The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

PERSONAL. The Duke of Westminster has left Grcsvcnor House for Eaton Hall. Earl Howe retuned to Curzon-street from Sahdringham. The Earl of Powis has arrived at Powis Castlo, Welshpool. The Countess of Dundon&ld 1 M left town for Gwrych Castle, Abergele. Mr Ffnangcon-Davies, the well-known bari- tone, is reported to be seriously ill. The Cardiff City Council, on Monday, unani- mou.1y decided to oonfea1 the freedom of the city upon Mr Lloyd George. Colonel and Mrs Cornwallis West had tho honour of entertaining the German Emperor at luncheon at Newlajads Manor, their Hampshire home, on Saturday. An engagemeJit is announced between Lieut. Fletcher, son of the Rev. Canon Fletcher, rector of Marchwiel, and Miss Winifred Ormrod, second daughter of Mr Peter Ormrod, of Puny Ian. The estate of Captain the Hon. Charlee Gounter Logge, of 36, Victoria-stroet, London, S.W., lately senior inspector of constabulary for En- gland and Wales, has been valued for probate at £12,045. A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Mr John Clements Wa'.cr- houae Madden, of Hilton Park, co. MonagllAll, Ireland, and Agnce Mary, third daughter of Sir William Henry Tate, Ba.rt., and Lady Tate, of Highfield, Wool ton, Lancashire, and Downing, Holywell, North Wales. The pcHs-ait, in oil?, of Viscount Fielding, eldest son and h' ir of the Earl of Denbigh, which has been painted by Mr John Collier, has just 1 ean completed, and it will b3 on view at Holy- well before i, M) placed in the collection of family p^rtrai s at Newnham Paddox, Lord D nbigh's Warwickshire seat. Viscount Feilding is now serving Egypt with his regiment, t8 3rd Guards, in wrich his cousin, TMajor Jeoffrey Feilding, also holds a commission. The portrait is the gift of Lord Denbigh's Downing tenantry.

COAST EliOSION IN NORTH WALES. RAILWAY COMPANY'S DEFENCE WORKS. LARGE EXPENDITURE AT PENMAENMAWR AND ABERGELE. Sir William F. Foulkee pleaded ycaterda-" oveir the sitting of the Royal Commission on Coa«t Erosion. Mir WHl'iam Dawsoai, assistant engineer, London and North-Western Railway, eaid that largo siams of money had boon spent by the raiiLway company in defence work between Ijkunfaiifodiian and Conway, consisting princi- pally of boavy masonry wails- Opposite Pen- naa-mmawir a considerable amount of erosion had taken place, amounting to a maximum of four foot since 1889. The avcragts depth of erosion had taken place, amounting to a miaxL mum of four ..oe-t. since 1889..he average de erosion., however, in front cf the walls between LI.anf.air:ioohan Staticei aJid tihe east of Pen.rnaennnawr wa £ about thirteen inches in seventeen yeaJB- The foreshore between Pon, miaeninavir and Pcinimaeinbaoh had since 1889 boon eroded for an average depth otf 2ft. 3in. In Denbighshire also the company had spent largo sums ot money in protecting the line be- tween Abergele and FQryd Stations- On the part of the coast a gradual erosion had been going on for some ^voarp. In a act, during the past eighteen yiears tho average fall in two level of the fo'iM»nore had been about two foet. Owing to the orosion and disappearance of the sandhills eosit of Rhyl, the railway com- pany had recently raitied tlieir rail level above the height of foe highest t.kflJs. The Chairman: Do you consider that tho railway ip perfectly eafe on the east of Rhyl ?— Oh, yes- It was pointed out .to us that tho railway might be waslhed awa.y. Do you think this migibt happen ?—That possibly occur. The level of the land east of Rhyl is higher than any possible tide, aind wo 'have also rained our raillway line- Roplying to Sir William Matthewi, the wit- ness said tihat be did' not oouisider any portion of tihe coast in danger at the present moment- The weakest point, in his opinion, was to tihe east off RhYl Station, but even there there was no dianger. Mr Vaughan Davies, M P., gave brief evi- dence supporting the |gtaiements made by the representatives of Now Quay, Cardigan, and referred to the question of tho silting UJn o( the harbour of tihat place- Dealing with Aberys- twyth, Mr Davies said that if the embankment was not in exigence the whoiLe of the lower panh of the town, in his opinion, would be very soon washed away. A railway running from the main line of the Great Western had been wash- ed1 away. Tlhero was a dangeir on thltt north part of tihe town of tho sea encroaching it it were nott looked into quickly- Within the last few yeans the people of Borth had spent £0000 in defending their homes- A large num- ber of houses, had been washed away and dis- appeared. The people of Barth had struggled to keep their homes together. He had himself (seen sea washing right through tho houses- It was most disheartening. Tho Commission then ad'joumed.

AUSTRALIAN DUTIES ON WELSH SLATES. A REDUCTION GRANTED. The Carnarvon Harbour Trust last week passed a- resolution in support of a netition by locail slate merchants asking the Board 0: Trade to intervene with a. view to obtainin.fr a reduc- tion oif the new increased Australian tariff on alatefl, whioh had just been rabod from 15 to 25 p cent. ad valorem- The Harbour IVuwfc has now (gays a Presp correspondent) been in- formed by the Board of Tirade that as a result of telegraphic oommun-ioations between the Board of Tradta a.nd the Australian Go'vern- ment the latter had rcduoad the ad volwom duties, om dates frcmi this country to AiF-'raKa fi-om 25 to 20 per cent- T'ii.'is is not quite a l-etuni to the old rate of 15 p'2lr cent., bat lit is a distinct ooncce-Zcin, and ctne that will be. largely appireoiatcd in WaleG.

