Rhyl Record and Advertiser

St. Asaph (Flint) Rural District Council. THE. SANDHILLS OBSTRUCTION. EMPLOYING LOCAL LABOUR. Mr Ed Williams (Vi ce-Chairman) presided at the monthly meeting of this Council held on Friday. SANITARY iIXSPiECTORS REPORT. The Sanitary Inspector in his annual report stated that he had during the year made 1,020 inspections 135 -accumulations of refuse had been removed 347 letters had been received 359 letters had been written 145 informal notices were served, of which 139 were com- plied with 146 legal notices were served, and 139 were complied with. He had to report that the water supply to Tremeirchion and Cwm had been satisfactory during the year. In Gemig Street, St Asaph, new brick pavements had been laid. He mentioned the matter, as in case the pavements did not turn out satis- factory he favoured concrete. THE SANDHILLS FOOTPATH, RHYL. A letter was read from Mr Dicken, of Bir- mingham, as to the footpath across the sand- hills between Rhyl and Prestatyn. He did not know whether the footpath was a public one. but as he proposed to builcf bungalows there he asked permission to divert the path. Mr IConwy Bell pointed out that no one had a right to ask people to walk around a house to get to the other side, and before footpath like that could be diverted certain forivauties had to be gone through. They had no power to grant vpermission, and if a house were erec ted, he or any other ratepayer could go and pull it &wn if it obstructed the footpath. The Council decided to reply that êö,.y had no power to grant permission to divert the path as suggested. o EMPLOYING LOCAL LABOUR. The Clerk reported that at the previous not- ing the contract for laying a short length of sewer at St Asaph had been let to Mr John Smallwood, who was the lowest, but since then Mr Smallwood declined to sign the contract as there was a clause prohibiting sub-letting with- out the consent of the Surveyor in writing. Morris proposed 'that the next tender be accepted. Mr Llew Evans seconded. Mr Conwy Bell asked if that clause was in the original specifications The Clerk replied in the effirmative, and sai I he understood that Mr Smallwood had when fixing his pr;s:e had in mind the fact that cer- tain parties would do a portion of the work at an agreed price. Mr Conwy Bell asked if there "s anything stipulated that it should be done by local labour The Clerk: No. ,ir Conwy Bell said the fact of :he matter was that Mr Smallwood had some men from Rhuddlan who knew the work, and they wuld be able to make a good job of it. He did not see how .they could call that sub-letting. Mr. Evans pointed out that all the persons tendering did so on the same specifications. Mr Morris said there was no objection to men living outside St Asaph being engaged to do the work, but there was to be no sub-letting. Mr Lothian considered that they should have the work done by St Asaph men. Why was it necessary to go to Rhuddlan for workmen, when they had plenty of good men in St Asaph, and they should have a chance? The Chairman believed in the contractor do- ing the work himself. On it being stated that the next tender was L7 higher. Mr Morris withdrew his motion. Mr Lothian thought it would be better to pay the P,7 than send the work out of St Asaph. Men wanted work there, and they should have it, seeing that St Asaph had to bear We cost. On the motion of Mr Evans, seconded by Mr Lothian, the tender of Mr Meakin at £ 53 10s was accepted. WATER CERTIFICATES. The Council granted water certificatts to Mr T W Jones for two houses at St Asaph, and to Mr W Conwy Bell for bungalows at Election Row, Rhuddlan. -ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The Council then went into committee to consider the question of providing an isolation hospital for the district. A conference was held, at wluch representatives of the Parish Councils of St Asaph, Waen, Rhuddlan, Bodel- wyddan, Bodfari, Tremeirchion, and Cwm were present. The proceedings were private.

