The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

CRICCIETH. PREACHING.—Sermons were delivered in Salem Wesleyan Chapel during last week, and on Monday and Wednetday, this week, sermons were preached at Capel Mawr. BURIAL BOARD.—A quarterly meeting of the Joint Committee acting as Burial Board for the parishes of Cricciech and Peullyn was held on Tuesday Mr J. T. Jones in the chair. The only business, which was of a formal character, included the signing of cheques, &c. "V1UUW „

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CARDIGANSHIRE JOINT POIAVE COMMITTEE. The quarterly meeting of Cardiganshire Joint police Committee was held at Lampeter on Thurs- day of last weekj there being present Mr D. C. Roberts, chairmart Captain Steward, Mr J. E, Rogers, Abefftifcurig; Mr D, J. Williams, Tregaron; Mr Peter Joneff Aberystwyth Mr John Powell, Blaenwern Mr Henry Tobit Evans, Llanarth Mr D. Thomas, LlandyssiilMr D. Davies, Velindre Mr David Davies, Llanddewibrefi; Mr Evan Richards, Llanfihangel ? Mr J. T. Morgan, Maesnewydd; Mr J. Watkiu Davies, Derry Ormond Mr Morgan Evans, Oakford; Mr Roderick Evans, Lampeter; Mr John Fowden, Lampeter Mr J. M Howell, Aberayron Mr H. C. Fryer, clerk, and Mr Howell Evans, chief constable. The Clerk read a letter from Mr J. W. Willis Bund saying he had a case coming ort in Court and was unable to leave London. He said that he was very anxious that matters should be put in such a shape that the Home Secretary couldl accept the suggestions made. Mr Willis Bund added that he should b | happy to^do anything he could to bring matters to a satisfactory settlement. The Finance Committee recommended that the yearly salary of £80, previously recoinmendgd as the salary of the Clerk to the Aberystwyth borough magistrates, should be adhered to, be- lieving that that was a fair Compensation for the work done, being calculated upon a similar basis to that adopted when the salaries of other cler&a were fixed in 1890. The Committee were unable, also, to recommend any addition to the salary of f60 now paid to Mr David Lloyd, clerk to Tre- garon justices, as they were of opinion that the Clerk's work was but very slightly increased by the alterations in the area of the division. The Committee likewise considered that the absence of any provision for the issue of summonses at Tre- garon constituted a real grievance to the inhabi- tants and advised that an additional jE5 should be made to the Clerk's salary on condition that pro- vision be made for obtaining summonses at Tre- garon on at least one day in each week. The Clerk read a subsequent letter from Mr Lloyd saying he was at a loss to- understand how he Committee could say his duties had been but slightly increased. They had very considerably increased. With reference to the difficulty of a, t ing summonses at Tregaron, arrangements had long ago been made to obviate that difficulty. Mr PETER JONES moved the adoption ef the recommendation, and said the conclusion the Com- mittee came to was that crime was in proportion to population, and as the population in the extended district given to Mr Lloyd bad very considerably decreased during the past six or eight years, practically Mr Lloyd's work had not increased. With regard to the difficulty of getting summonses at Tregaron, he (Mr J ones) happened to be going down by train the other day and met a person who informed him that he was obliged to go from Tre- garon to Lampeter to obtain a summons. Either Mr Lloyd's arrangement was not generally known or the person authorized to act on his behalf was not easily found. No doubt the Committee were aware of the case which arose recently cf a summons being recently issued at Lampeter and signed by a magistrate there, and the proceedings being quashed owing to the fact that the signing magistrate did not act for the Iregaron petty sessional division. The result was considerable in- convenience and expense. It would, therefore, be well if the Committee would press on Mr Lloyd to make known what arrangements he had effected for the iSf-ue of summonses at Tregaron. Mr D. J. WILLIAMS said there was a card in a window at Tregaronto the effect that the place was the magistrates' clerk's office. Mr J. E. ROGERS did not think 95 would pay the Clerk for keeping a clerk at Tregaron or even for sending him there once a week. Mr PETER JONES said the Clerk claimed to have made arrangements for the issue of atimmonsep at Tregaron ap that the £ 5 would practically be an increase in his salary. The recommendation was then agreed to. With reference to the matter of the appointment of a second superintendent cr the increase in the rank and file of the police, the Finance Committee reported as follows :-The following report upon the propostd increase in the police force was laid before the Committee by the Chief Constable :— Grn'lemen.