Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

Cricket. PENYFFORDD v. BROUGHTON. j Played at Penyffordd on Saturday. I Scores:— I PENYFFORDD. T D Dolby b Gregory 17 J Martin c George b Johnson 42 A Hill b Gregory 10 J W Bellis c Gregory b Connah 18 A Ward b Johnson 30 W Astbury not out 5 E Jones not out 0 J Wright, T Hibbert, J Davies, and P Jones did not bat. Extras 9 Total 131 Innings Declared. 0 BROUGHTON. T Connah b Dolby 5 P George b Dolby 7 A Messham e Ward b Bellis 5 W Wilcoek c Astbury b Bellis 2 J Johnson b Bellis 0 II Kay b Bellis 0 T Woodward b Dolby 0 G Gregory b Dolby 0 H Ecklev c and b Wr.rd 4 R Lloyd c Hibbert b Ward 8 P Crofts not out 15 Extras 6 I Total 52

T. G. BURRELL, Tailor and Clothier, 117, Foregate Street, CHESTER. MEN'S Ready-made Suits. 21 to 45 (In the latest Styles and Colours). YOUTH'S do. d0. 16 11 to 35 IIOYS' Tilree Garment Suits 6/11 to IS 6; Little Boys' Suits, Peter Pan and Tunic 4, lltolu/G' Sailor Suits (Navy, with over collar), 3/11 to 13 II: A very special line in Velvet Peter Pan Suits, 12/6 all sizes.. A Large Stock of all kinds of ODD GARMENTS, JACKETS, VESTS,. KNICKERS, JERSEYS, COLLARETTES, etc. Tailoring Department. Men's Suits (to order) 30 to 65/- Men's Breeches (to order) from 10 6 Trousers 10 6 to 21 Ladies' Costumes 42/- Patterns, Price Lists, and Style Plates sent on application. ESTABLISHED 1805. TELEPHONE No. 205. J. BEICKLAND, High-class Fish, Game, and Poultry Salesman, BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER. Country Orders receive Special Attention FOX'S Mild Ale. INDIA In Cask and PALE ALE Bottle. Brewed from Finest Home Grown Hops and Malt. Water from own Springs-shewn by analysis to be of absolute purity. CASTLE HILL BREWERY m EWLOE. ,*tmwwm¥ f A Business= Bringer. F you want more business advertise ill" THE FLINT- SHIRE OBSERVER & NEWS IY —a real business-ln-inger. THE fact that the" OBSERVER AND NEWS" has a growing volume of advertising, and that its columns have been continu- ously used by numerous adver- tisers for many years, proves, its lmsiness-gel ting worth more convincingly than any amount of argument.

