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Volunteers at Voryd. ABERCELE AND PRESTATYN COMPANY'S ANNUAL PRIZE SHOOTING. The annual prize shooting meeting in con- nection with tho II (Abergele and Prestatyn) Company of the 2nd VB Royal Welsh Fusiliers took place at Voryd Range last Saturday. The conditions were not favourable to good shooting, both the light and wind being vari- able in short, it was a day for outsiders. Despite these adverse elements, however, the winner of the chief prize (the Coed Coch Challenge Cup, presented to the company nine years ago by the Hon L A Brodrick) was won with a higher score than that reached in the same competition last year, the difference being four points. In this event shooting took place at 200, 600 and 600 yards, and the winner was Sergeant W E Jones, who made a score of 82 out of a possible 105. The winner last year was Sergeant W R Jones, who on the present occasion tied with Cpl Jarvis for the third posi- tion, and secured the preference through making a higher score than Jarvis at the 600 yards range. The arrangements were carried out by a com- mittee under the presidency of Captain Peter Jones, who also aoted as treasurer of the prize fund, with Lieutenant C C G Robert as chair- man and Sergeants J P R Davies andW E Jones as secretary and assistant secretary respectively. The various events were as follows — Coed Coch Challenge Cup competition (seven rounds at 200, 500, and 600 yards). 200 500 600 Ttl. £ s. d. 1 Sergt W E Jones. 31 31 20 82 Cup, medal &- 2 2 0 2 Sergt-Inst Brown 22 29 14 65 1 10 0 3 Sergt W R Jones 24 11 28 63 1 5 0 4 Cpl W Jarvis 23 22 18 63 1 0 0 5 Pte II Davies 19 22 21 62 0 15 0 6 Pte A Rowlands 27 28 6 61 0 12 6 7 Pte M Jones 24 20 15 59 0 10 0 8 Cir-Sergt Glass 25 25 9 59 0 7 6 9 L-Corp Hughes 19 22 17 58 0 7 6 10 Pte E Jones 26 10 13 49 0 5 0 11 Pte J W Williams 24 12 9 45 0 (j 0 12 Pte T R Joncs 14 23 2 39 0 2 6 13 Pte S Evans 29 4 0 33 0 2 6 14 Pte W Davies 11 21 0 32 0 2 6 15 Pte R T Davies 21 11 0 31 0 2 6 Recruits' competition, for men who have joined since November 1st, 1903. Seven rounds at 200 yards. Points. Prize: Pte J R Jones 21 10s Od Pto J E Jones 18 7 6 Pte 0 Davios 17 5 0 The Machin Prize competition for sections of 10 men under N 0 O. Seven rounds at 400 yards. Sergt W R Jones' section, 3s per man Clr-Sergt Glass 2s M Morris Tube competition, for men who have joined since August 1st, 1904. Points. Prize. Pte E Roberts 20 10s Od Pte H Evans. 16 7 6 Pte J Owens. 15 Õ 0 Pte P Hughes 9 3 6 Pte D Davies 5 2 6 Pte J Jones. 4 1 0 Highest score at 200 yds, SgtW E Jones, 31, 2/6 500 Sgt W E Jones, 31, 2/6 | 600 Sgt W R Jones, 28, 2/6 Tradesmen's Prizes for the best shots at 200 yards. ABERGELE SECTION. Score 1 Sergt W E Jones 31 Pte S Evans 29 3 Pte H Jones 28 4 Pte A Rowlands 27 5 Pte E Evans 26 6 Pte M Jones 24 7 Pte J W Williams 24 8 Sgt W R Jones 24 9 L-Cpl Hughes 23 10 Cpl Jarvis 23 11 Sgt-Inst Brown 22 12 Pte R T Davies 20 13 Pte H Davies 19 14 Pte S Roberts 19 15 L-Cpl W Hughes 19 16 Pte R Jones 17 17 Pte R Hughes 16 18 Pte J Davies 15 19 Pte T R Jones 14 20 Sergt Davies 14 21 Pte Isaac Roberts 12 22 Pte W Davies 11 23 Pte H Hughes 8 24 Pte R Evans 6 Recruits 25 Pte E Roberts 20 26 Pte H Evans 16 27 Pte J Owens 15 28 Pte D Davies 5 29 Pte D G Jones 2 PRESXATTN SECTION. 1 Clr-Sergb Glass 25 2 Pte J R Davios 21 3 Pte J E Jones 18 4 Pte O Davies 17 5 Pte R O Thoraaa .1! 17 6 Pte J Davies 14 7 Sergt E Jones 11 8 Pte P Hughes 9 9 Pte J Jones 4 10 Pto H J Davies 4 11 Pte H R Davies 0 12 Pte J H Pierce 0 13 Pte J Parry 0

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Rhyl Golf Club. SUCCESSFUL AUTUMN TOURNAMENT. The above event took place on the Rhyl Golf Links last week, being brought to a close on Saturday. With the exception of the rain on Friday, the weather was very favourable, and the links were in capital condition. Owing perhaps to the lateness of the meeting, the attendance was not so large as on previous occasions, but the play was quite up to the average, the various events being well contested. An outstanding feature was the remarkably fine play by n S Vinning, who won two out of four events, and nearly won a third, and who gave great prcmise of a brilliant future in golfing circles. The secretarial arrangements woro, as usual, ably discharged by Mr J Wild. The various events resulted as follows :— Scratch tournament, prize given by the club (winner to hold scratch cup for the year).— Winner, H S Vinning runner-up J J Finlow. Handicap medal competition, for Mr E J Thompson's prize also final monthly medal competition, for prize given bv the club. & Gross. Hdcp. Net. J D Miller. 