The North Wales Express

r ni fpnm tin imffi'i/irwffif ■1 NORTH WALES MIMES AND QUARRIES. GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The report of Dr C. le Neve Foster, Her Majesty's Inspector of Mines for the North Wales, &c., district, for the year 1897, has just been issued. The report states that the I total number of persons employed in and about the mines in the district was 9158, of whom 4687 worked below ground, and 4471 above ground; of the latter only fifteen were j females. Compared with 1896 there was an j increase of 227 persons in the total number employed. The greatest increase for any one county is shown by Flint. The output of the district is improving, although there is a notable fall in the production of the ores of lead and zinc. The Inspector states that compared with the great calamity caused by the under- ground fire at Snaefell Mine, which has formed the subject of a special report, the other accidents in the district seem insigni- ficant. There were three fatal accidents due to falls of ground, two in slate mines and one in a gold mine. Only one of the three was due to an unexpected fall of roof in a large cham ber, which seems to show that more care is being taken in making periodical inspections of the workings, as recommended by the Merionethshire Slate Mines Committee. Of the non-fatal accidents, seventeen happened in slate mines, fi in ore mines, one in a gypsum mine, and one in a hearthstone mine. Several of the casualties might have been avoided if the men had exercised ordinary care. No workman with common sense will climb up the working face of a slate chamber immediately after blasting, in order to ascer- tain the effects of his shot, for it is well- known that several minutes will often elapse before the wheile of the detached mass tumbles down. Five men would have es- caped severe injuries if they had acted with prudence and approached the scene of their blasts from above instead of starting from the floor below. The deaths from falls from small proportion of the total number of fata- lities this year, owing to the large number victims claimed by the Snaefell disaster. Dr Foster concludes his report with some general remarks, from which we take the fol- lowing: -1 have removed from mv list the names of the following mines:—Denbigh- shire Hafod, which has been transferred to the list of quarries, and New Minera, which is now worked as a part of Minera. The ad- ditions to my list are as follows —Cardigan- shire Caegynon, Elgar. Carnarvonshire: Cwmcloch, Sygun. Denbighshire: Maes-y- safn. Flintshire: Bryn-yr-henblas, Cam- brian, Cathole, Coetia, Bryn. Moal Hir- addue. Old Milwr, Plas-y-Talargoch. Mer- ionethshire Allt Penybryn, Mynydd Fodol Montgomeryshire: Cwmfron. Surrey Beechfield. J The old shafts at abandoned mines gave very little trouble last year; probably all the ItT rrffieSH 7ein°W ^6en reP°rted to me. It I difficult to know how much protection the public reahy expect, for an instance which came under mv notice lately shows tnat even well-built fences will not neces- sarily prevent persons from going S danger Some time ago a complaint wa^ made to me about the old shafts of an aban- doned mine; I at .once wrote to the owners of the property, who put up some excellent fences. One of the fences was so good that 1 thought it might be worth while having it piotogiaphed and reproduced in my report as an example of what should be done in similar cases. A strong vertical wall of solid masonry had been built up for a height of six feet, and the fence stands out promi- neJltly like a little fortress. Great was my surprise to learn accidentally that some young ladies from an excellent school, while] out for a walk with their governess, had been climbing over this fence. I wrote and told her that much as I might admire the gym- nastic capabilities of the young ladies in scaling high walls, I thought that she was probably unaware that, after climb-' ing over the fence, they were standing upon a platform of decaying timber, liable to give way at any moment and precipitate them down the shaft. If a perpendicular wall üft. higk does not constitute sufficient protection and warning, the law concerning fences must be made more explicit. While wishing that the statute were more definite, I think it is unnecesghry to go to extremes, and certainly I shall ask for no further pro- tection to the shaft in question. The public should be credited with a certain amount of common sense, and should be responsible for the consequences if they deliberately refuse to obey its dictates. A centrifugal pump dredger has lately been set to work for bringing up sand from the bed of the Mawddach estuary between Dolgelley and Barmouth, with the object of determin- ing whether gold can be extracted in paying quantities. The result of this experiment on a large scale will be waited with anxiety by those who are interested in the gold re- sources of the Principality whilst the bolder scheme of extracting gold firom sea water, I now being