The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

4TO ALL WHO YARN.' ALWAYS IN STOCK, a Large Assortment of -W-OOLb in differ, iiL makes and qualuieB such as the WHITE and BL&CK SHETLAND YARN. ANDALUSI&N YARN. <GREY and WHITK WEuSH YARN) 3s. per Ib BLACK and COLOQttED YARNS. Special for making Hose, Scarves, Helmets, Etc., etc. A VISIT TO OUR WOOL DEPARTMENT WILL BE GREATLY ESTEEMED Robt. McLean, !SrISS £ at5wr. Portmadoc.

PORTMADOC. Tea and Entertainment.—A tea party and entertainment were held last week in in aid of the local sewmg; ihich is making comtorts ior V,eW. .soldiers. The tea was held at the Schoolroom and the entertainment at the Town Hall. Mr Eo. Hugheston Roberts, (O.C., presided at the entertainment and Mr E. Christmas Jones, conducted The programme included songs, instrumental solos auc* d "The -entitled "The Reg-stry Office an J Welsh Home.' There was a crowded attendance. Speeches appealing foi help for the sewing class were made by the Chairman and Mr F Show President.-Mrs K.. uwen u Aberartro Hall Llanatodr. has accepted this year's presidency of the Fortmaaoc Horse and l>og Show. wllHeli Blue Entertainment.—The rw nneii n .pierotts trained by Mr an is ■ Young gave an entertainment at \\ern b"an« sheetp £ li"rf lustweek should have been toed ] January 1st to 31st mclusn e instead o. JaSudden2D3tath. l,lie death took place on Saturday at 16, Wasdale-road, Liverpool, of Captain Griffith Williams, of ^he s.s. Nicosian," the only son of tbe ate t pt Edward Williams. Marion H«. Poit wg&s&fcp&i brt? their garner* «Belgian." man, and "Nicosian." Twelve months ago lie■ lu*dla severe illness from heart trouble *<n a passage from Boston to Liverpool, but made a wonderful reco»eiy- 'i,;s for several weeks last sinnmei sister (Mrs. David Jones. Snowdon-street) to recuoerate. Two months back he again went to sea. and had arrived in Liverpool from his second voyage when he had a c second attack, and the end can.e suddenly on Saturday morning. He friends and deep sympathy is felt for his ■bereaved sisters. f Personal.—Mr. Ivor Williams, son o Councillor Griffith Williams, returned home last week, following a successful surgical operation in Liv-crpool. He IS eon fined to the house, but is slowly mend- ing. He was in hospital for nearly three weeks. rr,i rPETTY SESSIONS, Friday February 25th.- Before R. M. Greaves, Esq.. in the, chair; Jonathan Davies, 0. T. Wil- liams and John Lewis, Esqrs. School Cases. Cases of non-attendance at school, brought forward by Mr J. VV Jones, school attendance officer, were dealt with as follows Edward Jones Corn i.il- place, summoned in respect of two girls, adjourned for a fortnight to arrange to send them to an industrial school, Rebecca Thomas, 4. Sawmill-terrace j, Kate Edwards, Back Comet Stores; Henry. Jones, Back Britannia-terrace, a,djoiii-nea for two months to see whether the im- provement which had set in would be maintained; David Hughes ^1, street, summond in respect of tw o chndien, attendance order was made in one case and the other adjourned for a fortnight, the Attendance Officer stating that he in- tended applying for the child to be sent -to an industrial school; John Thomas, 8, Sawmill-terrace, and David M. Roberts, Glanmorfa-terrace, adjourned for two months to see whether the improvement HOW reported would be maintained. ,Without a il)etli Evans, 4, Rock-terrace, Criccieth, was summoned for neglecting to have a fire guard. Supt. Owen said he brought the case for- ward so as to get parents to realise tho danger which followed neglect to provide fire guards. In that case a boy aged years got hold of a kettle of boiling wbjfcen and was bjaidty. scalded.—P.C. 40 gave evidence, explaining that the boy Tiad to be medically attended.—Defendant %aid she did not know the law and she had bought a guard since.—The Bench dis- missed the case with a severe reprimand to the mother and a hope that other, parents in the district would take a warn- in- Charges of Fraud.—"William Watkm "Williams and Robert Watic:n Williams. Xilanystumdwy, were charged with having stolen coal, the property of Mr Griffith Roberts, coal merchant, 1, Saiem-terrace. O'iccieth, on Wednesday afternoon, Janu- ary 15th.-Jolin Lloyd, platelayer, said that afternoon he saw the two defendants, "who are brothers, in the coal waggon of Mi' Roberts at Criccieth Railway Station fill- ing a bag with coal. William held the bag whilst Robert filled it. Witness said be did not know then whose truck it was.- William • It was Mr Griffith Roberts' trii(-k.-Griffitli Roberts said William used to be' in his service, but had never paid bim anything in respect of coal taken on January 5th. Moreover, Wednesday being half-holiday he had strictly warned the defendant not to sell any coal on Wed- nesday afternoons. Defendants had no right at all to be in the waggon that -afterncon.Robert: I am quite ready to pay for the coal.—P.C. Thomas, Crx-cietli. said the defendant Robert when served with a summons admitted taking the coal. --Robert: Yes; but I asked for it and in- d I tend to pay.—William, when charged in Oonrt, admitted 'the off enoe.Gi-iffi,tit Roberts said Robert had never asked him for coal.—Robert: It was Wm. I asked for the coal w th the intention of paying for it and I have offered payment since. Wil- liam Watkin Williams was further charged with embezzling small sums of money which lie received for coal.—Robert Williams. Tynyffolt, said on January 22nd the de- fendant served him with half a hundred- weight of coal, for which he paid sixpence and the price of half a pint of beer, namely twopence. He paid the defendant what he asked for the coal. He bought half a hundredweight of ooal i\'Om the defendant on similar terms a fortnight j before.-Griffith Roberts testified that he; "had not received either of the sixpences, Defendant had no right to sell coal. He I had warned him not to do so because be bad caught him previously selling coal •wjWumt handing hiim money. Mr Roberts added that he must say in fair-, ness to the defendant that he had always found William aln honest man until he -started bothering with the drink.—The Chairman: What is your usual price for Tialf a hundredweight ?—Mr Roberts: Ten- pence.—Sunt. Owen said another witness who had also bought three lots of coal at sixpence each had not turned up. In Tiis V'ew the man who had not turned up was worse thnn the defendant. Supt. Owen added that lie had brought the case forward for the i)i-etectOTI of Mr Roberts who was in delicate ben 1th and was orrasinnpllv compelled to keen indoors.— The Chairman st, d the defendants had "betraved a. position of trust which was a in,) particularly mean tiling to do. having re-

