Rhyl Journal

I St. Asapb Parish Council. MONTHLY MEETINC. MO.N])AY.-Pre-sent Drs Do vies, J.P. (chairman), and Messrs H A Cleaver, C i Mansbridge, and J C Jones, with the Clerk (Mr G 0 Williams). More Lighting Irregularities. Mr Cleaver said he did not like to be con- tinually complaining, but there had again been great remissness on the part of somebody in connection with the street lighting. On Satur- day night one or two lamps were not alight between nine and ten o'clock. The Chairman promised to inquire into the matter. Next Year's Lighting Bill. The Clerk submitted an estimate of the amount required for lighting purposes during z, the coming year, namely, for gas, mantles, and repairs, JE45 lighting contract, £ 17 new lanterns, EIO contingencies, £1;). It was pointed out that besides this an additional sum of £ 12 was required to discharge liabilities for the current year. On the proposition of Mr Cleaver, seconded by Mr J C Jones, it was decided to ask the parish meeting on Wednesday to vote Mr Cleaver remarked that that would mean a 3d rate. Mr J C Jones drew attention to the need of a new coat of paint for the gas standards, but the matter was deferred. The Chairman, alluding to the deficiency in the current lighting account, expressed a hope that the Council would in future see to it that they paid their way as they went along. He also took the opportunity of expressing pleasure at the efficient manner in which the Clerk kept the books. The Common Account. The work of levelling, &c, at the Common was reported upon, and it was left to the Common Committee to see it carried through. The Clerk reported that there was a balance in hand of R2 18s 5d on the Common account. The Fountain. Mr Cleaver made an interesting statement in regard to the Mary Short Fountain, which has lately been removed from the top of High Street to near Elwy Bridge. He said that the money they would have to borrow from capital would amount to £30, which was better than had been anticipated. The Charity Commis- sioners suggested that the money should be paid by thirty annual instalments. The outgoings fiom the fuilcl-92 16s for supplying the alms- houses with water and 10s for water for the fountain—would leave about R.14 for Common purposes.

The Press, Welsh Superstition. "Ofergcelion yr Hen Gymry" ("Superstitions of the Old Welsh ") is the title of a small book which the Rev T Frimston, Colwyn, has just given to the public. It deals with a variety of subjects- ghost, omens, demonology, fairies, witchcraft, astrology, matrimony, festivals, medicine, death, burial, and a good many more —but much of what is written has little to do with Wales. The writer has made what use he could of all the information that was within his reach on the subjects he treats of, but it is clear that he has never spent much time in col- lecting Welsh folk-lore on his own account. It is equally clear that he does not posses? the necessary mental equipment to deal with the subjects he takes in hand. He simply looks upon ancient customs, rites, ceremonies, ghust stories, corpse caudles, &c., as so many relies of Vopery, or, perhaps, of Pruidism, and fit only to be swept into oblivion. Such things may be superstitions," but they convey a meaning, and it is the duty of any writer dealing with them to liod out what that meaning is. Folk-lore is a branch of litera- ture the importance of which becomes more aod more apparent every day. Mr Frimston belongs to the old school of Welsh philologists. He derives" gar a wys" from garw, little knowing that it cannot be anything else than a modified form of quadragesima. Vnyd," again, according to Mr Frimston, means "jollification," It was suggested more than two centuries ago that it was derived from initium," a beginning, it being the day which marked the beginning of the great Lenten fast. At the same time, the general reader will find much to edify and amuse him in the book, which is well worth a shilling, and is published by Williams, Llangollen.—" Western Mail."

Welsh Catholics and the Education Question. t) At a recent meeting of the Menevia Diocesan Schools Association the following resolutions were passed and adopted:— I-That the indications of the cature of the Education Act about to be introduced by his, Majpsty's Government, given by the President of the Board of Education in his speeches at Lowestoft and Bristol, are such as to create among the Catholics of this country a reasonable sus picion that their religious convictions are to be set aside and their conscientious requirements ignored. 2-That this Governing Body, representing the Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Menevia, do-I.ereby rest)ive and protest that no legislation on the Education Question can be accepted by Catholics which does not secure to Catholic par- ents (a) Catholic Schools for Catholic children, with Catholic teachers. (b) That religious instruction be given in school hours by these Catholic teachers, and that no "Biblical" or "Ethical" instruction, unap- proved by the Catholic Church, be tolerated in Catholic Schools. (c) That these schools be under Catholic con- trol. (d) The upholding of the Conscience Clause in all schools. (e) The statutory right, wherever there exists a unit of thirty Catholic children, to erect at their own expense new schools, provided DO sufficient accommodation in a suitable Catholic school is witbin reasonable distance of such children's homes to have such new schools placed on the Grant List and supported out of public funds under the L.E.A., and also the right to enlarge existing schools. S (f) That the trustees of the schools have the right to visit the schools, either themselves or by deputies. 3. That copies of these resolutions be for- warded to the President of the Board of Educa- tion, and the Alembers of Parliament representing the IVelsh constituencies.

