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

I Conway Board of Guardians. I A L?ADN,- ME?NIB,ER A,\?D I,I,CEN?SlING RE,F ORM?. ELOQUENT SPEEC'H. A RESJO)LUTION UNANI--VIOU?SLY I CIARRIEID. Mir. David Jonas (Chairman) presided ruu the monthly meeting df the Board, held on Friday. The .olther memibers prels,emt were Mms. Lloyd, Mrs. A. J. Oldman, M" ss M. E. Wdlliamis, Miiss Clham,p,i,eys, Miiss Lewis, Misis Annde Parry, Revs. Canon David Jones, J. Raymond, E. J. Evans, William Phillip,s, Peltlerr Joinets, Messrs. Edward RoberDs, R. Ellis, A. J. Oldman, Wil- liam Davies, Hugh Hughes, Edward Williams, Rogers Jones, J. W. Raymeis, J. T. Taylor, W. Wilkinson,. R. Williams, W. F. Jones, David Jones, William Williams, O. W. Roberts, Ro- bert Robertsi, P. H. McClement, Ban Fisher, Edward Jones, and Hugh Owen together with the Clerk (Mr. T. E. Parry), the Deputy Clerk J. W. Poist), and other officials. THE CHAIRMAN AND CHARITY ASSOCIATIONS. Referring to some corTespondenice that had taken place with the Llandudno Charity As- sociation, the Chiairma,n said he w;as glad to see that the Lattery of this, Association were, now written dm a much hettieir spirit than they were three years ago. They once had a rule that no member of the Board of Guardians should be a member of the Association. The De, u:ty (Cler-k: Thiat rule is sitill in force. ?p The Rev. John Raymond They have, at a recent meeting, tried to rescind that rule, but through the legal advice of a certain legal ex- member of this. Board. Mr. Roger Dawson, who said that certain pelnaltriles would be incurred, ithe rule. was left as it had been. There was a general desire to. change it. The Chairman.: I don't ,think they can do their work unless they work in harmony with the Guardians. Sufficient was said upon this matter at the Conwen. Conference some time ago to make ithis perfectly -clear, and as Colwyn Bay is about ito establish an Association there, they would do. well ito- bear what was said in Corwen in. mind. A LICENSING MOTION. According ito, notice., Mrs. Lloyd (Colwyn Bay) moved "That this Board welüomles with gratitude the declaration made by the Prime Minister that a comprehensive Licensing Bill will be the very first Measure of the next Ses- sion and further, that it entreats the. Govern- ment to, miak,e provision in. the Bill, aimongst olther things upon which there is general agreement: (I) For rdiSfCODltÏrn uing the grocer's licence (2) For terminating the tied house sys. tem; (3) For prohibiting the employment of barmaids in licensed house's; (4) For placing all clubs, where intoxicants are sold, under the same legal condition as public houses and (5) For giving the people in each locality the power to prevent, by their votes, the granting and re- newing of licences in that locality." Mrs. Lloyd said that her motion spoke for itself it told its own. tale. She thought that all believed, whatever their political creed, thait everything ought to foe done to make it more easy to do Tight, and ,mme difficult to do wrong, and she believed that the Bill that would come in in the next Session of Parliament would be one that would enable our country really to take a stand against drink in many way si, and especially if they could get ,those provisions in- cluded in the. Bill. She felt1 a little bit nervous. (Cries of "No, no," and "Go on")—but, perhaps they would please excuse that small failing. (Hear, hear.) Mlr. Gladstone, she was quite sure, when he .supported GROCERS' LICENCES, had no idea of the harm he was doing, but that was one of the greatest mistakes of his life. The drinking hafoit am-on(gst women since the grocers' licences, had been issued was appalling. Statis- tics showed that drinking amongst men was de- creasing, but amongst women, on the increase. A great deal of this could be attributed to gro. cers' licences, which enabled women, to have drink put down in their hills as other things. As ito TIED HOUSES, it was well known that the qualification to, be a keeper of one was to be a good seller of beer. Such an iniquitous system as this ought surely to be done away with. Mr. A. J. Oldman sfaid that although he was in sympathy wiltih most of the' clauses, he would l?' dme-i -ht it ik,e to miove an aTn,-n? -it, as he t?hou?l, was hardly fair to make such a question a pure- ly political one. As it stood, he felt it would be difficult to. pass the resolution, and under the circumstances, thought it would be better to 'suggest something which would give more .general satisfaction, whilst still emibodying the mover's main idea, as an essential to the suc- cessful administration, of the Poor Law. Mr. Raynes Is Mrs. Lloyd in order in bring- ing this before us ? Has it anything to do with