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ANGLESEY.
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ANGLESEY. E. J. Griffith (L) R. O. Roberts (U) 2>43" Liberal majority 3>452 Wild enthiisiasm prevailed at Holryneaa on Saturday night, when Mr. Ellis Griffith, in com- pany with Mrs. Griffith and the Rev. John Wil- liams 4 Brynsiencyn), arrived by train from Llan- gefni, a crowd of large dimensions assembling in the vicinity of the station. When the hon- member appeared he was greeted with vociferous cheering, renewed again and again. He was escorted by the cheering crowd to the residence of Mr. T. R. Evans, after which he entered a carriage, wihch was drawn by willing hands, a huge crowd following him round the town. The rejoicings were great, and were carried on until a late hour. Seen by a correspondent, Mr. Griffith said he attributed his largely mcreased majority to the great enthusiasm and splendid work of the Siambers of the Liberal party throughout the constituency. I also think that part of the enormous majority is to be attributed to the fact that long before the election took place we had organised a series of meetings throughout the conn/ty, where the Budget had been explained in detail and the constitutional aspect of its not unlikely rejection by the House of Lords. To Mr. Cyril Jones, the agent of the Liberal party, must also be attriubted all that successful organ- isation can accomplish." MR. R. O. ROBERTS ON HIS DEFEAT. Addressing his 'supporters at the Constitu- tional Club, 'Holyhead, on Saturday night, Mr. R. O. Roberts, the defeated candidate, who was accorded an enthusiastic reception, said he ascribed his defeat to three causes—the exagger- ated statements made in regard to old-age pensions, the gross misrepresentation of the Budget, and the organised demonstration in Llangefni, at which over 6,000 of the electors of the constituency were present on the day pre- ceding the poll and at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke. He was convinced that every Conservative worker did his best and that everything that could be done had been done. He attributed the increase in his opponent's majority to the fact that a large number of waverers had been carried away by the enthu- siasm which prevailed at the Llangefni meeting. It had been a strenuous and uphill fight, but he felt confidenet that had he been allowed another 10 days or a fortnight he would have done very much better. (Cheers.) Taking all things into consideration he was perfectly satisfied. He would at once restart with a view to strengthen- ing the weak links in the organisation of the party forces in the county and to preparing with one united force for the next contest. (Cheers.)
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MONTGOMERY BOROUGHS. J. D. Rees (L) 1,539 E. Pryce-Jones (U) 1,5'26 Liberal majority 13 Remarkable scenes prevailed at the declara- tion of the poll in the Montgomery Boroughs on Saturday, when Mr. J. D. Rees was returned by 13 votes. Montgomery itself is strongly Conservative, and the new member was unable to obtain a hearing when he attempted to return thanks, and on leaving the Town Hall was assaulted by the crowd. Mr. Rees, speaking to a correspondent, said: I attribute my success to the hard work of my friends and to the fact that the really intelligent electors are satisfied with a representative who renounces aU extremists, faddists, and Socialists, and endeavours in a business-like way to pro- mote the interests of his country." Colonel Pryce-Jones, addressing his supporters said that 13 was an ugly figure and meant notice to quit on the next occasion. Though they were disappointed with the result they were delighted to find the country going: right. The House of fiords had been justified bv the elections, and the Budget was a dead letter. The Liberals would be dependent on the Irish vote for a majority.
FLINTSHIRE.
