The North Wales Express

DRUNKENNESS IN CARNARVONSHIRE. DISCUSSION Air POLICE COMMITTEE. At the Carnarvonshire Joint Police Com- mittee on Thursday, the Chief Constable Colonel Ruck) reported that during the last quarter there had been a. decrease both in indictable and no n-indict able offences as compared with the corresponding period of la-it year, only two of the crimes reported regarded as of a serious nature. There was also a decrease in the number of trumps relieved. Mr Jones Morris asked the Chief Con- stable if he had seen the Blue Books with regard to the state of drunkennes in the country, and whether there had been an in- crease of decrease in that offence in this county ? The Chief Constable said lie had not per- used the reports; but as far as Carnarvon- shire was concerned lie thought he could say that drunkennetss had decreased there. Mr Issard Davies observed that in Wales there was am increase in the number of cases of drunkenness. In fact, Wales figured badly in the report. Mr .J. R. Hughes: What have we to do with the whole of Wales? Mr R. Jones Roberts (Bangor) pointed out- that the retunrs were mcst unreliable. In some places persons were summoned when they were only slightly drunk, whilst in other places such men- would assisted home by the police. It was a question of the vigilance of the police. He did not think the returns referred- to was sufficient to prove that drunknness was on the in- crease. The matter then dropped.

A STOLEN WEDDING RINC. A SAD STORY. At the Bangor Police Court, on Tuesday, Wm. Jones, a member of the Royal Angle- sey Engineers who had lived at LI an good, was changed with having st-le-i. a gold -A\dJiin.g ring, the value of Y-1, from the es- •ta)j-'H.i:haieii-t of Robert Williams, pawn- broker, Baiigor.-Supt. Guest prosecuted, while t,)1e prisoner was undefended. Evidence was given by Robert J. Wil- liams, soOn c.f R. Williams, pawnshop, Ban- gor, that the defendant came to the eihop on Saturday last and asked to see some wedding rings. He got- out a case in which there were five gold rings. N<}ne of these would fit the young lady who was in the shop, so another was reached: from the window. As none of these fitted, they ■agreed to come there again. But before he left the shop he (witness) found that a ring was missing. Tha defendant left the shop, but the young lady and ano-thir soldier re- mained. Further evidence was given by 'Margaret Anne Williams and Sapper Hains. —P.C. 37 gave evidence that in reply to his charge, the defendant said that he did not do if.P.C. Evans (60) said that the prisoner told him where he could find the ring. He believed it was in the pub. called White He informed him that he could find the ring at the far end of the lobby behind a box.. Witness went there and found the ring ;as stated by the de- fendant. The defendant pleaded guilty, and said that he was sorry for what he had done, and said that he had done it through drink. A fine of 10s and cost-s was imposed, or I fourteen days.

RAILWAY PklOSECUTION AT BANGOR. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER FINED. At the Bangor Police Court, on Tuesday, 'before Messrs Wm. Pughe, J. Evan Roberts. Harry CJegg, and Capt. N. P. Stewart, 'Frank Wild, Kendal, near Windermere, a. commercial traveller, was charged by the London and North Western Railway with travelling without a ticket.—The defendant did not appear. Mr Harold R. Hudleston, Eiunt-on, prose- cuted on behalf of the railway company, and said that the defendant took a tourist ticket from Preston to Greenore on March 10th. He arrived at Menai Bridge on .March 12th, and said that he was going on to Carnarvon and wanted to pay excess faro on the ticket. He then returned to Ban- gor and asked the booking clerk if it was nec^-ssary for him to book a ticket to Con- way with the tourist ticket, that he had. The booking clerk in formed him tha.t it was necessary, and when the defendant came to book he asked for a single to Conway. The booking clerk a.ga.in told him that he would have to book a ticket to come back from Cainva.y. The' defendant, however, tra- velled from Conway to Menai Bridge, and here produced his Preston to Greenore tourist ticket at Menai Bridge when his ticket was asked for. At Holyhead, when asked if he travelled from Conway to iM.en a.i Bridge with the ticket he said that he had. The excuse he gave was the curious one that he had never been in North Wales before, and presumably was not used to the barbarous customs of the place. Evidence was given in support of the .st.a,t,am,en,t by Edgar Spencer Swan, W. J. Williams, Harry V. Summerton, and Arthur Jones. The Bctidi fined the defendant 20B and costs.

