The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

THE I Welsh Farmers' Gazette. Friday, April 9th, 1909. I Jfotkci xeportz. CARMARTHEN BUTTER, Saturday.— The supply continues to incrfa e; di mami improved pric,- firm at last we k's quotations — ir m llii to Is per lb; fn all butter. Is to Is Id per Ih. CARMARTHEN CHEESE, Saturdav.- Very few dairies of c'efS" on off r. Pric- from 35 to 3ï,; 6ci per cwt, "') oU'ar.j(l. LLANDILO ROVISIONS, Satarclay.— Butter in Ins, Is to 1. Id ih ](. in tubs. Is to Is ld. F e,-h heese, 5d. Eggs, 16 tor a IF. Fowls, 2 6d each. LONDON OgAO Monday.—Gco't supplies and trade bad, hepf and mnttm being lower. English beef, 3s 9J to 4a 0d Scotch sides, 3a lOd to 4s shorts, 4a to 4s 4d Deptford and Liverpool killed, 3s 8(1 tf, 3 lid; refrigerated nir.Hqirirters, best. 3s 10.1 to 41 01 do seconds. 3s 61 to 3s 8c; do 'orequarters. 2s 6(1 to 2s 8d inferior beef, 2J 4.1 to 2s SI; mutton—Scotch MRthers, 33 6d to 3s lOd (10 tegs, 39 101 to 4a do ewes. 2i 6d to 2a 811 EngUsM wethers. 3i 4 to 3s 8d do ewes, 2a 6d to 2* 8 v,,a), 4s 0 i t,f) 5 E, glish pork, 3.:1 Si to 41 Dutca du 3s 8d to 45 pf-r 8'bs. CORK BUTTER, Mond-y. —Firsts, 90s seconds, 84s thirds, 83. Fresh — A, 9'2j B. 82s.. GR MSRY FISH. Monday.—Fair supply; 70 vessrilM fair demand. Soiea, Is lid turbot, Is Od to la 3d brills. 9.1 per lb pU Cf, 6s to 7s lemon solus, 9- whiting", 3. 6d whitches, 6s live halibut, 51 to ï" 61 per stone In dead halibut live ling, 3. 6:1.; dead do, 2s 6<1 live cod, 4a dead df), 3s 4 II va skate, 4s dnad do, 3s erteli kit naddocks, 12s to 15s gibbed, 17a to 21s live dabs, 15a to IS. dead do, 14s to 17s PUIU\1INGHAM CATTLE, Tuesday.— Few beaits offering and husiniss quiet. He^t H re ord?, 7d shorthorns, 6^1 io 6 £ i bulls snd cows, 4d to 5^1 c-ilv^P, 711 t" 8^1; wether "shi-ep, 7d; ewes und rani, 4.1 to 5d p-r Ill; lambs, Sd to 10J per it,. Shor1- Fupply of pigs, but fair demand—haioii pigs:" 10s 3d cuttjrs, 101 to 1931; p>rk t 10i od sows, 83 6d per cure. OSWliiHTRy (JOKis JdAKKET, ia -v. 'Vhit" wheat, 53 2d to 5s 4;1 red, 53 2d to 5, 41 per 75 • i-<a oass, uew, 12s 61 to 14s old, 14< 0.1 to 15 per 200ibsi maliiog barley, 20a 01 to 21s grinding barley, 16a to 17s 0J per 280ibs. O.vvtSsrRY GENERAL A ARKleT, W-d- neMlay.— Butter, Is 21 to 18 3 i per lb eggs, 17 and 18 for Is fowls, 4i Od to 5s 0d ducks, 53 Od to 6a per couple rabbits, Is 8d to 2s per eoup-e; cele. y, 1d p*r stick; I hub.trh. 2d per bundle potatoes, id p< r Ih tomatoes, 6 J p r Ih carrots, Id per uUI;cn apples, 2i to 3a 6d per 100. LONDON PROVISIONS, Nl,,)n(lay.- Mesrjra Samuel Pag, & Son r«nort— Butter contiuues (Iiiii-S ber:an. 76. 10 96s; Danish and 8, e ii-h, 107s to 109s Australian and New Zi-;a, d, 70; to 9is Argentine, 9ls tu931. Bico, steady but unciiang,(i -Iri-i,, 603 to (Ss Continental, 55s to 64s t'auadiuo, 5Sa to 62 Hams without aiteratioa. C quiet k,u f, unchanged—Jai.iiiian cjlouied, 66s to 67s deep-c iloured, 72s iviiit,16 i-t to 64j'; New Zeilmid, ooiourad, 638 to 641 whicr, 60s to 6ls. Eggs quiet but

FESTINIOG Obituary.—Mr. Thomas Jones, manager of the North and South Wales Bank at Festiniog for a period of eight years, passed, away on Friday afternoon at the age of fifty, leaving a wife and tour child- ren, for whom deep sympathy is felt. He will be greatly missed at Festiniog, having taken an active interest in the public life of the district. He was a -staunch Calvin- istic Methodist and was a deacon at Peniel, Festiniog, as he was at the Welsh C.M. Church at Birkenhead, from which place he came to Festiniog. He was also employed for some years at the South branch, Liverpool. A native of Anglesey, the deceased was a brother-in-law of Mr. R. E. Jones, Edge-lane, Liverpool, ex-high sheriff of Anglesey. The fum ral. public, took place on Tues- day, at St Michael's Cemetery, Festiniog.

