The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

p .'o.A.' -1'1' "&J'.I. <& A A If* MARSDEN ■ & HIRST, C" Tailors1 and Costumiers, BREECHES,, LIVERIES AND LADIES' COSTUMES A SPECIALITY. ¡ "NAte have; a Large Assortment of Suitable Cloths for Suits and | Overcoats. Every Garment 1S made on the Premises by I I Experience W orkmen under our Personal Supervision. | /r ► .J Mourning Orders completed in 24 hours. Funerals completely furnished throughout. ■! ] i Experienced undertakers sent at a minute's notice. t A Large Assortment of Cloth for Mourning Orders always in Stock. I Opposite Station Gates, Llandudno. | — — —

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. MEETING AT"LLANDUDNO. ADDRESS BY THE BISHOP l'1: ST. ASAPH At tha I Hoiol, Llandudno. }'o&.J- lord ay week, a Jargely-attendc-d of the paris-hiomcrs of Llaitrhcia ami ot.tiers wiae held with the object of furthering- the work of the Church Pastoral-Aid Syc;ecy- Colonel the Hoin H. Lloyd Moat-yn" presided, and was sup- ported by tioe Bi&hop of St. As-apil. Archdeacon Lvaiw. C'anon lhlYHl Jones (re."in-.njriiaa,"wr), tkv. A- Lahnan. of Kirkd.iJO .(.bemg trie depu- tat-iofri from, the Society), Kev. J, 1. iieeco (victtr of Llanrhot?), Kev. T, lyler iivaiK. Hol- ton; Rev- JJJ. D. Ttwrniaa. Deg-^it-y; He?.».— Guest. LlarKuKlnio, and oiiicro Society aims at tiM; propagation of the Gospel amongst tiie -masses by njoans of th& Ciiuiea of liurxi, by makiitg money granite to inciuiibonts oi "lid popuiouii p<wi#iM!» to enable them to employ euro-tew. lay agon-ts» and women helpers. It was tne iirat Ctiurca oi Errg- lanct Society tooutJr upon tlie wo k ot hoim* mis.i'oi*i. ftiid its .founder were tae hrst to re- oogn!■-<(• practicaljy tne value of lay agency In C-ourch work- j)n.r;nbr tiie last 67 years txia ciety has spent .nearly t/iree million; ^toriing ia pursuance of these <W>jeets- The meeting was op MX>'J with pray car by Vjea r., TaG Chairman said be wis sure they all felt y-erj grateful to the liisaon of St Asapti for: OOIn- 109 among tiiexn tt.it afternoon. TLte parish of Lia.i:rhos cad Qr «C'veraJ yoars contributed to tir.e-boeiety annually, ahd latterly tfeey had been receiving mow-?' irom it. In 1901 ttiey oontri- bu-tod ii28. a net £ iZ in 1904; f;30 in 1305; £35 a.nd ±135 again in 1905. amounis wore miide up by dcawing-room entertainment', ahd collect.oras'. They were now reORivir.g £ '75 aft" p-uaily from the Society- H" trusted that "he eliortss on its behnlf would be continued and lieartily euj>]x>rted (apphiib^e). THE AiMS AND CLAIMS OF THE SOCIiiiTY- Rev. A. Dahiian addres?ed the meeting, said that ti: fas-tosral-Aid Society wa-s both » Home luisii-:fimry Sc-cieiv and a Ciitil-cn Alii- sionarv S-ociety. Home missions v. ere of vital inferos* to me imtiOtn. eepoc-iaily -wheu they ooijanlored' that in t-ne cny oi Loii-i aione there were over two million heathens (oiwtjers)- m t .te old feudal dars too poor woi'kiiig jnan waa muah better -off. than lie was to day, tho Kj'.ur.t then u::1JÜ fQd an, clothed but to- day the man was used as a niactnnc and thi'own when done with- Some ',eopio said that tno Churoh was losing iti of the j ooplo.. but- t.ie truth was that it was jmpos&ibic fOot Otrt\ owrgj man to visit ail his parishionera in many parw.ies owing to tne large novulation- It i'f putting up a ;>e^: of belis to attract .poo- pie to c«huro-i. \V hat the wanted was a bving agent to draiv men to Church. They waiittid.' to Btrengthen the front figntir.g line of the Churoh of Lugland. especially in t-ieee days when they jrQ go muoll in ales of D^estabiishin-cint r^l destroying of their Church School#- .t he Establisiied Unur-oh was the Church of the poor man. He Lad never seen in :r.j. speech t>y a Nonconformist !îV rcierenee ae to who would take care of the poor if tho Church was diwer-.t a blisaod. He kruCvv of a pa run there were 37 Nonconformist chap-els but onfy eix iniiii3L.Ci.-9- The Nonconformist* clid no^ mak-e a stroing point of pastoral work- A Noneor, fornust minister proaer-ed to thote who laid to W him- On the other hand the of the Uau-rcn of Jtngia.nd! were op an to ricn and poor a.ike. Aoiieonfornn^is did e.npt to work in the poor parish* After alluding to the iit* to wiucn some old Nonconform: vmr. sVil^ha(T Put. lie add^d taat in soirte pa-Hxi o. J-ni.gln.iid Chapels were now iised a.