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Rhondda District Council. Appointment of Deputy Officer. Royal Visit to the Rhondda. 11 ■ Office Accommodation. The monthly meeting of the Rhondda District Council was held at the Council Chamber, Pentre, on Friday, Councillor Edward Jones, J.P., presiding. The attendance also included Councillors Thos. Thomas (vice-chairman), Daniel Evans, D. C. Evans, W. T. Jones, Dd. Williams, Dr. W. E. Thomas, Tom George, Griffith Evans, R. S. Griffiths, William Thomas, W. P. Thomas, J. D. Williams, W. D. Wight, Tom Evans, W. H. Morgan, Thos. Griffiths, Walter Williams, W. T. Davies, Dr. A. G. Tribe, Ben Davies, Lewis Hopkins, David Smith, W. H. Mathias, Thos. Harris, L. P. Griffiths, D. R. Jones, and Leonard Llewelyn, together with the Clerk (Mr. W. P. Nicholas), the Surveyor (Mr. W. J. Jones), and the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. J. D. Jenkins). OPPOSITION TO BILLS. The ordinary business of the Council was preceded by a special sitting, at which it was resolved to oppose in Parliament the Glamorgan Water Board's Bill, and I I the Pontypridd Waterworks Company's Bill. Councillor Wight, in moving the reso- lution, said that as far as the first-named Bill was concerned, their action was taken merely to protect the Council in any matters of detail in the Bill. The Council had already affirmed their pro- position to join the Water Board, but when they did that they had not the details of the Bill before them. It was, therefore, necessary at present to protect themselves against certain clauses in the Bill which had been drawn up, and to do that it Ava3 necessary for them to put themselves in a position to object to those clauses in the Bill. With regard to the opposition against the Pontypridd Water- works Company's Bill, the latter Company were seeking to alter the Bill which they obtained last year. The Council had the most strenuous reasons for objecting to those alterations. Some of the clauses in last year's Bill weu e most valuable to the. Council, and if these were altered it would put the Council in the same posi- tion as they were before, and all the legal action taken by the Council against the Company, and tli(jir opposition in Parliament last year, would be thrown away. There could not be two opinions with the Council as to the desirability of opposing this Bill, and he had therefore great pleasure in moving the resolution. Councillor J. D. Williams seconded, and the motion was carried. This ended the business of the special meeting, and the ordinary work was then proceeded with. ROYAL VISIT. The Clerk read a letter from Mr. Tom Iltuics, secretary of the General Sir 'I larles Warren's Shield Competition, calling attention to the forthcoming visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise to the Valley in. July next. Her Royal Highnesis, who will be accompanied by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, will stay two days in the locality, during which time they will be the guests of Mrs. Judge Gwilvm Willilams at Miskin Manor. On Friday, July 2-3rd, the Royal party will make a tour through the Rhondda Fawr, making a stop at Trealaw, where Her Royal Highness will formally open the Memorial Hall erected to the memory of the late Judge Gwilym Wil- liams, proceeding to Treherbert after the ceremony. On the following day she will present the valuable trophy to the suc- cessful squad in the ambulance competi- tion at Mardy. The writer pointed out that it was very desirable that the wel- come to be given to Her Royal Highness should be as general and cordial as pos- sible, and asked what steps did the Council intend taking towards this end. Dr. Thomas: Is there a chance of a Knighthood for the Chairman? (Laugh- ter). l Councillor J. 1). Williams said that it they could do anything to .show their loyalty, it was only reasonable that they should do so. s Dr. Thomas said that the point was how were they to do so. They could not, like a Borough, spend the money of the ratepayers in a thing of this kind. The Clerk: That is so. Councillor Tom Evans: If we cannot spend money on it, it is hardly worth our while wasting time discussing it. Councillor J. D. Williams: Don't you think that an important Council like the Rhondda. ought to show in some way or other their appreciation of Her Royal Highness' visit? Councillor Daniel Evans: If there was any money spent, I don't think we should be surcharged for it. Dr. Tribe said that they ought- to do something. Her Royal Highness was coming here in connection with the ambulance movement, a movement which was doing a. great deal of good work in the locality, and he certainly thought the Council ought to present an address of welcome or something of the sort. Dr. Thomas: Whatever my opinion may be about the form of government, we ought to appreciate the visit of one of the Royal Family to our district. Though we cannot do it from the rates, we ought to join together as a body and make the visit a success. We would he disloyal if we did nothing. Councillor Wight: We should invite the general public to assist in decorating the streets on the occasion. On the motion of. Dr. Thomas, it was eventually resolved that the Council eventually resolved that the Council should form itself into a Committee to consider the advisability of extending a suitable welcome to Her Royal Highness. IRREGUlJÀR T RAM CAR SERVICE. I The Clerk read a letter from Mr. Nisbett, the general manager