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TRIAL BY JURY AT THE GRAND THEATRE. AX APPRECIATION. Twice within the last few weeks I have visited the Grand Theatre, with the ob- ject of hearing politica.1 speeches, deliver- ed by men who. were masters of oratory. On the former oc.ca.sion the whole, town had nocked to hear'a. Cabinet Minister: the entrances were guarded by wary stewards, who scrutinized your ticket and c ?.(Jucted you to the seat indicated there- in with (n"E eye on T: look-ouc for pos- sible Suffragettes, for the word had gone forth that Miss Gawthorpe and Co. were on the warpath. Whenever the ubiquitous steward happened to meet another one a whispered dialogue took place on the one topic, and notes were compared. I won- dered afterwards if they were not just a. little disappointed in not having made a single, capture! On Wednesday evening last I again made my way to the theatre, to find that the scene was changed. No glances of apprehension were cast in the direction of doors and .shady corners, and stewards, without the slightest hesitation, conduct- ed smiling matrons and bonny griJrls to the seats allotted to them, to the accompani- ment of airy chatter and the frou-frou of silken skirts, whiLst every now and then one's nostril are assailed by a. whiN oi Palma Violet or Phul-nana. What an audience there is All the available space downstairs seems to be packed and every- one looks pleasantly expectant, for has not Mr Summerneld, the musical director and conductor, summoned the musical talent of Diandudno to take part in Gil- bert and Sullivan's delightful operetta., "Trial by Jury." And has not the ap- peal been well responded to 1 As a mat- ter of fact, such an appeal on the part, of Mr Summerneld generally is well re- sponded to. Whatver the reason might be, there was unquestionably a. very large gathering of people on Wednesday even- ing. I arrived just as the orchestra. were beginning the overture from "La. Croix D' Argent," and much I enjoyed the music, in spite of the conversation on either side of me, accompanied by the munching of chocolates. The evening's entertainment corn- menced with a, comedy in two acts, en- titled "Old Martha," presented by some of the members of the Craigydon Dramatic Society. This sweet little play was very charmingly performed by each of the five members who took part in it. The role of "Old Martha" was assigned to Miss Curri'e, whose acting of the pa-rt through- out was beyond all praise. Her make-up too was splendid, proof even a-gainst opera-glasses. The character of the shrewd, querulous, but good-hearted old dame, was not easy to represent, but. Miss Currie was more than equal to the task. The part of the Squire's daughter, Monica., was taken by Mrs Mclntosh, who, if it is true, that this was her nrst appearance on the stage, must be heartily congratulated on her success. What a charming sweet-faced Monica she was The feeling of the audience was unani- mous, as was testined by the frequent ap- plause. Miss Margetts, as the rough un- couth village gossip, was perfect, and caused a great deal of merriment._ The other two characters were equally good, Mr Barnett making a. very fine squire and Mr Bowyer a very convincing curate. The play ws admirably staged, and the little company well deserved the en- thusiastic reception it met with. The usual interval waiS spent in the usual manner by the audience, and on firs occasion everyone seemed to be un- usually pleased. Not a single disparaging remark could be heard. Before and" be- hind, to the right and the left of me, un- stinted praise. At length the curtain rose a.Q'ain, and "Trial by Jury" opens with the gathering in Court of barristers, jurymen and spectators, singing "Hark, the hour of ten is sounding," as they move i-hythmica-lly along. What a delightful opening chorus, and how well the voices Kended, as they 'unformed! the, audience of the trial of Edwin for breach of promi'se of marriage Then came the Usher, Mr Jack Roberts, who exhorted the jury, "Now, jurymen, hear my advice." Throughout the, whole of the piece Mr Roberts made a splendid Usher, and looked the character to the life. Next came the entrance of the de- fendant, resplendent in a right suit, and aparently wholly unrepentant. His sing- ing was delightful, and his acting of the part could scarcely have been better, as he staggers' a.cross the stage in apparent fright at the terrible threats of the jury, "Monster, dread, our damages! This part was taken by Mr C. Brown, and his singing of "When first my old, old love I knew" obtained a rapturous encore. The jury accmpanied this song with "Tink-a- tank," raising and dropping their hands rhythmically. They then sang, as it were in an aside "'Oh, I was like that when a lad." I may remark here. that the