90 10 80 A Timmina 96 13 83 C J Turner 95 10 85 E P Salusbury 91 6 85 J Wild 89 4 85 H S Vinning 89 3 86 J Davies 106 20 86 H N Williams 94 6 88 J R Muspratt 95 5 90 "Bogey" handicap, prize given by the ciptain Mr U B Corbett. Allowance strokes. B J Walthall 10 1 up A Timmins 10 all square Il S Yinning 2 J D Miller 7 II G Stock p" 2 J Davies 15 F J F Baines 2 1 down H N Williams 5 2 J Black wall 5 3 E P Salusbury 5 4 W Perniewan 5 5 C J Turner 8 5 Medal competition (handicap), for Mr H Neville Williams' prize. Gross. Hdcp. Net. 1-1 S Vinning 83 3 80 G Inglis 85 3 82 F J F Baincs 86 2 84 Guy Francis 102 13 89 J Wild 95 4 91 W Evans 100 8 92 J R Muspratt 97 5 92 Sir A Campbell 105 12 93 H P Williams 105 12 96 W Permewan 99 6 93

Football. Of the nine football matches in the First Division of the League on Saturday two resulted in victories for visiting clubs. The score in each instance was 1-0, Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke defeating Blackburn ROTers and Notts Forest respectively. Three games were drawn as follows :-Bury 1, Wool- wich Arsenal 1; Aston Villa- 2, Sunderland 2 and Preston North End 2, Small Heath 2. The other results were as follows :—Middles- brough 1, Everton 0 Newcastle United 2, Manchester City 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Derby County 0; and Sheffield United 2, Notts County 1. In the Second Division Liverpool beat Leicester Fosse 4-0. In the Combination Port Sunlight created a sensation by running up a score of 7 goals against 2 scored by Bangor. Rhyl also went from bad to worse by allowing Chester to beat them 4-0. Cheater, however, thoroughly deserved their victory. Whitchurch, who were victorious over Rhyl by 3 goals to 0 the week before, wore outplayed by Middlewich to the extent of 7 goals to nil. At this rate Rhyl are in for a bad 90 minutes whon they encounter Middlewich. As a result of their match with Birkonhead Wrexham secured two more points, their record now being 10 for five matches. The only goal of the match was obtained from a penalty kick. Tranmore Rovers and ISantwich played a draw of 1-1. « THE COMBINATION Results up to Saturday, October 1st. Pld Won Lost Drn For Agst Pts. Wrexham 5 5 0 0 14 3 ..10 Tran mere Ravers 4..3..1..0 9 7 6 Port Sunlight 4 3 1 0 '14 7 6 £ ^er.. *• 5 •• 3 2 0 ..16 7 6 Middlewich 5 3 2 0 ..13 7 6 Birkenhead 5 1 3 1 5 8 3 Druid. 4 1 2 1 3 9 8 Bangor 2..1..1..0..9..8..2 Whitchnrch 2..1..1..0..3..7..2 Nantwich 2 1 1 0 6 4 [! 2 Oswestry 3 1 2 0 4 8 2 Broughton 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 Chire 4 0 3 1 6 ..17 1 Rhyl 2..0..2..0..0..6..0 To properly explain away Rhyl's defeat last Saturday it must at once be admitted that they were pitted against a superior team. Chester, who haye already scored more goals than any other Combination team, possess a half-back line that must be the envy of other clubs, and therein lay very largely the secrct of the team's success at Rhyl. + The encounter took place on the Grange Road ground in the presence of a fair number of spectators. The Rhyl team was as follows Goal, R J Jones; backs, Ogilvie and Jack Jones halves, Brookes, W Roberts, and T M Jones; forwards, H P Roberts, Rowland- Thomas, Jenkins, T Williams and T Roberts. Parry had been selected to play, but only while the players were proceeding to the field was it ascertained that ho was nat able to turn out. Thus it was that T M Jones, who would other- wise have been only a spectator, was pressed into service. We do not know if Parry could have lot the committee know earlijr of his indisposition, but if such was possible we are afraid he is lacking in the good sportsmanship we had credited him with, and also in that courtesy the committee is entitled to expect from every player. V In the first half Chester put on three goals, two of which, however, were by no means free from suspicion of being offside. On the other hand Rhyl not only failed to score, but had all their work cut out to prevent the score against them being larger. After the interval the Rhyl team was slightly re-arranged, T Williams exchanging places with T M Jones, who had not proved a success at half-back. This move was the means of checking the visitors' depre- dations considerably, for only once more did they break through the home defence, when they obtained the best goal of the day. The Rhyl forwards stuck to their work pluckily, but they had to operate against too smart a trio of halves to give their opponents much anxiety. The