Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

A REPLY TO SOME OF MR WE EKES' ARGUMENTS. By Mr J. M. HUGHES, B.Sc., County School, Holyhead. I notice that Mr P. W cekes is wr;t:ng a Series of articles for the "North Wales Chronicle," on the recent German trip. So 34; to aid the reading public to arrive at the proper conclusions, I propose to criticise, correct, and amp'ify any statements, which to my mind require such treatment week by week, as the article appears. Mr Weekes d'lates upon the thorough cul- tivation of the soil, and quite right too. It was an' eye-opener to some, if not most, of us. But what is the reason for the enor- mous difference between the two countries in thie respect? Is it due to the protectiva tariffs on agricultural produce, and that alone? Some of the delegates, unofficially, got to know a good deal about this from Mr Vogel, our guide; from Aid. Adolrh Bau- mann, 191.. Kaiser hofe stra.e, Frankfort; from Dr Fltsch, a city councilor of Frank- fort (he was also the head of the labour ex- change and poor law department of that town); and from Mr Max Zimpel, a teacher in the Mittel Schule Brucken^trasse, Frank- fort. GET AT THE LAND. Evidently, from what we were told, Ger- many is determined to get the land gradually from the hands of the great landowners, so as to divide it into small freehold farms, which the sma'l farmer can buy by the aid of the Land Banks. We were told that £25,000,000 had been voted towards the buy- ing out of great landowners, and more will very likely be voted in the future for the same purpose. We wer" told that We in Germany have too many great landowners, but you in Britain have nothing else." It was explained to us that this had much to do with the difference in the extent of land cultivation in the two countries. If a far-

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mer owned his own farm. it was to his own benefit and advantage to cultivate it to the full, whereas if a farmer w;.s only a tenant, it was a dangerous proceeding to imrrove a farm in any way, as this induced the Ia;¡,tl owner to raise the rent. Well, I know, from experience, the truth of this state- ment in connection with farming in the eld country, being as I am a son of a farmer. I do not give this as the sole explanation of the agricultural prosperity of Germany, bat I do most certainly maintain that it ha.s much. if not most, to do with it. Hence the conclusion I ;onie to is, that the land in this country ought to be freed, as the land taxes tend to do. WOMEN LABOURERS. Mr Weekes mentions the women workers in the fields (the inordinate number of them —indeed they were, if anything, more nu- merous than the men), but he does not state that the harvesting, in the large majority of cases, was done by sickles, and in places by scythes, but seldom by machine. If agri- cu turai pursuits are so remunerative in Ger- many, why need so many women work in the fields, and why the almost grotesque tb sence of machines? Are these not sure signs that farming after all can not be very ie- munerative? It would be well to remember that man does not live by work alone, but the essential is food. It is nonsensical to increase and multiply work, unless the t-aj for the work is adequate. Mr Weekes states that there was no waste land seen on the first day's journey to Ham- burg. We agree that the amount of it was very small in proportion to the cultivated land. But. as we were nearing Hamburg. I we passed through a very considerable tract of almost wholly neglected and uncultivated land Perhaps story-telling interfered somewhat, just then, with the keeness of observation.

A FLOWER BED IN EVERY STATION He seems to have seen the&e model farms in the course of construction," as through a multiplier. A few were to be seen. cer- tainly, but nothing worth making any r" mark about, and most definitely not to he remarked upon as Mr Weekes does (" every few miles"). "Towns and villages with their flower-bedded railwav stations." Yes, we did see, one or two, but why rut the sen- tence in such a. misleading way? One would gather that every little station had its flower bed. whereas on that first day's jour- ney, the stations, speaking generally, were very common and insignificant (a few ex- ceptions, certainly). The only station that has stuck in my mind or my notes as being remarkable in the way of fiower bcd, was W esel, which admittedly had a very neat geranium bed. But, what logic is this, that argues from the particular up to such a gene- ral statement as Mr Weekes makes? BUILDINGS "ON ALL HANDS." The same kind of generalising mania is to be seen in his statement re new buildings in the course of erection on all hands, workshops and factories being extended." ft is put in such a way a« to lead the reader to think that nothing else was to be seen ("on all hands"). One might think that u.1 most all the houses in Germany were lately wrecked by storm or earthquake, and that. the process of rebuilding is proceeding apace. There was nothing striking or uncommon or even noticeable about these erections and j extensions, and why it should be mentioned i at all I cannot for the life of me under- stand. Why in certain parts of Britain you would see more of this building and extend- irig on a day's journey than we saw on our j first day. I hold that it is unfair tLiiA to magnify little incidents to such an enormous extent. You would again gather that Hamburs was entirely made up of beautiful streets" and" uniformity of grand buildings." Why should these patriots give such unbounded praise to such a common sight? Hamburg, let me assure the reader, is not a paradise of "beautiful streets" and "grand builH- ings"(I do not deny the presence of either, of course there are beautiful streets and grand buildings), but on the contrary is a very mundane town, a seaport town, a town of bustle and life, a town of light and shade (the worst alums in Germany, as far as the j last deputation was concerned, were seen here), just like mofct of the busy towns in Britain. MODEL DWELLINGS. May I plead perfect ignorance re the model workmen's dwellings in Hamburg, as I was not one of the few that were allowed to enter, and as the official report of the visit of the few was not read out to the -e- maining delegates, I suppose. Mr Weekes has no objection to my taking these fizures as official and jotting them down in my note book. As to the luncheons for Is 9d and 2s, I know nothing, as all our expenses were paid, hut it would be interesting to know how Mr Weekes gained this very illuminat- ing information. The children were undoubtedly clean as he says, but I enter my protest (as I did when the joint report, which I did not sign for reasons that are sufficient to my mind was considered) that many of the children were pale and anaemic. Polite, they n-Light be called, but they did clamour, did they not. for a 5 pfennig (^d). Lastly, may not the praise of the railway carriages, etc.. be more of an argument lor State-owned railways, than for Protection? -0 —

