Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

North Wales readers of the "Board of Trade Gazette" for April will rejoice to see the following paragraph: "Building Trades: Employment in nearly all branches of these trades showed an improvement, and is now- better than at the same time in any year since 1903 Returns from 618 firms, employing 51,719 workpeople at the end of March, showed an increase in the number employed: of 7.5 per I cent., as compared with a month ago. We may now expect a movement upward: in the slate trade; and we note with much interest, in the "Slate Trade Gazette" this cheering observation :—" We believe we, are right in prophesying that things have taken a right turn, and that as the year advances the im- provement ill be more and more marked. It is well not to be too confident: but the spring weather predisposes even the most desponding mind to cheerfulness.

tOWN & CUMJNTRT NOTES. The election, of ISir R. J. Ellis 'Nanney. Bart.. a<a Chairman of the Cesrnarvonefcire Standing Joint Committee will Mtdoubtediy give great satisfaction to E.ivion jwwple. Sir Hugh is a keen public ma.n, and1 his services to the county deserve' the honoiur conferred upon him on Thursday. It ..is not often that ifiouth Car- narvonshire is oouisiderecJ by the Committee when a new Chairman is appointed. Indeed this disregard has been commented upon on more than one occasion, and the selfishness" of the Nlarth. Carnarvonshire" members fceld up to m/uah scorn. On 'Thursday the South won; but no dCoubt the Ntwth wilf be able to say: os Foiled; no master; & time will corner • The twenty-second, annual conference of the London and North-Weet^m Railway Temper- ance Union at Llandudno, proved an unqualT- fied success. In fact, it was acknowledged upon all hands to be a "record" gathering in every reepect. In point ""oi enthusiasm the proceedings were never at. a.By previous confer- ence equalled. Mumeiically, the membership of the Union has increased 'from 11,000 to nearly 15,000, a tact .which xkaionetrates the great and good organising work, in the cause of temperance which is taking .place among railway men. All the speeches -were pithy, forcible, and to the point. They were all the more effective because of their numeration. The loctti arrangements could not -have !been better, and the delegates were able to return to their homes, invigorated by their jshcrt visit to Llandudao. The local hospitality ..wa.; both wise and generous. The High Cturt of Justice has decided that men setting na#ht lines in a Tiver and taking trout are not anglers. The point as to what constitutes angling arose over the prosecution of two men by (Barnard, Lord Penrhyn s head gamekeeper, for taking trout' from the Llugiwy with night lines. The men got lines and ho<)],-> attached worms to the hooks, and threw the ¡,inet! into the river, in which they were left for the night, In the morning, when the men caone to take vp the lines, two £ rout were on the hooks, and for removing the trout the men were summoned, practically as proachers. The Bangor justices had doubts if this practice diid not. constitute angling, though the\ may have thought it was not quite what you would regard as "sporting." Anyway, they dis- missed the summons, but stated a case for the consideration of the High Court, and this Court, on Friday last, was unanimously of opinion that the laying oT night lines is not angling, and! sent the case back to the Bangor justices with instructions to convict. It is an interesting point of law, but the curious thinoi is that, having regard to the prevalence of the practice, it should not have been decided before.

THE LLANBERIS PASS MYSTERY. (Continued from Page 3.) ADJOURNED INQUEST. EVIDENCE OF A MOTORIST. An adjourned inquest touching the death of Mrs Elizabeth Owen, Tanygadias, Llanberis, who, it was alleged, was knocked down by a motor car in the iLlanberis IPass on Easter Monday, was held last night at the Council I School, Nant Peris. At the previous hearing a daughter of the deceased said that, she and her mother were walking, arm-in-arm m the Pass of lianberis, and when a motor-car came up she stepped behind her mother and they were both struck by the side of thecar. The car was 'going at suich a speed that it would have been almost im possible for .the occu- pants to see if there were any people in front of it. Mr R. Roberts, Carnarvon, appeared for the relatives. The first witness yesterday was Edward Williams, a lad living at Cwmgiasfawr, Nant Peris. He said that on Easter -Vondav about six o'clock he was going up the Pass of Llan- beris, and saw a number of motor-cars passing in the direction of Llanberis. The second car which passed was numbered C.C.9. It was full of people, and was of a dark eolour. A third car which passed near the same spot was numbered K8. It was not usual for him to notice the numbers of motor cars, but he did on that occasion. A fourth car, numbered A.B.460, passed near the same spot. He I did not put down the numbers at the time. It was after he got home that he heard of the accident. By Supt. Grimtb 'He saw Mrs Owen and daughter when he wa-s going m> the Pass. They were eoing down in the direction of Lianberis. He passed them near Blaenynant Bridge. Four motor-cars passed, but he did not take the number of the fiTjst one. The number of the third car that passed, was K. 8. P.S. Jones (Lianberis) said that about 6.20 p.m. on Easter Monday a, nenUeman driving a motor-car numberd K.8 told him, at Llan beris that an acdident had happened in the Pass and that an old lady had been hurt. The gentleman further said that he understood that a motor-car going up the Pass had caused the accident. Witness made inquiries as to a. car that had gtone through, the village up to Nant Peris. About the same time lie received the .following telegram from Nant Peris Old lady been seriously injured by motor-car wOing to Lianberis. Passed this half-hour. Lady only passenger." By Dolbadarn Hotel he saw a