The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION AT COLWYN BAY. CLoSE OF SIR HERBERT ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN. SlG^S OF WAVERING AMONGST CONSTITUENTS." TOR SAM THOMPSON'S CANDIDATURE CRITICISED. bert Parliamentary recess Sir J. Her- *tituen^> 61 tS' has nwtde a tour of his con- an<' on Friday he closed the campaign Hal] a'(f',0'' at^on'Jt<l public meeting at the Public ° wyo Bay. Mr John Crompton, chair- side,] 'e Colwyn Bay Libera) Association, pre- Sir Was accompanied on the platform the hQ er'3ert Roberts, Lady Roberts (sister to itev8 JQ mernber), Miss Roberts, Mrs Thomson, Lillyd D. Gwynfryn Jone", John Edwards, Thos. M" Jones, Thos. Parry, J.P., Thos. McK ''an^ -^essrs Berth Jones, J.P., T. Qnff, Jonathan Roberts, William Pavios, Will- ^'S' ^b"nae Jones, B.A., Rowland It K» Thompson, J.P., Percy Shelley, V)llt),' an iW! E. Blackwul), E. Jackson (Oak- John Williams. X> THOMPSON'S CANDIDATURE. I'ho pi thû itilan referred at the outset to at act that that was Sir Herbert's first public i!^11 Ba*6 amon^ ^'s political friends at Col- r<JQ«tcv^ s'nce the King had conferred a ^r,cxl >v- "'HJn him, an honour which they all ^.°t confir85 ,We" deserved for their member had u t littU efforts for the public weal to Was °°rner °f the British Isles; Sir Her- 'abo a -^rue empire builder (applause). He t^'ift hi^f*?^ Vrr-' oarnestly in many ways to f 'a thr vi0wm'9n 'n t'lc 8reat dependency ox v'"hicK the great temperance organisation (Jrot Was l,res'dent (cheers). Proceeding, ?J.sitnila n^on said that since they had met on s anrwv occas'on before an opponent had made ^eij f0t. ^jance against Sir Herbert, and it was i 'fho Party that they had a little opposi- aj ar> hear, and laughter). New life had feare(j rea<*y put into some of them, and they ^a.uSe\ not how soon the fight came (loud ap- Jl?0tUhl' i ou«?h it came during the next few llei? (,r 'Cy Were 1uite rea(,y it (hear, hear). (ti)« speaker^ljWas ,VCry bl!sy' and> tlj0UKh himself „„not ^now whether the candidate ^irned himself ° i ""employed, he pro- £ > *e cTndldJte'v ? in\n' Ho'wa* Jlad v°Nv that hf. shamed to let them hy tbat L t: I a "0i'klntf man, but whether ?fan °i' that hp was st^ a wor^i"? C.n^es&ary^(la.u^W v>"i!linS to work again LIOrnpton^ k"tei) was not for him (Mr t? Ho\» }lnj ,.sa-" However, he was sura that Ti ^al'Penpd f0Iil^th'nS °n hand" (hear, hear). ''0rr>Pson «< ^ine at same table as Mr &ether fnm° *"1'° a"°. and they conversed n^d Jn rf.riS0We time. The impression on his »Mr Tu SefJuence of that convci'sation was fcv 6 to him?"?]' °n 7va's *J1 a l>°°ition somewhat 1j,'683 hi« 6 arK that if he had freedom to hi L^-nl ,lAn CQnuc,!<n' he would not be quite isheri k ?•sonle the speeches and letters spewt from tim« to time of late. Ho tf the diste-' therefore, asked the working men ri<?t not to be gulled with the expression '^kins- AVor',i!n!? man had come to represent A Jiinso n (hear, hear). lie was sure Mr <16 PiperS-u^ not a ^ree hand; people who paid Lai<Sht€r j0t' to sonlR extent to calf the tune T °rthy an<^ cheers). So long as their present could spare the time he could t?10 oaliK,, le!n :i']> at least as well as a man of M °t,^r Thompson (hear, hear). Con- W^ftipson'r O,npton went on to refer to Mr tV> lrnlvsf!n 8 ar £ unients for Tariff Reform. Mr iiPusan^o sP°'<e to his audiences of the many f 's conn*0 PG°ple who could be employed in for0;„" 111 making articles now imported tel] th c"untries- Why ^id not Mr Thomp- p Ploye<j .eTri how many of those at present tf)f,d Yed In Bntam would be unemployed if the 8 at in f. ^sent exported from Britain ,werc Qf rp"eii^P countries? (hear, hear). If the L<!a,l of th t Reform were to be put to the I rflfJur>cJ] 0.r°i?ner with the threat that unless w incr<i tariff on British goods Britain j.18 it n^f180 the tariff on those of the foreigner, Tf P0ss.'ble the pistol could be turned u- n foi.v c/ners decided to make their own be. tV. ''Je Lancashire operatives the irOrJ0v'n ol,t of work becausc four-fifths w >e new manufactured in Lancashire „°U!d affpi to f°reign parts (hear, hear). That 3* W J3 Jo1 wyn .Bay very seriously, because I t Jd Lancashire people oorne to reside in town, but their summer visitors very largely from Lancashire. Jn 4 THE RESOLUTION. tlfpn '°"sh speech Mr S. Glynne Jones, th Thaf u moved the following resolution* at 'r^ i e'ec'tors of West Denbighshire, vyn Bay, beg to assure the onr {u 0Ur continued confidence and ex- Of VUch oti?0 ^01 'I-0 Old Age Pensions Act ha > r reaiedia! measures as the House ^i?f la 78 SOmewhat unwillingly allowed to i. sPeod;i 6 trust, however, that means ^?lslatj0n f taken to enact further beneficial r"hy .L 0, a financial and social character, te "^rden of taxation shall be equalised Irw*"1? th» e ability to sustain it, without for s food; and that a way will be bo 'a' dis-,k?ilrmg the religious, educational and t arp c .un^r which eo many of the A th-tf ""ering. We utter our emphatio Jh °ck th House of Lords has the audacity t>if1°Uris i.G ,[,aST1Ilf= in.t° 'aw of such remedial Ofr ^eterrr.r i'-B licensing Bill, and we express Sh*any ^n<lina n to record our vote and support £ to effe,!fav"ur to hnng the will of the people fives t ough ti)eir elected repre- I 5fr. in the °OU1^ of a speech w-ho le5eth by Mr 11 Thompson, jnsiste*3. that much of the un- oS^^nt B"tam was <ja«*ed by the mis- efvatjv^ the country s finances by the Sib Sir TT HCRBERT ROBERT'S* SPEECH. tli2ery \va^m*rt Roberts, who was accorded in'! 