dealt with by the Bull Gold Ex- tracting Company at Barmouth, is one which will claim the attention of a still larger por- tion of the public. In last year's report I had the pleasure of recording the fact that the silver mechl of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem had been presented to a Festiniog quarryman. fo gallantry in saving life at the Oakeley mine; this year I am still more gratified in stating that a similar honour has been conferred upon another Welshman, Mr G. J. Williams, one of my assistants, and upon Captain Kew- !ey, the manager of the Snaefell mine. The c'rcumstances under which they gained this distinction nave been fully "described in my special report upon the Snaefe'l' disaster, and all I need do here is to express once-more my appreciation of their gallant conduct. \lv other assistant, Mr 0. It. Jones, ren- dered very useful service at Snaefell, and was the means of saving his comrade's life in very trying circumstances. In one of several appendices to his report Dr Foster makes the following remarks on the subject of nrosecutions: —"Formidable as my list of prosecutions appears, I feel that any further leniency on my part would be a mistake. The Quarries Act has now been in force three years, the owners and mana- gers have had its provisions and the special rules duly explained to them verbally and by circular, and it is time to make them under- stand that the statutory regulations must be obeyed. Besides, I find that it is not only the newer statute which is deliberately in- fringed my assistants and I are constantly meeting with breaches of the Factory and Workshops Acts, especially as regards em- ployment of children and young persons, and, the fencing of dangerous machinery. I am sure that if I have erred in any way, it is by not having instituted prosecutions enough, rather than by having been over zealous. Carelessness, indifference, and dire stupidity have been at the root of most of the proceed- J ings."

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THE EDUCATION VOTE.0 SPEECHES BY LOCAL MEMBERS. • In the House of Commons on Friday, the vote for public education, Sir John Gorst explained that, though the vote showed an apparent increase of £332,000, the actual increase was only £ 228,055. It wac; esti mated that with the amotint voted by the State, voluntary contributions, and the amount from the rates, the sum spent upon education in the course of the coming finan cial year would be 211,690,000. This sum was an earnest of the conviction of the peop' I that education was a national necessity, and that the country depended for its greatness I on an intelligent and instructed population just as much as it did upon fleets and armies Comparing Voluntary schools with Board schools, Sir John declared that he had made inquiries, and found that religious teachin was much more efficiently performed in Board schools than in Church schools. The Voluntary schools could exist only upon the conditions of their thorough efficiency, and I it was only proof of the distrust which the i House had of local government that it would not remove the restriction at present exist- ing which prevented the local authorities coming to terms with the managers of Vol-, untary schools. One of the greatest prob- lems that had to be solved was how the gen-. eral supply of teachers was to be increased, I and particularly in rural districts; and still another obstacle was the want of any organ- ised system of secondary education. Pub- lic opinion had to be awakened to the sub- ject of technical and commercial education Open doors and spheres of influence were little use if we were so ignorant and stupid or so ill-trained, as not to be able to take ad vantage of them. But it ought to be re membered that we could not build up a sys- tem of technical and commercial education unless we had a good system of elementary education as a foundation. A long criticism of Sir John's speech fell from the lips of Sir William Harcourt, who did not hesitate to say that the country was spending eleven or twelve millions a year upon "the most ridiculously imperfect sys- tem of education ever administered by any nation in the world at even half the cost." The fact that subscriptions to Voluntary schools were falling off and that the Govern- ment grant was not being spent for improv- ing education showed that the money had been obtained by false pretences, and the way in which it was being distributed was nothing more than a waste of public funds. I From a recent statement of the Archbishop of Canterbury it was apparent that the object of the Church was not that the Church should support the school". but that the school should support the Church. Mr William Jones congratulated the Vice President on his frank, straightforward state ment on the educational position of this coun try. Not the least interesting of the rigLrt hon. gentleman's remarks were those direc- ( ted to the case of pupil teachers, and the pupil teacher system. He rightly called