The North Wales Express

Amlwch Petty Sessions THE PARISH council and their TENANTS. At the Amlwch Petty Sessions, on Fri- day, considerable interest was taken in an »ppttcati«Jii made by Mr S. Moss, M.P. (in- structed by Mr Fanning), on behalf of the Amlwch Parish Council for a magisterial wan-ant 1;0 eject four parsons residing at Rhos pla-.o, who refused to pay tho rent. There ha.* been a longstanding dispute be- tween the Council and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners relativc, to the ownership of these houses, which is claimed by both autho- rities. Mr T. R. Evans defended. The claim oil ownership was, however, not brought for- ward, but Mr Evans referred to the unwise action of the Council in not seeking a war- rant in County Court, where the ques- tion of title could be considered. Formal evidence of the notice to quit having been ,n, Mr Evans maintained that the notice wW bad, because the Act was clear upon the point that the nature of the tenancy ghoulu be stated, and this had not been done. He also raised another objection to the elfoct than the notices had not been read out to tho tenants as required by the Act. Ad of Parliament was imperative upon his point, and in consequence the objection oust, boo f ital.—Mr Moss characterised these abiectioi as childish in the extreme.—Mr if R. ans: I object to my friend's re- marks VTr Moss: My friend can object unul he h black in the face (laughter). His interruptions are neither gentlemanly nor, professional, and I still maintain that his objections are childish, because evidence has b(en given to show that those who served r h, notices tried to read them, hut that they were prevented by the tenant; and even aft. r that they went on co explain the nature of tnI'> notices.-Ile bench, after re- tiring, granted a warrant of ejectment with iu '-1 days in three out of the four casefe, and Mr Evans asked them to state a case- At ttJH same court a case of neglect of children was gone into. A single woman named Mary Jones, residing at Pensarn, was charged with neglecting her four illegi- timate children, whose ages ranged from 3 to 13 years.—Mr J. T. Roberts (Carnarvon), Vno pro ecut-ed, called Inspector Rowlands, whl) proved the case.-A fine of 10s and costs wis inflicted, and the children were ordered to be removed to the workhouse.

Llanrwst County Court A LINGUAL DIFFICULTY. Thi:, court was held on Friday, before Sir H. Lloyd, judge.—Mr W. J. Griffith ap- p' etl for a new trial in the jury case heard at the last court—the Bettwsycoed Slate Quarry Company (Mr London) against Mr •l.'hn Coulston—which was a claim for R41 dirndls for goods supplied and refused by defendant ou delivery. The new trial was nppliod for on the ground that the jury ^av.? a verdict contrary to the weight of evi- deruee, and also that one of the jury was not .■onVPr ant with the English language, and did uot understand the evidence. On these grounds the defendant felt aggrieved at the verdict.—His Honour said it was inconceiv- able to him that a juryman would take the odath and not understand the language in which a case was to be tried.—Mr W. P. Roberts opposed for the Slate Company. He submitted that it would be an insult to the juryman, as proposed, to put him in the box and examine him like a schoolboy.- His Honour: But it is alleged he does not know a word of English. I must find out whether he does.—Mr John Griffith (the iurvman) was then put in the box, and said y, ur erst cod English much better than he 0 iki speak it. He answered several ques- tions la English intelligently, but said he preferred speaking Welsh to English. He follow the evidence and the jury did n<! h\ve to explain it to him.-His Honour said hv was satisfied that the witness when on th" jury understood the evidence suffi- went! There were scores of people who cm¡ld- understand English better than they eouM express themselves. Neither did he ooroTir that the verdict was against the evi- de;Kv. He should not perhaps have criven as much damages, but no five reasonable mcr could have found for the defendant. Application refused. Mary Hughes, wife of Mr H. R. Hughes, auctioneer, Llanrwst, sued Cecil Popam, Waenm House, for R50 damages, sustained on Christmas Day last through the alleged negligence of defendant, who was driving a trap. Mr D. Jones was for plaintiff, and Mr W. G. Griffith defended. Plaintiff stated than he was walking with her father to have fhnr.er at his house, in Denbigh street, on Christmas Day. When turning the corner >rto Denbigh street she was knocked down by defendant's trap, which came rapidly roi the corner. She became insensible, her ;ot.hes were cut through, and she sus- t, d injuries which necessitated her being ta'e«i to her father's house, and had to stay therf under medical treatment several days. -Dr Robert Parry gave evidence as to the nluries sustained, and other witnesses were ■>. —The defence was contributory neg- 'i r-jo on the part of the plaintiff, who, it v•:»% a lleged, could have got out of the way or the trap had she tried.—A verdict was triren for the plaintiff, damages 15 guineas and costs.