't'Soint; We'coms, then spoke in support of ha j of a Sr^ sa,c': This was the last meet- held irwu* 8er,°s meetings he ^°st everv of which he had visited tv;aPplaus Polling district in hiai constituency V»tSe ^ho \Tai .although he was not one of tn 9 (>f lmki^10 Jnchned to over-estimate the th- fl them tkQf1?etl?gs hc was glad to be abl« w^°u8h tho m course of his journeying VaVcring in t?°UTfc;u he had BQen no of how€Vpr r if ?anks Applause). He *s contest'n K" u i ^^ihle of the seriousness tf Who kn ?u ^fore him, and realised, *a forcpe e !'d(:U realised, the strength *JtL "^eaan i against him, and that it «tL ral Princinl I everyone who believed in «ntuS • to Zork hard an<J Jeave no «!^ry. bu^r ln order 40 wini no* only a Liberal whfh, wou^ worthy <afPlause!^traditions of the oounty of Den- ke« t)lat oamna- fitting thai lie should at Colwyn Bay. He had y meetings m that place, but be did _u- not think ho had ever been to a meeting better attended than that, and if he were allowed to express his personal feeling, the memory of that meeting would help in the work which lie would resume in the House of Commons on Tuesday (applause). Colwyn Bay was the largest polling district in the division; it is an ever-growing political force in his constituency. He need not say anything now, for he believed they already knew that ever since he had the honour to be associated with the county as a Parliamentary representative he had taken very great interest in the welfare and prosperity of Colwyn Bay (applause). It was sometimes said that the ex- pansion of Colwyn Bay and the growth of its population would not mean his political advan- tage. However that might be, it did not inter- fere with his sincere desire that the town would grow in population, influence, and prosperity (hear, hear). Thoee of them who were Liberals now would, he believed, remain Liberals, and that was all he asked of politics in that town (hear, hear). There was one other matter of importance to which he must briefly refer, namely that there were in Colwyn Bay in a sense two races and two languages. They were a Welsh community and an English community, and it was sometimes suggested that it was difficult for the two com- munities heartily to co-operate in the support of Liberal principles. He did not believo that for a moment (applause). Liberalism as a principle was something which went far beyond any dis- tinction either of race or language. LIBERALISM, TRULY CONCEIVED, was the gateway which led to the realisation of the progressive aspirations of the country as a whole. Liberalism also was the instrument through which alone Wales was to reach the goal of her endeavours (applause). Therefore, so far as their Liberal principles were concerned in Colwyn Bay, Welsh and English were to work together, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder. He knew something of the attitude of English Liberalism to Wales, that it was one of strong, constant, loyal support. He knew also some- thing of the attitude and the feeling of Welsh Liberalism to England. It was, had been and remained an abiding inspiration to the cause of progress throughout the land (applause). I cannot proceed further with what I have to say, proceeded Sir Herbert, without referring to a most interesting, and in my judgment, momentous and happy event-the triumph of our King peacemaker (loud and continued applause). He has gone to the capital of the great German people in order to show that country our desire as a British people to strengthen the cordial re- lationship and friendship between the two countries, and there lias been a notable response by the German people to this de-ire on our part to offer them the right hand of our fellowship (hear, hear). It is imjiossiblo to exaggerate the importance of this Royal visit as an agency for the peace of the world and progress of Europe (applause). What does one of the leading Ger- man organs of the press say with reference to this visit? "One must not only hope that those visits will diminish every possibility of conflict, but also that they will pave the way for friendlier relations between the two nations'' (applause). Again, Tho monarchs yesterday clasped hands. The people can do nothing better than follow this example, and call across the North Sea, "Let us be friends' (applause). I say to-night in this meering of Liberals at Colwyn Bay, all honour and praise to the King (loud applause). We trust ho may have long life, health and strength to continue