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

THE GREAT RUSH FOR GOVERN- MENT PREMIUM BONDS. HOW AND WHY IT HAS COME ABOUT. AN OFFER TO READERS OF OFFICIAL PARTICULARS OF THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT SECURITY IN WHICH £$CAN PRODUCE £ 5,000 IN A FEW MONTHS. Wild speculation and unsound business methods have of late years been the curse of America. The nation seems to have forgotten the maxim that Sound Investment is the key to Prosperity, and in the chase after wild and chimerical schemes, promising fortune to those who were willing to take risks, it has met with shattering catastrophes. The lesson has not been lost by investors in this country, and one of the results of the reaction against speculation is seen in the present rush among all classes for Government Premium Bonds, which carry no risk whatever, but which give to the investor just as good a chance of earning a large fortune as do those securities to which jisk is attached. For this absounding merit—the combination of absolute safety with prospective reward-Premium Bonds have long been the popular investment in France, where it is said on good authority, no less a sum than £ 400,000,000 is invested in this way, and it is to France-it is interesting to note—where these sound business methods have long been in existence, that America is now turning in her difficulties for financial assistance. What is this system, so popular in France and on the Continent generally, so rapidly attaining equal popularity in this country ? ABSOLUTE SAFETY COMBINED WITH PROSPECTIVE FORTUNE. Briefly, it is this. The French Government, in common with other Governments, have authorised the issue of a large number of interest-paying and non-interest-paying bonds, which investors may frequently take up at a reduced price. A large number of these bonds are redeemed by regular drawings every two months, some at par-in which case the investor gains the difference, often a considerable one, between the price he bought it at, and the price for which it is redeemed-some with large cash prizes £ 20,000, £ 10,000, [5,000, and so on, added on to them, in the form of Bonuses or Premiums. Here is an example For £ 5—which may, if desired, be paid in the form of instalments-you may purchase a Premium Bond guaranteed by the Government of Belgium, A large number of these securities are redeemed by regular drawings every two months, on the 20th of February, April, June, August, October, and December, for C8, so that if you invest now, and your Bond is one of those redeemed on the 20th of December, you will secure £ 3 clear profit on every £ 5 thus invested, But in addition to the Bonds thus bought in, 150 are redeemed with the addition of a prize ranging in value from £ 6,000 downwards, the whole amounting to the total sum of C20,480 per annum. It comes to this, then, that every £ 5 invested in this way is invested in a Safe Government Security free from all risk, and gains at the same time 150 opportunities every year of a return in cash ranging from £ 6,000 downwards, whilst at the very least a profit of £ 3 is assured. Moreover, these Bonds, now valued at f.8, increase in value by 5 per cent, every year, so that each twelve months the figure at which they are redeemed advances. Another very popular security, which is being called for particularly by British investors at the present time, is issued and guaranteed by the Municipality of the City of Paris. In these securities it is possible to invest any amount, gaining in return 4 per Cent. Interest per annum and 84 Opportunities every year of a Cash Premium of £ 6,000, £ 2,000, £400, £ 200, or £ 80, or, in another issue of similar Stock, 4- per cent. per annnm and 136 Opportunities every year of a bonus of C4,000, C2,000, £ 400, £200, and £ 4°- The excellent interest attached to these Bonds, their perfect Security-they are secured upon the rates and revenues of the second largest city in the world, by special authorisation of the French Government.—and the prospects they give of earning a large profit, without risk, in a very short time, make these Paris Bonds an extremely desir able security for those who are discontented-by the small interest of 2t per cent., which is all that is given by gilt-edged stock such as Consols. £ 20,000 PROFIT ON £ 8 INVESTMENT. To take a final example. You may invest (8 upwards in safe French Government stock, giving ascertain profit of 100 per cent., and in addition 366 opportunities per annum of a return of £ 20,000, Clo,ooo, £ 4,000, £ 400, and other sums. Particulars of this really marvellous investment are to be found in the pages of the Premium Bond Blue Book, a copy of which may be obtained free of all charge by any reader of the above on application, either personal or by letter, to the Secretary, The Anglo-American Finance Corporation, -41, King William Street, London, E.C. When one looks around and sees on all sides the reports of failures or great losses caused by reckless and unsound speculation in risky stocks and shares or when one considers how it is possible to invest a large sum in Two and a Half per Cent. Consols, and then have the misfortune to see them gradually depreciating in value-thus, not content with giving a meagre interest at the best of times, but actually causing a loss in the capital value of one's invest- ment, one cannot be surprised at the avidity with which investors of all classes and ranks are trans- ferring their investments to Premium Bond Secur- ities, which combine Safety with Prospective Fortune. Any sum, however large, however small, may be invested in this way. Investments may be made on the instalmenf system or cash down. Deposits of 2s 6d a week will be accepted. Write at once, then, to The Anglo American Finance Corporation, 41, King William Street, London, E.C., agents for Government and Municipal Premium Bonds, for presentation copy of Blue Book of official details of these securities issued or guaran- teed by the Governments of France, Belgium, the Suez Canal Company, and the Municipalities of Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Ostend. This book will be sent free of all charge or obligation to any address, together with information of the plan by which these securities may be purchased on a convenient system of instalments, full benefits of the bonds being secured on payment of the first deposit. 3064