BANGOR RAILWAY INSTITUTE fcXHlSlTION. A SUCCESSFUL SHOW. On Saturday last a mcst successful ex- hibition of work and curios was held at the Bangor Railway Institute, when a large number visited the building and viewed some of the finest- works of art yet exhibited in connection with the Institute. Amongst those who visited in the course" of the after- noon were Mrs Davies, Treborth; Mr J. R. Davies, the Bishop of Bangor and Mrs Watkin Williams, Mr Harry Clegg" &c., all of whom expressed delight at the exhibits. The following were the awards made and certificate winnere:- Freehand drawing: 1, J. E. Hughes. Building construction drawing: 1, W D. Cooil; 2, H. Johnson. Wood carving: W. Cooil (senior). Crewel work: 1, Elsie Cooil; 2, Mrs R. Davies. Plain sewing: Mrs W. Smith. Ditto: Mrs W. Russell. Needle- work: Mrs Fenna, Upper Bangor. Drawn- thread work: 1. A. Undale; 2, F. Cooil; 3, May Hughes. Crochet work: 1, Mrs Fenna; 2. Elsie Cooil; 3, Mrs Russel. Ribbon work: Miss Elsie Cooil. Fretwork: 1, Willie Evans (junior). Woodwork: 1, W. Smith and A. J. Hughes (equal). Brass work: W. S. Joyce, James Midwinter, C. E. Winby, and T. Williams (equal). Copper work: A. E. Thomas. Iron work: O. Tho- mas and F. Williams (equal). Oil painting: M ise A. Hughes. Steel work: James Mid- winter. Paper flower work: Nellie Aitken. Silver work: W. Rheppard. Model work: W. D. Cooil. Lettering: 1, H. Jones; 2, A. W. Huxley. Sepia painting: J. E. Hughes. Water colour painting: J. E. Hughes. Wood work: W. J. Carter. Deco- rated frieze work: A. W. Huxlev. Grain- ing: O. Lloyd and A. W. Huxley. Photo- graph A. Gayton. Building construction (Institute class)— Senior class: 1. J. Quick; 2, Lewis Smith, John Ward. Ditto, junior class: 1, W. Cooil; 2, H. Johnson; 3, M. Ward. Fancy work: Mrs Lewis Jones, Vicarage. Exhibits were kindly lent by the School of Art, Llandudno, in the form of wood carving, cardboard, fce. Mrs Phillips, curios from Holy Land; Mr J. E. Hughes, painting; Mr Phillips, table cloths; Mr C. E. Winby, poker and mar- queterie work; Mr W. Lloyd Jones, Indian curios; Mr L. McDermid, a lace tree from West India; Mr McMichan, coins; Miss Harriet S. Hughes, Tyroline carvings; Mrs Roberts, Hirael, grained poplar and Indian work basket; Mr R. Evane*, Holvhead, model of Anglesey Castle; Mrs M. Hughes, Indian curios; Miss Kirkpatrick, Old Eng- lish art; London and North Western Rail- way, models Messrs T. Smith, Newry Miss Hughes, Brynmenai. model of Gorad Goch; Mr A. Thomas, Smithy Mr Roberts, Alpine climbing shoes, &.c. Mr Lambert, rifle de- corations Mr Parry and Joyce, South Afri- can momentoes; Mr E. A. Crump, a leather curio; Mr Warner and Mr Cooke, and Com- mander Holland, working models Dramatic Society of the Railway Institute, sensa- tional dramas. The secretarial duties were carried out in the usual able manner by Mr J. Johnson.

