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

Colwyn Bay Pavilion Concerts. ¡I To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—Perhaps I shall he accused of looking after number one: in Itiakirug up this, pos,iition in the argument now (berime the ratepayers. and the Council with reference to the entertainments question, 'but I have no. such purpose. My stole die'sli,re is to look at the' entertainments quite dispassionately, and to take- as my sole objedt ,the ultimate good of Colwyn Bay and conse- quently that of the ratepayers. as a whole. The question appears. to resolve itself into this Shall we have pie-rotts and niggers and bobemd- anis a,s the mJain attractions, and let the Pavilion concerts come in where they can, or shall we equalise. them, or 'shall we .strongly isupport the Pavilion ? Now the question can only be settled by put- ting them, all on one side for a few minutes and looking at the interests of the town, or, in other words, the interests, of the ratepayers. Do we want to make Colwyn Bay the choisen resort of 'the best: class of visitors, or do we want the masses ? Is it better to have a large number of (he latter, or, perhaps for a time, a Little smaller number of the former? Now, where the good, well looked atf|i;er ground, is, and good seed is sown, there is the likeliest spot to eventually find a good crop, and 510 if we want to find a good crop of good visi,tolfs who will be of some henefilt to the town, wemUSI:, sow the proper iSieled ,and make the town fit to gíIOiW it. We can perhaps get at the practical aspect of this, by a few comparisons. Why do not the crowd of the masses go to places like H.arrogtate. and many oitiher such places? And why do the crowdis oif wealthy people go to them? I think it is because each class goes to the place that best providles for its particular testes. People who. are accustomed to dainty food daintily served will not go where they muist not only ealt butchers' scraps, but eat it and rub shoulders among the people who eat nothing else. Then, how do- these places, "work out" in t!he interests, of the ratepayers, as a whole? Is not the indisputable fact that nearly always: when the. place is, so to speak, piebald and neither one thinig nor the other, and eventually allows the masses to. predominate., that it goes, all to le c eis ? I won't, name, any in particular; one need not go a hundred miles froim Colwyn Bay to find a few glaring instances. Therefore., the principle must be to. cater rigidly for one or the other, bearing in mind at the same time that it appears: to be the fact that the masses have a great habit of changing their visiting places year by year, and that the class do not. Wka the latter class finds. a place to its taiste, it returns regularly. I think very many people who have lived in Colwyn B,av as long as I have will support this. I have known families. who. were coming here 25 '-ears- iago whose names appeared in the list of visitors for at feast ten or fifteen year's in succession, and paid terms. I expect twice or three times; higher than those obtainable' now by those: ratepayers, who enter- tained them. And this, leads, to the question Into which side of the iscale are the ratepayers, going to. throw their weight? Are they going to be passive, ,and allow any cl.a,s,s( to come, or are they going to be active and say one. shall come, and that the, lbesit? Now Colwyn Bay hia-s an advantage noit rgossesised by m,any watering- places, quite lapart from its fame as a resort, which I think ought to be looked upon- as a most valuable assist towards raising the tone of the place and making it the resort of the better clalsls of visitors, ,and that is its magnifi- cent schools. The fathers, and mothers of these pupils come down frequently, and they come not: only from all parts of the country, but from all partis of the world, and, what is no less im- portiant, the boys and girls are going to be the men and women of the future. If Ithese boys and 'girls are kept (from enjoying what Colwyn Bay provides for iitis. visitors because of un- desirable. associlaJtes, what do they tell their parents, and friends all over the world, and what will they think of it themselvefs. in the future, when their responsibilities are their own? They will impress upon their children their own feelings and tastes and Colwyn Bay suffers ad infinitum. I hope the foregoing will absolve me firom the charge of personal intetetst or taste in putting forward my ideas for the solution of the difficulty. We must rememiber the very imipOiPtant factor in the argument, that where one child was musical twenty years ago, fifty are now where one house in those days possessed a piano, fifty- do. now. Therefore, at any rate, the musical tastes and education are oin a. much higher level than they were then. And I must ask those of the. older genomtion