the administration of the Poo.r Law ? IMirs. Lloyd Not exactly, but I have been in communication with our Member, Mr. Herbert Roberts, .and he is very anxious that every public rbody, whatever it be, should inrforlm the Government as. to its views upon this matter, in order that they might know that the country stood behind: them, and I ithought I could not do better than bring the matter forward here. The Chairman: In reply to Mr. Raynes, no- tice of the motion has been duly given., and I think Mrs. Lloyd is quite in order in brrirngnnrg the matter forward. Proceeding, Mrs. Lloyd touched upon the EMPLOYMENT OF BARMAIDS. Upon this question it was juist possible theire would be some disagreement, but, she personally thought there was a. great danger in. amployiitng barmaids, to..sell drink in lioensjed houses. She was sure sihe could give instances of those, who constantly went to the public houses, to have a chat with the barmaid rather than, (because they wanted liquor. They went because it was pleasanlt to go, so that that would be one meiang ait any rate of keeping young fellows away. CL UBS. Clubs: There were oluhs, in Llandudno and Colwyn Bay, and no one: knew what went on in iln -itd games ,oi-ne of the,m. D.T,' ks were sold ai could be played until one and two in the morn- ing and no one was at liberty to. go in, and makle a remark or stop any proceedings whatsoever, lib would be a splendid thing if these clubs, were subject to the same laws: las regards supervision, as public houses. LOCAL VETO. Magistrates,, who would not like to have pub- lic houses anywhere near their own dwellings frequently allowed houses, to be put near the ho-useis of others, and that even where the bulk of the people of -the neighbourhood objected. This being the case, it was time the people should be able, to say "We will not have a pub- lic house in the locality or street in which we live." Mr. O. W. Roberits (Llandudno) seconded. He said that as regards, grocers' licences:, he thought both sides agreed. The tirade even agreed with them in ,thalt instance, as, they lie- ,garded the grocers' licence an injustice ,to them. As regards the tied house system and foarmaidls, there would noit, be the same agreement. Upon the question, of clubs again,, he thought all would be pretty well agreed. lit was not fair to the licensed victualler that he should pay heavy duty, while clubs could sell at all houris with- out any manner of check or restriction. The cl u/bs should breíar their proper portion of the excise duty. AN AMENDMENT. I AN AJMENIDMENT. I Mr Oldm ¡an TelIXólaJte¡d that, he !thought tlha,t th is qUBSlhon could only be .diÍs<cuSlsed a,t a me<eltilnlg of Guardi,a,I1iS a!SI áne w,h1dh laffeCltled the rehelf they had to give in consequence of the drink trade. He therefore moved as an amendment :the adoption of the following resolution "That this Board welcomesl with gratitude the declara- tion made by the Prime Minister /that a Licens- ing Bill will be the very first Measure in the next Session of Parliament, and entreats. the Government to. do its. utmost to stem the tide of initemperance, and so remove the oause and need of so much Poor Law Relief." He thought a resolution on, those more general lines would in the end be a greater source of strength to the Government than, something that went into par- ticulars. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Edward ToneiS (Deganwy) seconded. The Rev. Canon Jones said that he would very much like to vote for the motion wliith one ex- ception. He would like to know what "compre. hensi ve" meant? Mrs. Lloyd said that she did noit mind delet. ilng the word. Canon Jones, proceeding, said that he thought there were a good many things, to. be done by law to preveot people from rushing INTO THE TEETH OF TEMPTATION, but he felt that Mrs. Lloyd had gone a little bit too far in certain directions. He would vote for the amendment. Mr. McClemenlt pointed out that there were other pensions besides extreme teetotallers, to be considered.. He did not consider it within the province o,f the Guardians to express such views those; contained in the motioin. He agreed that, they should support the Government in bringing in a licensing reform bail, but they were wasting time when they attempted to dic- tate- what the Government wa,s to put in it. A REPLY IN A NUT SHELL. Mrs. Lloyd If there was less drinking going on there would be less paupers there would be less, prisons and asylums. Upon a division, the amendment was carried by 19 voities to 7, and a. unanimous voite was. subsequently given. It was resolved that copies of the resolution should be semi to the Prime Minister, Mr. As- quith, and the M. P. 's. for the neighbouring con- stituencies.

