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dQ. Ruthin County School Governors. ANNUAL PRIZ DISTRIBUTION. A meeting of the Governors of the Ruthin County School for Girls was held on Tuesday, when Canon Basil M Jones was voted to the chair, in the absence of the chairman (Mr Ezra Robprts), who was indisposed. There were present:—Mra L G Thomas, Mrs Stephens, Mrs J C Davies, Mrs Hughes (Station House), Mrs David Williams (Llanynys), the Rev W G O ven, and Mr T H Roberts; with the bead- mistress (Miss Rowlands), and the clerk (Mr Aucurin 0 Evans). CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN. The retiring chairman (Mr Ezra Roberts) was unanimously re-elected, on the motion of Mr T H Roberts, seconded by Canon Basil M Jones. On the motion of the Rev W G Oven. seconded by Mr T H Roberts, Canon Basil Jones, was also unanimously re-elected to the vice chair. VOTES OF SYMPATHY. On the motion of Mr T H Roberts, steonded by the Chairman, a very sym- pathetic and sincere vote of condolence was accorded the Rev Chancellor Bulkeley Jones on the death of his wife. The Chairman referred to the illness of Mr Ezra Roberts and expressed the hope that he wonld soon recover, and all present heartily endorsed this sentiment. MISCELLANEOUS Mr Baldwin Griffith, the town clerk of Ruthin, was re-appointed auditor for the ensuing year. The contract for the work in connection with the drainage of the Lodge was given to Messrs Williams Bros., Ruthin. The Scholarships and Bursaries, Finance, and General Purposes Committees were re- elected as heretofore. The consideration of the question of appointing an additional mistress was de- ferred to the next meeting. HEADMISTRESS' ANNUAL REPORT. Miss Rowlands read her annual report, in the course of which she regretted that no public prize distribution had taken place this year, and expressed the hope that the distribution would be continued in future years. Mr T H Roberts suggested that the Governors should revert to the custom of having a prize distribution. Mrs Williams supported the suggestion adding that prizes, as apart from certifi- cates, were very encouraging to the children. Mr T H Roberts, comncenting on the improvement of the cookery class, said that the Governors ought to feel proud of the status of the school in this respect as it was recognised as one of the best in North Wales (hear, hear). It was decided to postpone the con- sideration of the report until the next meeting. FRIGHTENING THE DENBIGH GIRLS. The Headmistress reported that on the night of December the 18th, as some of the youngest of the Denbigh girls were hurry- ing to catch the train some boys frightened them to such an extent that they were delayed and six of them lost the train. They had to drive home all the way and in consequence of the (right, and cold drive home, two of them were laid up for a week. She bad written to the hoj's parents and Mr Whittington, of the Grammar School, but so far none of the boys had owned up. The matter had been put in the hands of Sergt Jones, who was convinced that the boys named were those who frightened the girls. It was a disgraceful thing that the road from the school to the station was not free from hooliganism of this sort. It was very annoying that those who were guilty of such unkind and ungentlemanly conduct should not be made to confess and apologise. -The Governors took no action as they felt certain that Mr Whitftington would deal with the matter in a proper manner. THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Upon the conclusion of the business the Governors retired to the Schoolroom, where the prizes and certificates won by the girls during the year were distributed by Canon Basil Jones, who remarked that it was quite an unexpected pleasure for him to have the honour of giving the prizes to the success- ful pupils. He wished to congratulate them all upon the excellent work they had done during the past year, and especially those who had been fortunate in winning prizes and certificates. He must also congratulate Miss Rowlands and her assistant teachers upon the admirable results of their labours. He hoped that those who had not won prizes this time would still go on and persevere so that they would be prize winners next year (applause). Mr T H Roberts also spoke, and said that they were led to believe before they came to the school that they were going to meet a lot of discontented girls because there had been no public prize distribution, However, he was glad to see that this was not the case, and that they were looking most pleasant (laughter and applause). He hoped that they would do their best with their lessons, not for the sako of winning prizes, but for the sake of themselves and their parents who sent them to this school in order to prepare them for the battle of life. He was pleased to think that they had done their duty well in the past, and be trusted that they would do even better in the future. In conclusion, he wished to propose a vote of thanks to the Chairman for having taken the chair so unexpectedly that afternoon. Mrs Stephens seconded the vote of thanks to the Chairman, and remarked that