motor-car with only one lady passenger. The number of the car was A.B.460. Witness inquired of the man in charge which way it had come. The man replied that he had come down the Pass, but that he had ibeen to t/nB villaige taking a party who had been given a lift. Witness questioned the man about the accident, and the latter said that he would drive witness to Nant Peris. On the way the man said that if he had only thougjht of it, there were people at Lianberis who could prove that it was not his car that caused the accident. He said that he had given a iift to a party of climbers from the side of Nant Peris nearest the iPass, and that that party had met some people taking, the old lad- home, before he had come down the Pass. Witness made inquiries in Nant peris as to th*: colour of the oar that caused the accident and he could not get tlie description to tally with that of. the one in which witness went to Nant Peris. Having returned to Lianberis he sa.w the party that were driven in the car and one of them said tluat he had seen the old lady when she was beingt carried from the highway into the house, and that that had ha^oened before the car in which the party travelled Iliad come down the Pass. He noticed' a tittle -befpre six o'clock a. oatr going, tilurougk Lian- beris for the direction of the Pass. Its number was C.C.9. There were two gentleman and a lady in it. He made inquiries of the owner of that car, Dr Thomas, Bangor. As lar as wit- ness was able to say the car numbered K.8 was the first to pass after the one numbered C.C.9, and the car numbered A-B.460 followed the one numbered K.8. By Mr Roberts Witness did .not see the car numbered C.C.9 stopping at Lianberis. It might have stopped. By a juryman The car C.C.9 was going at a, moderate .speed through, Lianberis. P.C. H. Jones said that he saw a. motor- u ng driven .bv Dr Thomas foing tmough Lianberis about five minutes to six on the evening of Easter Monday. By the Superintendent r. At the spot where the accident was said to have taken plaoa, there were sharp stones projecting from the wall. Dr J, E. Thomas, Baasgor, said that on Easter Monday he and others went in a motor car round the Pass..They Parted from Bangor -it 4 p.m. and went through 'Rethesda, Ogwen, Capel Curig, and Penygwryd without stop- ping. At Penypass they stopped for refresh- I ments, and started down the Pass, jknowing from experience that the PaSt; was dangerous to go down in a motor car, the second speed- gear was put on, and to make it doubly cer- tain that the car would not Tun off, he shut off petrol, aad travelled at a slow pace. He passed a. motor car going up and also peo- ple walking. He did not notice anything special when going through the Pass. When they reached the level he put on top speed, and went through Lianberis without shopping. As it was a holiday at Carnarvon, he had to drive very slowly, and the car was stopped in Turf-square. He then noticed by the Town Hall clock that it was ten minutes pa.st six. Bangor wag reached about Sieven o'clock. He -nrst he$-d of the accident on the following day. through P.C. Evans (60), of Bangor, who inquired if witness had seen a green car with a hood which had passed him between Lian- heris and Carnarvon. Witness replied that no motor car had passed, him between "Llanberis and Bangor. But he said that had s-een a motor car answering to that description by the Penypass Hotel. iWiÍtness .noticed that it had a C.C. plate and was of a Humber -make. Its front part pointed in the direction .of Llan- berii.^ By a Juryman: He did not notice an old lady and a young womas together in the GE&ss. It would have been impossible for the motor car to have come in contact with anyone with- out his knowledge. By the Superintendent: There was no mark of any kind on rtihe car. By the Cutroner Speaking as a medical man, if the car had struck a person he would have expected to find a mark or discolouration on the body. J Deceased's husband You are shielding the motor caT. The Coroner (sternTy) Whom do you mean j when you say that-? She was struck. rBnt I withdraw the re- mark. The Coroner: No one wishes to be hard upon you in your bereavement, but this is a court of justice. >Mr R. Roberts: I have refrained from ask- ) ing the witness any single question, b<ecause I consider .it would be unfair for me -to do so, seeing that he is not represented. Miss Rowlands, Llanbeulan, Anglesey, -said that she was in the car on Easter Monday going round the Pass. Nothing came in con- j tact, with the car in the Pass. ( By Mr R. Roberts She did not see an old lady and a young woman walking in the Pass. The Coroner having summed up, ,The jury returned a'♦verdi-ct of Accidental death," tlWe being no evidence to show how the deceased f*el! against 'the wall and sus- tained the injuries which caused her death. The inqury »asted fiv^e and a half hours, it being close upon 11 o'clock when the jury gave theii, verdict. I

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Camrfrmi mtb I Ifcralbf. I ft ;a ITKIDAY, APRIL 19, 1907. THE THREE SHIRKERS. Throe of the Commissioners appointed to examine. into the religious provision made by the Established Church and the Free Churches in Wales have, it is alleged, sent in their re- signatiefis. Last Friday, the announcement that they' had then resigned was authorita- tively contradicted. But since then, it is alleged, their resignations have been sent in, and the-appolntment of others has been con- sidered. The Commissioners, whose resigna- tions is alleged, are Mr Samuel Evans, M.P., Prinicpal Fairbairn, and Professor Henry ) Jones. If they have resigned, and if they per- sist in their resignations, they have done Wales a very pad turn. It may be that there was no need for the Commission. It is certain that the proceedings of (the Commission have been dilatory. and unbusinesslike. It may be allowed that the fault is largely due to the forensic principles which the learned Chairman, Judge Vaughan Williams, insists