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FLINTSHIRE. Mr. J. Herbert Lewis (I.). 6,610 Colonel Howard (U) 4.454 Liberal majority 2,156 The result of the Flintshire contest was de- I clared at one o'clock on Mondav afternoon at the Flint Town Hall. Mr. J. Lloyd Price, the High Sheriff, presided during the count and, before appearing on the balcony to declare the result to the people, read out the figures in the presence of the candidates and their agents. Mr. Herbert Lewis thereupon moved a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff and his staff. He said it fell to his lot to do this for the fifth time in that Town Hall. As regards the contest itself, hi., gallant opponent, Colonel Howard, and him- self had been on the most friendly terms possi- ble. He trusted that that kind of friendly feel- ing might prevail among all who had taken part in the fight. Colonel Howard was highly re- spected in the county, and nobody would respect him in the slighest degree less because upon this occasion he had not been at the head of the poll. Colonel Howard, in seconding the motion, said he did so with great pleasure, because Mr. Lloyd Price was a personal, friend of his. Mr. Herbert Lewis and he had always been frienos, and he trusted they would remain so. From his party's point of view he would have been glad to be at the head of the poll, but as they were net they accepted the situation. (Applause.) In responding, Mr. Lloyd Price congratulated Mr. Herbert Lewis upon his success, and Colonel Howard upon the gallant fight he had made. THE DECLARATION. All morning it had been raining heavily, and the weather had also been very cold and gloomy. This prevented the journey to Flint from neigh- bouring parts of the county which would have been undertaken by large numbers of the county electors otherwise, and when the result of the election was announced from the Town Hall balcony the crowd in the streets was com- paratively small. Its sympathy, however, was with the winning candidate, who was very heartily cheered when he came forward to speak. Mr. Herbert Lewis said: Electors of Flint- shire, I thank you for the great honour you have% conferred upon me. I am about to enter upon the work of the fifth Parliament of which I have been a member. I feel the responsibility to be a great one. I shall try to discharge it in the future, as in the past, with loyalty to my constituency and to those great interests which it represents. (Cheers.) Both parties ilike will have a claim upon me in the discharge of those duties. (Cheers.) I am glad to be able to say that my gallant opponent, Colonel Howard, and I have been friendly throughout this contest, and I trust that we shall continue to be friends, and that our respective supporters, now that the con- test is over, will let bygones be bygones, 90 far as political differences are concerned. I thank you once more, and now, standing her-> as your member, I wish each and all of you, to whatever party you may belong, all success and prosperity for yourselves and for mv native county. (Cheers.) I Colonel Howard, who was also received with cheers, said I am exceedingly obliged to you all for the kind way in which you have carried out this contest. Although we are not as a party satisfied with the result of this contest, we are better satisfied, with the results generally. I can only say with Mr.I^ewis that my services are always at the foot of my county of Flint, for which I am always glad to de anything I can do. (Cheers.) J MR. HERBERT LEWIS ON THE CONTEST. Cheers were given for Mr. Herbert Lewis, who was a minute Later carried over to the Liberal Club, where he again spoke, his words being received with much enthusiasm. They had had a hard fight, he said, both in the boroughs and the county, and Flintshire had remained, and he ventured to think would re- main, true to the great Liberal cause. The victory was even more remarkable than at the last election. Then there had been ten years of Conservative Government, and it must be re- membered that that Liberal Croverninent spent its majority in proportion to the good work it did. ^Cheers.) The better it worked the more quickly did its majority go down. The opposite party in this contest had worked with a desper- ate tenacity of purpose that was certainly not witnessed four years ago. He therefore came down to Flint that morning hoping for a major- ity of 1,500 and it was indeed most gratifying to find that the figure of 2,000 had been consider- ably passed. (Cheers.) With the exception of that at the last election, it was the finest major- ity they had ever had in all the political history of Flintshire. (Cheers.) He thanked from his heart all who had contributed to this great result by individual effort and individual sacrifice. At Mold, on Saturday, he was told of a poor man who wanted to go to vote at Prestatyn. There was no conveyance for him he could not afford to pay his fare, and it was not legal for the Liberals to pay the fare for him. So he walked all the way. (Cheers.