they were very grateful to him for having taken the chair at such short notice. The Chairman returned thanks, and this ¡ terminated the proceedings. LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS. The following is a list of the prize and certilicate winders:- Form VI Blodwen E Jones. Gwen Pierce, Mena Greonsmith, Annie Jones, Olive Thomas, Sallie A Jeties. Form V: Dilys Gee Gladys Bridgwater, Irene Rcbei t*. Elsa Thomas. Form IV Rosalie Swainson, Nan Winter, Margaret A Jones, Maggie iJavies, Florence Williams, Annie Hughes, Kuth WiLiams, Katie Hughes, Jennet H Jones. Form III Belle Williamson, Lena Jones, Gladys Wiihamson, Gladys Edwards, Elsie Price, GiRdwyri Roberts. Form IIa Margaret. Hoberts, Mary Hardy, Olwen Jenkins, Oatberme E Jones, Hilua. BULler, M-iggi'' L Davies. Form lib Edith Lloyd Davies. Drawing Mattie Owen, Florence Evans. Music: Gwladys M Williams, Dilys M Gee, Rosalie Swain.~on, Greta Hurnphseys. Cookery Kosalie Swainson, Needlework: Catherine I Roberts. Cunduct Blodwen E Jones. CENTRAL WELSH BOARD CERTIFICATE. Senior: Moaa Greensmith, Annie Jones (with distinction in botany), Blcdwen Jones (with distinction in arithmetic), Sallie Jones. Junior: Gladys Bridgwater (with arithmetic at the seuior stage), Margaret A Davies, Dilys Gee (with distinction in arithmetic and English language at the senior stage), Katie Hughts, Jennet H Jonig, Margaret A Jones, Irene Roberts (with distinction in mathematics), Rosalie Swainson (with distinction in English, lnnguage and cookery), Elsa Thomas, Ruth Williams, Florence Williams, Nan Winter (with distinction in arithmetic and Welsh). ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE R.A.M. AND R.C.M. Local Centro Examination. Intermediate Grude Gwladys May Williams. Local School Examinations. Higher Division ViJys Gee, Gwladys Ro&erts, Leonie Williams. Lower Division: May E Joces, Dorothy- )' Ower, Gladwyu Roberts, Lllair Simon, Rosalie Swainson. Elementary Annie Hughes, Enid Hughes, Mario) Hughes, Greta Humphreys, Gwendolen Breraton Roberts, Nancy Williams, and Dorothy Wright. Primary Division Annie Williams, Gladys Williamson. I THE ROYAL DRAWING SOCIETY. I Division lit, Honours: Florence Evans, j Ghuhvyn Roberts, Rosalie Swainson, Gladys May Williamson Passed: Gladys Bridgwater, Margaret Anne Davies. Gladys M Hodgson, Jennet Harriet Jones, Helena Jones, Elsie Prioe, Gwendolen Brereton Roberts, Hettie Simpson, Isabelle Williamson. Division II, Honours Elsie Price, Isabelle Williamson. Passed Myfanwy Davies, Gwl ;dys Edwards, Enid Hughes, Cordelia Jones, Gwladya E Jones, Helena Jones, Mar- garet C Jone3, May E Jones, Dorothy Owen. Division I, HotiourA: Muriel Hughes, Mar- garet C Jones, Mattie Owen, Annie Pickering,. Margaret J Thomas. Parsed Hilda Butler, Mary Twiston Davies, Mtry Hardy, Olwen Jenkins, Gwladys Roberts.

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Ruthin County Court. CLAIMS UNDER TIIF, WORKMEN'S CO At PEN NATION ACT. The nsnal County Court was held at Rutbio, on Satuulav, before His Honour, ..Judge MIMS, and the registrar (Mr R jStioii.'hrev-i Robert?). PAIL) C'JU wr FEES INSTEAD OF DEBTS. Mr Walter U Jones appeared in support -of an application for an administration wier by Hubert Williams, 2U, Borthyn, Ktiihin, iite total liabilities being R,32 5s 4d. TVlr Jone* exrUined that there were nine "judgm-Mii summonses against him and instead (If paying his debrs he had been ^ayin-; court fees Oil these judgments. He cude an <>if>-r of 7s 6J per month, The case was one iu whicii relief should be granted. T-te order was granted, payment to be 'made at the rate of 9s per month. A MINERAL W AT L, R COMPANY'S CLAIM. A E Williams, confectioner, Prestatyn, -was sued by John Cropper, the proprietor -of the Cumbrian Mineral Water Works, for £8 9s 7d for goods supplied. Mr Walter 0 Jones appeared for the rplaiutiff, and explained that the case had come before the registrar at the last court at Denbigh, when judgment was given for the amount claimed. Mr A 0 Evans applied for a new trial, and this was Cranted on defendant paying X3 12s into -court. Owing to the order being made in this form he (Mr Jones?) had to prepare the trial up to the present court, but he Aad found that nothing had been paid in. The original judgment now stood good, -and he asked for judgment forthwith, and jit30 that the cost of the application for a Dew trial be added to the amount of the judgment. The Judge: What do you say, Mr Evans ? Mr A 0 Evans I no longer represent -the defendant, sir. His Honour said that the judgment previously given would remain and 10s added for costs, the money to be paid iorthwith. INJURY TO EYE LEADS TO BLINDNESS. Grosvenor W Roberts, of Henllan- street, Denbigh, applied under the Work- men's Compensation Act for damages for -the loss of bis sight against William Hopkins, contractor. Mr Moaek-y (of Mr A Foulkes Roberts' I effice) appeared for th plalutitl, an I Mr A 0 Evitud for the defendant. Mr Moseley explained that on the 18th of April, 1907, the plaintiff was rewarded jEt) 12s compensation to cover the period trom the 15th of February, 1907, to 19th of February, 1908, and a Id a week as long