Sight Testing Spe tacles J If we cannot help, we say so. If we can, we do thoroughly, THEREIN LIES OUR SUCCESS. E. R. BONfJEF THOMAS, D F.O.A. Qualified forSitfct Testir.p, by Exsm. London, HonourB Certificate. | R. Bonnrr Thomas & 80n8 4, Bank Place, Portmadoc. j

WERN HOSPITAL. PORTMADOC. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. LISTS OF GIFTS IN KIND. FEBRUARY 21st to 31st INCLUSIVE. Mrs Griffith, Arfon Stores. Oxo. tea, cigarettes, soap. Mrs Williams Ellis, set Ping-Pong, set table croquet. Miss Rich- ard. Vronhaul, set ping-pong. Mrs Payne, London, tea pots. Mrs Davies Hughes, soap. Mrs Griffiths, Cedars, oil stove. Mrs Williams, Market-square, Tre. madoc, butter. Mrs J. R. Pritchard, ,a cigarettes. Mr Price Williams, eggs. School Children, Pennant, eggs. Mr Thomas Griffiths, School House, Llany- stumdwy, eggs. Mr John Thomas, Bron- eifion Stables, eggs. Mrs Williams, Tyddyn Gwyn, eggs, tea. Mrs Roberts, Gwyndy, eggs. Miss Williams, Winton Cottage, eggs. Mrs Williams, Bronafon, eggs. Miss Hughes. 5, Maenywern, cocoa. Mrs R. Roberts. Felin Bach, jam. Mr S. Roberts, Talafon, sugar, tea. beetroot. Mrs Janet Jones, Tainewyddion. eggs. Mrs Jones. Feathers, sugar. Mrs Thomas, Penypont, tea. cocoa, jam, Oxo. Mrs Wil- liams Ellis, extra ping-pong bats, balls. Set table billiards. GIFTS OF MONEY. £ s. d. Mrs Richard Jones, Tanybryn, Penmorfa 0 2 0 Mi's Lloyd Evans 5 G 0 £ 5 2 0 Entertainments to Soldiers. February 22nd.—Mr Young's Troupe of j Children. At the Hospital Concert. j February 26th.-Cliildi-en of Tremadoc. Concert at the Hospital. Use of Motor Car. R. M. Greaves. Esq. The Matron acknowledges all the above gifts with warmest thanks. WANTS. Apples, Onions. Pants. c370