> Another man walked all the way from Ruthin to Mold in order to-record his vote. Instances of that kind made him specially proud of his electors. They knew of many who had had to make heavy sacrifices for their convictions during the election; and he felt, consequently, not only that it was worth while, but that it was his solemn duty to work for the great cause, in behalf of which others were making such sacrifices, as long as life should last. (Cheers.) He had many workers to thank all over the constituency, but he had one worker to thank who, he frankly told them, had been of greater help to him than anybody else. (A voice: Mrs. Lewis," and cheers.) Well, he was sure no member of Parliament could have a wife who was a greater help to him in every possible way. (Cheers.) After thank- ing his agent, Mr. Fred Llewellyn-Jones, his assistants, Mr. Arthur Hughes and Mr. John Ro- berts, the district agents and other officials and the ladies, Mr. Herbert Lewis said he was just off to East Denbighshire to endeavour to repay some oi the debt he owed to Mr. Hemmerde, who had been all over the country addressing meetings. (Cheers.) From East Denbighshire he was going to a less enlightened portion of the country—the South of England, to help Liberal friends and colleagues there—(cheers)—so for the rest of the week he would still be engaged in electioneering. (Cheers.) MRS. LEWIS. Mrs. Herbert. Lewis, for whom there were general calls for a speech, said that though elections were hard work, and one got very tired, there was this advantage in them that one made manv new friends and also saw the conditions in which the constituents lived, and what their difficulties and needs were. (Cheers.) The ladies all over the county had been doing very good work this election. She thanked them all for what they had done for Mr. Je-wis and the Liberal cause. She knew quite well they had got the best man—(laughter and cheers)— and they might be sure she would do her best to look after him for them. Her great difficulty was to look after him and see that he did noi overwork, and that he kept himself well and strong. (Cheers.) MR. SUMMERS. Mr. J. W. Summers, M.P. for the Boroughs, was called for and was greeted with three hearty cheers 'He said he was glad to be present to rejoice with them in the re-election of their old member. He had asked the county to send up to the House of Commons a good sound Liberal and they had done it. He was glad indeed to have as his colleague his friend Mr. Herbert Lewis. Their sympathies and principles were practically identical, and speaking generally, they would be found in the same lobby. (Cheers.) He took the opportunity of thanking the workers in the Boroughs. He appreciated very much the work which his agent, Mr. F. Llewellyn-Jones, and Mr. Arthur Hughes had done, and as for the rank and file they had' none of them made excuse, but had worked heartily from beginning to end. Great forces had been arrayed against them, but notwith- srtandins: Tariff Reform and all the other cries, Flintshire and the Flint Boroughs had been true to their old principles. (Cheers.) Some people were prophesying that the next election would come scon, but whether it came I sooner or later that county would be true to the Liberal cause. (Cheers.)
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MERIONETHSHIRE. I Ilaydn Jones (L) 6.065 R. Jones Morris (U) j Liberal majority 4,192 Wild enthusiasm prevailed at Dolgelley yes- terday when Colonel l^urton, the High Sheriff, declared the result. The huge Liberal majority j surprised even the most sanguine Liberals, as j everyone considered if Mr. ILaydn Joues polled t less by some few hundreds than did the late Mr. T. E. Ellis in 1895 it would be a great | triumph. Before the declaration was made to the public 1 Mr. Haydn Jones, in returning thank3 to the | High Sheriff, said that the contest had been fadrly fought on both sides, and that personali- ties had been cunspicious by their absence. He ] and Mr. Jones Morris would be as great friend, { a ever. j Mr. Jones Morris, in seconding the vote of thanks, reciprocated Mr. Haydn Jones's re- j marks, and before leaving the roam the two gentlemen shook hands warmly. Later, from the Liberal rooms, Mr. Haydn Jones addressed some hundreds of his sup- porters, who had congregated in the square. For several minutes Mr. Jones was unable to proceed owing to the cheers. When it became possible for his voice to be heard, Mr. Jones said: We have fought and we have gained a magnificent victory. It is not a victory for me but for the electors. Never before in the history of Merioneth has such a victory been gained. We have had to fight against great powers, but rv.ir .nT1C'<n""nf< lrnnw hftw where thev stand J "r't" -J Our opponents have fought fair, but they iiave left 110 stone unturned, and they i-an not rail back on the excuse that they are beaten because they did not try their best. The 4,192 majority to-day has been won after our opponents hau done their level best. (Cheers.) Speaking at a later stage, Mr. Jones said: — We have had a grand fight and a splendid victory, the greatest in the history of Merioneth. (Cheers.) Every possible power was brought against us. but the men stood like a rock. (A voice: "The ladies too," and laughter.) Yes, they worked splendidly. (Cheers.) This is a victory for the electors, not for me personally. I am quite certain that no electors anywhere worked better than you did in Merioneth. I hope to see you oftener. Keep up the spirit of battle and the enemy will not dare to attack us again. If they do they shall have a better beat- ing next time. I enter the House of Commons backed by a grand majority and determined to work to the best of my ability with Mr. Lloyd George. (Cheers.) I thank you all for what you have done for me, but it wis a battle of principle, not of persons. Nevertheless I thank you all. (Cheers.)