our I pupil teachers school drudges, and from ex-, perience he could emphasise what the right hon. gentleman had said. Pupil teachers should be appointed at a more advanced age. In Germany and other continental countries pupil teachers were not appointed at thir- teen but at eighteen to twenty. Better edu- cational training was also necessary. Last year a select committee sat on the subject, and the evidence was conclusively in favour of a most drastic reform in order to secure greater efficiency of. teachers; but the nig ) gardly policy of the Treasury prevented this trom being carried out. In Wales, where they had a system of Secondary education; second to none in Europe, they could easily, send their teachers to these higher schools, I where they would get a proper training be I fore beginning the work of teaching in an elementary school. The Llanberis School Board had alreadj made it a stipulation that no pupil teacher should be admitted unless he had irst of all had two or three years' training in an intermediate or secondary school. But these pupils, unless they suc- I ceeded in getting a county exhibition ) bursary, had to be so trained at the expense of their parents! This was alPrery well in Wales, where they had .a splendid system of ) secondary schools, and where all the teachers could get their special training if the depart ment were only willing. What he woul urge on the oommittea was the desire < ting as broad and elastic a system of mediate education in England as they had Wales. In these secondary schools teachers would be trained not only with those who j were going into the teaching profession, but j they would mix generally with the sons the best citizens in the land. In that same way there would be an advantage in sending ( them to a university where they would get;, some kind of non-professional training. They did not want to have teachers brought up' under a narrow, stereotyped form of profes- sional training. Let them mix with those who had a widef 'orftlook and a broader intel- lect. This could be done by getting teachers to follow up a course in the secondary school with three years' training in the university, One of the city companies was now giving scholarships for that puppose, but they ought: not to wait for the action of city companies or wealthy individuals. The Government J had passed a measure giving a subsidy education, and yet that measure did not dea with the pupil teacher system at all. In stead of giving the money to train a better class of pupil teachers the Government were using it to make the voluntary schools weak-1 er, feebler, and more effeminate in character. I He emphasised the importance of this ques- tion, because, in his opinion, they could never have a system of good education in this coun- try unless they had the very best teachers. I An effective ■system of education depended almost entirely on the personality of the teacher. How were they going to get teach-' ers of weight in this respect unless they gave t them the best training and culture, and that in a non-professional way ? The effect of an attenuated and narrow curriculum was to produce a personality that was effete and feeble. Therefore he emphasised the neces- sity of culture and training for teachers; whose personality was going to influence the' children in both elementary and secondary schools, because the fertilising of the mind j in that way would result in making capable, citizens upon whose intelligence and charac- ter would depend the future welfare of the county (loud cheers). I After some remarks from Mr Cripps, Mr YoxaII, Mr Jebb. Mr Woodall, and Mr Gray, Sir John Gorst, in reply, denied that he had made any attack upon the voluntary j schools, who in many country districts were better than board schools. I Mr Lloyd George pointed out that all the members who had spoken and were entitled to be called educational experts had agre in denouncing the present, system of cduca tion in this country, altbouga it was a sys tem under which the majority of children were taught in voluntary schools, and the bulk of the teachers were trained in colleges under denominational control (hear, hear) With regard to building grants he desired to mention that the President of the Council had promoted a company at Eastbourne for the purpose of erecting a Board school, and that the company had come to an arrange- ment with the managers of a voluntary school for the payment in perpetuity of a sum. equi- valent to 4 per cent. on the capital invested in the company for the use of the school. That was a gross evasion of the set pas-ed last year (hear, hear). He did not think th^v w"u!d get ffectncy :1 the rural board schools until the areas were extended (hear, hear). Referring to the question of crime and education in Birmingham and Liverpool Mr Lloyd George said in .Liverpool there was a preponderance of children taught in volun- tary schools-before it was pre-eminently a voluntary school district—and the crime in p'^ortion to the population was three times ^reat as in Birmingham (laughter). He did not wish to pose as an apologist for Bir- mingham, but this fact, seeing that the Bir- mingham was pre-eminently a board schcol district, was very singular (hear, hear). In the majority of cases the doors of the teach- ing profession were closed against the child- ren of Nonconformist parents (hear, hear). Mr Balfour, interrupting the speech of the hon. member one minute before midnight, moved the closure (loud Opposition cries of "Oh"). The closure was earned by 132 to forty- nine. The amendment was then negatived I by 137 to forty-three. Tlie Vote was then carried by 138 to forty-one. I

