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Mr John Corbett, the Salt King," formerly member for Droitwich, has offered Y,4,000 towards the X8,000 required for the erection of a new church at Brierley Hill, of which place he is a native. Welsh musicitns promise to be unusually active in London during the winter months. In November a Welsh concert will be given at the Queen's Hall, at which the celebrated Mountain Ash Male Voice Choir will appear. Mr Maengwyn Davies, who, by the way, is a Towyn man, of the Royal College of Music, is also, we understand, forming a Welsh amateur orchestra for the furtherance of Welsh music in London. Miss Frances Rees, the con- ductress of the London Kymric Ladies' Choir, has been invited by one of the leading music halls to give a series of matinee performances, but the invi- tation has not yet been accepted. We are assured by the chairman of the Towyn and Aberdovey District Council that the work of carrying out the proposed improvements at Towyn is not delayed because of the neglect of the Council in carrying out their engagements. We are told the Council were willing to do their part some months ago, but since the winter months have set in they find it best not to commence now until the spring. Without enquiring too closely into the question whether these improvements could have been carried out months ago or not, we welcome the assurance that the Council is going to back up Mr Corbett now and that they will both do their respective parts early in the new year. The terribly sudden death by burning of Miss Jane Evans, an old lady living at Sandilands Cottages, Towyn, brings into prominence the great danger of old people being allowed to live by them- selves. Mr Lewis Lewis, one of the jurymen drew attention to this danger, and supported his view by other instances of death from starvation or accid- ent in similar circumstances. In some cases it is the truest kindness to take old people into the Workhouse where they will be taken care of. Homes, admittedly should not be broken up where it can be avoided, but old people living alone are safer and more comfortable in the Workhouse than in their cottages. Some people seem to think that a stigma attaches to the Workhouse that does not to out-relief, but surely it is a distinction without a diff erence. Another meeting in regard to the Llanegryn School was held on Tuesday under the presidency of Mr William Davies, Fron Newydd. The meet- ing was called to consider the accounts of the school, a request for the production of which had been made. The parishioners of course have at all times the right to see the accounts if they so desire and in fairness to the Vicar and managers it should be stated that the accounts have already been posted up for the inspection of the public. The Rev D. James is the acknowledged leader of the disaffected among the parishioners against the managers of the school and he delivered an address in the course of which he strongly condemned the way the school was managed at present. He felt it a shameful thing that the managers of the school aie allowed to deal with overJ6160 of public money — £ 40 of endowment and a sum of over X120 as grants from the Government when they had not been elected by anybody except by themselves, and that simply because they happened to be Churchmen. They caused the teachers to be churchmen and they taught Church principles to Nonconformist children. The speaker considered that this was unfair. As the endow- ment and the buildings were under the control of the Merionethshire County Governing Body, Mr James moved that a request be made to that body to inquire into the management of the school, and if possible to put the school on a broader and fairer foundation. The resolution was seconded and carried, and another resolutiou was passed deput- ing the chairman and the Rev D. James to attend before the Governing Body next Thursday to put the matter before them, and to express the feelings of the inhabitants of Llanegryn on the matter. This will appear strange in view of the plans of the pro- posed alterations to the school buildings which Mr Wynne, Peniartli, has submitted for the considera. tion of the same body and at the same meeting. That proves that the managers still adhere to their intention of carrying on the school in accordance with their own desire. The whole of Wales is this week mourning the sudden death of one who was emphatically a national preacher. The popularity of Eglwys- bach" had long ago extended over the borders of his own connection, and he was, perhaps, the most popular preacher of the Welsh pulpit. He was generally known, respected, and loved by the people of Wales, and the sheck felt on Monday was not confined to the members of the Wesleyan body. The Rev. John Evans was truly an eloquent preacher, his description of whatever he wished to put before his audience being most picturesque and complete. He had a most pleasant countenance, and with all his qualifications it was no wonder he was greatly loved by all. There is no preacher in Wales whose sermons so strongly impressed the memory; people can be found in nearly every district in Wales who remember long portions of his sermons, although they may have heard them twenty years ago. The natural and impressive way in which he delivered his addresses was certainly the gift of himself alone. The visit of Lord Emlyn and other directors of the Great Western Railway, together with Mr Wilkinson (general manager), Mr Morris (assistant superintendent), and Mr Dean (locomotive superin- tendent), and other officials to Barmouth last week has been the subject of some speculation in the town. It is believed some important development in railway policy is on foot. «

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