—In the event of your accedmg to my application for increasing the force by three COB- stables, I beg to suggest that two of them be stationed at Aberystwyth and one at Tregaron. The men now stationed at Aberystwyth, owing to t' e existing limited number of constables, are blig. d to be on duty ten hours each per day, and frequently more but with the increased number, I hall be able to reduce the hours on duty from ten to nine per day. It may then be arranged in such a way as to give a much more efficient police super- vision over Aberystwyth fen rough and to insure at least two constables on duty at the same time for the twenty-four hours. Aberystwyth to be in charge of the Sergeant and under the general sup.r- ision of the Inspector, who will also discharge the duties required in connection with pleasure boats, hackriey carriages, common loding houses, &c in addition to visiting outlying stations. Either the Inspector or the Sergeant will be on reserve du'y from four to eleven p.m each day. Owing to the number of markets and fairs held at Tregaron I am frequently obliged to order a constable in for duty, thereby incurring considerable expense to the county during the year, and in the event of my recommendation that the Sergeant should viit the adjoining stations being adopted, it will be essential to have another constable at Tregaron, so hat there ehluld always be one police officer at ieast on duty there. With a view of meeting the wishes of the Home Secretary and to improving the present supervision over constables in the various districts, I beg to suggest that the county be divided into division, as follows .—No. 1, or Aber- ystwyth Division, to consist of the following stations—Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn, Llanychaiarn, Llanilar; Goginan, Bow Street, Borth. and Taliesin to be in charge of Inspector D. Morgan, of Aberyst- wyth. N n, 2, or Llandysau) division, to consist of the following stations—Llandystul, Adpar, New Inn, and Ntw Quay, to be in charge of D C.C Williams, of Llandyssul. No. 3, or Tregiron sub- division, to consist of the following station—Tre- garon, Llanddewi Brefi, Llangeitho, Pontrhydfen- digaid, and Pontrhydygroes, to be in charge of P.S. Thomas Thomas, cf Tregaron. No. 4, or Aberayron f-ub-division, to consist of Aberayron, Llanon, an i Llanarth stations, to be in charge of P.S. Thomas Phillips, of Aberayron. No. 5, or Lampeter sub- division, to consist of Lampeter, New Court, and Yetrad stations to be in charge of P.S. Evan Davies, of Lampeter. No. 6, or Cardigan sub- division, to c nsist of Cardigan, Llechrhyd, and Aberporth stations, to be in charge of P.S Dennis Williams, of Cardigan. Nos. 1 and 3 divisions, as well ag Lhnon station, will be visited by me regu- larly. Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 6, byD C.C. Williams as hitherto. And, in addition. I fhall of course visit all the stations in these divisions from time to time, as I shall consider necessary, as I have done in the past.—The report was redeitcd and carefully con- toideredin connection with the requirements of the Home Secretary, and your Comn'ft'teo resolved to recommend (1) That the police fofSe be increased by the addition of three constables, to f)$located »s proposed. (2) That the county be divided into the divisions and sub-divisions sketched out by the Chief Constable each division or sub-division to be under the direct charge of either a superinten- dent, inspector, or sergeant. (3) That Inspector David Mi.igan be relieved from further du'y in the Chief Constable's office, and placed in charge of the Aberystwyth division. The CHAIRMAN regretted that he was the only one present of the deputation who went to see the Home Secretary. He hoped Mr Willis Bund would have been present to give a full report of the mat'er It was unnecessary to say they were courteously received and listened to very carefully Mr Willis Bund put the case, he thought, as well as it could be put and other members of the tati, n put points bearing on the matter. The dfficulty they met with was the fact that from the Home Secretary's point of view the Chief Con- stable would be doing work which really should be done by a superintendent, and while he was en gaged in doing that work he possibly was neglect- ing his work as chief constable of the county. As a matter of fact, however, he (Mr Roberts) did not think that that would be the case, because the Chief Constable was in such a position that he could easily do the work of superintendent and very efficiently do his work as chief constable, and 'he reason for putting that stiongly was that he had actudlly done the work for the past two y ars. The Home Secretary seemed very anxious to meet, he Committee. He said he knew there was a unani- mous feeling in the county among the different public bodies that had to do with the police that the proposed arrangements would be satisfactory, and he said that if the Committtee could define some means of meeting his difficulty in reference to the upper division being in charge of someone under the Chief Cons able he (the Home Secretary) would be very pleast d to reconsider the matter and en- deavour to meet the Committee. As the