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POLICE AFFAIRS AT BETHESDA.
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POLICE AFFAIRS AT BETHESDA. The sub-committee's report (which ap- peared in our last issue) was discussed at great length by the Joint Police Com- mittee ond Thursday, and it was decided that a special meeting should be held on February 12, and that in the meantime the whole of the evidence should be printed and circulated among the members.
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MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS BANKING ACCOUNT. Though not an heir to a millionaire, Though hating speculation, I sent my name to the Bank of Fame With a httle hesitation. To swell my 'count I've had the help If Of many a local squire; Sir John carne down in '92 To send my balance higher. I whipped the clergy hard and fought The "Landlords' Compensation." And thus. they say, increased my 'count At the Bank of Reputation. The balance grew, but then the War Took just a trifle off it: And how could I withstand a, loss When Joe took all the profit? Take off your iiats for I'm rich I With Balfour's fine donation. I He said. "Come. George, accept this cheque For your fight for Education. "And, though. I soon must leave the House To save it from disorder. John Bull, some dav. will brine the cash If you'll just take this order." Lord Hugh lIe spied this banking game. And cried with consternation. "Why. George, you'l! break the Bank of Fame With such a big donation. "I'll doff mv hat. nnd 1-eid the knee (I'm fond of genuflpctioM). For at the hank you'll topple me Before the next Election. GILBERT.
\MEN WHO COUNT.
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MEN WHO COUNT. MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND PDQST BILITIES. Under the title of "Men who count" Mr. Arthur Hawkes writes in tho «r» -i Dispatch" of Jan. 20th of M? Uo d George as a political force. The artide is characterised throughout by a sanity and cool judgment that adds considerably to its value. The writer, far from beino- as enthusiastic as the average Radicat confesses that he is no unqualified admirer of Mr. George or his methods, and his conclusions therefore have all the more weight. Then and Now. The most striking fact in recent poli- I tical history is the startling rise into a position of power of one who but a short time was denounced as a traitor. "Eighteen months ago to announce Mr. Lloyd George as a speaker at an English political meeting was to provoke a breach of the peace. His presence in Birmingham caused a disgraceful riot, and the police charged the crowd of infuriated British citizens in a fashion which scandalised public feeling throughout the country. A great deal has happened since then. While he was execrated by the Press and de- nounced on a score of platforms for his anti-national views, this small Welsh country solicitor was making his calling and election sure as one of the strongest political forces in the nation. Five weeks ago the Prime Minister hailed him in the House of Commons as an eminent Parliamentarian, and yes- terday the Times said 41 Mr. Lloyd George's abilities entitle him to a share in the general direction of the party which would surely offer greater scope than the most complete dictatorship of a little knot cf Welsh members." So it woud seem that Mr. Lloyd George's danger now is not that he will be delivered over to the uncovenanted mercies of excited patriots, but that he will suffer under the patronage of the high priests of political and social re- spectability. I am no unqualified admirer of Mr. Lloyd George or of his methods, but his rise into the front rank of politicians is so remarkable that only a stupid crea- ture can fail to recognise it. He shares with Mr. Chamberlain, his great an- tagonist, the distinction of having made a place of so much potentiality with scarcely a single social influence to bless him. The intense Nonconformity in which he was bred is to some people's thinking too often apparent in his political deeds. When he was first elected to the House of Commons and brought there a singular reputation as the result of a bye-election campaign, some of the supercilious dandies who sit on the other side playfully alluded to him as a "two- penny-half-penny country attorney," and now no man on the Liberal side is as capable of filling empty benches when he rises to speak as this same twopenny- halfpenny country attorney." I George versus Joseph. Possibly nothing has endeared Mr Lloyd George to his numerous following more than the successful war he continually wages against the power of Birmingham. Radicals have viewed with apprehension the growth of Mr. Chamberlain as a poli- tical foree, and have long recognised in him the most potent medern menace to the interests of true democracy. Joined to this has been the apprehension that no force of equal aggressiveness was to be found on the opposition front bench, and that Birmingham would be absolute. So it is hardlv surprising that the party, finding in Mr. Lloyd George the daring spirit, that, not fearing, but decidedly exulting in, a passage of arms with the dragon of the Colonial Office, should hail him as a veritable St. George. Thus Mr. Hawkes on the point: — "He is the only Liberal who is absolutely fearless of Mr. Chamberlain. He at- tacks the Colonial Secretary with weapons very similar to the Colonial Secretary's own. Compared with him, the Opposition front bench is a slumber- ing, inert, unenthusiastic, dampening mass of fusty tradition, and a collection of masters of halting, invertebrate speech. Uoyd George: Demagogue. The taunt that has been thrown against the name and game of the member