The North Wales Weekly News

Conway Horse Show. I ANNUAL MEETING. I The annual meeting of the Conway Horse Show was held on Friday at Con way. Owing to the severe weather which prevailed, the usually excellent attendance was arfected. Among'st I those present were Messrs. W. J. Roberts (LIan. rwst), Owen Rowland, J.P., J. T. Jones, J. Winatanley, J. Herbert Jones, Elias Davies (P'armyard), Hugh Jones (Black Lion), Thomas Parry, D. Cunningham, T. J. Jones (DinaiTth), and J. Jones (Old Colwyn) with the Secretary (Mr. T. 0. Morgan), Apologies for riou,.attendan were read from the Chairman of the Committee (Mr. James Porter), owing to indisposition; Mr. A. G. Rogers, Mr. Cragg (Bryn Euryn), and the Hon. Mrs. \\ard. Mr. James Porter wrote expressing the hope that the Committee would elect some gentleman to occupy the chair for the coming year, and it was unanimously decided to elect Mr. W. J. Roberts to fill the position, it being stated that Mr. Roberts had been faithful at the meetings and rendered valuable services on show day. Mr. Owen Rowland, J.P., and Mr J. cJ Grimth, N.P. Bank. were elected treasurer and hon. auditor respectively. The members spoke in eulogistic terms of the services rendered to the Society by Mr. T. 0. Morgan, the Secretary, and he was unanimously: re-appointed to the position. VOTES OF THANKS. A cordial vote of thanks was given the Presi- dent (Mr. Ephraim Wood) for his generous sup- port during the past year, and also the Vice- President (Mr. David Jones, Llan), who took a great interest in the Society, and especially .so during his year of office. Mr. James Porter, the Chairman of the Committee, was also heartily thanked, and it was stated that owing to the great tact he had shown during his five years of office the Society was now in .such* a sound financial position. The meeting also sympathised with Mr. Porter in his illness. The Committee were re-appointed with the ex- ception of six members, who did not subscribe to last year's funds, and Messrs. Ephraim Wood, J. WirLstanley, and J. Jones (Old Colwyn) were added. The Secretary's report was read as follows — I regret to say that the balance standing to the credit of the Horse Show at the Nation.? 1 and Provincial Bank is ?n 8s. ?d. less than at the commencement of the year, but this. can be fully accounted for by taking into considera.tion the facts that ?'20 extra prize money was awarded, and the gate receipts were ?27 i6&. Less. The latter was entirely due to a violent storm springing up and sweeping down the can- vas wall around the ground, just at the busiest time of the day, thus enabling numbers Oif visi- tors to enter without payment. But I am happy to report that in obedience to the Committee'*s instructions and Lengthy correspondence (with the kind aid of the Chairman,), I was able to gain a rebate of £2 55. from the account of Messirs. Clarke and Co., the contractors. When the £4 75. collected has been paid over, the loss on the year's working will be reduced to Iï is 7d. I must again draw attention to the lack of subscribers in the district, the amount col- lected being Less than last year by £15, in spite of the fact that the liberal ity of visitors not connected with the show remauis undiminished. I thuLk you will agree with me that it is some- what of a disgrace to the Cammiittee to know that Mx members, three of whom have been Vice.Presiden.ts, have subscribed a-bsolutely no- thing towards the show. I should like to sug- gest that they be not re-elected. The show from an exhibition point of view was acknowledged by judges and visitors alike to be an exception'. ally nne one, the quality and n,umber of exhibits being the finest seen in North Wales. As re- gards the entries, those in the heavy horse sec- tion were 10? (an increase of 3?). and the li?ht? secuon ?.na. decrease of 36), ..o in the jumping .and r.c-in, brought the number up to the record of 268. On reviewing the whole the Society has every reason to congratuLate itself upon its still flourishing condition. I <-annoft express the gratitude I owe to the Chairman (Mr. Porter) for the kind and whole-hearted interest and assistance he has ungrudinglv given me, and?it Ls with the deepest regret that I realise it is his last year of of6ce." (Applause.) The report and the balance-sheet were unani- nioiLQy adopted. A meeting of the Executive Committee will be held on Friday next, at 3 p.m. at Con way.