result was a win for Chester by 4 goals to nil. Though beaten by so substantial a margin, the Rhyl team was by no means disgraced. As we have said before, they had to contend with a superior team, and bearing that in mind no fair-minded follower of the gamo will yet with- hold his support at future matches because of their second successive defeat. On the contrary, let there be a bumper "gate" to-morrow (Saturday) to witness the encounter with the Druids, and so put new life and vigour into both the players and the committee. R J Jones looked after his charge splendidly, and found a most reliable colleague in Ogilvie. Jack Jones, whom all will welcome hack again, was not quite bimself-tl.is sounds a little Irish perhaps—but doubtless we shall soon find him all there as of yore. Brookes and Roberts worked hard at half-back, but there was not sufiicient combination amongst tho forwards to improve upon the openings they made from time to time. With more practice, however, this defect ought to disappear, and the line should become one to be feared. While the Rhyl Combination team was faring so badly at home the Reserves were doing practically no better at Northop, where they were engaged in a Flintshire League match, the result being Northop 4, Rhyl 1.

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A Welsh Historical Loan Exhibition, FROM "THE TIMKS." Lady Mostyn of Talacre and others associ- ated with her in the exhibition opened by Princess Louise at Rhyl in connection with the recent National Eisteddfod are interesting themselves in a movement which may develop into an important educational influence in Wales. Inspired by a happy idea, they sup- plemented the ordinary Arts and Industries Exhibition by an Historical Loan Collection, intended to illustrate the history of Wales from the earliest periods. The project was one which necessarily involved not merely great labour, but also expert knowledge in the selection and care in the arrangement of the exhibits when obtained. In Miss Mary C L Williams, of Sloane Gardens, London, however, the committee secured an energetic and deyoted organizing secretary ably assisted by others, she succeeded in bringing together at Rhyl such a collection of historical objects as North Wales has never before seen. Tho original idea seems to have been to illustrate well-defined periods in the history of Wales by bringing together, under one section, specimens of the arms, implements, objects pertaining to domestic life and crafts, costumes, MSS., books, and portraits relating to each particular period. Mr William Jones, the member for North Carnarvonshire, in the Cymmrodorion discussion on. the proposed Welsh National Library, had pointed out how in the great public libraries in the United States the history of that country was thus illustrated, each period having its own iloorand wall area devoted to its particular exhibits. This' was, presumably, the ideal the Rhyl Committee aimed at. That they fell short of attaining it is due not so much to them as to i tne conditions unaer wnicn tne exhibits were collected and displayed. The exhibits, as has been explained, came from a large number of private lenders. In many cases they were priceless heirlooms in some it was an essential condition that all the objects lent by one person should be exhibited in one case. Anything like an arrangement in exact and complete chrono- logical order was therefore practically im- possible. The importance of the Rhyl Exhibition really lies not so much in what it actually attained it- self, as in the future possibilities of the move- ment which it proved to be attainable. The scheme as yet is necessarily inchoate. Roughly speaking, It divides itselt into two distinct and yet associated branches—namely, first, the creation of such a loan exhibition annually as an essential adjunct to every National Eisteddfod; and, secondly, tho establishment of a National Museum for Wales which will supply the in- herent deficiencies of a purely loan exhibition. The first of these implies of necessity the establishment, in the first instance, of a perma- nent central organisation having full control of this department of the Eisteddfod. Without such a central authority the exhibition will be at best but intermittent there will be no continuity either of effort or of policy in con- nection therewith and the whole movement is likely to fail in the one object of its promotion —a living representation and aid to the system- atic study of the past history of the community. The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, which