PLAIN FACTS ON THE QUESTION OF RYE BREAD. By Mr OWEN ROBERTS, Holyhead. I away on 111 y holidays and moving ui from place to pJiaoe 'since my return Germany, I fael thajt I am labouring under no little disadvantage in dealing with this fuming question of Free Trade versus I 'x^iotective T&riiifa* Fur inst|an|c>e, I -was not, aware until I read .Mr J. M.' Btaahas's vigorous letter in your Last issue that the riolyhead contingent of Tariff Reformers had been expressing their views and relating their experiences at the Conservative Cluib 1 feel therefore, that I must take up my I teudlgjetls, and before [proceeding with my 1 regular niairratiye, bafck up Mr Hughes in some of the points which he dealt with. I W as our tour a non-political one as main- tained by one of the speakers at the Holy- head meeting ? Certainly not; for at the Lyon's Restaurant, Victoria Station, just before we started, Mr Vogel, our guide, igajve great offence to the Free Traders by referring to the figures of the Labour Party and the "Daily News" as a tissue of lies. I felt at the momen/t stronfgly inclined to withdraw from the deputation, and return home; but realising that I was one of the j two chosen representatives of the Holyhead Liberal Olulb I resolved to remain, and see the whole thing through. When we reached Hamburg, I was chosen one of a small (party to visit the Trade Union Buildings. We were taken round by an official, Mr Vogel acting as interpreter. I asked Mr "VJogel to obtain from the official certain in- formation!, regarding) pages'; hours of labour, etc., and he replied it could not be done, as the Trade Union was non-political, and our mission was likewise non-political. "Then what do we come here for?" I said "and why did you, Mr Vogel. make such a decidedly political speech in London before we started "Did I?" he said; "I was not aware." And immediately he pro- ceeded toO ask the official the very questions which a moment before he said were pro- hibitive. POLITICAL OR NON-POLITICAL.

iMr Vogel was very kind to me, and I received at his hands many personal favours Which I appreciate, and which I shall never I for,get: at the same time I must be true to I my convictions and sneak what I know and j believe to be true. Oh yes, it was a political iffair carefully organised for a political pur-

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i(l) That rye brdaidy in G'erfmany ia nearly Ibwroe as aloap aa wheait bread. (2) That wheiat bread is muich dearer in Germany than in England. (3) That wheat and rye mixed is a lititle deaTer than our second (wheat) quality.. (4) That ipure rye bread is cheaper than our third (wheat) quality. WHO: IS BWEl BRIEAjD EATEN ? itSeeing, therefore, that wheat bread is 00 deair and rye so comparatively cheap, wiA the Tariff Reformers sttill persist in main- taining that the Germans eat rye bread not because it is cheap, but 'because it is pre- ferable ? I do not say for a moment Uiait the Germans dislike rye bread: it woujld be very hard if they did but it wh«U> W come to be as cheap there as it is in h v, land and other things were equal, is it not likely that in course of time they would dis- card the rye (bread just as we did the baailey bread 60 years ago! When out wheat was dear we ate barley bread.: when wheat be- ciatne cheap we oast it aside. And no doubt the same thing would happen in Germany. (To be continued.)

WHERE IS THE, OFFICIAL REPORT? To the Edito*. Sir,-Letters have appeared in the last issues of the local papers re the above. ;iha Conservative papers print reports and speeches of the trip describing the conditions of Germany bordering on being celestial, all because of Tariff Reform; whilst the Liberal papers, although admitting German super- iority in many respects, flatly demy that Protective Tariffs have anything to do with the aocial conditions of that country. Some say food is dearer, wages lower, holt days scarcer, that black bread is eaten be- cause the poorer classes cannot afford wh\ta bread; while ethers assert that wagea liighei'A that food is cheaper, and that black bread is consumed because it is more nutri- tious black and white bread being the same price, and that the country in general is minus all the ills that flesh is heir to. As an ardent enquirer for' the truth, 1 should be very glad indeed to see the offi- cial report which was signed by the whola deputation. If this was published it would show your read-ere the ground of agreement reached which enabled the Free Traders to sign it.—Yours truly, TRUTH SEEKER.