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m The Chancellor's Youth. EARLY INFLUENCES. The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George is the sub- ject of the In the Days of my Youth story in the currenrt number of the deservedly popular weekly magazine, M.A.P. and the Chan- cellor writes in most interesting ashion of the influences that surrounded his early days and the circumstances which brought him into prominence. Mr. Lloyd George says:- My father was a schoolmaster and a Unitar- ian, and he left Wales to follow his profession in England. He was stationed at Manchester and Liverpool. In Liverpool, he was master of the Hope Street School; the manager of the school was the Rev. Dr. Martineau, and so this great divine was one of the' early influences, in manv ways, on my life, and that of my people. He was a friend of my father, and we have several memorials of their friendship. I was born in Manchester in 1863. My father died when I was but two years old. He left a very small fortune to my mother, and she had to make a hard struggle to bring up her children. She was a fine character—gentle, un- selfish and courageous. She never complained, and never spoke of her struggles. It was not till long after that her children fully appreciated how much they owed to her, and how fine her spirit had been in the hard task of bringing up her fatherless family. She took little interest in things outside her family, knew nothing of politics, but was profoundly stirred by religious questions. She owed much to Mr. Geoffrey, a Liverpool solicitor, who was a Unitarian, and a friend of my father. He helped to protect and realise the small property my father had left. My life and career, after my mother, I owe mainly to an uncle who was more than a parent to me. My mother was the daughter of a Welsh Baptist minister; it is her religion I have followed. WHERE I SPENT MY BOYHOOD. The death of my father ended all our ties with England, and my mother instinctively turned to our home in Wales, where her brother lived. This was the village of Llanystumdwy, South Carnarvon. It was a typical Welsh village, both physically and socially. It was the centre of an amphitheatre of hills had the sea in the near distance and abundant woods; was picturesque, beautiful, and inspiring. Socially, it was at that period in my boyhood entirely under the yoke of the village squire and the village parson. The land was strictly reserved, which did not prevent us youngsters from having our joyous days in the woods, searching for nuts and cherries. Whenever we were on one of these marching expeditions, we used to have some of our companions to keep watch, lest we should be caught by the keepers. Our dread of the keeper was not without cause. A boy who had killed a hare had to be sent away by his widowed mother from the farm which she occupied. If she had not done so, she would probably have been turned out of the farm. The other farmers dared not take the lad in. He left the village, and, I think, he died early. SCHOOL LIFE. The only school in the village was a Church school. There were not half a dozen Church children in the school; but all the atmosphere and the government of the school were of the Church. I 1 was regarded as a promising pupil; and I was especially strong in the Church catechism, in which I usually got the first place. Our teacher was all right, but the managers of the school varied according to temperament. Some were broad-minded, and respected the views of the Nonconformists others were bigoted, and asked questions which were insulting to the faith of the parents of the children. But even weak people can devise means of meeting oppression. I had not then heard of the Russian Nihilists, nor of the starvation strike by which thoy conquered their goalers. But we had a mild imitation of that experience. I organised a boycott of the examinations as a protest against this type of question, and we refused to answer. This put an end to this style of question. -= SIR J HERBERT ROBERTS, Bart., M.P. I I MY UNCLE'S INFLUENCE. I was receiving, meantime, a good deal of education at home—education both in books and in the controversies of my time. My uncle kept a shoemakers shop. His shop was a rendezvous for the village—the centre of gossip, of disputa- tion, of all the conflicts of religious and politi- cal creeds. He was himself a man of mild and broad temper, and he acted as a mediator among the combatants when conflict grew too warm. I can never tell how much I owed to this good man. His home was comfortable, but thrifty and pinched. Our bread was home-made we scarcely ate fresh meat, and I remember that our greatest luxury was half an egg for each child on Sunday morning. My un-cle never married, and he set himself the task of educating the children of his sister as a sacred and supreme duty. To that duty, he gave his time, his energy, and all his money. There was no opportunity of learning French in the- village school and yet French was necess- ary. The way we got out of we difficulty was for my poor uncle and myself to sit together for hours, and