result of that the Finance Committee considered the matter. It had not been authorised directly by the Com- mittee to do so, but the members felt that the matter was urgent and he was sure they would all agree that it was advisable that they should bring in some recommendation. Of course it was com- petent for the Committee to make some recommen- dation. Perhaps Mr Fryer could add something. The CLERK said that one great point the Home Secretary made was the question of more super- vision over the constables themselves. He thought constable should be checked occasionaliy. The deputation were able to say that practically that was being done in a great measure by the sergeants but in the proposal sketched out by the Chief Constable it wou d be found that every single constable in the county would have direct supervision over him. Where a superin- tendent or an inspec or could not mpet a constable a sergeant w ould. He thought th"t would go far to meet the objection of the Home Office. Another of the Stiong p iiits was that there were three counties in North Wales, two immediately ad- joining Cardiganshire (Merioneth and Montgomery) and Anglesey which had one superintendent pnly. The Home Secretary believed in those counties the superintendent superintended the whole of the County and not a division only as was proposed in Cardiganshire. Though some of the deputati n fplt pretty strongly that that was not exactly the fact, they had then no actual proof of ic. Subse- quefttly he wrote to the chief constable of each of the three cotmtiesjand found, as thedeputatlOIl sup- posed, that the superintendent took charge of one division' only and that the inspectors looked after the other dist'icts, and iu Montgomeryshire the Chief Constable seemed to look after a certain number of petty sessions as was proposed in Cardi- gansbire. That seemed to strengthen the deputa- tion's case, for what was good for North Wales was also good for South Wales. The Chief Constable reminded him also that in Merioneth and Mont- gomery the force was divided so that there was always a sergeant respoasible for the men. Mr TOBIT EVANS asked if they were not mixing up two questions ? One had no reference to the other. The CHAIRMAN admitted that in one way the two questions had no reference to each other, but in auother way they had, because the Committee be- lieved that by increasing the number of men the force would be made more efficient, and so influence the Home-Secretary. Mr PKTKR JONES then formally moved the adoption of that portion of the report recom- mending the increase of three men. The Chief Constvde- had for night duty at Aberystwyth p actically one man only, and be thought they would agree with him that they would net find a town in the- Principality where such a state of things as existed. It was true that the sergeant went out occasionally to see that the men were on duty; bat as for a complete- system of beats and so oo, there was only one man available. Well, When they considered the position of Aber- ystwyth, he1 thought they would agree with him that that was not the sort of supervision it ought to have. At the present time there were houses in course of erection and contemplating erection representing-some seventy or eighty in number That not only increased the number of people bat increased also the number of streets- to be traversed. I mre were six or eight new streets in course of being formed, and it was necessary that the police should go round every porti ID of the town. In addition to that there was a large influx of working men which required a little supervision. Moreover, during March, April, and May there were in the town 590 or 600'men in conneetion with the Militia. In all garrison towns it was considered necessary to increase the-force. Aberystwyth did not ask for it altogether on that ground, but when they had so large a number entering the town of the class associated with the' Army it was necessary that they should have a stronger force. In addition to that, Aberystwyth had, during the summer months, a population doub-e in number the normal population. In summer there were from 6,000 to 8,000 resident visitors and a large number of excursionists. At Llandudno, Bangor, and Carnarvon, there were more constables than at Aberystwyth. In Carnarvon there were nine and there was to be an increase at Llandudno and also at Bangor, so that where there was an increase of populttion there ought to be an increase in the number < f the force. There was another aspect of the question. At present the police had to be on duty some ten hours per day, and that was an excessive time In a district a man could go leisurely on his duty and sit down occasionally In town, a man had to be continually on his beat and eight hours was ample time for a man to be on beat. The effect of the new arrange- ment would be that there would t" six men available. Two would be on duty from Still 2, two from 2 till 10 and two from 10 till 6 the following morning. He thought the Committee would agree