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MONTGOMERY. THE Mayor of Montgomery (Mr N. W. Fairies- Humphrey) presided at the annual sessions. The police report stated that the conduct of the licensed houses had been satisfactory, but there was an increase of three in the number of offences against sobriety during the year. A deputation from the temperance societies of the town was headed by Mr D. Pryce, of Great Weston, who addressed the iBench. He prayed the magistrates to suppress, gaming in public- houses, to insist upon necessary structural altera- tions, and whenever they could to reduce the number of licensed houses. All the licences were renewed except those of the Gullet and the Bricklayers' Arms, which were adjourned.

NGRTHOP. The annual brewster sessions were held before Mr C. Davison and other magistrates. The police report showed that there were in the dlivision 29 fully-licensed houses and two off- beerhouses, making.a total of 31. The popula- tion was 7,419, giving one licensed house to every 239 inhabitants. Twelve persons had been convicted of drunkenness during the year, against 17 in the.previous year. There had been no convictions against licence holders. Mr T. W. Hughes (Flint) applied, on behalf of Thos. Patten, High-street, Connah's Quay, of the firm of Messrs Patten and Menzies, wine and spirit .merchants, 'for a beer retailers' licence. Mr Wynne Evans (Wrexham) opposed on behalf of Connah's Quay ratepayers. The application was refused.

I BETTWS-Y-COED. COLONEL WYNNE FINCH AND THE TEMPERANCE PETITION. "A PIECE OF IMPERTINENCE." The licensing sessions for the Bettws-y-Coed Division of Carnarvonshire were held on Satur- day, Colonel Wynne Finch being- the presiding magistrate. Superintendent W. Rees (Conway) presented a report, in 'which he stated that the number of licensed houses in the division was twenty-three, namely, twenty licensed victuallers' premises and three grocers' licences. Excluding the latter, there was one licence to every 278 of the inhabitants. In Bettws.-y-Coed the proportion was one to every 125 inhabitants, in Trefriw one to every 173 inhabitants, in Dolwyddelen one to every 222 inhabitants, and in Penmachno one to overy 421 inhabitants. During the period from August 20, 1901, to December 31, 1902, ten per- sons were proceeded against for drunkenness. A charge brought against a licensed victualler for opening his premises on Sunday was dis- missed. The superintendent presented, statis- tics ,showing that the proceedings for drunken- ness had decreased during the period, s com- pared with the average of the past s'x 3 ears. There was one t.'ed-house at Bettws-v.Co.i, c re at Gapel Curig, and one at Penmachno. The Chairman said they might regi.:d the c- port as satisfactory, especially as regarded the decrease in drunkenness. A list, prepared by the police, o* iiie ii ns in the division, showing the accomin ar.d sanitary conveniences was hen 1 .'•nijc'ered oy the Bench, and in cases of the Beniarth Arms, Penmachno, the- Ellen's Castle, Dol- wyddtelen, and the White. Horse, Penmachno, the licensees were required to close the doors which gave access to the licensed premises from adjoining shops. Superintendent Rees was authorised to see that this requirement was car- ried out, and he was also desired to see that the sanitary arrangements of certain houses were put right. The Clerk of the Court Crr J. E. Humphreys) handed to the justices a number of documents which he said had been forwarded to him for presentation to the Bench. One of the docu- ments was from Carnarvonshire and Anglesey Licensed Victuallers' Association, and the chair- man said it appeared also to have been sent to all the magistrates. It was a very sensible, well- worded letter. Asked to the purport of the other communi- cations, the Clerk said: they appeared to have come from the temperance organisations, and requested the Bench to carry out the provisions of the new Licensing Act. The Chairman said he thought it was rather a piece of impertinence to. send them there. If they did not think the magistrates did their duty he was sorry. The justices did their duty to the best of their ability according to their lights. The other day the lord-lieutenant, the chief magistrate of the county, highly reprobated the habit people had got into, through the best intentions, of writing to the magistrates, or send- ing deputations, to the magistrates, to ask them to do this, that, or the other. As the lord- lieutenant pointed out, it was the duty of the justices to come to the court with a perfectly open mind, and they should not be prejudiced for temperance or against it, but should deal with each case before them according to their lights. He must say the magistrates of that bench always did so, and they did not want to be told their duty by outsiders. The licences in the division were then renewed.