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A RAMBLER'S OUTING. (To the Editor of the North Wales Observer and Express "). Sir,—We have received the following letter from a correspondent:—"Sir,—Just a short distance from this town there is erected on the Lilanberis road a tinger-post indicating the public footpath to Bethel road. A few d3ij'S ago myself and party felt in the mood to ramble, and wended our way along Llam- beris road, but soon experienced the nauseating nuisance of the "petrolified" and "microbised" dust raised by the Wreh- destructor of roads and the terror oi pedestrians.—tire motor car,—so, on arriving at the spot where the above finger-post stands, we thought that the path indicated would be an ideal ramole, and there an<t then decided to try it. Our first experience was that there was rather too much waiter on the path in proportion to the dry portions, but this obstacle was soon over- come. However, after walking for about fifteen minutes, we came to a point where we had to try our luck, as, at this point, there were several paths leading in vartyii.. directions. Instinctively, more or less, we went as far as a small farmhouse; from ttiie we could follow the path over a. footbridge, but then came the problem, as there wa no discernible path leading on from the footbridge, so again we tried our luck, and went on across the- field to a gate at the far end, and there found a swinging gate,—very a ell placed,—.but lo there was no path again. So, on looking round, we sant a. man ploughing in a field just by, and a £ Ked ,him to direct us as to the paith, He pointed to a gate, which opened out to a farmyard, but now our real troubles were commencing! Before we could get to the gate, we had to "steer our course through a herd of cattle, numbering from thirty to forty, and, of course, had to make in quiries for my lord—the bull,iid were glad to be told that he, also, was present, but not of a very offensive mood. So bravely and courageously we went on, and, on waring the gate, found that the trampling of tha cattle had turned the soil into slush. So we asked the permission of the farmer to go through a gate near by, and were flatly refused, Therefore, we had to wade through the muddy water, ankle-deep. At this farm we were informed that the Corporation had refused to accept an offer to divert tihe path so as to avoid the farmyard, and on this account he re- fused to allow us. to go tlhe other way. Furthermore, we were told that the next time we came that way we would have to battle with barbed-wire So there are rosy prospects for the next ramble. Now, in fe-ce of this threat, I appeal to the ramblers of this town to make the best use of this public footbath, as it is an ideal walk. Be side, by doing so, we would be preserving our public rights. I would like to put a question to the readers of your valuable paper, which will interest those legally in dined :-If the cattle were herde-cl-ais they usually are—right up to the gate, are they a 'substantial obstruction,' and whether the farmer could be maJe to remove them?- Yours truly, Public Rights."

TEMPERANCE MEETING AT BANGOR. I STIRRING ADDRESS BY CANON H ii c ii6. HOW TO-VOTE FOR THE RIGHT MAN Oil Thursday night oi lait v-eek a tem- perance meeting was held at T\ rbwYII C.M. Chapel, wnen itie Rev \V. Davicts presided over a large gathering. A nuinii^ei' L oi -Nonconformist- loizaeters IN,m also prt- U" scnt. -•:■■■ jui his opening vetBArks the Chairman re- ferred to cne last Licensing Bui, aii-I saivi that the moral character 01 the nation had suffered by its rejection by the House of Lords, Iiie Bill would have improved the morality of the people 01 Lhe kingdom, ana they deplored its rejection more than any- tniug that had happened during the last iew years (hear, hear). In calling upon Canon xiicks to address the meeting, the Chairman said that he was one oi the great leaders ot the Temperance cause in Great Britain (cheers). Canon Hicks, who was warmly received, said that he had had the pleasure Ol being at Bangor some years ago, when lie addressed a meeting on the same theme and the same arguments, but he thought that he ought to be talking not about temperance but Dreadnoughts to them, as readers of the "Daily Mail" undoubtedly thought (laughter). But for his own part he was 01' all economic disposition, because he w anted John Bull to keep his money. If they were going to war they ought to keep their money in their pockets. Alter all the bulwarks oi Britain would be found in the manhood oi the people (hear, hear). The peaple should be well advanced in moral force (hear, hear). They were, therefore, engaged that evening in uuilding up the force of our country against all the dangers that were ahead of us die was not, however, sure whether he ought not to be speaking to them that even- ing about Disestablishment (hear, hear, and cheers). A voice It would not be out of a place anyway. Continuing, Canon Hicks said that he had two views on the matter. Whenever an election of any kind came along he always endeavoured to find out whom the liquor people were going to vote for, and when lie rrad found that out he had voted for the other man (hear, hear). That saved him a great deal of perplexity about all kinds of issues, and it had generally guided him to the man who stood for freedom and righteousness among nations and indivi- duals. He had never been willing to barker away what he thought to be the ulti- mate welfare of mankind and of the com- mon people for the loaves and fishes of an Establishment. Those were his private views about Disestablishment, and he did not know how far they were shared by his brethren. iHe quite agreed with W. S. Caine, himself a strong Nonconformist, who said that the Welsh people would do well to be as united and enthusiastic about des- troying the liquor traffic as they were over Disestablishment of the Church (hear, hear). Dealing with the question of Temperance, the speaker said that temperance reform lay at the root of all religious and social reforms. They must deal with it on purely democratic lines (hear, hear). They must deal with it on the lines of Government of the people, for the people, and by the people (cheers). Temperance was primarily the cause of the children. iHe granted that there was the liberty of the subject to be considered, but there was also the liberty of the collective society, to which men owed the debt of existence and of every blessing. They as temperance reformers believed in the omnipotence of good, and they must wake the minds of the people to the great cause in their midst (cheers). Plenydd then followed with a convincing address, in which lie said that drink was a. preventable evil, and advocated drasi in- action rather than moral suasion in regard to temperance reform.