laboriously spell out of an old French dictionary and out of a grammar, the rudiments of the language. It was a painful and difficult way of learning a language, but it fairly succeedrd. r My uncle gave me at an early age a love 01 literature. The first book I remember to have interested me, outside my school books, was Rollin's Ancient History. I also got hold of Macau lay, and read and re-read his pages with rapture. I START MY CAREER. After the village school, I went to the Uni- versity College at Aberystwyth—now a Univers- ity, then only a school. This was the end of my school education. At sixteen years of age, I was articled a clerk in a solicitor's office. I had passed the preliminary examination, which is necessary before entering on the profession, when I was fourteen. It was not an. easy matter for me to thus start studying for the law. Small sums are big to small people, and the £ &o to £ 100 I had to pay for my articles, the money for the Government Stamps, the heavy prices of law books, the ex- pense of th:- journey to Liverpool for the pre- liminary examination, the still greater expense of a journey to London for the final examination -all these things mounted up to a large sum. I was articled' to a solicitor at Portmadoc; and I lived with a nice old couple whose children had all gone out into the world in search of livelihood. They were most kind to me, and, indeed, treated me as though I were a child of their own. For five- years and a half I remained an apprentice at the end of that time, my uncle's small fortune was exhausted, and I had not enough left even to buy my robes. In Wales a solicitor has to appear in robes before he gets audience., a thing, I believe, unknown in the English Law Courts, in the case of solicitors. The robes cost, I think, three guineas, and, if I remember rightly, I had to wait till I had got one or two cases before I was able to meet this outlay. My first case was a. complicated equity case in which no fewer than ten or eleven solicitors were employed. I worked on. starting from my office every morning at half-past seven from Criccieth--then, and now, my home. A FAMOUS CASE. I daresay I should have ied many years longer a country solicitor if my name had not been brought into some public notice by what is known as the Llanfrothan burial case. It was one of those peculiarly harsh cases which excite passion and attract public attention. The cir- cumstances were these A quarryman, in dying, had asked to be buried by the side of a daughter whom he had greatly loved. The daughter was buried in the parish churhyard, and the quarryman was a Dissenter. The- vicar at first was ready to com- ply with the prayer but, being served with a notice under the Burials Act passed by the late late Mr. Osborne Morgan-a notice which com- pelled the vicar to give the body a place in the burial ground—he became angry. He replied that he would bury the body in the churchyard, but that he would burv it where, he liked and he chose as the spot for the poor quarryma.n, not the place he had asked beside his daughter's grave, but a spot, bleak and sinister, in which were buried the bodies of the unknown drowned that were washed ur> from the sea in this region of shipwrecks, or of suicides, or of the few Jews that died in the district. The people came to me; I advised that the gates of the churchyard should be forced. They were forced there were fines for tresspass, and then long litigation. By the time the struggle had come to an end, my name was known all over the Principality. HOW I ENTERED POLITICS. This is, perhaps, what led partly to my selec- tion to fight the Carnarvon Boroughs in 1889. My brother had entered into partnership with me, and I was free to take up political life. In April, 1890, I was returned. My opponent was Mr. Ellis Nanney, the squire of the small vill- age in which I had passed my boyhood, repre- sentative of the class and the creed with which I had been brought into conflict from my earl- iest year. In the second contest I had as my opponent Sir John Puleston, and in the third Mr. Nanii-v was again my opponent. I need not dwell on my life in Parliament. -n_ _n- It is too recent, and is, perhaps, familiar to all who take an interest in Welsh questions. I may mention, as the most agreeable- incident of my political life, that I spent a couple of days in the society of Mr. Gladstone in Sir Edward Watkin's chalet on Snowdon. They were the most delightful and instructive days of my life. I had an opportunity of seeing that wonderful versatility and that extraordin- ary range of knowledge which was one of that great man's most marked characteristics. I will give two instances that come back to my mind. The chalet was roofed with zinc. Mr. Gladstone described to us all the processes though which zinc passed in manufacture. Then he spoke of sugar-candy; of the tax on sugar which existed in the days. of his youth; and described the surprise he felt on going into a shop at Nantwich when h:o found the vast difference in the price of sugar-candy now and the price in his early days. Here I end this brief record of my life.
