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ELLESMERE. I URBAN COViNCIL.-Friday, Mr. B. R. C. Tofrer presiding. The medical officer (Dr. Drawbridge) said he had nothing to report and the sanitary inspector (Mr. Lindsay) said, the town was in. good sanitary condition.—It was decided to light nineteen lamps in the streets.—On the motion of Mr. J. Cooke, =econd«d by Mr. J. Hood., it was decided to recommend the shopkeepers to close at 6 each evening, and 8 on Saturday, to save light and fuel. The gasworks men asked for a rise in 1 wages to S5s. a week, and, on the motion of Mr. Hood, seconded by Mr. Tims, this was granted. NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PEN- SIONS.-A meeting of the committee was held, on Monday week; present Mr. tforsf tili, chair- man, Mrs. Brownlow Tower, the Rev. H. Moody, Messrs. F. Ashley, W. Morris, T. Preston and F. Crampton Pym, clerk. Aft cmefgency grant of 4s. a we6k for twelve weeks was recommended for a soldier's wife* who?J child was reported to be in ill-health. An application for a eoMi&r's wife for an educational grant was considered, and it was  resolved that the cas" should* b? referred to the Oswestry sub-committee with a notifica- tion as to the feeling of the Ellesmere tflffl- m, ttea on the case.

FACTS AND FANCIES. I According to Mr. H. G. Wells" man. & fceavy, dogmatic and suspicious beast." The "New Statesman" understands that "if we do have an election, the cry of the Opposition Parties will be you cannot have an A 1. Empire with a C 3 Prime Minister.' It is rumoured that the election results (if the general election comes) will be published as a supplement of the London Gazette," and probably issued to the Press from the Press Bureau. Presumably they will be duly mark- ed Passed by Censor!" < The" Manchester Guardian's meticulous caution of statement was exemplined the other day when it referred to a ninety- year-old Anglesey rector who had just died as probably one of the oldest clergymen in Wales." Rasher journalists might have been tempted to omit the probably!" < it Now that everyone is discussing what may be Germany's final form of surrender it is interesting to recal how that other "WAr Lord," Napoleon, placed his ultimate subt mission to the hands of the British. Writing to George IV. after Waterloo, he said: Your Royal Highness—a victim to the factions which distract my country and to the enmity of -the greatest Powers of Europe, I have ter- minated my political career and I come like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hos- pitality of the British people. I put myself nnder the protection of their laws which I claim from your Royal Highness as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies." But then, as has been often pointed out, Napoleon was at least a chivalrous enemy, and the spirit of this letter was not inconsistent with his conduct in the field. < The Daily Chronicle," which, we under. stand, was lately offered to Lt.-Col. Sir Henry Webb, Bart., M.P., the Vicarage, Oswestry, and to Major David Davies, M.P., Llandinam, a.nd has now been sold to Sir Hy. Dalziel, M.P., and his associates, was a precocious child in London journalism in the nineties under the editorship of Mr. A. E. Fletcher, and became still more precocious when Mr. H. W. Massingham took charge. It was one of the first of the London dailies to cultivate the lively staccato manner which passes for "brightness." Then the "personal note" was introduced by its signed book reviews- literary criticism of the period being usually an affair of non-committal anonymity. The Chronicle, too, was famous in its day for the black-and-white masterpieces of Joseph Po-nnell-one also recalls a reproduction by Whistler and Phil May's drawings of Jane C akebread. And George Moore on occasion wrote the art criticism Never afraid to sac- rifice dignity to interest and "snap," the Chronicle once advised Mr. Cunninghame Graham to use a pen instead of the candle- snuffers if he wished his letters to be under- stood. Then there were the Chronicle scoops with the N ansén Expedition and the exposure of De Rougemont. Some of the r!1* exP°sur? readers roun?v declared th?t the dismissal of Mr. Massingham was the greatest disaster of the South African War.