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HOLYHEAD COUNTY COURT. TuesdSay, before his Honour Judge Moss. DAUGHTER SUES FATHER. John Jones and' Hannaih Jones, his wife, Pant yr Eirin, Mymydd Mecheil, I-ALI ali iechelf, sued Willi: Owen, cf GlJan Ll iLlanfeehell, for £ 21 128 2d in respect of attendances upon and services rendered by the plaintiffs to the defendant's wife- from the 1st May, 1906, to 21st May, U,07, also board and washing and lodging. •Mr S. R. Dew, Bangor, appeared for pLaintiffs, and Mr R. Gordon Roberts re- presented defendant. •Mrs Hani;<a.h Jones, one of the plain- tiffs, said she was the wife of the co-plain- tiff and a daughter of the defendant. She i a reniamibered her mother being taken ill, at which time they lived close together. At the time her father was following the occu- pation of a jockey or horseibreaKer. W it- ness attended her mother while her father was away. Her father came home once a. tor-might, and only gave her a loa-f weekly. Defendant had promised witness that wheal ."he got married that he would give her a. cow, but he did not do so. her mother died in Juiv, 1907, aliter which the de- fendant mayeci with plaintiff's. He was also taJcen ill, a-.id was attended by Dr right, who had attended her mother. Lllis Honour: Are you calling Dr Wright? Witness: No I am not. /Witness ,proceeding, said that her father remained wit'n her for six weeks, and she had dene his washing lor about two months. In 14308 she sent her lather a. bill, a.nd he eventually remarried at har- vest time. Cross-examined by Mr Gordon Roberts, die witness said that defendant had been a good father to her. It was he who paid for the loatf ,and this was the only th'.ng he' gave her. The loaf cost a shilling weefcLv. biie denied having given him £ 2 after her mother's death. Her mother gave her a rnlg. She expected her father to recom- pense them for whalt they had done, and seeing that he made no advances she sent him a bill amounting to £ 24 19s. She ex- pected to have a cow when she got tnarrled. j if she had had a cow she would not have sent him a bill for the amount, claimed. The cllaim for attendance was at the rate of 6s per week. John Jones was called, and corroborated the evidence given by his wife. Cross-examined by Mr Roberts: Plaintiff never lent delen-dant. 4:2, and he had not repaid that sum. All the claim had been put down in a book. He did not make (arrangements in regard to the washing with defendant. His wife received a gold ring from her mother. Until plaintiff married Jefendant was always welcome to come to his house. Wm. Owen, the defendant, 6aid that his wife had been ill for two years. Witness looked after her, because he remained home for two years. Until the 6th of May, 1S07, he was at home. His witfe died in July. A ,woman named ùrdia. Jones and his daugh- ter attended her for the short time he was a.way. His wife was paralysed in the knee, but otherwise she was quit-e, well. Hris wife had seme money, and used to get her food from the local shop. The bread would be coming from Amlwch. He gave his wife j:4 as before going away, and received ELI iwhen he returned.. There were a dozeii ifowls on the farm, and Hannah Jones used to get the eggs. Witness used to be going home every fortnight. His wife used to pay herself for what she had. When he returned home he found his wife living with plaintiffs, and he was glad, but if he knew this would come on he would have been sorry. Alter his wife died he was ill for about a. week, and kept his bed for 5 j days. Tile, quillets tihey received were fully worth £ 2. Hannah had always been a good girl until witness married a,gla.in, He lent plaintiff £2 to go to Amhvch, but was repaid very shortly. He did not owe the m()!1::> but would be glad if John Jone-s paid him what he owed. Crci^s-exaniined by Mr S. R. De w: He never asked plaintiff to allow his wife to be taken to their house. He did not promise his daughter e cow when »he get nwtrri-ed, because he Would be too poor to offer such because he Would be too poor to offer such a thing. His Honour said that the claim for ser- vices amounting to Y,16 10s was not sus- tained, and therefore it would be struck out. and on the second] claim he would allow J:2 16s with cctts for amount to follow. His Honour made an order tlhot £ 