for the Carnarvon boroughs since he first be- came a political "somebody" thirteen years ago has been that he is essentially a politician, a mere ranting demagogue. iNow his bitterest enemies do not care to deny to him a sincerity of purpose and strength of conviction hardly equalled in modern politics. Still, outsiders have their point of view, and we give the opin- ion of the writer of the Despatch ar- ticle for what it is worth. There is just a slice of the demagogue in Mr. Lloyd George. Now a spice of demagogy is absolutely essential to the most striking political success. If you think Mr. Chamberlain, the most powerful man in the empire to-day, has no touch of demagogue in his make-up you are woefully mistaken. Mr Glad- stone had some of it, Disraeli had a good deal. Mr Lloyd George has got enough of it to soften a few of the more vigorous manifestations of his Noncon- formist conscience. Democrat and Liberalism. Mr. Hawkes has some weighty remarks on the state of affairs politically, of the seeming eternal split between democracy and Liberalism, and of Mr. George's possi- ) bilities and limitations. On Wednesday night I was present r.t the^debate in the National Liberal Club on "Democracy and Liberalism." What took place there could not be counter- parted in any first-class Unionist club in London. I heard in one hour as much abuse of the Liberal party aud the Liberal leaders as would satisfy an or- dinary politician for a year. Possible Amalgamation. Democracy clearly is not in love with the Liberal party, however sincere its re- gard may he for Liberalism. Lord Roseb<y has declared his belie4 that the prospects of the Liberals' return to pewer in the next ten years aTe verv small. A deca.de ir, loug enough for many revolution-, in the attitude of parties and groups to one another. Adverse Air. Lloyd George as a speaker in any town of the United Kingdom, and you may be certain with- out anv organisation of filling the larg- est building in the place. You could not honestly say that, I think, of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman or Lord Spencer, the official leaders of the Par- y I lamentarv Opposition. You certainlv I could not say it of any other Libe-nl Parliamentarian who was not in Lor3 Roseoory's Government. -^e^^racv,, as far as it, is represented by Liberalism, Socialism, or Lahourism, a flnid sfate- The future is < to that g:ant for whom everybody ia < I calling, whom nobody recognises as yet, and who is bold enough to enforce a mas- tery over all. Mr. Lloyd George is a convinced Radical. His honesty has had as much to do with his advance as his ability. His ambition is not. a thing of small expectations. He is plentifully endowed with the genius of leadership, but under present conditions ho knows that he cannot hope to lead the Liberal party. He has no exalted family connections, and so far as I know he has no longing to make a great coup on the Stock Ex- change which might give him a social prestige denied to worthy sons of the people who set their affections upon things above stocks and shares and com- pany promotions. A Chief Secretary for Ireland. The following extract will undoubtedly be of interest to the electors of the Car- narvon Boroughs, and especially to the good people of Criccieth. But what would happen, for instance, if he became Chief Secretary for Ire- land? He would be in a social icebox at Dublin Castle. It is true that the Castle was a cool place for the last Liberal Vicerov who is now Lord Rose- bery's son-in-law. Mr. Morley climbed to fame and political power on no family tree, but before he went to Dublin he was recognised as one of the foremost men of letters of the time, and he had acquired an influence very different in its subtler components from that which now belongs to Mr. Lloyd George. There is a certain aloofness about Mr. Morley which gives him a peculiarly aristocratic air. You could not imagine l'"u SittinS a small table in a big club smoke-room chatting familiarly with undistinguished people. He is not f the multitude. But Mr. Lloyd George is of the multi- Hear him speaking Welsh and English in a Nonconformist chapel in Carnarvon and you recognise how differ- ent he is from Mr. Morley. If no Liberal Prime Minister would send him to Ireland he would be even more impos- sible (if that is not a contradiction of terms) at the Foreign Office even sup- posing he had the linguistic and other attainments necessary for that tre- mendous department. Our ways are not French ways, and no one knows better than Mr. Lloyd George the social barriers that are be- tween him and the front place which he might otherwise expect to occupy. Still, it is the unexpected that happens. The mere notion that the succession of Mr. George to these high offices of State is being seriously considered speaks vol- umes for the tremendous advance made by the much-derided country attorney." More significant still is the conclusion that no limitations, except those purely sicial ones (that it will be the business of democracy to remove)) prevent him from taking his rightful place in the van of the next Liberal Government. iGed^s^: Leader. What the future tK^lds, according to Mr. Hawkes, may be gatrWed from his con- eluding paragraph :— No other man on theVdemocratic side has shown half the resource or a third of the oratorical capacitV of this Car- narvon solicitor, who, though he was born in Manchester only B9 years ago, is packed with Celtic fire and staying power, and has done ertough to show that it is possible for him yet to do for the old-fashioned Liberal party what Hugh Price Hughes did for Methodism that seemed as likely twenty vears ago to become as stagnant as fca-mpbell- Bannermanism is to-day.
