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KEELEY I. prepared to give the utmost value in ready cash for every description of Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children's Cast-off CLOTH- ING. CURTAINS, CARPETS, etc. Drapers' JOB LOTS bought. Mrs. K. attends Rhyl on Saturdays. Letters and parcels promptly attended to. SHOP AT The Beehive Annual Sale Begins Monday, Jan. II, And continue throughout the month. BARCAINS. The Beehive SUSSEX STREET, Rhyl. Nearly opposite to entrance to Queen's Arcade. ENGLISH pRESBYTERIAN CIIIURCII, ENGLISH SERVICES 'I Will be held at the TOWN HALL, PRESTATYN, EVERY SABBATH DAY, Under the auspices of the Vale of Chvyd Month- ly Meeting. Morning at 10 45 Evening at 6. ENGLISH WESLEYAN CHURCH, JU BRIGHTON ROAD, RIIYL. Preacher next Sunday: iREV. G. TALALUN NEWTON Pastor, in the Morning, and REV. JOSEPH MARTIN Prestatyn, in the Evening, j Morning at 11; Evening at 6 30. eel; Evening Service, Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Prayer Meeting on Friday at 7 30. Co.'lections at each Service. ALL ARE WELCOME. G 1. I I -RCH, jjgXGLISH p>RESBYTERIAN 0IIURCH, j Wi-XLINGTON ROAD, RHYL. REV. LEWIS ELLIS, Rhyl. Will Preach on Sunday. Services, Morning at 11; Evening at 6 30. Collection after each Service. ¡- QIIRIST QHURCH, E-NGLISII GONGREGATIONAL, WATER STREET. Preacher next Sunday: REV. W. R. PRICE Scarborough. Services, 11 a.m. and 6 30 p.m. I "HNGLISII JgAPTIST TIURCII, I SUSSEX STREET, RHYL. I Preacher Next Sunday, REV. D. G. LEWIS, Pastor. ( Topic of Evening Sermon- I Gaining Time.' Morning at 11. Evening at 6 30. eek-night Services, Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. Collections at each Service. Christian Endeavour Society Fridav evening lot 7 30. G. II. WICKS, MANCHESTER, AUCTIONEER & VALUER, ACCOUNTANT. BUSINESS TRANSFER AGENCY. SALES BY AUCTION conducted in any part of the Country. SPECIAL RATES FOR NORTH WALES. l\/fR- WICKS gives personal attention to all ( commissions, and has a large and varied j selectioni of Businesses on offer, and has clients jior BOARDING HOUSES and Seaside Busi- nesses. 7, CATHEDRAL CHAMBERS, FENNEL IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS. I Every Mother who values the Health and I Cleanliness of her child should use HARI^ISOX'S 'RELIABLE' NURSERY I POMADE. One Application kills all Nits and Vermin, beautifies and strengthens the Hair. In Tins, i 9d" Postage Id. GEORGE W. HARRISON. Chemist, Broad Srteet, Reading, HARRISON. Chemist, Broad Srteet, Reading. \gent fs. Rhyl—G. E GRATTON. Chemist, )ueen's Square. NO PRELIMINARY FEES. LENT PRIVATELY. 1- In L. rge or Small Sums (not less than £ 10), Payable by instalments, or as mutually arranged. GN PROMISSORY NOTE ONLY, OR OTHER APPROVED SECURITY. Upwards of Ll,250,000 lent during the last 20 years. I'r)>pectus, terms for advances, and any in- formation required may be obtained Free of Charge, on application either personally or by letter to j GEORGE PAYNE, Accountant, 3, CRESCENT ROAD, RIJYL. Established 1870. TO BE LET. +_ TO LET.—72, WEST PARADE.—Modern, well-built, with lift and all conveniences. For further particulars apply to JOSEPH WILLIAMS, County Chambers, Rhyl. TO BE LET.—A Double-Fronted LOCK-UP JL SHOP, -No. 6, Wellington Chambers, Wellington Road. Counters, Window and Gas Fittings, Shelving, &c., to be taken at a valua- tion. Suitable for Hosiery, Stationery, or any fancv business. Immediate possession.-Apply to AMOS BROTHERS, 'Advertiser' Oflice, 13, Sussex Street. T OHOP and HOUSE To Let, situated in the O Roe, St. Asaph, newly erected, with all modern conveniences.—Apply in the first in- stance on the Premises. PRESTATYN. T'O LET.—House and about 11 acres Pasture Land adjoining.—Apply, Mr. JOHNSON, The Grange, Sandvcroft. Chester. TO BE LET.-51, WEST PARADE, with J- Coach-house and Stable, from May 1st, 1904.—Apply, SANDERS, 2, Gresford Avenue, Chester. PAVILION at Pier Entrance to let for Con- certs, Public Meetings, Bazaars, Danc~s, &c.-Apply, F. GEARY, Market Street, Rhyl. PLEASANT REFINED HOME for Lady and Gentleman, or Two Gentlemen, for winter months. Every comfort.—Apply, VOR- YD LODGE, near Rhyl Bridge. mO LET.