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TUP PENRHYH GHARRY DISPUTE;
TUP PENRHYH GHARRY DISPUTE; MASS MEETING. SPEECH BY MR WILLIAM JONES, M.P. On Saturday dtfmGOJ) a. procession trns formed to meet the body of one of the qiiarrvmen who died u. South, Wales. TII" funeral was largely attended, but l-ho pro fortunately, passed off without a single untoward incident. The mass meeting arranged for the even- ing took place at the Market Hall, which was crowded to the doors. Immense en- thusiasm prevailed, and the tuna which elapsed before the commencement of the proceedings was th voted to hymn-shigmg. Mr William Joi:6, M.P., when he ascended the platform, in the ehairrnan's company, was received with deafening and long-con- tinued cheers, while hoohs were laised f-)r the Chief Constable. The Chairman (Mr Henry Jones), in his address, reminded the men that, -is one o. the leaders, he had all along, advised th.-ii to use their brains rather than their hards, but he feared that recently the hands had over-ruled the other powers (a voice: "X (\t half enough," and laughter). He much re- grettxl the outbursts which had taken place after they had protested so strong1.7 against the introduction of the police an'l military on. previous occasions. While h.) respected and admired tUe men's feelings in this trouble, yet. at the same time he had asked them to keep within the law in all that they did (a. voice: "TImt liag been dc.-i! vary wen"). The Chairman retorted that. t:me would prove it (another voice: "'Wh-lt about the estateWith other people he had nothing to do, but k- would ask tho: whom he addressed to carry out his wishes (cries of "We will"). Mr William Jones, who was again cor- dially received, said that upon receiving in- formation of the. petition sent from Beth- esda to the Home Secretary appealing for military aid, he called at tha Home Office, and urged the officials, before taking any action in the matter, to make a full inves- tigation into both sides of tIre question (ap- plause). On the day before Christmas he received word from the Home Office that a communication had been addressed to the official having charge of the police in the oounty (bochir.g). The-epeaker appealed to the audience not to indulge in that sort of demonstratior. (hiear, hear). The commu- nicationoonhined a request to have the vhole matter investigated, and moreover, in order to do justice all round, to give in- structions to "Jose at work in the quarries aot to offer provocation to the other side. Those instructions were carried out. He fthe speaker) had thought that they would Have been enough. However, New Years Sve came round (laughter, and a voire Thanks for it"), i nd in the procession which uook place he ww told that the police were iverpowered by the crowd 1 .hose beng the words used by the Chief Constable, who had consequently decided that it was necessary to go to the Bangor .-aagistrates to suxr.mon the military. When he hoard that he (the speaker) came to liethesda to learn the whole facts. He did n,ot know whether the police had exhausted ill their resources. He was aware that there existed elements calculated to foment feelings, but. "despite the fact, he must say, is one who all alon<; championed the men's •"■ause, that neither he nor anyone else could justify the smashing of windows. Were his hearers of the same opinion (cries of "Yes") ? Another fact which he had to comment upon was the sensational posters issued by om.) of the daily papers (a voice, "Daily Post''), from which it might be inferred that the stave of things at Bethesda was worse than .Lt.Grimsby and Scarborough. He maintained that the sensational bills, .t-hich he hac mentioned, did no justice to t.) the truth. -is it existed at Bethesda (hear, hear). In the face c-f facts which he could not justify, he appealed to the men to hold up their het dsi, and, in the words of the chairman, to give more employment to their brains instead of their hands. They had truth and principle on their side; let them, therefore, do nothing to disgrace the one or t lower the o ,her. Did they agsee to that ? rie-s of "Yes '). The military as such were wholly impan ial, and he urged the quarry- n en to be eqi ally impartial. The military h id no quarreJ with the people at Bethesda t'Ley were menly men who had to perform vheir duty life every other officer in the country, and to asked that that feeling I lould be manifested towards both the mili- f ,ry and the p >li_ce, and let everyone else concerned show the same impartiality (hear, hoar). He wss told that mutual suspicion r Kist.ed betwean the police and men who had .-(turned from ,couth Wales. He had al- r. ady made an appeal to the police and her authorities to have such a siispicioi. moved, anl he now made the same appeal -o the qnavrymen. As a matter of fact, +. ere were police there who were tired of t! e iob an 1 were anxious to return to their •laiiliee the event of serious troubles Ix ing anticipated in the future, he had. sug- sted to Colonel Ruck the advisauhty of < cnsulting not only the officM element, bu ;ilso the man's leaders (hear, hear), and ne ,s pleased to be able to say that the Chief r nstatle had intimated his willingness to fall in vith the suggestion (hear, ^Ci'j) Ud sail the «ne SSSEi tw cen (>ri<l of "Yes"). The way to treat V a es 'hi these matters was not to r^ort to c vtrW measures, but to study the spirit ,;d the temperament of the people (ap ilise) To enable them to keep up the iracter of Wal-es and to secure honoui- aljie justice for Bettiesda be was prepared to T -fice all that he had got (applause).