Local Business Guide. Is/COLID. | MOTOR CABS FOIR, HIBE. £ THOMAS JAMES,* ° Black Hon Oarage, MOLD f ♦♦+ (Contractor to II.M. Post Oflioe Department)-. Tel. 12. Conveyances for Hire, also Hearses and Mourning Coaches. ?:h1:Hî1: I ¡ l ..d.à mm r.f:+ JEWEI LER, VVAlCiiMAKER, and OPTICIAN, 1-$+-1t-i High St.. MOLD. t 5 Best selection of RINGS Wedding and Engagement. J J GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, SOUVENIRS AND TRINKETS. $-(!1-:Trrrjh-i.3-Bt+!H;ti-:rtl=-tr$ 1 j. & STOmiE^Tr,$ V\ me and Spirit Merchant, •*•• 44, High Street, MOLD, Telepkoae 23. £ BASS'S ALE AND GUINNESS'S STOUT. + + + + -lÎH1:-t!tr-B:$h.1r !t ST H^fl I IQ & f*fi Tlie Prize Float & Carriage Builders. &c., j I &■ HSLLiO a **U. CHESTER STREET, MOLD, J 3^ Ralli Cars, Liverpool Gig3, Dog Carts, Governess Cars, Floats, &c. X gj. Every description of Vehicle built to order. Rubber Tyring on the premises. S 6 REPAIRS—Painting, Trimming it Leather Work of every description neatly executed j? at reasonable charges. Estimates tree. Motors Repaired and Re-painted. a 1HtAir-+** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ll,,use Painter 0 | WILLIAM MEREDITH, WrjZlZ. 47, High St., MOLD, f CHURCH AND CHAPEL DECORATOR. +# v Workmen sent to all parts of Wales. Special Pattern Books sent out. + Contracts carried out equal to the best City fit-ins. "V ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CHESTER. BARGAINS in FURNITURE + of every description at t I T. G. BURRELL'Si rorer."s<rc.t, Chester. I ♦$» + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Sheepskin Mats. 4/9; Hearthrugs, 25/= J/iuA) f REPAIRS, DYEING, CLEANING, DRESSING, at Moderate Prices. i N ewstead, PRACTICAL FURRIER, j CITY ROAD, CHESTER..i. «jnjnj» -^y ->v* *X+ »J* *X* >J» **♦ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | ELLIS'S Cestrian PIANOS! «|» For 10 6 per month. <|» I 71, Foregatie St., CHESTER. + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ $ELECTRIC LIGHTING. ESTIMATES FREE. REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. *g» Telephone 180. All makes of Lamp9 kept in Stock. I f: pHESTER. j ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ f' anrirxQuiEBS VoSi. I CRAWFORD, Bridge Street How, CHESTER. J ♦J» *;4 OAK CHESTS, TABLES, BCREAUS, ETC. X ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +4 + +4 (Late NoTon coo Monks). $Tel.301. 75 Foregate St., CHESTER. -5«e!?ax».»$j ♦♦♦ Chester. <♦ Motor Engineers and Repairers. Estimates Free. + First-class Work Guaranteed, f ❖ tff Agents for the famous J DARRACQ, TALBOT, AND ARROL JOHNSTON CARS. —~ + Trials and Particulars as above, ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

T( )-1> V'S CHESTNUT. | The young and ambitious actor- he had not teel: on the .stage long- -left his agent's office in a state of high indignation. He ran against a buttered veteran of the pro- fes-ir ij, and. unburdened' himself straight- way. "What do you think he exclaimed, '•Blank is actually offering thirty hillings a wc -k for juvenile lead— "Ah, laddie," returned the seedy one. wistfi illy. "those sort of engagements don't corne our way"

THAT LITTLE BIT AT THE BACK. At a gathering the jester of the party picked from the floor some false hair, and holding it up asked if anyone had lost it. Whereupon the hand of every lady went impulsively to the back of her head

-+:+- Charged at Willesden with drunkenness a man said he passed all the doctor's tests until he came to the last one, standing on one leg, and in that he failed. The failure l cost him 5"

LIMITED NOTIONS OF FEEDING. "We eat too soft," says Dr. Robinson, medical officer of Rotherham. "We have dropped into absurdly narrow grooves in our choice of food. We all want the same few things. The demand outpaces the sup- ply, and therefore prices climb up. Sugar is »o cheap at present that I should recom- mend a liberal consumption of jam, which is both cheaper and better than many of the margarines. There is a wastage in buy- ing that is quite a6 serious as wastage in o cl cooking. Why not communal kitchens? With a combination of the two ideas— a wider and more intelligent choice of food, together with co-operative purchase and cooking—it would be strange if the house- wife's sovereign did not became worth more tilait

ONLY A MAX, "What are you, anyway," contemptuous- ly inquired Mrs. Peck during the quarrel, cl a man or a mouse?" "A man," answered Henry Peck bitterly. "If I were a mouse I'd have you up on that table now yelling for help."

The only things certain in life are those which have already happened.

i With the Woods I FLINTSHIRE LEAGUE. Last Saturday's Matches. I BOWLING GREEN HOTEL, MOLD, v. 1 PADESWOOD. BOWLING GREEN HOTEL. E L Dickens 21 C Williams 20 J Edwards 21 II Da vies 21 TQuest .I. 21 J Blackledge 19 J Hughes 9 D A Roberts 21 Alf Jones 21 J J Jones 21 E Jones 21 J Booth 13 229 PADESWOOD. F Chesters .I. 15 J Roberts 21 D Stanley IT R Smith 15 J Lewis 5 T Hughes 21 S Shone 21 P Parry 13 W Roberts 6 E Brookfield IS R Wynn 17 Alf Williams 21 190