PWLLHELI. Sea Fisheries. The value of shell fish landed in the Pwllheli district during the past year was JE519. as compared with C413 in 1914. The wet fish landed was L3,046, as compared with £ 4,872 in 1914. It will be noted that whilst the value of slielj fish landed has gone up £ 116, that of wet fish has declined by £ 1,836. Red Cress Certificates. The following candidates of the Voluntary Aid Detach- ment of the Red Cross Society were suc- cessful in first aid in the examination held in December by Dr. Gladstone Jones: First certificate Hannah Blodwen Authony tv (" I -N Nancy Davenport, Margaret Evans, Mary Griffith, Ethel Hughes, Margery Jones, Teresa Jehu, Mary Owen Jones. Emily Ward, Elizabeth Thomas Williams. Advanced certificate: Sara Evans, Ann Barker Griffith, Katie Howell. Ellen Jane Jones, Elizabeth Roberts, Marian Uhde. Proficiency badge: Eleanor White. The instructor of the detachment is Dr. R. Jones Evans.

RIFLE MATCH. In the return match last week at Pwll- heli between Pwllheli and Portmadoc Vol- unteers, twelve a side, Pwllheli again won by ten points. They won at Portmadoc by fifteen points. The scoring was remark- ably good, each side averaging over ninety- five per cent. Lieut. J. R. Anthony, of the Royal Flying Corps acted as umpire and referee. At the close of the match the teams were entertained to tea at the White Hall Hotel by Company Com- mander R. Breen Turner. The tea wa.s greatly appreciated and the host was cordially thanked on the proposition of Company Commander John Humphreys, Portmadoc, seconded by Sub-Commander G. E. Roberts. Mr Turner suitably acknow. ledged. Suggestions were made for further inter-company rifle matches and also fcr battalion parades. Details of the itiatcll:- Portmadoc Team. Pte. R. Lloyd Roberts I 100 Pte. E. J. Edwards 99 Plato mi Commander J. Gas Jones 99 Pt< Thomas Jones 94 See tion Commander S. Martin 92 Pte. W. Pike 97 Pte. James Edge 96 Sergt.-Major Evan Davies 87 Pte. W. Jon es 94 Pte.D.C.Pritehard. 94 Platoon Sergt. n. Hewitt. Beddgelert 99 Pt.e. Harold E. Jones, Beddgelert 99 1150 Pwllheli Team. Section Commander J. A. Owen 98 Section Commander J. E. Ravenhill 83 Quarter Master Sergt. J. Ellis. 96 Section Commander Hardcastle 99 Pte. D. H. Williams 100 Platocn Commander W. W. Jones 100 Platoon Commander F. E. Young 99 Section Commander W. Griffith 100 Pte. Robert Williams I., 1. 98 Pte. Stead Jones 103 Pte. W. Jones Hughes 87 Pte. C. IAoyd Roberts 100 1160

BLAENAU FESTINIOG. Obituary. Mr. Morris Williams, Dol- garegddu. slate loader at Oakeley Whart, died suddenly on Thursday. He was at work on the preceding Saturday. His wife died ten months ago. He was one of the trustees of the Rechabite Lodge. The death has also taken place suddenly of Mrs Salisbury, wife of Mr. Thomas Salisbury, Blaen-y-cae, Rhiw. She leaves a husband and daughter.—The funeral took place on Monday of Mrs. Owen. wife of the late Mr. Owen OwelJ, Aelybryn, steward at Oakeley Quarry. She died in South Wales when on a visit to her daughter. Deaths at Lian. --N.l I.. E. T. Evans. Belk |Yue, Llan, died suddenly on Wednesday. He was secretary to the Co-operative Society and an official of the Law Integrity Assurance Company for many years.—The death has also taken place of Mr William Roberts, Tynvmaes blacksmith, who was a deacon at Peniel C.M. Church for over twenty years. Promotion.—Seeond-iieut. R. Yaughan Roberts, son of Dr. Vaughan Roberts, has i heen promoted first lieutenant. i Cc-irpotitive Meeti.,ig.A successful competitive meeting was held on Thursday at Bowydd. Mr. J. J. Owen presided and Mr. J. Morgan Williams conducted. Mr T. Lloyd Humphreys was the musical adjudicator, and Mr. J H. Jones, literary adjudicator. Mr. Lewis Jones and Miss M.yfamvy Jones were accompanists. Chief i awards :—Chief recitation. Mr. Thomas • Jenkins. Essay: Mr. John Lloyd Jones, Library. Replying to impromptu ■ ques- tions: Miss Katie Davies. Duet. Misses Edith Wynn and Maggie Williams. Solo over eighteen Mrs. E. Thomas. Bowydd Solo, over foriv-five: Mr. Edward Humphreys. Pennillion singing: 1. Robert Thomas: 2, Hannah Davies: 3, Griffith Owen Williams. Mr. D. Francis was the harpist and pennillion were also sung by Dswi lai o Felllloll

