The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

THE WOMAN SANITARY I INSPECTOR. The number of women sanitary inspectors and health visitors, official and voluntary, continues to increase. Tho value of their work is amply proved, and in no branch of social service is there brighter promise of good results. tvirm^ry re- forms in the reign ot Queon Victoria dealt prin- cipally with the removal of unwholesome condi- tions of environment. Pure water supplies were obtained, costly systems of drainage and sewer- age were provided, and improved methods of street paving <and street cleansing were introduced amongst other reforms. Within recent yc-ars an important development has taken plaos. Pre- ventive endeavours to check the enormous wast- age in sickness and death include not only the hygiene of the environment, but also the hygiene of the individual. Knowledge of the essentials of clean and healthy living should be brought into the homes of the people, and this can only bo done effectivel). by the sanitary missionary in other words, the health visitor. To gain an appointment in London a candidate must have had three years' experience as a sani- tary inspector before 1895, or must possess a cer- tifleate of the Roval Sanitary Institute pnor to 1898, or she must hold the certificate of the Sa-ui- tary Inspectors* Examination Board. The ex- a.mination for this last ia written, oral a/nd practi- ca.l. Tho subjoets are elementary physios and chemistry, municipal hygiene, including sanitary defects and remedies, water supplies, drainage, refuse removal and disposal, disinfection and good inspection, public health laws and the model bye- laws of the Local Government Board. Before sitting the examination the candidato must pro- duce evidence of instruction from a recognised institution, the only one in Wales being- the University College, Cardiff. Outside London the sanitary inspector need not legally be qualified, but as competition is keen and posts as yet few she finds it necessary t.o bo fully qualified. Preference is frequently given to candidates who possess some nursing qualifica- tions. She may be appointed as a health visi- tor only, the essential difference between a sani- tary inspector and a health visitor is that tho in- spector has to see that the various Acts dealing with public health are kept, and, where necessary, enforced, while the duties of tho visitor are main- ly advisory. The former has also the advantage of ri ght of entry. Thero appear to be about 400 women in the provinces employed as health visi- tors, who act in many cases as school nurses and as inspectors of midwives. The work varies in different districts and according bo the number on the public health staff. j! Under an Urban District Council for a popula- tion of about 150,000 with a health staff of six men inspectors, live women, health visitors, besides clerks and disinfectors, the I DUTIES OF THE HEALTH VISITOR aro a3 follows:—Each morning is usually spent in the office entering visits, writing reports, send- ing iioticei to education. authorities, and giving information on special ca" About noon the visitor J('aH' the office with instructions for the afternoon visiting. The number of cases given her may be anything from 30 to 40; the number visited will depend on their importance, but an average of about twenty is usually got through. The first cases to bo visited; are always.the noti- fiable infectious diseases. If the patient has not already gone to the hospital arrangements for re- moval must be made, and ako for disinfection of rooim and clothing. Information ,is obtained as to the movements of the patient during the pre- vious fortnight in ca-der, if possible, to trace the cause of tho disease and to warn possible con- tacts. Tho whole house has to be inspected, and addressee of workpizce.,i noted and schools at- tended by the ehildmn. The advent of the hos- pital carriage with attendant nurse followed by the disinfec-tors van and tho sanitary inspectors causes an intense interest irí the neighbourhood of a tenement house occupied by five or six families which is only rivalled by the funeral procession. Suspicious cases must- be visited next, children notified from f-chool as being absent on account of rash or sickness or sore throat. Where con- sidered noccesary, the parents are urged t-Q call in a private doctor. The visitor will now in- vestigate notified cases of consumption. Often the doctor tells his patient that a lady visitor will call to give instructions, and she may find her aovice listened to -eagerly, though she will realise that it is of litt'o use to urge rest and good food upon those whose incomes do not amount to a .living wage. A number of babiesi will next be seen. Tho visitor leaves at each home a leaflet containing simple directions on the feeding and general management of babies, and will as a friend, and not as an inquisitorial official" pro- ceed to explain the instructions and, offer advice and help. A 'argo proportion of the daily visits will be in connection with school children absent from school for any cause. The visitor is hardly evear refused admission, the mother soon gets to know the "sanitary or the "Board of 'Ealth," and a chair is dusted for her to sit down upon, while she listens to the family woes. Sho may find a number of children kept^home as th-o baby had mumps, which proved on the visit to be tuberculous glands. It will then be her duty to send the children to school, notify the head- teache-r, and advice hospital examination of the baby. Much tact is needed where children have been excluded from school for dirty or verminous heads o* Vdies. Blame is put on "the filthy dirty or on the teacher who "has always had a, r against my children," or on "the fall of year." Bedrooms are asked to be seen, ant when the parent is pointed! out tha unnecessary and lively occupants of the bed she merely says: "What's one or two? If all the children were as clean as mine there would bo nothing to complain of." Tho above is the usual routine. In addition visits are paid to laundries, dressmakers, out- workers and workshops of various kinds where women are employed. The purpose of these is to enforce the sanitary regulations relating to cleanliness, ventilation, air space and sanitary accommodation. She ha.:i only to fjay that she is the inspector from the Heaitii Office to re- ceive prompt and polite attention. Promotion is slow, the pay only fa-jr, holidays short, but the work is intensely interesting, and fully re-pays the woman interested' in the better- ment of social conditions of her day. N.L. I

