QUESTION OF DRAINAGE. The Surveyor read' correspondence which he had had' witihl Mrs Young ,the owner of propertv at the junction of Oonway-Toad and Queen's- road, relative to the drainage of too olid pro- perty into tbe main sewer. She offered to con- tribute the sum of £ 25 t-owaros the total cotst of connecting the property to the sewer in Har- court-Toad, which he estimated at JB130. The surveyor was requested to communicate with the various owners of the property through which the sewer, if constructed, will pass, and ascertain if thev are prepared to contribute towards the cost and if so to what extent. THE OUTFALL. The following report by the surveyor was read and recommended tie the Council for adoption, namely I have made a quarterly inspection of the stone protection to the out- fall on. the 21st inst., and I find that the stone on each side of the last six pipes from the end of the S bend has sunk on an average about BOin. The amount of etrmso required to put the protection) in good order on each side of the above-named1 pipes is approximately 40 tons. I am of opinion also that a further quantity of stone, say 20 tons, should be ordered for the widening of the stone protection at the end of the outfall, and haw same walled up on the splay on each side of the S bemd. I f.('l sure if this were done, it would be a 'great improve- ment and' the greater part of the stanie on each side of the pipes would not be so Oiable to sink, as it is at present. The remainder of tbo stone protection has sunk very slightly and is much the same as when I last reported to von on 24th November, 1904." THE GREAT ORME TRAMROAD. The Works-Sub-Committee appointed for the purpose, reported that they met the directors of the Great Orme Tramway Company at the Offices of the Directors on Monday, the 23rd of January, 1905. and discussed with them the following questions, namely: Facilities for golfers, arrangements for funeral parlies, and the crossing at the Black Gate. As the result of that interview the directors said they would consider and let the Council know what could be done in the first-namied maittetr. With re- ference to the conveyance of funeral parties, the chairman stated1 that the directors had had the question before them on severa.1 occasions and they were prepared to meet the views of the Council in every possible way. They in- quired if the Council are prepared to provide a hearse or other suitable means for conveying corpses from tihe station on the plateau to th- cemetery. With Tega.rd to the crossing at tbi Black Gate the directors expressed refrrot that they could (nob carrv out the proposed altera- Itiozi at the Black Gate, approved of by both parties, before next season, but they would con- sider whether anything could bte done tempor- arily to improve matters. It was decided to consider the replies at the next meetirag of the Works Committee. INVALID'S-WALK. A letter was read from Archdeacon commending the improvement being carried out in the Invalid's-walk, and recommending tbit two more ways of access to the path should bo made.—It was decided to forward a copy of the letter to Lord Mostyn. PRIVATE STREET WORK. The Surveyor reported that the private street work in Alexandra. Passage had been completed, and the street was now fit to be taken over. It was decided that an intimation be given to the owners that so soon as the expenses in- curred by the Council are paid, they would adopt the street. HOW TO PUSH THE SALE OF GAS. The Water, Gas and Electricity Committea reported as follows:—"The sub-committee reported that they had been considering liow* 'best to push the sale of gas and induce those ra-tepayens who are not now consumers to be- come 80. They had! had before them a. letter from Messrs J. Wright and Co., in which t/he firm proposed to arrange for a series of popular lectures on cooking by a fully qualified lady lecturer, including instructions in regard to the proper use and care of the gas cooker, also {practical demonstrations of the ma.ny ad- vantages to be derived from the use of gas for household purposes. In the afternoon they proposed that the lectures should be devoted principally to high-class cookery, and in the evening they would make a special effort to reach the smaller consumers with whom they believed the business to be -capable of enormous increase. They would also arrange for a house to house visitation of the town thus individu- ally reaching and interesting those wbo were not attracted by the public lectures. In con- sideration of the active measures which they were prepared to take, Messrs Wright and Co. asked the Council to renew the existing con- tra.ct with them for gas stoves 'for the next twelve months, on the special terms arranged last spring. The sub-committee recommended that the contract with Messrs Wright be re- nerwed as desired1, and that they be asked to arrange for the lectures, etc., to take place at the end of March. The committee agreedl with the sub-committee and decided to recommend to the Council accordingly." The recommendations were adopted, THE HEALTH OF LLANDUDNO. Mr J. J. Marks (chairman of the Sanitary Committee) said that in point of health Llan- dudno could hold itself against the world, ) their death-rate for January being only 6.0 per 1000 of the inhabitants, THE CEMETERY. With reference to the provision of a toot shed at the Cemetery, the Council decided to purchase for the purpose the larger of the two huts used in connection with the Sewer Outfall Works at the sum of £2 10s. This, it was hoped, will obviate the necessity of having to make anot-her opening into the Cemetery at tlhe north west sidle and avoid the carriage