^ T\ere was a certain element in the quarry (b' oi) at the present day, and, however ob- jooti enable those people might be to the f ihe men, he thought that there were not v anting signs that the humanity in those {•,x>ple was craving for regeneration—-that t h, ir best manhood was endeavouring to p. ert itself. Let the man who were out re encouragement to the develop- in,at of that humanity (hear, hiear). He ] w how difficult, it was to banish enmity, b he appealed to his friends to make it easy for the other people to return to the r inks of the lillion' and enioy the privileges attached to it. The watchword of the I a pe.icemakers in South Africa to-dar was '"Equal right's and ainn&ty for all." Let lh-<t, also be their watch word in connection ■rid, th°ir fellow-workman. Let tl»3m for- net the past for the .sake of the future. If the men now working in the quarries. ca'uo c;t let their old connades whjo had always r 'irained out blot out the record e' tlie iin r,t few months and begin again with a (l-n slate (applause mingled-with shouts vi lift. will be hard!"). They couhl not have a clean slate unless the men now in came cd (applause). But when they did come \„t i,hem all assert tlie principle of combina- tion (applause). He hoped he was right in a-lulling that the meeting was .,till pr" paied to abide by a former resolution to s ibmit the whole matters in dispute to> ar- bitration (loud cries "Yes, wto are.). A ery well. Let them remember the old VVelsh. "Na chais lawn ond o gymod"—Seek not'light save through conciliation (ap- pause). If the men now m the quarry came out let their old fellow-workers be re- conciled to them and take the earliest op- portunity c? applyitig the princip-e of con- ion (applause). Mr D. R. Daniel, organising secretary to the Quiirrymen's Union, followed. He characverised the developments which taat week had witnessed in the struggle as one of the difficulties the men were oalled upon to encounter during this fight. On tne 11th of June last. when a. number of the men had returned to the Quarry, thin breaking the ranks, he had taken upon Inm- self to advise the men who remained true to their pledges and their fellows how to act towards those who had gone in. He had advised them not to speak to them, not I tc look at them, to have no dealings witn them and to extend to thpm no favours r .oplause). Thr.t advice had not been fol- lowed that week (laughter). Though they had not followed his advice, he was free to confer that in doing what they had done thtv had only carried, out t Jj principle laid down for them in such emergencies by nun i.f position in the present Government,^uke Mr Balfour and ?>Ir Clianiberlain (langnter and hooting.). The advice of these stat -s- m. n was to break the windows of those who dilfered from fchem—an advice which lia J been acted upon at Scarborough, at Bn- min'diam. at Bangor eighteen montl^s ago (laughter), and at Bethesda that week (re- newed laughter). Now hi? recognised tnat fact that when onca a thing had become fashionable it w.as very difficult to 110 away with it (laughter). It evidently was so in I the present instance. Mr Balfour had made window-smashing a fiishiona.bie form of amusement in certain emergencies He had declared that at times things were brought to such a pass that "flesh ind blood could not endure them." Apparently, Bethesda had, during the week, been sub- jected to one of these times of trial which flesh and blood could not endure, and Beth- pfida people had only followed the fashion which Mr Balfour's teaching had estab- lished (laughter). Personally, he regretted ,.nd deprecated that action. At the same time, he did not hold the people of Beth- eedia, &o responsible for what had been done as f«e did Mr Balfour and these responsible persons, who had inculcated tlie principle that it was right to do so. He would now only urge them not to follow the present fashionable practice too far (applause^. Let thean also ke^p up their spirits, not- withstanding police batons or the bayonets of the military (leud and prolonged cheers). Mr J. S. Jones, a LlanberLs quarryman. said that he attended there at the desire of his fellow workmen, but he came heart and soul in his mission. He urged unity, which would tend to certain success. The quarrymen did not require the police to fight their battles, and the cause of truth required no military to make it successful (cheers). After what he had seen and heard, he would so report to his feUov workers that a substantial subscription would be sent them (cheers). The Rev Thomas Griffith, Congregational minister, Bethania, spoke next. At the outset he -.aid that 1 e mu-st condemn what had taken place