WYf' CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Cam- brian Railways Company was held on Friday at the Euston Hotel, Mr. Thomas Craven, deputy chairman, presiding. The directors reported that aiter providing for all charges, including interest at the rate of four per cent. for the year on D deben- ture stock and appropriating £10,000 to general reserve, there remained at the credit of net revenue a surplus of £5,238 to be carried forward, in addition to the old surplus of £6,134 under the scheme of arrangement of 1885. In moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, the Chairman incidentally announced that there were 3,782 stock-holders on the books of the Company. A year ago, he proceeded, I had to explain the absence of our Chair- man, Lieut.-Colonel David Davies M.P., who at that time was engaged in training the new Welsh Army Corps, and he is again unable to be with Us to-dav owing to his being in Flanders serving with his Regiment. I am glad to tell you that the last news we had of Colonel Davies was that he was in the best of health and spirits; and I feel sure you would wish me to convey to him your good wishes, to- gether with the hope of a safe return to England. Another of our directors (Colonel Lord Kenyon) who was at the date of our meeting last year in camp with his regiment, is again unable to be here, as he is detained on military duties.' As many of you know, he is in command of .the W'olsli Hon-e. After also paying a tribute to the work of Lord Pcwis, the Chairman proceeded—And whilst 1 am mentioning these matters it is, I think, fitting that I should refer to the members of your staff who have joined the colours. I regret to say that already five of your employees have lost their lives in the ser- vice of their country—M. R. Williams, a goods clerk. and T. iVIills, a booking clerk, were killed in Gallipoli. W. E. Lewis, an apprentice carriage joiner was killed in France; and Stanley Mason, a platelayer, and E. G. Harries, an engineering pupil, died of wounds inflicted in Gallipoli. Thirteen other of your employees have been wounded in action. You will be proud to learn that a member of your staff (Traffic-reliefman W. E. L. Jones) was mentioned by Sir Ian Hamilton in his despatches arising out of the operations in the Dardanelles. The deep sympathy of all is with the families of the men who have lost their lives and we hope for the speedy recovery of the men who have been wounded. (Hear, hear). With regard to recruiting, the number of our men who attested previously to the Derby scheme compared very favourably with those of the larger companies. Under the Derby scheme no fewer than ninety per cent. of the eligible men employed by the Company attested. This high per- centage is most gratifying to us, and we shall do our utmost to release as many of our men as possible, always bearing in mind that we must retain sufficient for the efficient working of the line. I may men- tion that we have been doing a certain amount of work in connection with the manufacture of munitions; but not to a very large extent as our plant is hardly suitable for that class of work Passing 'now to the report and accounts, and with regard to "Estimate of further expendi- ture on capital account," as stated in that abstract, we do not propose incurring any capital expenditure during the year 1916. and that policy will doubtless commend itself to the proprietors. If you will refer to Abstract No. 4. you will see that there is, at the present time, a small debit balance of £3,677 on capital account, and we think it undesirable to take any steps to alter this at present in view of the un- certain financial outlook and the difficulty whieh we should probably experience in raising further capital (justi at present. You see that the net traffic receipts amount to £138,635 as compared with £149.Ie6 in 1914, being a decrease of toundlr, This a substantial difference for a company like the Cam- brian, and is, as you know, due to the fact that the arrangement with the Govern- ment provides that the Govern- ment should make up for the year 1915 the aggregate net receipts of the railways to tire amount of the aggregate net re- ceipts for the year 1913, except that twenty-five per cent, of the war bonus granted in February last to employees who come within the conciliation scheme shall be borne by the Company. The Cambrian Company was one of the few companies which showed a very considerable improve- ment in 1914 up to the outbreak of the war, as compared with the year 1913. As you know. we had been quietly, but we think very successful ly, developing the Company's traffics, and especiaHy had given close attention to advertising the various resorts which abound on your system and improving the train service, and 1914 promised to be the best year the Company had ever experienced. For the first six months of that year the net- revenue showed an increase of about £4,CDC, as compared with the half-year to ZOtli June, 1913, whilst the month of July, 1914, flowed a gross increase of about £ 3,CCD as compared with July. 1913. That increase was practically all net. This will account for out of the £10.5CO I have just referred to. Last year our share of tire war bonus has amounted to nearly £2.000. and we have made in the accounts now submitted an adjustment in respect of pre-war traffic amounting to about These figures substantially make up the difference of Mis- cellaneous receipts" amount to £8,102 as compared with £8.024 in 1914. There is a small increase in Rents from houses and lands;" a small decrease in respect of "Other rents, including lump-sum tolls." "Transfer fees" are practically the same, and General Interest" shows an increase of about £100. But I should explain that the amount of £1,892 shown for the year 1914 included d special sum of roundly. £1.200. Therefore on ondinary figures the general account shows a. very substantial advance over 1914, and that is due to the great improvement in the Company's financial position. You will see that you have an available balance of £161.79( as compared with £165,344 in 1914. being a difference of £:3,553, That is due .to the amount brought forward in being only £ 8,134. while the amount brought forward in 1915 was a little over £ 15.000. The net result of these figures is that after providing for the fix'ed charges, including, I am glad to say, the full four per