The North Wales Times

.1.L .u MOLD. 'r" THE SUNSET. The sunset last Friday night was one of the toost mau*aifiea»t: spectacles ever seea in Mold, &nd many called attention to ib. lb was said by oae or two gentleman who wers out walking In the country, fcoafc it was such, that in the glow, Mold took upon itself the appearance of an Italian town. MR. G. H. SIMON. Many will rejoice to know that Mr. G. H. Simon, solicitor, is rapidly regaining the ground he had lost, and that during the last two Or three weeks, he has b Jen making steady pro. cess towards recovery. We earnestly hope "hat the recovery will In this time oi a thoroughly permanent character. FEAT BY THE POST OFFICE. The other evening a letter was posted at mborough addressed Mrs. Boosie, North ls, England.' To the credit of the Post Office it can be stated that the letter arrived J^ithout any delay in Mold and was duly jWuded to Mrs. Boosie, Derwen Villas, who *°Und that it was from her sister to herself. o much blame is apportioned at various times o the Post Office that it is only right that now nd then when they do do something smart, la.t the public should know it. The only topping place between Edinborough and Mold at Crewe. SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS. Many people, including all the members of English Presbyterian Church, will be glad hear that Mr. John Griffith Jones, son of the ltev. Davict Jones, the late pastor of the church been successful in taking hisB A. degree at yxford, and has graduated in honours. Mr. ™oneg was taught the first elements of Greek at ji^e Alan School, Mold, uader the direction of W. LI. Parry, B A., and while there he was Diost painstaking student, and mastered the .^ork to perfection. It is also gratifying to jearn that the Rev. Divid Jones, is recovering "Om the serious attack of illness, which in- Capacitated him some time ago, and is at pre- well on the way to regaining his usual ""engfch. NEW BRIGHTON CHURCH CHOIR TRIP. On Monday last, through the kindness of Mr. r, Mrs. C. P. Morgan, Sunny Hill, the mern- b0r8 of the New Brighton Church Choir, to- other with the Church warden, were enabled 0, spend a delightful day at New Brighton (Cheshire). The party, numbering about 26, ^ere accompanied by Mr. and Mis. Morgan. ~^ey Btarted from Mold about 7 a.m.,and drove Eastham, and from Eastham they proceeded "y boat to their destination. Having arrived New Brighton, the various entertainments "'ere visited, and a most enjoyable day was Pent. the weather being very line. Towards I P- m. preparations were made for departure, Jad Moid was reached at 10 that night. On way home the R^v. Evan Jones proposed heartiest vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. organ, and this was warmly supported by all. Morgan stated that his main object in Siving this trip was to enable the younger lumbers to form some idea of the shipping, **)r many had never seen such a thing as a ship before in their lives.

t SCHOOL BOARD. The ordinary meeting of the Board was held On Wednesday last, at 3 p.m., the Rev. W. Morgan in the chair. Present, Messrs. Lamb, d. T. Morgans, E. Bithell and the Clerk, Mr. G. Roberts. THE MINUTES. The minutes of the last meeting wers read, and confirmed. The treasurer's book showing a credit balance of E357 4s. 9 L, and the petty cash book shoeing a credit balance of Is. 7Jd. were sub- 2 mitted. SEATING OF THE BUCKLEY SCHOOLS. The Clerk stated th t certain data had been received from Holvweli to the effect thac the a&stem of heating there in vogue by means of water pipes involved a saving of 30 or 40 Per cent. The saving of course, would be peater in a larger school. In was also stated Jhat this system was very satisfactory, seeing 'hat all the children in the school received the lIame amount 01 heat. Uuder the old plan it *as not so. Tbe Chairman wished to know what would "heir saving be on their present expenditure. The Cierk stated that their coal bill for the Year 1900 was f48 lis. 101. If the new plan ^ere adopted, it would mean about £ 15 or £ 20 & siving each year. The Chairman said that if that were so, a tase had. been made out for a change. If they cQuld borrow money then, the saving effected year would pay the interest as well as "he proportion of the capital. ,It was finally deaided to advertise for pro- Vlsionai tenders for the erection of the pipe3 n the three schools—Buckley, Mold and Lees \food. It wag also resolved to pay the expenses of members of the Board, who had gane to •iolywell to see into this matter, out of the Patty cash. THE INSPECTOR'S REPORTS. The Chairman said that these reports were tnQt satisfactory, 8nd reflected great credit ■Jpon all the teaeheas of all the schools. He j^oved that the Clerk should write to the ?eicher3 to this effect. This was seconded and carried. APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS. Mold Infant School-Miss Adelaide Jones. Buckley Girls School—Miss Myfanwy Price. 