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Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Light Railway. Llandudno Council and the Promoters. ON Thursday afternoon a special mee'ting of the Llandudta-o Council was, held to me,eft Mr llaill andl Mr Rhodes, the solicitor and engineer to the Llandudno and Colwyn. 'Bay Electric Rail- way Company, to discuss the prospects of the undertaking being carried out. R. Be-lilis, 'chairman of the Council, pre- sidied. A series1 of points. in connection! with the agreement between) the Coiunc 1 already signed, an.d) a provisional supplementary agreement, not yeii formally legalised', were discussed. Mr Hall sulbmitted. for consideTation,, a pro- posal that the minimum payment of £ i ,000 for electrical energy to be S-uppilied1 by the Council, as. provided for inl the first agreement, should ibe red'uc.ed to. £500, in view of Colwyn Bay's' objection1 to current not .generated >by them being used in their district, for which they hold a ligh/jing crdier. At the time this agreement was first made Cdl'wyn Bay did1 not possess their lighting orde'r. The Chairman suggested! that this point should be -stated! in' writing suibs-equenltly by Mr Halll, and the Council wouldl then; come to a conclusion upon it and duly communicate1 their decision. It was also' agreed that the Coun- cil should approach the Colwy.n Bay Council with a ,view to some amicable agreement on the matter of ,the'slupply of current. Mr Rhodes1 said that while he did not antici- pate that the railway would ibe in! fula- working, ord!er till Whitauntidb next, with- the, approval of the local authorities! it was quite poss,iibl,e that for the public convenience one secton of it might be opened (before the other was completed, in which event in all probability the Council woutd) be aible to cope wth the power required for ?work,*n-g say three-fo,urtfhs ;of the line to begin wit?, ?wPL'h,out givin,g the full, six mon,h!s' o cle,r t. -e a?z-,? tice Tequ,ired un' h ree,m!ent. n T'he Chairman said he supposed he might take- it that it was really intended to continue the work with the present staff or a larger staff of men, and' that Ithere wo-uld1 .be- no- stoppage. Mr HaH. said that one did not like- to givei z., any. kind of personal assurance in anything, but to the 'best of his knowledge 'and -belief, t'hak was iso. ,PI11.a,s;ter: Have1 you any contractor? Mr Hall said! there would be a change- of con- tractors shortly. The Chairman said that t'he delay andi appa- rent reluctance to bring the negotiations to a headl had, 'he felt, operated adversely against the syndicate, and: it seemed ta, him 'that, even if they hoped! to :get a modification of the teems -with -certain: interest's, it would 'be better for t'he syndicate to get everything that they possibly could completed, instead of leaving the' thing open in the way that it had been. Mr Hall replied! 'that it was .a very difficult thing for him ,to ,come down and ask the Coun- cil to enter into agreements of any kind when he was not perfectly certain in his own mindl that the thing was, (going1 on. He ,£e¡1lt person- ally in a false position-, and he -did not like the id'ea of coming down. ThatL was the real rea- son for the idle-lay that' had oc-ciurred1. Mr- M'-Master: Is there any chance of letting the public see you are beginning by commenc- ing work in Llandudno ? Mr Rhodes: Notices 'have to ibe served1. We had only three days' notice, and we could only r skart -on,1 private landi. Mr Hall: The order was n-ot signed by the Board of Trade until September 26. Of course, we had -everylthir-iz ready, an-di directly we knew the scheme was on the way we went to work. The Chairman Had they all gone on the Con- tinent? (Laughter.) It is a good thing that -th,es.e, people do not live in Llandudno., or they ,would have to move more quickly than thait. I am sure the members of the, Co-uncil are grati- fied to learn that you intend to carry this thing through, and that the prospects of an early completion are bright.