his beneficent work for the peace of the world (applause). Continuing, Sir Herbert went on to speak of THE RECORD OF THE GOVERNMENT. He did not think, having regard to all the circum stances and difficulties of the last three years, that the record of the Government had been sur- passed by any previous administration. It was sometimes said they were insular and narrow in their views in Wales, and that their desire to have a further measure of local self-control in their own affairs meant'that they wero in- different to the larger life of the nation, and the state of the British Empire. Never was there a greater mistake (hear, hear). We in Wales, said Sir Herbert, are going to ask for a larger measure of self-government, because we hope and believe that-we shall be able to de- velop those jnfluncø3 and attributes of the national life and character which will enable the life of Wales to be of greater service and strength to the life of the Empire at large (applause). Re- ferring to Sir Edward Grey, Sir Herbert said most of the work of any foreign secretary must be done underground, so to speak, out of the public view, and many years must elapse before this country would come to realise the meaning of the splendid service rendered to the world's history by the acts of Sir Edward as Minister or Foreign Affairs (applause). The Anglo-Russian agreement, for instance, if studied aright, would prove to be an act of momentous consequence to the future of the world. Continuing, the hon. member said: India, the chairman has reminded you, I take a special interest in. That is quite true. I have travelled and take a deep interest in the country. I believe we do not as yet, realise the importance of India to this country, nor the great importanoo of Indian questions. It is of vital importance for us to see to it that the relations between the home land and India are those of confidence, satisfaction and strength, A few months ago we had reached a position in India of great gravity owing to a seriea of offences and actions by the late Government through Lord Curron as viceroy. A feeling had been created that was dangerous to this country in the highest degree. Lord Mqrley-(applause) —has dealt with this difficult situation with a wise and fit-in hand (hear, hear). He has on the one hand strongly put down all disorder, and with the other hand he has given to the Indian people, or has given promise to them, a large, measure of self-government (applause). In that way I believe the danger is past, and that in a short time the dangerous elements which aro pre- vailing in the life of India will have disappeared. All praise to Lord Morley for saving this country from something that must have proved a great disaster in our great Indian dominion (cheers). Sir Herbert referred to the union of the South African States, and said that with reference to Chinese labour, it was one of the triumphs of LiberaJ policy that the disgraceful state of affairs which prevailed under the Conservatives had practically been put to an end. There were now comparatively few Chinese labourers left in the Transvaal. Lord Selbourne, who had played the part of a wise, moderate, impartial ruler in regard to South African affairs, had stated at the opening of the Transvaal Parliament, some time ago, "This, the policy as regards Chinese labour adopted last year, has been justified by complete success, and the mining industry in South Africa is now on a sounder financial basis than ever before" (applause). These were eome of the triumphs of the Liberal party in the sphere of foreign affairs. With regard to home aiTairs, Mr Thompson had referred to the question of finance. The Government had during three years reduced the national debt by nearly £ 50,000,000. The duty upon tea and sugar had been reduced, and that upon coal had been taken off altogether. The expenditure of the Army and the Navy under the Liberal Govern- ment had also been met without resource to loans. In a word, they had put the national finances upon a sound footing. Somebody might say, "It's all very well for you to talk about Bound national finances, but what about the PRESENT TRADE DEPRESSION?" My travels through the world, said Sir Herbert, and the knowledge that I have been able to at- quire of commercial conditions have proved one fact namely, that no period of commercijd de- pression is brought about by any particular one cause, but by a thousand causes operating throughout the world (hear, hear)- AD that any Government can do is by wise legislation to enable the people of the country to suffer loss in periods of depression and to prolh more in periods of prosperity. Trade success, trade prosperity and commercial prosperity come in regular cycles, and all that any Government can do is to prepare the country to deal with these conditions when they affect the life of the nation. I say that one of the essential conditions of preparing any people to cope with trade depression is that the national finances