King Orcur of Sweden died on Sunday morn- ing, at the age of aoventy-cijjht. Hid Majesty's end waa quite peaceful.

COLWYN Bil COUNCIL AND THE PIER CO. THE FUTURE OF THE CONCERTS. THE COUNCIL'S OFFER TO THE COMPANY. CONDITIONAL RESTRICTION OF PRO- MENADE ENTERTAINMENTS. INTERESTING DISCUSSION. A long and interesting discussion took place at the •nwtlng of > he Colwyn Bay Urban District Council, on Tuesday, on the question of the fore- ehofd lettings. According tc reports submitted a meeting of the General Purposes Committee was held on Monday week, and was attended by Mr HugO. IIug''eis (chairman), Messrs George Bevan, John Williams, J. Dicken. E. II. Davies, O. B. Lowe, C. It ynolcfe, D. Gamble, W. Horwn. Edward Allen, Join Jone&. Wm. Davies, and the Rc-v. W. Hughes. The Clerk reported that in accord- ance wlh a previous minute the directors of the Pier Company (Mr W. F. Mason, chairman, and four co-directors) were in attendance at the invi- tation of 'he Council. It wad explained to the di ecto-s that the question of letting the fore- jjhore tenancies for the coming season was under consideration, and before any definite steps were taken lhe directors were invited to confer with the Council thereon, and also respecting the change of policy by the Council with regard to the concert* at the pavilion. After due consideration—the directors having reo Ired-Ii: was moved by Mr E. H. Davies, and seconded by Mr C. Reynolds, "that the Council discontinue all performances on the promenade after 7.30 p.m. every evening, on condition that the Pier Directors undertake to providfi high- class ooncerts, and on the condition that the con- c rtf commence at Easter and be continued to the 1st of October." An amendment was pro- posed by Mr Joseph Dicken, and seconded by Mr E. Allen "that subject to the same condi- tions tho performances on the prortienade be pro- hibited between 7.30 and 9 p.m. every evening." For the amendment only the p oposer and sec- onder voted, and tho proposition was declared carried. "THE TOWN AGAINST THE COUNCIL." Mr J. Dicken now said that he did not want much alterat.on of the clause, but he would move the amendment now that ho had done at the meeting of the committee. He felt convinced Ii too. the ratcpay rs cre agnst ihe rœ,ommell- dation ef the committee as it stood at present. He did not sea why they should say that Lom Hbos so Old Colwyn no performances should be given of the promenade between 7.30 p.m. and 11 p.m. It meant practically that there was I'othing fc i- the people Now, it had been said flat 'here we-n other places where perform- ances would bi going on and that, crowds would congregate art und them. Nc doubt they would-, and if they did would that be any benefit to Pier? He was not speaking against the Pier Company at all At to -aine time they must bear in mind t.hat in the season they had a.t least 20,900 visitors in Cclwyn Ba.y. The pavilion would hold about 2500, and they had the 17,000 left walking about the promenades, which were beautifully lit up. The promenade cost about £70,000, and at 7.30 p.m. they said, "Clear off, there is nothing for you to see as regards enter- tajnment." He did not think this was rigtht for such a rising town as Colwyn Bay. It had been said (hat the Council could lot the sites on the promenades for as much money if it were closed at 7.30 p.m. He failed to see how they I wculd get one-third of the amount. Were they I justified in losing j6150 rents from the prome- nade lettings for the b nefit- — he would not f&Y of who. If it was tie Pier Company he would say thn-y would not gain one shilling by It, fljui it was a time when JB150 was more useful to Cflwvti Bay, as they were" not out of the wood" bv any means. It would be a gr- at; s rugglo for Colwvn Bav to get along next year &t the rate they were going now. It was to the interest, of Colwvn Bay to save every penny. The town he felt convinced was dead set. asainsf the Council. As he had said before, he had nothing against tho Pier Comjjany, but he did not like men coming to that, room and saving "We are going to hav", all or none." That was not the right wav to come to A bodv of cntlemen. Ho did not like to use the word. but he con^ide-jvd there was a lot of blnflf in it, and it had fuc- coo fairlv well. He might b", 8km. as he had no axe to grind at all. He oould not vote for the rwsolut'o" 8 it sto^h and moved that the wo-ds be !"«er*ed from 730 n.m. until 9 n.m. Mr ITr>skin^ MkN1 the position r-f tJl" Council jto tenders which hnd been sent m. The Clerk said th", had not beon ac- oe|>tod. so the master was still open. A COMPROMISE SUGGESTED. Mr Hopkins consider- d that the Council were to blame for not giving Mr Mason and his co- directors & hearing. He thought it would be but courteous on their pa. t io give them a private hearing. Certainly tne Pietr Company was a pri- vate enterpris They had built the pavilion not necessarily with the object of improving Colwyn Bay, but they had invested their capital with the in ention of getting a good return like any other business men would do. llo consi .e cd they wcro business people, and were going about it in the right way. They, however, were asking too much of the Council; they wanted all or nothing He thoug t the best way would be to try and meet one ano-her. rho Company promised very little in return for the closing of the promenade at 7 30 p.m. The proper and reasonable way- would be to try and arrange a c™U>romi»c wuh the Company, and his suggestion was that they should bo irh't. in a businesslike and kind-hearted way They all wished best for the pavilion Eu e it wu« to tne uit^reM of Colwyn to TI: cnvo-.o-es.tiO'n '«as tho one ador>Lcd u g,T oi^ the promenade for three nigh ts t and for the ot-li«r mghte there *h<»M bo nono. He tihowgiht that would be meeting the oam-oany in a very reasonable, manner, Thy as a