'rIlE CLEANING OF BUCKLEY SCHOOL. It was decided to consider the question of the leaning of this school at the annual visit which 'Will take place oa Thursday, Augusb 1st. THE EDUCATION BILL. The Chairman moved the following resolu- tion That in the opinion of this Board, no which proposes to meet temporarily the d'fficultv created by the judgment given in the 100tirt of Queen's Bench in the case of Regina Cockerton can be satisfactory which doesnot directly empower School Boards, without th8 intervention of any other local authority, to to carry on for the time being out of School funds, subject to the regulations of the ^ard'of Education, the work to the mainten- ance of which the School fund has been ruled ot to be lawfully applie i. That copies of this r be sent to Mr. Hebert Lewis, the uke of Devonshire, and Sir John Gorst.' After the resolution had been read, the Chair- said that the difficulties which this new J HI tried to avoid had been caused by the atnons Cockerton judgment, which was to the eect that the School Boards had no power to 1'?e other than Elementary Education, and fondly, that they had no power to educate but children by spending ratepayer's it had been decided that such courses 1 action as the giving of advanced education, the educating of adults was illegal. If that so, then the expenditure had been brought j^°ut, and carried on under the guidance of the ^fncation Department, and the officials at /Whitehall. How were these illegalities j? be legalised? Sir John Branner had a 7, before the house to enable the V*^ernment to do this, but the Chairman that he was afraid it had not the potest chance of passing through, and be- The County Councils were to be Riveya this power, and theBoard would have to f° to them for consent to B^end their own i*°ney. They ought to know more than the Councils, and they considered that they pI(1 know more, and what right had the County ~°nocil to bother in purely local affairB which not^ia any way come into relation at all the majority. Why were the Boards not a bill to deal direct with the question ? had a right to protest against this humilia- JJ which waa being put upon them. • Bitliell seconded this resolution, and in so, baid that he would seaoadit, if it were only for the latter part of the Chairman's ad. dress, in which be hinted that the parpuau of the Government was to do away with Boards entirely. He thought the same himse'.f, and although it pernaps waB not down in black and white, yet at the same time, he fully believed thai) such a thing was the desire of the Govern- ment. It was decided to forward a copy of thia reso- lution to Sir John Gorst, the Duke of Davon- shire, and J. H. Lewis, M.P. CORRESPONDENCE. The correspondence was meigre and unin- teresting, the only letter of interest being one drawing the attention of the Board to the fact that the new Bye-laws concerning the age of children leaving school were causing some trouble, inasmuch as the children in certaia schools had expected that they could leave at 13 years of age, and now find that they must stay on till they are 14.

CRICKET MOLD V. DENBIGH. CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE DENBIGH TEAM. On Saturday last the Denbigh team journeyed to Mold to try conclusions with the Mold men. The match proved to be a I soft'thing, though, as far asthe home team wasconeerned.for thanks to the splendid bowling of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Astbury, the visitors were all got rid of for the paltry sum of 39 rnne. During the Mold in nings, a splendid stand was made by Mr. Hurst and Mr. E. Lewis. These two gentk-men com- pletely collared the bowling of their opponents and between them they put on 89 runs, Mr. Harst compiling a valuable 51 no out, and Mr. Lewis a very useful 38. SCORE. DENBIGH. J. Hughes, c Eaton b North 1 D. E. Humphreys Roberts, b Lewis 0 J. Moseley run out 13 T. Lawton, c E Jones b Astbury 1 R. Simon, c Astbury 0 J. H. Gibbs, c E. Jones b Lewis 3 W. Astbury not out 3 H. Sinclair, b Astbury 2 J. Saville, bLewis 4 W. Griffiths s Hurst b Astbury 3 I.I. Jones, c Ilarat b Lewis 1 A. Williams, c Hurst b Lewis 0 Extras 8 Total 39 MOLD. J. Hurst not out 51 D. E. Lewis, c Jones b Griffiths. 38 W. E. Eaton, b Saville 7 A. M. North, b Grtffiths 1 C. H Astbury not out 29 W. Gillespie 1 J. Simon J A. W. Lewis ( J. B. J. Schofield/" did not bat J. B. Hamilton I E.Jones I Extras 4 Total „ 130 3 wickets. MOLD 2ND XI. V. A LUIS SCHOOL. The members of the Mold 2nd eleven did not seem to be in very good humour on Saturday night last. There was a dangerous gleam in the eye of each one, and on enquiry as to the cause, it was ascertained, that they lhad mei with a defeat:so thorough and disastrous, as to be entirely without precedent in their annals. It appears that the match was fought out upon that most fiery and dangerous piece of ground belonging to the school, which like every other school ground has an individuality of its own, suitable to those who play upon it, but moat deceptive to those who have been accustomed to the Mold ground. The Mold men won the toss, and of their infinite condeaeeasioa they put the Alun School in first. The School went in first, and wefe not dismissed until they had compile1 the splendid total of 150 ruos, which is, we believe the record score for the Alun School to make ever since its foundation. But this was not all. Disaster did not stop here, forthe Mold men were all dismissed for 23 runs. After all is said and done, the school must be complimented upon securing a very handsome victory, a victory which they may well be proud of, and Messrs. Lloyd and Arthur are to be complimented upon their scores of 39 and 24 respectively. ALUN SCHOOL. Scargill, c Price b W. Peters '01 12 R. S. Davies, b W. Petars 9 R. 0, Arthur, c Hughes b Williams 24 L. Davies, b Williams 12 Birch, ct Williams b J. Eaton 0 T. E. Baggot, b M. Jones 12 R. V. Lloyd, c Price b J. B. Price 39 R. E. Jones, c M. Jones b J B. Price 3 A. E. Davies, c S. Peters b S. Peters 7 Alex McGregor, (CApt.)) not., out 11 T. C. Evans not oat 2 Extras 19 Total 150 Innings declared closed for 9 wickets. MOLD 2ND. XI. First Innings. T. H. Parry, c Lloyd b R. S. Davies 0 W. Peters, 1 b w b R. S Davies ..