The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

—— nThn )W TO GET TO TV ALES. whc .T there should be any difficulty in bee. in<r to Wales is one of those in- sche libTe facts that makes the home- aboi ing natives smile, and yet there is adv difficulty that tells seriously against thiii prosperity of the whole of the dis- to b where this paper mainly circulates, deal paragraph has appeared this week in mor large number of newspapers stating > the TOWN CLERK of Pwllheli has p ived official intimation of a Govern- It grant of L17,500 towards the ected harbour scheme at Pwllheli, re are millions of people who have opP er heard of Pwllheli, and have no the ■e notion how to g^t there than | -■ to °et to Pyamalaw. What is P of Pwllheli is equally true of all nee, places in the district. The west it of Wales is far less known to en. general public than many parts of 8 ope, ard is more difficult to reach. other day a visitor from Shrewsbury _g sted that there were plenty of F pie in that border town who have er heard of Aberystwyth, and do not P w where it is. We did not venture to ation the statement, as we have met residents of Aberystwyth who have er seen Nanteos or Gogerddan les itself is to many people a vague Pw] se which nobody wants to know any- up Ig about. Even the Welsh University, £ » ;eems, does not ask for any historical 8 wledge of Wales from those who lOh: ( its degrees Something has been cou e in recent years to make Wales iwn, but far more remains to be n e, and we intend between now and of t spring to do what we can to nor se the regular inhabitants realize otb, ..8. 1 Unmi f mil af car .t tne aistncc ana 111M made known, and that the inhabitants cot England must be taught how to get tne •re and must be filled with a great bo( Lging to that end. Something has cor ;n done, both directly and indirectly, efl make this part of Wales known, but j\ i task is an enormous and costly one. e ourselves have spent thousands of a jnds in the task. The public have u urned the money to us, but there it 9, 3 fact. The Cambrian Railways Com- ny have also spent thousands of Ra unde in it, and yet the fringe of it an hardlv touched. Aberystwyth, Bar- cr, rath, "Criccieth, and Pwllheli have ™ 3nt considerable sums in making known e district, but the work in a sense mE II remains to be done. The outside Au eculator knows what is required, and io: comes down to this place or that h th some specious story, and exploits 01 e unsuspecting for his own benefit. co tme time ago a resident of this dis- WI ict was in one of the manufacturing P*" ntres of Yorkshire. He wanted to get to berystwyth. The. local time tables gave m no information, and the local station- aster had in his possession no tables at enabled him to give the re- lired information. Many of the eat railway companies are more in- in rested in* other resorts than in ,e resorts in this district, and although ,e Cambrian Company does what is bf jssible, it is sorely handicapped, partly bE r the great companies and partly by w ie local bodies in the district. We t( aow by the way our own efforts are ■ceived how difficult it is to do any- ling for the district. Mr C. S. DENNISS « ie general manager of the line, and Lr W. H. GOUGH, the traffic manager, re anxious to increase the traffic, but any co-operation is asked for they C re met, as we are met, with insinu- ■ tions that they want the public to pay )r improvements in their own business, 'he Great Western Company is inter- 3ted in Barmouth and Festiniog. The iondon and North-Western Company is d irectly interested in Criccieth, and enerally in the whole district. The lambrian Company is, however, mainly 11 D teres ted, and it is by working, with he Cambrian Company that the district P 3 to be chiefly benefited. It is not 1: ecessary to try and convince the chief 1: fficials of the Cambrian Railway that e lublicity is necessary. They are agreed. 0 Ve do not need convincing. We are greed. What is necessary is to convince IJ he whole district that its advantage lies 1 n combination and unity of purpose. We c ,re aware that the person exists who I neasures all advertisements by the inch, t md that if his shop cannot be seen in an IJ Uustration it is deemed to be of no < tccount. Notwithstanding the blindness >f the more narrow-minded, it is im jerative to persevere in pushing the Ldvantages of the West Coast of Wales 1 ipon the attention of the public in the jentres of great population in Lancashire, 1 Yorkshire, Warwickshire, and other parts 1 )f England. There are ways in which the newspaper press of the country can be in- iuced to assist in this great work, but those ways are not understood by the small person who is afraid that Pwllheli may get a little more notice than Aber- ystwyth, or that Criccieth may be a little more prominent than Towyn. Just oow it is Pwllheli that is able to give the district a lift by its harbour scheme. Early in the year it was Aberystwyth that could have given the district a lift. In a short time it may be Towyn, or Barmouth, or Criccieth, or Aberdovey that may render service to the whole district. Newtown, the birth place of ROBERT OWEN, one of the most famous men of the world, has not been made enough of. Almost every- body who comes into Wales ought to be brought to Newtown, but as he was not quite orthodox there is a fear of making much even of his memory! There are many ways in which Wales can be forced upon the attention of the country. Liverpool gets its water supply from Wales. Birmingham is getting its water supply from Wales. London can obtain all the water it needs tram Wales, but the cranks who think that devastating floods are a good thing will have to be fought. re naa our we &— p brian Railways, if possible, to push in- ation about this district into every rail- time table in the country. More money ient in a year in advertising some- 's mustard, or cocoa, or pills, than in Mr rtising the whole of this district, as 113 is the people most to be benefited pQ^ joncerned. There are individuals who so mi j that they are justified in adoptin » in Mi :es in public lifl that would be deemed e contemptible in private life. We no appeal to these. Now is the cQmp] to make plans and to discuss methods. comp] s quite useless for local governing coium is to expeco us or the Cambrian week ways Company or anybody else 1.0 testin all the time and money and skill have red to push this part of Wales into ;np.np.. and to leave somebody else to A. ;r in the profits. We are willing to co- was Lte with the Cambrian Railways Com- had and with the local governing bodies the c te district in ascertaining what should of n one and in doing it, and we assure lodging-house and hotel keepers and ¡body else who hopes to do a summer that thousands of people can be Th, orht- into the district if the work of P™P' 'ing them is properly undertaken, and Mlne large enough scale, and by those are permanently interested in the men jiofrint Wu admit', that money has ^u^ i IU UIO^IIVV. V- B Ulic i thrown away by entrusting advertising mes to people who know nothing A jt advertising, but it is better to not ertise badly than not at all. We WeE lk we know to some extent what ought hea be done, and in our opinion a great the: of what ought to be done requires and e knowledge than money.

