The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

Gwynedd Rechabites. GREAT INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP. The annual meeting of the Rechabites {Gwynedd district) was held at Garreg Ddu, Festiniog, on Thursday. Mr. D. Jones, Erw Goch (chief ruler), presided. Delegates attended from Bethesda in Car- narvon to Harlech in Merionethshire. All gave good reports of the progress of the Order in the various tents. There are twelve adult tents and eleven children tents in the district, the membership of the adult tents being 1,306 and 1,349 in the children's tents. The district has added between 900 and 1.000 children to its membership during the past four months, and, consequently, received the High Chief Ruler's prize of jE5 and a silk bannerette. The Chief Ruler, in a letter to the District Secretary (Mr. J. R. Evans) con- Sratulated the district on the high mark they ad reached, and said that with a nominal majority only Durham took chief prize of the Order, the challenge shield. It was, he added, far more creditable to Gwynedd district to have the second position than it was to a thickly populated district like Durham to take the top. J. R. Evans, district secretary, said the sue- oess of the district was due to Messrs D. J. Williams (treasurer), D. Jones (chief ruler), and J. Thomas (chief ruler children's tents), who had kept in close touch with the tents. They had travelled from place to place, got at the people, and increased the membership by nearly 1,000. Mr. Thomas, Harlech, said that as the Rechabites could not expect much assistance from Parliament with the temperance question they must deal with it on the hearths, and get at the root of the evil. They had put down new tents in the Harlech area during the past four months, and there was a glorious out- look for the future. Certifies t°s of merit were presented to Messrs D. J. Williams, D. Jones, and J. Thomas for the good service they had rendered to he cause.

PORTMADOC CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.—The col- lections for Salem for 1918 totalled C300, the members numbering 232. The deb' has been re^n-ed to £73. The collections of Memorial totalled £252. the membership being 191. and the d"bt has been reduced to 2707. Borthvgest collections totalled £ 160 the membership being 156. The church is free of debt, as is al~o '.he sister church at Silopm. The collections totalled £ 62. the members numbering 49. sister church at Silopm. The collections totalled 962, the members numbering 49. ETFTON WYN.—The testimonial movement I to Eifiom Wvn on the bestowal on him of thf egre of M.A. by 'he University of Wales, is strictly confined to his friends. There was a desire to mtk- it a general movement, but Eifirm Wvn exnresslv stipulated that it should be "1<>Õ t, hi1: immediate friends. BTT,TJAT?DS—Mr Eddie Jenkins, Medical HPH, established a record at the Liberal Club last tv"k with a. break of 127. Mr. Jenkins wpc rie^ohilieed recently after three and a half years' service. The previous record WAS mrde in 1973 by Onart^r Master Wiliie Hua-hes, L1t,« ;g with the forces in Egypt) wit11 « "1'°" k of lot3 pm PTTR EXCHANGED.—Tb0 T?ev. W J Ni^-is-n (C V SMem, and the Rev W.' O. Evans (W.). Ebenezer, exchanged pulpits on 'Su^d^v. Tm B ELEr*TO'V.—Vigorous canvassing' is goirvr ni i" tt- TT-I)pn District Co"nc;l election «speci"l!v in t1.e Western Ward where there are nine candidates for four sent, There is a]c: a livelv contest in the Gest ward where there are flv" candidates for two eats. The contest in tl'e Eastern ward where tliere are ten candidates for six seats is not cmite so strthough most of the car(i,(Iates are cor(lu-fin.a a thorough canvass. Polling is on Satnt-dav ^t.f>-Trtorrow., and the electors will in t 11" c^me booth votes in connection oitil the G1!A"'di'l'1! election in wh:ch there lirp four ('ndi(l,!>tes for thrift seats. -The eGI1"ian! content is of a quiet character com- pa",n .at-, the Council contest. CLOfJTNO THE f?^RRTON.—Band of H0ne wonnd up the session on Tuesday with a tea partv and entertainment. The invited gue«ts included soldiers and sailors connected with 'h r'huff.v, ;F'MTFPtATN'MTNT.—An entertainment in aid .f Pno-l-'sh Presbyterian Church was eiven on W-(I,O-div nisrht, at the Town Hall. A OWi^th party reformed the sicted enntata ■4T!rvriipV,f)frqe+'h Joseph," unde- the conductor. shin of M1-. Hflrtlft,. Da vies. Criccieth. Solos, etc were given by Miss Nellie Jones, Miss Elsie Jones, Chwilog, and others. BLA^UAU FlfeilNiUG.