jury achieved a, great success throughout the operetta, and the song which greets the arrival of the judge in his ermine, and red robes, "All hail, great Judge!" was ad- mirable, and some of us, I know, would have heard it again with pleasure. Then comes the Judge's famous solo, "When I, good friends was called to the bar," whrch obtained an encore. This brings us to the swearing of the Jury, and the by-play here is very fine, as the Usher finds he has need of all his resources, including his wand of onice, to keep the heads of the Jury down, as they kn&el in the box. The ca'!hng of the plaintin' is the nex'L proceeding, and her entry into court preceded by the brides- maids, who sing to a. lovely haunting air, "Comes the broken newer." There is some very preruty dancing here, executed in a parMcularly graceful manner, and nothing could exceed the charm with which Angelina takes' the wreaths from her bridesmaids and presents them in her turn to the gentlemen of the Jury. Every movement is full of grace., and it goes n r.. without saying that. she and her charming bridesmaids obtained a very hearty bridesmaids obtained a very hearty encore. All the ladies were beautifully dressed in white bridal array. The Judge now takes up the theme with th=, words "Oh never, never, since I joined the, human race," which he gives impressively. I must mention here that during these last proceedings there ha.a ¡been some very amusing by-play on the part of the Jury, and also the Associate, Mr Winter. The latter appears to be in particularly good form, and is irresistably funny. Mr 'Williams makes an admirable Counsel for the pla.int.i6 and opens the case with the song "With a. sense of deep emotion," during which the Court appears to be bathed in tears, with the exception of the Judge, who i.s busy ogling the plaintiN. "Cheer up, my pretty, oh cheer up," is 7 sung then tenderly by the Counsel. The plaintiff enters the witness-box, and I)e-n, 1 seen to reel, is supported first by the Foreman of the Jury, and then by the Judge, who leads his lovely burden to the Bench. The defendant, next renders his song of defence, ''Oh gentlemen, listen, I pray," in his usual sprightly manner, and this is followed by the sextet a.nd chorus, "A nice dilemma we have here," which gave the audience very evident pleasure and evoked an encore. There is then a duet and chorus sung by all wit.h much spirit, and w-hen the proposal of the Judge, that the defendant should be made tipsy to see if he would really kick and ill-treat the plaintiff had been objected to, the Judge sings "All the legal furies seize you," and announces his intention of wedding Angelina, himself. The delight- ful little operetta is then brought, to an end by the nna.le, which commences "With joy unbounded." Late though it.j was, I think many of us were loath to lose sight of the jovial jurymen, the pretty bridesmaids and fascinating plain- tiff, and the curtain rose and fell several times before the applause ceased. Everythijng must come to an end some time, even a very delightful musical treat, and I steer my way to. the door with that lovely bridemaid's chorus haunting my bra-in and reflecting that, if it was an epidemic of breach of promise cases that inspired Gilbert and Sullivan to bring out "Trial by Jury" with its delicious nonsense and luring melodies, we ought at any rate to be grateful for such epidemics. SIDELIGHT. C>

ANNUAL. MEETING. The annuaj meeting of the Llandudno Women's Libera.1 Association was held at the Ladies' Room in the Liberal Club on Monday afternoon, Mrs John Roberts presiding over a good attendance. Most -satisfactory reports were present- ed by the secretary and treasurer, dealing with the, work of the ladies during the year, and shewing that the membership was rapidly approaching the large total of 250, over 82, having been enrolled dur- ing the present year. The financial state- ment shewed that after contributing JS15 towards' the furnishing of the Committee Room of the men's portion of the Club, paying the rent of their own room for twelve months in advance there was a balance in hand of .69 Os. 2d. in the bank and .64 in the hands of the treasurer. The report and accounts were adopted. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The following omcers were re-elected President, Mr Wm. Jones, M.P.; treasurer, Mrs Jas. J. Marks, secretary, MrsB. C. Jones: committee, Miss Morris (Lloyd Street School), Miss Hughes (Lloyd Street School), Miss Williams (Palmerston), Mijss Parry (Ty Gwyn), Miss Hobson, Mrs Morris Roberts, Mrs Thomas (Gwvnilys), Mrs Grifnths, No. 10, St. George's Crescent-, Mrs Wm. Thomas (White House), Miss Bets Jones (The Lounge). Miss Thomas (Granby House), Mrs Edwards (Latimer House). The whole of the vice-presidents were also re-elected.