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GWYRFAI DISTRICT COUNCIL. APPOINTMENT OF A SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. The monthly meeting of the Gwyrfai Dis- trict Council was held at Carnarvon, on Saturday, under the presidency of Mr H. Parry (chairman). AUDITORS REPORT. j The repbrt of the district auditor (Mr W. Griffith) was .submitted. The auditor stated that he was unabe to satisfy himself that the monthly wages sheets were made out from any reliable data—in any case no particulars were produced to him by which ho could check these sheets. « He had not, in a great number of cases, any evidence that the men had been paid their wages, as the surveyors themselves had entered the names of the workmen in the column headed "labourers signatures." The wages sheets provided spaces in which information might be given as to the roads upon the repair of which the workmen were employed and how employed; but in very few instances was this information furnished. This omisc sion appeared to him a very serious one, as the Council had no means of ascertaining when they ordered payment to be made of the sums entered upon the sheets, what work had actually been done in the parish during the month. On the wages sheets were included charges in respect of goods supplied and work done other than road- repairing. In nearly all the parishes, the surveyors did not produce to him accounts from the persons who bad supplied goods, or the persons who had done work other than road-repairing. This was most un- satisfactory. However, he did not cast any reflection upon the honesty of the sur- veyors, out when it was considered that the surveyors ordered the goods to be supplied and the work to be done, and had the dis- posal of the gouds, and the management of the work, and in addition were entrusted I with the making up of the accounts for the Fame, and with the payment of these ao- counts, the whole method of procedure seemed to him to be most unbusinesslike, I and opened a way to men who were inclined to be dishonest to become so. The wages sheets were the only statements submitted to him by the surveyors. As the Councl were aware, the surveyors of District Coun- cls should keep a cash account (if they were accounting officers), as., in the fact they were in that district. This was not done and we considered it a serious breach of the intentions of the Local Government Board The Local Government Board also con- sidered it necessary that a district surveyor should keep a stores account, and should show what materials had been purchased, and how disposed of, and what remained in store at the close of the half year. An in- ventory should also be kept of all property of the Council. The surveyors controlled an expenditure of about £ 2000 annually, but the accounts presented to him in re- spect of this large sum were, as already stated, incomplete and unsatisfactory. He must also draw the attention of the Coun- cil to the fact that they did not take from the surveyors any security. The present road surveyors were, lie found, paid salar- ies ranging from L5 to zC16 a year, and it was not reasonable to expect that they could devote the necessary time to the dis- charge of all the duties of the office of a district road surveyor for such remunera- tion. The retention of a surveyor for each parish necessarily lead to the accounts be- coming parochial. The expenditure was also necessarily parochial, while in the ledger it was charged generally over the whole district. If, however, this parochial system were abolished, the expenditure would be general as it should be. He had made enquiries in\ districts of fr sinlilax nature, and quite as extensive in area as that district, and where only one surveyor was employed for the whole district, and had been informed that in practice it was found preferable to have one surveyor with a detailed and practical knowledge of the work responsible for the state of the roads in the district. He was not aware of a rural district in England or Wales where the old parochial system had been continued after the Local Government Act of 1894 came into operation except in the Gwyrfai Rural District APPOINTMENT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. The report of the Highways Committe.e contained a recommendation that a sur- veyor of highways be appointed at a salary of R150 a year.