Arrangements have been oompleted for the Comrades of the Great War to use the Drill Hall as a Club. It is to be fitted up with billiards, reading, and recreation. The Council hag decided to accept the offer of Ge.man Guns captured by the 14th R.W.F. i; The trophies are to be kept at the Drill Hall pending the se ection of a suitable site. At the annual meeting of the Merionethshire Building Sic.eby, Mr. John Owen, Bryn Dinas, presiding, it was stated that there was a gain after deducting all expenses of C126 3s 7d, maJcing a total with the C25 8s lid in hand at the beginning of the financial year, of £ 1^1. 12s Pd +"02 8 Id was ein the reserve fund; general and deposit account, C587 8s 9d, and war loan, 21,010, yielding five per cent in. tet st. It was resolved to pay four per cent. -dividend for the year. Messrs J. Owen and Jo"eph Jones were re.elected directors. On Mr Joseph Jones's motion a vote of sympathy was passed with Mrs. Jones, widow of Mr R. O. Jones. The Directors were congratulated on the Society's financial position The following deaths occurred on Thursday —Mr. William Griffiths, 6, Picton terrace, seventy.two years of age, from apoplexy after four days illness; Mr. David Evans, 5, Picton terrace; and Mr, John Elias Morgans, Maen. ofT,ren street, who worked together in the quarry, from pneumonia. Th re 3 several cases of severe illness in the district and owing to shortage of coal the e,ch ;r>]s vere closed on Monday, the weather being bitterly and no fires in the schools. The R?v. Edward Parry, Aberdulais, form. evlv pastor of Seion (B) for twenty five years, has just completed fifty years service as prea her snd n inister, and his friends desire to give him a testimonial to celebrate the occasion. At the Y.M.I, on Wednesday evening, the Be En c'i E. Jones gave ? lecture on clothing. Mr R. C. Jones presided. M. Elias Divicq, cabinet maker, has been carvirg an oak chair for the successful bard at Pcmtvpnol eisteddfod at Easter. Bethel C V, Church, TanygrisiRu, has invited the Rev. l-a^c Parry, Flint, to become its m nister. The call was unanimous, Mr "R J r>a'-i"s (BarJwvdonL father of Mrs. P. Tones, Medical Hall, has been ill with pneu. irionia in Liverpool. Mr Dav'd Edwards, 150, Mancd road, died on Y,(Iv morning after five morth<- severe ill. Bess in his forty .sixth year. He lost two sons in the war. Martha Tones wife of Mr. Evan Jones, j Isfrrn terr?.c died on Monday in her fifty fifth S^"r- | There was a h^avy fall of snow in the dis- trict on Monday. I

SCIENTIST'"SfOMT TTSSILNG j' R. G. OWEN, F,S.M, ( CERTIFIED OPTICIAN, LL ANRWST. May be consulted at Buckley's Temper- ance, Portmadoc, every Third Fridav in j ——————— the Month Hours-11 to 8. 'IX::>" J w:- TeL: Krr. (7(1 J. THOMAS (Late J. Roberts), HIGH STREET, PortmRdoc. FISH ANrt POIJT.TRY MERCHANT, LICENSED GAME DEALER. All kinds of Fish in Season. Poultry always in Stock. Ice Bupplied. Orders promptly attended to. a27

Portmadoc Sessions. FAILING TO REPORT SCAB. Portmadoc Sessions were held on Friday before John Lewis in tiie chair D. Fowden Jones and J. R. Own, E;qrs. Superintendent Owen, cuarged David Price Bryngoronwy, Festiniog, with failing to re. port sheep scab. Mr R. T. doss, County Shepherd, said on March 6th he noticed two sheep at Efailuchaf Dolbenmaen suiiernig from scab. Jtie was informed by the tenant that the sheep be- longed to defendant who had dipped and dressed them.—Mrs Catherine Williams, Efai- uchaf said defendant had 31 sheep grazing on her land. Defendant attended the funeral of I)er husband on Mardh 5th wndc o,me of her huband on March 5th and came there the following day to dip and dress the sheep. David Price defendant said on oath that he suspected that two sheep were suffering from scab. He came there to dip and ex- anline them and .-ds th-elir kin wasl quite clean he came to the conclusion that there was no scab on them and therefore that there was no need to report them. The Chairman pointed out that it was his duty to report the sheep to the police when he first suspected the presence of scab. He was fined 10s. W. Williams, Back Britannia terrace, for neglecting to send his child to school was fined 10s. For non compliance with attendance orde.1, E!len M. Hughes, Smithtl1; was fined 2s. I

