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Llandudno Petty SessionsI
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Llandudno Petty Sessions I LLANRHOS FARMER FINED FOR CRUELTY. WOMEN DRUNKARDS. These Sessions were held on Monday, Mr Kneeshaw (Chairman) presiding. The other magistrates- on the bench were 'Mr J. O. Thomas, Mr Adey Wells, Dr. Dalton, and Mr William Bevan. CARELESS PARENTS. Mr J. R. Jones, school attendance officer for the district, prosecuted a large number of par- ents for the non-attendance of their children at school. Against Alfred Greenacre, of Penirhynsidie, an attendance order was issued Alfred Bryan and James Woodman, of Llandudno, were each fined 2S. 6d. and costs; while John Finlay and John Jones, also of Llandudno, were mulcted in the sum of ss. each and the costs. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. Inspector George Henry Eakins, of the R.S.P.C.A., summoned Hugh Jones, Bryniau Farm, Llanrhos, for illtr-eating a horse, and Ro- bert Kidd, of the same address, for causing the same to be worked while in an unfit state. Evidence was given which showed that the horse in question, while in a very lame condi- tion, had been used in Augusta Street, Llandud- no, to draw a load of coal. The Inspector, upon examination, found a great deal of inflam- mation, which caused a partial dislocation of the fetlock joint. Indeed, the horse was so bad that it had to be unharnessed and taken to the nearest stable. The driver, in reply to the In- spector, said he knew the horse was lame, and that it had not been out before for several weeks. The owner, when questioned upon the matter, gave the same1 reply. Mr Evans Thomas, Llandudno, who appear- ed for the defendants, contended that there had been no intentional cruelty. They admitted the horse was lame, and the owner never used it ex- cept for very light work. The horse was a little worse that day on -account of an unsuitable shoe with which the animal had recently been shod. Both defendants gave evidence corroborating these statements. The Bench thought the case had been proved. Robert Kidd was fined is. and costs, and the case against the driver was dismissed on pay- ment of costs. MOTORING WITHOUT A LIGHT. Henry Edward Bonmallie, dental surgeon, Llandudno, was fined £ 2. and costs for driving a motor without a light. A BLACK-LISTER IN TROUBLE. John. Williams, of Back Madoc Street, de- scribed as a habitual drunkard, was charged with unlawfully buying beer at the North West- ern Hotel, he being a "black-lister." The -defendant, who had nothing to say in reply, was fined! £ 1 and costs. A WOMAN'S NINTH APPEARANCE. Jane Evans, of Lloyd Street, who made her ninth appearance in Court, was fined 5s and costs for an offence in Back Madoc Street on the 6th inst. HAD A DEAF MOTHER. Maria Griffiths, whose face was quite familiar to the magistrates, made some very lame ex- cuses. Superintendent Rees: She is charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, on the 25th of November, your Worships. Defendant: Well, you see, I have to shout a great deal. I always shout when I am all right. (Laughter.) A Constable: She was very disorderly in her behaviour, your Worships—shouting all over the plaoe. Defendant: Well, I have to shout because my mother is deaf. It is only my way of shout- ing, sir. That is it, sir. I can't help it, sir. (Laughter.) The Chairman: But you can help drinking too much. Superintendent Rees (to the Chairman) This is the fifteenth appearance. The Bench imposed a fine of 10s and costs. For being found drunk whilst in charge of a horse and carriage, on the 17th of November, William Brislow, who was up for the fifth time, was fined 5s and costs. Robert Jones, who wrote a letter asking for lenient treatment, was fined a similar amount. RIOTOUS CONDUCT. As the result of a. breach of the peace com- mitted on the 21St of November, David Wil- liams, Alexandra Road, and John Williams, Brisbone House, Llandudno, were both bound over in the sum of £5 to keep the peace for six months. David Evans, Samuel Roberts, Robert Hughes, and Robert Harris were bound over to be of good behaviour under similar conditions, this being the sequel to riotous conduct on their part at Craig-y-don on the 23rd of November. A MEAN THEFT. John Parry, 61 years of age, who was charged with the theft of a sovereign from Robert Rob- erts, Gordioni Villa, who had shown the prisoner much kindness, was bound over to come up for judgment when called upon.
Colwyn Bay Council.