FESTINIOG AND PENRHYN. The licensing sessions were held at Blaenau Festiniog on Thursday, Mr A. Osmond Williams, M.P., presiding. The Cilerk (Mr J. Jones Morris), in compliance with the magistrates' request, submitted his special report on the licensed houses of the division. It showed that-fne division contained 37 licences, an average of one to every 529 in- habitants. Inspector Roberts also presented his report, stating that there were 99 cases of drunkenness before the Bench during; the year. Applications would be made by Ifor Davies for the removal of the licence of the Lion Hotel, Harlech, to Bronygraig, Harlech; also by David Williams for a licence for the Crown Inn, Llanfair; and by Catherine Mornis for a licence for Highgate Inn, Trawsfynydd. The police offered no ob- jections to the applications. They did ob- ject, however, to William, Williams's application for a licence for .the Harp Inn, Harlech, and one by John Lloyd for a licence for Belle Vue, Harlech, as well as to the applications for the renewal of the Glanygors and GlynHifon Hotel licences at Blaenau, both houses being now closed. The magistrates adjourned the renewal of the licences of the Bull Inn, White Lion, and Cross Foxes, all of Trawsfynydd; White Horse and Queen's Hotel, Harlech; Penrhyn Arms, Penrhyn; Alfred Inn, Brondanw Inn, and Miners' Arms, Llanfrothen; Glanygors. Inn, Glynllifon Hotel, High'stone Inn, Market Vaults, and Meirion Vaults, Blaenau Festiniog. Mr George, on behalf of the Free Churches, opposed the renewal of the Glyndwr Inn, Cross Keys Inn, and London and North-Western Hotel, and they were placed on the list of ad- journed cases. Mr W. Bishop, on behalf of the North-Western Railway Company, pleaded for the renewal. Mr Guthrie Jones, on behalf of .he police, asked the Bench to add the Royal 'Oak Hotel, Penrhyn, to the list, as there Was a case pending against the' house. Th's was agreed to. Mr S. Moss, (M.P., applied for a licence for the Crown Inn, Llanfair, and the Belle Vue Hotel, Harlech. Mr George opposed in both cases, and the applications was refused. The application to remove the licence of the Lion Hotel, Harlech, to Bronygraig, was granted.

LLANSILIN (DENBIGHSHIRE). At the brewster sessions, deputations from Llanrhuad and Llanarmon "waited on the magis- trates, and urged that the number of Ycensed houses in the division should be reduced. The report of Deputy-Chief-Constable Jones showed that the division contained on an average 213 persons to each licensed house. The magistrates announced that all the licences would be renewed. Plans of all the licensed premises would have to be produced to the magistrates by the end of June, and the merits of each house would be considered' separ- ately. A committee would visit every licensed house during the year and present a report on the subject to the next licensing sessions. Re- ferring" to the practice of domino playing in public-houses, the Bench pointed out that it was illegal if played for money.

The Penrhyn Dispute. "Majority" Report Adopted by the Police Committee. Eloquent Speech by Mr Allanson Picton. A SPECIAL adjourned meeting of the Carnarvon- shire Joint Police Committee was held on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the majority and minority reports of a sub-commit- tee appointed to inquire into the general situa- tion at Bet'hesda, and especially into the con- duct of the police. The adoption of the majority report was moved by Mr D. P. Williams, and seconded by the Rev Ceidiog Roberts. Mr Greaves, Lord Lieutenant, moved, and Colonel Wynne Finch seconded-, as an amend- ment, "That this committee, wh.lst thanking the members of the sub-committee for the patience' and thoroughness with which they Z, have conducted the inquiry, are of opinion that no further action be taken in the matter." Mr Greaves, in his speech, expressed his re- gret and astonishment at the action of Mr Young, the quarry manager, in refusing to assist at the inquiry. He objected wholly to the majority repent, but with the substance of the minority report he cordial'ly agreed. He defended, to some extend the view taken of the situation by the police, and appealed to the committee not to adopt the majority's recom- mendaition that two of the local officers be re- moved to other districts. He declared that the trouble at Bethesda would have been over months ago but for the meddling interference of outsiders. Mr Alliansoni Picton, replying at length to Mr Greaves, defended the recommendations of the majority, and pointed out instances in the evi- dence in which, the police had clearly exceeded their authority by interfering with the free movements of 'the public and by condemning the action of the strikers. In an eloquent defence of the right of the men to refuse Lord Penrhyn's terms of employ- ment, Mr Pidton declared that if anyone sug- gested that the fault was entirely that of the men, he suggested a view of the relations be. tween labour and capital which might have been considered proper at the beginning of the last century, but was totally impossilble-and he thanked God for rut-at the beginniing: of the twentieth century. The question at the root of the matter was whether the conditions of labour in that county were to, be consistent with manly self-respect or men were- to be driven like slaves to labour and told to take it or leave it. He regarded Lord Penrhyn with the greatest personal~respect, butt h:s objection to the inter- ference of third, parties was utter nonsense. In regard to the self-respect of labour, Lord Pen- rhyn was helhind his age. He had no right what- ever to make misery and destitution and starva- tion and family quarrels the price which men were to pay for their self-respect, and a tide wias rising in the country which might ultimately sweep away far more than the misrule of the Penrhyn quarries. Mr Issard Davies warmly defended the action of the police, and tihe discussion was continued by other members. On a divisio,n being taken the majority report, of which a summary has already been published, was adopted by a majority of two to one. +,