„ 3 S. Prince (Capt.) c Scargill b Birch 0 J. H. Williams, c R. E. Jones b Birch 6 J. B. Price, b R. S. Davies 4 J. Hughes, c A. C. Davies b R. S. Davies 7 J. Eaton, b Birch 0 M. Jones, b R. S. Davies 0 S. Peters not out 1 W. C. Hughes, c Baggott b Birch 0 L. Jones, c L. Da.vies b R. S. Davies 0 Extras. 2 Total 23 Second Innings. T. H. Parry, b R. E Jones 17 W. Peters, b R. E. Jones 0 S. Prince (Capt.) b R. V. Lloyd. 12 J. H Williams, c Jones b Jones 4 J. B. Price not out 5 J. Hughes not out I S. Peters, c R. O. Arthur b R. E. Jones 20 Extras I Total 70 Mr. Birch took 4 wickets for 13, and Mr. R. S. Davies 6 for 8 runs. The visitors put on 8 bowlers, Mr. Price being the most successful. PONTBLYDDYN v. HALKYN, AT HALKYN, JULY 16, 1901. HALKYN. W. L. Johnson, b E. Lloyd 9 J. L. Francis, c A. Hughes, b E. Lloyd 24 V. S. Ward, c Hewitt, b M. Roberts 33 R. P. Jones, c and b M. Roberts 0 E. Harper, b E. Lloyd 2 C. Hughes, b E. Lloyd 5 L. Jones, retired, hurt 3 G. Jones, b M. Roberts 0 R. E. Sawyer, b E. Lloyd 4 T. P. Jones, c E. Roberts, b M. Roberts 0 J. Salisbury not out 0 T. Parry c A. Hughes, b E. Lloyd 0 Extras 7 87 PONTBLYDDYN. M. Roberts, c Johnson, b Jones 0 E. Roberts, c J. L. Francis, b R.P. Joues 1 J. Hayes, c T. P Jones, b C Hughes 0 E. Hayes, c Francis, b C. Hughes 1 E. T. Parry, c Johnson, b R. P. Jones 9 J. McL. Jones, b C. Hughes 1 R. G. Parry, c Sawyer, b Francis 16 E. Hewitt, b Ward 36 E. Lloyd, c and b Ward 34 W. Jones not out 2 A. Hughes, c Francis, b Ward 0 r. Jones, c Harper, b Hughes 0 Extras 8 108

MOLD AND BIjCKLEY L KBAX COUNCILS. A COMPARISON AND A CONTRAST. To go from the Mold Urban Council to that of Buckley is akin to leaving one world for another which is entirely new and as yet un- explored—full of strange sights and mysteries. Each council, in spite of this difference, has a glory of its own. in Mold you have order and perfect balance, the result in fact of years of labour and experiment the glory of the perfect. In Buckley, you have movement in cessant, strength as yet unproved, powers as yet untested, the glory of the imperfect, quite as interesting as the other. In Mold there is a silent and quiet assurance, arising from a perfect crystallisation and a keen conception of limitations—there is an orderliness arisiog from the fact that the parties have been form ed, known strengths are measured by known strengths, andlno surprises are encountered, for the organization has reached its culminating point. In Buckley, the consciousness of new and unknown power still remains. Limitations as yet have'not been considered, with the result that each member becomes a law to himself- combination is scorned and flouted, 'trust' ideas are ignored- each member is a self con- tained atom as it were, entering into a combin- ation or drawing out of it at his own sweet will, roaming like a comet up and down the mimic firmament, and providing a vast store of surprises for the man on the look out. In Mold the regard for the dogmas of municipalism approaches an adoration and a worship. It is a religion and consistency forms its chief platform. In Buckley, consistency is laughed at in the supreme indulgence of new found powers, and schemes are promoted only to be opposed by the very promoters themselves. It isa river strong, and powerful, overflowing its banks. It is a ioy of a youth who some day will be strong and manly, but who now rejoices to live in the moment, who scorns the claims which the futrue may urge upon him, and who rests content to give himself up entirely, body and soul to the enjoyment of those powers which have come to him from the unknown. In Mold, on the other hand, you have the staid, careiul, watchful parent, always con- scious of that magic word the future,' writing down day by day the solemn word posterity, posterity, posterity no desire to strain after municipal sensationalism, no hankering after municipal fame, content to live in an obscurity which day by day grows more congenial, as year by year it approaches greater perfection. In Buckley the diamond (and there is a diamond) is as yet uncut. In Mold ik is both cut and polished In Buckley there is the sound of conflict and the clashing of arms. Mold rests calm and quiet upon the memory of bat- tles in the past-battles long since decided, the names of which have now become an echo. Buckley favours guerilla warfare, Mold—if it favours any warfare at all-the more ancient and classical order of movements-in divisions and closely defined bodies. In Buckley you have deep consciousness 0' work to be done, in Mold the deep consciousness of work that has been done, of labour accomplished, of toil ended, and of all the attendant blessings which follow in the train of a hard day's work. T. A. JONES m