as the respondent employed the plaintiff at the old rate of wages, and when this ceased either party cjuld appear for the award to be revised. Mr A 0 Evans said that he found that he could not resist the claim as be under- stood that the Doctor had certifiad the .plaintiff to be blind. It should be explained that the defendant m? with an injury to his eye whilst in -.defer dant's employ and he now appeared totally blind. The Judge Is it a case of total blind- nej-e. Mr Evans I understand from Dr James lIaghes that is so. The Judge said that unless it could be I fihown that the applicant could do some- 4tbiag he is pntitled to 8s a week. Mr A 0 Evans I am afraid that is so, air. Judgment would be given for the plain- lift for 8s a week as from the date of the iutt payment made by the respondent. WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM. INJURED WHILST FIXING GATE POSTS. Thomas Roberts, woodman, Denbigh, .sued Capt E W Griffith, Pias Newydd, Trefu?nc, for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in respect to an injury to his left arm whilst fixiog a gaff" po-t. Mr 0 R Moseley (of Mr A Foulkes llobert, office) appeared for the applicant, Bod Mr Ellis Jones Griffith, M.P. (instructed by Mr A 0 Evans), appeared for the tlefeuoe. 10 opening the case Mr Moseley said the respondents were really the Insurance Company. Continuing, Mr Mo>eley said the applicant had been emloyed by Mr E W Griffith in May last as a general labourer at a wage of 18s a week and during the tiarvest time 21s a week. On the 13th of Jane he injuied his arm whilstflxing a gate post unaided. He did not complain aboat the injury at once to the respondent, but lie made the remark to the bailiff that he coulii not fix the gate post properly without tiavieg some help, as he had injured his arm an 1 some time afterwards he wrenched hi nam again by helping to raise a horse which bad fallen to the ground. Eventually lie wAs ttold by Mr Griffith that he had b!t't"'l' go the Infirmary, and he gave him a ttckct to go there and was attended by a d)ctjr who had given a certificate as to his 4nj uriers. He was at the Infirmary for -some time and had to undergo an operation. After this he had been employed by Mr Watkin Davies in light work. The applicant gave evidence in support of iiia advocate's statement, and said that be injured his left arm on the 13th of June whiUc fixing a gate post. However, he rim not complain about the matter at the lima as the next day was a Sunday, aud he could reitt his arm, and on Monday he was «nptoyed on light wotk such as clearing ønrQbi, &t!. His arm continued to get warse, and sometime after he wrenched his urill a.a.iu whilst agisting to raise a horse wiiich had fallen, and the pain it gave him nearly made him faiat. On the Sth of August, hp was advised to take some rest, a id be went as an in-patient to the Infirm- ary, and the certificate given there showed tie was suffering from an injury to his Arm, and certificate giveu on the 2nd of November and the 2nd of December showed that be was suffering from an injury to the left shoulder joint. Cross-ecammed, witness denied that the "ioj try be complained of was really rheu- matism and not due to an accident. Dr Jamas Hughes, of Denbigh, gave evia .ueo co the effect that the applies nt sutlered from an injury to the lift 4.uu <(er j jiufc, and Dr Williams, the bouse aurgooa at the Denbighshire Infirmary, similar evidence.. For the defence, Junah Williams, bailiff I to t^e respondent, was called, and he stated that the applicant was employed and paid for every day from the 12th of I May to the 9th of August. He worked ID the harvest from June to July, and com- plained of the injury to his arm the third week in July. He said be did net know* whether he had injured his arm fixing gates or pulling the mare np. He was engaged for a few days in October falling trees. John Evans, 7, The Green, Denbigh, gave evidence to the efiect that he worked with the applicant in the harvest pitching bay, and he had never complained to him that he had injured his arm in the way described. » For the defence, Mr Ellis Jones Griffith contended that there had been no proof that an accident bad really taken place, judging from the surrounding circum- stances, and that the applicant had not even complained to his fellow workmen of the accident. There were four people helping to raise the horse up, yet he had not complained to one of them that he had wrenched his arm. His Honour, in giving judgment, characterised the case as a very curious and difficult one, and the question to decide was how long the applicant had been incapacitated from work. There was no doubt, from the medical testimony, that the applicant had met with an injury to his arm, and he would award him Ð a week for 19 weeks, which amounted to t'8 lis. His Honour further added that he had included eight weeks in his finding for the applicant to recover the full use of his arm. A DISPUTE BETWEEN BROTHERS- IN-LAW. AX INTRICATE CARli; CONCERNING MORTGAGES,- INTEREST AND SALES. Thomas Blythin, Feiiu Meredith, Rhewl, sought to recover from Morris Jones, Gwernyrewig, Bala, the bum of ill 