—Mr Davies (Llanddeiniol- en), in moving the adopton of the recom- mendation, reminded the Council that the salary of £ 150, which it was proposed to give the surveyor of the highways, if ap- pointed, would be made up of the £100 al- ready paid to the surveyors in the different parishes, together with £ 30 which Mr Parry (fcho sanitary inspector) received for doing work which came within the province of a surveyor.—Mr T. W. Williams, in second- ing the motion, said that Mr Parry's time was fully occupied in attending to the duties pertaining to the office of sanitary inspec- tor, and consequently it was only right and proper that the work of surveying, which at present devolved upon him, should be entrusted to a qualified surveyor, who should be able, in addition to the ordinary work of surveying reads, to prepare plans of schemes of water supply, &c., and thus save the Council any expense such as had been incurred recently by engaging pro- ( fessional gentlemen to do work of the kind. —Mr E. Roberts thought that a great share of Mr Parry's work would be taken away by adopting the course suggested.—Mr R. B. Ellis pointed out that Mr Parry received L145 as sanitary inspector only, and his time was so much occupied with the duties connected with the post that he could not give his attention to road surveying for which he received an additional £ 3Q. It was impossible that Mr Parry could fill both appointments. As sanitary inspector he had to attend to slaughter heuses, the ad- ulteration of goods, and lodging houses, and these duties had not been carried out so thoronsrhly as they might be, owing to the fact that Mr Parry had too much to do.- Further dscuson followed, several mem- bers favouring the system already in force. but upon a division the recommendation of the committee was adopted by a large majority. PROPOSAL TO PROMOTE A BILL. On the motion of Mr E. Roberts, a eom- miJ. ted to consider the ad- visability of promoting a bill in Parliament for the purpose of enablng the Council to secure the lakes and tarns in the dis- trict, not already appropriated to supply water to the various villages. PORTDINORWIC WATER SUPPLY. A letter was read from the Local Govern- ment Board giving sanction to the Council to borrow R2000 towards carrying out a water supply for Portdinorwic.-The Clerk (Mr J. H. Thomas) said that the next step was to advertise for tenders.—Mr E. Ro- berts (Portdinonvic) objected to such a course being taken, and said that the majority of the ratepayers in the village were against incurring such a large expendi- ture to carry out a scheme which would, by means of standpipes, only allow each in- habitant five trallons per bead per day. The ratepayers w( 'e ready to spend R4000 to £ 5000 in order to provide the village with a proper supply.—It was resolved that the question of advertising for tenders be de- ferred, and that in the meantime the people of Portdinorwic should decide upon an alternative scheme. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. Dr Eraser (medical officer of healthh in his report, stated that the private slaughter houses of Talysarn and Llanllyfni were more or less unsatisfactory, and it appeared to him that the time had come when public slaughter houses for these populous villages should be erected.