ccnt. Oil the D delienture stock and the amounts due to the leased and worked lines, etc., there is a balance left of £21,372. Wo purpose placing to general reserve and carry forward £11.372. including the old-scheme surplus of £6,134. which is really in the nature also of a reserve, and we fee] confident that in the circumstances this course will heartily commend itself to the proprietors. Whiist I am dealing with this balance 1 think, perhaps, it would be well to explain the position of the prefer- ence stockholders which from correspond- ence Mr. Williamson has had with a stock- holder, does not seem to be fully under- stood. Under the scheme of arrangement of 1885 the year for preference stocks ended on 30th June, and it was provided that any balance at the end of December, after providing for the full interest for the year on the A. B. C. and D debenture stocks should be carried forward to the succeed- ing June half-year and form part of the assets for division in that half-year, the object being, of course, to provide that before the preference holders received any dividend for the year to 30th June the whole of the debenture stock, interest, in- cluding the I) stock for the first haLf of the year—which is the lean halt should have been met. But the Railway Com- panies Accounts and Returns Act. 1911, which came into operation in 1913, provided that accounts should only be made up once a. year, viz.. to 31st December and we therefore obtained a clause in our Act of 1913 reading as follows:—"The dividend on the preference stocks forming part of the capital of the Company shall be- calculated to the 31st of December (instead of the 30th of June) in every year, provided the profits in that year shall be sufficient for the purpose. Provided always that tire directors of the Company shall first set aside out of such profits (after payment of the full interest on the A, B, C. and D debenture stocks accruing due to that date) and carry forward to the next half-year ending the 30th day of June such an amount as will in their judgment and dis- cretion be sufficient, with the estimated net revenue for such halt-year, to provide for the full interest on the A, B, C. and D debenture st-ock", for such half-year." The object of that clause is of course, to keep the debenture stcek holders in the position k given to them under the scheme of 1885, whilst at the same time it enables the Com- pany to comply with the Act of 1911. The only other abstract I think I need refer to is No. 18—"The General Balance, Sheet," and I will only mention those items which show a considerable difference in the 1915 figures as compared with The first is "accounts payable." Tins difference is due to the fact that owing to the depletion of our staff we were not quite so forward with the payment of our accounts at the end of 1915 as we were at the end of 1914. The increase in our depreciation fund of nearly £4,OCN explains itself, whilst the in- crease of £10.000 in the general reserve fund is due to the appropriation I have already referred to for the year 1915. The reserve from traffic receipts for bad debts and special contingencies has been in- creased by £3,000. The total of the last three items is £49,073, and when you contrast that figure with the total reserves at the end of 1909 of £2,400, you will see the very great improvement in our position. This is a source of great satisfaction to your directors, and a.n evidence of the ability and close attention to the affairs of the Company which is shown by your General' Manager (Mr. Williamson) and his officers who work under him. (Hear, hear). There is a reduction in the amount of the mutual assurance fund due to a proportion of the fund being distributed to the mem- bers iij. the ordinary course. The balance forward of £11,37, as against £15,054, needs no explanation. You will see that we have added £500 to the superannuation pension fund account. As was explainea to you at our meeting in 1914 that is our proportion of a liability we have under- taken with the other railway companies to secure the position of the railway clearing system superannuation fund, of which we are members. Turning to the credit side of the balance sheet you will see that our cash resources amount to £:53,099, as compared with about £44,797 a year ago, and I think the proprietors will be interested to know that £ 30,CCO of that amount is invested in Treasury bills which will mature by the time we pay our interest next month. We have also invested £1,000 in war loan. The stock of stores and materials is up about £4,000 in consequence of a contract for boilers which we fortunately made about the time of the outbreak of the war. The outstanding traffic accounts are down. You will notice that under the heading of accounts receivable the sum of £21,385 compares with £12,129 a year ago; but that arises principally in respect of money due to us by the Government under the guarantee. You will remember that a year ago I told you we were converting two third class carriages for use as obser- vation cars on the Coast line during the summer. Unfortunately, owing to the difficulty in procuring materials, these carriages were not available until the autumn; but when they were r1.mnillg.on the Coast they gave great satisfaction and were very well patronised. I think, perhaps, you will be also interested to know that we have converted one of the Metro- politan tank engines, which we purchased a few years ago. into a tender engine, and the conversion has been so successful thau we have tow given instructions for a second one of these engines to he similarly dealt with. We shall probably do the same with a third engine, but this is at the moment under consideration. One of tjbe leading railway papers referred to this a-s being one of the most interesting loco- motive conversions which they had yet re- corded. I should just like to add that, though it does not come under the review of last year's working, notwithstanding the unusually heavy gales we have had this year, very little damage was done to your permanent way which speaks well for the condition of tho line, especially bear- ing in mind the -exposure to which the Coast lines are subjected. Mr. C. B. O. Clarke seconded the pro- position and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. The retiring directors. Messrs C 13. O. Clarke ami Alfred Herbert were re-elected.

