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Prize Distribution at Llanrwst.
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Prize Distribution at Llanrwst. Speech by Mr J. H. Roberts, HI.P. THE annual distribution' of prizes in coimec- iticn with the above sabcol took place in the Church House en Friday evenin;g of last week. The chair was oc.cppied by Air ,0. Isgoed Jones, J.P., and' the room was well filled by parenbs and others who are interested in the School. The Atage and scenery had been artistically ar- ranged by Alias Lei'ghton and Aliss Farr, who are ever willing to assist in anything connected with the scSsooik The proceedings opened punctually at six o'clock with a song, "The Goraill'd Caves of Ocear," which was very creditably rendered by the girls. A recitation followed' by Misses Janet Jones, Dilys Williams, and, Maggie Hughes, and was well received by the audience. The song :;Kililaniey;' was theiii given by the girds. The fourth item on the programme con- sisted of three pie'ces ,in Frenclh- first, a short redtadon by '}.Diss Ann Jane Griffiths, Diilys Williams, and Janet Jones; second, a French '"round, entiltled "Sur Ie- pant d'Avingnon," by the junior girls' French cifeass; and fi.niailily the famous scene from Shakespeare's "Henry V." between Pni.ncess Katharine and Ailice, in which Miaa GwLadys Perry Wil,l,ams t,ofo,k the pa4c of tlh-e former, and Miss Eliza,bath Evans the part of the latter. iBath 'gJave't!heir parte in capital styl-e and the pronunciation was re- n-at'bably good. The sutcceedin.g item, a song '"Grandmother's Ol,d," by a few of the girfts was very entertaining and the costumes were very appropriate. A scene from "The Mill on the Ficss" followed, and the Misses Henrietta William,s and Ruby Edwards in their respective parts showed the result of careful training. The concluding item on the first part of tlhe programme was ànexhilbitÙon of dumbei-1 dril-l by the girls, stinging in the- meantime same popular Welsh airs. It is saitisifialatoTy to find the physical training of the girls is noit neglected. The Chairman's Address. Following this the audience was addressed by tlhe Chairman. He was glad to see such, a large gathering a,-ia,in on this occasion. He reo ferred to the report of the Central Wefelh Board, whiich showed the excellent wfork thlait had been done by the pupils of the school" in the course of the year. He pointed out the de- siraibikty of parents reitaini-nig thelir sons and daughters in the school for a longer period. To send them for one year was unsatisfactory, as the mental 'ability of the pupil had not sufficient time to develop. If they were kepit there for twlo or three years or 'longer they might turn cut riot only a credit to themselves fcuit also to their school and tlo their iteiadh-ers. He was hajp(py to inform them thajt ah last their fiister county, Carnarvonshire, had: delcidedr to contribute to the maintenance of the school; they expected withr'ai a day or two a dheque for £400, and an annual contribution of -^5°, in addition' to scholarships and bursaries. Thiils was a sourde of relie.f, as they would now be in a position to coniduct the -ydho'cll and pay its staff adeqiitdly w/i!thou!t gettinlg inito deibt. He concluded by referring to the fact 'that Mr J. C. Da vies, Ml A., of Holywcilil County School, w%o ;qiaiite recently has lbieen, appointed orgiandis- in-g .secretary to tibe 'Denbighshire E:d'uoa,tÓolll wa-s a former pupil of the school, -Lr received' his .tuition from- the presanjc ihea-d- iraa'ster. 'He thought there wa,s same -sdhoilastic element in the air of Eliangerni-ew and G.w-yth- ecin, the native district of Profe'ss'or Hen-rv Jones and .Mr J. C. Da vies. Headmaster's Report. The annual report of the school was given by the headmaster, the Rev J. 1. F-a-rr, M.A. He stated that there was not much to reiportt on, and tflis wais a s;gn that matlers had been- g'oing oc. smoothly. Experience had taught hiiim (tlhe speaker) that it was not the great successes or the bad failures Which showed the worth of the school; ,the bulk of a school is its middle part. Mediocrity is the characteristic of the majority, and it is the interests of the majority that a headmaster has to consider. One considerable change had been made: they had now piacui- cally combined their schools, instead of work- ing them separately. This had been* done gra- dually. and without friction and without in- jury to either department. Tihey were enabled to qualify for science grants under tlhe Board cf Education, and this 'had led to a consider- able increase in the science w'ork done in the school. The attendance had been uniformly good, five pupils