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Football. The six Combination matches down for decision on Saturday resulted as follows :— "Bangor I, Glossop 1. *Chirk 3, Broughton United 1. Crewe Alexandra 3, Rhyll. Port Sunlight 2, nVigan Town 1. Birkenhead 5, Oswestry 2. Nantwich 0, "Tranmere Rovers 0, Denotes home club. THE COMBINATION. —Goals— ,,rl I'ld* Won. Lost. Drn. For. Agst. Pts. uunchurch 21 ..n 4 y ..70 ..24 ,51 Nantwich *24 ."13 2 I 43 11-15 .28 Chester 19 ><12 4 3 ..53 ..it; ..>27 T)ruids 23 -.12 3 ..4fi ..37 .27 Glossop 23 ..Il "s 4 ..41 ..34 ..26 Crewe 24 ..n *"i0 3 ..45 ..37 ..2;) Tranmere Rovers ..22 .,10 7 5 ..31 ..32 .25 Oswestry 22 .ll i ~49 ..41 .21 Port Sunlight 21 ,i 8 5 ..3? ..34 ..21 Chirk 22 7 V. f) .12 ..47 ..20 Birkenhead 19 s s 3 ..30 ..33 ..19 Broughton 19 s 9 2 ..33 ..47 ..IS Bangor 22 5 "12 5 .24 ..58 ..15 Rkyl 5 [12 3 ..4'2 ..51 ..13 *i«an Town 21 o **17 2 .26 ..77 4 *Midllewich, who retired from this league in favour of Wig»n Town, had two noints deducted for playing an ineligible man. The Crewe v Rhyl match, was played before 1,000 spectators. The Cymrics started, but were soon bMten, and for the next ten minutes their backs and halves were kept busily employed. T M Jones was applauded for smart saves under difficulties. Roberts tried to open the scoring account for Rhyl, but found his match in Noreton, who transferred with a hule kick. Heath got posses- sion, and tricking Ogilvie, drove into the net, the visiting custodian having no chance of dealing with the shot. Two minutes later Ogilvie blundered, and from a resulting corner Davies struck the bar, the Rhyl goal experiencing a narrow escape. Play was continuously in the Welshmen's territory, and became very tame in coosequence. Whitelock was noticeable for fine tackling, albeit his forwards did not benefit, for the ball went into touch too often to be of service to his side. Half-time.—Crewe Alexandra Reserves 1, Rhyl nil. Ia the second half the visitors experienced a good deal of ill-luck, and were very unfortunate in not only having further goals scored against them but in not scoring more than once themselves. Crewe s second goal was due to a misunderstanding between T M Jones and Jack Jones, while their third was the result of a rebound from a clearance by Ogilvie. Despite these reverses, however, Rhyl continued to have auite as much of the game as Crewe. Their solitary goal was the outcome of a fine centre by Petrie, which D Hughes cleverly followed up, thus atoning for at least two miser- able failures when a goal seemed certain. The visitors lost good ground on two or three occasions owing to infringements of the oiiside rule. A hard game ended—Crewe ;3, Rhyl 1. The return league match* between Prestatyn and Abergele was played off at Abergele on Saturday, in very boisterous weather. The game was hotly contested, the teams having met the previous Saturday, when Prestatyn won by three goals. The visitors opened the score after twenty minutea' play, and the homesters retaliated a little later, although they had a strong wind to contend with. Half-time score: Abergele 1, Prestatyn 1. The second half was contested with much vigour, but neither side scored again. Rhyl Victoria and Denbigh were also engaged in a league match on Saturday, the result being a well-earned victory for the Vies by 2 goals to 0. 1) W Jones and J \y Ellis scored for the homesters. This encounter took place on the Vies' ground in Sisson Street, and was well attendecl, the spectators including a strong contingent from Denbigh. More than usual interest was centered iu the game, from the fact that Denbigh, who are at the head of the league, had only one more match besides that one to play, while prior to last Saturday the Vies, who hold the second place, were three matches behind and only three points behind. The garne was vigorously contested throughout, and resulted, as already stated, in a well earned victory for the Vies, by :2 goals to l,t, who have thus gained three points at Denbigh's expense. Who wili dare to say that the Vies will not secure the championship after ail 1* r In the same competition Ruthin were at home t:) Llandudno Reserves and the result was a draw ot '2 goals each. :¡ X.\Y.C. LEAGUE TABLE, Division'2. Hcsults up to and including last Saturday. —Goals— Pld. "Won. Lost. Drn. For. Agst. pts Denbigh 11 ;"> H H .,21 ll> ..18 j Rhyl Victoria •• 5 1 2 ..22 .11 ..12 Prestatyn 7 4 1 2 ..IS ..12 ..10 Rhyl Church Guild s 2 •> 4 ,,iti .,11 s! Llandudno Res 10 •• •> i\ 1 ..19 .24 7j Abergele United 11 •• '2 tf ..15 ..30 7 Ruthin 7 2 4 1 10 ..17 5 rsote.—Colwyn oay having withdrawn from the League, their record has been deducted. By beating Buckley by 4 goals to 0, on Saturday, Flint made sure of the championship of the Flintshire League, an achievement upon which they are to be warmly congratulated. The game was keenly contested, being by no means as one- sided as the score might indicate. To show how close has been the race for the championship, we need only point out that had Buckley won they would have obtained the premier position. Mr E Brown Jones, Rhyl, discharged the duties of referee very eflioiently and tactfully. The 28th annual contest under Association rules between Wales and England, at Cardiff on Mon- day, resulted in a victory tor the latter by the only goal of the match, which was obtained five minutes from the finish. The Welsh team in- clucled M and H Morgan-Owen. Love Jones, of .Rhyl, who assisted so much to give Wales their recent splendid victory oyer Scotland, is, we regret to learn, just now on Stoke s injured list. Another good advertisement for Rhyl. The g following appeared in last Friday's "Newcastle Journal :—" Last night a meeting of the directors of Newcastle Unite" was held at St. James' Park, under the presidency of Mr John Cameron. The arrangements regarding the preparation of the League champions or the semi-final tie against Woolwich Arsenal at Stoke were discussed, and it was docided that the players,after the leage match with Wolverhampton Wanderers to-morrow, should proceed tu Rhyl, a popular watering place near the mouth of the Kiver Dee, training quarters which have always been selected by Aston Villa on each occasion they nave^been successful in winning the national trophy. rj^ arrjvaj 0f ^he Oeordies in 1 last Saturday night aroused considerable inteies and we understand they have spent a very ei>joy& »e week at the Marine Hydro.

