Welsh Newspapers

Search 15 million Welsh newspaper articles

Hide Articles List

14 articles on this Page

Personal and General. 1:

News
Cite
Share

Personal and General. 1: The Hon. W. W. Vivian has left Glyn, <r.oear Bangor, for Canada. Sir R. Willia-ms-Balkeley has Left Baron Hill. Beaumaris, for a short cruise in his yacht "Gekiema.' The Rev Dr Mcstyn, Bishop of Men e via, officiated at the opening of a new Catholic- < huroh at Barmouth en Tuesday. Lord and Lady Penrhyn are efceyng at Filey, and will return to Penrhyn Castle, Bangor to-day (Thursday). "L'Egliee Libre," the French monthly, which is giving much attention to the Welsh Revival has an article on Evan Robert6' speech at Bala. 'Mr Lloyd George, M.P., has definitely pro- mised to address a meeting at Wrexham at the latter end of September in connection wilh the Welsh Education revolt. Miss Rosa M. Lee, Conway, has been ap- oomted assistant mistress at the Festmog Intermediate School. There were seven ap- plicants. Eiigl;eb impressionis of Wake are always interesting. A visitor from a big industrial centre in the Midlands says that what strikes him most in West Wales is the leisurely gait and sobriety of the people. The youug women, our kindly critic observes, are, ae a whole, much better looking and pl-easan-ter than those met with in English towns. New reached Llanrwst of a fatal accident to Idwal Thomas, aged 19, a, son of the Rev William Thomas, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Llanrwst. Thomas was an ap- prentice on board one of the Elder, Demps- ter mail steamers proceeding from Bristol to Jamaica. On July 31 he accidentally fell from the rigging on to the dock and was killed. He was buried at sea. Wilhelm Baekhaus, the Pianist, carried off the Prize, 5000 francs in the Rubinstein Competition held in Paris, against 36 other competitors from all parts of Europe. His performanc-e of the Rubinstein Concerto evoked from the Lamoureux Orchestra, the public, and the adj.mneators alike, a per- fect tumuK of applause, continuing long after Wilheim Baekhaus had quitted the Salle Erard. It will probably come a8 a surprise to most readers to know that there is more than one Carnarvon Castle. One, as everyone knows, is our grand old stronghold on the Menai Straits; the other is near Calder Bridge, in the county of Cumberland, as its name suggests, contains many relics of the ancient Britons, who were onee its inhabi- tants. One antiquary f-ays the name Carnar- von in Cumberland means "the castle over against Mona" (that is, the Isle of Man), just as its Welsn counterpart means "the oastle over against Mon" (that is, Anglesey). Only a few mounds, &c., occupy the site of the "former fortress, which probably led a chequered existence. A project is on !foot to invite' the Great I Central Railway to extend their system through central Flintshire, and, to strengthen the hands of the committee which tias been appointed to wait upon the com- pany, Flintshire Council is desirous of ob- taining from the different localities inter- ested information as to their industries and requirements. One such report has been re- eei-ved-from Halkin—which gees to show that owing to the heavy cost of transit which prevails in that district, the rich lead mines, limestone quarries, &c., cannot be profitably worked. Halkin 'Council, 'however, sta-tethat with a t-heaper and effective method of tran- sit such as the Great Central Railway could give, a very great impetus would be given to the trade of that locality. The "Political Notes" writer of the "Ob- server," remarking upcn the impression made upon the House of Commons by Mr Crooks, says he appeals to the House by his simple directness. He claims to be a work- ing man, and he plays the pa.rt without any strivings after the mannerisms of the role, using the everyday vernacular of a Cockney, and shaking by the hand a peer just as vehemently as a waterside lounger. When the terrace was at the hey-day of its five o'clock tea gaiety a few weeks ago, he caused a sensation by convoying thither a. little crowd of the women-folk from his constitu- ency, who addressed him as "Bill," and seemed delighted at the prospect of having a good' tstory to tell on reaching hi me. Mr Crooks was quite as delighted as his visitors. The event of the past week has been the opening of the eleventh annual summ >r mie-ting of the British Chautauqua at Aber- ystwyth. The sole regret has been the ab- sence of Dr McLaren, of Manchester, thi6 year's President, who, owing to the state of his health, has found it impossible to attend and to participate in what promises to be one of the mcst successful Chauta-uquas ever held. Annual