on New Year's Evo. He had a few weeks previously spoken on ^hat platform in condemnation of the statements contained in the petition sent to the Honw Office, which statements he still mauitar.aed were falsehoods (hear, hear). But, to be honest and fair and consistent, he must now publicly and openly condemn the dis- orders of New Year's Eve, and he did so most emphatically (hear, hear). He Would figbt with them to the end (cheers), and he was (confident of victory, but he wanted them to obtain that victory with clean hands cheers). John Bull expected some day to return victorious from South Africa (cries of "Do Wet," and laughter). Well, yee, he •was afraid John Bull would have to a<k De Wet's permission (laughter), but still he expected ultimately to be victorious. But John Bull's methods would have he.s- mirched his victory (applause). '^em ?<ecure a clean victory. Despite what h'.u been said by a previous speaker, lie main- tained that it was not respectable to smasti windows (hear, hear). It was sometimes dangerous to follow the fashion laughter and cheers). Let them not afford sport to people who would be gratified to learn tnat they had fallen into the clutches of the powers. There were seme people m Beth- esda, and between Bangor and Bethel, who would sleep more soundly if they knev the quarrymen were woltenng in their blooc in the streets of Bethefida (hear, hear). Some of those people would sing hymns and pray all the better on tlie morrow if they knew quarrymen ivere lying at Betheoda maimed by bullets. Let them not pre their opponents that sport. The Rev W. W. Lloyd, Calvinistic Meth- odist minister f,nd secretary of tlie rcret fund, followed. He said that the mditary had at last turned up in their midst. Th.it be ng the cfise, he would say, Hands off. Lord Penrhvn! Hand." off everybody else" (cheers). When the military were there before Lord Penrhyn treated them to a meat tea at Capel Curig. He (t he spealPr) was of opinion that that was not a right thing to do. Suppose the Quarrymen» Union had done such a tiling what would have been said? He complained that the local magistrates who came to Bethesda to consult people about the dispute never con- sulted him. Why did magistrates not do so h voice: "They live too near Penrhyn Castle, and lau.ghter) P, He was given to ^mderstand that certain responsible per- sons had told the reporters that the preachers had laughed at and were pleased preachers had laughed at and were pleased w th the damage done to the windows. He had no hesitation in characterising that statement as an infernal lie (cheers). In conclusion, Mr Lloyd implored ",11 present, for everybody's sake, to go home quietly, and give no occasion for a disturbance (ap- PlThe Wv Thomas Hughes, Wefilevan mm- The :rueV' Thomas Huglws, Wesleya.n. mlD- ister, Siloam, having warmly endorse what luul been said by said tliat whilst they must fight for ire dorn they should remember that freedom was only a means to an end. It was a means whereby thev hoped to obtain a higher oo- jec.t^-the development of their manhoo and that particular object had been hn deied by events which had recently cc. curred. But he could not believe that any of the respectable people ho saw before him had been guilty < f smashing windows, whict, he thought, was the work of stragglers who followed the main army (applause). Mr W. H. Williams, the financial secre- tary of the Quarrvmen's Union, said thathe agreed with all that had been said. He, however, wished to speak of the situation from a workman's point of view. As a workman, he regretted the incidents which had taken place, but the nature of wblch would make it evident to all impartial per- soJih that they were not the outcome of an "organised attack" (cheers). He pointed out that it required a great deal of deber- minrtion amongst a body of workmen to ,stand, out for over twelve months as they had done. and even now they displayed a most gratLfvins: spirit and enthusiasm, which he was pleased to see. He would, however, counsel them to husband that enthusiasm, and not to squander it uselessly (hear, hear). Proceeding, the speaker said that he had every confidence that the strikers would do I no harm to anyone. At the same time, he id,E must say that he considered it was a very foolish method of showing their feelings by making work for the glaziers (hear, hear, and laughter). Hnwever the struggle might end, he considered that in one sense they had already won, inasmuch -is, after the experience and wider knowledge which the men had gained by their compulsory exile to South Wales and certain parts of England, no one henceforth would be a bie to make slaves of the Penrhyn quarrynie i (great cheering). After a short address by one of the dis- sident quarrymen, Mr William Jones re- minded the meeting that on the previous Saturday they had passed a rcvsolution en- trusting the conduct of the dispute on their side to the committee. He 'lid not wish them to reaffirm that resolution, but hp took it that tlvy still adhered to it (cheers). Other speakers addressed the meeting, which afterwards dispersed quietly". c:,
RETURN OF MEN TO SOUTH WALES.
