The Weekly News and Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay Colwyn Llandrillo Conway Deganwy and Neighbourhood

COLWYN BAY. This Vestry was held' at the Church Room, on Thursday morning, and was. presided over by the Vicar, Canon Roberts. There were also present the Rev J. H. Hope, Messrs Edward Allen; (Vicar's warden), W. R. Hands (People's warden), W. B. Lowe, Chorlton, Jackson, G. Maxfell. After reading the minutes of the last Vestry, 11 y the Vicar referred to the meeting as being small, 11 but that was a proof that things were going on harmoniously. If there had been any friction the place would have been packed. There had been nothing like that, or approaching it. There was the greatest harmony in the Church. They had lost Mr Haworth. their very old friend, with whom he (the Vicar) had worked for fourteen years. His death was a great loss to the Church in many ways, and he proposed that a vote of condolence be sent to lrSI Haworth expressive of their deepest sympathy. This was carried. THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. Mr Hands, in presenting his statement for the year, said he. was sorry to say that the receipts were not up to the previous year by a consider, able amount. There were two or three reasons to account for this, one being that there were only 49 Sundays in the year instead of 52. The receipts were £1,231 3s. iod., which was nearly £100 less than last year. With the balance of £14 9s. id. in the bank and cash in hand, there was Zig us. nd., but there were bills to be paid which amounted to £ -]\, leaving an adverse balance of over £52. There was great credit due to the Secretary of the Curate's Fund, who had' raised £105 16s. 6d. The Vicar thanked the Wardens for their ser- vices. He was sorry there was a small debt, still, it was perhaps a goods thing. He was not at all surprised, for during the Long dreary win. ter there had been a deal of sickness and poverty, and amongst the working classes a great depression. The year had also been shorter by three Sundays. They had the best of Wardens doing their J duty conscientiously, and! he pro- posed a hearty vote of thanks to them. This was carried. Mr Allen thanked 'the Chairman for the kind Hray in which he had! referred to the Wardens. He" assured them that the principal work had been practically done by Mr Hands. His (the speaker's) duties had been very small, whilst Mr Hands' had been very large. He wished to emphasise that fact. Mr Hands also thanked the Vestry. He had now held the office for over five years, and he thought it time for someone1 el,seto take it up. The Vicar referred to the large meeting held in the Pavilion, and the work of the Church- wardens generally. The year had been full of work. Mr. Allen was re-elected Vicar's warden, and Mr. Hands People's; w7arden. The Vicar, referring to the re-election of Mr Hands, said he was a most excellent Church- warden in every way. He was always so pleasant and very nice to work with. SIDESMEN. The whole of last year's Sidesmen were re- elected, with three exceptions: Mr Arnold, Dr. Brooks, and Mr Mould. Messrs. Owen, Edwards, Jackson, Andrews, and King were added to the list. DELEGATES. Messrs Hands and Marfell were elected dele- gates to. represent St. Paul's at the Diocesan Conference to be held on the 12tfi and 13th September. THE NEW CHURCH. The Vicar referred to the meeting of Wardens cf the three Churches regarding the proposed new Church at the other end. The opinion on the matter had been divided, and the Wardens and he thought about the next garden fete to- wards clearing certain debts. The sum of £4,000 had been raised by the garden fetes, and they had only about Zioo now remaining to be paid on the land. The Welsh Church was free of diebt, and the communicants had doubled. EASTER. The number of Communicants for all the Parish w:as 1,060, and the Easter offerings to the Vicar between £ 82 and £83' AUDITOR. Mr. C. E. Carrwright was re-elected auditor, and a vote of thanks passed, him for his good services. The Chairman said he would like to express how indebted they were to Mr Charlton for his services, which concluded the Vestry business.

COLWYN. The annual Easter Vestry for St. Catherine's and St. John's Churches^ Cohvyn, was held in the Assembly Room on Friday evening, the 5th inst., the Vicar (the Rev j. Griffiths., M.A.) pre- siding. A statement oi accounts for St. Catherine's showed a balance in hand of Zio 65. Sd., and for St. John's a balance in hand of ZI is. 4d. Messrs. Sander son and Hannah were re-elected wardens for St. Catherine's. The Vicar nominated Dr. Wood as his warden, and Mr. Brownsword was unanimously elected parishioners warden for St. John's. Twenty- five sidesmen were appointed to assist the war- dens in both Churches. The Vicar, having heartily thanked the Rev H. E. Mocatta, the wardens, the sidesmen, the choirs, and all the Church workers for their valuable services dur- ing the past year, referred to the encouraging fact that over ;Ci,coo had been. raised in the parish during the year for various worthy ob- jects and during the last six years the sum of £ ,Q.ooo odd had been spent on the site, fittings, and the building of the new Church, St. John's.

