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THE WATER QUESTION.
THE WATER QUESTION. MEETING OF RATEPAYERS. A very large and thoroughly representative meeting of the ratepayers was held in the Assem bly Rooms. Llangollen, on Tuesday night, to further consider the water question Rev. W. Foulkes, who was received with great applause, said they would remember on the 17th ult., at a meeting held in the Boys' Board School, two resolutions were passed, and to those resolu- tions he would now briefly call their attention. The first was calling on the Urban District Council to carry out the wishes of the ratepayers in the matter of the water dispute, and there was addi-d to that resolution another, that a copy of it should be sent to the clerk of the Council, begging of him without delay to place that resolution before his Council. A meeting was called, and he wished to draw their attention in the first place to the pro- ceedings of the Council on that occasion. It was proposed by Mr. J. E. Jone3, seconded by Mr W. B. Roberts, That the Council reply to the letter that the matter shall go on, and that as t arly as possible." It was then moved by Mr. W. G. Dodd, and secooded by Mr. R. Darlington, "That the Council acknow- ledge the receipt of the resolution, and state that the whole question of the water supply for the town of■ Llangollen is receiving the attention of the Council." It was always a case of seconding by Mr. Dodd and moving by Mr. Darlington, or moving by Mr. Dodd and seconding by Mr. Darlington.—(Laughter). That resolution, which was carried, left the matter as before, and entirely ignored the resolution of the ratepayers.—(Shame). He repeated that night as he had said before that that was not the kind of treatment they as rate- payers ought to be continually receiving from the District Council. A second resolution passed at the same meeting of ratepayers was to the effect that an appeal should be made to the Local Government Board, and they very kindly appointed five gentle- men to draw up the memorial. Those give gentle- men on several occasions gave the matter their most earnest consideration-considered the matter in nil its bearings-and drafted out a memorial as clear, as concise, as truthful as they possibly could; and for any member of the Council to insinuate that that memorial was not true, was an injustice to himself and his colleagues who drew it, out, and he threw back the insinuation, and said it was as true as the statements which they them- selves made around the Council table.-(Applause). In due time they received an answer from the Local Government Board pointing out that they had no power to force the Council to take th- course desired by the signatories, but when the Council applied for the sanction for a loan for the purpose of carrying out further works of water supply, an inquiry would be held at which all interested could attend and make any representa- tions. It mght bp asked what they had gained hy sending- up that memorial? Well, he should gay that they had gained this much—by the memorial they had given the Local Government Board an insight into the circumstances of the case, and enlightened them as to how the matter at present stood, and as to the persistent conduct and actions of the Urban District Council. The ratepayers had secured this much that there would be a full inquiry made in case there should be an application for a loan; and at that inquiry fair play would be given to attend and raise one's voice in the matter wherever it should be necessaiy in the interests of the position and facts of the case. It was an "extra-ordinary" meeting of the Council to which hiD, referred, and to his nsind it was a very extraordinary meeting indeed in fact, it was so extraordinary that there were not many places outside Llangollen, he should say, that could have held a meeting similar to it.—(Laughter.)—The Council had been going on for a long time ignoring the wishes and resolu- tions of the ratepayers. Hewasnotsosurethat they were not beginning to snub the ratepayers, and that perhaps in the estimation of some of the members they were not the objects of a little ridicule. He was very much surprised and not a little pained in having to refer to these matters to see that their friend and neighbour. Mr. Dodd, at the last Council meeting said "that it was their duty and no one else's to interfere in the matter." He should not have expected Mr. Dodd to say thab when the responsibility rested upon the ratepayers, nor should he have expected to hear that same gentleman say—" that it was not at all necessary to enter into the merits or demerits of the memorial." He (the speaker) should have thought that it was the duty of the Council to enter into the details of the memorial as it had been sent up, and that it was a ratepayer's matter and a rate- payer's business as much as that of the Council. It was their duty as the rateparers' servant to carry out the wishes of the ratepayers, unless the thing to be carried out was very wrong indeed (hear, hear). Again, he took it tbat the last was a very extraordinary Council meeting from the fact of the grand discovery that was made at it- a discovery that was evidently very crpditable to the gentleman who made it. Mr. Jno. Ed. Jones would have them suppose that the quest- ion was a very simple one but it was a very phiioscophical one when it resolved itself into the question of "where was that scraper?"