What is Vegetarianism ? Many variously absurd answers are given to the above question, usually among others the following: -A new-fangled notion, a fad, living on coarse vegetables, etc. To show that all these statements are fundamentally wrong will be an easy matter. As to being new--fangled," nothing could be more erroneous. If we turn to the oldest authentic writings extant, viz., the Bible, we find it was the Great Creator's plan that not only the beast, but also man should be non-flesh eaters (Gen. i, -29, 30). That man remained such for 1656 years may be proved by reading Gen. ix, 1-7, where will be found the first permission for flesh-eating. That it is not a fad" is shown by the fact that in those days men were exceedingly strong, even to being giants, Gen. vi, 4, and that they lived longer when non-flesh eaters is patent from the following. Before the flood (the non-flesh eating epoch), man's average age was nearly 1000 years (Gen. v chap.). Since the flood (the flesh-eating era), the average has gradually diminished. Noah, the ârst recorded flesh- eater, lived to be 950 years; his son Shem, 600 years; his great-grandson Salah, 33 years and Salah's great-grandson, Reu, 239 years; Reu's great-grandson, Terah, 205 years; and Terah's great-grandson, Joseph, 110 years. By Terah's time the average was reduced to 70 years; now the average is 42 years, less than one-twentieth of the original lease of man's life. That fleshless dietary is by no means a modern idea is also manifest from the fact that in all ages a large proportion of the human family have confined their diet to natural food. At the present time, taking the race as a whole, there are at least four or five out of every six persons who do not eat llesh. Hesiod, eight centuries before Chnst, wroje of the Golden Age," when flesh foods were unknown. According to this writer, the people then enjoyed the happy state, which he des- cribes thus Like God's, they lived with calm, untroubled .1 mind, Free from the toil and anguish of our kind, Nor did decrepit age misshape their frame." Pythagoras, fifth century B.C., demonstrated the reforming influences of a non-flesh dietary. It is said he tamed a formidable bear, which had become the terror of the country, and by a non-flesh dietary rendered it amicable and harmless for the remainder of its life. Plato, in his famous dialogue, "The Repub- lic," written in the fourth century B.C., repre- sents Socrates as describing a model city, and prescribing for the inhabitants therein a dietary consisting simply of fruits, grains, vegetabes, and nuts. In his dialogue it is interesting to note that Socrates traces the origin of war and disease, and all the human ills growing out of these great evils, to the use of flesh foods. A careful reading of the ninth chapter of Genesis suggests the same thought. Seneca, who died A.D. 65, the contemporary of Paul, -wrote: In the simpler times there was no need of so large a supernumery force of medical men, nor so many surgical instruments, or. of so many boxes of drugs. Health was simple for a simple reason. Many dishes have in- duced diseases. Note how vast a quantity of lives one stomach absorbs—devastator of land and sea. No wonder that with so discordant a diet disease is ever varying. Vegetables are sufficient food for the stomach, into which we now stuff valuable lives." Plutarch wrote: "III digestion is most to be feared after flesh-eating, for it very soon clogs us, and leaves ill consequences behind it. It would be best to accustom one's self tr eat no flesh at all, for the earth affords plenty enough of things fit not only for nourishment, but for delight and enjoyment." 0 Porphyry, the noted Greek philosopher, said And let such a man tell me whether a rich flesh diet is more easily procured, or incites less to the indulgence of irregular passions and appetites, than a light vegetable dietary. It is not from those who have lived on innocent foods that murderers, tyrants, robbers, and sycophants have come, but from eaters of flesh." Coming to the early Christians, we find such men as Tertullian (2nd cettury), Clement of Alexandria (3rd century), and numerous others of the early fathers, defending the bloodless fare. Clement said:—"For is there not with- in a temperate simplicity a wholesome variety of eatables-vegetables, roots, olives, herbs, milk, cheese, fruits, and all kinds of dry foods." Chrysostom of Antioch (4th century) deLounced flesh-eating thus The unnatural eating of flesh meat is of demoniacal origin, and was introduced by those giants who, from their bas- tard nature, took