The Weekly News and Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay Colwyn Llandrillo Conway Deganwy and Neighbourhood

Bettws-y-Coed District Council. The monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday, Mr lL Parry presiding. Others present were Messrs Henry Roberts, Thomas Griffiths, T. W. B. Corns, John Hughes, T. Raw- linson, and Henry Williams; with the Clerk Mr R. R. Owen, and the Surveyor, Mr W. J. Edwards' GLANRHYD STEPPING STONES. Tenders for the repairing of the above were considered and were as follows :—W. Hughes, Llanrwst £ 47 io- Wm. Hughes, Dolydd Terrace, £ 38 Roberts, Glanrhyd, ^37 Hughes & Row- lands, Colwyn Bay, £ 32. ■ The tender of Messrs Hughes & Rowlands was accepted. DAIRIES AND COWSHEDS ACT. On the motion of Mr John Hughes, seconded by Mr Corns, it was unanimously resolved that the Dairies and Cowsheds Act be adopted. SANCTION OF RE-APPOINTMENTS. Communication were read from the Local Government Board sactioning the appointment of Dr Fraser, as Medical Officer, and also of Mr W. J. Edwards, as Inspector. MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPOR T. The Medical Officer reported that during the month of August there were 2 births and 4 deaths, as compared with one birth and no deaths for the corresponding period last year. There were no infectious diseases reported. A BAD ROAD. A letter was read from Mr Foster, Tan-y-Garth, calling the attention of the Council for the second time to the unsatisfactory and dangerous state of the road leading to Tan-y-Garth, and asking that the same might be put in repair, as he believed part of it, up to the top of the cottages, to be a public highway and repairable by the Council. He could not understand why that part should not be put in proper repair. Other ratepayers joined Mr Foster in his request, as well as for the placing of a lamp post at that particular spot of Pentre Du. Mr John Hughes: Perhaps he would like a motor car to carry him back and fore. Mr Henry Roberts contended that if they under- took the repair of that part others would then expect them to do it to Rhiwddolion. Mr Thomas Griffith said they could not disregard the request as it came from eleven ratepayers, and he proposed referring the same to the Highway Committee as regards the road, and to the Lighting Committee with reference to the lamp post. This was seconded by Mr Corns and carried unanimously. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORDER. A letter was read from the publishers of the act, Messrs Eyrie & Spottiswood, stating that the copies of the above would be issued in a few days. It was resolved that the Clerk order a copy for the use of the Council. THE COLLECTOR'S STATEMENT. The Collector stated that he had collected up to the end of August C176 us. 3d., the balance recoverable being £ 207.

Cerrigydruidion Petty Sessions. NEW MAGISTRATES CONGRATULATED. LONDON MOTORIST HEAVILY FINED. The Cer.-gydruidion Petty Sessions were held on Saturday, before Messrs. R. D. Roberts (Chairman), John Roberts (Clust-y-Blaidd), and John Roberts (Pentrevoelas). CONGRATULATIONS. Before the opening of the Court, Mi. Aneurin O. Evans, solicitor, Denbigh, said he wished to say a few words in reference to two of the ex- officio Justices sitting on the Bench, who had been placed on the Commission of the Peace by the Lord Lieutenant of the county. It might be a little premature, as they had not taken, the oath of allegiance, but he took that opportunity of tendering his congratula- tions, as he might not be present at the next Sessions. He knew well that the genlemen re- ferred to had put in a very long and useful ap- prenticeship in parochial and, county business, and he felt that that would be a great assistance to them. They had attained to higher honours, and they deserved to do so, as they had given useful service to' the county for a great number of years. Mr Parry (Deputy Clerk) endorsed every-word that had been said by Mr Evans, and he felt that the acquisition to the Bench would be great. Superintendent Woolam, on behalf of the Police, also congratulated them upon their ap- pointment, and said that personally he was very glad to hear the news. MOTOR SCORCHING. John Bouch Hissey, of the Hotel Central, London, was charged with driving ai motor-car at a furious rate through the villiage on the 21St July. Sergeant Salisbury stated that he saw defend- ant coming from the direction of Corwen at a furious, rate,. Witness was standing at the stile. near the bottom shop, and he held up his hand to stop them, but it took defendant 80 yards to pull up the car. He examined his license and took the holder's name, and defendant again continued through the village at a similar rate. Peter Hughes, a farmer, said he was on horse- back on the Corwen Road, and the car passed him at a terrific rate, and nearly ran over his dog. The driver did not give any warning of his approach. W. D. Jones, Surveyor, Cerrig, said he saw defendant's car pass at a furious rate. He walked a distance of 80 yards, and when getting in view of Pentevoelas Road the car had gone down the hill and covered a distance of a mile and a quarter. Thomas Owen, Cerrig, said he saw the car as it turned down towards Pentrevoelas. It nearly ran over him, and had he not been active aud able to jump out of its way, he would have been run over. He judged the rate at 45 to 50' miles an hour. Richard Evans, postman, also gave evidence. The defendant, who ably conducted his own case, cross-examined the witnesses at length as to the speed and whether it was his car or not. All the witnesses were certain that the defend- ant's car was the one. The defendant called his chaffeur, who said the car was going "dead slow" through the village, as the master practic- ally pulled up to read the, finger post. The car was so geared that it could not possibly exceed 18 miles an hour. Defendant, on oath, said that he remembered seeing the officer a considerable distance before he came up to him. Would it be reasonable to think that he would drive furiously past the officer? He was very careful, especially when he had ladies in the car, and on this occasion he had ladies, but was unable to call them as witnesses, as they had gone to South Africa. He contendedi that the evidence of the prosecution unreliable owing to the fact that he had not been timed any distance, and the evidence was merely the opinion, of the different witnesses. The Bench retired and were absent for a con- siderable time:, and on their return the Ch;1 rman said they considered the case hadi been proved, and fined defendant 1'.1 and costs, making a total of £4 5s'. The defendant immediately tendered two £ 10 nates in payment.