—1, TOTTENHAM BUILDINGS, X High Street. Large Shop and Dwelling- house, best position in town. Immediate house, best position in town. Immediate possession. Rent, £ 75.—Apply, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Auctioneer, Rhyl, or HENRY WYNN PARRY", Solicitor, Gateshead-on-Tyne. RHYL—BOARD, RESIDENCE, or PRI- JLb VATE APARTMENTS conveniently situ- ated, near Sea and St?-Mon. Home Comforts. Terms moderate.—Mrs. AMOS, Eagle House, 9, Bodfor Street, Rhyl. IIO BE LET OR SOLD.—West Parade, Rhvl, NEWLY-ERECTED DWELLING HOU- SES, well suited for Boarding or High Class Lodging Houses, well and substiantially built and fitted with Lifts and all modern conven- iences. For particulars apply to SEEENHALGH & GEARY, Auctioneers, &c., Market Street, Rhyl. GUERNSEY: Gem of the Channel, Garden of Flowers and Fruit.—To secure Apart- ments, Houses, etc., advertise in the Guernsey Evening Press.' 12 words, once 6d., three times Is., one week Is. 6d. extra words, c! once, ld. thrice, lJjd. week. The only local daily, most widely read, and unrivalled as an advertising medium. Copy of journ., post free on application to the Manager. HOUSES TO BE LET OI SOLD.—Modern conveniences, pleasantly situated. Rents from L32 to L50. A-Iso several good Plots of BUILDING LAND for Sale cneap.—Apply, W. J. SIMCOCK, Architect, Surveyor, and Valuer, N. and S.W. Bank Chambers, Rhyl. FURNISHED APARTMENTS. — Londoners to a very large number visit Rhyl each ar, and those having apartments would quick- ly let by inserting a small advertisement in the Eastein Mercury,' 30 words for Is., or three times for 2s. This journal is the leading mid- weeklv for surbarban London and Essex. Ad- dress: Proprietor, the 'Eastern Mercury,' 82i, Leytori-stofie- London, N.E. RICHFIELD PARK.—TO BE LET or SOLD, Villa Residence and se/era] plots Building Land.—Apply for plan, Mr. Foulkos, Highfield, Rhyl.. TOBESOLD. IT1 OR SAT.K.—2 Small Stacks of IIAY.—C. r BANCKS, Towyn, Prestatyn. TO BE LET AT RHYL. A Commodious Detached Double-fronted DWELLING HOUSE, known as • Fron- dori," Crescent Road, Rhyl, comprising 4 good Entertaining Rooms, 7 Bedrooms, Large Kitch- en, and usual domestic offices, with large yard, v-ashhouse, drainage and water supply excel- lent. House in good repair, situate in centre of town, within 3 minutes' walk of Palace and Arcade, and West Parade, Promenade, and sea shore. Rent, £ 40 per annum. Immediate possession.—-Apply to OLIVER GEORGE, S'licitor, Rlivl. JVTORTAR MILL, ENGINE and BOILER for ■A.YJ.. Sale on completion of Contract, in first- class condition. Can be seen at Colet House Schools, Tarlcton Street, Rhvl.—Address, JOHN WILLIAMS, 70, Collingwood Street, Liverpool. TIOR SALE.—Two Second-hand PIANO- -1-' FORTES, splendid condition, good mak- ers. reliable. To be so!d at once. May te seen at MR. BRYAN Haydn House. Brighton Road, Rhyl. PHOTOGRAPHIC BUSINESS for disposal. i.I Make good Branch. Bargain for quick Sale.—PHOTOGRAPHER, Castle Studio, Con- way. LAND ON SALE. TO BE SOLD.—Several eligible ana freehold Plots of Building Land situated in River Street, Wellington Road, and Butterton Road, and in lots to suit purchasers. For particulars apply to Messrs. DAVID GRIFFITHS & SON, Contractors, Windsor Street. Rhvl. TO BE LET OR SOLD. MARINE DRIVE, RHYL—GOOD RESID- ENCE. Rent, £ 40. Price on applica- tion.—GREENHALGH & GEARY, Auction- eers, Rhyl. __0 TO BE SOLD. EXTENSIVE BUSINESS PREMISES IN centre of Town.—Apply, GREENHALGH AND GEARY Auctioneers Rhid. WANTED. MOLESKINS Wanted.—Any quantity pur- chased. Highest price given. Cash by rtturn.-GILBEY, Romford, Essex. DRAPERY.—Youth wanted as APPREN- U TICE or IMPROVER. For terms apply —ROBERT B. ARNOLD, Draper, Rhvl. WANTED.—Respectable GENERAL SER- BANT— BRYNTEG HOUSE, 4, River Street. RAI'E RY,-NV ante cl a Respectable YOUNG U LADY APPRENTICE.—Applv to J. FRTMSTON, High Street, Rhyl. rpHOMAS CO., 27, Brazennose Street, Man- JL Chester, have BUSINESSES of ever}7 des- cription for Sale from £ 15 up to E600. Ad- vice free. EXCELLENT OFF-LICENSE & GROCERY*, taking £ 15 weekly. Sure living for fam- ily. Every accommodotion. £ 130.—THOM- AS & CO., 27, Brazennose Street, Manchester. HIGH-CLASS BUTCHERING BUSINESS, JT taking £ 25 weekly. Can be doubled. Retiring after 30 years. Nicely fitted. £ 90. —THOMAS & CO., 27, Brazennose Street, 'Man- chester. HERBAL & DRUG STORES, a fortune for right man. Tenant, 7 years. Estab- lished 50 years. Large Stock. Every con- venience.