with him that that was not an exc-saive number for a town of the size and importance of Aherystwyth and in view of the nature of the people frequenting the town. With regard to the other portion of the report recommending another officer for Tregaron, that town at present was under the control of P.S Thoman only. If the recommendation was carried into effect to have a more complete supervision of the men in the outlying portions of the district, it would be necessary to have a man at Tregaron when the Sergeant was engaged in such supervision. The matter had been very carefully arranged by the Chief Constable who had brought his experience to bear upon the matter, and it seemed to him (Mr Peter Jones) that the increase was imperativt-ly necessary. It was true they all were desirous of working the force as economically as possible, but it was no use going ic for false economy. The thing must be efficiently done and therefore he moved the adoption of the report. Mr J. E. ROGERS said he bad great pleasure in seconding the proposition. Mr TOBIT EVANS said that Mr Peter Jones had reated the Committee to a rather long sermon, and he was not going to keep the Committee but for a few minutes, in which time he would be ahle to prove that there was really no occasion for the iD- crease. All applications for increase should b" based either upon population or area. Now there was no difference in the area of Cardiganshire at present to what it was fifty years ago. The CHAIRMAN said that was incorrect; a portion of Pembrokeshire had been added. MrToBJT EVANS rejoined that that was not wordt mentioning. It was only a few acres of Pembroke- shire. The population, he continued, was the great factor, and as Mr Peter Jones had stated popu tion and crime generally went together. In 1881 the population of the county was 71,212, and in 1891 63.467, a decrease of 7.745 Tnat decrease had nearly all taken place in the union of Aberystwyth. Mr Jones said that the union of Aberystwyth was one-third of the whole county as r,-g,irded popula- tion. That was'so, and he wished Mi Jones ami all others to remember that it was no' more tt.an one- third. But it was a curious thing that in the union of Aberystwyth there were fifteen police officers, and if the other portions of thi county were to h..ve a proportionate number the county wouid have a1, the present moment forty-five pol ce officers in the force instead of thirty-eight He did not say that the union of Aberystwyth had oo many officers, but the town of Aberystwyth, he beliwved, had al- ready too many according to the population, because he found there were eight constables stationed there. Mr PETER JONES asked Mr Evang how he m* le the eight ? Mr EVANS replied that there was one chief con- stable and seven other officers. Mr PETER JOSES asked Mr Evans if he thought the Chief Constable ought to go on beat lik a', ordinary constable? Mr TOKIT EVANS replied that he d'd nor say tint but he Was stationed at Aberystw yth. Let them remove him down to Lampeter and they would <;0 with one officer in addition. Thsre w.vS it Aber- ystwyth an inspector, a scrgeaut. and about five constables, and only a population f 6,725. As re. garded valuation, Abery^wyih was £ 26 000, only h8 than the valuation of the uniou of Lunpt/er by £ 1,000. In the union of Lampeter there was only three constables altogether EO hey eaw that Lampeter baid a considerable sum towards the maintenance of the con tables at Aberystwyth, Mr Peter Jonea said he did not knowfof any town of the size of Aberystwyth having so few p lice- men, but Mr Evans thought he should astonish him (the speaker) when he mentioned that in Rhyl, & population within 230 of Aberys'wyth, a watering place like Aberystwyth, only larger respecting the number of visitors frequenting it, the number of officeis was six—one sergeant and five constablcs- or two less than at Aberystwyth now. Holyhead also was a town of 10,000 inhabitants. It had a large number of people passing to and fro between London and other large English towns and Ireland, and, as they knew, cattle drivers and Irish members of Parliament required a large amount of attention. The crews of vessels sheltering in the roads also went up to the town in the evenings and there were large gangs in the streets. At Holyhead, however, they had one inspector, one sergeant, and four constables, and he could not understand how Mr Peter Jones based his application on popula- tion. Mr PETER JONES said there were two men on duty always at Holyhead. Mr TOBIT EVANS said they had not one man on duty all the time at Lampeter, and he questioned whether they had more at Cardigan. Moreover, at Aberystwyth there were two constables stationed in the immediate vicinity, and he was not sure whether those two did not do duty within the borough of Aberystwyth. Did not the Llany- chaiarn officer do duty at Penparke ? The CHIEF CONSTABLE replied that he did duty at Penparke and came within the borough occasionally. Mr TOBIT EVANS said there was another officer at