The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

CARN A-PVON SHIRE ASSIZES. THE CR M I\7\I~\F'PEAL ACT THE BANGOR FORGERY CASE. LLANDUDNO CASES (Fe-om Our Reporter). The Winter Assizes for tilie county of Car- narvon were opened at Carnarvon on Fr.day. bc-tcre Mr Justice Bray, who was accon.panied cn the Beach by the High SIroriff (Sir Owen Roberts), who wore i military unite- aad the Rev. Harry Morgan, M A., Rector of Beau- maris, the Sheriff's Chaplain- THE GRAND JURY. The following geatlemea wcro empai-efei3 oll.1 i ■ t"ho* Gruttd Jury :—M««rs H. KIIMhaw, W. A. L'arbifjhire, Col. 0- 1..1. J. Evai:3, Messrs W. l'ugiiC> D: p. WillicUijs, Griaitii t)Oix-te Roberts, J. GrMiih ttoi.o-, J.-I"an Ro- berts, 11. Jones Roberts, A. Wynne Williams, J. Adey W-bei-t Huglieu; W. Lloyd O. VV imams; Ti-omos 1Iugivs.. Maurice Jones, T. K Roberts, G- Hughes llokr, J. Dowell, Richard l-noma«. J. K- li. R. Roberta, vrid John Priichard. CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY- THE INKW CRIMINAL APPEAL ACT. Addressing t-tic Gtand Jlrry. of which Mr II. Kneeshaw wfin foreman, tne Judge elated that tis th.6e WON the la fit. Assize* which would 03 held in the' county- before tJ10C Criminal Ap- I Act would be i)ut into torce a short ex- planation of it might- be fitfing- The new Act would apply to all 1)0. convicted wpoo incfterwant after April- 18th. and all niany o. the Grand Jury were oo-ncerncd in the ad- •s. inineta-atjon of jin-tice, he would make a few observations upon it. He, howeve-r, did not propose to discuss tho policy of .the Act. Some I)Wple thought that the administration of jus- tice in thie COMntry had been so successful and so well carried cut that it would be danger- ous to make a radical improvement in it- That was not an unnatural feeling, but as he had said. he did not. intend to enter into the wis- dom of the Act, but it was his duty, as one of IIts Majesty's justices, to carry out the law as it "-M. Tne effect of tne law was that evory pcrso.r convicted on indictment had the rigli* of aptKal- He nad t-he rignt of appeal as a matter cf right, upon every question of law, on a question of fact (that was if he con- tended that the verdict of the jury was given on insufficient evidence or i. the vontence pro-' nounoed had been too heavy); :n all matters the prisoner htal the right" to appeal to the new (Jourt. It might be a diflicult matter for the Court to deterniine- whether they should give lea-,e or not to the I).eIs)Be convicted to p-re- want- his case to the new Court- No doubt at first there would be a large number of ap- ])eaLs or applications for leave to appeal. and in questions would ari83 as to whetther prisoners were to be brought from the pro- vincial tOWJIS to London, but no doubt when the Act had been in operation pome time the difficultieo would disappear, and he beJievcd that when ihe fate of meet of the appeals was made known (ho think that many of them would be t*uccessfui) there would be a I great decrease in the number of them. Under the new Act he did not think thev would see what happened in foreign tribunals, bo-th An-oricaoi and European, w/icre the delays had given rise to great ecandaLs. No doubt the appeals would be heard in a.5 short a time as possible- There wu cn,, further provision which ho thought would Le a \cry _oodi),Iun. At present, whilst there wa,3 no right of ap- peal every person oo-nvjctevl could petition the Homo Secretary, who could investigate the eases very carefully, and creat pains were taken by him to see that justice was 'a Irly adminis- tered, but it KMiiefimcs happened tin all the evidence procurable bad not been adduced at t,he trial Sometime^ it was found that a mis- take had been made, and sometimes, as i-n the case of the man ii-ariled Lewis, it was found ttat srxne witeesi had committed perjurv. and in all thos': the porsc-n convicted could apr>ly to tho Home Seoretnrv. and that in his experience was a very real r >|>cal. He was glad that t-his prerogative would be still pre- oirved, and that who desired to peti- tion the H t-n.e Secretary could still do 00, but the Home Secretary had the light- to refer the ca.