—THOMAS & CO., 27, Brazennose Street, Manchester. Fels-Naptha j There are two ways to wash (1) go by the book (2) boil the clothes. If the first, Fels-Naptha has saved you ten times its cost. If the second, you are a stranger to it. Fels-Naptha 39 Wilson street London E C Sales by Public Auction. BODHYFRYD, Dyserth. IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS, CAPITAL- ISTS, AND BUSINESS MEN. Sale of Yen" Desirable and Valuable Freehold Business Premises, and Choice Building Land in the Parish of Dyserth. MR. JOSEPH WILLIAMS is instructed to submit to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the ALEXANDRA HOTEL, RHYL, on TUES- DAY*, 19th January, 1904, at 3 30 p.m. precisely (subject to Conditions to be then and there produced), all that FREEHOLD SHOP, DWELLING HOUSE, EXTENSIVE OUTBUILDINGS, AXD BUILDING LAND, I Situate and being, BODHYFRYD, DYSERTH. The New and Desirable HOUSE and SHOP comprises on the Ground Floor: Commodious Shop, Private Entrance Hall, Sitting Room, Large Living Room, Good Kitchen, with Three good Bedrooms above. The OUTBUILDINGS consist of Bakehouse, Three Warehouses (3 Storeys), Two 2-stall Stables, with Hay, Chaff-Cutting, and Flour Rooms above, Oil Room, Two Coach-houses, Two Cart Sheds, Cattle Shed, Pig Styes, Wash- house, Lumber and Store Room, with Domestic Offices and Garden. The BUILDING LAND contains about 2,400 square yards, with a frontage of about 65 yards to the Main R ad. The Property is comparatively newly-built and in excellent state of repair, constructed of Limestone and Slated, having South aspect, and situated on the Main Road to Rhyl. Total area, 3,509 square yards. Occupation on Completion of Purchase. For further particulars apply to the AUC- TIONEER, at his Offices, County Chambers, 4, Queen Street, Rhyl; or F. J. GAMLTN, Solicitor, Rhyl or to MESSRS. BROMLEY, JONES k CO., Solicitors, Rhyl, LLANFAIRFEGHAN. SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD CORNER HOUSE AND SHOP. MR. E. W. COLLINS-ROBERTS will Offer for Sale bv Auction, subject to Conditions, at the QUEEN'S HOTEL, LLANFAIRFECH- AN. on TUESDAY, 26th JANUARY, 1904, at 2 30 p.m., the Valuable Freehold Property known as CLOTH HALL, situate in Village Road. For full particulars see Posters. For further information applv to the AUC- TIONEER, Wellington Chambers, Rhyl, or to J. ROBERTS JONES. Solicitor, Rhyl. THURSDAY NEXT, JANUARY 14th, at 12 30. ST. ASAPH SIITHFIELD. FRANK LLOYD & SOSS Will Sell 80 to 100 Fat, Dairy and Store Cattle, including many Special Entries of Beef. 800 to 1,000 Fat Sheep and Lambs, Pigs and Calves. MORE ENTRIES EXPECTED & INVITED. Nos. 4 & 5, Plastinon Terrace, East Parade, Rhyl. 1\,TR. FRANCIS GEARY*, F.A.I., will Sell by _l_fX PUIiLfC AUCTION on the Premises, on THURSDAY, JAN. 14ih, 1504, the Surplus HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE And EFFECTS, briefly comprising: — .,I .t.. b. IN SITTING ROOM—Dining Room Suite, upholstered in Saddle-bags and Velvet (9 pieces), Piano by Edward Dale, Chester, Cabinet with bevelled Plate Mirrors. American base Rocker, Mahogany Sideboard, 3-fold Screen, Oil Paint- ings, Engravings, Pier Glass in Gilt Frame, Coal Vases, Carpets, Skin Mats, China Brack >t. and Ornaments, fcc. IN DRAWING ROOM—Suite upholstered, in leather (9 pieces), Octagon Centre Table, Inlaid Walnut Writing Desk, Mahogany Sideboard, 7 ft. in extension. Large Pier Glass in Gilt Frame, Tc-lescone Dining Table, 10 ft. in extension, fiilt Timepiece in Glass Case, Oil Paintings, Oliographs, Large Engraving The Worship of Bacchus,' with key, and other Engravings, Plaques, Ornaments. \-c. IN BEDROOMS—Brass and Iron and other Bedsteads, Wire, Spring, and other Mattresses, large quantity of FEAT! IKR BEDS, BOLS- TERS, and PILLOWS, Birch and Mahogany Chest-of-Drawers, Wash-stands, Duchesse Dress- ing Tables, Towel Rails, Toilet Glasses, Mahog- any 4-tier Chest-of-Drawers (oval front), &c. HALT.