Col. Platt's Fat Stock Sale The annual sale of Colonel Platt's, C.B., celebrated fat stock sale was held at Mad- ryn Farm on Monday, when there was an un- usually large attendance of butchers and others. The auctioneers were Messrs W. Dew and Son, who submitted for sale 93 Welsh wedders, 80 Cheviot wedders, 38 Cheviot ewes, and 45 head' of cattle, all brought into the ring in excellent condition by Mr Owen Jones, the farm bailiff. At the luncheon given by Colonel Platt prior to the sale, which took place in a room .avishly decked out with trophies and prize cards won by the Madryn stud of horses and herds of cattle, a large party sat down, Colonel Platt, C.B., presiding. Captain Lempriere (Llanfairfechan), in proposing the healtn of Colonel Platt, referred to the excellent char- acter of the stock fit Madryn, which de- served to be in good condition in view of the efforts Colonel Platt had made in the raising and improving animals brought into the ring (hear, hear). Colonel Platt, C.B., in re- sponding, said it was very satisfactory to him to see the same faces at his sales year after year. He was sure that they would find the stock in good condition-the sheep, in particular, were as good as any that had been sold before (hear, hear). It was a most essential thing for the butcher to buy good stuff (hear, hear). Colonel Piatt proposed the health of "The Butcners," coupled with the names of Mr Robert Hughes (Llanfairfeehan) and Mr Scott vLon don). Mr Hughes, in responding, re- marked that it was a great pleasure fur butchers to attend the sale year after year, even if they were not purchasers, and Cel. Platt, he was sure, was always glad to ve them partake of his hospitality and admire the prize stock in his shippons and stables Their host always breds stock which would suit any butcher, the majority of whom in Wales were glad to get hold of beasts bred in the Principality, and of that pure Welsh breed Colonel Platt had done so much to develop (hear, hear). Fat stock, as was well known, had gone out of the market, and consequently the great bulk of agricultur- ists and breeders had very wisely provided stock to meet their requirements in that re- spect (hear, hear). Mr Scott, who also briefly responded, paid a tribute to the ex- cellence of the stock to be seen at Madryn Farm.r Bircham (Wordsley), in propos- ing the health of Mr W. A. Dew. referred to the intention of that gentleman to take a voyage for his health's benefit,and expressed the hope that he would continue to conduct these annual sales for many a year (hear, hear).—Mr Dew responded, and intimated that he was about to pay a visit to the South of France for a little rest. There was a good attendance in the sale ring. Welsh wethers valued from 20s to 26s each, cheviot wethers and ewes from 25s to 32s each. Shropshire ewes averaged between 958 and 39s each. There was a fine show of fat cat- tle. The prices for cross-bred bullocks ranged between £ 14 and £18. Welsh bul- locks ranged from E14 to £30, and Welsh heifers and cows from jE13 to £27. A Welsh black bull was sold for Cl9 15s. The pur- chasers included Messrs Robert Hughes (Llanfairfeehan), D. Evans (Carnarvon), Owen Jones (Menai Bridge), R. Parry (Tref- nant Wen), John Roberts (Bangor), J. Scott (London), and R. Newell (Portmadoc).

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The "Times," reviewing Mr Barclay's book on the Birmingham Water Supply gives us the information on authority as to the water supply of the Midland town from the Radnorshire hills, "that only two out of five proposed supply reservoirs are being con- structed, and a corresponding proportion of pipes. This instalment is calculated to pro- vide 26 millions gallons a day. The cost is estimated at £ 3,340,700, or rather more than half that of the whole scheme. These facts wil give some idea of what it means to bring water from Wales. London is twice the distance from the Welsh hills, and the East London district alone requires 46 mil- lion gallans a day in summer. If it takes ten years, and costs between three and four millions to bring 26 million gallons to Bir- mingham, how long would it take and what would it cost to bring double the quantity tho distance f' .<