—(Loud Laughter). That was a question which had not yet been answered. (Mr. R. S. Richards In the pipes.) Aye, but there was something wrong with the pipes before the scraper got into them, and when the scraper was got out there would be something wrong still. The very fact that the scraper had imbedded itself in the pipes was clear proof that the pipes were not what they ought to have been. After that the Council separated with- out doing anything at all. They did not decide to carry out the wishes of the ratepayers or to im- prove the water service, or to send an honest reply to the Local Government Board to the memorial. They left the matter entirely where it was ("shame"). And he must say he was a little t-urprised at the amount of small talk which was indulged in at the Council-talk that was unworthy of the gentlemen that sat around the table (bear. hear). To what purpose was it to say time after time that they were doing what they possibly could to improve the water supply ? Why was it not improved ?—(Chcers.)—and that they were trying to make amicable arrangements with Capt. Best. Why were not those arrangements made ? To what use was it to say that Captain Best was now in a. good humour?—(Laughter.)—How long would Captain Best continue to be so? What was the use of saying that Captain Best was anxious to do all that he could for the town. Where was the proof of it ? He did not think the Council had sat for tcn minutes and thought the matter over seriously, and tried as reasonable men to get out of the difficulty in which they were placed.—• (Applause.)—The proceedings of the Council proved to him the incapacity of the Council to deal with the question.-(A voice Perfectly true.) —They said the ratepayers did not know all. If there wa, anything the ratepayers did not know, why could they not come forward and tell them what it was? If it was satisfactory they ware quite willing t,) reniain quiet, hot for the Council to persist as they bad been acting was nob honour- able on their part, and it amounted to becoming very near wicked to the ratepayers.—(Cheers.)— He was sorry for the Conncii.—(Laughter.)—They were in a worse fix now than ever they were before.' Every leg they bad tried to stand upon Providence seemed to have knocked from under them.—(Mr. 1 ..v Richards Not Providence—Providence, I believe, only goes right.)—And now their last plight was worse than the first. Where was the Brymbo Water Scheme now he should like to know ? And he should like to hear any member say who began the negotiations first. The Brymbo Water Company did not approach the Council it was the Council who approached the Company, and that Company would now have nothing to do with the affair. Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster had also cleared out with their scheme—(laughter)—so that now the Council after two years of earnest deliberation, as they themselves called it, had no scheme to offer and nothing to propose for the consideration of the ratepayers.—("Quite right" and applause.)—They said they did not want to go out of the Vivod Valley. If they did not, what did they want to go to Brymbo for? And again, if they did not want to go out of the valley why did they go to Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster ? What was the use of saying that when every step they took were steps and schemes that had for their sole purpose the clearing of the ratepayers out of the Vivod Valley? They knew well that neither Brymbo nor Hughes and Lancaster would make use of the Vivod Valley supply. He thought the ratepayers stood now in exactly the same position as they stood at the beginning, and he hoped they would all be true and faithful to themselves, and continue to take the stand they had always taken, and say- We are not willing to go out of the Vivod Va I ley.-(Chee.-s.)-The supply they bad got should be improved, and before they touched the question their rights in the Vivod Valley should be legally determined. To sum up—with Captain Best just and kind; with a Council honest, earnest, and united; and with ratepayers who took a sensible and an honest view of the whole question, the water difficulty would in a very short time be met with its happy and final solution.—(Cheers.)— They as ratepayers were anxious in the first place to give an account of their stewardship, so far as they were concerned with the L.G.B., and two or three resolutions would be put to the meeting for its approval or otherwise, and he had great pleasure in calling upon Mr. Saint to move the first of them. ivir. balllt saia he iiau very great pleasure in proposing-" That this meeting of ratepayers calls on the Urban District Council to compiy with the undertaking given to the Local Government Board to relay the mains and pipes from the town to the reservoir, for which they obtained a loan of £ 2,000." All, he thought, could agree in support- ing that resolution. The present pipes were originally five inch pipes, but by corrosion they had been reduced to three inches, and upon that diameter there were over 3,000 people dependent for a daily supply of water. It was well known to them all the interest he had taken in the water question ever since he eame to Llangollen, now over six years. As an engineer, he was surprised on first coming here to find Llangollen so well situated in other respects to be short in its most vital part-that of water. And yet there was a good natural supply of water-water everywhere. He went to the reservoir at the Vivod and there saw an enormous overflow, and yet the town was short. The fault lay in the size of the pipes, wherever the scraper might be—(laughter)—they were too small, and ought to be removed without delay. Nearly four years ago he advised Councillor after Councillor to put in a ten inch pipe, and that would put the