BARMOUTH. I The death took place on Friday of Mary Richards, the nine.year.old daugh er of Mrs. Richards, Leamington House, Marine road It is only about five months since the father was buried. Ulie funeral took place on Monday at Llanaber, the Rev E J. Parry officiating. The lifeboat went out for its quarJierly practice on Saturday, Coxwain John Morris be- ng in charge. Miss Dilys Davies (33), sister of Mr. Gwi-ym Davies Waverley Cafe, passed away on Friday after a short illness. She had been employed with her brother for some years and was much respected. The funeral took place on Wednes day at Llanaber. Sympathy is ex'.ended with Mrs. Lewis Roberts, Si Georges, on the death of her father which took place at Abergynolwyn last week On Siindpv, the following were elected as officers of the Park-roqd C.M. Chapel Sunday School:—Chapel superintendent, Mr. W. J. Grffi'h; schoolroom super n endent, Mr Morris G. Roberts; secretary, Mr. S' anle; Jores; treasuver, Mr. Humphrey Richards. On S'indiy. at the close of the evening ser- vice at P;'rk.road CM. CbArel. the "Dead March" was played by Miss Madge Price in memory of the late Mrs. Robert Williams, Water-stree'. Seven candidates are contesting the four vacant sents an the Urban District Council, whilst five candidates are contestng he two vacart seats on the Dolgelley Rural District Council (Llanaber Parish) A children's singing rehearsal was held at Caersalem Chanel on Sunday, the conductor being Mr. W. Lloyd Humphreys, Harlech.

4BERDOVEY. On Friday Tabernacle Chapel held its annual literary meeting, conducted bv the Rev. Jno. Lewis, minister and Mr. David Hughes, Royal House. The adjudicators were: Music—J. T. Rees, Mus Bac.; recitations and poetry— Messrs J. Maethlon James and J. Geufronydd Jones, Towyn. The awards were :-Essays: un- der 25, Miss Gwen Jones, Bryntirion; under I 21, M.ss Mary Gertrude Rowlands. Written examinations: under 21, Miss Evelyn Wane; under 16, Mr. J. Treyor Lewis and Glyn Thomas; under 13, 1 Eluned Hughes 2 Mair Bowen, 3 Meiriona Bowen. Homework 1, Edgar Jones; 2, Bessie Pughe; 3, Mair Bowen. Englyn—Mr. D. H. Rees, Cliff Side. Reci- tations under 8, Leslie W.Iliams, Angharad Rowlands, Joan Hughes Jones, and William Ellis Owen; under 12—1, Gladys Lewis, Sych. na-nt; 2, Mary Owen; 3, Hugh Conway Row- lands; under 18-1, Dilys Bowen; 2, Edna Green; clialleiige-1, Messrs Hugh Davies and Llewelyn Owen. Letter-writing—Miss Phyllis Richards. Translation—Miss Olwen Evans, Meirion House. Gloves—Mrs. Morgan, Gwyn_ fryn. Princess Petticoat Miss Jones, Glas!yn Pinafore Mair Bowen and Mair Patterson. Scarf-Bronwen Lewis. Wood carving—Mr. R. Llewelyn Hughes. Home-made Toy-Mr. John Dav es Williims. Oral Examinations in "Rhodd Mam"—Section 1, Claudia Evans and Irene Jasper; Sect:on 2, Tudur Lewis and Les- lie Williams. Pianoforte playing: under 10, 1, Gladys Lewis, Sychnan1, 2, Gladys Lewis, Boot Stores; under 13, 1, Hilda Jones, 2, Meiriona Bowen; under 15, 1. Phena Lewis, 2, Mair Patterson; under 18, 1 Peggy Owen, 2, Dorothy Williams. Singing: under 8, 1 Mason Lewis, 2, Avona Bell, 3, Myrddin Jones; under 12, 1, Dorothy Bell, 2. Olwen Evans, 3, Meiriona Bowen; under 16 Evelyn Wane; boys under 16. William Thomas Lewis; under 18, Evelyn Wane. Duet-Ceridwen Rhys and Ger trude Hughes. Soprano solo—Miss May Row- lands. Baritone solo—Mr. Owen Jones. Solo for previous nan-winners—1, Mr. David Samuel Evans; 2, Mr. Llew Owen. Quartett—Mr. Owen Jones and party. Glee-Mr. Hugh Lewis's party. Children's Choir-Mr. John Lewis's Choir. The accompanis s were Miss M Richards, Mrs. Hughes, Bodfor, and Mr. Gomer Thomas. Mr. John Trevor Lewis and Mr. Gomer Thomas were secretaries. The trea- surer was Capt. Rees Lewis morgan. On Thursday the funeral took place of Mrs. Margaret Jones, widow of Mr. Lewis Jones, mason, Fronheulog, who died a few months ago The deceased was 66 years of age, and died at Seacombe, where she had been staying with a daughter. The services were taken at the house and graveside by the Rev W. P. Robe-s (W.) in whose church deceased was a faithful member. She leaves five daughters, and two sons one of whom, Sgt. John Morris Jones, is :n Germany. On Sa' urday morning Maior Hugh Morgan, eldest son of Mrs Morgan, Gwynfrvn. returned home from Mesopotamia, after three years absence. Also Sergeant John Edward Jones, R.W.F., Church street, after two years i> Palestine. On Sunday March 23rd, the death took place of Mrs Jane Rowlands, 5, Nantiesyn, widow o Mr Edward Rowlands, a1- the age of seventy- nine. The deceased passed away suddenly after great suffering, and was buried on Thursday, March 27th. the Rev. D. E. Davies, B A. officiating. She leaves one daughter to movrn her loss. M'ss J M. Rowlands, the gifted organist of St. Peter's Church