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Eddy Brown comes to Colwyn Bay. I THE PHENOMENAL YOUNG VOLINIIST. A rare musical treat has been arranged by the management of the Victoria Pavilion, Colwyn Bay, for Saturday evening, February 5th, when an opportunity will be given of hearing Eddy Brown, the wonderful boy violinist. It is not often that prophecy is fulfilled and seldom that it is fulfilled in so great a measure as in the case of Eddy Brown, the wonderful young violinist. Five years ago Professor Joachim heard him play, and immediately pro- phesied that he would be one of the greatest violinists the world has ever had. and it is to-day common knowledge how fully this ha? come about. Eddy Brown is an American boy by birth, and possesses all the love for sport and hobbies which the English lad has. He is an ardent reader of various standard works of our greatest writers and is celebrated for his" belle esprit." In fact, in reference to this, he has a remarkably retentive memory for a large number of witty sayings and anecdotes, culled from various portions of the globe, which he has a happy knack of retailing at the right moment. This, combined with his charm of manner and pleasant, cheerful disposition, \1 causes him to be very popular among all with whom he comes into contact. Eddy Brown was born at Chicago in 1895, his father being of Austrian extraction. The first inspiration that came to him was after having heard Ysaye play one night at a concert in Chicago in I905. The boy seemed to be quite dazed for some time afterwards, and it was then that he first showed his extraordinary talent for mudc and for the violin in particular. He went to Budapest and commenced his earliest studies with Professor Hubay, who looked upon him as his favourite pupil. After three years study with Professor Hubay, Eddy Brown played before a large audience of 5 000 people in Budapest and everybody went mad about him, it being re- marked on every hand that a new star had arisen in the musical firmament. The remarkable genius of this wonderful boy was brought to the notice of Mr Daniel Mayer, the celebrated Concert Director, who has become re- nowned for inroducing to the world many of the greatest artistes that have ever appeared. It is well known that Mr Daniel Mayer first introduced Mr Paderewski, and other great artistes of the same calibre, to the musical world. Eddy Brown's success at his first orchestral concert in London last September was instantaneous, and from then he has gone from triumph to triumph. He has played at all the most important concerts in London, including the Royal Albert Hall Orchestral concerts, the New Symphony Or- chestral concerts, the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society's concerts, the Queen's Hall Orchestral concerts, etc., etc., and his forthcoming visit to Colwyn Bay will be keenly anticipated by all music lovers. It is a remarkable fact that Eddy Brown has never yet played before any audience which did not immediately recognise, after the opening bars, that they were in the presence of a genius and hail him at the close of every piece with the greatest enthusiasm.
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Election Scenes in Carnarvon Boroughs. Election Riots. Damage at Carnarvon. Police Charge Crowd. Club Doors Battered In. Telegraphing from Carnarvon on Sunday night a-correspondent of the Daily News a)-, Polling day in the Chancellor's constituency yes- terday was marked by a remarkable amount of excitement and a regrettable demonstration on the part of irresponsible persons which, amount- ed to a riot. To-day in various part-, of the town there were traces of damage. In spite of the appeals of Mr. Lloyd George and the speakers at the political meetings during the week to avoid any breach of the peace, it had been deci-ned advisable to obtain the assis- tance of a large body of police from Manchester in case of emergency. Following upon an anti- cipated but easily repulsed attack on Mr. Lloyd Carter's house, just outside Carnarvon early yes- terday morning, came much more serious out- breaks in the town itself later. The actual rioters, it should be explained,, were chielly irresponsible youths from surround- ing quarry districts, who invaded the town. In their enthusiasm for Mr. Lloyd George, and irritated by the postponement of counting until Monday, they marched up and down the princi- pal streets all day cheering and singing wildly. Subsequently, learning that damage had bee.a done by roughs at the Liberal Club, B¿"0r, matters assumed an ugly aspect. First of all they made a Xfiii on the Conserv- ative committer rooms at Carnarvon, deJuolLslied the barricades .placed to protect the building, and then smashed the wind</ws. Not content with this, vhe mob proceeded to the- Conservative Club. Here, there were few police on duty, who were powerless to prevent damage being done. Stones were hurled at the windows, which were shattered, sticks were used—one man wa-, parti- cularly active with a long pole—and the main door of the premises was battered in. Eventu- ally the police arrived and dispersed the crowd. POLICE BATON CHARGE. The Mayor (Alderman J. T. Roberts), address- ing the crowd on the great square in fro-nt of the Castle, appealed to them in the Chancellor's name to go peaceably away. Why don't you count