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MACHYNLLETH.
MACHYNLLETH. INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GOVERNORS.— TUESDAY. A special meeting of the above body was convened for Tuesday at 2 p.m. but, as the Rev D T Hughes and Mr William Morgan were the only members who arrived punctually, business was 35 minutes late in commencing. Mr Richard Rees presided and those present, in addition to the two already- named, were Drs Davies and Edwards, and Messrs Edward Rees and John Thomas, with the Clerk (Mr John Rowlands) and the Headmaster (Mr H H Meyler). PENDING ELECTIONS. The Clerk said three representative Governors went out of office on the 16th ult, and it was necessary that their seats should bo declared vacant.-On the motion of Rev D T Hughes, seconded by Mr E Rees, it was agreed that this be done.-The usual steps will now be taken to fill the vacancies. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters accepting scholarships were read from 15 parents, and it was reported by the headmaster that all the successful candidates (except three) had entered the school.—Mr G D Harrison (clerk to the County Governing Body) wrote that he was sorry to find, from the particulars forwarded him, that the boy, John David James, Derwenlas, was in- eligible for the David Davies Scholarship he had gained by reason of being over age.—It will be remembered that this lad was successful in securing one of the scholarships which were open to the whole county. The other open scholarship was gained by Richard Oswald Rowlands, Machynlleth Board School.—The Clerk said that, in accordance with Mr Harrison's request, he had forwarded a list of the Governors for insertion in the Connty Handbook.—Three letters were received from the Central Welsh Board—(1) Signifying approval of the scheme of instruction adopted by the Governors, (2) notifying the dispatch in connection with their annual examination of schedules of marks and detailed reports, and (3) notifying the appointment as their assistant inspector of Mr W Hammond Robinson, M.A., F.C.S., of Chtltenham. — The County Governing Body wrote saying that they bad decided to take a sum out of their reserve fund in order to make the income of the schools, for the year ended March 31 last, equal to that for the previous year. IThe proportion to which Machynlleth were entitled was £8 6a lid, and a, cheque for that amount was enclosed. A LADY NOVELIST'S LETTER. Miss F A Steele, novelist, of Talgarth Hall, Pen- nal, Machynlleth, wrote under date of August 12th to the Clerk as follows :-Sir,- With reference to your letter regarding the science courses I have received no notice of any conference on the subject. 1 have, however, written to Mr Harrison concern- ing your request. I may also inform you that I have asked to be allowed to resign my position on the County Governing Body, which I accepted under a complete misapprehension. Had I been informed that I was to represent any special school and, as it were, take my opinions from those of its governors, I would have at once pointed out that (1) I do not live in the county of Montgomery, and (2) that I am strongly opposed to the existing principles of education in Wales. It was in the hope that by independent opposition I might effect H ime change in it that I accepted the honour done me. I may mention that through some oversight I was not asked if I would serve on the Board till after I had been elected, and that I was not told I represented anything or anyone.—The Headmaster pointed out that, unless some repre- sentation were made to the County Council, the next person elected might take as little interest in Machynlleth School as Miss Steele did.—The Chair- man There seems to be some difficulty in getting a suitable lady.—The Headmaster: We are not bound to have a lady to represent this district. The necessary two ladies are on the County Govt rning Body already.-Rev D T Hughes: With all due respect to the ladies, let us have a man to represent our school.—The subject then dropped, the feeling of the meeting being that a list of persons suitable for the appointment should be forwarded the County Council toguidethem in filling the vacancy. APPLICATIONS FOR BURSARIES. The Clerk reported the reception of applications for bursaries from the following-—Mrs A B Davies, Fern House, Machynlleth; Messrs John Owens, quarrymau, Upper Corris Evan Williams, quarry- man, Corria; John Jones, Dolforddu, Cemmaes; David James, Cefncoch, Machynlleth; H Williams, quarryman, Corris; John Jones, Braicbgoch terrace, Corris; George Arthur, Police Station, Pennal and Lewis Jones, Penbryn, Glandovey.—Mr Edward Rees said there were sure to be some more applica- tions for bursaries before the next meeting, at which, in fcis opinion, they should all be considered. -Mr John Thomas remarked upon the unusual character of the first application on the lint. He did not think it was their custom to grant bursaries to pupils whose parents resided in Machynlleth.