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

Carnarvonshire County Council. CLAIMS OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE. THE ALDERMANIC BENCH. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. ENGLISH-SPEAKING LLANDUDNO. The annual meeting of the Council took plaice Q Thursday, when the retiring Chairman (Mr E. Greaves) alluded to the untimely and la- mented death of a valued colleague in the persion "^fcrnian Hugh Hughes, who had won the ,an^er". aad the respect of all who knew him, took broad and' liberal views of his He moved a vote of condol- in their bereavement. ence, all the mWa? uaaniraouiSly adopted in sal- CHAIRMAN UP- On the motion D J^E-CHAIRMAN. Chairman, (Mr w V T" Jones the Vice- mouislv elects rn .Mau|rice Jones) was umani- In acknnwUH U:a-'nn''ul for the ensuing year, man ,the appointment, the Chair. en<* possessedability, and influ- jin, f. 7^ .y has two immediate predecets* these 'hip- air- While he claimed none of th at f" borough Welshman., and belfev- P°ssies«.oJ ye f County Council ought to be They ,nf element also. (Hear, hear.) meat lclPated a larger share of sel f-govern- ^eim nn entrusted to County Councils ais time ^isedi b' 10 Council had been ciiii- ^bich ?cau's'e °'f its increasing expenditure, This u wever3 he characterised as justified. ^airtn,as iesPecially the case in1 the education ^4>ooo w^c'h. had been obliged to' spend Ue2'l„r( v3, A5J°°O on schools which had beem ^re r>? *ajte' School Boards. Probably directi would have to be spent in the same 'School011 ^)e^ore they were done with the tion S- teachers' also deserved considera- hands, and he hoped that 'they geiiw .J^.dteal with 'them or with, education h^ar) a parsiimonioue spirit. (Hear, ewf O- Jones (Waenfawr) was unanimously E?Vice-Chairman. Unori2^ OF ALDERMEN. Hao u business being called by the Chairr- Conspiv .■^■Qhert Thomas pointed out that the oiij ainda^1VeS now formed a third of the Coun- nate On that ground were entitled to no'mi- *°T ^'6 in^n,e vaican-cies. to be filled. pro J" Hughes: Is it right fox anyone to The ^f^T^hinig at this stage except in writing? to HJQ, ^"airman ruled' that it was out of order those t°mas:: It is unfair and unjust to elect Th<=. 0 ^ave heen rejected at the poll. 3\Ir 'piy811?011, Mr D. Jomes-'Morris inquired of 'the T\3°iria's he would like to have a copy of remarkI1'e'S se^ecteid' by the Liberal caucus. The Uewtafi provoked some laughter, which was re- cuiat when Mr Joneis-Morris proceeded to cir- of tl among the Conservative members copies at ^o^dnations agreed upom by the Liberals w, l&1r private meeting. following weire-eventually elec-ted:-MT (C), Smith (C), 47 votes Mr John Menzies 5 Mr Peter Maclntyre (C), 42; Mr J. R. T. p, (L), 39; Mr Thomas (L), 36 Mr W. C. (L), 36; Mr R. Roberts (L), 36; Mir T. Piye ^L'' 35 Mr Abel Williams (L)' 35- these were Aldermen in the last Council. A few votes' were also oast for Colonel Lloyd Moistyn, MessEs E. Wood, Thomas Lewiis, and H. Owen (Portdinorwic). A FIGHT OVER THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Mr J. R. Hughes then moved the appoint- ment of members on the Standing Joint Police Committee, and Mr Richard Thomas drew at- tention to the fact that not a single member of the minority was included in the list. He wish- ed to move three other names. Mr J. R. Hughiesi interposed with the observa- tion that there had been,, two caucuses, but the Liberal caucus was the stranger. (Laughter ) Mr Thomas All I say is that we have not had fair play. He then moved the names of Messrs J. Jones (Dinarth), G. O. Jones and Charles Pozzi as members of the Committee. The amendment was .seconded by Mr Rogers (Deganwy). Mr T. W. Gnffith asked how the justices dealt with this question,? Did they elect any Liber- als ? z Dr. R. A. Prichard: Yes, they do., three or four. Mr C. A. Jones asked whether it was compet- ent for a member (referring to Mr J. R. Hughes) to propose his, own name on the Committee? 'Mr Hughes retorted that it was only what Mr Charles A. Jones himself had done before. He (Mr Hughes) was there representing his party officially,, and whatever htis party asked him to' db for them he had the greatest pleasure in doing it. Mr Richard Thomas: I am here representing the ratepayers. (Laughter.) Upon a division, seven voted for the amend- ment, which was therefore rejected by a large majority. On the County Education Committee the fol- lowing were proposed by Mr J. R. Hughes: — Messrs D. P. Williamis, J. Menziies1, Peter Mac- lntyre, Richard Davies, W. J. Parry, Issard Davias, R. B. Ellis, Maurice Jones, William George, J. R. Pritcbard, John Owen, Abel Wil- liams, Charles H. Darbishire, J. E. Roberts, R. Jones Roberts, the Revs W. W. Lloyd, Ceidliog Roberts, O. G. Owen co-iopted members, Mrs Darbishire, Mrs Jones, Messrs Allanson Picton, W. G. Thomas, J. Gwenogfryn Evans, the Rev T. J. Wheldon. Mr Jones Morris seconded the motion, against which Mr Richard Thomas protested, ar- l guing (that new blood was required upon the Committee. He moved the addition of Messrs R. Conway, H. A. Rogers, Charles Pozzi, and Colonel Lloyd Evans. Dr. R. A. Pnichard seconded, and pointed out that it was only fair that the non-provided schools Isholllld be represented. Mr J. R. Hughes informed the proposer and seconder that no addlitions could be made to a statutory committee. He could not accept the amendment. 'Mr R. Thomas Anidf Mr Hughes has said that he does not IlierpnlSent the ratepayers. Mr Hughes': I did not say so. Speak the truth. Mr Thomas maintained that the non-provid- ed schools had no' representatives on the Com- mittee, but they would not permit such a state of thiiings to go on much longer. The friends of the non-provided schools had !sent seven more representatives to the Council. Mr Hughes: The public houses did that. (Laughter.) The original proposal was carried by an over- whelming majority.