—Hall Hat and Umbrella Stand, liail Table. Marble Slab, Barometer and &-c. KITCHENS—Two or three Richmond's large Gas Cookers, Knife Machine, 3 Gas Fires, China, Kitchen Tables, Large assortment of Cooking Utensils, and sundry other Culinary Requisites. Also a GOVERNESS CAR and a Splendid GIG in perfect order, together with a complete Set of Harness. On View Morning of Sale. Sale to Commence at 1 o'clock Prompt. Auction and Estate Offices, Market Street, Rhyl. Walter C. Davies TT I House & Church Decorator HAS REMOVED TO 1, Waterloo Villas, Wellington Road. c 0 0 Private ITotel and Boarding Establishment 3, EAST PARADE, RHYL. MOST UP-TO-DATE PRIVATE HOTEL On the North Wales Coast. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. nTIXG, DRAWING, SMOKING, BILLTARD, COMMERCIAL, AND STOCK ROOMS DARK ROOM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY*. CONSERVATORIES. TENNIS COURT AND BOWLING GREEN. COACH-HOUSE, STABLING, AND MOTOR SHED. Model System of Heating and Ventilation. 'On. Perfect Sanitation. Recently Furnished and Decorated throughout. WEDDING BREAKFASTS & DINNERS A SPECIALITY*. Large and Small Parties catered for. TERMS STRICTLY MODERATE. Open to Visitors December, 22nd, 1903. Telephone, 0186. Caught in broad daylight stealing some wearing apparel, a thief in Birmingham was hot]}- pursued, and when overtaken made a savage attack with a heavy buckled belt upou his pursuers. After thirty-six years' service the Rev. Simon Carter, chaplain at the Birmingham public cemetery —woo celebrated his eighty-second birthday on Tuesday—still walks from his house to the cemetery and back, a distance of three and a half wiles. For stabbing her brother-in-law in the face with her hatpin a woman was lined at Mary lcbone 23s. and costs. Mr. Plowden told her that women were far too ready nowadays to use their hatpins in this [ fashion. PARRY & Evans DECORATORS, SIGN-WRITERS, PAPER-HANGERS, &c., 28, Abbey Street or TYIJTTI 8, Emlyn Grove, Ililjl. All Work done under Personal Supervision. Good Selection of Wall Paper of Latest Designs. ESTIMATES GIVEN. ASHFIELD & <o. The Rhyl Drugstores All Patent Medicines at Wholesale Prices. Telephone, Gi98. Flintshire Winter Assizes, 1904. NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Honourable Sir Walter George Frank Phillimore, Baronet, one of the Justices of His Majesty's High Court of Justice, assigned to hold the next Assizes for the County of Flint, will proceed to open the said Assizes, at Mold, on Wednesday, the 27th day of January instant, and all Justices of the Peace within the said County, and all others having business at the said Assizes, are required' to attend at the Countv Hall, in Mold, on Thursday, the 28th day of January instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely. JOHN WATKINSON, Esquire, High Sheriff. R. STEWART KELLY, Under Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Mold, 5th January, 1904. North & South Wales Bank, Ltd. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH DIVIDEND. NOTICE IS HEREBY* GIVEN that a Divid- end of Ten. per c„ent. per annum for the Half-year ended 31st ultimo, on the Capital of the Company, and a Bonus of Eight per cent. per annum (making a total distribution for the year of 16 per cent.), will be paid to the pro- prietors on and after the 18th instant at the Head Office and the various branches and at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothburv, London. The Income Tax will, as usual, be paid by the Bank. The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from this date to the 18th instant, inclusive. By order of the Directors, T. ROWLAND HUGHES, General Manager. Liverpool, 4th January, 1904. THE RECORD & AD VERTISER May be had from the Publishers, Amos Bros. By Post. Dehvered in Town. s. d. s. d One quarter 1 8 One quarter I 1 HalZ-yearly 3 4 Half-yearly. 2 2 Yearly 6 8 Yearly 4 4 All communications to be addressed to tht Editor. Telegraphic address, "Advertiser," Rhyl. Telephone, N,). 0190.
THE PROPOSED NORTH WALES ELECTRIC…
