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Tbe National Elsteddlod. I
Tbe National Elsteddlod. I ^DISAPPOINTING CONTESTS. BARDIC CHAIR WITHHELD. Tlw attendance of the general public on Thursday at the Mountain Ash National Eis- teddfod was sparse, and even in the after- noon, vhen the second chief choral contest traa reached, the pavilion was not half full. THE GORSEDD. The weather was delightful, although when ttic bards met at the Gorsedd in the morning Tain fell copiously. The bards had left their robes behind, and the ceremonial, therefore, was of the tamest. Lord and Lady Aberdare. and Mr Glyn Vivian, brother of the late Lord Swansea, were introduced to Cadfan, the De- puty A rchdrnid, by Mr Vincent, Evans, and Am id considerable cheering were awarded honorary degrees and admitted into the mys- tic circle. Lord Aberdare will henceforth have another tit 1 that of "Llevv'r Duffryn," La-dy Aberdare that of "Lili'r Duffrvn," and Mr Glyn Vivian, that of ''Glyn o'r Sketty." Among the departed bards to whose memo- ties tributes were paid were the late Isaac FouUce? 'Llyfrbryf). of Liverpool; Alltud iJifion, Portmadoc, and Dafydd Morganwg. A large number of candidates who had |>assed the Gorsedd examination were ad- miH.fJ/J i.r\ ifiaair I u" '-I o. A PRESIDENTS TESTIMONY. T.ord Windsor had been announced as the morning president at the Pavilion, but he wired from London expressing regret, that Hili ci al duties prevented his leaving town. Sir ttlarchant Williams, the afternoon presi- dent, stated that notwithstanding the fact tha4. on the previous day they had something like 30,000 visitors in the town, there had iweit liD eases of drunkenness and no serenes of disorder or misconduct (cheers). The .(1), were absolutely empty (applause). This lie held to be due, not to the police, but ratber to the humanising influences of the National Eisteddfod itself (lit ■ar. hear). Peo- ple came threre not to drink and riot, but j'athei" to feubmifc themselves to the humanis- itig influences of music and song. AWARDS. Oboe -4olo for competitors under fifteen: I, Archibald Davies; Aberdare. Trio, Angel's Night Song" (Dr Parry): Miss Mftggw Morris, Tonyrefail, and party. 8oprano solo, "Softly Sighs," Miss Maggie Morns, of Tonyrefail, who wag also the win- tier of tlie mezzo-soprano solo on Wednes- day. Bass nolo. The Sentinel." Mr Thomaf! Lewis.. Hengoed Bay. Alto solo, "Eternal Love," Master Lewis Hart, Swansea. WANT OF MERIT. A feature of the proceedings was the large number of prizes withheld for want of merit. A prize of JE10 and the National Eisteddfod Association medal was offered for a part song for mixed -voices and fourteen compositions v.ere sent in. The majority of these, de- clared Mr David Evans, who adjudicated, were quite unworthy of the Eisteddfod. Bet- ter compositions had been sent in to local eisleddfodau for prizes of a couple of guinea*. None of those received was worthy of tt." prize. A similar reark was made with reference to a prize of a like amount offered for a madrigal for mixed voices. Two com- pusifciona were sent in, and though they were of n higher order than the part songs they were not equal to the required standard. LITERARY AWARDS. Sir Marchant Williams delivered the ad- judication on the three popular handbooks ftent- in of the geography and history of t'vimnorgan for the use of upper c-lasses in -priftwr i- schools and the- lower forms in Secondary schools. Two of the three, said Sir Marchant, were worthy of three times W, fifteeen guineas offered.. The prize was divide between Mr C. J. Evans, of Cadrawd (Cardiff), and another who did not respond. The winner of the ten guinea prize for a history of Aberpergwni Palace likewise failed ttt reveal himself. The Rev, G-wrhyd Lewis, of Tonynefail, v. oo a prize of £ 2o for a collection of Roman Catholic- legends in all countries, with an ex- planation of their object. CHAIR PRIZE WITHHELD. The subject for the chair ode this year was Ilia old Welsh motto, "Goreti arf, arf DYRg" (the be-st weapon, education). The prize was £ 20 and a carved oak chair. Professor Morris Joaes, Job, and Berw were the ad- judicators, and their award was eagerly expected. The bards, now attired in their irot>ee of green, whit. and blue, assembled »round tbe vacant chair on the platform, :\f\(j Cadfan, the Deputy Archdruid," and Eifionydd, the Gorsedd Recorder, stood ready with the unsheathed sword. Among the robed bards were Lord and Lady Aber- dare. Prof. Morris Jones, who gave the awrad, in- dulged in some strong criticism of the four odes received- The bards, he said, had mur- dered tho Welsh verbs, and he protested against the practice. The best of the four bards was Gideon, but his ode was not up to the- standard, and so the prize must, be with- held. The decision, which was quite unex- pected. occasioned great disappointment. ANOTHER POUR CONTEST. The competition for congregational choirs was somewhat disappointing. Seven: choirs had entered, including Bristol, but only three put in an appearance, all from Merthyr. The best was the Zoar Congregational Choir, conductor Mr J. Beynon. Junior violin boJo, Master T. Richards, Mauselton, Swansea. Solo on the pedal harp, Mr Tom