The North Wales Weekly News

TIDE TABLE FOR THE NORTH WALES COAST.* I JUNE. I Date. Morn. Even, beie-bt. 10 o 14 0 48 18 11 11 I 13 1 37 18 o I2 20 2 24 16 9 I 13.. 2 48 3 22 15 6 14 3 38 4 5 H 3 15 4 32 4 S9 13 3 I 16 528 s 58 12 11 17 b 3° 7 3 13 0 Conwav 10 minutes later.

PARLIAMENT. THE POLITICAL TRUCE, rendered inevitable by the lamented death of King Edward, is at an end. Parliament has this week re-assembled, and with Wednesday's meeting there has opened what is evidently destined to prove one of the most momentous epochs in the political history of this country. It will be a period of keen rivalry and hard fighting, but when the crucial battle will be fought, if it will be fought at all in the present session, no one seems able to fore-tell. What is uppermost in the public mind, of course, is the great Constitutional question, but it is not possible to say when that will be reached, or whether it can be settled without another appeal to the electorate. In the event of a General Election being found ad. visable, we hope and believe that it will not be held in the summer months the general opinion is that it will be fixed for the autumn, which will certainly be a more convenient time so far as this district is concerned. A General Elec- tion during the holiday season would be dis- astrous in its effects upon our principal seaside and inland resorts. Some of the Tory journals are calling loudly for a General Election in July, but this should be vigorously opposed in the interests of the thousands of people whose means of livelihood would thus be taken away from them. But, as we have said, there is no reasonable prospect of so early an appeal to the country. There is a great deal of work to be got out of the way before our statesmen can tackle the main question the duties nearer to their hands must be undertaken in their proper order. A Budget, a Bill to modify the King's declaration, the arrangement of the new Civil List, a Regency Bill, a Census Bill, and after. wards three Parliamentary weeks for Supply- these represent altogether a programme which will fully occupy the time of the House of Com- mons until at any rate the end of August. And there is the possibility that an attempt to pass a non-contentious Education Bill will be made before Parliament dissolves. From whatever point of view regarded, it is plain that the battle over the Veto of the Lords cannot be fought until sometime in September. In the meantime, it is the duty of Liberals throughout the country to close up their ranks, to perfect their organ- isation, to master the principles of our Constitu- tion, and to engage in a great educational cam- paign similar to that which secured such ex- cellent results in January. The Liberal party as a whole, and particularly in Wales, must be prepared to make great sacrifices in defence of principles which are vital to the continuance of our system of popular government. Efforts are being made, by means which are the very re- verse of honourable, and which indicate to what a depth of degradation the Tory parjty has des- cended, to hoodwink the people and to rob them of their hard-won rights. To the Liberal party is again entrusted the duty of defending the nation's most sacred rights, and it behoves them to be ready for the severest fight they have ever been called upon to wage in recent times. Their chance of success depends entire- ly upon the support of an enlightened demo- cracy. So long as the people are ignorant, so long will the powers of wealth and oppression retain the ascendency. Whenever the Tory party have won in the past, they have won by throwing dust into the eyes of the nation. But when the people have been allowed to see and think for themselves they have voted in favour of Progressive principles and measures, and in the coming contest they will do so again if only the Liberal leaders and workers are true to their trust. The people of Wales owe it to themselves and the glorious traditions they have inherited to make themselves ready to occupy a foremost place in the forthcoming battle. They must not only retain their present immense majority in the, House of 'Commons, but they must see to it that the two seats lost at the last election are at the first opportunity regained for the cause of democratic government.