BAILEY HILL v. NEW BRIGHTON. BAILEY HILL. P Edwards 21 R Hughes 21 Ll. Blackwell 21 J Braunau .I. I. 21 G Blaekwell 21 E Ilcskins 21 W H Whitley 21 P Griffiths 21 J H Rowlands 21 E Briscoe 21 E Thomas 5 T Jones 21 236 NEW BRIGHTON. W Roberts (C) 13 F Powell 10 R Edwards 13 S Jones 15 A Roberts 18 W Roberts (B.B.) 7 "T H Lewis 7 S Shone 13 Joe Hughes 6 D Roberts 7 E Griffith 21 C R Lamb 15 145

CONNAH'S QUAY CONS. v. SHOTTON CLUB. CONNAH'S QUAY CONS. W S Hewitt 1G J Bennett 21 J P Hughes 13 Jos Hughes 2 Jesse Jones 11 R Hewitt, 17 C Welch 15 A Jones 21 E Griffiths 12 Geo Plant 14 W Taylor 21 P Hearne 21 184 SHOTTON CLUB. B Smith .I. 21 Di Brotherstone 20 J Fellows 21 D Millington 21 G Simmonds 21 Fred Dovey 21 Ike Millington 21 S Crofts 12 E Forrester (capt.) 21 Jos Bates 21 C Severns 16 A J Mothersole 10 226

SHOTTON CONS. v. BUCKLEY FREE LIBRARY. SHOTTON CONS. Z SeN-eriis 21 H Harmes I.. 18 S Williams 2U Lefley 21 II Dutton 21 H Brookshaw 21 J Morris 5 B Dudley 21 D Munslow 15 G Poole 21 R Morris 21 W Cooper 7 212 BUCKLEY FREE LIBRARY. T Price 16 S Anglesea 21 E Jones (Vic) 21 T Horsfield 11 H Bellis 19 G Parry 9 E Jones 21 W Roberts 4 J Jones 21 G A Williams 18 W Croft 11 G Hayes 21 193

ROSE AND THISTLE v. IIA WARDEN. ROSE AND THISTLE. T Luke 20 J Edwards 21 J Peters I. 17 E Short 21 R Crofts .I 21 J Grimshaw 17 T Griffiths 14 S Stanley (capt.) 21 A Messham 14 S Hewitt 21 R Bilks 21 W Edwards 21 229 HAWARDEN. E Messham 21 A E Jones 16 F Fennah 21 W Wright 17 L Millington IS W Morris I. 21 E Wright (capt.) 21 J Catherall 6 J Millington 1 T Wright 5 W Short 6 J Jones 10 1 183

PENYFFORDD v. FLINT CONS. PEN Y FFO R DD. Davies 16 TITTobert 21 S Wilcoek 21 II Messham 21 Dick Price I. 21 J Price 5 E Catherall (capt.) 19 G Messham 21 P Messham 21 Jack Crofts 21 J Davies 21 D 18 1 226 FLINT CONS. J Thompson 21 S Cottrill 15 J Evans 15 C E Coleclough 14 T Campbell 12 E J Belli-, 2! T B Bel/Is (capt.) 21 C Strefford 14 J Ellis 20 S Cole 1 WLioyd T Ashcroft 21 193

LEAGUE TABLE. Results to date. P. W. L. Pts. Padeswood 14 11 3 22 Shotton Club 12 9 3 18 Flint Cons 13 8 5 16 Hawarden 13 8 5 16 Free Library 10 6 4 12 Bailey Hill" 10 6 i 12 Rose and Thistle 11 5 6 10 Connah's Quay Cons. 10 4 6 8 New Brighton 11 4 7 8 j Shotton Cons 11 4 7 8 Bowling Green Hotel 12 4 8 8 Penyffordd 13 4 9 8 Bistre Avenue 10 2 3 4

INDIVIDUAL MERIT COMPETITION. List of names and entrance fees to be in the Secretary's hands not later than August 10th.—R. Lloyd Parry, hon. sec.