having been- presenlt without a single absence during the year. He then gave a list of successes- obtained dusting the year:—Central WeMi Board examinations: Senior certificate, William. Jacob Jones and Jane Jones juhior certificate, David yones, H. Coranwy Owen, 1-1. Pierce, Richard- Lloyd Wi'llrams..Board of Education certificates in •fsdience had been a/Warded to Wim. jjacoh Jones (advanced chemistry), Hugh Pierce, Jjaunceio't Owen, David' Jones (elementary chemistry). MrFarr also pointed out:,hiat t',h,ese results did nOlt show what could have been done, as all pupils nvho were up to the standard did not, oif ne.ces- sity, enter fcr the examination. The pniaes and certificates were distributed [0 the successfull pupils by M'ias Roberts, the sister cf Mr J. Her- bert Rdberlts, M.P. The foHowinig is the prize list:—Fcr.m V. IVrn. Jacob Jones and Jane Janes: F>omu IV. Da Mid Jones, Launcelolt Owen, Hugh Pierce, and' Margaref: Rowlands Fc<, Ilia. Richard 1,1. Wiil'l'iaimis and William Kifipatrici!: Form. 11 lb. Antfhiur F. Williams, Robert Jones, and Roubie Edwards; Fonm II.: Annie Lewis. SpeiGial prizes for needlework, codkery, and laundry .work: Hannah Olwem Williams, Margaret Hutghss. 'Special prizes for science note 'books Harold Victor Jones and Idris Lloyd Jones. Aletendanlce prizes-: Wm. J. Launcdot Owen,. Harold Victor Jones, r2 WM-iiam Tones, and Anne Jane Jones. Mr J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., ![hen delivered an address, in which he referred to a. sugges- tion as to the possibility of d'iverting with ad- vantage same of the educait-io,n,al otfltpu't of tl- Welsh cctirjtv schddls to the dhanneil- of 3 Giuil Service appaintmenits. He hiad bee. 'much gilalified by the cordial reception i "en ■jo his (suggestion., and it was evident that Ciuy s-nhe-me for practically carrying i.t out would receive a large amount of support. He had re- solved 1:0 take steps at an early date for ob. taining the views df those qualified to advise •as to the ibeat means of carrying the pIlan into effect, and he felt confident that it was possible in thlis direction not only t'o provide a useful vocation for man v of the scholars annually •leaMing tlhe Welsh schools, but also gradually to write more deeply the name, the tradition, the spinit, and the oharadter of Wales upon our Government air 'home and in the British domin- ions across the seas. Votes of Thanks. Tlhe Chairman, proposed a h-earty vote of tnianks to Mr J. Herbert Roberts for being presenlt, and Miss Roberts d, c,, r distribuiting the prize's, and Mr Rdberas for his address. He trusted those pre- sent would think deeply on whialt Mr Roberts had said, and ithstt 'his address would ihiaye a similar effect as the one delivered by Principal Reich el a year ago. The .proposal wias seoonded by the headmas- ter, and Idadied with acclamation. Miss 'Jtabefas replied an a few appropriate worlds. Following ithis, a vote of thanks to the school Staff, the Rev J. 1. FaIT, Messrs W. W.ililiamia and R. H J.ones, Misses Edith Holt and M. \V;Liaims, -was proposed by the Chairman, and seconded by the Rev W. Thomas, Frondeg, an a suitalble Welsh sipeeidh. On ¡che ¡Jll'O'Üon oft-he' Rev J.IüT:ganl, B.A., the reatoir, seconded by Mr W. J. Wiliuaims, J.P., a hearty vdte :(jf thanks was plassed to toa chaiicman for his excellenit services. Tlhe Rector Ipointed oiult t,hAE, Mr hgoed Jones was the connecting1 llirJk 'between the Locail and C'olunty, Gdverninig Bodies, andt it was owing; to hti,s untiri-ng energy that the Carnarvonshire contribution to the- fund had been dbtaSned. PollawLng this, a performance, wias given of a 'dhapter from "Rhys Lewis" .in Welsih, "Cyf- lai-fyddiad ffortunuis yn JJlundain." The chieff p3.;rs, were taken bN, DaNii,d Jones (Rhys Lewis) and Launceiot Owen (Wil Bryan). The former was excetilenit in his representation of the Bailia Istuldent in London, and his interview with the prison warder 'showed his clinging (Love for Bala. Launceiot Owen, played the part of the care-for-nothing Wil Bryan in fine style, and (his calmness wlhen, in the policeman's bands wias eneiuaining. The part -of Oldl Nidlas leavinig the Old Bailey was played by Joseph Roberts, 'wfhille Harold V. Jones and 1). Roberts as policemen, and Hujgh G. Owen as prison- vva.rder, were up to the: occaHibn,. iMinor ]>arts were pjayed by Dernis R. Jones and. Aritiinur Oiwen (istredt urchins), E. Roberts and R. G. Da vies C'bus conductors), A. Roberts (whislcler), Pryce Jones (paper boy), T. J. Hughes (gentle- man), A. Jaimes Williams, and J. W. Jones. Tlhe; general feeling was thlait it was the mio.'SJt successful prize distribution helld for a consid- erable time.
