The North Wales Express

CRICCIETH FREE LIBRARY. OPENING CEREMONY. ADDRESS BY MR J. E. GREAVES. On Monday, in the presence of a larg) gathering, Mr John E. Greaves, Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire, formally opened the Criccieth Free Library, erected at a cost of £ 960. The library movement was started at Criccieth many years ago by the Ladies' Temperance Committee, who, by means of concerts, &c., were able to I secure £ 60 towards starting a fund. Arrangement's were made with the Cambrian Railway Company for a choice of sites on th& company's property upon which to erect a temporary building for library pur- poses. A ground plan of the structure was sub- mitted to the Urban District Council, who re- fused their sanction, because- the building would contravene the- by-hm". By tlii-Itimt the fund had reached £ 200,and application for further local contributions resulted in Mr J. E. Greaves and Mr Robert Thomas each contributing £ 100. The promoters there- upon decided to embark upon a permanent building, and approached Mr Carnegie, who offered to contribute the cost of a building, provided that tI1" sum of £700 was raised locally and invested, and that the Fre-3 Libraries Acts were adopted by the Council for the purpose of levying a rate. The con- ditioiis accepted, the £ 700 being sub-, sequently soon raised. An offer of a free site for the building was gonemusly mad? by Mr J. T. Jones, of Pareiau. the present chairman of the Urban District Council. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING. The following is the architect's description cf the building:—The new library is a very r-oiiimodicus and corveniently-planned build- ing, the principal rooms being arranged on two floors, and every part of the building is lofty, airy, and well-lighted. The prin- cipal entrance is placed in the centre of the. main front., and opens directly through glazed swing-doors into a spacious hall, on the left of which is the general reading- room. Behind. -id also opening out of the central hall, is the lending library, with counter and public space for borrowers. The eountcr is fitted with the most approved indicator for the convenience of borrowers. The lending library is a nn?, lofty apart ment, with caved ceiling and lantern light in the roof, to throw light directly into the book-cases, so that the titles of the books may be readily seen by the librarian and his assistants. By this arrangement of lighting, no part of the room is in shadow. The division between the library and read- ingroom is a handsomely-design :d pitch- pine screen, with the upper panels glazed, so that the reading-room is at all times under the supervision of the librarian. There are doors of communication between the lending library and the reading-room, and the reading room and space for the public. The lending library is fitted up with book-cases to take 6000 volumes, with room for a further 3000 volumes, should it be required at some future date. On the right of the extrarce hall .is the ladies' wading-room, in the rear of which, and opening out of the central hall, is the stair- case ht'.V. with conveniently arrayed retiring-rooms and lavatories for ladies, and behind the stair case hall is placed the gentlemen's retiring-room and lavatory. On the first floor is the reference library, a fine room, fitted up with necessary book-cases. tables, and chairs for the convenience of the readers. The committee room is placed near the reference library, and is lighted by a prettily-designed projecting bay-window. Between the reference librarv and the com- mittee room is a store room. A heating chamber is provided in the basement, with coal and coke stores adjoining, so that the building, should it be desired, can be heated by means of hot water and radiators. All the rooms are fitted with fire-places. The building is picturesquely desfgned in th? English domestic style of architecture. The ground floor storey is of red Ruabon brick and Talacre stone dressings, the upper part covered with rough cast, ornamental red bricks, projecting courses at. the junctions of the red brick wall and the rough cast. The well designed and nicely balanced gambles, with the projecting bay-window to the committee room. and tho half-timbered filling in to the principal gable, have a very pleasing and effective appearance. The whole of the interior fittings are of pitch- pine, and the large window of the reading- room and the ladies' reading-room is fitted with most excellently-designed leaded lights. The work has been excellently carried out fry Mr David Evans, contractor, Criccieth, from the designs, and under the superin- tendence, of Mr Rowland' Lloyd Jones, M.S.A., county architect of Carnarvonshire. OPENING CEREMONY. The opening ceremony was performed in the afternoon. 