of tools, etc., through St. Tudno's Churchyard. THE HOSPITAL. Thie Accountant reported that he found that a further sum of L20 49 2d had been expended on the hospital account in the making of foot- paths. It was decided to add this sum to the £ 213 13s 5d reported at tlie meeting held on the 6th of December last, and to forward the following amended resolution to the Lotcal Government. Board, namlely :—"That applioa- tion be made to the Local Government Board for sanction to borrow the sum of JE255, moneys expended on hospital extensions and improvements over afnd above the amount al- ready sanctioned! by the Board." STAGE CARRIAGES A NEW BYE LAW. A letter was read from the Local Govern- ment Board relative to the bye-law proposed to be made by the Council for regulating the ,hours during which the drivers of stage car- riages may ply for hire on the appointed stands on Sundays, and forwarded a draft bye- law to meet the Council's wishes, which was to the effect that "a driver of a stage carriage shall not, on Sundays, stand or ply for hire before the hour of nine o'clock in tihe morn- ing." TO PREVENT OVERCROWDING. The Clerk presented a report on the sub- ject of the vehicular overcrowding of North and South Parades, and made oertain sug- gestions with a view to remedying the evil complained of. After a discussion it was de- cided (aT, That the Works Committee be asked! to remove the stand pipe near the ornamental lamp and fix the same in some other place away from the square; (b) That the stopping place for coaches which start from the Llanrhos stand be moved from opposite the Carlton Buffet to the centre of Gloddaeth- street 'between -Mostyn-street land the Post- omoe: (c) That the license granted to the Coaching Company to occupy as a stopping l'O place for a coach the highway opposite Almora, House be not renewed (d) That the inspectors be definitely instructed to see that the high- way opposite Mr Wheelers coach office between Mosiyn-street and Tyisa'-road, be kept un- obstructed. T CARNARVONSHIRE JOINT SANITARY COMMITTEE. The Finance Committee reported having bad detailed particulars of the expenditure of the Carnarvonshire Joint Sanitary Committee dur- ing the past year submitted to them, and they had decided to call the attention of that com- mittee to their increasing yearly expenses and that they 'be asked to exei-ci.se greater super- vision over the various items of expenditure with a view to the business of the committee being conducted on the most economical lines possible. THE TOWN HALL. A letter was read from Messrs John Wright and Co., applying for special terms for the use of the Assembly Room for five days April 3rd to 7th inclusive, for the purpose of holding a gas exhibition. It was decided to make the usual charge of j310 10s, and to recommend the Council to supply gas free as usual. A letter 'was rea.d from Mr Arrowsmith offering th. sum of £ 30 for the sole use of the Assembly Room and Retiring Room from July 30th to September 3rd inclusive, of electric light and services of the caretaker. It was decided to accept the offer subject to an agreement to ba prepared' by the clerk. Sunday to be reserved up to 8 o'clock, and the committee also to laave. power to reserve such other days as may be required for special purposes (not exceeding seven in number), reasonable notice in such event to be given to Mr Arrowsmith. THE SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. The sub-committee, which is investigating the expenditure in connection with the sur- veyor's and its allied departments, reported having met on Monday, and had certain documents placed before them. They will meet next Monday to consider the same. THE EXTENSION OF MOSTYN-STREET: LORD MOSTYN'S REPLY. In reply to a request asking him to pay the whole of the cost and charges which would be annually incurred by the Council, if they under- took the work of extending Mostyn-street, Mr G. A. Humphreys stated in (his letter that Lord Mostyn regretted not being able to ac- cept the terms, but would bepoopared to enter into an agreement on a similar basis to Glodd- aeth-street and Trinity-street, with the addi- tion that his lordship would pay JB50 a. year towards the interest on capital outlay."—The communication was referred to the Works Com- mittee. VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON SUNDAY. A Tetter was read from the Rev W. Phillips enclosing a copy rxfi a. reeoiuitiom passed: at a public meeting in Detcfember, asking, the Council to igocluftio porwetr to •donterol vtMauSLati* traffic on w WLV g. On the mtefcian. of Mr1 Richard TWll^s, thie cferk w'as in/strtuloted to reply thtat the Council v-ni4 movinicr ipi tibalt direction. THE PARISHES OF LLANDUDNO AND LLANRHOS. The Clerk va,3 instmobed. the propolsStiion of Mr Rriicbinrvl Beflfe. to w'rite to the alert or tine Carnarvonshire Couinty Comntdil Tequestliiig tihat the qutesteoni of uniting tihie above jpairifcibes fur poor !!iaw eledtiilcirc 'f)u¡'TI,pctSIf'B,am!d dividing tilie dfetr Jotsi Initio wairdls, he camried tlhrougfh as. quick als possible. MORE GUARDIANS. It Vaq decflaned1 to makte an ^ppilionltian far nine instead icf eiu'ht g'iTiai;.?:'ari.?. so tlhot eactb wa-rd could be represien,ted by three members.

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Mr Smith said he would undertake that every book obtainable that would help the accountants should be supplied. His Honour made an order for the reference to the two accountants, the umpire to be Mr B. Cookson, of Liverpool, and when their re- port is presented he will decide upon the pro- portion due to the plaintiff, and upon other items in the claim and counter-claim.