The Rhos Herald

RHOS ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The elementary schools of the district were closed on Tuesday last. There were no public functions to celebrate the event. Where are our patriotic societies? Is the Celtic society defunct ? MUSICAL.-M r S. A. Duce, our talent- ed violinist, has this week been playing at Wolverhampton and Royton, His artis- tic playing was much enjoyed.-Mr Pow- ell Edwards is making excellent progress at the Royal College of Music, London. We understand that he has been selected (with two other pupils) to sing at the Queen's Hall. HILl. STREET LITERARY SOCIETY.—Mr John Edwards (Johnstown) gave a capital lecture on Geology illustrated by lime light views, at a meeting of the above society on Thursday evening. The Rev R Williams occupied the chair and thete was a good attendance. The lantern was manipulated by Mr E Emlyn Jones. On the proposition of Mr W 0 Hughes, se- conded by Mr S Hough, the heartiest i thanks of the society ware tendered to Mr Edwards tor his instructive and able lec- ture. PERSONAL -We are glad to hear that Mr J. H. Green, Aberderfyn, is recover- ing atter his long illness —It will interest our readers to know that Mr Daniel Owen Aberderfyn, will reach his nintieth year in June next. Mr Owen, we believe, is the oldest inhabitant in the district. He con- tinues to enjoy splendid health, and with the exception that he is a little deaf, all his faculties are keen as ever. He con- tinues to take a lively interest in present day politics, and watches with interest all thctt pertains to the welfare of the district. He has three outstanding characteristics. He is an omnivorous reader j in both Eng- lish and Welsh he enjoys working in the garden and he likes a good pipe of to:" bacco May he live to enjoy it as a cen- tenarian. I CONCERT.-Hill Street Glee Party gave a most enjoyable concert at Glanypwll Presbyterian Church, on Friday last. The following programme was rendered :— part-song, 4 Lady rise, sweet morn's awak ing,' Party song, I The sailor's grave,' Mr Edw. W. Williams recitation, 'The owl critip,' Mr R. A. Jones song, 'The children's home,' Miss Jennie Roberts duet, 4 Keys of Heaven,' Miss Jennie Mills and Mr H. Mills quartette, "The three chafers, Hill Street Quartette recitation 4 The hero of London slums Miss Sarah Williams anthem, 4 Ave Verum,' Party song, 'Guiding Light,' Mr George Wil- liams quartette, Light of the World,' Ladies' Quartette song, 4 Honour and Arms,' Mr Harry Edwards; recitation, 4 But she did'nt,' Mr H. Mills part-song A Spring Song,' Party; song, 'Three Green Bonnets,' Miss Jennie Mills song, 4 Heroes and Gentlemen,' Mr George Wil- liams duet, 4 Watchman, what of the night,' Messrs Williams and Mills; glee, 4 The Summer,' Party. The accompanists were Miss Jones, Maelor View, and Miss Enis Jones. At the conclusion of the concert the Party were entertained to sup- per by the ladies of the church.

PONKEY. SOCIAL AND CONCERT.-A very enjoy- able social and concert was held at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Ponkey on Tues- day last, when about 200 sat down to an excellent tea. In the concert which fol- lowed the Mayor of Wrexham (Councillor Stanfoid) presided, and delivered an ex- cellent address- The following items were were well rendered. Organ solos, Mr John Williams violin solo, Mr J T Davies solo, Messrs E W Williams and Mr T Griffiths duetts, Misses A Jones and Florrie Edwards trio, Mr Griffiths and party, recitations, Miss Bessie Evans and Mr R A Jones. By special request, the Chairman recited "The Enchanted Shirt in an acceptable manner.

JOHNSTOWN. VISIT OF REV T RHONDDA WILLIAMS. -On Tuesday evening next the Rev T Rhondda Williams, of Brighton will de- liver a lecture at Christ Church, (Congre- gational) on "Christian Socialism." He will also preach in the afternoon at 4-30. Full particulars will be seen in our adver- tising columns. The lecturer is one of the leaders in the New Theology move- ment, and his visit is looked forward to with interest. A LADY PREACHER.—Miss Cissie Mor- ris (Tegid House) occupied the pulpit at the Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening and her discourse was much appreciated by a large congregation. PASTOR'S CALL. — The Rev T Arthur Thomas, pastor of the English (C) Church has accepted the cordial and unanimous invitation to become the pastor of the Dogley-lane Church, Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, and will commence his dut- ies there on the second Sunday in May. PROPOSED LIBERAL CLUB.—A wish is I generally expressed among local Liberals that a Liberal Club should be formed at Johnstown, and it has been decided to convene a meeting of all interested in a movement in that direction. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUILD.-The subject at the meeting ot the above society at the meeting held last Thursday night, was an address on "Gambling." by the Rev J T Miles, M.A, Wrexham. On the propos- ition of the Rev T Arthur Thomas, was heartily thanked for his address. THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION.— The adoption of Mr Tysilio Jones as a candidate for the Rural District Council has afforded great satisfaction to the rate- payers. They have long felt that John- stown, with its large electorate, should be directly repressented by one of its own residents. Speaking after his adoption, Mr Jones said that there were serious matters demanding the attention of the ratepayers, and it was high time they looked into them. One matter was whether Rhos district was not paying more than its share in rates. He thought it undesirable from the ratepayer' point of view that valuable property, such as Haf- od, Vauxhall, and Bersham Collieries, and various other brickworks, were out side the Rhos area. The rates for those places were placed to the credit of outside dis- tricts, although the majority of the men employed there lived in Rhos disrtict. {¡