to be a little bit kind, and ftlry, though they nevler had the opportunity of a musical education, and can therefore neVJeT know the mental üonldilÜon of the musically educated. to. make some allowance on behalf of this younger generation, land reahse that they (the latter) have some. appetite to appease (.and which will be appeased by hook or by crook) which they cannot appreciate. And as this education proceeds they require, music to be of an equal standard with that of their own -education. Now let us look at the' majtter from this stand- point of the, better class. When Colwyn Bay comes up among the name.s of holiday res-outs they will say It isi a ibefaut,iful ipliace. I have been there my children go (to school there. But it is impossible as a, holiday resort for us. They -cater for anybody, an,d we cannot go anywhere without being among undesirables:, and ifher con. certs, .as they catll them, are, to say the- lea-sit, middling," and soon. How is this, to be' met oin the interests of Coilwyn Bay? The Pier Dirte-dtors, pierrotis, niggers, &c., we may be SUTeI, will all look after their own interests', especially the. latter, with- out oaring a button about Coilwyn Bay. If Col- wyn Bay does, not fill their baskets they will soon leave Colwyn Bay to .irt,s fate, but the Pier is tied down to remain here. It mut share the ups and downs of the place. It must pay its foreshore dues, rates, electric light changes, all. you must note, into the .r aterpay,ers" treasury^ while the! others pay no, rates—nothing but their promenade- Tenths. Then, with regard to all-ow. iing the pierrots. &c., performances to be held on the Rroimeniadte during ithe concert time. The pierrots, &c., could move all theiiir parapher- nalia, while, the Pier Company cannot. Why not make it a pro-vision that' no performances except the Pier concerts be heild after 7 or 7.30 p.m., and allow them to hold them somewhere elsre in the district? Is iitr not very probable that if the Pavilion could be transplanted into the town somewhere- that it would be the favour- ite resort? But this opportunity, as I have, just remarked, is not possible, while the others can axiail themselves of it. I lÛertlainly think that it must be quite plain to the majortiy of the rate- payers that a first class c-oncent in the Pavilion would eventually .attract to Colwyn Bay the class of people I think we ought to want as visitors and future: residents, but it is neceissiary Itb. find out how to do this, without loss to' any- one. Of course, it is quite plain that the Pier Directors will not. find first-class concerts at a loss to themselves, and the point is, that the name. and fame of theis concerts must be made (that is. the capital must be invested before dividends .can be expected) before people can know of them and comie' to Colwyn Bay to enjoy them. There is no. shadow of doubt that there are quite, enough people who would ,support the co,n,ciertts if Colwyn Bay and the concerts were /high class. One. only needs, to call to mind a place like. Liverpool itlo show that though there are mightily audiences to fill all the theatres and music halls, there are also people who crowd the Philharmonic and other co,nicer,t hallis, who perhaps never enter a music, hall. How could it be possible to. main- tain the large orchestras of the great cities un- lesls their had their own audiences? And what I we ought to do as ratepayers is to .attract these audiences to Colwyn Elayas far as we can, to be our future visitors and resident ratepayers, be- cause if we can induce these wealthy people to come and build large residences, and so add large- sums to-the rates, ilt Imust make the average rate charges 1£0\1" the poorer residents so much less-, and so it becomes advantageous for all ratepayers to strive for it in their own interests. It. Off course, will al,so add to the consumption -of gas and electric light, which is. another gain to the ratepayers:, and so by degrees we should have lesls and less: use for pierrot.s and naggers, &c., on. the: front, and there could be morning and afternoon performances by high-class aittiiisites; of this kind on the Pier, and I think the end of the season. would not find us faced with so m,any sales, bankruptcies, empty houses and the rest of it. Colwyn Bay is not. a place suitable for the masses to -settle down in to work as there are Dioind ustries -to. employ theim. So the great object, it seems to me, should be to make it a place where wealthy people would come and settle down. and their friends and acquaintances come and visit in the holidays; and to-day I think good music well rendered h is M great an attraction as any we can add to the many .natural attractions of our lovely dis- ) trict. In conclusion I would say: Consider what class. of people you desire to come here and then cater for them exclusively.—Yours truly, VERAX.