04r Greaves was presented with a silver key, bearing a suitable in- scription, by Mrs Phillip Davies, Garth Celyn (sister of Mr Lloyd George), as re- presenting the ladies' temperance com- mittee. Mr Greaves, who was received with loud cheers, in his address, said that the event was full of great hope and promise for the future prosperity and well-being of Cric- cieth. It. wo a. long step forward in the direction of that social and educational de- velopment which perhaps was nowhere mora marked than in the Principality of Wales (cheers). The library was, he be- lieved, destined to be a great boon and blessing to the people of Criccieth, and would advantage them in hundreds of ways which they little dreamed of at present. Ar- tistically, the building was unquestionably an ornament to the town, and in performing the opening ceremony it would be ungrateful on his part if he did not revert, to the muni- ficent donor to whoee princely generosity the building was due, and merely to express their thanks to Mr Carnegie would not be sufficient. They might hope to induce him 10 pav a visit to Crtccieth at not a distant date so that he could see the building, and lie was sure, if Mr Carnegie did visit them, he would be accorded a hearty Welsh wel- come. He also referred to the spirit dis- played by the Criccieth Council, and the generosity of its chairman, who gave the site. He rejoiced to think that the institu- tion was intended not only as a receptacle for literature but as a place for reasonable and rational social intercourse and recrea- tion, where all might meet on equal terms, whero political and sectarian divisions would be tabooed, and where all might enter and none be denied (cheers). He looked upon the institution as a powerful a<»ent for the promotion of the moral and social welfare of the people. He looked upon it as a most hopeful meana of com- bating their great national failing—intem- perance. Legislation was all very well in its way, but no man or woman had yet been moo-e sober by Act of Parlianisnt. In nine cases out of ten men did not become drunk- ards from an innate and irresistible desire for strong drink, but, like moths, they were lured to destruction by the light and warmth of public-houses and gin palaces. They must look the facts in the face, and recognise that men driven from their homes bv discomfort and squalor had no refuge 'but the public-houee. The o ily line which he believed temperance advocates aid re- formers couio adopt with any assurance of success was to prevail upon public bodies in large a .id email towns to prov de public in- stitutions which would bo as comfortable as public-houses (choers).

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CARNARVONSHIRE LICENSING COMMITTEE. EXTENSION OF A LICENSE. The first meeting of the Licensing Com- mittee for the county of Carnarvon took place on Thursday, when there was a. full attendance of members under the presidency of Mr J. E. Greaves (Lord Lieutenant). On the application of Mr Arthen Owen the committee confirmed the removal of the license of the Nanboron Arms, Nevin, .to new premises. THE TALYCAFN FERRY HOTEL. AMUSING POINT OF LOCUS STANDI. Mr F. E. Smith (instructed by Messrs Carter, Vincent and Co.) applied for a. con- firmation of the grant of a seven days' license to the Ferry Hotel, Talycafn. Mr R. S. Chamberlain asked for leave to oppose the application on behalf of the licensee of a hotel on the opposite side of the river. Mr Smith submitted that Mr Chamber- lain had no locus standi. Mr J. J. Marks opposed the confirmation on behalf of most of the public bodies con- nected with the district, whereupon Mr Chamberlain intimated that he would be content if Mr Marks called his witnesses. Mr Smith, in making the application, said that the licensee was Griffiths Roberts, and the hotel was owned by Mrs Gough. To the court below an application was made for a new license in form though in substance it was for getting the benefits of a full seven days' license. The hotel was a new house erected on the sito of a much older house, which at one time was in the enjoyment