Correspondence. RHOS MUD AND RATES. Sir—In reply to your correspondent who styles himself .'one who knows I will willingly accept liis challenge. Let him arrange with the Editor of the Rhos Herald to meet me at the Rhos Public Hall at a Public Meeting to be held on the 10th inst say an hour before or after the Parish Meeting. Subject of discussion as stated in my letter of the 19ult as basis, 44 Ex- penditure incurred in improvement to private property." say between Ratepayer and One who knows." He has the same opportunity as myself—not to know one another until that time. The Bellman to announce the meeting the expense of Bellman to be divided equally between us. I can assure "One who knows that I shall not run away -Yours, RATEPAYER,

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MR HEMMERDE M.P. AND THE CABINET. j -— f Outspoken Criticism. j Mr Hemmerde, K.C., M.P,, addressed j six meetings of his constituents in various I! parts of East Denbighshire on Satnrday, and at his final meeting at Chirk, he de- voted himself to the question of the House of Lords. Mr Hemmerde, who was enthusinstic- ally received, said he was asked to come down there that night to celebrate their victory. All of them were proud of the result of their work. To have added the best part of a thousand to their majority in about nine months' time was almost a record in itself. THE ELECTION. Speaking of the political situation, the hon member remarked that while they had lost a certain number of seats at the recent election, they did not lose many votes. There was no reason, upon the re- sults of the elections, why the Govern- ment shouldlabate one jot or tittle from the policy they entered upon at the recent election. (Hear, hear). They not only had the greatest Liberal poll on record, but they actually beat the other side by a I majority of nearly half a million. He be- lieved that if they could fight on the issue I of the House of Lords alone, they would do even better. Just before his election he said at Wrexham, that, though the Government had a majority to advance, they had no majority to compromise. That was obvious, because the Irish, who was our best and most vigorous allies, could not possiby join them unless there were an immediate advance on the House of Lords. There was Wales again. What were they going to get ? Were the Nonconformists of Wales to wait years, probably centuries, for the reforms for which they had been clamouring ? A UNITED PARTY Now the party was united on one policy, and they wanted their leaders to be united on the same policy—(cheers). If there was any division in their ranks, it was not in the party, but in the Cabinet. There were people hesitating who they never thought would hesitate. If through their hesitation the Irish were to leave them, and the Government were placed in a minority, it would necessitate resigning. Mr Balfour would then form a Govern- ment for a week or two, and then go to the country. What would they fight on ? No policy a mere leaderless rabble. That was what it would mean. THE ONE ISSUF, The one issue that united the Liberal, Labour, and Irish parties in close alliance was the question of the veto ot the House of Lords—(hear, hear). They and he were probably agreed that not only should the veto go. but that they should go, too. (Cheers). It was of no good trying to do a thing in regard to which the party was not united, for, while one man wanted to reform it in one way, the next man want- ed to reform it in another but upon the [abolition of the veto they were absolutely 'united. No TIME To WASTE There must be no time or strength lost in tactics. The best tactics were the bold tactics. He, personally, did not want to embarass the Government. He only wanted to see that they made no mistake. It looked as if an appalling blunder was going to be made at the beginning of that week, but he thought the speaking out of one man after another had done the party good. They had to-day the most Radical party that had ever sat in the House of Commons, because the fight made them so. Men did not face condi- tions like those without realising that noth- ing short of ruthless fighting would win the victory. The Government were eith- er going to lead them to victory, or let them drift, and drift quickly to an appal- ling disaster. If they made a mistake Z" this time, it would be very difficult, in- deed, ever to rally the people again. He did not think they would want a-iother fight so long as they played a bold game. THE LORDS Although he was one of those who wanted to abolish the veto first, and to touch nothing else, yet he was one of those who agreed with reforming the House of Lords. If they were to have two chambers—and the bulk of the coun- try wished to have two chambers—though for the life of him he could not-understand why-he should like to see the Australian principle adopted, which would give them say, 600 members in the lower house and 300 in the upper House—not a House of Lords—one half as much as the other, and both elected by the people upon the same franchise—(applause). He stood in that matter as one who was not going to support the hereditary principle. There was only one place in whichhe wished to see the hereditary principle, and that was in the Monarchy. The heredit- ary principle, as a basis for legislation, he regarded as absolutely rotteft, and he hoped eventually to see the Government tackle it vigorously—(applause). j THE BUDGET J] The policy he stood for was that of get- J ting the veto abolished, because by that 11 policy atone could they unite the Irish and Labour parties with them. Having so 11 united them let the m get the Budget. They all wanted the Budget, because in it lay the whole germ of social progress. He hoped to see the next Budget even more democratic. A CLEAR GOAL What they wanted was a general add vance to a clear goal. It was because he saw that chance vanishing on Tuesday that he, in their name, protested y and he should make a further protest if he saw that chance vanish—(cheers). The GOVtf ernment, so long as it went on advancing had no more loyal supporter than their member. He desired above everything that this great opportudity should not bcr frittered away. No COMPROMISE Concluding, Mr Hemmerde said the,r had a majority for action, but not for compromise. They did not want com- promise, and they would not have it. They would have a. big fight to a concluse ion, and, if they went down then, at least they would go down with their colours flying and their courage undaunted and they would come up again with their banners flying, with the result that the defeat of to-morrow would only be the victory of the day after. That was the spirit they claimed from the Governments Lead them into battle. Never mind whether they won or lost; for they were in such heart and spirit, if they lost the battle for the moment, they would come to the country and turn the defeat ot to- morrow into a glorious victory the day af- ter—(loud cheers).