ROAD-HOGGERY. IN VIEW of the wholesale denuncions of Welsh magistrates and police which have appeared in the motor journals, together with the threats of boycotting so freely bandied about by the motoring fraternity, it requires a good deal of moral courage on the part of our magistrates to inflict even the slightest punishment for reckless driving. Fortunately, we have on the Conway Bench a number of gentlemen with sufficient back-bone to deal with such cases as the law directs and with due regard to the public interest. Some of the Conway Justices are motorists themselves, but this fact does not im- pel them to view the law and the facts through motor-goggles. On the contrary, they are singu- larly free from that kind of prejudice. An instance of this is given in our present issue-the case so pluckily brought before the Court by Mrs. and Miss Arnold, of Deganwy, who are to be commended for their public- spirited action in the matter. The defendant was an experienced, and presumably wealthy, motorist, who drove his car along the Deganwy road in a manner which did more credit to his skill than to either his common sense or his re- gard for the public safety, and the wonder is that no one using the road at the time was injured. The facts were familiar enough-only too familiar in this district-and the Bench, very rightly and properly, imposed a fine of Zio and costs. But the defence is worth noting. Here again was the old familiar story. The defendant was an experienced motorist, and what he did not know about motoring was not worth knowing." Now a statement of that sort placed against the evidence of two ladies might have great weight with any magisterial bench, who would naturally incline to believe that a motorist of such wide experience would be a better judge of speed than two alarmed ladies. j But the Conway Bench were able to appraise that statement for the defence at its true value, and their opinion of it was soon justified by the Deputy Chief Constable's evidence that the defendant had been convicted no fewer than nine times previously for exceeding the speed limit and driving to the public danger. It does I not appear that this road hog's experience either of motoring or of police courts has taught him that the public highway is not a racing I track built at other people's expense for his I exclusive use. The pity is that the law does not permit of more drastic lessons than mere fines being applied to such delinquents. Another point in the defence was so absurd that it was mere trifling with the Court to put it forward. The witnesses thought, whether rightly or wrongly, that the defendant drove so rapidly because he was racing with a train. It was actually put to them in cross-examination that it was the driver of the train who was racing the motorist! Even if that were true it could not serve the defendant, who after all must be responsible for his own actions and not those of the drivers of railway trains. However, the magistrates knew how to deal with such a rViilHisVi nlea. r- As to the main defence that the accused was a motorist of experience, we consider that it was an aggravation of the offence, and we hope that magistrates everywhere will treat it as such whenever it is offered. We cordially endorse the action of the Conway Bench in imposing such a heavy penalty, and hope that other magistrates in North Wales will show equal determination to rid our district of the road-hog pest who is doing so much to make our beauti- ful district impossible for visitors in search of rest and quietude. The number of motoring visitors to North Wales is rapidly increasing, and we are glad to testify that the great major- ity of them respect the rights of other road- users, and for their sake, as well as of the public in general, it is but right that the authorities should deal promptly and severely with every case of the proved illegality. A way must be found to teach the road-hog better manners, and if heavy fines fail to produce this beneficial effect, then it is full time to strengthen the law.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. The late Mrs. Margaret Jane Tonkin, of Es- senden, Victoria Park, Colwyn Bay, left estate valued for probate at £ 6,847. Earl and' Countess Carrington, who have been in residence at Gwydyr Castle, Llanrwst, for the past ten days, left for London at the be- ginning of the week. The Rev. Jenkin Jones, of Keble College, Ox- ford, has been appointed curate of Llanrwst. He will take up his duties about the middle of July. J J Mrs. R. E. Davies (Rahel o Fon), of Water- town, Wisconsin, has just arrived in this country on a preaching and lecturing tour. Mrs. Davies is one of the few women who have been ordained to the full work of the ministry. The Rev. Hywel Edwards, who recently re- signed the pastorate of the Wheeler-street Welsh Congregational Church, Birmingham, has ac- cepted an invitation to become the minister of the Dyffryn