The North Wales Weekly News

Small Holdings in Carnarvonshire. Dr. R. Arthur-Prichard, J.P., of Conway, pre- sided at Thursday's meeting of the Carnarvon- shire County Council. Mr. Jones Morris, in moving the adoption of the minutes of the Small Holdings Committee, said the Committee was now in working order, and had appointed an efficient valuer, and would now be able to show the public that they were in earnest in putting the Act in operation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Thomas Roberts, Aber, said he found that about 80 applications for small holdings came from one district in South Carnarvon- shire. He objected to portions of farms being taken for this purpose. It inflicted a hardship on the occupiers, and he urged the Committee to see in future that no injustice was done to farmers whose land was taken possession of, and who received no reduction in their rents. Mr. W. George, in moving the adoption of the minutes of the Crown Lands and Commons Committee, pointed out that so far the work of the Committee had been merely preliminary, but it was .taking its work very seriously, and before they finished they would have done a work of infinite value to the county. He ex- pressed the hope that public bodies would take more interest in the matter. (Hear, hear.)

COLWYN BAY. LIST OF VISITORS. PWLLYCROCHAN HOTEL. J S Littlewood, Esq, resident Mrs Littlewood, do Miss G M Wright, do W Forsyth. Esq, Oldham Mrs Forsyth and maid, do H Martin, Esq, Huddersfield Mrs Martin, do Miss S Martin, do Miss Pamela Martin and nurses, do Master H Martin, do Master Eric Martin, do Mrs Lyford, Chicago Master Lyford, do C Hoggs, Esq, London Miss Congreve and maid. Torquay C S Johnson, Esq, Derby Mrs Johnson, do W P Johnson, Esq. do J Cousins. Esq, Leeds Mrs Cousins, do W Wvcliffe Barlow, Esq, and valet, Winchester Mrs Barlow, do J Barlow, Esq. do Mrs Murray, Edinburgh Mrs F Taylor. Manchester Miss Taylor, do F W Collinson, Esq, Preston Mrs Collinson, do Mrs Sutcliffe, Sowerby Bridge Master D. A. Sutcliffe. do Mrs Gilmour and maid, Aigburth Miss Langton and maid, Liverpool Miss Warren, do H H Gibbons, Esq, do F:Holt, Esq, do W Mangnol, Esq, Bury W Spencer, Esq, Lothendar Mrs Spencer, do Mrs Phineas Smith, Boston Miss Smith, do Mis Bertha Smith, do Mrs Atkinson, Cleckheaton T. R Job, Esq, Blundellsands Mrs Job, do Miss Job, do Miss Bodkin and party. Harrogate J Hutchinson Driver, Esq, Woking Mrs Chimey C Gros and friend, West- gate-on-Sea J Rowlands, Esq, Birmingham Mrs Rowlands, do COLWYN BAY HOTEL. W Whitehead, Esq, Manchester Colonel E Macartney Filgate, Dublin J Dodd, Esq, Oldham Mrs Dodd, do J Hartley, Esq, do Mrs Hartley, do Seymour Mead, Esq, Northwick Mrs. Mead, do Miss Mallett. do Jameson, Esq. Rochdale Mrs Jameson, do J W Bowker. Esq. Manchester E. J. Bedell, Esq, Bowdon Major Bowen, R.E., Dublin Miss Bowen, do Miss L Bowen, do Mrs Grubb and maid, do Colonel Hughes, Denbigh L Grubb, Esq, do Colonel Howard. Buxton Mrs Ludlow Beamish and maid, Ireland H Pimm, Esq, London Mrs Pimm, do Mrs Shephard, Birmingham E T Moore, Esq, Sheffield Miss Jones, do R Sudbury, Esq, Nottingham Mrs Sudbury, do J Tinsley, Esq. Liverpool J Grayson, Esq, do Lake, Esq, Stockport Mrs Lake, do Dr. Emrys Jones, Manchester Douglas Wenham, Esq, Bromsgrove Mrs Wenham, do Rees, Esq, Wolverhampton Mrs Rees, do E Big-wood, Esq, senior, Barnet Green W Bigwood, Esq, do R Bradley, Esq, Liverpool Mrs Bradley, do W E Carrington, Esq. Stockport F Poulton, Esq, and chauffeur, Reading Mrs Poulton, do Miss Trimmer, Hants Mrs Parr, Soutbport Miss Hammond, do J Dibble, Esq. London A F Bewley, Esq, Dublin A Pimm, Esq, Madagascar J Dronet, Esq, New York Sarah, Esq, Hereford Mrs Sarah, do T Liversidge, Esq, Selby N Liversidge, Esq, Skipton W Liversidge, do J Thompson, Esq, Cuddington Mrs Thompson, do C Thompson, Esq, do A L G Bedell, Esq, Warrington Mrs Bowen, Whalley Bridge R Rohleder, Esq, Manchester W Giesgler, Esq. do W Rohleder, Esq. do Kenyon, Esq, Llandudno Mrs Kenyon, do HOTEL METROPOLE. Col. de Souza, Geneva Madame de Souza, do Master Wladimir de Souza, do Master F de Souza, do Master E de Souza, do Miss Ruth de Souza, do Miss J de Souza, do Miss Helena de Souza, ani maid, do Miss Wanda de Souza, do Masfer Adolf de Souza, do Chas. Reynolds, Esq, Colwvn Bav Mr and Mrs Read, do Master Read, do H T Sherris, Esq, London Mrs Sherries, do Miss Sherris, do Sherris, Esq, do T Shaw, Esq, do C F Cox, Esq, Manchester < J Workman, Esq, Liverpool L Jones, Esq, Chester D. Owen, Esq, Manchester W H Cook, Esq, London E T John, Esq, do J Lawton, Esq, do E Carbines, Esq, Edinburgh Rev. — Giles, Liverpool T VV Tyrer, Esq, do J Rolinson, Esq, Ireland J Cars, Esq, Liverpool P Waldron, Esq, do Mrs Reynolds and maid, do GREENFIELD ROAD. Heathfield Towers- Miss Retemeyer, resident Miss Foster, do Mrs White and baby, Leeds Miss Butterfield Mrs Callister, Birkenhead Miss Callister, do PRINCES DRIVE. Not-thfield- W Kershaw. Esq, Bolton I Mrs Kershaw, do Miss Kershaw, do Miss M Kershaw, do