7a OJ., wrongfully charged. Defendant had paid E2 10s Od into court with a denial of liability. Mr Graham, barrister. Shrewsbury (in- structed by Mr R Vincent Johnson, Kuthin), was for plaintiff, and Mr Ellis Jones Griffith (instructed by Mr A O. Evans, Denbigh,) defended. There was a considerable amount of in- terest evinced in the case, which was not completed when the court rose at G.30, and had to be adjourned. The parties con- cerned in the case are brothers-in-law. For the plaintiff, Mr Graham said the claim was made up of two items, viz., £ 2 10:J Od and £8 17s 91, the first repre- senting interest and the second auctioneer's charges in preparing for a sale. Plaintiff became the mortgagor and the defendant mortgagee of an estate which,, had been left the plaintiff by his father. In regard to the first item plaintiff did not owe the money, and in regard to the second the contention was that they were auctioneers' charges which were improperly incurred, because there was no interest due and no power of sale in existence. Some years ago plaintiff's father died, leaving him an estate in Llana^mon consisting of a mill; Plae Isa, a cottage and a bungalow. In September, 1890, he mortgaged the property to a man named Hughes to secure RSOO. This was the first mortgage and was still in existence. In 1900, the defendant appears to have taken the tenancy under the plaintiff, both of the Mill and of Plas Isa. About the same year plaintiff mortgaged his property to the London and Provincial Bank to secure his current account, and in the beginning of December, 1900, there was due upon that account a sum of £ 289. In order to clear this off, Blythin on the 5th of December, 1900, borrowed R250 from a man named Shaw, and R50 from the de- fendant. In order to secure Shaw he gave him a second mortgage, but no security of any description was given the defendant for the £60. For about 18 months the defend- ant paid the rent for the grazing land to Mr A 0 Evans, or at any rate Mr Evans for some reason received the interest. Matters continued in this position until 1907. First of all there was a first and second mortgage in existence and Mr A 0 Evans was ieceiving the rents and profits, and was making all payments to keep down the interest, &c. In the course of doing so he appeared to have a claim for over payments to the amount of £68 against the plaintiff. In March, 1907. there was a general settling.up between the plaintiff, Mr Evans, and the defendant. Mr Evans took over Shaw's mortgage for 9250, and he became second mortgagee, he also taking security for £ 63 in addition. The position of affairs on the 16th of March was this:— Mr Evans was entirely secured for all his advances and the debt of £50 to the defendant was secured by a third mortgage. Seeing himself going back instead of forward ia his accounts, plaintiff tried to negociate another mortgage with a view of paying Mr Evans off, and eventually Mr Johnson, Ruthin, found the money necessary to make the transfer of the mortgage, a sum of £ 410 being necessary for redemption of the second and third mortgage. Mr Grabam then went on to outline the negociations for the transfer, and read voluminous correspondence. He allio stated that Messrs Sheffield & Gould, auctioneers, Mold, had been consulted by the plaintiff, but that was in regard to the raising of a mortgage, and not with a view of selling the property. The correspondence con-1 tained a letter from Mr A 0 Evans, stating that he had been asked by the defendant to have plaintiff's property sold, and that in consequence he had placed the matter in the hands of Messrs Sheffield and Gould to have the estate put np for auction. Con- cluding his remarks, counsel stated that the accounts showed that there was no interest due from the plaintiff, and, there- fore, there was no power of sale, hence the claim for the return of £2 10s Od, over- paid interest, and the XS J 78 6d-being the auctioneers' charges, &c., in advertising the sale. Evidence was then given by the plaintiff, his wife, Mr Howard Evans, solicitor, Mold, and Mr Humphrey Jones (defen- dant's brother). For the defence, Mr Ellis Jones Griffith called Mr R R Roberts, auctioneer, Corwen, who described a visit paid to his office on the 16th of June last by the defendant and the plaintiff. He under- stated from the conversation that plaintiff had tried to negotiate a first mortgage through Mr Johnson, solicitor, Ruthin. Mr William Davies, a large Vale of Clwyd farmer, was instructed to report on the property, and as a consequence of his unfavourable report, wituess understood that Bly thin had decided to put the property up for auction. He approved of the terms, and agreed to have the sale at Castle Hotel, Ruthin, but eventually matters tell through, and the sale did not take place. Mr Charles Sheffield, of Messrs Sheffield & Gould, auctioneers, Mold, also gave evi- deuce to the effect that after visits by the plaintiff, and correspondence with Mr A 0 Evans, he arradged for the sale of the property to take place and had it adver- tised. At this stage of the proceedings the case was ac j )urned to the next County Court at Denbi^n.