WELSH NATIONAL LIBRARY. Designs for the Welsh National Library building on the Grogythan site at Aber- ystwyth have now been received from the following architects, who have been sel- ected for a limited competition :—Messrs A Marshall Mackenzie and Son, London; Mr Sidney K. Greenslade, London; Mr Henry T Hare, London Mr H Percy Adams, London; Mr Arthur Harrison, Birmingham and Mr Wynn Owen, Liv- erpool. Each Architcct was supplied in November last with a- specification, drawn up by a. sub-committee of the Council,, in conjunction with the Librarian, which s-t forth a scheme tor a building on an imposing scale. The extent to which this building can be erected at onco depends in a large measure upon the availabl1 funds, but the scheme is so drawn that the work can be executed in sections if necessary. The estimated total cost i", from £ 75,000 to 280,000. The competi- tion will be decided by an assessor, who has been nominated by the President of thp, Royal Institute of British Archi- tects. and the assessor is to act in con- sultation with the President and the Librarian of the National Library. The assessor has been nominated under seal, and his name has not yet been disclosed.

LAMPETER TOWN COUNCIL, Thursday, April 1st.- Present: Messrs Timothy Richardb mayor; Wm. Davies, manciple John Evans, Wm. Davies, saddler; Evan Evans, John Griffiths, D Jones, Wm Jones, David Davies, Tom Jones, John Jones, D F Lloyd, Charles Evans: J D Owen, Walter Davies, J Ernest Lloyd, town clerk; and E D Recs, assistant ckrk. The Inspector. The Inspector (-Alr,R. John) Avroto that owing to the death of his mother-in-law he would not be able to attend the Council meeting. He hop e! to be able to return on Monday. In his report, the Inspector stated: that gravel had been placed on the streets and highways to make good various defects. As directed by the Council, a' four-inch drain had been placed I ii'GroBnifeld-ter- race. The meters of the public lamps showed the following consumption of gas :—Bridg"-street, 500; Station, 300; and West-end, 100. The sides and trenches of the Olwen, Blaenwern, and Pentrebach roads were being attended to. The bor- ough is free from infectious diseases.—The report was adopted. The Light Railway. The Clerk read a letter from Messrs Isaac Cook and Sons, solicitors to the promoters of the Lampeter-Aberayron Light Railway, in which th?y stated that they had always been under the impression that the Lampeter Rural District Council and the Lampeter Town Council were to f'ollow the had of the County Council in all respects. They would be much obliged if the Council reconsidered the matter, with a view of their adopting the sam? course as the County Council which they felt sure the Council would not regret.— Nothing was done. Danger Signals. The Clerk read a letter from the Motor Union relating to the erection of danger signals in the district.—The Clerk stated that he was of opinion that the signs would not be required in the disti-i,ct.-The mat- ter was referred to the Streets Committee. Educational. The Clerk read a letter from the Cardi- ganshire Education Committee stating for the information of the Council that the Education Committee had decided to grant courses of lectures at different centres in the county during the winter months. If the Lampeter Council were desirous of securing a course, application should be mad-a as early as possible.—Mr W Davies (manciple): I certainly think we ought to consider it very seriously.—The Mayor proposed that the matter should be re- ferred to the Finance Committee.—Mr W Jones seconded the proposition.—Mr D. Davies proposed an amendment that the matter should be referred to a committee of the whole Council.—Mr Evan Evans seconded the amendment.—Mr Wm Davies (manciple) suggested that the matter could be more thoroughly sifted by a small committee than a committee of the whole Council.—Mr Lewis Jones: I think it is important that we should not miss the opportunity.—Mr Walter Davies agreed.— It was eventually agreed to refier the mat- ter to a committee of the whole Council. Stones. In accordance with notice of motion, Mr David Davies proposed that all stones for street metalling should be procured by tender. In moving the resolution, Mr Davies said that if the Council had a small job of about 5s or 8s, they invited tenders, and ho did not see why tenders could not be also invited for stones.—Mr William Davies (manciple) suggested that the mat- ter should ho left until the consideration of the report of the Streets Committee.— Mr Lewis Jones said he did not quite understand, and would like an explanation. He was under the impression that the Council had invited tenders for stones from tinief to time, but had failed to get anyone to tender.—Mr David Davies said he did not know that tenders had been aC!kC"l,-It was agreed to adjourn the matter until the consideration of the re- port of the Streets Committee. The Market Hall. In accordance with notice of motion, Mr Walter Davies proposed that no vehicles should be allowed in the Market Hall either for storage or painting. Mr Davies explained that a claim had been 1'^ ceived for certain damage which was said to have been done to a van while stored in the Market Hall, and under the cir- cumstances he did not think it right that the Council should accept future respon- sibility. He did not know whether tho claim was right or wrong, but he did not think the Council should store anything whereby they made themselves responsible. Mr Evan Evans had stored his van in the Market Hall for many years and paid to the Council a weekly charge of 3d. He thought it would be unreasonable for any- body to suppose that the Council accepted responsibility for such a small rent.-—Mr Wm. Jones: I believe you are off the po;nt.—Mr Walter Davies: I bring this on in support of my motion. Mr Davies add d thr.t if the. Council were not respon- sible when Mr Evans first stored his van in the Hall, they were not responsible now. Would it be reasonable to suppose that the Council would be liable for £ 10 to L20 damag? which it was possible could have been done to the van?—Mr John Evans seconded the proposition.