Abergele Sparks. I The very latest fashion in ladies' hairdressing. is professionally known as the sausage-roll make- up." This style will shortly be supersceded by the cow-tail twist and the black-pudding curl, followed as a natural course of events by the skewed-tripe chignon mode. j If all the women of this country, especially the mothers, took half as much pains in the laudable art of keeping their own and their children's skins and heads wholesomely clean, as they do in twisting and curling their hair into all earthly and unearthly shapes, we should be a great deal nearer the Millennium than we are at present. The first question put to a woman by the parson or preacher on her wedding morning ought to be this one Wilt thou take this man to be your lawful wedded husband, and if so, do you promise to pay at least as much attention to hygienic prin- ciples as you generally do to the superfluous twisting of your hair ? It goes without saying that the woman would say Yes "—they'll say anything you ask them on the wedding morning, and forget all about it afterwards for ever and ever, Amen But the law ought to step in when they go back on that promise. How ? Well, treat them as Queen Elizabeth tieated Mary-Mary Queen of Scots—chop their heads off The salaries of Government officials in the United Kingdom amount to over C23,000,000 annually. Fancy that, now. Ned Llwyd only gets half that amount quarterly for writing his imperishable Nodion." No wonder Catrin has to wear clogs, made out of my old boots. What are pigs' feet? Traed moch. They call them "trotters" in Bolton, where the men eat them as a supper relish, and the women use them as life preservers. What are life preservers ? Paradoxical as it may seem, they are death-dealing missiles similar to those used by mad Suffragettes at Mr. Asquith's Budget meeting recently held at Bingley Hall, Birmingham. What are mad Suffragettes ? In plain English they are devils unhung and they won't be happy till they murder a Cabinet Minister. What is a Cabinet Minister ? He is an object of pity, who has to put up with mad questions asked in Parliament by a mad Keir Hardie on behalf of mad Suffragettes. What is a Keir Hardie ? A self-styled democrat who makes a veritable ass of himself by playing the part of mad-skulled female cranks who have confessedly made up their minds to murder the Prime Minister of Great Britain because they are not enfranchised through the instrumentality of long tongues and intolerable audacity. An egg, weighing seven ounces, and measuring T* in. by 10 in. has been laid by a cross-bred hen belonging to Mr. W. Threadgill, of Framsden, Suffolk. If that hen had been hatched a swan, her egg would naturally have been as big as a beer barrel. I wish that hen was in our backyard working miracles twice a day, and three times on Sunday. I wonder if Miss Pankhurst could swallow that egg without breaking the shell ? It would be easier for her to perform that feat than it would be for me to swallow her logic. I am afraid that the London & Norrh-Western Railway Company are feeding their Abergele lurry gee-gee with too much corn. When a horse takes it into his head to knock down a respectable Council's lamp-posts without having given notice of motion, as Mr. W. P. M. would say, something must be wrong with his invisible machinery. But I don't like the looks of that grey horse. He grows a moustache, which is unnatural in a hooped quadruped. For a railway gee-gee Has not right, do you see, To wear a moustache long and curly; He ought to be brave And pay for his shave, Then the barbers would not look so surly. Who do you think is going to get married? Well, just to satisfy your curiosity I'll tell you- in a fortnight's time. SEARCHLIGHT.