MR LLOYD GEORGE
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MR LLOYD GEORGE SPEECH ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION. IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO THE CARDIFF POLICY. On Thursday a conversazione in honour of Mr Lloyd George was held at the Pa- vilion, Carnarvon, and was largely atteid- ed. Dr. Parry presided. A congratulatory address was presented to Mr George on be- half of his constituents by Alderman Ed- ward Hughes, and a diamond pendant to Mrs George by Mrs Nathaniel Roberts. Mr Lloyd George, in acknowledging, again dealt at considerable length with the Education Act. He said he had learnt his Liberalism in Church schools and Chum Catechisms, and was glad to repay that debt (laughter). His personal experience of the injustice the measure was intended to perpetuate had inspired his opposit on in the House of Commons (applause). The question now was what was Wales going to do with the Act. The battle was not ovr. It had only just begun. For his part he had no hesitation in saying that if thvy carried out the policy embodied in the Car- diff resolutions firmly, without faltering. they would break down the denomination;' system absolutely in Wales. The "Times newspaper charged him with advising Welsh County Councils to pursue a course of defiance to the law. He recommended NO DEFIANCE "v THE LAW, but that the councils should temper the severities and the law to the shorn rate payer (laughter). Their opponents spoke as though nothing of the kind now recom mended had ever been done by a political party before, but he reminded them thac the Church party, acting under the advice of Lord Salisbury, endeavoured to capture school boards, not with the object of faciii tating the working of the Education Act of 1870, but to frustrate it, and to make its provisions nugatory. He now simply ad- vised Liberals to apply Lord Salisbury's principles to the present situation and to capture the school authorities, utilising their opportunities to develop, strengthen, and extend the popular system of educi- tion which gave fairplay to all without dis- tinction of sect. This was no defiance of the law, but a recommendation to make a good use instead of a bad one of the !a«'. As to one recommendation that had be-f. criticised, not only in the "Times" but in other quarters, in regard to the non- levying of rates, the "Times" said that ;f the recommendation was carried out the Government would find means to compd the Welsh county councils. Would the "Times" point how? The auditor would step in, they said. They would send down another Mr Cockerton to audit the accounts of the County Council. Wrhat could the auditors do. It the county councils de- clined to pay money out of tjlg bHc funds which they raised, how was the auditor go- ing to compel them to do it? It was true that they could RESORT TO A MANDAMUS. Let so- J^ ales would play up to the m These things would come just at. the tune. when the Government yoU i 'f J* to *he country for a J a mandamus „» £ they wlont1. m ? "e said was that their electioneering rlght hand had insf i(> ;u»ntfig- In every ecnaic+ u this char- 1 I acter between the central authorities and the municipalities, whenever it had be 3 > started, it had invariably ended in the al- teration of the law which was sought to be enforced. He predicted that the only re- sult of mandamising would be that the law would be changed in the course of a very few sessions of Parliament, and that was what he wanted. He would supplement the Cardiff policy by three other practical methods competent for the councils to adopt. In the first place let all school staffs be taught to recognise the councils and not the parsons as their masters. Teachers knowing who their paymasters were would soon become sufficiently strong to consult the interest of the school and the children rather than the wishes of tha clerical manager. Secondly, he wanted the councils to take f I THE SCHOOL TIME-TABLES into their own hands. Don't let the man- agers draft it, but let the councils them- selves so draft it as to permit a short in- terval to elapse before the school proceeded to the religious instruction. Let all thj children go out for a few minutes. Then let those who preferred Catechism to play return for the religious instruction white their fellows would be free to continue their play. He contended that the child- ren should be given perfect freedom, sub ject to their parents' consent, to choose which they would prefer — learning the Apostles' creed and the parson' Catechis n or their own play. Finally, let counc )) themsielves select school books. It was the council's duty to see that the books were such as would teach children the truth about the history of their councry. He did not wish to introduce books which would abuse the Church or anybody else, but to give facts as they really were. Let them carry out the policy he had indicated., and the parsons would begin to wonder why they kept school at all, and would ultimately say to the councils, "Take the schools," and the councils would say "Thank you." After the proceedings were over, MJ; and Mrs Lloyd George were escorted by a crowd numbering many hundreds to Ty Newydd, where they were the guests of Dr. Parry and Mrs Parry. The address presented to Mr Lloy 1 George was beautifully illuminated en hand-made paper, in album form, aid bound in white kid, with silver corners The pendant presented to Mrs LIo yl George was of gold, heart-shaped, with'a leek in centre, surrounded by diamonds. Both tho address and pendant were sub scribed for by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Georg 's friends and admirers in Carnarvon. IN SCOTLAND. Mr. Lloyd Gorge, speaking at Glasgow City Hall, on Tuesday night, said that the Liberal Unionist alliance had made for political reaction. The old Tory party had changed its name, but it had not changed its principles. The legislation of the last few years was sufficient evidence of this. The Tories had been called the stupid party. If that were true they had a good deal of that craftiness which was not inconsistent with intellectual de- ficiency. He eiilogised the Scotish system of education, and said that it gave Scotch- men that intellectual discipline which enabled them to handle the problems of life effectively. Speaking at a great Liberal demonstra- tion in Dundee on Wednesday, Mr. Lloyd George said that they were getting glow- ing accounts of Mr. Chamberlain's visit to Africa, but they had to face facts. African news was not always reliable. Dealing with the English Education Act he said that it was simply a great attempt on the part of the episcopacy, supported by the Government, to get dominion over the consciences of the children. It was a confederacy between parsimony and priest- craft for the purpose of starving and en- slaving the souls of the children of the J people. If they wanted religious educa- tion let the Bible be given, and the priests cleared out.