should be placed upon a sound economic footing; I am not going to re- fer to what the Government has done in re- ference to hind legislation, becausc that does not touch you particularly in Colwyn Bay. I think you take an interest in allotments, and I am glad to remind you that the Government's Small Holdings Act has already proved a measure of considerable success, even within the last twelve months. Twenty-two thousand applications have been made for allotments and small holdings on 363,000 acres, and 20,000 acres of land have been acquired by County Councils, and over £ 300,000 have been spent in the purchase of land under this Act. This Act is not a dead letter; it is a living fact—(hear, hear)—and I believe in tittle will prove to be a real blessing and benefit to the national life (applause). I have no timo to refer to what the Government has done for tra<}e. Touching briefly upon social reform, Sir Herbert spoke of the Children's Act and the Old Age Pensions' Act—"a revolution brought about through the hand of the most brilliant Welshman of the day" (applause)- There would be further developments in connection with that measure, and they would proceed upon a sound basis (hear, hear). lie believed other grades of human weakness will have to be provided for on the principle of mutual insurance. The most pre- cious and valuable asset in any nation's life was human life itself, and anything tia.t could be wisely and reasonably done by any Government in that direction would redound to the credit and strength of the nation (applause). Now, they were face to face with two dominant issue6-th House of Lords and the question of Tariff Re- form. As to the House of Lords, they probably knew his opinion. Welshmen had made up their minds on that question years ago. He did not think, whatever their personal opinions might be, having regard to the conditions prevailing throughout the country, it probable that the coun- try would sanction the principle of a simrle chamber. Yet, in effect, that was what the country had its mind "upon now, for tho House of Ixirds slept when the Conservatives were in office, and ruled alone when the Liberals were in office (cheers). THE TEST OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY. Referring to the fiscal question, Sir Herbert said that personally he did not think that he would lose anything by the adoption of Pro- tection it was possible he might gain considerably by that taking place. But that was not a, question for him personally to decide. It was not a question for ouo class or section of the community to decide. The question was what was best for the country as a whole. I stand by Free Trade, said the hon. member, because of the experience of this country under Protection in years gone by. I stand by Free Trade because of the experience of this country under Freo Trade. I have no time to-night to go through figures to show how the wealth of this country has increased by leaps and bounds under Free Trade, but the fact remains a fact. I don't regard the mere amassing of wealth as a true test of national prosperity. The true test of permanent., reaJ prosperity is the way in which the wealth of the country is distributed. I say that in dealing with this question of Pro- tection the first question should be, and will be: Will it help or hinder the more equal distribution of the wealth of the nation? I say, judging by our experience in the past and by our experience in the present time in the United States of America that it will tend to the creation of huge financial trusts and millionaires (applause). I stand by Free Trade also because of the experi- ence we now have of the operation of Protection in countries living under that policy. I stand by it for an imperial reason. A good deal is said during these days that. we must have Protection in order to cement the empire—to link this country more strongly to the Colonies. Having travelled considerably fhroughout the world, and visited every British Colony almost, my opinion is the exact opposite of that held by our oppo- nents. Free Trade is the great unifying force in the history of the world (cheerf). My idea of the future is not a great empire standing by it- self behind a tariff wall and defying the commerce of the world; it is rather a great empire standing with open gates, open ports, and with hands stretched cut to receive the friendship and the commerce of the world (applause). Permanent race supremacy rests not upon the Protection of our trade, against the trade of the world, but, rests rather upon the protection of the life and the character of the people who live in this country (applause). This is to be achieved, I believe, and you believe, through the translation of Liberal principles into living facts in the his- tory of our country (cheers). In conclusion, Sir Herbert said I desire again to thank you for all I that long, faithful support which you have given to me during the seventeen years I have repre- eented you in