of a full seven days' license, but this was allowed to fall into disquietude, and upon the new hotel being put up the requirements for a full license became very pressing. There was a large amount of perfectly legitimate traffic in the Vale of Conway on Sundays, for which a reasonable provision should be made. There was no intention to make the house a place for Sunday drinking, and in the event of the license being granted the opening hours would be confined to twelve noon till eight o'clock in the evening on Sundays. The decision of the Conway bench in granting the license had provoked a certain amount of adverse criticism, and even the County Coun- cil had in a very uncalled-for manner antici- pated the decision which the Licensing Com- mittee might arrive at. The licensee gave evidence touching the complaints received by him from visitors that they could not eubertain their friends at the hotel on Sunday under present condi- tions, and several coach drivers and other witnesses were exa-mined with the view of showing that the other hotel afforded no stabling accommodation. Mr Marks said that ho opposed the appli- cation on grounds of public policy, and that additional facilities should not be granted on Sundays. J. Burgess, licensee of the Talycafn Hotel, which stands on the Denbighshire side of tho river, said that in a short time he would have completed stabling accommodation for more than 20 horses. Superintendent Rees (Conway) said that the Ferry Hotel was away from the main road, and therefore difficult of police super- vision. Questioned by Mr Smith, lie said that he was, instructed by the Chief Constable to appear to give evidence in the court below, but he put. a question to a witness with the view of putting him right. Mr Smith raised the question of Mr Mark's locus standi. He understood at the outset that tha.t gentleman appeared for the police, but it now transpired that the police did not oppose. After discussion the Committee decided that Mr Marks bad no locus standi. and the decision of the court below to grant a seven days' licenee was confirmed. A preliminary meeting of the Committee followed to deal with houses which claim compensation. Rupert.-) from the Portmadoc and Carnar- von licensing justices were considered with reference to the renewal of six licenses, and it was decided to renew them all, the houses being the Prince of Wales, Quarrymen's Arms, Portmadoc; Bull's Head, Pencae- newydd; Prince of Wales and Vaynol Arms, Ebenezer; and Railway Inn, Llanwnda.

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f BANGOR AND SABBATH DESECRATION. DRINKING FACILITIES ON THE STEAMERS. "To call attention to the drinking facilties on excursion steamers and the desecretion of the Lord's Dav by Sunday excursionists," a public meeting was held at the Queen's Head Caf". at Bangor, on Tuesday evening. There was a large attendance. The Mayor (Coun- cillor W. Bayne) presided. In opening the proceedings th? Mayor said that they had been invited to discuss a. sub- j:2ct which was very near to the heart of every one of them-how best to keep Sunday in a proper manner and in as respectful a man- ner as possible. It had been felt by some that the excursion steamers that visited the coa-jt, and called at certain places, turned many people ashore who were the worse for drink. He agreed that they in Bangor could not complain very much about drunken people coming from the steamers, but ia Llandudno a strong resolution had been passed con- demning the practice, and friends in Bangor wished to help them in this matter by show- ing their sympathv (hear, hear). The Dean of Bangor (Canon Griffith Ro- berts) said that he was glad to have the op- portunity of lifting his voice in unison with other voices in favour of the quiet Sunday and against unnecessary facilities for Sun- day drinking. He was a believer in the old saying that "a, Sunday well spent brings a '■ week of content," and everything that mili- tated against a Sunday well spent they as good Christians and citizens should set their faces against (hear, hear). The Mayor had lived in Bangor longer than he. but he had come to the same conclusion as he had, that the quietness of Sunday at Bangor was lesa disturbed than in many other places. They cherished the name of their ancient city, but he feared that they were not free from danger in this matter, and they were anxious to do all they could to prevent any change in the way of observing