Oouncil must remember that all people did not want to go to high-claes concerts. There wore ae many as 20,000 peopic m Gohvyn Bay m the month of August, but t:he pavilion only oatoned for albornt 2000. PeopLe did not care to go to the fame place nightly. They wanted Tariety, and a'nfocrtu'n-al'Cly the Pier had not os^ored for the public. They did not seem to. know tfuc requirements, cf man, who did not want the same class of conocrt every nigiht. When the conoorte were first originated Mons. Riviero ha.d the nuanagement of them; and he euire that Colwyn Ray was lamenting his doath. At last, after fighting for about four years, tho ma-giistrafccG of Colwyn Bay—he pre- sumed mere from sym,pa.tihy—granted the Pier CcniKWuiy a lice-noc, thinking, of oofuire, it would bo a siscoess, but the result was that it had never been a success, and he was sorry it was greatly due to the company not catering for the public. If the company were bueanees people and wished good to Colwyn Bay tihey ought to try and come to a.n understanding wit.h the Coun- cil—not by forcing them, but by aoopting aoeni- pro-miiise. He propceed as a further amendlnen; tha.t. for tlhrce nights a week only out-door enter- tainments be allowed on the promenade. VISITORS AND OPEN-AIR ENTERTAIN- MENTS. Mr Ed. Allen said lie would second Mr DickonV amendment. The nature 0If the people who cxme tOo stay a.t Colwyn Bay demanded some- thing of the kind. In the daytime the visitors mostly went out walking and on tours, and w-hen they oame home they wanted to go on the firont. It had been said that there would be plenty of amusements in the to-wn on private pitches. That was not the thing. People would go on the front, a.nd they wanted amuse- ment, and it would not 00 fair to deprive them of it. It was alright for a certain who wanted to go to the pavilion,but others would be a.lx-o.Iutoiy debarred from any ent^rtainmett on the firont. Pecple who owne to Colwyn &.y wanted fresh a.ir, they liked pierrot and minstrel entertainments, and they also winhed to bo able to their children to play on the oarufc. These people, he (Mr Allen) considered rthonld have every consideration. He was not heart arid soul witih the resolut ion, and he felt, that llho aotion of the oompany was rather an affront. Was that the spirit in which to approadh tihe Council? The company did meet the Council a.t the letter's request, and they could Pee the spirit of the meeting, and thought they got all they wanted. The fact, of them piihiishini? their letter, a.nd inserting the advertisement, fhowed, in his opinion, a spirit which ou-ght not to ha.ve prevailed when they claimed that the best in- terests of tho town was their first consideration. They claimed to make Colwyn Bay "the" town on tihio far high-class concerts, but so fiar tihey had go-no about it in a very peculiar way. He maintained that it was entirely the company's fault that the pavilion had not been a suocesn. Mr HFæ Hill said he would1 like to go a steip further than the previous speakers. In his own mind it was altogether wrong to close proaienadio against the public at alii (hear hear). It appeared tyrannous to do such a He had taken a great, intemst in Col- wyn Bay for many vears and had done what he cmM fnir the place. It would simply bo fjuicidal to oloso the public against the vifsHorp, who came to the town- They would not f."0 to. the back streets and corners to wntoh side shows- Perpie brought their children to Cdwyn Bay for i.P:10 fc-a air. and th9 hours ly-tween 7 and 9 p. m. were the 00% part of the d'ay, when beautiful -•unsets were via- ible from the promenade- Just when the people wanted to be out enjoying thomeelvee on tlie promea»a^e they would be driven inte the efcreete or waste Ia.n.d&; where side shows wore going on NO CLOSURE. Continuing, Mir Blips Hill that tihe Piør Company were surely abbe to look after them- selves. He was sure it would be much better if they catered for the publio with variety ontertoinimeate- Tbe&-e wae not ecte in fifty who could go and enjoy houms at a. etretcfc of real high-class music. No doubt they liked classioal music, but at the same time they liked a little variety. In the Mons. Reviewer's time woll-knowai humorieta such as Lesloe Har- ris appeiared- As fax as he was personally con- corned he dtenounced the idea QL cloeing the promenade at any time cf the day to oblige particular mem, or a partkiular section of men- It was quite true the Pavilion wae a good thing for the Bay, but they were not giving the Bay anything at ail; they were seeking to get something for their own pockety. If they were not able to manage th«r own affairs and on the bueinefiB euceessfiiUy it their mwûtrtuIBf. He moved another amendment that tluere be no dewure whatever of the pro- Mr Htdt Davies seconded Mr Heskims. Mr Da.vid Gamble aeoondect Mr Bliss Hill's amendment that there be no closure. Although the di rectÛJM afberxied at the invitation of the Cfcunoil, they iistimatod tha-t tncy would not hold concerts uuifoss the promenade was dosed for oertain hours during the evening, and the Counci} had prootioaily agreed to what they suggested. They wont away from the Council, and in two or three days afterwards scattered a circular about, and delivered it at ovory house in the Bay, intimating to the occupiers that unless they took contract tickets in suffi- cient, numbers from the Company they would not hold any concerts in the forthcoming sea- eon Ho considered that a piece of great im- pertinence, after the Council had practically made an agrreemesit with them- SYMPATHY WJlTH PRIVATE ENTERr PRISE. Tho Rev. W. Hughes spoke in favour of the recommendation oil the ccrnmittee- He said thø matter hours of eonsidmrataon, amd HDey woro almost uraammout, that they wouJd njsct the Company by not allowing any performances on the promenade after 7.30 p.m. They nevea* inlbended