CONWAY CORPORATION AND RENEWAL OF A LEASE. JUDGMENT IN RECENT ACTION. I In the Chancery Division on Friday, Mr Justice Joyce delivered his reserved judgment in the action brought by the Hon. Frederick Oeorge Wynn, of Glyruiifon, against the Mayor, aldermen, and. burg-eases ot Conway. Mr McMorran, K.C., and Mr Tanner (in. structed by Messrs Picton Jones and Roberta, Pwllheli), appeared for the plaintiff; Mr T. R. Hughes, K.C., and Mr J. M. Gover (instructed by Mr W. Thornton Jones, Baugor), for the Corporation. Hia Lordship said this case raised a question of the true construction of a coven-ant for renewal in a leaoo of land at Ffridxi y Saeson granted by the defendant Corporation to the plaintiff or his predecessors for the term of 21 years from Michaelmas, 1901. Tho plain- tiff, or his predecessors, had boen the kwseea of the Corporation for a great number of yea.rs under a series of leases for 21 years, each leas being the sa-me form and each con- taining such covenants as were now in ques- tion. The rent was 8s a year, a.nd the leases had been renewed every 11 years cai payment of a fine of L7 10s. 'fhe covenant un ques- tion began in this way: And the said lessors' covenant with the leasee that they shall grant a new lease of the premises to commenc(- from the expiration of the said 11 years and con- taining the same covenants as are in these presents expressed or contaaned. That alone, it must be admitted ,would not have the effect of conferring a perpetual right to renewal. But the covenant proceeded: "And so oftew. as every 11 years of the said term shall expire the lessors shall grant and demise unto the lessee ElWh new Lease of the said preamaea upon surrender of the old lease." Giving full weight to the argument that there was a pre- sumption against construing a covenant so as to amount to a covenant for perpetual re- newal, he was unable to ^ee what rational meaning those words bore if they did not irean that so often as every successive period of 11 years should expire the Corporation would grant a similar new lease upon the sur- render of the old and the payment of £ 7 10s. He would therefore declare that the effect of the covenant was to confer a perpetual right renewal on tho plaintiff. Judgment was accordingly given l'or the plaintiff with costs.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF I NORTH WALES. MURIEL EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE I FUND. j A fund amounting to nearly JE70 has been raided by tlio fellow (students a.nd other friends. of iihe late Muriel Edwards (Mrs H O. Jones), who was a distinguished student of the V ni.. "r- Gity College of N orth Wa les, and, after gradna- ting with first-olaes honours in eliemistry, "lld ected to a f(>llowihip of tho University of Wales. The fund i?3 no\v been handed over bv the promoters to th3 Conngr, and it h?s been arranged that the annual income c,ball be awarded us the "Muriel Edw?rda Prize" at the end of each ecasiou to a student who has durng that 6ei{;n fo'lowpd a. course in einlN chemis- ) try or physics at the CoHege. and acquitted h i!l¡ self or herself with distinction therein. Such etudent must have qualified for the degree of B.Sc. of the University of Wales. The prize will take tho form of books or scientific instru- ments selected by tho student to whom it is awarded Ll,ii-d approved by the professors of oheimietrv and physics. It witl be first awarded ip Juno, 1915..

