The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

THE C 0. OF &T. HELENS' PALS. I THE CO. OF B.T. Hr';LE5' PALS. Colonel Sir John LaJw Harrington is m South Lanca- shire Regime lit, now stationed at Bangor. He was born at Swansea, i-nd is the son of tho late Mr Nicholas Harrington, M.R.C.fc> his mother being a Liverpool lady. In 1907 he married Amy. daughter of the United States Sen- ator Macmillan, of Detroit and Washington. Ho war, ''educated privately, and at Stonylruxet Oo:- In 1884, when 20 years of age, en.isted (10 a private in the 2? B?tt?ion R?y?d Irish F'usiJie's, and was ccm.ni;3S!cned m June, 1838. Ho served with the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regi- ment (the old 57th) in Ireland, and afterwards joined the 21d Battalion of the jamo regiment in India in 1889, At the end of the year he went to the Indisfi Staff Co!'p, now the Indian Army. His probations ry^period was served^ with the 1st, Bombay Grenadiers, HOW the 101st Regiment of the Indian Army. /subsequently, in 1891, he "88 appointed to the 14 th Bombay Infantry, now the 104th. Mahrattae. In 1892 he entered the Bombay FoiitiicaJ Service as Adjutant and Assist- ant of the Katiuawar Agency Military Polica. In lo33 he became Assistant Political Agent ni Kathiawar, arldi afterwards A&siet&nt Political Agent at Aden. From 1635 to 1B88 jie was Assistant Political Resident in Zaila, British Soma^iland.. and Consul in 1898. He was in 1893 appointed Diplomatic Agent ailtl Consul General at the court of the Emperor Memelek of Ethiopia was created ilinister Plenipotentiary in 1903, and Minister Plenipotentiary and Lrl"OY Extraordinary in 19Gb. He accompanies R-oss Makunan, the Abvssinian Envoy, at the Co. row- tion of the late King Edward VII. lilt parliamentary contest?. Co!. Sir J. Harrington retired in 19C9. At the general election inJanuary, j.910, he contested Crowe in the Unionist interest, and in December of the earns, year he opposed Mr Joiin Bums in the Unite rsea Division At the outbreak of the war ho was tin Amorica., lint returned to England and joined the gili Essey Service Battalion in September Ml Major and sónttín command. He was afterwards ap- pointed Lieutenant-Colonel and to command the 11th Service Battalion South Lancashire Regi- ment, ^hicn w&s raised by Lo.nl Derby. Colonel Sir J. Harrington was created K.C.M.G. in 1909, K.C.V.O. in 1903, C.V.O. m I' 1901, and C.B. in 1902. The honour of knight- s hood was conferred upon him by his Majesty fe the- King in the private study at San- f • dringham. Ho heø travelled very x. ( tensively, and visited, amongst other oounitriee, Australia, China, Japan, Ca.nada, Straits Settle- l mente, Egypt, Soudan; and British East Africa. ) In the year of their marriage Lady Harrington accompanied her husband to Abyssinia. He is a keen sportsman, and has done a good deal of big gunie shooting

WELSH WAR NOTES Lady Greenwood, wife of Sir Hanfar Careen- trood, M.P., commanding the 10th GWCllt Bat- talion South Wales Borderers, is taking am active interest in the formation of a Colwyn Bay Bri- eada pf tJi« Active Service Girl Cadai C-Qaw It had bee-n intended that the annual show of the Welsh. National Agricultural Society -should have been held at Wrwthain this year, but it has been decided, in jonsequcnee of the war, not to bold it. I Brigadier-General Not, Circh, Cmef of the Staff to General Allenby, Commanding our Oav- alry abroad, liao been again mentioned in dis- patches, and made an Extrar Aide de Camp to the King, Lady Edith Douglas Pennant, soil-am House, Newmarket, advertises in the Morning Post for any information conocrning her husband, Lieut, the Hon. CSiarUis Douglas Pennant, 1st Battalion Cold-stream Guards, reported missing &iaico the 29th of October. In eplt-o of extensive ftnd abroad, we regret to etato that Lord end Lady PenrLyn are still wriilidut any informa- tion concerning t: condition or whereabouts of their eldest- eon, Lieuv the Hon. Alan Douglas Pennant, Grenadier Guards, who was reported missing and wounded. 'abou:t tho eajne period. Lieut. Wcrtley (U.C.N.W.), who was chosen c- for the Mountain Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery, is now in the tr&nohfts. almo/ less than A fortnight- after reaching Flanders. An in- teresting I-ettor dc-C-rib,:jz a visit from the Prince of Wales is published on this pagl, r i— j » .1 _i;

SUNDAY VISIT jrROlf MR. LLOYD GEORGE. The Town Clerk of Bangor (Mr J. Pentir Williams) received a telephonic message this morning intimating that Mt Lloyd George would address a meeting at Bangor next Sun. day afternoon. Arrangements are oeing made accordingly. The meeting will probably be held in the IJounty Theatre. During the Tveek-end Mr Lloyd George will be the guest of Brigadier-General Owen Thomas at The Wilton, South Parade, Llan- dudno,

PRISONERS IN. GERMANY. REPOKTS OF INFERIOR iOOD AinD HARDSHIP. in reply to a question by Lord Robert Cecil, Mr Priuixose says:— "The .T)apNS ",hien 1t is hoped to lay on the tablfc -it an early date will show the steps which his Majesty's Government iave taken to endeavour to secure propel treatment for British prisoners of war in Germany." Several correspondents nave given rather disquieting evidence that Britjsh prisoners are Jaotbcing well treated.

tford f'cnrDyn has been gazetted tc-mporary Major in the Reserve Regiment of the 1st Life Guilds The Maiyness of Lincohwhire is suffering from a ibharl) attack of influenza accompanied by meningitis. fii-a *'u,ncrai ot Lady Margaret Gtaartearie took jplace at Brompton Cemetery yesterday. In the ooAgregaition were Mrs Wvnne-Fiaich, Mr and Mrs John Wyane-JPinch, Mrr ,W- Wynne- Fiaucii (Soots Guaards), and Lady Mabel Kenyon-SJaney. It is underetood that in the near future Lad-y Juliet Duff and her family will ta-ke up their resi- dence at Va.;Y-n6, Major A. B. Priddle, J.P., Llanrw«t, left for Fra.noo on Wednesday week to join the 4th Battalion R.W.F., now in the firing linte at La hiee.