Killed at Play. FATAL ACCIDENT AT COLWYN BAY. It is with sincere regret that we give particulars of a sad fatal accident which happened about mid- day on Friday to a boy named Arthur Llewelyn Hoskins, son of Mr William Hoskins, Bryn Celyn, Grove Park, Colwyn Bay. It is understood that a number of young boys, scholars at the Council School, Conway-road, were playing on a trolley belonging to Messrs Hughes & Rowlands, contractors, Colwyn Bay. The trolley—a three-wheeled vehicle which had been used in connection with some sewerage opera- tions not yet completed—had been left in the field, and the children drew it up to the top of an incline and rode in it as it ran down. Deceased sat on the shaft of the cart, saying that he would be the driver. The cart ran against a tree, and the little fellow was pitched against the tree trunk, sustain- ing serious skull fractures. He was attended to as quickly as possible, and an operation was performed by Dr. Venables-Williams, Dr. Roberts, and Dr. Russell. The lad died about ten o'clock that night. THE INQUEST. Dr. J. R. Hughes, the Coroner for West Denbigh- shire, conducted an inquest at the Marine Hotel, Old Colwyn, on Monday morning, into the circum- stances attending the death of the child. Mr W. F. Williams Rees was elected foreman of the jury. The first witness was William Hoskins, who identified the body as that of his son Arthur Llewelyn Hoskins, who, he said, was ten years of age. The next witness was a small boy named Moses Robert Hughes, 13 years of age, of 70, Park Road. Before being sworn he was questioned by the Coroner as to whether he understood the nature of an oath. He stated that during the dinner hour on the previous Friday he was playing with deceased and other boys. They pushed the small cart mentioned up the incline twice, and rode down safely. The third time, however, the cart in coming down gained speed and came into violent collision with a tree. Deceased went with force against the tree, and then bounced off on to the wheel of the cart. Witness went up to the deceased, and saw some blood on him and in consequence of that at once went for assistance. In reply to the Coroner, witness said that Friday was the first day on which they had played with the cart. S. D. Ace, a bricklayer, of 29 Park-road, said that at the time of the accident he was working in Llanerch-road about 150 yards away from the boys. After the accident he took the deceased to Dr Jones's surgery and then to the Cottage Hospital. In reply to a juryman, witness did not think the place where the boys were playing was dangerous. He had seen what they were doing and thought if he had been a boy he would have done the same thing himself. He thought that the boys who were in the cart had all got on one side, and thus caused it to run into the tree. When it caught the tree the cart would be going at about six or seven miles an hour. Boys will be boys," remarked the Coroner, and no one can control them." Dr Roberts, Old Colwyn, stated that soon after half past one on Friday he was asked to attend an accident at the Cottage Hospital. When he arrived he found the deceased in bed. He was unconscious and showing a good deal of spasm. The deceased's head was very badly injured, and after consultation he decided to perform an oper- ation at once. This took an hour. There was a compound fracture of the right side of the skull and also at the base. The fracture on the side was about half the size of an adult's hand. This part of the skull was in five or six pieces, one of which had driven deeply into the brain. The deceased died at ten-thirty that evening. The cause of death was shock and hemorrhage. A verdict in accordance with the medical testi- mony was returned, and a vote of sympathy was passed with the family. It was stated that the ground where the boys got the cart was private. Mr J. O. Davies, headmaster of the school which deceased attended, was present with some of the boys who were playing with the cart at the time. The Coroner asked whether anything had been done to these boys. Mr Davies said they had been severely lectured, and he thought that the accident would be a more severe warning than any other form of punishment. Mr Davies was thanked at the conclusion for being present and also for bringing the boys.