The death occurred on Sunday night at hit residence, College Road, Bangor, of Dr. Rich- ard Jones, aged 65 years. Dr. Jones in his younger days was a prominent member of-the Bangor F.C., and was the brother of the fam- ous Welsh international half-bank, Mr. Hum- phrey JeMh

FOOD CONTROL. I CONTROL COMMITTEE I CHANGES, 2 A NOVEMBER REVISION. I Whether the war ends next week, next or next -vew, it is quite obvious that a consider- able control of our food supplies will continue for some time, until the markets of the world become more normal. There is no prospect, therefore, in any event, of aa early cessation of the work of our local food control committees, which have, on the whnle, performed their diffi- cult duties well and justified t'he year's experi- ence of this novel form of dorne.sit-ic government* But it would be strange if in -that period we had not also learnt where improvement can be effected, and to this end Lhe Food Controller nroDoses te ask local authorities to revise their appointmentts to J!Jhe food control committees on November 9. The chief aim is to secure a still larger representation of women and of Labour, where theae elements are not already brought into touch with the work of the com- mibtee1. Except in districts with a population of over 20,000, the tnaxitftum membethip. of a committee will be 12; in the larger areas it may so up to 20. It will be compulsory that at- lea-it two women be included. and Mr. Clynes says it is desirable that. working women should be represented." Such women, however, will not rank as Labour representatives, the number of which is to be at least two on the smaller committees a,nd tihree on -he larger ones. The creneral rule will be for these to be appoit nted after nomination by representative Labour organisations. As regards food traders, not more "than three persons at present trading in food are to sit on a committee, and where any food trader is ap- a representative of the co-opef&tivp t,)oi,ited, (if lie txiate in the tire-a) i- to be a p poin IL- pomted, (if he exi?N in the &;?&) i" to be appoin t- ed 3,lM. such appointment to be m?de a?ter con- sultation with the societies concerned, and paid officials of a- co-operative society are to rank as food traders in reckoning: the maximum of sudb on a committee. The farmer is not to be counted as a trader in this respect, but as a rule not moTe than three f?rmera &re to tHt on a committee, though this Mnno.t tlw?ya be adhered to in rural di,rict1l. ¡I and there the Divisional Food. Commissioner's a.M?rov?l to any excess over this number NMy I be obtained. In small districts local aut-horit-ties are urged, as far as possible, to combine committees. tliotigii it must said that, eo fa.r M the Welsh border district is concerned this recommendation. has, so far, met with little sympathy from exiting- committees, who mostly seefrt jeaieu-s of their in- dividual powers, and often iirst6 that ooonorny of effort can be equally well secured by dense work- inir co-operation between, say, rural and urban j committees in orie area. ) FOOD CONTROL TIME-TABLE. I The National Food Journal*#" time table I to November 22 includes the following: distribution to retailers: under tiie revised scheme begins. October 14.—Purchasers of bones (with cer- tain exceptions) must be licensed by this date, and muss- sail at fixed prices. October 15.-L!lSt d&y for rotsilorg of jam and syrup to make applications fat- registration. October 17.—La>st day for caterers and institu- tions to make supplications for authority to ovain supplies of iam. October must, hold licences by this date. October 21.—Public entitled iinder the revised butter distribution scheme to ask for two ounces of butter and four ounces of margarine per head per week until further notice. October 24.—Last, day for residential establish- ments fto send in preliminary demand 1100tasto Food Office. November 2.-Fx;ro- Wholesale dealers must hold Ecences after this date. November IS.—No person may offer horseflesh for 8a4 3iS human food (wholesale or retail) un- 1fg1; m he holds either a wholesaler's livenca. or a retailer's, certificate of registration, and (2) the horseflesh ha. been certified as fit for huma.n food. ITEMS. I I The Food Ministry now controls onions. The Food Controller has assumed control over all factories and ether premises owned by persons or firms who hold a licence to deal in milk by wholesale in England and Wales, and it is hinted that this control will not necessarily be re- inquished aJt-er the war, as it is urged that new methods of production and distribution covering the time when the milk iesares the cowtc, that at which it is delivered to tbe consumer are desir- able in the public interest. The Food Controller has signed a new Fiqli fPrices) Order altering the prices of certain cate- gories of fish. As regards whit4 fish, consi-der- abl, todiif,*i" in price have been made rang- ing: from 15 to 20 per cefit. Wildi reference to pelagic fijph, which include herring and mackerel, it has not yet been deemed prudent to make any reduction on these fish in view of the approach of the neason during which supplies are intermit- terut and erratic. Hie Order comes into force on October 21. I I-