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GREAT UNIONIST MEETING AT RUTHIN. Mr. Ormsby Gore and Mr. Sam Thompson on Current Politics. AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. On Tuesday evening the Ruthin Town Hall was crowded by an enthusiastic audience, who had assembled to hear the views of the prospective candidates for the Denbigh Boroughs and West Denbighshire. The proceedings throughout were of a rousing nature, all the speakers being heartily cheered, while their speeches were punctuated by frequent applause. A number of ladies of the Primrose League attended the meeting. 0 Colonel Saxon Gregson Ellis presided. The Chairman was supported on the platform by the Hon W Ormsby Gore, Mr Sam Thompson, Hon E Hewitt, Mr Stanley Weyman, Mr G H Denton. Mr G F Byford, Mr W Davies, Mr J Williams, Mr H H Springmann, Mr E Tegid Owen, and M; j )r Radcliffe (Conservative organ- izing agent for North Wales). Apologies for absence were announced from Mr Edward Lloyd (of Rhagatt), Capt Sweten- ham, Mr C Pope, Capt Jenkins, and Mr G Gregson Ellis. The Chairman, on rising to open the proceedings, was greeted with a hearty outburst of applause. He said that he felt siice that it was with a certain amount of reluctance that many of them left their firesides in such inclement weather to attend that meeting. It was a sign of their loyalty to the Unionist cause that they bad been induced to sacrifice their material comfort to support it. There was no doubt that, if ever there was a time when it behoved every man to come forward and use his best endeavours to return the Unionist party to power, those days were now upon them (applause). They had a Government who, in the opinion of the Liberal party, comprised men of the highest ability ever in Parlia- medt, sinking daily deeper and deeper in the bog of their own muddling incom- petency. It behoved them to replace that Government by one capable of carrying the ship of the State safe to port (hear, hear). If the Unionists placed politic first; they would welcome the Libeial difficulties, showing that their own eventual victory ould be the greater. The Unionists, however, did not wish to see the country getting into difficulties, and they wished to put in the place of the present Government those who wouid save the country from disaster. The only partially good Government measure was the Old Age Pensions Act, and he thought that even that measure was full of blots. It should have been contributory, in which case it would have encouraged thrift, done away with the taint of pauperism, and enabled larger pensious to be paid. If anyone lived to the age of 69 without ask- ing for help from the pirish, it was grossly unfair that he should be disqualified for a pension if he was driven to ask for relief in his 70th year (applause). One of the first acts of the next Unionist Government should be to modify that clause. It was also extremely unfair that any grant from a friendly society should be taken into account, in awarding a pension, as men joined these societies to make provision for their old age, and they should not therefore be penalised (applause). CONSERVATIVES READY FOR THE BATTLE. The Hon W Ormsby Gore (who was I also warmly welcomed) said it gave him great pleasure to be once more among the people ot Ruthin and on the same platform as the Unionist candidate for West Denbighshire (applause). He thought it was well that they should have visited Ruthin together, and he hoped that both would be successful (applause). The next election would be a crucial one for North Wales, as the Unionist party meant to put forth every effort to carry the war into the 1 enemy's country. They meant to keep personalities out of politics and to fight the election on political issues alone. They were ready to face the Liberals on theques- tions of Tariff Reform the cartailment of the powers of the House of Lords the disestablishment of the Church in Wales, education, and the Old Age Pensions Act. He agreed with the Chairman that in that Act there were grievous blots, and it was not a measure to be praised. Referring to the hardships as to paupers, to which the Chairman alluJed, he asked Why should paupers, merely because they had no votes, be deprived of pensions by the Liberal Government ? Surely they were just the persons in need of and who should receive pensions (applause). If ever there was a grievance unjustly introduced into an Act, that was one. The Act was not one to glory in, but one, rather, to be ashamed of, because of its defecta. It was a dangerous thing to promise, because after the last election people began to realize that the promises of one party, at least, were not always fulfilled, but he could certainly promise them that when the Unionists returned to office the pauper disqualification would be removed (ap- plause). They had been promised a vindictive Budget, which would revenge the Liberal party on the House of Lords for throwing out the Licensing Bill, as well as on various portions of the com- munity hostile to the Government. There was a serious deficit on this year's Budget, and with the growing need tor expenditure on labour bureaux, and for the transference of rates to local bodies, the country would have to face a great financial difficulty. There were two methods of taxation, ^direct and indirect, and, if they extended direct taxation much further, the Govern- ment would be ill advised. If they taxed the rich man more heavily, he would recoup himself by employing fewer men, and, if they increased the income tax, the first things to go would not be his luxuries, but the extra hands. The extra taxation would thus fall on the working classes and on the wages fund. They could touch the rich man by taxing his expensive foreign luxflries, and in that way they could get the money from