Bryant, Efailisaf. Solo oo the triple harp, Mr David Roberts, a. blind harpist from Dinas Mawddwy. Shorthand typist work, T. J. Lewis, Abercynon. SECOND CHORAL CONTEST. This was the principal musical event of the day. Ten choirs had entered. There was a first prize of £ 40 and a second prize of £ 10 for the rendering of Emlyn Evans's "Insulted, chained," and Mendelssohn's ''See what love hath the Father." Six only of the choirs <amar. Sir W. Parratt, who adjudicated with Mr Edward German and Mr David Evans, said that the quality of the singing was not quite so high as on the previous day, but perhaps they had no right to expect that it should be -4o. There were a great many poibte of failure in all the choirs. One or two acci- dentals were never sung in tune during the whole afternoon. There was a tendency to force the voices sharp. Unless music was sung fairly approximately in tune it was not » pleasure at all. Unfortunately the choirs that were performing in that building never had sufficient support from their accompani- ment. A grand piano was not enough. People at the back did not hear distinctly, Bad the only effect was to show how out of tune they were (laughter). The altos were not good and the trebles were .poor, and when the trebles were divided the basses were not. resonant enough. The pitch was a little sharp, and the accents also were occasionally exaggerated. This was a bit of a fault in the ringing, but it was an excel- lent fault. He thought it came very often from practising the .same pieces too long. It tended, to the exaggeration of expression. After detailed comments on each of the per- formances Sir Walter divided the second prize between Treorky United Choir and Mountain Ash Choral Society, and gave the I first- prize to the Resolven Choir, conducted by Mr T. Hopkin Evans. In the evening the Eisteddfod choir, con. ducted by Mr T. Glyndwr Richards, gave an excellent performance of Handel's "Messiah" The principals were Miss Agnes Nicholls, Miss R. A. Thomas, Mr Evan Williams, and Mr David Hughes.
Friday.
Friday. KEEN MALE VOICE CONTEST. At the Gorsedd meeting on Friday, many honorary degrees were conferred, among the candidates thus honoured being Mr H. P. Hughes (Ap Howell), Mr Jeremiah Williams (head master of the Abergele County School) and Miss Nannie Tout, the Welsh-American vocalist, whose rendering of the Welsh solo "Y deryn pur" was a delightful feature of the proceedings. The oration was by the Rev Machreth llees, of London, last year's chaired bard, whose subject, was the per- manence of the Eisteddfod. Lord Aberdare briefly returned thanks for the honour paid Lady Aberdart" and himself on the previous day, when they were admitted to Gorsedd honours. Sir Marchant Williams delivered a powerful plea for unity. Ho attributed the establishment of the three University Col- leges and the University in Wales to the stimulus of the Eisteddfod. Some eminent leaders desired even now to divide the Welsh University, and even to divide the Eistedd- fod, so as to establish provincial meetings for North and South. There must be but one University and one Eisteddfod, without any distinctions between North and South. Dr Gomer Lewis. proclaimed the Eisteddfod of 1907 to be held at Swansea, and the Rev T. H. Thomas, the Gorsedd herald, suggested that Swansea should follow the example set at Mountain Ash and other places by provid- ing a permament Gorsedd. LITERARY AND MUSICAL AWARDS. Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., presided at the Eisteddfod, and Cynonfardd and Dr Gomer Lewis conducted. The president contented himself with a. brief speech, in which he ex- pressed his delight at being able to leave Parliament, where there had been much talking and very little work during the last six months, and to begin his holidays by hear- ing a. little Eisteddfod music. The Rev J. T. Job announced that only one Cywydd had been received on "The true hero," and in the opinion of Berw, Professor Morris Jones and himself this was not worthy of publication. The prize was there- fore withheld. Oratory has seldom been the subject of competition, but. on this occasion gold and silver medals were offered by Mrs Cynon- fardd Edwards for the best oration on the Vale of Cynon. Some very interesting efforts were. witnessed. The gold medal was awarded to Mr W. G. Richards, Bridgend, for a Welsh oration, and the silver badge to Mrs J. Henry Davies, Ynyshir, for an English speech. MORE PRIZES WITHHELD. Tho prize- ot live guineas offered for an eleogy on tlbe late Ren Bowen attracted three poems, but not one of them, according to Gwili, was of sufficient merit, and the pri'ze was withheld. Similarly disappointing was the announce indent of Sir Marchant Williams with refer- ence to the 925 and gold medal offered for biographies of Penry Williams, Hugh Hughes, and Joseph Edwards with a critical estimate of their work. Only one com- position was received, and this was devoid of merit. Possibly the offer will be re- peated at the next Eisteddfod at Carnarvon. Throo Welsh essays were sent in dealing with recent discoveries in Biblical countries and th-e light revealed by tluem on the Scriptures, and, according tc. the adjudi- I cators (Professor Witton Davies, Bangor, and Professor RMs. Brecon) all three were, of high excellence. Two were of equal merit, and the prize of £ 21 was divided be- tween Mr Joseph Jozies, B.A., Mansfield College, Oxford (who hails from Cwmaman, Aberdare}. and Disgybl." ADJUDICA Tents CRITICISM. Senior violin solo contest for competitors over 16 years of age, "Saltarelle" (E. Ger- man) Th-i composer, who adjudicated, said that with two exceptions the competi- tors wera totally unfit to enter a serious contest. lite best was Miss Hilda Brown, of Mountain Ash. Flnto solo, "Pastoral and Bourree" (Ger- man): There were 16 entries, but Mr Ger- man strongly protested against the test- piece ettiti. It was totaily unsuitable as a test. The committee should have selected something that would give the player & chanc" of playing sonic brilliant passages on the h'gh register. In the test- piece selected wl-is not a note higher than G. The winner was Mr A. Carter, of Abertilkry. Eifion. Wyu" or Portma-dcc, was announced as the author of tho englyn on "Yr Allwedd." for which a pri^e was awarded on the previous day. Penillion-singing with the harp followed, two parties of four girls, each from Mardy, stepping forward. According to the South Wales custom, two sing the solo and) the four sang thp chorus. It proved a delight- ful innovation, and Eos Dar, who adjudi- cated, said that the performance of both parties was so meritorious that he had per- foroe to divide the prize of two guineas between Lhem (cheers). Dr Gomer Lewis, the conductor, announced, however, that the Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman Robert Hughes), who was on the platform, had given a second two guin,eas to be divided between the choristers. A telegram was rend from the Hon. W. N. Bruce, of the Board of Education, con- gratulating the Eisteddfod upon its success, and expressing regret that official duties in London prevented his attending. Miss Raohel Thomas, a promising vocalist of Mountain Ash. sang the Eisteddfod song, and it was announced that Mr Evan Wil- liams, the Welsh-American tenor, had pro- mised to defray the coat of her remaining in London if the Mountain Ash people pro- vided fof h<'r maintenance during the period of training (cheers). Quartet competition, "0 come everyone that thirsteth. There- were seventeen parties at the preliminary contest, and Sir Walter Parratt declared of the three who sang in the Pavilion that they had done better at the preliminary contest. Sharp singing, be, observed, seemed to be a national disease in Welsh music, but it was a defect that could be rcmedw:, being the result of too much eagerness. Welsh singers could attend to this with great care. Too winners were Mrs Mills Reynolds, Pontypridd, and party.
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TWO GIRLS DROWNED AT COLWYN…
TWO GIRLS DROWNED AT COLWYN BAY. A LIVERPOOL VICTIM. When the numerous visitors at Llandrillo- yn-Rhos, a suburb of Colwyn Bay. came down to brehkf&st on Monday morning they were startled to hear of a very sad drowning accident which had occurred in the sea. close by. Three of the maidservants at the Rhos Hydro went out to bathe at a quarter to six o'clock. Though none of them could swim they had been cut for au early morning bathe before beginning the duties of the day on several previous occasions. The tide was just rising, and the girls had to traverse the beach for a considerable distance. They entered the water close to the apex of the fishing weir, and waded out till the sea reached their shoulders. With the tide came a. swell, which lifted two of the girls, Alice. Davies and Nellie Simon. off their feet. They clung to each other and began to drown, being quickly carried out of their depth. The third girl, named Christiana Ander- son, had great difficulty in getting to shallow water, and she then got the towels and tied them together. Climbing along the top of the fishing weir she got as close as she could to her drowning companions, and tried to throw the end of the rope of towels to them. She heard Nellie Simon calling to Alice Davi-es to let go of her. Finding she could not reach them she ran across the rough beach to the boarding-house called St. Wini- friede's, which was the nearest building, for the purpose of getting assistance. The boots there ran out and met two workmen in the employ of Messrs J and R. Roberts, con- tractors, who are engaged in enlarging St. Winifriede's. The two workmen, Arthur Williams, of Glan Conway, and William Phillips, had just arrived, and they procured a boat and rowed out and secured the body of Nellie Simon, which they lifted into the boat and brought to land. Dr Venables Williams, who had been tele- phoned for. arrived in time to conduct a long-continued endeavour to resuscitate her, but without effect. She had been immersed in the water for quite half an hour. She was 22 years of age, and was a daughter of Thomas Simon, who lives at Penrhynside, a' village between LlandriIlo-yn-Rhos nnd Llan- dudno. Attempts were made to find the body of Alice Davies. but they had to be sus- pended owing to the strength of the tidal current. Davies's mother lives at 37, Haigh- street, Evert-on, Liverpool.