The Memorial to Rhyl Soldiers. I Site for an Obelisk Badly Wanted. I Remarkable Deadlock. A VESTRY meeting was held in the Rhyl Church House last Friday night, the Rev. Thos. Lloyd presidinig,, for the purpose of considering whether application should be made to the Chanioel,lo,r of the Diccesle Of St. Asaph fo'r a faculty for the f erection in the church grounds of an obelisk which has 'been publicly subscribed for as a memorial of the Rhyl soldiers who fell in the late South African War. .Mr F. J. Giamin, as onis who, has taken a keen and practical inkerest in) the movement for rais- ing a memorial to the fallen, expla-ined how it originated and through whiat ph,a,se-s it had passed. At the outset the subscribers were offered a s'lte for the -proposed: monument in the town cemetery, upon hearinlg which, however, certain influ-ehtlial persons thirelatened to with- draw their promised subscriptions unless the prcimienadie or some other prominent site was decided up-oni. Application was, therefore, made for a slite upon the promemadte, but this the Urbam District Council refused to grant, and suggested to the subscirlibers -that the me. m-oriial be erected1 in the vioiniiity. of the 'Town Hall, or that application, be ma-de for cts erec- tion iru the church) grounds. The lajt'ter course wa's resolved upon, and the matfcer was taken up by the Church Council, who were practically uniaiiiimous in; favour of a sdte in the church grounds be-irig granted.. In order to carry the matter further, flt was, therefore, necessary to apply for a faculty. Mr W. J. P. Storey proposed that, while the vestry was -willing to allow of the obelisk be-nig placed in a position between the two churches if the subscribers. still wished it, they would prefer that the memorial take 'the form of a stained windtow im the pari'sh church. This was seconded by Mr Ga.mli.n<, who with- drew Hs moltiorr, that the Chancellor of the Dio- c-ese be applied) to for a faculty for the purpose of placing the obelisk o<nJ a. site, between the Two churches. A division followed, and only five voting for Mr .Storey's motion, ilt was defeated. The question! of a site, as Well -as of the form of the memo-rial ('though it was stated' that the subscribers were morally, if not legally, com- mitted to the- purchalse of tthe obelisk), wlil.1, therefore, have to be considered! again by the su bslcribersr.

Llanrwst Urban District Council. Unsatisfactory Railway Services. Authorities to Take Joint Action. Street Improvements. THE monthly meeting of this 'Council was held on Fridlay. There were present Mr W. J. Will. liams, J.P. (chairman)', Dr J. \V. Owen, Rev W. Cynwyd Williams, Messrs H. J. W. Wait. ling, Evan Evans, Thomas Mlarriott, T. RoIgers ul?,h,e,s, D-avlidi Jones, jo?-iies, T. R. jonle,s, Wm. H Ed. Mills, Rhydwen Jones, with the clerk (Mr R. R. Owen), and other officials. Vital Statistics. The 'Medical Officer of Health reported eight births, with six deaths, -making a. dteiath-rate of 22 per 'thousand of the- population, during the month. Finance. Mr Wm. Hughes, chairman of 1hle Finance Committee, submitted- the repo-r-t of the' Finance Comimiitt-ee, from which it appeared that whiile at the last Council meeting an adverse balance had' been reponted1 at the bank to the extent of £453 4s 3d, ,there was a,t present a, credit bal-ainc,e of 19 17s id, and after payment of the, hiDs now recommendeldl for settlement, the Counc-1 would sitill be oln the right sidfe of the book with the harudlsome balanlce of £1 12s gd. (Laugh- ter.) The report wasi a-dbpted. Town Hall Tenancy. The Chairman, observed that it became- ne- cessary for the Cio-unfcil to sanction the formal serving of notices upon the present tenants of the Town Hall, having- re'gard tü the proposed' -alterations. It was decided that notices: be served! forth- with, and! that an effort be made to get the premise's out of the. builder's hands as soon as possible. Road Repairs. Mr T. R. Jones called attention to the fact that some -months ago the Council had decidedl to defter the question of repairing certain' of their streets, amonfgst them, being Watling- street and) Scotland-street, it being at that time deemedl necessary owing to certain; financial negotiations. Now, however, he thought the Council should proceed1 with the work. They were continually repairing roads in other parts of the town, a-nd he could not see why they shoul-di n? t tte;at all parts al.iil,.e. He pr-o(pose,d 'o that they apply for itSie required loan, and that the work be proceeded with. Dr Owen seconded, and added: that the work was really neiceisslary from a sanitary point -of view. Mr David Jones di-d n'ot consider the- resolu- tion' definite enough, as no mention was made of the roads which they meanlt. to- deal with. Dr Owen: 'I