preventing the pub- lic fnxn going on the prom^siiatife, as one speak- ar had suggested- It was the r>er-orma-nccs wanted to stop, and that in order to meet the Pior Company, who had come to t'he town and spent £40,000 in the enter prise. In rates and lighting they paid B300 a year- He wae atrai/d the Cotai.oil showed no sympathy with euch companies, and he felt- certain thai people in England who were watching the progress of Colwyn Bay, would not come there to spend their money. He considered the Oouncil ought to show sympathy with every enterprise like the Ligtxt Railv\TO.y and the Pier Company. They we're only preventing entertainers performing on tho peomenade at night. They could do so in the morning and afternoon, and take a field in tihe evening, and aJI those who wished to hear theen oould do aJ. He did not agree with Mr Dicken. With regard to the circular mentioned by Mr Gamble, he knew for a. fact that 200 additional persons had signed the circulars, which chowed how the sympathy of the residents we-nt. The lodging-house keepers wedro very giad to sign thean and take a. season ticket; and that showed they wece in fa.voiar of maintaining tho high-class ooncerts. Other towns on tho coast would be extremely glad if they did away with tfhe ooncerts, and they would miake capital of it. Ho hoped the Council would adhere to wihat they had already done. If the high-clas* ccnoerts weire done a.way with for one summer he weti stare every one of the councillors would be convc-ctcd by the next. Mr Gam>bio: We have not lost the concerts yet. The Rev. W. Hughes, continuing said they must take business men at their word. It was not business to ory bluff. He had only just, received a telegram from Llandudno in reply to one ho sent a. councillor Making if too LJan- dudno authority were going to pmmit tAle per- formanoes in the evening during the concert hours, and the reply wae" Nothing of the kind." Llandudno had always protected the high-class concerts. Mr E. H. Davies tihoaight the Oouncil had been "bluffed," still it would be the greatest blow for Ccdwyn Bu.y to discontinue the concerts. These had done their best in their own wa.y, but they had undoubtedly done as they should net havo dione. They had not catered for the pccple. He would vote in favour of tihe pier concerts. Mr Oh. Reynolds said they had no. idea of driving everybody off the promenade. He had always noticed tha.t there were a. few in the pavilion, and a few around the niggers and pifcmXs, but the vast majority were walking up and dhwm the promenade or sitting on the ihore. Hetcd the original motion. Mr John Jones said he would be very scurry to see the high-class concerts, go down. There brought a gretai number ot! visitors to too town, and the better class, they would agree, went to tho pavilion, and they did not always go there far music, but to rest and meet their friends. He had noticed that in Harrogate. It would do a gweei, deal of harm to Colwyn Bay. Two keepers had told him that they wiould lose parties next, summer if the con- oarte wero not held this year. Mr Bliss Hill a great deal of the fact that the pro- menade was to be cleared a.t 7.30 p.m. But t'ncffo to be nothing of the kind. They had a (>erfcct right on the promenade. The Oh airman explained that Mr Hill did not mean that tho perpie would be turned off the pincmenade, but that the porformancc^s would be di-oontinued a.fter that time. M:r Jones, continuing, said they had to oaieT for the beet class, and they could not afford to do without thorn. They in Colwyn Bay had a better class cf visitors than a.t Rhyl, and they had moc-p. residents Chan either Llandudno or RÖvi. Mir <Plis. Hill: But you cannot arowd 6000 people into a place that will only hold 3000. Mr William Davies acked whether tihe clerk had hoard anything from the directors. Was any security that they would have good concerts, if tho Council met the company? The Chairman: Nothing except whiit they told us (the o.tfller night. Mr Hiighes: They will not bo written to until after this meeting. NOT A MATTER OF "BLUFF." Mr Geo. Bevan wished to tho minds of some of tlhe members as to bluffing- Cnairrman of tho Pier Company said it was not a mailrtJer of bluff, and the only quesition was ifhiat unless the Pier Company could" got mutual fifupport from the Council they could no longer anord to engage tho orchestra. That was all that would happen, and the Pier Com- pany simply act as a Public Hall Com- pany, and ,let their premises to anybody. That uooounted for the advertisement in the papers. For serein yeans the company had carried on rhe Pier without profit, with the exception of one 2J, per oenifc- paid to the shareholders. Somo speakers had mentioned that, i. Mons- Riviere had been thero it would have been a 3UCOOS3. They were not a financial succcss in, his t-iinie, as his exi>en»es were extremely heavy. The ohareholde-rs engaged Mors. Reviere and a large and had no benefit themselves- They to darive benefit, but they did not Tiw? C't)!