To the Editor. Sir,—Mr J. M. Hughes states that he corrected" Sir William Bull's statement ut- tered at the Trocadero in writing to the "Daily Telegraph." I do not think that anyone of the party knew with certainty the political views of each individual of the party. Without this certainty, it is im- possible for anyone to certify that what Sir William Bull uttered was incorrect respect- ing how the party was made up. The stress that Mr Huzhes puta in the letter that the Liberals were in a decided minority" demands undeniable proof, sinje it may lead one to form very unfair opinion ,of these deputations and the object they have in view. The comparison of prices at Dusseldorf is quite correct. But he does not mention the fact that the increase of wages and cost of living were the highest recorded in iny places we visited. The population had in- creased faster, and the building trade was exceptionally brisk, and hardly able to cope with tlie increase of population, The challenge he has given respecting wages is easily disposed of. The report of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce for 1908 complains" that the ready-made clothes I trade was leaving Berlin for London be- cause wages are lower in London than Ber- lin.Yours. etc.. Newborough. E. SAML. EVANS.

LLANDUDNO CONCERTS. The Llandudno Pier Pavilion was crowded on Saturday evening, the occasion being the sixteenth special concert. Madame Ada Oro&sley and MJadJameElffie Thomas were the artistes. They were in excellent form and voice, and were enth/usaasticadly applauded and re-called. The latter rendered Delibes' Scene et Leigende "La Clochette" CLakine), and Lehmann's bird songs, "The •Wood-pidigeon," "The Owi," and "The Yellow-hammer;" while Madame Ada. 'C^ssley's efforts were Giordani's air, "<ko mio ben," and Robert Batten's song "Into the fold." At the sacred concert on Sunday evening Mladaine Elffie Thomas sang "Ave Majria" (Blach-Gounod}, and Verdi's recit and Cava- tuHa "Ernatii Invola/mi," IMr Harry Free- man playing the violin obligato to the former. Madiune Effie Thomas on Monday evening] igave a magnificent rendering of Bishop's sontg. "Lo, hear the gentle Lark;" Mr A. iIBaIatead playing the flute abligaito. Miss Hilda Oraigg-James is the vocalist for the remainder of the week. She is a.n excellent singer, and her effort,s are always appreciated. The instrumental soloists for the week in- cluded Mr George Atkinson (pianoforte), Mr Tarry Freeman (violinist), Mr Wildifred' Rid'gway (pianoforte), Mr Harold J'arvis (harp), etc. Mdlle Alice Verlet (prima donna) an)d Mr Henry Tunrpenny (,tenor) are the artistes announced for next Saturday evening's concert. The Pier Theatre of Varieties is runnipg strong, and the biio pibtureo a-T-P greiatly admired.