Sunday in the city. v THE CONTINENTAL SUNDAY. He was oppose to the introduction into this country of anything like the Continental Sunday (cheers}. He liked the British Sun- day, and, as a Welshman, he liked the Welsh Sunday (hear, hear). He did not deny that the beauty of the Wetoh Sunday had been sometimes impaired by too much severity, strictness, and dulness, and, perhaps, at the present time there was the danger of the re- action setting in. The pendulum easily swings from one extreme to the other. He had been brought up to believe that no Sunday was well spent by anyone if he or she did not taKe part in public worship on that day. He had been always brought up to think that it was not right that any man should walk three miles on a Sunday in order to obtain in- toxicating liquor—(cheers,—and he had not changed his opinion, and v.ss not likely to do so. With regard to the Contin uital ISur. day he wished to say that an imitator was genterally a miserable sort of creature. Welshmen who tried to pose as Englishmen, and Englishmen who tried to pose as Welsh- men, were pretty certain to make themselves ridiculous. A man could do very much better by acting naturally than by trying to be somebody else, and that was also true with regard to Sunday observance. A man who was an imitator generally copied the weaker points in the character which he tried to reproduce, and that was just what those who tried to introduce the Continental Sun- day into this country were doing. They ap- peared to lose sight of the fact that although the afternoons and evenings were devoted to sport, almost everybody on the Continent went to a place of worship in the morning. The Continental Sunday brought into this country meant too often a day wholly given over to frivolity and pleasure. "Let us be ourselves in the observance of the Holy Day," added the Dean. "I have been in Bangor too short a time to know much about the particular evil which has brought us into this room this evening, but I am told that this Sunday pleasure steamers are threatening to change the character of our beautiful Sunday in this part of the country." He concluded, after warmly prais- ing the Sunday Closing Act, which he hoped would never be repealed, by proposing the following resolution:— "That the exclusion of excursion steamers on the North Wales coast from the operation of the Welsh Sunday Closing Act. and other controlling Acts, is a fruitful source of mis- chief, and that legislative powers are urgently needed to bring their drinking facilities under stricter control, and that licenses should not be granted tp sell drink in them on Sundays." Alderman Henry Lewis seconded the re so lution, and said, at the outset, that Mr W. P. Matthews, whilst in perfect accord with the object of the meeting, regretted his in- ability to be present. He said that he had had two complaints to make against Sunday excursion steamers. Firstly, that tney offered so many inducements to people in this part of the country to neglect, all those duties which were associated with the Lord's Day. Secondly, because there wiiq practi- cally unrestricted liberty with regard to drinking on board the steamers. STEAMERS CANNOT BE STOPPED. It might be said that the people cf oangor had the remedy in their own hands, by pre- venting the steamers from landing pas sengers on the pier on Sundays. Th^t was not so. The Act of Parliament under whi. h the pier was constructed precluded the possibility of the Corporation refusing the steamers permission to land passengers on Sunday. The steamers were not brought- within the operations of the Welsh Sundav Closing Act, so that passengers could, not only obtain drink on board every day, but when they landed they could visit" anv licensed house, and secure drink as bona- fide travellers. The only remedy they had was to influence public opinion 'in the *na«er' an indication of the Sunday traffic, h#> might say that last season 2202 embarked oa board the steamers en Sundav at Bangor, and 1997 landed from them, The largest number which embarked on one day was 202, and the largest nnmbcr which landed was 193. They in Bangor, so fat as he was aware, had no reason to c-omplfiin of the conduct of the passengers; hut it was at Llandudno, where they were allowed a long time ashore, that they became a nuisance; and the should endeavour tc create a public opinion against Sur. day excursions altogether. He quite agreed that there wore many people in