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Continued). SEBASTOPOL. The cola and ctiow of the severe winter that followed told heavily upon the young soldiers, who perished in numbers from the hardships of the service, no less than 96 of the Royal Welsh dying in one month. In November the "Queen's goat" died at Seb- astopol from the effects of the inclemency of the weather, and when her Majesty, as usual, signified her wish to present another goat to the regiment it was decided, in accordance with the Queen's suggestion, that the goat should be kept in Windsor Park until the 23rd returned home at the termination of nAr31^ t^le sPr^n? the condition StPr'L Ie!ugreatIy imProved> and month a ter month the severe duties of the trenches ere carried on unflinchingly. On the 18th Were carried on unflinchingly. On the 18th ME-°OF THE 23RD uL-oio„h;, zsi:fua^ smairn^mb'i'f1 order wa? '<> and a the light division unhurt, who was slightly wounded, ordered these t' 25 ^"aga'vende^3d'- the wnr^ fain ended m disastrous loss At w°rd of command the ffallnnf oq • S °ver the parapet mJtf j rd JumP"d sPlendid sfcvl^^n A anced m line in their swordg in front6 saving m< These fivT iaDd °h^rinS on tb™ advance until th comPanies continued to i«ganSe whe^etLaPPr0aC?^ t7le re^er- terrific tWnn! th^emy's Are became so and canister lnto°tJ. ^e throwing grape infants nn tbff T Z6*7 t0eth' a°d the on to their rishtlhL^ Red™.|,rin £ ^wn they were staml L n' Wmle in fro«t receive them fh^f ? tBe Parapet read7 advance. r VaS lmpossible to funded close to ?i^SOu S severeI7 16 officers out of the 18 w a"daltoSether 9[ "»* and filfh^d flueZ tL £ rGmainAfJ it c few men to aSp^lhe £ ° £ "t, heing sufficient trenches TVio l e'. back into the casicn it,l" °! 2Srd on «>» ants 3 nant Somerville, 4 ser?«- I.y.sons C*B r' a"d.3i Private killed; Col. ?oole, A^^n^C? Vane' and 0'^nn Prev^; &1]e~3 Luke Bn £ s IZP:\ S°Men' Williamson, 2 &Zrf T^L°r1Smitb>,12 se^°, mounded, and 23 Dm? privates Of these and Holden and m, Dynely, Beck, H'°unds. Durint ,?en- died of their ^er, the Russian? retw^Tg W the siege was ovor « j from Sebastopol the war was terminal fol,°winSMareh tj>e Royal Welsh F. v t?tal Ioss of Crimean War was lurinS the 6 officers and W« 209 me* other diseas^ and ^en °- Wounds and d8 men missing.

THE INDIAN MUTINY. wMs?^ •Wt En«!an<1 '<* nble Indian Mutinv f VOJa«e the ter- Roval Welsh WPI^ J0^ °ut> an<* the Calcutta, andTmL^ fr1 to P" to rival there R-Pm mmediately upon their ar- Colm CampbelI'sTorLU? CO"ntry>ioin'™g Sir now TVia x i or the relief of Iiuck- gles"fl l °°k part in the arduous strug- gles and desperate fighting- of that gallant nitoi army, and in the attack upon the hos- Pital Ueu-tenant Hackett and Drummer Cross undor the 23rd, gained the Victoria oria under the following circumstances • °'ihe 82nd>badi^ ~h« ying m the open ground outside brigadier's bungalow, when Lieutenant Hackett Se forward and called for volunteer, t„ S ton ™/rCUmg vm i Lieut«nant Harring- ton and Gunners Ford and Williams immed- iately came forward. They left the house crossed the road, exposed to a heavy musk- th2n Ji' SrKUgMin the f>rporal' and with tbem Band-boy Monger of the 23rd, who re- ined the whole time with and attended wounded man, the boy bringing in the ^rpor^'s rifle. The garrison cf Ihe be! «eged Residency were soon afterwards with drawn m safety. The Roval Welsh lost 3 men killed and 1 officer and 22 wounded dur- ing the relief of Lucknow. The regiment afterwards served at Cawnpore, and was pre- sent at the capture of the camp of the Gwalia rebels on the 6th of December, whe nit cap tured three guns. It then formed part of Sir James Outram's force for the capture of Lucknow, which was smartly effected in March, and when garrisoning the Kaiser Bagh, the regimental goat died there in July. It then formed part r f one of those flying columns that did c; ::li admirable service in scouring the country in all directions, defeat- ins: the rebels at every opportunity with great slaughter, whereby tho rebellion was completely crushed. It was during the time of the Mutiny that the 2nd Battalion cf the 23rd was raised jji England and Wales in 1858. and placed under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Bell, V.C., who took it to Canada in 1866. In November, 1869, the 1st Battalion arrived at Portsmouth, after a service in India of 12 years.