Llanbadarn, making a total of ten constables, and yet two more were wanted. The C mmittee wanted to burden the poor county of Cardigan for the sake of Aberystwyth. It was only a question of Aberystwyth. Tregaron was brought in just, to citch votes. It was not for want of education that they dtsired more constables at Aberystwyth, and not for want of churches and chapels, because they had a large number of churches and chapels at Aberystwyth. The CHAIRMAN—They are going to have another. (Laughter). Mr PETER JONEs-The Society of Friends. (Renewed laughter). Mr TOBIT EVANS said he was very glad to hear it. the people of Aberystwyth seemed to be good people and the fact that tourists visited the place ought to be sufficient reason for not asking for that increase, because if tourists heard that Aber- ystwyth was such a bad place and required a dozen policemen they would go to Rhyl where there was more freedom. Tourists who went to Aberystwyth for a fortnight or three weeks, as a rule were well-conducted people. He was astonished -at the audacity of the Chief Constable asking for an increase, and it was a curious sight for two gentlen.en to go there and c ist a slur on their town by asking for more poliee- men. The application was based on the conceit and vanity of certain individuals who wished to decorate the streets- Mr PETER JONES-With two policemen, (Laughter). Mr TOBIT EVANs-We have only one lierfe nd only one at Tregaron. I beg to move that the application be refused. Mr JOHN FOWDEN-I beg to second the applica- tion. Mr PETER JONES-The application or the amend- ment ? Mr JOHN FOWDEN-The amendment. Mr TOBIT EVANs-That the application be re- fused. Mr J. M. HOWELL, who came into the room after the discussion had commenced, said there was one point which should be emphasised if the recom- mendation of the Finance Cotnmittee was adopted. It would in no degree obviatte the difficulty in re- lation to the views of the; Home Secretary on the second superintendent. Judging from the remark made by the Homtf Secretary,it seamed to him that the aulmentatioii'df- the force only pointed to th.. lid necessity for greater supervision. More po ice meant greater supervision, so they must understand before voting that by increasing the force as sug- gested they did not save themselvesfrom appointing a second superintendent. The CHAIRMJM* said it was unfortunate he had expressed his view before Mr J; M. Howell came in. There was a disadvantage in not coming in time. He had stated that although the two point- were not immediately^ connected with each other the fact of making the force more efficient would most certainly influence the decision of the Home Secretary. He said that because he believed it was true. though at the same time it-was only a matter of "pinion. Mr J, M. HOWELL said it had''struck him when the remark was made that it'would tend; in that direction, but after consideration it struck him that it would not help them. Ten years ago there were 8,000 more people in the county. The- police were then under the control of the county magis. trates. They had no reason to sacrifice efficiency to economy as probably the members of the Com- mittee had in some cases. The county magistrates were not responsible to the ratepayers of the county, and they did not consider, with 8;000 more people than were in the county at the present time, there was any necessity for a greater force. Therefore, the position of the Committee in view of the ratepayers, he thought, would be untenable- that more constables were required with 8,000 fewer people. It semfd to him that they could not defend their action before any popular audience at any rate. (Mr TOBIT EVANS: Hear, hear) Though they might be above popular criticism or pretend to be above it, they could not esch. w that consideration. He was not prepared to duubt that a case had been made out for more police pro tection at Aberystwyth but whether that was to he met by adding to the force was a question. The Chief Constable was able to cope with the difficulty of the militia by drafting into the town officers from outside places, and if those places had been there- by inconvenienced by the deprivation they had not expressed it. Telegraphs and bicycles to-day simplified the detection of crime as compared with formei years and in respect of bicycles if there was a proposition to subsidize constables to enable them to purchase bicycles he should vote for the proposi. tion. If, then, thirty-eight officers could do the work ten years ago they certainly ought to be abl to do it now with increased facilities. Therefore, he should vote against the proposition, believing it was quite possible for the Chief Constable to devise means by which the present force could be brought into Aberystwyth when it was considered more protection was wanted. In reply to Mr David Davies, Felindre, the CHIEF CONSTABLE said the 1891 census showed a decrease of 363 in the population of Aberystwyth as compared with that of 1881, but 120 new houses bad been erected and