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Colwyn Bay Council. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—In your issue of December 15th you re- port the proceedings of the Colwyn Bay and Colwyn Council, and report a storm in a tea cup, in which the ho.n. members indulged freely in using the words, building line, bye-laws, en- croachments, &c. Now, for over twelve m.onths I have applied to the Surveyor for a copy of the bye-laws. He has none. I applied to the Town Clerk. He refers me to the Surveyor's office. They there refer me back to the Town Clerk. So, surely, such a rare book must be in the library, so off I go to the Librarian. This reply was "No such book here," and so I am fixed every time. I put plans in for workmen's dwellings, they are disapproved, and no cause stated, for such disapproval. Mr Bevan talks about encroachment upon Council property by encroaching upon the building line, and when a man built on a corner he had to observe the building line in both streets. There is but one front to every building, and Mr Bateson, in Abergele Road, kept the building line there and complied with the bye-laws by making Erw Wen Road 36 feet wide. The bye-laws say, "a new street which shall be intended for use otherwise than a carriage road, and shall not exceed in length 100 feet- the width thereof shall be 24 feet at least and over 100 feet, it shall be 36 feet, including 12 feet of footpath," -and the Council cannot com- pel any man if the street was 100 miles long, and for the member to call the areas, in front of houses Council property is all nonsense, for it is no more the Council's property than the areas at the back of Mr Bevan's shop and at the back of Mr Dicken's shop and which both have built upon and stopped the free circulation of air from adjoining owners. Mr D. O. Wil- liams has some tall talk about bye-laws. Is he the same O. Williams as had some interest in the land at the corner of Sea View and Bay View Road, upon which Mr Roberts erected shops which give the building line for the Greenfield Road end; of Bay View Road? One would have thought the Council had wasted enough of the ratepayers' money, from -f500 to Zi,ooo, in fighting 'Mr Thomas Parry's delusion of a griev- ance with Mr Homan and his stained-glass par- tition. If each and every one of the owners of the property in Bay View made a lock-up shop one storey high, extending from the houses down the gardens to the front of the road of 36 feet I wide, the Council cannot prevent -them, any more than the Corporations of Birmingham, Liverpool, Bootle, &c. It is a pity Colwyn Bay has not had men who have spent some of their life elsewhere than Colwyn Bay, and used their eyes as to what other places are doing. Colwyn Bay would not be so deep in debt, and nothing to show for it, having had to pay three times the value for every whistle it has bought. Wake up, ratepayers! Remember the election next March, and not another for three years, and don't be blinded by Mr Bevan and Mr Dicken's dust of building lines and bye-laws, but go to the front of their shops and see Queen Anne style, and go to the back and find Mary Anne covering every inch of space, all of which be- longs to the ratepayers as much as the areas in front. Charity commences at home, back and front.—Your truly, THOMAS GRIFFITHS. Elianus, Colwyn Bay.
Llanrwst Council Victorious.
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Llanrwst Council Victorious. IMPORTANT LITIGATION IN LONDON. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY'S CLAIM TO WATER RIGHTS. There was great jubilation at Llanrwst, on Saturday afternoon, when a telegram was received from London announcing the victory of the District Council in the action brought against them by the Electricity Supply Co. Mr Justice Warrington, in the Chancery Division, commenced the hearing of the action on Friday. The plaintiffs, the Llanrwst Electricity Supply Company, Limited, were represented by Mr Hewitt and Mr Farrer, instructed by Messrs Chamberlain & Johnson, of Llandudno and Llanrwst. The defendants, the Llanrwst District Council and Others, were represented by Mr Rowden, K.C., and Mr R. J. Parker, instructed by Mr C. T. Allard, Llanrwst. THE NATURE OF THE DISPUTE. Mr Hewitt said this was a dispute as to a water supply. Plaintiff company was formed for the supply of electricity in Llanrwst, and they were lessees of certain old flour mills on the river Crafnant on the Gwydr estate. They required for their works a flow of water in the evening. Defendants asserted that they had acquired the site of the lake and river Crafnant, and had the right to control and prevent any water flowing down to plaintiffs' works at their will and pleasure. Secondly, they said that in any case plaintiffs never were and were not now entitled to a flow of water except in the day hours, ending at three o'clock in the afternoon, which was absolutely of no use to the plaintiffs. They said there was no custom to that effect. Thirdly, defendants said that plaintiffs' predecessors in title had had compensation awarded to them in 1003 in complete satisfaction of all their water rights. Plaintiffs would show that none of these contentions were correct. The Crafnant stream flowed from the Crafnant lake down to the village of Llanrwst, two miles away. It passed several mills, and the tenants who had these works down the stream exercised the right of regulating the flow of water in dry weather through a sluice gate. No one had exclusive control. Plaintiffs now claimed an injunction to restrain defendants from shutting off their water supply from Crafnant lake, or from otherwise preventing the water from flowing through the pipes so as to interfere with