THE, YOUNGEST MEMBERS CF THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Mr Lewis Appleton writes to a daily contemporary from 23, Old Queen-street, Westminster, London, S.W. "Permit me to make a, slight correction in my letter in your columns on the new Parliament, viz. :—The two youngest members of the new Parliament are Mr C. T. Mills, son of Lord Hillingdon, elected for TJxbridge, 'born 1887, aged 22, and Mr F. W. S. MacLaren, son of Sir Charles Bright MasLaren, M.P., elected for Spalding, born 1886, aged 25."

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CARNAR\)'Q!J.i.!IE COUNTY COUNCtL. DRAFT ESTIMATE OF THE RATES. In the absence of the chairman (Dr. R. A. Pritchard), the vice chairman (Mr John Owen) presided over on the 3rd inst.. the meeting of the Carnarvonshire County Council. The provisional estimate of the Sur- veyor's Committee for the ensuing' year amounted to .615.800. Mr J. T. Jones. who moved the adoption of the report. 7 remarked, amid laughter, that the amount was the same a.s. last year. except that it was an increase of .6600. CROWN AND WASTE LANDS. Mr J. Jones Morris expressed a desire to know wdiat had been done hv the Com- mittee appointed' t.o report upon the Crown and waste lands in the county. Mr William George ('chairman of the Committee) explained that the Committee had worked very hard, and their report. which he regarded as an important one. would he ready for presentation at an early date. Mr Jones Moms, in view of the de- scription given of the report, moved that it be considered by a special committee of the Council on the 17th instant.—(Hear. hear.) Mr Issard Davies reminded Mr Jones Morris that there was also a matter in which he was concerned which had not been pushed forward. He meant, the ques- tion of the. Dinas Linlle AIIottment Act. where, unless some steps were quickly taken, an area of 693 acres of land would be absorbed, and already ground rent was being annually received for it.—(Shame.") There was a public road, on which had been 6xed a signboard callings it a. private road. He wished to know from Mr Jones Morris how soon the Council might expect to receive a. report upon the. matter. Mr Jones Morris replied that it now rested with the Gwyrfai District Council to take action, and until their final answer was received no recommendation could be made to the County Council. It was resolved to have both questions discussed at a special meeting. A LABOUR EXCHANGE FOR THE COUNTY. Mr J. R. Priuchard inquired about the likelihood of a labour exchange being established in the county. He had read of the success which had so far attended the opening of such exchanges in Eng- land, through which hundreds of persons had secured employment.—(Ironical laughter from a section of the Council). Mr Maurice Jones observed that he had been informed by Mr Owen, one of the divisional managers of labour exchanges, that an exchange would be established either at Carnarvon or Bangor. Mr William George moved that an ap- plication be made for the establishment of an exchange in Carnarvonshire. Mr Issard Davies What employment is there to be had?. I saw with regard t.o one bureau in London that the only vacancy was one for a porter six feet high to stand in front of a drapery establish- ment.—(Laughter.) Mr Richard Davies regretted to nnd a. tendency on the part of a section of the Council to discourage this movement. L.e.t them forget their differences and as a Council apply to employers of labour to support the movement by sending all ap- I* plications for men to the labour exchange when established.—(Hear, hear.) Mr Vincent assured Mr Davies that if his reference was to the section to which he (Mr Vincent) belonged nothing be further from the truth. Nobody desired more heartily than they did the success of the movement'—(hear, hear),—but their point was that labour exchanges were not. likely to provide employment when em- ployment did not exist. He des'ired in every possible way to promote the success of the bureaux, and would use his in- fluence in that direction.