no pleasure in pure nourish. ment, and only lusted after blood. Therefore, the eating of flesh is as' polluting as the heathen worship of demons, with its sacrifices and its impure feasts, thiough participation in which a man becomes a fellow dietist with demons." If further testimony be necessary, among the thousands of reliable witnesses to the sufficiency and superiority of fruitarian diet—man's natur- al food—witnesses who practised abstinence from flesh-food and advocated the purer way of living, are to be found:—Sampson, Samuel, Solomon, Daniel, John the Baptist, Aristotle, Hypatia, Iamblichus, Diogenes, Buddha, Zoro- aster, the Christian Apostles—James, Matthew, James the less, etc. the Christian Fathers— Tertullian, Origen, etc. Milton, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Shelley, Grey, Pope, Thom- son, Paley, Wesley, Swedenberg, Newman, Edison, the famous Dr Abernethy, Dr Lamb, Dr Cheyne, General William Booth, etc., etc. I.et it be noted, says Dr Kellogg, that a vege. tarian is not necessarily one "who lives on coarse vegetables." The ordinary understand- ing of the word vegetarian is a vegetable eater"; but even if "librarian" should mean book eater," and "antiquarian" 'an eater of antiques," still the word "vegetarian" would not necessarily mean "an eater of vegetables" for the word is derived from the Latin verb vegere," which means "to make strong, to make vigorous, to make lively, to cause to .flourish." From this verb we have "vegetus," which means "live, brave, strong, sound, whole, vigorous, agile." And from "vegetus" we have vegetarious," from which comes the word "vegetarian." Now the word" veget- able" is remotely related to the word "veget- arian" it is derived from the same root; we have also the words "vigor" and "vigil- ant"; and even the words "hygiene" and "hygienic" are derived, although remotely, from the same word. To interpret the word "vegetarian" as meaning simply "a vegetable eater" would be almost as cons;stent as the definition of the word "hygienic" given by an Irish health officer, who said it was "a bad smell arising from dirty water." Thus, "a vegetarian" does not live solely on cabbages, roots, greens, but on a diet excluding tIe flesh', and of course including fruits, of all kinds, grains, and nuts, which when properly prepared furnish the most natural, wliolesome, nutritious, and at the same time the most toothsome and delicate of dietaries, in short C:.a vegetarian is simply one who abstains from the use of flesh foods, or the eating of dead things, excluding from his bill of fare whatever cannot be employed as food, without the taking of life. Thus avoiding such a picture as depicted oy the following lines:- Deaf to the calf that lies beneath the knife. Looks up, and from her butcher begs her life Deaf to the harmless kid. that ere he dies, All methods to procure thy mersy tries, And imitates in vain thy children's cries Where will he stop who feeds with hous-ehold bread Then fats the poultry which before he fed ?" —Ovid. Is there a brute on earth chat could be capable of such a crime ? Well did Plutarch say, Alas for our savage inhumanity 1" J. F. SMITH, Prestatyn. Doctor of Science, &c. 0

Mr. Summers and the Flint Boroughs. ENTHUSIASTIC LIBERAL MEETINGS AT RHUDDLAN AND ST. ASAPH. MR. ELLIS J. GRIFFITH, M.P., SUPPORTS HIS CANDIDATURE. On Wednesday evening enthusiastic meetings wehe held in Rhuddlan and St Asaph in sup- port of the candidature of Mr J 'W Summers, the Liberal candidate of the Flint Boroughs. At Rhuddlan the meeting was held in the Baptist Chapel. The chair was taken by the 'Rev D Jones, and he was supported by Mr Ellis J Griffith, M.P., .Mr Summers, Dr Williams (Flint), 'the Rev Benjamin Evans, Mr Griffiths .n (Old Post Office), Mr Thomas Hughes, while ,-Ifr Hughes, the Liberal agent, had charge of the arrangements. The Chairman said he was pleased to see Mr Summers amongst them, and while they re- gretted that their late member, .Mr J Herbert Lewis—(Applause)—was not able to be with them, he had a letter to read from that gentle, man. It was as follows:—"I am exceedingly sorrv that the opening of Parliament on Wednesday prevents me from attending the meeting at Rhuddlan, in support of the candi. dature of Mr Suiniiiers. He will make an admirable representative of the Flint Boroughs in ,Parli.a.ment. His interests, public and pri- vate, have for many years been bound up with the county of his adoption, and he is a stead- fas upholder and loyal supporter of the prin- ciples to which the Flint Boroughs have already remained true. With best wishes for a