I 19th CENTURY ) REMINISCENCES. The loyalty of a guard on one of the Holy. head mail ooacJiea in 1816, oost him dearly. En route the g?a?d, in hQnour of th0 Ki-i's birtJ?day, Bred ?Vi. gLinIe.rbjj?s which, unfortun- a.tely, burst and laol-rated his left hand so seri- ously that ampufcaf-i an was necessary. The blun- &rl)u&q as old Sv&s a weapon And wonnferfailly lUiie. Though intend- ed er, a protection* a^aingt n < importunities of the bcid highwayman, it was generally a doubtful POTnt wltether, in actuai tho guard or the h.ighwa.yma.n IAacJ iu mewt danger from the weapon. The ceremony a Laying the first stone of the Marquis oil Anglesev's column on the summit of Craig y Ddinas, Llanfair P.G., took place in 1816, on the anniversary of the Battle of Water- loo, in which the gallant Marquis was wounded. Lioutenant-General the Earl of Uxbridge earn- manded the allied cavalry, and his d'stanguished eorvices were i-ewaiA<.d with the title of Marquis of Anglesey. According TO contemporary ao- ooimt of the function, tho proceedings aroused considerable interest. There was a largo atten- danoo of military and civilians, but the weather, we arc lo»kl, proved unfavourable, and" prevent. ed that display of female beauty which so much adds to ecenea of this decwriptiioai." • • In the North Wales Cafetle. of .Tun. 27th, 1816, we read that the bells of the Cathedral at we rood that the bells of tho Cathedral at Bangor announced the arrival at tho Palace of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of this Dio- cese." It would bo interesting to .knew if this was customary in oiklcu times, or whether there was so,-no special reason for heralding the arrival of the Bk-hop, as reported ;n the Gazette. <" « It was once saia that seeping a gig was a suro sign of rcqpecbabiiity. An advertisement, a century ago, offering one of theco vehicles for sale, fixed the price at 1;25. The gig was des- cribed as "nearly as gooJ as new," a.nd a would- bo purcaa-er was told that lie would find it "a great aooemmoda-tion to a small family, carry- ing occasionally four persons conveniently." The use c'f tilic.' word "ccoatsionaily" 56 delightful. Reading between the lir.?, one may see here the reekli" sucsd of the owner in t?xiKg the hoLding capacity of the T?hicJe to tho utmowt, and at the same tunc a g.enth warning' .that the gig might collapse if four persons were crammed into it too often. What manner of conveyance was an inside jaunting oar?" Evidently it was a more aristocratic vehicle tha.n a gig, for a Carnarvon publican offered "a very elegant" one, "only a month in use." for £ 30. M=tal ].a fOT C30. A county rate ()If9d in the £ produced in Anglesey in 1816 the vunl of £ 581 196 5d. Tho whole of the county expenditure at that time came to £760, the heaviest items being £152 for the repair of county bridges, an' S100 fGr con- veyance and relief of vagrants. The Clerk of the Peace's salary ami bills a-mounted to £67, and tho Treasurer was paid a remuneration of L20. w « A list cr catalogue of British .or Welsh MSS., compiled by the Rev. Ev&n Evans, aLas" Tryd- ydd," mentions ''Mr Morris Owen, formerly of ?angor," as Da.?ydd ap GwHym'a warks. Amongs*; others said to h?ve small (??l, Lections of manuscripis were Mrs Jones, Pen-yr- allt, Bangor; Mr W. Peters, Beaumaris; and Mr Edward Samuel, rector of Llangair, and father of Mr David Samuel, SU1-g)n and poet, who sailed round the world with Oalpt, Cook. • • • At'a fair held in Llangefni, eanly in the nine- teeiith eeuK-ury, IOiW: fat oxen excited muoh ad. mi.ra.t.:on, They were, according to a contem- porarv, "of tho true Anglesey breed which, for pro- ducing beef, in proportion to the food con. eumed, is equalled by few, a.nd surpassed by none. It is. in fact, precisely the same breed as the Scots." • • « « A Mr W. WillI arli, of Franddu, Cemlyn, Anglesey, was reported in 1817 to be tho owner of a/ gameoocJ:, which had attained the extra. ordinary 4age of half a century. An Amlwch onco visited Cemlyn, and when the ancient Chief of the poultry yard W06 pointed out to him, the Ixird dropped into poctry: Old Chanticleer proclaims the dawn, And has for fiftv summers The cackling monardi of the lawn, Exulting hail a the rising sunl As. erne workmen in the year 1817 were em- ployed in forming a Rinall quay rear Carnarvon they discovered the remains "of an immense wooden bridge, buried several feet in the sand, and extending over the river Seiont." Some fragments of it were taken, and proved to be of ook in a liigh state of preservation, one beam me-asuring upwards of 50 fret in length. A con. temporary account eta.tes that ?ho bridge appea ra ?o have formed a com- munication between. Segontium and Coed Helen summer-house, which wa.s in all prob- ability a Roman watch-tower, one end of the bridge being contiguous 110' the old wall's of Hengaer Cyabeuit where there were remains of eteps leading to it, within the memory of I man. The existence of a bridge of such iii ig rii- tuaio was not traditionally known,

I MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Mai.-Cell. Evelyn Edward Tlwmais, Viscount Falmouth, K.C.V.O., C.B.. ret. pay, to be Col- onel of the Coldstream Guards, in (succession to tdto lato Gen. Lord W. F. E. Seymour, K.C.V.O. (Feb. lOtM. w I REGULAR FORCES. I 1st Life truards (Reserve Kegt.).—Con. Cel. E. 1 Bholifo Loro Penrhyn to bo temporary major Royal Welsh Fusiliers. — Lance-Corpi. J. B. Savage from the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be second lieutenant for service in the field (Janu- ary 16th). So,forth fliglllandeyr,. Co.-Quartennaater- Sergt. Alfred E. J. Shackleford, from tho Royal Woth Fusiliers, to be second Keuienant for ser- vice in the field (January 25th). Royal Flying Corlls.-Imt.-Lieut. (temporary oaptaini A. H. L. Soariiefi, 3rd (King's Own) Hus- Gars to be a flight commander, Military Wing (February Sth). Memoranda. Frank Reginald Cockney, lato Lieut. 1st V.B. tho King's Shropshire Light In- fantry, to be temporary lieuteniujfc (Aug. 10th). Army Chaplains' Department. The Rev. Maurice Jones, D.D., chaplain to the Forces, first class, retires on retired pay (February 18th). 12th Battalion Royal WeMi Fusiliers.—Tempo- rary-Lieut. Noel Heaton to be temporary capta?i!? Temporary Second Li0UtS. W. J. Jonea and Esme H. Howard to be temporary lieui?iiantB, the la&t- mentioned also to be adjutant (January 1st). The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Hth Battalion Temporary Lieut. Will. Wilson relinquishes his commission on account of ill-heaith (February 23rd). 12th Battalion, Arthur Staikey Lewis to bo Temporary Lieut. (December Ifitli). 14th Battalion, Cyril Nichole Jones to be Temporafy Second Lieut. (January 7th). King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Second I Lieut, (on probation) Anthony C. P. Bidd1e-Cope is conJSnued in hie rank. I TERRITORIALS. Denbighshire (Hussars). Second Lieut. Roland I L Da vies resigns his conuniesion. Dated Feb- ruary 17tlf, 1915.

I FORTIICOIffNG iVIARRIAGLe. I LIEUT. T. 11. CROLY AND MISS WII ALLEY I The marriage arranged between Lieut. T. II. Croly, R.A.M.C., second eon of Dr. and Mrs Croly, of Archill Island, Co. Mayo, and Eleanor Mary, daughter of Mr and Mrs R. W. Whallev, South Eden Park, Beckenham, granddaughter of the late Mr John Lloyd, Bron Derw, Bangor, will take pluoe early in March, very quietly, ow- ing to the war.

I OPERATION ON LADY WINCHILSEA. I A sueoessful operation has been performed on I Edith, Countess of Winehilsea., in London, and i she was reported last night to be going on well.

I HEAVY SNOWSTORM. Heavy blizzards were experienced in various pa,rts of North Wales on Tuesday. In many places, particularly in the -passes and on exposed mountain roads, there were snow drifts of con- siderable depth. On the lowlands the &now was quite two or three inches deep. The cold was intense on Monday and Tuesday. At Llandudno Major-General Dickson, Inspector of the Forms, carried out his inspection ef I during ], the height of the blizzard,

r THE WELSH CHURCH ACT. BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH AND "UNJUST AND INEQUIT- ABLE" HARDSHIPS. The Bishop of St. Asaph writes to the Times as follows:— It is alleged that the friends of the Welsh Church are endeavouring to break the t-ruoa and to raiee a disuniting controversy. That is not go. We do not ask for a reversal of a policy, but for the fulfilment of a pledge given by the Prime Miivster. First, let one point bo quite clear. The Suspensory Act did not postpone the Welsh Church Act. All that it did was to fix the dato of disestablishment for one year after the pass- ing of the Aot or until the end of the war. The Bill in its original form made the period be. tlween tho pa,sing of the Act and tho date of disestablishment six months or permissively twelve months. The Suspensory Act merely turned "may" into "shall." I now come to the Prime Minister's pledges. On July 30th he said In the meantime tho business which we nhall take will be confined to necessary matters, and will not be of a controversial character." Ca-n it be eaid that this pledge was carried out? On September l&th the Prime Minister oo.ld But we do feci in regard to tho Welsh Bill also that the outbreak of the war has created a eta.be of things which would make it unjust and inequitable to proceed with tho immedi- ate operation of tho measure. I refer parti- cularly to the fact that the disendowment or partial disendowment of the Welsh Ohuroh would necessarily impose upon its supporters and friends during the early years of the ex- istence of the Disestablished Body pecuniary sacrinoca for the purpose cf getting together and making good a voluntary commutation" fund. Ho went on to say that the burdon of the war and the new taxation which the war involved mako it appear to us jUBJ and equitable that l-ho cpcr?lton of the disendowment provj.?iona of that Bill ?hall be postpone. We, the-reo fore, propose that, subject to such compara- tively formal matters as the institution of in- quiries which prejudice nobody, with that ex- ception in the case of the Welsh as in the case of the Irish Bill no steps should be taken to put it into operation, until twelve months from the date of the passing or if, tJho war then continues during tftc samo term as is prescribed in the Irish Bill. If words mean anything the- Prime Minister hero states (1) that to put tho Aot into immedi- ate operauon would bo unjust and inequitable; (2) that even partial disendowment would impose pecuniary sacrifices; (3) that the war and its taxation make it only just to postpone the dis- endowment provisions; (4) that Wales was to be treated exactly liko Ireland, with a. trivial ex- ception that "inquiries which prejudice nobody" were to be made. I trust the country will understand that the Act is to-day in operation in precisely the game manner and measure as if there had been no Suspensory Act. Tho immediato operation of the Act began as it would have bog-un if there were no war. With regard to the trivial "in- quiries which prejudiced nobody, one illustra- tion will show that this is incorrect. There are a large number of border parishes half in Wales and half in England and the parishioners .are to decide whether they prefer to remain in Wales or to be established or endowed in England— assuredly thia is not a formal matter which preiuciioes nobody." Tho Welsh Commissioners with indecent haste issued a yotin.g paper to the parishioners of these border parosr.es. No notico was given to the votere, the qualification was ill-defined, to groups of parishioners apparently qualified to vote no voting papers were sent, no provision was made for an impartial scrutiny of the votes, and no time fixed for announcing the results ol the voting. The Welsh Commissioners have to examine the titles to the various kinds of property belonging to the Ohuroh and to de- cide what is to be IOf"011.1ar)$M o-r left. Are not these decisions of immense complexity and diffi- culty and can it bo said that they prejudiced nobody?" Then with regard to dLsendowment, next September, or the moment the war ends, Welsh Churchmen" will be oaJled upon to tind £100,000 to carry on the work of the Church during the first year. Moreover, disendowment has already begun. In my own diocese several | benefices havo become vacant by the death of the incumbent. The new incumbent has to ac- cept one of these benefices with the know- ledge that next September, or the day the war ends, his benafioo will be left without one penny of' its ancicM endowments or one yard oi its ancient ?lobe. Does ?iM I?rime MImister re- gard this as a form of matter which, prejudices nobody. These only some of the instances of the "unjuet and: inequitable" hardships which the immediate operations of the Aot has placed upon Welsh Churchmen. At the present mo- ment seven or eight committees are dealing with difficult questions and problems which must be faced at once if there is not tc be chaos next September. For example a representative body has to be constituted, a hard task as we know from the experk-neo of Ireland. The incum- bents of the parishes vacated by death (the aver- ago ia in Wales 70 a year) during the suspensory period naturally eAk for some guarantee for aji income after next September. Such a guaran- tee can only be given by a representative body which is not. yet formed, and if formed would have no funds available for such a guarantee. Obh-er committees are dealrrig with the problem of the relationship cf the Disestablished Church j to the Province oi Canterbury, and of the finial- cial difficulties which wiU have t4. be faced in September. All this has to be dona .fviiiic our laymen are serving with the colours, and while the thoughts and the generosity of ouir peopl-e are wholly and naturally a-bsorbcd in the Ni a. I trust I have eaid enough to mako the posi- tion of tho Church in Waies clear jn reference to the Duke's Bill. We only osk for a breath- ing-time atter the war has ended. The Duke's Biii raises no question of reversing the policy of the Government. Wo dem.and in tho name of justice and equity that tho Govcnaneni should pa,sk,3 or accept a measure which will give effect to the plighted word of the Prime Minister. For it is his honour which is at stake. A. G. ASAPII. I The Palace, St. Åsaph, Feb. 20th.