—(Hear, hear.) It was unanimously agreed to apply for the estabishment of an exchange in the county. FISHERIES COMMITTEE AND WELSH OFFICERS. With regard to a' proposal made by Mr Maurice Jones that a contribution of :B40 be made towards the expenses incurred by the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries Joint Committee for the purpose of pro- moting the shellfish industry, Mr Issard Davies called attention to what he de- scribed as the unfair treatment of Welsh- speaking employees by the Fisheries Corn- mittee. While, he was a member of the Committee he did all he could to secure an advance in wages all round, blilt had utterly failed to get the same treatment for Welsh employees as for the. others. Even in connection with the recent ap- pointment of an onieer the Committee selected a monoglot Englishman, though there were equally competent Welsh- speaking applicants, and there wa.s cer- tainlv need for a man with a. knowledge of Welsh. Mr Thomas Roberts urged that steps be taken to help the cockle industry of the Lavan Sands, which at one time was in a flourishing condition and enabled a large number of poor women to support their fa.milie.s. He also emphasised the need for a Welsh-speaking officer to go among those people. Mr William George moved a. resolution regretting the action of the Fisheries Committee and urging them not to over- look the importance of a knowledge of Welsh as a qualification for appointments under the board. Mr J. R. Pritcha.rd seconded, and the proposal was agreed to. HOW THE RATE W'ENT UP. On behalf of the Finance Committee, Mr T. W. Grimth submitted a draft esti- mate for the year endins: March, 1911: The expenditure on the county fund was put down at JE49.266 and the receipts at .E28,055. and the deficiency would repre.- } sent. an 8d. rate. As to the elementary education account, it was estimated tha.t

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.657,000 would be required for the rate&; ¡ representing a Is. rate a.s regards JE52.000; I while the remainder of JS5;000 would be < raised by special levies. Mr Vmcenu inquired whether he would I be right in saying that since 1907, when the present Council came into being, the amount fo b& provided for the county rate had doubled, which meant increasing the rate from 4d. to 8d. in the pound. He was anxious to be accurate in his state- ments a.t the forthcoming election. Mr T. W. Grinith complained that he had not been given notice of the question. Mr Vincent: I have the public accounts here t.o which you all have access. The Treasurer, replying on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee, said that the countv rate ha.d gone up from 4d. to 8d. Mr Grinith reminded Mr Vincent that the maintenance of main roads alone I accounted for :E5,000 of the increase. Mr'Richard Davie.s (ex-chairman of the Finance Committee) said that the ex- planation of the -increase was well known to Mr Vin&ent. It arose from an un-! fortunate mistake made in the estimates of three years age. which raised the rate to nearly 7d. in the pound, so that it was quite wrens' to suggest that the actual expenditure had increased twice over. Mr Vincent denied having made such a I suggestion. All he said was that the amount taken for the rates had doubled. Mr J. R. Pritchard believed that with the passing of the Budget the receipts would go up considerably. Mr Vincent: Probably there will be no rates at all ro pay then, bat we shall be paid for carrying on the affairs of the county.-(Laughter. ) The estimates were then approved.

THE WIDOWS MITE. At Conway on Monday, under [he Mar- ried Women's Act, Mrs Sarah Williams applied that her husband, R. J. Williams; ) from whom she is separated, .should be re- quired To contribute a larger sum per week towards her maintenance and that of her children than he had been doing for i L Twelve months back under a magisterial maintenance order. It appeared the appli- cant was a widow with four young chil- dren when the defendant married her, but as they did not live peacefully together she got a separation order;, under which he had to pay her 3s. a week. She now 4 .said that she and her. children, one only of whom was at work; were starving, and she could not live on her allowance. She had been deprived on her marriage of parish relief. The defendant, however, explained that soon after his marriage be discovered that his wife was heavily in debt, and he had to pay oH her liabilities. This he was doing in addition to giving her 5s. a week, and he could not afford to do more. The Bench decided not to vary the order.

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