of the Rhondda Tramcar Company, replying to the complaints made at the last meeting of the Council as to the irregular service or the cars. Mr. Nisbett said that the Company were doing their best to render the service as-efficient as possible, and he did not think there was much to he complained of in the service on the Partridge Road route. Up to 5.30 p.m. I there was a ten minutes service each way, and an eight-minute service after that, and the last down car from Tre- herbert did not leave until 12 midnight. It was impossible, added Mr. Nisbett, to guarantee absolute regularity of service, owing to the heavy traffic and the narrow- ness of the roads. The Clerk said that lie disagreed with a portion of the manager's letter. There were several people whom he knew, having to go away by train, who pre- ferred walking to the railway statio-rti than waiting for the cars. The same thing was true of the .school children, whilst the officials of the Council who at one time utilised the cars to "o home for dinner, had discontinued their use owing t) their irregularity. Dr. Thomas said if it was true that the cars started within ten minutes of each other, there was a greater interval between them when they passed his house. A Member: Is it not true that the road is very narrow near Llysygraig? Councillor R. S. Griffiths: It is not only the road that is narrow at that spot (loud laugihteI1). Councillor Tom George said there was no doubt that the cars were greatly im- peded" owing to the heavy traffic on the road, and he quoted an instance where a tram had been delayed for a long time owing to a heavy carrier's wagon being on the metals. Councillor Wight: In Cardiff they have clocks, where the tramcar man turns a key showing what time he is there. I don't we anything of that kind in this Valley. The Surveyor said that clocks were under order, and timetables were also in course of preparation, which would show the time the cars passed various places. Councillor J. D. Williams: I am very pleased to hear that. The Clerk said the matter ought to be seriously considered, and something should be done to make the Company keep to the clauses of their contract. Mr. R. S Boyer, mining surveyor, Ystrad. wrote complaining of the fares charged by the Tramway Company, and invited the opinion of the Council as to the charge of a penny per quarter mile. In one instance, added the writer, he had seen an old man pay 7d. like a lamb for a 4d. ride-(laughter):and when the con- ductor was remonstrated with, his reply was that it was no business of his to interfere. On the motion of Councillor R. S. Griffiths, the matter was referred to the Roads Committee. CORONER AND FIREGUARDS. A communication was received from the District Coroner, Mr. R. J. Rhys, stating that at a recent inquest held at Ferndale upon the bodies of two children who had died as the results of burns inflicted by the igniting of their clothing, he had called attention to the existence of the recent Act of Parliament which rendered it a punishable offence not to provide fire- guards in houses where there were young children, and he had been directed by the jury to write to the Local Authority with a view of making the provisions of the Act known. During his twenty years' duties, added the Coroner, he had found parents, as a, rule, disinclined to provide fireguards, and he would therefore sug- gest to the Council that they should advertise the existence of this section of the Act, in order that parents might be taught their obligations) to the ill" chil- dren, rather than that they should be enforced by a lesson in the Police Courts. Dr. Thomas: Have we anything to do with the administration of the Act? The Clerk: No. What the Coroner wants us to do is to call attention to the existence "f this Act, and the consequences to parents if they do not comply with it. The suggestion was referred to the con- sideration of the Health Committee. PENYGRAIG CLUB FIXTURES. An anolication was received from Mr. Austin, the secretary of the Penygiraig Football Club, for permission to use the Belle Vue Field for the remainder of their fixtures. Mr. Austin stated that the field upon which the club played at present was to a great extent unplayable, owing to the slope in the land, and as many important fixtures had yet to be played, the club were very desirous of obtaining permission to play on the old ground. Councillor R. S. Griffiths' opinion was invited as to what result the granting of this permission would have on the turf, and his reply: "I do not know what a game of football might mean," created considerable mirth. Dr. Thomas was of the opinion that permission could not be granted, as the cricketers who used it during the summer were only allowed to do so on the dis- tinct understanding that no payment for admission was to be made. Councillors Tom Evans and J. D. Wil- liams ,supported the application, and even tually, on the motion of Councillor Thos. cbs, permission was granted up to the end of Anril, for Saturdays onlv. THE SHOP HOURS ACT. A letter was received from Mr. Fianklen, Clerk to the Glamorgan County Council, stating that the Standing Joint Committee of the Council were not pre- pared to receive a deputation with refer- ence to the enforcing of the Shop .Hours Act, 1904. Mr. Nichola.s pointed out that the view of tho Rhondda Council was that this Act could be better enforced bv the police, and that without any oreat in- ■ 11 1 conArenience. The Standing Joint