GWYDDELWERN. Mar/iage.—A pretty wedding was sol- emnised at the C.\1. L'hapel oil Friday be- tween Miss .Laura. Jane Kooerts, onry daughter of Mr and Mrs Uaclwaiaur Koocris, Giove Mouse, Gwyddelwern, ana Aninoda Wen, Areing, xiaia, and Mr Thomas Francis Thomas, fourtn son of Mr and Mrs John Thomas, The tiand Hotel, bettws G.G. The Misses M. Jones, Manchester House, Portmadoc, and Annie Roberts, Tir Carwm, Bcttws G.G., acted us bridesmaids. The bridegroom was assisted by his brothers (Messrs Charles B. Thomas, t terng, Corwen, and R. Ohver Thomas. Bettws. The bride, who was given away by her aunt (Miss Roberts, Frondirion, Bala), was charmingly attired in powder blue satin with an overdress of broche ninon and tete de negre crepe hat (the dress being the gift of bride's aunt). She also wore a handsome blue wolf set of furs, the gift of bride's father. The brides- maids wore saxe eiolienne robes and putty coloured hats with gold brooches, the g'ift of the bridegroom. 'Hie bride's travelling costume was of navy suiting with a vieiu rose chapeaux. The Rev J. Foulkes Eliis officiated. The ceremony was Witnessed Oy numerous relatives and well-wishers. Mr 0. P. Davies, Corwen, attended as re- gistrar and Miss H. b Hannam, presided at tne organ and played the Bridal March as the bride entered the cllapel and the vVedding March as tne party left. The happy couple came under a shower of rice and confetti as they pro- ceeded to the await.ng car and numerous cannon commemorated the interesting event. A splendid repast had been pre- pared at the bride's house and the party navmg been photographed by Mr Gnffitn W-Jluuns, Gwalia. Studio, Cbrwen, sat down to the wedding breakfast. The Rev J. Foulkes Ell s read telegrams of felicita- tion and in an opportune speech congratu- lated Mr and Mrs Thomas on their marriage. Messrs Charles and R. O. Thomas, Mrs Thomas (mother of the bride- groom), Mr and Mrs Roberts (father and mother of the bride), Messrs J. W. Jones, Maesgarnedd; Ellis Roberts, Clehir; and R. Idris Will iams, Glandenning, spoke in similar strain and the bridegroom re sponded. In nddtion to the guests already mentioned, there were present Miss Deborah H. Thomas (sister of the br.de- groom), Mrs J. Foulkes Ellis, Mrs J. W. Jones, Maesgnrnedd; Mrs K Roberts. Caehir; Mile. E. Tilcin, Messrs H. B. Hannah, and Hilda Powell, Cbrwen. The happy couple left later in the day for Chester for the honeymoon. They were the recipients of numerous and costly presents. The wedding trousseau was sup- plied by Mr J. O. Jones, Corwen.