on applying where they are not applicable. It must be put on record at the same time that some of the learned Nonconformist members of the Com- mission have been at least at, wrong-headed as the learned Chairman- Taking all these considerations together, it is impossible to find any justification for the resignations. Either the Commi&sioners should have de- clined to act at all; or they should- nave forced the resignation of it-he Ch airman-; or they should have persevered a 1 if inevitable) have issued a minority repprt. The excuses put forth on their behaif are too flimsy f«r serious consideration. It is said, for instance, it at the j distance between Glasgow and London is too I long.; but it is not much longer now than a year ago. The other ex- uses are equally phan- tasmal- The resignations, whatever the true reason for them prove to be" haw a suspicious resemblance to actions dieted by sulkiness. There was some danger, at one moment, that vthe example of the three would prove contagious A boycott was talked of. But that talk only lasted a few hours. Betters counsels prevailed. Happily, the Nonconformist of Wales are not going to fume, fret, and funk, as some foolish advisers counseled, and as their op- ponents hoped and expected. The Calvinistic Methodists of North WUes (led by that veteran Termer—the Rev.. Evan Jones) have uttered an effective rallying cry. There will be no boycott, so far as they are coiicern-ed. Judging by the long aad strong resolution passed by the Congregational!^ dele- gates of Carnarvonshire, at Bettwsycoed, there will be none so far as they are concerned either. That disposes of the ill-natured remarks (attri- buted by the "Standard" to a Welsh member .0:£ Parliament) to the effect that the Com- mission had been devised by Mr Lloyd-George to obstruct Disestablishment. For ^uch an -observation there is as little foundatlo/i as there is for the Bernard Shawisjns perpet- rated by Elphin in the "Geninen"—to wit, none at all. The measure of the article may be taken from the prediction that in twenty years the Calvinistic Methodist Connexion "will fall asunder like a ship cast upon the rocks." While Elphin contends that Disestablishment is a dead issue, Mr. Ellis Griffith insists that it is of all Welsh issues the one that is most alive. Though he seems rather too suspicious of the good faith of the Government, Mr. Ellis Griffith does well to be watchful and wary. To those who cry, "Social questions first," he has a complete answer. The public funds released by disendowment from ^cciesias- lilica.1 uses will be devoted tQsocial reform. Hence, Disestablishment and Social Reform in Wales must go forward hand-m-hand.

Two matters of special interest to Wales occurred in Parliament this week- One was the second reading of Mr Lloyd^George s Patents (Bill amid the plaudits of all parties. In the drafting of the bill, experts of all kinds have 'been .consulted; and the adjustment of conflicting views has been effected in a dexter- ous manner. The Tories, finding it difficult to bless unreservedly anything emanating from the Board of Trade, pretend to fee surprised and gratified because too Bill is a stem in the direction of Protection." Much -"God may they get from that -feeble attempt at being funny. The other incident was the setting up of a Welsh Committee alongside the Grand Committees instituted under the Procedure tRules.* There had been some difficulty about the terms oi the resetution but the diplomacy of Mr Herbert Lewis was effective, and the .resolution was carried by 351 votes against %09. This should encourage Welsh members 110 push forward such measures as Mr Herbert ] Roberts's Bill to amend the Sunday Closing .let.

tThe position of Bala College occupied most of the time of the Cal-vinistic Methodist deie- gates a.t Barmouth; and the conclusion was of ,the" lame and impotent bind." One can- not r help thinking' that one sentence in the statistical report would have formed a more exc e-llenrt subject for a searching' and serious diisoossijon, though it seems to have beetn pass ted oveT in silence. We read: "The (Me rioneth) temrperanoe association is alive and ener getic; but intemperance and immorality are the two sins which despoil the flock. Exoo imnunication seldom takes place except for i Immorality. The recent revival passed away ■ without suppressing or even minimising this iin." Some recent correspondence in the Her aid"" and aorrae unpleasant revelations fe- ported -at Colwyn Bav and elsewhere this week. when t Jaken in conjunction with this import-ant CTCtract., give rise to very unpleasant reflections. At 001 wyn Bay, the magistrates seemed -dis- pl"SOO t o rely on the secular arm. At BsM'- mouth, there was perhaps some inclination to rely exclusively on religious means. 'But sinee man is a body and a soul in union, any agency that will realty uplift the community must be both Tel'i} pious and secular. The Sta.te must make it f. tr easier and more practicable for young peop le 141 found homes—decent, healthy and inaliem vhle homes, where families can be brought up in a truly human way. If the worshipful' g wttiiemen of the 'Petty Sessions will do something1 effective towarcis securing that great end.. the- reverend genttemen of the "Saasiwn" wfi^I have a fairer field) for their proper influence a ^Meanwhile, the pressure Of pubiic- opinion o, Tght to ibe exerted in the 'right direction. We rejoice- in kavinig done sume- i thine to oailll a.tt nation to tine subject. We propose to persevx we% and w:e invite the 'co- operation of all thte well-wishers of Wales