THE ASHANTEE WAR. On 21st November, 1873, the 2nd Battal- ion, under Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Savage Mostyn, embarked at Queenstown and sailed for the West Coast of Africa, to form part of Sir Garnet Wolseley's expedition against Ashantee. Owing to the Fantee carriers hav ing run away, the whole of the regiment were unable to proceed up country; but the headquarters and 100 men, under Lieut. Colonel Mostyn, disembarked and proceeded to the front, where the took part in all the principal battles, and were present at the assault and capture of Coomassie, when they returned with the remainder of the force to Cape Coast Castle. Their casualties in this campaign were two privates killed, Lieutenant Hultcn severely. Adjutant Pbibbs slightly, and five privates wounded. Six officers and a large number of men were invalided from the effects of the climate, and Lieut. Johnston died at sea. The gOat died at Tagnation in January, 1874. The battal- ion had a grand reception on arriving at Portsmouth on 20th JfcK?h, 1874. ° The 1st Battalio|B ordered to India on 29th July, _1880^i^ccount of the dis- turbance in -Afghanistan, and embarked in the troopship "Malabar," under the com- mand of Colonel Elgee, and landed at Bom- bay on September 12th. On 1st July, 1881, the regiment lost its numerical designation, md its official title was declared to be "The Royal Welsh Fusiliers." In April, 1885, on account of the complications arising in the Russo-Afghan boundary question, tele- graphic instructions were received for the 1st Battalion to prepare for active service :n Afghanistan, but fortunately, the storm passed over, and their services were not hen required. On 2nd November follow- ing, however, the regiment embarked as part of General Prendergast, V.C.'s expedi- tion against the cruel King of Burmah, and under Colonel J. Tilley arrived at Rangoon four clavs afterwards, and proceeded up the Hiver Irrawaddv. At the end of the month J the British force appeared before Ava, and J th?^?mg^ar^e^SuSmditwnSI surrender, when the Battalion was at once landed and proceeded to the redoubt to superintend the disarmament of the Bur- mese troops. But although five regiments laid down their arms some 2,000 men had fled into the country, where, under the name of Qacoits, they afterwards gave much trouble to our troops. The battalion was socn after split up into detachments in various parts of the country, which were actively employed in pacifying the country and dispersing the numerous bands of Da- coits, who infested certain districts. At several places sharp fighting took place, the British having to carry enclosed and stock- aded villages at the point of the bayonet, but nothing could withstand their victorious progress. It was not till March, 1887, that the Royal Welsh returned to India, having C, thus aided in the complete conquest of Bur- liiah. Owing to the climate the battalion was a mere wreck when it marched into Lucknow on 2nd April, 1887, for although only four rank and file were killed, and two officers and 11 men wounded, no less than one officer and 87 men died of disease, and 10 officers and 141 men were invalided!; a total of 456 out of the 747 who had left Calcutta 17 months before. :č('

CRETE. On 8th February, 1898. the 1st Battalion, under Lieut.-Colonel Thorold, was stationed at Plymouth, Major F. Morris being second in command. The 2nd Battalion, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel R. B. Main- waring, with Major the Hon. R. H. Bertie, his second in command, at present forms a portion of the international forces gar- risoning the island of Crete. risoning the island of Crete. The colours of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers are inscribed with the words Blenheim," Ramillies," Oudenarde, Malplaquet," Dettingen," Minden, Egypt," "Martinique," Corunna," "Al buera," "Badajos," Salamanca," Vittor ia," "Pyrenees," "Nivelle," "Orthes, Toulouse," Peninsula," Waterloo, "Alma," "Inkermann," "Sevastapol, Lucknow," Ashantee," and Burmah 1885-7."