'ffwm The members of th, Welsh C.M. Cbarel has appe'in'ed a oon->mitt'se to cooperate v-ith tb- <Jiacc*pat.e in the section of a pastor. The foil lowin? were appointed, Messrs. H. Haydn T) Jones, MP., H. Francis Jon0s: H. Morgan .Tone': M. Henry Jones; W. Ahin Jones; Ellis Morris and W. Pryse Williams. The fe.]Jawing have been appointed Sunday School officars for the forthcoming y-ar at the Welsh CM. Ch,,i pcl :Si iperin tend ent, Mr W. Alun Jones: assistant superintendent Q. M j Sergt. Evan Evns; sunerin ten dent of vestrv 1 Mr. David Jones; secretary, Mr. Richic Morris.

Harry Lauder Never. Has any Foot Troubles1 u I fr^Tr X *5 f/Tt J ¿4¡V"¡ C_ Pec«usp he uses R'1Nel Bnth S-».!tr;i< es, the sru ran teed wnv to remove and prevent corn, c"Jli)U8e. achi.jtr, tenderness ete Get' a r."ck?ige of thi* in expensive compound from "nor d'm ¡"t 1 o-rlltV ri", solve <i little In H foot Vnt.h to-night. nst your fa-t- in the inedica'ed ni-d oxy- genated water. Then bid good bye for ever to all your foot troubles. s884

Dolgelley Rural Council. COUNTY COUNCIL AS LANDLORDS Dolgelley Rural Council met on Saturday, Mr. M. Williams, Aithog, piesid ng. Dr Hugh Jones repor ed on a cottage at Penmaenpool where a case of diphtheria. had occurred. There was a dirty dra-n in the yard that would tend to foster disease and in. structions were given that this should be in- stantly removed. He visi ed Dyffrvn and r spec ally urged that immediate attention be given to the drainage at the back of Frofelen I terrace. The Housing Committee had no repor: as nothing had been done.—The Chairman said this was not the fault of the Committee. The trouble was that the Commit ICe could not come to terms with all the landowners and work was therefore at a standstill. Pait of the scheme had gone up 'o headquarters. There would be a new committee after the next meeting and he hoped they would finish the work Houses were badly needed in the d strict, the cost of which would be £ 20,000.—The Clerk (Mr. R. Ffoulkes Jones) sa.'d there was a new Bill with regard o housing before Parliament. Land- lords would have to sell at a reasonable price land suitable for build'ng houses. lie hoped the Council would keep an eye on this Bill. Many cases of bad housing conditions were reported by the Inspector who said the occu- {)iers could not be turned out as theie were no louses for them o go to. Referring to two houses, the property of the County Council which were in a bad conditic -r Hugh Jones said the County Council were the worst land- lords. It was thought that a public body such as "lie County Council should set an example and although the Rural Council was under theii jurisdiction, yet the Rural Council had to teach them their business.—It was decided, on the proposition of Mr Griffith J. Griffi b, seconded by Mr Evan Evans, to take proceedings against the County Council a statutory notice having been sent three months ago and not compii, r with. On the proposition of the Chairman it vvas decided to adopt a resolution to continue the licensing res rictions. On the proposition of Mr. Fielding, seconded by Mr David Jones, an increase of JE8 per annum was made in the salary of Mr. Ffoulkes Jones, clerk. The Chairman thanked the Council for their services for the past six years. Mr. Griffith Price said the Chairman had carried cut his work well. The Council were grateful for his services.