Fnneral of the late Mr Robert Rowland, J.P., Plas Isaf. In accordance with the wish of Mr Robert Rowland, J.P., Plas Isaf, Penmorfa, Port- madoc, who died on the 15th inst., his re- mains were interred at Portmadoc Cemetery ( last Saturday, the services both at the house and at the grave being of the simplest char- acter. The funeral procession was to start at 1.30, and soon afterwards the Rev David Roberts, secretary of the Lleyn and Eifion- ydd Monthly Meeting, was called upon by the Rev J.J. Roberts, who arranged the de- votional services, to give out a hymn. Then the Rev Evan Jones, Carnarvon, president of the Calvinistio Methodists General As- sembly, read! a portion of Scripture, and the Rev Griffith Ellis, M.A., Bootle, prayed. A procession was then formed, and proceeded through Tremadoc and Portmadoc, to the | Cemetery, which was reached about 3.15. The coffin was of polished oak, with brass fittings, and a plate bearing deceased s name, his age, and date of death. The nearest blood relations bcre the coffin from the house to the hearse, and from the latter to the grave. At the grave side the Rev D.O'Brien Owen, Carnarvon, gave out a hymn, the Rev Francis Jones read a portion of the Scripture, and the Rev Thomas Owen, Port- madoc, engaged in prayer. Mr William Parry (Eos Alltwen) conducted the singing. Among the relatives were Messrs R. G. Pri- chard, Llwyn Onn; Daniel Williams, solici- tor; J. R. Prichard, J.P., Daniel Williams, Ivy House; David Williams, ditto.; William Prichard, shipbroker; J. R. Jones, R. Jones, and J. Rowlands, Portmadoc Post Office; John Williams, Lombard street, Portmadoc J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., Edward Jones, Trewythen; John Jones, cabinet maker, and others; and amongst the general public were the Revs D. Lloyd Jones, M.A., J. E. Hughes, M.A., Edward Lloyd, Gatehouse; William Jones, M.A., Fourcrosses; O. T. Williams, B.A., John Jones, Pencaenew- ydd; John Hughes, Edeyrn; W. T. Jones, Llanbedrog; John Ellis, Pwllheli; Canon Davies, ditto. LI. R. Hughes, M.A., vicar, Portmadoo; Griffith Parry, Borthygest; R. H. Morgan, M.A., Bangor; Daniel Row- lands, M.A., ditto; Lewis Ellis, Thomas Griffith, Ty'nllan; David Williams, Llan- wnda; W. R. Jones, Llanfrothen; R. W. Jones, Penmaenmawr; T. Gwynedd Ro- berts, Henry Hughes, William Williams, Criccieth T. Levi, Henry Jones, Prenteg; D. B. Davies, Penmorfa; Robert Roberts, and M. E. Morris, Minffordd; R. R. Jones, Fourcrosses; Samuel Owen, Tanygrisiau R. Rowlands, Corris John Jones, F.R.U.S, J. T. Prichard, Pwllheli; Evan Roberts, and John Williams, B.A., Dolgelley; Owen Evans (W.), and H. Ivor Jones (Cong.),Port- madoc R. Evans, Harlech; John Lloyd, Tremadoc; William Jones, Tremadoc; Ro- bert Thomas, Llanerchymedd; J. Gwynoro Davies; Messrs John Owen, Liandinam; Edward Griffith, J.P., Dolgelley; Richard Davies, John Jones Morris, H. Tudwal Da- vies, Robert Thomas, J.P., County Council- lors Richard Lloyd (representing Messrs Lloyd George and George), Griffith Prichard, ship broker John and Robert Owen, Paris House, all the deacons of Penmorfa, Bryn- melyn, and Tremadoc Chapels; Griffith Ro- berts, Glanfrafon, Bodfean; John Jones, Hugh Williams, R. 0. Jones, Maurice Jones, Pwllheli; Dr Henry Evans, Dr Hunter Hughes, Dr Roberts (Isallt), Captain David Richards, harbour master; Captain Morris Joees, Captain Jones, Glwysfa, Aberercn Captain E. Jones, Borthygest; Captain H. Roberts ("Constance"), Captain David Rich- ards, Llys Ddafydd; R. O. Williams and Richard Williams, Garn; Cadwaladr Griffith, pork butcher Richard Hughes and Robert Hughes, corn merchants; William Hughes, coal merchant; John Williams, flour mer- chant, Tremadoc; W. R. Owen, inspector, North and South Wales Bank; O. Owen, North and South Wales Bank, Pwllheli; William Jones and Robert Roberts, ditto, Portmadoc; Robert Williams, Britannia Foundry John Johnstone, Portmadoc; Da- vid Jones, ship builder; Hugh Jones, Snow- don street; D. Morris, The Oakeley's; W. Parry, stone mason, Penmorfa; Evan Hum- phreys, slate works; Hugh Williams, draper, High