him without bitting the workiog man. If they taxed j articles coming from abroad, that meant Tariff Reform. The consumer J did not always pay the tax. If I they extendfd indirect taxation, they would get a certain contribution from the foreiguers, just as foreigners now got a contribution from us. A certain manu- facturer in this country made tulle and exported it to Russia and France. In Russia the consumer paid all the duty, but in France the manufacturer had to pay it. The reason was that in Rus3ia there was no tulle factory, but in France there was one, and, in order to complete with the French industry, the manufacturer had to pay the tax. The tax in Russia was equal to the value of the tulle. In France they made the same article, and so the English manufacturer had to puy a toll to get his goods in and con- tributed to the revenue of the country. If the foreigners taxed them in that way, they in their turn should force foreigners to pay to the revenue of this country (ap- plause). They had in Mr Thompson a working man who had studied that question, so be lwould not go further, except by showing them what he intended to pat in the place of that vindictive Government. The Inland Revenue figures showed that yearly more and more money was invested in foreign countries. When they had a Chancellor of the Exchequer who threatened to rob hen-roosts, jthe people with money to invest would not of course trust it to a Liberal Govern- ment, bnt would invest it abroad. That was cot what they wanted, especially now that they bad a grievous unemployed question to face. They wanted money to encourage British industry, and any Chan- cellor ot the Exchequer who encouraged the investment of capital abroad was furthering unemployment. Under the Patents Act they had big German manufacturers coming to settle down in this country with German overseers and workmen, and the profits going to Germany. They wanted similar industries established in this country to compete with the German industry, but the Patents Act left the question of encourag- ing British industry almost untouched. Turning then to the Church question, he said the report of the Committee for the disestablishment and disendowment of the Welsh Church had been published in The Times that morming, and it appeared that all sorts of schemes were to be paid for by money filched from the Church, whicn their oponents, in their ignorance, called nat onal property. That property was not national, even if the people of Wales were going to take from the mother Church money and property that had been hers for centuries. To take the question of tithe, they did not all pay it, for it was affixed to certain lauds. It was tha gift of certain land- owners from their own private property It was folly and misrepreutation for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to talk of the working men of Wales having to give a tenth of their income to M.e support of an alien church. His audience would, no doubt, be glad to hear, that it was proposed to treat the four cathedrals in the four Welsh dioceses as national property, vested in the Welsh Members of Parliament and County Councillors, and to use them for choral festivals, etc. If that was the Government's intention, he would propose ttut Churchmen should take the Non- conformist chapels for their united festivals (laughter and applause). The Bill would only apply to Wales and Monmouthshire, and not to the whole of the four dioceses. For instance, part cf r,e diocese of St Asaph was in Shropshire and would not be affected by the Bill, which was prompted by fanaticism, and not by zeal for religion (applause). He abso- lutely repudiated the idea that the measure for disestablishment and disendowment was brought forward in zeal for religion it was prompted by envy, hatred, and malice (renewed applause). Before next election they should have the report of the Welsh Church Commission, which, he hoped, would represent the Church as the spiritual mother of the nation, and gaining ground daily. It seem eo to him extraordinary tnat I the people of Wales, who for centuries had felt the benefit of the Church in Wales, whoso members, till within the last century v had written almost all her classics, should desire her downfall, and he hoped that the Welsh people would repudiate the ideas of the extremists who wished to turn and rend the Church (applause). He did not know the intentions of the Unionist party as regarded the education question, and he certainly did not know what the Liberals intended to do. The Liberals, largely owing to the efforts of the member for those boroughs, rejected the only honest attempt at compromise. He was anxious to get the religious difficulty settled, and this could only be done on absolutely fair lines (applause). If any of the Liberal Education Bills had been passed there would have been a greater outcry to have it repealed than in the case of Mr Balfour's Act. He did not consider that Act altogether wise, because of the difficulty of giving satisfactory religious education in single school areas. He suggested that in such cases neither Church teaching nor undenominationalism should be forced on those who did not want them. They could only settle that question by a direct appeal to the parents of the children attending any particular school (bear, bear). In discussing that question they should be fair both to the majority and the minority, giving the latter the right of entry (applause). Welshmen were extremely proud of their educational system, the only ladder by which they could rise from village green to Downing- street, and he hoped to see more Welshmen doing so (applause). He had just been asked by the Chairman to give his views on the women's suffrage question, and he thought that, if women really wanted the vote, and were really