DOLCELLEY. At Dolgelley Guardians on Sa'urday, Mr. Griffith Powell presiding, the Salaries Com- mittee recommended an increase in the salary of the relieving officers by 203 as war bonus, and 5s. for the house officers. As the Clerk was contented with his increase of 20s. it was decided o accept the recommendation.—The sum ofJJ5 was voted to Dr. A. O. Davies, Mach- ynlleth owing to the condition of the road from Machynlleth to Oorris, the sum to cover cost of wear Rind tear xo his car.—A letter was read from Dolgelley Urban Council with re- gard to the offer of the Guardinns ot the workhouse as a hospital. The letter intimated thal, the Council were not at present in a posL tion to accept the offer, but the letter would be placed before a public meeting which was to be held shortly. DR WILLIAMS'S SCHOOL. The annual prize distribu ion (postponed from December) took place informally after the Governors meeting on Tuesday, March 28th. The chairman of the Governors, Mr. R. Guthrie Jones, presided and gave an interesting address on "the Lessons of Peace," and the prizes were distr buted by Mrs Burton. The certificaJ es gained were as follows :—London Matriculation, 1; Welsh Matriculation, 1; Supplementary certificate completing matricu- lation. 1: County Exhibition, 1; Central Welsh Board higher cert/ficate, 4: Senior. 10: Junior, 13; Associated Board of Music, local centre ex- animation, pianoforte 3; Rudiments of music, 3; Local School examinations, pianoforte, higher division, 7; Lower division, 7; Element- ary division, 4; Primary division, 5: Violin, lower divis'on, 1; Elementary division, 1; Royal Drawing Society, full certificate, 1 Honours certificate. 90; Pass certificate, 70; I London Insti ute of Needlework, 60.

OYFFRYN. Sergeant T. Jones, Taehwyddel, Dyffryn, has sent tne following interesting le -ter home re_ gard.ng the route taken by the 2nd Battalion South Waies Borderers. He wnte,i :-The Bat- talion were in bille s at Turcoing, November 8th, 1918, three days before armistice was signed. On the 9th November, 1918, we started towards the line to relieve one of the other bat alions in the division who were holding the line. On the morning of the lltli November, I 1918, wre were actually on our way to carry on our good work when we were told by a stafi captain that the armistice had been signed, and so we turned back and wen to our biilet in the old barn till next morning. The division having been selected to go. to Germany in condition with the armistice, the morning of the 12th we star ed on our long march, and carried full service marching order all the way, weighing about seventy pounds. The following are the places where we stayed dur.ng the march, and the number of miles we marched daily. From Tourcoing to Moorseele 15 miles; Celles, 10 miles; Dergneau, IOJ; Ghoy, 10 miles; Novem. ber 15th, 1918, Glioy to Ollignees, 7 miles; Steenkergue, 15 miles; Stree, 13 miles; Bousval, 12 miles; November 24th, 1918, Bousval to Ernage, 12 miles; Grand Leiz, 8 miles; Forville, 12 m-les. From Forville to Stree (November 29th, 1918), 16 miles; Stree to Comblain au Pont, November 30th, 1918 14 miles; Comblain au Pont to La Reid, December 1st, 13 miles La Reid to Stavelot, December 2nd, 15 miles; S avelot to Malmedy, December 4th, 14 miles; Malmedy to Montjoie, December 5th, 14 miles; Montjoie to Niddiggen, December 6th, 15 miles; Niddeggen to Ventweise, December 7th, 13 miles; Ventweise to Kurdoff, December 8th, 12 miles; Kurdoff to Krul, December 9th, 10 miles; Krul to Glaclbacic, December 13: h 15 miles; Gladback o Birscliied, December 15th, 18 miles; from Birschied to Remschied, 9 miles On the morning of December 4th, we crossed the frontier and our 1 and was piaying the ma,rch past ("Men of 'larlech), ard the German c vilians received us with s'lroriso a"d plenty of black looks, but tha. was all. The conditions in Belgium were rather serious, the Boche in his great t. had akf'n a m -t all the; horses from the farms to pull his transport and guns along, as his own horses were dying on the roadside for the want of food. Also he took a good number of cat-le from all the fa>ms without permission of the farmer, and killed them on the roads de for his o-nops, and you could easily see where he had been having a feast. The food was rather scarce in some places we stayed in Belgium, the people were li-ing mostly on bread and po-.atce- boiled. One thing we missed when we crossed the frontier was the flags waving from the windows. About fiFe yf-rds before we crossed he frontier we passed the last Belgian cottage and about ten m'nules after we crossed we came to the first German house and the o <"ipants looked at us ;hrou<?h the window. When the King of the Belgians entered Brussels a detachment from our Battalion went there to take part. i As wo rra. ked from La Peid to Stavelot we j passed through Spa where he international armistice commission were sitting and we had a halt for ten minu es just opposite the budd- ing where one German sentry was parading up and down with a. big pipe and his rifle elung over hir; head and looked very down v. We had very good weather the whole of the journey, only one rainy day iIl we got to Germany. On the 13th of December we marched through Cologne and crossed over the Rhine at 10.:30 '+ 11 11 .y. It m. oy ne tiojen^oj'en iJ iave, and tJ. une bridge it was too. In two days time we reached our destination and we hold twenty miles of ground from tho Rhine Bridgehead. This fmishod ihe march of one of the finest fighting divisions during the war Aft.T thrre d^y.V illness, Mr John R.oherts, Bellap-rt, died on Sunday week. The funeral took place on Wednesday at Horeb Cemetery, the Pev W. M. Griffith, M.A,, officiating, Great sympathy is f.-lt with the family. The Women's Institute held their monthlv meeting on Tuesday, Mrr; Basil Jones presiding. M ss D. Evans, Portmadoc, gave a demonstra- tion on d e s making. Refreshments were sun. plied. The Glf Committee has engaged a profes. sional golfer. .IIIt.I.,¡;¡:

| COTTAGE HOSPITAL. j The demobiUsat an reheme as fo-mulated by the County Director of the Red Cross (Captain Hilton Ke. shaw, O.B.E ), and agreed upon by the County Demobilisation Committee. has been approved of by the Cpnral Demobilisa- tion Board_ and by the Charity Commissioners, London. ,9{ Á-i -i- ¡ "!J

From Four Counties. The Congregational Union is pressing on Dr. J. D. Jones, of Bournemouth, a native of Towyn, to unde tnk the duties of honorary secretary in anticipation of the forthcoming reconstruction. When Mr. Lloyd George early in his career, was made an alderman of Carnarvonshire Oountv Council—to which body he had just been elected—he looked so youthful as to win the sobriquet of "The boy a'derri-an." By the w^v. there are those wh0 hope that when he relinquishes the Premiership he will become Chairman to the Council where he won his early spurs. How many poor-faw guardians are there in Wa-es who can compete with a long service record of members of the Bridgend and Cowbridge Board? Mr Lewis Jenkins, who I represents Llanblethian, has 45 years service to his credit Mr. Rees Thomas, Llantwit, I Maior and St. Donat's, 42; Mr Griffith Ed- wards, Coychnrc11 RiglJer, 41: Mr Thomas Rees, Coychurch Lower. 37: Mr. Edward John, Cowbridrre. 35: and Mr. Howard NN!!Iiams, St. Bride's Minor, 35. M-crjonethsftiire secondary school teachers, have decided to form a Merioneth Associa-'inn. Mr. H. R Williams, inspector, of the local Government Board, snid at a meeting of the Carnarvon Board of Guardians on Saturday, that- he hesitated to attend that board more than any board in his district because such excellent Welsh was spoken there, whereas in boards that he visited in South Wales the I language was merely a mixture of Welsh and English. The matter of safeguarding public interests in the water resources of North Wales was before the Merioneth County Council last week. According to the interim report of the Water Power Research Committee, four well-known civil engineers have been retained for carrying out preliminary surveys of certain selected areas in North WaJes. The Commi -tee s in possession of a report and estimates based upon surveys carried out in North Wales, and promising schemes are indicated. For example there is a power in North Wales which is cap. able of developing 4,400 continuous electrical horse power at an estimated capital cost of £41 8s. per effective electricail horse-power. This report is still under consideration, and the scheme will be dealt with in more detail in the Committee's final report. A great loss has been sustained by the women s temperance movement in North Wales by the death of Mrs W. R Jones, of Carnarvon, which took place on Thursday. Mrs Jones. was the widow of the Rev W. R. Joiios, better known in literary- circles as "Goleufryn," who had held pastorates at Car. na,rvun and Holy head. She was all active niemoer ui the women's organisation and a regular attendant at conieieiices eAd under tiie auspices ol tiiat body. The conLenls of tiie shell factory fitted up at Messrs. ii. Owen and Son's works at Car- narvan were dispersed Oy public auction on Thursday, by Messrs Kusiiion, Sou, and iienyon, of Manchester and Blackburn. Erected in September, 1915, this factory con- tinued to work for about three years, during which period the totai output was ubout liiu,000 shelis. The purchasers at the same were mostly outside dealers, one of whom gave ;LlOi- the highest price realised—for a 23-h.p. direct current electric motor. Two of Asquith's vertical drilling machines, 2Jiu. spindle, were sold for i;39 arid 236 respectively. A 9in. cqntre back-geared turret Jathe, which had cost R180 only realised JE31 10s; a sliding and surfacing lathe, the original price which was 1:120, fetching C25. Messrs. H. Owen and Son acquired some of the lots for their own works. Mr Evan Lloyd Roberts, assistant muster, Harlech School, has been appo.nted head- master of Aberangell, Montgomeryshire He succeeds ano ,her man from Harlech district- Mr. Evan Thomas, Penrh.w, Llanbedr— who has been appointed headmaster of Aberllefenni Council School. Mr Roberts was on the stall of Harlech school for many years, and two years before the war he went for training to. Dudley College where he gained his certificate. From Dudley he joined the Warwickshiies and was attached o the signallers. He was badly wounded in 1918, a shell demolishing his dug out. Buried in the debris, he was rescued great difficulty, having sustained injuries to the back which was the cause of his discharge, alter many months in hospital. He was an active member of -he Baptist Chapel, Harlech and preached occasionally in the pulpits of the d ffereut denominations in the district. Brogynin, North Cardiganshire, is the re- puted birthplace of Dafydd ap Gwilym but the Io!o MSS states that he was born in the neighbourhood of Llandaff when his parent. were on the way to die r relatives, including Ifor Hael, of Gwern-y.Gleppa, near Bassaleg. His mother (Ardudful) died the following day, and was buried at Llandaff. He was brought to Bassaleg, and was brought up by Ifor Hael and his wife, Nest. When his grandfather at! Brogynin died he went back to his father, but did no, stay there long, as he could not agree with his stepmother. Back he went to Ifor Hael, and before long lie met for <he fir<t time h-s uncle Llewelvn Fychan, of Cryngae near Newcastle-Emlyn At Cryngae and Dol- goch he spent the greater part of his 1 fe and was known as "Bardd Glan Teifi." These places are abou a mile from Henllan Station. Dafydd stayed here until his uncle was assasl sinated by the Pembrokeshire Flemish. Back he went again to Ifor Hael, but when his father died he went back-now an old man- to his estate at Bi-ogynin, stayed there a short time, and went to the Abbey of Talylluchan, where he d ed. According to George Borrow, he was so great a. genius in poetry that -he Continent had nothing to touch him. He had a good education, and was versed in five lan- guages. He was born about 1300.

