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Conway Board of Guardians. Assessment of Lady McLaren's Property. Appeal to a Higher Court Possible. Conway and the Welsh Museum. The Chairman Thanks and is Thanked. MR W. F. JONES ¡¡:Hie's,ided over the monthly meeting od this afustfooriity on .Friday. The other members' p-re'Siant we're: -Al.,rsi Liloyd, Mrs [Brock, Miss Cham-pnieysi, Aidlearm.au -H. Hughes (mayor of Conway), Mtesisans ''Roger,st Jones, J. W. R,a,y.,n.e,s, Edward Wililiaimis-, Rd. Wiil'liamis, E. J,. Evans, Edward IRiob-eirltisi, J. Sipintheir Jiamesi, Jonathan: Roberts, F. Hart, tRobert: [Barry, P. !H. MicCiieimienf, 0, Wliil'lliaim-S' (Oilid Ooilwyn.)i, Hugh Owen, 0. W. Rioberts, wiith; rtfhie dlleirk (Mir T. E. P'amry), /the deputy cferk (Mir J. W. Pb'Sit), and otheir offiÓaJls. Assessment of Lady McLaren's Property With reference -to the appeal made by Lady McLaren, of Bodinlalnlt Iiiaili, againsti the! Aisiseisis1- mienit CommiititeeMS a.siseissimenit at a pia.ntajtii.on on her e:Stait:e-, lilt was! reponted that thie- 'proceed- ings. at Quarter Sessions had gome aigaiiinnt the. coimmdliitee,, the count reidociing the coxocnd'titee's as'sie-ssiment from ^36 to £ *6 io's. Mr ^licCiemeiiiti now .as-ked npom whiait basis the court came to, tiheiiir deciiSiion.. H wa's .eISISleln- tial that the Boalrd shoiuiM kmoiw, bcca ivc- it might help the committee' iin future- dieiibeira- tion. Th:e Cil,erik intimiated itihat 1110 reasons, for the decision, had beielll given. "iaind after all," addled Mr Parry, 'their reasons might be wrong." Mr MeClement reaffirmed his opinion that definite information on tthe subject wais> essen- tial, and he propos,ed that. iMir 'Thornitoni J'ones, the Council's solicitor, be aisik,ed to, irnake a. Tie- port to. the Bloar-d giving thiem hitei opiiniion,.on the matter SiO thiat ths committee migihlt coinisid'er whteither it Wia's a case in which- an appeal to. a higher court should, be made. [NIlr Rbigers Jones, interposed that it was not usual !ih • Quarter [Sessions for the justices^ rto give their 'reasons fox, arriving at a, cer'taini de- cision. Mir MIcCilleimienit, iciointinudiag, e-xpllained: that the committee' were of opinlkm that the propelrity in question was: arable' land, and not. unculti- vated property, las was contieinded, and it was on that understanding tiha,t the, aissessmtent was made. If this (Kand was: arable l'and, he htald that; the commii'titee's dteci'sioin was a proper amid legal oine., and they wouldi be ciii,tditleid, to. judg- ment -if the case weirei taken tto. 'a higher court. :Mb.1 Robert Roberts1, sieoondedi Mir MteC'leinen't's motion, and Mir Raynelsi gave it. his' support. Ota. being puti to ai vote, the resolution was adoptied neon. con. Mr O. W. IRoibents What of the other two cialses ? The Clerk The other oases did: not come on for hearing. Assistant Matron's Department. DEjN-YlNG' AN tOFFBOIAiL LHIÐR DIUE OPILiACE-. The House Committee reconnmeindied- that the bedroom of the -assistant matron remains: as, at pneisiemt-, and that (tlhiei pnesiemt bireadroom or pantry be. con-verted "inito, a gen.eral room for the officers'. Mir 0. W. Roberts" iin moving an amieindimemt that the matter be referred ¡to -a special CiOIIn- miititeiei already delegated to. deail with the ques- tion of accommodation/, observed! ithlat, the assistant -maitton was surely entitled: to a, sepa- riatie, sitting iIüom for her own' use. Mr 'Rlaynesi: if a sitrainger had been. appoiilllbed she would not have- been offered- what itihe Hbuisie Committee o-ffeir mow. -(IHiear, hear.) IMt McClement adldied that the House- Ctonn- ■miititie.e did not want to. have- Misisi RiowfUandis: ap- pointed toi her ppeiselnt position, and tihey now seemed, reluctant: to give her heir prolper place. He oelrtainily aigmeedi that: ,t11.e. asisistanlt matron, should be provided with suitable rooms, to con- duct her business-. Mr Rayneis Islecolndied the amendment. The Chaibmian isiaidi he did' not, thilnk that Miss. Rowlands, should expect the use off a, sit- ting room for herself, otherwise other officials might, claim: similar accommodation. In insti- tutions- of that cilia ssi, officials: of that. type could only expects a separate hedroom, of their own., otherwise the Guiardians, would have to, incur a great expense iin providing for it. Mr Rogers- Jtone-s You referred: to. "these institutions," Mr Chairman. This, institution suppltiies drawing room si, I believe. Mr O. W. Roberts