« musio but if they searched tn,) wiioks of England tae\ cou.d not find a Church u»rd for sv.y other th.wi C-huroh purposes (ixjax. hear). In conclu- sion. h-e said they required £ 70-000 annually to keep up the work of the S c:oty. ana he made ') a strong appeal for support itj uo/ialf. CHCRCH WORK IN LLANRIIOS. The Bisnop of .st- Aa..pn, who was akxx,rded a hearty raoepiion, said ttiat it anorde-d dim mueh i>;easure to 00 present at the mooting- It was tiie hrst onpoituimy hoe had had oi oonudig to Cho parian thnce t.ie new vicar had be&n tners He was picusod to como and *uppurt trie Vioar in iu3 arduous work m trie pa, u;i of Llanrnos. wnere he IIQIOd tne Vjc .r would bring to bear t'.io saino^ good qualities for v/aica tie was, nototl in tho ale oi Clwyd (jjear, near). Twenty jears ago tne parisn of Llanrtios nad c, ciuroi and only one clergyman, but to-day thev had a noble cnurcn at Lraigydon. anothor fine church 84, i>ega.nvi' built by .Lady Augusta Mcetyn. a -t>enruyns;ae. and »p:end.d soiic-ai buildmgs at Dcganwy, in a-admon to tnemotiier churc.i at Lia-nri* wmcu WM rati^r a record in bric-Ks and mortar- They Iad now three clergymen and a lay mader, and too wort so arduous that tae Vicar should have am Ouber^ colleague, so tiltt in a short time tb,000 would be lour oiergymen and a la r reader in the parteii (obeeK,. At OLoO ta.- e "it wus said that the Cnuioh v-as roc doing eneugh work, but- to-day it wa«»said tnat t.fie lurch ought to be despoiled o&oai;.3e it was doing oo rnuoft work, it snowec? that tne Caurcyh in i!es was trvirwr to do ber duitv by the peoo^ of Wak* *(an- piause; v 1 Continuing, the Bishop said i ha: in tb-M days they tieard a great deal S-"cial*m- He thcug-lit t'}().Y should nett m-eet this, nciv cry witn a violent demeanour, but should try and find out wnet'iier tijore in-as not some el uent of truth irt it. There might be u dpai of indiffer- ence and neglect of dltieL3 on the part of sewno people to those who were depen-dent upon thein- He had reoentiy betm mnmg too works ot a German writer, who afatod tnat if there ami KV-S1 Tltft a ^iation of 10.000 rich 1-J'LOO pjor, and tne <fcjctriric of nKxl^rn bocialisia jre-re applied, the I e-sult in a few rVoJSP 09 tha' ,t!K' w'>uld have no rich, but JXhOOO That., lie oontouded, proved ti.ie .aiiacy of tne Socialist uuagarida (an. plaiiise)- 3 1 •- THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH- fkT8 (-hufchIH—'ph", ttuoy must nort forget that they owed sometnnig to Noncontorrmtv. Wher» would VVaies be if it was not for the power of *elf*icri&oe. which was seen am-ng the Non- ?«« -vearsr 11 had stimu- i j v ,ulr/: ^ut K ll'-e Church were aban- doned Nonconformists would suffer wreath <ai» Iff1 -Much had been ,-ud ab "it the L^dom Sv^rhe'r'T °f Et,anil' 1:1 Gliuroh ther ga\o their clergymen freehold. When tw was a vicar, a Nonoontornust minuter said to him- "I envy -our iw«um, you can tell the people -he truth without ear or favour, but if 1 were to do so there would be trouble in the deal's r- waTrothhi1 advarita^ freedom. ix l of a v U fi:"n;<,W' UanrOW tha" tn«t d^ct of a Nontvn.ormIst• Ttjey only rained sy.KTK.rss''1?'" ¡, 1 tit he renaind- ed tht>m that ion climbing à n:ültllt.ai¡¡ the ex- r.d«. hard on the extrejno men (^1 In conclusion, the t, first oj'portunitv he tiad L f 1 Church Pastoral-Aid S^n-t H xeryjM to do so. 'inaaniucii the p-iven t.'> tha V i r-^ SJjpvvort WOukf pTaS SOC;°,J 1,1 lte (ap- VOTES OF THANKS- Archdeaoon Evans, in the course of u orous speech, moved a vct-» 0f ;|ldr ] 'r, llum" Moetyn for presiding. C^onel .v Colonel MostYn r»rot»'>«Bi1 <> t .i ;i in He coJleeliori v-s fis ltw ild, which was mihs-yiPA-H., -s t/18 £ 21. *"«-«j.MLe..tiy- augmented to At the conclusion of rho nieelin.o- »1' m„ zss™ 'Mpns

C. M MO.NTHLY fEETING AT LLANDUUNO. The Calvinist'c Methodists' Moot-hir Meeting was held at Rehoboth Cnsr>el, Liandudno. yei- terday week, when tho Rev- O. Sei«-Vn D^anwv, tne new presided wc-. ,n the chair. At the morning meeting. ,vfr n;Na,n Hughes. Llanrwst, the retirm? 1fPCc;,dont. d-lui-Jcl Tn ad^ln^ on 'The Duties of Church Officers Th^ sacrament was then partaken of The Rev. Barrow V\'j.IUaute wa0 welcomed home from America, and is w- j lhe omciais of Roh(»hoth Chanel H,p MI-V- tioiKxi as to tn-oir. rc,ri"it>n,s ovrw j ° iV,Q *+.,► t experience and as to th. state of the cliuroh, and their renort proved very sattsfaetory. Partieidar mention wVnohr'f tilC Literary SociotJ, which haa been a great suoc- that the children had '• Jt ? 0VT £ 1 ln the mifsionary b>x««, ..f .° ^tcriioori mtetirig a resolution was passed in i cga.ru to the rule* for the admieatoo ot young preachers. Tlie na.me of the Rev. Henry Jones, the new pa-s+or of the chaj»el at t'en.-rtrn, wao meritiocod f as a c-andidote for ordination. The Rev. Thomas Williams. Ca.pel Garmoii, was appointed coauditor with Mr Ivc-gyr^ Jonoa, Lrwst.