+ The Romance of a Welshman's…
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+ The Romance of a Welshman's Fortune. Evidence in the Jones' Case. 0 Claimants and Their Cases. THE British s.tage of the William Jones's will case, which has attracted considerable interest in Wales and Lancashire, has just been con- cluded, for Mr P. G. Stone (of Liie firm of Stone, Fletcher, Hull, and Stone), after sitting for ten days as Co-mmissionef to take evidence, has brought his labours to a close. The Supreme Court of Victoria, which has the disposal of the action under its jurisdiction, iSlsueid a Com- mission on May 19th last to Messrs F. N. Hull and P. N. Stone to take evidence on behalf of the plaintiff (Mr T. Roberts, Llewemi Hall, Denbigh), and the defendants (Messrs W. H. Robertson and Edward Hooson, oif Melbourne). This was followed by a Supplemental Com- mission, dated September 8th, authorising, the same gentle-men to take the evidence of any further persons who claimed to be the next-of- kin to the deceased, and who had entered an appearance in the case at Melbourne. The right of cross-exiamination was, however, re- stricted to the parties to the action. During the sittings no fewer than seventy-six witnesses were examined. The plaintiff was reprsented by Mr Cochran (instructed by Messrs Keene, Son, and Kel'day, of Mold), Mr Stuart Deacon' (instructed by Mr G. W. Light, Victoria-street, Westminster) appeared for the defendant Robertson, and Mr Ellis Griffith, M.P. (liTh- structed by Messrs Bromley, Jones, and Co., Rhyl, and Messrs Rowcliffe and Co., London), represented the defendant Hooson and! other daimants. Mr John Hughes, of London and Holyhead, acted as interpreter. The Man who Made the Money. Mr William Jones, a suocessful Melbourne estate agent, died intestate ait Westifoolt's Cray, near that city, on March 3rd, 1902, and left pro- perty valued1, at aboujt £ 5 7 .<000, w'hidh according 'to Australian law, reverted to me- next-of-kin. No fewer than ninety persons claimed to occupy that enviable position. Many of these had, however, flariled to enter an appearance at Melbourne, and were refused a hearing in ac- cordance with the terms of the Commission, whilst a good numiber of the remainder withdrew their claims after hearing the evidence for the plaintiff and defendants—having probalbly dis covered that they ware mi-sita'ken -as to the identity of the intestate and their relationship to him. Several, however, persevered, to the end, and persisted in producing their evidence, despite the fact that their relative- was. quite a neither person to the one whose identity was accepted by all the parties to the action, and supported by documents found among the de- ceased's papers. The history of the deceased as revealed by the evidence shows that he was born at Shaw's- brow, Liverpool, in 1828, and thaJt he was the second son of Thomas and Grace Jones. His -elder brother, Thomas, who was born in 1826, died of consumption in 1850. It is, however, alleged that there was a sister cabled Harriet, who was older still. W. Jones was apprenticed) in 1841 to Messrs Brown, Hunter, and Co., mericibanits, of Liverpool, for five years, and among his papers there was found a testimonial from t'he firm, d'a:tegr848, showing that he con- tinued in their employ for two years more. In 1849 he emigrated to India, and in 1850 sailed from Calcutta to Melbourne, wlhere he remained -wtilbh the exception of a few months' vi.siit to this coU'ntH'unÍil the day of -his deaith. Be- yond the fadt that he lost his father in 1835, and t'ilale his nioither was married to a man named Dale in 1837, there are differences of opinion as to the facts relating to his early life. The plafintirf and his family allege that, owing to dhe unkindness of Dale, the boy w.as sent frcim ihoime about 1840 to 1841 to Bodiidvis, in Den- bighshire, and adlopte:di by the plaintiff's father, who educated him- at Rhewtl