Discovery at Trefriw. A VALE OF CONWAY MYSTERY RECALLED. A curious discovery (a Welsh correspondent writes) has just been made at Coetty Bach, Dol- garrog, near the well-known Trefriw Spa, where the Aluminium Works are carried on. One of the workmen, John Williams, 3, Glanaber Terrace, Dolwyddelen, after blasting a huge piece of rock, came across a number of hones under a slab in a hole in the rock. Some of the bones crumbled into dust on being touched, but Williams managed to pick two of them up, and these he took to Dr. Richard Jones, Blaenau Festiniog, who pronounced them to be the remains of a human being. One is a piece of THE BONE OF A SKULL, and the other is a left thigh bone, probably of a rather small person, and shows signs of rickets. Dr. Thomas also examined them, and arrived at the same conclusion as Dr. Jones, in whose possession the bones are retained. Coetty Bach is about three quarters of a mile distant from Penrallt Inco, a desolate farm high up in the Carnarvonshire mountains, and in the neighbourhood of the Cowlyd and Dulyn Lakes, from which Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, and Conway draw their supply of freshwater. This discovery recal's the mystery of Penrallt Inco, of which a short account may be of interest. Penrallt (now rebuilt) thirty years ago was a dil- apitated farm, the property of the then Lady Aveland, into whose possession the extensive Gwydir estate fe'l on the death of Lord Willough- by de Eresby. At the period mentioned the tenant of the farm was David Griffiths, who died at Tre- friw about 12 years ago. Griffiths was a fairly intelligent man and could write and read both Welsh and English well—a rare achievement in a Welsh farmer thirty years ago. He also practised a good deal as a farrier. Although a kind neigh- bour, and always willing to assist his fellow-farm- ers if on good terms with them, he was of a determined nature, and the few inhabitants of the mountainous district were afraid of rousing his enmity. Living with Griffiths as his house-keeper was a middle-aged woman of the name of Jane Owen, hailing from Roewen, distant about 3 miles. At the beginning of April, 1877, this woman mysteriously disappeared, and has never since been heard of. She was a cripple moving about on crutches The neighbours not seeing her for many days A HUE AND CRY was raised, and at the latter end of the month members of the Carnarvonshire Constabulary ar- rived at Penrallt and interrogated Griffiths, who seemed anxious to render them every assistance. All he could say about her disappearance was that on the 12th of April he saw her standing alone at the foot of a stile about two or three hundred yards from Penrallt, in the direction of Roe Wen, her native place. He declared that he never saw her afterwards, and could give no further information of her whereabouts. Jane Owen owned a number of sheep and ponies, and Griffiths said that on the morning of her departure he paid her £ 120, the re- ceipt for which he produced in his own handwrit- ing, the woman very likely being unable to write. This receipt he delivered up to the police. Jane Owen had two children one died in 1875, and was buried in the little mountain cemetery adjoining the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel called Ardda. The other was adopted by a family in England. For many days the police, together with scores of people from the Vale of Conway, accompanied by bloodhounds, scoured the district. The deepest pools of the mountain streams were dragged, and a diver, Robert Griffith, from Carnarvon, was engaged to search the Cowlyd, Dulyn, and other lakes, but nothing was found to cast a ray of light on the mystery. During the search for Jane Owen, David Griffiths was arrested by the police on a charge of writing and sending threatening letters to the late Mr Edward Elias, a gentleman farmer residing at Gorswen, near Conway. At the summer assizes, 1877, Griffiths was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour. At his trial the poet Gwilym Cowlyd, the Chief Bard Positive," as he described himself, gave damaging evidence against him, and admitted that he, when a young man living at Tyddyn Gwilym, about half a mile from Penrallt, was in the habit of carrying A LOADED REVOLVER when going to and fro among the mountains, as he was afraid of Griffiths attacking him. After the imprisonment of Griffiths the efforts to trace the missing woman were renewed. At the quarter sessions in July, Captain Pearson, Chief Constable of Carnarvonshire at the time, called the justices' attention to the Penrallt affair, and gave a detailed account of what had been done by the police. He also mentioned that Jane Owen's family had offered a reward of C30 for the finding of the body, dead or alive. At the instigation of the late Lord Penrhyn the county offered an additional reward of ZI-ioo. But although this was done the Penrallt Inco tragedy has remained a mystery ever since the spring of 1877.