THE AMPLE PROPORTION. Quite frequently one may cut right through the middle of a loaf of currant bread and discover only two or three solitary looking currants. J In puddings and in currant bread there is one* famous rule—the rule of the "generous sprinkling." Every clever housewife, anxious to foster in her family the love for this remarkably nutritious and appetising fruit, learns to govern her hand so as never to fall short of the ample proportion.

LLANDUDNO. RESTORATION OF ST. TUDNO'S CHURCH. The annual Easter Vestry of the Llandiudno parish was held on Thursday night. The Rector (The Rev. L. R. Hughes) stated that the debt upon the parish current accounts was now less .than within living memory. It used' to be ^'200, now it was [II. (Applause.) The capital ex- pended in the parish upon buildings amounted to ^50,000. Mr. Richard Conway was elected people's warden for the thirty-fifth year in succession, and the Vicar'again nominated: Dr. T. Dalian as his wardten, a position which the doctor has held for many years. The Rector said that all Church people in. the parish were determined <to keep the national schools up to their present high state of effici- ency. The year had been one of special strain in many respects, but he hoped they would be free in future to devote themselves to their true work, which was building up the Church. Referring to the restoration of St. Tudno's Church, on the Great Or me's1 Head1, the Rector defended the action of himself and those who -had actedi with him, landi isaicj thlat although there was no need to obtain a faculty, he had taken the wardens and ithe parishoners into his confidence fully. Fifty years ago St. Tudno's was roofless, and ,all honour should) be given to that noble man, Mr. Reece, who restored it, but the time when that work was done was not the time of good architecture or of good build, ing. The work now done included the provision of more windows and the substitution of good oak pews for the old uncomfortable deal pews. In the original church there were no windows, and not a particle of the timber that had been removed belonged to the ancient church. In another month the wardens and himself hoped to give a cordial invitation to all interested) in St. Tudno''S to go. up and see what had been done. He felt confident none of them would be ashamed of the work. (Applause.) Turning to other matters, the Rector said, it was proposed to enlarge the chancel at Holy Trinity, and to build a morning chapel on one sidfe of di,vided from .the chancel by columns. This would be .available for daily services, and also for the overflow congregations on Sundays. He hoped that the scheme for the improvement of the rectory would be carried out in the pre- sent year. It was decided to ask the Llandudno Council to improve the road to St. Tudno's Church, and a committee was appointed ito organise a peti- tion, in the event of the request not being ac- ceeded to promptly.

LLANRHOS. VICAR'S RESIGNATION. The Rev. Francis G. Jones, the retiring Vicar of Llanrhos, ^residled at the Vestry meeting on Thursday night. Mr. J. Winter, people's warden, and Colonel H. Lloyd Mostyn, Vicar's warden, were reappointed:. Miss Preston wrote stating that 'she de,slir,ed to place a stained-glass window in the north transcept of the parish church, in memory of her brother, the late Mr. Preston, of Deganwy. The gift was accepted, and the Vestry (Decided to apply for the required faculty. A vote of sympathy with the Vicar, of regret at his retirement owing to ill health, and of appreciation of bis services was passed:, on the motion of Mr. E. E. Bone, supported by the wardiens. The Vicar, in reply, stated that he had' de- cided that it was better for him to resign now, while everything was in order, rather than to take a two years' holiday, as he had been ad- vised to do." It was admitted that the church had not gone backward during his illness in the past year or so, but possibly it might do in the future. His resignation had not yet taken effect, but it would do as Isoonas the certificate of dilapidations had been given. In reply to' a question, the Vicar said he was not aware that his successor had been nominated bv the patrons, but possibly he had been.