>any were tired of carrying it on, and the o-f the shareholders "was exhausted If the Pier Company did not engage an orchestra and band they would have no ex- penses to pay. and everything received would tiion bo profit. They would have no staff to pay- What a teirrible thing it would be JOIr t'rtis disitriot, not only the visitors but the great n.uiikbc;r 0: residents would Jeavo the town simply because they had not, got the con- ceits to at.tend. Tiie question tor them all was which was best to db. Was it best to have tihe al fresco on the front ¡ Mr Gamble (interrupting): Ilaye you abso- lute authority for making the statement that residents wouikl Leave the ttHvii '> Mr Bevan: Yes I have not the alightest douibt ahGut it. That is my opinion- Mr W. Davies: I hope Mr Bevan will in orm ue what the drrectOTs are going to do. Mr Bevuny continuing, said that Mr GamMa took exception to the circular which was oont round' by the Pica- Com-jxiny. He (Mr BevarA saw nothang abjecitionablo in it. because the Pier Company were prepared to contuse and rmprwc tbe high class o^ncejts. The whole object m esmdi/ng out the circular was to ascer- tain wluotihicir b'ae residents would subscribe liberaldy for season tiokcits- As Council! knew, the Company had to engage their orchestra, now. It was no use leaving it until Easter- The Company wanted to have an idea what support they \\il{"1re going to receive from residents. He (Mr Beyan) looked at it as a matter of policy for the town. The object of tho Council and the Company waa to have in Cclwyn Bay an attraction that would bring poople there, and be possibly the thief attrac- tion on tlie North Wales coast. The Pier Com- panv believed* that these irresponsible enteirtain- ments were a. great diefcriment to their success and thero was no doubt but tihat it waa so H had not the slightest doubt in his mind that if the piorrots and niggers had not been on the promenade during the hours last, suni- or, the Pier Company would have five per cent, to iho shareholders, the Council would have rooeived J650 addition^al rent. which they wero entitled to. That would repay the Coun- oil for any littlo loss they might suistain in the letting of the sta.ndp during the evenings- He believed that the policy of Colwyn Bay should bo to encourage the ooneorrs as mucli pos- sible, and to keep them up to a sita.ndard that would1 mako them the chief attraction on the oot. Unless they did that, he did not how they were goring to stand agraimst other watering places on this coast. Mr O. B. said that {xsrsonally he had always been against granting monopoly in any sliapo oir form. He, howevo-r felt that to re- strict t.h.e promenade a/'ter 7.30 n-m- for ether entertainments would not do vary much harm for one year, but on the other if they lost the oonoerts foa- one yeaa: only, they would | Iqse the best ciaas of people, wfeicii tfaegr ooaid no* afford^ A great pousfc bad been made thai ihe*r would be preventing 17,000 visitora autd oifii^s from enjoying amusements. II me town loafc the oonoerte, they would drive thouseuncte of people away- The OcnwcQ would not be rwnaiHig muoh risk of drivirug- away the few and pi Why (SftiouAd Ocifewyn Bay not follow th» example of He adknSt- ted that tfue at Uandudno were better, but ttaey had been in existence. mucii longer, lity. Mr T. H. Morgan aaid he did not like the method adopted by the Piear Cojrupariy. He did not feei inclined to vote in favour of closing the promenade £ roea 7.30 to 9 p.m., lut it seemed to him that the eoanpany were njt satisfied with that. He was not altogether satisfied that it WQe a case of bluff, as sotne of the members stated, and tihat the company did not intend to cajrry out their threat. He certainly felt it would be rather unfortunate if they put the matter asnde, and found themselves without oon- oerts fiar the forthcoming season. H the com- pany did let the pavilion as it stood to some- body for the season, they might possibly have variety entertainment* but they were not sure of them. The.y should, in the interests of the town, do with the uncertainty of having concents. He felt, however, that the Pier Com- pa.ny ought to be satisfied with the closing of the promenade from 7.0 to 9 p.m. Mr W. Davies mid his difficulty was that he could not get any security that there would be concerts. M:r Lowe: Take it on trust- Mr Davies: We are distinctly told that tfiey will not give us concerts unktie they are pat- ronised. Mr W. Horton said he would propose again his original resoluten "that tile Council discon- tinue all performances otn the promenade after 7.30 in the evening on condition that the pier dirjectora undertake to provide higih-cLasB oon- oerts of a. standard approved of by a oommittee appointed by the Council, a.nd on a further con- dition tha.t the concerts commence at. Eeuster, and be continued until bhe let of October." Mr T. H. Morgan seconded. A CALAMITY IF THE OONOERTS WERE DISCONTINUED. The Chairman aaid he felt his position very acrjrtely, and had done for some weeks. He hoped the Council would do the right thing. He felt it was an important time in history of tiho town. If they mcule a mistake that day, he "116 afraid they would rue it. What was the best thing to do, he should like to know, in the best interests of the town. They did not like the idee. of dearing the promenade of outdoor amusecrents. That would go against the grain with a good may people in Colwyn Bay. For his own part he did not think that, these con- certs paid any wire re, even in Llandudno. The bctt pecnle were promenading about the pier. What was erected in Colwyn Bay was only an apology for a pier; it was much too sthcrt tor a promenade. On the other hand he felt that if they lost She high-class concerts, the reputation of Colwyn Bay would ateo be lost as a re- sidential district. There were a good many pecple living on their means at tho Bay, and they came because there was a place fcr them to go to in the evening. They could not depend on outdoor entertainments if the weather was not all that oould be deEined. It was a comfort for tihom to go inside tihe pavilion art any time of the day. It would be a calamity if the con- certs wore discontinued. He (the Chairman) dhorjld like to oome to sctmo oo»irt]/romiff-e and see Peer Company meet the Council better than they had d'wic. He dad not think the directors had met them in a. fair way. He akx> foit that tfhe ouido entertaaromenits should be allowed after 9 p.m., although he did not half like them startIng so late. He would leave the matter m the hands of the members to decide which was oes-t for tihø welfare cl Colwyn Bay. Mr Ed. Allen moved another amendment that the whole matter be deferred until &uch