—Mr Evan Evans asked if Mr Walter Davies confined him- self to the Market Hall, or did he include the outside also?—Mr Walter Davies: I have it on the agenda quite plain.Alr E Evans: Yes. Market Hall on the agenda. I move an amendment that the Market place should be included.—Mr J D Owen seconded the amendment. He said he did not see the use of leaving one place and clearing the other.—Mr Walter Davies ex- plained that the owners of vehicles who stored outside the Market Hall had signed an agreement to the effect that the Council would not be liable for any damage which might be done.—Mr J D Ow n: Why cannot they do that inside? —Mr Walter Davies explained that the Council had valuable lets inside the Hall. During the time these lets were occupied, the vehicles were turned out, and it was during that time that the. damage had b?en done to Mr Evans's van. It would be hardly fair not to let the Hall when they had the chance, and that was his rea-ion why he did not include the outside.Nir L- wis Jones explained that he was on the Markets Committee when the charges for storage were made. He was under the impression that at that time the Clerk drew out an agreement to the effect that the Council would not be liable for any damage.—Mr David Davies agreed. Mr Walter Davies: You are discuêosincr the damage to the van now. We are not on that yet.—Mr D F Lloyd said he did not see the reason for including the word "vehicles" in the motion. They hap- pened to have a claim in respect of a vehicle, and the motion seemed to suggest that it was only with regard to vehicles that claim could be made. Why vehicles more than anything else ?—Mr Walter Davies Wo want to encourage agriculture- Mr Wm. Davies (saddler) said that the storage in the Market place was a down right insult to the Peterwell Estate. They had troubled to build the Market place, and the Council were turning it into a storehouse. He thought it was quite wrong.—Mr Walter Davies: You mean to say that we should not let the Hall at all ? —Mr Davies (saddler): Not to store as we are doing now.—On being put to the meet- ing, two only voted for the amendment.— Mr Evan Evans: They do not understand the amendment, Mr Mayor.—The Mayor: That is your fault, Mr Ammender. (Laughter.)—Mr Evans repeated his amendment, and on being put to the vote, the original proposition was carried.- Three voted for the amendment. Dalis Fair. In accordance with notice of motion, Mr Walter Davies proposed that the Town Clerk should communicate with the Secre- tary of State for War with a view of get- ting him to send a representative to attend Dalis Fair. In proposing the resolution, Mr Davies said there was no doubt a great deal of ignorance prevailed with regard to Dalis Fair, and even to the geo- graphical position of Lampeter. When the importance of Dalis Fair was made known to the Secretary of State for War, the least thing he could do would be to send a representative to attend. There was a scarcity of horses in the country, and he thought it would be well for them to know the Cardiganshire breed. Dalis Fair was one of the largest in the world. —(hear, hear)—and had been attended by representatives from the American Govern- ment and the French Government. He was afraid to mention Germany, because there was a bit of a scare—(laughter;— but he believed they also had sent a repre- sentative.—Mr D F Lloyd seconded the proposition. Ha said he thoroughly agreed with what Councillor Walter Davies had said. The horses bred in Cardigan- shire were more suitable for war purposes than German ones. What they thought about "Dreadnoughts" he did not know.— Mr. John Evans: Are ours better gallopers, then? (Laughter.)—Mr D F Lloyd: 1 do not know. Perhaps they are better to run away. (More laughter.) —The proposition was agreed to Public Health Committee. The Chairman of1 the Public Health Committee (Mr Lewis Jones) reported that his Committee recommended that drains should be constructed in Victoria-terrace and St. Thomas-street, connecting with the existing sewers in High-street, at a cost of about £45, and that the amount should be debited to the fund set apart for the Common, including the sum now vested in consols. It was also unani- mously agreed that the work should bo carried out by the Corporation workmen, with the assistance of a day labourer if required. The Committee' also recom- mended that a sum not exceeding JE8 should be voted for appliances for hang- ing meat at the slaughter house, and that an expenditure not. exceeding JB6 should be authorised for the purpose of covering an open drain at the side of the road lead- ing from the Common to the Barley-mow. The open drain was a nuisance and a dan- ger to the public. Th3 Inspector had called the Committee's attention to the unsatisfactory state, of the out offices of the Peterwell girls and infants school. A drain having been laid along that road, the Committee saw no reason why such a condition or affairs should be further tol- erated, and recommended that the In- spector should be instructed to write to the Education Authority asking them to see that that matter should be attended to.—Mr Wm. Davies (saddler) proposed that the matter of expending a sum of JE8 on the slaughter house should be deferred. Mr Davies stated that the tenant and the landlord of the slaughter house were at loggerheads, and he thought that nothing should be done until a settlement had been arrived at. It had also b?en suggested that if the parties did not come to terms, it was the intention of one of them to build a slaughter house of his own.—Mr Wm. Jones seconded the proposition.—Mr Walter Davies enquired if there was ajay truth in the report that there was a mis- understanding between the parties? Mr Evan Evans pointed out that appliances were much needed at the slaughter house. Time was money to a butcher like everv- one else, and he went to kill he wanted to do the job as quickly pos- sible. He could not afford to stop there "waiting for the old jingles to go bac and fore."—In reply to "Mr W Davies (saddler), Mr Lewis Jones asked if the Council were to be boycotted by one side lor the other?—On being put to the vote, the Committee's recommendation was agreed to by seven votes to six.