Congregational Church, Merioneth- shire. Mr. John Caleb Hughes, who as a Bala-Ban- gor Congregational student had a very success- ful career at the North Wales University Col- lege, taking his M.A., with first-class honours in Hebrew, and who was recently elected a in Hebrew, and who was recently elected a Fellow of the University of Wales, has just taken the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig. » The death is announced of the Rev. Howell Harries, Vicar of Ffynnongroew, Flintshire. Mr Harries graduated at Lampeter in 1875. He was curate of Llangernyw 1875-9, and curate of Tre Meirchion 1879 to 1883, when he was pre- ferred to the living of Ffynnongroew, which is in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asaph, and is of the value of £ 250 with house. Owing to the national mourning, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer has been obliged to cancel his engagement to be the guest of the evening at the dinner of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, which had been arranged for Friday next, and the function has accordingly been in- definitely postponed. Mr. Lloyd George left Criccieth for London on Friday, travelling as far as Llandudno Junc- tion by motor. The Chancellor has spent most of his holiday on the Criccieth golf links, re- puted to be one of the finest in the country. Having arrived in London on Friday night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer left again on Sat- urday to spend the week-end motoring. The funeral took place at Anfield Cemetery, on Friday, of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, widow of the Rev. Josiah Thomas, M.A., who in his day was a prominent figure in connection with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. Mrs. Thomas, who died at her residence, 33, Chelt- enham-avenue, on Tuesday, in her seventy- sixth year, was a daughter of the distinguished divine, the Rev John Hughes, author of "Hanes Methodistiaeth Cymru ("History of Welsh Methodism"). The officiating ministers were the Revs. William Owen i(Webster-road) and John Hughes, M.A. (Fitzclarence-street). The chief mourners included Professor John Owen Thomas and the Rev. A. Wvnne Thomas (sons), Sir J. Herbert Roberts, Bart., M.P., Mr. Trevor Roberts, and Mr. Josiah Thomas, J.P. (nephews). Amongst a large concourse of gen- eral mourners were the Revs. Dr. Hugh Jones, E. J. Evans, R. Humphreys, John Owen, R. J. Williams, J. H. Morris, James D. Evans, M.A., J. Daniel Evans, and Messrs. William Ven- more, J. W. Rowlands, and William Williams (Bootle).

SA YINGS OF THE WEEK. DR. J. GRAY DUNCANSON. I know of no more delectable art than that of photography.—In the Hospital." MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE. The means to do good deeds will make good deeds .done.-In a letter. MR. JUSTICE GRANTHAM. It is a remarkable thing that men who cannot get work seem to be able to get drink.—At the Old Bailey. MAJOR BADEN POWELL. Given favorable conditions, Englishmen are not one whit behind other people in the aviation world.—In the Morning Post."

CAKES AND PUDDINGS.—No. 30. CAKES, PUDDINGS, AND PASTRY is a valuable guide to the making of all kinds of Cakes, Boiled and Steamed Puddings and Pastry, with practical hints on mixing and baking and decorating of Cakes. The making and uses of various sorts of Icings and colour- ings for same, steaming and boiling of Puddings, etc., etc. It contains all the recipies that have been printed under the above heading, and many more, and will be found a boon to all that are interested in the making of Cakes, Pud- dings, and Pastry. It may be obtained gratis on application to Latham v Co., Ltd., CAKEOMA Mills, Liver- pool. CAKEOMA is sold by Grocers and Stores everywhere in 3!d. packets.

I WEEK BY WEEK. I What is the best Welsh for aeroplane? Awyr- I gerbyd, or air vehicle, is suggested. King George was the eighteenth holder of the title of Prince of Wales since its creation six hundred years ago. Pricipal Prys is the first man who has refused the presidency of the National Free Church Council. A new Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel is to be erected at Willesden, London. It is a curious fact that whilst there is a tendency in Wales to reduce the number of Welsh chapels owing to the increase of English, in London it is the other way about. Subscriptions are coming in freely towards the memorial to the late Sir Alfred Jones. Lord Strathcona, Lord Pirrie, and Sir Owen Philipps have each given £100-, and upwards of ,Clsoo have already been collected. The form which the memorial will take will necessarily depend upon the amount received in response to the appeal. Among the Labour Exchange wanteds posted up in a Salford Library is the follow- ing:- Two calender hands for laundry in North Wales. Must be good feeders. Might not this last qualification be left to the excellent climate of the country? is the pertinent question