FREE CHURCH CONFERENCE. A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER'S QUALIFICATION. A second conference dealing with the affairs of the Sunday School was held at the West- minster Road Schoolroom on Friday last at 8.30. The Rev. John Owen was in the chair. Two papers were read, one by Mr. W. Milnes, Penybont, and another by Mr. David Arthur, Wrexham street, Mold. The work of the Sunday School (said Mr. Milnes) may be divided into two parts-in the school and out of the school. The latter part related to the visitation of the scholars during the week, especially those irregular in attendance. Those also who had ceased to attend school should be seen to and invited to return. Some teachers were unable to pay as much attention to this part of the work as they would like on account of lack of time or some other unavoidable cause, and in these cases something might be done by the school to help them, such as ap- pointing absentee visitors. It was most im- portant that every scholar who was absent on any Sunday should be seen during the follow- ing week, or his absence from being occasional would become total. Visitation was perhaps most necessary with regard to the older scholars who were not so much under pareutal control as the younger. If possible, their reason for non-attendance should be obtained so that the causes would be removed, if they were found to exist in the school. The great decrease in the number of Sunday School scholars appeared to be almost entirely due to the youths of 15 or 16 years of age audupwards having left. This was a matter for serious consideration. Why did these young people leave the Sunday School ? Could it be that there had been a want of sympathy on the part of the teachers? Or that they had been indifferent to the needs of their scholars? Or was it the latter were becoming careless? Whatever the cause may have been, it was now necessary that every effort should be put forth to induce them to return. If this could be effected, everything possible should be done to keep up tueir attendance and to prevent their falling away again. The teachers of the next generation would have to be chosen from the scholars of to-day; but if the falling of the attendance was allowed to continue, it .would be very difficult to find efficieut teachers. The church also would suffer, as a decline in the number of scholars would cause a correspond- ing decline in church membership. At the last conference, reference had been made to the lack of missionary spirit on the part of the teachers at the present time, and it was sug- gested that if more of this spirit were shown, and greater effort made to bring the young people to school, much good work would be done. This was quite true, out it would have to be remembered that it was much better to prevent scholars from leaving, than to have to got them to return after they had left. Still, this did not obviate the need of mission work there were many who had never been Sunday School scholars, and they would have to be brought in. It was doubeful, however, if the teachers could atford the time necessary for this work. It would not be advisable to lessen the time they were able to devote to prepara- tion, as their efficiency would thereby be im paired. Then if a number of these young people could be persuaded to come to school, p their attendance could not be maintained unless the teachers were qualified to teach aud had something of interest and value to com municate to them. So that after all, the success of the school depended on the work of the teacher in the school. The question was, in what way could this work be made most efficient. Every teacher should recognize that I a great responsibility rested with him; his influence was felt not only in his own class, but in the whole school, and whatever his attainments as a teacher were, if. his conduct both in and out of school were not above re- proach he could not be an effective teacher. He should be regular and punctual in attend ance, thus setting a good example in this respect to the scholars. He should be in sympathy with every member of his class and thoroughly in earnest in his work. He should have perfect confidence in himself, or he would not commend either the respect or attention of his scholars, and what he had to say should be worth hearing. The preparation of the lesson was one of the most important duties of the teacher. He should devote a considerable portion of his time during the week to the careful study of the lesson, and unless he did so, he could not hope to be successful. His mind should be so full of the subject that he would have no hesitation when before the class, but would be able to explain the lesson clearly and fully, and answer any questions that might be put to him by his scholars. Assuming that the teacher had carefully studied the lesson, and thoughtfully prepared himself, the aext important duty was to deliver It to the class. The method of doing this should be as attract. iva as possible, and suited to the capacities of the scholars, otherwise, however careful the preparation might htve been, he would fail to interest them, and the consequences would be that they would become careless and indifferent, their attendance would become irregular, and eventually they would stay away altogether. Should the teacher see any signs of inattention on the part of the scholars, he would do well to ask himself the question whether he were doing his best to make the lesson interesting, as il was essential that the interest should be sus- tained throughout, and on no account should it be allowed to drop. The object of the teacher should be to make the lesson, instructive as well as interesting to each individual, and to do this would require all his genius. He should not be content with telling what he knows