Old Colwyn and District Agricultural Show, 1910. A general m-eeting of the Society was held at the Marine Hotel, Old Colwyn. on Wednesday 26th January, Mr. I-'rai-Lk Booth, F.R.C.V.S in the chair. The resignation of Mr. R. Roberts, veterinary surgeon, Old Colwyn, as secretary, was accepted on the recommendation of a sub-committee, and a vote of thanks wa.s passed for his sea-vices in the past. Mr. R. Martin S.mith, Old C&lwvn, was unanimously elected secretary in his place and any communications referring to the show should in future be addressed to him Mr Charles Reynolds, Parr's Bank, Station.road CoIwyiBay, was elected treasure in the place of Mr. Gorst resigned. It was decided to hold the show on Wednesday, July ijtb

Conway Nursing Association. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR. The annual meeding of the District Nursing Association was held iii the Guild HaU, Con- way, on Thursday afternoon, presided over by His Worship the Mayor (Mr. John Williams, J.P.). Amongst those present were the Hon. Mrs. Henry Mostyn, Mrs. James Porter, Mrs. W. Edwards, Mrs. D. Jones, Mrs. Gwynedd Roberts, Mrs. J. P. Grimths, Mrs. J. W. Ro- berts, Mrs. and Mi-s Jones, Crymn Rectory; Mrs. Tom Hughes, Mrs. Parry, Misses Dutton, Miss Roberts, Dr. R. Arthur-l'richa.rd, Rev. J. \Y. Roberts, Rev. T. (.rwynedd Roberts, and the Rev. J. Luther Thomas, with the Honorary Secretary (Mrs. W. A. Tuxford). A telegram of apology was read from Mrs. Wood, the President. Mrs. Humphrey Lewis wrote that as she was leaving CoTLway, it was with very deep regret that sh.e must resign from the commitiec and also the hon. treasurership of the District Nursing As&ociation. Any little she had done for the Association, she could assure them had been a labour of love, and in the future, Lt would always have her sincere sym.pa.thy. The Mayor referred to the loss the Associa- tion would sustain by the removal of Mrs. Lewis, who had taken a deep interest in it sinc-e its formation. Dr. Prichard said he had to propose a cord- ial vote of thanks to Mrs. Lewis for the excel- Se'ntt way she had carried) out the duties of (treasurer. He was sure they all felt Mrs. Lewis's departure from the town,, and greatly appreciated the work she had carried out for the benefit of the Association. He could only wish Mrs. Lewis every success and happiness in her future home. Mrs. James Porter in seconding also referred to the excellent qualities of Mrs. Lewis as treasurer, and said that she had always been heart and sou! in the work. The proposction was carried unanimously. THE SECRETARY'S REPORT. The Hon. Secretary said she was pleased to be able to make a satisfactory report. The nurse had attended an increased number of cases—143 as against 123 last year. She had paid 2,823 visits, and had been called out oil 32 nights. The North Wales Inspector haa paid two visits durin'g the year, and the report received from headquarters was highly satis- factory after each inspection. There was no doubt they had a moat capable and popular nurse in Nurse Dunn. The Committee under- took some school nursing work this year under the Carnarvon Education Authority, but thev had not been able to do much owing to certain difhculties in starting, over which they had no control. These had been removed, and they hoped to cany out the work satisfactorily in JQio, and to cam the grant accordingly. Nurse Bale, who served as holiday nurse, met with the approval of the doctors and patients, and gave general satisafction. Through the shortness of funds, the Committee had sometimes thought of doing without a holiday nurse. This had been done, but she (the Secretary) hoped it would never occur again.. Time and tide wait for no man," and illness and accident wait for no nurse, and if Con. way needed a nurse for 11 months in the vear. it needed one for the twelve months. (Hear. hear.) The balance in hand for n)OQ was £1 I Ss. 4d., making a total bal- ance in hand of ?32 i?.s. 6d. This was mamlv due to a sum of ?22 us. 2d. from an entertain- mp.nt which Miss Dutton kindly arranged for and carried out, and without which the income for iqo<) would not have met the expenses. The Committee tendered their heartiest thanks to Miss Dutton for this and other favours. The subscriptions showed an increase of y6 s; whilst there was a decrease of Zio lSS. nd. in the donations. The payments! by patients had increAsed from fii ISS. 6d. to /r8 ics. 3d. This vear th-ev had inaugurated '1 I-ilell-7 Six ladies—Mrs. H. Lewis, Mrs W. Edwards. Mrs. T. C. Lewis, Mrs. Tom Hughes. Mis. Edward Jones, and Mrs. Jones. Gynin Rectory—had delivered the bi-monthly biUs. and where possible had collected pay- n-.pnt. Mrs. t. P. (.rirhths. still continued to re- ceive payments at Regent House from those who did not pay the ccDectors. This plan was .T. good on.e, as the patient-; often appeared glad of the opportunity afforded by a visit of one of the Committee of expressing their satisfaction! and gratitude. The charges made were verv small, and as far as possible, in accordance w]fh the circumstances of each case. Most of thejn were paid very wiUin.gIy. because out of 03 cases asked for payment. 