St Asaph. Cot Drunk and Lost his Situation. At Rhyl Police Court on Monday, James Lawton, labourer, « einig Street, St Asaph, was charged by P-C- jV&ns with drunkenness and disorderly eooaj1 la St A?aph on Saturday night. The cons •-tated that he was called to eject defendant > Mr Thomas' china shop, where he found hflm Very drunk and learnt that he had returned rom his round in the country with a number at'ticles smashed and some missing. As refused to pay the man bis wages until Sober and until Mr Thomas came home, b0 ir.]10 yery disorderly, and had ultimately to g cd up. —This being defen- dant's llrst offeDC w&s given the alternative of I a fine of 2s 6d and 8s 7d costs or seven days' hard labour.—The constable stated that Mrs Thomas had refused to pay defendant's fine or to have him back. He had been getting 14s per week, and Dot only had he been drawing money in advance, but he would likely have to pay for the broken and missing articles. School Reports. Mr L J Roberts. H.M.I., has sent the follow ing report on the work carried on at St Asaph National Schools. As usual it reflects the great- est credit on the bead teachers and staff :—Boys' Schools.—This school is well conducted by Mr Jones, who organises the work with great are and with considerable ability. Tha examination books snow that the scholars are well advanced in their work. Provision is made in the curricu- lum for th teaching of Welsh history. Some of the geography lessons derive additional value from the excpllent large relief map made by the Master. A flourishing violin class, consisting of pupils from the boys and the girls schools, is held after school hours. I am glad to know that the walls of the new classroom, which are quite bare are to be equipped with pictures. Girlt>' School. The excellent tone noted in previous years still marks the school. There are many attractive features in the instruction, but particular notice must be called once more to the stimulating nature study lessons, which, correlated with the com- position lessons, are admirably calculated to develop the general intelligence of the scholars and to awaken their interest in their surround- ings. During the year a school library has been formed consisting of over 200 volumes contributed by friends of the schools. Some new desks are greatly needed. "Infant: School.-This is an exceedingly good Infants' School. The methods employed are eminently suitable and the children. who are happy and bright, are making very rapid progress.