wise, they would not have adopted the ridiculous tactics that they had towards Cabinet ministers (laugh- ter and applause). At the same time there was a good deal in the old adage that there should be no taxation without representa- tion, and he saw no reason why unmarried ladies or widows owning property or paying rates and taxes as men did should not have votes on the same terms as men (applause). He had been asked to propose a vote of confidence in the Opposition, which, he was sore, would commend itself to his audience, and he did so on the lines of his speech (loud and continued applause). WEST DENBIGHSHIRE CANDIDATE'S FIRST APPEARANCE. Mr Sam Thompson, on his first appear- ance ou a political platform at Ruthin, was greeted in the most inspiriting manner. After thanking the audience for the splendid reception that they had accorded kim, he said that he had had his head- quarters in Ruthin for the past seven months, but, owing to the fact that he had been occupied, as his worthy opponent confessed, in making the seat hot for him, he had not been able to spend much time in Ruthin. He had noticed people looking at him as if they wondered who he was, and he hoped that after that meeting they would know him, and that, if they met him in the streets, they would come up and shake bands with him, and that they would I become good friends (applause). He be- I lieved that one of Mr Gore's greatest regrets was that he could not speak Welsh but be understood from him that he was learning to do so, and he hoped soon to hear him adlres;41 g a meeting in that language (applause). He intended to speak for the next 15 m,nutes or so in Welxh and then to finish uis remarks in English. Mr Thompson then, in an excellent Welsh speech, dealt with the question of Tariff Reform, and said there was urgent IH ell for a change in the fiscal system of the country, because at present this country did no enjoy Free Trade in the true sense of the word. For the long period of sixty years wo had giv, u the foreigner absolute freedom to dump his goods in this country without paying any tax >vbatsoever, where- as the Britisher was denied such a privilege in the foreign markets of the world. Was that right or fair? (' No, no.") He would say that the time was coming, if it had not already arrived, when the Government of tlJis country should 00 something to protect its trades- men and workingmen against this unfair foreign competition (hear, bear), and also enable the British manufacturer to compete on equal terms with the foreigner in his own market (applause). To bring ahout this state of things was the first objet of Tariff Reform and the fact that uo huch change had been brought about in our fiscal system meant the continuance of un- employment and kindred evils. The agri- cultural interest had suffered to a great extent, because as things stood at present the country depended more an t more every year on foreign markets for its food supply. Under the system advocated and supported by Ta, iff Reformers thousands of acres now uncultivated in this country would be tilled, and in this way e i»ploy- melit would be given to the people of the country, because their labour wuuld really provide the food now fouud in other countries (applause). Clearly it was the duty of the Government to bring about such an alteration of our ft.c"l syate II as would find employment for people in rural districts, and thus prevent that, great evil-the migration of the rural population to the industrial centres of the cou, try (applaud ). One of the questions on which the next general election would be fought was whether the House of Lords was to be ended or mended. He had always sincerely believed that there was room for improve- ment in the House of Lords, by bringing it nearer to the democratic feeling of the I age, but that was a very different thing from the attack of their fues. They found I that, since the Committee of the House of Lords bad decided on certain reforms, the Liberals were not prepared to accept tbem, because they said the House of Lords would- be stronger than ever and, presumably, the Liberals would not be able to control it. If the country wanted to end the Huuse of Lords it could do so, but it was not the business either of Liberals or Conservatives to do it. The House of Commons bad no right to interfere with the privileges of the House of Lords, any more than the Lords had to interfere with those of the Commons. The Liberal Government had told them that, if the House of Lords did not accept tho Licensing Bill, then the Government would stand or fall by the measure. They had neither stood nor fallen by it; they had run away (laughter). Mr Birrell said that all tno moral forces were behind the Government. He agreed, but they were behiud the Government with a big boot trying to kick it out of office (laughter and applause). The Liberal party really loved the Lords; it liked hobnobbing with them and getting as many asposible into Liberal Administra- tions. In 1886 the Liberal Government created 29-peers, with six in the Cabinet; in 1892 they created 24, with six in the Cabinet. Lord Kosebery's Government created 22, with seven in the Cabinet, and the present Government had created 20, with six in the Cabinet. What was the use of the Liberals calling the Lords all kinds of names if they called them to their assistance whenever they wanted to form a Government? If they found the Liberal party professing anxiety to destroy the House of Lords and at the same time creat- ing new peers, thty bad a right to doubt their sincerity. Whenever the people of this country made up their minds to have a thing, the House of Lords, as the Radicals themseves admitted, had never stood in l their way after having been convinced that the people wan te dit, but, when the House of Lords found the