water right for all the needs of Llangollen. But his recommendation was pooh- poohed, and he was asked what folly he was then going into, They could not, must not come out of the Vivod. People were begging and praying for water, and visitors who came here inquired about our water supply. They got frightened on inquiry and were afraid to stay. Finding that to be so he put a letter in the paper at once stating that he had considered the water question very carefully ever since he came to Llangoilen, and he had come to the conclusion that instead of a five inch pipe now being reduced to three they should lay down a 10 inch pipe, and they would have no further reason for complaint. If they had a proper supply the number of visitors to the town would be larger, the increase in the income would amount to £ 3.000 a year, and the town would be improved morally, physically and financially. The prosperity of the town greatly depended upon its visitors, and they would not come here so long as they felt there was a want of water. He could not understand how Councillors could sleep in their beds while they knew the town was in want of water. He had been v' ry anxious about the water question, and had lost many nights sleep thinking' about it. He did not wish now to repeat his views—they were fairly well known —but as an engineer he would say let them have larger pipes and they wonld have a sufficient supply for all the requirements of the town. He did Dot say that this action would settle the whole question, They could not go out of the Vivod, and nobody could put them out. Why go out of the Vivod ? He had asked the question in the paper and had been surprised that the trustees had tried to dispute their water rights in the Viv d. How could those rights be disputed after a use of the stream for 30 or 34 years ? The water from the Vivod was" A 1 in quality, and there was sufficient of it—it was an everlasting stream. The other sources were intermit- tent, and during some months were practically dry. They had their rights in the valley, and the Cipb. had his rights—the trustees had their rights. Well, why not get along peaceably, seeing that there was enough for all and both, if the water were only n o i, g rA managed properly. They did not object to Capt. Best using of the supply to water his meadow, but there was plenty for the town after that, and if there was not for all requirements, the town should be considered first —(Applause). On that point the whole matter hung. The judge in London would soon see through that. It would be a poor exause to say "Well. its my property," when the water came down from the heavens to supply man and beast. It would be unkind of Capt. Best to deprive 3,000 people of a supply of water which was so much required, and that without any notice. Mr. Saint then alluded to the action of the so-called Progressive Party in the past, and went on to say that it was proved to demonstration that the reservoir was plenty high enough to send the water all over the town with proper pipes. Mr. R. S. Richards Is the reservoir big enough for a ten-inch pipe ? Mr. Saint replied that it was, and that there was sufficient water to go right over the County School. Birch Mount was supplied daily, and that was !)6 feet higher than Abbey-road. So long as the taps in the houses were shut no water could come out of the pipes.- (Laughter.) They had 100,000 gallons coming into the reservoir daily, sufficient to supply 20 gallons per head per day for a. town of 5,000 inhabitants. An adequate supply for all purposes could be obtained for £ 2,000 instead of incurring the vast sums which were contemplated. Mr. Richards Where's the scraper?—(Laughter). Mr. Saint Oh, never mind about that. They were satisfied as to the supply being sufficient. All that they required was a larger pipe. Mr. W. Coward, J.P., ascended the platfortn. but, before he spoke Mr. Richards wished to puinG out that Mr. Coward was the only gentlemen now living who was on the Local Board at the time the lasid was bought.—Mr. Coward, as an old townsman, wb'o had the intc,,rests of his fellowmen at heart, secon- ded the resolution and stated that in addition to what Mr. Richards had said, be was one of the three that were at the Hand Hotel as the purchasers of the property at the Eirianallt. He bad advocated what the motion implied for many years. When the Council obtained the £ 2,000 for the re-laying- of the mains, they began at the wrong end.-(Applause.) -They should have started at the reservoir and come down to the town. Although the Council had been informed of Mr. Saint's views, they had never tested them. If Mr. Saint was shown to be wrong, he would admit it, but it would give great satis- faction if his ideas were tested by the Council.- (Cheers.)—He recollected quite distinctly that their late vicar, the Rev. E. R. James, said years back that the water then rose to the chimney of the Vicarage. If it rose at that time, it went to prove that Mr. Saint was right, to whom he was sure they were all greatly indebted.