NRLLHELI'S OPPOR- T' TUNITY. £ 1t. PER many years' delay the great sai¿ urtunity for Pwllheli has come, and Can only question now is whether the ver; tbitants of the town will realize eve nptly the great value of it and the imIJ i for prompt and enthusiastic action. re will be two aspects of adverse icism probably, one that the scheme not large enough and another that keg is too big. Men who have been js iged in small businesses will be dis- intc d to feel that the sum required from helj town is very great, but it only Wa -esents about L600 a year, and if and larbour, such as it is now proposed make at Pwllheli, is not worth far A it ecr\f\ n iT/,n r tn t,hp tnwn Abt re man luding the revenue froui it, then {or llheli may wisely at once put the] its shutters and revert as quickly as jjav sible to village life. That the scheme the too small need not trouble the present Ab( abitants of the town. As much as Son Id be expected from Government has are n secured, and the great thing ie ove: ther to be afraid of the magnitude the undertaking on the one hand, T to question its adequacy on the er, but to begin as soon as possible to her ry it out. This scheme practically out apletes the Cambrian Railways, and if pIe: inhabitants of the town and every- per ly else concerned unite together to woi nplete the actual work, Pwllheli will CUT, ier upon a period of prosperity far Act rond the dreams of the most sanguine. pa would be unreasonable to exvect, giv Ap ;o!ute unanimify, especially on details, thi b on the main question it is to be for 3ed there will not be two opinions. fine e harbour will give the Cambrian wh ilways just the outlet it requires, i will be the means of bringing in- I -aged prosperity to the town and clo itricc in all sorts of direct and in- lac ■ect ways. The response of the Govern- mt is most satisfactory, and if the tQ thorities of the town act with courage, caj sight, and promptitude, it is not likely a ,t the project will be allowed to fail it the lack of further assistance. The fui urse is simple, namely, for the Rail- bn iy Company and the Corporation to no oceed with all possible despatch, so at the Government may be favourably j.Qj ipressed from the outset. It is a great lib ing for Pwllheli to have b^th the jvernment and the Cambrian Railways r )mpany interested in this undertaking, Ll id not to be asked to contribute as he uch as either the Railway Company or TI ,e Government, for, after all, it is the wi wn in its corporate capacity that will Tc most benefited. That there shoulel bu > a harbour of refuge at Pwllheli ill be a great and permanent advantage the whole of the bay, and will crease the fishing industry and render n £ less costly in human life. The Govern- in 3nt have acted wisely and generously, pc id a great debt of gratitude is owing ar » those who have striven to bring about lis most satisfactory result. The Town ouncil have now before them an under- w iking which will test their business m tpabilities, but there is no reason what- m /er for thinking that the representatives di E the ratepayers will not be equal to a hat is required of them. The whok si istrict is in sympathy with them. The w tere fact that the Government has made grant of £ 17,500 has been published n i almost every newspaper in the country, c nd has brought the town into Profitable rominence. The contribution of £ 20,000 y the Railway Company and £ 15,000 'y the Corporation, brings the whole u xpenditure up to £ 52,500. The whole a f the district is in sympathy with a wliheli, and if some of the places are o little envious, neither they nor Pwll- n ieli are any the worse for that. How ften we have heard during the past orty years of the Government assistance hat is now an accomplished fact. It is very old dream that is now on the eve ,f realisation, and the lesson taught is lever to despair and never to abandon ,he struggle of progress. We sincerely I rust there will be no avoidable delay n starting the work. We know how lear to the feeble soul is delay, but it t a not the feeble souls who have carried r ,his scheme to its present satisfactory ( )oint, and it will not be the feeble I ouls who will complete it. The whole listrict is capable of great development, t 3Ut each place has its own special advantages and possibilities. Pwllheli is :0 be congratulated, and will be watched with great interest during the completion :)f its important scheme.