LOCAL NEWS. COLWYN BAY BOWLING GREEN.—The Old Colwvn Bowling Club opened their new green on Saturday. It is situated off Bodelwyddan- avenue. Mr Catlow is the chairman of tha committee; Mr Thomas Da-vies- stationer. hon. secretary; and Mr Hindle, hon. trea- surer. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—The an niversary services of the English Baptist Church. Old Colwyn, was held on Sunday, the special preacher being the Rev D. Witton Jenkins, Salendine Nook, Hudders- field. THE COTTAGE HOSPITAL. — Mr Walter Whitehead, J.P., chairman of the Governors of the Cottage Hospital, has le- ceived a cheque for £25 from Mr J. J. Wooler, who is now touring through Aus- tralia, towards the funds of the new operat- ing theatre. WORKS OF ART. — Mr W. Bezant Lowe, of Llanfairfechan. a prominent mem- ber of the Llandudno Field Club, has been appointed the curator of the loan collection of works of art, etc., which is to be held in connection with the Welsh National Eisteddfod next month. ANTIQUARIAN ASSOCIATION.— A letter has b^en sent by the Abergele and District Antiquarian Association to Canon 1 Trevor Owetra and the Rev C. Chidlow general ^feretories of tho Cambrian Arclia'til'\A<"if Association, inviting them to hold their annual meeting at Abergele in 1911. A similar invitation was sent two years ago, but the members of the Cam- brian Association on that occasion decided bv a. small majoritv in favour of Chester. 'DROWNING FATALITY.—An inquest was held at Old Colwyn on Thursday even- ing touching the death of Ha.rry Maddocks, Stretford-road, Manchester. who was drowned while bathing on Monlav. The young man, who was visiting an uncle at Old Colwyn, went to bathe in the &ea neir the station. He was a. moderate swimmer. He was floating on his back in about four feet of water, when hi# undo, Mr Murpny, heard him make a peculiar noise. Mad- docks disappeared, and his body was only recovered on Wednesday morning. A ver- dict of Accidentally drowned" was 12- turned. The jury expressed sympathy with the bereaved "Barents. SHOP HOURS' ACT.—Under the above Act an Order hns been made to the effect that all bakers, grocers, and provision dealers' shops, within the district of Colwyn Bay and Colwyn shall be closed for serving customers during October, November, December, Janu- ary, February. March, and Arri!. as follows:—On Monday. Tuesday, and Thurs- day, at 7 o'clock p.m. Wednesday, at 1 p.m. Friday, at 8 p.m. a.r:d Saturday at 10 p.m., except on Christmas Eve- and on the Thursday preceding Good Friday, when the hour of closing shall be 10 p.m. Any person contravening the provisions of the Order will be liable to a fine- of £1 for the first offence; of £5 for the second; and of J620 in the third, and every other subse- auent offence. 'ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LLYIS- | (FAtEN.—Alt a special Police Court, held at \Conwav, on Saturday, before Dr R. A. Prichard and other magistrates, a man named 'Henry Bell Cooke, a. son of a retired clergyman, was charged with atteimptirig to icomsmi^ suicide at Llysfaen on August 5. Deputy Chief Constable Rees said that he did not propose to trouble the Bench with any details. Arrangements had now been made for Cooke to enter a. home in London^ and Colonel Pryor, the family solicitor, would give an undeaiakintg that all the ex- penses which had been incurred- would be pa-id. Under these circumstance's the charge against Cooke would, with the approval of the Bench-, be withdrawn. Colonel Prvor gave the undertaking -refeTred. to. He thanked' Dr Prichnrd a.nd the police for their kindness to iCooke durinig his stay in the Ooniwa-y Workhouse Infirmary. The ac- cused then left the court, with his solicitor. NEW CHURCH HiOUSR AT LLAN- DDULAS.—On Saturday the Countess oi Dundonald, accompanied by her children, Lady Jea-ne Cochrane, Lady Marjoria )Cochrane, and Mr Robm Cochrane laid the foundation-stone of a new church house for the parish. When the movement was started she gave the site, but/ hearing that the quaiirymen of the district proposed to dig out the foundation in their own time, the Countess sand she would also give. the stone for the (building. Mr Kneeshaw ,gave the lime and Mr Lupt.ii ubscribed £ 300. On Saturday there was a large gathering at the laying of the stone, the Llanddulas Bov Scouts forming the guard of honour, while the Llanddulas band accompanied the singing. The new building will cost £1,300, exclusive of tihe site. The architect is IVlr Huighes. Bangor. and the contractors Messrs Isaac Roberts and Son, Abergele.—The Rector of Llanddulas (Canon Roberts), referred to the (generosity of the Countess of Dundonald and to the holp given by the working mem of the parish.—Archdeacon T. Lloyd also spoke of the need of church houses now that the furniture in the schools was being designed for the uso of children •nlv. and to the fact that schoolrooms were no longer availaible for church and parochial purposes. He also paid a high tribute to the' Counters of Dundonald far her good work for the Church.—The Countless of Dundonald after laying the foundation-stone, expressed the pleasure it gave her to help the people of Llanddulas, especially a,s the working men were helping themselves. ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP EX AMI- NATION.—The following are the results of the above examination in connection witn the Abergele County School, the maximum marks being 550:—Margaret Edith Roberts. Mount-pleasant, Llanfair. 470; David John Moss, Post Office, Colwyn, 442; Ernest Arthur Ellas EYans. Crown Cottage, Pen- sarn, 433; Hilda Homan, Abergele-road. Colwyn Bay, 429 Frank Buckley, princess- road. Old Colwyn, 425; Henry Stone, 7, I Hawarden-road. Colwyn Bay. 421; Horace Rhys Jones, Post Office, Llanddulas. 412; Jennie Parry, Faenol Ba-ch, Abergele, 411 Jane Eleanor Roberts, Amity House, and M. Elizabeth Stokes, New York-terrace, Abergele, 406; Annie Parry Jones Tan'rallt Bach. Abergele. 402; Robert Howell Grif- fith, Talhaiarn. Llanfair, 396; Elizabeth Dilys Roberts. Savannah, Woodhill-road. Colwyn Bay, 392 David Lewis Jones, 4. Hebron-terrace, Colwyn, 339; David Ro- berts, Bryn Person, Llanelian, 336; Mary Foulkes Roberts. Inkerman Cottage, Pen- sarn. 319; Griffith Owen Griffiths, Waen. Dolwen. 317; William Jones, 14, Station- road, Colwyn Bay, 312; Robert Goodman Roberts.. 5. Rhiw Bank-avenue, Colwvn Bay, 505: George F. Jones, Penybont, Abergele. 289; Frederick Albert Coulson. 36, Erskine-road. Colwyn Bay. 272; Sarah Jones, Bryntirion. Llanelian, 262; Hu<:h Kelvin Evans. Brvn F.ithin, Cdwvn, 237; Peter Davies. 'Rallt. Aberge'e, 221; Eluned Blackbume Williams, Tv Mawr, Towvn. 212; Edward Alston, Mountain View, CoL wyn Bay. 204 Christmas Williams, Glasfor, Colwyn. 200 Elizabeth Jane Jones, Rhydd- fryn. Abergele, 199 Sarah E. Davies. Rose Hill, Llanfair, 192; George Henry Jones, 69, Greenfield-road, Colwyn Bay. 185; Mvfanwy Davies. Swan-square. Llanfair, 170: Frederick William Holmes. 14. Station- road, Colwyn Bav. 155; Arthur Parry Jones, Preswylfa. Old Colwyn, 146.