simply meant the extension in Scotland-street. Mr Rogers Jones: But there are a great many places requiring at-tenticil besides Scotland- street. Mr David J-ones- proposed that the -matter be referred to the Highway Committee for consid- eriation and r epo-rt. This was agreed to. 0 Unsatisfactory Railway Service. M'r Watlin-g called attention; to the very un- satisfactory railway service which had been, ar- ranged by the railway company for the winter months, and. asked if it was in .any way possible for the Council to do anything towards improv- ing the existing service. As an instance of the 1 service provided, he need only cite the fact that after the 7.22 train) in the morning nothing- left for Llandudno Junction way until 11.46. He did not know whether they could move in any way that might, but he certainly thought Some- thing should be done to try and ensure an im- provement. The Cbairm-ani: We can't dio much ourselves, I am afraid. Complaints are general, and I would sugige's'.t that we approach the Blaenau FelSitínlilog, Bettwsyooed, and other authorities with a view to their joining hands with us in petitioning the railway company. Mr Marriott pointed out that things were equally- bad during the later part of the day. Fo'r -instance, they had no train between the 3.32 p.m. train and that at 7.7 p.m.-allso towards the Junction—while they_ could get nio- thirJg from the Junction to Llanrwst in the morning after the 8.35 train until 12.5 noon. Such a state of affairs wia-s- most unsatisfactory. Tihe Chairman observed he was given to understand that Blaenau: .Fastiniiog and Dol- wyddelen inhabitants had been unsuccessful in an appeal for a better service. Mr David Jones heartily endorsed what had been sa4,di, an-d moved that Mr Wa.tling a,ndi the chairiman be deputed a sub-committee to con- sider the matter, and that they be given- power to act in the best way they thought fit. R,ev Cynwyd Williams, seconded;, on condition that Mr Davidl Jones be added to the- com- mittee. This wa's eventually a-gteed! to. The Coming of the "Act." A letter wag read' from the clerk to the County Coundil intimating that the new Ed'u- caition Act would come into force in the district on January next. «

Mr Morley's "Life of Gladstone." Extraordinary Demand. THE demand for Mr Morley's "Life of Glad- stone" is so great that it is pronounc-ed by the publishers to. be unprecedented in the history of polikical biography. Messrs MaJdmiUan had their resources taxed to cope with even. the requirements of the retail trade. The booksellers have also had to execute enormous orders. Messrs 'Bickers, whose shop is only abo-uf a hundr.ed' yard's from Messrs Macmillan's premises, had their packers early at work, -and it was late im the day before they had sent off the much-coveted: volumes to their cUSitomers all over; ftbe world. The orders- were chiefly from men of -distinction—ambassadors, great lawyers, soldiers, divines, and a consider- able sprinklinlg of masters of public schools. But it is not only public men' who are buying •the great hook, The "Daily News" instalment sydceim renders it possible for a poor man to purchase it. Thousands have already taken advantage -of this opportunity, workmen in' many cases h-avi.ng ccxmbined to secure a copy.

Mr London and the Bettws=y- Coed Council. Why he Resigned. (To the Editor of the Pioneer.) SIR,-I beg to enclose copy of letter I have ad- dressed to the Bettwsycoedi Urban' District Council, explanatory of my resignation.—Yours -etc., SYDNEY A. LONDON. "Hend;re, B e-ttwsycoed. "October 7th, 1903. "To the Chairman Bettwsycoedi Urban District Counc-'l. "SIR,-I much regre't that the proceedings at the last Council meeting, combined with the neglect of the Council to. protect the public health of the cistrict, compel me to resign my position as a;mm(beT. "In order to prevent this action from being misconstrued1 permit me to fully set out the fact's -which have led up to t-his step, which wa's fore- seen as a possible necessity- wlhien my friends asked me to become a candidate at the last election. "Nearly two years back your body served upon me a peremptory notice to' provide a sewer to prevent the floc-dsi at Pentre-ciu, and followed this up with a threat -of legal pro- ceedings. It was pointed out by my solicitor that under the PUibhc Health Ads the work should- be -carried! out iby ithe Urban Council. "Although, in consequence of the present drains an-d s,e?wi--rs 'be?