Parliament. If it. is to be my proud boast and privilege in the future to continue to repr-esent you it will be to me, as it has been I always before, with the consciousness that I am representing a constituency which is second to none in the whole of the country, and It will be my sincere aim and desire to continue to serve those interests which are bound up in my politi- cal faith, and which, I believe, lies at the root of all real prosi>erity in regard to the life of the country (applause). At this point the Chairman read a telegram from Mr E. G. Hemmerde, M.P., expressing regret that he had been unable to redeem his promiso to attend that meeting owing to an un- foreseen engagement in the Law Courts. UNIONIST CANDIDATE CRITICISED. In Mr Hernmerde's absence the meeting was further addressed by the Rev. Gwynfryn Jones, of Llandudno, who said he had been making a comparison between Sir Herbert Roberts and Mx S. Thompson, the LTnionist candidate for that division, and found thcre was no compari- son (laughter and hear, hear). Mr Thompson called himself a representative of labour. He (the speaker) had been asking a question in another place, and lie mu:-t repeat it now be- cause he wanted an intelligent answer—whose labour was Mr Thompson representing? (laugh- ter). lie had read in newspapers of working men Conservatives, but he had not seen a living one yet, and when lie did see one he would have serious doubts whether tihe man was versed in ythe history of his country, and, if he was, another doubt would be as to whether such a person would not be over-blessed witih that commodity they call sycophancy (laugihter and cheers). It was a psychological enigma how any working man could be a Conservative (hear, hear). He was very sorry for the Conservatives of We&t Denbiglishire, but it was a discreditable business to them thaO they had not been able to find in the oounty a man to tight Sir Her- bert Roberta (hear, hear). Their opponents talked of imports, yet they imported a candi- date and dumped him down in their midst (laughter). Consistency was a precious jewel even for Conservatives; let them live their doctrines (cheers and laughter). They were going to have a &"in fileht in the division -(Iaught-er),but let none of them for all that neglect their duty because it would not «io to send Sir Herbert back with a majority merely; they must send him back with a thumping majority over Mr Thompson. They would dis- credit themselves in the eyes of Wales if they failed to do that, because Wales owed a debt that could never be paid to Sir Herbert, and to the memory of his dear beloved father (Joud applause},—for Welshmen enjoyed privilege* to- day in their shadow. They were told theM were to be two predominant issues before the electorate at the next ejection. One was the tied house of the Conservative party (laughter and cheers). The "noble six hundred (laugh- ter). They were going to fight, and from that Balaclava they were going to come out vic- torious (cheers). The other issue was Protec- tion. lie had almost believed that they had killed that funny thing at the last election, and buried it beyond the hope of a resurrection, but it was with them again (laug'hter). Let them harbour no nonsense about Tariff Reform. Let them have a clear vision of what it meant. It was not a new idea; it was in fact somewhat old—but it was not as good as the "old Theo- logy" (laughter). Tlie labels had been changed, but the drug was still the same and just as poisonous. In the seventies the drug was 'knm..n as "reciprocity;" in the eighties as "fair trade," while between 1903 and 1909 they had seen it labelled "retaliation," "preference," "scientific tariff," and "broadening' the basis of taxation" (laughter). The drug was always the saii,e--taxing the people's food. Let them stand no nonsense from Sam Thompson nor anyone else. Let them tell him tdie issue was single and plain—the food of the people (ap- plause). The speaker then went on to give in detail the goods Mr Chamberlain mentioned in his original proposals that should be taxed, and, after comparing the list with those the Tariff Reformers of to-day wanted to tax, he insisted that in just the same way the taxed goods would increase in number and the tariffs would increase in amount once Free Trade were abol- ished. If they wished to kill that vampire which would suck the blood ot the nation let them crush the embryo (loud applause). Mr Jones dealt at some length with this subject, and after referring briefly to the House of Lorda he appealed to t.he meeting to help to "send this man Thompson with a thump to the ob- scurity from which he has arisen" (applause). CONFIDENCE IN SIR HERBERT. The Rev. T. M. Jones proposed: "That we, the' electors of Wet Denbighshire, meeting at Colwyn Bay, beg to tender our hearty thanks to Sir Herbert Roberts, for his faithful ser- vices in Parliament, as our representative in Parliament, and whilst expressing our unabated confidence in him, we also SIt.