80 had paid, two had left the town, and she (the Secretary) be- beved they would receive pavment from se.veraJ of the remaining eleven.' The Committee thanked Mrs. Houlgrave for her dona.tiin to the sick fund, and the Post Omce omcials and the Junction Co-operative Society for their dona. lions, and Mr. J. C. Griffith for kmd]y auditing the. accounts. Eor a !on.g time Mr. James Porter allowed the of a room at Munau to store certain furniture, and now he had been good enough to provide them with another place. It had been decided that as soon as a suit- able opportunity occurred Hie furniture should be sold. and that the money realised should start a reserve fund. an.d personally she (the Secretary) would like to see some of the balance in hand pLaced in a reserve fund, as to carry !t forward each year was apt to mislead some people who did not study the balance &he?t into thinkintg that ibe Association were much better off than they really were. This year they had not received the 'grant of £5 from the Queen's Commemoration fund, doubtless owing to their having a. good balance in hand at the commencement of the year. The Committee meetings had be-rn held monthly, and the avei- age. attendance had risen from 5 in igoS to B during the past year. (Hear. hear.) The Vicaj, in moving the adoption of the re- port, remarked that it was a most satisfactory ore. He was glad to nnd that the subscriptions had increased, because the Association depend- ed solely on these subscriptions. He congratu- Jated the Committee on the excellent work they had performed, and they must not forget that it was due to the entertainment arranged by Miss Dutton that they were in such a satisfactory position. The Rev. J. Luther Thnmas. in seconding, -aid that he noticed that flip subscriptions from the Church of which he was pastor had gone down. That was accounted for by the fact that during the year they had lost some of their stalwarts. who we-re in the habit of subscribing handsomely to the Association. The visits of the Nurse were like the visits of the angel's. which were greatly appreciated by all sorts and conditions of people. 'He since relv hoped that during the year they would be able to secure further sympathy towards the Association. The report was then adapted. FINANCIAL. The balance '-heet was submitted showing a balance In the bank last year of £21 6s. zd. The subscriptions amounted to £44 2S. 6d., donations [13 os. 2d., payments from patients /'iS ics. 3d., and Chujch and Chapel collec- tions is. 8d., the total receipts amounting to f'48 os. od. The. total expenditure came to [II S 6s. -!d.. thus 'Leaving a net balance in favour oi the Association of [p j.).s. 6d. The accounts were audited and found correct bv Mr. J. C. Grimths. The balance sheet was adopted. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. On the motio'n of the Rev. T. Cwynedd Ro- berts, seconded by Mrs. Jones, the'following omcers were ic-elected:—President. Mrs. Wood Hem. Secretary. Mrs. W. A. Tuxford; Executive Committee: Hon. Mrs. Henrv Mos- tvn. Miss Dutton. Mrs. Porter. Mrs. T. P. Grimth.s. Mrs. D. Jones. Mrs. Gwvnedd Ro- berts. Mis-s Foulkes, Mrs. Philip Price, Mrs. Edward Jones. Mrs. Roberts. Vicarage: Miss Sarjant. Mrs. T. C. Lewis, Mrs. Marv Williams, Mrs. tones. Gyinn Rector v: Mrs. W'. Edward's. Mrs. Davies. Mrs. Tom Hughes. Miss Simpson, and Mrs. W. M. Sever. Mrs. J. P. Grimth, Regent House, was unani- mously elected treasurer, in succession to Mrs. Humphrey Lewis. THANKS. On the proposition of Dr. Prichard, seconded by Miss Dutton, cordial thanks were given the President, the Hon. Secretary, and the members of the Executive Committee. The Rev. T. Gwynedd Roberts said that he noDced amongst the places of worship sub- scnbtrhg, the Gymn chapels were not men- tioned. He should like to know whether an appeal had been made to them. The Secretary replied that it had been thought desirable to have a house-to-house coHection ins-t.ead of the collections in the places of worship, otherwise the Gymn chapels had pr.o.mjsed to make a small subscription. Dr. Prichard hoped they would not do awav with the Church and Chapel collections. A housc-to-hous.e collection wo-uld mean that thev would get at the people who did not go to places of worship. Re-plying to the Rev. Gwvnedd Roberts, the Secretary '.aid there was no 'idea of doing away with the colle-ctioll on Mayor's