has its headquarters in London, and with which are associated most of the Welsh nobility and the class who could best help to furnish a complete exhibit, is mentioned as the body to which might be entrusted the initiation of the new movement. The second branch, the establishment of a National Museum for Wales, is already under the consideration of the Government. Had Wales been less rent by purely local jealousies it is highly probable that such an institution would now be in existence. But the Rhyl proposal contemplates a lending department in connection with the national museum, which would not merely make good the defects of the annual Eisteddfodic Exhibition, but which would also make a systematic tour of the Prin- cipality, visiting in turn all great centres of population, and during its stay at each being available for the use not merely of the casual visitor or the private student, but for the systematic use of classes in schools and colleges within reach of the centre. The proposal thus outlined is of course capable of great amplifica- tion and variation. The central idea, however, stands out in bold relief. It is that of bringing within reach of the people, and systematically arranged, such objects as will enable them the better to realize what the past of their country haa been. The Rhyl Exhibition, though it fell short of the high ideal of the committee, was, consider- ing the difficulties by which this fiist effort was faced, a most successful attempt. It would obviously be impossible within the scope of a single article to give anything like an adequate idea of what the exhibition contained. Incom- plete and imperfect though it necessarily was, it still contained enough to enable one under expert guidance to re-people the dead past with its living actualities. In the field of war, for instance, there were the stone implements and weapons of the first civilising agency of Britain, fashioned possibly in tha extensive flint mines of Sussex and Suffolk. The small, dark, Iberic race who used these were compelled to give way before the muscular, fair-haired Celts, who swept an irresistible flocd aeross the Continent and into and through the British Isles. And in the next case we see an explanation of their success in the bronze weapons they used, and which were as superior to the stone hatchets of their predecessors as the weapons of the Roman invader proved in turn to theirs. Coming to a later period, that of the Norman, we find in the use of the spear in the north, as compared with that of the bow in the south, an explanation of more than one problem in the medieval history of Wales, and incidentally, why so large a proportion of the "English infantry in the Plantagenet period were really Welsh. And where arms fail pictures serve, for here we have depictod Luke de Tany's historic bridge of boats between Beaumaris and Aber, which, intended by Edward I. to circumvent Llewelyn, almost proved his own undoing. Then we have the gradual development of modern firearms and the lessons they teach as to the inevitable changes in methods of warfare. In illustrations of domestic life we have every variety, from the earthenware lamp of the Roman period to the iron cruse for oil for the peeled rushlight of the medieval Welshman,and the rush candlestick and light of a later period and the final evolution of both into the tallow molter and candle moulds of the last century. Here we have an almanac of 1676 annotated by the celebrated Philip Henry a Cromwellian chair, once the property of Charles o'r Bala the table on which Elis Wyn o Lasynys wrote his classical compositions and the chair in which Twm o'r Nant enjoyed his pipe and tankard while writing his now forgotten interludes. The Church is well represented in every age and every manner. We have an all but com- plete picture gallery of the Bishops of St. Asaph, from Bishop Griffith in 1660 to Bishop Edwards in 1904. We have priceless Roman missals, a Preces ac Mediatones Piaeby Geo. Soberer S.J. and illustrated by Albert Durer fine specimens of old Celtic illuminations in juxtaposition to an original letter by Bishop Morgan, translator of the Welsh Bible, and the signature of Thomas Wynne, one of the founders of Pennsylvania. From a superficial inspection of this valuable collection thus gathered in one place by purely voluntary effort, and rendered possible by the kindly readiness of private owners to lend it for the occasion, impresses one with the potentiali- ties of the movement, if rightly directed and efficiently organised.