CARNARVONSHIRE 1 EDUCATION COMMITTEE. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORD I HIGHER STANDARD SCHOOLS TO I BE ESTABLISHED. DISTRICT EDUCATION COM- MITTERS ABOLISHED (From Our Reporter). I A MtC-eting of the Carnarvonshire Ecluca- i tior, Committer was held on Saturday, at tha Educatiou Oflico, Carnarvon. Tfco Chairman (Mr D. P. Williams) pro lided, the othor mombers present were Mrs Jones (Ceridwon" Peris), Mrs W. A. Darbishiro, Rev. O. G. Owen, ltov. Ceidiog ttoberts, Mes-srs Maurice Jones, C. H. Dar- bishire, Richard Da vies, R. Jones Roberts, R. B. Ellis, J. T. Jones, Robert Roberts, W G. Thomas, G. Hughes Roberts, W. George, W. J. Parry, R. U. Jones. J. Evan Roberts, Abet Williams, J. R. Pritchard, It. E. Jones (Llanberis), Dr Thomas (Nevin), Mr William Pierce, with the Clerk iMr Evan It. Davies), and the Assistant Clerk (Mr D. Thomas). The Chairman intimated that Mr ssard Da vies was absent through indisposition. GARTH SCHOOL INQUIRY. With reference to an inquiry conducted "t bat-th School. Bangor, Mr J. Mvan Roberta asked why the managers of the school were not invited to attend the inquiry. They certainly should have been present. The Chairman: That is auite fair, and will- be borne in mind in future. Mr Jones Roberts: The managers ex- pressed no wish to bevreseilt, and we should have been glad itthoy were present. The Chairman: It is desirable that at thy further inquiries the managers should 1)0 invited to attend. FOUR NEW SCHOOLS TO BE ERECTKD. REDUCED ESTIMATES Mr C. H. Darbishire, the Chairman of the Building Committee stated .hat through the energetic efforts ot the secre tary they had obtained grants for the erec- tion of four schools, at Chwitog, Pen- machno, Pcntro Dehaf, and Llanfairfechan, but in the case of three of the schools the ornmitLcû thought it desirable to antici- pate future requirements by getting heavy grants', and the plans submitted to Lho Board of Education were for buildings lar- ger than were actually required at present, and the department had requested that they should be supplied w:th amended plans, showing modifications in regard to the proposed expenditure on playgrounds and boundary walls, lie proposod that the arrangement of the amended plans be left to the Building Committee, also giving them power to accept amended tenders, so that the work could be commenced at once. The four new schools would ost £ 21,639. The now school at Chwilog would I cost £ 1',250, but a reduction of about £100 nught be effected through modified plans; the Penmachno school was estimated at £ 2,000, which estimate would also be re- duced and the Pentre Uchaf school would cost about £ 700. I The Secretary explained that the Board I ot Education had now sanctioned a new school at Chwilog for 100 instead of SO children. In the case of the Pentre Uchaf school the estimate for levelling the play- ground and building the boundary wall, etc., came to as much as the school 'mild- Ing itself, and that was a most serious ex- pOlle in the case of most schools. The Board of Education, however, now stated that they would be satisfied with railings instead of expensive boundary walls, and that would mean an enormous saving. The department had also offered a suggestion as to the levelling of the playgrounds-that a portion should be laid out of which would meet the bare Government requirements. and that the remainder should be left in its original state, so that the children could play thero in the fine weather, or the place jroigh't be turned into a garden (hear, hear). The result of that would be that in the case of Penmachno and Pentre Uchaf anly one half of the land to be set apart for playground need be levelled and prepared, and no expensive boundary walls need be biult (hear, hear). ,¡ RHOSTRYFAN SCHOOL. Sketch plans of a cookery centre and fanual instruction room proposed to be built in connection with this school were submitted, but inasmuch as the erection and the building as proposed would inter- fere with the playground accommodation, it was resolved that additional land be ac- quired from the Vaynol Estate at a muce not exceeding Is per square yard, and that the building be erected upon this land to- gether with a dining room for the use of the children. Mr R. O. Jones doubted the advisability pf erecting the new buildings, and he hoped the recommendation would be omitted. It would involve the Llanwnda parish in heavy expenditure. Mr R. B. Ellis pointed out that the chil- dren of workingmeu ought to receive the benefit of technical instruction. The resi- dents were strongly in favour of the pro- posal. Mr Darbishire recommended the building or the school. He said that he was very jnuch struck at. Betliesda when he found that the County School there, built for 80, now had 146 pupils, and he was told that whenever work was slack at Bethesda the school was full, and that whenever work Was brisk there were fewer pupils. "his was due to the foresight of parents who wished their children to be prepared for \vork in other directions when trade was alack at Bethesda. Mr J. Evan Roberts asked whether an inquiry had been hold. The Chairman: No; this committee al- ways acts upon its own initiative in such matters. CRfCCTETH COUNCIL SCHOOL. A letter was read from the Board of Edu- cation, approving of the plans for the on. veision and the improvement of the pre- mises of this school. The revised accom- modation will be for 184 mixed and 69 in- fant scholars.. Mr J. T. Jones asked why the desks at present "in the school would not suffice. It Mas extravagance in the extreme to buy new desks. The Chairman pointed out that the in- spector would not pass them for that chool because they wore old fashioned, and it was intended to take them to other schools in the; county. Mr J. T. Jones: I understand that they are sold as old iron. The Secretary: Those are the desks which no fine will take. The Chairman (to.Mr J. T. Jones): We are-conferring a favour unon you- we are giving you new desks instead of the old ones. Mr J. T- Jones: Ah, how much are you going to give us for our desks? We've got to nay fo" these new desks. The Secretary stated that the new desks tvould cost £ 140. Mr