¡¡,tc our willingness to secure his return and continuation as our membsr whenever the next electioii shall occur. We are duly cognisant of the part played by Sir Herbert in support of the Licensing Bill and other remedial measures, and trust he will long have health and strength to labour for the benefit of the Empire and his fellow-men." Mr D. McKie, in seconding, said reference had been made to his friend Mr Wm, Horton, I. wlho had presided at a Unionist meeting' in Rihos-on-Sea some weeks ago. While he (the speaker) appreciated Mr Horton'e services on the local Council, he disagreed with his view on imperial politics. Before the Unionist meeting in question Mr Horton had taken him (the speaker) into his confidence concerning the forthcoming contest in West_Denbigh&hire. In passing he mightJ explain that he attended the meeting', and considered tbat Mr Thompson was a very intelligent young man indeed, though, had he (Mr McKie) had the opportunity to do 130, he would ia\e controverted a good deal of what was said by him (laughter). However, wihile discussing matters with him before-hand, Mr Ilortoai told him that Mr Thompson was coming forward to oppose Sir Herbert Roberts, "but," said Mr Horton, "it is no use. He hasn't a ghost of a chance" (loud and prolonged laughter). "Still," remarked Mr MoKie, "Mr Ilorton introduced Mr Thompson to the meet- ing aa 'our future member.' (renewed laugh- ter). The motion was carried with a hearty cheer. CORDIAL WELCOME TO LADY ROBERTS. At the Chairman's request Lady Roberts re- sponded on bo-half of her husband, and as she ro-jo from her chair the crowded meeting rose en masse and cheered with great enthusiasm for some time- Lady Roberts said she did not ¡ know why she should have been called to reply to that very kind revolution, but she did very timce.rely thank them all on behalf of her hus- band, who was evidently too shy to speak for III I"Ee If-(] augliter)-for so encouraging' a vote. She knew lie would return to labours which next season would bo found to be more arduous than any he had known before during his poli- tical life full of encouragement and confidence of the support which that great meeting had 2>romised (applause). The Liberal meetings throughout the constituency had been full of enthusiasm and confidence in the Government, and that after all was the important tmng. While she was glad of their confidence in their member, confidence in the Government was the nmt important thing. They stood for principles, not for men (applause). fYorn what they had heard that night the present Govern- ment had been true to the old principles of peaoe, Tctrenohment and reform, aDd she hoped would all do what they could at the next election to support the candidature of their present member, and return him once more to Parliament with a triumphant majority (loud applause). On the motion of Sir Herbert Roberts, sec- onded by the Rev. Gwynfryn Jones, who said Mr Crompton's arrival in Colwyn Bay had been a real tonic to the Liberalism of the ais- frict, hearty thanks were voted the Chairman for presiding. A laj-ge crowd awaited the appearance of Sir Herbert and his party outside the hall, and gave them a hearty cheer as they drove away in the hon. member's handsome motor car.

WELSH NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ABERYSTWYTH GAINS PREFERENCE FOR NEXT SHOW. The annual meeting of the Welsh National Agricultural Society was hold at Aberystwyth, Mr Vaughan Davies, M.P., in the chair. The Chairman presented Mr H. P. Edwards, of Aberystwyth, the winner of the Prince of Wales's challenge cup for the best Welsh cob at the last show, with a silver medal. A similar presentation was made to Mr J. Pugh, Pencwm- rnawr, who was awarded the reserve card on the same occasion. Tho balance sheet for 1903 showed a total in- come of £ 2,137. Subscriptions and donations amounted to £ 805, and gate money and grand stand receipts to E797. The expenditure amount- ed to £ 2,126, leaving a credit balance on the year's working of £ 10. The council in the annual report stated that a vote of the members had been taken on the question of the location of the show for 1909 with the result that 145 voted for Aberystwyth and 49 for places elsewhere. Taking the mem- bers residing outside the Union of Aberystwyth, 61 voted for that town and 44 for places else- where. The report, of the council and the balance sl eet were adopted. On the motion of the Chairman, second ^d by Dr. J. James, Sir H. Aubrey Fletcher, Bart., M.P., was unanimously chosen president of the uln society for the ensuing year. Mr Greaves, of Portmadoc, and Mr Vaughan Da vies, M.P., were appointed .to represent the society on the committee of thePv ;al Agri- cultural Society. B Lord Harlech was appointed a vice-president and Mr Richard Jones (Towyn) was selected to represent Merioneth on the council. Mr George Pryce resigned his membership of the council as a representative for Cardiganshire, and Capt. Lloyd Hughes was appointed in his stead.