CARNARVON JOINT POLlCE COMMITTEE. "ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. THE MOTOR-CAR NUISANCE. A meeting of the Committee was held yester- day. There were present: Sir H. J Ellis- Naney, Messrs Maurice Jonec, D. P. Williams, W. J. Pan-v, J. Jones MoTris, J. R. Hughes, T. W. Griffith, J. Menzles, J. A. Picton, H. Kneeshaw, J. Issard Davies, ICaptain Stewart, J. E. Roberts, R. Jones Roftgrts, E. Wood, Dr R. A. Prichard, Dr R. Owen, Colonel Henry Mostyn, Dr H. Jones Roberts, R. Hughes, Mathew Roberts, D. H. Davies, together with Mr A. Bodvel Roberts (clerk). THE LATE LORD PENRHYN. Mr Maurice Jones, the retiring chairman, referred to the death of iLordí Penrhyn, and proposid a vote of condolence with the family. He said" that the deceased had been a pro- minent figure in the work of the county for many years. As a good Christian gentleman, a man of strong purpose and of strict integrity, and a noKeman who 'had done a great deal for the county in many ways, he would be missed from the public bodies in the county. The Chairman aflso re- ferred to the death of Alderman H. Hughes, Conway, who was also a member of the Com- mittee, and moved a vote of sympathy with the family Trough not guite the same type of manias Lord Peirliyii, "t!hc late Mr Hugh Hughes was a man of honest purpose, and did |ii«'best to ?erve his county m matters relating to public bodies. Mi J. R. Pritchard seconded the motions, and said "that he endorsed sfil that had. been taid by the chairman. He added that he had always found Lord Penrhyn mos- courteous aati kind WIimi he (Mr Pritchard) wa.s Mayor of the to~*n, tk:«. t were some hundreds ->f men out of work, and an appeal was made for assistance in the ;/hape of a fund for the un- employed. Circulars were sent out. and one of the first' to respond to the appeal was Lord Penrhyn, w!h- sent a handsome donation. Sir H. J. Ei.is Nanney supported the pro- Sir H. J. Ei.is Nanney supported the pro- positions, which were passed in silence. r ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN, :\1" D. P. Williams said that thc.re was a general understanding that- the cha rman of the Committee was to .be elected alternately trom members of the Country Council ^ard justices. It was mow the fiirn of the justices, and he moved a gentleman well-known and! most highly esteemed and honoured to be chair- man of the Committee. He referred to oil H. J. Ellis-Nanney (hear, hear). Mr J. Jones Morris seconded the proposal, and remarked that Sir Hugh would no doubt be able to fill the dhair as well as anyone who had previously occupied" iL Mr H. Kneeshaw supported tihe proposal, which was unanimously adopted. Sir H. J. Ellis-Nanney briefly returned thanks and propo&en a vofg" of thanks to Mr Maurice Jones for his services in the chair during the year. ,M!" H. Kneeshaw seconded the motion, which was (adopted, and Mr Maurice Jones acknow- ledged the Tote CHI'EF-CONSTABLES'iS REPORT. In his quarterly report the Chief-Constabde (Colonel Ruck) stated that the increase, in the number of indictable offences was accounted for by an increase in *ases of petty larceny, most of which were disposed 0: summarily. In the case of non-indictable onehoes, there was no marked increase or decrease in any particular class of offence whidh called for special notice. Three publicans were proceeded against for permitting drunkenness, and were all convic- ted. The number of persons who, during the quarter, Tenderedl themselves liable to be dealt with under section 2 of the Inebriates Aot, 1898, was three males. The number of tramps relieved duning the past quarter was 1491, as compared with 2108 in the corresponding quar- ter last year. Number brought up for -beg- gmg, M; convicted, 9; dismissed, 4. The value of property stolen, (which includes the sum of B500 stated to be the value of pictures stolen from Glynyweddw on the Ipth.'Eebruary, 1907), was £W9 Os 3d, of which £5 17s Jld was recovered. The Chief-Constable, replying to a member, recited that the thieves ot the pictures aIt i Glynyweddw had not been oaught, though they had been traced a certain distance. He was not an expert, in the matter of pictures, but he should be very sorry to give £ 300 for the pictures in question. Mr J. Allanson Picton fhen asked whether the problem of detention was left to the local police or was expert assistance obtained from other sources. The Chief-Constable replied that no such .assistance was obtained. Mr Picton instanced the burglary recently committed at Penmaenmawr, when the money of a poor minister was taken from his house in his absence. No arrest had been made in connection therewith, and constables trained to ^ordinary duties coiiid not .be expected to do extraordinary work. The Chief-Constable explained that informa- tion of the robbery was circulated, and he doubted if anything more than was done by the local police could have Ueen accomplished by detectives. If there ajxpeared to be any necessity for engaging expert assistance he -would do so. Mr J. R. Pritchard drew attention to a re- mark wihich fell from Mr R. S. Chamberlain, solicitor, at the Conway Licensing Sessions, to the effect that the police were prompted by certain people to find cases against license holders. There waff no indication, Mr Prit- chard added, that the chairman of the Bench (Mr Kneeshaw) had disapproved of the remark. He de&ired to know from the Chief-Constabre whether he or any of his subordinates ever re- ceived any suoh promptings. The Chaiirman Have you anything to ,go upon besides the newpaper (paragraphs? Mr Pritchard: No. The Chairman I think it is rather meagre. I do not know whether it is correct or not. Mr Kneeshaw said that the paragraph did net commend itself to him as conveying exactly what happened. Some amount of excuse must be allowed to an advocate. THE OONWAY CASE. Mr J. R. PrTEcbard also inquirea for further infbrnflteion about the Conway case commented upon at the last meeting of the Committee, in which a young girl in default of paying a fine of one shilling^ iwas committed to Carnarvon gaol. He desired to kfnow how a fine of one shilling become T7s in a very short time. Mr Jones Roberts sald that tit w-as no doubt in pursuance of the scale of county fees. If the girl had. been~seniti to gaaO without being given a chance of paying a fine it would be very hard) indeed, iWt tf she had had time .to pay