COMWAY NUPTIALS.—The nuptials of Mr Lewis Roberts, Chapel-street, and Miss Harriet Jones, daughter of the late Mr Owen Jones, Bryn Aber, were solemnized at the Welsh Congregational Clueel, last week, by the Rev W. Edwards. Bapti.st minister. The bride, who was given away by her brother- in-law. Mr .J. A. Lloyd. Bang-r-rond. wore a mole-colourcd dress, trimmed with satin, j and a hat to mutch. The bridesmaid was Miss Jennie Williams, Manchester (cousin of the bride), and the best man was Mr Llew. Parry (cousin of the bridegroom), m The wedding breakfast was held at Lismore 1 House, Bangor-road, the residence of the bride's sister. PERSONAL.—Mr Robert Jones, the acting deputy town clerk, is spending a well deserved holiday.—Mr Post, deputy clerk to the Conway Board of Guardians, is also awav on his holidays. A WARRANT ENFORCED. — At a special Police Court, held on Monday, be- I fore Mr Owen Rowland, a man named Thomas Williams, 25, Upper Gate-street. was brought up under a warrant to answer a charge of drunkenness. The defendant was fined 5s and costs. B.Sc. DEGREE.—Mr Donald M. Hut- chison, A.M.I.C.E., Power House, Dol- garrog. Superintendent at the Dolgarrog Works of the Aluminium Corporation, Limited, has recently passed the final ex- amination for the B.Sc. degree of London University. I A COLLISION.—On Sunday the racing yacht "Irene II. belonging to Messrs Bradbury and Holmes, which is moored in I the Conway River, was. run into by an- other yacht as she was entering the har- hour, and had her bowsprit torn away. She will immediately undergo repairs. INDISPOSED.—We regret to learn that Mr T. E. Parry, tTie town clerk, is again indisposed. At the time of writing Mr Parry was reported to be. better. HIS FIRST PUBLIC SALE.—Mr R. Arthur Jones, of the Estate Office, con- ducted his first public sale at the Queen's Hotel. Llanfairfechan, on Monday, and he proved exceptionally eloquent before a large and representative attendance. The oro- perty which Mr Jones offered for competi- tion was Bryn Derwen. Llanfairfechan. a gentleman's charming seaside residence. As the bidding did not reach the reserve, the property was withdrawn. But we are n- formed that business ensued later, and that Bryn Derwen was sold by private treaty. We congratulate the auctioneer upon his first effort as a "Knight of the hammer." and we venture to predict that he will prove a success in his new profession. PROPERTY SALE.—Mr John Pritchard, of Bangor, conducted an important pro- perty sale at the Castle Hotel. Conway, on Friday afternoon. The premises known as tha Crown Inn, High-street, and, until recently, a licensed house; and three cot- tages in Crown-lane, were knocked down to Mr Evan Evans, builder and contractor, Glan Conway, for £750. Pla.s Coch Tem- I perance was purchased by Mrs Margaiet Dougall. of the Boot Inn. for £285. The latter lady secured possession of The Boot, in which she resides, by private treaty. "Messrs J. W. Hughes, of Conway and E- E. Bone, of Llandudno, were the. solicitors for the vendors. THE WELSH RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— On the Conwav Morfa Range, the fifth annual meeting of the Welsh Rifle Assoeia- tion will be held during the four days com- mencing Tuesday, the 30tb inst. It is ex- peeted that the majority of the competitors will be drawn from South Wales, though it is still time for the North Wales Territorial battalions and other branches of his Majesty's service in North Wales to send in their representatives to compete at the. Welsh Bisley. Earl Cawdor is the presi- dent of the Association, and the honorary secretary is Captain O. St. Leger Davies, Major \V. Francis Bell will again be the chief range and executive officer. Special i railway arrangements have been made. a.nd competitor^, may make the journey to the camp and home again for a single fare. The competitions will commence soon after nine o'clock in the morning on each of the four days of the meeting, the only firing on the Fridav morning being in the final stage of the Welsh championship, the first stage of which will be taken on the previous day. Thursday. September 1st. The compsti- tions. with the exception of the Lord Lieu- tenant's and the extra series, which are open, are confined to members of the Navy stationed in Welsh waters, to members and J retired members of his Majesty's Regular j and Territorial forces in Wales, to the per- manent staffs of Welsh corps, and to mem- bers of any branch of his Majesty's forces, wherever living, being of Welsh parentage or born in Wales; a'so to civilians who are subscribers of n,t less than half a guinea to the Association and are of Welsh parent- age, or reside in Wales, or were born in Wales.