BANGOR SCHOOL BOARD,
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BANGOR SCHOOL BOARD, The monthly meeting was held at the Rechabite Hall on Wednesday, the chair- man (Principal John Price, M.A.), presid- ing. THE LOG BOOK CONTROVERSY. The Rev. W. Edwards asked the Clerk if he had deleted the entry in the log book of St. Paul's Mixed School, in accordance with the resolution of the Board. The Clerk replied that, owing to the illness of Mr. T. J. Williams, headmaster, he had not been able to do so.—The Rev. W. Edwards moved That Mr. T. J. Wil- liams be ordered himself, as the master in charge, to hand over to the Clerk at the School Board office, the St. Pauls' log book with its key, by 4 o'clock on Friday after- noon, Feb. 6th, 1903, so as to enable the Clerk to carry out the instructions of the Board in erasing the minute of July 29th, 1902. and that he return the book to Mr. Williams or the master in charge of St. Paul's, by 9.30 a.m. on Monday morning, February 9th, 1903.3econded by Dr R. Jones, the motion was carried. THE SALARIES OF THE CERTIFI- CATED ASSISTANTS: A SCENE. The minutes of a meeting of the sub- committee appointed to consider the scale of salaries of the certificated assist- ants were presented. At the meeting a petition was read signed by all the cer- tificated assistants under the Board ap- pealing for re-consideration of the scale of salaries paid to them. It was decided to recommend the Board to adopt the follow- ing scale of salaries: 1. Trained certifi- cated assistant teachers in 1, 1st and 2nd division 2nd year's papers and its equiva- lent and untrained certificated teachers who had passed in the first division in both parts in the 2nd certificated examina- tion (a) males, minium £80, rising L5 per annum to £ 120; (b) females, minimum JE70, rising £ 5 per annum to £110. (2) Trained certificated assistant teachers 3rd division and untrained certificated assist- ants not above provided for: (a) males, minimum jE70, rising R5 per annum to JEHO; (b) females, minimum jE60, rising L5 per annum to RIIO. In the case of the teachers in the employ of the Board on the 1st April next the additional increase should commence as from that date so that all such teachers would obtain an increase of t5 or a part thereof for that year with- out regard to length of previous service. That note 4 to the Board's scale of salaries referring to ex-pupii teachers who had not taken the scholarship examination, having only passed the pupil teachers ex- amination for the 4th year under former codes, be eliminated. That Miss E. C. Williams, of the St. Paul's Infant School, be paid £ 55 a year as per scale of salaries for ex-pupil teachers (class 2).—The Chairman regarded the demands of the teachers as moderate, and they were quite justified in putting them forward. The eommitee therefore granted their de- mands. — The Rev. W. Edwards remarked that it would be just as well to make com- parisons with the salaries paid by other Bo.ds> but it was not right to make com- p.'ui'i'-i— 5 'K'tth. Sucii large ilsrtiiyr I Tydfil, where the assistants had the full number of pupils. Their own teachers did I not teach such large classes as teachers in large schools did. If they increased the salaries of their teachers they should f -f,11 a con<Jition that between 55 to 60 children should be assigned to each certificated teacher. The increase in the salaries was large and certainly not com- mensurate with the numbers in the school. — The Chairman said that he could scarcely agree with the Vicar in that respect. The teachers would no doubt be prepared to take sixty children each, but such a course would disorganise the whole school. In order to have"60 children of the same qualincation the organisation of the school would be destroyed and would lead to deterioration. — The Rev. W. Edwards You cannot justify the increase. ——Mr. H. O. Hughes, speakintr in favour ot the report, commented upon the very sorry list of applicants which the Board invariably received for posts. He moved the adoption of the report, the Chairman seconding.-The Rev. W. Edwards said that it was a well-known fact and one that should be published, and the inspectors said so, that the teachers in the Bangor schools were practically treading upon each other's toe-s.-The Chairman made a rfmark regarding the report, whereupon the Rev. W. Edwards said I know as much about the business as you do, and I will not be dictated to.—The Chafrman You are very insulting.—The Rev. W. Edwards You are trying to influence the members of the committee, who don't un- derstand these technical things, in behalf N of extravagance.—Mr. H. O. Hughes What members of the committee are you referring to?—The Rev. W. Edwards: The Board I mean. You play dodges in the committee.—The Chairman I shaH have to vacate this chair unless you be- have yourself.—The Rev. W. Edwards I made that remark before, and Professor Phillips agreed with me, and said that I had better mention it in the Board.—The report of the committee was adopted, though only two voted in its favour.—The Rev. W. Edwards moved a rider to the effect that fifty or sixtv children should be assigned to each certificated teacher under the Board.—Seconded bv Dr. R. Jones, the rider was adopted.-The Chairman: It will be unworkable. THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER'S SALARY. On the motion of the Rev W. Edwards, the salary of Mr W. C. Jones, the attend- ance officer, was increased to £ 90—a £ 5 rise. ance officer, was increased to £ 90—a £ 5 rise. APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments were made: Miss Evans, Chorlev, as assistant mistress of the Glanadda Infants' School; Messrs David Williams and H. Aldrich, 'Ruthin, as ex-P.T.'s of the Glanadda Mixed School; Miss Joynson, Port Penrhyn, as assistant unstress at the Garth Infants' School; Mr T. 0. Jones, New Cross, Lon- don, as assistant master at the Garth Mixed School: Mr W. O. Ellis, as assist- ant master of the Glanadda Mixed School; and Mr Cledwyn O. Jones, at present at Burnley, as assistant master at the St. Paul's Mixed School. THE PFPIL TEACHER'S CENTRE. Mr Roberts, H.M.I., reported that. the work in the Bangor Pupil Teachers' Centre Classes was carefully prepared and well organised, and the teaching throughout was intelligent, thorough, ard effective. Excellent order prevailed, and the pupils manifested an unmistakeable desire to excel and to utilise to the utmost the opportunities for self-improvement which the centre provided. The class-room was small, ill-lighted and ventilated, and should not be used for teaching purposes, and its use must be discontinued, and adequate cloak-room and lavatory accom- modation provided if the male pupil teachers continued to receive instruction on the premises. The Inspector also pointed out that the time available for private study, preparation of home-work, and recreation was quite inadequate.—The report was referred to the managers.