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Eczema and Poisoned Blood Treated in Three Hospitals. Cured at last by VENO'S SEAWEED TONIC. The following sworn declaration as, to the wonderful efficacy of Veno's Seaweed Tonic in a severe casie of eczema amd poisoned blood is ineresting: "I, George Albert Gough, of the Prince of Wales Inn, Middle Row, Wolverhampton, make oath and say that for many years, I suffered in- tense agony from eczema and poisoned blood. I went over to^ America, and while there suffered so badly 'that my uncle had' to strap me down in bed. I was like a madman, and, used to scratch pieces out of my flesh. At last I got a little better and returned to my home at Wol- verhampton), but I had not been back two weeks when it came on worse than ever. "I have been, treated since then in three differ- ent hospitals, and in each case turned out un- cured. Doctor could do me no good, and my hands and face were a mass, of sores and blotches. "About four years ago I got a sample of Veno's Seaweed Tonic, and found: that the first two or three doses relieved me a little. I began then to take, it regularly, and soon the sores and blotches on my hands, face, and body disap- peared entirely, and since I stopped taking it (four years ago) I have had' no return- of the eczema. "G. A. GOUGH." Sworrn at Wolverhamptom, this 14/4/06. before me H. WOODROFFE HILL, (Commissioner for Oaths.) For all skin and blood diseases, Veno's Sea- weed Tonic is the safest and most powerful remedy known. It cures the worst cases of in- digestion, torpid liver, flatulence, pains in the back, headache, kidney trouble, bad blood, and female weakness, and is especially good for chronic constipation. Price is. Id. and 2S. qd., of all chemists. For all-round purity and potency there is naj. its equal anywhere.

I A Relic of the Plague, SKULL FOUND AT CONWAY. In our last issue we recorded the fact that I when some workmen were excavaanig at the bottom of the High-street, Conway, oTie of their number, William Davies, who is an old soldier and accompanied Lord Roberts during the famous march to Kandahar, unearthed a human skull. It was but eighteen inches below the surface of the street, and was at the corner of High-street and Berry-street, opposite the Town Hall. The skull was of fairly large size, and the jawis were filled with fine, perfectly pre- served teeth. Berry-street, Conway. used to be called within living memory Bury street, and probably in times gone by was known as Burial. street. The reason for this is, it is said, that in this part of the town thousands of men ,and women who died of the plague in the Middle Agtes were hastily interred. Long trenches, were opened up along what is now Berrry-street and Lower High-street and was at that time probably a garden within the wallsr and the,dead were thrown in without ceremüny. Not long ago when a house in> this quarter was being rebuilt two complete skeletons were found close together near the .surface of the ground. The following reference to the Great Plague at Conway appears in "The History and An- tciquitiels of Aberconwy" published in 1835 by the Rev. Robert Williams, of Christ Church, Oxford, curate of Llangerndew — "In 1607 the town was almost depopulated by the plague, and inumbers of people were buried in the streets. Their bones are frequently found there when sewers are being made. About forty years ago (1790) the lower half of the High-street was re-paved and considerably lowered!, when a vast number of skeletons were diseoveredl, lying side by side, the whole way. Many of the bones were of very large dimensions, and some of the jaw bones are said to have exceeded a span in the distance of the eXltremeties. The pestilence was obserrvedi to break out here within three weeks of the time it appeared in London; and ,it must have reached this place so so-on owing to the connection of the inhabitants with Eng- land." °

Railway Contract Tickets. Holders of railway contract tickets will be in- terested1 in the attempt being made by the Pres- tatyn Urban Council to secure more reasonable conditions from the London & North-Western Company. Under the present system that Cam. pany stipulate for the payment of the full price of a yearly contract ticket in advance. This is the arrangement which prevails locally, but sin- gularly enougih in the London district the same Company issue these tickets on quarterly pay- ments. When a man of limited means is ob- liged to live some distance from his business or when there are two or three tickets required in a family, the -demand for a whole year's pay. ment in advance becomes a momentous question and is often prohibitive. The Wirral Railway Company, we believe, quite recently yielded to the request of th-eir season ticket holders, and have sanctioned the quarterly payments svstem. If the North-Western Company can give the same privileges at London, why not at Chester and North^ Wales? If competition has forced this boon in the Metropolis, it would be wise policy on the Company's part voluntarily to concede the point elsewhere. Many men have to pay 40 or £50 a year for their tickets, and some even as high as £150, so that the pay- ment in advance is a serious item.

Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council, E. R. Parry, Thomas (Wrexham), Jonathan Griffiths, John. Hughes, J. D. Jones (Cysulog). Birkenhead Water Bill Committee.—Mr E. Ro- °erts, Colonel West, Messrs E. Llovd Jones, Banineitt Jones, George Cromar, J. A. Chadwick, ■j M. Porter, J. Wilcoxon, E. W. Thorn John Roberts, Gomer Roberts, Simon Jones, Trevor ~J°yd Jones, J. Seymour Joines, John Hughes, (Penyeoed), J. A. Harrop. Special Committee to open tenders, for road- stoae, &c., for 1907—8 for the Denbigh District members).—Messrs. Thomas Jones (Plas G>cb), J. m. Porter, Boaz Joneis.. J. D. Jones (^odiarym, Abergele), Henry Williams, John tttighes, n Emergency Committee re Ruthin County Unices.—Dr. J. M. Hughes, Colonel West, Messiis J. Allen, Henry Williams, Gomer Ro- berts, E. W. Thomas, W. E. Samuel, A. O. Vari's, John' Roberts, Edward Roberts. I- ODTSIE BODIES. ^°^ow"-n'G representatives were appoint- F»r the Fishery District of the River Dee (in., pudding Bala Lake).—Messrs Frank J agger, F. Major Leadbetter, Messrs R. F. Graesser, V, Roqper. Far the Fishery District of the Rivers Clwyd W.d Elwy.—Messes Hugh E. Pritohard, Ellis ''llams, Dr. David1 Lloyd, Messrs John Ro- X. A. Robertsi, Robert Lloyd, Colonel iMessiBS E. O. Watkin Davies, W. J. 'vllaams. w f,ar the Fishery District of the River Con- haY.-Cohnel Gee, Messrs Edward Mills, O. sgped Jones, J. Blackwall, W. J. Williams. or the Fishery District of the River Severn. ^-assrs J. C. Rowland, W. E. Frith, Conservancy Board.—Mr J. A. Harrop. p atlcashire and1 Western Sea Fisheries District Preventative.—Mr O. Iisgoed1 Jones. governors of the University College of North QJK (6)-~Colonel C. 'S. Mainwaring, Lady Morgan, Mr A. Foulkes, Mrs Mahler, •J Thomas Lloyd, Mr O. Isgoed Jones. N K'epreisentatives on the University Court of Wales.—Colonel Mainwariing, Mr W. G. County Councils' Association; (4).-Meissrs W. E. Samuel, J. Roberts, W. G. Dodd, A. O. Evans. COMPULSORY SHEEP DIPPING. A letter was read from the Board of Agricul- ture stating that it would be for the general ad- vantage that the periodical dipping of sheep should be made compulsory throughout Great Britain and! transmitting copies of the Sheep Dip- ping (Wales, and Monmouth) Order of 1907. The new Order apply to the whole of Wales (with the exception of the county of Carnarvon, where the, Sheep Scab Compulsory Dipping Areas Order of 1906 remains in force), and pro- vides for the annual dipping of all sheep within that area. Parts of Denbighshire and1 the whole of Flint- shire were not included within, the scope of the Sheep Dipping (Wales) Order of 1906. The new Order in. its terms follows -as closely as. possible the Order of 1906. The period of restrictions on movement and markets is limited to the dipping period, which terminatels on the 15,th of Septem- ber, and provision is made to. facilitate the ad- mission of .sheep from Ireland' after the expira- tion of the dipping period in. that county on August 31st. Some elas,ticity is allowed in the conditions imposed, permitting the movement of .sheep by license for slaughter, dipping, or other neceastary purposes. The Board of Agriculture expressed the hope that the Council would avail themselves' of this power in all caaes. in which exemptions were granted' for sheep not dipped within the prescribed period. Mr John Rolberts, proposed that copies of the Order be printed and distributed throughout the county. Mr D. Mac Nicoill had much pleasure in sec- onding. It was of great importance that as much publicity as possible should be given to these Orders. In his own part of the county these Ordters had' not been made as ub lic as they should be. After a statement by the Clerk, Mr John Roberts proposed that small posters, drawing attention to. the Order be put up, and that larger posters containing the full text of the Order, be given 'to the police to leave at the farmers in their respective ditstricts. Mr 'Mac Niicoill seconded the motion in this form, adding that the larger posters should be in Welsh as well .as English. This was unanimously carried.