PREMIER ANNOUNCES PROSPECT OF AGREEMENT. I NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRIMATE. In tho House of Commons, on Tints lay, Mr King (L., North Somerset) asked whether the Prime Minister had received requests or repre- sentations urging that the Welsh Church ques- tion, as fixed by the legislation of last session, should bo revised by further legislation tllia session, and whether the disestablishment of the Welsh Church was to be considered a noncontro- vei>.ial subect on which legislation was not pre- cluded by Ministerial pledges. Mr Asquith Tho answer to the first part of the question is in the afifrmative. With regard to the second part, points raised and submitted to W3 are now under consideration, with regard to whiich there seenis to be some prospect of possible agreement, Mr King: Will the right hen. gentleman be able to make a statement as to tire yCK.-ult of pending negotiations? Mr Aequith: No, sir; I cannot. Mr JgJeweUyn Williams: Will h^ consult the leaders W the Welsh party? Mr Asquith: Everybody will be conmdted. It is understood (says tho Exchange Telegraph Company) ehait the confidential negotiations, whioh, as indicated by the Prime Minister at question time, are taking place over the Welsh Churoh question, are being conducted in the mllin between Mr Asquith himself and the Arch- bishop of Canterbury; indeed, the Primate visited the House of Commoaie on Tuesday aiter. noon at the oonclusion of the sitting of the House of Lords. Mr Asquith hinted in the com-se of his reply to Mr King that there ap- peared to be some prospect of agreement in regabrd to the controversial poiras raired, and this view of the 8itua.t.ion has been much can- vassed in the lobbies. It is understood that the Government are willing to take into con- sideration causes of hardships tin regard to life interests, but on condition tha.t all question of repeal must be surrendered by the Unionists. In the meantime no date has yet been fixed for the second reading of the Duke of Devonshire's Suspensory Act Amendment Bill, wlhioh wae &rmmuy put down for Tu.a.y Q. The Frew As9o6ation œy8 the scope of the negotiations is not limited to the question of the period during which the operation of the Dises- tablishment Act is to be suspended. W<?ah Liber&l M.P.'s are stated to be pei- tuj?d &t the ?g<?i&tioM, and complain I not even their officials have been consulted in I tiie matter.

WELSH MEMBERS AND MR. ASQUITH'S. A meeting of the Welsh Liberal Parliamentary Party will be held on Tuesday next for the pur- pose of considering the position created by the Prime Minister's statement that rcgofeiations are in progi-ess to affect an amioabie settlement on points arising out of the Welsh Church Act and matters arising out of the war.

I THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S BILL. It is possible that the Duke of Devonshire's much-postponed Bill for the amendment of the Suspensory Act will not (says the Times to-day) be discussed in the House of Lords on Tuesday after all. The Government have not given up hope of finding a basis of agreement on tho Welsh Church controversy, and they arc anxious that the debate should be put off a little longer. It is satisfactory to know that the door to a settlement is still open, and the Peers will no doubt fall in with the wish of the Government to avoid a contentious discussion until a final decision has been taken.