=- EDITORIAL NOTES. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights there was very severe frost at Aberystwyth and in the district. There has been no fog and not much rain. There was a thaw on Sunday. Last week a student at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, broke a leg whilst play- fnntball This week another student at 32 & has broken a leg riH ptaf- ing at football. « to ooticelet^a^ » the ratepayer mmittees, which are held with closed doors, the inhabitants of the town have a very po For eflfectivelv with wrong conditions. *or enectiveiy jirifr the fever cases in instance, notwithstanding Council, the town not a word is saia iu and the result is a feeling £ r security. cil, Mr ALLSOP put the case against com- to m: ;e meetings with great force. We will tion with the subject more fully next week. is we stead is m< OSMOND WILLIAMS, M.P., held a success- has b leeting at Barmouth on Friday evening. shair was taken by Mr C. E. BREESE, nadoc, whose father thirty years ago had Mr uch to do with the revival of Liberalism the v; Merionethshire. apart policy Govei i Llangeitho meeting tactics have been letely exposed. The local Liberals are main1 letely exonerated by the letter in another n an and by a similar letter published a or two ago. We have abundant nony that the meeting was just what we The described it to be. becon with the last meeting of Festiniog Council it b g stated that four cases of infectious diseases unre. been notified during the month, and that ano leath-rate had been 14'4. This is the sort wag ;port that is never published at Aber- Qoun yth, and the result is the present refer trous state of things in that town. » 3 Northumberland miners have rejected a over jsal to join the National Federation of rs. The Northumberland miners do not he wisdom of being used to work political Qoun socialistic cranks. The Penrhyn quarry- and other workers will see the wisdom of (l w Northumberland miners before long. "des This ervstwvth and the immediate district did is tn suffer much from the great storm of last clea k. On Friday night there was a rather in t vy fall of snow, and on Saturday night re were several degrees of frost. Snow TI frost are very unusual in the neighbour- wh, d of Aberystwyth in the middle of prei rember. The diffi he Canadian Government gives a bonus of per ton on smelted lead. This bonus, it is I, has greatly stimulated lead mining in lada. Lead mining in Cardiganshire is not y prosperous, and it is to be feared that n a bonus of £ 1 a ton would not greatly vvo irove its condition. A ardiff is a very ambitious place-almost as to A )itious as it is dirty-but there are two or shir e things it cannot do. One of them is to exc< p its infirmary out of debt and the other Not o get its college removed from the tin sheds of < permanent buildings. If loud talk could poli 3 Cardiff it really would be the capital of add les instead of being its sink. Poor Cardiff; the; yet it means well. citii in j ttention was called on Tuesdav at the pla( ?rystwyth Council meeting to the shameful ard dition of Portland-road. The reason given c^'( not keeping the road in order was that W01 re is building going on there We should e thought that was a reason for keeping T road in order, but the neglect of the Tra jrystwyth roads has become a scandal, on [lething is being done now, but the arrears the so great that it is not likely they will be con rtaken. spo » '» sev his week in the Bow Countv Court a case bef, which the Apothecaries' Society sought to unf jver a penalty of X20 from a Limehouse bar balist for practising as an apothecary with- nob a certificate was decided. The defendant tini ided that an Act of Henry VIII. authorises trai sons who have knowledge of herbs to treat wa: ands and disease according to their so-( ining, experience, and knowledge." Another put j pointed out that a surgeon could not even rail etise as an apothecary. Judgment was mei en for the herbalist, with costs. The othecaries' Society has been taught a few E ngs it did not know and there is room yet cap the legal quack. Perhaps doctors may froi i that they are themselves acting illegally cat en they make up their own prescriptions pla inh {ranch lending libraries have had to be wo sed in the Festiniog urban district owing to k of funds. It seems that reading rooms also maintained out of the rates. We wo estion whether money can be legally devoted is reading rooms. Only a penny in the pound pre i be levied for the free library. There was good deal of discussion on the subject, but was pointed out that in the absence of Co. ids there was nothing to do but close the e::C1 inches. Here is an object lesson. There is nig difficulty about public-house accommodation, vel t there are no means of providing libraries d reading rooms. But then men will pay r] drink and they will not subscribe towards di varies and reading rooms. CA do Fhe annual meeting of the Aberystwyth and BE anbadarn District Nursing Association was m Id on Tuesday at the Assembly Rooms. on lere was some evidence of dissatisfaction th< lth the way the Association is managed. no > put the matter in a sentence, important fO Lsiness is transacted without consulting the it immittee. This course, if persisted in, will an fatal to the Association. There was a inJ sire to appoint a new secretary, but the co d SECRETARY was re-elected. There is great an ;ed for the work which the Association is nc tended to do, but the Committee must ap- ha )int the nurses and must do the business, to id the officials must not treat the nurses ha if they were the officials' scullery maids, be ilere was, of course, great reluctance to face th ie unpleasant situation, but there was no ay out and it had to be faced. The Com- Sl littee was itself to blame for not having to laintained its position. Some of the members tb d their best to make out that they were Cl quite happy family, but the effort was not m iccessful. It is to be hoped that in future P( ie Committee will see that the business is igularly transacted, for it would be a lousand pities if the Association were per- oi tanently weakened