Com- mittee, however, felt they were not called upon to enforce this Act, and he (Mr. Nicholas) was directed to communicate with other Authorities with a view of an united action being taken towards get- ting the Standing Joint Committee to reconsider the matter. The reply of Mr. Franklen was that the Committee were not prepared to receive a deputation on the question. This was a matter that was felt very mutch by the tradespeople in the Rhondda, as well as in other dis- tricts; and he would suggest to Alderman Matliias, as the only member of the Rhondda Council on the Standing Joint Committee, to move a notice of motion to receive a. deputation on the matter. Alderman Matliias said that he would do so. DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL. A letter was received from the Secre- tary of the Daylight Saving Bill Com- mittee, asking the Council to support the provisions of the Bill. Councillor Wight said the Bill was one of the cleverest schemes that had been brought forward, and would result in an enormous saving of gas bills, besides proving an important factor in the general health of the country, as all would be compelled to get up an hour earlier (laughter). Councillor Smith! moved that the letter lie on the table, as the scheme was abso- lutely impracticable. Councillor Leonard Llewelyn also sup- ported the Bill, Avhilst Dr. Thomas moved that the letter be left aside for a month and that Mr. Wight and Mr. Llewelyn write a treatise upon the subject (laugh- ter). After a majority had declared in favour of the Bill, Dr. Thomas said that thoso who had voted for it were the people who could not get up Avithout having some- body to call them (laughter). SUNDAY CONCERTS. Councillor Walter Williams, on behalf of the local Free Church Council, asked whether the Council had any jurisdiction over Sunday concerts at the local theatres. The Clerk said that one of the rules in the dramatic licenses granted by the Council Avas that no performance was to be given on Christmas Day, Good Friday, Sunday, &c., except by spccial permission of the Council. and if he were asked to give an opinion on the question, he would say that these theatres could not be opened -for the purposes mentioned in their It licenses except by the permission of the Council. The matter Avas, hoAvever, one for the police to deal with; the Council was only the licensing authority. Dr. Tribe: Do we object to sacred con- certs ? Dr. Thomas: What we call "sacred" is not what they would, perhaps, call sacred." THE DEPUTY-MEDICAL OFFICER QUESTION. When the Council proceeded to the appointment of a Deputy-Medical Officer, as recommended by the Special Health Committee, Councillor Thomas Griffiths criticised the. returns prepared showing the comparative duties of medical officers in various large towns throughout the country, on the ground that no mining towns had been included in the list. Councillor R. S. Griffiths strongly urged the necessity of the appointment, whilst Councillor Thos. Harris said that he cculd not understand the quibbling about this appointment, as, the general health of the Rhondcla, was no credit to them. He deprecated ve ry strongly this con- tinulal thwarting of the suggestions of the Health Committee. Councillor David Smith said that he was as much against increasing the per- manent officials as any man, but they had to consider that the work had in- creased very much, and if they failed as a public body, they failed entirely in their duties. To expect one medical officer to superintend the Isolation Hos- pital and discharge the Avhole of his work in other respects was an impossibility, and with all due deference to the Medical Officer of Health, he (Mr. Smith) would say that he was quite unable to cope with the work of the department. Whatever his abilities, lie could not be everywhere, and they woutld not be doing their duty unless they .gave him the help lie so much required. He had, therefore, much plea- sure in supporting the appointment. Councillor Wight said that the tone adopted by the members of the Health Committee was unconvincing. To say that the information got from other places should not be considered was going blindly at the question, but he could understand why the Health Committee did not want that information—it went dead against them. It seemed to him that some of the members were not aware that they had already appointed a medical man for the inspection of school children, and that he was already at work in the district. Councillor D. R. Jones: We all know it. Councillor Wight: You are ignoring it, Councillor D. R. Jones: Certainly not. Proceeding, Councillor Wight said that the chief claim for extra help was due to the school work. It was true that the number of children in the Rhondda was larger than in other districts, but t-Vo conditions of the Rhondda were alto- gethdifferent from those of some other districts he knew of. The ohier.t of the appointment of the medical officer for the examination of school children was to see to the health of the children in the schools. In his opinion, if Parlia- ment knew of the conditions of the Rhondda, they would exemnt it in the Bill. They nevel" kneAv that every family rV Rhondda had a familv doctor, i'hat in itself ought to be ■sufficient to secure the health of the children; at any rate. to his mind it Avas quite sufficient to nullify any difference between the Rhon- dda and other districts. Tf the- OloAi-ed (Continued on pa-ge 3.