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THE WEEK'S CITY NEWS.

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THE WEEK'S CITY NEWS. AN EXTENSIVE SHOW of Ladies' Caniclshair and Wool and Fleecy Scarfs is the attraction at W. O. Williams', Man- chester House, Bangor, this and following days, 8s 6d to 60s each. Inspection in- vited. Telephone 74. M. ROSEN for all k Ind of General and Fancy Drapery and .Millinery, etc.—Kail- way Shop, High-street, Bangor. -GOVERN.i\n;Yr-LI'\fEX" Messrs Evan.i Bros., Upper Bangor, have just received stocks of this famous Linen. JVlake sure of your share at once; never again will this opportunity occur; every inch scientifically tested. SNOVVDON b'liAKE FLOUR in Cotton Bags. Pra.ient „ Is 5d per 71b. Bags. DELIGHTS" (^OVERTIME. —E very man should be deligilted to work over- time," aid J lldge Bryn Roberta at the Police Court on Tuesday. BANK APPOINTMENT. Mr T. Dudley Morgan, who has been manager of the National Provincial Bank branch at Corwen since it was opened, has been appointed manager of the Swansea branch. Mr Morgan was for some years at the Bangor branch of the bank. SOLICITORS AND THEIR RIGHTS. -At tho Petty Sessions on Tuesday an officer from tho Aerodrome, Llangefni, said he was attending to represent a de- fendant, a private from the Aerodrome.— The Magistrates' Clerk (Mr Vincent) Are you a bol 'citor?-The Officer: No.—The Magistrates' Clerk: Then you cannot ap- pear for the defendant. WILL OF THE LATE MR NEED- HAM. The late Mr Ronald AUport iNeodham, yacht builder, of Maesygroes and Garth, Bangor, elder son of Mi s Need- ham, Woolton, Liverpool, left gross estate of the value of E28,222 7s 6d, with net personalty £ 26,877 6s 5d. YOUTH INJURED BY MOTOR CAR.-Whilst crossing- the main road near Old College Buildings, on Wednesday, a youth named Williams, living in Dean- street, and employed at the Eureka Slate ,Works, was accidentally knocked down by a motor car from Warwickshire. The boy, who received a severe blow on the lip, which was cut open, was conveyed by tho motorist to the Carnarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary. PROPERTY SALE.—Mr A. E. Bick- nell, conducted a sale of property at the Queen's Head Cafe, on Wednesday, when Councillor Charles Pozzi bought, the fol- lowing lot" :-71, Caellepa, rental B13 per annum, for £ 210; 30, Tairmynydd, for 160; and 31, Well-street, for Bl15. The solicitor for the vendors was Mr J. Glynne Jones. "MONA" IN DIFFICUI,TIES.-The Mona," which usually plies across the ferry, conveyed passengers from Beau- maris on the last trip on Wednesday night. After leaving Beaumaris Pier at 8.45 p.m. the steamer became unmanage- able, and though the crew worked hard to bring her to Bangor Pierhead this was not accomplished until 11.30 p.m. RE-OPENING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.—The elementary schools of the city arc to re-open on Tuesday next, after the five weeks' midsummer holidays. St. Paul's School has been converted into a Higher Standard School. All children who have passed through Standard V. will be required to attend there; in fact. all children who are over twelve yc;ars of age may attend. MILK-SELLERS' PROTEST.-A con ference of local milk-sellers and Mr E. W. Jones, assistant milk commissioner, with Mr E. Roberts, of the Town Clerk's office, was held last Friday to consider a demand for 8d a quart for September. A proposal was made that the farmers should decline to supply the town with milk unless the demand of 8d a quart was conceded. This was not carried, however. Instead, it was decided to give the Authorities a week to consider the matter. Mr E. W. Jones told the dealers that he could ensure a supply of milk for ll angor whether the far- mers supplied it or not, and it was pos- sible to revoke their licences. One of the farmers declared that customers had told him that they were willing to pay 8d a quart. MILITARY WEDDING.—On Wednes- day zri interesting wedding attracted to the Parish Church of St. Michael's, at Aber- gele, a large gathering of wcil-wishers, on the occasion of the marriage of Captain ,T. Buckland, of Whitecote, Bangor, now attached to the Royal Munster Regiment, formerly of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and Miss Gladys Lawton, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. T. Lawton, of Plas Isaf, Aber gele. The bridesmaids were Misa .Violet and Miss Doreen Law ton, and the Misses Graham Evans, Bryn Mor, Abergele, with Masters Frankie Lawton and ldris White as pages. The best man was Major Burrows, of the Royal Mun- at-et- Regiment. The Vicar (the Rev. 11. R. Hughes, M.A.) officiated. PETTY SESSIONS. The weekly sessions were r c!d On Tuesday before Sir Henry Lexis ^ChuinnHii), Judsu liyn Roberts, itcv. %V. Ilof,,rait (St. Aiyii's), Dr. Lloyd Williams, Messrs W, p, Matthews, Thomas Roberts, U. Lewis Griffith. AIr Thornton Jones (for Mr Horatio Jones) applied for the temporary transfer of t-fie licence of the Albion Hotel, lfigu-street, froiiii Mr llingroae to Mr W. KaiiigiH. Tiie iV- plication was granted, and the Bench alio approved of alterations to the hotel. It Tvas stated that the drinking 'aciliiies will not be increased by the alterations. Edmund Largue, Kedford Mouse, Glouces- ter, was summoned for leaving a motor car in High-sticet near the National Provincial Bank for one hour and fifteen minllte, The