MA^'^TRATES AND PROFANE LANGUAGE.
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MA^TRATES AND PRO- FANE LANGUAGE. I At the Carnarvon. County Petty Sessions 1 on Saturday, before Dr. Taylor Morgan and other magistrates, three young men named Evan Hughes and John Hughes, Grugan Arms, Groeslon, and John Lews Gadlys Fawr, Llanwnda, were summoned for using profane language at Bontnewydd. Mr Richard Roberts appeared for Evan Hughes and John Lewis, and J. Hughes wa.s represented by Mr H. G. Davies. Penygroes. — The cases were taken separately, but the evidence adduced was practically the same in each case. — PC Roberts (22), stationed at Bontnewydd, said that he met the defendants, wit. a three other men, on the Bontnewydd roau late at night. They used bad language. A man named Hugh Jones, who was with the defendants, gave evidence in support of the charges.-Five witnesses were called for the defence, and it was stated that the man who used profane language was HugM Jones, who gave evidence on behalf of th > police.—Mr H. G. Davies also addressed the Bench..—Mr R. Roberts said that the men were singing Welsh songs, and did not use had language. They were respectab'e men, and were members of a chapel. The/ were not used to' swearing.—Mr Menzies: Do you mean to tell me that people who go to chapels don't swear ?—Mr Roberts I do, sir if they swear they are not allowe 1 to be members of chapels, and I assert tha', members of Nonconformist churches do not swear nor use profane language. — Mr Menzies That; is not my experience.—Mr Roberts: I was not speaking of the Es- tablished Church, sir (laughter). — After hearing the evidence, the court preferrcvl to believe the evidence of the prosecution. —Mr Richard Roberts strongly protested against what he, described as the uncorro- borated evidence of a policeman being e- lieved before that of five respectable wit- nesses. Were they going to make it a rule in that court that a policeman's word was better than the oaths of others. If so, no man would be safe. They knew that police- men were not infallible, and he maintained that this was a charge brought against these men. because two of them had com plained to the Chief Constable about an- other officer. When a. man did that he W..s a marked man. Why were three men onlv summoned, when there were six together J —Tlie Bench fined Evan Hughes and wohu Lewis £ 1 and costs, and John Hughes 5s and costs.
A STEAMER OFF JANGLESEY.
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A STEAMER OFF J ANGLESEY. On Tuesday morning a report was fre»>1 r circulated that an Atlantic liner had gon«<- ashore off the Anglesey coast. Subsequent, inquiries, however, revealed the fact tLt-v it was the s.s. "Bothhildre Russ." of Ha- bnrg, in ballast from Liverpool tc, Gn- diff, that had been driven ashore t)wi previous evening during a terrific ga e tk;, was raging at the time. It appears tt the steamer refused to answer her hot- and went ashore, stern first, near LIs-it gwyfan Church, two miles beyond Ab< ffraw, in a lonely part. of the island. Hu. < waves soon swept her from stem to ster.: and the crew were in great peril. Aft i battling with the waves the men sue;eedec in scrambling ashore. The captai.i ar d chief engineer were the last to get J shoi and they had a terrible experience. Ti e men proceeded to a neighbouring fan t- house, where they were hospitably ent.r. tained. The vessel is fast on the roclis, and it is feared that she will become i tot il wreck. When our correspondent y'sitrd the spot, the officers and men were bu y removing their clothing and other per- f°Tn'?* effects to the shore. One of fci,e Jolhffe tugs put out, and the Rhoscchn Jifeboat with the life-saving appara us visited the scene of the disaster, but as t se crew, 17 in number, had already lande I. their services were not required. Capta t *v -D- Roberts, Lloyd's agent, and Mcllgorm, H.M. Customs, were prompt on the spot, giving advice and assistance to the distressed officers and men.