I LATEST WILLS- I ESTATE OF MR W. Li, ROBERTS; Mr W'ill;am Bethc&l Roberts, J.P., Off Ty'n- dwfr, Llangollen, descended from a noted Ban- gor family, who owned considerable property in Carnarvonshire, including the Whitebait Island in the Menai Strrats, and Who was well-known in bardic circles as Blcddyn ap Qyisfyn," and was also a memb er oi several learned Welsh so- 8e 7d. He bequeathed a life annuity of £104 to his taitniul housskeeipor, Margaret Wood; £500 to his cook, iiury Roberte; :£100 to each other indoor a.nd oatdioor servant of three years' service; £ 1000 to Mrs Magdalene Hick, daugh- ter of his cousin, Harriett Harrison; a.nd i;oL)O to each other child of the said llai-rictt HaiTi- son; £ 500 to Herbert Frajicie, of the Local Government. Board, London; C500 to Thomas Lloyd Jones; £ 1000 lX; Mies Mary Wyndham; £ 1000 to Richard Gordon Roberts, of Holyhead; £1000 each to Henry Gordon, William Hamilton Lumley, Victoria Gertruuc and Guv, the children of his relative, Mrs Lumley Lloyd Carter; £ 1000 to Miss K. H. Bailey, of Llangallen; £ 500 to Morris Wyrnne Jones, oi Treionverth, Anglesey S500 to the Bishop of Bangor, Archdeacon oi Bangor, Rector oi Cerrig Ceinwcn, and tho churcihwardena of Cerrig Oeinwcw, Anglesey, upon trust for investment, the income to be applied for tho majntanance of the fabric at Cerrig Ceiinwrn Parish Cliuroli; certain silver and furnituro of his indoor and outdloca" effects, etc., to Charles Evan Lloyd; house ajid lands at Ty'ndrop and HOID9 Farm a.nd lands adjoining to Chales Evan IJoyd; to Hiitda Lloyd Carter, of Bryn Seiont, Carnarvon, the Vcdol list.ate, left to him by his cousin, Harriet Sydney Hughes; Island Go-rad Gooh, farms of Cerrngydruidion and Pent-erfyn, Llangristiolus, and farrris of Gwenytli Nant, Llanrhyddiad, Anglesey, to his godsodi, John Stewart Carter the residue of his property is left equally to his said cousin, Charlee Evan Lloyd and Lumley Lloyd Carter. Captain Regrnald John Brownfield (23), Royal Waa-wickshire Regiment, of LHs Helyg, Abbey- road, Llanidudno, who wa^ kitled in action at Ypree, on 18th December last, left £ 172. Ho WIIi6 a weal-known golfer, and was ofteji seen on 1110 Baangor Golf Links. "William Henry Fowle (74), of Rock Cottage-, Deganwy, retired "ine and spirit merchant^ formerly of Southport, Wt estate ralued &t JMOO.

t THE PRINCE OF WALES IN I THE TRENCHES. I INTERESTING LETTER FROM LIEUT. WORTU?Y. Flanders, 22.2.1915. So far in my life I have had the privilege of seeing the Prince of Wales in the flesh on two occasions only. But both occasions will be for ever firmly stamped in my memory. The first was when he came, along with King George, to officially open the University Col- lege. You all remember that occasion, too. It was the day following the historic Investi- ture, and a day of gorgeous sunshine. The crowded streets of Bangor, the gay dresses, and the eager excitement everywhere have not vet faded from the memory. Inside the Prichard-Jones Hall the scene was remark- able. The hall was full to overflowing, and the scarlet robes of the learned professors, with the equally vivid uniforms of the naval and military officers present, made up a pic. ture of absolute splendour. And the young Prince as he stood on the platform looked uo boyish. I wa? but a few yards from him at the time, and well do I recollect my impres- sion of his youthful appearance—a boy, shy and modest for one bearing the proud title of Prince of Wales and heir to the Throne of the British Empire To-day I have again seen the Prince. But what a contrast to the first occasion Instead of the sunshine, the cold damp mist rising from the swamps of Flanders. Instead of the crowds, but a few soldiers clad in khaki which was much bespattered with mud. Instead of the gaiety of a happy crowd the grim, sombre reality of a few men on a battlefield with the only too real bullets crackling and whistling overhead. Yes, to-day I have seen our Prince amongst his soldiers in the trenches, not five hundred yards from the front trenches of the enemy. The year oir two which has elapsed between the two occasions, and especially tho events of the rKLtt six mOt-'ltJl< arc rapidly changing the boy to tho man. There is a deter, rninoo look in hia face, which indicates the sol- dier and the keenness ho displaj-ed iu the de- fences. etc., shewed that the fighting spirit of John Bull is very present in our Prince. I wish I coula describe the scene. He oa-me wearing the uniform of a lieutenant, and acconi. panyin.fi- him were two or three staff officers. The red tabs on thoir collars Showed up bright in oont-rast with the dulnesa of the Prince's uniform. He carried his revolver and ammuni- tion exactly as any other officers of the line, and had they not- been told, I am certain the Tom- mies in the t-ronches would never have known their visitor was their Prince. He looked j through a spy-hole at the German lines, a.nd one wondered what his thoughts were at the mo- ment. The senior officers present explained the position with great oare, and the Prince listened eagerly. Then, with no fuse or ceremony, but just as quietly as he came, so he went. And a« the little party wended their way back from the tr(--x,h" the spiteful messengers of the Huns w:hil"tlr.d and crackled overhead. Tiie Prince of Wales hud been in the firing line indeed. A a flio pnoceseiion faded awav into tihe mist., I let my thought* t.ak.e mc to lVrngar, and that lovely July day with its happy crowds on the | occasion of the opening ceremony. But the boom of cannon and shriek of shell very quickly brought ITI"" hack to the grim reality of this I Fii?TXJers battlefield. Verily, thepo &re not the dB.ys for o??m rcRcoti.ons ?nd reminiacencca. H. A. S. WORTLEY,

Obituary. DEATH OF BRIG.-GEN. lOHN GOUGH, Y.C. We regret to announce the death from wounds received on Saturday of Brigadier-General John Edmond Gough, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., A.D.C. This distinguished officer wae on the Staff at Aldershot, as principal General Staff OSicer to Sir Douglas Harg at the time of the mobifoar tion in August, and went, out for Staff work with the 1st Army Corps. In tho great retreat from the Mon." liuo to Paris he did adminablo work, and was mentioned in despatches on October 8bh by tho Comma jidcr-in-Ch ief. Since then his name lvais been noted again, and last week he was made a C.B. in the special honours list issued m connection with the operations in the field. General Gough belngcd to the famous fight- ing family of Goughs, of Indian renown, and was the eon of General Sir John Stanley Gough, V.C., G C.B. (one of two brothers who were awarded the Victoria Cross), who was decorated for bravery on four different occasions. Briga- dier-GcneriU Gough had a distinguished record 01 seirvice in all parte oi Africa. He served in the central region against the Cbilwas in 1896, as well as in tho Battle of Khartoum. In the Boer War he was shut up in Lady smith with Sir George White. Shortly after the Boer War he went to Soin alii and, where ho was awarded the V.C. for conspicuous bravery on April 22nd, 1903, making tho third member of one family to receive this decoration. Later he was Inspector General of the King's African Rifles, aaid served a second tin.1C against the Multali General Hu. bert Gough, liis brother, belongs to the cavalry, and recently ho was mentioned for dist.inguished service in the field, and promoted Major-GenNa1. He wae a prominent figure in the 3rd OavaJry Bngad-e incident at the Curragh in July last. There are and have been many members of the family who have won disliiiot-io-n in the have included Colonel Alan Gough, D.S.O., Geiliwig, Pwllhdli, who won seven clasps in South Africa, was twice wounded, and four tim«>s mentioned in despatches; Major. General Hugh Gough, Cae Rhun. who won fWfne in India and Africa General Sir Hugh Gough, who won t-, ,o V.C. at Alunihagli; Gctjeral Sir John Gough, and a great many others of less drBtinguisiicd rank.