Government forcing measures forward which the people did not want, it had stood between the people and such a Government (applause). He took a particular interest in the late deceased Licensiug. Bill, as he did in any poor, decrepit person going downhill (laughter). The Licensing Bill laid it down as a principle that that trade dis- pensed a certain article which did harm if used in excess. Therefore, according to the Bill, the Government had a right to take away the money invested and the property. Compensation was not provided by the Government, but the persons inter- ested were graciously permitted to com- pensate themselves. It was like taking away a man's banking account and asking him to compensate himself with the loose change in his trouser pockets (laughter). The people of this country were a sober people. Nearly a century ago the British nation recognised that slavery should be abolished, yet they compensated the slave- owners with an indemnity of six millions, because the British nation always had a high sense of honour and integrity (ap- plause). If the Liberal Government had recognized that, they would never have introduced such a Bill as the one thrown out by the House of Lords. It was absurd for the Liberal party to think that they had a monopoly of the desire for temper- ance reform. He wished to warn his hearers in time of what would occur before the next election. The Radicals would un- doubtedly come before them with the old cry for the disestablishment of the Church. If that day ever came about it would be a very bad one for the Liberal party in Wales, because tbat was the whole of their stock in trade (laughter). His hearers must not be led away by that cry. He wanted them to look at the question from the side of seeing Christian principles tested and victorious, and they must consider whether any attack made on the Church would advance morality and re- ligion. He would dnfend the endowments of the Church because of their unspeakable value to the poor of the country. There were centres in the country which would never be reached except by the Church, which he defended as a spiritual institution doing national service. Mr Gore and be had been described as young men, and he bad been described as a novice. He found that the definition of that word meant a fresh man, and they were desirous of doing all they could for the welfare of the country and of putting all their intellect

LLANELIDAN. THE LATE MR. JOHN ROBERTS. Death has removed from this parish a. highly resppcted inhabitant in the person of Mr John Roberts of Waenrhydd, at the ripe age of 72 years. Mr Roberts had been ailing for some time, but was paralysed some twelve months ago and his hpalth had been since in a very precarious state, and in spite of the careful nursing of his daughter and all that medical skill could do, he passed peacefully away on Tuesday,. the 12th instant. The funeral took place on the following Saturday in the Parish Churchyard, when despite the inclemency of the weather a large number of friends and neighbours assembled to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased, among whom were Dr Medwyn Hughes, Rev T Prichard (rector of Llan- fwrog), Mr Gonier Roberts, Mr Ellis Jones, Llynderw Mr Roberts, Pwllnaid Mr R D Jones, Nantclwyd Mills Mr Price, Rbewlgoch Mr Edwards, High- gate Mr Wynne, Rhewlfelin Mr Wynne Tynypant Mr Jones, Hafod Mr Jones, Ffynondudur Mr Lloyd, Rhewlwen Mr Jones, Maestreiau Mr Pcwell, Trewin Mr Lloyd, Ty'inyberllan Mr Jones. Pen- fforddu; Mr Smith, Glascoed iNIr Chtist- mas Jones, Mr Evans, Gartbygroes Mr Edward Edwards, &c., &c. The chief mourners were Mr and Mrs Roberts and Master Roberts, Waenrhydd Mr Williams, Brynycymau Mr Williams, Sywracb Mr and Mrs Owen, Mant Mr Owen, Bylan; Mr and Mrs Jones, Tyddjn- draw Mr Jones, Liandegle Mr Lang- ford. Llanarmon and Mrs Roberts, late of Bylan. On Sunday last, at the Evening Serviced when most of the mourners were present, the Rector, in the course of his sermon* referred in very feeling terms to his departed friend, taking for his text St Luke ii. 26, It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ." Mr Morris referred to him in his capacity as churchwarden and school manager for some years, that he had always found him unflinchingly loyal to his Church and its traditions, and that his memory would be fondly treasured by him as long as he lived, and it ought to be an inspiration to all of them to be faithful, loyal, and consistent.

and knowledge at the disposal of the ] electors. They wished to do the best they | possibly could lor the country and to Irte 3 it from the present Radical caucus for the ] country would not g. t freedom while that caucus was able to dominate all the bodies f in Wales. He had great pleasure in I seconding the resolution of confidenoe in the Opposition, which he was sore they would pass with acclamation and unanimity (prolonged applause). The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr John Williams proposed a vote of thanks to the speakers. Mr Stanley Weyman, in seconding, said he did not presume to praise either speaker. He believed that he heard in Mr Thompsor's voice the accent of victory and that they would win a great and astonishing fight (loud applause). The vote having been duly carried, Mr Gore, in acknowledging it, said he came before them for a principle and a cause, and after the election he hoped to thank them by his bumble services to the greatest ani the least. He bad pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman (applause). Mr Thompson first acknowledged the compliment to himself and then seconded that to the Chairman, which was heartily carried. The Chairman e ;pre Sf d the hope that both candidates might get in, and the meeting closed appropriately with the sing- ing of tht- National Antbem.