-rig-. in,sufficie-n?t for the re- quirem,enits o,f the dis,'cr"lct, and, beirig partially -all k',nds, !t!h-e fl,o:cdin?,, stopped, up with. re,fu;se of has since been of frequent occurrence. Your Council has done nothing to remedty the evil, nor to abate the nuisance, nor taken slieps to compel anyone else to do so. This- neglect has been disastrous to the- health of the tenants, injurious to property generally, and caused damage 'at and ,around my own. residence. "After the several: floods in August and, Sep- tember I, a second time, appealed: to the Local Government B:oard' for an enquiry, offering to. pay all expenses and to abide- by their decision'. At the saime time I notified; 'the Council of the course taken. "At the last Council meetimg several members, resorted -to personalities. One: described my action a's. "mean. although; the Council had taken the initiative- in threateninlg proceedings if I did! not do their work. Perhaps this member thought that I -ouglht .to use (abuse) my position as a councillor to further my own ends, or agree to hide the- -dangeitous lack of drainage! "Another member suggested that, in -order to gain a profit thereby, I had built property on an unsuitable site without any consideration for the health1 of the tenants. Such a, suggestion is' almost too. contemptible ito receive notice, .but the facts are: (1) That the land was taken 'up from the Gwydtyr Estate for the building of ccj- tatges, subject to the ordinary ground rents and 'trir 110 (2) Til?ia?t tb,e- plian-s an?dl addif,?on,al es t* ns. r drainage were approved by the District Council. (3) The property -is not a remunerative invest- ment. "At Irih-e last Council meeting 'a committee- was ■appointed to consider the -whole matter, but up to the present time the members of the committee have not been on to the ground, nor has any- thing been done to modify the nuisance, or to reduce the danger to- the- public health. "All sewers, and m-ost drains, in Gethin-ter- race are no:w,ancrhave 'been for some time past, partiadly or wholly dhoked. The- foundations of the houses are be>oaming impregnated with sewage. iMany houses are flooded by any- or- dinary rainfall of a few hours' duration. The tenants frequently, have to. remain up all night to protect their property. Most of this- -19 caused.by ifheinaglect of the Council to ke.ep the exiskirig sewers clean, and by ,allowing one of them to he made a common dumping .ground for the refuse of the neighbourhood. "I much regret that I cannot any longer allow -such a s-erious and dangerous state of affairs to continue nor can I by reim-aining on the Council 'be a pairty to the, neglect of suClh an -elementary public duty, -which may at any time be prüdiulctive of most disastrous- results to the health: of Bettwsycoedi by generating an epidemic of typhoid, diphtheria, or same similar disease. "The danger is increased by the existence of open closet drains in the immediate vicinity, and the bad waiter supplied at intervals. "Ini order to. ensure- immediate attention to the existing ex-traordiniary and -dangerous state of affairs imy SCIlilCi,tOTIS are :by :dh-is post instructed to take legal proceedings, whch will finally settle the que,stiolli of liability. At tihe same time I much refgret to have to po;nt out that if the Council had had1 the courage to act up to their past threats the present dangerous stafie of affairs couldi not have arisen. "In withdrawing from the Council until the present controversy is sdctted, I wish ito put on record) mny regreft that -during my period of office no step has been taken towards any improve- ment of the :Betlt'WlsycoedJ water supply, wh"'Oh was during iihe summer dangerously insufficient for the district. "If I can render any assistance- in conniection, with the proposed! Eight raiLway gciheTne, I shall be happy 'to -do so.—I am, yours faithfully, "'SYDNEY A. LONDON." ♦

New Cabinet Appointments. THE King has approved the appointment of the Marquis of Salisbury to be Lord Privy Seal, an office held by Nlr Balfour since the late Lord Salisbury's retirement from pUbùic life. The following further Ministerial appoint- ments are also officially announced': — Captain) E. G. Pretyman to ,be Secretary to the Admiralty. Captain Arthur Lee to be Civil Lord' of the Admiralty. Colonel W. Bromley-Davenport to be Finan- cial Secretary to the War Office. Lord Balcarres to be Junior Lord of the Treasury. The Marquis of Ha-mirton to ibe- Treasurer of the Household. By-elections will be necessitated- in the case of Captain Lee, Lord Baloarres, and the Marquis of Hamilton, who- represent the Fareham- divi- sion of Hampshire, the Chorley division, and Londonderry respectively. Earl Percy has been appointed Under Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs and Mr Victor Caven- dish Financial Secretary to the Treasury. The appointments will not necessitate by-elections, as Earl Percy is moving from the Undfer Secre- taryship for India, and: the office, of Treasurer of the Household which Mr Victor Cavendish holds is also a Ministerial post.

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