THE PROPOSED NORTH WALES ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY. £ 1,000,000 CAPITAL, The North Wales Power and Traction Com- pany, Limited, have deposited a bill for intro- duction into Parliament next session, under which power is sought to construct generating stations for the supply of electrical power in North Wales. The area proposed to be covered comprises the whole of the counties of Carnar- von, Merioneth, Anglesey, and Denbigh, with the exception of the borough and rurai district of Wrexham, and as much of the county of Flint as comprises the urban districts of Pres- tatyn and Rhyl and the rural districts of Over- ton and St. Asaph. The capital proposed to be expended by the company on the works, if authorised, shall not, without the consent of the Board of Trade, exceed the sum of £ 1,000,000,' which includes a proposed subscription not exceeding £ 100,000 to any incorporated company, or 'to any firm or person' agreeing to take a supply of elec- tricity from the company. On the passing of the Act it is sought to take over the powers granted in 1901 to the Portmadoc, Beddgelen, and South Snowdon Railway Company as far as they relate to the construction of generating stations and the generation of electricity, and the supply thereof within certain parts of the county of Carnarvon.' The powers of the com- I pany for the supply of energy are to be limited to 'authorised undertakers' and 'to persons requiring a supply for power,' and the profits divisible by the company are limited: to 10 per cent., subject to a sliding scale set out in the bill. By clause 35 the powers granted under the bill are to cease if, within two years from the passing of the Act, no substantial progress has been made for the purpose of carrying out their powers.'
,TOWN AND COUNTRY NOTES.
TOWN AND COUNTRY NOTES. The action of the Board of Education in postponing the appointed day for Flint- shire has placed the managers of the differ ent schools in the county in an awkward position. It would be inreiesting to know who is really the author of this precious scheme to intimidate the County Councils into providing rate aid for schools that are I not completely under their control. That the Board of Education are dancing to the music of some local sectarian influence is without a doubt. But who is the piper ? Not the Bishop surely ? His public utter- ances would seem to suggest that he be- lieves reason and justice is on the side of the County Councils. No one reading his articles in the Nineteenth Century can come to any other conclusion. True he stipulates for sectarian teaching in all public schools during school hours once a week. That suggestion, however, is so utterly impracticable that we cannot imagine it to be seriously meant. Why the remedy would be worse than the evi!. Every day of the week would be taken up by one or other of the many sects. Even Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers would claim the right, and properly so, to inculcate their principles into the minds of the young. The thing is preposterous. Education in its truest and best sense would be paralysed if the Bishop's extraordinary proposals were agreed to. But we welcome none the less his latest contribution to the controversy as indicating the prevailing disposition on the part of intelligent Churchmen not merely to arrive at a concordat, but as recognising the existence of Nonconformist grievances. Once those grievances are ad- mitted every semblance of justification—if any ever existed--f)r the Education Act in its present form is destroyed. The recent (leclai ation ot the Bishop of St. Asaph must infallibly tend to encourage the County Councils in the attitude they have taken up, and to treat with contempt the puerile efforts of Lord Londonderry and his satelites to coerce them into a different line of a tion. Meanwhile the Tory and Church forces in the county are actively preparing for an aggressive campaign in view of the forth- coming County Council elections. They mean to make a determined effort to cap- ture the county. Therein lies the meaning of the policy of the Board of Education. They will keep on postponing the appoin- ted day until after the County Council elections in the hope that the Conservatives may capture the majority of the seats, With the experience of Denbighshire some six years ago before us. such a contingency must not by any means be regarded as im- probable, and even in Flintshire on one occasion the capture cf a couple of seats would have turned the scale. It will, there- fore, be seen how important it is that the Liberal party in every electoral division of the county should be fully