poiinted ouit- that- the "beid- arooimsf'' set apart for the -assistant, miaitroin and the tlrainier were. nothing more tlhan cuibifclleis1. After sionite, further discussion, the amendment was carried by ten votes, to six. Finance. It was. reported that the .Bo-ard had a diebii-t balance of ^"513 16s7d at the bank. Bill's amounting to. ZI,477 -were- ordered for payment. Telephonic Communication. Another discussion, took place upon the. ques- tion of connecting the house1 and infirmary and the medical officer's surgery by ietepJione, and it was -eventually decided to. --conn-ecit. the- house only. Proof of the Pudding. WELSH NATIONiAiL MUSE CM Q UESTIO N". Thiei Carnarvon Town Council, wrote applying for the support to. the. Council's' claim with' reference- to. the- Welsh Na,tio.n.al Museum. Mr Spinther James Why don't yüu have it h-ere at the C -asitle,? The Clerk A committee. has -been appointed1 to -get particulars, but I aim afraid iit will have to. fall through. Mr tMcGlemenit: moved that the Board sup- ported Carnarvon, as 'he did not. see, any hope for Oonway's claimi. Mir Edward Roberts: How call1 you prove it? Mr Spimither Jaim,es.: By the eating of it. (Loud laughter.) It was decided nem con. to support Carnar- von's citilu. The Chairman Thanks and is Thanked. Alt the. conclusion, of the business,, the Chair- man oihSierved that as that was. the laisit) Board' meeting over which, hiis term of office extendedi, he, wished t,o. take that opportunity of thanking the members .for their kindness towamd's him during the year. ihie had received good, support from all, and he. was- especially thankful for their OOiwrt-esy, He was- particularly grateful to his Lieutenants, the chairmen, of the several committees-. The House Committee' had ex- perienced! heavy duties during the. year,, and .they had per-for-medl them well. The. Finance Committee had alsio dome excellent work. He happened to have said at the comm-eincement of the year that he did not expect their expenses, would have been extraordinarily heiavy during the year, and, hie wais glad to think they had not -been. (However, they had to ime,et a, bigger rate, but that was, fortunately, not their fault. They were simplly the coilee-tans, while other ■people: distributed alnrdi speinit the money. That wa,s, not la, correct thing by any means'; every spending authority should collect its, own rates, and it wa's too, bad that the Sltiigma attached' to the worrk ofcülileütÍing for other bod,ilea should be inflicted upon. iBoards. of Guardians. (Hear, heiar.) Mioreover, it would he good, fioir; oitihiet authori'tieis to collect the money theimselves,, because he thought that, would hav,e, a tendency to prevent their, being too. lavish, in its expendi- ture. (Hear,, hear.) In looking over the couinlty naite accounts for their own -district, hie found that for the yetaa: 11896-7 the. and, total from them to. (Denbighshire and Carnarvonshire carnie to £3,1 IO; in 1902-3 it was £ 6,589: in, 1903-4, Z,io,oco and 1904-5, ^1-7,000. ("'Shame"). They could thus see the-,sum had been going up by leaps and bounds, and, in that connection he m-uist point out that the rating caimie very hard. upon tho-se districts whteire there had been, no schio,ol bio)atd)s in existence previously. In conclusion, the Chairman also- tendered his ■sinicerest thanks, to the officials for their assist- ance and for the 'tactful manner dm which, they performed their duties- during the year. (Hear, hear.) Mr Spinther proposing a. vote- of tihlaniks: to, Mr W. F. Jones for his- services in, the -chair duiring the year, Observed: the -retiring chairman had conducted has duties aibiliy, gemtlei- m,a,ii,ly, a,nid veiry fairly. 'Hie was. thus fully en- titled to their thanks, and- he (the speaker) hoped Mr Jones, wouild live long to render fur- ther assistance to, the- IBo-ard and. the public generally. ('Hear, hear.1) Mr Jones, wasi now the oinily miemiber of the old Board, as he knew it. iJ-Ile had, been a Guardiia,n. for 30 years, and that had learnt the business- well was evi- denced by the efficient -manner he had carried out, the, office- of chairman. (Heiar, hear.) Mir McCllement I feeil justified- -iin seconding the motion, because I think I have. been tit-le, one with whom the- chairman has: had mosIt to do -during the year. (Laughter.) I muslt: say he has been- quite fair, not onily towards, me', but to every otiheir member of the Board. (Hear, hear.) The motion wa's carried unanimously.