there had been an undoubted increase in the population since the last census. Mr PETER JONES said there were eighty houses in course of erection. Mr TOBIT EVANS said the erection of houses was no criterion whatever in a watering place. The CHIEF CONSTABLE added that there were hundreds of working men now at Aberystwyth. Mr DAVID DAVIES, Llanddewibrefi, did not see that an extra officer was wanted at Tregaron. There was an officer nt Llanddewibrefi and another at Llangeitho and both were near enough kto be called when wanted. The CHAIRMAN thought s me of the points mentioned by Mr Tobit Evans ought to be further explained. Mr Evans argued to at as there had been a decrease in the population of the county and especially in the union of Aberystwyth, if any- thing there ought to he a decrease in the police force. That point might be pressed a !itt!e too f¡.¡r, because there were districts in the Aberystwyth union in which there had been great decrease i ■■ the population and yet if they decreased the p lioa force in those districts they would have no po:icem,n at all. There was only offijer from Aberystwyth to the Devil's Bridge. Mr TOBIT EVANS said there was one at Llan- badarn. The CHAIRMAN said that was one mile Ies. He would give Mr Evans the advantage of that one mile and say there was only one poiiceman from Llanbadarn to Cwmystwyth, and the Comm free could not take one from one and till have one there. Mr E^ans also said there were eight constables at Aberystwyth. That WHI! not a fair statement of the case without s'atiog also their duties. The eight included toe Chief <'on- stable, and it was not fair to reckon him as a con- stable. Then two were engaged ic th Chief Constable's office, though it wan !rop one did a con- siderable amount of duty. Thert fore there we, e no' more than six who were really doing duty a". Aber- ystwyth. In fact, the Committee were recom- mending no increase at all, because in former year,. there was a superintendent located at Aberystwyth and another constable. That constable was taken away and located at Llanbadarn and ths superin- tendent's office had not been filled. Mr Evans said the people who went to Aherys'wyto were well- conducted people who did not want to b looked after but where there was a brg" number cf well- conducted people an officer was necessary to direct them and to regulate the traffic. At Aberystwyth one constable A as 1 ccupied during the morning in regulating the T atne esatty did not arise in any country place If Ab rN stkk y, h could do without offioors he o:d no; know there was any inordinate deaire to have 'hem there. He ,Ud DO know that policeman beautified a place or that they caused delight to anyl) dy. Mr Evans "aid that thty could be remov.d ii,tc 'he town when necessity arose but th"t did not do away with the present fact that there was only one con- stable on duty during the niglit. Mr J. M. HOWELL said hat dur:ng the Militia training one of the Abeiayron men < ad been in residence at Aberystwyth, and he might be put on night duty. The CHAIRMAN said the coot of remov ng officers was great and the efficiency of the force net n arly so good as when the officers w-re permanently located in a place. Some 915 or £ 20 was spent last summer in removals to Abervst yth and th n the town did not get out of the men the work it could get from resident officers. Mr TOBrT EVANS did not see « hy one of the out- side officers at Llanbadarn could nor he r, ino, eii to the South Gate. There were large tracts in other parts of the county withou a police officer. There were four large parishes from tle reify to the sea without a single officer-though that tr^c of country was far more populous that the one r, ferred to by the Chairman. Mr JOHN PoWELL said he was in favour of economy yet he wished to see the coun y woik< d efficiently. He was not going to defend the Aber- ystwyth scheme or any ot ier scheme, and hoped they could arrange matter- without going into personaltiesIf the scheme was worked oilt to meet the wi-hes of the Home Secretary he was going to support it. Mr J. T. MORGAN said the sch.me to lowed the arrangement in force in Merioneth and Mont- gomery. He saw that there was an item of £10 8s 7d for one quarter for extraordinary eX, penses. If the scheme met the view of the Home Secretary it would be the mea"s of effecting a saving, and therefore he was going to support it. Mr MORGAN EVANS felt that that was an im- portant question. If after adding to the force the Committee were obliged to appoint a second super- intendent it would mean a serious matter for the county—(Mr J. M. HOWELL: Hear, h ar)—and unless there was some definite understanding be- tween the Committee and the H me Secretary with regard to the second superintendent he certainly could not vote for an addition to the f tree. Mr TOBIT EVANS Hear, hear). It. therefore, c,me to makingthebestbargain with the Hoin,,Secrela y. Though he was not positive that it was necessary to add even two or three constables to the force, he considered it