and did not, then the police would have been blamed for not enforcing tJhe conviction. The Chief JGonstable said, that had he had notice of the matter he would have been pre- pared with a, report upon it. He frit- sure that if the Committee Iliad the facts before i<hem they would agree that there was nothing in the allegation of hardship. Mr Kneeshaw, as cbaarman of the Conway Bench, detailed the circumstajices under which the girl eaaae to 'be OOUJmitted. Though she did! not ask for time to pay she was allowed itime, but even then tooth she and her parents absolutely declined to pay. ^The police asked her a second time, anxl gave her a week within which to pay something am aeciount, if she so desired;, (but sitill ahe refuse#. They could wajet no longer, as the account* lhad to be closed, with the result tha.t the girl 1IV¥ removed to Carn^urvon prison, but she had ooaly been there a few Sours when Abe fine was paid. Dr R. A. (Prichard (another Con-way magis- trate) ? And the county would! h&ve lost the money if tihe fine had not been enforced then. (Mr Pritchard admitted tha.t the explanation tendered was much fisller than that given in jPWliaimettity. The pcliiee tad Ibeen blamed, whereas their scale rClf foes was really reesponsi- ble. --¡;- 1Mr Jones Menus pointed out tihat the scale was according to the Home Office model. What magistrates seemed to forget was that fines under 5s ought not to carry costs except tin special cases Mr D. P. Williams, speaking as a prison visitor, saidi that-foe had been astonished at the inequalities of benches of magistrates i.n this matter. His view was ilhat magistrates should alwiaya. name a fine, which shottld also include the costs. The subject then dropped. MOTOR OAR<& A communica-tion,, was received from t'hd town clerk of Conway calling attentioo to the excessive and dangerous speed at which motor j cars were driven in the neighbourhood, and J suggesting -hat a speed limit of nine miles an hour in particular districts should be adopted. The Chairman remarked that unfortunately j excessive speed) was bh'fc experience of ether parts as well. The letter was referred to the Chief-Con- stable, who laughingly observed that the Car- narvonshire police were generally sheep-dip- narvonshire police were generally sheep-dip- ping or doing something of the kind. PROPOSED POLICE STATION FOR 1 LLANDUDNO. After a proposai] bflhig made to re-appoint the commit/tee which has had charge of the sclheme for providing Llandudno with new police bulidings, Mr T. W. Griffith moved that the land having been 'bought the Com- j mittee should have instructions to call in the county surveyor with a view to the prepara- tfion of tha necessary plans and estimate. Affet- some discussion t'he committee was re- appointed, and instructed! to submit at the | next general committee i scheme tor the necessary buldiags.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES. MEETING OF GOVERNORS. | PROGRESS OF THE~liUILDING FUND, COLLEGE AND THE DEMOCRACY. The half-yearly meetting of the Court of I Governors of the University College of North Wales, (Bangor, was held at the. College Hall yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. Lord Ken- yon presided, and there were also present: Messrs Henry ;Lewis (vice-dhainman)., D. P. I Wiliiams, Ceidiog Roberts, (Sir Edmund Ver- I mey, and Lady Verney, Dean of St. Asaph, H. R. Daries, Principal Fairchild, Rev T. J. Wheildon, 'Hugh Thomas, iT. W. Griffith, iGwyheddor /Davies, J 'R Hughes, Dr H. Jones Roberts, H. King, Edmund D. Jones, Cadwaldr Davies, W. P. Williams, J. Morris Jones, Bulkeley 'Price, W. Lester Smith, Rice Roberts, Hugh Pritohard, Lewis Hughes, Ri- chard Jones, J. Ajtanson ficton, J. Mahler, R. L. Edwards S. J. Evans, Professor Gib- son, Miss A. J. Jones, (Professor Taylor Jones, R. O. Jones, W. H. Jones, Hon. Mrs Bulkeley Owen, R. Roberts, Rev Daniel Rowlands, and W. Pritchard Williams; together with the Registrar (Professor J. E. Lloyd). A LETTER FROM MR HERBERT LEWIS, M.P. A letter was read from Mr Herbert Lewis, M.P., with reference to an increased Treasury grant to the Welsh ooileges. He said that the matter would be placed before his colleagues, and that no opportunity would be lost of pressr- ing the claims of the Welsh University Col- leges upon the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer. LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL. A letter was read from Principal Reichel re- gretting his inability to attend the meeting. He said that the Court" of Governors was to be congratulated on the position tlie college had now reached. The movement. ;for per- manent buildings was just on the point of taking concrete shape, and there was reason to hope that the application for increased Trea- sury grants to the Welsh University Colleges after prolonged negotiations was likely to bear fruit. With new buildings, adequate in ac- commodation for several generations to come, and architecturally worthy of the institution that represents and embodies University ideals and life in North Wales; and with a Treaj sury grant bearing a more reasonable propor- tion to the work it carries on, the collegemigiht look forward with confidence to an existence of increased activity, usefulness, and prosperity (hear, hear). I THE LATE LORD PENRHYN. The President said that it was his sad duty to propose, a vote of condolence with Lady I Penrhyn and family on tihe death of l»i'd Penrhyn. His lordship was known to ai; of them, and they deplored his loss very deeply. It was within their recollection that Lord Pen- rhyn gave them almost the first promise they had towards the new building fund. He pro- mised to contribute £3000, conditional on theiir raising half the sum which they then put dowrn as the toW of their requirements. Almost co- incident with' his death they had reached that limit, However, Lord Penrhyn. was careful when he fell ill to make it clear to them by letter that the promise was only binding on himself and