suc- cessful meeting, etc." -Continuing, the Chair- man Said that as the audience was aware, Mr How-ell Idris, the present member, was not again contesting the seat, and at a meeting of delegates Mr J W Summers was chosen as their candidate (Applause). They had chosen a worthy gentleman, one who had been for some years chairman of the Flintshire County Coun- cil, and who not only employed in the county of Flint thous.ads of workmen, but who paid away thousands of pounds in wages £ very year to Flintshire workmen (Applause). He 1;,e' lieved that Mr Summers was a gentleman who was liked by all who knew him, and would make an excellent member for the Flint Bor- oughs (Applause). MR. (SUMMERS ON CURRENT POLITICS. .Mr Summers, who was accorded a very hearty reception, said that it was a great pleasure to him to visit Rhuddlan, and but for the duties which were attendant with' the openiiig of Parliament, Mr Herbert Lewis would certainly have been present (Applause). They had, however, that well-known Welsh Liberal mem- ber, Mr Ellis Jones Griffith (Applause). Parlia- ment was opened that day, and they were looking forward to a session of u.-e-ul work, and he thought that the time was opportune when they should look at the record, of the work of the past sessions since the Liberal Govern- ment had 'been returned to power (Hear, hear). He felt sure that they were satisfied with what the Government had done during ihe time it had been in power, but how much mere would it have accomplished had the House of Lords not blocked the way ? The Liberal Govern- T ment had passed through the House of Com- mons useful measures, but the Lords had re- jected Mr Birrell's Education Bill, the Plural Voting Bill, the Scottish land Bill, and the Scottish Small Holdings Bill. When the Government took up the reins of office the country under the Tory rule had just concluded a most disastrous, and in his opinion, unnecess- ary war, in South Africa-a war which had cost this country 250 millions of money and had sacrificed 20,000 valuable lives. South Africa was seething with discontent, the national finances were in a state of chaos, and the Chinese were over-running South Africa. To. day Mr Asquith was bringing into order from chaos the national finances, and had promised to introduce an Old Age Pension Bill (Applause). That was a Bill which the Tories had promised to bring in, but they did not show that they had any prospects or means of carrying it out (Hear, hear). To-day the Chinese were being cleared out of South Africa, and things were working more smoothly in that land. During the time the Conservatives were in power they had increased in an alarming mannert-he na- tional indebtedness, and notwithstanding the large amounts they, received from the death duties, they had raised the price of many ar- ticles, and put a tax on coal. They had also raised the income-tax from 8d to Is in the E. In the short time that Mr Asquith had been. Chancellor of the Exchequer under the Liberal Government, he had straightened their finances, and the time was not far distant when they would see a scheme of Old Age Pensions brought to the front (Applause). As he had said, had it not been for the work of the House of Lords the list of what the Liberal Government had done, formidable as it was, would have been even more satisfactory (Applause). Reterring to THE EDUCATION BILL, he said that in that measure Mr Birrell had endeavoured to conciliate the other side, and he had gone further than many of his friends thought was right, but notwithstanding that, .it was rejected by the House of Lords, and that after the House of Commons had spent a great deal of time on freely discussing!t. Mr ■McKenna had now promised that he would bring in another Education Bill, and it was believed that that would solve the difficulty (Applause). If .Mr McKenna were successful in solving this great problem, he would deserve not only well of the Liberal party, but of the whole country (Applause). He (the speaker) was glad to see that a deputation of Churchmen had recently waited upon the Prime Minister and Mr McKenna. That deputation consisted of three Bishops, 5 Deans, 5 Canons, 5 Pro. fessors of Colleges, and representatives of the clergy and laity. The deputation claimed that it represented a large body of the clergy and all overwhelming lay opinion. They had assured the Prime Minister and Mr McKenna that simple Bible teaching without dogmatic teaching would satisfy the great mass of church- people thoughout the land (Applause). He need not say that it was no part of the policy of the Liberal party