himself, but should draw out from the scholars, by the best means he could, whatever know- ledge they possessed. He would thus see what progrets they were making, and what was the effect of his teaching. Judicious questioning was of great importance, the question to the class should b put clearly and concisely and in such a way that the scholars could see what kind of answer was required. If there were any hesitation on the part of the scholars, the teacher should endeavour to overcome this by varying the form of the question, but it was inadvisable to prompt an answer. Let each think out the answer for himself. and the question should not be allowed to pass until a satisfactory one had been obtained. If the answer was beyond the ability of the scholars, the teacher should give it in as simple a manner as possible, and then see that he had been under- stood by all. There was a great art in question- ing, and teachers should practice this as much as possible. Questions should not be asked indiscriminately, but in such a manner that each one led up to the next, so as to form a connected series and so make the lesson intell- igible. By this means the scholars would learn to thiak and reason for themselves, and they would soon be made to see that they had something to do to make the class a success. It would also help them to keep up their interest in the lesson. Thej should be encour- aged to ask questions whenever they were in doubt on any point, and this would in turn stiihukite the teaeher. No question on the lesson, whether asked by teacher or scholar, should be considered as unnecessary or un- worthy of a proper answer. The lesson should be thoroughly discussed in the class, and every member induced to take a part in it. Unless that were done, very little permanent good would result. On no account should the lesson be hurriedly done. Illustrating might be necessary to emphasise important pointa, but a merely superficial survey, with an anecdote or two to serve as illustration of what appeared to be the object of the lesson would be worse than useless. Young people required something more substantial than this, and if they could not derive any benefit from coming to school, they could scarcely be surprised at their stay ing away, and when this was the cause of their absence, great difficulty would be experienced in persuading them to return. It was only by personal care of and attention to the individual scholar, by leading him to read and study for himself, and by inducing in him a love of what was good and true, and an abhorrence of what was false and evil, that any useful and beneficial effect could be produced, and the earnest effort of the teacher should be in this direction. The effectiveness of the teacher might be impaired by lack of training. He might have the requisite knowledge and yet not be a good teacher. Much improvement might be made in this direction by the forma- tion of a teachers class, as was advocated some time ago. Then care should be exercised in the appointment of teachers, as it some times happened that there was a wont of congeniality between them and their scholars. When such was the case, it was advisable to make a change of teachers. There was one thing which was absolutely indispensible to every Sunday School teacher—and that was"prayer. Without this, no matter how hard the teacher might work, all his efforts would be in vain. It was re markable how small a part religion played in ordinary conversation, it seemed as if it were tabooed by mutual consent. This was not as it should be, and no real good could be done as long as it continued. There was a great deal of work to be done in order to elevate the moral and spiritual condition of the people, and much of this should be done in the Sunday School. If the scholars there were given a sound religous training, their influence for good in the world would be great. This depended in the first place on the teachers, so thatlit was of the utmost importance that they should be qualified for the position which they had P fisui-ned, or which had been thrust upon them. In either case they should be determined by the help of God to work for this end with all their soul, with all their strength, and with all their mind. A valuable paper, and some valuable prac- tical suggestions were also given by Mr. D-tvid Arthur, who dealt with 'The nature and the aim of Religious Education.' Mr. Arthur said that the period of childhood was the period most advantageous for the training of children, for their characteristics asi children, were per- fect trust, obedience, and I. desire to imitate. If 0 hat were so, it wAs important what atti tilde should be taken up by the Sunday School teacher towards them in the class. This period, too, was the most dangerous, because neglect would be attended by very serious consequen- ces, seeing that the moral faculties in children have not at that time attained to a proper development so as to counteract evil tendencies and differentiate between good aad evil as such. Consequently a great responsibility rested upon the teacher in the way of putting them upon the right road. The chief consideration in the appointments of secular teachers to the U ni vpr sities aad other schools was always their qn t- fications for the post. This the speaker tended, ought to be the chief sonsideration with regard to the appointment of a Sunday School teacher. There was room to fear that