Conway Rural District Council. INSANITARY STATE OF ROE WEN SCHOOL. PROPOSED ISOLATION HOSPITAL: MR FISHER AND PRESS CRITICISM. AN EXPLANATION. Mr. Hugh Owen (Chairman') presided at the monlthly meeting of the Council held on Friday. The other members, present were Messrs. R. Ellis, Robert Roberts, Owen Williams, W. F. Jones, E. J. Evans, Ben. Fisher, Edward Wil- liams, Rogers Jones, J. W. Raynes, and Robert Williams; together with ithe Clerk (Mr. T. E. Parry), the Sanitary Inspector (Mr. Levi John), and the Road Surveyor (Mr. John Davies). QUEEN'S ROAD. The Sanitary Inspector drew attention to the state of the above road, in Llandudno Junction, which he said wasi one mass of mud and liquid filth, nearly knee deep in some places and quite impassable. He recommended the persons re- 'ibl,e! ??h?ould, be cialled upon to place the sp,o,nis: road in. order forthwith. The re commendation was adopted. ROE WEN SCHOOL. According to instructions, the Inspector also reporJtled upon, the- sanitary arrangements, of the Roe Wen .County Council school. The drains 'd in a mo?st un)s,ati!sfa,ct,o,ry st,alte, were s,al to be? some discharging inito the road and another under the road, and eventually into the mill stream. The cesspits-, too, owing to the small- mess of ithe playground, were said to be difficult to work, the only water supply available being that taken out of the before-mentioned stream. He recomme-,ide,d that, the Managers, who, were meetinig shortly, be asked to discuss the matter with a sub-committee of the Council, on the spot. After some discussion,, it was resolved to call the attention of the County Education Com- mittee to these; defects. SYMPATHY WITH MR. LLOYD-GEORGE. On the mOlt ion of the Chairman, a vote of sympathy with Mr. ^Lloyd-George in his sad bereavement was: unanimously passed. THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL. An official statement wasi made, Ithrowing some light on the efforts to obtain a site for the proposed Isolation. Hospital, concerning which some correspondence has recently taken place in the "Weekly News." Mr. Ben Fisher, referring to the correspond- ence, said that he ithought something should be said by way of a reply. It seemed that the pub- lic were of opinion, that the Council was neg- lecting to. push the, matter forward, and he would like the Press to' know that as far as they as a Council were concerned, they had done all they could. He would like the Clerk, Mr. Parry, to give the reasons, for the delay. The' Clerk One reason was that the site pro- posed at Bryn Hyfryd had been condemned by the Government Inspector. The other wais, that we wanted the Government to send an Inspec- tor to visit these sites; before anything else was done, and they refused. Now, we have sent up plans for a site at Glan Conway, and an In- quiry in respect to that, I expect, will be held shortly. GAS FOR THE JUNCTION. Further Gor,respondence was read concerning a gas supply for Llandudno Junction, but the Council is now as far afs eve.r from a sotliotl;,on of the difficulty. The Chairman: In !1:\he face of the pmselmtl situation, I don't really know what to do. If the Aluminium, Company will shortly be sup- plying electric light, I think the best thing wil.l be to get that. Mr. Rogers Jones Do you think they are? The Clerk: They have the power to. Mr. Ben. Fisher I was under the impression, that they wanted all the power for their own purposes. The Chairman: No harm can come of making enquiries. I think we should ask them when they intend supplying light, how, &c.

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Professor Anwyl at Abergele. PREHISTORIC MAN IN WALES. Mr. J. Heiibelrt Roberts, M.P., presided on Thursday evening ait. a well attended meeting held at Abergele for the purpose of hearing a lecture of Professor Anwyl on "Prehistoric Man in Wales." The irrueetinig was, held under the auspices; of the Abergele Antiquarian Associa- tion. Profeslsor Anwyl, who had a hearty reception, said It wais to- him a very pleasing sign to see the revived interest -that wais being shown in the prehistoric archceology of Wales, and he re- joiced to' learn itlhat the great city of Liverpool, wjth the aimple meanis, at its of the as- ■sijsitance of trained archaeologists of its Uni- varsity, intended to investigate those remains which linked North Wales to Cheshire and Lancashire. The people of Denbighshire had cause to be grateful too, to Professor Boyd Dawkins for his famous researches into their caves. Societies such as theirs and the sister Society of Niantt iConwy couilid do excellent work by making sur- veys of all olbjecitls of antiquiity in. their districts and by keeping accurate records of all dis- coveries' that were made. In. course of time certain typical suites could be explored,, and these would doubtless yield the antiquary a rich harvest. Wales was, to the prehistoric archaeologist a peculiarly iwtererSltiillg country, becra UrSie of the i,-fria,dual character of the transition in many cases ifroim one stage of civilization to another, and the permanence of some of the older stages into the newer. It would be of special interest to harvei a thorough exploration of some of the hut-circles, .of the country, such as those on; the Hifraethog range near Cerrig y Druidion., which Colonel MlaiDlwaring showed the speaker some yearns, ago. In a district such as theirs rt was highly pro. bable that some localities were distinguished much lessi than others by the successive streams of invaders, and that primitive conditions