MAJOR NEAVE. I i The sad news was received ye.?teniay that Major Neave, of t.ho 16Ui Lancer*, has been killed in action. He is a. son of tho Hon. Lady inrfavt-, of Llysdulad, Amlwch, e.nd broilher of Major Sir Thomas Ncave. The gallant officer's regiment was one of the first cavalry regime-nto to go to France. He was mentioned in dispatches und had the medal of the Legion of Honour (France). He had seen much active service, was present at Omuurman, and served through the South African Mar. Upon his return home he was presented by the public of Amlwch and neighbourhood with a sword.

I COMMANDER FRANCE- I HAYHURST. News was received in Cheshire yesterday of the death cf Commander Cecil Halsted France-—^ uurst, of H.M.S. Patuca. He caught a severe cold while on duty and last week visited his home, Manymeads, Avon- wick South Brent, Devon, on five days' leave. Although still unwell he left to rejoin his ship, but only succeeded in reaching Glasgow, where he collapsed, and died suddenly from pneumonia.

I LIEUTENANT J. E. R. ALLEN. I Mr RiiisBoll Allen, formerly of Beaumaris, re- ceived an intimation, an Tuesday, from tho War Office, that his son, Lieut. J. E. R. Allen, bad been wounded. Lieut. Allen is in the 16tdi Lan- cers, and tho; eigagciuen.t in which he was wounded took place on the 2lst instant. No intimation has ye-tc Leon received as to the nature oJ the i-tijury.

I LIEUTENANT G. EVAN-JONES. I T/eut. Hilary G. Evan-Jones, of the Weif-h Regiment, was klled in action, in France, on The deceased, who w,,A well-known and highly popular, w?a the fJad sou of the Rev. Richard Evan-Jones, VicaT of LLartUwchaiarn, Newtown, Momtgo«nerysih ire. Ho was cilso weltl-known in Liverpool, being the grandson of the late Mr Edward Evans, Bronw-yHa, Wrexham, and Liverjrool, and the nephew of Sir Ed:ward Evans and Mr J. J. livaiij, of Liverpool.

I SECOND LIEUT. TOLLEMACHE. Second Lieutenant Bevil D. Tollemache. 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, lost his life in the attack at Givenchy on December 22nd. He was the grandson of the first Lord Tollemache, and son of the Hon. Douglas and Mrs Tolle- maciie of South Beach, Felixstowe, and was born in April, 1889. He was educated at Eton and since February, 1913, has been secretary to the Central Land Association. He joined the reserve of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in August last, and went to France in October

I KNITTED HELMETS FOR. SOLDIERS. MOST URGENTLY-NEEDED COMFORTS. I (To the Editor). Sir,—I should lye so much obliged if you would, by inserting this letter, help me to make known that knitted helmets are one of the most imgcwily- necdcd "comforts" for soldiers at the front or going there. Comparatively few knitters make tnem or have the best and simplest receipt, so I venture to append it. These helmets are very easy to make, use up very little wool, &nd are almost impossible to buy ready-made. May I take this opportunity of offering my most grateful thanks to all the kind senders of very gcnorouB gifts of various warm comforts, ali of which have been most welcome and use- ful. I hope they. will be so good aa to go oai sending me more whenever they can, to tho 5ame address, 1, Hereford Gardens. London, W. A fdU list of the contributions sent to mo ajid to the other Ja-dios hi North Wa? who collect for the 3id Battalion R.W.F. and the Dewbigh- I hope, bo published shortly in the papens.—I remain, fir, with many thanks, yours faithfully, ALICE DOUGLAS PENNANT. February 24th. RECEIPT FOR KNITTED HELMET. Five needjee, sizes 10; two skeins of any wool i (of suitable colour), such aa is itsed for muHiers. Cast on 90 loosely. Knit round in rib 3 plann 3 purl for four mehct?. Leave 21 entcliea on fifth needle, and knit the remaining etitche.i backwards and forwards pja-in for 80 rows. Take care to knit the tirst and iast stitcb of cach row; do not slip it. Divide on 3 neeaics with 21 on centre needle and 24 on each of the 2 bide needles. Knit the 21 backwards and forwards, and at the end of each row knit the lo..õt stitch together, with the nearest stitch on the cu'tsido ne-tvLe. Do this till all the 24 stitches have oeeai taken oil the two outside nc-edies, and only 21 on tno centre needle remain. Pick up all tho stitches round the face and knot in rib ol 3 a.nd 3 for about two inch es. Cast off.