HARLECH On Fridav night, at the Tryfar Debating Society, Mr W. Langford Brocks, B.A. late gunner R, G A. and formerly on he teaching staff of Llanbedr Council School, delivered an interesting lecture, Remin srences of his visits to Italy, Egypt, and Palestine with the R G.A." Mr. G Jones Williams presided Mr D A. Jones, M.Sc., Mr. L Wihon Robe-ts, Mr. Ed- ward Griffi h, a.nd Mr Samuel Williams spoke. TTnrle- the auspices of the young people of Tabernacle Bap'Hst Chapel the first eisteddfod was held on Wednesday even-ng and proved very successful. Mr Owen H Dfinman fcor- roral), Golf Villa, was chgirmnn, and the Rev. D. Davies (Dewi Eden) conducted. The adjudi cators were :M"sic, TIew Meirion; p-ose and poetry Mr. John Evans. Tyddynyfelin; recita- tions, Mr E. Lloyd Roberts and Goronwy Fychan. Tlie programme which was very or'ginnl, appealed to the vo-.ing Mk. The prize winners we-e:-Paroro-te solo, 1, Miss Olwen Robert*, Isvgraig; 2, Mis .Ten^e! Owen, Peny- br-n Talsarnau. Recitation, 1, worman Parry. Cemlyn; 2 Eleanor Morris. Gwyddfor. Rec ta. iyh 1. Tudwal Parry: 2, Lizzie Lhyrl. Ltan- fair. Solo under 12, 1. CR"sin Humphreys, Cl<vrwvn terrace. Recitation. 1. V7'zie Frances Williams, Cytle Cottage; 2, May Thomas Garage. Children's choir, "Clyrhn-j Aljernyfl" and "Ar h d y Nos," Miss Annie Owen's choir (conducted by Mr. J W. Roberts. Tsvgraig, in the »b*er»re of Mits Owen, who vns ill), was declared worthy of t,ne prizo. Frances rt.en Waterloo; essay, 1, L'sde Williams, 2. Ma.rv Owen. Ta'sarnan: duet, Misres Ner Hughes, Glaof yn. and T.ijian Roberts. Taharnau- "His'orv of Ellis W nn, plas Ynvs" Lizzie Williams: recitation "Pentecost", Cassin T 1 "I 'P' ')Y(l, Z. rsMsan Morris, Llanfair; I Co-Toured p'et-'re of Harlech Tudwal Parry. Cemlyn; pianoforte rooJ" under eighteen. -b en, Miss Ella Daves, Poli-e Rt.otion; ch ef essay, 1 Le-wis Arfor Davies, 2, Lizzie Williams, 3. Jennie E. WiTiams; party of e:ght. party from Llanfair, conducted by Mr Owen OWlms. The e«cavs were rdiud>n»ed bv Mr Ben Rowlands, Mr Davios, (TVwi who was ',he chiel promoter of t,1,.p Eisfeddp^d has mst comnlefied thiHy-thif.g years of strenuous labour with the children.

