Welsh Newspapers
Search 15 million Welsh newspaper articles
6 articles on this Page
Advertising
The Last Call r FOR Is sounding to-day. Xmas Shopping I It's message is a short one, but iull of meaning If you want to be i-eall v satisfied with the manner in which your oi-dei- ioi- Christmas Cakes, lince Pies (as soon as the new fruit Dainties, etc., is there is just one thing to cio giye your order to OWEN High-class Confectioners, (D. W. TEVIOTDALE) Bakers and Caterers. 19-21, NORTH PARADE, ABERYSTWYTH. HOW TO SAVE COAL. Have your grate fitted with a perfect Up-to-date SLOW-BURNING EARLESS FITMENT, As per illustration, It will only cost you 5/6 W. H. JONES, General Ironmonger, zn 36, Great Darkgote Street. Aberystwyth. SPECIAL MOURNING DISPLAY OF Ladies London Tailor-made Black Costumes NEWEST STYLES. Large and choice selection at High-class Millinery, in Hatters' O ° Plush Velours, and Panne Velvet, in finest qualities. Crepe-de-Chine & Georgette Gowns, Jumpers & Blouses, at The Misses COMPTON EVANS, (Opposite Town Hall) Queen's Square, Aberystwyth, LAST DAY- Dec. 31st, 1917. By order of the Executors of the late Mr. John Thomas. The Sale of Jewellery, Electro-plate and Silver Goods, Etc., will end on the above date. Anyone desiring to secure some Real Bargains should do so while the opportunity lasts. Fine Diamond Goods, Gold and Silver Jewellery of every description. Silver and Electro-plate, Watches, etc., etc., all at a discount of 4.. in the E, until December 31st. A splendid range of Articles suitable for Xmas Presents. Orders by post will receive special and prompt attention. 18, Great Darkgate Street, ABERYSTWYTH. d750 Barmouth and District. WALTER LLOYD JONES AUCTIONEER and VALUER, SALES of Property, Furniture, and Farm Stock conducted on moderate terms and promptly cashed. For terms, etc., apply the Auctioneer, King Edward-street, or Mr. John Roberts, Ripon House. E. R. Davies, AUCTIONEER, HOUSE and ESTATE AGENT, Auction Rooms, rear of the Mart, 28, Great Darkgate-street, Aberystwyth. Property, Farm- ing Stock, and Timber Sales undertaken; Furniture Warehoused, Bought Privately, or Sold by Auction. Open daily. Llanrhystyd 10-30 (Wednesdays), Llanon, 11-30, Aberayron (Crown), 1 p.m., Glanartan, Llanfarlan. c. THE FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, Great Darkgate Street, BEST VALUE IN FURNITURE J lewis" eyans. CABINET MANUFACTURER. UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDERTAKER 3egs to inform the public that he has always a large Stock ofFuroiture, &c., made on the premisas -NEW- ST. DAVID'S HOTEL, HARLECH. Close to famous Links and Seashore, Garage, Inspection Pit, Stables. Billiards, Excellent Cuisine. Write for descriptive booklet. FINEST SEA and MOUNTAIN VIEWS. i THE LONDON CITY AND MIDLAND | BANK LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: 5, THREADNEEDLE ST., LONDON, E.C, 2. I All Branches of this Bank are available for the purpose of receiving applications j and giving information respecting NATIONAL WAR BONDS. S NCOOKE Ltd. CHILDREN'S WINTER COATS. CHILDREN'S MILLINERY. New T1es. Bows. New Designs in Crepe-de-Chene, Silk, and Winter Blouses. Ladies' Winter Nightdresses, Dressing Gowns, &c. 0 12, Pier St., Aberystwyth. Also at Irelands Mansions, Shrewsbury. 20, New Street Birmingham. | AUTUMN and WINTER War Time Economy 1 However keen to economise you may be, you must buy Boots, g But you can exercise your patriotism here as in other directions, a Don't be extravagant. Consider carefully both the Article and S its price before you buy. I —— The Truest Economy Is to buy at DICKS. —— | b7 this means you will be sure of getting the best Value fl H obtainable, and your satisfaction with the Style and wearing | quality guaranteed by more than 50 years' reputation. DICKS for BOOTS. II The three things Men and Women look for when choosing their Boots are S 1 Excellence of Design and Fitting § Good Wearing Quality, a and Reasonableness in Price. H DICKS meet these demands so completely and effectually that it ■ will pay every man and woann to visit their 1 ESTABLISHMENTS AT 1 ext Door to Post 12, Great Darkgate St (N Office I ABERYSTWYTH, I 1 High Street, Pwllheli, Lester House, Llandyssul, I g High Street, Barmouth, Penrallt Street, Machynlleth, 1 g High Street, Lampeter, Victoria Buildings, Dolgelley, I 0 Hish Street, Cardigan, Bank Place, Portmadoc, I 1 King Street, Carmarthen, High Streat, Festiniog. I g Seymour Street, Newcastle Emlyn I g Seymour Street, Newcastle Emlyn I CREAT SHOW OF WINTER COODS AT WALTER DAV I ES, LONDON HOUSE, LAMPETER There are many sound reasons why you should do your shopping at WALTER DAVIES LAMPETER. You have one of the Largest Stocks in West Wales to select from. The Goods are always reliable-being the production of the leading Manufacturers. All Goods are marked at keen competitive prices. Latest Styles in Ei^h^lassTMri^^ and Velour Coats, Gloves, Corsets, &c. Full Range of Dr Jaeger's and Wolsey's Underclothing. Large Stock of Juvenile, Boys' and Men's Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats. Large Selection of Ready-to-Wear highly finished Black Costumes and Coats for Mourning. FUNERALS COMPLETELY FURNISHED AT MOST REASONABLE TERMS Special Prices for Goods suitable for Sailors' & SfljdiBfrs' Comforts- Socks, Mufflers, Body Beltn, &c., &c. Large Consignment of Khaki Wool to be offered at 5/6 per lb FACTS I about NATIONAL WAR BONDS. THE price of the Bonds is £ 100 per cent. There are four different