Dance at the Rhos Abbey Hotel. ON Friday evening the fourth of a series of subscription dances was held, alt the Rhos Abbey Hotel, on which occasion there were between sixty and seventy present, dancing; being con- tinued from eight in the evening until early in the morning. The floor of the spacious ball- room was, as usual, in splendid condition, while the walls, etc., were tastefully decorated. The excellent music was supplied by Mr Sum- merfield, of Llandudno. Light refreshments were provided in the !billiard-room, which had been placed at the disposal of the Dance Com- mittee; while supper was served in the com- fortable and brilliant supper-room, the catering being in the usual high-class style, for which Mr and Mrs Meier have gained a reputation. Among those who accepted invitations were the following Dr. and Mrs Montagu Venables Wil- liams, Mr J. T. and Miss Raynes, Mr R. M. and Miss Smith, Captain F. A. Dew, Mrs Bostock, Miss K. Bostock, Miss A. Bostock, Mr Stanley Wood, M. Ferrar, Mr and Mrs- Ashby, Mr and Mrs Parry, Mr and Miss Clover, Mr A. Richard- son, Mr Harding, Miss Q. Law, Miss B. Law, Miss Griffiths, 'Mr and Mrs Stubbs, Mr Dodwell, Mr McGown, Mr Frank Stott, Mrs Spink, Mr and Mrs McNicoll, Mrs Ashton Bremner, Mr Rowlands, Miss B. Roberts, Miss Sewell, Mr and Miss Backhouse, Mr P. and Miss Bowkley, Mr Lucas, Mrs Brock and friends, Dr. Nuttall, Mr W. Dutton, Mr F. II. Skelsey, Mr C. Farrington, Miss E. Smith, Mr Frank Porter, Dr. and Mrs Lord, Mr J. Mellor, Mr A. Mellor, and Miss Mellor.

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NEWTOWN. The .annual licensing sessions were held at Newtown, before Mr R. Lloyd (c--a:rman) and a full bench of magistrates. Deputy-Chief-oon- stable Williams presented the police report, which .stated that there were 45 licences in the division. There had been 47 cases of drunken- ness, as compared with 41 in the preceding year. He called attention to the door leading from Old Church-street to the yard of the Black Boy Inn, and suggested that it be closed. He also alluded to the Oak Vaults, Newtown, the licence of which had been transferred six times since March, 1896, and submitted that the licence of this, house should not be renewed. In New- town parish there was one licensed house to every 135 of the inhabitants, and in Mochdu parish one to every 140 inhabitants, a number which he submitted far exceeded the wants or needs of the neighbourhood. In a number of licensed houses games- were permitted to be played, and he respectfully submitted this prac- tice should be discontinued. The Rev. J. Parkin read a memorial., asking the Bench to refuse to grant new licences, and to reduce ,the number of existing licences, and the Rev. E. Parry presented a memorial in the name of the ministers of the town, the Noncon- formist Churches, and the Women's Temperance Association. It had been signed by 800 in- habitants of the town. The magistrates said that 49 licensed houses had been closed and only one newi licence granted during the last half century. Seven licences had been taken away during the past ten years. All the licences were adjourned for three weeks.