CONWAY. Very little business of general interest was trans- acted at the annual Vestry meeting hetd at Conway. Messrs. james Porter and Joseph Williams were appointed Churchwardens, and all the Sidesmen were re-elected with the addition of Messrs. John Hughes, William Thomas, and Owen Rowland. J.P. A committee was appointed, with power to add, to deal with Church matters. The present members being the Churchwardens and Sidesmen, together with Mr. Llewelvn Lloyd, Cadnant Park.

GLAN CONWAY. On Tuesday night last the Easter Vestry in connection with St. Ffraid's Church was held. The Rector, the Rev. G. Williams, presided. Among the parishioners present were Mr Jones- Mortimer, Britten and1 Mellor. The Rector con- gratulated the wardens and Churchpeaple era the collections 'throughout the' year, which amounted to £85, a-nd the ,expenses were £62, leaving a balance in hand of -f2 The Easter collections, amounting .to [II 15s., were for the Rector. The Churchwardens for the present, year are:—Rector's warden, Mr. Jones-Mor- timer, people's warden, Mr. W. Hughes, Ty Isa'. The delegates to attend the Diocesan Conference are Messrs:. Jones-Mortimer, and E. Hughes, Wave Crest, for the next three years, and Mr. Mellor consented to' audit the Church accounts. A vote of thanks was pro- pos,ed to. Mr. Mortimer for his gene,rosity in presenting the parish with an addition to the present churchyard, by Mr Britten, and seconded by Mr John Evans, who remarked that it was not Churchpeople alone who ought to thank Mr Mortimer, but the whole of the ratepayers of the -parish. The meeting concluded by Mr. Jones-Mortimer proposing a vote of thanks to the Rector, and acknowledging the hapnv feel- ing that prevailed between the Rector and the congregation. This was seconded by Mr. Mellor and carried unanimously, and another vote of thanks: was passed to Mr's Bowler for the gift of a beautiful altar cloth.

RHYL. At the Rhyl Ea-ster Vestry, on Friday evening, it was reported that at Easter there had been over 1,200 communicants, that while the Church collection's came to ^906 6s. id., the payments to clergy were Z905 os. 4d. With £ 24 16s. 2d. in hand at the beginning of the year the total receipts were f1,6oo IOS. 4d., and the expendi- ture £ 1,548 2s. Sd., leaving £55 7s. ad. in hand. Messrs. Storey and Sheffield were elected wardens for St. Thomas's, Messrs Lewis and Jones and N. Edwards for Holy Trinity, Messrs. Ellams and S. Jones for St. John's, and Mr. S. Jones people's warden for St. Aan's. the Vicar asking permission to defer appointing his war- dens for a. few days. The following were elected lay representatives. 10 the Diocesan Con. ference :—Messrs. Parks, Talbott, Storey, Gam. lin, Tilby, L. J. Roberts, A. Sheffield, Tavernier, Lewis Jones, R. M. Hugh Jones, J. Asher and G. Hunter.

LLANRWST. The annual. Easter Vestry was held on Mon- day, at the Gwydyr Chapel, the Rector, Rev John Morgan, pnesiding. There were also pre- sent Messrs E. P. Hughes, John, Thomas, John Roberts, Hugh Evanis, John Evans, John Jones, Hugh Jones, and Hugh. Hughes. I'ihe! Rector said he had pleasure in nominat- ing wardens! and sidesmen,, but before doing so he wished to thank the old officers for their valuable help in the Church during the past year. He congratulated them upon the success of their work, as everything that could be done iwas done. There was nothing special to call ■attention to; everything was as usual, and there was nothing required to the fabric of the Church, and the little that was wallllted was at- ielnded to. He begged to. nominate for the fol- lowing year, for the, parish churchwardens Mr P. Jones, Owen and Mr George Jeffrey Allsupp siide, smen, Messrs William Hughes, Thomas Evans, and Hugh Evans. St. Mary's Church: Messrs D. G. Wilson and Henry Burrowis (war- dens), and sidte'simein, Messrs T. Latimer Jones, C. T. Allard, H. J. W. Watling, H. Edwards, Supt, Woollam, Mr Ben Hayes. The Rector then invited nominations for people's warden at the Parish Church, when, on the motion of Mr John Thomas, seconded by Mr John Roberts, Mr E P. Hughes was unanimously elected.