Series from which to choose those best suited to your requirements—three of them are repayable with a redemption premium. £ 5 per cent. Bonds, repayable 1st October, 1922, at 102 per cent. £ 5 per cent. Bonds, repayable 1st October, 1924, at 103 per cent. £ 5 per cent. Bonds, repayable 1st October, 1927, at 105 per cent. and £4 per cent. Bonds, repayable 1st October, 1927, at 100 per cent. (" Income Tax compounded.") Interest is payable on the 1st April and 1st October. The first dividend payable 1st April, 1918, will be calculated from date of application. Bonds will be issued in denominations of 9.50, £100, £ 200, JE500, £ 1,000 and £ 5,000. Bonds can be to bearer or registered at the Bank of England or Ireland at your option-if registered they can be transferable by deed or trans- j ferable in the Bank transfer books as you may desire. If Bonds are registered dividends will be | paid to you without deduction of income tax but if you are liable to income tax you j1 must include such dividends in your own return of income. Bonds of this issue will be accepted (subject to certain provisions) by the Commissioners oi Inland Revenue in satisfaction of amounts due on account of Death Duties, Excess Profits or Munitions Exchequer payments. The Bonds carry the right of conversion into any future loans (except those issued abroad and short-dated securities) which may be issued by the Government for the purpose of carrying on the war. You will find full details, including conver- sion and other rights, in the official prospectus, copies of which can be obtained at any Bank or Money Order Office-go at once and get a copy and study carefully the terms offered, or- Ask your Banker or Stockbroker I Your Local W at Savings Committee will advise you in every way, But invest in National War Bonds to-day. ISSUED BY II THE NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE j! (Appointed by His Majesty's Treasury), |! SALISBURY SQUARE, LONDON, E.C.4. ij |j NOTE.— £ 5 per cent. Bonds Post Office Issue for £ 5, £ 20 and £ 50 can !| be obtained at any Bank or Post Office. A829
!:_------_:===-=-IOn Other…
-===-=- I On Other Pages. Farmers Coiumn .11 2 Poultry 2 Comforts for Fighters 3 Photos 3 Correspondence 6 Y Golofn Gymraeg 6 Ein Bara Beunyddiol 6
Iih ©amlmaw pews
I ih pews Friday, December 7, 1917 THE PREMIER'S CRITICS FoR some reason there exists in certain parts of Wales an undercurrent of feel- ing, if not against the Premier, sufficiently lukewarm to injure him with faint praise. This feeling has not yet been voiced on any public plat- form, but it has been discussed in many places, and it is necessary that it should be brought into daylight and dealt with The actual expression has differed in various ways. It has been said by some that the Premier has forgotten his friends," that he is Z, "coquetting with the enemy 'what- ever that may mean—that he is no longer strong on the Church question, that he has modified his view on a hundred and one of the pet subjects of those who speak. The critics w h ) have, so far, not attacked Mr. Lloyd George openly have but little basis for their criticism, except the fact that Mr- Lloyd George has sunk his personal views in a great effort to serve the country in a time: of trial. There is not the slightest reason for suggesting that the Premier and the other members of the Government have altered their political views because they are act- ing with men who were once their political adversaries. Esuecially does this apply in regard to Welsh matters. The great task in hand has demanded that the nation should be united, that the picked brains of Britain should be set to great and new duties, and that political views should be subordinated to the one great work. Subjects of great importance in peace times sink into insignificance when the lives of men and the welfare of nations are at stake, and those who are brave enough to set aside the less important matters, for the time being, and to centre all effort on the sen-ice of the State as a whole, deserve the support of the State and of every elector. Politics, and all that the word covers, must be side- tracked for the moment. Because the time is not opportune to pass certain measures and carry out certain pro- grammes it does not follow that the men who previously supported these measures have altered their opinions or changed their ambitions. When the time is opportune, when peace has j
[No title]
come, and when old plans and I schemes can be revived, then will be the time for criticism-if criticism will be necessary. The midst of a world I war is not the time for political quibbling, no matter how dear to the Welsh people certain schemes may be. The Premier has become the Premier of Britain after being the Premier of Wales—if the phrase may be coined— and in so doing he has not cut himself adrift from his own people—the greater includes the lesser, but the in- terests of the nation must take the place of the interests of one section. Similar criticism mip-ht HP- IOTOIUJ -4; great Conservative statesmen—against any member of any Coalition Govern- ment in anv land—but it is a position that must be considered from all stand- points, and, particularly, in a broad- minded spirit. What the Premier has done he can do again. The power that enabled him to weld together his own nation is still his, being used in a wider and more difficult sphere. To use that power to its fullest effect he must have loyal, support from his own people.