NEXT SATURDAYS FIXTURES. Hawarden v. Shotton Cons. Flint Cons. v. Buckley Free Library. Penyffordd v. Shotton Club. I Connah's Quay Cons. v. Padeswood. New Brighton v. Bowling Green Hotel. Bistre Avenue v. Bailey Hill. 'II

MOLD COUNTY SCHOOL v. HOLY- WELL COUNTY SCHOOL. Played at Mold on Saturday. Sc-ore- MOLD. J Silver run out 2 i D Mason c J L Jones b D Parry 3 G Booth c Edwards b D ParrV" 5 J R Morris c J L Jones b D Parry 13 G Morgan b Edwards 17 P T Williams c L Jones b D Parry 2 W Williams c A Jones b L Jones 4 E Rowlands not out 0 E N Marston c 1) Parry b Edwards 3 H Jones b Edwards 0 W Parry b Edwards 0 Extras 6 Total. 55 HOLYWELL. C Edwards e Morris b Silver 12 L Jones c Mason b Morgan 5 1) Parry e Mason b Morgan 15 G Hughes b Morgan 3 A Jones e Mason b Morgan 2 J L Jones c Marston b Silver 1 P Ardern c Mason b Morgan 17 G Ilinsley c Mason b Morgan 10 1) Dennis c 11 Jones b Morgan 0 G Parry not out 4 C Evans c II Jones b Silver 1 Extras 2 Total 72

PONTBLYDDYN v. HALKYN. Played on the latter's ground on Satur- day. Scores — HALKYN. C Lewis Jones b T Williams 17 31 A Francis b W Hirsr 8 J E P Jones b E Roberts 4 J L Francis c E Roberts b T Wil- liams 2B E Fearnhead b G H Garston 7 B V Davies c F Roberts b Garston 0 J Powell c R W Johnson b Garston 0 J Powell e R W Johnson b Garston 0 Jim Francis b Garston 6 P B Waugli c Johnson b W Roberts 0 J Fearnhead c U Hewitt b W Ro- berts 4 R P Jones not out 0 Extras 5 Total 79 PONTBLYDDYN. W Hirst c J L Francis b Jim Fran- cis 0 A Hayes b J Fearnhead 6 M Roberts b Jim Francis 5 R W Johnson c and b J Fearnhead 4 U llewitt c J E P Jones b Jim Francis 21 E Roberts b J Fearnhead 2 T Williams b Jim Francis 0 W Roberts b J L Francis 6 E F Parry b Jim Francis 1 G H Garston c C Lewis Jones b J L Francis 7 Frank Roberts not out 0 Extras 2 Total 54

NORTH OP C.C. v. HAWARDEN PARK. Played at Hawarden on Saturday. Scores:— HAWARDEN. F Cager lbw S Jones 4 J Jones st L Jones b E Price 17 II Gibson st L Jones W Astbury 5 IT Philips c R Simon W Astbury 0 H Jones c G Jones W Astbury 15 L Shalcroft c E Rogers F Jones 9 S Weigh c F Jones E Price 4 F Bennion b F Jones 7 J Millington not ont 6 E Pringle b E Price 3 S Wilcoek b E Price 0 Extras 14 Total 84 NORTHOP. W G Astbury b J Jones 14 Evelyn Price c Cager J Jones 10 Luther Jones b J Jones .1 16 E Rogers b L Shall croft 0 F Badham b L Shalcroft 1 A Marsh c Wilcoek J Jones 7 Fred Jones b J Jones 2 Stanley Jones c Gibson J Jones 8 R Simon b Philips 3 J Johnson not out 0 Godfrey Jones b Philips 6 Extras 8 Total 75

HOLYWELL v. FLINT. Played on Saturday at Holywell. Scores: FLINT. F A Clarke b W Williams 0 C B Christopherson b Scott 15 II Gunning c Wilks b Parry 18 L E H Williams c Scott b Parry 50 •J Ellis b Scott 21 J O Jones c Hill b Scott 2 II O Williams c Williams b Hill 7 L Mullins fc Parry. a D C Thomas c Macnamara b Hill 2 W B Edwards b Parry 2 J Williams not out 0 Extras 7 Total 127 HOLYWELL. J Hill b F A Clarke 0 J Bellis c Christopherson b Clarke 0 A Jones b Clarke 0 A T Hindley b Clarke 4 E Hill c L Williams b Christopller. son 5 J Macnamara c Christopherson b Clarke 2 W Williams c Ellis b Christopher- son 2 Scott c Edwards b Clarke 7 W Williams c Thomas b Christo- pherson 5 C Pontefraet b Christopherson 0 J Parry not out 0 Extras 2 Total 27