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PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF LLANDUDNO…

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PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF LLANDUDNO PARISHES. COUNTY COUNCIL: ENQUIRY. A County Council enquiry into the ap- plication oi the Llandudno Urban District Council to add the parish of Eglwysrhos to the present parish of Llandudno for all purposes save ecclesiastical, and to divide the same into thieei wards for poor law elecLiu II purposes, co-extensive with the existing three wards of the, Urban Dis- trict. The commission consisted of Alderman J. E. Pritchard and Alderman Hugh Hughes. Among those present were Mr T. ill. Parry, Clerk to the- Conway Board of Guardians, Mr A. Conoiiy, Clerk to the Llandudno IT I '= District Council; Councillors W. ElLs Jones.. J, McMaster, T. W. Giiilith, Wm. Williams, VI, 0. Wil- liams, John Jones, Mr J. Bellis, Mr R. Parry, the R a v. J. Jones, Mr Roger Daw- son, Mr W. F. J ones, chairman of the Conwav Board of Guardians Mr F. Hart, eto. The presiding alderman having stated the object of the inquiry, and that ethe proposed new name of the parish was Llandudno-cum-Eglwysrhos. Mr Conolly read the. resolution, of the Llandudno Urban District Council passed on the 20th Sept e'iiite,: :That for the purposes of the election of Guardians the parish of Llandudno and that portion of the parish of Eglwysrhos within the Urban District be combined, and be, divided into three wards with-three representatives allocated to each ward." Mr Conolly said that the proposed change would be a great, advantage on the grounds. of uniformity and economy. It, would be a great convenience at elections. The present parishes were somewhat hard to define, .and electors often had to come to the Town Hall to vote for Urban Dis- trict Councillors, and then go to another part of the town to. vote for Poor Law purposes. Whereas, if the war Js- were co- extensive the elections could be con L ducted' together, when one set ')f cfFiceis. would be for the purpose of con- ducting the election. It would also secure one hasis, and therefore uniformly ci assessment. Also one set of overseers would be sufficient, and if the number appointed was too small it would be within the power of the parish to increase the number. With regard to the number of Guardians there would be a difficulty, as before they could increase the number the matter would have to be. the subject for a joint enquiry of the Derbyshire and Car- narvonshire Councils. He suggested three c guardians for the West Ward, three for Central and two for the Eastern. The Rev. J. Jones What part of Llan- rhos do you intend to be. included in the enlarged parish. Mr Stephens.on explained the boundaries, which he said were. exactly as the present Urban District. L Mr Roger Dawson claimed the right. of objecting. He said he wa.s not a. rate- payer, but claimed his IG-cus stancli on the ground of having been four times a, can- didate for the Board of Guardians, twice ,successful, and only defeated at, the last election by fifteen votes, and that, it was his intention of seeking re-election when opportunity occurred.—(Hear, hear.) His objections were that the change would be disadvantageous to the ratepayers of the Conway Union generally. That the law y ZI) would not allow the change, as it would be. an injustice to, the parish of Eglwys- rhos, and that if there, were an appeal against it by one-sixth of the electors to the Local Government Board that, body would uphold the appeal. He contended that. it was- a great mistake from a, Guar- dians' point of view to enlarge a parish, as it gave greater facilities for paupers to obtain, a settlement, and thus, become a charge upon the. Union. He also said it was a mistake to. reduce the number of overseers, as the work would not be so efficiently done. He had been a member of the Assessment Committee of the Board of Guardians, for six years, and so. was well acquainted with the amount of work. The parish of Llandudno also ha,d to bear the cost of interest and sinking fund of the Old School Board loans, while if Eglwys- n rhos were added that parish would have to contribute towards it. He admitted that the School. Board administration ex- tended .to Eglwysrhos, but as that parish was only a contributory district it, was exempt from being rated in respect of zn loans. Mr F. Hart, a guardian and ratepayer in Eglwysrhos, also objected. He failed to see why an old! parish like Eglwysrhos should be altered to, 'suit the convenience of public officials at elections. There had only been one election during the past 10 years1, therefore the expense could not have been very great. Mr Robt. Roberts pointed out that there: had not been' a public meeting held in either parish protesting- against the change, and were a, poll of the ratepayers taken there would be an overwhelming majority in favour of the alteration. Mr T. W. Griffith supported the appli- cation, but. sta,t,ed that it would be re- sented if the Eastern Ward Were only allocated two guardians. The Clerk (Mr J. T. Roberts) pointed out that. the scope of the enquiry was too limited to allow of the allocation of guardians being included. The Carnarvon Council could not, grant, an increase, as the parish was partly in Denbighshire and partly in Carnarvon. Mr R. Parry, another guardian, ob- jected to the. change. 0 Mr W. F. Jones, chairman of the Con- way Board of Guardians, supported the application. There were no further objections. Mr J. R. Pritchard said they would report to the, County Council, who, would c,ommuncafe, their1 decision to the Clerk to the Urban District Council. On the motion of Mr J. 0. Thomas, seconded by Mr Wm. Williams, a vote of thanks was, passed to the commission.

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