by the feebleness of the C( ommittee, or the self-assertion of officials. oj e: ♦ Whatever else may have resulted from the rt 'enrhyn dispute, there can be no question that p i has afforded the Trades Union officials mple opportunities of befooling themselves, nd they have availed themselves of these pportunities without stint. This week a t ueeting was held at Chester, and among other hings the cause of the Penrhyn quarrymen £ ras discussed. Mr E. OWEN ROBERTS said c hat it was a terrible injustice that such a £ tremendous power should be possessed by one man over human beings. Because r they demanded what they considered fair and right, they were thrown out of work." iVhat is the tremendous power Lord PENRHYN J )ossessest He employs some men on terms r vhich they accept. They are persuaded by t lomebody that the terms are not satisfactory t md they leave work. Lord PENRHYN says ,hat he will not alter the terms, and the men -emain away from work. They say they can lo much better elsewhere. Now, what does Mr E. OWEN ROBERTS want ? Does he want Lord PENRHYN to have power to force the men :o go back to work, or does he want the men JO have power to force Lord PENRHYN to agree }0 whatever conditions the men fix ? An em- ployer engages a workman. The workman ioes not like his work and he leaves. If the employer engages two workmen and they do 1 not like their work, they leave. It is just the I same if the employer engages three or four thousand workmen. If they are not satisfied they leave. If the employer cannot grant their conditions-and he is the only possible judge- he must do without them. Where the in- justice of Lord PENRHYN comes in we cannot see, or where he has any more power than any other employer has. A great deal of rubbish is talked week after week about the Penrhyn Quarries, but the subject is better understood than it was. If the men go back to work, and many of them have gone back, they are acting in their own right. We may be wrong, but we believe that Lord PENRHYN will listen to any reasonable request of the men, but he will not hand over the quarries and the non-society men to the Union. We trust that nobody will do anything to imperil the peace. It is not wise of those who still stand out to fling opprobrious epithets at the men who have returned to work. This is a free country, after all. The men now working at the quarries can do more than anybody to bring prosperity back to the district. There are many ways of working, and it would be wise to treat Lord PENRHYN and Mr YOUNG as if they were human beings who wished to do what is right. lake steady progress. More accommoda- itself is required. The standard of efficiency be h( ell maintained, and the work is going on come lily in every department. What is needed mone :oney-much money. A great benefactor ough been lost in the death of Mr CORBETT. profit » » wort] is a LLOYD-GEORGE has been speaking against war at Merthyr and other places. Quite t from his brilliant attacks on the war y of the nation and the bungling of the t rnment, Mr LLOYD-GEORGE is conspicuous he nation for his invincible courage in tl itaining at great personal risk the right of „ ninority to be heard on their own behalf. „ j De< e Marine Parade at Aberystwyth has Ext me such a pandemonium in summer time hav donkey boys, motor cars, niggers, bands, fori ars, hawkers, salvation army, and other in ;s, that the lodging-house keepers are not 30tl asonably alarmed. A petition signed by the st all the ratepayers on Marine-terrace matic presented on Tuesday to the Town the v tcil against the uproar. The subject was red to a committee! mething drastic will have to be done all SAI the district in reference to the condition d uctf aughter houses, especially in small towns Epwi rural districts. At the Dolgelley Rural the J icil on Saturday, Dr HUGH JONES said that Su slaughter house near Victoria-building lit I s generally dilapidated and filthy beyond gr.,ga scription and quite unfit for the purpose." I A is not a rare case, and if the public health nesd, be preserved these filthly places must be Edwi t. with. Meat is made unfit for consumption the i lese dirty holes. nexic protn e daily newspapers are constantly asking m(^ r farmers do not supply tne eggs wincn at f w sent are imported. There are several reasons. h school board regulations make collection line cult. The railway companies make distri- was on difficult, and the lack of enterprise on ad va part of rural fowl keepers makes the AJ ling of eggs difficult. It costs less to 1 eggs from foreign places to large English mitt ns than to send them over the lines of or three English railway companies. The in th T n illuminated address has been presented [ajor BEST, the chief constable of Merioneth- tj, e. The police force in Merionethshire is in the illent order and the men are contented. iectt hing is more remarkable than the growth day respect on the part of the public for the mon e. The men in Wales are still paid in- on V luately considering the responsible duties and r discharge. There is no peace-loving M :en who does not put a good deal of trust m!!1 lolicemen, and they deserve the confidence It 18 ed in them. Major BEST had a somewhat year a I ious task to perform when he first became very :f constable in Merionethshire. He has to r L the confidence of everybody. fishe ♦ ♦ SOWI C( ie report of the INSPECTOR of the Board of c1a'!