Mr Iissard1 Davies moved that Mir Conway, one of ,the four already moved, should be elected instead of another member, but the Chairman ruled that as the person named, was one of those ,alrea,d rejected the amendment was out of order. Mr Iissard Daviefs considered that such a pro- cedure was most irregular. A PLEA FOR MORE WELSH. Mr. William George moved a resolution, of which he had girvien notice, to the effect that more prominence and reispect should be paid to the Welsh language in the transactions of the Council. In the past the language, he main- tained, had not received the attention which it deserved at the Cou/nicil meetings. and he feared that if the same half-hearted sympathy for it continued they would have to change the county motto from "The eagle of the eagles of Snofwdon" to "The parrot of the parrots of Peru." (Laughter.) While Welsh was neglect- ed in the parliament of the county, it seemed strange to make atrangem- einits for teaching it to thiei-'r childreni in the day schools. There was no intention to treat disrespectfully any member who did not understand Welsh, but whoever chose to speak Welsh ought to be made to feel perfectly at ease when doing so. Mr. Henry Parry, in seconding the resolution, twitted those who posed as the moist ardent Welshmen present upon speaking imperfect English. Mr. W. Pierce supported, and alleged that the Council had been deprived of the services of many valuable members because the pro- ceedings were conducted too- exclusively in English. Mr. Issard Davies pointed out that what Mr. George asked for had already been conceded, every member being permitted to convey his thoughts in .the language in, which he could make himself moist intelligible.^ Why Mr. George had come there with the idea that Welsh was tabooerll he did not know. It was not. (Hear, hear.) It had always been the rule for everyone to speak in Welsh if he liked. He did not wish to. pose .as a great Welsh classic scholar or grammarian, but he had read and knew sufficient Welsh to feel that nothing jarred upon his feelings. more than, impure, degraded Welsh. If Welsh were to be spoken at all it should be spoken by a man who could speak it properly and not in a way to be a laughing-stock to the rising generation. He would 'Sooner 5ee the Welsh language buried to-morrow in its purity than hear language which he had' from time to time been obliged to listen to din that Council. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jones Morris and the Rev. Ceidiog Rob-erlts supported the resolution, while Mr. John Jones moved an amendment to the effect that they proceed' to the next business, as there was already liberty for members to speak in whatever language they liked. The amendment was seconded by Mr. Richard Thomas, who saidi that thie Welsh language had never been slighted in the Council. Mr. T. W. Griffith, also denied that any dis- respect had been, shown to the language. Some consideration, he felt, ought to be shown for those members who only understood Engliish. One-third of the population! of Llandudno was composed of English-speaking people. (A mem- ber: "Shame," and laughter.) No, it was no ,shame. It would have been all up with Llan- dudino were it not for the English section of the population. Moreover, the town paid one- sixth of the rates of the whole county. The amendment was lost, and when the re- solution was put up as a substantive motion it was carried by a large majority. The Clerk (Mr. J. T. Roberts) inquired whether 'he was hereafter to. keep the. minutels in Welsh. Mr. George explained that all he asiked was that whatever was handed in at the table in Welsh should appear in that language on the minute book. CRITICISM OF FARMING EXPERIMENTS. Uporni a proposal to refer to the Education Committee the annual application for ^330 to- wards agricultural education to be carried on by the North Wales University College, Mr. G. O. Jones .said that much dissatisfaction ex- isted in the Vale of Conway because so little benefit was derived from this annual grant. He aserted that the College farm' was too' large for the purpose, and that even the experiments oonduct,ed there were nothing more than a man of common sense could do on his own farm. Mr. Robert Hughes observed that the --re,- vipus speaker was evidently under a misappre- hemsron. All the County Council grant was applied to the holding of lectures, &c., through- out the country, not a penny of it being spent on the farm. Other speakers gave similar assurances, and the question was eventually referred to the Edu- cation Committee.