—Mr Lewis Jones, proposed that the Inspector should be directed to write to the school autho- rities calling their attention to the sani- tary arrangjements at the Peterwell School.—Mr Walter Davies seconded the proposition.—Mr Evan Evans: Is that in order?—Mr W Davies (manciple): I doubt it very much.—Mr Walter Davies pointed out that it was the first time the agendas had been printed, and he thought the Council should have a little consideration for the chairmen of committees. — The proposition was agreed to and the report adopted. The Rates. The report 05 the Finance Committee was brought up by Mr W Davies (man- ciple). The report recommended that the Charity Commissioners should be authorised to sell the £36 Is lid two-and-a- half per cent, consolidated stock now standing in the name of the Corporation for the purpose of constructing drains on the Common that a general district rate of 2s 2d, a water rate of 6d, and a borough rate of 2d in the pound to meet the in- stalment on the £1,000 loan to the Lam- peter and Aberayron Light Railway Com- pany should be levied for the ensuing year; that Mr C Nicholson Lailey, Vie, toria-street, Westminster, should be. engaged to report on a scheme of sewer- age disposal and on the present state 01 the water supply of. the town, provided his terms were satisfactory that a die of the Corporation arms should be pro- cured for stamping notepaper headings, and that permission for leave of ah-;¡211:00 should be granted the Inspector.—Mi- Da vies, referring to the rates, stated that the Committee had gone carefully into the whole matter and found that they could not reduce the rates.—Mr J Evans I see that 2d has been taken off the water rate.—Mr \V Davies (manciple): That is a detail. The total amount is the same as last year.—On the proposition of Mr Davies, seconded by Mr D Jones, the rates were adopted.—Referring to the appoint- ment of an expert to report on the drain- age and water schemes, Mr Davies said lie had received the following letter from Mr Lailey:—"I should be quite willing to do the work named in your letter for an inclusive fee of £10 10s—both sewerage and water, and in connection with the existing sewer, I should make a thorough examina- tion of these, both with a plan and de- tailed 1 vels so as to inform the Council of their present condition and as to the probability of their forming part of the new scheme. Those plans and levels I should hand over to the Council so that they would have all the particulars of the existing work as well as any new work suggested. In this connection, I should of course require to be informed where the sewer runs and if there are no manholes in the sewer they would have to be opened bv the Council's roadmen so as I could make my examination complete. This how- ever would not be a big expenditure and I should only require a few excavations to be made.—Mr Davies added that he took it that the terms were satisfactorv.—Mr W Davies (saddler): May I ask if'you have had any consultation with the Medical Officer.—Mr Davies (manciple): No.—Mr Dry les (saddler): Can you give any reason why he was not consulted?—Mr" Davies (manciple): I have nothing to do with it. This mattei was referred to the Finance Committee by the Council.—Mr Davies (saddler): Do you not think that it is a bit out of place?—Mr Davies (manciple): 1 wilt not express an opinion.—Mr D Jones seconded the adoption o4'; the alter- ations recommended.—Mr William Davies (saddler) said he thought the Council had acted very shabbily towards the Medical Ufhcer Only a meeting or two ago the Council read his report in which he stated that everything was satisfactory and now they engaged an expert on a matter in which the Aiedical Officer had not been con- fculteu. I want to know why he was1 ignored.— Ihe Mayor: Are vou moving an amendment?—Mr Davies: Yes. I pro- pose that he should be consulted in the matter. It is only right and fair to him. Mr David Davies seconded the amend- ment. He said ho was of the same opin- ion as Mr Davies exactly.—Mr E Evans said he would like to know why the Medi- cal Officer of Health had been ignored in the matter.—The Mayor explained that that Wiv<- the question that had been asked bv Mr Davies (saddler), whereupon Mr Evans said—"Very well, I will sit down and you speak."—On being put to the vote, lour voted for the amendment and nine for the adoption of the Committer's re- commendation .—Mr Davies (saddler): I must say 1 am very much surprised at the decision of the Council.—Mr D F IJoyd: lou cannot always be on the winning side.—Referring to the recommendation to procure a d 1 oi the Corporation Arms; Mr VV Davies (manciple) explained that some members of the Committee thought that the Mayor should have the use of proper notepaper for his correspondence.—Air W Davies (saddler):' What will be the ex- pense?—Mr David Jones: About 10s or 15s.—The recommendation was agreed to. The Inspector's Deputy. Mr John Evans referred to the In- spector's absence and asked who did the work when the Inspector was away? Mr Evans also pointed out that he did not object to the Inspector's leave of absence. —It was explained that Mr Tom Rowlands acted as the Inspector's deputy. Streets Committee. The report of the Streets Committee was brought up by Mr Charles Evans. The I report contained the following recom- mendations :—That repairs to existing pavements to the amount of £10 be under- taken that an exp nditure of £6 be authorised on street lamps; that the com- plete paving of Cambrian-road and Green- field-terrace at an estimated cost of £ 10 be undertaken; and that 100 loads of stone should be procured from Coedeiddig Quarry, the haulage to be done by the Cor- poration hor.s-e and cart. The Committee oonsidered this item as extraordinary ex- penditure in so far as estimates were con- cefrned. The Committee also decided that inasmuch as no order was given to Mr Timothy Evans, they oould not recommend payment of his bill of 16s for making a "jack."—Mr W Davies (saddler): Isi that a correct report of the Committee meet- ingP-Mr Charles Evans: That is what I got down. Mr Davies said he understood that the Committee had decided to re- commend the Council to procure 200 loads of stone.