the countrv who might well be encouraged to snend rd; c 1 as possible of their tini*i on Sundav in op-en-t)il, b'3causf> they indoors during the rest of the week; but his point was that he did not think that those con- ltions applied to any. or, at least, very few., people in Ba ngor, and that meeting bad specially to do with Bangor. All the shops- 111 the city closed at seven p.m. When ho a boy they opened an hour earlier than J)(?y did now, and they all closed at nine P-m-, so that the shopkeepers had gai'i^d three hours, and the works closed 01 Satur- day afteri.0011. Speaking, therefor* of the public of Bangor generally, he did not { think that any of them had the. right to say, "I must spend my holiday in exr-ursion- ing in the open-air. There was another reason,—ar>d that was the influence of tho free and easy manner of dealing with the Sabbath, to which the Bean had i^f.. He maintained that the present method was disastrous to the national character. if they destroyed the spirit of reverence m regard to the Sabbath, they would destrov that spirit in Its other relations. Those children who disobeyed their parents were generally those children who were not taught to respect the Sabbath. There was no greater curse sapping the morality and tbof- religion of this country than intem- perance (hear. h^ar). Rev T. Edwin Jones. M.A.. junior vic.ir of Bangor, supporting the resolution, ob- served that the sacredness of Sunday was one of the most precious inheritances of a Welshman. Whatever might be the tem- porary differences which now and then ruffled the surface of therr religious life, they all agreed in observing Sunday (cheers). Xo discordant note was struck by any de- nomination with regard to that point. # He had seen a little of the Continental Sunday, having been to Pf:r!s and Rome, and he was rather surprised to find that Rome was worse than Paris. Perhaps that was because they thought. Rome should be very good, as the Pope lived there, and he was supposed to be infallible. He should be very sorry to find the English towns adopting the Continental Sunday. As Christians, they should endeaTonr to stem this river of pollution at its very fount. He was deeply sensible of the difficulty of legislating a nation into sobriety, but he did not think it impossible, and he wel- comed any agency which tended to narrow the influences of this terrible curse, which was doing so much injury. These drunken excursionists, when they landed, became a nuisance, not only to themselves, but to tho community. Vioe hidden was bad enough. but when it was flaunted before their eyes i by drunkc-n excursionists it became absolute- > ly revolting. I Rev Ellis Jones- pastor of the Ebenezer Congregational Chapel, expressed surprise that thp Corporation could not prevent the steamers landing passengers on Sundays. "These steamers evaded the Welsh Sundav Closing Act.and by travelling on them people were treat,ing God's Day in an irrational manner- It. was a shame that. English people should come into Welsh towns to drink. Tho average Englishman could live pretty well without respecting the Sabbath. but the average Welshman could not. He was surprised at the amount of drink which was consumed on board the steamers. One Sunday last year 14,000 bottles of intoxicat- ing liquor were c-onsumed on the journey from Liverpool to Llandudno, and certain amount of drunkenness must accompany such drinking. Carnarvon had declined to allow "these floating grog-shops" to land their passengers there on Sunday. On one occasion, when he travelled by one of the boats, on a Saturday afternoon, to Liver- pool. it resembled a lion's dev!, jvhat with the light ins: and drinking that wjr going on. Rev R. Morgan, St. Paul's, aleo supported the resolution. and urged that as the "Athens of Wales" it was imperative that their city should be the purest c-ity in \Y ales. No temptations should be put in the way of the students to break the Sab- bath (hear, hear). ANOTHER VIEW OF THE QUESTION. Dr E. V. Arnold, University College of North Wales, then rose to address the meeting. and opened by remarking that pro- bably he would not be found in harmony with t,h e feeling which they apparently ail entertained, but he wiehed to make it clear that he wat; in sympathy with the object of the meeting. He had not great sympathy with Sunday excursions, and with regard to Sunday drinking no one deprecated it more than he did (hear, hear). [He, however, felt