-(Applause.) The chairman said as he noticed there were present certain members of the U.D.C., perhaps they would be kind enough to step forward and express their views on the subject. Messrs. J. E, Jones, W. P. Williams, W. B Roberts, and J. R. Humphreys, then stepped forward, and Mr. Williams went into certain details con- nected with the past, particularly with respect to the relaying of the pipes, and s'tid there was a balance at the bank of some -1300 odd. He also replied to certain questions put by Mr. T. M. Rowlands. Mr. John Rowlands then moved "That this meeting of ratepayers calls on the U.D.C. to pro- ceed without delay with the pending action at law, and that no new schemes be considered that will involve additional expense, or cause further delay until the final decision of the court is obtained." He did not wish to occupy the time of the meeting with any observations of his own. He was sorry to have heard some remarks respecting their rights to the water, and he strongly criticised the action of one of the members of the U.D.C. in the matter. It must not be forgotten that the ratepayers had to pay the money, and the councillors were neglecting the interests of the town if they did not proceed energetically with the action. They as ratepayers had no doubt about their rights in the Vivod for the purpose of a water supply. Mr. E. R. Parry seconded the motion, feeling sorry that they had been driven to tuke the action which they were now doing. He thought it a thousand pities that they could not settle their difficulty in an amicable way without having recourse to law, but since it was forced upon them the wisest possible thing to do was to go at it straight, once and for all, and have done with it. (Cheers). It was not their fault that they had to take this course, the responsibility did not lay with them. It was their bounden duty to come forward and defend their rights to the only practicable and reliable source of water for the town. It would be patent to everybody that they could not go out of the Vivod even if they wished to do. They were compelled after trying other sources and schemes to get back to their old love, and they would never leave her auy more (laughter and applause). He thought they were doing a kind action to the Council by passing their resolu- tion, for by it he thought they were helping a lame dog over the stile (laughter and applause). Visitors were shy in coming to Llangollen, owing to the reports that had got abroad that the town was short of water. The motion was then put to the meeting and carried. Rev. D. Williams then moved that this meeting of ratepayers would suggest to the minority on the Council the desirableness of making a protest against the persistent action of the majority in ignoring the wishes and the resolutions of a large number of ratepayers, so frequently and unanimously expressed, and that an appeal should be made to the Local Government Board that in case an unnecessary and frivolous expenditure was incurred it should be surcharged to the Council." He trusted that the members of the Council present would see to that resolution being put upon the minutes of their proceedings. The majority of the Council must know of the strong feeling engendered against them in the district through their persistent action. He believed if there were a house to house canvas eight out of every ten of tho ratepayers would be against the Council in this great and important question.—(Applause.)— The end of all this contantion would be tha a commissioner would be sent down from London to inquire into the whole matter, and the un- necessary expenditure incurred upon petty schemes would be surcharged to the Council. They had had an instance of that in the past on the occasion of the making of a new street in Llangollen. It would be well that the members of the Council who persisted in carrying out scheme- again."t the wishes of the ratepayers should be made to pay the penalty themselves.—(Applause.)—If they were persistent the ratepayers should be persistent too, — (Cheers.) — The ratepayers would not flinch an inch from the ground they had taken up. They had not done hitherto. The Council did not know their own mind to-day; if they did, he challenged them to say what it was. They were in a darkness lik. unto the darkness of Egypt—(laughter)—and the resolution of that night was to protect the faithful. Mr. Spurring- seconded the proposition, and humorously alluded to the birth of the Progressive Party some four years ago. There was a go .d deal of fun made at the time at their expens-, but one thing they pledged themselves to do was to put the water question righu, It was the water that called the Progressive Party into existence, and they at once began the work at the wrong end. At the rate this Progressive Party was going- he calculated that they might expect something towards its solution by the time his eldest boy got. to be about GO years of age. The water was now running away-not coming into the town. though there was a plentiful supply for all parts if it were only properly dealt with. He trusted the Council would nee to the wisdom of getting them a proper water supply, if it were only to save their own bacon.—(Laughter.)—Their addresses at election times abounded with promises to see to the supply of water to the town. Had they done so? No. there was more talk now of some blooming scraper"—(laughter)—than to get at the bottom of the water difficulty. Mr. E. Rogers then moved that a copy of the resolutions just read should be forwarded to the Local Government Board, together with a copy of the Llangollen Advertiser containiog a report of the meeting." Mr. T. Hughes seconded, with the suggestion of Mr. Richards that they request the clerk to lay it before his Council at the earliest/possible oppor- tunity." The proposition was carried neni. con. Mr. Richards proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, remarking that he believed the town would be prepared to pay any reasonable rate providing it, got value for money, and that it was not pureiy a policy of plunder and blunder." Mr. Spurring seconded the motion, which was carried amid great cheering, and the meeting then separated.