RETURN OF MEN TO SOUTH WALES. Soon after seven o'clock on Mondav morning some 600 men formerly engaged in the Penrhyn Quarries left Bethesda for tho new places of work they have found in the collieries of South Wales. The village was awake at an early hour, and soon after six o'clock an informal pro- cession, unaccompanied either by police or military, had begun to make its way to the railway station. The morning was very dark, and when the train started at a quarter past seven a drizzling rain had set in. The 600, men, with bags and baggage and boxes, were aecon panied to the station by friends and relations. Soon the pretty long* platform was crowded, with the lower spaces beyond it. There were 16 carriages of a special train bound for Bangor, Abergavenny Junction, and thence to places further south. Some of the men had gone away on Saturday. The bustle at the station was great. As the men took their seats in the trafS their own people gave them parting cheers. These were returned in earnest. Then once again the tune of "Ton y Botel" was raised, and there followed more cheering. A curious cheer was raised for "De Wet" -this, as one gathers, not the chieftain in South Africa, but some clever general of the Bethesda forces who is likened to De Wet. The train, drawn by two engines, steamed out from the station, parting farewells were said, and people went away to their homes. The parting was cheery I and brave, but of course it was sad. At the Easter period many of the men -will I return to Bethesda.
The Most Severe Winter for…
The Most Severe Winter for Years. Reports from the Meteorological Office predict that the winter season, on which I we have just entered, will be the most severe we have had in this country for years. An eminent authority on such matters an- nounces that every four years England is visited with an unusually severe spell I of cold weather, and this is the year on which it is due. How to keep warm and avoid colds and chills becomes therefore an important question. The human body may be said to be heated by a system of ''hot-pipes." These "pipes" are the arteries and veins through which the hot blood is forced by the heart. When ill-health supervenes the blood be- comes poor and thin, and does not carry enough oxygen to thoroughly warm. the extremities. Cold hands and feet, a general sensation of chill, and a shrink- ing from the least draught are symptoms which reveal this condition. On the other hand the heart may be weakened by some ailment, and! rendered! unable to pump the blood with sufficient forcp. Palpita- tion, fluttering sensation" at the heart, and fits of faintness are signs of this state. There is a third common reason for the "warming system" getting out of order. "That is the failing appetite. Food is the "fuel" which mends the fire, when the appetite fails the fuel supply is out off, the heat goes down, colds and chill creep in, and in but too many cases bronchitis, pneumonia, and fatal complications ensue. In Clias. Forde's Bile Beans will be found «, strengthening, blood-making, blood-puri- a strengthening, blood-making, blood-puri- fying medicine. They strengthen the digestive-organs, thus ensuring that all tho "fuel" taken in the term of food is used. They purify the blood, thus pre- venting it from carrying about, waste and detrimental substances. They cure pal- pitation, fluttering sensations at the heart, and other signs of weakness of this im- portant organ, thus ensuring vigorous heart action and circulation. Indeed, in all de- partments in which wintry weather tries the system, Bile Beans will be found to give Strength. They may be obtained from anv chemist for one and three half- pence or two and and nifiepence, or pos, free from the Bile Bean Manufactunng Co 119 and 120, London Wall, E.O., by sending prices. They should be found in every houwhold during the winter months particularly. a 0§0
Railway Fatality at Henai…
Railway Fatality at Henai Bridge At the Anglesey and Carnarvonshire In- firmary on Saturday, Mr A. Bodvel Ro- berts, the deputy coroner for Carnarvon- shire, held an inquiry into the death of John Jones, a farmer living at Pant Lodge, Llanfair P.G., who was found lying on the rails near Menai Bridge on Friday, with both legs nearly severed. No evidence was adcDuoed 4howimg how the deceased fell upon the line, and the jury, of which Mr J. Wickens was foreman, returned a verdict of "Accidental death." :—•—o§o —
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I jCARNARVON HARBOUR TRUST.…