= VOTING OF WELSH MEMBERS.
= VOTING OF WELSH MEMBERS. NORTH WALES FIGURES WELL. The session of Parliament just closed has been noticeable for two things—the extra- ordinary number of divisions and the little business done. There have only been three or four Government Measures passed, yet the divisions numbered 364. The number of divi- sions was in inverse proportion to the actual business done. Local members voted as fol- IQws W. Abraham, Rhondda 132 Alfred Davies, Carmarthen District 73 M. Vaughan Davies, Cardiganshire 168 Frank Edwards. Radnor 225 S. T. Evans. Glamorganshire (Mid) 141 E. J. Griffith. Anglesey 203 J. Keir Ilardie, Merthyr Tydfil 255 A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Montgomery 25 D. Brynmor Jones, Swansea District 212 W. Jones, Carnarvonshire (Arvon) 301 Hon. G. T. Kenyon, Denbigh Boroughs 202 General J. W. Laurie, Pembroke and Haverfordwest 237 J. H. Lewis, Flint Boroughs 223 D. Llovd George, Carnanon District 172 J. Lloyd Morgan, Carmarthenshire (West) -i 181 C. Morley, Brecknockshire 80 S. Moss, Denbighshire (East) 155 Sir G. Newnes, Bart., Swansea 93 J. Wvnfcrd Philipps, Pembrokeshire 78 Cole nel E. Pryce-Jones, Montgomery District 295 f't:* E. J. Reed, Cardiff District Q2 J. Bryn Roberts, Carnarvonshire (Eiv- i-flil 157 J. H Roberts, Denbighshire (West) 238 Samuel Smith, Flintshire 187 f Abel Thomas. Carmarthenshire (East). 78 Sir Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire (East) 169 D. A. Thomas, Merthyr Tydfil 232 J. II. Thomas, Glamorganshire (West Gower) 66 • Osmond Wilii{;ms, Merionethshire 175 Colonel W. H. Wyndham-Quin, Glamor- gan (South) 138 oT Jofopli Lawrence, Monmouth Dis- trict. 150 ^'Kenna, North Monmouth 209 Colonel tho Hon. F. C. Morgan, South Monmouth Thomas Richards, West Monmouth J7g TO MOTHERS.—Mrs Winslow's Soothing licnfl of mothers for their children whili teething, with perfect success. It will re- lieve the poor sufferer immediately, It 18 Pleasant to taste; it produces natural quifet Bleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little Cherub åwaket as bright as a button."
A TRAIN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
A TRAIN'S NARROW ESCAPE. As the 4.47 p.m. train from Barmouth was proceeding north for Portmadoc, one day last week, about two miles from the former place a sudden viol-ent shock was felt which caused great consternation among the passengers and brought the train to a standstill. Upon investigation it was found that a big stone had been placed ou the upper rail, but fortunately was crushed by the wheels of the engine. The pieces showed that the stone \va<5 bluish granite such as is found in the neighbourhood, and was of considerable size. The matter is in the liacds of the police.
jPAUPERS AND PAUPERISM.