would be better to do that than to have another superintendent and until some understanding was come to with the Home Secre- tary with regard to the second superintendent he certainly could not vote for the additional force. Mr WATKIN DAVIKS said the ratepayers in his district were expecting a decrease and not an increase and in chase circumstances it was his duty to vote against the proposition. Mr MORGAN EVANS asked if it was not pos-ible to approach the Home Secretary with regard to the second superintendent ? It w(;uld clear the way to the addition to the rank and file of the force, if it was understood that it would not be necessary to appoint a second superintendent. Mr J. M. HOWELL asked if that was a com- mittee meeting or were the members to abide by the Standing Orders ? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was the quarterly meeting of the Joint Police Committee. If Mr Howell wished his ruling on any particular point he would give it the best of his ability. Mr J. M. HOWELL said the Home Secretary remarked that one of the chief duties of the superintendent was to see that the constables were on their beats. He (Mr Howell) therefore inferred that if the Com- mittee added to the number of the force there would be more work for the superintendent to do than before. The expense of removal had been mentioned, but if by removals they could save £100 in not appointing three more officers it was their duty to save that £100. Say it cost f,20 to I remove, then three more constables would cost 9160. Mr PETER JONKS, replying, thought that in proDoytion to the normal population there was a larger force tt Holyhead than at Aberystwyth, besides which there ftel'd 4 or 5 coiiSfables and 2 or 3 detectives engaged by the L. & N. W. Railway Company. The extra traffic, therefore, was dealt with by the company's officers. Mr TOBIT EVANS said they did not act off the Company's premises. The CHAIRMAN-Order, order. Mr PETER JONES said he did not object to that Punch and Judy exhibition. The editorial faculty was so strong he supposed. Continuing, he thougnt supervision would be better secured by deputing the work to sergeants in their respective divtricts than by giving it to a superintendent having charge of half a county. The scheme proposed was in operation in other counties and worked well. Judging from what had been said by several speakers, they seemed inclined to think the force could he entirely dispensed with. He did not know whether tney wanted to go back to parish constables again. That would be the logical conclusisn of the argu- ment of economy. The county, however, had a police force, and he took it that the majority of the Committee wanted to maintain that force in a state of efficiency, and could they have it in that state unless they had such a number of men to per- form the duties legitimately expected ftom the force ? Mr Tobit Evans said there were no popula- tion in the Devil's Bridge district. There were 2,000 there, and one constable had to go trom Pont- I rhydygroes to Cwmystwyth, Devil's Bridge, and Ponterwyd, and to the boundary of the county at Dyffryn Castell. He also had to regulate the traffic at the Bridge during the summer which amounted to seventy or eighty traps a day. The question was whether the county could maintain the efficiency of the force with a smaller number than that recommended ? He thought they ciuld not and that the best answer to the Home Secretary would be that the Committee were desirous, not to increase the officers but the rank and file. If the rank and file was increased he was sure tne Home Secretary would acquiesce in the scheme. Mr J. M. HOWELL proposed that the names should be recorded on a divisiou, and Mr TOBIT EVANS having seconded it, Mr PETER J ONES ob- served, Oh yes, we all agree. We are n(,t ashamed of what we are doing." The Chairman was about to take a show of hands when Mr MORGAN EVANS asked if it was Dot possible to postpone that matter of the increase in the force until the Committee had some clear under- standing with the Home Secretary wit a regard to the second superintendent ? Mr D. DAVIKS, I elindre, said Mr Howell had made it elear that the increase had nothing to do with the question of superintendent? Mr J. M. HOWELL-Nothing whatever. Mr I>. DAVIES added that the question was whether they were going to increase the ,r at Aberystwyth and Tregaron ? One of p sentatives- of Tregaron said they did pot want he increase there, and he (Mr Davies) old not see why the Committee should force an IDcreabe on them The CHAIRMAN remarked that he had g,v, n his strong opinion that the increase in th, >nk and file would certainly influence the Home Secretary in regard to the second superintendent Mr MORGAN EVANS, ascertaining that he was in order, then formally moved that toe matter should be postponed for an understanding wi t. t e Home Office whether a second superintendent would bv required if the Committee lucreased the r.nk and file of the force. Mr J. M. HOWELL said he would willingly second