Abergele Justices and School Attendance. At the Abergele Petty Sessions, on Saturday, before Messrs J. E. Oldfield and J. Duncan Miller, several parents were summoned for neg- lecting to send their children to school. Mr Walter O. Jones, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Denbighshire Education Com. mittee, and in the course of his introductory re- marks said 'it was very distasteful work for the managers to have to take such proceedings, but "e b there was an obligation placed upon them by stattute to secure by such proceedings proper and punctual attendance at school. Not only was the organisation of a school disturbed by bad attendance, but injustice was done to. the county owing to the loss of grants, and, more .important still, injustice was done to the-child, ren. In the four cases before the Court the t ages of the children concerned ranged from I I to 12 years, and the highest standard reached by any of the four children was standard three, while one of the children, who was 12 years of age, had only reached standard one. These children were, therefore, on the verge of leaving school, and yet they were very poorly equipped to enter into any, occupation of life, solely owing to the laxity of their parents. On previous occa'sions that Bench had, in common with other magistrates, dealt with these classes very leniently, no doubt hoping that small fines would ,serve as a warning. Unfortunately the warning had not had the effect intended, and he must put the present cases before, the Court not as cases of neglect of attendance, but as cases of wilful dLsobedienoe of the Education Authority and of their Worships. The parents, in some of these 'cases, seemed to have calculated whether they would gain more by keeping their children at home, employing them casually, and paying the small fines inflicted, than by sending their children to school and avoiding the fines. He wished to ask the Bench to inflict such sub- stantial fines aisi would prove to. thelse pa:mntsr- if they could not be reached by higher argument than that—that it was, not worth while for them to keep their children, at home. The first case dealt with was that of John Jones, 16, Peel-street, whose wife appeared for him. Mr Chambers, the Attendance Officer, said the boy was twelve years of age, in standard two', and during the past month had only made nine- teen attendances out of a possible thirty-six, while for the year he had only been present seventy-seven times out of a possible 105. Wit- ness had been. given various excuses as to why the boy was not at school. A fine of 53. and 5s. 6d. costs was imposed. Catherine Carrington was summoned in respect of Herbert Carrington and Cecilia Car- rington. In the first case the child, who was eleven, was only working in standard two, and the record of attendances was 14 out of 36 and 65 out of 105. In the other case the girl was 13 years of age. and in standard three, and had attended 25 times out of 36 and 57 out of 105. A letter was read from the defendant regretting the state of things, and stating that the child- ren had been on the sick list. Fines of 5s. and 5s. 6d. costs were imposed in each case. Moses Jones, of Llanfair, who- was represented by his wife, was summoned for neglecting to send his boy Thomas Jones to -school regularly. In this case a plea of not guilty was put in. The Attendance Officer said the boy was 12 years of age, in .standard one, and had only at. tended school 16 out of 16 times and 53 out of 104. Mr Chambers said that defendant had been fined before in respect of his other child- ren. 'He had received all kinds of excuses as to Why the boy Thomas was not at school. First it was toothache, then he had to go for butter milk, and at other times he was gathering sticks. Fined 7s. 6d. and 5s. 6d. costs.