time as the tenders for the forethore lettings wore opened. Mir J. Dicken seconded. Mr W. Da.vies said he was going to move an amendment, and he thought it would be —— The Chairman: The best of the lot (laughter). Mr Davies: His amendment woe to ask the directors whether they would give a guarantee that they would have proper con- certs. At present the Council were between two stools. They all wanted to do the beet for Colwyn Bay, and did not want to do any harm to the Pier Company. There was no seconder, and tho aarjendment fell through. A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS. Clerk then stated that there wea-e five amendments. The ftne* to be put up was that of Mr Dickens, the offeofc no o'ufteido €mtefftofirrwn<i.Tite 00 given between 7.30 and 9 p.m. but this was lost by a majority of nine to six. Tho next was Mr Hopkins' amendment that three nig'iitg a wk bo granted for outdoor entertainments, a.nd this met the Hune fate as the first by a majority of nine to four. Mr Blits Hill s amencmerrt, tha-t no restriction be made en the promenade, was lost by ten to five. 7 The fourth was Mr Horton's. to discontinue all performances on the promenade after 7.30 p.m. on condition that the pior directors undertook to provide high-ckm? concerts of a standard ap- proved of by a. committee of the Council, and on tho further oonditien that the concerts filiould commence at Easier, ajui be discontinued on the lti-t October. Far this amendment ten mem/bers voted in favouir and six against. The Cierk intimated that Mr Horton s had now become the sulbetantiato motion, and the amendment to that was Mr Allen's that the matter be deferred. Mr Allen said he would now withdraw his amenidnient, and this was agreed to me minute of the cormmttee was then con- firmed with the alteration made by Mr Hortcn on the motion of Mr Hugh Mr W. Davies asked wihat reply Lad been re- ceived to the resolution C his w^d heVo^iive any

LLANRWST BOARD OF GUARDIANS. THE VACCINATION FEES. f\he m^thJy meeting 0f the above Board was held on luesday. The chair was oocupicd by the vioe-cnairman (Mr Hugh Rober.s). Others pro:ent were the Revs. John Gower a.nd J. U. Richards, Messrs John Hughes and O. Lloyd Jones (Bettwsycoed), D. G. Jones (Macnan), T. Kob&rts (Doivvyddelen), Rowland Hughes and Robert Williams (Eglwy.sbach), David Owen (Llanddoget), David Jones (Pennant), John Da- vies (Brymog Ucha), John Davies (Gwvtherin), David Lewis (Pant LEn), John Berry, and El Edwards (Tyddyn Du), with the Clerk (Mr R R. Owen), the Master (Mr T. J. Thorns), and the ttehevmg Officers (Messrs O. Evans-Jon-s and T. C. Roberts). THE OUT-RELIEF. Mr T. C. Roberts, the relieving officer for the Pe.nt.revo:las district, reported that during the month he had relieved 141 paupers at a cost of JB88 13s. A cheque for JS78 was granted for the current month's oxpe ses. CLERK'S REPORT. The Clerk reported that there were 37 in-door paupers, as against 35 for the corresponding week last year. The out-door paupers numbered 296, as against 316 for the corresponding week of the previous year, a decrease of 20. Tho amount spent in relief during t.ho month was £82 3s lid, a decrease of £13 17s cn tho corresponding month of last year. The number of tramps relieved was 80, an increase of 19 on the ccrr- sponding period of last year. CONGRATULATIONS. On thft mot;on of the Rev. J. LJ. Richards, seconded bv Mr D. G. Jones, the Rev. J. Gowar was heartily congratulated upon his recent mar- "&e" VACCINATION FEES The Local Government Board wrote sanctioning the, vaceviation fees a.s arranged bv the Guard- ians. and a further lot tor was read from them asking for the referenc e of the master and rr>n.+ron who had recently been appointed to Wrexham. It was resolved that the highest possible refer- ence bo given, and exP'-essinK the belief that the Appointment of Mr and Mrs Thomas would never cau^1 the Board rOITret CIIRTSTMAS RELIEF. The, Festiniosr Unio.n asked the Board to errant extra relief to all tJwir paupers chargeable to the Festinir,^ Union of Is each to adults and 6d to each ohild. This was agreed to. Mrs Owen. TVvn Ynvr, asked the permission of th,* TV-i r,] tA eive her USll,<JJ tr-^a-t to the in- mates on New TI1t, this was granted. PRECEPT. Tho Clerk reported t h prooept ? Wn re^^iv'd from the Covint.v Council of Denbigh- ¡y.;I"" amounting toO f)"3 9;. 6d, of which JE843 49 was to be paid forthwith.

A nomarkabli? character has pa sped away in too death of Mr Joseph Ward, of Sidford- He started as a. sailer, then he became a coast- guard, and next a sofooclmnster. When ad- vanced in ago. he eat ro,r and' won a ceirtificate, and became masler (A a public schooi in East Devon- Tire Board of returns for Nov^miber were is"»*od on Saturday. The imports amounted t.o £ 57,145.099, and the exports to £ 35.862.176. The imports show an inoreare of £ 1.398.020 as oon;r)3.T.ed with laet year, and the exports an iD- I crease of £3,887,014. j

The hoavre Smart Millinery. .4w Trimmed Hats & Bonnets ALWAYS IN STOCK. MODERATE PRICES. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, LACES & MILLINERY TRIMMING, OUR Annual Clearance Sale COMMENCES THURSDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1908, AND WILL CONTINUE FOR 14 DAYS. STOCK TO BE CLEARED REGARDLESS OF COST. THE LOUVRE, ABERGELE ROAD, COLWYN BAY. "llandudno Directory." A NEW SERIAL STORY by that celebrated novelist JOSEPH HOCKING Will be commenced this week in the Directory ENTITLED "ogétf Ttyeuiiiaiota. yy The Story is one of the best ever written by tnis well- known novelist and in book forns has had an enormous sale. 1 he Publishers of the Directory have acquired the serial rights for this district and they feel sure that readers of the paper will appreciate the enterprise which has secured for them the privilege of reading such a thoroughly good tale at no cost to themselves.