TREFMW NEW CHAPEL. — A new Calvi, listio Methodist Chapel was opened at Trefriw this week. The buildinig is situated on a commanding site, and considerable prepara- itory expense was necessitated ln clearinig away the old existing property and excavat- ing the site. The main entrance is ap proached from the road by an easy flight of steps leading to an open porch, in which is placed a taJblafc conitainiuig the memoral stones. The chapel is 45ft. wide by 53ft. long, and provides, with the gallery, seat- ing accommodation for about 550. A hand- some or go a owupias a position behind the pulpit, and its wooden case harmonises with the pulpit and surrounding woodwork. At. the rear of the chapel are placed the various I vestries, class-rooms, kitchen, and other j offices, and above these, on a level with the (gallery and opemnfg direct from the hiigh ground at the rear of the site, is a com- Tnodious schoolroom, with accommodation for abeut 225. 'Externally, the building pre- sents a very hiandisome and striking appear- ance. and is designed in the style of tho fourteenth century Gothic. Above the main entrance are two pointed Gothic arches car- ried on stone pillars, with carvea capitals, and surmounting this is a handsome traceried ;wiinidow deeply recessed, which, together with the -projecting buttresses on each side and the gable above, forms the most strik- ing and', impressive feature of the design. I

LLANDUDNO THE, HAPPY VALLEY MINSIREIJS are running strong, ,and their daily eiJ.eL-- tainmenUi enjoyable ae ever. ABBGHANIGAL STOKERiS.—It has been dooiidedto fix two additional mechanical stokers at the electricity works at a cost of £2£>0. HDAVY CHEQUES.—At a meeting of t.he Urban District Council, held: on Friday, cheques amounting to £5BC6 26 1I:d were passed for payment. THE REV D. GJWYiNFlRYN JnNIES conducted special English services at E'ben- ezer Wosieya.il Chapel on Sunday. The rev j gentleman's (powerful and eloquent di<fcourses were appreciated, by crowded audiences. CONSUMPTION OF WATER, — Amount of water recorded by the Llanbedi and Gogarth meters during the past month was 54,536,000 (gallons, as compared with 29,780,000 gallon's for the corresponding period last year. LBCTUmiv—"The late Rev Peter Miac- Kenzie' was the subject of an instructive lecture ddiveNdby the Rev D. Gwynfryn Jones at IEII>ene.zer Wesleyan Church on Monday evening. Councillor James Mc- '.Mafcter presided. (RESULT OF TESTS.—As the result of tests of the pressure of gas taken iljeiar Church Walks, in Old-road, and Great Orme district, it has been decided to relay the mains between Church Walks and Flas- road as early as possible. FREE TRADE. — Messrs Samuel Giearne .(Manchester secretary Free Trade Union) and Joseph Fothergill1, of Rochdale. were the speakers a.t a- public meeting held on the Council Field on Friday night, to advocate the principles of Free Trade. SAIlLUNIG'S!.—Tfii'e ,mag|ni.flciei^t fleet, 01 steamers of the Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company are beintr extensively patronised, and the "St. Tudr,o." "St. Elvles," and "Snowdon" made their usual trips to Douglas, Blackpool, Round Angle- sey, and Carnarvon, al! of which were we;" booked. Particulars with regard to next week's sailings may be had of Mr Arthur Parton at the Pier Gates.

VI-TQNIC/q lis A temperance beverage » that is a thirst quencher, gjPPftl a tonic and a refresher all in one. ■ Lnffll The sharp and slightly I Mpp|l;W bitter flavour in Vi-Tonica I a delightful change from I SSP^l] the insipidity of ordinary I gppfry mineral waters. I li DRINK IT. |r-T^i May be obtained for 3/3 — and 1/9 per dozen from any of the following agents J. A. Jones, Brynffyncn Stores, Abergele Mrs Thomas, Market Street, Abergele A. Atkew, Penrhyn Road, Colwyn Bay Francis Davies, UpperStation Road, Colwyn Bay H, Hughes, (t ocer, AborgeIeRoad, Colwyn Bay J. J. Price, Aston House Abergele Hoad, Colwyn Bay Joseph Hooson, Castle Street, Conway L. A. Cocher, 68, Mostyn Street, Llandudno Dunphy and Co., Ltd.,Mostyn tetreet, Llandudno, and Llanfairfechan E. Davies and Son, Lloyd street, Llandudno Vincent, Avondale Restaurant, Llandudno R. O. Pughe, Station Road, Llanfairfechan Bernard Beer, Chemist, Abergele Road, Old (,'olwya W- Parry Jones, chemist, fenmaenmawr Milnes, Confectioner, Mountain View Hotel, Penmaenmawr Thomas Griffiths, Confectioner, Pensarn C. H. Dixon, hemist, Rhyl J. Turner, Grocer, Rhyl Mrs Wright, Confectioner, Rhyl J°hn C. Williams, i9, Holyhead Road, Upper Bangor G T. Davies, 21, High street, Bangor Price Humphreys, Bridge Street, Carnarvon J. H. Jones, The astle Pharmacy, Carnarvon J. L. Jones, Pendref Private Hotel, 31, Bangor Street, amarvon J. Griffiths, Railway Hotel, Criccieth c-rf- Roberts, The Pharmacy, High Street, Criccieth ° Gibbs, Queen's Hotel, Llanfairfechan W. J. Batterbee, The Pioneer, Pwllheli Wholesale Bottlers, SLACK and COX, Limited, Hyde Road, Manchester.