AGE-LONG QUARREL 1 BETWEEN CONTINENTS. I ADDRESS BY A BANCOR LECTURER. I In the North-West of Asia Minor stands a hill known tS-day to natives of the country by the name of llinarlik. The surrounding disuiiot cor- responds in its ma.in features to tho topography of llomor's Troy. On this hill Schlieinanr. found the remains of no less than seven cities built e-aoh upon the ruins of its predecessor. This, then, &a:d Mr Porter, of the Bangor Univer- sity, addressing the Colwyn Bay Literary Society last week, we may believe, is the place of which Hom-er eang; t'h:6 tho undoubted scene round whioh his own broad Hellespont still dashes The place was important in primitive times partly use it wns the end of the caravan route from Central At»!«, partly because it is situated near tho istihmua which unitfs the promontory of Lig- eum with the mainand. The lords of Troy could levy on ship and caravan what dues they pleased. This fact explains alike the prosperity of the city and the hatred it inspired among the traders fre- quenting the Northern Aegean. Hence wo can understand the fr-equent destruction of the town, and its rebuilding at the earliest opportunity. Tho struggles with Troy evidently mado a deep i:n- pression on the minds of the early Greeks, a con- test waged in reality for plunder beoa.me invested in time with all the charms of romance. It is no longer a sordid quarrel between the greedy merchant, and the grasping lord of the soil, but a contest for the posse&sion of the love- liest woman in Greece, a contest whioh involved on either side the spirit of patriotism and loyalty, a contest in which the gods themseivcis do not disdain to mingle. The poets traced the quarrel back to a supernatural origin, and told how the &od,g once gathered to the wedding feast of the ifero Peleus and the sp-a-nyruph Thetis, when at their banquet all the muses sang Fris (o.r Strife) was not invited, and in revenge threw among the guests the golden apple, inscribed "For tahe fair- est." Three claimants, the goddess Hera, Athene. and Aphrodite submitted to the judgment, of Paris, the shepherd son of the King of Troy. His decision in favour of Aphrodite won for himself and his city the undying hate of hetr rivals for the insult offered to theiir beauty. S-oon Paris, at Aphrodite's bidding, carried off Helen, wife of Mowelaus, king of Sparta; and so began the ago,- long I QUARREL OF EUROPE AND ASIA lor all toe princes of Greece, bound themselves in a strong confederacy for the recovery of the van- ished Quce.n. The Talia of Troy tended to absorb into itself eveo-y vivid or striking myth which had hitherto been handed down a-s an isolated local tradition. In the course of many centuries long poems wero composed na.rmting vt.ri.)? incidents n the g.?t-T. o- Two of th?e wcro of gurpa&s n? merit, the Iliad and the Ody?cy. The others were obscured and forgotten, alteivd no doubt and enlarged, inter- polated perhaps and expurgated as men grew more sensitive and cultured, become for th^ Greek race. and through them for the peoples of West- ern Europe "a possession for ever." We know nothing nor is there any likelihood of scholars ever fomuna; a. th&o.ry which wi!l tnpf-i. with  ever forming a theory which will meet with un:- versal acceptance, about tbe origin of t-heae two epics. But Ave may say with some certainty that they P.,ro s' at the ond of an epoch in a civilisa- tion which had reached if not. passed its prime. Tho poems nre certainly of later date thfan. the ruins found by Schliernann and hie successor* at Mycenae. W,e may call it-. for want of a better name, the Archaean geriod, and date it- about 1000 B.C. The purpose for winch the poems wero composed may be inferred from -internal evidence. We ane to!d in the Odyssey that when King Al- cinous entertained Odysseus he summoned the minstrel after the banquet to gladden the hearts of th,a guests. The who'e atmosphere of the poowis is autocratic. In the Iliad the people do little lelse tlian roar applause when the dh.ief has spoken. The poet of the Odyssey, for there are abundant indications that this poem is of much later dato than tho Iliad, had greater scope for displaying the catholicity of his sympathies, but even hero tho aristocratic tone oannot fail to im- press the reader. Another feature of the epics that attracts our notice is the contrast between certain customs and beliefs dosor.bed therein, which, we must presume, wore the, customs and beliefs of the. people for whom th., poems were composed, and the correspond ing customs and be- liefs in historic Greece. PERFECTION OF LANGUAGE. lfoe I*Xteotion of their language, said the lee, hirer, is one reason for our view, that tho epics arose not at the begin,ning but at the end of a poiiod of civilisation. It is the perfection of style and metre, and not any difficulty 114 the subject matter which makes Ilomer incapable of any- thing approaching adequate translation. There has been hitherto discovered no Engl ish mctire that can reproduce the effect of the hexameter, and a prose translation, even one made by such masters of the English tongue as t.h.e late Prof. Butcher and Andrew Lang, robs the poems of lialf their charm. Of verse translations Wo rs ley'a in the Spenserian stanza is pcrlial-m as good as any, but however, successful xn the d-escriptivo parts and the more .stately speeches, it is too formal and cold to suit the more familiar and realistio passages. After illusbrataig these points by quotations the lecturer proceeded to toil the story of the Odyssey, interspersing the narrative with illu- minating comments. The Iliad and Odyssey, he proceeded, are com, monly spoken of as the Bible of the Crct-ics, but. the comparison ig entirely misleading. At no period of their history had the Greeks a sacred book, a church or a priestly caste, end phil, osoplters like Plato and Xenophanes were quite free to criticise and condemn the morals and man- ners of the Homeric duties. Describing the Princess Nausicca, the lec- turer oai.(I: I make bold to assert that no modern poet could depict a maiden more refined more tender, more gracious amd more true at the same time to human nature as we know it to-day than the poet of a thousand years before Christ, when he wrote tJlo incident of the Princess Nausicaa.