A Word to Mothers. I For delicate Children and young people who lack Appetite and are Pale and Languid, Guy's Tonic, taken in small doses as directed on the bottle, confers the greatest possible benefit. Guy's Tonic is so pleasant to take that thedose is looked forward to with pleasure. Impres- sive Testimonials are constantly received bearing witness to the Curative and Strength- Building value of Guy's Tonic. Of all Chemists and Stores at 1/14 and 2{\\ per Bottle. ""o;'i1"

Abergele Police Court. NON-ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL. CASES OF CRUELTY TO HORSES. The above Court was held on Saturday, before Mr. J. Herbert Roberts (Chairman), Dr. Wol- istenfaolme, Dr. Peter Jones, Major Hughes. M,r. J. R. Griffith together with the Clerk (Mr. E. A. Crabbe). NON-ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL. On the application of Mr. Chambers, the School Attendance Officer, an attendance order was granted against Robert Jones, r9, Peel- srtreet, Abergele, because his daughter Nellie was very irregular in her attendances, and he was ordered to' pay 5s. 6d. and doisits of same. A similar order was granted in the case of Moses Jones, Ffordd Groeis', Llanfiailrtalbaiarn, on account of his son Thomas. Jane Davies, of Newton-cottages, Pensarni, was fined 5s. and 5s. 6d. costs for not sending her child Margaret Jane Jones -to school. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. SENT HOME BY TRAIN. Hugh Ellis, Off Tanygradig, Llanfair P.G., a r reispeatably-atitireid labourer, was charged by In. speoÍlor Georgie H. Eakins, of tihe R.S.P.C.A., Degamwy, with walking a horse, on thei 14th November, in an unfit state in Abergele. On being asked by the Clerk whether he pleaded guility or not guilty, he replied "Guilty, my honour." P.C. Man uel Davies said that on the day in question he saw the horse very lame and at- tached to a load of furniture. He stlopped the defendant, who in reply to queries said that he was going from Bootle to Llanfair P.G. The horse could not go any further, and it was put up. The Defendant: I stopped in Abergele that night. 'inspector Eakins. stated that the bonnse- had a dropped-sole, from which matter and blood issued, and when it was taken out of the stable it stood practically on three legs. He informed the defendant that he must, not again take the horse out to work, and that it must be senit heme by train. Defendant said he was. very sorry for what 'had happened. He had only bought the animal the Thursday previous. Dr. Wolstenholme: Did you not see then lha: the animal was wrong? Defendant: No. Theire could not be any- thing much wrong, else he would have been caught before he came to Abergele. A fine! of ten shillings and costs was. imposed. In reply to the Bench, the Inspector said the horse was at home at grass, but nolt fit for any work on 'the road. "ROLLING HOME." Peter Evans. of Bryn Kendrick, Llanfaiirtal- haiarn, farmer, was changed with having no light to his vehicle on the 20th November, in Abergele, and he was fined 2S. 6d. and costs. Another charge of being drunk in charge of the said horse and trap was preferred against Evans, who, the constable stated, was "stagger- ing drunk" in Market-street. The Chairman How did he get home ? The Constable A man named Jones tumbled him into the pigs in the car. A fine of 5s. and costs was imposed, defend- ant making no appearance. ON THE WET LIST Robert Jones, of Bryn Maenan, Llysfaen, a respectably-attired labourer, was charged with beimg drunk and disorderly on the 16th Novem. ber, at' Bettws, Abergele. The co as table stated that at five p.m. defend- ant was drunk and making uae. of bad language. In reply to the Bench, Inspector Bagishaw said it was six years since the defendant was before that Court for being drunk. The ichailriman (to Inspector Bagishaw) Was it fair day? Defendants, said he. was very sorry. Inspector Bagshaw: No, there had been a ploughing match. Fined 2S. 6d. and coisitis. ANOTHER CASE OF ILLTREATING A HORSE. George Coyne, 54, Victoria-road, Rhyl, labourer, was charged by Inspector Eakins, of the R.S.P.C.A., with travelling a horse in an unfit condition, on the 18th November, and bis employer, John Holmes., of the same address, was charged with causing it to be worked in such a condition. Mr. Oswald Moseley, of Denbigh., appeared on behalf of the defendants. Inspector Eakins conducted his .ciase. Leonard Besta'll, of 10, Sandringtham-aiveniue, Rhyl, said that on the 18th November he was on the Abergele-road, and he saw Coyne hold- ing a, halter on a horse. The horse was down in the road. The horse was lifted up, and it fell down again directly. The, wounidisi were one on each hip and one on the back. The horse was weak and not fit to travel on the road. Coyne said they intended to kill the horse in a few days. .y Mr. Moseley He had never seen the ani- mal before he saw it on the ground. Coyne was not (ill-treating the horse in any way. William