¡ ,de on the accident near to Festiniog pres October 4th, is to the effect that fellc derailment was due to the faulty mat dition of the permanent way at the The t. The INSPECTOR was informed that COM eral improvements had been decided upon glvl ore the accident happened. Of course. The for 'ortunate thing is that the accident did. f)el )pen. Perhaps the real accident was that terr )ody was injured. The railways in the Fes- sme iog district-and especially the workmen's the ins-leave a great deal to be desired. Rail- tho y companies get off very lightly for these hou called accidents. It would be well for the tim slic if they took more interest in local the Iways and in their development and manage- nt. of 1 < wet wir Jangor University College is living on its the )ital and is in danger of being removed h01 m Bangor. Bangor is all very well for a fn hedral and so is St. David's, but neither onl ce is the ideal site for a college. If the hUI labitants of Wrexham were alive they uld provide a ten-acre site for the college US i set about getting a building fund of 1 30,000. The Aberystwyth buildings are c rth more than twice that amount. Pwllheli a moving place. Perhaps Pwllheli will j )vide a site and a building. It was to < ,ngor that the fittings of the Aberystwyth ] liege were to be removed. The Aberystwyth liege once ceased to exist and was out of istence from Friday night until Monday ;ht. That was an anxious time, of which Lc ry few people know anything. th.i wi Mi rhe Liberal party is daily becoming more Cl, iorganisea, if that is possible. Sir HENRY cal LMPIJELL-BANNERMAN makes speeches and so Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT and Lord ROSE- :RY, but they have no more cohesion than as hit any particles of dry sand. The war dribbles with a "mishap" here and an incident" ha ere, but nobody cares. The Government has AI opposition, and blames Mr LLOYD-GEORGE be the war The thing would be ridiculous if ag were not for the cost in money and life id prestige. We make no pretence of believ- g that anything can be done until the re- untry is sick of the slaughter and the waste th id the shame of the whole business. We do W )t blame the Government. The Liberals who M] ive been untrue to their principles are equally blame. The country is also to blame. We e- Lve been told thousands of times that no- )dy cares about right or justice as long as le te British Empire is increased. Sir HENRY he KMPBELL-BANNERMANT says that the COLONIAL AI SCRETARY and the HIGH COMMISSIONER ought co be removed. There is nobody to remove th lem, and they will not be removed. Mr bi ETAMBERLAIN is probably the most popular a an in England to-day, but it is passing apularity. 1 H C At the Aberystwyth Town Council meeting w a Tuesday nine matters were referred to d< )mmittees and will probably never be heard rf f again. Nothing was done again about the t* xtension of the borough. A petition from the P esidents of the Parade against uproar was n resented and referred to a committee. The 01 ondition of the road at the back of the Hostel 8t ras also referred to a committee. No report w rom the MEDICAL OFFICER was read and no si ndication was given about the health of the tl own. Mr SAMUEL brought forward the P [uestion of flushing the sewers, and asked that t he subject should be considered in committee. n some great rubbish was talked and not at all o the point. The MAYOR stopped it and j -ightly said that Mr SAMUEL had put the J matter quite fairly. The subject has been s leglected. It is difficult for some people to f ilways remember that they really are not t PROVIDENCE. Here is a point. There is t reservoir up Brynymor-road. The water from 8 ;hat reservoir is allowed to run into J :he sea. Scores of times we have isked that this water should be sent through ihe sewers instead of being made to appear as if it were sewage, but nothing has been done. Mr SAMUEL will have to watch the matter. 1 Subjects referred to committees have a curious I habit of getting lost. j At the Aberystwyth Assembly Rooms on the occasion of the school of art exhibition, Principal ROBERTS made a speech and referred to the number of skilled workmen in the town. He also said that the Celtic genius was eminently artistic in its character. A little bit of practice is worth a great deal of theory. The College, of which Principal ROBERTS is at the head, sends the bulk of its printing to London, and cer- tainly does not encourage fine art printing, for every job is sent round and the lowest- priced sort of work is accepted. The College last week had to have its atten- tion called, not for the first time, to its own disregard for cleanliness, and cleanli- ness is one of the first steps in art. It is not only the College, however, that does its little best against good workmanship. The Aberyst- wyth Corporation sends its cheques to be lithographed to London and gets other work out of the town with the ratepayers' money rather than encourage local industry. Art in the abstract, like love in the abstract, may be a very fine thing, but we should like to see practical beginnings by the College, which is a sweater in printing, and by the Corporation which has done all it could do to discourage lithography, a new industry in Aberystwyth. The art pupils are doing well. They cannot be helped in better ways than by those who are chosen to address them doing what is in their power to promote cleanliness and beauty and excellence. j up. Borth is very popular, and it is to that iped that the Parish Council will try to becat to some understanding with the com- Coun rs about the common land. That land ^oad. t to be enclosed and made a source of £ ^Cgj to the whole people. At present it is en^e. l nothing to anybody. What Borth wants Comr better background and a good conceit of expel in thi very Daily Chronicle evidently has an acquain- urgei; with either the KING'S scullery maid or P^N^! ottle washer. That paper says While u*'C j exact date of the Coronation has not yet The n officially decided upon, and, doubtless, we 0,: not be announced until the middle of Lig ember, after the next meeting of the town icutive of the Coronation Committee, we emerj e reason to believe, from private in- iuatai nation, that the ceremony will take place have the week commencing Monday, June was a 1. Now, we should like to know from TH Daily Chronicle whether the private infor- A ( in comes from the kitchen, the stable, or lr ash-house. rt-spe WIth quest