—Mr Charles Evans: It was cur- tailed by the Finance Committee.—Mr Davies: Is that in order?—Mr Walter Davies: House of Lords. (Laughter).—Mr Davies (saddler): You have not got a cor- rect report of the Committee in stating 100 loads. The reoommendation of; the Committee was for 200 loads.—Mr WTm Da.v;es (manciple) explained that the Chair- man of the Streets Committee made a re- quest to the Finance Committee for 200 loads of stone, but the Finance Committee considered that 100 loads in addition to the quantity they already had would be suffi- cient. The Chairman of the Streets Com- mittor had pointed out that the item was considered extraordinary expenditure. He did not think it extraordinary expenditure at all.—Mr W Davies (saddler): I do not thmk it right that the Finance Committee should over-rule the Streets Committee in this casie. The recommendation of the Streets Committee ought to come before the Council.—Mr Davies (manciple): What was the good of bringing it before th2 finance Committee?—Mr Davies (saddler): I do not see the good oi it mvself.—Mr Davies (manciple): If we took every ro- commendation of the Committee our rates ould be 4s -Mr Charles ^Evans explained at the Committee were considering the estimates and he took it that the recom- mendations were to be taken to the finance Committee.—Mr D Jones: You to Mr David Dayie's, Mr Charles Evans stated that the stones would be 2s a load.-Mr D Davies asked why the Council should pay 2s fo" stones when they could get them cheaper? He had been apeakmg to farmers who said they could supply the stones at Is 9d He proposed a direct negative.—Mr Walter Davies explained that a load they would get from a farmer would not be 15 cut whereas the load they would get from the quarry would be about a ton On the Proposition of Mr Charles Evans b,y+Mr D J™08; the Committee's lecommendation was agreed to.-Referring to the bill for 16s 5or a "jack," Mr Walter Davies askea if the Chairman of the Com- mitter was perfectly certain that no ord^r was given. Mr Charles T.'vans No or er was given.—Mr Walter Davies: Not bv you?—Mr Charles Evans: No.—Mr Welte- Davies said he had been told that the order was given bv the Inspector, and m the Inspector's absence he proposed that the matter should be deferred.—Mr J D Owen seconded the proposition which was agreed to- Markets. Ihe report of the Markets Committee Mr TH T 3 had heen r< o ived from Mi John Jones, builder, which the Com had Tl rtem''d t0 the Council. A bill EvLis for £ 2n i|nm Councillor E. clone to Lf vfr^Ti, >»"* bw" had been'doS refer tto dealers and + sent to all well known dealers, and toO announce that the horse iji be held on Mav 6th and 7fh nm! cattle on May 8th. The Committee o IS™ j cornrrninicato the (; w i? r;Si-- r!Ct superintendent of 1,s c°-operation to I ri n lls Fair and to arrant special 8ft'v,°dSrS'nnS<>n Ma-<- 7thP mrf left'v i u }U'r Davies then read the lettei he had received from T T JonGs, builder I'll-* i ++ j. _l t John March 15th the writer 1 tllat on letter from the Town CI refelved a tnat it had been decided P™i^ng out Plot of ground adjoining theCMa?ket°nlthe chares n+i WaS panted free of piotu,^tr months and 2c 6d -i t tveho would br- pr:pared to pay 1. 3 week from °f the Committee! fh™?iL + g ~7, Lctvis Jones said he thought it was the wrong time to tack e Mr Jones on the mattor TT 1 IaciV( that the charge of 9 a 1 als° tho»ght »nd he proSd that Wv'T rJimild l/e accepted Tl,r r off6r [':Rry to rescind previous: reso]utions.-M:r tIOn shonld he. passed, it would be lleces- said he did not think Mr In I Davies crchr. To bo i>erf«:yyLo ™ »'« 'j, 'a;™1 amendment that Mr t, n P10P°sed an -On°Wp^ tl fl* I>lotnfrleof0chargee ring to the bill for £ 2* Mr "ki h,is ra". of t!ie CoJS0 'k™the hands think the Council was resionsibt fi? damage and if if for the he wou d feol i asi a l5ers°nal matter, Mr W DaviS %ht it out.- thev sho dd ^naneiple) said lie thought Th' mo^ about the matter. kets Coinm^ttcn f n dlscussed in the Mar- in about a, month ago.Mr J D Owen said the da-im » interested "in" the we ca'nuot If c-ihU V, H are not respon- claim.—Mr' Vd„we th« we have the Ci„ .1 (saddler): Suppose —The Cl<>rk- c' f ^dvi.ce on the matter? of netdiieneo tLat lt,-Was a Question degree Sf nlgWnJ? *ft S" env ii-J,n+ 'tencp. it was impossible it Mr W ny-JUd,ge would think about it.—Mr VV Davies (manciple)- There was no agreement ? The Clerk^ There was no Davies: Implied? D F L1^d said ho tjinug.it the Council were morally respon- sible ror the damage. He seeoiided Mr Owen s proposition. —Mr John Evans I should like to know if Mr Evans is pressing the cLnn. A.r Evan Evans: That has nothing toco with the question. (Laugh- ter—Mr E Evans added that he wanted to how the Council had treated people in tne past.—Mr D F Lloyd: Will you give vhe £ 2 to charity when you get w.;iTo K!'eWls Jonesv 0r to the Memorial Vr; V. 1 £ 'as agl:e<id t° Pa.y the claim,— th" K?n VTi that inasmuch as th Council had decided to pay the claim he would return it. At the same time he nP^hthe F°Unci1 WOuld n«'t do business v' a too;3o way again.—The Mayor: i -Ki a,e a member now.—Mr Evans: I was n°Mr w'| ) r 'V]Tn ^i1,0 famage was done. — Mr W Davies (saddler I can give you intimation that there is another claim looming in the near future for storage.- Mr J D Owen: The claim will be in before the next meeting.—It was agreed to adver- tise Dalis t air in the "Cambrian News" and ether papers. Hall Committee Tne report of the Hall Committee was brought up by Mr D F Lloyd. The Com- mittee made the following recommenda- tions:—That tbe following addition should >0 made. to scale E,-for a seoond night performance, PI, and for third and subse- quent nights, 15s. and that the Gas Com- pany should be allowed to connect from the pipe 111 tire hall passage to the adjoin- ing house. The recommendations wore adoptea. The Committee also reported that books for tli- library had been prom- ised by Messrs Wm. Davies (manciple), D !i ix vP *^°nes, John Evans, J E Lloyd, and Dr H Walker. There was a balance in favour of the hall account of zLl5 13s lOd. The report was adopted.