P^llH-LI Mr. W. Charles Morrisi, son of Mr John Morris, carrier, has passed the Board of Trade examination as extra master. The Allotment Hnlder" Association has made arrangements to secure seed potatoes.

Rev. O. R. Owen, Calvinistic Methodist pastor of PentreMin, while cycling to a chapel meeting collided with a riinaway horse and I sustained fatal injuries. The deceased was formerly moderator and secretary of the Mont- gomevyshire C.M. district. An accomplished 1 musician, he was a popular conductor at pealmodjy festivals, and a frequent adjudi- cator at eisteddfodau. -.=- -=--

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CRICCIETH. The Criccieth Juvenile Choir, ass-sted by a. small orchestra, under tiie conduc orsuip of Mr Hartley Davies, gave a rendering of the Cantata "The Triumph of Joseph" (Percy E. Fietcuer) at the Par.sh Room last week. The sopranos were Misses Nellie Jones, Portmadoc, and Dilys Hartley Davies; contraltos, Misses Elsie Jones, Chwilog, and ivat e Pany. The Can ata was most suitable, 'lhe muaic is melo- dious and nut too difficult, and the history of Joseph being so famil.ar to the children made it possible for them to sing with much in- telligence. The second part of the programme was of a miscellaneous character. Miss Nellie Jones sang three Green Bonne JS" (ilande- lot), and in response to an encorb sang "Bwthyn yr Amddifad." "My Dieams" (Tosti) was sung by Mr. Hartley Davies. Miss Elsie Jones sang "Break, breaK," and, in res- ponse to an encore, sang Gwraig y Morwr." Spr.ng" (feinding) was playeu on the piano by Miss McKerrow, the accompanist. Mr. Hartley Davies sang also, Angels guard thee" (Godard), wita violin obligate by Miss Lena MaHeU. The Choir gave a rendering of "Viking Song'' (Coleridge Taylor), and "Hail, Hail, Merry Play .time" (Tom Price). The ren- dering of these two part songs was must artis- tic, aud perhaps, the most buccessful items oi the programme. We owe a giea-t debt to Mr. Hartley Davies for providing such an excellent programme of music. To ins il the love for good music into the hearts of cliddren, anc; to purify and elevate -heir musical taste is, surely, a great service to the community. Mr. R. Rees Thomas, of Liverpool, was the chair, man. He is an old "Cricce h boy" and his love for the town is shown in his readiness to support every good cause. The proceeds of tiro concert were in aid of Seion (C.M.) New Or- gan Fund. The War Office has officially informed Mrs. Bowen, 94, Park Lane, Croydon (iate of Gwynfa Criccie h), that her youngest son, Lt. J. J. Bowen, M.C., 18th Welsh Itegt., who was wounded and reported missing on Apr 1 9.11, 1918, is now presumed to have died of wounds on that date. The British Red Cross organisa- tion discovered by a perusal of the German casualty lists that L Bowen's Pt, Book was handed in to the authorities by a Geiman Sani tary Company in. June, 1918.

BEDDCELERT. A social and a concert were held on Satur- da,v week for Mr. Robort Humphreys, bailiff, Goat Hotel, who has been ill and is about to undergo an operation. The conce t wa organ- ised bv Mrs Pullan, Mrs Pritchard, The School, Mrs Jones, Saracen's Head, a"d othc. s and was conducted by Mr David Williams, Ivy House, Portmadoc. The following took part —Miss N. Jones, Mr Llew Buckingham, Port. m,qd,c, Mr Thoma Evnns, Tre -.ndcc. J,-)I-n Owen, Portmadoc. Jessie Griffiths, and Serg-t Wi'liam Williams, PoHmadoc. The BCC mpanift was Mr J. L. Jones, Portmadoc. Thnrks were proposed by Mr W. R. Williams, Post Office and seconded t(y Mr David Jones, Emrys House. The proceeds amounted to JC12. I —

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