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Dr Hugh Jones, the medical officer of health to the Dolgelley Rural District Council, pre- sented his annual report at last Saturday's meet- ing of that authority. We have frequently com- mended the good work which Dr Jones is doing. It may be gathered from his latest report that he has lost none of his enthusiasm, and is still strenuously waging battle against the evils aris- ing from insanitary and ill-ventilated dwellings. The birth rate of the district shows a decline as compared with the previous year, but there does not appear to be any diminution in the death rate. The number of deaths of children under one year has been at the rate of 176 per 1,000, which ,as Dr Jones says, is a very alarm- ing condition of things. Apparently the medi- cal officer is disposed to attribute this abnormal percentage to the sanitary surroundings of the children, and no doubt he is right in a great measure. We are inclined to think, however, that much of it is due to the prevailing ignor- ance of mothers as to how children should be dieted. The natural food is, of course, the mother's milk, a fact known to even the most ignorant, and one can well agree with Dr Jones' dictum that every child should be fed from nature's fount. But this is where the evil comes in. Far too many mothers nowadays deny their children the natural sustenance they should have, or else they second it with foreign foods wholly unsuitable to the tender digestive organs of an infant. We believe that the greater pro- portion of cases of infantile deaths are due to this cause. There have been in the past year 16 deaths from phthisis in the district, and Dr Jones urges that the local authority -,ho'lld do all that can be done to stamp out what is now recognised as a preventable disease. Its prevalence in the district is due to dampness of houses, defective air space, and want of ventilation—three evils which Dr Jones has been fighting vigorously for a long time, and we are glad to know with some success. In Wales particularly the cottages in which so many of the poorer members of the community have to spend a portion of their lives are anything but desirable residences for human beings, and though there has been a commendable disposition in some quarters to improve them, we are afraid a good many of the owners care very little about the matter. A probable cause of this is that the rents are very small, and the expenditure of the necessary cap- ital would give no adequate return for some years. The whole of the blame, however, does not lie on the houses; the people themselves seem to prefer being huddled together, especi- ally at night, in such a fashion as to be most unhealthy. They don't or won't realise the health-giving properties of fresh air and sun- light, and they are not likely to do so until the 4 necessity of teaching the elements of hygiene and sanitation in the schools has been realised and acted upon. This is a question which the new education authorities might take in hand and deal with. Something was done in this direction by the Merionethshire Education Committee last week, when a resolution, proposed by Dr John Jones, in favour of teaching the principles of hygiene and temperance in all Council schools was unan- imously agreed to. Evidently the mover of the resolution is in thorough accord with the Dol- gelley medical officer, for he said every child should be taught the importance of keeping him- self clean. Cleanliness was next to Godliness. Every child should also be taught the import- ance of all dwelling houses being clean and sanitary. They all knew that dirt bred disease and death. Children should also be taught the importance of proper ventilation, as it had been proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that one of the chief causes of disease was impure air." The speaker was equally emphatic on the subject of temperance, and we trust the General Purposes Committee, who have been requested to deal with the matter, may be able to devise a scheme which will do something to bring about a better state of things than exists in so many parts of the country at the present time. *#* The Prime Minister on Tuesday afternoon, in answer to Mr Brynmor Jones, announced that he would appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the disorder in the Established Church. This is the only instance, at any rate for some years, in which a Royal Commission has been granted at the request of a member of the Oppo- sition. Mr Brynmor Jones and those who may be called the Protestant party on both sides of the House would probably have preferred a Select Committee, but the decision of the Prime Minister has been received with satisfaction as a step in the right direction. The questions that now arise are as to the reference to and the composition of the Commission. It is under- stood that there will be no undue delay in settling these and other details. # It may be of use to some of us who spend more or less of our time in studying our map of China just now- to understand some of the prefixes and suffixes of the names there to be found. Of prefixes, then, Pai, Hei, and Whang are white, black, and yellow. Pei or Pe, Nan, Tung, and Si, are respectively north, south, east, and west. Thus Pe-Kin, means northern oity, as opposed to Nan-Kin, southern city. The Pei-Ho is the North River, &c. Shang and Hia are upper and lower. Ta, as in Ta-Ku, means great, and Siao, as in Siao-Ping-Thou, means small. Suf- fixes are more numerous and familiar. Kiang, Ho, Tchuan, and Tchu, mean river. Shui, Kou, Thsuan, Khi, Gol, and Ussu, are unfamiliar terms meaning a brook or small river. Hu, Nor, and Omo mean lake, as in the well-known Lob Nor and Kosso Gol. Po, Tse, and Tienmean a small lake or swamp, or a town situated near such a place. Hai means sea; thus Whang-Hai is the Yellow Sea, Tung-Hai is the eastern sea, and Nan-Hai is the southern sea. Tao, and sometimes Shan, means island, but Shan more often means a mountain range. Ling is a pass over a mountain range. Tcheng, Chen, a;vl Hotun mean a large town, and Chuang or Chwang, Phu or Fu-Tien, Thsun Thun. Tsi, Su, and Tchang mean a borough or in corporate I vil- lage. Kwan, Wei, and Ying mean a fortified town or military post, as in Slian-Hai-Kwan and Wei-Hai-Wei.