Llandudno's Progress. PROTECTION SOCIETY'S BANQUET. The professional men and tradesmen of Llan. dudno met in, large force at the Queen's Hotel on Friday night, the occasion being the thir- teenth annual dinner of the Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade. Mr. S. R. Bartley, the President, occupied the chair, and Mr. Alec Taylor, the Vice-President, was: in the vice-chair. The loyal toasts were submitted from the chair, and Mr. G. A. Humphreys proposed, and the Rector (the Rev. Ll. R. Hughes) acknow- ledged, as chaplain.-to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Volunteer Battalion, the toast of "The Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces." A. E. Hughes, who was Conservative can. didate for Arvoni at the last election, and was invited as the principal guest at the dinner, proposed "The Town and Trade of Llandudno and the Llandudno Guardian Society. In the course of his speech he said the main purpose of -the society was to 'winnow out the good credit from the bad, and that was of special import- ance in a town like Llandudno, where there was a large moving papulation. This duty was im- portant in. the interests of the town generally, as where there wa-s a large amount of unsatis- factory credit or uncertain credit prices in that place must be appreciated. Therefore, a strong society such as that undoubtedly worked in the interests of the inhabitants- generally of the town by keeping down prices. The dangerous man was the man who promised to pay and could not, and that was the type of man to put a label on by means of the society. (Laughter and applause.) In concluding, Mr. Hughes said some eloquently-expressed nice thingis about Llandudno and its climate and natural beauty. He asked the people of Llandudno to treasure the glorious curve of their bay as being one of their priceless possessions, and for tbiit reason not to allow of any new pier being built to jut out into the middle of it. (Loud applause.) Mr. S. Chantrey, the Chairman, of the Urban District Council, responded. He advised the town to offer the best value possible in every respect to. visitors;, and to encourage the Council to increase the attractions by every wise and legitimate means. He thought the Council might make the tenure of the present West Shore golf Jinks-almost the finest tract of dry sandhill in the kingdom devoted to golf-by buying tine links. They should also provide public baths and a KURSAAL OR WINTER GARDEN. (Applause.) Llandudno WlasanexeeHerut winter riesoirt, as anyone who, came down in indifferent health would quickly find out, and what was wanted to prolong the visiting season was more attractions]. The present urban district rates were almost the' lowest on record, and had it not been for the demands of the County Cbuncil the rattes would have been -very light indeed. They came this year to a total of 5s. nd. in the pound. Including education charges, the town contributed to the Carnarvonshire County Coun. cil ^4,884 per annum more than was returned. That was an. important point for the town to consider in view of the meeting iabout to be held ito consider the question of incorporation. (Ap- plause.) Thei electric tram-cars were now run, ning. The company seamed to be conducting the traffic on business lines1, and the tramway would be a great adjunct to Llandudno. (Applause.) Mr. A. Rhydwen Jones, who also responded to ttbe toast, alluded to the new 15-inch xpiain which was to be laid/by the Llandudno Council from the Junction to Llandudno:, thus complet- ing the 15.inch main all the way -from the reser- voir to. the town, and congratulated the inhabit- ants: upon the magnificent provision of pure water which that would give them.. In a jocular speech Mr. T. H. Fitzsimmons proposed "The Visitors," to which Mr. W. Ellis Jones, Teplied. Mr. John Roberts proposed "The President and the Vice-Presidcnt," to which Mr. S. Bartley and Mr. Alec Taylor responded. "The Ladies" was submitted by Mr. A. Hewitt, and acknowledged by Mr. R. Wood- ward. The health of the soliciitor and secretary, Mr. J. E. Hallmark, was cordially drunk. Mr. Hall- mark and hisass.ist.anlt, Mr. Searell, replied. Mr. Denbigh Cooper and Mr. Brown gave several songs, and Mr. Alec Hughes Teciiteid Mark Twain's "Punichi, brothers, punch," which, he suggeiste-d, was appropriate now that there are tramcars at Llandudno, in, which itihe tickets are punched "in thj* presence of the passen- gers-