to abolish Bible teaching out of the elementary schools of the country < (Loud applause). If Bibla teaching were abolished, it would be brought about by the "I unreasonableness of tne fanatics (Hear, hear). In his opinion, unless this question were settled on the lines laid down by the deputation of churchpeople, there was no solution but the secular solution (Hear, hear). That would mean that there would be no religious teaching in the schools, but that they wculd be open other than in school hours to the different denominations to teach their own creeds at their own expense (Applause). The question of edu- cation was an important one, and it behoved them to see that their children were equipped in order to meet their rivals in foreign coun- tries. They should so equip them that they would be worthv citizens cf a great empire (Applause). LICENSING AND TARIFF REFORM. In the King's Speech, he saw that the Govern- ment intended introducing .a Licensing Bill. Mr Asquith had throuwn out in some of his recent speeches hints as to the lines upon which such Bill was to be founded. There must be a time limit to the present system of compensation in ord-er that the State might assume its power over the monopoly which it itself created, and for which the publicans and brewers were paying nothing. There must also be reduced I, -cl Li facilities for drinking, which had caused so much crime and misery thriughout the country I (Hear, hear). Although it might be unwise to legislate upon social questions much ahead o! public opinion, yet he felt with regard to Wales they were justified in demanding that Local Option should be granted to them—that was to say that in any district, where two-thirds of the people chose, they could have the control of the granting or abolition of licenses. Nearly all the members of the Cabinet were in favour of the principle of Local Option, and he averred that Wales was quite ripe for Local Option (Hear, hear). They must demand that it should be included in the present Licensing Bill. One of the principal questions before the country was the question of Tariff Reform. Mr Chambe rlain in 1903 at Greenock had aid that iron was threatened, wool was threatened, and cotton would go. He (the speaker) could only say that the export of iron had gone up twenty per cent., wool five per cent., and cotton twenty per cent., so that it seemed a long time before cotton would go. True it might be that trade was not so flourishing as it had been during the past five years. But they compared favourably with their protectionist rivals, Ger- many .and America. In the latter country pig 'd iron had considerably decreased in its export, and the same might be said of Germany, only in a more modified degree. In Berlin there were over thirty thousand men out of employ- ment, and misery and poverty was ram pan. which shewed that whatever depression there had been in British trade, they had teen much more fortunate and flourishing than those coun- tries which had a Protectionist Tariff. It was proposed that a tax should be placed upon corn, because it would help their fiiends in Canada and Australia, but he could assure them that this was a complete fallacy. If they in- creased :the price of corn by the imposition of a tax upon corn, it would naturally increase the price of the 41b. loaf. In Mid Devon the charge had been made against the Government that it had been the cause of the price of bread going up. The Governmentmight ju..t as well as have been accused of having been respon- sible for the storms they had recently had (Laughter and Hear, hear). The increase in the price of bread was entirely due to the pover- ty of the harvest during the last year. In 1906 the production of wheat throughout the world was 444 millions quarters, whilst last year it dropped to 394 millions quarters, and that was the sole cause of the increase in the price of bread. No scientific tariff could enable them to get over bad times, better than un".er a free trade policy, such as the country now had. He was sure they would be glad to hear Mr Ellis Griffith, who was a power and influence throughout the whole Principality, and they looked forward to his career as one of thir leading statesmen (Applause). Mr Summers was lustily cheered t- he left the meeting for St Asaph. MR. ELLIS GRIFFITH'S ADVICE. The Chairman, in introducing Mr Ellis Jones Griffith, said it was said by outsiders that Liberalism was dead in Rhuddlan, but they would show them when the time came they were not dead, and that they would return Mr Summers by a large majority. The Prime Minister could