Railway Property in Conway Union. THE ASSESSMENTS. The County Rate Committee of the Carnarvon- shire County Council met on September 7th, when there were present: Mr. D. P. Williams in the chair Messrs. C. A. Jones, J. Jones-Morris, and J. T. Jones. The Chairman informed the Committee that he and the Clerk had been to London to see Mr. Faraday, in view of the conference which was to take place on the 26th August last. It was resolved that the action of the Chairman and Clerk be approved and ratified. The Chairman stated that a conference had taken place between representatives of the Conway Union Assessment Committee and of this Com- mittee. The County's representatives were pre- paid to recommend a reduction of £3,000 in the assessable value of the railways situate in the parishes of Llysfaen, Llangwstenin, Llanrhos, Conway and Dwygyfylchi, but the Union repre- sentatives declined to accept less than £ 4.000. A letter dated the 1st September, irom the Clerk to the Assessment Committee, had been received in which, without making any admission as to what the amount of the reduction should be, he stated that his Committee were now prepared to accept a reduction of £ 3,500, and requesting to be informed as soon as possible whether this offer would be accepted by the County. The Committee having fully considered the matter resolved that, although the proposed con- cession really exceeded what the Committee considered should be allowed, in view of the sub- committee's recommendation they did not wish to go behind the offer of £ 3,000 reduction, and there- fore instructed their Clerk to inform the Union Authorities that they are prepared to agree to this amount. Resolved also that if this offer is not accepted at an early date, the Clerk be authorised to retain counsel on behalf of the County in the appeals now pending. At Thursday's meeting of the County Council these recommendations were adopted.

Llandudno Boy Missing. The parents of Robert Edwards, aged 15, whose home is 2, Stephen-street, Llandudno,, are much concerned owing to his unaccountable disappearance. It appears that since he left school a year ago he has been employed by Messrs Smith & Son, and his duty was to dis- tribute newspapers to customers in the town. On the evening of September 14th he was sent to the Neville Hydro with papers. These he delivered, but nothing has been heard of him since. Edwards was about 4ft. ioin. in height, and had light brown hair and dark brown eyes. There was a scar on the back of his head about an inch long. When he disappeared he wa., wearing a navy blue coat, which had a patch on the right shoulder, a navy blue waistcoat, tweed trousers of mixed colours, a grey flannel shirt, a turned-down collar, and black laced-up boots, size 6. He had a watch and a double curb albert of gold colour,