It. r£TTrnry jDArtlVlw U 1 rl. UiSt R „ WIS Continued from page 2 Cler LK—Messrs Daniel, Son, and Meredith con- ce-n ed a successful sale of household furniture at part orth terrace, the property of Mr John Lewis, cons Dairy. were RYOAY SERvicEs. -English services were held ture t. John's Church, as usual. With th Con thei: annalists, the pastor, the Rev Z. Mather of -A. chert at both services. It I DEPUTATION.—At CaersaJem Chapel on Wed refel iy evening, the Rev Evan Roberts and Mr Davi ard Griffith, Springfield, Dolgelley, addressed refu weekly church meeting on behalf of the con Edw ol:al century fund. It ia stated that the cia" lists to the funi are being well met in Bar- of th tho T and IF YVEATHER. Rarmnuth pxppIÏenced a touch iutry Wtather last week, but. the violem storms A qi !h did such grsat damage all along the coast com. were hardly telt at all. 0,1 Frihy night there that a heavy fall of snow, but before the day had Joint ncfd it had almost disappeared. SSESSMENTS.—A number of appellants from Tl nouth appeared before the Assessment Com- mec ee at Dolgelley on Saturdayr Reductions were proc e in almost each case. offer IURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.— £ 0U] weekly meeting of this society was held fidn e Church Room on Tuesday eveuing. Mr Hugh a tt is presided. The Rector deivered a lecture on offer ie action of alcohol on the circulation ther Ie blood," illustrated by lantern slides. It is wou intention of this Society to provide English ires and addresses on temperance on Wednes- __T1 evenings in the Church-room during the winter vou ths. The second meeting of the aeries was held a „e. Wednesday, November 20th, when the Rector case others took part. TJSSELS. —On Wednesday a waggon load of sels was despatched to the English markets. whei stated that the crop is somewhat scanty this C¡e which is not to be wondered at, as the beds mati -aked up very completely each season, and but Ed w little is done in the way of sowing young fish bron eplace those taken. A good motto for the the ( rmen to observe would be Whatsoever a man be n th that also will he reap." to pi >UNTY SCHOOL.—It is proposed to start evening so ipa "t; th" Pnnnfv Rnhnnla if A. ,mffi,jpnt, nnmhfir • -J Into sent themselves. Classes will be held in the he d owing subjects :—English literature, elementary the thematics, French, shorthand and navigation. cam, e classes will be open to men and women. A rse of ten demonstrations in cookiug will also be A en if it is found that there is sufficient demand hint the instruction. m;l« SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—One day last week a tne' ghbour living near the house on the Marine- tie race occupied hy Mrs Winchester noticed a T ;11 of burning and several times on that day and if t next hunted high and low in her own house for to t cause without discovering it. Going out of the ji^e' lse some time after—the smell continuing all the Ie-it was noticed that one of the windows in 3uil upper storey of Mrs Winchester's house was I ckened. It should be stated that the occupants shol the house had gone away to Ireland two or three ^av eks previously, as is their custom during the nter, and that the house had been shut up since was :ir departure. Entrance was made into the in t use when it was found that a fire had been •uldering in one of the bedrooms and that not jQD £ ly had a bed been burned, but the fire had he 1 rned through the floor into the room beneath. 1r e fire was soon extinguished. his IBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL, TUESDAY, Nov. the L9TH —Present The Rev J. Gwynoro Davies, you chairman, presiding Messrs Evan Richards, was John Riohards, William Owen, D. E. Davies, 03.1 Edward Williams, Hugh Evans, Robert Williams, insi Evan Jones, B. J. Allsop, with Messrs William Mr George, clerk Owen Jone", assistant clerk T. cell Inman Jones, surveyor and Dr Hughes, medical pev officer. -1 THE ARREARS OF INTEREST ON LOANS. bei The Clerk stated that since the last meeting the Coi ;cal Government Board had written to say that eel; ey could not depart from their usual decision ith regard to the arrears of interest on loans.— 1 r Hugh Evans What was that decision ?-The Ro erk Not to allow the arrears of interest to be Me pitalised. ing RESIGNATION. wa A letter was read from P.S. Breeze resigning Co s position as inspector under the Towns Police SU1 auses At.-The Chairman said he was very to rry that P.S. Breeze was leaving the town. He be Ld been a very faithful and efficient officer.—Mr we Ilsop agreed and proposed that the resignation tini accepted with regret.—This was unanimously Off ;reed to. gO( U.C.N.W. On the motion of the Chairman, the Clerk was r -appointed as representative of the Council on >e Court of the University College of North r",e"' 4 0 R ALLSOP S OBJECTION TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS. A lfif.fcflr waq rpa.rl from Mr Allsnn shutinc that would not attend any meetings in connection u th the Council which were not reported, on the ound that all the business transacted at tnem R iked out to the detriment of certain members, cause they were not faithfully reported.—Mr Isop said he would not have any objection to h- mmittee meetings on certain matters but for e fact that every time he had attended the 10 isiness had been known outside immediately P' terwards. The unfortunate part of it was at they were not reported faithfully, but H e facts were distorted, and it was made to ap- in ;ar that the councillors had done this and that. onsequently, he w ished to make it known that hatever business he took part in there would be Ie )ue publicly, because be had faith in the st porters that what they did report was reported 81 uthfully and faithfully. The Chairman ex- lained that the committees of the whole Council :cently held were merely intended to deal with rtain urgent matters and not to take business it of the hands of the committees. There were b )me matters which should be transacted by the hole Council, so that there should not be any ispicion thrown on a few members by people who lought they were aggrieved. He also com- „ lained that members had of late not at- ended committee meetings, and that the com- 1 littees had shirked work which could be dealt with lore satisfactorily by them than by the whole Jouncil. However, that was not the complaint of lr Allsop. As to what he had stated, that un- oubtedly was the cas?. He had had several per ons coming to him and thanking him sarcastically or doing this and that. That there was a leakage r1 here was no doubt.