Scholars' Extra Holidays. A meeting of the managers of provided schools in the Conway district was held at the Llandud. no Junction on Monday, Mr. Hugh Owen pre. siding. Miss Sarah S. Williams, Blaenau School, was appointed, out of four applicants, an article 50 teacher at the Llandudno Junction School. The Clerk (Mr. E. R. Davies) stated that he had received a letter from the school attendance officer reporting that on September 24th he ob- served a motor launch passing under the Con- way Bridge. It was full of children who should have been attending the Lloyd-street School. The Rev. J. Raymond, English Baptist minister, was also on board, and appeared to be taking his Sunday School children to Trefriw. The officer also reported that Mr. Thomas, headmas- ter of the Lloyd-street school feared that a large number of children might be absent on Wednes- day when the Ll,andudno tradesmen's annual holiday would take place. Mr. Hugh Hughes, Conway, said he could quite understand children being taken up Con- way River for the fresh air, out he could not understand the closing of the school at three o'clock that day so that the children could at- tend a circus,. 'Mr. Robert Roberts said the matter had7 occu- pied the serious attention of the Education Auth- ority. Some means should be adopted to keep the holidays within the limit. If there were to be these occasional day holidays the summer vacation would have to be reduced proportion- ately. The attendance officer said another difficulty at Llandudno was that parents Who had been busy all the season during the long vacation went for their holidays afterwards and took their families with them. It was resolved that a letter be written to the minister of each church and chapel in the dis- trict and. also to all the head teachers informing them that if occasional holidays continued to be given the District Committee would be bound to curtail the holidays at Christmas and Easter.

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Archdeacon's Suicide. TRAGEDY OF INSOMNIA AT A WELSH RECTORY. Archdeacon Thomas Williams, of Merioneth, was found early on Saturday morning hanging from a beam in an outbuilding of his residence, Llanystumd'wy Rectory, Criccieth. The rope was cut, but he was dead. He had suffered greatly from depression, the result of insomnia. Five years ago he had a similar attack, but gradually came back to health. Last March the insomnia returned, and he went on a sea voyage, but got little benefit from it, and was due to leave in a week for an- other long holiday. At the inquest, which was held on Saturday afternoon, his son, Mr. Herbert St. John liams, said that his father's despondency over his inability to perform his duties had been greatly increased by the medical orders he had received to go for another voyage. On Friday night he went to bed calm and apparently a little better than he had been for some days. Mrs. Williams, his widow, Who was deeply distressed, said the Archdeacon used to be very ill on Saturdays, being worried over the thought that he could not do his work on Sunday. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity." Born fifty-five years ago of Nonconformist y b stock, the late Archdeacon was educated at Mag- dalen College School and Magdalen College, Ox- ford. He was ordained in 1874, became a minor canon at Bangor Cathedral in 1876, and in 1878 Vicar of LIanidloes. In 1885 he was ap- pointed warden of the Bangor School of Divinity. The Archdeaconry and the Rectory of Llan- ystumdwy came to him in 1891. He was an ac- complished scholar and a keen sportsman. The late Archdeacon's first curacy was at Llandudno.