TOWYN Medica'iy Unftt. Mr. Haydn Jones asked the Under-Secretary for War whether men who attested and were re- jected since August 14th last, but who were not supplied with a certificate of rejection, though marked in the register as medically unfit, are now being called upon to under- go further medical -examination, and whether such action is contemplated by the provisions of the Military Service Act r Mr. Tennant replied that a man who has offered himself for enlistment and has he-en rejected since the date named is exempted from the Act. but obviously to claim that exemption h-e must prove that he conies within the description. If he has no properly-authorised certificate of rejection it is difficult to see how a man can prove that he has offered and has been rejected. If he has no evidence to support his state- ment he must be considered prima facie, as subject to the provisions of the Act.

PENRHYNDEUDRAETH. Appointment.—Mrs. Lloyd Davies, Tal- sarnau, has accepted a temporary appoint- ment as assistant teacher at P«nrhyndeu- draeth Council School, in place of a teacher who has joined the colours.

THE SPORTSMAN HOTEL, PORTMADOO First Class Family & Oommeroial Bote Under new Management. Situate olase Station, and near to all plaoee of intercrfe. Every tcoommodaion. Posting in all hi Branches. m64. Proprietress, MISS JONES. Tel. No. 15. (Late of the Qneen'i Hott k I

CRICCIETH. Major R. Lloyd Gsos-ge. —Major Richard Lloyd George, elder son of the Minister of Munitions, is report-pd to have been ill at the front for some days and is expected home. His incapacity is in no way serious, and after a few days rest he will probably return to his battalion.