—Mr Evan Richards observed hat that was a very serious allegation to make b .gainst members of the Council, and should be 8 horoughly sifted.—Mr Allsop: All the members c ;now it is true.—Mr Hugh Evans Yes, and, as J r Allsop says, it comes out in a false colour. ( WATER CHARGES. ( mL- TT7- A. J CI !i. n l 3 .I__1L 1 ine n auer auu OiLUILury ooiniimttte oau ueaio c rith the charges to be made for water used by c ersons for other than domestic purposes. They ecommended that the chsrge of f7 per annum t or the water supply of the Llanaber School should i ,e continued until a meter was fixed. The:cases of he Gas Company and the Steam Laundry and < ithers were adjourned' The Surveyor was < nstructed to look into the matter of the water ] upply of Pengraig and report to the Co incil.-A I ianversation took place as to the advisability of ising meters in every case, but the matter was iltimately referred to the Committee for considera- lion FINANCE. The Finance Committee met on November 9th md signed a cheque for £1,129 4s to pay instal- ments and interest due to the Yorkshire Penny Bank for the half-year ending November 10th, and ileo a cheque for jE14 14s for workmen's wages. After making these payments there would be a balance of only E382 to the credit of the Council, and the Committee urged upon the Council and the different committees not to undertake any expendi- ture outside the estimate. The Committee further reported that on examination of the Council's finances they found that the whole income they could depend upon, assuming that the Treasurer permitted the balance to remain as at present and with all the outstanding arrears due to the Council, amounted approximately to JE500 only, as against 1:375 that would be required for loane and absolute necessities. Other sums were also due amounting to E 168 8s Id, making a total of E535 8s Id. This was only taking into account absolute necessities. In addi- tion to this, on May 10th a sum of £ 1,129 14s Od instalments and interest would become due to the Penny Bank. There was no doubt that the reason that the Council were in this position was that in many instances bills had been presented for pay. ment of which the Council had no knowledge what- _a_a. J" u' it was impossible to provide for them, and also ise DO money had been received from the ty Council in respect of expenditure on the main The sanction received for loans from the Government Board now covered the sum of 6.—The Chairman hoped the Council would ivour to observe the recommendation of the nittee to the effect that they should not incur iditure if possible which was not provided for e f sti mate. Of course, he knew that that was difficult, as matters arose which seemed very It, but they might be able to withhold their during the next few months.—Mr Evan uds said things had arisen which the Council nothing about when making the estimate.— chairman: That is so, no doubt, and the lesson liu from that is that we must always leave a nargin for emt rgencies. I think that in a of this position we should leave a margin for genciea of £ 500 or F-600. There is now, for cce, the work in the estuary which could not been foreseen.—The report of the Committee idopted. E ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDER. liscussion took place with regard to a bill from Warden Stephens, electrical pnainppr in m jet of advice given to the Council in connection their Provisional Order. The Chairman tinned whether Mr Stephens had carried out art of the compact with the Council, which to find someone to take up the scheme.—lhe i said Mr Stephens had made a proposal, con- ing which he (the Clerk) had now obtained full culars, and it was now ripe for the Council's ideration.-The Chairman said the Council not in a position to embark upon any expenai- thi mselves, but they were prepared to lease powers, say for ten or fifteen years, at the end licri the Council might be able to take it over. via suggested that the matter should be red to the Finance Committee, but Mr D. E. es said the chairman of that Committee sed to have anything to do with it.-Mr ard tyillianis said he would have nothing to ith it. Why refer it to a committee ? He was e same opinion as Mr Allsop as to committees, he did not see why the matter could not be is'ed in open Council.- Mr Allsop It is too long BLtion.^ Of course, reportfrs could attend the nittee if they liked.—It was ultimately agreed the Finance and Public Lighting Committee ly should consider the proposal. PETTY OFFENCES. Ie Committee of the whole Council recom- :ed that the Surveyor be instructed to take :eedings in cases of street obstruction and other aces.—The Chairman said in the past the neil had taken proceedings in cases of chimney g and extended pardon to others and probably he Council might be influenced by knowing the iiders and perhaps feeling that in some cases 'e was no intention to offend, and so on, it Id be better if the police officers were not to them the names, but merely state the offences. he Clerk I do not see why he should report to at all in that case.-Mr Allsop: You can give neral authority to the officer to prosecute in all a ?—The Clerk Certainly.—Mr Allsop thought should be done.—The Chairman: Could that be e in he cases of obstruction or waste of water re rur Surveyor would be the prosecutor.-The k Yes, certainly.—Mr Allsop gave notice of ion to this effect at the next meeting.—Mr rard Williams thought every case should be ight before the Council, because in many cases circumstances would be such that there would 10 need to prosecute. Where it was necessary rosecute, let the Council be manly enough to do -The Chairman said if the Council were to go the merits of every case and decide them there, lid not know where it would end. However, matter could be discussed when the motion e forward. A BREEZY DISCUSSION. somewhat heated discussion developed cut of a by Mr D. E. Davies that the Works Com- tee should take immediate steps with regard to continual flooding of the cellars in his part of town which, he said, had become unbearable, 'he Chairman remarked that Mr Davies spoke as he Council had paid no attention whatever hat matter, whereas the reverse was the case. re were several things to consider, such as, for auce, whether some of the cellars were not It below the level of the main sewer, in which 2 it could not be expected that the Council uld go into expense to remedy the defect.