defendant, who is surveyor of the Stroud dis- trict of Gloucestershire, wrote slating that lie was assured lie could leave the car out- eido the bank. lie was a stranger and un- acquainted with the regulations. The Chairman Being a surveyor he should have known better. Pined £2 W. G. Williams, Shirl and Catlc Ho), Carnarvon, was fined 10s for having no lignt on his motor bicycle, and James Roberts, Water-street, Penmaenma.vr. was fined a sim- flar amount for a like offence. Private John Mackay. <f the Aerodrome, Llangefni, charged with having no iden* fication mark at the rear of his motor bi- cycle, was liiieel 20s. Elizabeth Owen, Brittania-street, Upper Baugor, asked the Bench to increase an ord- er for maintenance which she obtained ia 1910 against her husband, Owen Owen, n joiners' labourer, Neptune-street, Birken- head. The wife stated that the order was fnf lO a \reek, Her husband had told hor that when he worked through the week hei earned from L,7 to £ 9 a week. The husband, who was represented by Mr S, R. Dew, said that when the Order was made his wife had. three children to look after, r ich was not tho case now. lie had been paying his wife j <1 a week, and he would continue to do soi of his own free iviii, but not under an Order lie never told his wife he earned £ 7 to £ 0 a, week; his wages were £3 4s 7d a week, but. with overtime he sometimes got £5 ios at week. The Order was increased to tL a week. OBITUARY. I The death occurred on Friday last of Mr Crispin Goldstraw. 4. Or me terrace, Euston-road. Deceased, who was 55 years of age, had not enjoyed good health for somo time, but remained at work until within a month ago. and was only in bed for tho last two days. Mr Goldstraw had boon in Bangor for many years, employed a., a foreman mason on the L. and N. W. Railway Permanent Way. The body was taken to Coppenhall, Crewe, on Mon- day morning for interment, and the funeral took place on Tuesday at C'oppen- hall Churchyard. The chief mourners wore: Mr and Mrs Bailey (sister and brother-in-law), Mr T. Goldstraw and Mr R. Goldstraw (brothers), Mr Goldstraw. (nephew), Mr and Mis R. Palin, Mr G, Palin (brothers-in-law), Mrs Haloroft and Mrs Millington I the Misses Palin. Mrs Jones, Messrs Palin. Halcroft, and Alcock (nephew and nieces). In. spector Gayton, Foreman Udale. and Wm. Jones, Miss Griffith, Mr and Mrs Wi! liams (Bangor), a lso attended. The coffin was covered with wreaths, including one sent by his fellow- workmen and staff at Bangor. Tho scrvice was conducted by the curate BANGOR. DfF-RIDAY MORNT^fJ. of the parish' (Rev. T. Jones) at the church, and the'Rev. E. Allccck (nephew of the deceased! officiated at the grave- side. The- deceased, -who was very popu- lar in Crowe and Bangor. was a widower, and was only predeceased by his wite tell months ago. y I LOCAl-AMUSEMVNTS. I COUNTY THEATRE. The ioll topper for tho week-end is "Flames.of Chance," a clever Triangle production featuring Margery Wiison and Jack MulhalL It tells a stirring and romantic story of German espionage with a happy vein of 'comedy. The third chap- ter of the gteat picture Adventures Among the Cannibals" will also form part of the programme. Next Monday and the two following evenings Conquered Hearts" will be s hown. The opening scenes depict tho heroine in her slum home with a drunken father, a washes woman mother, a new boy brother, and every circumstance re- flecting poverty and the sordid side of tenament life. The closing scenes depict her in a blaze of glory as a successful kincma star, the idol of the public, waving aSide offers of marriage from an earl. How the slum girl climbed to these dizzy heighths 14 depicted in a series of pictures, in which it must be said that her lucky star is always ready to shine opportunely. III this role, Marguerite Marsh seeures, sympathy throughout. From Thursday to Saturday "Gates of Gladness" holds sway. This story, dramatic to a degree in its human appeal, is interpreted by a cast of artistes in a manner seldom equalled on the screen. 'lhe plot is an admirable conception, the action moving briskly throughout. It is replete with arresting incidents, which scale the entire gamut of human emotions. In the cannibal picture some extraordinary scenes are shown- of young savages' ideas of outdoor amusement. It was here on the mysterious island Malaita-shown in this chapter—that several friends of the takers of the picture (lr Martin Johnson) were killed and eaten on an earlier occa- sion. It was only tho police boys who accompanied Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson ztcconipanie d Mr Pn( i that kept the savages in check. THE PICTUREDROME. The week opened with Business in Life" and a capital film it proved, Alice Joyce being in one of the chief roles. For the rest of the week George Beban figures in "J ules of the Strong Heart." Ad, mirers of Billie Burke, and their numbers must be legion, will be interested to know that she appears next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. "Let's Get a Divorce described as her finest picture. The film is in five parts. The rest of the week wili be taken up with "The Menace," featuring Miss Corrino Grifiin. It is' an adaptation of Rex Taylor's novel. The two serials, "Who is Number One?" and "Mystery of the Double Cross," will also be shown during the week.

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