rely on the Liberals of the Flint Boroughs supporting him by returning a gentle- man worthy to represent them in every way (Applause). Mr Ellis Jones Griffith, who had a very hearty reception, said that he was pleased to be there that night to support Mr Summers (Applause). Even had not Mr Summers been a good candi- date he would have been pleased to support him as he was the candidate chosen by the votes of the party at a properly convened meeting. Mr Summers had merits and they could support him as one who had adopted Flintshire as his county, and as one who took a deep interest in its affairs (Applause). No man, be he English or Welsh, could have served the county of his adoption better than had Mr Summers (Ap- plause). He was not a man who advertised himself, but his steady, unostentatious hard work in ithe .public interest had earned for him the reward of being sent to the Hquse of Com- mons to represent the Flint Boroughs (Ap- plause). He did not know how far off they in the Flint Boroughs might be from a bye-election, but the Liberal electors of that constituency should remember that in the present Parlia- ment 'Wales spoke with a unanimous voice, and they did not want that unanimity bioken by any discordant note from the person oE Mr Tilby (Hear, hear). He saw in the newspapers that .Mr Tilby had recently made a rousing speech (Laughter). He did not qu'te know what that meant, but it was very difficult to rouse the Conservatives to anything, so that a little rousing went a long way with them (Hear, hear). At any rate, the Liberals of-the Flint Boroughs would show the Conservatives that they could be aroused, and that they would keep intact the unanimous voice of Wales (Ap. plause). Mr Tilby had told his audience that the Conservatives were the poor man') friends, but did Mr Tilby suppose that he wis still a schoolmaster and that he was talking to a lot of children ? (Laughter). Did he think that he was in school, and that his word was law, and that he must be obeyed) (Hear, hear). He did not say but that there were exceptions to every rule, but in the main they could take it that it was the Liberal party which was the party of the poor man, and that the Tory was the party of the rich (Applause). If land in this country had votes, then the Tories would get a large majority. If capital had votes, then the Tories would also get a majority, but fortunately it was the intelligence of the work- ing classes that had votes, and that was what gave the Liberals th-eir majority, and he pre- ferred that kind of votes to the votes of either land or capital (Applause). The speaker then went on to speak of THE SMALL HOLDINGS ACT. He said he had been asked to say a few words about it, and he would point out that :n the past the men who worked on the land had had no chance of securing any of it. They could not buy it, as the land was too dear, I at why should not those who had tilled the Land have a chance of owning a little of it 'or them- selves ? (Applause). The Small i,,s Act gave them the power of doing something more :han simply working on the land. TIle Tories made out that it was a measure to steal the land. He had never heard of a man being able to stead an acre of land, and yet their opponents spoke of thousands of acies being stolen (Laughter). The new Act made it pos- sible for the labourer to have A small holding, and all he had to do was to make an applica- tion for land, and the County Council had tc* set the machinery at work and help him to secure it on fair and reasonable terms. He hoped that many would send in applications. The Rev Benjamin Evans then proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr Thos. Hughes and supported 'by Dr Humphrey Williams (Flint) and carried with applause:- "That this meeting desriesto express if unabat- ed confidence in the present Government, under the able leadership of Sir H Campbell-Banner- man and is of opinion that the highest and best interests of the people are best secured by its continuance in office. It respectfully urges that matters .affecting Wales be given a fore-most place in coming legislation and takes this oppor- tunity of expressing its unswerving loyalty to the policy and principles of Liberalism. The speakers afterwards proceeded to St Asaph where a second meeting was held, the chair was taken by Mr J P Jones, and the resolution was spoken to by Mr Summers Mr Ellis Griffith was spoken to by Mr Summers, Mr Ellis Gri- ffith, the Rev W Price, and the Rev W M Jones. o