or prevent the plaintiffs carrying on their business properly. Their case rested on the documents and therefore he called no evidence at present. His Lordship said, having looked at the docu- ments of title, he was inclined to think that the onus was on the defendants of proving their right to control the flow of water. Mr Rowden, for defendants, contended that on the documents plaintiffs had no such right as they claimed, and could not be entitled to any injunction. Moreover, in 1897 the whole matter was changed, because plaintiffs erected a turbine, and had thus greatly increased the burden of water supply. They could not claim the whole supply to the exclusion of other people, because that was what would be the result if plaintiffs had all they wanted. Mr Bremner Smith, an engineer, gave evidence for the plaintiffs. The Rev J. Gower, Vicar of Trefriw since 1869, gave evidence as to the condition of the lake and stream from that year onwards. After other evidence, the case was adjourned. MR ISGOED JONES IN THE WITNESS-BOX. The hearing was concluded on Saturday. Mr F. B. Fanington, Llandudno, continued his evidence for the plaintiffs, under cross-examina- tion by Mr Parker, and said that Lake Crafnant, which was the source of the water supply, occupied an area of 62 acres. Mr Isgoed Jones, a director and large shareholder in the plaintiff company, said he had lived in Llanrwst all his life. Up to 1884 the flow of the stream from the lake was regulated by a man named Morris Jones, under the orders of the mill- owners. Before the writ was issued the defendants had been in the habit of cutting off the supply about 3 30 p.m. Since the writ the flow had been allowed to go on later, so that plaintiffs had been able to work up to ten o'clock. Mr Parker explained that when a motion was made for an injunction he said that pending the action he would do what he could to facilitate the plaintiffs' supply, and' it so happened that the weather had favoured them. Other evidence having been given by Welsh witnesses, Owen Davies, Griffith. Williams, and David Jones, as to the stream water being allowed to run at night when the millowners required it, this concluded the evidence for the plaintiffs. Mr Rowden submitted that he had no case to meet. His Lordship said he must call on Mr Hewitt to show that he made out the right which plaintiffs claimed. Mr Hewitt contended that the plaintiffs were entitled to a supply of water by night as well as by day. If his lordship decided against plaintiffs the defendants would shut off the water at three o'clock in the afternoon, and plaintiffs would be at their mercy. Without calling on Mr Rowden to reply, his Lordship gave judgment against the plaintiffs. He said the plaintiffs claimed the right to have the water from the flow through certain pipes at all times necessary for carrying on their works. That meant that they insisted on having a flow of water at night. Putting it in other terms, the plaintiffs asserted a right to have a flow of water during such hours as they might themselves select for their own convenience. In his opinion plaintiffs had not made out any such right. There must be judgment for the defendants with costs.
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The Origin of the Bible Society. A memorial is to be erected to Mary Jones, the Welsh girl who walked from Llanfih-angel to Bala, when 16 years of age, to procure a Bible from the Rev. Thomas Charles, a circum- stance which lead to the establishment of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The com- mittee of the society has decided that it shall be placed at Llanfihangel, in the centre of the ruin of the house in which Mary Jones lived.
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Serious Accident at Deganwy Jetty. LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN'S NASTY FALL. On Saturday night, between six and seven o'clock, the master of the Liverpool flat "John and William" met with an alarming accident at Deganwy. Inquiry at Deganwy on Sunday fail- ed to result in the name of the injured man being ascertained, as the members of the crew point blank refused to give their captain's name. He is, however, a stout and elderly person. His vessel was moored alongside one of the wooden piers at the end of the quay. The head of the pier is much wider than the portion which con- nects; it with the quay, and the ladder leading down the. face of the pie.r for boarding purposes is situated at the extreme end of the structure. The skipper bad a friend on board to tea, and accompanied him off the vessel. The tide was low, and it was necessary to climb the ladder. On reaching the deck of the pier he walked straight from the ladder towards the quay, evi- dently forgetting the shape of the structure. The consequence was that he fell down a distance of about 18 feet on to the stone slope of the quay. He was rendered unconscious, and had it not been for his friend he might have been allowed to remain where he was till the tide rose and drowned him. Help was obtained, and with much difficulty he was hauled up with a rope and was treated by Dr. Griffith, of Deganwy. It was found that his injuries were not very serious, and he is apparently doing well. It is stated that the lamps on the quay near the spot, which are intended to be lighted when- ever any vessel is moored there, were not alight. Some similar accidents have occurred previous- ly, and a seafarer who visits the wharf told our correspondent that this and the other jetties similarly constructed are nothing but "death traps," and should either be fenced or joined up with the quay for the whole width of the pier.
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