Ireland s Patron Saint. St Patrick is to Ireland what St David is to Wales, St George to England, and St Andrew to Scotland-the patron saint. It was he who first taught the Christian religion to the Irish, who were before his time heathens, or adherents of a religion akin to Droidism in this country. As in the case of St David, the history of St Patrick is but little known. He was born in the last decade of the fourth century, his father being a Roman, by name Calpurnius, an officer in the army, who had embraced the Christian religion. The place of Patrick's birth, also, is uncertain. It was called Bannavem, or Bannaven, but where it stood nobody knows exactly. Un- til recently it was supposed to have stood where Kilpatrick, in Dumbartonshire, now stands, but scholars at present seems to think it stood somewhere in South Wales- in Glamorgan, probably. Patrick's mother was Welsh or Irish. and he bore a Celtic as well as a Roman name—Succat—a word denoting military service. When Patrick was a youth of sixteen the coast of Britain was greatly harassed by pirates-the Picts and Scots-who pill- aged the towns and carried off many of the defenceless inhabitants into slavery. This is what happened to Patrick, and he was taken to Ireland and sold to an Irish chief- tain, who ruled in the county Antrim. There, probably on Slemish Mouutain, the youth spent some six years in hard slavery. tending flocks and herds. He seems to have been of a religious temperament, much given to prayer and meditation. His father was a deacon in the British Church, and, doubtless, the son had been brought up in a Christian atmosphere. Many years afterwards lie wrote a book called his Confession," in which he describes his experience when in slavery. The fear and love of God," he wrote. was kindled in me faith grew, so that I prayed often, one day offering a hun- dred prayers, and at night almost as many and when I passed the night in the woods or on the mountains I rose up to pray before da) break in the snow, ice, and rain. Yet I felt no suiiering. nor was there any sluggish- ness in me such as I now find, for then the- Spirit glowed 'within me," After spending six years in captivity Patrick believed tie heard a voice in his sleep which promised him a speedy return to his native land. Shortly afterwards he proceeded to the coast, and found a vessel bound for Britain, in which he made his escape. At first the captain would not allow him on board, but owing to his entreaties the officer relented, and sent one of the sailors to call him. Through many sufferings and deliverances he at length reached his home. Some time after this he seems to have conceived the idea of returning to Ireland as a missionary with a view of converting the Irish. His parents and friends endeavoured to dissuade him from undertaking snch a perilous task, but nothing could shake him in his noble resolve. In about ten years' time from his escape Patrick returned to Ireland. He had, doubtless, acquired a knowledge of the Irish language during the time he spent in slavery, and this now stood him in good stead. He was a man of resource, and his methods were rough. Patrick did much for the education of Ireland. Young men of the lower rank who I seemed fitted for the ministry were by him educated as teachers. After his death his diciples carried on his labours in the spirit of their master. The Scriptures were studied, books were collected, and the monasteries became schools of missionaries, so that the country acquired the name of The Island of Saints."

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Theft of a Pair of Trousers. At Rhyl Police Court on Monday, before Messrs J H Ellis and G A Taverner, John Evans, labourer 42 Victoria Road, pleaded guilty to a charge ot stealing a pair of brown cord trousers, valued at 5s lld. the property of J F Griffiths, of the Free Trade Hall.-William Davies, assistant to Mr Griffiths, stated that the trousers were hung out- side the shop on the 10th inst. and he did not miss them till closing time, about 10 p.m.—P.S Roberts proved making investigations concerning the theft, which led to the apprehension of defendant atCwin, Penmachno, where he was wearing the trousers. When charged with the theft he ai first declared that he found the trousers flying about High Street, but eventually he admitted he was the thief Asked if he wished to make any statement, defen- dant said he was so drunk at the time of the offence that he was not quite sure hew he got hold of the trousers.—Inspector Pearson having remarked that defendant had been up 10 times before, the Chairman said that notwithstanding his bad record, including a previous conviction for theft, they were disposed to give him a change in the hope that he would do better in the future, He would be fined 10s and I Ss coFsts.Nl r Taverner commented upon the exhibition of goods outside shops at night time, which was a great temptation, as had been proved by various cades of this nature. He hoped that tradespeople would take the hint. -)0(-

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