BILLETING AT BANGOR. (To tho Editor.) Sir,-Arriying home at Bangor for a few days' leaYe, I learnt of the intention of tiie miLitary authorities to billet a number of troops on this city. I hava liud a very good Oi-jportunity of stwdying th buileting q'uestden at weverai large centres, ajnonigsi these being Chester, Beccles, GreaL Yarmouth, Cambridge, and Bedford. I have observed closely the effect on cuch places from a point of Nicw of the iiicroa^e in trace ac- cruiiig from the increase in cash at th eL d isp:i,,al of the houae-keepcra Taking 1500 troops as a it is seen tnat £ 1500 as billeting yayment is a modest ectiniate, and allows a suSstantial sum for tlw thrifty housewife who puts a bit away. The troops will receive about JB700 weekly in pay, and the Tommy who has any pay left at the end of a week i" yet to bo found. So that roughly their advent to Bangor will moan the circulation of an extra £ 2200 week)v. Yours, etc., SAPPER HUGH G. EDWARDS, R.E. Ilaynes Pa.rk, Bedford. (Tv the Editor). I gi.r,-A large number of the residents in West End, Carnarvon-road, Gianadda, and the R-ajl- way Company'g hcusses have asKod mc to express publicly tiirouigh the medium of your paper their keen disappointment a.nd strong disapproval of tlic treatment accorded to them by those re- Epons!b? for tho Ltllptu')? of troops in the city. The object in invtlting to Baj?<x' w&a to bendit bo nail do houseiioiders who diuring tho oriticat perh-xl through which wo are passing find it difficult to make uoth ends meet. That ob- ject ia lxxnig dcfcatied when wcil-to-d'o resideoita of the city, some willingly and others unwil- lingly, are having the troops billeted upon them, whilst a large number of the respectable stiiii-ng working ela<sse,> are entirely ignored. There is accoinmodatio-u m the West End, Carnarvon-road, Gianadda, and the Railway Company's houses for 500 men, but up to now 11.0 only havo been billeted there; whilst other parts of the city with poorer accommodation in every respect have been literally packed almost to overcrowding. The only reason given for barring the* West End is the long distance from the training ground, i.e., Pettrhyn Park, but surely the Weot End ia, to say the least, 1.0 further than Victoria Park, besides beitng very much more get-at-able, being in the main road. I sincerely trust'that an l erfort will be made to invito ajiotner battalion to the city 60 that bo whole city might benefit. Yours, etc., Bangor. G. TEG ID DAVIES. I

DOLGELLEY PROPOSED NEW I COUNCIL SCHOOL. (To the M, itor.1 j Sir,—I thank you for generously giving me spaco for my letter of tne 3rd inst. in your columns. That letter has called forth no re- ply. Probably and possibly the views of 1) 1 ,v. ProW])Iy -iud u l-)lie -c?ner-,tlly are cor- ratepayers and the public generally are cor- rectly stated therein and accepted. I saw in last week's issue of the 'Cam.brian Neivs a House of Commons' report of the questions asked and answers given with reference to the proposed school. All that could be ex- tracted from the President of the Board of Education appears to be that the present school is unsatisfactory. This is the crux of the matter, and naturally the question arises as to what the "unsatisfactory" condition con- sists of. The Board of Education gave notice under Section 8 of the Act inviting rate- payers and managers to appeal. Both bodies lodged notices accordingly, but the Board appears to have decided the matter without allowing the appellants a hearing. Comment is needless. Section 9 of the Education Act of 1902 in connection with this point makes interesting reading. It enacts that the Board "shall" determine "the wishes of parents" and "economy of the rates." Having decided that the school is unsatisfactory" (that word seems to cover a whole multitude of possibili- ties), and having by letter and question in the House shown itself unable to point out wherein the "unsatisfactory" condition dies, it would be interesting to know what steps if any) the Board has taken to ascertain tile views of parents and safeguard the interests of the ratepayers. The ratepayers not being able to find this out arc thrown back on surmise a nc. l these questions may be ask.d: (1) Is the school accommodation insufficient for wie needs of the attendance? This is not the case. Assuming that it is, then and in such case the master's house can be taken in and added to the school, as has been done in other instances. (2) Are the premises insanitary? If so, are they buch that modern science cannot effect all necessary improvements and that at small cost ? (3) Is there not sufficient playground accom- modation? Again if such is the case, there i, ample land available adjoining the present playground and forming part of the Work- house. Has any effort been made to obtain any of this land fer addition tjfr the school? If so, when, how, and by whom? We find that a few vears ago there were daily resi- dent in the Workhouse from 50 to 70 people, adults and children. There are now no chil- dren resident as they are boarded out, and the adult population does not at any time exceed 25. No difficulty should be experienced in the acquisition of this additional ground (which is absolutely of no use to the Work- house and can be regarded as superfluous); it would only be the transfer from one publio rating authority to another and the saving 01 site purchase and the rates. (4) Why does the Board of Education in. vite appeals and refuse the request made fer a hearing of the complaints of the rate- payers? It is late in the day for any Department to assume the roll of dictator and to over- rule the public. Being denied any informa- tion on the points raised in my previous letter I can only again pursue the matter through your aid. I might point out. however, that the present school is in the rural area where- as the proposed site is in the urban. East but not least, what is the mystery in which this matter is shrouded, and why should tbert be any?—Yours etc., J. CHARLES HUGHES. Dolgelley, 22nd Feb., 1915. A

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——————————————— MR. R. A. GRIFFITHS APPOINTlET. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE AT s l MERTHYR TYDFIL. The King, on the recommendation of th Homo Secretary, has appointed Mr Robert Arthur Griffith to be Stipendiary May ?:rate at Mcrthyr Tydvii, in place of the late Sir Thoniaa Marcihant Williams. Mr R. A. Griffith is a barrister on the Nortibi Walos circuit. He io a nativti cf Carnarvon, being a son of tho late JMr JOiiln Gilflith, known in literary circles as loan Arfon." Educated at Aberystwyth College, he took to the law, and for some years practiced as a solicitor ai Bangor, in partnership with thc late Mr Davia Owen. He subsequently became & barrister* Liko his predecessor in the stipendiwygbip, Mr Griffith has literary aitributee of a high order, his pen-nia.mo Eijphin" being one of the mom famiiier among the literary critics of the Prin* oipaiity. Be 11s also a dramatist and a poet, and has been ali his lite & loyal friend of tiie N&- tional i&'&ie-ddfod. Mr Griffith acted <1S Sir Maichant NN-illiams, deputy during his jlin<!8. and has continued to discharge the duties up 10 the present.