dav. The Vicar said that undoubtedly there o-ught to be more on the subscription list, and he did not see any possible way of getting at them except by a house-to-house collection. He felt sure that such a course would double the amount of subscriptions. Miss Dutto.n d:id no approve of doing awav with the in the places of worship. Jhe Rev. Luther Thomas said there was noth- ing h!;e a personal appeal. The Secretary had onered to go round, and if she failed to [Tet any mc-mbers of the Comrnfittee to accompany her, he would g]acl!y go round the houses himseif. Mrs. Porter was in favour of the house to house, cone.c'ion, but did not behove in aban- doning the collections in the Churches and chapels. She proposed that they have a house ,0 hou;e collection a.s well as the coUections in the places of worship. Mrs;. Jones, Cy-Hin Rectory, The Secre-tary said that'she had been in- formed that people came unprepared to services when the were made, but that sub- scriptions were collected very frequently aftej- v.n.rds. After further discussion it was decided, on the motion of the Vicar, seconded b\- the Rev. Gwynedd Roberts, to make a house to house coHection for this year only. and if it failed to bring in suniccnt subscriptions, a further appeal ;c1hould be made to the places of worship. The Rev. Gwynedd Roberts said he was under the impression that it had been decided to h.ave. a Saturday collection. The Hon. Mrs. Mo-styn said that in Llandudno it was always very successful for the Cotta-ge Hospital. Dr. Pric.hard remarked that the objection to it wa.s that the Cottage Hospital made a Satur. da' collection in the town. The Secretary Put that has been given up now. The matter was referred to the Committee. A vote of thanks to the Mayor for presiding terminated the m.ee'ting.

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The London City and Midland Bank, Ltd. GOLD RESERVES. The annual general meeting of shareholders of the London City and Midland Bank, Ltd., w&a held on Friday, at the Ca.nrLon-stree't Hotel, London, E.C. Sir Edward Holden, Bart. (Chairman), who presided, said that the past year appeared to have placed the world on the threshold of a new prosperity, for the outlook for 1910 was much more cheerful than at the beginning of last year. He reviewed the trade of the country, com- mented on the imports and exports and com- pared them with the trade in various parts of the worM. He pointed out that the prosperity of nearly the whole world centred round the pros- perity of the United States, and after an analyse of the position in that country', he said it wonid not be unreasonable to suppose that America would require considerable accommodation dur- ing the present year. Those interested in American investments should be exceedingly wary, as there were at the present time many millions of undigested securities in the shape of increased capitalisatiofn of their large rail roads and of new debentures only partially issued to refund maturing obligations. Refer- ring to the nuance of our own country the Chair- man remarked that the gold question during the paat year had been ever with us. Chambers of Commerce had been somewhat restless at the in- nuenoe which gold has on the trade and com- merce of the country. The'y complained of the number of changes which occur in the Bank of England Rate. They say that numerous changes are injurious to traders, and instead of having 212 per cent. at one period and 5 per cent. at another, they prefer a more uniform rate throughout. They also allege that if a larger amount of gold could be kept permanently in this country, these numerous fluctuations would not take place. Their citicisms fell both on the Hank of England and on the Joint Stock Bank's. The Committee of the London Chamber of Con-u-nprce had passed resolutions to the effect that the Bank of England notes issued against the Government debt and securities form an un- due proportion of the whole issue, and should be reduced. This would have the effect Off permanently increasing the amount of gold in the Issue Department of the Bank of England, so that in case of dimculties. we should be in a stronger position for the issue of additional notes, but it would not have the effect of main- taining the reserve of the Bank of England at such higher level as would prevent the nuctua- uons complained of. Further, they suggested that the Joint Stock Banks should hold more gold. and in order to accomplish this, thev re- commended that in the publication of balance sheets, the gold should be stated in a separate item. This would also strengthen the position in case of dimculties, but it would not have the effect of reducing the number of fluctuations in the Bank Rate. The changes in the Bank rate from 1902 to 1905, that is..four years. were ten in number. From 1006 to looq. the last four years they were twenty four. The amount of )J.d with which we commenced the y&aj 1902 was 132% millions, and we finished the year !