TO THE PRINCE OF WALES. 1 (On his going for a tour abroad). ] wi!fpt' i? ?'? ?' mornjn bouns, When all the land is kind'hn^ into §cw<?' Accept thy people's feahy, theirs and ours. And may the weight of learning muke thee see, To live aright, to love aright, must be, The very way to rule us fearlessly. Yet, we aro thine, take thou tliv stand upon Our love, as erst upon a Cromlech-stone Let great Eryri be thy Cymric throne! Then shall the poet, ba,r¿, and minstrel see, Eadl in his order, each in his degree, That David, Prince, awaits his fealty. And may the little land fa.r in the West, By fairy-iore be ncrtur?d in thy breast. And jH&yat thou 10n it more than" aU the rest. And aa toward tho Northern land ve go, Where polar winds blow over icy floe, Dear kindred love awaits thee near the snow. Accept, then, Prince, our homage here to-day, And may blessing shine upon thy way. And kek-p thee still thy parents' hope and stay. Carnarvon. A.N.

CARNARVON WORKING- MEN'S CONSERVATIVE CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. I MR AUSTIN JONES AND THE CLS'lKK  CRISIS. j Alderman Richard Thomas was unanimously re-elected president at tho annual meeting of the Carnarvon Working-men's Conservative CLub, held under the presidency of Major Whkkin (the chairman). There iiag a large attendance of mem bers, u,nd among others present were Mr Austin Jones (the prospective Conservative candi- date for tho Carnarvon Boroughs) and Mr Yaughan Wynn. A gratifying report was presented by the Secre- ta-i-y (Mr Evan Morgan) dealing with the activi- ties of the Club during the past year. Messrs Richard Hughes and W. H. Bennett were re-appointed auditcrs. Addre.ssing iha gathering, Mr Austin Jones, who was received with much cheering, eaid that at the moment the country was in a state of terrible gra vity, produced no doubt by the crimi- nal conduct: of one of the worst Governments that had ever mismanaged the country. The apparent, approach of an armed conflict was duo to the threatened intention of the Government to pa<=a the Home Rule Bill into law without an election (hear, he-ar). It was due to a criminal disregard of facts and tho advice given the Government by men who knew Ulster, including the late Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Lord Wolseley. Mr Asquith had admitted that if the Home Rule, Bill passed there was danger of civil war in Hbtor, while if it failed to pass there would still be danger of trouble in ot.-her parts of Ireland. What a tribute it was to Mr Asquith'¡;¡ statesmanship that l.e should havo to adirit cither contingency as the result of his policy (ohcens). Tho offer made by Mr Asquith last week was never meant to be accepted, an d it would never be accepted by Ulster, bccause it meant putting off tho evil day for six years. But the Gocvrn- ment wero afraid to submit even that proposal to the country (hear, hear). I GAMBLING IN HUMAN Ll\ ES. l-iiey declined Mr Bonar Law s oiler ot a re- ferendum, aiid preferred to gamble in human lives, and to press ma It ere to a finish. If, how- ever, th-ey wanted fighting they von 1<1 get it. Sir Edward Carson and his followers believed In tho righteousness of their cause, they believed in tho words of Mr Winston Churchill's father— "Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be riglit" (cheers). According to the best authority the j Ulster Volunteers highly organised, and it would -only be by tho use of th.o Army that they could be put down. The Nationalist's could not do it, because their experience was confined to shooting into houses and the n-taiinin-- of cattle (Laughter and ch<?)?). T)Mv must a.H hope t.hat the catastrophe of a civil war would be averted, but wh?n a general election oomes, a?oomc it must before long, it would he> the duty of the people of this country to punfcih the Government with having brought the country so near its ruin hoar, hear). Devoting a part of his speech to the housing scandal at R-osyth, Mi- Jones quoted the word., of tho Chancellor of the "lrxolieqticr at Bedford, when lie described hoiwin"' in the country as "atrocious, inadequate, insuiffcient, insanitary, rotten." and invi;.o.d 'his audience to infer that Tory landlords -alone were responsible for that stato of aft-urs. Bat no ho(tfsui)g ever deserved the Chancellor's epithets so much as that pro- vided by the present Liberal Government for their employees at the naval work at Rosyth (cheers). Even devoted followers of the Govern- ment, men like Mr Wcrd, were compelled to get up in tho House of Commons and. denounco the Government fur a state of things whioh that, gen- tleman described as a positive disgrace to cvefy- one concerned. Councillor Nee, who is.ohairman of the Carnar- von Sanitary Committee, also addressed the mem- bers on the housing question.