J: T. Jones: And we can't get that fcum every day. » The Chairman: We are treating Criceipth the,, same as we are treating everywhere Mse. The recommendation was passed. EDEYRN NATIONAL SCHOOL. Mr G. Hughes Roberts asked what :1a,d | fteen done about the heating of Edeyrn National School. He understood that the head teacher had sent in a complaint re- garding the stove. The Secretary said that the managers were bound to see that the heating of the school was properly carried out. Rev. Ceidiog Roberts asked what was hte use of having stoves when coal was not W Supplied. b HIGHER STANDARD SCHOOLS. THE PRINCIPLE ADOPTED. The Building Committee reported as follows: — The report of the South Carnarvonshire inquiry Committee Was submitted with re- wence to the provision of further JIIOOI Accommodation at Talysarn. It was ex- plained that a field was available at the back of the existing school premises, upon iviiieb a new infant school could be erected without difficulty, and Dr Evan Roberts, the owner, was prepared to sell the ite to the committee at 2s per square yard. In ihis connection a long discussion ensued vith. reference to tlw provisiollof- school iccornmodation in this and other populous Jistrits, and the suggestion was made th,it it would be fnr preferable in cases tvliere existing schools did not provide adequate accommodation, to establish higher standard schools in suitable centres in order that the necessity for the enlargement of xist-, mg premises might be dispensed with. Thit3 matter being also considered in relation to the representations made to the committee as to the necessity for providing further school accommodation in the town of Car- narvon, it was eventually resolved that the Education Committee be recommended to proceed to establish higher standard schools in populous centres whenever oppor- tunity offers in preference to embarking upon extension schemes in connection with the existing buildings. It was further re- solved that until this matter has been con- sidered by the Education Committee the I question of providing further school accom- modation at Talysarn and Carnarvon be deferred. Mr C. H. Darbishire held that the upper standards suifered under the present system as they did not receive the necessary atte.i* tion, and the erection of higher standard schools would assist them out of many dif- ficulties. He moved the adoption of the report, and the Rev. Ceidiog Roberts seconded. Mr J. R. Pritchard (Carnarvon) said oh it the question should be. approached with care, especially in view of the heavy rates He thought that the junior mixed —hool would suffice in Carnarvon for some, years, and, moreover, they could not say what the result of the new Education Act would be. If they built a higher standard school at Carnarvon, it would have to be for be- tween 2-50 and 300 pupils, and he was afraid- that the ratepayers would resent such an expenditure. They might as welL nould their policy in accordance with the wishes of. the ratepayers. Whilst he desired to see first-class schools in the C-OUI-ity, li(-, did not wish: the ratepayers to suffer by it. J\lJ; W. J. Parry (Betliesda) explained that the committee were only asked to com-; mit themselves to the "principle of higher standard schools, and Hot to any expendi- ture. At Betliesda the Ccfinfaes School could be adopted as: a higher standard school. I Mr Richard Davies said it was generally urged that it would lead to greater effi- ciency if large higher standard schools were, provided instead of a number of classes spread over each district. He considered the establishment of these schools a step in the right direction, and it would save an enormous expenditure to the county, for they were continually adding to their schools throughout the county. The Secretary stated that the Girls' iCountv School at Carnarvon was bui't for 290; the present number on the books was 400. Eighty of the girls had been drafted to the Drill Hall, which was utterly unsuit- able for school purposes. Mr J. R. Prit- chard himself had been asking the om- mittee to provide additional accommoda- tion. In the Carnarvon Boys' Conn-it School there were 385 on the books, though the school was only certified for 332. so tlw t in the Council schools of Carnarvon there was a shortage of 162. It was impossible to add to the Girls' School at Carnarvon without encroaching upon the playground of the Infants' School. Was it fair to the ehil dron in standard seven to be taught with those in standard six? If higher fitand al d schools were built for children over ten the county would save enormously, because for one thing it would not be necessary to ac- quire expensive sites in the centre of the towns; they. could go a little out of tho towns. Mr J. R. Pritchard How would hoie schools affect the county schools? The Secretary: Not at all. These schools will be higher standard schools, not higher elementary schools. Standards six and seven will be taken bodily from both the ro",Tl provided and non-provided schools, and re- moved into the new schools. Mr Abel Williams favoured the establish- ment of higher grade schools, and said that although the rates might increase imme- diately, they would decrease in the future. Under the present system it was practically waste of time for the standard six and seven children to go to school at all, because they could not obtain that special attention which should be bestowed upon them. Mr W. G, Thomas (Carnarvon) als,) favoured the proposal, and he enlarged upon the difficulty of obtaining suitable land III the heart of the different towns in the county without paying a fancy price. He said that there were raanv children attend- ing the county schools who had no business there at all, and for the first year at least they, merely wasted their time there (hear, hear). Re". Ceidiog Roberts remarked that the Penygroes County School was overcrowded but a large number of the pupils would be better in a higher standard school. Mr Pierce (Boddgelert) stated that the ratcpayers of Boddgelert were in favour of the establishment of a higher grade school there. Mrs Jones and Mr Maurice Jones ata.) spoke in favour of the proposal, the latter touching upon the economic side of the question. It was decided to apnrove of the prin- ciple of higher standard schools, and the secretary was given authority to ssito notices for the erection of such schools at Carnarvon, Talysarn, and Bangor. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORD CARNARVONSHIRE HEADS THE JST FOR WALES. Mr J. R. Pritchard, the Chairman of the Attendance Committee, stated that recently the secretary was instructed to obtain a re cord of the attendances in the different counties of Wales during the past year*, there being an impression that Carnarvon- shire was somewhere near the top. The list showed that Carnarvonshire had the best attendance record for last year (applause). For this they had to thank- Mr Maurice Jones (interposing): The Chairman of the Attendance Committee (hear, hear). Mr J. R. Pritchard: The headmasters and headmistresses, and the Education Com- mittee. The following was the list: Carnarvon- shire, 89; Breconshire, 88.3; Denbighshire, 88.1; Carmarthen, 38.1; Flintshire, 87.2; Radnor, 86.9; Glamorganshire, 86.8; Mont- gomeryshire, 85.2; Merionethshire, 85.1 Anglesey, 84.7; Cardiganshire, 84.1; Pem brokeshire, 81.9. The following head teachers were pre- sented with certificates for having tho best attendance records during the past year Miss K. Lucy Jones, Bettwsgarmon, mixed, 99.7; Mr Williams, Bontnewydd. mixed, 98.5; Mr Timmins, Uanfairfechan, ooys, 98.4; Mrs W. Parry, Ceunant Ifants' School, 97.4 j ;Mr W. Owen, Carneddi in- fants. 96.1; and Miss Crowtlier, Carnarvon Girls' School, 95.8. Mr J. R. Pritchard stated that Mr Tim- mins had held the record four years in suc- cession (applause), and Miss Crowther foi three years, whilst the Bettwsgarmon School had a remarkable record—probaoly unequalled in the kingdom. The whole vil- lage took an interest in the attendance of the children, and when the weather was n'ct the farmers brought the children down in carts, and the headmistress had a clianga of cloUies ready for them (hoar, hear.) in returning thanks on behalf of the teachers, Mr Timmins mentioned that his scholars had not only held the premier place in regard to school attendance during the last lour years, but they had the honour of being congratulated by the King on their turn-out. when his Majesty visited Bangor last year (hear, hear). One of his boys also headed the list, in the County School entrance examinations for the whole county. He was sure he was voicing the opinion of the teachers when he said that they would not have secured such results but for the co-operation of the parents. Mr Pierce gave notice of his intention to move that the scheme of distributing shields and certificates should be altered, as the children who had to walk some" distance to school were not treated fairly. THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL AT CHWILOG. Tho Secretary read a mim ber of letters which had passed between the Rector of Clnvilog (the Rev. J. Da vies) and himself as to the erection of the now school of Chwilog. The Rector wrote stating that they .'ere about to complete sume of the repairs at Llanarniou Senool, and if they were to go on to fully complete all that was required it might be that the. re-assembling of the school would have to be postponed. Was a 'new school to be built at Cliwilor* in the near future, as the knowledge of that might save them expense? He (the Secretary) replied that there would be no objection to any delay in re- opening the school so that the impro e- ments might be completed. As to the pro- posed new school, he stated that tlio ')M- mittee considered that sufficient reasons had been given for the erection of a new school, but lie was unable to say when it would be provided. Ho denied that lie s^id anything to mislead the Rector in- any way. The Rector, in another letter, stated that he was in receipt of a copy of the letter which the Education Authority had received from the Welsh Department sanctioning the erection of a new school at Chwilog for 80 children. On the'strength of the secretary's communication to him last August, he lll- volved the managers of the i/lanarmon School in a cost of £30 on the school build mgs. When the site of the proposed scho >l. was being laid out he asked for advice as to the repairs required at the 'school, and he was urged to proceed with the repairs, and to complete them. This was accord- ingly done. The secretary's action h-i created this s I Lianannon School must be closed; and why then involve the managers in such expense? or the pro- posed new school at Chwilog would be ab- solutely useless, as it covered the same area exactly as the present school at dan- armon. Another not improbable possibility was that the locality would present the oili- able spectacle or having two schools withtwo sets of teachers, and doubling the expenses all round. The petition against the new school at Chwilóg had been disregarded, .though it was signed by considerably, half I :the rateoaying inhabitants of the parish. The decision or the Board was divined, 188- pecting the Chwilog new school, a-uonth at least before that Board formed its deci- sion. This was clearly seen from the fact that the County Authority advertised for tenders for the new school to bo sent in by the 30tli ult., whiist the Board of Edu- cation did not sanction the erection of the school until subsequently. j Another letter, dated January loth.