<)og with about the same amount. It would appear from this impossrble to increase our holding of gold under the present system so as to reduce the number of fluctuations' It is now a wen-known fact that bankers hold sovereigns as a part of their reserves. These sovereigns are a dead weight on the bankers and pLav no part in preventing the fluctuations of the Bank rate. That Bankers should hold bar gold in the place of sovereigns is an experiment" worthy of trial. If when the Bank of England has ob- tained as much of the South African gold as it requires, the Joint Stock Banks gradually bought up the surplus, Hhey would preventt the 'rate fall- ing so rapidly, and if, on the other hand, when the external autumnal dxain set in. they wcfuJd allow that drain to fall on their bar gold, and thus reLieve the pressure on the Bank of Eng- lafnd, they would preventt the rate rising so rapidly. Thus he thought they would have a more uniform bank rate. The Chairman then alluded to the a-inalgama. tion of the Bradford Banking Company with the London City and Midland Bank and to the success of the issue of the Russian Railway Loan. I- inally. he made a running commentary' on the leading ngure?. of the accounts, pointing'out that for the first lime they included the word BuU- io: p.s a part cf their description of their cash naja.nc< The shareholders would agree that they had again maintained the Bank m a posi- tion of great strength, although it had been done at a considerable sacrince cxf pront. but the directors placed strength before profit. (Ap- plause.) He moved the adopUon of the report, which was seconded by the. deputy chairman, Mr. "m. Graham Bradsha\v. and unanimously agreed to. A dividend of IS per cent. for the year was unanimously confirmed, and the retiring directors were re-elected and the auditors re- appointed. Mr. \\m. Graham Bradshaw reviewed the his. tory of the Bank from the period when it was a smal1 provin-cial concern until it had became as ne sajd. one of the greatest financial institutions in the world. He pointed out, amid the applause of the shareholdeJs, that Sir Edward Holden had been the architect and the builder ot the bank, and he proposed that Sir Ed'ward's portrait be painted in oils and presented to him, and a rephca of the portrait be hung in the Board room. Sir G. F. Faudel-PhiIlips. Bart. (a djrector? and several shareholders warmly endorsed the eulogy of Sir Edward Holden bv the Deputv- C'hairman. and the proposal was carried with accIfLination. 1'he Chairman. in a brief speech, expr.e.se.d his hearty appreciation of the kindness of the share- holders, observing that he would continue to zive his best energies and services to the in- stitution. A cordial vote of thanks was presented to the general managers, the secretaries., the branch managers, and other ofncers of the bank for their services, and a hearty vote of thanks to the ChaimLa-n for presiding, terminated the proceed- in.ss. -c

Progressive Wales. ANALYSIS OF THE VOTING. STRIKING MAJORITY AGAINST PV.F.RS AND TARIFFS. The declaration on Friday of two of Thurs- day's polls in \Yales brought the election cam- paign in the Princivality to a close. The result of it is that the Labour forces ha\'e retained the four seats they won in !9o6, but the Liberal have been forced to surrender two seats to the Protectionjsts, who claimed not one of the thirty seats in igo6. The total voting strength of the Principality. counting two vo-tes for each elector in the double-membered constituency of Merthvr Tyd- nl, is 378,275, and in all 320,857 votes have been. cast. Four years ago, when Mabon had a walk-cver in Rhondda, and Liberal nominees were unopposed in East Carmarthen, East and IVest Merioneth. Mid-Denbigh, and East Gla- morgan, Montgomery, and Eifion, the total votes cast numbered 182,060. The division of votes haa been :—' rgio igo6 f-iberaJ. 174,080 102,07,5 Conservative 98,125 54,443 Labour. 47,201 25,542 Socialist. 1,4S1 This means that, while the percentAge of Lib- eral vote-s to the total has fallen from 56 per cent. in 906 to 5411' per cent. this year, and the L.a.bour vote has dropped from 14 per cent. to 1 1 I per cent.. the Protectionist vote has in- creased from just under 30 per cent to 30 per cent., not a very encouraging verdict as support for taxes on food. .Adding the Labour to the Liberal vote. it win be noted that the total progressive vote against the Peers and Tariff Reform is 221,281, as com- pa.red with <)S,i2!; cast for the Conserv.atives— a majority of 123,1.56 for re-presentative govern- me'nt and untamed food.