¡- Welsh Disestablishment. BLAENAU FESTINIOG DEMONSTRATION. MR. ELLIS GRIFFITH DEMANDS A BILL. Mr Ellis Griffith, M.P., Mr Osmond Williams, M.P., and Lord Russell addressed a large demonstration at Blaenau Festiniog Town Hall, on Friday night in support of Welsh Disestab- lishment. Mr Griffith said it was a pleasure to attend, a meeting devoted exclusively to the question of Welsh Disestablishment. It must not be thought that Disestablishment meetings in Wales reflected in any way upon the Government, or upon their pledge to Wales. It was of vital im. portance to convince the Government that the Welsh people were in earnest upon this ques- tion, and 'had set their hearts, upon a religious equality bill during the present Parliament, and not later than the third! session. The fidelity of Wales to this cause for forty years was a com- monplace of political history, and as far back as 1887 the official organisation of English Liber- alism had placed the question next to Home Rule upon the Liberal programme. The question had been also before the British Parliament since 1874, when the first formal resolution upon the subject of Welsh Disestablishment was proposed by the late Mr Watkin Williams. The some- what dilatory proceedings of the Welsh Church Commission did not affect and certainly should not postpone legislative treatment of the subject. At present there were very few in Wales who would venture to postpone Welsh Disestablish- ment either because of the prior claims'of social reform. As a matter of fact the disendowment of the Church would provide a ftind which would do incalculable good to the Welsh people upon the lines 'of social progress. He had always maintained that if the Liberal Govern- ment were prepared to sacrifice all their legisla. tiye programme in order to make an attack upon the Upper House there might be 'some ground for appealing to Welsh Liberals to support such tactics, but inasmuch, as the present session was to be devoted to Irish devolution, Irish Univer- sity, and temperance reform there was no reason why the 'great Welsh reform which had been before the Welsh electors for 40 years should not also be dealt with. THE RESOLUTION. At the close the following resolution was unanimously pa-,s,sed: -"That thns meeting de. sires to remind His Majesty's Government of the fact that the deep yearning of the Welsh people for the disestablishment and disendow- ment of the State Church in Wales still remains unfulfilled,, and very earnestly prays the Gov- ernment to. make every effort to extend to our nation with the least possible delay this long- expected deliverance from a yoke which weighs heavily upon its national life and progress." IMPATIENT NONCONFORMISTS. MR. W. JONES, M.P., AT BETHESDA. Signs are not wanting (a Welsh correspondent says) to show that Welsh Nonconformists are becoming increasingly -anxious about the present position and prospects of Disestablishment. The Bethesda Free Church Council held on Friday night a public meeting devoted exclusively to formulating the popular demand that this ques. tion should now be energetically presised forward. The speakers included Mr William Jones, M.P. (the member for the division), the Rev Rhys J. Huws, the Rev W. R. Owen, the Rev J. R. Ellis, and others, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted — "That this, meeting records: its. belief that reli- gion ishould be free from State interfetence in its control or support, and is of opinion that the principle of religious equality should be re-cog- nised by special legislation. It further declares that, Wales having for so long a period and by every fajir and, co-iystitutional mea:1LS demanded such legislation, any further delay in granting a full and fair measure of Disestablishment would be an. injustice to the deepest convictions of the Welsh nation. This meeting further declares its confirmed1 opinion that the loyalty of Welsh Nonconformity to the Liberal party will be ser- iously imperiilledi if the oft-repeated promise of such legislation be -not now fulfilled." In the course of his address, Mr William Jones, M.P., made the definite statement that a Disestablishment Bill will be introduced into the House of Commons during the present Session. DISESTABLISHMENT PROSPECTS. The call of the Whips brought a fair contingent of the Welsh members to the Honse for the first short sitting after the Easter recess (wires a Lon- don correspondent of the Manchester Guardian on Monday evening). Some were detained at the important meeting of the Campaign Committee at Shrewsbury. Mr Herbert Lewis, who rarely ever misses a division, was in his accustomed place at the door. Sir Alfred Thomas occupied his usual corner on the second bench below the gangway. With him was Mr William Jones. The four Welsh Labour members arrived from a Labour meeting in time for the divisions. Mr Sidney Robinson, Mr J. D. Rees, Mr Idris, and Mr Ellis Griffith, still intent on pushing disestablishment, were also present. Much has been made of the assurance which Mr William Jones is said to have given to his electors at Bethesda to the effect that the Welsh Disestablishment Bill will be dealt with in the third session of the present Parliament. Mr Jones does well to be hopeful, nay, sanguine; but it would be unfortunate if his expression of opinion were to be invested with more than its actual value. After careful inquiry I cannot find that the assurance has any official sanction or authority beyond that which has already been announced. There never has been any official declaration that Welsh Disestablishment will find a place in the programme of the third Parliamentary session. It may not be impossible—even Ministers admit so much,—but in the present state of Government business the probabilities are decidedly against it. Certainly no one is in a position to say now what will be the fighting bills of the session of 1908. In regard to the prospects of Welsh Disestablish- ment it may safely be taken for granted that no bill on the subject will be introduced by the Government until the Welsh Church Commission has issued its report. There is, I am in a position to say, good ground for believing that the report will be forthcoming before the close of this year, at any sate before the House meets for its third session. In the meantime the Welsh members would do well to expedite the presentation of the evidence and to convince their English colleagues of the pre-eminence of the Welsh claim.

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Leaving a debt still owing of about f.Soo. The following were elected, as lay representatives to the Diocesan. Conic-renc- -Messils. Eden, Wood, Howe, and Brownsword.