Welsh Agricultural Wages. I The A?ritM?uttI W?at Bo&rd. &êti 'M j Londan) on Thursday &nd Friday, S?r A?wys ] FeJlowes presiding, made orders fixing minimum rates and overtime rates of wages for ordinary male woAmeti in Anglesey and Carnarron. and Merioneth and Montgomery. They provide for the payment of rrten of 18 and over at the follow- ing weekly ratesAnglesey and Carnarvon, 31s. M. for 56 hours in summer and 51 in winter;, Merioneth and Montgomery, 30s. for .54 houns I in gtttfttner and 4B in winter; and for the pay ment of overtime rates calculated on the basis of tiftw and a qUltirter on weekdays and time and a half on Sundays. In the case of Lancashire a.nd of Anglesey and Carnarvon the order fix minimum and overtime rates for boys of under 18. Minimum rates for adult m-ales have now been fixed for every county, and minimum rates fo-r boys for every county except Radnor, Brecon, Merioneth and Montgomery. The rated fixed for boys are on scales ranging, with a, few fic- ceptions, fmn a uniform ItRure. of 10s. a Week for lads under 14, by equal annual incrementa up te the full minifflusn for men, and tlhe over- I time rates. like those for adult workers, are based ¡ on time and a ciuarter on week-days and time &nd a half on Sundav*. In order to provide for the case of inexperience, a reduction of 20 per cent. is ti-Howed m the rilfes for all male workers under 18 durteg the first two months of their emplovment in agriculture.

?  A mesting of 3,000 lepl'tMnWina of &11 branches of the 0001 tra?? of L?WMhiM M!d Ch?t?iM, Qt & B?tmg in M&ache?ter on Saturdav afberooon, agto do their utmost to improve the output, but expressed the opinion that full results could not be obtained unless 25,000 miners of Grada I. were, return- e4 tram the Arm; to the miaes^

THE CHURCHES. I LLANFAM OAEREINION WESLEYAN I CIRCUIT. The quarterly meeting of the Llanfair Wes- leyan Circuit- was held in Llanfair, on Wednes- day, when there were present the Rev. D. R Thomas, the Rev. John Lewis (lay agent), M, T. H. EvaJMS (circuit steward), Messrs. Rober: Jones and E. Anwyl Evans, and a good repre- sentation of delegates from the churches.—Mr. E. Anwyl Evans read the financial statement, one of the most satisfactory for many years. -The Rev. D. R. Thomas was welcomed to the circuit by Mr. Tom Jones, Storehouse, Mr. E. Anwyl Evans, and the Rev. John Lewie. Mr. C, H. Humphreys gave a report of th. Cofiadur, shovvine a balance in hand of 13s. 1Ul —Votes of sympathy were passed to many families who had been bereaved during the quar- ter.—Mr. W. R. Roberts was re-appointed trea- surer of foreign midsioftis, and Miss Emily Gill. tiM. Heniarth, in place of her brother, deceased, secretary,—Mr. Tom Jones, Stonehouse, was re- elected secretary of the temperanee section, and the Rev. John Lewis re-elected Sunday school secrer,a,rv.It, wa-s resolved to make a collection for the War Emergency Fund throughout the circuit.—Mr. E. Anwyl Evans and Mr. E. Lloyd Edwards gave a resume of the resolutions of the District Financial Synod with regard to raising the stipends of the ministers—to superintendents £150. second ministers £ 90.—After a long dis- cussion, in Which all the delegates present took part, it was resolved to appeal to the churches to carry out the unanimous vote of the meet- ing to raise the stipends to the amount, passed in the District Synod, and to raise the lay agent £ 10.—A§ sub-committee was aifTpoin^-e-d to carry out the arrangements to visit, the churches.—The next quarterly meeting will be held in Llanfair | in Janua.ry. i The quarterly collection at Bethlehem Sunday School. Rhos, amounted to £ 190. The Rev. D. W. Whincup, pro-rector of Church Stretton, was officially welcomed by the par- ishioners on Wednesday. The Rev. G. Campbell Morgan was inducted to Highbury Quadrant Church, London, on Thursday. The Congregational Union are not to meet this autumn, but in its place t he Council of the Union will meet for two days in Wolverhamp- ton on October 29 and 30. The Rev. W. Hudson Shaw, Rector of St. Botolph's, Bishoperate-street, London, following his practice of inviting Nonconformist; preachers to occupy his pulpfc last week arranged a service in which Dr. Clifford and the Rev. T. Greer, pastor of the Bishapsgate Oha-pel opposite, took part. It war, Dr. Clifford's first appearance in an Anglican pulpit. At the North Wales Wesleyan District Meet- I ing, held at CriccieitJh last week. t'he Rev. Thm. Hughes presiding, it was decided, in view of the increased coat of living, that a minimum stipend of JB175 be given to married ministers and £100 to unmarried ministers, and to increase the allowance g-ven to ministers' widows and child- ren accordingly: « lso to raise a fund to assist the circuits that failed to secure the minimum.