BANGOR AND DISHJCT.
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BANGOR AND DISHJCT. That the oliicial handbook < f the Bangor Corporation has found its way into circula- tion? That it is a very handy comp lation and most creditable to the citv accounts it and his staff, containing as it does a mass of useful loml data? That the Town Clerk may be congratulated upon having successiully angineered the cor- poration Parliamentary bill through its preli- minary stage? That there is no present indication of any opposition, though it remail s to be seen what steps will be taken by the proprietors of tbe Market Hall and the trustets of the Penrhyn Hall? That both these buildings stand sadly in need of reparation? That until the tragedy which this week formed the subject of ia ccroner's inquisition, few persons were aware of the fact that Ban- gor possessed a public mortuary ? That a much-needed wait has thereby been supplied ? That the unfortunate victim ought to have been kept closely under surveillance after the last futile application he made to the Bench, it being then very apparent that lie was mentally wrong? That the-Mayor, acting perhaps on the l ints thrown out in these columns, qualified as a justice of the peace at this week's sitting of the Bangor Bench ? „ That unhappily Bethesda business, %ri-,in,- out of the quarry trouble, vas responsible for the largest share of the charge sheet? That it was never expectel that cue Deputy- Chief-Constahle would hav< been pilloried in the report of the police sul -committer ? That objections to the r mewal of licences are confronting the Bangor bench ? That included in the list are the t"o prin- cipal hotels in the city? That in the case of earl the objection is levelled against, the bars wiich have been opened in the basement of tl- e buildings? That if memory serves aricht. the question has been threshed out at pre dous sessions? That the justices are not lively to be asked to add to tho number of existing licences? That local liberals are sadly disappointed that the member for the Boroughs did not. give the city a passing call during his brief stav in Carnarvonshire? That it is lamentable to recoid the fact that ♦■be Bangor "black list" is beir.g weekly aug- mented ? That the Rev Edward Evans completes bis tenth year as pastor of Peruel Baptist Chapel on Sunday next?
LITERARY GOSSIP.
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LITERARY GOSSIP. Handbooks on the Education Act will Presently be falling upon us like leaves in Vallombrosa. The first of the series fn reach us hails from the "Western Mail" office, Cardiff, and is a handy compendium of the explanatory remarks of Mr Balfour, W. Anson, and others upon the several clauses. The text of the Act is given in full while the chief features are touched 11pon in an entertaining introduction. W" **ote that the author, Mr Roberts-Jones, P&rrister, Cardiff, looks to His Majesty's judges for the real interpretation of sun dry clauses, and opines that in some cas- It 'Will be of such a nature as to astonish the promoters of the measure. The book, which is neatly got up, is published at fouc ^"lllings. Another little volume from the same ^OQrce is a handbook on the new Licensing now running to the glory of a second foition. Mr Roberts-Jones embellishes the text with luminous notes, and supplies the busy reader with a summary of the Ac: a- fdiort preface. A good index com- P'etcs a handy little book, which is pub- at a shilling. Mj E. R. Davies, Pwllheli, is also to the fore with a legal handbook in Welsh UpOl be new Education Act, published bv lessrs R. E. Jones, Conway, at a shilling, It is a handy volume, and contains, to- gether with an annotated translation of th" *t of the Act, much valuable information lating to schools in Wales. The Calendar of the University of Wales R0r. the academic year 1902-3 is a bulkv, produced volume, published in New- containing all possible information sta*Ut °Ur University> its charter and and eS' constituent colleges, regulations for re<iuirements f°r examinations, <fcc ^fere"8 altogetlier an invaluable book o<" We know not whether "Staniforth's Nur- ^7 Rhymes" were intended for the nur °r. not' but certes there is laughing rhv m them for -voung and oId- The but fif ^emselves are somewhat small beer the illustrations they are pinned on do*6X- lent' bot^ pIain and coloured, and c, Me m the best style of the facile "J VI inK UW "W<'st«rn Mail is gratify- aidersuind, by the way, in these Pr^e~m"f'ermany days, that this book was *vhr>iiUCe.ti' even to the colour-printing, °UJ m Wales. Tohe "Revew of Reviews," new series, « the new year in fresh apoarel, tin strit r ?ont corner gi'«g wr.y to ^uiing design intended to be symbolical, is Resume, of the "strenuous life" that t-o he the watchword of the Party < f ^hio) The programme of this party, as J1 be known according to Mr Stead, brill; e r>r,0^ressl've P511" is outlined in o Peruo sketch that will well repay careful the ]S'f+ There is no direct reference in trait to the originals of the dc- ^ay V accompany tho article, but :f ^hiV}, ■ c°,nclude<l that the Photographs, Poorer l?c1Iude those of Messrs Llovd Keir Hardie, rf-c., nre ifled to convey to the reader an ^dc-a ^tearW t pe of refornier believed bv Mr Usual 1° tlie loaders of the future. The features of the Review are pre- served, and form a valuable vade-mecum to current opinion. The caricatures pro- vide an interesting aspect of contemporary history, and are valuable as always in aid- ing us to see ourselves as others see us. A new feature, fore-shadowed in one of M, Stead's annuals, some years ago, if we mis- take not, is the never-ending serial thar essays to chronicle current events ;n the form of fiction. It is an interesting ven- ture, starting well, and providing a sort of literary biograph picture of the events of the day, at home and in the colonies The dramatic meeting of East and West, wealth and starvation outside the soup- kitchen is very well done, and the tragic picture of life and death on an Australian wool-station is a striking bit of work. On the whole, the new "Review" is full of promise and performance.