-ftom the Rector asked whether the committee did not advertise for tenders for the pro- posed scheme to be sent in before the ex- piration of the statutory three months' "public notice" And was it not true that they forestalled the decision of the Board of Education by about a month's time ? The tenders for the school were in on the 31st ult., and the decision of the Board of Education, through the Welsh Department, reached him on the 10th inst. The Secretary explained to the committee why ho advertised for tenders. He did so with the consent of the Board of Educa- tion. He was not in a position to give de. finite information as to the cost of the school until he had received the tenders, and if he waited until after the statutory period they would not be able to consider the tenders until the end of March. He asked the Board of Education if they ob- jected to him inviting tenders, and they re- plied in the negative. The sole object in advertising was to save time, and he did so with the consent of the Chairman of the Building Committee. The Chairman It was all provisional, and was absolutely necessary. Mr George moved that the action of the secretary be approved, and that the ioun- dation managers had no cause for complaint. Mr W. J. Parry seconded the motion, which was carried without comment. THE ESTIMATES. Mr Richard Davies submitted the report of the Finance Committee, which stated that during the ensuing year the sum of R29,227 was required from the rates for elementary education, this sum being almost exactly the same as was required last year. The Chairman asked when the old debt would be cleared off. Mr Richard Davies: Another year wiil clear it off. The present overdraft is £ 4,000, which we are pacing off by two instalments of 1;2,000. Proceeding. Mr Davies stated that a lid rate would produce ab(Vtt jESOO short of £ 29,227, but nevertheless he thought that a lid rate would suffice, but if it would not. it could be changed at the end of the half-year. He asked the om- mittee to sanction the following rates: lid, Elementary Education; ljd. Secondary Education; and Ul Intermediate Educa- tion; total, Is Id, this being the sane as the total rate for last year. DENOMINATIONAL TEACHING. A report was presented showing the ex- 9 tent of denominational teaching in the county. Commenting upon the report, Mr William George stated that in the county there were 69 denominational schools, 67 belonging to the Church of England, whilst two were Roman Catholics. He felt very glad the report had been prepared, for it would be ah eye-opener to the county. He did not have sufficient time to go through it care- fully, but he thought lie was well within the mark wlieii he stated that the time devoted to special religious instruction in the Church schools in the county was on the average about five minutes a day, and for that miserable five minutes the unholy war over creeds was being perpetrated. He moved, "That, having regard to the time at present devoted to denominational reli- gious instruction in the non-provided schools of the county, its importance did not justify the continuance of the separate cliai-a eter of these schools, and that a copy of the resolution be sent to the President of the Board of Education, Sir Alfred Thomas, and the three Liberal members of the county." So far as he was able to s £ e. there were very few indeed of the Church of England schools in which (' any attempt was made to give bona-fide definite religious instruction, according to their view of the matter. At the Roman Catholic schools at .Bangor, however, forty-five minutes :1aily was devoted to the teaching of the Roman Catholic religion, and at the Carnarvon school an hour a day was devoted to the same object. In some of the Church schools they had done away, as far as possible, ,;with definite religious teaching. For in- stance, at St. George's (Llandudno), here was strictly no denominational teaching in 1 the school; in another school only fifteen, minutes a day was devoted to it. At she Llanfairfechan school there was no definite religions instruction given,: and at the In- I- -a fants' School the denominational teach- jing lasted twenty miiiutes a week. In regard to the Llangelynin School, a letter had been received stating that there were 'no Church catechisms in the school, only ;the Bible. At Pcnmaenmawr there was no definite instruction the instruction given .would suit every cleuomillation in the plice, though parents insisted upon the catcchim bei.ng taught, but the foundation managers had never insisted it being taught. The report in regard to the Llanystumdwy School was rather vague. It stated that all religious instruction given at the school was based on the syllabus issued by the Board of Education, but, as one of the. • managers he (Mr George) knew, as. a matter :ot' fact that, for the last four or,five years, •.there had been no ddinite religious instruc- tion given at. the school, and a communica- tion to that effect had already been given to the committee. He was sure that when all the facts were known Church neople would say that the little definite religious •instruction which was imparted at their schools was not worth the trouble anI unpleasantness it caused (hear, hear). He was sure that the report would open the eyes of their friends who did not agree with itiieni on that question, and that they rould be prepared to meet them on a common ground so that the educational system of :the county could be improved without any further disturbance (hear, hear). • Mr R. B. Ellis seconded, and said that in the case of several Church schools there was no need to withdraw children from definite religions instruction. The resolution was. carried. THE INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN- It was to ik th, Portmadoc Nurs«ng f IncivH-ut-e, on wa-xc-i tx>r»aif a 'oiver was reuti. iixro itrottt. to tiio mepdotiou' cot VM oi'?:ueiMa.ry senool tWiiaron witmn tueir QbLrwt. aiuu tiiio L ouuJi/y iiava adr cpicu a uureas to report too MiOT'3 eei.'K>ua oaoes > dwtors. Mr Kd. iuviv.v ivina Jon-tvi. and Mrs Darbi- ».;i.io tavw-v-tKl pr<*pcaaJr *l'ii3 '(.tC'oiwjd to adopt the praicipiO of <iv*aiu imp«*»uig soitooi otuituwa Tno Ctoamruui movo-d tine fallowing resolution wivlC'.l was adopted :—' "J iiiiti In viow oi tuj0 sK-roifcg ivptftwiiftataons ojutaiaod in ta<8 io&- nicraiukim issued by too Hoard of Lduoutiou retcremea to t/Ü'O n-todical inspection 0: children as to tl-A important ot securing a County Medical Officer cu Health to supervise the inspeaaou work, Kdueataou (Jominitn.ee Te- Cojimejid for ttio, of titlQ County Council—(1) Tftat tno County Medioal Officer of be appointed Wlto all be responsible iior wdrk of mejlÎoM inspection; (z) that roprejontationa bo made to tno Ixx>al Govern- ment tfoard< to sUb-d-H'i'ie bi:e ooutity foir nubile heaiiiii pu.rp3ee» into two or more administra- tive a-ro-is in lieu of bht3 district now rcpre.ented by tute