street, Portmadoc; J. T. Jones, Parc- iau; David Jones, gas works; William Jones, Bodaden; Richard Jones, Bryn, Groeslon Griffith Griffiths, Tyddyn Llwyn; Dr Jones Morris, Dr R. T. Jones, Harlech Robert Jones Morris, J.P., Ty Cerig, Tal- sarnau; R. W. Jones, Ty Cerig, Garn; C. E. Breese, R. Casson, T. Hughes, North and South Wales Bank, Carnarvon; Thomas Jones (Cynhaiarn), John Jones, clelk, Portmadoc Council; Henry Roberts, auc- tioneer Edward Roberts, Bronyfoel; Hen- ry Roberts, Llysawel; W. T. Williams, schoolmaster; John Evans, M.A.,Criccieth Captain Robert Williams ("Palestine"), J. Tobias, solicitor; G. G. Davies, Glanypwll; W. H. Williams, Liverpool; Griffith Ro- berts, contractor; O. Robyns Owen, Pwll- heli R. McLean, William Timothy, Cap- tain Evan Jones, Criccieth; W. Emlvn Jones, Portmadoc; Captain Evan Griffith, Gesail Gyfarch; J. Jones, schoolmaster, Beddgelert; W. Morris Jones, solicitor; Dr W. Griffith, Pwllheli; S. R. Jones, Llwyn- vmafon; Robert Evans, tailor; Cornelius Roberts, Portmadoc; Evan Owen, Ty Uch- af; D. Evans, Tremadoc; D. B. Solomon, Hughes, Penychain; W. Jones and Gri- ffith Hughes, Lombar street; Norman Da- vies, Carnarvon: Evan Parry, Ysgubor Wen, Pwllheli Thomas Jenkins, chemist; W. R. Williams, Criccieth; W. W. Morris, Cwmorthin, and others. On Sunday evening the Rev J. J. Roberts delivered a funeral sermon at Penmorfa Chapel.

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The Prevention of Consumption. Something like 40,000 lives are annually destroyed in England and Wales by tuber- culosis of the lungs, otherwise called con- sumption or pulmonary phthisis. Now, while phthisis and certain other pre- vailing forms of tuberculous disease are mainly due to the inhabitation of the bacil- lus, to its introduction into the air passages of the lungs themselves, or into sores or other breaches of continuity in the mem- branes of the nose or throat, at all events to airborne contagion, tubercle of the mesen- teric glands is mainly due to the introduc- tion of the bacillus into the digestive tract by swallowing it, possibly sometimes when it has remained in the mouth after inhalation, but certainly, as a rule, by its being present in some article of food or drink. The food of children under one year of age is largely composed of milk, and the milk of oows frequently contains-the tubercle bacil- lus. In Denmark, great pro- gress has been made in diminishing tuber- culosis in cattle by the establishment of separate buildings for the infected and for the healthy, and by preventing all com- munication between them. This is clearly a matter for agriculturists themselves; but it is manifest that the sale of highly tuber- culous meat should be prohibited- and the meat itself condemned. Sir Richard T. Thome, K.C.B., the Chief Medical Officer of the Local Government Board, avers that we are the only civilized nation who habitually consume milk raw. As we have on many occasions told our readers, milk, however many tubercle bacilli it may contain, may be rendered an absolutely safe article of food by being raised to the tempearture of boil- ing water, or even to something less than this, to about 155 degress of Fahrenheit,.and suffered to cool; while, if the cooling be gradual and complete that is, if the milk received and heated in the morning be not used until evening, and so on -the flavour is scarcely at all affected by the process. There is here perfect security, if consumers can but be induced to avail themselves of it; and so to induce them must be> a matter of education and of medical persuasion. The chief way in which the con- sumptive patient becomes a danger to those around him is by carelessness in regard- to coughing, so that the haciuus4oaded secre- tious of his air-passages are scattered about and left to dry into dust and to be diffused' through the atmosphere. It should also be pointed out that the milk of the human mother is not liable- either to contain certain bacilli or to communicate cer- tain tuberculosis, iand that maternal, as op- posed to artificial, feeding, would be likely to produce a large diminution of mortality The "Times."