OSWESTRY COUNTY COURT! Friday, before Jadite Bo wen, K.C. j SMALLHOLDER'S SHOOTING. John Richardson Jones, farmer, Baibbins Wood, sued John Hennery Lewis, smallholder, W-hit- tington, for dameopea sustained to a binder through defendant's alleged wrongful 30, on August 16. Mr. W. Roberts Jones appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. E. Wynn Edwerda-for the defendant.Plaintiff #ated that he had three horses working a binder in a field of o&ts, and although he warned defendant not to fire a. gun he was oarrying as it would frighten the he (defendamt) went into an a-djoining field be- I lonizinir,to plaintiff and shot a hare. The horses bolted and the binder was damaged.—Defendant, I in evidence, said plainttiff gave him permission to shoot hares, and he (plaintiff) was not warned not to efioot near the horses. Witness suggested that ?he animals might have been bitften by a horse fly or they might have trodden on a. wasp's nest. (Laughter).—The Judge said defendtat had been negligent, whether he had permission to shoot haree or not-.—Judgment would be given for plaintiff for £ 1 10s.—Defendant: Thank you, air.-The Judge: You need not thank me! (Laughter). I HIRE OF A TENT Ja-Tn&s Edward Ihomas. contractor, Oswestry, sued Charles W. Lloyd, spoire promoter, Oswes- I trv, for P,2 10s.. for the hire of a. tent for the sports lt Easter Monday.—Defendant denied, that, he ordered fhe tent.—Judgment was entered fo,r plaintiff for the amount claimed with costs.

ST. MARTINS, I PRESENTATION.—At the Crown Club Room, on Friday evenipg, Mr. W. E. Sum- m-tr. chief wage clerk at BrynkinaJt Colliery,  was presented with an oak tea tray, inscribed in silver plate, and a sum of money, by the employees of the Gertrude Colliery, on the occasion of his marriage. Mr. Etlw. Jones, who presided, paid a high tribute to Mr. Summers. Mr. Ehud Rogers made the pre- sentation, and Mr. Summers, in responding, said. he was very pleased that any little he had been able to do was so highly appre- ciated by his fellow workmen. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH—On Sunday special services were held in aid of the trust funds, when the special preacher was Mr. J. H. Rogers, of Wrexham. Mrs. T. Preston was the organist. In the after- noon, a P. S.A. was given by the Chirk Bank party. The soloists were Miss Heywood, Miss Morris, Miss Rogers and Mr. B. Rogers- duet Mr. Sam Williams and Mr. Len Jones. Mifes S. E. Rogers of Chirli Bank was the, accompanist. Mr. J. II. Platt presided. The collections for the day amounted to over j E4. PENYCAE. I PRESEXTATION. Pt,e. George Jones, R.A.M.C., one of four soldiers from the village who have won the Military Medal, has; been presented, by the local Comforts Com-1 mittee with a silver cigarette case, and by the! English Baptist chapel at Penycae with a I wallet and fountain pen. L

punting Jlpiroiittmciits. j I SIH. W. W WYNN "is HuUNDts wfli m*t Moaday, Oct. 21.-Pickhtll, at 9-30. Saturday, Oct. 26.—Gredington, at 10-30. TLE NORTH SMROi'V j K ROUNDS will m.:t ptditl, Oct. IS.-Preston Cub balds, at 8-50. ondaj, Oct. 21.—^oppington House, at 9-80. Friday, Oct. tS.-3teesort Hall, at 9-50. ^WBSTUT GASRISON FOOT BEAQXBR will meet Saturday, Oct. ?.—Odport "arm, Oswestry, at 12-80 p.m. We<!??da.y, Oct. 23.-Br1I1kmalt, at IZSD kin