of the Manchester Guardian." Interesting copies appear in Archaeologia Cambrensis of the Roman bust discovered at Corwen. The bust is that of an elderly man, with a very strong, determined face, whose clean-shaven head and forehead diagonally scarred indicate that he was a priest of Isis, and lived in the first century A.D., or thereabouts. How the bust got to Corwen is, of course, not known. It is announced by the Rev. Penar Griffiths (chairman of the Welsh Congregational Union) that he is about to bring out an official bio- graphy of the late Rev. Watcyn Wyn, at the request of the family. Penar expects to have it ready for publication next winter, and the price of the book will put it within the reach of the poorest of the late poet's admirers. It will in- clude excerpts from the best poems and prose of the deceased writer. Cymru am byth! The Senate of the Univer- sity of London has resolved to admit Welsh as a subject for the final Arts pass examination. This means that Welsh is included in the list of optional languages for the Arts degree. The Welsh language can also be taken as a subject for the matriculation examination of the Univer- sity of London, but it has not yet been decided to include it in the list of optional languages for the intermediate examination. < Of the members of the Cambrian Archaeol- ogical Associtian, 95 reside in the county of Glamorgan, 37 in Carnarvon, 3S in Denbigh, 32 in Flint, 30 in Anglesey, 29 in Cardigan, 27 in Carmarthen, 24 in Pembroke, 19 in the Marches, 18 in Monmouth, II in Merioneth, 10 in Montgomery, 9 in Radnor, and 7 in Brecknockshire. The Glamorgan member- ship is thus seen to be not far short of that of the next three counties combined. » At an open-air meeting in South-west Man- chester the other day a speaker was vigorously defending Free Trade beneath the walls of a provision warehouse. Suddenly a hand came through one of the upper windows, and a cloud of pepper descended on the platform. The speaker, in spite of his sneezes, was equal to the occasion. This is the only sort of dump- ing," he said, which is bad for Free Trade." The Welsh captain who caught a sturgeon in Pwllheli Harbour and offered it to King George was doing no more than his duty. His Majesty is entitled to every sturgeon landed in the United Kingdom, and one of them, caught in the Thames, graced the festive board at Queen Victoria's wedding banquet. The King also has the right by statute to the head of every whale caught on the coasts of his kingdom. The tail of the whale is Queen "Mary's perquisite, the ob- ject of this curious division being that her Majesty shall always be well supplied with whalebone. Among other things which the King is entitled to receive are a pair of white doves, a pound of cumin seed, a pair of scarlet hose, and a silver needle from his tailor. There are few cities in the world having more ¡ newspapers and periodicals and of more varied tongues than Buenos Ayres. Altogether, says the Buenos Ayres Herald," the number of dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and irregulars published in the Argentine Republic fluctuates around 180. Besides, of course, the national" language, with its wide divergencies from Span- ish, there are papers published in Castilian, in Catalan, in Italian, French, German, and English; in Basque, in Norwegian, and in Danish; in Arabic, Syrian, Hebraic, Servian, and in several dialects whilst in the Chubut Territory the Welsh organ has considerable sale and influence. He was a drayman at a brewery, with a well- matured taste for the products of the firm but Ole day he turned up wearing a blue ribbon in his button-hole. Bless me, John," said the manager, have you joined the noble blue- ribbon army?" Looks strange a bit, doesn't 1 11 it? said the drayman, with a twinkle in his eye. It does," said the manager why do you do it?" Well," said John, it's like this. I wear the ribbon because it makes men I' like to tempt me, and when they tempt me "— here he winked solemnly-" I succumb "—Mr. Charles Davies at a Swansea temperance meeting.

Penmaenmawr Urban District Council. The monthly meeting of the Penmaenmawr Urban District Council was held on Tuesday evening, presided over in the first instance by the Vice-Chairman, Dr. H. T. Jenkins. At a later stage the Chairman entered the room and took the chair. The other members present were Colonel C. H. Darbishire, Dr. J. R. Wil- liams, Messrs. R. D. Owen, D. Gordon Jones, Samuel Roberts, J. H. Higson, Thomas Roberts, R. D. Jones, and F. D. Chantrey; with the Clerk (Mr. T. E. Parry), the Deputy Clerk (Mr. J. W. Post), the Surveyor (Mr. R. John Hughes) and the Collector (Mr. John Owen). CONDOLENCE. At the outset of the meeting the Vice-Chair- man said he thought it was the duty of the Council to pass a vote of sympathy and con- dolence with the family of the late Rev. D. P. Davies, and he proposed that. As thev all I knew, Mr. Davies was one of the