this was not the case. some parsons were ap pointed teachers in order to persuade them to come to Sunday School, others because they were I nice' people. The teachers' meetings, too often, showed a lack of judgment in ap- pointing old and withered teachers to look after classes consisting of young people full of l .feand spirit. Perhaps these instances were iso!ated ones, at any rate, it was to be hoped they were so. How we-e efficient and capable teachers to be secured? The teachers meetings could do a great deal in the way of securing efficient teachers by, first, taking care that a lesson scheme should be provided them, and ample notice be given to those who were to prepare such a scheme; second, by securing a thorough discussion upon the principles of edu- cation, and upon the various ways of adapting that education to meet existing requirements; third, introducing and urging the entire boay of teachers to read and study the literature of the present day, as well as the literature at hand, especially that literature appearing in periodical form. Some characteristics of good teachers First, knowledge Ic was late in the day for any oae to think that ignorance was the mother of godliness; second, ability to transfer know- ledge. The most intelligent and enlightend children were not always the best, aithough they are most likely to turn out the best. The position of a teacher, too, called for quickness of perception in the way of being able to know each scholar in the cl ss together with their indicating and tastes, their virtues, their ex- cellences and their defects, and a great deal of patience would be needed to sympathise with the various defects of the scholars, so as not to cross the nature of the pupil, and coerce it but to give it a proper directiou. Character, also, was needed in a teacher, so that he could be an example to the class in word and deed. The testimony and evidence of deeds went farther than the evidence of words. They spoke stron- ger, and when the two came into conflict, upon the voice of the actions, .he children always listened. The teacher should also love the work. Love would inspire love and trust. Love in the teacher towards his class, made him work all the harder, and no suceess if any material nature could follow if the teacher was not possessed of this all inspiring passion. The teachers should also give fall play to the mind. That was the aim of oduestion, not the mere I conveying of knowledge, but; the giviag of the I pupil something which would develop his mind, ani teach him to think. The teachers also should prepare beforehand. This was neces- ¡ sary in all things of an important ufoture- preparation beforehand, ani especially BO in tue case of a teacher. Preparation at home was absolutely essential. Prayer too, was neces- sary—prayer on behalf of the class, aud it was also necesrary to cultivate the missionary spirit so that the irregular attendants, and the absentees should be seen to. SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. First, a special teachers class—(a class for the training of teachers), should be instituted, be. longing to each Sunday School. Second, this class ehould meet every fortnight. Third, a central class to be held every quarter, eaih school sending its teachers to confer and re- ceive suggestions, with the object of making the Sunday School better and more effective, and more able to carry out the work it had to do. After the papers had been read, a discussion ensued. The Rev. J. J. Morgan and Mr. James Hughes spoke, and they were followed by Mr. Samuel Edwards, who took up the cudgels on behalf of the scholars by saying that many teachers filled the scholars with disgust more than anything else. There was the teacher for example who was continually quoting verses, and these verses not always on the point. There was the 'infallible' teacher also. No class could thrive under him, neither could it thrive under the control of one who always considered his dictum as final, and which the class would not be allowed to dispute. Tha Rev. John Owen—' What are we to do then ? If we can't reach this high ptandard, what are we to do in the way of making the teachers we have more efficient? Mr. James Hughes-, That's what I said.' Mr. Owen—'Quite so, Mr. Hughes. I don't think that I'm saying anything original now (loud laughter). Mr. Roger Owen said that the ideals aimed at in the papers read were exceedingly h gh and that in order to attain to them, a deal of preparation at home would be necessary. There was often in addition to this lack of preparation a lack of sympathy between the teacher and the class. The great thing was, to bring these conferences to some practical end. Mr. Milnes said he wished there had been a freer discussion upon the paper, and he urged strongly the formation of a class. The Rev. John Owen then made some re- marks upon this suggestion of a class being formed, and said that either it would have to be denominational, or if not, the teacher at the head of it would have to be a man outside, to some extent, the sphere of denomination- alism. They had not yet arrived at that pitch of excellence which would enable them to view this question in the easy .light which some gentl-smen did. Mr. Robert Evan Davies, B A., suggested the formation of branch mission schools, and train teachers there for the higher Walk. The meeting terminated by the Rev. J. Owen oflering up a prayer.