Rhyl Women's Convalescent Home. A SATISFACTORY YEAR'S WORK. ANOTHER £ 300 INVESTED. I The ihirty-eighth annual meeting of the sub- scribers of the .Rhyl Women's Convalescent Home was held at Hall cm Thursday. The Vicar presided, and there were also pre- sent :—Mr S Perks, Mr and .Mrs Greenstreet, Mrs DeRance, Mrs Richardson, Miss Mannix, And Mr sW Smith {Secretary). At the opening of the meeting the Vicar ex- pressed regret that Mr P II Chambres was un- able to preside that day, and that Col. Main- waring was also prevented by indispositioa from being present. THE REPORT. The annual report was presented, from which, it appeared that the working of the Intitutiou continued to be satisfactory, and diit during the past year 541 patients had been admitted, being all increase of 22. Of these 486 were nominated by subscribers. There was a de- crease of four in the subscribers, 66 having withdrawn, but 62 new ones were secured. The patients came from the following districts —Staffordshire, 142; Warwickshire, 117; Cheshire, 96; Shropshire, 65; Lancashire, 23 North Wales, 54 and other places, 39. The subscriptions had decreased by £ 16 13s 9d,. but the patients' payments increased by C31 2s. Many letters had been received showing that the patients had received great benefit from their stay in the Institution. The year was started with £451 19s 3d in liand; donations had amounted to R30; subscriptions, JB471 16s; patients' payments, JM79 5s rents brought in E,81 interest on Consols, P,50 kitchen re- fuse, Ll and bank interest, JE12 1;),; 7d. On the other side then; was expanded £ 46S 16s 8d on provisions repairs and painting, L103 2s 2d; fuel and light, JB46 Os 6d; salt water baths, JE4 15s salaries and wages, f;307 15s 3d rates, &c., R67 115 10; fire insurance, CZ 7s 9d printing and postages, :619 9s 4d various, C5, 4s 4d. The balance in hand was B553 lis 6d. The Vicar, in moving the adoption o* the re- port, said that it was very satisfactoiy, and it was pleasing to find that the Institution was appreciated by the patients. Although the sub- scriptions had decreased, that was due to the fact that the Country Charity, the Crowe Rail- way Servants, and the North Staffordshire Convalescent Homes had reduced their contri- butions. That indicated that they had other convalescent homes of a like character which answered their purpose. Mr Perks added that two such homes had been opened on the North Wales coast recently. The Vicar added that the balance at the bank was substantially larger this year, but they had spent a considerable sum on painting and re- pairs. They had replaced nearly the whole of the landers around the building, and that had cost JEM. Mrs DeRance seconded, and the report was adopted. VOTES OF THANKS. Mr Perks, in moving a vote of thanks to the Vicar, and to Mr Jenks, the hon. dentist, said that it was very gratifying to find the Vicar took such a deep interest not only n the spiritual, but in the temporal, welfare of the Institution. Miss Mannix seconded, and the vote was carried. •Mr Perks also moved a vote of thanks to Miss Lawrie, the matron, and 'to Mr Smith, the secretary, remarking that the satisfactory posi- tion of the Institution was in a large meaure due to their careful management. This was carried, after being seconded by Miss Mannix, and supported by the Vicar. L500 FURTHER INVESTED. Mr Perks said it was very gratifying to be able to say diat the Institution w.as able to in- vest a large sum of money. They had accumu- lated a reserve fund of c2,000, and that was invested in Consols. He thought that now they were in a position to invest a further sum of £300, and he moved that that sum be inves- ted in Consols at 21 per cent. They thought that it was better to invest in Consols., as their other fund was so invested, and it would be better to have one investment. There was also the fact taht Consols now were low, and that by buying at a cheap price they would in a way equalise matters, as they had bought Consols at a higher price. •He moved that the sum of L,300 be invested. •Mr. Greenstreet, in seconding, agreed "wiik !Mr Perks. This was agreed to. The proceedings closed with ? vote cr thank* to the Vicar for presiding. n

"THE MARRIAGE OF KITTY." Next Thursday, in the Town H.-all, the Rhyl Amateur Dramatic Society are producing the. very amusing play, '■ The .Marriage or Kitty, under the direction of Mr Percy J Ashfield. Special scenery has been designed for the occa- sion, and the orchestra will be in the able hands of Mr Horace Haselden. An influential list of patrons has been secured, and the profits will be handed over to the Rhyl Advertising Association. Therefore, a crowded house will- doubtless result.