- The Chairman gave it as his opinion that under the scheme they could only allot bursaries for the payment of travelling expense.The Clerk said this was scarcely correct. Power was also given the Governors to provide, for any deserving child, books and stationery free of charge. Mrs Davies's application could be considered on that point.—Mr E Rees proposed postponement of the question of awarding bursaries to the next mepting, for the reason he bad before given.—Dr Edwards seconded.—An amendment, that the Dine applica- tions then in hand should be at once considered, was moved by Dr Davies and seconded by Mr Morgan.—On a show of hands, Mr Rees's motion was carried. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Questions as to the.renovation of the school fabric and the provision of a suitable football ground for the boys, were referred to the Management Com- mittee, who were given power to act.—The Clerk produced a list which he had compiled of 25 persons desirious of taking school children as lodgers. The Chairman, Dr Davies, and Mr Morgan were ap- pointed a committee to ascertain whether the applicants were suitable persons for children to lodge with, and whether the accommodation they could offer was sufficiently satisfactory. —♦
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NEWS IN BRIEF.-
NEWS IN BRIEF. The American steel trade strike was settled on Saturday. The Congress of Criminal Anthropology on Saturday decided to hold the next congress at Turin in 1906. The column under Lieut.-Col. Morland operating in Northern Nigeria has attacked and captured Yola, and the Emir's party has submitted. The British had 41 wounded, including Col Morland and another officer slightly. A labourer named Day,' of Walton-on-the Naze, on Monday applied to the Magistrates at Thorpe, Essex, for a vaccination exemption certificate, on the ground that the child's grandmother bad died after vaccination. It was elicited that the grand- mother was vaccinated when a baby. The certifi- cate was granted by a majority of the Bt'nch, but Colonel Davis and Dr Simon refused to sign, the latter remarking that small-pox was spreading rapidly. A Neath Correspondent says that while a trac- tion engine and some cars were descending Glaishill, Swansea Valley, on Monday, a connecting link broke. The cars ran wild, and one of the man in charge was fatally crushed. The cars were laden with Pleasure Fair Paraphernalia. Employment in most of the important industries during the month of August, according to the Board of Trade Memorandum, shows a decline compared with the returns for the same'month last year. A lacrosse match played at Belfast on Saturday between representatives of England and Ireland resulted in a victory for England by fourteen goals to six. It is understood that Sir Wilfred Laurier will visit England next year during the Coronation festivities. The KiDg himself has extended a cordial invitation to Sir Wilfred, and has assured him that his presence will be welcomed by the English people. The weekly meeting of the quarrymen at Bethesda was held on Saturday evening. Mr W H Williams, the financial secretary to the North Wales Quarrymen's Union, said he did not wish to dis- guise the fact that their position was still a serious one. Efforts were being made to promote some kind of settlement, but compromise without real agreement was of no use. A patched-up settle- ment would be absolutely useless while a spirit of antagonism and distrust continued to exist between the parties. He again announced that the men were prepared to submit all the points in dispute to arbitration. The death took place on Sunday in Bangor of Mr John Richards (Isalaw), a well-known Welsh musician. Colonel Cornwallia-West distributed war medals at Denbigh on Saturday to the men of the let Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers who joined the active service company for South Africa. The Carnarvon County Schaol bazaar, which was closed on Saturday, was the means of raising over £ 1,500. This leaves a net balance of £1,250, SIm. cient to clear off the debt on the new buildings and to provide half the amount required for a care- taker's house. Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out at the Grand Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl, and the entire building was soon burnt down. The pier, however, was saved. The damage is roughly estimated at £9,000. The cricket match at Lord's between Yorkshire and the Rest of England ended on Saturday in a defeat for the county by an innings and 115 runs. The King has conferred the honour of Knight- hood on Mr Goschen, the British Minister to the Danish Court. General Sir Redvers Buller, V.C., has been appointed a General on the Staff to command the First Army Corps at Aldershot from October 1. The silver whiting have come in with a rush on some portions of the Kentish coast. Immense shoals are about, and at Deal a party of anglers, in a few hours, captured nearly 500 of the fish. Whiting have also made their appearance in large numbers at Great Yarmouth, Clacton-on-Sea, and other well-known coast resorts. The fish are early this season, and appear unusually numerous. The body of a man named Thomas Assinder, of Hockley Heath, near Birmingham, was discovered