Caifnarvouiifiiro Combined Sa-nn-ary iJia- tdrkjt and tine Coitnty Ckjimcii tindertaknig to appoint the m-od-MX.il oftioora of boalth for atioii areas as modi cat iiuapoctoLts un'deir tihie Kdiication Act: (3) that a conference of six representatives appointed by the County Council, 61X appointed by the Education CoirKnUib^. two apix:-i»tod by each constiturent'authority in the Ca.rnuxvon- aiiro Combined Sanitary Authority (excluding- (jonstitueafc Authoriti-aa oufsidfe this coxurty) to •diiwa-s the detailed projxxsals for the adoption of a scheme or ischemos on the foregoing lines; and (4) that in view of ttho probable vacancy a,rising ih the office of medical officer otf health, for too Cai'aaxvoaiishire C-ombined Sanitary Dis- trict at an early date arrangemen.ta be made to hold at t:h'13 earliest possible m-C'inisnit- DISTRICT EDl'CATION COMMITTEES ABOLISHED- R-ov. O. G. Owen moved too abolition of the Diiifriot Education Committeeis. and the trans- ference to tihe koail s-ahoool managers of alL functions, ccinoerruins fuel, lighting, cleaning, hirin.g of scihoous, a.nd the reooiTunending of afeis- tant teachers for appointment- Ho stated tn-at it would bo a change for the better to abolish !trx>so ooniinibtcies. When tfvey we:o called into existence it w:ia thought that there would bo a good deal of useful work for tlrom to do. but so iar as his observation wenrt: did very little practical work- This was not due to any lack of enthusiasm on pairt of tho ineiyibeig, but booause there was very litJt-iie for them to do, and naturally indignant, they indulged in elo- quent oriticisni of th-3 County Committee, some of :thcir griovances being real and others imagi- na,ry. The motion would not talce away any of tiho duties oi! the members, because most of them were nianagers and it would be one step towards clooantralisat-icm- Mr J. T- Jo no s Mcon.dod. ,Mr Robert Roberts (Llandudno) said that as a Liberal member of the Co-mmitteo, he did not wish to take any step which woaid inter- fere with their padicv. but he favoured greater decentralisation. l'oll¡;d tihey not make the so- condary sohool areas the areas for elementary education? He warnca' the Committee that the Toriea migiht steal a maroh upon them in this matter- In Imperiaf Government, the Tories figmred as Imperial democrats, and they ap- proached very ck»e to the li re which divided t.hem from the Libcrais- There was no doubt that they lest very useful assistance through their system of centra ligation. especially in his dfistriot. Moreover, there was not sufficient time to consider tho questions on the agenda as thiey should bo c snfiiobred. the items at tho top of. tho agenda always received the most atten- tion. and far too- much time was devoted to purely local topies- lie had boon looking to their leader, Mr D. P. Wiilfiams, to do some- thing in tho direction of decentralisation- Mr W. J. Pa.rrv asked whether tthe Commit- tee could act (iipon the resolution. Tho Chairman Yes- rho Soei-eta.ry said he believed the tiire bad coune to adopt tike resolution which would not interfere with the policy Mr Robert Roberts ha.d referred to. If the motion were carried it would lead to the managers taking more inte- ract in the sahoods and tino appointment. of teachers could also bo carried out more expedi- tiouis-ly- Rev. f'ei liog Roberts remarked that nothing would satisfy the county but a largo scheme of devolution 'hear, hear). They t havo a proper e luoa'.ion atunorhy for each district to take charge of elementary and intermediate edie&tion .i.o Chairman said ho believed that the Dis- trict Education Committees wo.o very unpopu- lar- He thought t.he _Qouut.y Cc-mmittce saoald be in djireot comnnunication with the managers who woudd then fe-e.1 more in tor ear in theaor>ool» It ivould' not dabar t wh from k larger scheme of devolution. He thought trje Committee would act wisely in adopting the resolution, and1 then t&ojr might have rony-,thti,g 'bett-nr later on. 1'he motion was unanimously carried. SECONDARY SCHOOL Gx,—-TS- The S-sca^&tary repo:t?«d tho rosuit of the d putation to Mr McKeuna wirh regard to the unfair treatment of Wa.ie.3 in tiie payment gra-ntij to Woi-ah secondary sohools- Mr McKenna tiad intimaiod lus .-wiUin^nea» to put tho Welsh sortie on exactly the same footing as tho English sohoote on the distinct understandmg taat t-rsc s:ur>» regulations "applwd in both cases, and tinat tnore would bs no differential treat- meat of any sevrt. Tho deputation had subse- quently met a.n j cecideif <0 ai»k Ajr McKenna .or a verbatim report of th:s statement to be circulated among tho mOmbs»rs of the deputa- tion in view of a meeting to bo hold at S;irews- oUlry for t.o purpose of making, .rcccsninonda- tioriH to the various oducational aut-h^srines. It was agroed fciiat the secretary should re- preu&at the oammittee at Shrewe-feury. THE TEACHERS' GRIEVANCES- A oon>municati&m was received from the Se- cretary of tiie Carnarvonshire .Teachers' Asso- ciation enclcsjag a copy o: the re.^olution passed jit the Bangor meeting, asking trie Authority to moot the toachors in ir:c-.ndly conference to dis- curas tire points at issue, between thehi. -i The Secrerary asked whet were "tne jioints at .i.V;ue. Tito Corrsmitit-ee ihad u> information on th-a subje:>t-^ Mr Mam see Jon-cs. on behalf of Mr R.Jones Robe rtd. movoi "That tin", Carruirvosishiro Toaol>ers' Association be informed that if they 111-L,,it submit a complete detailed statement of their alleged.1 girievar.ccs wit-i facts and figures l>roparly tóut out. the Education Authorit- will be prepared to meet a limited munber cf accre- dited reprK*eriiatives of the'teaohers for a friend- ly disoueeion- Mr Robart, Roberta (Llandtidno) seconded the resohsbion. which was canned. If was decided to send a translation of the of the Chairman to -tihe teachers, to the VVds-h mwspapore on the motion of Mr Maurice Jones- MORE FREQUENT MEETINGS URGED. Mr R- B. Ellis movetl "Th:tt. the meetings of the Committee- be lidd a month." The Chairman susrgestod that, they should be bsdd every six woe-ks. am] Mr J. T. Jones pro- l k.' ed c. cry two monthe- It was decided to hold vo m-celings every FLX weeks.