S'dhool with his own sons. He he is Siad to have remained until 1845 or 1846, when, according to some of the witnesses, he was apprenticed to another ■unc'le—(Mr Rdberit Roberts—ta linen-draper in Old I-Stll-sitreelt. Tthe other story is that which ■is supported by the testimonial from Brown, Hunter, and Co., that he was in tlheir employ diuring that 'peiriod. In 1852 he was followed to Australia by hlis mother, wiho was a widow for the .secontd time, and eiithier L'hen or subsequently by his sup- posed sislter Harriett. Gnace Dale's health, however, made it necessary for her son to brinig her back to Liverpool in 1853 or 1854. Fits alleged sister Harrieit settled down in Australia, and in "855 mlarrie'd a man named Robertson, by whom she had four children. She died in 1891. Her eldest son, William Henry Roibert- son, proceeded, on, the death of W. Jones, to taike oult lecters of administration, claiming that he and his two brothers and sister were the nexit-olf-kin. Shortly after tlhese were granted ihiim, Ed'wand Hooson, who is a son o:f a first oousiin to the intestate, and who had resided w.iitlh him for years, consulted a firm of solioi- tors in Mieilibo'Uirne in respect tio certain /infomna- tion whidh hie had received' from relatives in Wales, whicih tended to slhaw thait Robertson's miotiher, Harriet, was born oulfa of wedlock, and was consequently 1:1 lie A caveat was accordingly lodged on hiis behalf. Duiring- the siamie period, consequenlt on an announcement oif tlhe dleaith. in the "'Liverpool Ecino," andtlher grouip oif claimants, represented by Mr Tlhbimais Robertls; Llewein HiaH, Denbigh, ap- peared on the scene, and cliailim,ed to be nexii-of- klin to dlecelased on his plaiternai slide. The courit ait lenlgith issued an order direlciting an in- quiry for tihe nexit-of-kin. The Plaintiff's Case. The plaintiff and tlhose associated1 with him baste their cllaim. on the aasumptibn that the piiinitiff'is father and the father elf the deicelased were fir sit cousins, and tibaft the.r.eifc,re they are reflated in the fifth d^egree. Pedigrees were lodged' and supported by celitificates and verbal eviidience, to show that they and the dec-eased were descendants of a COlmlmon ancestor, one William Jones, oIf Gwiern Neiidr. An. import- ant link in the plaintiff's case was missing since he had failed—delspilce the. most exhaustive seia,ridh,eis-to produce the bintlhi certificate of the deceased's father, Thomas Jones, and so br,in,g the intestate into itlhe- pedigree. An attemipit w,as made to supply thlis deficiency by the evi- dence of peilsons who ramiemibeired Thomas Jones, and the plaintiff's father, and who said thai; they always regarded one another as close ■relations. The; plaintiff also declared ,-i4t 'wlhilsit he was in school in Liverpool in. 1844-5 he igeid wiiltlh Grace Daile in D.uike-street, tlhialt the deceased—nvho had leifit plaintiff's home a few months' prevuoiuslly—was at that time ap- prenticed tiO; Robert Roberts, and t/htat subse. quently the deceased w,d his brother always '-pent theiir holidays at his home in Wales. ,All the witnesses were severely cross-examined foy Mr Situart Deacon and Mr Ellis Griffith in thie .interelslt oif their respective clients. Mosit cif them had sworn affidavits-, wlhlich had been fil-eld in Ausltrallia, and in many cases serious discrepancies' between: these and the evidence wlhiclhi t'htey gave before the Commissi,oners were revealadl on cross-examini^rion. One of hite Imost dramatic incidents of the trial wa's the production by Mr Stuart Deacon, dUlIiinig the 'plaintiff's' cross-examination, of the testimonial ifr-om Brown, Hunter, and. Co., whiidh contra- dicted all The dates on whiiidh the plaintiff relied as to the time when deceased was alllleged to 'have resiidedl at plainltiff's home, as welll as the statement that [he dece-as.ed was apprenticed/ to Robent R'dberts, in 1843. Mr Elliis Griffith skilfully