CARNARVON HARBOUR TRUST. The annual meeting of the Trust was held on Tuesday. There were present Messra J. Menzies, B. H. Owen, C. A. Jones, R. Norman Davies, F. W. Turner, W. Lloyd Griffith, R. Newton, W. Hamer, J. Fletch- er, J. Pritchard. Trevor Hughes, Vvynn Williams, R. 0. Roberts (Mayor), M. y Cumberland, W. S. Jones, J. R. Pritchard, T. M. Lloyd, C. Wawll, J. Issard Davies, H. Richards, H. Jones, D. P. Williams, and J. Davies; Messrs W. Bowen Jones (surveyor) and H. Owen (collector). ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN. On the motion of Mr J. Issard Pavies, J. Menzies was re-elected chairman. Mr C. A. Jones moved the re-election of Mr H. Clegg as vice-chairman, and this was also agreed to. STATISTICS. The report of the Finance Committee showed that at the beginning of December there was a balance in hand of £420. During the month the receipts, were as follow, viz., Imports, £59; Exports, £ 17; tonnage, L31 10s; passing tolls, £5 5s; I rl yards, wharfers, &c., £ 65; making a total of L178, as against £ 228 for tlie corres- ponding month of the previous year. The quantity of slates shipped in the course of November last was 6115 tons, being an in- crease of 1901 tons on the corresponding month of the previous year. The figures for the three months ending November showed an increase of 3297 tons as com- pared with the corresponding three months. TRADING MEMBERS. The Finance Committee reported that the question of Trustees trading with the Board was considered by them and de- ferred to a special committee, and that In the meantime counsel's opinion would be obtained on the matter. THE NEW STEAMER. Mr E. H. Owen asked if the Trustees intended to insure the "Seiont," the new steamer belonging to the Trust, against collision; &c. Mr J. Issard Davies: »V liat will be the cost P Mr H. Richards replied that it would be 5 or 6 per cent. per annum on the value of the vessel. The Chairman: This is an item that we shall have to take into consideration. A VACANCY. Mr Cumberland gave notice that at the next meeting of the Board he would propose that Mr Alwynn Carter be appointed to fill a vacancy on the Trust caused by the death of Mr Preston some years ago. Mr C. A. Jones also gave notice that. he would move the election of Captain Richard Jones. THE BUOYAGE OF THE BAR. The Works Committee reported as fol- lows: The Surveyor reported the result of the trial trip of the new steamer at Ly- tham, delivery at Carnarvon, and in- spection by the marine engineer. Recom- mended that upon the understanding that the builders make no claim for extras and that they defray the expense of drydock- ing at Portdinorwic owing to grounding of vessel on journey here, and the cost of sundry alterations named by the Survey- or, the Trustees agree not to enforce the penalty clawse for non-completion of con- tract within the specified time. Recom- mended that 10 tons of South Wales smoke- less coal be purchased for the use of the new steamer. The Chairman (Mr Men- zies) read correspondence that had passed between him and Mr Fewkes relating to charges proposed to be made for working the traffic on the new railway to the dock. Resolved that the Surveyor be requested tp obtain all information with regard to haulage and terminal charge on the slate quay and at Carnarvon station. The mat- ter of placing a bell buoy on Carnarvon bar in accordance with the recommendation of the Bar and Channels Committee was considered and it was resolved that the I Surveyor procure estimates for both bell and gas buoys, in accordiance with the plans submitted. Recommended that the following charges be made for towage: Over Carnarvon bar or through the Swil- lies from Carnarvon 4d per ton on the re- gister tonnage for vessels .up to 150 tons 'register, above 150 tons register by special arrangoment, minimum charge £1 when two or more vessels are towed to- gether Is 3d reduction for each vessel. Mr Cumberland wished to know how long ten tons of coal would last. The Chairman: It depends how we use it. Mr Cumberland: Is it intended that the steamer should parade along the Straits? (laughter). Discussion followed with reference to the proposed new railway to the dock, and some doubt existed in the minds of some of the Trustees as to whether the charges for working the traffic would also include the terminal charges. Mr Fletch- er was of opinion that they would not. The Chairman, referring to the buoyage of the bar, said that it was thought in the committee that it would be a good thing to put a gas buoy on the bar. It would cost, according to the estSmate of the Surveyor, about £ 230, and it would: hold a sufficient quantity of gas to. last for two months. Mr Cumberland: Will the light be put out at 11 o'clock at night ? (laughter). The Chairman pointed out that many vessels carrying sett* from Llanaelhaiarn now went past Holyhead to Liverpool and other ports, rather than risk going through the Straits after dank. ° Mr Turner: How much do we receive in passing tolls? The Surveyor: We received £.1) 1»b+ month, and the total for the year was about £00. Mr H. Jones favoured the suggestion that gas buoys should be placed ou tlie bar. If this were done he believed that steamers which carried setts from Llan- aelhaiarn instead of going past Holyhead would go through thb Straits. In one week 13 vessels went past Holyhead be- cause they could not go through the Straits. Mr J. Issard Davies said that if st; h a. suggestion were carried out the bar would be better lighted than the town (laughter). Mr C. A. Jones That does not say much for the bar (laughter ). Mr F. Turner: We should have to fix I gas buoys in the Straits if we did so on tfhe bar. Mr H. Jones: No, once the vessels are over the bar they can easily find their way. The Chairman Mr Jones expects the vessels to rtop at Carnarvon after they come over the bar. Mr Jones: They can go through the Straits whether dark or light. The Clinirman called to^ the chaTfres for towage recommended by the com- Tnilf,c.. Mr J. R Pritchard considered them rather h'crh. Tf the chii-cre? were made excessive ves«els would dispense with towage, ana one 'LM of the obiVcfa for which the new steamer WM int°-nflp.4 vrmM be lost. f Mr 1< R. Owen +1':1.t. j"" ('f',<t 0. getting up steam and of working the steamer "for several hours ought to be taken into con- sideration. Mr J. Issard Davies: At Portmadoc they charge 6J,<1 per ton for towage, and the dis- tance is not so greats it is here. I Mr Cumberhuid, beirg appe.aled to by the Chairman, thought tha.t the charge of 4d a ton was very fair and reasonable. However, it deix-nded upon the freights. Unless the freights were good it was a large sum to pay. :\11' J. R. Pritchaid! said! that if the Trustees wanttd to encourage the coasting tmdethey bhould reduce the minimum charge for small vessels, which could not. afford to pay so huge a' sum aç; £1 for towage. \[r Xewton, bi-ing asked what amount of cad it would' take to get up steam, replied that if the steamer had not been, working for a week it would take a large quantity of coal to start it. at- least- 2 cwt. Mr J. R. Pritebard Our st'-r.-mer is not like one of the American liners (laughter). The Chairman, said that, apart from the question of coal, an extra man 'vould have to he employed. Mr J. R. Pritchard proposed: tha.t the mini- mum be reduced to 15s, £1 being prohibitive. Mr J. Issard Davies paid that they wanted to make something out of the steamer Mr Cumberland seconded Mr Pritchaid's proposal. Mr J. R. Pritchard remarked that if they made prohibitive charges it was useless to have the' steamer. They were going to penalise the F-nnH vessels a.t the expense of the large ones. Mr R. Norman Davies: Our policy should be to crcato trade. At Pert,madoc towage is ccmpulsorv, but here it is optional, and. therefore, we might to try and create a de- mand for the steamer. Mr J. Issard Davies: We aiust get some- thing out of the »teamer. When we went in for the steamer we did all we could to show tha.t she would pav. Now we are trying to I do everything we can to prevent her paying. Mr Pritchasd's motion was adopted, and the other recommendations were agreed to. BREACH OF THE BY-LAWS. A letter was read from the Surveyor to the Corporation complaining that the master of the smack ''Breeze," owned by Mr Robert Owen, had entered the harbour on the nights of the 30th November and the 3rd and 5th December without exhibiting the required lights. The Chairman Who takes proceedings? Mr R.. O. Roberts: The Harbour Trust ought to take action. Tliis is not the only complaint. The Ferry Committee of the Cor- poration have brought this matter forward now in order that it might be a warning to other" navigators. The Chairman I lt>ok upon it as a very serious matter. If an accident should happen to the bridge I do not know what our respon- sibility would be. Mr Cumberland: I move tha.t the matter be referred to the Wonks Committee. I The Chairman ShouM we not take proceed- iugs? Mr J. Pritchard We might warn him. Mr J. Davies. We might let him off under the First Oft'andNts' Act (laughter). Mr J. R. Pritchard: I move that he be warned, and that the officials be instructed in future to take action without bringing the matter before the Trust. The motion was seconded and passed. THE DOCK BRIDGE. Mr Wawn proposed that, having regard to the great ease with which the bridge :tt the entrance to the dock could now be worked the Works Committee be requested to con- sider the advisability of making an alteration in the rule relating to the closing and open- ing of the bridge, with a. view to the conven- ience of the public. Mr Wa.wn added that the bridge could now be worked by one man, three men being neoessarv to work it before the improvement was made The motion was adopted.. 0\0 —-
Bendraeth Rural Council.