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— +. TOWYN. "J OBITU.ARY.- We regret to announce the death of Miss N. G. Owen, 5, Brynmair, which took place on Tuesday morning, at the age of 37 years, after a severe illness. Miss Owen was a sister of the Rev R. Owen, restor of Llanfor, Bala, the Rev George Owen, Tynddyn, Mold, and Mrs D. Bowen, 42, High street, Towyn. She was well-kiown in the district and much respected. The funeral takes place to-morrow at Llanfihangel. BETHESDA DEBATING SOCIETY.—At the meeting of the above society, held on Monday evening, Mr Thomas Roberts presiding, a very intarestiug and instructive lecture on "Dr. Chalmers" was given by the Rev. J. M. Williams to a large audience. The usual vote of thanks was passed to the rev, gentleman for his lecture, which was much appre- ciated. HOCKFY MATCH.—Towyn (Girls) County School hockey team journeyed on Saturday last to Dolgelley to play off their engagement with Dr. •Viiliams's School. There was a good number of spectators witnessing the game, which was very exciting, and ended in a victory for Dr. Williams's School by two g-oals to one. DANGEROUS ROAD.-Last Saturday night as two gentlemen were proceeding from the Penti e station, Talyllyn Railway, on the road, opposite the Maengwyn smithy, one of them stumbled into the brook running alongside the road. Luckily he managed to save himself from serious injury, but received a good ducking. Complaints about the unprotected state of this brook being frequent, it is time that the Urban Council moved in the matt. r. OBITUARY.—The death took place on Saturday of Mrs Pugh, Penbryn, widow of the late Mr Pugh, Caeberila, who died only a few months ago. She was well-known in the district. Her funeral took place at Talyllyn on Wednesday. She leaves three I daughters and three sons to mourn her loss.—We regret to announce the death of Mr Evan Miles, which took place on Saturday, at Penybont, Bryn- crug, at the advanced age of 84 years, after a short illnesa. Many poetical compositions of deceased have appeared in the columns of ihis paper. He was bnried at St Cadvan's Church, Towyn, on Tuesday, the Rev Titus Lewis officiating. A Iaige number of friends were present to pay their last tiibute of respect. SOCIAL EVENING. To terminate the session nf the Wesleyan Guild, the members sat eloNn to sup- per at the Schoolroom on Wednesday evening, pro- Tided by the lady members. The management had been entrusted to Mrs Jones, Merton Villas, and Miss Williams, Idris House, and the tables were presided over by Mrs Morgan, and Misses Pugh, Williams, Griffiths and Lewis. After the tables were cleared the following programme was gone through under the presidency of the Rev. Peter Jones :-Address by the President; bardic ad- dresses by Gwilym Crug, Messrs Barnett, and D. O. Jones glee, "Ymrestvvn i'r Gad," Mr W. E. Jones and party; recitation," En Cyfle," Miss Ruth Davies; song, "Happy moments day by day," Miss Madeline John; song, Mae William ar oi," Mr D. Barnett: glee, "Bwthyn ar y bryn," Mr W. E. Jones and party song, Tros y gareg," Miss E. John recitation, Mr Rd. Davies, Bryngolen. Votes of thanks were passed unanimously to all that had assisted at the tables and to the officers of the year. A vote of condolence was passed with Mr E. Maengwyn Davies in his bereavement, after which the meeting terminated. CENTENARY OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY.—The centen- ary of the Bible Society has been marked by special meetings keld through the early part of the week. On Sunday special sermons were preached in most of the Nonconformist chapels. In the afternoon several of the schools were devoted for lecturing on the subject, and collections for the Centenary Fund of the Society were taken. On Monday evening a lantern lecture was given at the Bethel C.M. Chapel, under the manipulation of Mr J. Maethlon James. The Rev H. Williams was the lecturer. There was a large audience present. On Wednesnay afternoon agood number of the teachers and scholars of the different Sunday Schools assembled at Cambrian Square and there formed a procession, and walked through the (own, by way of Maengwyn street and back through Frankwell and National and down to the station, turning up station road and back to Cam- brian square, where they were photographed by Mr Ben Pearoe. On Wednesday evening a general meeting was held at the Bethel (C.M.) chapel pre- sided over by Mr Meyrick Roberts, when several ministers, &c., addressed the meeting in the absence of the Rev D. Charles Edwards, who was unable to attend owing to indisposition. VESTRY MEETING.