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Bettwsycoed Urban District Council At a meeting of the Council held on Friday evening there were present Messrs Robert Parry (Chairman), John Hughes (Vice-Chairman), Ro- bert Parry (Pendyffryn), Henry Roberts, T. W. B. Corns, R. Rowlinson, Henry Williams, J. T. Rees, and B. H. Pullan; with the Clerk (Mr Salisbury Jones), and other officials. The Council's Engineer, Mr Thomas Griffith, of Gwydyr Ucha', also, attended. LAMP AT COED DERW GATE. Mr Buxton's letter was again read, in which he pointed out the need of a lamp by his gate, as the road thereabouts was very dark, and the sharp bends made it dangerous at night. It was resolved that the matter be referred to the Lighting Committee. MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. A letter was read from the Medical Officer of Health as to the urgency of a gratuitous distri- bution of anti-toxin for use in treatment of diphtheria, and re facilities for medical men fo, bacteriological examinations in doubtful cases of typhoid, &c,. and also with a recom- msndation that the Council should join the Clinical Research Association. On the motion of Mi R. Parry, seconded by Mr B. H. Pullan, it was resolved that the Medical Officer of Hpalth be asked for the price of anti-toxin and the quantity that should be stocked by the Surveyor, and that particulars as to membership of the Association be applied for by the Clerk. ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS. A Letter was read from the Clerk of the Clac- ton Council, stating that an invitation had been issued by his Council to the Association to hold their annual meeiting at Clacton next year, and asking for support to the movement. It wias resolved, on Mr T. W. B. Corn's motion, seconded by Mr B. R. Pullan, that the question be deferred lor a time. According to. notice, Mr Robert Parry moved that Dr. G. Lewis Travis be re-appointed Medical Officer of Health for the district for the specter of Nuisances from the 29th September instant, at the same rate of salaxy at at present. Mr Henry Roberts seconded the motion, which was carried unar m'ously. when it was resolved that the C lerk should apply to the Local Gov- ernme,it Board to sanction the re-appointment accordingly. INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES. According to notice, Mr John Hughes moved that Mr Robert D. Jones be re-appointed In- spector ofNu isances from the 29th September instanit, for; a further period of one year, at the same rate of salary as at present. Mr T. W. B. Corns seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously, and the Clerk was instructed1 to apply to the Local Govern- ment Board for their sanction to the appoint- ment ADDITIONAL LAMPS. According to notice, Mr R. Parry moved that seven additional lamps he provided on the main road between Mount View and Waterloo Bridge. It was resolved that; the matter be referred to the Lighting Committee. ADOPTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACT'S AMENDMENT -ACT, 1907. Mr R. Parry's motion that the Council should adopt this Act was considered, when the Clerk pointed out that certain formalities had to be complied with before that could be done, and that an application would have to be made to the Local Government Board for an order de- claring the Act, or certain sections of it, in force in .the district. The Council's intention, to apply for the order had to be advertised for two successive weeks, and after that, a resolution had to. be passed asking the Local Government Board to make, the order. It would be expedi- ent, however, that tibe provisions of the Act should be waded through, very carefully to see which sections of the Statute would be appro- priate for the district, and to. that end it would be desirable 10 appoint a small committee to consider the question, Mr Henry Williams proposed, Mr J. T. Rees seconded, and it was carried, that the matter be left to a committee composed of Messrs R. I Parry, B. II. Pullan., John Hughes, and H. Wil- liams. BAND PAVILION. ML E. Roberts, the R)yal Welsh harpist, wiote as to supplying a small string band to play selections of music during the summer months, and mooting an idea of the Council erecting a small pavilion, &c. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr R. Parry, seconded by Mr John Hughes, that the consideration of the matter be adjourned till the next meeting. Mr Arthur Owen, Carrington-terrace, Llan- rwst, wrote thanking the Council, on behalf of Mrs Owen and family, lor their vote of sym- pathy with them on the death of the late Clerk, Mr R. k. Owen ,SURVEYOR'S REPORT. The Surveyor read his report for the past month, which was duly considered, and the fol- lowing resolutions were passed thereon: 1. As to retaining wall in front of motor ,garage.-The Surveyor reported that this was in a dangerous state, and that Mr Yale had called hi*, attention to the same. and pointed out the danger to motor carsi traversing that way and, furthermore, that Mr Yale had promised to con- tribute towards the expense of putting the wall in order. Resolved that the Highway Committee in- spect the wall and report thereon. 2. As to. surface water from the Smithy.— The Surveyor repoited that 1he water which was constantly running from the Smithy, caused great da;mage to the road, and was also a nuisance to the premises abutting on the road, and suggesting an exten.si-jn of the 6 inch sewer from Elsi Cottage to. within a reasonable dis- tance of the Smithy. Resolved, on the proposition- of Mr R. Parry, seconded by Mr John Hughes, that notice be served upon the owner to drain the surface water to the mam sewer

Good Prices for Land at Wrexham. Mr Frank Lloyd, of Messrs Frank Lloyd & Sons, of Wrexham, Whitchurch, and Crewe, on Monday last offered for public sale the first por- tion of the Emral Estate, Worthenbury, Wrex- ham, which included Worthenbury Manor and thirteen acres of land, a dairy farm of sixty-nine acres, two small holdings, and five pasture fields. A big company was present, and sev- eral tenant formers competed for the various lots. Every lot cleared, the amount realised being ^9,550, which included the following prices Worthenbury Manor, £3,5°0 (Mr Rayner) Beech House Dairy Farm, £2,930 (Mr Studley, Broxton) two small holdings, £ 700 and £600 respectively (Messrs Blake & Woodfin); free- hold pasture field of thirteen acres, Z710 (Mr W. H. Hobson) pasture field of ten acres, £$00 (Mr Parry, Eyton) and another pasture field, £610 (Mr John Harris). This sale included, the total amount realised by the sale of agricultural property under the hammer during this month by Messrs Frank Lloyd & Sons exceeds £ 53,000.