POLICE COURT. On Monday, the Mold Petty Sessions were held before Captain P. Tatton Davies Cooke (in the chair) a Mr. Robert Morris. TRANSFER OF LICENSE. Job Davies, Minera, applied for a transfer to sell at the Crown Inn, Pontblyddyn. The magistrates refused, and D.C. Ivor Davies said that the house had been badly conducted in the past, and the tenant fined £ 23 17s. 6d. on account of this, and they intended to oppose the renewal of the licence at the coming Brewster Sessions. BREACH OF CONTRACT. Working inen would do well to reflect pro- foundly upon the following case. George Ellis Owen works at the Alyn Tin Plate Works On the night of the 2nd of July he was supposed to be at work from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., but did not turn up. The consequence was that one mill at the works remained idle all night, and a loss was incurred at the loovest estimate amounting to £ 2. Mr. J. T. Morgans said that considerable trouble L..d been encounter- ed with"people of this stamp of mind at the works, and it was much against their will that they took action. Yet, it had to be done, in order to show the men that the employers had their rights as well as they. Defendant had nothing to say, nor had he any tangible reason to offer as to the cause of his absence. He had passed the works that night in compaBy with another lad, and was supposed to have gone to work. He was fiaed to the extent of £ 3 18 all, and his employer very kindly said that if he came back to the works be would accept 5s. a month as pay- ment, but if he intended to leave then, the amount would have to be paid at once. He was quite willing to take him back to the works. FURIOUS DRIVING. Robert Jones, Voel y Creo, was fined 18s. for furious driving on Saturday night, the 6th of July. Sergeant Jones put the case cleiyly. On the Saturday night in question the defend- ant was driving up Chester street. A great many people were going down the street to the 9 30 train, and he nearly ran over them. He called on him to stop, but he took not the slightest notice, but went up High street 'like a shot,' and one or two gentlemen bad a job to get out of the way. Further evidence was called corroborating the Sergea it's statements. The defendant stated that the mare was fresh anr1 i 1 at she had taken fright near to the cross. DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISES. Samuel Jones was fined 5s. and 12s. 6d. costs for being drunk on licensed premises on the 25th, at 3 p.m. Elizabeth Edwards was fined 5s. and 15s. costs for assaulting a little boy named Thomas Francis Powell, living at Leeswood, by beating him with a utick. Defendant said he had called her Queen Elizabeth (loud laughter). A SATURDAY NIGHT AFFAIR. William Jones, Llanferes, was charged with assaulting John Gaskell, Cilcen, on the night of Saturday, the 6th, at the Black Lion Hotel, Mold. Mr. Howard Evans appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. J. B. Marston appeared for the defence From the evidence of Mr. Gaskell, it appears that on the night in question he went to the Lion Hotel. Mr. Jones was there, and was rather iu an excitable mood. However, Mr. Gaskell left, and returned at 10.20 p.m. He found Mr. Jones there again, and he had something to drink with him. He was still excitable. Just then a lady, whom the witness did not know, came up towards them. She proved to be Mr. Jones' wife, and while she was asking Mr. Gaskells' advice as to how she could get her husband home, Mr. Jones hit witness a very hard blow on the face, which, according to the evidence of Dr. Edward Williams, might have proved serious. The defence did not deny the assault, and the defendant was fined s. and costs, and was bound over to keep the peace.