Jones, toll collector, at the FOiryd Bridge, saiid he was driving with the last wit- ness. on' the octoasiOin. By Mr. Moseley: He didl not see anything wrong with; the horse when it pas-sed over the bridge. Inspector Eakins gave evidence that be. went riinito the field, and could .count all the bones in the horse's' body, and if itl fell iit could noit get up. He had not ,seen, a horse in such a condi- tion for a, long while. Mr. Moseley, addres.sin'g the Bench, saiid that the defendant Holmes, bought the animal some 'ti, -son, out of co,n- g at the end oif I)he, s,e,a, dlittion. It was .suffering from woirlmis., and dry food glees to. ,the worms and not to. the horse, and it was taken to the field for green food. There wa's. no cruelty. It fell down fiagged and injured itself by falling. The next morning he went there and gave it a good feed. John Holmes, said the horse had a deformity. It had been running in a brake and charabanc to. Rhyl up tOo a certain, time. lit was sound, but in a poor condition. He kept it in. the sitialble for two or three days, and he lent it to ,a mlan nralmed Edward Burke for two or three days. He intended turning it out to. grass, and when it was, taken, to a field it seemed to. be .freer,th,an ever. The next morning he gave it a good feed of gruel, &c. It was in no pain. The horse was shot afterwards through, the wishes; of the Inspector, and its. hide was sold at Gelfn for 12s. 6d. lit would! not ibe taken at Cefin. ilf the hide was wrong. Geoirge Coyne said the horse was properly looked after, and had sufficient food. It suffered from wicirmis. On the 18th November it was- niot lame, and there was a mile to the field. After it got over Foryd Bridge it kicked a stone and fell and injured itself. Edward Burke said, he knew the horse for six years. He had worked it. about a month ago. lit was able to' take a load, and t'here was not a horse in Wales that1 had better legs and feet than. "him." There was nothing wronig only the condition. A fine of 5s. and costs in each ca.se w,a,s im- posed. RAN INTO A CAR. John Howatision,, Plas Ucha', Llansiannian, farmer, was changed with being drunk in charge OIf a horse and carriage on the 201th November. Mary Jane Roberts, of Plas Bychan, Llan- faiirtalhaiarn,, gave evidence that the defendant dIlove, into her car ait: Llanfair. He was driving very fast and was very drunk. A fine of 20s. and costs- was imposed.

The Welsh Tyrol." A HOLIDAY IN BETTWSYCOED. Bettwsycoed is charmingly described in an illus- trated article from the pen of Mr T. W. Sanders, F.L.S., in the sumptuous Christmas number of Amateur Gardening." In need of rest and change Mr Sanders preferred North Wales to the High- lands of Scotland, and made his headquarters at Bettwsycoed. A more beautiful spot," he remarks, to seek quietude, obtain a plenitude of fresh air, an abundant choice of delightful walks or rides, or observe Nature's handiwork in the plethora of wild flowers, and insects, and animal life, or the beauties and sublimities of rugged mountains and picturesque rivers and waterfalls, it would be diffi- cult to find. It has been aptly named the Welsh Tyrol. The air is bracing, you get a splendid appetite, and you have, moreover, the opportunity of satisfying it on the most delicious of all sub- stantial meats, the dainty and delicately flavoured Welsh mutton. Besides meat for the body you get abundant food for the mind—plenty of picturesque scenery on all sides, for you are hemmed in by mountains—and a glorious feast of floral beauty is to be found in woodland, hillside, shady lane, and by riverside. To an artist, or botanist, entomol- ogist, geologist, or naturalist generally, there is no fairer or more delightful spot in Britain to spend a quiet holiday." We may add that the Christmas number of Amateur Gardeners should appeal to a larger circle than those to whom it is primar- ily addressed, and that the pictorial supplements are of a highly artistic description.

NATURE'S EDIBLE BLACK PEARLS." It sounds funny, but it's a doctor's description of Currants, which are a delightful sweetmeat, a nourishing food, and a natural medicine, all in one. Ask your Grocer for a free copy of the booklet, Currants—A few Tasty Recipes." It is full of delightful recipes for the Christmas season. The following is a specimen :— CURRANT PATTIES. Ingredients One ounce of cornflour, four ounces of currants, one lemon, four ounces of castor sugar, quarter of an ounce of butter, short crust paste. Method: Line some patty pans with thinly- rol'ed-out short crust paste, providing paste covers for each. Mix the cornflour with a gill of cold water, stir in the grated rind and juice of lemon, the currants, and the sugar cook all together for five minutes, stirring all the time, and add the butter; mix well, fill the paste-lined patty pans with the preparation, wet the edges of the paste, put on the covers, brush over with sweet milk, and bake twenty minutes.