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NORTH WALES FIRE BRIGADES' UNION. ANNUAL MEETING AT RHYL. TROPHY PRESENTED BY SIR RICHARD WILLIAMS-BULKELEY. The annual meeting of the North Wales District of t"he -National Fire Brigades' Union was held on Friday, at the Imperial Hotel, Rhyl, Lord Mos- tyn presiding. There were also present: Lieut. J. O. Hughes, Bodrhyddan, hon. secretary Supt. Owen, Llandudno; Captain G. W. Lacey, Oswes- try; Captain T. Parry, Rhyl; Captain Jones, Prestatyn; Captain E- Williams, Abergele; and Capt. Ed. Jones, Dolgelley. Several letters of apology for non-attendance were received, the writtrs including Capt. W. Conwy Bell, the chair- man of the Council, who had been called away on urgent business. THE ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report, which was presented by the Secretary, stated that taking into consideration "0" the fact that the district had to run last year's competitions on their own resources, there was on the whole room for congratulation. No doubt a very wet day militated against the attendance of spectators, although the attendance of firemen and officers was up to the average. The district fund had to provide all the prizes and expenses in connection with the competition, but despite this the credit balance amounted to J625 8s, the previous year's credit balance being jB59 15s lOd. The competition account, amounted to £ 34 196 4d. It was felt that very little was done by brigades in the district for the widows and orphans' fund, only £ 6 13s lid having been collected in the dis- trict by the Queensferry, Abergele, Llangollen, Oswestry, and Rhuddlan Brigades. Other bri- gades were urged to assist in this desirable ob- ject. The Union, it was stated, had a total of E4656 in this fund, which was invested in console, but it was desired to get as much as twenty thou- sand pounds so as to produce £ 500 yearlv. The report was adopted, Captain Lacey, who moved the adoption, remarking that it was a mat- ter of regret that more interest was not taken by the brigades in the widows' and orphans' fund. On moving a vote of thanks to the retiring officer, both Captain Lacey and Captain Williams. of Abergele, paid a high tribute to Lord Mostyn and the other officers for the ke.3n and unselfish interest t.hey took in the Union. Lord Mostyn, in returning thanks, said that while on his recent tours around the world, he took a keen interest in the brigades of the vari- ous places he visited, and he was bound to say that the brigades in this country compared very well with colonial and foreign brigades (applause). ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Lord Mostyn was re-elected president, and the vice-presidents were also re-appointed. Mr J. O- Hughes was re-appointed hon. secretary, after his work on behalf of the district had been duly acknowledged. Captain Conwy Bell was re-elected chairman of the Council, and Sunt. Owen vice- chairman, whilst Captain Jones, Dolgellcv, Cap- tain de la Mote, and Captain T. Parry were elec- ted to the Council. Mr C. D. Copley was re- appoint.ed hon- auditor. THE COMPETITION FUND. Captain Jones, Dolgelley, suggested that each brigade should contribute 10s yearly'to the com- petition fund, but the Secretary thought this un- workable, and the suggestion was dropped. WEARING MEDALS. A communication was received from head- quarters asking the district for their opinion as to what medals should be permitted to be worn by the officers and men in uniform. It was generally agreed that the wearing of superfluous medals should be discouraged. It was recommended that medals granted by the Sover- eign should be worn, also Humane Society's medals, Long Service medals, and others for ex- ceptional bravery or life-saving, but that foreign decorations should only be worn after special sanction from the Union. Competition medals were not favoured to be worn with full uniform. THE NEXT DEMONSTRATION. With regard to this year's competitions, it is understood that they will take place at Llan- dudno. Supt. Owen said that the Council met on tho 17th inst. to discuss the matter, but he thought the inclination was in favour of the meeting being held in his town and another' meeting of the Council would be called directly Llandudno's de- cision was known. A NEW TROPHY. Sir R. Williams-BulkeLey, Bart., Lord Lieuten- ant of Anglesey, wrote offering to present a trophy to be awarded to the brigade registering the highest aggregate in the annual competitions, and On tho motion of Lord Mostyn, Sir Richard Williams-Bulkejey was cordially thanked for his generosity.