that.som-e of the speakers had been treading upon rather delicate ground. If any of the reLigious societies in Bangor had brought the matter before the public it would have been a. perfectly legitimate thing, but. here they had a public meeting where everyon-e holding views on the question had the right to speak. There were citizens such as the Jews who did not observe Sunday in the way most of those present did. Under the circumstances it seemed to him that they should be very careful. The meeting wished to go feiill further, they wished to invoke the aid of the law to prevent the passengers obtaining liquor. The meeting was in the main one of Welsh people, and it was cen- suring the Englishmen who travelled on the boat*, so he craved as an Englishman for a little indulgence. A great deal had been said of the Welsh Sunday (A Voice: "And the English Sunday as well"). He depre- cated any attempt to hotly denounce the ways of their Continental neighbours, espe- cially their manner of spending Sunday. Anybody who came over from the Continent to England could not help being pained by a certain change. For instance, it was pain- ful to walk through the streets of Bangor on a Sunday morning and find half the people asleep. There was no reason for that except that they had stayed up longer on the previous night at the expense of Sunday. So in the observance of Sunday morning they had a great deal to learn from their Continental neighbours. Reference had also been made to fresh air, and Mr Henry Lewis said that nobody in Bangor needed fresh cir on Sunday (laughter). It was their dutv to encourage the people to obtain fresh air on Sunday. The people were pining for fresh air. and very few of them got it, and the absence of it sowed the seeds of disease, and had caused the death of many a pro- mising young man. Wednesday afternoon for one section of the community and Satur- day afternoon for another section was not sufficient for those who had to fight the battle of life- They themselves were not quite perfect in the way they observed Sun- day. and they should be careful as to the manner they condemned other people. There were many people who came from England to Wales to seek pure air, and many of them had been saved from death by that pure air. He could be very slow to ad- vocate what had been advocated, the total prohibition of steamers landing their pas- sengers on Sunday. To him that seemed a dangerous precedent to set. The laws in England which regulated Sunday observance had not been happy in their results. Those excursionists about whom very strong words had been used were The Chairman (interposing) pointed out that the resolution made no reference to the landing of passengers. It was to Sun- dav drinking they objected. Dr Arnold I thought I heard something about the landing of passengers. I am glad the resolution says nothing about it. These

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NORTH WALES LABOUR DAY. The great labour demonstration luwvl I Llafur) of the North Wales Quarrvmen's J Union, to be held in the Carnarvon Pavilion, has been fixed for the first Monday in Mav. t Mr J. Bryn Roberts, M.P.. is to preside at. the public meeting, and the principal speaker will be Dr Henry Jotio«. Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. the public meeting, and the principal speaker will be Dr Henry Jotio«. Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.

1 j NORTH WALES ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS. ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT BANGOR. j The second annual me-et'ng 0f the North TV ales Association cf Change Ringers, cf which the Bishops of Bangor and 01. Asaph I are the presidents, was held at Ba-gor OK Easter Monday. The Rev T. L-w.e JoDet, M.A.. vicar of St. David's Church, pro sided over an attendance repretseniative the principal belfrys in North Wake. The report present»ed by the secretary <Mr S. A. Cullington, Llardudno) showed that the membership of the association h»<f substantially increased during the prist yes* J1 our n<ew towers had been enrolled, atkJ ( 68 new members h:>d been admitted during the year, making a grand total of 312 meir r -berg. The number of peals rung showed a decrease of two upon last year's perform I anoes. whilst the number of "Touefrds" of 720 and upwards was fouitesn as agarnn eight for last year. The balance-sheet showed an income for the year of £ 14 10s. and an expenditure of £27 (h Id, and