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The Airewortli worsted mills at Keighley occupied by Messrs. J. and R. Lester, were dertroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at from £ 10,000 to £ 12,000. At the Wrexham Police Court on Monday the Bench imposed nnes upon 21 men employed at the Vron Colliery an five employed at the Westminster Colliery for leaving work without notice or permission. In connection with the Manchester Welsh Bardic Society a successful eisteddfod was held on Saturday, at which musical and iitterary competitions took place. The Society intend to make the eisteddfod an annual one. The annual meetings of the Society of Cymmrodor- ion and the London Cymru Fydd Society were held in London on Friday evening. Reports were present- ed upon the work of the past year and arrangements announced for the new sessions. Inquests were held at Newtown on Saturday and at Festeniog on Friday on the bodies of men who had been killed, some while at work and others while re- turning from work. At Newtown, where the two blacksmiths Abraham Humphreys, and John Brown, had been killed by the fall of a water tank, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death' but thought the men had made an error of judgement in removing a wooden prop which they believed did not serve as a support to the tank. At Festiniog the inquiry was kept open to enable the Government inspector to attend.
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Thursday Evening. The funeral of the late Sir George Baden Powell took place at Kensal Green Cemetery, to-day, after a service at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square. The Bank rate is unaltered. Stocks are quiet Grand Trunks rose one-eighth and the Canadian Pacifics sevtjn-eighths, on news of the termina- tion of the rate war. An improvement in the weather is reported from the Midlands to-day. Though the streets are covered with snow, heavy rain is falling. Railway traffic is still working badly. There is a gale, with blinding snowstorms, in the Irish Sea.
+ SALE OF WORK AT ACREFAIR.
+ SALE OF WORK AT ACREFAIR. HANDSOME OFFER. An important sale of work in aid of the renovating fund was held in the English Wesleyan Chapel, Acrefair, on Wednesday. The interior of the chapel was very tastefully and artistically decorated for the occasion, and presented an extremely and unusually pretty appearance by the chask arrangement of flags, banners, and the treatment of the various stalls in general. After the singing of an opening hyma, a short prayer was offered by the Rev. J. Warren Millward (Llan- gollen), and financial statement was read by Mr. S. Galland. The object of the baxaar, he remarked, was to reduce, or erase, the remainder of a debt of £ 78 which was the total cost of the erection of a new and spacious classroom for the chapel. It was also hoped, he continued, that sufficient would be obtained to renovate ths chapel. Mr. J. Hopley (Cefn Mawr), chapel steward, also spoke. The Rev. J. S. Haworth, F.R.G.S. (Llangollen), on behalf of Mrs. Haworth, performed the opening ceremony, and said that if the committee of the chapel would succeed in raising £ 100 by the end of the year 1899. he would be pleased to subscribe the remaining R-50 required to completely clear the chapel. He was heartily thanked for his handsome offer and for declaring the bazaar open. A brisk business subsequently ensued at the stalls, which were under the management of the following :-No. 1 stall Mrs. W. Bache (who through illness was unavoidably absent), Mrs. Harvey, Miss Edwards (Ruabon), Miss Williams, and Miss Harvey. Stall No. 2: Miss Lalla. Edwards (Acrefair), Miss Powell and M¡,.s Galland. Fancy stall (No 3) Miss Kate Bache (Trevor), and Miss Hopley (Cefn Mawr). Refreshment stall Mrs. Jackson Edwards, Mrs. Roberts (Trefynant), Mrs. Hannah Williams (Cefn). Stall No. 4 Mrs. R. Hopley (CefLi), Mrs. Price Roberts, Miss Evans (Comptou House), and Miss S. E. Parry (Cefn). A bran pie under the control of Miss E. Hopley and Miss Emily Harvey caused much amusement, and much attraction was centered in the fishpond in charge of Miss Bache. The Indian museum and art gallery was freely visited, the exhibits being kindly lent by Mr. Peter Edwards (Acre House) and was under the charge of Mr. W. Lacey (Cefn Mawr) who also lent several plants for decorations. Mr. W. Parry (Acrefair Schools) also lent decorations. During intervals songs were given in admirable manner by Mrs.iKirkham Jones. The proceedings throughout were of (a verysucoessful character.