Glynfarddj yn ei Pedd. AT OI-YGYDD Y RHYL JOURNAL. SYR, Cas gwr na charo'r wlad a'i macco a chaeach fyth dry gyfaill heibio." Dyna hen ddiareb sydd yn y byd yma lawer o'm blaen i, ac y I mae yn lied eicr y bydd hi yma ar fy ol. Wn i ddim am neb oedd yn lioffach o'i wlad ac o ardal ei cnedigaeth na'r hen fardd, a than ar fiiw iddo ef oedd gorfod bod yn analluog i fod yn ei wply bach ei hun wedi delo'r noa. Yr wyf yn cofio iddo un- waith yn ei oes orfod myn'd oddicartrif i eri 1 ei fara, a mawr oedd y pryder oedd ar ei 'e 'dwl oblegid hyny. Yr oaddwn i a lliawa o fethgyn Moatyn wedi dewis myn'd i Hanley, Swydd Stafford, i wcithio. Yr oedd Mr John Lancaster ar y pryd wedi cael yr holl lywodr&eth ar holl weitbfeydd glo a haiarn Earl Granville, yr hyn fu yu foddion iddo i ethol rhaio brif weithwyr gwaith glo Mostyn i fyned gyda* eF. A miwr oedd y cynhwrf drwy yr holL wlad-pawb am fyn'J i Hanley, A dyna yr adeg y cafodd yr hen fardd ddigon o wynt dan ei adenydd i fyn'd am dramp. Oad byr fu ei arhosiad yn Hanley, a phob tro y byddem yn cyfarfod a'n giiydd dagrau hiraeth am ei wlad a'i artref oedd i'w gwelel yn Hifo dros ei ruddiau. Nid oedd dim yn tyccio er ei gael i aroa gyda ni. Er fod iddo gefnder yn y wlad (neb llai na Phedr Mostyn, yr hwn oedd un o biif ethol- edigion Mr Lancaster, ac yn troi mewn cylch oedd yn hvwlio mil o bunau yn y flwyddyn am ei lanw), "dim ods," meddai yr hen fardd, cartref a ohryetyn sych i mi o flaen tauau a mwg y wlad yma. Good-bye; yr amsar yma y foru, bydda i ar ei glin yn caru, ac felly y bu. Clywais id,lo gyfansoddi o ddiolchgarwch am gael gwol'd blaen trwyn yr Honest Altn cedd uwch ben drwe y Lletty. Ni welais ddim o honi, ond yr wyf yn credu ei boi ar cael yn mhlith ei ddewis bethau. Y r oedd yn dra hynod yn ei gof, a bu byny yn fantais fawr iddo, am na allai gofreatru pethau pwysig ei fywyd mewn ypgrif. Bu yn oruchwyliwr bychao ar ran o waith glo Mostyn am dymhor hir, a rhyfedd fel y pallai gono holl ddig- wyddiadau y dydd ag oedd yn dal perthynas â'i awydd. Yr oedd ei gyd-oruchwylwyr yn fynych j yu cael cu hunain mewn dyryswch oblegid eu mietakol-, yr hyn oedd wledd i'r bardd ar gyfrif ei gof cryf. Ond yn ei ofal am fywydau y gweithwyr a chadw rheolau da yr oedd yn tra rhagori arnynt oil, a medrai ddarllen y plan yn llawn gsvell na'i feistr; a phan fyddai perygl i ryw ddyryswch ymddangos yr oedd yn ymwroji wrth feddwl tod Pedr "gerllaw i dynu'r lien." Pedr Mostyn 03dd y prif foss ar y pryd, a buasai yn dda i'r wlad pe y gwrandawsai perchenogion y gwaith ar laia a chyngor Pedr yn ystod ci oruchwyliaeth. Nid cartref y dwr a fuasai gwaith glo Mostyn heddyw aid oedd dim yn bliao y bardd yn fwy na meddwl fod y Lineasters yn dryllio y gwaith yn eu hawydd am olw ac enw da. A mynych y dywedai mai i'r pant y rhed y dwr," yr hyn o'i gyfieilhu ydoedd, mai tynu y mor i'r gwaith fyddai y diwedd, yr hyn a gyflawnwyd i'r Ilythyren. Mae yn Elier fod Uawer o'i waith barddonol ar gael. Ond nid wyf yn deall ei fod wedi cyhoeddi ond rhyw lan ddarnau. Bum yn darllen ychydi? o farwnadau o'i waith ar ol cyfeillion, ao maent yn wir dda, a rhai wedi eu gwobrwyo. Fel y dywedais yn fy llith gyntaf am dano, dyn ar ei ben ei hun ydoedd mewn llawer modd. Yr oedd yn meddu barn lied gywir am ddieithriaid, ac Did yn ami y byddai yn methu. Yr cedd ynhynod fel dyn- waredwr (mimic). Gallai ddynwered y rhan fwyaf o feirdd ei oes ac adrodd llawer iawn o'u barddon- iaeth, yn neillduol daman digritol a therfysglyd. Ond er ei holl hynodrwydd mae hcddyw o dan y dywarcben. Heddwch i'w Iwch. Gorphwys, bellach, hoff hen gyfaill, Dy gyfarfod eto wnaf, Pan y bydd ein bywyd newydd Ini yn dragwyddol baf. H. G. A.