not on his successor. But there I was no doubt tlhat his successor would Mp tihe college as far as he could. Mr H. Lewis seconded the motion, and sa'd that the la+e Lord Penrhyn, ever since he came ftnto possession of £ Ke estate, was one of the best 'friends of the college, and in this ,matter he followed in the footsteps of his father. They owed a great deal to the "Bite Lord Penrhyn for the high standard he set to all the inhabitants of North Wales by the promise he made of a donation at tthelJEgjnning of the movement to raise a fund to erect new buildings. It was to be hoped that the new I Lord Penrhyn would continue the policy that had been so well represented by his father. The motion was pefssed in silence. THE LATE MR S. EMITH. The President referred to the death of the, Right Hon. Samuel Smith, and moved a vote of condolence with the family. Mr Bulkeley Price secondeoà the motion, and said that a more devout Christian iphilantho- ptst than Mr Samuel Smith never lived. His purse was ever open to support every good cause. He had subscribed! very handsomely to the building fund, and had left a legacy of JB1000 to the college. This motion was also passed in silence. DAY TRAINING COLLEGE COMMITTEE. The following retiring members were nomi- nated by Mr H. Lewis and Professor Phillips for re-election:—Mr John C. Davies, M.A., Director of Education for Denbighshire; Principal Harris, M.A., Normal College, Ban- gor; Mis J. Glynne Jones, Bangor; Mias H. M. M. Lane, Lady Superintendent of Women Students; Mr J, AUarson Picton, M.A., J.P., Penmaenmawr; Mr W. G. Thomas, Carnar- VQn; Mr D. H. Williams, il\LA., Coursty School, Pwllhelij_ Mr D.1. William*, M.A., County School, Bethesda. The Rev Ceidiog Roberts objected to the mode of nominating members on the committee, and said that some of the gentlemen nominated had not attended any of the meetings for two years. Mr Bulkeley Price said that Lt, was to be regretted that the governors generally did! not make nominations. On the proposal of Mr H. Lewis, the gentle- men nominated! were appointed. THE BUILDING FUND. According to a report submitted by Mr H. Lewis, the total amount promlised in subscrip- Itaonis to Mjarch Sisft was £42,611. (This amount did not include the Treasury grant or the value, of the site.) The total actually ,paid (including £óOOO from the estate of Dr Tdvan Thomas) was £21,415, to which should be added £ 600 19s 2d, hank interest, and interest on investments. Out of this there had been an expenditure for additional land!, etc., of £4956; for preliminary expenses in connection with reports and plans of £196 ;a.nd tfor ex- penses of the competition for designs, £625; whilst the expenses of organisation and col- lection from the commencement to date amount 00£2630. The balance in hand was therefore £13,605, of wMch Ðfý}¡)O had been invested on mortgages at 3t:a per cent., and JB6800 had been placed on deposit at ?*% per cent, with the j Corporation of Bangor. Mr Lewis remarked that the governors could i oongnaftulate themselves on the fact that the amount collected had been so much in so short a time. The President said that Be still felt, in spite of what had been said, that they were somti way from the ultimate goal of their under- t&kifg, and he hoped ifiriat the laying- of the foxidaLon stone and the beginning of the j wo»k. HLfcght arouse generous people to con- I tribute tihe balance of what was required, j Since the last meeting of t'Sfe Court the Coun- cil had approved ;1, set of plans, which won the r remiu'm (that was given, and wihich would provide them with a. beautiful Ja-uilaing over- looking the town. But they would not be ahle j() make tihe bufilding complete until they got JB150,000, which they asked for in the first instance. He believed that every governor ought to convt-rt himself for the- fimebe.ing into a missionary for the purpose (bear, hear). He believed that there would be a renewed im- petus given to education in Wales as soon, as they had their new buildings. There would not be a finer work for anybody who happened to have made money than to contribute a sub- stantial sum to raise a specific block and have it called by hlis or :oer name (hear, boor).. Mr L. D. Jones (organising secretary of the building fund) thanked tha 'President for the I splendid missionary serrion—-(laughter)—and mentioned the fact that the depression m trade had interfered w;th the collection during the j paStI year. The coilese. as the result of the movement to provide :iew buildings, had been brought nearer the homes, of tlie Welsh people than ever before, and this would be greatly to the /advantage" af the college. More was known of the college, anfl people were not ready to believe all that was said about it (hear, hear) The President explained the steps that were being taken with the view to the erection of the new buildings. The architect would 'be I some two months before he completed the drawingis. It was meant fo make the college as up-to date as possible, and with that object in view the advice of several well-known gen- tlemen had been sought. The question of the fabric had been considered, and, if possible, it was proposed to use local stone. But it must be a lasting stone, and of an ornamental character. It was within their recollection that they invited the Kfng to lay the foundation stone. He wa.s sorry to say that at! present I His Majesty" had not been afole to give a de- finite answer. However, they hoped they would get His Majesty's presence. The Rev T. J. Wheldon said that if they asked the King to give his presence they should consider seriously how to meet His Majesty. They could not honour His Majesty by simply going there in crowds. FAIR WAGES. In accordance with notice Mr J. R. Hughes! moved 'that "the Council be recommended to I insist on fair wages clause being inserted in all building contracts." He said that they had heard a good "Seal about keeping in touch with the country. What Jhe felt as a demo- crat was