th-1-1 'I balance in hand was F.5 Os lOd. The eeer#i- tary observed that it was regrettable to he* < to mention the great difficulty experi-encesi in getting subscriptions in from some of ti- companies of ringers. After some discussion it wae agreed io I purchase a peal-book, and to charge e3lh member 6d for booking the peals. A subject dowj for discussicn was ''What are the best means of inducing the clergy and the responsible authorities to improve the condition of their church bells where de- fective?" The Chairman observed that the clergy were awakening to their work in regard i-o the bells, and the members of the associa- non should endeavour to enlighten the clergy es -to what bell-ringing meant. In the 16th century bell-ringing was almost en- tirely taken up by persons of independeifl^ means, and ladies used to stop their car- riages to listen to the bells. People who ridiculed bell-nnging were so ignorant thei, it was impossible for bell-ringers to talk fa them. The only way to get the clergy to take an interest in bell-ringing was to .hem up to the belfry. He hud been toKl to go to the Contin-cnt if he wanted to hear bell-ringing, but on the Continent it won machine work; in this country it wae brair- work (hear. hear). It was a matter tor roegret that three out of seven towers in ibf Bangor diocese w-ere practically doing nothing. He always had a high opinion cf the Portmadoc ringers, and they deeer*ecl the highest credit for their work; and *Ito eame might be said of the Beaumaris ringeitf (cheers). Mr Evans (Portmadoc), referred to tLf efforts of the Chairman, and said that ibey all looked up to the G-lanadda- ringers 64* ideal ringers (hear, hear). The Chairman suggested that the ckrgy might be invited to attend the annual meoi-" ings of the association. It was agreed to send an invitation to the clergy of each church with a belfry. Bo<fcV» wyddan, Rhuddlaa. Llangollen, and Rhyi, were mentioned as suitable places for ti-O next annual meeting, and Rhuddlan -weK selected. An objection to one of t-he was that no food could be obtained there. The Chairman wae asked to make inquiri**» 2s to tiU* desirability of affiliating the JoEt. c-iatioa with the Central Association. After the meeting the ringers attended a special service al which the Bishop (Er Catkin Williams) preached. The aervire Wa6 accompanied by Mr C. Wiliaams, wlio is a ringer. The party afterwards proceeded io "Che"1 boats to Glyugarth palooe, where the BJ*- hop held a reception. The clergy pretw^V included the Dean (Canon Robertsi, Cano-ct Fairehild, Revs T. Lloyd Kyffin, — Vaughn (Rhaddla.11), T. A. Williams (Portroadop), and H. J. T. Morgan (Beaumaris), sTOtt J Minor Canons R. H. Williams and J. £ Morriee. The Rev T. Le,w:'¡ Jon is proposed a toVi of thanks to the Bishop, Mr W. H. Evarit t Portmadoc) seconding, in a T-ery humored speech, in which be reminded the Biebop that the ringem had a bishop in the pen* of the Rev T. Lewis Jones.—In reply, is op said that it required more tbext «?r-* dmary skill to be a successful change rin|$e-'V and he himself> never went beyond riDging rouads on six bells. He still retained I,-vo 01 his original band of ringers as servant* at Glyngarth. He hoped the cfc would pros- per in his diocese, and he would do all in luff power to help it. A course of granof^rH caters was given on the handbells, and vraw very enjoyable, and the Wrexham rifcgs gave a selection. The local arrengemex-w devolved upon Mr W. T. Peekr Eafitcui road.

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Speeches were afterwards made by Mr J. T. Jones, who gave the site; Mr W. Wat- kins, on behalf of the old Library Commit- tee Mr T. Burnell, on behalf of the Urban District Council; Canon Lloyd Jones, as re- presenting the local school manageis; and Mr J. Tobias, the late f-ecietary of the Library Committee, and deputy clerk of the Urban Council. Mr Burnell said the library would cater specially for craftsmen and those intended for a moritime career. A department for children would also be pro- vided. Ganon'Lloyd Jones proposed, end Mr J. Tobias seconded a vote of thanks to Mr Greaves. Mr Greaves thanked the two gentlemen for tneTF"kind references tcrthe approaching 0 marriage of hie daughter. He then declared the Free Library open. In the evening, at the Parish Room, Mr J. Lloyd Williams, of Bangor College, gave a lecture on "Botany." The lecture was illustrated. The proceeds were in aid of the Free Library.