the votes to-night?" shouted the crowd. When his Worship said that was impossible, someone called him- a Tory. You know," re- plied the Mayor, I am as good a Liberal as any man. amo-ig you, but my official position pre- vents my taking sides at this election. My father was one of the victims of the '68 persecutions, and fought for Liberalism to the day of his death. I appeal to you to go home quietly." This antral, however, had but little effect. the crowd later coming in contact with the police, who charged in force, driving the rioters in all directions, though truncheons were not drawn. Several of the Manchester police officers, it was stated, complained of injuries. Again the rioters gathered in force. Another raid --on Bryn Se.iont, Mr. Lloyd Carter's country residence, was made. Here the police had barricaded the great en.trance gates, a coup La* of officers remaining (tl guard. The crowd,. however, securing long poles, levered the gates off their hinges and rushed into the grounds, wilfully djestroying everything in their way. They were met by a determine-d charge by the police,, who had 'being lyin" in ambush. This 'time the officers drew their truncheons and beat back the crowd, several being injured. Reinforced bv another contingent several hundred strong, the crowd renewed the asasult, but were met by a. Welsh-sipeaking policeman, who assured them that Mr. Carter had left home early in. the afternoon. The crowd then dispersed, but renewed rioting is anticipated to-morrow. A FREE FIOIlT. In other parts of the constituency great excite- ment prevailed all day, and misguided partisans on both side,3 were led to unruly conduct. Stone throwing was general in Bangor. Late on Friday night the windows of the Tariff Reform shop were smashed, and the Tories responded by breaking the windows of the Libera! head- quarters and also those of the houses at several prominent Liberals. A free fight occurred out- side the Bangor Conservative Club between students and a number of youths, the trouble being caused bv one of the students snatching a Union Jack from a. Tory motor-car. The stud- ents aL-o formed a procession, which stopped at each street in the city, shouting in unison Vote for Lloyd George." During the day Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Vincent visited many parts of the constituency, and were cordially receive-d by their supporters. At Pwllheli enthusiasm was unbounded, and when the poll closed only one possible voter had not taken advantage of the franchise out of the 610 names on the register. Half-an-hour before the close the Chancellor paid a visit to the Liber- al Club. It was with considerable difficulty that he gained his wav to the platform, and then he had to be lifted over the heads of the packed assem- bly of supporters, who accorded him a tremend- ous ovation. When quietness had been ob- tained. Mr. Lloyd (orge observed that it was too late to make a.n appeal to them, but he con Id not help visiting faithful Pwllheli to say. Thank you very much. (Loud cheers.1 1 have no hesitation in believing that Pwllheli has done its duty, and that we shall have a brilliant victory." (Loud cheers.) On leaving for Nevin. the Chancellor was escorted by hundreds of people to the outskirts of the town, amid the singing of election .songs. At Nevin there were more enthusiastic scenes.
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Llanfairfechan Church Pageant. Final rehearsals are now in full swing, and the earnest promoters are begining to feel assured of the realization of their scheme. This result has been arrived at with the usual difficulties insepar- able from amateur productions, unavoidable interruptions in attendance at rehearsals oc- casioned by business engagements, minor illnesses, and other causes. This week all performers are strung up to a proper feeling of nervous tension, and all important features of the various episodes are well brought out. The severe simplicity of the earlier scenes, in which the characters concerned are principally monks and clerics, including Joseph of Arimathea and St. David resolve gradually to g-ay colouring and fmer dresses as the courts of Prince Llewelyn ard King Edward I. are presented. Scone V., a village; festival of olden time, breaks somewhat away from the serious tone of the othr-r episodes, serving two pin poses, firstly, the lifting of the spirits of audience and players, and secondly, marking the attitude of the Church towards harmless festivities and healthful pastimes. F"r this the services of children have been largely called upon, and their innocent gaiety and evident enjoyment of their responsibilities is very pretty to witness. An excellent string quartett has been secured. A charming souvenir is being prepared, consist- ing of a number of photographs of each episode' which will be offered for sale at a nominal price during the performances.
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Professor William Morris Davies, or Harvard University, is a learned Welshman, who has been doing the gallant thing by dear old Mother Earth. He says she isn't as old as people thought by a long way. Instead of a hundred million years he estimates sixty million only, and savs Venus, brilliant beauty though she be, is far older in comparison. So that is one in- justice removed, at any rate.
WEST DENBIGH.