that the college was hot in touch with the democracy. If t!hey put. themselves in crat was that the college was hot in touch with the democracy. If tlhey put themselves in closer touch with 'the democracy they would get more support. The working classes knew nothing about what was jjoing on, otherwise they would have assisted the college in a more handsome way. When the Aberystwyth Col- lege was started the quarrymen contributted; generously, and he failed to .see why they should not be got to take the same, interest in the Bangor College. They knew what the fair wage clause meant; It was that tlle standard rate of wages in the district should ibe paid. Me did! not know what arrangement mi°-ht be made with regard to the contractor, but he hoped that there would not be the same mis- take as in" connection with the architect. With reference to the latter'fie was there to say that he did not withdraw one word he said at the County Council. Provided a Welsh con- tractor was equal in everv. respect to an Eno- RpmS01' he Ulousht ,t<i Wl' sh»»r« tioS?6 ReV Ceidi°g Roberts seconded the mo- Mr Henry I.ewis did not dispute :lnat the moti<m, if put to the meeting, would fee passed unanimously TlTaT bein, Jo, why shoutd S be brought forward at all"? He had not heard Student who had not been thorough- e,e Tn th ?tere WaS "°fc a co1' 3^ the country, or m Europe, or in the woild to which so many of the young people of the country ha-d contributed. If that was not a t J W.ere, ln to"ch with the demo- 2 lT 7a&" (hea?' hear> What was meant by the fair wage clause was that the rate of wages customary in the building trade of the locality should be paid. That was a fair- proposition, only that the rate of wages that riillfK1?,-1!! Bf"§or. was> he was informed, n y er t'han it was in fhe town where Air Hughes came from—(laughter,)—and rather higher than the rate of wages paid in the sur- rounding country. They did not object to a C^US!' Clau6e of the ^ind was nserted m the tenders for all large buildings rI^fg0+Ka^ dlstnct, and this was especially true of the Government^buildings. The only t it r resolution was that it implied that the Council of the college did not intend to have the fair wage clause. (Mr Hughes: No no). He (Mr Lewis) was very Srf 7eaT n r ,Hughes say so. and he hoped that that gentleman would withdraw the mo- tion. Mr R Gwyneddon Davies said that since the motion had Ibeen brought forward it would be a mistake to reject it or even to withdraw it. Either course would have a bad effect He supported the motion of Mr Hughes, but for quite a different reason (hear, hear). ,\fr Bughes has brought the motion forward in or- der to bring the college into closer touch with the democracy. He (Mr Davies; supported the motion because the college was alreadv a per- fectly democratic institution. He spoke with far greater knowledge than Mr Hughes, having been a student of the college, and could say that there was no rwark showing any distinc- tion between the college and what wa.s calF&d the democracy (hear, hear). Sir 'Edmund Verney remarked that it would be disastrous if the resolution was withdrawn, though it might not have been wi$e to brino- it forward. Mr T. 'W. Griffith said that (by adopting the resolution they would be doing what was gene- rally done by every public ibody in the coun- try. He thought that a second clause should be inserted, namely, that local labour should be employed as far as possible. The Rev T. J. Wheldon thought that there was nothing really objectionable in the motion, but took .the same view of its uselessness as Mr Lewis. He objected to anybody standing up on behalf of the working men and castinc a suspicion upon men like himself that they were not heart and soul with the working men. They should not cast upon the working men a. slur which they did not deserve. Mr J. R. Hughes said that he was very sorry that his simple resolution had caused so much friction. Had he known it would have led to anything of the sort he would not have put it ?" .u £ laper' Tt merely a recommendation '1nd if t'be President had said that the Council resented it, he would have bjeen the first to withdraw it. However, he thought the President would be better advised if he allowed the resolution to go to the meet- ing. The President remarked that no one would impute ulterior motives to Mr Hughes, but the members of the Building Committee did feel the motion was quite unnecessary. It was the usual practice to have the clause in various contracts, and the committee had every intention of putting it in. iMT J. R. Hughes said that after theAsvlum Committee, of which he was a member, had spent £ 130,000 on new buildings and altera- tions. it was found that the fair wages clause was not put in. Mr H. Lewis: That is not the only mistake made there. Mr J. R. Hushes 1 am trying to prevent yon making the same mistake. Mr J. R. Hughes, concluding the discussion, said that after hearing what Mr Gwvi-ipddon Davies. an old student of the college, had said, he had come to the conclusion that the colleen was reallv a moTe democratic institution than he had thought it was—(laughter and applause) —and as for his rsolution. he left it in the Chairman's hands whether it should Ibe put to the meeting or withdrawn. Lord Kenyon put the resolution to the meet- ing, and it was adopted unanimously.

AETHWY RURAL COUNCIL. MEASLES PREVALENT IN ANGLESEY. FRIDAY.—Mr O. P. Roberts (chairman) pre- siding.—Owing to the outbreak of measles, the Llangoed Council School had been closed, but, at a later date, a concert was. held in the school. The Council were evidently against this, and resolved to call the attention of the County Education Authority to the matter.— 'For a similar reason the schools at Llanfair P.G. and Llandegfan, had also been closed, and as the disease had not sufficiently abated Dr Fraser thought it advisable to close the schools for a still further period. No caseg of in- fectious diseases had been notified durfng March.