"Motor Cycling"—a new penny illustrated weekly for motor-cyclists—is to appear on Mon- day, 15th November, a few days before the- opening of the Stanley Show. It is to be pub- lished by Temple Press, Limited, proprietors of The Motor," Cycling," and other class journals.

PENMACHNO. RECTOR'S STRANGE PROTEST. CONDEMNED BY THE REVISING BARRISTER. At the Penmachno Revision Court, on Thurs- day, the Rev. Ben Jones, the Rector of the par- ish, objected to the names of the Rev. W. Lloyd Davies, Wesleyan minister, and the Rev. T. J. James, Calvinistic Methodist minister, remaining on the voters' list. Mr Latham, the Revising Barrister, in strong terms, condemned the interference of the Rector against his fellow ministers of religion. He could see no grounds for the objections against them, so he would allow their names to remain on the list. LLANDUDNO ELECTORAL DIVISION. Mr A. M. Latham, Revising Barrister, held his last Court at Llandudno on Friday. Mr M. E. Nee and Mr J. W. Albon repre- sented the Conservatives, and Mr J. Pentir Williams and Alderman Robert Roberts the Liberals. PROPOSED ALTERATION OF THE WARDS. The Barrister called attention to the fact that for County Council elections Llandudno was divided into four wards, and for Urban Council elections consisted of ony three wards. This necessitated two sets of voters' lists, which meant double the work for the Revising Barris- ter and a large increase in the cost of printing. He suggested that the Council should make some re-arrangement of the wards, so that the same set of lists would do for both elections. Alderman Robert Roberts said that he would move a resolution embodying the Barrister's suggestion, at the next meeting of the Council A WHISKY INVASION. In going through the lists, the Barrister no- ticed the names John Walker, John Dewar, and John Jamieson, and humorously remarked that there appeared to be a foreign invasion of Llan- dudno. Mr Nee After the Budget comes into force, they will retire from Llandudno. (Laughter.) IN HIS WIFE'S NAME. Mr Nee objected to the vote of Thomas Jones, Bryn Ogwen, Penrhyn, on the ground that he was not the tenant, as the house was in his wife's name. The vote was disallowed. PEACEFUL COURTS. At the conclusion of the business, Mr M. E. Nee said that he desired to take advantage of the opportunity of publicly thanking Mr Latham for the great courtesy he had extended to the political agents throughout the Courts, and in doing so, he was certain that he was voicing the sentimeruts of his fellow agents, in expressing their high appreciation of the impar- tial way in which Mr Latham had held the scales between them. He felt proud to say that one great feature of the Carnarvonshire Courts was that there had been no disagreement be- tween the Barrister or the agents. The Courts had been conducted most impartially, without a single breeze. Mr Pentir Williams endorsed all that had been said by Mr Nee. BARRISTER'S TRIBUTE TO THE AGENTS. The Revising Barrister said he was exceed- ingly glad to say, in public, what he had previ- ously said in private, and to thank the political agents for the very great assistance they had given him. Revising Barristers must depend upon the assistance of the agents to a great ex- tent, and with two agents such as he had In his Courts, there was no douibt the work had been done excellently. He was pleased to hear that they were -both satisfied, and had confidence in him. (Hear, hear.) With regard to a state- ment he was reported to have made at the Holy- head Court the previous Wednesday, which was to the effect that the Conservatives might lay the flattering unction to their souls that they had delayed the work of the Court by several hours, by putting in bogus claims," Mr Latham now said that he did not attribute it to any degree of lack of duty on the part of the political agent, Mr Gordon Roberts, who, he now be- lieved, had done his best, but had been really let down by a young man, who had evi- dently allowed his keenness as a politician to run away with his discretion, and although en- thusiastic for work, did not know how to do it. Mr J. Pentir Williams thanked the Barrister for his remarks, and said that he had attended Revision Courts with Mr Gordon Roberts for the past twelve years, and although, as oppon- ents, they had many arguments, he never, in all his experience, found Mr Roberts doing any- thing that was not above board in every way, and he felt certain that Mr Roberts would have done nothing but what he thought was just and right. Mr M. E. Nee also expressed his high opinion of Mr Gordon Roberts, and said he thought the report of the Holyhead proceedings was rather overdone. The Revising Barrister: I felt so myself. I have always found that Mr Roberts was doing his work exceedingly well. LLANRWST. The Revising Barrister,' the Hon. R. C. Gros- venor, attended at the Court Room on Thurs- day, when the lists for the Llanrwst urban, ■Llanrwst rural, Llanddoget, Llangernyw, Eg- lwyshaoh, Glan Conway, and Gwytherin were examined. Mr. C. C. Mott appeared on behalf of the Conservative party, and Mr. Gwilym Parry re- presented the Liberals. The Liberals claimed a lodger's vote for Mr. William Edwards at 5, Carrington-terrace, and Mr. O. R. Hughes at Dolwar. Both were allowed. The Revising Barrister drew the attention of the assistant overseer for Glan Conway to the names of houses, which should be placed on the list, as it was not his (the Revising Barrister's) duty to alter all these names. He asked that all overseers should see that when a house had a particular name it should be inserted in the list. Referring to Mr. E. M. Jones's list for Llan- rwst urban, the Barrister said his work was re- markably well done. His list was a long one, and there were no mistakes. Mr. Jones thanked the Barrister for his re- marks.