Welsh National Liberal Council DISESTABLISHMENT CAMPAIGN. A meeting of representatives from the progressive organisations in Cardiganshire and Merioneth was held on Thursday afternoon, April 1st, at the Liberal Club, Aberystwyth, for the purposes of arranging a convention in connection with the disestablishment campaign of the Welsh National Liberal Council. The Rev J Hugh E-'dwards, chairman or the Campaign Committee, and Mr Walter H. Hughes, Pontypool, secretary of the Council, attended the meeting. Mr J. T. Samuel, president of the Club, was voted to tho chair. Among those present were Mrs Lpxdale, Castle Hill, president of the Liberal Social Council; the Revs Thomas Williams, R. J. Rees, T. A. Penry, Job Miles, Mrs E. H. James, Mr and Mrs Wil- liam Thomas, Mrs Griffith, Mrs T. E. Ellis, Miss Davies, Miss Evans, Miss Cynthia Messrs D. C. Roberts, E. Davies, B. T. Lloyd, Aberystwyth; the Revs Gwynoro Davies, Barmouth; J. Jay Jones, Aber- ayron. Mr Vauglian Davies, M.P., wrote regretting his inability to attend owing to Parliamentary duties. Mr Walter Hughes, in explaining the object of the meeting, said that disestab- lishment had been before the country for forty year.-?. Hostilities had now taken a practical form and the Government had intimated their i ntc ntion of proceeding after the Easter recess with the Bill in- troduced into Parliament. The Church had commenced activities in opposition to the Bill and started a fund obtain £10,000 in support of the agitation in England and Wales. The National Liberal Council were organising a series of local conven- tions in different parts of Wales as a campaign in order to further the Bill. There was no reason to doubt the loyalty of Cardiganshire, but the Committee con- sidred it desirable to hold a convention at Aberystwyth as a central place for the counties of Cardigan and Merioneth. Arrangements were then made for hold- ing a joint conference at Aberystwyth on Friday, April 30th. It was decided to ask Mr Vauglian Davies, M.P., to preside over tho afternoon conference and Mr. Osmond Williams, M.P., over a public meeting in the evening. The names of the following were submitted as speakers: Sir S. T. Evans, M.P., solicitor general; Mr Hamar Greenwr/od, M.P. Mr Ellis J. Griffith, M.P., Mr E. G. Hemmerde, M.P. Mr Wm. Jones, M.P. the Revs Silas J. Hocking and Silvester Horne, as well as local speakers. On Thursday evening a public meeting was held in the Club. Mr T. J. Samuel, who presided, said that Wales was united in the demand for disestablishment, but Nonconformists must nevertheless be on their guard against the tactics of their opponents. (Hear, hear.) He was in- formed the previous day that clergymen were urging people to attend services in Church during Easter, with the object of increasing the number (of congregations for Church defence purposes. The re- presentatives of Wales in Parliament were not likely to waver, but their hands should be strengthened by every legitimate means. (Hear. hear.) They were told that many Church people were in favour of disestab- lishment, but did not like disendowment. There was no desire among Nonconformists to deprive. the Church of a penny of its endowments for their own advantage. All they wanted was that national endow- ments should be used for national purposes. (Hear, hear.) The Rev J Hugh Edwards was the principal speaker and after referring to his former connection with the Club where he delivered his first political sjieeeh, he declared that disestablishment had now become a living issue which would shortly be brought before the legislature. (Hear, hear.) There were three conditions under which the relationship between Church and State could exist. The Church could rule the State as in the case of Cardinal Wolsey, a butcher's son and as it was in Italy until the situation became so unbearable that the Italians threw off the yoke. Where the experiment had been tried, it turned out bad for both parties. (Hear, hear.) Another condition was for the State to rule the. Church. That was the condition which existed at present with regard to the Church of England. Mr Gladstone had laid it down that the State wa.s a great moral power and that the Church was the conscience of the nation, which was a splendid ideal on paper, but unfortunately was not practicable. When Queen Vic- toria was dying, the Church could not pray for her because the necessary prayer books had not arrived from the printers. When thousands of Chinese labourers were herded together like slaves in South Africa, all that the Archbishop of Canter- bury could say was that it was "a regrettable necessity." The connection between the Church and State had blunted the nation's conscience. (Laughter and cheers.) The third condition was the separation of the Church and State so as not to interfere with each other's pro- vince. Aberystwyth had a Town Council as everybody knew. (Laughter.) If the Council interfered with the religious causes, he believed the townspeople would soon say Hands off, mind your own busi- ness, and let us mind ours." An agnostic could become prime minister, and under the existing conditions could appoint bishops and decree the order of prayers in the Church. Its connection with the State degraded the character of the Church. When a Liberal Government was in power is was surprising to see how many clergymen were suddenly converted into Liberals. He attributed that to the fact that many livings in WTales were in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. One of the saddest sights in the" lobby of the House of Commons was the large number of ecclesiastical touts who buttonholed members1, of Parliament in order to secure influence. influence. Having quoted statements made by the Bishop of St. Asaph, that Church people disavowed any hankering after the loaves and fishes and that all they desired was the State recognition of religion, he asked whether Spain, where religion was recognised by the State, was more religious and moral than the British Colonies and America where there was no national recognition of religion? State recognition of religion provoked dissension and persecution, as history demonstrated in England, Spain, and the Netherlands. In Wales the Church had acted as a buffer against progress and the changed conditions of the people were due to the influence of Nonconformity. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd George declared that the Non- conformists of Wales were more directly descended from the ancient British church than those who prostituted her name. Wales would not be satisfied until her demand for religious equality was granted. Why should four men. simply because they held positions in one church, be privileged to sit in the House of Lords, while others occupying more representative positions were not privileged ? Dealing with the statistics produced before the Church Commission, he attributed the remarkable increase shown in the Church figures to tho results of a circular sent by one of the Welsh bishops to the clergy. After an agitation of forty years, Wales was blamed forits impatience, but the time had now come to storm the ramparts of Augustine's chair at Canterbury, behind which the Welsh bishops were hiding. (Cheers.) Mr. Walter Hughes also addressed the meeting and emphasised the point that the State had no right to interfere in matters 8If religion. It was not a question of numerical superiority as much as the evil effects of conferring privi- leges on one section of the com- munity to the disadvantage of other sections. The Bible contained no semblance of justification for a privileged, or state-established church, and history proved that a privileged church was of a persecuting nature. The case for disestab- lishment in Wales was not based on any ground of revenge, but of justice. (Hear, hear.) If it had done nothing else, the Church Commission proved the enormous preponderance of Nonconformists in Wales. Church funds ought to be national property and not belong to a privileged few. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the speaker was passed on the proposition of Mr. D. C. Roberts, seconded by Mr. Lioxdale. .u- f'1

FOOTBALL NOTES. BY YSTWYTH. On Good Friday, the semi-final round between Crusaders and Padarn United in connection with the Aberystwyth Junior Cup competition will take place on the Smithfield ground. Both teams have greatly strengthened their ranks and a keen contest is expected. The replay in the semi-final round of the IV, elsli Amateur Cup competition between Carnarvon United and Aberystwyth was played off at Portmadoc on Saturday. irain commenced to fall early in the morning and continued steadily until about o clock when it ceased for a short perhad Lnfortunately, the playing pitch not been roped off all round, with th« result that during the second'half when Aberystwyth were having by far the best of the play, the Carnarvon spectators g on to the ground and interfered WI the play continually. Wright and W. D* Thomas, two of the Aber. players, h&" times out of number to go between spectators for the ball. O. Green aft.e robbing one of the Carnarvon forwards* was struck full in the face with the baI by one of the Carnarvon spectators. Other players soon joined in the fray, but eventually order was restored, and the game was allowed) to proceed. Hundreds crossed the field fro the popular side to the enclosure aJIU. there was a perfect pandemonium for time and the Referee would have perfectly justified if he had abandoned the game. If the enclosure had been roped this affair would not have happened and possibly there would have been different ending to the game. Aber. relied too much on individual play and short passing. The Aber fo" wards plyaed prettier football than their opponents, but it did not pay. Both teams had clever custodians and could not wish for better. Green and Mansel Jenkins were also good, but the half backs could not hold the Carnarvon forwards. Jreter Edwards narrowly missed scoring 011 one occasion and if his shot had material- ised, there is no doubt Aber would have won, as Carnarvon players were clean done twenty minutes from time W. Wright, on the extreme left, was not very effective, being too lightly built, and so was Harry Evans, but it was his first cup tie and no doubt would do better if he had another opportunity. Austin Jenkins was a thor- ough success, and his shooting was deadly accurate, and only for the fact that Jones, the Carnarvon custodian, was a clever player, Jenkins would have scored on more than one occasion. Many people before the game stated that Austin would do nothing but shoot over the bar, but there was no shooting over the bar at Port- Svf he was the only one who really SreH goalkeeper. The goal Jenkins deserx-o^VaS a beauty and he thoroughly ustodil T'T ,tha,U one Z°a1' b"t the had luck on his side. Bert second half'^nd tl? nartner James, his clever j?;m rn hardly ever received a pass and' perhaps,Tas aIso wel1 watched a a pernaps it was through that fact that !enkbranVff^°Hd his Part':« best of tile A^er fe.t f<VV their hardest. *ards' both workup On the ground that the field was not roped three yards from the touch and fioM f 'i the crowd broke into the' W f i j' t e Aberystwyth Committee- ,ha\e lodged a protest to have the ma'ch eplayed. If the protest is upheld it is- hoped the game will be played at Towyu-