1 10s be paid in a fcrtnight and the rest in a month. AD-MI VIST I? AT I OlX ORDER. Sarah Elizabeth Evans. Cylbi Cottage. Holyhead, applied for an administration order. Mr R. Gordon Roberts appeared for ap- pticant. and Mr R. E. Pritahard opposed on behalf of a number of creditors. Applicant went into the box and offered 10s in the £ on total deibts amounting to £32 odd, to be payable by 4s a month. Additional creditors were scheduled after the case had proceeded. The case was adjourned to the next Holyhead Court. WHAT WEIGHT. John Williams, blacksmith, Mount Pleasant, Holyhead, saied. Owen Gibson Owen, Gwymfryn, Holyhead, for j.3 odd for gate and bars supplied. There was a counter-claim for breach of contract. Mr Cyril O. Jones appeared for de- fendant. The plaintiff gave evidence in support of his claim. The- defendant said that the weight of the gate was not correct, and called a wit- ness to support his contention. His H onour said he would order that tihe gate should b.e weighed and that both parties should be present, and found for plaintiff err the counter-claim. WORK DONE. J. R. and Owen Edwards, Pen y Gra.ig, Llanfattlhlu, sued Thomas Williams, Hir Graig, Llanrhyddlad, for £5 12s 10id for blaioKismMi'^ work alleged to have been dIOne, 0 The original claim had been reduced bv 5 lite. There wa-s a counter-claim for cartage. 'Mr Cyril O. Jones appeared for plaintiff, and Mr R. Gordon, Roberts defended. Defendant pleaded the statute of limita- tions, and his Honour referred the e;tge to the Registrar to see whether ali, item of 3s lOd nad been incurred outside the period of limitation. FURNITURE CLAIM. This v. ae a case in which Robert Price, 10, Porthdafarch road, Holyhead, claimed from Mrs Mary Owen, Pen y Graig, Bodediern, the sum of £37 15s lid, being the amount alleged to be due in respect of certain articles of furniture. The plaintiff claimed as administrator of the estate of his late wife. The case had been adjourned from the Menai Bridge Court, the Judge then suggesting a settlement. Mr G. Roberts re- ported that the parties had met and. certain furniture delivered up, the plaintiff relin- quishing his claim to the remainder. De- fendant had further agreed to pay the court fees and a sum towards coste. Mr Roberts applied that these terms should be made an order of court.—Order accord- ingly. j A WARNING. During the course of a. ca6e, a witness was o A, prompted by a person from the body of the court. His Honour (to the person): If you make a remark again I will commit you, as it is very improper conduct. Later the person referred to was called as a witness. His Honour said that he had interfered with a witness, which was a very improper thing, and tended to interfere with the course of justice. If he would do so again he would get very short shrift. zn PUBLIC-HOUSE MEETING AND THE RESULT. Messrs A. Yewdall and Co., of Leeds, sued Edward Osmond, callor, Holyhead, for £ 5 5s due in respe.ct of a watch purchased. Mr Agulsky, a representative of the firm, said that he supplied the defendant with the watch on August 17th last, and it was valued at £ 5 5s. On January 20th last defendant wrote a letter to the firm complaining of the way it had been sold, and offering to pay for it. It was pointed out that the agreement had not been stamped. His Honour: Why do you say that the stamp is not required. Witness: Because it is only an acknow- ledgement that he had received the watch, and not an agreement. Defendant The watch was given to me on a month's trial. Witness: That is not correct, your Honour. Defendant: He told me he would come back for the watch if I did not like it, but I have not seen him since. In four davs I received a bill for £ 5 5s. In a month's time I received a letter asking if I was going to pay them, and it said on the bill, "No goods taken back." The defendant at this stage produced the bill and other forms. The Registrar called his Honour's atten- tion to certain forms sent by the firm to defendants after receiving the court's sum- mons. People did not sign these knowing what they were doing. The witness said they had done so in other courts, and had not been objected to and he had given the Registrar an under- taking that it would not take place again. His Honour said that the forms looked too much like official documents. His