PAUPERS AND PAUPERISM. NORTH WALES FIGURES. Mr Bircham, the poor jaw inspector for Wales Had Monmouthshire, hau issued his annual statistical relum for the year ended Lady lhy lusst. and an examination of the figure j given yields some interesting re- •su.li:. As usual, Mr liirehani furnishes for comparative puipcses the figures for ten yeai s ago (1895). In the North Wales district the number of paupers receiving relief was 15,826. against 18,949 in 1895, showing the substantial reduction of 3123; and tho per- centage of pauperism en population has been reduced from 4.U to a.2. The amount expended in the past year was £ 115,434, as against £114.2,1)6. The. cost of relief per head of population has fallen in the ten years from 43 10-Jd to 4s 8Jd. From the list of Unions showing total percentages of pauperism on population, it. will be seen that the lowest in North Wal,es in 1905 was Forden (2.3), while Anglesey stands highest (3.9). The total numher of outdoor pau- pers relieved during the half-year ended Lady Day last in the whole of Wales and Monmouthshire was 63,729, as against 61,832 in the corresponding half-year of 1904, the total percentage of outdoor pau- pers on population being 3.1 and 3.0 respectivelv. showing a slight increase for 1905.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES,…
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWYTH. SUCCESSES OF STUDENTS. In the recently published lists of the suc- cessful candidates at the intermediate exa- minations in the arts, science, and preli- minary scientific (M.B.) examinations of the University of London, the names of the fol- lowing stude-nts of this College appear :— INTERMEDIATE ARTS. Honours: English second class, Elsie Mor- ion third class, Annie D. Dixon, Marv G. Pickersgill. History: Second class, William R. Kingham. First Division: Harry S. Clark, Maud M. Lvne. INTERMEDIATE SCIENCE. Honours: Chemistry, second class, Dan. Ifor James. Botany, second class, Gwen Marian Jones. First Division: Hilda M. Bishop, Mary Burlington, B.A., Annie Higson, Harold G. Sharp, Ka'.herine A. Waring, Elsie Whit- more, Charle3 J. Williams. Geologv onlv: Katheriue M. Atkinson, Ethel G. T. Hawken. Ethel G. T. Hawken. PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC. Inorganic Chemistry and Experimental Physics: William Stanes Luly (old student). Mr R. Williams, B.A., a former student of this College, and now a scholar of Jesus Col- lege, Oxford, has obtained first class honours in Literac Humaniores. This is the third yesu* in succession in which this distinction has been won by an old Aberystwyth student, the two previous ones being Gwilym A. T. Davies and W. C. Wordsworth.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. LOCAL SUCCESSES. The "London University Gazette" giv^s the list6 of the successful candidates in various examinations. Among the names in- cluded are the following:— INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION IN ARTS. PASS LIST. Harry Simmond Clark, Univ. Coll.. Aber- ystwyth Maud Mary Lyne, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth Mary Parkinson. Welsh Girls' Sc., Ash ford Hild,a, Marian Wheeler, Untv. Coll., Aberystwyth. PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC EXAMINA- TION. PASS LIST.—PART II. Organic Chemistry: Roger Bellis Edwards and William Richard Griffith, Univ. of Liv- erpool Evan Hugh Jones, Univ. Coll., Ban- gor. INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE. PASS LIST. Hilda Mary Bishop, Univ. Coll., Aberys- twyth Mary Burlington, B.A., U.C. Aber- ystwyth and Gloucester Sc. Sch.; Gilbert Davies, Univ. Coll., Bangor; Robert Pughe Evans, Towyn County Sch.; Annie Higson, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth; Herbert Edwin Jones and Bromiley Richard William Jukes, Towyn County Sch.; Ambrose Morgan, Towyn County Sch.; Christopher Reynolds, Normal Coll., Bangor; Harold Johnson Sharpe, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth; Kath- arine Ada. Waring and Elsie Whit more. Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth Charles Ivor-Wil- liams, U.C., Aberystwyth, and Swansea Tech. Coll. Geology- only: Katharine Maude Atkinson, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth ■Ethel Geraldine T. Hawken, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth. INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS IN ARTS AND SCIENCE. EXAMINATIONS AND HONOURS. Intermediate Arts only.—Eaghgh (Second Claea): Elsie Morton, Univ. Coll., Aberys- twyth. Do. Third Close: Annie Dora Dixon, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth; Mary Gertrude Pickersgill, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth. His- iory (Second Class): William Randolph Kingham, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth. Chemistry (Second Class): Dan Ivor James, Univ. Coll., Abe-rystwyth. Bctany (Second Class): Gweneifur Marian Jones, U.C., Aberystwyth. GENERAL AND SCHOOL EXAMINA- I TIONS FOR MATRICULATION. PASS LIST. Sydney Guy Billington, Dolgelley County Sch.; Alfred Brailsford, Rydal-mount, Col- way Bay; Brychan Davies, Bangor Normal Coll.; Cecilia Gwendolen Davies, Welsh Girls' Sch., Ashford; Goronwy Owen Ed- ( wards, Towyn County Sch.; Muriel G. Ed- wards, Univ. Coll., Bangor, and Pr. at.; Margaret Hall, Penrhos Coll., Colwyn Bay; Constance Grace M. Helliwell, Penrlioe College, Colwyn Bay; Lawrence Ernest Holt, Burnley, P.T.C.. and Bangor Normal Coll. Kate Avarina James, Howell's Seh., Denbigh David Thomas Jones, Bala County Sell.; Gwilym Arthur Jones, Friars Sch., Bangor, and-County Sch., Aberdnre; Henry Jones and Owen Poole Jones. Towyn County Seh.; Rhys Gwilym Jones, Bangov Normal Coll.; Thomas Jenes, Towyn County Sch.; Charles Lewis Macgregor. Wrexham "County Sch.; Marjorie Helena Markham, Aberys- twyth County Soh. Henry William Morgan. Newtowh County Sch.; Aneurin Evan Ro- berts. Ruthin Gram. Sch. and Towvn Countv Sch.; Eric Robinson, Alun Sch.. Mold; David Thomas, Univ. Coll., Bangor; Mary Madeline A. William, Welsh Girls' School, Ash ford.