THE" MQNEY BOX" SOLDIER. AN EXTRAORDINARY WOUND. Cel. Mesham, presiding at the annual meeting of the Rhyl Alexandra Hospital on l\icsday, re- lated an extraordinary experience undergone by a soldier at t-he front, who was now in the Den- bighshire Infirmary. He was called "The money- box." He was ehot through his bandolier, rn4 his money was carried deep into the wound, and had to bo located by X-rays. Four or five coina were extracted, and one, it t?o R!ni!i'n? PiCCO4 was very much dented. Bits of it ??c:'? iu missing, and it. was hoped to get them out. with the aid of the X-rays aliparatLit3 at the Denbigh- shire Infirmary in a day or two.

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. TO BE HELD AT BANGOR THIS YEAlt. I It will be good newe to Welshmen aU th* world over to team tJiat a special meeting of the Finance Committee has resolved to T('('ommCIIHi the Executive Committee to proceed with the National Eisteddfod of Wales BIt Bangor, post- poned last September on acoount of the war, the propooad being that it should bo liold in the first week in August next. Tb's decision was arrived at after a discussion on information gathered by the general secre- tary, from wliicn it appeared that twei-ity-fiv.% choirs were anxious to compete.

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NORTH WALES FREEMASONS. I NEW PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. I I INSTALLATION OF SIR WATKIN WYNN. j The installation ofSir H. Ll. Wat-kin Williams- Wynn, of Wvi'iiistay, as Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons of North Wales, took place at Wrexham on Wednesday. The new P.G. Master is a Past Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of England. Hie prcd-eeossor in the ba-ronetcy was the head of the North Wales and Shropshire i1 reomajona for many years, aild under his aus- piceg many of the North Wales Lodges received their charters. A numierous and representativo booy of the Craft assembled at the National Softools for the installation ceremony, and when the roll of the Lodges was called Brethren were found to be present from all the Lodges with one exception that a very distant one. At the opening of the Jbod?e the chair was oc- oup?d by ?. Bro. J. G. Tllxfmd, P. Asst. G.D. of C. (England), the Deputy Provincial Grand Ma,-t-er in Charge, tiie Pro v. G. offior-,r,. pre- sent included W. Bro. E. Sydney Tavior P.G.S.W.; W. Bro. J. W. Bishop, P.G.JAV. W. Bro. the Rev. J. Llewelvn Richards P.G. chaplain; Bro. W. Price Smith P G. sec- retary; W. Bro. J. Edwards, P.G.S.D.; W. Bro. II. E. Breeec. P.G.J.D.; W. Bro. O. Jones G. Supt. of Works; W. Bro. 8. Chant?ev„ P.G.D. of C.; Bro. A. Sumner, P.G. Std. Dr. j Bro. T. J. Lloyd, P.G. Std. Br. After tho opening of the P.G. Lodge, and the passing of a vote of deep condolence with the widow and fsimJy 01 Colonel PJett, C.B., the preceding P.G. Master, the W. InstallingMas- ter, Dean J. S. Brovvnrigg, was received, with the officers of the Grand Looge, who accompanied ldin-W. Bro. J. Granville Orcnfeil, G.D. of (i. i W. Bro. P. C-olville Smith, P.G.D., secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution; W. Bro. Jciim Da vice, P.A.G.D. of C.; and W. Bro. the Rev. Dr. Reginald Williams, P.A.G., chap- lain. Tho arrival of til-a P.G. Master Designate, Sir Watkin W iliiams-Wyrji, was «xir.ounccd, his parent waa presented and accejiteo, and a depu- tation, comprising the P.G. Dir. of C., (W. Bro. Chantrey), W. Bro. John Davies, W. Bro H. Mayhew, W. Bro. T. A. Foster. W. Bro. R. Jamiea, W. Bto. T. S. Adams, and W. Bro. R. T. Powell conducted the Grand Master-D&iijrixate to the P.G. Lodge. The Instaiiuig Master then said he was euro be was only voicing the feeling of every Mason m North Wa.].c5 when he eaid they welcomed Sir Watkin that day to the- high a.nd important office to which he had been appointed. There is OJ1 un- dying feeling in this Pmicipaiity of North Wales, Dean Rrowmngg sa-d, ihat in allgooo tihiwigB the Sir Wat-kin of the day tho aid take '.he lead, and with tho fullest appreciation of the work which has been done by your two immediate predeces- sors in thia cliair (Sir W. Grenville Williams and CoJ. Piatt), both of whom I had tho honour of knowing, one as a relation and both as persona! triends, 1 say that it ie with a strong feehng that we weioome to-day again as our Masonic head liie Sir Watkin for the day (applause). We do so not merely for se-ntiii-wntau roasor.3, but because you are so well-known as taking the lead in every- thing tiiut conoenis.th e welfare" either of the Em- pire or of the Principality. Your labours for the Empire in South Africa a.nd again your continued and continuing labours to-day in service for the Empire warrant us in belieVi.ng that you will worthily undertak e the onerous dutic-a of the Prov. Grand Master. We especially welcome you because there ia great opportunity in this province for those energies WllH'l you will apply to it. I do not think there is any other province in the country wliioh containa so many counties, and none where the Craft exerciaes a, greater ill- fluencc. I believe, ø.h'O. there is no provinoo m England so oapabae of legitimate expansion in its Masonic TOk than the live oounties of North Wales. We all wish you every happiness and prosperity in the discharge of those duties which we well know you will fulfil as you havo hitherto fuLtiHed every other d'?ty impo<apd upon you. Tho inst.aLat.iün then took pboe. NV Bro. Tuxfor d was appointed an d invested as Deputy P.G. Master. Tnc P.G. Treasurer (W. Bro. J. Porter, who waa absent owing- to hig being on the sa-mc day eiccted President of the Chester and North Wales Law Society), was tre-eiect-ed. Tho other P.G. ofifcers for the year v/ere con- firmed iai their offices till tho end of the year. Votes of thanks were passed to the iiisitailing Master and the othef officers of the Grand Lodge, and also to Canon Da vies, Vicar of Wnexham, and the Wrexham EduMatLon Committee, &nd the Town Ckrk (Mr La-w?on Taylor) for the ka.u of the schoolroom for the meeting. The P.G. etc- retarv stated that a large number of the Breth- ren who had sent apox>gies for non-attendance were on active service with the Forces.