COLWYN BAY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL, THE LIGHT RAILWAY. THE QUESTION OF PAVING THE TRAMWAY TRACK. The nicratihily meeting of the Colwyn Bay Ur- ban. District OouKcil was held on Tufleday, Mr John Williams pneaiding- Tihe other members present were:-Me"s Hugh IluiViae, George ti&von. Bliss Hill, E. H. Davies, Owns- IWy- nada, Rav- W. HuglllOO. Ed. u, W Davies. T. ficalum, Hugh VU!6, 0. B. Lowe, Joiiii Jones, J. Dicken, Vv. Horton, D- Giunble and T. H. Morgan, tt)g-L-thor watei the clerk (Mr AnnprJott), the devut, oierk IM-r Joe- H. Ro- berts), tOO engineer (Air Wni- Joiner) and otiier otbcuii^- VOTES OF SYMPATHY. At the outoot of tfio proceedings, the Cliair- man ItiId faat liio firtt,-du.Ly WSW to move a vote ct otMKioienoe wntti Air D. 0. Williams, the vaoe- oaairman of the Council, who j- since t-je Jast mee>ung Jus lLOLiler. He was sur-e .a..I1 the cousiciiljuiis synir,)auiiwd with ionu li'jiC \'d:e wms cenr;ed- 'iriie Chairman Faict he had a furtlier painful duty to perform, and that was to jwopoee a v-ote OL sympathy witii the Rigid licffi, D. Lloy<i' in IJIS very sad bereavement, througn losing his daughter. 'ittey would a-3t oOinut tihat Mr Lloyd George was t'ne bett and jiiost practical PreeideiM, oi ube Board ox Trad)3 tins country had for very many yearsi- 14 wri tho railway acci- dent happei.'sd at S'li-rewsburv he was thene in a very ae; houJ<> investigOiting the mauter iiirn- sdf. The same v. it,.i t.je railway su-ike. He nad b'-e.n tixe mearts of averting what would be a national (XLiain-ity. He had not lest tinie eithea* wuin t-.ie cotuwi strike y.1ich he had been succoissful in t-irling that over to a tie actory issue- In the height of his pOjiiiiarity, the Mem-bar for C-annarvon Bojvug..s was thrown into ,p grief- He moved a \ote .0: sympaifhy with hiiii and tho ia-mily- Tois was adso carried. CONGRATULATING A NEW MEMBER 'ihe Clerk reported that Mr Bliss llkll had been elected ai rtpr(.penta.tivS of V\ esUurn Ward on trie Council m the place of ItIhe law Mr l1. E. HutciuiiigB. llrje CnairnKvii, on beholif of the Council, welcomed Air Hill to the preoianctii of the CouriMj. as tLe me ruber tor the Western Ward- tie sincerely hoped L,iat tie would interest .him- soif in taat imrUcular ward, winch had sucin a practical man to represent them. Mr Bliss Hild thanked the Couuci for their cordial welcome- He had been gemi to the Council by tne electors oc tne Western Ward- He would remember, however, that lie was not representing any particular wd. but a repre- sentative of tihewlholo ur-ban distaict- No doubt h-) w-c-uld maixiate6 with regard to Rhos and Mochdre, and When L'tj did bring for- ward a reasonable suggestion, he wouiy1 ex- pect to be supported, the eanie as iliave gentle- men who (xino from other districts- He hoped ■ttaere would be good feeding arnd mutaial rffiJlOC between tiio members oc the Council. Mr Horton: I think, Mr Cnairman, that Rhos is HOW reprceontted by one publican, thnee sinnorp, and a saint (loud laughter). The Chairman Are you the saint., Mr Hor- ton Mr Horton I did not say cx), but I think Mr William Davies is. Mr W. Da vies: All I can say is that I hope I we wiiil cb ouir dut.y (laughter)- THE LIGHT RAILWAY- Tho Clerk said that on the suggestion of the Chairman a kilter was written to the Light Railway Company peaning out thai, tile Council would be repairing the main roads aJoug fciie line ot route, and ti-iat if the Tramway Com- pany intended doing anytning ti-ey auould do so at cwice to avoid double expense in repairing toe roads- The following letter was reec-ivcd in rejjly — 2, Queen Anne's Btreet, Westminster- 7th Deeeinber, 1907. Dear Sir,—Conctrjctian plans. I piace-d your letter ol the 13th uit. before the Board of this Company at a Tfeoiit meeting, and they were very mueh ai.rj>rised and divaappoirMed that your CouuKcil did not oo-nlirm tJho decision oi the com- mit.too wdich was appointed to meet us. The comanitie,a wtwiu I had the of meeting are fully aw-are al my views with re- gard to tiie suggestion cf putting C'UN% n a wood- pa ve I tnanwav traolc in a macadamised road 0_' the ciiaraotar of the main 6troet in C-ciwyn Bay, and much as the Company woukl like to meieft you in this respect, wo find it impossible to agree. Tjijo only suggestion I can make for over- coming the difficulty is that the Company should put down tihe wood paving desired by you on the understanding that you would ac- cept the reoponsibility of maintaining and re- newing it to your own satisfaction, and also, of course, with due regard to the public safety, tbe Company paying the Council annually a sum representing £ 60 per mile ot 6ingl& track so laid- Of course, if the Company had oocasion for its own purposes to disturb the paving a.t any time. they would put it back in aA good a con- dition as they found it. I would ask your Council to bear in mind tihat with electric traction a tramway und'er- taking itself puts no wear whatever on tliio road. As regards the position of the cables, t!his is also a jx>in.t which I would ask the Gounod to reconsider. The policy of placing cables under the carriage way has long since been abandoned in all good practice. In Lkindudno we bad the consent of tlho Council to place the ca-bloa under the footpath, and we did so with a slight exception- The reason for this excep- tion was that owing to the alie-gcd difficulty or; OUT contractors in obtaining labour in the sum- mer seaecn, poiiiie annoyance was oaueed to visitors, but this objection would not in Cclwyn Bay, as if further delay is a\oi<led, the Company hope to have their undertaking completed ia good time before tbe holiday eea,- son.