oldest in- habitants of the district, and was a very dis- tinguished man in his ministerial capacity. More than that, he took a great interest in the welfare and prosperity of Penmaenmawr. He was a member of the old Local Board, and up to the end he continued to be one of the Gover- nors of the Council School. The proposition was carried, all the members standing. LICENSING. The usual licenses for hackney carriages, drivers, and boat and boatmen's licenses were granted. Mr. Piking, Rhyl, was appointed as inspector of hackney carriages, and Mr. Robt. Thomas, Conway, as inspector of the boats. FFRITH FOOTPATH. Mr. J. R. Williams, Gerlan, Llanfairfechan, wrote calling the attention of the Council to the state of the footpath at the top of the Ffrith, and also to the gate at the same spot. The path was in a very bad condition, and he hoped that the Council would see to the matter. It was suggested to refer the matter to a com- mittee. Mr. Thomas Roberts was of opinion that it should be attended to at once, as there were already a number of visitors about, who made frequent use of this path. The Surveyor said this path always gave a lot of trouble owing to its being so steep. It could, however, be tidied and made passable. On the motion of Colonel Darbishire, sec- onded by Mr. R. D. Owen, it was decided to put up a new gate, and that the Surveyor should made a report about the path by the next meet- ing. COLLECTIONS. The Collector reported that he had collected a total of ;c348 2s. 9d. for the month, Z338 of which was in respect of the general district rate. The Treasurer's statement showed a bank balance the previous day of £263 10s. 5d., and a balance on the Penyclip loan of Cio6 16s. 2d. There had already been spent on the recreation ground Z576 16s. 4d. in anticipation of a loan. PROMENADE LIGHTING. Mr. Isaac Carr, M. Inst. C.E., consulting en- gineer, Widnes, wrote stating that he would be pleased to examine the Portland Petrol Gas Plant at Widnes for the Council, and to report upon the proposals of Mr. T. Davies re the lighting of the Penmaenmawr promenade as suggested by the Council. THE PROMENADE. It was decided to paint the exterior wood- work of the bathing office on the promenade; also to invite applications for the post of pro- menade inspector. YSGUBOR WEN ROAD. The Water and Sewerage Committee decided to accept the following tenders with reference to the water main in the above road:—Trench- ing, Mr. Joseph Jones, at is. per lineal yard; laying pipes, Mr. T. C. Williams, at Sd. per joint; pipes, the Stanton Ironworks Company, at £6 is. per ton. The tender of the North Wales Asphalte Co. for tarpaving the footpath by Clarendon Build- ings, at lis. 7d. per square yard, was accepted. It was also decided to accept the tender of Mr. R. J. Thomas to rebuild the wall in con- nection with the Chapel-street widening, at 2S. iod. per square yard. INSURANCE. On behalf of a sub-committee, Colonel Dar- bishire reported that they had considered offers for the insurance of the Council's workmen, to include the local fire brigade, and the estimate of the Northern Insurance Company was ac- cepted. Mr. R. D. Jones threw out the suggestion that the Fire Brigade should occasionally prac- tice in the districts, as the inhabitants knew very little about them. (Laughter.) THE HEALTH OF PENMAENMAWR. It was reported that there were six births during the month and three deaths, the com- bined ages of the three who died being 267 years, the eldest being 99, the second 87, and the third 8J Colonel Darbishire remarked that this was an excellent proof of the healthy climate of Pen- maenmawr. THE GOLF CLUB. When the question of providing further fur- niture for the Golf Pavilion came up for con- sideration, Colonel Darbishire said that since the 14th May the Golf Club had taken over the premises from the Council, and from that date the wages had been paid by the Golf Club, and he considered it was now time that the Golf Club assumed responsibility for all payments. The Council had already provided them with a recreation ground, and pavilion, and the fur- nishing of it. It was agreed to draw up a draft agreement with the Golf Club at a rental to be fixed here- after.

A WON'T SHRINK ■ ■ W\f JwOUUB-tU-X-l 11 little Bo-Peep, the popular /i|§prfi» J character of childhood's days, is | intended to remind us of LUX, jEfes A the washing preparation which takes such care of garments and textures that are of woollen manufacture. SHRINK ■ ■ W\f JwOUUB-tU-X-l 11 little Bo-Peep, the popular /i|§prfi» J character of childhood's days, is | intended to remind us of LUX, jEfes A the washing preparation which takes such care of garments and textures that are of woollen manufacture. N LUX makes a delightful cleansing y\\ solution for washing anything and f everything, but specializes in the f washing of flannels, woollens, I: dainty kbri08 and the like. I K 1 1 ISVER BROTHERS LIMITED. PORT SUNUGHX. t Lx 14 1, iii