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A RUTHIN DIVORCE CASE. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF A HUSBAND. In the Divorce Court. to-day week Mrs Mary Bella Styles Owen. formerly of the Corporation Arms, Ruthin, sued Tor divorce }?om Mr Wil- liam Owen on the ground of desertion and oonduot- Tiie suet was un.(Io",erida Mr Armstrong White for tihe petitioner, said that tihe mauiriage took place on Octobe-r llt,1, 1892. at tho Ba.ptist Chaj>o'. Ruthin, and the parties ihad lived together at the Cori>oration Arma. and ihad three childron- Almos* from the baginrang trouble erose (rH account of the I respondent's lhabits of In July. 1894. shortly after the birth of a child, the respondent da-erted his wife and left her iell, nigh penniless. He returned in May, 1895. but he gave way to in'emperance, ana the petitioner who was the liocncoe of the Cor- poration Anns, was foar-fiti not oniv for her own safety, but that the lioeince might be lost. After that the resjx>ndocit went to Bangor, and then he removed to Liverpool. In 1907 he was found to be living at Rhyl- The wife had asked him toO inalio a home for her- In; November last she received a letter from him in which he conias-ied that for over three years he ihad b!1 living with another woman. Petitioner said till at- for a time her husband was acting as a clerk or cashier at Rhyl- Otiher evidence was given to 6how that the respondent had been living with another woman and a d-Lcree nisi, with oosta, was granted.

THE DEFENCE- For tite defence. Mr Craobe called Stephen Joiies, who sL-ated that en \ea,r's Eve w d. liain Hugihes came, to Ins hottise, and in conse- quence oi what he said, witnees went to the rear of the houses and saw Mrs lxugn-.s come out uf No. 6. which was Edwards nouse. He speko to h-br, bu,. she said e.re came irom No. 13, where she harf been to site a child that was very ini- He tnca went and told the hunband w/iat ilu had seen, and taat Mrs Hughes had oJ-m'"} out of No- 6. He lived next doer to tiie Hugnes, and always tihciMflit- taat thev lived happrlv tc»getnor- He had never heard them having .any quarrels. Cross-ex-niin»d: Wimo s said that as far as ho knew t,l'1 defondani was a nan, but he had seen him ofrunk two or ttiree times. It was about, ocie octook when he was watching •for Mis Hughes, and he did so because W nl, Hughes asked him- Ilu^nes wa3 not drunk tiiat night. He had no rQa:m to be suspicious of Mrs Hughes- Eliza Jones, wife or the previous -witness, said tiiat Mr., Haghej Merit out of Mrs Parrv's house with Iklwards- She heard the latter say to Mrs H-ugbes that he did not Wallt her. and that he could go hCt!¡,, himtialf^ but J¡-;3 Hughes went with him aid the same. In rej>ly to tihe Chairman, witness said ehe did not see Mrs 1 Iugees go into the house. Evidence also given by Elizabeth Wil- liams- P-C. Williams stated that Stephen Jonca told him lie had been asked to watch No- 6, where Edwards lived, ami t.hat l;e had 9een Mrs Hughes come out of one of the houses- but opuld not bo sure from whioli hauee she came- He was, however, certain that she had not oonia fironi Xo. 13. Ho (tlae oonstabie) had never scon either Mr or Mrs Hughes drunk or heard of any quarni between them- The husband had: met with an aocidentt some time ago though a trick falling on his head, amd lie had not been tihe aui>e since. The CnainnKm said ilhflt tlie order wa.9 gran- ted. the wife to ttave the custody of t'^ohii- dren. and t-lie husband to pay n&r 12s 6d a week-

THE FATALITY AT FLINT STAffON. CORONER'S I-NOUEST. At Flint, on Friday, an inquest wa. held by Mr F. LI. Jenes, coroner for Flintahire, en );.o body of Councillor Shem Davies, of Earl-siret-t, who on Wedne-dav was deca.pitated by a train as it entered the station on the London and Ncrth-Western Railway. Mr W. Y. Rowlands, solicitor, Flint. stated he saw deceased on the platform. As the 12.2 train ran into the station slowly deceased crostsed the short, space between the wall and the edge of the platform and jumped on to the feur-foot wa.y Ps 'the engine was within a couple of yards of him. He went under the engine, which pa-sod over him. Thomas Jones, signalman, said he saw de- ceased leap on to the 1 ail way. Witness was too far off to prevent him. Thomas Parry, Mumronh.-rtreet, stated that deceased stepped on to the rails, and had got partly acre-is when he tripj»ed. Before he could recover himself the engine was upon He denied that deceased leaped on to the fottr--cot way, Dr. J. II. Williams gave evidence as to de- ceased 3 injuries. Queacioned by the Coroner, Witness said deceased was nearly blind and verv deaf. He was not low-rpirited nor were his mental abilities impaired in any way. John Eiiams, Rhyl, the engine driver, said he saw deceased cross the platform when the engine was about eight yards from him and leap direct to the middle of the- four-foot. wav. Ja^mes Blythen, the fireman, said he saw de- ceased spring in front of the engine when they were three or four yards away. The Coroner pointed out the statement of Parry was negatived by t-h-e other witness. If the jurr were not satished that it was a case of suicide an open verdict might be found. The jury returned a verdict that deceased war. killed by being run over by a train at Flint Station, but there wag not sufficient evidence to show whether deceased committed suicide or w a i. g,t¥"l r?if»rvf4» 11 xr t- il.n.r¡

Mr S E- Allea, b">routrfc accountant to tli* V\texham Cor>>oration. }:<lo:> a>"Minted chief Qf, the audit department o. the S.I;e.Mel-d poration- A greaut.. discovery of gold is reported from Northern British -Columioia. and a ruah haS sot in from all parte of the province.