LLYSFAEN PARISH CHURCH. ENGLISH SERVICES. MORNING, 11-15 a.m. ) Seats F" ltiüØ

The Council will, I hope, appkreciate the ef- forts the Company have madia in the past to eetiie aJJ questions direct with tt* CouucU without the. intervention of cthor partaep, arnd wili als^ beù-r m rrund that tile wiggestion of "e putting tilo and tiie renewal of LnJO paving in the bar-do of tho Council's etfir ^)jif3cr. unidou'btedlJy,, i; accepted, avoid t'w unpleasantnesse wxuoh has ariseu ui so inaul ot::er towns with regard to dual control of the repair cs public roods-—Youwp iaitihruiSy, STEP 11KN SlilJiOrs, Chairman- Mr W. Davies said that as the mover of the resolution in favour oc the wooden htoaks, be was as strong Z45 over- He sincerely hoped tihot too rerXiuuiion the Council 'had pawed would be adhered to. Mr Dioken thought it was time they should meet Ii':¡e I.; li. Railway Company T Lat- ter agreed to put down a. mile of woodon blocks if the Counoi mairktained A a4 1;60 per male pt-a- aaunium. He did not IAe any nsl; ui that ii taey made the contract short enough— say -ow years- He moved that the Council agree to allow the Company to put the cabia ats Mr Se:llo»i detained, under the footway. The Rev. W. Hughes saad tihat ij tite Coua- oil went to the Piesident of the Board of Trade about the matter, lie would tell them they ehoufid1 be glad tnat the Company had spent £ 50.000 in the district- Tlboy were ask- ing what was entirely unreasonable and against the ou#stom al tih-e pLace. Mr Ed. Allen said tlie Company were simply making excuses year aftor year, and tihey did not intend to go on with tlo work this year or next. A motion to suspend the standing ordem having been carried Mr Bevan proposed that the letter of Mr Sellon be referred lor dinnis- eLon Zlt a si>eoial Couxiioil meeting on IXiesday ne«t- -Air Dicken said the delay was making a to Coilwyn Bay now. The Rhos people went to I-larxiuduo. He would move tihat the Conned agree with the Tramway Company, and ak-)L. what they had already offered- He was positive it. would be money in t-ho poek^t6 or tie Council- Mr John Joneci seconded!, and said that it was very important dmt the work should be pnooeedied with. After further dr.scu^Bion. the proposition of Mr Bevan was eeeomcied by Mr O. B. Lowe and carried, i.d the letter will, tfbarofore, be dieoutsed ait a spccial mooting on Tuesday next-

RHYL COUNCIL AND MR LLOYD GEORGE. "TREADING ON DANGEROUS GROUND." On Monday, at the meeting of the Rhyl Oounoil, Mr J. H. Eilis moved a vo-.A) ol ooai- dolenoe wilh Mr LkJyd George in his recent bereavement, and saad tlia-t on occasions of that kind they put politics on one side- Thoy doep- ly sympathised with Mr LJoy<j' George, who had lost a daughter, who had endeared lierself to allH who kriew her- Mr Perks seconded. The Clia' ira-L (Mr T. D. Jones) said fio had intended bringing the matter fcirward. and the ordy question which had' operated in his mind was whore tlney s!x>uld draw the linø at votes of condolence. He suppoirled Mr Ellis' mo- tion. The vde was passed by all u-iDStanding. Mr Rlilis then said he thoug'tit that was an opportunte tame to congratulate Mr Lloyd George on having averted a railwaymcn'e strike. Not only wouiLd a strike have been disaetrous to a pdiace like Rhyl, but lie felt it would havo been disapbrcus to the men- Mr Tilby pointi-ed out that in the vote of oomdolenoe they were dealing wittt a ptraonal matter, but t-x, second resolution by Mr lCllis was diffeirent- lIe felt that they m-eie treading on dtingerous ground, because all sections of the oomnminiky did' not look upon Mr Lloyd George's action with favour. In fact, many "of the Labour (Leaders disagreed with what he had If they were going to paas votes of occigratuiLatiori to every minister who orAeTed into a with representatives of both sides they might find cleavage in their midst, as one might vote congratulations to a parti- cular minister whom 00 favouired. Mr Lloyd Geor,go had cbne what any other Board of Trade president would have done and it seem- ed as if they were afraid that Mr Lloyd George would not do his duty. Mr J- W. Janep: Mr Llovd Goorge is th. first minsstor wiho has done this. Mr Tilfcrn: Nothing of tf* kind. Lord Rcsebecy brought to an end the mir)ers, strike in 1893, and we did not then think it our duty to pass a vote of congratulation to him Mr J. W- Jones seconded, and the motion was carried. Mr Tilby refraining from voting.

An€x<ploa)ton occurred at the Fairmont Coal Company's miiies at Monongiah, West Virginia, on Friday, and over five hundred manors w entombed. It is feared that eome four hundred niLTwvfc have lot-t their lives.

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tervafioiw are fair, but they betray no excess of enthusiasm, Mr Boscawen was a good deal ia evidence aii the t im, he was in the House. His nii-asured stride, always suggesting the major of Militia which he was, presented itself oftencr in the lobby an-I corridors than that of any other rr.ombor. That wa. because he was a man of fci!a*r.j—secwtAry ta the Churoh party at one limo, PartiAmenLary Secretary to Viscount St Aldwyn when hj was Chancellor in the palmy day-! of Conservative finance, and ultimately Par■liainon'ary Charily Commissioner, which is ft e^pping-srone 'f a placo in the Government. Mr Bvjeawea a son of the late Captain Griffith Boscawen, of Rossetfc. » » • (Mr IJoyd George congratulates himself, as A Lancashire lad, on the settlement of the cotton, tloubic.) Ih-1I Wales must feel a. twinjff, I wis, 1\, hear lifr daampion talk like this. Can Ite still (fcflly pull the wire— The little lad from—Lancashire? Ttf 'Jr.niil Old Mas was Kng-Iish, Welsh, Or Scotch, did circumstance require. "h (fives onr feelings quite a StJtJJch 'I.. Ix-ai- Lbi-8 talk !liiitx«;uskire I Pl.vnlii>v.n would have joyed to be ilis birthplace; but Dotah, me I To Cambria'h suil he'if not aspire, But eondescettds t0- -Lancashire 1 F Traders dutap like anything, And here ill what the dumpers bring: A Welshman with a heart of fire, The choicest brand of- Lancashire I IDltIS in the "Western lIail."