—Mr i s replied that his cellar was occupied before h id it, and it was not then flooded, though it > at the same level as it is now. The fault was the Counil's pipes, which were choked with vel, etc. Mr Davies added that he had stood it g enough and would stand it no longer, even if had to apply to the Local Government Board.— William Owen said Mr Davies had connected place with the sewer and it was since that that fl ooding had taken place.—Mr Davies I defy t to prove that.—Mr Owen I am positive there a no water before you came there.—Mr D. E. vies said he would give f:10 to some charitable titution if Mr Owen could prove what he said.— Owen (excitedly) It all comes from your lar. Those pipes ought to be cloeed up. We fer had our cellars flooded until you came there. rhe discussion then terminated by the Surveyor ing asked to inspect the place and report to the uncil.—Mr D. E. Davies And also visit my lar so as to satisfy Engineer Owen. (Laughter.) MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. rhe Medical Officer read a letter from Dr iberts, who is acting as deputy to the County 'dic'll Officer during the latter's absence, contain- the exact words he used with regard to the iter supply of Barmouth at the last County uncil meeting, which were to the effect that the pply was limited in one part of the town owing the corrosion of the pipes, but this had since en remedied. The writer added that he was 11 aware that the town had a water supply of doubted purity aod excellence. The Medical Beer also stated that the health of the town was od. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. THE STATE OF THE RESERVOIR. The Surveyor reported that on measuring the ik he had previously reported, he found that e water was escaping through it at the rate of 000 gallons per day and that accounted to a great :tent for the state of the reservoir. Since he id repaired it, the water had risen 21in to 3in. In reply to Mr Hugh Evans and Mr Evan ichards, the Surveyor said he was satisfied with at increase, taking into consideration the quan- by of water that flowed into the reservoir. He Ld not yet had the opportunity of investigating e reasons for the unsatisfactory quantity at the take.—The Surveyor also reported that the rate- Lyers had obeyed his wish that they should leave ie dustbins in convenient places for the refuse ,rt, but they should remove them when emptied stead of allowing them to remain on the streets. RATE COLLECTOR'S REPORT. The Collector's report stated that he had col- cted L109 since the last meeting, and that he had ;rong hopes of being soou able to collect all the nail amounts remaining.—The Council then rose.

BANKRUPTCY OF MR EVAN WILLIAMS. The public examination of Mr Evan Williams, uilder, contractor, and grocer, Eden House, irmouth, was conducted by Mr James Villiams, puty receiver, on Tuesday morning before [r Joseph Davies, Esq., registrar, at the Town all, Aberystwyth. Mr Oswald Davies, solicitor, pplied for the debtor, and Mr Marshall.Barmouth, ae of the creditors, was also present. The total abilities were f618 5s 2d, of which JEI15 was spected to rank against the estate for dividend, lere being twenty-seven unsecured creditors epresenting 9503 5s 2d. The total assets were ;216 6s 7d, leaving therefore a deficiency of :401 18s 7d. Debtor attributed his failure to )sses on contracts bad debts in his grocery usiness,and bank charges on money borrowed. He tated that he commenced business as builder and ontractor in company with another about eight fears ago without any capital. Debtor admitted hat neither he nor his partner, Mr Evan Jones, iould make estimates for contracts, and that they lepended upon Mr John Adams for that work. In ;he case of one large contract, his son, who was )nly seventeen years of age, made the calculations, Ie (the debtor) measuring the plans. Among ;he specified losses were-E2.10 on the build- ng of two houses at Greenhill, Barmouth, ind f40 on the contract for the masonry work of ;be Congregational Chapel. Debtor said he took -,he Greenhill contract tor £600; but actually paid £631 in wages alone and only received £ 570 iltogether, F-30 detention money being deducted. He dissolved contract with Evan Jones in August, 1899, when the latter went to South Africa. He was insolvent at that time, but instead of improving ^e got wrse.—The Official Receivcr Did you contract fresh debts this last two years ? Yes, I took the contract of Greenhill.-Why did you do that, knowing that you could not pay twenty shillings in the pound ?—My intention was to I pay twenty shillings in the pound. I was trying my best and working hard. -In further cross- I examination, it appeared that whereas the debtor had stated that Mr Richards, Pensarn, owed him 98 8s 6d, the latter had proved a debt of JE128 5s 2d due from the debtor, who now admitted that be had signed a promissory note for fl45 to Mr Richards in May last. Asked how he explained that, debtor said he thought Mr Richards had for- given him that when they were squaring up their accounts.—Debtor was then questioned at some length with regard to his transactions with Mr John Adams, who, he said, owed him E127, Adams, on the other hand, claimed £ 110 against the estate after allowing forcontra account.—The examination was adjourned.

Mrs T. E. Ellis presided on Friday evening over a meeting of the London Welsh Women's Temper- ance Association held at Wilton-square, when an address was delivered by the Rev. W. Lewis, of Pontypridd.

.aöps something will be done this I cease |> but we doubt it. The old Gas- force site for a market is a large one, tasks 1J> not far from the railway station, are I 18 a subject that ought to be pressed just practical issue. who ■ syste