Rhuddlan Parish Council. The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening at the Boys' School, Mr W Morris presiding, there being also present the Rev D G Lewis, Messrs R C Enyon, J.P., Thos Hughes, E R Beech, Jos Roberts, Thos Williams, H Barnett, and the Clerk (Mr Jas Kilner). Communications. The minutes of the last meeting having been read by the Clerk and confirmed, The Chairman read communications received from the Clerk to the County Council. One referred to the Parish Council's request that finger-posts be placed at the King's Head corner, at Grange Road and Pendyffryn Road corner, and an additional indicator at Pen- palmant corner pointing the way to Waen and Cwm. Mr Bromley informed the Parish Council that the County Councl agreed to fixing a finger-post at King's Head corner, but mentioned that the St Asaph Rural District Council should be communicated with regarding Pendyffryn and Grange Road, &c. The other letter from the County Council was in reference to Pengwern Road, in the neighbourhood of Ty Isa, which the Parish Council had advised should be remedied, in order to do away with the continual flooding of the road during the winter months. The county authority maintained that this was work which should bo done by the Rural District Council. Mr E R Beech said that some of the ditches had been cleaned by the Pengwern estate, which would be beneficial to the road during wet weather in having an outlet for a portion of the water, but that was not enough. The chief remedy lay in re-constructing a part of the road, and especially in doing away with the dip mentioned in the correspondence. He therefore proposed that the attention of the Rural District Council be called to the necessity of improvements being carried out forthwith. Mr H Barnett seconded, and it was unani- mously agreed to. Election Row Footpath. Mr Joseph Roberts called attention to the bad state of the footpath in Election Row, and complained that in some places it was level with the road. It was impossible to say where the footpath ended and the road commenced. He expressed a hope that the Council would not neglect it, lest it should go into the same state as Ooetia Postol Road. Rev D G Lewis proposed thib they com- municate with the District Council in reference to the matter. Mr Thomas Hughes, in seconding, agreed with Mr Roberts that traces of the footpath had been lost in places. The motion was agreed to. Penyffordd Hill. Rev D G Lewis referred to the necessity for widening the bridge at the bottom of Penyffordd Hill, and said that it was most dangerous to vehicular traffic. Mr Thomas Hughes said he would like to know why this was not done long before this. It puzzled him as to why the County Council, after starting some improvement, allowed it to remain in an unfinished state. They bad plenty of evidence in and around Rhuddlan of great dilatoriness on the part of someone. Mr Enyon remarked that the money had been voted for this object six or seven years ago, and he was unable to make out why the work was not done at that time. He had been told that this matter was before the Main Roads Com- mittee of the County Council very recently, but was again postponed. Rev D G Lewis questioned whether Mr Enyon's statement was correct. He had information in his possession which would throw some light on the matter, but he did not feel justified in divulging it that nivht. He proposed that they communicate with the County Council on the matter. This was agreed to after having been seconded by Mr Thomas Williams. Nuisances. At the last meeting of the Parish Council the question of existing nuisances was discussed, and it was then decided that the Council should invite the Sanitary Inspector of the District Council to accompany them in visiting various back promises in the town. This took place on Sept 24th. The Clerk read out a list of the places visited, and also the suggestions then made by the Sanitary Inspector. On the motion of the Rev D G Lewis it was resolved to call the attention of the Rural District Council to ,the existing nuisance-, and Iso th8 the Sanitary Inspector be empowered by thapbody to take such action in the matter as he J/hinks necessary, especially in reference to the necessity of having a manhole in the sewer at Morfa Hallt.