The Late Miss Lloyd-George. MR. T. P. O'CONNOR, M.P., RELATES A PATHETIC INCIDENT. Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., in the current number of his popular weekly, "P.T.O. tells a very pretty story of the late Miss Lloyd- George. We quote the following intensely in- teresting paragraphs — 11 FATHER AND DAUGHTER. The public are inclined to think of politicians' —especially if they be prominent—only as politicians. People are liable to forget that they have all their own private lives and their own domestic and other anxieties. Accustomed as they are always to occupy the stage under the limeil'ighjti of Îpulbllic life, public men always seem. to ibei only public men,. One is now and then. painfully reminded that there is another side to the life of the politician and one -of the saddest of these reminders is the dreadful be- reavement which Mr. Lloyd-George has suffered. I am of the opinion, often expressed by Disraeli, that our poets and romancers make too much of the love beitwe-enl man and woman, and not enough of the higher and, indeed, more beautiful, and certainly more enduring and reliable, love between parent -and child. As Disraeli so often said, the woman of your adora- tion in one epoch of your life may become an object of indifference to you in another and she who adored may come to hate. But the love of your parent, is always there. It is the very roots of your being, which not time noT change can ever destroy. The love of the ,mother for her son ss. not stronger or more (pathetic than the love of the father for his- daughter. It is there that the p,arent-i,;peci ally the parent tried by all the bitter tests of public life--finds that secure haven of unchanging, un- calculating, unquestioning love which a,lone can console and help in life. THE SIMPLE FLOWER. In the case of Mr Lloyd-George and this sweet child, who has. died so untimely, the tie was particularly isfrong. These great affections be- tray themselves: so often, unconsciously. Some months ago, just as -the Parliamentary session- was closing, I observed that- Lloyd-George had a little flower in his buttonhole. Lloyd-George is not a dandy he is too busy and serious a man to be concerned about the adornment: of his person. By way of getting a bit of fun out of him;, I said" that this flower had evidently been put initio his coat by some fair hand. "Yes," he said, "it was- put in. my coat by my eldest daughter this morning, just as I was leaving the house." Here was- the sudden reconstruction before one's eyes, of one of those little scenes -of domestic love which are the glory and the salt of life—the hurried, busy, anxious father rush- ding off to his gmelart duties in a department of the Government of an; Empire, and then the little- girl keeping hilmi for a moment to plant in his coat a little simple flower to whisper to him throughout the dlay of that inner life of undying affection, which is the atmosphere of the true home. And now this Little spirit of light, hope and encouragement is fled. A DEACON'S TRIBUTE TO A LATE CHURCH MEMBER. One of the, deacons of the WTelsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel at Beauchamp-road, Clapham, writes a short appreciation in the "British Weekly" of the late Miss Mai-r Lloyd-George as a church member. Two years- ago," he writes, "an interesting event in the life of Miss Lloyd. George was her receeption as a member in full colmmuniÎon. Her parents, had allowed her to have an unfettered choice as to whether she would become a Baptist or a Methodist, and she deliberately chose the latter, and was bap- tised accordingly by sprinkling and received a member at Beauchamp-road. Ever since that date the young lady had thrown herself heartily mto. the, work of the church, and was diligent member of the Sunday school. At the young people's- shel was always ready tlo take part ;at the rpilano, and frequently acted as organist at the Church services;. She was known to us all by Ithel first of her two Christian names, Maiir (Mary), and though she was now growing initio- womanhood, the name still clung affectionately to- her. She never resented it, and we who used iit never thought of it any way as patronage, so simple and unaffected was she in all her ways; and when her father became a Cabinet minister there was no difference in the slightest. In appearance, her pale features and liinteilleotual cast of face made her a .-striking and beautiful figure, and these personal attractions, added to. the charm of manner which has helped her father to..success, combined to the formation OIf a very winning .personality. She had latterly been interested:, like her mother, in temperance and mission work, and only a couple of Sundays, before her death she had been with some of her young girl friends- from the chapel to a Welsh Mission in the East End, taking part in soime simple service. We are requested to- state thait. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd-George have been greatly touched by the many messages of sivmpiathy which they have received in their bereavement. They regret that the number of telegrams and letters is so great as to make separate acknowledgements im- possible.

Cardiff and Mr. Lloyd-George. The Cardiff City Council on Monday unani- mously decided to confer the freedom of the city upon Mr. Lloyd-George, President of the Board of Trade.

Welsh Processor's Resignation. Mr E. J. Thomas, lecturer in Greek and Latin at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, on Monday morning handed in his resignation of that post, having received an appointment on the edi- torial staff of the Cambridge University Press. Mr. Thomas is a graduate of St Andrews, Cambridge, and London. His resignation was received with regret, especially by his chief. Dr. Arnold.

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