meetings have been held at Pwilheli and Barmouth, but Absrystwyth now seems to have become the regular home of the members, who have shown their ap- preciation of the kindness of the University authorities in placing their buildings at their disposal by giving £ 20 scholarship for the past- two years. The subjects for discussion include "Sunday School Method," "The First Epistle to the Thessaloniaais," "Church His- tory of the First Century," ajid "Christian Evidences, with special reference- to modern controversies," and the lecturers include the Revs Professor Garvie and Dr Moffat. The annual sermon will be preached by Dr Clifford. I A prominent Cymro made a remark r3 cently, says the "South Wales Daily News," to the effect that if Welshmen ignored their language to the pouit of extinction, Provi- dence would raise a sufficient number of Englishmen to perpetuate the ancient tongue. The remark was doubtless based upon a sound view of men and things as they exist in Wales to-day. Mr Thomas Dar- lington, M.A., one of his Majesty's inspec- tors of schools in Wales, a native of Somer- setshire, is one of the best living masters of idiomatijc Welsh. Among the students of Welsh that are in attendance at the summer fc-hool now meeting at the University Col- lege, Cardiff, are many Saxons, whose zeal for acquiring a sound knowledge of the Welsh language exceeds that of many of the native Cambrians, who sit there also. A picturesque student is Mr J. E. Southall, of Newport. Mr South all is n. Quaker even to the lifting of "thou" and "thee" in collo- quial conversation, and he is a good hater <,f prefixed and suffixes to personal names. In cost;ime be follows the quaint Quaker costumes we see in picture books, but he is jot a sober-face, unless- he is attacking Welshmen lor neglecting their native tongue. 11 Then, indeed, he looks lightning, and speaks with a voice of thunder, and hie tongue be- comes as a douible-edged sword. His ac- quaintance with everything .that is favour- able to the preservation of the Welsh lan- guage is unlimited, and so insinuating is his Dersonaliifcy that it is only neoes&a.ry to know him, and a mew friend ie made on the spot. Hir oes iddoI It is announced that Colonel Ommanoy, C.B., has been appointed to the Welsh Bor- der group of regimental districts. Sir William Preece, F.R.iS., is president of the committee of an important electrical exhibition which will be held n London thi., autumn, and- is intended to cover every branch of the subject. The Dublin "Freeman's Journal" headed its brief eisteddfod reports as: "Welsh Eis- teddfod, London, August 10," &c. Perhaps it was under the impression that Mountain Ash was somewhere about Middlesex? Whilst the grouse in North Wales have In- creased and thriven enormously this year, in South Wales the condition for sportsmen are not so good, owing to an absence cf good breeding stocks. Mr Rudyard Kipling visited Builth Wells on Tuesdny. He motored up the Wye I Valley from Mafflllweh Castle and was do- lighted with the town and district. W. P. Howell, the famous Australian bowler, is a typical Welshman, although he was born and reared in the Southern Colony. Until a. short time ago he had a near relative living in Carmarthenshire, who had often expressed his intention of coming to see Howell play at Cardiff. The Rev E. Jones Will:'ems, of South port, has accepted the call to the pastorate of the English Congregational Church at Newtown in succession to the Rev J. Hugh Edwards, editor of "Young Wales," who is leaving in September for Dulwich-grove Congregational Church, London. Mr Jones Williams will comm-ence his pastorate on the first Sunday in October. The last of Dafydd ap Gwilym's 147 odes t o Morfudd has been tran- slated into English verse by Miss Evelyn Lewes, and is published in the August num- ber of the "Gentleman's Magazine." AfteT bewailing his ill fortune he concludes with the lines:— A love-struck victim, lost am I; Blown by the wind, I guiltless die. That inveterate wanderer, Bill Bailey, has included the W-clsh rational Eisteddfod in his itinerary. Gomer announced at Moun- tain Ash that a telegram had been received stating that Mr William Bailey was urgently wanted at home, and that he was desired to proceed thither by the next train. The joke fell rather fla.t-p-erhaps because it seemed a shame to impose on Gomer's iiinoeency perhaps because It was in Saxon. According to the "Newcastle Chronicle" ■(of all papers!) the Mayor of Cardiff had a remarkable experience a.t the recent Eistedd- fod. The following note was dropped at his feet from the gallery above "Dear Cousin,- I have not seen you for fourteen years. Meet me at the close of the meeting.