paeo^ngiere who alight from the et-eamere or Sundays paM practically under my window. and I must Bay that I have nev-er observed drunkenness, and drunkenness if, I believed, generally denied in connection with thoE Sunday trip6 of the steamers. If the reso- lution goes out it will appear as the result of our experience in Bangor. The resolu- tion wishes to prohibit the sale cf intoxica- ting drink on Sunday. Well, have any of you been oeriously s-ea siek? (Laughter). If you do get sea sick I should not advise you to take alcohol, but there are people who think that alcohol under any circumstances is the right, remedy, and is there any possi- bility of an Act being passed to prevent people taking alcohol for that catme? Thej 11 apparently wanted to make a law foi steamers which was different to the law or land. Great trade was done at Bangor or Sunday with bona-fide travellers, and ii they could not clo&e the public-houses ir their town against these travellers how could they close the bars on the ships? The meeting had not. landed upon a practical proposal, and he would suggest that they should proceed in a different manner. The&e Steamship Companies in their relation's with Wales were doing a great deal o! good. and why should not a letter be ad- dressed to the managers? Rev ElLs Jones: That has been done. Dr Arnold: Well, this is the first time I have heard of it. Total prohibition of alcohol on the steamers will not pay. It may seem all right to us who do not take alcohol, but the prohibition is not practical. Dr Evans, Brynkynallt, denied that alco- hol was a remedy for sea 6icknees. Dr Arnold I deny saying so. Dr Evans, proceeding, said he thought Dr Arnold had misunderstood the move- ment, the object of which, so far as he could understand, was to put n etop to the selling of alcohol on board steamere on Sunday. r He knew of two fadxilwe who had declined to stay at Llandudno owing to the conduct of drunken excursionists. Mr Wickens, photographer, remarked that it appeared rather dangerous for him au Englishman to rise up at a meeting o" that kind, but he wished to heartily sup- port the resolution. When he fimt came to Wales two things struck him—the exceed- ingly beautiful Menei Straits and the man- ner in which the Sabbath was kept (hear, hear). He was a native of Brighton, which was one of those towns which att-empted to imitate the Continental Sunday, and the rowdyness and drunkenness always dis- gusted him. He was sorry to see respect- able Bangor people taking Sunday sea trips, the main object of which was to ob- tain drink. Let them try to prevent the thin edge of the wedge being applied. Rev Edward Evans, Baptist minister, said that the Bangor of to-day was different from the Bangor of ten years ago in regard to the observance of Sunday. He had every respect for Dr Arnold, but had more respect for the Bible, which denounced Sunday ex- cursions. SPEAKERS WIDE OF THE MARK. The Chairman stated that he agreed with Dr Arnold that some of the speakers had gone wide of the mark, and he (the Mayor) could not endorse some of the remarks which had been made in Welsh about the total prohibition of Sunday excursions. If that had been embodied in the lesolutloa he did not believe he could have accepted the chair. Rev Ellis Jones said that no reference had been made to the total prohibition of Sunday traffic, but the Mayor said there had. The Rev Edward Evans said so in Welsh. Proceeding, the Mayor said he was, how- ever, against, the development of Sunday traffic, and a few years ago, when a pro- posal was made to run the Corporetioa 6teamer on Sunday, he took a negative view. He did not think that they were justified in passing anything like a strong resolution against the company which was doing so much from « mopey point of view and from the view of assisting the workers in the big towns to* obtain fresh air. but they would be glad to do awav with drinking on board the boats on the Sabbath, at any rate excessive drinking (hear, hear). It was bad to see so much drinking on week days, but on the Sabbath it wae .especially bad. ) Oil being put to the vote the resolution was unanimously carried. and it was decided to furnish each member of Parliament for I North Wales with a copy, SUNDAY OBSERVANCE SERMONS. Mr Henry Lewis suggested that ea^h clergyman and min ster in the town should preach a sermon on Sunday observance, with the view of focussing and maturing a right and healthy opinion upon the ques- tion. I Mr Stephen Jones, commenting on a ¡ suggestion that the resolution should be I forwarded to the Prime Minister, remarked that it would be unwise to do so as he might be off golting on Sundays. j