Honour: Where did you meet th. defendant? U Witness: When he was coming from work I —— His Honour: Answer my question. Witness: In a public-house. His Honour again drew attention to the forms, and said it was very improper to send such things to defend-antt." They looked like official documents. The practice was becoming far too common. Defendant said there was a friend with him when the watch was sold, and when the witness said he could return it in a month if he did not like it. His Honour: Ie he here to-day? Defendant: No, but he lives in the town. His Honour: Can you call him as a wit- ness. Defendant: Yes, sir. His Honour: You had better go for the witness and bring him here before the court rises. A witness (Evan Davies) was called in sup- port of the statement made. His Honour in giving judgment said that there was no doubt great anxiety to sell these watches. As the evidence of defend- [nt, was supported by his companion, lie would give judgment for defendant, with the order that the watch be returned to plaintiffs. MOTHER AiND DAUGHTER. Mrs J. Grace Griffith, Bodorg-an irnin, Bodorgan, sued Owen Thomas, Bryn Idioms, Bo-dorgan, for klO money lent. Mr R. Gordon Roberts appeared for plaintiff. L Plaintiff said that she lent Y-10 to de- fendant. The money was her own, and not her late husband's. 'She lent th-ain on the occasion of the death of defend':uvt's child in 1906. She handed the. to her son-in- law to take to defendant. John Furlong, Bcdorgan Arms, the son- in-law, gave evidence to the effect that he took the money to defendant. Owen Thomas denied ever receiving the money. iMrs Thomas, the last witness's, wife, said that her father gave her the money on her death of her 18:ea.r-old dmi-gftate-r. Her father sent the money by Furlong, but he sent a child with them to the house. His Honour pointed out that the particu- lart; stafed that it was money lent by Mxk Griffiths' husband, who in-a-s deceased. Mr Gordon Roberts paid that the com- plainant had a separate estaite, and the ,Yiioiiciv had been taken out of it. iHte Honour, in giving judgment found there was a loan, ami ft was to the wife, and he would rese:rve the point as to whether the husband was liable, and asked the advocates in the case to mention it a,t the Menai Bridge Court. A RABBIT QUESTION. Wm. Roberts, 4)1, London road, Bryn- gwran, oued Evan Williams, Gltan'rafon, Bryngwran, for £3 17s 9d for rabbits sold and not accounted for. Mr R. Gordon Roberts appeared for plaint-iff, and Mr O. B. Edwards, M.'A., de- fended. Mr Roberts said there was a verbal agreement between plain-tiff and defendant that the latter should catch rabbits on land rented by plaintiff, and that they should divide the proceeds. Witnesses1 were called to prove that hampers had been sent to various firms, and that the defendant's name appeared in the railway company's books as the sender. The Sitatiommasfer at Valley said that de- •fendant denied sending the, rabbits. Mr O. B. Edwards said that his client ladlmifted an agreement with plaintiff, but denied that he was bound not to Clatclh rab- bits elsewhere. The rabbits sent were caught on the land of Owen Williams, Cae Fawhwen, who gave evidence in support of this. His Honour found for the plaintiff. A SALE TRANSACTION. Henry King, Ship Hotel, Llangefni, sued H. Parry Jones, auctioneer, Holyhead, for £ 35 for goods sold at an auction. Mr Gordon Roberts, who appeared for plaintiff, said that they were unable to get an account until they sued Mr Parry Jones. He now offered by letter to accevpt judg- ment, for C21 15s. Defendiant claimed t5 as commission on sale. His Honour gave judgment for £21 15s. I WHiO IS TO PAY. The Holyhead Waterworks Co. sued Mr S. Pollecoff, Market Buildings, in respect of an amount of water rate allegeod to be due. Mr Cyril O. Jones appeared ou behalf of Mrs Hughes, Garreg Dam as. the owner of the house, and stated that the dispute was between his client and Mr Pollecoff. Mr Rice Williams said that was so. Mr Gordon Roberts appeared for Mr Pollecoff. Mr Cyril O. Jones said that his client was not present, and asked for an adjorunment. His Honour said he woaild give judgment against. Mr Pollecoff, the tenant, and would leave it open as to whether the owner Gr tenant wa.s liable. The latter case will come on at me next Holyhead Court.