prepared for the fray. It will be a desperate struggle. The Conservative party will be well organised, and will have behind it the full power and weight of clerical, territorial and publican influences in the county. This time it will be a well-desciplined and organised force that will have to be fought and not a series of hurriedly improvised local organisations such as have had to be contended with in past years. The question is, What are the Liberal party doing to resist this movement ? It is well known that they have no organ- ising agent at the present time. There is no one to direct their forces or to settle the plan of campaign. In many instances the local Liberal leaders are either so submersed in indifference, or so completely at logger- heads with each other that the spirit of unity has long been a stranger in the tents of the party. In the conflict for Who shall be greatest' in the counsels of the party and in thepublic life of the county the general welfare of Liberalism has been lost sight of. We know we shall be blaitied for thus speaking our minds, but it is time somebody did so. Liberalism has too long been used as an instrument for personal aggrandisement and personal ambitions. We want to see a reversion to those times when principles, political and otherwise, are pursued for their own sake rather than for any honour or gain that they bring in n y their train. At the present time the very existence of Nonconformity is menaced, and we feel it is incumbent upon us to call public attention to some of the influences within our own camp which threaten to impair the strength of the party and render it impotent in the day of battle. In the face of the common danger, why will not men sink their petty quarrels and petty jealousies so that the ranks of the party may be closed and a formidable front p'e sented to the enemy when the critical day arrives. In the past County Council elec- tions have always been fought on political grounds. Then there was some amount of torce in the Tory contention that such ought not to be the case that politics ought not to be allowed to enter so largely into an election of this kind. Now they must shift their ground. They are going to try and capture the county for a definite political and sectarian purpose. Their object is to obtain possession of the rates of the county in order to maintain schools for teaching sectarian degrna. When their b purpose is thus revealed in its naked ugli- ness it passes our comprehension that the Liberal party should be so sublimely in- different to their fate, and be content to wait for some providential intervention in their interest rather than upon earnest and systematic effort of their own. To come to close quarters, what are they doing in y z;1 Rhyl? We know that the Conservative and Church party have their candidates ready for the three wards that their ele-ti n machinery is already being perfected. Even in the forthcoming casual in election the representation of the South Ward on the Urban District Council they have got their man prepared. While our party leaders are being hypnotised into inaction by the friendly overtures, the plausible talk and the diplomatic patronage of the clever and aristocratic chiefs of the other side, the Conservatives are developing and maturing their plan of attack and preparing for the overthrow of Liberalism in the county. The whole thing is perfectly clear to every thoughtful and far-seeing man. All this conciliatory talk, all this make-believe friendships is part.of the general plan of campaign. The sooner it is realised that the: Conservative and Church forces mean business and that all their friendliness and taik of coneiliaton is a hollow pretence to put Liberals ofl the scent the better. Too much time has been lost already. If the situation is to be saved Liberals must sink all jinerences and rally to the battle cry with the unity, the aggressiveness, and the determination which marked their fighting on the occasion of the first election of County Councillors fourteen years ago. A straw, it is stated, will suffice to show how the wind blows, and an incident that happened the other day will possibly shed a flood of light on the sincerity or other- wise of the professions of