a Carnarvonshire Quarter Sessions. The Tramp Nuisance. Assessment in the Conway Union. THE Chairman, Mr J. E. Greaves (Lord. Lieu- tenant-), in charging the Grand Jury at the Calr- narvon Quarter iSesisd'onsi on Thursday, referred to the loSis, siusitaiiiie:d by the (Bench and the county generally through the death of Mir John Poritidinorwic.. As to the- state of the calendar, he much- regretted that there should, be a considerably larger number of prisoners to be tried than usual. Most of the offences, had been committed by vagrants. The number of tramps, visiting tfhe, county had increased very largely during the. lasit year1 or itiw-o, and they came in the rnlajority of c,a.s,ets, to. impose upon men who were -hoinestily in search of work. ■What to. do with them -was' a very difficult thing tb decide, and he did. not anticipate that, the commission appointed to deal with the questioni could suggest any remedy beyond: u-rgiirug local authorities to. exercise' to. the fullest extent1 the powers, they .already possessed!, which were amply sufficient ito reduce the evil. T;o. delail leniently with these, meini was- mistaken kindl- nests, and only served to inflict upon, the. work- ing clats,sesi an intolerable muisance-. New Magistrates. Mtessrsi F. KitichelDi:( Trodifiiw ) George, Bov-ilfl. (fBeitltw-sycoed), and Jiames, W, Wyaitit, (IBeddgel- entl) qUlalified afe .magistrates, for the- county. Committees. Two, vaoalnüiiCls, among the court's' representa- tives on the Joint IPOllÏiOe- Committee were filled by the election- of Meissrs Wyn.n; Williams: and J. Eo, Roberts, the ireimiaining members, being re- elected. Mr Robert Hughes, was elected, tio, the vacancy on the- Ldcenising Commattee> caused, by the death, of Mir John Hughes. The Cruiser Carnarvon. Referring to the question, of appointing repre- sentatives. to meet representatives of the County Council for the purpose of raising anid! making a, presentation, on. belhallf of ,the. county to 'His Majesty's ship Carnarvon, the Chairm-am explain edi that: the: Carnarvon, was. the first of a, series of cruisers' to be named after1 Welsh counties', and in. its, action he be- lieved that the: Admiralty recognised tihiait Calr- narvonshire Was pre-eminently typical of the Principality and Wel-sh nationality. (iCIheens;.) On the motion, of Mr Harry IQlegg, four magi- 9z, strates were appointed on the, joint committee, viz., tlhe Chairman,, the High Sheriff (Mr Isisand Dlaviesi), Lord Pentrhyn, and Sir, H. J. Ellis Naniney. The Licensing Tangle at Llysfaen. A letter was, read from the -clerk of the! peace for Denbighshire requesting the court to. ap- point representatives' to. discuss- with Denbigh- shire representatives, the difficulty which has arisen- imi tihe m'atiter of licensiing jurisdiction in the Lilys-faen district. Mir 'Charlies Darbishire moved the appoint- ment of the chairman, Mr Glegg, Dr Daltb-n, Mir !E. Wood, alnld Col. 'Hy. Mostyn. The Chlairmian. saw no- harm to -a taking plaice, but thexe was no doubt that: Cair- narvonshire wiais right' on the question. Mir Jialf Petit- thought 'that the- appointment of ,a, coniirnitltltee wiOiullld be the easiest; way out of the difficulty. The public-houses of Llysfaen were now practically w-ithouit licenceis- because they had been' -granted by an authority which had no pOlwelf to. do &o. Mr Charles, Darbishire pointed out that Den- bighshire had granted the lioemice-s for year si, and they now desired ito- explain- the position. The names: proposed for the committee1 were then agreed upon. The Welsh Museum. The Chairman, having read a leitter from, the Town Clerk of Carnarvon asking the court to support the application, of Carnarvon for the 'National Museum, ventured it,o. say thalt: they would ahnüslt agree that no place wiouild