ITHEFT BY NAVAL MEN AT HOLYHEAD.
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I THEFT BY NAVAL MEN AT HOLYHEAD. SEQUEL TO A RAILWAY ROBBERY. At the Holyhead Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, Detective-Inspector Thomp- son charged William Mackensie and Charles Wood, able seamen belonging to H.M.S. "Ca.mpe)down," stationed in Lough Swilly, Ireland, with the theft of 184 articles, consisting of jewellery and I clothing, the property of a Nurse Perry, who was travelling from Leicester to her home in Dublin. She arrived at Holyhead by the 9.30 p.m. train, and her luggage was removed to the parcel office, in order it might be on board the outgoing steamer next morning. Thinking that the trunk was on board the express boat for Dublin, she did not concern herself respecting it until she reached Dublin. She then discovered that it was missing, and made inquiries. A boy named Bil- lington informed a Mrs Brewster, living in Foundry street, that a trunk was in her garden, and she saw that it, had been broken into. She at once reported the matter to Constable Evan Williams, who discovered that the box had been ran- sacked. He took charge of it, and re- ported the matter to his superior officers and the railway company. Suspicion fell upon the prisoners, and on their personal luggage being searched several of the mis- sing articles were found. The prisoners claimed the bundles as their property, and finally admitted having removed the box to where it was found at midnight, and ransacked it, removing several articles therefrom. A gipsy ring valued at £ 5 had been sold to an outgoing passenger for Dublin for five shillings, and a jacket was given to a resident in the town. The two prisoners were sent to prison for three months, with hard labour.
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-=-k. A "BLACK LISTER" IMPRISONED. Morgan Ellis, an Army Reservist, livi*u; at Carnarvon, was brought before Mr Henry Lewis and the Mayor (Mr W. P. Matthews) at Bangor, on Wednesday, upon a charge of being drunk and disorderly ir High street on the previous evening.— P.O. 91 stated that he received a om- plaint about the defendant creating a dis- turbance in High street, and he found him close to the Pendref Chapel. Subsequent- ly he was found surrounded by a crowd near the Cathedral. — Corroborative evi- dence was tendered by P.O. 73 and Ser- geant Jones (9), to whom the defendant stated that he obtained flour at Trebortb, and sold it for 9d, which he spent n drink.—Robert H. Llewelyn Roberts stat. i I that the defendant was singing and shout- ing.-The defendant pleaded not guilty. — Sergeant Owen (Carnarvon) said that h had known Ellis for many years, and fP. ported that he had been convicted sixteen or seventeen times. He had twice be?n brought up on charges of attempted suicide. On Thursday last, at Carnarvon, he was declared by the Bench to be a habitual drunkard, and was placed on th- "black list." On Tuesday evening notices regarding him were distributed among the licensed victuallers'.—D.C.C. Harris ap- plied that the defendant should be treated under section 2 of the New Act, and com- mitted to an inebriates' home.—Answering the Chairman, the defendant stated that he lived at Caeathraw, near Carnarvon, and that he was an Army Reservist, receiving Is a day as pension.—Mr H. Lewis: Yo i were placed on the "black list" at :a1 narvon. What did they say? That I should not have drink in Carnarvon for three years.—The Chairman: Nor in Ban- gor? I didn't know that. — The Cha r- man Yes, and because of that we are go- ing to deal leniently with you. We are in a position to send you to an inebriates' home for three years—half prison and half workhouse. Notices have been sent out tc prevent you getting drink, and you won't get drink anywhere, and you will bring anybody who supplies you with drink 'nto trouble. You must go to Carnarvon prison for fourteen days.
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Mr. Gwilym Parry, of Denbigh, who has been secretary of the Welsh NationaJ Liberal Council from its formation, has re- signed the office, but at the request of the Genera! Purposes Committee has consented to retain the position until March 1. Mr. Aiberu Spicer, the president, has been asked meanwhile to make arrangements to carry on the work, especially that of or- ganising the demonstrations to be held in Wales against th" Education Act, and at his request Mr. H. G. A. Allgood, Liberal agent; Cardiff has consented to carry on this branch of the wcrk pending the ap- Fc;trr-ra: ;f a suic:sscr -o Mr. Parrv.
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———-———=—— ai NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BA NK „ We would draw the attention of^ ou readers to the balance sheet in another column. The report of the atrhual meet- I ing held in Liverpool will appear in our next issue.