the Bishop for a conciliatory policy in regard to the ad- ministration of the Education Act. In Cerrig-y-druidion there is a charity known as Ty Ddu Charity. Among other pur- poses the proceeds of the charity are ap- plied towards the maintenance of the National Schools of the parish. The exis- tence of this chanty was only made known in a general sense during the Government inquiries conducted some twelve years ago into the Charities of Wales. As a result of the revelation of the existence of this particular L-harity a parish meeting was held at Cerrig-y-druidion and new trustees were appointed,among whom were a number of Nonconformists, and among them the Rev. R. Richards, of this town, who was then a Calvinistic Methodist minister at Cerrig-y druidion. These tiustees were accorded a voice in the management of the National Schools, and on Wednesday last they were invited by Mr. H. A. Cleaver, the Diocesan Registrar, to meet at the Church House, Denbigh, to appoint mana- gers under the provisions of the new Education Act. I here were present at the meeting six trustees who were Churchmen and four who were Nonconformists. Under the terms of the Act four managers were to be b appointed, and it was stated that the Rector of the parish, by virtue of his office, must be one of the managers. Thus it was left to the meeting to elect three trustees. The Bishop of St. Asaph, it should be observed, was in the chair. The Nonconformist members agreed to the unanimous election of Mr. W. A. Jones as a second manager. Two more managers remained to be elec- ted, and the Rector promptly proposed the election of two Churchmen in the persons of Messrs. David Jones, Bryn Saint, and W. R Parry. This was more than the Nonconformist members could stand. To monopolise the whole of the management was carrying clerical intolerance to its most extreme limit. The Rev. R. Richards ac- cordingly proposed the election of Dr.. Davies, the present chairman of the School Board, and Mr. John Roberts, Clyst Blaidd, both, of course, Nonconformists. The r sail was that five voted each way, Colonel Mainwaring, with that broad-mindedness and regard for fair play which is such a conspicuous trait of his character, voting with the Nonconfonrists. The Bishop of St. Asaph not only voted with the Rector in the first instance, but he gave his casting vote for his nominees. It is, perhaps, a small and insignificant incident, but it may help to disillusionise some of our hypno- tised leaders as to the bonafides of the con- ciliatory disposition of the Bishop of St. Asaph. Mr. Lloyd George, clever and astute though he is, was once pretty nearly deceived, but in vain is the net spread before him just now. It is exceedingly probable that the Rhyl Urban District Council at their monthly meeting on Monday will decide to comply with the resolution of the ratepayers meet- ing to take a poll of the town on the ques- tion of the acceptance of Mr. Carnegie's gift and the adoption of the Free Library Act in Rhyl. Indeed if they were to re- fuse to do so they would be breaking faith with the ratepayers and placing themselves in a very invidious and uner,viable position. We cannot but regret the strong opposition that was manifested at the meeting to the acceptance of the offer. When the town has an oppoitunity of this kind it surely ought to make some sacrifice in order to embrace it. What surprised us more than anything was to find among those who evinced a feeling of opposition were certain ministers of the gospel. We believe that it is an accepted fact that institutions of this kind have proved a most effective means for improving the moral tone of the com- munity as well as for mental and intellec- tual culture. It would naturally be thought, therefore, that ministers would be among- the first to welcome such an offer as that made by Mr. Carnegie to establish in Rhyl a Free Library where all sections of the community might freely resort in quest of congenial and elevating literature. To do them justice we believe that the great majority of them are heartily in favour of it. Unfortunately, however, they were conspicuous by their absence at the ratepayers' meeting, and such of the cloth as were present and took part gave colour to the belief