I SIR RICHARD WILLIAMS- BULKELEY'S FAREWELL I TO THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE. Tha annual prize distribution and. ball of the Mersey Division Royal Naval Vcflmiteer Reserve took place on Monday evening, in St. O forge's Hall. Coarmandeir Sir Richard lV'iIliani,s-Bii!kcley, Bart., commanding the division, presided, and "vas supported by a' full muster (J,f his own officers and by many representatives of tho ioc-ail Territorial units and of the R,a'ya.l Navp.1 Reserve.. The prizes were distributed by Miss WiMiaras-BiiIke'ley. Sir Richard, in his review of the events cf tho past year, said he had the pleasure of being1 able to congratulate the division on having" had in every respect the mct-ft success- fu1 year in its history. The strength, includ- ing all ranks and ratings, together "with pro- batkmcris. was now 731, and last year they drew the capitation grant for 6.72 efficic-uts-- a larger rai.mber than ever before. No fe-wer than ten office re and 210 seamen liad embarked for a trip afloat in This was a consider- able increase over 1912. v^foi-e<yver, the ttYcT- age number of drills per head was 80.8, aga.ins 7'.1 i. the previous year. Two officers anl six men had eaoh put in upwards of 300 drills. The division had been highly comiplimerited by the Admiral Commanding Reserves on its general appearance, bctli at drill amd wilicn on parade. He was glad to note that man were rc-en.g_ag'in;g" in greater irannlbe.rs tha.n evefr before, and that recruits of tho right stamp -were coming' in freely. To his very great regret ho had that night to take leave of the division aa iitg3 commanding officer. OETiciwovci^, lie would ,O't have to sever his ootanectkm ■wholly. It had pleased tho Lords of tho Adamiraiiy to appoint him chairman of the Admiralty to appoint him chaii'maji of the Admiralty Volunteer Oom- mittee, and in that position lie would still bo in CkH3 tisiiich with tihe Mersey Division, and al/:e to the best of his ability toad-vone-e its iu'ieresta. He was tfo-lilow Sir Charles Ohadwidk Ilea ley, K.C., K.C.B., with eon- sidei,ab,loo trepidation. No man knew better than he "wftiat an imimeaisa amount of work Sir Charlies had put im resUiSeitating and re- organising the Royal Nwrnl Volunteer Reserve from the ashes of the old Royal Naval Artil- lery Volunteers. If ho (Sir Richard) was able to fill f-ILe office without- creating gliairing con- traistfc) he should be well coaitent. He wished to thailk a/11 rank a amd ratings for the loyal omppart they had. accorded to him. He knew that tihat eaime support would be giveoi to his flUiceeiss-or, and that the division would con- tinue to advance im efficiency mud to maintain arid even to eruhanoe its already splendid re- putation. The times were strange and troubled.. No rnaji knew how soon England miight require too best of services from the best of her youth. It was, then, their d'uty to quit theantfelves like nie-n, and to acquire the- n&oci-Kary knowledge, looking' upon the servLco as at cmiae a.n hoaioux and a,n obliga- tion. In oomclusiojt, ho thanked them onea ao^ain, imilividfually and <'oM<-ctiv?y, wi?'?ad titam aJl happuif?a :md ?Ttco?js, aj?d ba?& the division "Godspeed!"