Golf. RHYL. An open meeting was held last week. It con- cluded on Saturday with a medal handicap com- petition for a prize given by Mr. John Wild. In this event the following were the best returns — G. H. N. Rev. D. Griffith 89 16 73 G. V. Bakewell 93 14 79 E. J. Thompson 86 5 81 F. Carroll 81 sc 81 COLWYN BAY MIXED FOURSOME S. In the monthly mixed foursomes competition of the above club, the best cards returned were Miss Humphrey Jones and P. N. G. Holmes 89 19 70 Mrs Dramm and L. Matthews. Q9 20.% 74iZ Mrs Robertson and A. A. Douglas 93 18 75 Miss Morris and William Jones 91 15 76

North Wales Football Sensation. BEAUMARIS WITHDRAW FROM THE LEAGUE. To my great regret and astonishment, I re- ceived informatiofn from a very valued friend io Beaumaris yesterday (Wednesday) morning, that the Beaumaris team has withdrawn from the North Wales Coast Football League. I am sure that all true sport-loving supporters throughout North Wales will join me in deploring such a blow to Coast League football. The one-time Baby Team of the League grew with such strength that the adults of the League feared the Beaumaris infants. And now, that fear has been the cause of the Puffins' death. The Beaumaris club will not this season alp" pear, either in cup competitions or in the 1.1 ague circle. The decision to withdraw from the League was arrived at, at a special meeting held at Beaumaris on Monday night, where there was a very strong feeling prevalent regarding the twenty miles" radius. 1 A proposal" was made that the club remain in the League, and an amendment was proposed tha,t, as a protest against the twenty miles' limit, the club should withdraw from the League. This was carried by a majority, a small one, it is true, but still Sprr^t°n' ^r"rtac-uag consequences and ecretary Mr Fred McElwee will probablv have forwarded intimation to that effect to the League Secretary. Personally, I shall miss seeing the very best- managed team in the whole of the League, and a class of players, whose ability it was always considered 1 great honour to lower, and further- more, a team that was the means of substan- rePjeni1^1^ scanty exchequers on the w tn q ^nercliffe, the model chairman, 1 Sergeanit McElwee, the genial secretary, he committee, and the supporters of the Puffins, I tender my sincere regrets. We may have rules, and be sticklers for academic rules, but we also want a little commonsense in the mak- ing ¡¡neI administering of them.