that the ministerial element were only anxious for the moral and intellectual advancement of the community, when it did not touch their own pocket. It is extremely un- fortunate that such an impression should be allowed to go abroad. Among the j more thoughtful and respectable section of the community it has created a decidedly unpleasant feeling. There is little doubt that the more responsible and the largest ratepayets are thoroughly in favour of the scheme. It is unfortunately these who are unable to appreciate the benefits of such an institution, though they are the persons who will appreciate them the most later on, who are opposed to it, and they are leu by people with whom the moral uplifting, and the intellectual improvement of the community are the very last considerations. We trust that those who are entrusted with the responsibility of leading us in things spiritual, and in guiding us into a cleaner and healthier social atmos- phere will give the ratepayers a lead in this matter. It is their bounden duty to dissipate that impression created by certain of their number at the meeting in question, and we hope that before the poll is taken a joint manifesto will be issued signed by all the ministers in Rhyl, both Church and Nonconformists, urging the ratepayers to do the right thing and to vote in favour of accepting the handsome offer made to them by Mr. Carnegie, an offer that is not likely to be repeated once it has been rejected. At the Flintshire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday Mr Eldon Bankes referred to the Poor Prisoners Defence Act, an Act which enables magistrates and judges to direct that prisoners who are too poor to pay a solicitor to defend them shall be defended at the public expense. He expressed the intention of the magistrates in that court to administer the Act fairly and justly and they were afforded an immediate oppor- tunity of giving effect to their intentions in this respect, Among the prisoners was t5 the redoubtable Jack Bala, a notorious Rhyl ruffian who was charged with assaulting a Rhyl publican. Prompted by one of the advocates he applied to the court to direct that he should be defended. The promptness of the request appeared to have a somewhat disconcerting effect on the bsnch. They seemed to scarcely expect il, and the record of the prisoner was such an unenviable one that we can quite understand that they should hesitate in concluding that this was such a case as was contemplated by the Act. They evidently had serious Joubts about it, and apparently were only induced to comply with the request because it was the first application made to them. We believe that thsy showed a. wise discretion. Un- mitigated ruffian though Jack Bala is there is just a possibility that occasion any arise when he, and others like him, may be unjustly charged. It often happens that suspicion will attach to a man of having committed an offence on no other ground than that his past character is such as to justify the belief that he is quite capable of committing it. Though it may seem an undue stretching of the Act to extend its benefits to such a worthless specimen of the human race as Jack Bala we think it is erring on the right side, and fulfilling the highest conceptions of British justice and British fairness when a prisoner is accorded the fullest opportunity of having said all that has to be said in his favour. Very often it may happen that a prisoner may find that being defended may obtain for him more severe punishment than if he were not. Sometimes judges and magis- trates in passing sentences make allowance for the fact that possibly something might be said on behalf of the prisoner which might extenuate his ofTence, and his inibil- ity to urge those extenuating circumstances himself or to employ an advocate to urge them for him may form an element: in de- ciding the extent of the punishment. But when all has been said that can be said on behalf of the prisoner these conditions no longer obtain and punishment is meted out in accordance with the merits of the case and the deserts of the offender. We hope that this new aud beneficent act will con- tinue to be interpreted in the broad and generous spirit in which it has been ccm- 0 menced.