Welshmen in America have sent a cheque for nearly 21000 to the Senghcsnydd Disaster Relief Lllilld.

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ANGLESEY TEACHERS' J SALARIES. The following- appeared in the last ia-aie cd the Sclioolniaster:- "Tho oortifioalted to2iidhors of Anglesey, through the Local Associations, recently petitioned the Auiglesev Education Committee to re-conaider the salary scale with a view to improvement. Lord .ShesttieM, Chairman of the Committee, in reply to the petition sryb- niittcd a memorandum, which was adoptcxl at l-Ui-.t week's mating of the Comraittec. Hav- ing reviewed, the financial resources of the county, and the salaries paid to the teachers there, hia lordship continued:—'Whether we have rqopu-d. to the mi-ources of the conoity, the burden of the rate, or the money spent per saho'iar on the salaries of teachers, the county of Anglesey is in most, retspecta doing more for education than any county in Wales. And if wo consider the salaricta wo are invited to pay and compare them with incomes, siy, of the ministers of the vairous oooagpegatioas —educated mem who have no State training collegics where they are boarded and taught free—oa- if we owitsider the incomee of the fai'inefrs, who pay most of tho rates, amd wheno incomes are estimated for income tax at c-Ho-third of their rent, or if we contactor whence our teachers are recruited ami wha.t their prospccts w>ooild havoc) been had they fol- lowed the occ-upations of tiieir parents, we cannot iitvito the county of Anglesey to re open the prese-nt scale.' In the last, publititaed rcijiort of the Board of Edaicatiioin, Appeaadix III, p. 151, it is reported that the Ar,Peecy Edmcation Authority ,hxs f.ai.I.e.d in their duty in rcapcctcf the staff of Menai Bridge C. of 1'1 School. This dociflion was arrived at after a publiic inquiry, at which Lord SfheffieLd him- self acted aef advocate for the Anglesey Ðdu- ca.ticm Authority. By the decisoo-n of tha Beard cœuIKllSaÜC)oll had to be made to the teachers who had beem denied their legal dues urder the Angk^ey Education Connmittee, over which Lord Sheffield presides, nmd whoso pet icy M, in the main, direc.ted, by him. "The aorpTpas and administrative petulance wlio'wn by Lord Sheffield evidently remains, j Slonth by merath the papers yield fresh evi- dence of the struggles made to evade the penalty of the Menai Bridge inquiry. Unable to chaHe-ngo the sOTereignty of the law he j feek-t to deny to ed-ucatiou its own rewards and victories. Unless education brings social regeneration a.nd advancemeait in efficiency and life, Avhere ehall the prog,res-vive edii-ca- tionist repilenisih his ideals? Why should, not the teacher surmount the life conditions of his parents, Ane tl, eotta,g e born graduates j of Wales, after years cf sacrifice at the seccaidarv school and the University, to be told that if they become teachers in our ele- mentary echcolis they must not expect emolu- ments superior to the modest earnings of iheir fa.tliers? Wha.t an outrage upon the Welsh oon-cetption cf national ediLe,I.ticii How who g-rad-uated in higher education, by cnrolliuig tliem^lv«ii as el-concntary school tea.clie.ria to begin with must resent the re- actionary utieramce-s of Lord Sheffield. We wonder what Sir John Rhys, Principal of .Tesun Colfopje, Oxford. Su' Henry Jc-nea, of G-liasgow' amd Siiir M];rrichan t Wfiili.aiirte, of M-erthyr Tydfil, will have to say upon this lapso on the pairt of Lord. Sheffield. ]'îa,c'h of ths at ono time occupied the jxusitioii of tboss who supplicated the Anglesey Educa- tion Camniittee last wieeik for bettor salaries, The oartifioated class teachers cf Anglesey, tluough the County Association, respectfully for a maximum of R,110 for nien and £ 95 for wciineai, and also asked that the incre- ments of X2 10B be changed to .85. The omemica-aindmm jirepared by Lord Sheffield was adopted, by the Ekiuication Committee na a reply to teaeliers' prayer. Thl) teachers arc denied all improvement, and Lord SheffieUl rcmiaidfe them of their plebeian origin."