FATAL BURNING CASE AT RHYL. A SERVANT GIRL'S CLOTHING IGNITED. A MISTRESS'S BRAVE ACT. On Saturday, Mr J. Roberta Jones, deputy- coroner for Flintshire, held an inquest at the Town HaJJ, Rhyl, touching the death of Susanna-h Mary Wynne, aged 18, a domestic servant, and daugh- ter of Mr Thomas Wynne, a labourer, residing at Vale-road. Mr E. D. Evans was foreman of the jury. Mr F. J. Gamlin appeared to watch the case for interested parties- Deceased's father identified the body as that of his daughter. He said he had never heard of her having any fita or faints. Miss E. II. Bailey, of Holmlea, Morlan Park, said the deceased was employed by her as a domestic servant. She had been in tho hospital from December 7th to January 27th, having suffered from an affection in the nose, for which she treated by Dr. Hughes Jones. She re- turned home much better, and on the 10th inst. she did her work as usual, and retired to rest at about nine o'clock. Deceased was not subjcct to fits. The girl got up on the morning of the 11th in her usual good heaJth at about a quarter to seven o'clock. She at once proceeded to light the fires, and after doing so in the kitchen went to the front room. Witness soon afterwards heard her scream, "I'm on fire," and at once rushed downstairs, followed by Nurse Withers, who was in the house in attendance on another lady. When she reached the front room frhe found that the whole of the girl's dress, which was of cotton, was on fire. She seemed to be a mass of flames. Witness seized the hearthrug and endeavoured to wrap it around the girl, but found that it was too stiff and heavy. The deceased went into the passage, and there witness and Nurse Withers took off their dressing gowns and wrapped them around her, and this put out the flames, and tho deceased walked to a couch, where her burning clothing was removed, and witness at once put over her body as much oil as she could. After that she went for Dr. Eyton Lloyd, and the girl was taken to the hosptal in a cab. She could not say how long the deceased was burning, but it seemed a long time, although it could not have been more than five or ten minutes. She accom- panied the deceased to the hospital. The girl was well behaved, and a quiet excellent servant. She did not think that the deceased had used either paraffin or a newspaper for making the fire burn quickly, and she was very careful, and the paraffin bottle was in its usual place after the affair. Nurse Withers said the girl was conscious the whole of the time, and merely said that her dress had caught fire. The girl denied that she had used a newspaper to draw up the fire. Dr. Eyton Lloyd spoke to being called by Miss Bailey, and on hearing what attention had been given to the girl he advised her removal to the hospital, afterwards telephoning to that estab- lishment to prepare to receive a bad burning case, and also to Mr Peter Edge for a cab to convey the girl away. He then went to see the girl, and finding that she had already been treated and that clothing had been wrapped around her, he felt her pulse, and gave directions for her re- moval without further examining her. He was at the hospital when she arrived, and there found that she had been deeply burnt. He described his treatment of the girl. He saw her several times, and she died on the evening of the 12th from shock as the result of tho burns. It was the worst case of burning he had ever seen. He had a conversation with the girl as to how it happened. The whole of her clothing was of flannelette a most inflamable material. She said that after lighting the kitchen fire she went to the front room and lighted the fire there. After doing so she was relaying the hearthrug with her back to the fire, when her dress caught the grate as she was stooping, and in a moment she was a mass of flames. That was a very natural ex- planation. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," expressed sympathy with the relatives and Miss Bailey, and also complimented the latter on her efforts to save the girl, as she had evidently done all. that was possible for the girl. Mr Gamlin, on behalf of Miss Bailey, said that lady wished him to express her sympathy for the relatives, and to say how exceedingly sorry she was, as the deceased was a very good girl. She carried out her duties in every respect in a most satisfactory manner, and Miss Bailey Vf- sorry to have lost her. The fact that her services were appreciated by Miss Bailey was proved by her having kept her place open during ih»0ix weeks she was in the hospital.

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