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LLEYN AND EIFION 1TDD NOTES. Criccieth Council are still troubled with the nuisance caused by householders throw- ing into the ashpits old tins, jam pots, empty bottles, &c. Legally these things are not "house refuse," and the Council are not bound to remove thorn. About two | years ago there was a loud cry against the harm that was being done to the beach by the Marine terrace tenants throwing old jam pots and tins there. The matter was brought before the Council, and for a time the nuisance ceased. Now the mat- ter assumes another form, and the Council are at a loss to know what to do. How it is that the inhabitants themselves do not see the harm done to the beach and other attractive places in the town by the pre- sence of old jam pots, empty bottles, &c., one cannot understand. If Criccieth is to prosper as a sea-side resort the place must be kept in a good sanitary state and free from things that are objectionable. Owing to the pressure of heavy rates the Dolbenmaen Parish CV uncil are contempla- ting the assessment of Cwmystradllyn Lake. The lake is at the foot of Moel Hebog, and is the rendezvous of anglers. Similar lakes in Beddgelert district are rated for Poor Law purposes, and the Council are at a loss to know why Cwmystradllyn Lake is not also assessed. A large number of farmers, whose lands form the banks of the Dwyfor River, have banded together to refuse permission to anglers in possession of the local River Con- servators' licence. They hold that the licence infringes upon their rights to the fish in the river. This decision of the farmers raises a most important point to local anglers. Have the Conservators a legal right to issue licences to fish in the Dwyfor without the consent of the riparian cwners ? The farmers hold that since they have reserved to themselves, in the agree- ment with regard to their tenancies, the right to the fish in the river, no other autho- rity can take away that right from them. Yet the Board of Conservators, by issuing licences for their district, assume that they can thereby empower the holders of those licences to fish in any river within that dis- trict. What will become of the course adopted by the farmers it is difficult to say at present. A great deal of interest is taken in the question. An instance of extravagant expenditure came before the Festiniog Board of Guard- ians on Tuesday. The Bible used in the religious services held in the workhouse wanted to be re-bound. The work was given to somebody or other, and on Tues- day the bill was considered by the Board. The amount was 35s! No wonder that Mr C. Roberts, who is always against extrava- gance, said that a new Bible could have been bought for a much less sum. The Festiniog Urban Council sent a depu- tation (Messrs Owen Jones and Cadwaladr Roberts) to the Deudraeth Council, on the 29th ult., to endeavour to get the two Councils to co-operate with the view ef erec- ting an isolation hospital in the district. Mr O. Jones put the whole case very suc- cinctly and effectively before the Council. The cost of such a hospital could be borne by the two Councils. As the district was frequently visited by many tramps it was all the more necessary that the Councils, as sanitary authorities, should be prepared to grapple at once with the outbreak of in- fectious disease. There evidently was a feeling in favour of an isolation hospital. Of all people a medical man raised the question of costs, and even asked if the Councils were bound by law to provide an isolation hospital. Generally medical -nen, knowing by bitter experience how difficult it is to deal properly with infectious di- seases, have, in almost every place in Lleyn, Eifionydd, and Ardudwy, favoured the erection of isolation hospitals. The Clerk of the Council (Mr Thomas Ro- berts) in reply to the medical gentleman, said that there was no compulsion other than that of circumstances. Mr Owen Jones, chairman' of the Festiniog Urban Council, told the Deudraeth Council that if tramps imported small-pox to Penrhyn the local Council would be compelled to provide an isolation hospital. In the end it was resolved that the two Councils should co-operate.

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