LICENSING PROSECUTION AT CARNARVON. CASE DISMISSED. I At the Carnarvon Borough Sessions, on Mon- day, before the Mayor (Mr D. T. Edwards), M/essrs J. It. Pritchaid, li. Newtown, R. Griffith, R. Thomas, R. Wiituurifi, J. P. Gregory, tine licenoee of the Newborough Arms, Palaoe-stroet, Carnarvon (Owen J. Roberts) v,-as charged with permitting drunkonnees. Mr Jenkins, who prosecuted for the police, stated that a man named James Jones, a farm labourer, was allowed to remain at tho New- bcxrough Arms in a drunken state for nearly an hour. It was not alleged that the main was served at the house. Sergeant Owen stated that lie called at the New-borough Arms, -.nd found there James Jones at etruct of a table, and at tha other end was tho lieonoeo. James Jones was very drunk. The licensee explained that he had asked tho man to go out some time previously. James Jor-es afterwards stood up, but fell back again in his seat. When seen afterwards the lieencee said lie knew James Jones was very drunk, but ho could not help him being in the house. Wit- no? pointed out to the Hoencpc th?t he had pre- viously warned him ag&in?!, aHowing drunken men to remain on the premises. Questioned by Mr M. E. Nee, who defended, the Sergeant said the licenoee stated he had tried to yet James Jones off the premises. The man was so helplessly drunk that he had to bo removed to the poliee station. The liocneee did not say he was unable to send anyone for the polioo to turn James Jones out. Corroborative evidence was tendered by P.C. WriLliams (25), and Morris Lloyd, Rhosgadfan, stated that he saw James Jones at the New- bcxrough Arms, and at that time he was sitting down quite naturally. By Mr Nee: Tho lioe.noee asked James Jones to go out three or four times. Mr Nee, for the defence, said the defendant did all the law required him to do. James Jones was not on the premises more than ten minutes, and was requested to leave several times. The Lioenoee. giving evidence, stated that J.ames Jones c. Jled it tho Newoorou-g-h Arms at three o'clock, but was refused admittance. Short- Iv after six o'clock lie managed to got in without defendant seeing him, and defendant at onoe ordered him out, but he declined to go. De- fendant was ur..abl- to send for the polioe as his wife was not. j'n, Answering1 Mr Jenkins, the Defendant admitted that he did not aek a customer to go for the polioe. Further evidence was given by William Wil. liams, quarryman, Bron Eryri, Rhostryfan. Tho Bench stopped the case,. the Chairman saying there was not sufficient evidence to oon- vict.

PENMAENMAWR URBAN I COUNCIL ELECTION. Conefderab'.o local rraterev-.t is being evinoed at Ponmaenmawr in the forth-coming Urban Dis- trict Council election, which has Leen fixed to take place on April 4th. There arc four retir- inig members, all of whom will seek re-election. Things promise to be intorestiivg in the Pajit- yr-Afon Ward where th(! retiring members are the chairman (Dr. 11, T. Jenkins), and Mr P If. McClement, A third candidate has been placed in the field by the Quarrymen's Union, who have selected as their champion Mr Griffith Roberta, a quarryman and farmer, residing at Bryn lolyn. lie is bound to havo a great amount of support from his fellow-workmen, and his friends IIntic;, pate that ho will "make matters hot" for the re tiring members. There will be one soat vacant in the Pcnrnaen- an Ward, tiie l\etiring- rr.'mhor8 being Mr D. Gor- don Jones, against whom Mr Thomas Williams, Plas Maolgwvn, has been nominated. A keen ooiitest is atitic lpatc-d. Mr Thom as Roberts, Bertihlwyd, is the only re- J tirin member to get a "walk-over," and he has boon declared elected for the Capelulo Ward.