A Conway Improvement. COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE GYFFIN ROAD FOOTWAY. .irSn ^rthur-Prichard, J.P. (Chairman) pre- «hi~ n lh"rsd^7s meeting of the Carnarvon- County Council, when the following recommendations by the Sub-Committee carne up for adoption "On an application from the Conway Town Council for a contribution towards the cost ith £ °UnX Cu°unc[l at a meeting- held on the C H n J909, appointed Councillors Parrv" fr"6' S'uL'°yd Carter> A" Iv°5 Parry, G. Ce.diog Roberts, C. A. Jones, arid J. T. Jones, a committee to inspect the road and to the next ordinary meeting- ihe Committee met at Conway on the 19th day of July, igog, and were shown over the road by the Borough Surveyoi-, when all the members were present except Councillor H. Lloyd Carter. The p ans and estimates ( £ l,gl x. including £ >3 tor land), were considered. It has not hitherto been the rule of the County Council to make contributions in respect to land, and it does not appear that due advantage has bee" tS6p tr h uU?h Council of Section 150 of the Public Health Act, 1875, to obtain land for a footway and otherwise converting the road into a street at the expense of the owners when building operations altered its character from » road between fields to a street with houses at its .e;. I1le usual contribution of one half doe« not therefore seem to be justified. "The Committee resolves to recommend that a third of the instalment of capital and interest due annually on a loan to the amount of the expenditure in the construction of the new foot- way be paid by the County Council to the Borough Council, provided the third of the, 1030 does not exceed ,£6öÖ. "An amendment proposed by Dr. Prichard, seconded by Mr. Robert Evans, that it be recommended that one-half the cost be con- tributed by the Council was defeated." The recommendation was adopted. Ý SPEED LIMIT APPLICATION BY CONWAV TOWN COUNCIL. It was resolved to recommend that the fol- lowing report of the Sub-Committee appointed to inquire into this application be adopted, viz On the application being submitted to the County Council, it was resolved that Councillors J. T. Jones, C. H. Darbishire, H. Lloyd Carter, A. Ivor Parry, H. Lloyd Mostyn, and C. A- Jones be a Committee to inspect and report upon the roads mentioned in the application. Ihe Committee met at Conway on the *9^ day of July, 1909, all the members being pre- sent except Councillors H. Lloyd Carter and #• Lloyd Mostyn The application was by the Borough burveyor, the roads indicated, and the question, considered. "Resolved to recommeid that on account danger to the public arising from crowds 0 tourists, the narrowness, the tortuous for and the steep grades regulations be applied t°( to limit the speed of motor cars to not more tha"_ 10 miles an hour on the following roads, tiarnely: -from the foot of Tywyn Hill to Piatt House; from the Town; Walls by the school to Gor, phwysfa within the town walls from Conwa College to Lark Hill; from the Castle to Brynglorian." This also was agreed to.

Colwyn Bay Shop Hours. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,-T,he early closing commences again tled, week amongst the grocers and provision and I am wondering if the other tradesmen joining m the movement, and if not, why 11 If the grocers can, surely the others can. is needed more than anything else is U111 action. 'le It is niot likely, that one man will close >f111 a competitor across the way keeps open. ld If all closed at the same time no one ViO" be a loser. I know from .experience! .(for I write as ofte °\ them) that rent and rates and other exp^l are too heavy to turn business away, and I prepared to keep open in the season while thf. is any business to be done. But when the tors have departed, I think it is quite pDSSl 11 (with perhaps a few exceptions) for the e-aJ'!11 closing to be universally adopted without a loss of business. to The public would soon adapt themselves the hours, and I think it would be less coni e ing to them if all the shops closed at the S, time. This would mean much both to etmpHt ers and employees. For, after all, life not to be a constant round of toil. There to be time for every man and woman to ctd{L ate their mind and body, and especially soul. But; at present there is not much for any of these things, when there might be I make an ajppeal—as a tradesman and employer—that this matter be taken up ,3 beginning of the winter season, and my poip-* that if all join there will be no loss of busi'1^ to anyone. Sdl I, for one, intend closing at the hours a opted by the grocers.—I am, &c., S. H- Colwyn Bay, Sept. 27th, igog.

Abergele County School. t Miss Wynne, B.A., Senior Assistant Mistressbet the County School, is to be congratulated up01? 1^ success at the recent holiday French classes, at Villerville-sur-mer, Normandy. Miss WynI\g' was placed among the first five out of 30 studej1 attending the advanced class, and gained Advanced Diploma of the University of Alliance Francaise with a tres honourable mention.. At the recent Central Welsh Board Exam ils tions, 18 per cent of the total number of PuP-of attending the school obtained Honours, Sen1 and Junior Certificates. SEARCHLIGHT.