Allen Raine's new story, "Neither Store- house nor Barn" is to be published for the •fi^t time in the "LIVERPOOL WEEKLY ■POST, beginning to-morrow (Saturdav). It is expected to be as popular as her previous err oat successes. "A Welsh Witch," "Oueen i of the Rushes." etc.. etc. In the same paper i that experienced writer, Gpo. P. Sims, aloo: hMinf: a graphic series of articles on Slum j Lifo in Liverpool.—561.

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"CARNARVON GASTLE." CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS EXONERATED Fremantle mail ladvices to frand state that tihe prelummary Board of Trade inquiry into the circumstances attetnding the outbreak of fire and the subsequent, abandonment of the "Carnarvon Castle" was IIGM, belore the dhief harbour-master of Freemantle, Captain C. J. Irvine. Evidence was given by Captain Evan Jones, the commander; Second Officer Roberts, Saihnaker A. Olsen, amd Able Seaman Beel whiU the st(atameAt{ made bjy- .Chief Officer Lew^ Davies prior to his departure foe Adelande was accepted as evidence. Th jud(E. ment of the Court was that the cause of t £ s outbreak could not be ascertained The master, officers, and crew (1/lt all in their power to overcome t-he fire, and they were fully justjL fied 111 ^abandoning the vessel when they did. and under these cffjumsfan'ce" Captain Jones, officers, and crew were exonerated. from all biame for the loss of the "Carnarvon Castle," ============^

| EXEMPTION OF SHEEP DOGS. | BUftTK OFFICE ADVME. 1 he question of the exemption of sheep do^s under the Dogs Act, 1906, and the intea-preta- "tioll of the words "shepherd" and "farmer"- was again discussed before the Dolgellev BencK 011 Tuesday. Munro Edwards, Esq', chairm^T had written to the Home Office on the matter' and had received the lollowing reply: — a } "f1 direct^d 'by fcbe 'Home Secretary to say 18 Very dlffici,:t to co::otrue, and Mr Gladstone is neither entitled nor prepared to express an authoritative opinion on the point, you raise. He understands, however, that it has always been the practice to exempt the dogs of shepherds, even though the sheep they tend are also guarded by the dogs of the owner, who has independently obtained exemp- tion. In the present case, and where no ex- ceptionable or extraordinary number of exemp- tions are demanded, he is inclined to think that the request may be complied with."

| BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS. I BIRTHS. LY ANS—April 14, at 14, Setley-avenue, Bir- kenhead, to Mr and Tdrs R. W. Evans a daughter. -GREFFITH—AprH 14, at Bushey-grove Wat- ford, Herts to )lr and Mrs Agnew 'Grif- fith, a daughter. J0^'L AikApri 16i 60 Mr an<i Arthur Jones. St. Albans-road, /Bootle, twjn boy and cirl MARRIAGES. I BOWVER-,H.D)GHES-April 9th, at St. Lukes Church, Uxbridge-road, iShepherd'a¡ Brush, London, W., by the Rev J. E. Hand, vicar, Captain Alan S. Bowyer, of the Glen, Woolston, Southampton, to Margaret elder 1 daughter of the late Captain John Hughes, late of Coedmadoc, Talysarn, Carnarvon. I shire.—■ GRIFFITHS—HL'GHES—April 13, at New-s- ham Park C.M. Chapel, .by the Rev John ) Hughes, M.A., Edward, eldest son of Owen Griffiths, 'Bryn Alma, Careglefn, Anglesey, to Katherine (Katie), second daughter of Richard Hughes, Liverpool ROBERTS—COWAN At' Bn-n-v-Maen Churoh, Colwyn Bay, on the 15th inst,, by the Rev Meredith Hughes, Cyril Humphrey, second son ot the late William Robert^ .Inst.C.L., 13, Craven Hill Gardens, W.g I and of Mrs -Roberts, 4, Montague Mansions, W., to Gwladys, second daughter of David I ICowan, J.,P., M.Inst.C.E., of Couiport and Abernothy, Perthshire, and granddaughter of the late Griffith Ellis, of Hafodty, iLIan. beris, N. Wales.— EVANS — April 16, at 20, IRockland-roacf, Waterloo, aged 12 months, Annie, daughter of John G. and C. Evans. HUGIHES — April 10, at Grange Vale, RocE Ferry, aged 84 years, Sarah, widow of the late Richard Hughes, of Chirk- Bank, Chirk. KNOWLES—'April 13, at the Queen's Hotel* Old Oolwyn, iMarie Leonora, wife of Dr Fred Knowles, St. Helens. VAUIGHAN—.April 16, at Drwsyooed, Trefrrw in his 66th year, Philip Michael Vaughan! 1a.te. of Kirkdale Cottage, New Brighton. | I JjIAMS April 11, killed by accident, Edward F. Williams, of 21, Hertford-road,, Bootle, and son of the late William Williamp, of Holyhead. IN MEMORIAM. DAVIES—'In loving memory of my dear daughi t-er, Blodwen, who died suddenly, April l9th4 1905, aged 18 years, and was interred at St.. Ann's Churchyard, Bethesda. April 21st. Ann's Churchyard, Bethesda. April 21st. She sings among the angels now, Ðeside the crystal river; The light of God is on her brow For ever and for ever. Some day, some time, our eyes shall see, I Her loving face in memory. Mother and Sisters, 24, Marcus-street, Car- narvon. WILLIAMS—In loving memory of my dea& mother, Ann Williams, late South-pen'l'allt" Carnarvon, who departed this life, April 23, 1902, aged 43 years. What peaceful hours she once enjoyed, How sweet her memory still, But they have left an aching void This world can never fill. Owen.