The C.Pinaryon Water Supply. DISCUSSION AT THE GWYRFAI DISTRICT COUNCIL. At the monthly meeting of the Gwyrfai District Council, on Saturday, Mr H. Parry (8bairman) presiding, a communication was received from the Local Government Board enclosing copy of a letter received from the Carnarvon Town Council requesting the Board to hold an inquiry in order that they might have an opportunity of proving that the district councils of Gwyrfai and Glaslyn had made default in not providing their dis- tricts with proper sewers and taking other means to prevent the pollution of the sources of the Carnarvon water supply. The Local Government Board asked to be supplied with the observations of the District Council on the matter at an early date. Mr J. F. Roberts thought it was not fair that the District Council should undertake the whole expense of carrying out improve- ments to prevent the pollution of the water supply, and suggested that they should ap- proach the Carnarvon Town Council in order to arrive at a proper understanding. Mr E. Roberts said that the surveyor to the District Council had done everything that was possible undi r the circumstances to prevent the pollution of the sources of the water supply at Rhyd-ddu, and the Local Government Board ought to be placed in possession of this fact. If, however, the Board authorised further improvements to be carried out, the Carnarvon urban author- ity should be made to contribute towards the expense. Mr R. B. Ellis was of opinion that every- thing ought to be done to prevent the pol- lution of the Carnarvon water supply, but any improvement decided upon should not be carried out at the expense of the District Council alone. After further discussion it was resolved that the Clerk (Mr J. H. Thomas) should re- ply to the communication of the Local Gov- ernment Board as follows: "The letter of your honourable Board, dated the 5th inst., together with a copy ofe the letter of the ■ Town Clerk of Carnarvon, has been only con- sidered by the District Council, and in reply I am directed (1) to refer to the letter sent to you on the 22nd November with reference to the report of Dr Wheaton upon the ro sources of the water supply (2) to enclose a copy of the last issue of the "North tvaies Observer" containing the report of a speech made by Dr R. Parry (Mayor of Carnarvon) on his re-election to the office of Mayor of the borough. He is reported to have made the following observations while referring to the question raised by Dr Wheaton in his report: "Speaking for myself individually, and, I think, for the majority of the Council I believe that the Council will be ready to subscribe towards the expense, but at pre- sent we have no power. If, however, the B°ard 8ive us P°wer we work h subscribe, and so enable the work to be carried out. (3) To forward tn your hononrabie Board the^llo^T^ coun 'f reCelV6d W an eminent •reeid J u «u^tion arose with regard to the alleged pollution of the Car- narvon water supply uTthe parish of WaeT- awr, aLo m the Gwyrfai district: — "1 disposed to think that the sewerage 0f KdT ^ght' Uldf th° ^instances, V !\work f°r the benefit of the Health Act l?-111 285 °f the itarv ntw l? lf SO" the Urba* W u contribute to the ex- pense. If your honourable Board will be of the same opinion as that of the counsel ohl°™l if't Diat.rict Coum*> will bo obliged if a communication be sent to the Carnarvon Town Council explaining tha? there did not appear to be any orohibition in the statutes of their contributing towards the cost of works in other districts for the protection of the purity of their water sup- ply. If some such expression of opinion were sent, the Gwyrfai District Council ven- ture to think that all obstacles would 00 re- moved, and, so far as the Council is con- cerned, the work necessary for carrying out the recommendation in Dr Wheaton's re- port need no longer be delayed."

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