extracted admissions froim the Aus- tralian witnesses and the plia:initiff tha't hiis clientt Hooison was recognised by the deceals,eidi and the pMhiciff's family as a relative; that he was with tihe deceased when he died thait he made all arrangements for the funeral, and. that he had been an inmiate of hils' home at intervals from 1869 onwards. The plaintiff was pressed' to produce some oJ the, letters alleged to Irave passed between deceased: and his. family, but was only able to bring forward one addressed to hiimseO'f in 1893, which began, "Dear rir," and concluded wMtb "Yours truly, W. Jones." The. plaintiff was obliged to admit, in, reply tio ■Mr Griffith, that t'hiis moo'e of address was scarcely Consistent wiish either a schoolboy in,. tliimacy or a near relationship. Tlhe. plaintiff's sister, wiho had testified thait she witnessed her tfaijher lending the deceased a suirn of money to go to A.usltira'lila, and his promise to r.qpay her -faitber or his children, was clbl.ifgfed: to. admit, in reply to the learned counsel's questions, t'hat islble had ne.ver s'inlce healrd alliy;dh,ing as to this promise! having been fulfilled, although her 'faltJherWlas a particularly keen man of business'. Altogether the plaintiff's' case occupied four diays. Case for the Defendant. The defendant Robertson's case was noit wiiithoult a tbucfa oif romance, the -iim;partant I ipeiiint beling whether his mother wias the legiti- Imalte. daughter df William Jones's parents or not. All parties agre'ed nlhiait: slhe- was tihie daughter of Grace Jones, but all had equally failed in tihieiir endelavours to. find her birth or baptismal certificate. Mr Stuarjt Deacon set uip, the tlheiory thialt slhe m'ay have be,ein bapltisedi fin the ho-uisie privately, and tlbiat therefore no official record1 of her birth had been kejpt, since iihle present law oif compulsory re/gistrat'iion did not came into force until 1837. Mr Cochran and llr Ellis Griffith, on the other hand, soug/hit t.o confirm the theory that the albsence of ailil record ariose from- the. falcit that since she was not compelled by law to do so, tlhe mother ohose nolt to publish her slhame. All the witnesses were unanimous in theiir testimony cnait Harr.ieit looted many years—luhe lo,weisit com- pultation, being eight or t,en-cflld,er than the de- ceased. Gracie Dale',s marriage certificate, found aimong the deceased's papers, showed! Ithlsjc sibe married her first husband in 1822, when sihe was described as a "spinster." Harriet's marriage certificate in 1855 Placeis her age trhen. alt thirty-nine. lif thus is correct, she muSt hlavie been. born in 1816, tlhiait is, six years 'before her moither's marriaige to TihOlmlals Jones. Several witnesses teisitified that Harriet's illegi- timacy was freely sipoken. OIf in the faimiily" more than siixiuy years argo. A large number of wit- nesses were examtin.e.d in support oif the die. f-end)ant H-otoiSion, and five oither clIaiilmlants off itihie same degree, of relationship to the' de- ceased, their claim being ijhiait the deceased's m/oither and theiir grandmofflber, Ann Lloyd,were the daughters of one Pierce Jo.mes, Nlalt, Aber- gele, and were therefore sisters,
» Welsh Property Market.
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» Welsh Property Market. GLAN CONWAY. Mr F. A. DEW fhe, weXhknown auctioneer OF Cal'wyn Bay and Conway, offered at the Conway Vale Hoite'l, Gillan Conway, laatL MloiDdla y, Two Freehold Colt'tage Properties belonging to the Estate of the late Thomas Evans of T'yn'tyll., The first cottage known as "Mountain View" was knocked down to Mr Richard Jones- for £ 68.. The second cottage known, as "Glandwr" was after rather keen compeitiitjon acquired by Mr Evan Jones for £'217. Messrs Chamberlain and Johnson, of Llandudno were- the solicitors iaciting for thei execuiiorsi. There- were a fair number present.
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