MERIONETH UNIONIST I ASSOCIATION. READY FOR GENERAL ELECTION. J The annual meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the Merionethsh ire Unionist Associa- tion was held at Barmouth, on Tuesday, Lord Itarlech presiding. The County Agent, in his aniti-al report, said the prospective candidate, Mr Sam Thompson, had held forty meetings in the county, and was received well by all. Tho nxt ("kdion would be one of the .greatest in the history of Merioneth- shire. Tho nett gains at the Registration Courts wore 307. The county crgani-ution was perfect, and ready to fight an election at a moment's notice. Arrangements were made for a great county demonstration to be held at Towyu at an early date.

SLATE INDUSTRY DEPRESSION. I It was reported by Councillor Win. OWOD.. at Festiuiog Council, that the committee appointed to interview Mr L'.oyd Gcorgo with a vie-w of ob- taining Government assistance to remove .ho dL?- T re*sion no?v associated with the stt?,o n rusvry had drafted a strong cuso. Among other things they contended that the Revenue Bill which the Government dropped last year should bo re- introduced. Under that bill it. would bo impos- sib'!) for the increment tax duty to be charged on builders' profits.

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MOTOR CARS, AND A TRIP ROUND THE WORLD, AT NO COST. In thei33 days of vigorous advertising, many i'l^gesniioua ideas havo been exploited, but tfurely nothing has "been more striking than the lavish generosity of Messrs Joseph Wat- son and oons, of Leeds, the makers of Wat- eon's Maitchless Cleanser. This firm is just bringing to a ck>se a competition which must haye attracted attention, m every part of the ocuntry. The prize-giving is based wholly upon the number of "Matchlcss Cleanser, Nubolic," and "Sparkla" wrappers which are sent ill, and the Irzizes themselves are of such extraordiraary value, and 63 numerous, as to excite wender and admiration. No fewer than four motor ca.Ts will be given away, and some lucky person wiU obtain a first-class free tour of tilie world (value X200). But Messrs Watson's generosity does not atop there. Oilier prizes inclsudo a dozem pianos and organs, 15 Chesterfield lounges, 150 vacuum cLraners, and literally hundreds of tiiousands of acceptable and vakiabie household require- memte. A unique feature of the competition is that a I)Tiyo iis guaranteed to every com- petitor who smds wrappers aeoordiisng to the rules, aaid every prize is guaranteed the value stated. Headers should particularly note that the last date for sendang in wrappers is March 31st.

Tho death has occurred of Mr Alexander Henderson, Talysarn, who,, as one of the best known a.mateur singers in the district, fre- quently competed at the National and other Eieteddfodau, and gave hia services freely in aid of charitaMo objects among the quarry comni-auity of the Nantlle Vale.

SOUTH CARNARVONSHIRE CONGREGATIONALISMS. MINIMUM WAGE FOR MINISTERS. J The Quarterly Meeting of the South Car. narvonshire Coiiigregatioiialirits was held at Lianystumdwy lablt Monday. In the confer- er.ee heki in tho afternoon a discussion took pla/09 on the efforts that were being made to form a fund of X50,000 for the purpose of securing a minimum wage of .£80 a year to pastors. Tha Rev. J. Edwards, B.A., Portmadoc, said that ministers should not be burdened with the oppression caused by the inadequacy oi theiir stipends to meet their physical needs. Poverty in the ministry retarded the work of the churches. If a minister fcit that his daily waai ta were sufficiently provided far it would be a stimulant to him to work more heartily. Tho Rev. W. Ross Hughes, Borth-y-Geat, local secretary to the fund, ¡.aid that i?40C ha-d already been collected in the district, and of that amount .£105 had been contributed by Mr Rkihard Roberts, solicitor, PwMholi. Mr J. Jones Morris, Portmadoc, sadd. that all had seem, no doubt, what Mr J. R. Davies, Ceris, had said about voluntaryism. In hia (the speaker's) opinion the most effective re- p.y to Mx Dav ica allegation, that vokintaxy- Will was a spent force, would be to maketlhia-' fund a great success. 1

CtetricTi a.nd eider ducks are to be ex-cludm from the operations of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Bill. Mr Reed, etationmas^ea- at Llanelly, has been 'I' appointed to the charge of the joint Great West- ern and Oambrian station at Aberystwyth, it I suoceseion to the late Mr J. A. Thomaq.

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