Bendraeth Rural Council. At a meeting of the Council on Tuesdav, Mr Wm. Jones (chairman) presiding, Dr Fraser's bill as Medical Officer was presented for payment. Mr Griffith Parry Jones, Pen- rhyn, a.sked if Dr Fraser ever visited the dis- trict? Mr Thomas Jones, the Inspector, said that he did, and that he recently examined the water supply of Trawsfynydd. Mr Parry Jones: I do not think we should pay money for nothing. — The Local Government Board had received Dr Erasers' report on the water supply of Trawsfynydd, and wanted to know if the Council had done anything in the mat- ter?—The Clerk (Mr T. Roberts) reported that Mr Ansell had given his consent to the scheme to supply water for Harlech. Other persons bad to give consent before the scheme could be carried out, but they were all wait- ing to see what Mr Ansell would do.—The Inspector had condemned Hafod'-ty, Llan- frothen, a.s insanitary, and the Rev J. C. Williams Ellis, GlaFfryn, the owner, had been written to a.bo.ut it. Mr Ellis's agent (My Pierce, Pencaenewydd) wrote, in reply, say- %a. ing that Mr Ellis had spent more on re- paii-s during the last eight years in Llaji- frothen t^ian any 'other landlord, and that there were houses in a. worse condition thnr Hafod-ty. —Mr D. Tegid Jones Even if that were so, two blacks will not make one white. :—The Chairman said that the house wa really bad. — The Inspector pressed on the Council to insist upon the place being re- paired.—It was revived that the house be put in a sanitary sta-le within six months. Cl)
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Lord Roseliery and Pwllheli…
Lord Roseliery and Pwllheli Lord Rosebeiy has addressed the follfwing letter to the Town Clerk of Pwllheli:—"Sir,— I am truly honoured by the invitation which you evter.d to nie to oj>en your new Town Hall, but I am -sorry to say that it is hopele-ss for me to undertake any further engagements for some time to come. me, &c., ROSEBERY." — 0§0
Alleged Malicious Wounding…
Alleged Malicious Wounding by a Qnarryman. ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL At the Carnarvon Oounty Petty Sessions on Saturday, before Mr D. P. Williams (presiding), Messrs John Davses, G. J. Ro- berts, J. issard Davlies, and Dr. Jones Ro- berts, Owen JSHls Jones, quarryman, Lian rug, was charged with unlawfully wounding a fellow-workman named Moms Williams, Bron Edlian, Waenfawr, on the 18th of October last. The case had been adjourned on several evasions owiiyr to the inability of the prosecutor to appear. Before the ca&w was entered in to Mr J. B. Allanson, who appeared for the defendant, pointed out tha.t the alleged otfence occurred m the Dinorwic Quarries, where the prosecutor and the defendant worked. The parties were friends, and the defendant cherished no bad feeling towards Williams. More- over, the defendant nad been obliged to at- tend that court several t mes, and had been deprived, to some extent, of his work, and in view of these facts he appealed to the Bench to reduce the charge to one of com- mon assault- Mr J. T. Roberto, for the prosecution, said that, as representing the poflice, he had nothing to say to the application. It was a matter for the Bench, but personally he was satisfied that it was a case of mal. dLoue wounding. The Bench said that they could not accede to the application- Mr J. T. Roberts, proceeding with the case, said that the prosecutor and the de- fendant were two out of four partner working in one bargain. On the 18th Oc- tober last, ut being a wet day, the prose- cutor did not go to work till about eleven o'clock in the morning. On 11.8 arrival a,, the quarry he had a conversation with de- fendant, and the latter suggested that they should have an improvement in the method of wording. Both then went to their -,)--k, at the. same tisce continuing the conv-r- eatiioa. Subsequently the defendant took up a banuner and threw it at the prose- cutor, who was struck on the head and his skull fractured- The prosecutor was re- moved in an unconscious state to tlie qua 'ry barracks, and when he recovered conscious- ness he was questioned as to how the injury was {inflicted, and he explained that the do- fendant had struck him. The man was in a critical condition for several weeks, and an operation bad to be performed upon him. < Morris Williams, Broneilian, Waenfawr, the prosecutor, gave evidence in porrobora- tion of the foregoing statement. He added that he was always on good terms with the defendant. Witness stood about four yards from the defendant when he was struck by him, and he fell on the ground. He "re- membered the defendant taking bold 01 b,j hand saying, "Come, Moi."—In answer to Mr Allanson, witness said that he and the defendant had worked jus partner* in the quarry for three years. Witness thougnt that the defendant could not have struck him accidentally. William Williams, Ty'nypwll, Saron, Bethel, said that he was working at the Dr'ncrw.ic Quarry on the 18th October. Ha heard, a conversation going on between j Montis Will ams and O. Ellis Jones. Wit- ness 6aW a hammer leav-iug the defendant's hand1, but he could not see Morris William, because some waggons were in front o" him, i Witae&j went there and saw Morris Wd- liams lying on the ground, and bleeding from a wound in the head. Williams was unconscious for some time. When hfc got up he sa,id, "Lads, Owen Eflis Jones struck me with. a, hammer.—Cross-examined by Mr Allanson The hammer might have left the defendant's hand when he was doipg his work. t David Jones, Minffordd terrace. Llanrug, .said that he was employed at the Dinorwic Quarry. Un the day -in question he had occasion to look to the place where the defendant and the prosecutor worked. He went there and found Morris Williams lyinc; on the ground. He had a wound in the hea<7, Tlie defendant was by his side hold- ing a pocket handkerchief on the wound. Witness asked O. Ells Jones what had ha,ppened to Morris Williams, but he made nc) reply. When the prosecutor recovered consciousness he said "So that you migiir know, men, how this happened, he (referring to o. Ellis Jones) struck me with a haai- mer." The defendant made no reply to that. Dr. William Hughes, Waenfawr, said1 thac he was called to see Morris Williams at hIs home in Waenfawr on the 18th October. He examined him amd found that lie was suffering from aa compound fracture of the skull, and he (witness) came to the toon- elusion that an operation was necessary, This was successfully performed by Dr. Mills Roberts and witness. Dr. Mills Roberts, the medical officer of the Dinorwic Quarries, gave simi lar evi- denee.—In answer to Mr J. T. Roberts, wiitness said that considerable force would be necessary to inflict such injury so the prcfiecutor received. Sergeant Eli as Jones (2) deposed that on the 23rd of October he arrested the defen- I dant at Hanrug, and charged iiimwitli the effentse. In reply he said, ''I won't say any- thing, that will be the best for me.' The defendant pleaded "Not giKilty." and reserved his defence. Mr Allanson briefly addressed the Bench, and described the de- "endant as a very respectable man. A hammer w,th which the defendant was j working slipped frí" his hand owing to it., being wet and struck the prosecutor on the head. Tho Bencli committed the defendant for trial at the next Assizes, bail be'ng accepted in the sum of £ 200.