'tMOTORIST FINED AT BEAUMARIS.
't MOTORIST FINED AT BEAU- MARIS. THE LORD LIEUTENANT'S NUMBER. At Beaumaris, on Saturday, before Mr Hugh Thomas and Mr J. H. Burton, Alex- ander Charles Leak, of Hoykke, Cheshire, was summoned by P.S. Thomas Hughes for having on July 15th ueed a motor-car in Anglesey without- being registered in the county of Anglesey. The defendant did not j appear, but. a letter written by him to the magistrates' clerk was handed in. It ap- peared that the number on the motor-car was that of Sir R. H. Williams-Bulkelcy. Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey. The constable deposed that he saw the de- fendant. in charge of a motor-car numbered E Y I at Beaumaris. The defendant stated that the car was still the property of Sir J Richard Bulkelev and had been entrusted to his firm for sale. He produced his license -as a motor-car driver, but had left at home 1 his motor-ear licence, which he thought would do for this car. Mr W. O. Griffith, private secretary to j Sir Richard Bulkelev. said that the car in j question was sold through theagellc-y of a. Liverpool firm, and for the price of it a cheque was received on the 28th June. so that the car could not- have been in the li'.nd of the firm referred to by the defendant for disposal on the 15th July. i The Bench fined the defendant k6 and costs. I
WHERE THE QUARRYMEN SING.
WHERE THE QUARRYMEN SING. PRIZE SKETCH. The "British Weekly" has been offering prizes for the best accounts of Holiday Re- sorts. It will be of interest to our readers to know that. the first, prize of three guineas was awarded to Mrs A. Bedwell, of Colchester I for the following:- '1 Song of quarrymen, of wind and streim- this was the accompaniment of our holiday. For we were staying in little, mountain-girt Bethesda (a village so thoroughly Welsh that even the cats do not understand "Puss, Puss !"), and there the voices of the Penrhyn quarrymen rise and fall in unforgettable strains, and the wind breathes weird music by crag and gorge, while the Ogwen is ever crooning to itself as it wanders through the village from its lonely lake home. We were able to get board and lodging in a clean, comfortable house for 15s a. week each, which low charge made our holiday really very cheap, taking into consideration that excursion tickets from Eustod to Beth. esda are under 25s return. Then, too, it only cost us a few pence to drive or train to Ban- gor, whence we could cross to Anglesey or take a day's excursion ticket to any of the places of interest in North Wales. Some call Bethesda ugly and dull, but they who do so surely cannot have raised their eyes from its "long, unlovely street" to its grand mountain rampart, nor followed the many paths that wind up and up past torrent and heather and wild rose tangle, until one meets a breeze so exhilarating one feels only inclined to laugh or sing. Neither can they have interested themselves in the situated, with Carnedd Llewellyn in view of famous Penrhyn Quarry—so romantically, its lofty purplish-grey galleries—nor in the tiuman tide that evening by evening flows down its shady avenue, over picturesque Pont Twr, and on towards the small, slant-roofed stone cottages scattered everywhere around. In that human tide alone there was enough to interest us all our holiday, and even a long, wet evening would seem short if we were listening to the stirring, often heart- rending, 6tories of the great strike told by some of the quarrymen with whom we made friends. A glorious walk we took was through the Pass of Nant Francon, near Bethesda, to Lake Ogwen. There is no wilder, more majestic scenery in North Wales From Lake Ogw-en the road goes on to Capel Curig and Bettwfiycoed, a short journey for a cyclist. Another beautiful walk was by the foot of the mountains to Aber. where is a magnificent fall. I can imagine nothing more soothing to an utterly fagged brain- worker than a day spent in the solitudes of Aber. Aber. On Sunday we had the novel experience of ¡ f listening to a sermon specially delivered to us. After the minister had preached for forty minutes in Welsh he began a second sermon in English (having been informed of