. LLANGOLLEN RURAL PARISH…
LLANGOLLEN RURAL PARISH COUNCIL, DINNER. A meeting of the Llangollen Rural District Council was held in the School Board Room on Tuesday afternoon. There were present—Messrs. W. Ellis (iu the chair), J. Williams, J. Roberts, R Hughes, D. W. Roberts, D. Jones, G. F. C. Yale, M' Jeffreys and Mr. T. Hughes (clerk). The Rev. J' S. Jones wrote regretting his inability to be present" —A communication respecting the Locomotive Act. 1898, was submitted. It had reference to traffic, and on the suggestion of the clerk it was handed over to the highway section.—Mr. Williams (surveyor) presented a report respecting certain improvements that were required and Mr. Joshua. Jones, Vroncyssylltau, applied for £ 3 salary.—The chairman was appointed a representative of the Board of Governors of Bangor University, Mr- Yale having been also put in nomination.—Atten- tion was drawn to the question of the Vroncys- sylltau reservoir, and it was reported that every- thing was correct in connection with the under- taking, and they had the power to work beneath for mines and minerals. On the motion of Mr. J. Roberts, seconded by Mr. J. Williams, a vote of thanks was passed to the clerk for the extra. trouble he had taken in the matter.—S veral bills were presented for payment, and the question of getting frfsh copies of the bye-laws printed was left in the hands of the clerk. The members subsequently adjourned to a dinner given by the chairman, and excellently provided by Mr. G. T. Allen, Eagles Hotel.-At its con- clusion, Mr. T. Hughes proposed a vote of thanks to the donor, who was very pleased to see so many members present.—Mr. John Roberts also expressed the pleasure it gave him to partake of the hospitality of their worthy chairman. He did not think there was a Council anywhere which worked so haimoniously together as their own body. They had previously met in that and other rooms on several occasions, and though they might have tq differ at times at their business meetings, it was always in the best spirit.—Mr. L. Lloyd-John, as an old official of ibeBoard,said he could not help fee'" ingagreeably struck at Heeiug the harmonious way In which the business was carried out, bus also the economical mode, and their endeavour to avoid litigation, which, so far as he was concerned, he was naturally disposed very much to regret- (Laughter.) He congratulated them in having such an admirable clerk and chairman.—r" Williams (surveyor) said htt believed this was the fourth occasion on which they had had the pleasure of meeting together, and he believed the? had done their duty here as elsewhere, and had thoroughly enjoyed themselves. He hod already promised to follow suit, as he had been their for about 20 years, and he would propose that th<3 members of the Llangollen Rural District CouncH be photographed, the txpense of which he sooul be glad to defray. It would be a souvenir for children to look at in years to come. (Applalise'^ —Mr. J. Williams, Trefynant, proposed a vote of thanks to their worthy eierk. Ever sio°. Mr. T. Hughes had been connected with the1^ Council he had always been pleased to do utmost for the satisfaction, of the whole COll," and noc for this or other member alone. the right man in the right place. (Applause.)- The clerk, in reply, said the kind words expres^ could not but give him satisfaction. 'ia.t merely conscientiously tried to do his best as iiie^ clerk, arid as all the members worked so W together his task had been all the lighter. quite concurred that in their chairman they the right man in the right place, and he belie the ratepayers would endorse that °PinItj30 (Cheers.)—Other toasts included the press, caterer (Mr. Allen), and the various officers. Printed and published every Friday Morning, by prieter, HUGH JONES, at his Otto Print.inCx!Ibi.b'' Castle-street, Llangollen, in the county of Nov. 25th, 1898. All orders, advertisements, ana munications are requested to be addressed "Advertiser" Office, Llangollen.