I An Outspoken Rector. 'I HAWARDEN'S ADVICE TO OSWESTRY. LIFE AND LIBERTY MOVEMENT, I think Disestablishme-nt will come along with the Bill, but my advice to you is don-, break your heart if it does." With this sen- tence the Rev. F. S. M. Bennett, rector of Hawarden, closed an ad-drese to a large gathering of Churchmen, presided over by the Vicar (the. Rev. M. B. Lutener) at th* Church House, Oswestry, on Mondav night.. the gathering had been convened to con. iider the proposed. Church Government Bill, Mid short addresses on different phases of the measure were dealt with by several speakers. Mr. W. H. C. Jemmett (headmaster of the £oy*' High School) spoke of the main evil to be remedied in the Bill; Mr. A. Lole of the proposed representative system of church government, and Mr. R. F. Foulger on the powers which Church and State exercise re- spectively. At the close of these interesting papers, the conclusions drawn on which were ably summed up by the Vicar, a discussion took place, in which varying views were ox- pressed. Much was said. as to the failure of the laity in the matter of regulating church fitiance-the suggestion of minimum stipend for curates of £250 a year, with the alternative of their going on strike being casually men- tiolled-the Vicar stating that, in justice t< the laity, it must be remembered that- a main object of the Bill is to get tilings, oft to t.. business footing, and it is not fair to blame the laity entirely for existing unsatisfactory conditions. It was unfair to charge the laity with not doing what they never had n chanoe of doing. The laity were helpless; they migjlt desire to help, but they had no power to do so. THE RECTOR OF HAWARDEN. the Rev. P. S. M. Bennett, rector of Hawarden, in a witty spe-ech, dealt with many of the points raised in the papers and ill the course of the discussion. If, he said., they went on on the present lines, at the present rate, twenty years from now the English people would not. know there was such a thing as a Church of England. When they got into » the great industrial parts of England, the proportion of people who attended any plaoo of worship was very small. It was because this was so they were looking forward to a new revivifying force to make the machinery alive. So far as he knew, in the whole of the British army and navy during the course of the present war there was not one single instance of anybody in a position at the top of things who had not tried his hand at the job, "clone his bit," and since been replaced by someone else, whose particular qual fixa- Mons have corn-e into view in the course of the war, with one exception, and that was the Chaplain-General. (Laughter,) So it came to pass that "the whole blessed tiling had stuck." Their finances were perfectly ludicrous. Why, the Church of England, as a Church, possessed no money at all. Oswes- try had a certain amount of property, so had Hawarden, L-o had other parishes, but the Church of England had not. No individuai could put present conditions right, but an enabling Bill, saying that, when present lift interests are exhausted, the whole of the en- dowment6 would be put into a central fund bo be properly administered, might do so. and he sincerely trusted, as with the Church in Wales, they would not start re-endowirig places. WALES WOULD NOT BE RE- ESTABLISHED. He did not value tlte Establishment one jot. In Wales they wtrald not be re-estab- lished. again if the State went on its kneea to them. The Bishops doubtless regarded the Establishment as more important than the money he never did. He did not believe if the Church wag disestablished it would, mean that the British people would renounce Christianity. His own feeling about the Welsh Bill was that if there had been more truthfulness they would have got on better than they did. They started by saying the whole of their property was taken away, which was not true. The total possible value was 25 years' purchase; they were to be given 12! years' purchase. If England got Disestablishment, and. they might be as sure as they were sitting in that room they would be disestablished in twenty years; whilst the Sfcste would lose much—he would not. how ev. like to see the King crowned anywhere but in \||estminster Abbey, yet tkey might solve thai: All the Church would loce would be a paper establishment, and it was because of that paper they had. been sitting down und-er numerous disabilities. When the Eng- lish Church governing body was created they would soon get down to business, just as the Welsh body was beginning to do, and once they got the Bill through they would-, as in Wales, have to face the difficult question of 1: patronage; but he thought Disestablishment would come along with the Bill, and his ad- >. vice to them, was do%'t break your hearts if it does,"

GOBOWEN. DRIVER'S SERVICES RECOGNIZED.- On Tuesday, Mr. Humphreys, New-road,^wM presented by Mr. Charlotte Browne, Gobo- wen VicArage, with a purse containing £2, which she had collected from a few friends in appreciation, of his action in driving his tra-in during the recent strike. His teply, when told he iftuit cotno out,, waao I *t think m01;<è of the boys at the front." Mr. Parsons, Albi House, Mr. Humphreys's firo- man, was also presented. with a' purse con- taining £ 1- THE LATE MISS MARY EVAiNS,-The funeral of Miss Mary Evans, second daughter of Mr. Edward Evans, Pentreclawdd, ne.r Oswestry, took place at Whittington on Tues- day week, the Rev. G. O. Browne, rector of Gobowen, officiating at the house and grave- side. The chief mourners were Mr. Evan. (father), Martha and Jane (sisters), Allen- (brother), Miss Jane Evans (aunt), Annie Grout (niece), Mr. Allen Whitfield, Miss Whit- field, Mr. and Mrs. E. Evans, Mrs. Edaiuaia, Mr. Hammond, Mr. and Miss Morris, Pern Hill, Mr. William Rogers (cousins), and Mr. Richard Riehards, Oswestry. I

The N.U.R. decline to recognise Mr. Wardle, M.P., because he refuses to relia- quigh his post in the Government. fr. J. B. Thomas, M.P., has withdrawn his resignation v of the secretaryship of the Union* +