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MR LLOYD GEORGE AS AN OUT- OF-DOOR MAN. Busy man as he is, Mr Uúyå j' makes t;m-e, a* all m«n should ior outdoor recreation. Nearlv **very mor'niner miring t!»e session he is to'be *ith»s- walking on W&ildswmih Common, many of ins inc-isive speeches havw b^o. thought out or finding his way to golf link*- in the neighbourhood of London. Golf ha.% proved of immense benefit to his health, find*, on Saturday he generally burrie-8 off to- T ,n 2USK*X to enjoy his favtmrne- g«me. E or many years this reedy-wittecfc and pungent Parliamentary debater hae Wo. an otn-of-coor man. When living at Crie- I cieth. where he still has an interest in <w .solicitor's business with his brother, h« be- came a olunteer, and c arried » rifle in him- country's home service. Later, the Port- madoc Volunteers sent some represents!ive*» to the Boer War with other companies, but., needless to say, Mr Lloyd George did not accompany them. Thru he Lec-ame a cyclist. He does, indeed, accomplish quite » surpris- ing amount- of "w alking for so bus/ a man. Being partner 111 a solicitor's business in th#» city as well as ;n Wales, he walks from bi# private house at Wandsworth to Claphem Junction in the morning, and usually walks-- aeain from his office through the city an<J- along the Victoria Embankment to thR House, very likely dropping ia at ¡hoe.- National Liberal Club on the vi-ev. A" to indoor amusements Mr Lloyd George eschews cards. No one would suspect the. sturdy Xonconformis;—he is a Welsh Baptiao- -of playing for even sixpenny points at;- whist,. but his intimate friends" have nr-yer- heard of his taking a hand—even for lov*e— which we suppose many Nonconformistsr- now permit- themselves to do. As to br:\lpo- he knows nothing about it. and tures hi;. ButOeading is a different thing; and wh»-rt— his nose is not buried in a blue book, whir-h is very frequently the case, he is probablv ab- sorbed in George Meredith, or iiome. otho-r first-class contemporary writer. — "C. B. Fry's Magazine."
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The Marquis of Anglesey will arrive thi* ireek at Pins N-ewydd, Menai Brdge, ■he Vi ill remain over the shooting aeasou.
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Tenor solo. Forty-six competitors. Test- pieces, Sullivan's "Come Gentle Sleep," and W. Davies's "Morfydd fv Nghariad." The competition was a remarkably close one, ani the prize was awarded to Mr Llewellyn Jones, Aherdare. Professor Anwyl awarded the prize of ten guineas to leuan Gwent for a study of the Gwentian dialect and ita relation? to the modern speech of Glamorgan. "Tramorwr" was announced as the winner of a C5 prize for an inquiry as to the ex- tent to which Welshmen from home retain their peculiar characteristic's in the land of their adoption. Baritone solo. Thirty-five competitors. Mr David Evans declared that he had never listened to a better competition. The winner was Mr L. R. Bowen: Swansea. Mr BGriah Evans announced the decision of Profes-sor Lewis Jones, Elphin, and him- self .on the four Welsh dramas received illustrating -social life in Wales at any period in the nineteenth century. Some of the compositions .showed promise, but not one wa.s deemed worthy of the prize, and it was therefore withheld. CHORAL CONTESTS. Practically the whole of the afternoon was devoted to choral contests, and a know- ledge of this fact had brought Eisteddfocl- wyr in their thousands to the Pavilion, which became fairly full. The competing glee parties and male voice choirs had brought -with them great crowds of fol- lowers, and the excitement was keen. Lord Aberdare presided in the afternoon. Nino parties had entered for the contest I for glee parties (24 to SO voices). The test- piece was Mr E. German's "O Lovely Mav." Only three parties, however, viz., Towy- side. Mid-Rhondda, and Porth, sang in the Pavilion, and the honours went to the Mid- Rhondda. Glee Singers, conducted by Mr D. E. Evans. The main interest, however, centred around the contest for male voice choirs. A first prize of R50 and a second of £ 10 were offered for the best rendering of Mr D. C. Williams's "Homeward Bound." Of tha nine choirs down in the list two failed to appear, viz.. Beaufort (Mr J. Price) and Cambria (Mr D. Jones). The remaining choirs sang in the following order:-I, Mid- Rhondda (Mr R. Jones); 2, Resolven (Mr T. J. Williams); 3, London Welsh (Mr Merlin Morgan); 4, Havelock, Newport; r" Cynon, Aberdare (Mr W. J. Evans>- 6, Rhymney iMr D. Owen); 7. Newport (Mr Spencer E. Jones. Three out of the seven choirs, viz. -lOndoii Welsh, Cynon, nnd Resolven, com- nAted on the same Test-piece in London last February, and on that occasion the prize of £ 700 was awarded to Cynon, Aberdare. Tlie absence of an English choir from the present contest robbed it somewhat of its interest. The adjudication was delivered by Sir Walter Parratt. Incidentally mentioning the chief choral contest on Wednesday, he said that the performinc-is were so brilliant that the adjudicators could have easily awarded three first prizes with great satisfaction. The