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DO YOU KNOW CARNARVON AND DISTRICT. That according to 'The Gas World' Year Book" for lbUi the make of gas at Carnarvon during 1902 was 29,223,000 cubic feet? That at Bangor, where there is also electr; light, the annual mak ewas 44,018,000? lhat, out of twenty Welsh town, Carnar- von is the third from the bottom in regard to the make of gas? That the Marquis of Anglesey recently pre- sented a silver cup to the Carnarvon foothill club r That the committee applied for the sm, tion of the North Wales Association to ho; t a competition for the cup on Good Friday next; but the application was refused? That the committee should arrange a com- petition for junior clubs, similar to the oi.s that took place on Boxing Day? That the Carnarvon team do not occupy favourable position in the League this yea ? That apparently they have not taken mu< notice of the remarks made by Mr Parry, tLe- president of the North Wales Association, when he presented the League cup to them a few months ago? That the borough magistrates had a priva;e sitting on Monday night, when they had under consideration the public-houses of the town ? That the probability is that at the forth- coming licensing sessions recommendations will be made with reference to back entrances to certain licensed houses? That the method oi describing the "black lister" is regarded as unsatisfactory by licen- sees? That the licence holders would find it diffi- cult to detect a "black lister" by the descrip- tion given? That the sensible way would be to supp y each public-house with a photograph of the obnoxious individual? That a naval and military ball will shortly be held at Carnarvon in aid of the Cottage Hospital ? That the hon. secretary is Mr ravidson' That Mr H. Lloyd Carter's reminiscences of Carnarvon at the Church Guild on Monday evening were very interesting? That the children's fancy dress bnli held re- cently at the Guild Hall has) ielded a surplus of £ 50, which has been hanaed over to the District Nurses' Fund? That Mr Charles A. Jones (Chairman of the County Council) on Sunday distributed books to the scholars who had attended riost regular- ly the St. David's Sunday School, the ener- getic superintendent of which is Mr David Evans, butcher?
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'TOittee of the Welsh Nonconformist churches in London, and is usually a. very crowded gathering. This year the offici it- ing ministers are the Revs. O. R. Owen (of Cilandwr, Pembrokeshire) and J. Price Ro- berts (of Wrexham), Congregationalist and Wesleyan respectively. The singing wii be conducted by Air Madoc Da vies. A.R.C.M., and the organ will be in charts of Mr Merlin Morgan, R.A.M. The pros- pects of a successful and inspiring feot, va. Jwe consequently very bright. The Archdruid complains, and rightly so, .af the inconvenience caused by the non aoquaintanee of the officials at the post offices, railway stations, and banks with the Welsh language. In conversation with a correspondent he said that the present con- dition was tending to destroy many of Uw> beautiful old Welsh place-names and to in- troduce in their stead a kind of bastard substitute that no Welshman could appr^- omte. As an illustration of this he showec* a letter which he forwarded some inon;ris ago to a well-known clergyman at St. Asaph, to which town in addressing his communication he gave the Welsh name cf Llanelwy. To judge by the stamps upon the envelope, which was in the hands~ot ^he postal authorities for about a month v;sited every town in North and South wales commencing with Llan without find- its destination. Then, in despair, the iooal authorities forwarded it to London where a Welsh clerk at St. Martin's ap- Pears to have solved tthe riddle; at any rate, after travelling some thousands oi miles and being a month on the journey, the letter reached St. Asaph, some twenty odd mil,. from Llangollen, via London. Again, at railway stations in rural Wales he says :that passengers from secluded localities have often the greatest difficulty In making themselves known, and one of the causes of suspicion regarding banking mstitutions in Welsh villages is that tot) flften they hear nothing but English spoken there. ow Dean Howell was almost the only eJtarnple ot a cleric who was a "Literate" -that is, ordained without a University degree who has attained high dist inction. 10 the Anglican Church. Yet he was never advanced to the hi; hopric for which he was eminently qualified, although his Promotion was eagerly desired by Welsh- men of all denominations, and he was con- sidered the foremost of Welsh orators. He "as passed over twelve years ago for the Hshopric of St. Asaph in favour of a younger man, the reasons given being Mr Howell's advanced years—though he was In full physical and intellectual vigour- *od his lack of University education. Ihese were, of course, mere flims\_ excuses, the real reason being that he was an Evangelical who favoured Welsh Disestab- lishment. • • • • Sir Lewis Morris was OIl Friday seventy years of age. He was born at Carmarthen, and his schools were Cowbridge and Sher- borne. He then proceeded to Jesus Col- lege, Oxford, at which University he gained the Chancellor's prize for English Essay in 1858. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn, and practised as a conveyancer from 1861 to 1831. He is rightly regarded as a pioneer of the edu- cation movement in Wales, is Deputy- Chancellor of the National University and cation movement in Wales, is Deputy- Chancellor of the National University and Vice-President of University College, Aberystwyth. In 1886 Sir Lewis Morris was candidate for Pembroke Boroughs, r!l and in 1892 c.i^r^cd Carmarthen Boroughs, but retired before the poll, His Poems are many, beginning in 1872 with 'Songs of Two Worlds," of which three editions have been published. I T