that amendment. He was not against furttit-r con- sideration, and the Committee were not p es ut in full force. r The CHAIRMAN said Mr Howell seoonde I the amendment though he considered ic noulJ not in- fluence the Home Secretary. Messrs J. M, Howell, J. Thomas. Ca, t. Se art, Tobit Evans, David Davies (M;>rf <), VVatki 1),vies, J. T. Morgan, Morgan Evans, John R chards, J. Fowden, and D. J. Williams (Pencefu)-el I ell- voted for the amendment to postpone, and two or three against. The discussion was tner. lore p at- poned, but the remainder of the rec mmend* ions as to supervision by sergeants and the superin- tendent for the lower end of the CUUllty was adopted. A let e was te-Jid from Car,iig;tti Rural District CV>U"ci' compl.ining of the danger and nuisance of holding trottiug matches on higi<w<iys. The CHIEF CONSTABLE said it was undoubtedly an offence and now his attention had been drawn to the matter he ti tended taking proceedings. As, -A however, tr t ing matches h d been allowed on S hig iways iu th- past he suggested that he should be empowered to iscue notice-. o the proposition of Mr TOBIT EVANS, seconded by Mr JOHN POWELL, it was agreed to give notice. Mr J. M. HOWELL, on the proposition being put to tile rni,.ting s.id, "I object," whereupon. Mr PETER JONES asked if Mr Howell objected to the expense or fothe lavv, to which Mr HOWELL replied tnat, 10 that ma ter as in many otheis, the law had been winke I at. He aid DO", believe at putting down trot'ing niarches throug'o ut the length ana br ad h of the county. At aoy r..te lie would give three months- notic? as arratig, ments for the h lding of matches on highways had already been in.1,, e. Mr DAVIFs FeSiud e, agr ed with Mr Howell, thioking it oa-re m-,hr h,rd ori farmers, particu- larly at that 'ime f the year. The public roads were the only places where trotting matches could be held The CHAIRMAN said the thing was illegal, and the Commit ee could not ask t i- Chief Constable n't to perform his duty. At! hey could do was to give notice so as not to come suddenly down on people M HOWELL said t-o y could ask the Chief Con- st* hie i-ot to be too st, ingent in the ma ter. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be wrong to a-k the Olli.f C()"stble not to do his duty. One or two members of the Comrni'tee, thinking th I'Ut-iriefs over, t hen left the room The CLKkK asked woat he ù as to inf rm the Home Secretary ,.a the resu:t < f t>,a inee ing? A pr mise was givfn to let him know what scheme had been pr posed after that meeting. Mr TOBIT EVANS moved that he sohome of supervision by si geao s and 0, e superintendent -hould be f ir-i aided. Mr PETER JONES replied that by refusing to ugmnt tho force, they pra, tical y ask- d the Home Secretat y to take he sergeant away from I' gaton to fup rvise constables in hi, district and, wh le he ws away, to leav e Tregaron without, an officer at all. M TOBIT EVANS said that et)Uld bt, remedied by re.no mg ID o JVgar. n during the Seigeant's ibSi nee fiko offic. r {,O.II tne outside. Mr MORGAN EVANS a-ked if the Home S- cretary could an: be info med that the C'mmittee felt a difficulty "f deciding the question of incr. ase until t e question of the second sup rinteutleiit was Settleo ? The CLEBK thought it would be a very Iftie sory lh'-depi>t ti n told the Home Secretary that they did not m i-h to save inon.y, hut to put etfi ient men i the place, f an officer. Three men would cost £ 177 "ni a mnpiin en Jfir.fc an the Committee would only pay E12 more at-d have t ref, efficient m..n. The Home Secretary already said that Cardiganshire spent le-s on'it police force Í" proportion to ize han any county in Wales, and no onbt h- would look upon he acion of the Committee as a di, ct att-mpt to r rtuce the cost. Mr DAVIES. Felindre, asked if it « ould tot do to say that the Commit ee were not yet in a position to place a coii.piti,e ^eheme before the Home QftiçeL The CLERK replied that there was a distinct pledge by Mr Willis Buni that a scheme would be presented af er I hat meeting. All they could now do was to make the bes. story 'hey could and ask h m to allow t'le reducti in the fOr ce of one man, and that man a superintendent. Mr TOBIT EVANS again moved that the scheme should be forwarded, thinking it would meet the wishes of the Home See, etary. Mr PETER JONES had no hesitation in saying it would n t » ecause it was an a temp t mislead the Home Office. They told the Home Secretary that t- ey did not want to appoint a second "uper- in endent in tile pla elf Mr L'oy but in his s ead t at they wante i to appoint more ra. k and file. Now they were telling the H me Office that the Committee proposed to reduce the force by one man Mr MORGAN EVANS feared the Home Secretary would now require the appointment of a second p superintendent. The CHAIRMAN-Very likely but that is the decision of the Committee. No one seconded Mr Tobit Evans's proposition, and it was apparently left to the Clerk to write to the Home Secretiry acquainting him with the re- sult.