piece chosen for the male voice choirs was one of extreme difficulty, because it had great variety of expression. All those expressions had been rendered by mcst of the choirs in admirable fashion, but of course not all of them were able to render all things equally well. They had had a hard task, and had devoted much consideration to it during performance and after. They had decided, if it was not against the rules, to bracket the two best I choirs as equal, and to divide first and second prize between them (sensation and murmurs). There were many excellent performances, and he would like specially to mention the London Welsh, who rendered the first part. exceedingly well, but after- wards were less vigorous. The prize was divided between the Resolven and Rhvmnev choirs. At the request, of Sir Walter Parratt. several Welsh hymns were sung by the andience. THE FINANCIAL POSITION. Friday's receipts were £ 525. which brought the total for the. week to £ 2052. To this must be added subscriptions, &c.. mak- ing a grand total of £ 3525. The committee estimated their total oxnenidture to be £3700. thus leaving a deficit of k-175. As against this, however, several subscriptions were to come in. DR ROLAND ROGERS AND SCHOLAR- SHIPS. Dr Rola.nd Rogers, of Bangor, the well- known adjudicator, has given a correspond- ent, in the course of a, chat, his views on the suggestion thrown out at the National Eis- teddfod that scholarships rather than money prizes should be offered' to soloists—a sug- gestion that was followed later in the day by the remark of Sir Walter Parraitt that nearly all the competitors he had heard that day the Royal Academy or Royal College of (Music would be proud to have. Dr Rogers said: "The suggestion has been often considered before, and it has obviously failed to com- mend itself. People seem to forget,that if a scholarship worth from S.2,5 to 1:30 a year were awarded to a successful competitor, he or she must be prepared to bear tbe expense of living in London. The people who have undergone training, such 1M! Ben Davies, Ivor Foster, and the rest of those mentioned, did not, I feel sure, get their training through scholarships; people from their own locality, who felt an interest in thair pro- gress, were mainly responsible for the ex- penses incurred." "Granted, however, tliat the ways and means were provided by a society or a com- bination of societies, do you believe in the musical profession, from a vocalist's point of view, as a good livelihood ?" "Emphatically, it is not," was Dr Rogers's reply. "Supposing, for instance, you lived at Llandudno or Bangor, and you proved to be a pretty good singer. Supposing, again, you had won the golden opinions of your fel- low-townspetople, and that you had under- gone a (thorough training under a proficient master. Is it likely they would engage you at local concerts more than twice a year? A Welsh audience is the moeg, capricious I I know; a change of artists it must have. Hav- ing regard to the unusual amount of excellent talent to be found all over the countrv at present, the young artist, unless he is a star of the first magnitude, stands a, poor chance of getting sufficient engagements elsewhere to keep him alive. No; vocal ringing is by no means a lucrative profession. It is not J always the best singer who succeeds. Un- less you have tact, a way of making yourself agreeable to all people—especially agents,— plenty of what is coanmouly termed 'cheek,' and endless vitality, your fine voice stands a. poor chance of making iteelf heard in any entertainment of note." Dr Rogers at this point mentioned the name of one of the best basses produced by Wales during the last twenty years. "What has become of him? He has given up rbhe: profession in disgust? He had not the neces- sary bounce to push himself on, and the re- sult is that to-day lie has gone back to the iron-works." In conclusion, Dr Rogers observed that another fact which would tell against scholarship proposal was the rule under which the National Eisteddfod falls under completely different management year after year. "Next year," said he, "the Eisteddfod will be held at Carnarvon, and no doubt the suggestion will have dropped out of sight, like many another."
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the presence of two English people bv on#- of deacons m the "big pnw"), » courtesy though rather embarrassing, we mueh ap- predated. For our benefit the IMt hymn was sung in EngHsh-From Greenland' let mountains Nowhere have we found church more truly hospitable towardf*- s rangers than the one in which we war- snipped that lovely Juue morning. ANNETT A.