from Neolithic times, preserved themselves in their places: for ,a very long period. Throughout Wales- it was; highly probable that over conslirderralble aireasi there had been a fusion of raoeis in prehistoric times by a process of pacific infiltration. An e:tlhro-Iog,icial survey of Den- ibighshire might lead to some very interesting results, especially in the less accessible districts. In the course of his lecture, Professor Anwyl gave an account of the characteristic features of the remains of the Stone, Bronze, and Early Iron, Ages, and the forms which these remalinisi were' usually found in Wales. When the Cam. brian Archaeological Association next met in Denbighshire he hoped to give a detailed ac- count of the prehistoric remains of that county, as he had already drone flor Breconshire, Carnar- voushire, Cardiganshire., Carmarthenshire, and Anglesey. (Applausie.) He hoped that the Cambrian Archaeological Association, could see its' way to meet in that county in the year after next, ilt was, his hope: that whenever the meet- ing came, itlhe Abergtale Antiquarian Society and other .Societies in ithe county would have pre- pared their way for it by the thoriouighineas of their work, so- asi to make the meeting of tlh:, Association in, every way .a success. (Applause.) Avoiding the technicalities of the subject, the learned Professor gave a popular and thorough- ly instructive, lecture. iMr. W. J. Ev'ans, one of the Secretaries, moivad a hearty vote cif -thanks to the lecturer, ,and in doing SO' referred to the work done aifi Pen y Corddyn by the Association,, under the advice of Professor Boyd Dawkins, and the supervision of Mr. Willoughlby Gardner. The Rev. J. Henry Davies seconded the volte of thanks, which was, carried. Professor Anwyl suitably acknowdeidgtad the kind words said of him by the Chairman and the mover and seconder of ithe resolution, and moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was: seconded by Dr. J. Lloyd Roberts, Colwyn Bay. Dr. Elliott, Llanddulas, produced a stone having the appearance of a Celt for the purpose of 'securing the opinion of the lecturer upon, it.

North Wales Temperance Association. At a meeting Off the Executive, Cornimitttee of t'hei North Wales Temperance Association held at lOolwyn Bay, Mr. J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., who presided, was elected President and -re- elected 'Chairman of the Committee. The co- optaitive members were re-eleoted. The report of ia, sub'-commdttitee appointed at the annual meeting in. Liverpool to consider the appoint- ment of an, orrglanilsing secretary to. the Associa- tion was subimiiitted and adopted. The Com- mittee recommended that the secretary should be required to Igi:ve's wholef tdime to the work, the remuneration being fixed at £ 100 per annum and expenses. The isub-cornmiiitfee was re- quested to secure a suitable person. The Com- mliittee passed a vote of condolence with Mr. and M'rs. Lloyd-Geonge. On the mOltlioln of the President the following resolution aws unanimous!v passed:- "That this meeting reaffirms the demiand of Wales for the night to settle licensing quesrtions in accordance with, the predominating views of the Welsh people, and in view of the, introduc- tion, of the Licensing Bill of next session pressets for separate treatment of Wales and Monimouth on the following poinitis 1. The inclusion of Monmouth in the Welsh Sunday Closing areta. 2. The amendment of the Welsh. Sunday Clos- ing Act. 3. The effective regulation of drinking clubs. 4. The recogntition of the right of the ratepayers during the period of the time limit to control the issue; and renewal of licences in their area."

Complaints at Old Colwyn. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—In viewing the beauties of Old Colwyn atthils time of year, we should mot miss seeing, the Fairy Glen, which is very interostting just1 now, when the tneetSlam becoming hare, of leaf; also, the stream, is ait its. best after the heavy rains. But those who take. this time to see these beauties must not foirgeit to provide themselves with thick boots, as the approach to the Taiiry Glen is in such a. wretched coridiitiio;n with, mud and dirt. The Cbe-d Goch-road (the- upper pant) is also not fit to cross, an.di appears to be en- tirely inegliected, and is not provided wiiith a sing lie lamp to light this dismal road after dark at might. In fact, this neighbourhood is left, in darkness,, except from, the sima.ll light from, the windows of the houses, in the road or streets. The Urban District1 Council would do the in- habitants of thils part of Old Colwyn a grefat favour if they would give their attenttion to this matter. No dloublt they will see to the rates being obtained from this property, and, if so(, they ought to see ithe: roads and 'Streets in Old Colwyn are kept in a. fairly gotod condition, and also well lighted. By so doing they will have the thanks, of many including—Yours truly, Old Colwyn. R. T.

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IMy. Rogeris Jones; oibsenvedthalt the Rate- payers' Association was; also kicking up a row about the matter. Mr. Robert Roberts said he would like to second the Chairman. They ought, first of all, Itlo. get the infoirmatliicn, suggested, and in the meantime they could consider whether it would ibe wise. to wait for ,a supply. He had heard a rumour that a gas works might be run as a private concern. If that was so, he thought the Council should give every encouragement. The motion was; carried unanimously.