—A vestry meeting was held on Friday last at the Assembly Rooms, and there was a fair number present. In the absence of the Vicar, Mr. J. Hughes Jones was eiected to the chair. 'I lie business of the meeting was to elect overseers, and they were elected as follows Towyn district, Air Daniel Edwards, and Mr Samuel Edmunds, Manchester House; Aberdovey, Mr Wm. Jones Hughes, and Mr Vaug^an Thomas; Bryncrug, Mr Robert Richards, and Mr John Morgan (Ynys Mill); Cwrt, Mr Evan James (Penmaenisa). The Guardiaus were re-elected as follows:—Towyn district, Mr Humphrey Jones; Caecenech, Mr Hugh Evans, and Mr David Gillart. Bryncrug, Mr Richard Morgan; Aberdovey, Mr Wm. Jone?. Members for the Urban District Council Towyn ward, Mr Daniel Edwards, and Mr Henry Evans; Aberdovey ward, Mr Gwilym Williams, Captain Lewis; rural, Mr John Reese. Members on the Burial Board Messrs Dl. Edwards, Wm. Rowlands, and John Morgan. Burial Board auditors, Mr J. Maethlon James, and Mr D. O. Jones, Frondeg.—Mr Gwiljm Evans said that at a Liberal Committee the previous Monday evening, he was directed to £ ,sk at this meeting, why it was that Vestry was held on Friday ? It was passed three years ago that it should be held on Saturday so as to enable the working class to attend.-Mr Rd. Barnett said it was a fact that it had been passed to hold the Vestry on Saturday, but the reason it was held on Friday this year, was that if there had been a County Council election in the district it would have had to have been held on the Saturday, there- fore they could not have it the same date as the County Council election. COMPETITIVE MEETING.—The above annual meet- ing was held on Friday evening last, under the auspices of the Literary Society, at the Bethel C.M. Chapel, Towyn, when the Rev R. R. Jones, Aber- gynolwyn, presided in his usual humorous manner. The musical competitions were ably adjudicated by Mr J. T. Itees, MUH. Q.cl.j-u.d.eutoOK13 were the Rev John Roberts, B.A., Aberdovey Rev J. Griffith (B), Towyn Rev David James, Llan. egryn; Rev R. H. Watkins, Bryncrug; Rev R. R. Jones, Abetgynolwyn Rev J. M. Williams (C), Rev R. R. Williams, M.A.; Messrs R. Roberts, Rbvdy- garnedd Thos. Jones, A.R.C.S.; J. Hughes, RSc., County School; Meyrick Roberts, Towyn; and Wm. Roberus, Bryncrug. The following were the com- petition winners:—Questions on Welsh, under 18, 1 Gwenllian Pugh, 2 David Evans, 3 Hughie Evans; pianoforte competition, open, 11 competed, 1 Essie Wynn Jones, Llanegryn; Scriptural examinations, Class V., 1 Laura Owen, 2 Tom Jones, Towyn alto competition, "Pwy s'yn myn'd i'w fagu ef," Myfanwy Wliittington and Teddy Pugh, Aber- gynolwyn, equal; essay, "Bwyd a Chymeriad Timotheua," under 16, 1 Tessie Jones, 2 Lottie Robetts, 3 Nellie Morris, Towyn; recitation com- petition, under 10, Y Cwpan," 1 Katie Morris, 2 D. M. Jones and Emyr Jones, equal solo competi- tion, open, under 16, F"t,ve you seen the man in the moon," 1 Florrie Owen, Aberdovey, 2 Essie Wynn Jones, 3 L!ew Morgan and Johu Henry Roberts, equal; Scriptural competition, Class IV., 1 Hughie Evans, 2 A. Mary Moriis, 3 Peter W. Jones, Towyn; tenor solo competition, "Jerusalem," 1 Mr Hugh Jones, booking office, Towyn recitation competition, Mae digon o le'n uwch i fyny," T'eddie Pugh, Abergynolwyn, and Gwilym Jones, Caethle, equal; examination, under 16, Acts xiii xxi., 1 David Evans, 2 Hugbie Evans, 3 Mattie Jonathan, Towyn; recitation competition open Araeth Llewelyn," 11 entered, 1 Mr Goronwy 0: Lloyd, Llanegryn; solo competition, for those that had not obtained a 4s pr:ze, "Cenwch i'»i yr hen ganiadau," 1 Gwenllian Pugh; solo competition, fur Towyn, Have you seen the man in the moon," 1 Catherine Jane Edwards, 2Rd. Edwards, 3 Laura OWBD; repeating a story competition, 1 Jennie Evans, 2 Annie Mary Moiris, 3 Tommie Jones; notes on sermons, under 15, 1 Hughie Evans, 2
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