Welsh Amateur Cup, SEMI-FINAL. ABERYSTWYTHTVT CARNARVON. This replayed tie was olaved off urday at Portmadoc Tit er,+ r clement weather there wn P °f the her of soeotitn'o e w as, a largs num- commcnced (\r'1CSe w 'en the gam0 laro-olv i« „ ^narvon supporters were made "tho ldenoe» close on 300 having WltA the t€am- Aber' numb r altnough not great in numb -i, made themselves prominent with th-elr continuous "bell-ringing." Carnar- von relied on the same team that did duty the previous Saturday at Towyn while Aberystwyth introduced Austin Jenkins and Harry Evans in the place of Patter- son and Jach: Jones in the forward line- All E V Davies (Llanidloes), was again the referee and at the call of the whittle both teams lined out as follows • — Abervstwyth-Goal, H D Roberts; backs, M Jenkins and 0 Green; halves, T Rees, (captain) P Edwards, W V Vfo"Var^ T J James, Bert James, Wright. 8, n'y Evans> and Carnarvon: Goal, J H Jones; backs. Evan Hughes and A Griffiths; halves, J Griffiths, lv Herbert, and E R Jones; tor- wards R li Roberts, T Roberts, W Jones, 'i± Roberts, and J Jones. Carnarvon had the good fortune to win the toss, and no doubt winning the tosS meant winning the game, as the Aberyst- wy hians were put to face a strong wind, + rain also pelting in their faces. \ber- ystwvth were the first to become a^ereS" 7 7 r. he way they openl-d it looked as if Carnarvon were in for a de- feat. Right in tho first couple of min- utes, Austin Jenkins tasted the Carnar- von goalkeeper with a swift shot wliicb Jones just managed to kick out. No sooner had he done so than Thomas again shot into his hands. However, Carnar- von, with the aid of. long swinging passes, came down the field and gained a corner which Peter Edwards cleared. A minute later they again became dangerous, and a mis-kieK by Green let in Jones who drove hard and true. Roberts, in goal, saved the Carnarvon player's shot in a remark- able manner, but from the rebound H R. Roberts drew first blood for Carnarvon. The Aber. custodian threw himself at full length in a vain endeavour to save. This mistake of Green's proved costly to his side. After some mid-field exchanges, Aberystwyth forced a corner which proved fruitless. Carnarvon showing effective football, got going, and a centre from Jones on the left was fisted out by Roberts, who was laid out in doing so. Carnarvon were at this time having most of, the game. The Aberystwjiih forwards oould not get into their stride, relying too much on the short passing game. On the other hand, Carnarvon played the ball from wing to wing, gaining much ground, and it was evident they were much too fast for the Aber. halves. From another rush, they again scored, the ball hitting the crossbar before entering the net. The Carnarvon supporters were now in a merry mood and urged their favourites on with timely shouts. However, Aber. were not slow in retaliation, and in a short time Austin Jenkins raised the hones of the Aber. supporters by scoring a. splendid goal. After this, both sides pressed in turns, and Roberts, in the Aber. goal, dis- tinguished himself by bringing off a mar- vellous save, managing to keep out a ter- rific drive by throwing himself at full length. It was a remarkable save. From now until half.*time, the game was hard fought, and Aber. came very near equal- ising when a shot by Peter Edwards, who was playing a good game, fell on top of the network. Half time was called with the score in favour of Carnarvon by two goals to one. Co After the interval, Carnarvon came away with a rush, but the Aber. backs proved a stumbling block. Later from a good centre by Wright, H Evans failed to trap the ball when a good opportunity presented itself. Aberystwyth made de- termined attempts to draw level, but the Carnarvon players did not hesitate to send the ball out of play, evidently believing that the best plan of campaign was to waste time. Hereabouts, a regrettable in- cident took place. The Carnarvon outside right was robbed by Green, who sent the ball into touch. One of the Carnarvon supporters deliberately hit Green with the ball right in the face and a hand-to-hand fight seemed imminent, but order was re- stored. After this the Aber. players were subjected to much "barracking" by » portion of the crowd who, owing to absence of ropes, encroached on the field of play, at one time being yards over the touch- line which gave the Aber. wingers no room to move. Aberystwyth were noW exerting great pressure on the Carnarvon goal, and it looked odds on Aber. drawing level. Onco Oswald Green made a good attempt to go through, and from his pass Harry" Evans just skimmed the bar. Another time, both Bert James' and Austin Jenkins were robbed by Griffiths when on the point of shooting. No fur- ther scoring, however, took place, and full time was called with the score— Carnarvon Two goals. 1 Aberystwyth One goal. ABERDOVEY v. BORTH. A football match was played last Satur- day on the Aberdovev football field be- tween Aberdovey and Borth. Borth won the toss and elected to kick with the wind at their backs. After fifteen minutes' play, T. Jones, the Borth outside right, scored..Five minutes from half time, r- Jones, the Aberdovey outside left, equalised. During the second half Aber- dovey were pressing, but the Borth de- fence was very sale. When the whistle went for full time, the score was Aberdovey one goal, Borth, one goal. ABERDOVEY JUNIORS v. EORTH JUNIORS. This match was also played at Aberdovey last Saturday after the senior match. final score was Aberdovey Juniors, four goals, Borth Juniors, one goal.