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Mr J. Herbert Lewis, M.P., on Parliamentary Reform. Speaking at a meeting of Liberals at e Holywell Town Hall on Tuesday night, Mr Herbert Lewis, the member for the Flint Boroughs, referred to the proposed reform of the House of Commons pro- cedure. The only remedy, he said, was for the Government to devolve a large share of its less important work upon smaller assemblies. Devolution of that kind had worked very well so far; the I ?°Uncils had done their work well, and the Board of Intermediate Education for Wales had answered admirably. Why should not that principle be liberty ex- tended, preserving the absolute supremacy of the Imperial Parliament! They could SLV617, direction oi granting large and liberal powers of self- govemment without impairing in the slightest degree the unity of the United Kingdom. It would give the Imperial Parliament time to attend to Imperial concerns, and to supervise the gigantic and growing expenditure of the country. By throwing off the burden of local work it would make real reform possible in the hundred, and one way in whic-h the law Reeded to be readjusted to the changed conditions of society. Upon the solution of that question depen<Jed the progress of all those great reforms in which the Liberal j party was interested—religious equality, temperance, land reform, labour questions, I and all the other arrears of reform which had been accumulating for so long. Un- less some great reform of this kind were adopted parliamentary supervision would I be inmffi client, administration would be lax, and the best interest of the country | would suffer, 0§0
.The Marqnls of Anglesey and…
The Marqnls of Anglesey and hIs Motor Can ALLEGED FÐRIOrS DRIVING. At the Bangor Petty Sessions on Tues- day, before Mr Thomas Lewis and other justices, the list contained two charges of furious driving preferred by D.C.C. Har- ris against Henry Cyril Paget, Marquis of Anglesey, one being under the heading of "divisional cases' and the other under that of "borough cases." Mr Lloyd Carter (Messrs Carter, Vin- cent, and Douglas Jones) represented the Marquis, whose agent, Mr Jones, Graig, was also in court. Mr Carter asked that, in view of certain circumstances which he would relate, tho summonses against the Marquis of Angle- sey might be withdrawn. It was only last Friday that he (Mr Carter) was instructed by the defendant, but he had had an op- portunity of going fully into the case and had laid the law before his lordship and his advisers, showing them what was wrong. If the case was proceeded with it could not be proved that anyone had been in danger or been alarmed. He (Mr Carter) was present that day to give the fullest assurance that if there had been any com- plaant there would be none in the future. He understood1 that! the prosecution did not wish to press the case unduly. His application was that, upon the assu- rance which he tendered on behalf of the Marquis, the case should be withdrawn with their worships' consent. He hoped and trusted that they appreciated the spirit in which he made the application. The Bench had a brief consulta- tion, and consulted D.C.C. Harris, who said that he left the ca.se entirely in the hands of the magistrates. Mr Henry Lewis (from the Bench): Who makes the application for the withdrawal of the summons? Mr Lloyd Carter: I do, sir. Mr Henry Lewis: Is it. not a rule that only the person who issues. the summons can apply for its withdrawal ? Mr Carter: Either party can apply, sir. Mr John Edwards (Gerlan): Why are not applications made in other cases? Why this more than the others ? Mr Carter: For the reason T have just given to you. It's for you to decide. The Ghaiirman, after consulting with the magistrates, said Fioni what I can learn the majority are in favour of grant- ing the application inasmuch as Mr Carter gives us a guarantee that tliis will be avoided in the future. All we want is to keep the thoroughfare thoroughly free from danger to the public. His lordship had probably not been warned before, but, his attention having; now been called to the matter, very likely the offence would not occur again. The summons was or- dered to be withdrawn. Superintendent Harris: I apply for the costs of witnesses. The Chairman said Mr Carter would see to that. His lordship's motor-car was waiting outside the court pending the decision of the case.
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