lying on the roadside at Hockley Heath on Wednes. day morning. The base of his skull and the bridge of his nose were fractured, and the police suspect that he was run down by a motor-car, a vehicle of that desc iption having dashed through the village on the previous night at great speed, evidently proceeding from Henly-in-Arden to Birmingham. The Emperor Francis Joseph has bostowed on Count Waldersee the Grand Cross of the Order of St Stephen set in brilliants. The Royal servants at Windsor Castle have sub- scribed over £ 300 for a. memorial to the late Queen, and have endowed a bed at St Andrew's Convales- cent Hospital, Clewer, near Windsor, for six months every year for ever. The British Museum authorities are investigating an extensive discovery of sharks' teeth and palates of other fish unearthed in Goldsworth Cutting, Woking, during the excavations rendered necessary by the widening of the London and South-Western Railway main line. The teeth, which were found in large numbers on the green sand formation, about 35ft below the subsoil, are in a state of splendid preservation, and the discovery is regarded as unusually interesting. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Times has been authorised to transmit the following state- ment Some newspapers commentrather severely on the action of the Due d'Orleans, who, it is said, has sent a donation to the memorial of Queen Victoria. It is evident that they are not aware that the Duke wrote a letter to Queen Victoria apologis- ing and begging her pardon. The late Queen's answer was conceived in the most generous spirit, Her Majesty forgiving him in her ow" name and in that of the Royal Family. The first batch of 1,500 summonses for non-pay- ment of rates came before the Grimsby justices on Monday. Five hundred people attended, and were informed that four weeks' grace would be allowed to those directly affected by the fishing dispute. At the Llandudno Police Court on Monday the Rev John Wood, a clergman, was charged with conducting services on the Promenade to the obstruction of the public and fined 40s. He stated that he had no money to pay the fine with, and in the afternoon he was removed to Carnarvon Prison. The death is announced of Mr J Arthur Evans, of Rhyl, formerly a proprietor of the Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and other journals. The first race for the America Cup, postponed owing to tin death of President McKinley, has been fixed for Thursday the 26th inst. The second race will take place on the 28th. Rumours have reached Constantinople of a massacre of Armenians at Mush, near Dake Van. The Turkish Government, however, has given a positive contradiction to the rumours. New buildings for the Rhyl County School were informally opened on Tuesdav. The Flyer," the fastest train on the London and North Western Riilway, had an adventurous journey on Sunday. It left Glasgow at the usual time, but heavy fogs necessitated a reduced pace. Leaving Carlisle it made a strenuous effort to make up lost time, but near Preston an accident caused a long stoppage. Commencing the journey South it made a remarkable run to Minshull, when pro- gress was again stopped by running into a herd of cattle. Near Crewe the engine failed. The train was delayed two hours. Lord Mostyn has intimated his intention to sub- scribe z625 towards the expenses of the National Eisteddfod, &t Bangor, next year. What is believed to be a genuine message has found its way to the shores of Carnarvon Bay, having been tossed about by the sea since the terrible disaster to the Liverpool vessel Primrose Hill, off Holyhead, eight months ago, when only one of the crew of 34 was saved. The message was in a bottle picked up on the beach, and was in these terms :— The Primrose Hill is sinking fast; not the slightest chance of escape. If this should come to the ears of Susy, say Rupert forgives all. May God have mercy on our souls. Good-bye." In connection with the millenary of King Alfred, celebrated this week at Winchester, lectures were given on Tuesday at the British Museum upon Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, coins, and goldsmitho work which had been specially brought together for exhibition. The third (Ecumenical Methodist Conference, which has been sitting in London during the last twelve days, was brought to a close on Tuesday. The Westminster Gazette, referring to the produc- tion in Manchester of "A Midsummer Night'8 Dream," says:—In all England, Manchester is the one city for which Shakspere has lost none of his magic. Some of the longest runs of Shakspere'fl plays have been recorded there, and it is no uncom- mon thing today for a single play to enjoy a three or four months' run.
COUNTY TIMES AGENTS. --