be more appropriate than Carnarvon Cais!t!fe for the Museum, for in addition to any ohjeds of interest that might: be brought together, there was the Castle itself las the object, of greatest historical interest in- Wales. (Hear, hear.) He moved that the application be supported. Captain N. P. (Stewart seconded the motion, which was. carried. Assessment in the Conway Union. Ladiy Mlaiclarem, of Bodnant, Talycafn, for whom Mr Amiphletit- (iMesisrs: Porter, Armplhlett, and Jones, Colwyiu 'Ray) appeared, appealer a'gainisit the1 decision of the Assessment Co-m- ms £ *ee of the Cbnwiay Union. Mr R. A. Griffith, instructed by Mr Thornton Jones,, represented: the respondents:. Mfc Ajmphietlt explained tiha,t the appeal was against an assessment madte* by the Assessment Committee of the Com,way Un-ibo on the1 7th November, 1904, in, respect, c-f a plantation on Cliwydiwern Farm, Tialyc^n. The plioit of land was: formerly rant of Clwy-dwerin FalIm, which wais purchased by Lady somia years' ago. Before it' was -taken over by the pres,ent owner it was, in the. occupation, o,f the tenant, who utilised it. as arable- Hand. Whem the' pro- perty was: purchased by Ladly Miaicla-rem: a. cer- tain portion of it, about 212 acres, was- formedi into a, plantation, and1 ;t was immediately as- sessed by the. Assessment' committee to £2 per .a,CT:e, ..aJlithiou.h, there was' no revenue forth- Clominig, LAn alppeail, wia's: made last Dee-ember, which resulted in a. reductioni: to 3JS per acre. Mir (Harry Glegg: What wias the- assessment of (the farm- prior to' being formed info- a plantation? Alir Aimphletti: Z" 4S' per acre, including the buildings'. The total acreage is 236 acres, 2 roods' ro poles, the assessment amounting to- £ i<7 j 14'5, The h.oule and-, farm- came, to £37, making a total of ^214 14s. Evidence- was- giv-eini by 'lÆa,jor, ,BirIoh, who- esti- mated, the highest: ratiinig value of -the: land alt, ios. Alfiter further expert evidence had been given, Mr R. A. Griffith said at the outset; that. when tihte, twenty'-FFIWIO' acres' were set, apart' foir the plantation 642 was' taken off the re'll'Í',a,nd albiout the s'alme time a new assessment: wa's made., and ithe, assessment farm was- reduced to ^2:411, amidi the plantation to. 644, leavinig the union, practically in the same position as it occupied before. Lady M!a,cliareitt entered, an obj eeitiiom to the lassie ssmernt and ultimately it was, reduced tio ^36. Still she was. not satis- fiedl, and' again- ma-dle an appeal. Proceeding, Mir- Griffiith contended that was an,- absurdity tb vaiiue the land on. prairie rate as. had; been: suggested by Mr Amphllett. Mir Alm!pb-ilieitlt s.a.-Id. that the plantation musit he taken at iitts true and unimproved value, ain-d1 he suggested to the' Brencih that, the figure: to be fixed by them, should be mereilty nominal- The Bench after a brief deliberation, decided1 to. reduce the gross estimated' rental to ^16 1 is-, and the rate-able value t'o. ^15 15 s. Applications for co-st-s were refused. House-Breaking at Beddgelert. John, Kennedy, baker; Richiard Ward, labourer; and Edward Fiyrih, joiner', were charged with breaking rÎnito the -Saracen's' Head Hotel, Beddgelerf,,and stealing {herefrom, money, jewellery, a fountain pen, and other arnticles', on. the 2i8tlh of FeUapuary, 1905. Kennedy ad. milted the offence-, but W-ard and (Flyann pfeadted Inolt guilty. Mr William George appeared for tLhel prose- cution, and stiated the facts- of the oatse, which have already beell1 reported- in o'ur columns. Wliith regard to Fiynm, it was. stated that he wais arrested an a statement made by Kennedy. E'videnice in support of Mr George's state- ment- was givein by Sergeant Pugh (Portmadoc), Sergeant' Jionesi (Bangor,) and Daniel (Roberts. Mr Salt, 0:11.e of the