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North Wales and the General Election. (Continued from Page 9.) my constituency as have been evident in this contest. I feel that Liberalism remains domin- ant and unassailable in West Denbighshire." Mr. Dodd said that the contest proved that instead of being weakened by the new blood introduced in the fifteen years, the Liberalism of West Denbighshire had gained in strength. RECEPTION AT COLWYN BAY. After leaving Denbigh Sir Herbert Roberts, with his wife and sons, motored to Rhyl, where his visit, after his fine victory, afforded much encouragement to the Liberal workers for Mr. Herbert Lewis, whose contest was proceeding. He then proceeded to Abergele, where he re- ceived a great popular welcome, and at about half past four o'clock he reached Colwyn Bay. Some three thousand people had assembled in the vicinity of the Liberal Committee rooms. Fifty young men with a carriage met the mem- ber at the boundary, and drew him triumphantly to the Committee rooms, cheering lustily. My friends of Colwyn Bay," Sir Herbert Ro- berts said, I do not know how to find words to thank you. You have helped me to win a magnificent victory, which will leave its mark upon the political history of Wales and the country generally. (Cheers.) Never was I so proud as at this moment. No greater honour could be conferred upon any man than to be returned to Parliament bv such, a constituency. (Cheers.) The splendid majority is an indica- tion of the strength and earnestness of the Liber- alism of West Denbighshire. (Cheers.) I was glad to see this flag which you have put up, the Union Jack-the Empire surrounded and guard- ed by Liberalis.m. Cheers, and a voice, "Ana by Welshmen.") I am. getting a little tired my. self after the hard work, but my heart is warm, and I thank you all most heartily for helping to do this thing. There are workers at Colwyn Bay on my side who have given influence, thought, energy, and days to the winning of this battle. He wished to express his special indebt- edness to the Liberal ladies of Colwyn Bay for the magnificent work which they had done for him on this occasion. (Cheers.) Mr. Glynne Jones, in the absence of Mr. Crompton, the chairman of the Liberal Associ- ation, thanked the workers of both sexes. Lady Roberts spoke briefly, ind the inspiring demon- stration ended with the singing of the Welsh -National Anthem. AT LLANGOLLEN. There were scenes of unbounded enthusiasm at Llangollen when the result of the poll was announced, and in the evening, despite a heavy snowstorm, a great audience assembled to hear addresses by Mr. Hemmerde, the Liberal candi- date for East Denbigh, and Mr. F. Neilson, the new Liberal member for Hyde. Mr. W, D. Williams, president of the Liberal Association, presided, and was supported by Mr. W. G. Dodd. Mr. Hemmerde declared that everything went to show that the victory that day would be repeated in East Denbighshire on Tuesday.
FLINTSHIRE.
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Alderman Muspratt, who was also pressed to speak, referred to the office which Mr. Herbert IÆwis filled at the Local Government Board, and said that the county had reason to be proud that its representative was one of the heads of that great Department. He was proud that Flintshire had followed the Boroughs which since 1832-now 76 years ago—had remained faithful to Liberalism. (Cheers.) THE FLINTSHIRE ELECTORATE. Although Mr. Herbert Lewis's majority of 2,156 is 571 less than at the last general election, the result may be considered exceptionally satisfactory. In. lecent years the character of the constituency has considerably changed, and Flintshire has now ceased to be a prepondera- tingly Welsh county. There are 7,000 or 8,000 English, voters on the register. Comparison can- not. therefore, be made between Flintshire and the other Welsh constituencies; it should rather be with the adjoining English counties, such as the Wirrai and Fddisburv divisions. The western end Off the county is mainly Welsh, but English residents are numerous at Rhyl ana Prestatyn, and the eastern end has become pre- pronderatingly English owing to the enormous influx of people of the industrial class at Connah's Quay, Shotton, and other places. Having regard to the results in practically all the adjoining English constituencies, and to the fact that a large number of the new inhabitants of North-east Flintshire come from the Mid- lands, the result of the contest is remarkably good from the Liberal point of view. Moreover, as the Conservatives themselves admitted., the last election was more or less allowed to go by ¡ default. They were utterly dispirited, and the Conservative Government had been in power so long that they took hardly any trouble at all to press their cause. At this election, on the other press their cause. At this election, on the other I hand, the Conservatives have fought with the greatest zeal and determination, and with a well- equipped organisation. The county was covered with posters and armeals to the prejudices and feelings of the electors. )