Rhos Men Heavily Fined. At Wrexham County Police Court, oil Tuesday, James Matthews, California-st* Ponkey, Joseph William Roberts. Bryn- ydd, Ponkey, and Edward Edwards? Johnson-street, Ponkey, were again sum* moned on charges of being drunk and disorderly and assaulting P.C. Walking- at Coedpoeth on Dec 26th. James Mat- thews was also charged with assaulting P.C. Roberts at the same time and place, It will be remembered that the case was heard at the last Court, when defend" ants denied being at Coedpoeth on the: night in question, and called a large num- ber of witnesses to establish an alibi* The magistrates were divided in opinion on the case, and it was adjourned for a. new hearing. this took place on Tues- day. Mr F. Ll. Jones, in opening the case, said there could be no doubt whatever that the police were assaulted, and the only question at issue was whether or no# the three defendants were the men whs* I were the men who assaulted them. ] For the defence, Mr Wynn Evans said he did not attack the bona fides of the police, but submitted that they had made j a mistake. j Defendants repeated the evidence giver* at the last meeting, and denied being aV, Coedpoeth on the night in question. Evidence on their behalf was given by' eight witnesses, whose examination 00" cupied several hours. At the close of the case, the magis- trates retired, and were absent for some considerable time. Upon their return^ Mr Croom Johnson said the case had been carefully considered, and the magistratee thought it was proved. The defendant would each be fined 105 and costs, £ 1 99 in each case for being drunk and disord- erly. For assaulting the police, defend" ants would be fined ^2 and i, I 9s costs* in each case. The magistrates allowed li 18s 10 to the witnesses, and ordered defendants to pay half this amount. Tbct total penalty payable by defendants was £r7 35 5d.

Fatality at Wynnstay Collieryp" Shortly after beginning work at the I Wynnstay Colliery, Ruabon, on Monday night, George Richards, a collier, living in Queen street, Cefn, was struck by a fall of roof and killed. His son, who waff I, working with him, had a narrow escape,* and was bruised.

"footballT" WELSH AMATEUR CUP. SUMMERHILL v RHOS RANGERS Rhos Rangers journeyed to SummerhilJ on Saturday last to decide who should en, ter the semi-final for the above cup. The Rangers had a strong team on, Clutters filling the gap caused by D M athews A good crowd lined the ropes when the' leather was set in motion by the home team. Rhos soon got away and from a pass from Williams E W Jones shot over' the bar The Rangers kept up the pres-- sure, and Owens had to clear from Bob Williams. The Rhos forwards were con-- tinually popping' but with poor judgment and consequently the goal kicks were frequent. The visitors had so far motiopo- lised most of the game and should haver had a good lead. A smart run by E V. Roberts on the right was splendidly slung to the centre, Williams beating Morgars wilh a swift drive. On resuming, Summerhill began to at- tack and got a free kick close in. but was cleared by Williams. Rhos kept their lead for most of the second half. A heavy hail storm was the indirect cayse of ther homesters victory the hail blinding the Rhos defence. Roberts and Speed scoree. thus beating the Rangers by two goals to" one.