officials at the Bedid'- geilemt works, said that- Fly tun, was, an. excellent work-man, amdi bore a good character. The comitractons had a'so received a, good 'character for him from his former employers'. A gentleman, in the court, and a former em. ployer of }j,IJ'nn, also- gave him an excellent character. l,n. hiis, ISltiatieITneTIlt to the jury, Flynn, said he knew nothing of the matter. Lie did not pray for mercy or favour, but only asked for justice. (He had borne a- spotless character, and did not, want to lose' iit now. Kennedy and Ward were also charged' with stealing three tins- of potted s'almon, the pro- perty of Wm. Prichard, grocer, Portmadoc, on the same night. Both prisoners' pleaded not guilty. Flynn and Ward were acquitted -on the fi.rsiti charge. Kennedy was .sentenced to pen:all, .ser- vitude for two years: on the firsit charge-, and two years on the second charge-, and Ward was sent1 to prison, for 15 months. -6

Improved Train Service Through the Vale of Clwyd. A CORRESPONDENT has- been furnished with the exact times- of the new trains which are. to be added om May i to tihe service oni the Mold and 'Denbigh and V,ale of Ciliwyd branches- of the' London and. North-Western Rail-way. The, 9.10 faroim Rhyl to Denbigh i.s. not at present to be runt on to. Rulthim regularity, except, on Tues- days', but the company have' informed the- clerk to the Denbighshire- Gouinty Council that it willl go. through to Ruthin on any day when, it will be a, convenience to members' of public bodies' and: others attending meetings, quarter- sessions, or, a,ssaze,s. at: Ruthin. From l:Ma,y i a new ex- press1 train will-l leave Chester to coninect with the 9 a.m. from Mold1 to Denibagh, thus enabl- ing passengers: from1 the Wrexham- direction to Iflelach Denbigh: at 9-34 a.m. and, (Ruthin at 10-21 when, the- extension to. Ruthin is made. The. new tnrai-n, to Mbld, (Denbigh, amid: Ruthin, to gitve a comnieetio-n to these places' from the 12-10 P.Mi. luncheon-car express fro-m Eustoni, wilil: stlart from Chlèisiferat 3-55 p.m. and, will reach Ruthin at 5-10 p.m., thus completing the jour- ney from London, to. tRultihiin in five hours exactly. The 8-50 p.m. all stations' ito- Denbigh train from Ühelstelr will leave the. latter city twenty miÍ:nIUit,e'S liait,eir, at 9-ro, -and will so. give a, connection, from the 5-30 p.m. dining-car trmin from London,, which reaches, Chester ait 9 p.m. iSbme months- ,agc). the FUniLshIre County Council petitioned the Railway Company for ,a better after noon, ^service from Mbld to. Rhyl, via 'Denbigh, for the convenience of the memi- belrls atitending the county meetings at Mold1. Next mbDitlh the- petition will be complied wiith by the running of the1 new express- ailtready mentioned!, which will leave Chester at' 3-55 and Mold -alt 4-20 and: will catch the connec- tion to -Rltyl from. Denbigh at five o'clock, thus giving a,n hou:r longer at Mold, and- avoid- ing aln, hour's- wait ail Denbigh. A new train from Rhyl, will s,t,arit at 4-10 p.m., connecting at Denbigh with the new afternoon e-xpres-s- to Ruthini and, wáfth it-he existing train to Chester through Mold-. Lastly, a new traini to. Chester will depa,iit from Ruthin at 8-30 p.m.

Canon Williams, rector of Newtown. speak- ing at: the prize, distribution in connection with the evening continuation .schools tin that towni, dleplor,ed the. fact jtihiat in. the, heart of Wales they did .not teach 'the W'elsh language at the clasess. ''1Dio Inot be ashamed, of your countiry and your language," he said. "It is a noble- language:, a. language that w'iil1 not bring you wealth or ain3-thinig of that kind, perhaps:, but somleltihing betiter. lit is a language that, will go to your heart, if you know it weill.

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