HOLYHEAD LINER GAIiLS.—On Sunday the Wiute Star liner "Cedric," oostwaid Dounu, called at Holyhead. Thej "Rostrevor" landed 65 passengers, a smaller number than usual. DUBLIN HORSE SHOW. —.fassen gers in large numbers arrived at Holyhead this weeik en route four Dublin for the Morse ;-haw. The railway steamship officials ave had an exceptionally busy tune. I'RiPPiElttS.—On Weonesday, the last of ú" advertised LiveiiloQl, and North VVadie* 1 ^cursion trips came to Holyhead from .andudno. ihe jpassengea's enjoyed a brief 'cay at the "Anglesey creek." A NEW HOPPER.—-The L. and N.-W. u ,t,ve secured a sjpiendid new suct-ion dredger ..hich is at present in the North-Western c, L, It is intended, to be employed Vy the company ait their Gaxston Docks. A -MINISTElRiIAiL OAILL.-The pastorate < Mount P'leasant Ghurch (I.) has been vacant jr a ouiisideralble time and the ciiurch 1 ave now extended a call to the Rev Harven Reecie, Benlkch, but it is not vel known whether he will accent. OBITUARY.—After a painful illness of severoi we?ks' duration Master John Ge- harsi, of 52, Alarket-otxeest, passed away- The deceased was only eight years of aige- The initertment took place on Saturday, and was of a private character. iPIEEIAOHINO SfEDRiVIOES.—Miss Rosina Davies, of Treheiibeiit^ a lady evangielict, who has on more than one occasion visitro this locality, preached at the Old Taber- nacle on Sunday. (Miss Davies attracted a very good congregation. TEJE LATE MR R. G. WILLIAMS.—m connection with the funeral of the la.te Mr R. G. Williams, w'hkh we reported laet week, we inadvei'tently omitted to mentdoB the beautiful wreath senft by the Armenia- (Sunday School class, of which lie was a. .faithful member. BOY SCOUTS.—Tbe Rugby Boy Scout*, who have been camping at Rbosygadair, left Holyhead on Saturday by the noon mall. The Scouts said that they had enjoyed themselves very much, notwithstanding the fact, that the weaitihcr conditions had been against them. GROSSING TO IRELAND.—The Royal Mail boats have been carrying large numbers of passenger-s on the day and luglat runs, trahis arriving in several portions. Durinig the early hours of Saturday morninijj 3000 excursionists crosbed over to Ireland. lange number of motor cars nave also crossed w :»>i the carg-o boats. RAILWAYMEN'S OUTING.—'The annual outing in connection with the Railway In- stitute, took place on Saturday, when about 80 joined ill the 'excursion. The Pla( visited were Bangor and Beaumaris, ana tbe trip down the Menai Straits was rmiol' enjoyed, though the weather, on the whole, was rather utifavourable.

¡- pose. And I cannot help remarking that tNLr Voigel, is a German and a Tariff Reformer who has made 'his pile (as we say) not in Germany, but in Free Trade England, that poor country which, according to his areOO, is fast going to the dogsi. But is it not a remiarkahle thing that in spite of Free Trade so marny thousands of these Germains settle in this country and never return to their own, much as they love their Father land. "Ah! 'but Germans domlt come to Erngiland nor go to America these days it is true that vast hordes of them used to emigrate years ago: but never more: acoordrnjg to official Gei-irian figures olllly about 25,000 emigrated in 19C9." THE OTHER SIDE. ) That is very plausible and very palatable to the taste of Tariff Reformers; and I hetu- that great stress is laid upon these figures by hfred Tariff Reform lecturers in Lon- don and other large cities. But unfortun- ately for these people "the German officiiaJ emigration figures do not represent the total number of Germans who leave the country in a given year, but only those who having got permission to emigrate, leave by sea for countries out of Europe, having declared their intention to settle down abroad. Thousands leave the Fatherland who do not attain the dignity of inclusion in the official figures. [Many run away to escape military eervice, and they do not appear in tho statistics. It is not customary to give offi- cials notice that you mean to run away. Many leave for Paris or Antwerp, or other towns, and eventually ship for the West. towns, and eventually ship for the West. But they are all countoo when they reach America." The report of the Imperial Ger- man Commission for Emigration for 1939 states that in that year 144,417 persons emJ- gt&ited from Gemnany via Ba'emen, and 114,535 via Hamburg, while the "official" German figures for 1909 is about 25,0<JO. 0 which hardly suggests the whole truth a,bout, the volnme of German emignaition. WiEOTE BRIElAD v. BLACK. Mr J. M. Hughes is quite right in his refutation of the statements made that white bread and black bread are about the same price in Germany. This was one of the main questions which we were anxious to decide onoe and for 0.11. So many con- flicting statements had been made by pre- vious depuitations that we were extremely glad to liave the opportunity in Mr Vogei s pxosaaiice of ascertaining definitely the weights and prices of the different kinds of bread. I happened to be one of the five delegates who saw the different. kiiwte of bread weighed in the Co-operativ« Stores; these weights and prices were afterwards submitted to a ,genera,l meeting of t,he depu:- tation at the hot oil where we stayed, and accepted without demur by all present. It is important, therefore, for the reader to re- member thait. these same figures given by Mr Hiutgh.es are in the possession of those Tariff Rijiofftaens wth« uiade the ead^aordrniaa-yt statement in Holyhead that wheat and rye bread are aibout the same prioe. But I cannot help thinking that either Mr 'Hughes or the compositor has blundered in giving the description of the breads roerir tioned. "Rye and wheat bread mixed" are given twice as two different kinda of bread instead of "rye alone" and "rye and wheat mixed." If we read them thus we shall have the three principal kinds of bread used in Germany, viz., wheat bread, 2802 grain. for 1 mark; wheat and rye mixed, 3700 igraina for 1 mark; rye bread, 5000 grains lor 1 mark. We thus sea that rya bread1 is nearly twice as cheap as wheat bread', and. thait rye and wheat bread is a good deal dearor than rye bread and cheaper thain wheat bread. FACTS AND FIGURES. lint how do these prices compaTe with those of course in this country. Let us see. If we convert these grains to their English equivalents in lbs. avoirdupois, and likewise fthe German mark (llid) to English money 1 4 we shall get the fdllowing results: -AVheat bread', 6 3-10 l'hs for U; rye and wfueat hread muoo, 8 3-10 libs for Is; rye bread, 1,1 1-5 lbs for ls. In our country the 4Tb loaf (hest whOOJt flour), costa 6d the second quality. 5^d, and the third quality, 5d. From these figures we calculate that for Is we get 81hs of the best wheat flour; 8 8-11 lbs of the second qtraiEty, and 9 3-5 of the third qualfty. 'Placing these two sets in parallel columns we find that in Germany whetaA bread sells at the rate of 6 3-10 liba for Is, and in England 8 lbs for is. showing, a difference in our favour of 1 7-10 lbs in every shililing wheat and rye (mixed)), 8 3-10 lbs for Is. as against 8 8-11 lbs cuf our second /wheat) quality; while rye bread seh's at 11 1-5 libs for Is. as against 9 3-5 Ibis OIÍ our third (wheat) quality. An1 analysis of theee figures distinctly shows:

WATER iQHJARiGES.—Tlic- Waiter and Gas Committee is about to consider tjlq wa^er chailges for locked-up shops, etp.. Several memlbers of the local authority be- ing strongly of opinion that it is not fair to charge those premises on the sa.me baais aa residentaal esiteiblishmenite. SEA ANGLING. — Twenty-seven toois part 1Il the open boait fiehn^g competition bø.ld on Wednessday, under the auspices of the local Sea Angling Association. During the competition Mr Boot raised a skate pre- sumably about 181ibe to the aurfjace, buit Jost the fifth owing to the absenca of a. gaff. and two other members also struck heavy &sh, resulting rn; paute of their tackle b&- nig carried away. The prize winneirs were as follow :-1. Thermos Flask, Mr <R. Treve- than, dog fish and1 dabs, 151lb 12ozg.; 2. Fish- ing Rod, Mr A. Elaisteod, codling and mac- kerel, 101b 13ozs; 3, Sea Reel, Mr G. Ber- keley, ditto and dabs, 9ib 5302s. Ladies' prize: Rose bowl: Mrs HaJsteod, codling and' dabs. 51b Special prize for heaviest fish, Loving Cup: Mr R. Treve- than, dog fish, 1511b 5ozs. Boatman's prize, 56 Jack Jones. Aggregate weight of fish caught, 1421bs. The Rev J. Raymond amdl IMr Geortge Underwood had hard lines., in- asmuch that they took 34ib loz and 201b ooze of mixed fish respectively, but were dis- qualified owing to being a few minutes lata in landing. THfE TONTINiE SOCIETIES.. -The othn day a deputation from the Tontine Societies waited upon the locaj authority, and asked for a variation of the conditions laid diown previously for the letting of the required office. It was decided that the arrange- ment be for twelve months instead of six. and that the use of the Assembly Room be allowed' on three nights to be agreed upon between the secretary to the socieities aiyl the accountant, Wednesdays to be omitted- SAND CASTLE CO-NPPETITVON.-Tho ^following was the result of the Sandi C'asitte p^cxnupetition held on Saturday evening :—• 1. Phillip Blairmon; 2, Victor Hutton; 3, Noel Hurst, HtaTTJey 4, Eric Edwards. 011- westry; 5, Wm. Hiarlin^g, London; 6. Flora Goldistowni, Manchester; 7, Hugh Richards, Dajidndno: 8, John Walker, Chester. The adjudicators were Miss Birch. Alderley. (Edge: Mr J. Hi. Evans, B.Se. Dewsbury and Air Hugh Davies, (Birch distributed the prizes. OB I'l UARY;.—The deatih occurred1 on Sunday of Mr Topham, of North Madoc- etreet. The d'eceased was the father of Mr E. A. C. Topham, of Llanddulas and LIVe.. ptiol. The dieceaaed, who was sixtv-cix vea-rs of age, had been ill for a considerable period. 'He was one of the proprietors of Liverpool Racecourse, and in association with his brother was many years responsible for the adjustment, of the weights for the Grand National Steeplechase and Li V Nip 001 Hurdle Handicap, a duty which for some Lml" pa^t has been underlain with con- sfpvuots ability by ;J¡]f3 -?on. Mr F,. A. C. I'opham. the present clerk of the toorv A paralytic seizure was, we believe, the direct cause"oif death. The remains were buried aii Pant Asaph to-day (Thursday).