Temperance Conference At Criccieth. The Bangor Diocesan Braach of the Church of England Temperance Society held its annual meetings at the Parish Room, Criccieth, on Wednesday of last week, the proceedings consisting of a conference, followed by a publ'c meeting. The conference had a. record attendance. The Bishop, who presided, said that when a man became a slave to strong drink it must be conceded that drink was one of the worst forms in which a person could lose his self-control. The King nad given a noble example, because he recognised that, drink was weakening the hands of many persons whose assistance was wanted to win the war. (Hear, hear). No doubt much of the drinking of the present day was due to the fact that a-large number of poor people were having much more money than they had ever had -tf >re. ai-d while all must- rejoice that the poor re- ceived more comfort than before, -at to throw away an excessive amount of money I on drink was most dangctnous. There was also a large number of the rich who j had not learnt that lesson. The other day he read that a million and a half pounds worth of feathers were imported annually. He could not see wliat possible use those feathers could be to any person. The ladies would, he believed, look just as warm and nice without them. (Laugh- ter). While they told the poor woman not to spend her money in the public houses, they should also ten her .rich sisters that by spending money on feathers and silver plate at the present juncture they were simply playing with the nation. (Cheers). The annual report of the Organising Secretary (the Rev. R. R. Roberts) em- bodied the police returns for various centres in Carnarvonshire showing that a considerable decrease had taken place in convictions for drunkenness. Gratification was 'expressed at the action of Sir H. J. Ellis Nanney in relinquishing the licence of a public house at Llanystumdwy, of which he was the owner, without com- pensation. Opening a discussion on Temperance and Thrift," the Rev. J. A. Rees (rector of Rhoseolyri) described the drink traffic as one of the most productive agencies for wasting food, fuel, men, and labour. Though a great deal could be done for the benefit of the country by means of restric. tions. it was impossible to make a nation sober by Act of Par^ament. Unfor- tunately the restrictions already in force had led to an alarming increase of drink- ing in the homes of the people. He con- sidered that the most effective way of checking the wastage was to at once pro- hibit the manufacture and saie of intoxi- cants during the continuance of the war, as had been done in Russia. The Archdeacon of Merioneth gave par- ticulars to the conference of the un- denominational campaign which is in pro- gress at. Criccieth for inducing the in- habitants to follow the King's example. Already the movement was meeting with I success, and inquiries about the procedure had been received from other phices anxious to take similar stens. At the evening meeting Sir H. J. Ellis Nanney was chairman, in opening the proceedings he said lie thought that of all the incidents of the war one of the noblest and most significant was the action of the II King in prohibiting the consumption of alcoholic drink in the Royal palaces. It was a great example which a large number of people declared their intention to follow; but the opportunity was, how- ever, not made the most of. What he meant was that the country was not sufficiently roused by means of meetings and other measures, for if that had been done lie felt sure that the King's example would have been followed by millions more of men and women. That, however, did not imply that the country had not deiived much benefit, from th-e royal example. He personally knew of a. vast number of influential people who were following that example. The amount spent on in- toxicating liquors during the year pre- ce-eding the war was £ 160,000,000. being double that spent on bread, the staff of life. He thought it would be a fine thing to halve the bill for intoxicants and so assist the country to pay for the war. (Cheers). The Lord Lieutenant (Mr J E Greaves) feared that thrift and economy were. for the most part, being preached to ears deafened by a fleeting wave, of false pros- perity, which had been created and was being bolstered up by the huge public expenditure on munitions of war That made it more incumbent upon all to urge by every means in their power the abso- lute necessity for economy, there being many luxuries which in peace times we had come to regard as necessities, but which we in reality could well dispense with often to our advantage. The most rot- able instance was the almost incredible large amount spent annually on the pur- chase of strong drink, which was estimated to be from 160 to 180 millions per annum, while it was calculated that other incidental expenses which the public had to bear in connection with the liquor traffic were about as much again. He supposed there was no longer any need to refute the old argument that alcohol was a necessity. As a food it was not; it certainly was infinitely less than the grain which was used, or rather wasted, in its manufactuire. (And yet the importation of certain fruits and other articles of great food value was to be prohibited, while the 30,000 tons of corn a week used in the manufacture of beer and spirits was still to be allowed to absorb a large share of the carrying power of our mer- cantile marine, to block railways, curtail our food supplies, and to unnerve a, nation in the. throes of a mortal struggle. More- over, the economic evils of drink had re- cently been glaringly -exemplified by the almost insuperable difficulties to maintain the efficiency of men engaged in the pro- duction of munitions which were abso- lutely necessary if we were to win this War. Speaking from nearly fifty years experience as a magistrate, for half of which period he had also been chairman of Quarter Sessions, he could say without hesitation that a large proportion of serious crime, perhaps seventy to eighty per cent., was attributable, directly or indirectly to intoxicants. The best way to control the drink bil] would, of course. be for everyone to abstain from alcohol of his own free, will during the period of the war, if only for example sake. The war had shown that we had even a worse enemy than the Hun. and with a tighter hold upon us. DrÍJlk was the only enemy Great Britain had to fear. (Cheers'). The Dean of Bangor said it was in encouraging thing that the need and value of temperance had been more gener- ally recognised than ever before. The reports of chief constables showed a decrease in the number of convictions for drunk-enness as the result of the restric- tions imposed. Now that they knew the benefit of restriction it was to be hoped that they would never go back tn the long hours of the past. He did not think that the innkeepers wished to have their houses opsn early and late. Should not shops also be closed earlier ? It might for a time cause some inconvenience to the public, but no one complain-ed of the short hours in banks, nor of the weekly half- holiday which shops gave themselves. After seeing various camps and interview- ing officers and chaplains, he had no hesi- tation in saying that, speaking generally, the army was an excellent school of self- eontro] and a valuable protection against intemperance. He, in fact, believed that one reason why drunkenness had dimin- ished was that many hard drinkers had joined the army and become sober men. (Applause). Other speakers were the Rev. J. N. Roes, Mr. R. Jones Morris, and the Secre- tary.

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gard to the fact that Mr Roberts was laid up with illness at the time. The Bench, however, felt that the defendant, William, had been tempted. They thought it ex- traordinary on the part of one witness, Robert Williams, that he should buy coal at sixpence per half hundredweight. They could not help thinking that he must have known that the price was an extraordinary low one. It was a matter requiring ex- planation, especially seeing he gave the defendant an extra twopence to buy beer. The defendants would be each fined 22s. 6d. and would be given a fortnight's time to pay. The fine included 5s. allowance to the witness Lloyd. The Bench refused to make any allowance to the witness Robert Williams.