THE SLATE TRADE.
THE SLATE TRADE. SIR Albert Stanley, replying to a question on behalf of the Board of Trade, maintained that the Govern- ment Department's preference for asbestos tiles and other artificial roof- ing material was due to the shortage of limber, the inference being that when the situation with regard to timber improved slates will again be utilised. The explanation may satisfy Sir Albert Stanley, who evidently knows but very little about the subject, but it will be a surprise if the explanation will satisfy quarry owners, managers, factors, and the intelligent body of men whose livelihood depend on the slate industry. The neglect of the Weish slate industry is not a recent development of the official nind, but was in vogue long before the war and the dearth of timber, as is evidenced bv the roofs of drill halls at Towvn and Dolgelley which are covered with un- sightly moss-covered tiles in the n ry centre of slate-producing districts. Is it not a fact that tiles need more timber support than slate owing to then- greater weight per superficial foot Where, then, is the saving of timber j according to Sir Albert Stanley's ver- sion? The fact is that Government Departments' policy has been dictated bv so-called experts and faddists who have made a fetish of colour schemes to the exclusion of more material and useful aspects and purposes When tiles have been unobtainable, except at prohibitive prices, these gentle- men have gone in for any other roofing materials except slate, such as asbestos, corrugated iron, com- mon felt, etc.
I EDITORIAL NOTES.
I EDITORIAL NOTES. During the hearing of a slftnder action against a journal it was stated that the pub- lishers issued the following from their office :— London Mail," ''Sporting Times," "The Methodist Recorder," "The Christian," "The Suffragette," and "Poultry." What a literar- ary menagerie! A glaring example of official ineptitude was disclosed in the House of Commons the other day when Mr. Kellaway had to admit that huts were provided for miners at Clevehmd at a cost of S40 eaoh, a total of E75,000, with fur- nishings valued at £10,550, not one of which huts has been occupied or is lijiely too be occupied. The particular department that is responsible is the Minid, ç 1\u' ,uv. » • Aberystwyth Free Church Council, at a Inrge and representative meeting on Friday, unanimously endorsed a strongly-worded pro- test by the Nonconformist ministers against the treatment accorded Dr. Davies by the majority of the County School Governors. It is evident that the last has not been heard of this matter. Lord Kenyon's appeal to Churchmen and Con- servatives to heartily assist the North Wales memorial scheme comes at an opportune moment and deserves every support. Lord Kenyone has on several occasions displayed a breadth and liberality of view that has earned for him the confidence of the country, irrespec- tive of sect or party, and his present attitude is in full accord with his previous record. • Surgery and the supply of artificial limbs have made so great an advance in recent years, and especially since the war, that the loss of a limb or two in future will not be regarded as so great a calamity as in the past- and it would not be surprising to find individuals suffering from gout in the extremities having the offending member amputated and substituting a piece of mechanism equally serviceable nl1t, having no pains in its joints. A South Wales firm is manu- facturing an artificial leg which works so natur- ally and usefully that the fact of its not being the real thing cannot be detected. M. Cauet has now invented a mechanical arm with which it is possible to thread a needle and sew on a button or wield a sledge hammer. The various actions are produced un the Bowden-brake prin- ciple, the movement of the shoulders regulating the springs of the arm and the movement of the chest causing the opening and closing- of the fingers. The invention was exhibited at Carlton House last week when Lieut. Levat, who has lost both arms, showed how easy it is to write with the new hand. The various denominations of Wales are ex- periencing more and more difficulty in obtain- ing supplies of ministers and preachers. The difficulty will not be an unqualified evil if it- will only hasten the era when the several denominations will take stock of their position and consider uninterestedly whether it is really necessary in village and small towns to main- tain a number of mutually competitive organiza- tions. each inculcating the same basic principles, only divided by theological tweedledums and tweedledees and rival systems of government and administra- tion. That a great deal of preventible over- lapping of effort and waste results from this chaotic state of things is evident to every reasonable observer. A more favourable oppor- tunity for bringing such competition and over- lapping to an end can scarcely be looked for if only the leaders of the churches can be in- duced to divest themselves of their prejudices and sectarian bias and to concentrate on essen- tial principles. The waste of money and effort entailed by the continuance of the present con- dition of things is a reproach to our Christian profession and provides the mocker with ft never-failing cause for gibea.