A CANADIAN APPRECIATION OF ST. MARYS CHURCH. On Sunday morning last, the pulpit of St. Mary's Churcu was occupied by the Rev. Arthur Judge, who has come over from Canada to pay a visit to the old country, Mold has, for Mr. Judge, many claims upon his affections, for he has married the third daughter of the late Major Matthias, of Mold, who was an uncle of the present Col. Matthias, of Dargai fame. Mr. Judge, too, in addition to this, was able in visiting Mold, to renew the acquaint- ance which he had formed a few years ago with Miss Smith, of Church Lane, who went out to Canada as a governess to their family. In the course of his sermon the rev. gentleman paid a high tribute to the Mold church, as an aid to worship, and compared it with the frail simple wooden Canadian structures which served the purpose of churches in the far west. The ser- mon was very prettily conceived, and empha- sised the value of beautiful objects as mediums whereby men may be brought into closer com- munion with the Creator of the Universe. During the visit of the rev. gentleman and his wife, they were very kindly entertained by Mr. Janniou Jones.

SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. On Saturday last a scholarship examination for entrance to the Intermediate Schools was held, The scholarships offered were as follows: —To girls two to the value of £ 6, and one to the value of £ 3. To boys three to the value of £ S, and two to the value of f3. There was also one scholarship offered to candidates over 13 years of age. Forty-one students sat, consisting of 19 boys under 13; 12 girls under 13; 7 boys over 13; and 3 girls over 13. Bistre Board School presented 1, Tryddyn Board School 3, Mold Board School 12, Mold National School 15, Mold (Catholic) School 4, Bistre National School 2, Nerquis National School 1, and Leeswood Board School 3.

GOVERNORS MEETING. A meeting of the Intermediate School Governors was held on Monday last, Mr. Thos. Parry being in the chair. A large amount of business of a more or less private character was transacted. It was decided to advertise for a Science master at a salary of jEl30 per annum, and it was also announced that a Bazaar would be held in Oct., 1902, in aid of the schools. A memorandum of an interesting nature was received from the Board of Education on the subject of courses in science in day schools. According to this memorandum, a day school (not being a Public Elementary School) may submit a scheme of instruction for a 3 or 4 years course in science, for forms in which the average age of the students is above 12 and provided the number of qualified studen's is not less than 20. Instruction in science would have to be both practical and theoretical, and time tables would have to be submitted show- ing the amount of time given to science. Grants for each student would be paid ac- cording to the following scale for the first 100 students, 1st and 2nd years attendance a sum oi 50s.; 3rd and 4th a sum of 70s. Students of a ehool which takes the authorised course will no be eligible to earn other grants for any science subject under the Board.

NORTH WALES ENGLISH BAPTIST UNION. The annual assembly of the North Wales Union of English Baptist churches was held on Monday and Tuesday, at the English Baptist church, Ponkey, Ruabon, and was attended by an unusually large gathering of ministers and delegates from the whole of the churches in North Wales. At the conference held on Tuesday after- noon, the president of the union, Dr. H. T. Cousins, Colwyn Bay, delivered his presi- dential aduress, in the course of which he expressed his pleasure at seeing such an excellent gathering, which proved to him that the Baptists of North Wales were flou- r shing (cheers). Mr. T. Lewis Jones, Moreson,' Ruabon, was elected to the vice presidency of the union. The Rev. J. Raymond, Llandudno, was re-elected secretary, and Mr. R. Beck, Bangor, treasurer. A favourable report was presented by the secretary, showing a large increa-e in mem- bership. An encouraging financial leport was also given by the treasurer. The Rev. J. Raymond was appointed a representative on the council of the Baptist Union of London. The Revs. J. W. Hum- phreys (Ponkey), E. T. Davies, Mr. Simon Jones (Wrexham), and the officers were elected on the executive of the union. The Revs. J. W. Humphreys (Ponkey), W. B. Jones (Penycae), and Rev. Gomer Evans (Holyhead), were appointed on the college committee. The following churches were recommended for grants Buckley and Nantmawr, £20, Old Colwyn, £20, Ponkey, £20, Groes, XIO, and Llanfairfechan, £10. Preaching services were held, the selec- ted preachers being the Revs. H. T. Cousins, D. G. Lewis (Rhyl), W. R. Saun- ders (Bangor), G. Evans (Holyhead), and J. Raymond (Llandudno.) Raymond (Llandudno.)