COUNTY TIMES AGENTS. A IBERYSTWYT H.- County Times Office, Chalybeat Street; Mr Jenkins, Stationer, Great Darkgat Street; Messrs Smith and Son, Railway Bookstall Mr J Roberts, tobacconist, Terrace Road Messr Evans Bros., Pier Street; Mr Alban Griffitbs Thespian Street. ABERDOVEY.—Mr G. Williams, newsagent. ABERGYNOLWYN.—Mrs Edwards, Wernol House. ABERMULE.—Mr T. W. Jones, signalman. ARTHOG.— Mr. Owen Jones, Bookseller. BARMOUTH.—Mrs. Arnfield, Stationer; Messr Smith & Son. BERRIEW.—Mr J. Gornall; Mr J Williams, Grocer BETTWS.—Mr E. B. Morris, Top Shop. BISHOP'S CASTLE.— BETHLEHEM, LLANFAIR.-Miss Jane Pryce,The Shop BWLCHYCIBAU.—Mr Watkin Gittins, smith. BUTTINGToN.-Mr W. Morris. CASTLE CAEREINION.—Mr E E Jones, Post Office. CHIRBURY.—Mrs S Morris, New Cottages. CHURCHSTOKE.—MrjG Morris, Grocer. CORRIS.—Mr. Evan Edwards, Bookseller, Glanydon CAERSWS.—Mr J. F. Jones, Hawthorne Villa. CEMMAES.—Mr'Edwards, Uwchyrafon. CARNO.—Mr John'Owen, Rhos Cottage. DOLFOR-Mr Rees Williams, Post Office. DINAS MAWDDWY,—Mrs Evans, Post Office. DOLGELLEY.—Mr. E. Y. Williams, Newsagent. ELLESMERE.—Mr V. C. Everett, Stationer. FoBDEN.—Mr John Jones, Hem Cottage. GLANDOVEY JUNCTION.—Messrs Smith and Son. GARTHKYL.—Mr E. R. Owen, Nag's Head. GUILSFIELD.—Mrs Gwilt, The Mill. GARTHBEIBIO.—Mr David Jones, Pantywern HYSSINGTON MARSH.—Mr William Perkin. KERRY.—Mr William.Bebb. LLANIDLoEs.-Messrs Smith and Son Mrs OweD, High Street. LONDON.—Messrs Everett and Son, Bell's Build ings, Salisbury Square, E.C. LLANBRYNMAIR.—Mr W Daniels, Wynnstay Shop. LLANBADARN FAWR.—Mr Simon, Post Office. LLANRHAIADR.—Mr Henry Jones, Newsagent. LtANGURIG.-Mrs Lewis,fSmithy. LLANDYSiLio-^MrlE H Roberts, City House. LLANDYSSIL.—MrlW. Corfield. LLANFAIR.—Mr E. James, butcher, Pool road. LLWYNGWRIL.—Mr. T. Griffith, Cambrian Stores. MACHYNLLETH-Messrs G Parsons & Son, Burcombe House, Maengwyn Street; Messrs Smith and Son TOWYN.—Mr Lewis Lewis, 20, Station Road Mr R P Jones, 2, National Street; Mr R W JoneS, Berwyn House; Messrs W H Smith and Son, Railway Bookstall. TREFEGLWYS.—Mrs M. Jones, Lion Shop. TREFNANNEY.— Mr Richard Haigh, Old Shop Gyford. TREFLAcH-Messrs Beckitt & Co., Grocers. TREHARRIS.—Mr James Jones, 21, Thomas Street. TREGYNON.—Mr Edward Thomas, Smithy. WELSHPOOL.—Mr Gwynne, Broad Street; Messr Smith and Son, Railway Bookstall; Mr A. J Blair, Berriew Street.
BARMOUTH.
and he hoped that they would be able to carry them out in about three months.—A report by Sergt Breeze deaiing with obstructions on the pavement and chimney firing was read.—The matter was left to the Committee who will make a report at the next meeting of the Council. COLLECTION OF RATES. In his report the Collector stated that since the last meeting on August 19th X871 was collected. He also submitted a list of the general district rate outstanding for inspection and instructions by the Council. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. The surveyor's report included the following: Since coming on the 26th of August he bad been chiefly occupied in making a general survey of the district so as to become accustomed with the various works. Owing to the numerous calls made upon him he had not been able to start a house-to- house inspection which he would as early as possible commence and carry out systematically. He found nuisances at Moss Bank Stable, Moss Bank, and Brynhyfrd. On the 12th inst he walked up and down along the entire length of pipe line to and from Bodlyn. He subjected Plascanol and Egryn to a severe test and found them efficient, also all outlets along the line to Bodlyn. The perforated caps on inlets in the lake were damaged. When the Council decided to renew them he would recommend a larger gauge, wire, and also larger bolts. The bridge required im- mediate attention; it should be thoroughly chiselled, scraped and painted, otherwise the consequence might be serious. At the south end of the main drain outlet he found the buoy about 80 yards off the line of sewer and in one length there was great deflection, which ought to be seen to ere the rough weather set in. He had been able to exercise only a general super- vision of the roads (since he commenced his duties). With a little patching here and there as circum. stances demanded, he had opened out a good length of channel on the Llanaber and AberamfEra roads and would, as soon as possible, construct storm outlets so as to relieve the immense pressure of surface jwater which is so detrimental to the roads. He had some conversation with Mr Abraham as to the handing over to the Council of the roar, behind the arches which he is perfectly willing to hand over from a given point on tha Church and over the hillside to an outlet" at Hanlith Terrace. On plans of building had been submitted, but in future cases he would strongly recommend the Council to be strict in enforcing by-laws as to open spaces in the rear of new buildings. Four additional lamps'were placed and lit on Panorama Walks on the 16th inst., but great and wanton damage was continually done to the lamps by breaking the glassi and upon one occasion be found the Quay lamps and one opposite the Old Belle Vue put out shortly after they were lit. In company with Sergeant Breeze, he inspected the Gipsy Camps and finding no sanitary con- veniences he would serve them with 48 hours' notice to quit. He bad visited Mount Argus three times and found during each visit a good pressure of water. He would be glad of the Council's in. structions as to the wants ot gates at the Recrea- tion ground.—Adopted.