A Colwyn Bay Shop Incident. At the Colwyn Bay Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr Henry Kneeshaw and other magistrates, Edgar Mellor, poultry dealer, summoned James Arundale for assault (without battery). Mr James Amphlett appeared to prosecute and Mr Joseph Lloyd, Rhyl defended. In his opening statement Mr Amphlett stated that the complainant was employed by Mr Arun- dale as an assistant. On Saturday, September 1st, complainant gave notice to leave. Defendant be- came very indignant, and told complainant that he could leave that day, and that he need not return, and ordered him off the premises. The complain- ant turned up on Monday morning as usual, and was asked what he had come for, and he said either a week's wages in lieu of notice or to work out the week. It was then alleged that defendant remarked that complainant had come for trouble. Defendant walked up to him, and after other con- versations struck at him. Complainant only just avoided the blow. It was then stated that the complainant had started in opposition to Mr Arundale with another of their late assistants, and that the new firm had some cards printed (one of which was handed to the Bench) before complainant left his employment with Mr Arundale. The Chairman here remarked that according to the opening statement the case seemed a trivial one, and suggested that it might be settled. Mr Amphlett said if there was an apology from the defendant the parties might shake hands. On being appealed to, Mr Joseph Lloyd denied' that his client committed any assault. The complainant said he objected to the case- being settled. The complainant was then sworn, and supported his solicitor's statement, adding that when he gave notice defendant gave him his wages for the week he had worked and told him to clear off and take all his belongings. Complainant also told the Bench that defendant looked as if he would like to eat him." When by the shop door defendant struck at him, but he warded off the blow. If defendant had struck him it would have smashed his face. There were two of Mr Arundale's assistants in the shop at the time. Witness told defendant he would summon him, and spoke to Mr Jones, the next door neighbour, who was near at the time. Mr Jones remarked to, Mr Arundale that he had lost his temper. In reply to Mr Joseph Lloyd, complainant said' he had brought the case into Court to let people- see that although he was a shop assistant he was not to be sat on. It was jealousy which caused it. The cards were printed announcing that he was starting in business before he gave notice. He did not think he was failing in his duty in having the cards distributed before he gave notice. Mr Arun- dale said that he thought witness had treated him' very shabbily, and told him to clear out, as he did not want him on the premises. Witness admitted swearing at Mr Arundale, but he did not threaten, to break his b- neck. He understood on the Saturday previous to the offence that he was dis- missed, but he thought it was policy to go on the- Monday morning to work his notice out or to get paid in lieu of notice. Mr. Arundale told him he had only gone to the shop to annoy him. Thomas Parry Jones, tailor, &c., who has the next shop to Mr. James Arundale, said that on the morning of September 3rd he saw the complainant go to Mr. Arundale's shop, and shortly after he heard them talking outside. Comp!ainant said that he wanted his wages, and defendant told him to clear off, as he had only come there to annoy. Mellor said he would make defendant pay. Com- plainant asked witness to come and give evidence as to what he had seen. Witness told Mr. Arundale to keep his temper. By Mr. Amphlett:. The reason he said that was because Mr. Arundale had his fist closed and kept it in that position. Mr. Lloyd then asked if Mr. Arundale was a customer of his. Witness replied that he could not see what that had to do with it, and then said that both parties had dealt with him. Mr. Amphlett in giving the section of the act under which the summons was taken, said that he did not suggest that it was a very serious case. After consideration the bench decided to dismiss the case. Mr. Lloyd asked for his costs, which were granted,

Temperance Progress. Mr. J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., attended on Thursday the meetings of the North Wales Tem- perance Association, held at Machynlleth. Denbighshire was congratulated on the success. of their efforts to get Parliamentary candidates who were barristers to pledge themselves! against, taking cases for publicans. Mr. Herbert Roberts proposed a resolution in which special temperance legislation for Wales was claimed by the Association, and reviewed the work done in this direction in the Princi- pality. In the morning the North Wales Women s Temperance Union held their fourteenth annual conference at the, Presbyterian Chapel, when, there was a large attendance of delegates and friends. Miss Pritchard (Manchester), Secre- tary, reported the present number of branches to be 170, an increase of ten. The total mem- bership of the Union was 11,766, an increase of 499. Miss Pritchard was unanimously elected ,senior secretary and organiser, and Miss Emlly Matthews (Amlwch) was elected secretary of the literature department for the ensuing three years. The President (Mrs. Herbert Roberts), the Sec- retary (Mrs. Griffith Davies), Mrs. Edward Dav- ies, and Miss Leah Thomas were appointed re- presentatives of the National British Women s. Temperance Association Executive.