—'Mary Roberts, Llanegryn." Llanegryn is near Towyn, Merionethshire, of which place- the Mayor, Mr Robert Hughes, is a native, and his cousin, who had emigrated to America fourteen years ago, recognised him in his mayoral glory at the Eisteddfod. A remarkable figure arrived in Rhos dur- ing the small hours on Saturday morning, when the inhabitants were disturbed by his continuous shouting through the streets. Making a halt after a few paces, bareheaded, and with uplifted* ihaud, he exclaimed, "Pre- pare to meet thy God, 0 Israel." Three times he ga.ve the cry, ard turning right- a-bout, he repeated it, and then went for- ward. tHe delivered the exhortation re- peatedly for fully five hours, and declared that it was a message from God, and that he ha.d walked from Scotland to deliver it. One of the stories with which Cynonfardd kept the Eisteddfod in good humour re- ferred to the controversy over the author- ship of Shakespeare's plays. This contro- versy was raging with great force in America, and interested a husband and wife who talked much about it. One day the wife said "John, when I die and go to heaven I will make a, point of asking Shake- speare whether he really wrote the plays or was it Bacon." The husband pondered a moment a.nd then said: "But, my dear, per- haps Shakespeare won't be in heaven." "In that case," said the wife, "I'll let you ask him." At the recent scholarship examination in connection with the Fest-iniog County School, conducted by Mr D. Thomas, His Majesty's Inspector, 58 sat and five have earned the special science and art scholar- ships granted by the Education Committee of the Town Council in conjunction with the Board of Education. They will be entitled to £9 in the firet year, E12 in the second year, and 416 in the third year. The five are John William Davies (who headed the list with 641 marks out of a possible 780), Robert Caradoc Davies, John Humphreys, David Griffith Lewis, and Ivor Lloyd. Six- teen ordinary entra-nce and three Oakeley scholarships have also been awarded. A disttrnguiehed Volunteer officer tells that some of the Volunteer brigade# in camp are being unduly bu-stledi Thie is ascribed as; being in conformity with the hostile spirit in which the War Office is treaiting the Volun- teer force. Among the instances cited is that of a Welsh brigade which received a brigadier the day before it went into camp. He was an officer who knew nothing about Volunteers, who cared less, and who nearly drove the men into mutiny. It is told of a (Scotch brigade which was kept out all night on its second day in camp, and was followed by regular officers with note-books to record any little defects and how many tell out. But they had nothing to note. There was a Rtirring 600ne- at the National Eisteddfod on Tuesday. Before the giving of the adjudication on the choral singing, Dr Gomer Lewis suggested that they might fill up the interval by singing "Duw mawr y rhyfeddodau maith." Mr T. Glyndwr Ri- chards, the Eisteddfod choir conductor, took up the baton, and the vast audience, num- bering at that time over 8000 people, sprang ,I ri 11 to their feet to sing the words to the tune of "Huddersfield" with thrilling effect. A high pitch of enthusiasm and religious fervour was reached, and the hymn was repeated over and over again, and the scene reminded one of a Revival meeting without prayers. Sir Walter Parr-ait stood as if transfixed, wondering and astonished. Mr Ellis Griffith, of the North Wales Cir- cuit, and member for Anglesey, has been playing an amusing trick on Sir Walter Phillimore, says "Vanity Fair." On an off day during the circuit they had been out motoring together, and in the course of the run his lordship perpetrated the witty opin- ion that motor cars had four speeds—namely, the rate according to the police, the rate as estimated by the chauffeur in the witness- box, the rate as estimated by that gentleman in the bosom of his family, and, fourthly, the true rate. As it happened, Mr Griffith ap- peared the very next day before his lordship in a motor car oase, and I am told it was as good as a farce, and much better than a play to watch Mr Justice Phillimore's face as Mr Griffith proceeded to plant the judicial jest upon the jury as if it were his "werry own."

* " NOT HONEST TOWARDS GOD."

Advertising

I ELECTRIC POWER FROM I SNOWDON.

.--.--.----WELSH BORDERERS…

OUR LITTLE DINNERS.

JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD.

FASHIONABLE WEDDING AT VALLEY.

Advertising

CARNARVONSHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

WELSH MILITARY CENTRE.

A WORD TO THE WISE.

[No title]

FASHIONABLE WEDDING AT VALLEY.