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SENSATION AT LLANFAIR. I A WARNING TO PARENTS. I I The little Welsh town of Llanfair Caerein- ion is not noted for sensational events, but t has just had an event which has net only stirred the town in an unusual degree, but has brought it into prominent notice in the surrounding locality. Llanfair itself is de- serving of a more than passing notice. Situ- ated some nine miles from Welshpool, L'an- fair enjoys considerable popularity among anglers, and so much is it frequented by these patient gentlemen that a certain Mrs Rowson, occupying a cottage in Watergate street, find's plenty of employment in the angling season in the making of the seductive fly. Mrs Rowson's labours in this direction have for some time been greatly interfered with by the serious illness of her twelve-year- old daughter, Sarah Rowson, and it is the extraordinary case of this child that has created such a mild sensation in Llanfair. SALLY ROWSON. The girl Sally Rowson, as she is famil- iarly known to the residents, was up to some months ago a bright healthy child, but she sud- denly became afflicted with an illness which li a d every appear- ance of St. Vitus' Dance. The story of the mother as told to a representative of the "Montgomery County Times," best describes the case. "About twelve months ago," said Mrs Rowson, "my little girl Sally began to be shaky all over. It was about six weeks be- fore last Jubilee time. She seemed to have a kind of paralysis- She screamed terribly all through the lll.t, and for about nine weeks I d not get half-an-hour's solid sleep with her. "She suffered from what was said to be St. Vitus's Dance. Shf) was al- ways staggering, and all her muscles were twitching and swollen. All her right side was twitching and every joint in her body was enlarged. The poor little thing seemed to be suffering very great pain, and wasted awa- to a mere skeleton. The fingers of her right hand were clutched to such an extent that I had to put wadding on her hand to keep the finger nails from cutting into the flesh. Yes, I had her under a doctor, and then got a recommendation for her for the Welshpool Dispensary; She was, very weak, and the doctors advised me to wrap her up in flannels and give her cod liver oil. But her stomach would not stand it, and I have got the cot liver oil in the house now. I was almost despairing of her recovery when a friend recommended me to try Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I sent for a box and began giving the pills to my girl. They quickly began to make a change. In less than three days they drove the swelling out of the joints, and as I persevered with them I found they restored her and gradually brought her limbs to their proper condition. She is now quite well, as well as I could wish her to be. "And do you attribute her recovery to the taking of Dr Williams's Pink Pills?" "Yes, I do, and say so in the face of the whole world. I firmly believe it, and would recommend them to anybody who is ill." At this point in the conversation tne sub- ject of the same, who had been romping with her playmates in the near neighbourhood, en- tered the house, and in reply to a few ques- tions she bore out her fond mother's state- ments as to the seriousness of her illness. She is now a bright, intelligent, looking girl, still bearing some traces of the terrible illness she has gone" through, but with the happy smile and animated aspect which accompan- ies complete convalescence. "Her recovery," added her mother, "was a great surprise to everybody in Llanfair, for all the town knew of her ailment, and asked me what had cured her I told them it was Dr Williams" Pink Pills. She was kept from school for months, and her recovery is talked of as being a really marvellous one." Local corroboration of this latter state- ment was volunt^i'ly given by several pro- minent residents in Llanfair, among them Mrs Morris, the landlady of the Red Lion Hotel who remarked to the "County Times" man, "Yes I know the girl Sally Rowson quite well, and her cure is a really wonderful one. She was very bad with St. Vitus's Dance, her mother tried almost everything until a friend recommended her to try Dr Williams' Pink Pills, and it was not until she began taking them that she began to get well. She seems all right again now. I know of several more people in Llanfair who are now taking Dr Williams' Pink Pills since this case came about and they say they are doing them a great deal of good." Amongst others who bore similar testi- mony to the "wonderful cure," as they ex-' pressed it, was a retired gentleman farmer, and on all hands there was indisputable evi- dence of the undoubted cure which Dr Wil- liams' Pink Pills for Pale People has effected in the case of little Sally Rowson.

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