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Mr Ellis J. Griffith, M.P.. is blossoming out a;^ a poet. In the curren t "Geninen," a capital translation appears from his pen of Ernest Dowson's beautiful verses "Beyond the veil." The first, runs follows:— '<lid ydyw faith y daitli, er dvddiau meith- ion f Jo fid i au. galar, cystudd a chashad Tydra.w i'r lien daw- pen i'n. lroll obeithiou Byr eu parhad. —

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BANGOR LADIES' CHOIR CONCERT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT). "Men may come, and men may go, but the ladies go on for ever." At any rate, that is the state of things a-s regards choral- singing in Bangor; and, on Wednesday- evening, Jast week, the "Bangor Ladies Choir" gave their eighth annual concert at the Penrhyn Hall. One wonders how many years the longest lived and most pre- tentious of male choirs has managed to exist in Bangor. This, to begin with, is a dis- tinct credit to the Ladies' Choir and to its committee, and additional credit is due to them all because of the fact that, as a, ride, their last concert is an improvement on its predecessor. That can hardly be said of last Wednesday's concert. The Mayor of Bangor should have presided, but his Worship was ill; and Mr Caerwyn Roberts reigned in his stead. It is. not suggested that this fact- contributed to what the writer regards as the general falling off in the usual merits of the con- cert. Rather the reverse, for the popular Caerwyn was one of the undoubted successes of the evening. Here is a. sample of his many jeu d' esprit:—"The next item is 'The Skylark' by the Bangor Nightingales." In the second place, the "principals" did not affect the audience ;80 far as the present writer could judge) so effectively as did some of their pre- decessors. That is not to say that they had not good voices, or that they did not. sing well, for they had and did. But they (at least, so it seemed to the writer) lacked the afflatus which rouses an audience to enthusiasm, aaid though they were both encored, and deserved to be, the encores seemed to your correspondent to be more complimentary than compulsory,—and it is the compulsory encore, that which the audience cannot help itself giving, which is the real and worth having compliment. Then, again, the singing of wha.t may be called the sub-principals, members of the choir who contributed solos or duetts, suffered from the same cause. It was not what is termed "convincing." An interest- ing experiment was the rendering of Balfe's duett, "Excelsior," by two ladies, but "interestillg" is about ail your correspondent feels disposed to say of it. The best fea-ture of the evening's programme was the singing of the choir, and even cf that one felt that it was scarcely up to the hign standard of (previous years, though; at the i?ame time, one recognised greater possibilities in the body of voices than were developed. The writer fancies that to some extent this was due to the lack of inspiration in the pieces sung, due to the selection of National Eisteddfod test-pieces of mediocre, if any, merit from a musical point of view. And this gives ri^e to doubt as to the wisdom of tlie rage for selecting pieces as tests of choral-singing at Eifiteddfodau. Of course, Welsh people ought to encourage Welsh comjoosers by swinging their music pro- vided there is sufficient merit in the music. To select a. Welsh composer's composition simply because the composer is a Welsh- man is an encouragement to the composer right enough, but it is no encouragement to oh oral-singing, except in rare instances, and greater control ought to be exercised in this respect. The two National Eisteddfod tcst-pieces were not Ly Welsh composers, but their "music" can hardly be regarded as of a high order, and the present rage for "encouraging" inferior composers by this means as bound to lower the standard of choral-singing and taste. In conclusion, the writer begs to express his regret tha.t the gallant band of Bangor lady singers were not more generally sup- ported by the public than they were at their last concert.

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