&e, if he thought necessary, to the Court of Criminal Appeal. Thero was no doubt that there were cases, notably the notorious case of Edalji, which the Home Seciretary oouij have referred to the Court of Criminal Appeal. It would undoubtedly c.ieate a very radical ohange in tlhieir law, and they zll hoped it would t).2, a change for the better. As to the bueineffi to come be-fcre them, there were four r^^oiners for trial, but none of the oases were serious, and he congratulated the county upon that fact. For a county with a faJrly '^nuiation. the fact that there ueire onJy four prisoners for trial was very satis- factory, and the calendar was certainly no blot Cill the county- It was his experience gen rally that jn W ale« crime was small wd not serious- LLANDUDNO BURGLARY CASE. --r -.r rretienck liogan (57), la-oourer, and William Ixyii £ rhlin (33), shoemaker, were i-iuiacicxl for burglaj-y at the Deiga.nwy Cattle Hotel, and stealing a. pet of braes fire irens, a garden ra.ke, and a pair of sheais on July 15th. 1907. Mr T. E. Morris (instructed by Messrs Ma.rks a-nd Marks, Llandudno) pirxseeuted, and Mr Ar- tomus Jones r<"prefeii-ted Hc^an, the obher prie-cner being utire.preifnted. Mr Morris stated th-at by removing a pane of glass from one of the windows, tlhe prisoners effected an entrance into the hotel, and letmoved several artie'es, including a serviette, which Mists Grace Tritt-csi, who keeips-'the hotel, identified by the laundry rr.arkp. The prif-otue-r was seen wearing the serviette at his lodgings, where t.he f-t-oie.'i ga.rden tools weie found. Hoga/n, who t-nld the fire irons, gave Iii.,ii-,oll up to the police. On behalf of Hogan, Mr Art em us Jorc6 onJIed Mr Albert Hill, Liland-uckio, who raid that the prisoner had been employed by his fadhe;T. 110 was a man of good olla,C.,Cr. In the witness-box Hcga.n stated that Lc-ugh- lin gave him the fire iruns to sell, saying tih-a-t he had founfl them. He denied having broken into the hotel. He gave himself up because he hc-drd the police wanted him, and not be- ca,ur-e he wae guilty. Loughhn ca.Ilcd as a witiio^ Mi's Evans, wiiih whom he lodged, and nlie said. tiliat Loughlui taJd her that fome woman had given hi-m the lire irone. By Mr Morris: Both Lo>jghli;i and Hogcn came to her liouso together wit/h the fcto-len articles. ljoughlin gave e-viaence on c-aih to the effect that Iiogii.il gave him the fire irons to eeU. Mr Morris, in add;res>ir.g the jury, criticised the varying stories told by t;he two piritoiicig, and he raid it was abun-liantly clear that both of them went in the direction of the hotel oil the night of the burglary. Mr A. Jones contended that IIog,ai:i's etory wai) perfectly oonoictenit. There w-ao no evidence to show tha.t he knew the- articles had been etolen. LcugMin alto addrceeed the jury, a.rgui,llig tlha.t no evidence bad been aiidiuccd to uv:n-c-'t his fctory. There wa. no p o-f that he guve the fire irons to Hogan to seJl. Summing up, the Judge advised the jury to plaoe more credence on 11 cyan's story than "that oi Lough!in, which W;B told foe the 1 irv, time tliat day. Hogan also had a, good dnaraccer. Loug-hlin was eoruenced to eighteen moiyibrl iiri^nMjnanent, the charge again»i Hogan being d wnn.st.ed. NO TRUE BIIJL. The Grand Jury returned a "No True Bill" agaiiit-i Wdlia«n Lougni'.n on anoither oh"a.' f,e of burglary at Llandudino. I-. SW'Aa^EA YOUNG MAN'S DOWNFAJX A SAD TALE. Fra.nk!yn Carlyle Mea.ga.r (24), a bookmaker's clerk, pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and false pretenccc. at Bangor. Air R. A. Griffith (mrtructed by Mr S. R. Dew) v'at, for the prcseout-ion, Mr Artemus Jcnes repjctrfiting the pri«v>ner, who throughout the prcoop.ai.nge wept bitterly. The modus o^Kinandi adooied by prisoner was to call on peri-eiig in different pa,tu, of North Wales alter ascertaining t.ha.t they iiailed fiojn Swaii-oa., and Mr Morgan, nia.nager of Messrs Brigg's ertablifihrnen-t at lktngor, believing that he was. arcoc:w.,cd with a well-known lirm <jf auctioneers at Swansea, gave him i;6 10s in fx- ohia.:ige for a cheque for the t-ame amount, signed by "W. J. Jones," who, however, wias i;< jj- ex;sten<t. The cheque waG forged. Meager was also indicted for aiding in «j'b*iJ:i- ing £ 9 6 by means of a forged cneque lioni Mr H. G. Owen, der.ttis-t, Bangor. Answering the Judge, Mr R. A. Griffith said there were two distinct offences oniinitt xl by the prisoner, who was wanted at Swansea, Sheffield, Etcone, J>iuth, and Oldham. Supt. Harris stated that he had three war- rants against the prisoner from Tenby, Fromc, and Talgarth in respect of two sums of £ 3 10s and of £ 3 10s. He was also wanted at Cam- bridge- He had not been cotnvicted before- The Judge What hae he beCtn. doing? Supt- Harris He h acting aa a book- maker- Mr Artemus Jones (who was instructed by Messrs Jenkins, of Swansea) made an eloquent app"a] on behalf of the priao-ner. Tlie prison- er, he said, was not quite so bad ae might be in. e led by the c,,i-,os against- liim, and' he might also say that the cheques were made out in the names of periwns who had no -accounts. "TKe prisoner's father," proceeded Mr Ar- temus Jonee, "is one of the most respected oiti- zens in the town of Swansea, he being connec- ted with some of the moe: respectable families there, and it is a source of grief to them that he is occupying the position he ie to-day. Indeed, it is astonishing in view of the way he was brought up that he ie in the dock to-day- He was articled to a mining Muaoeer, and had nearly served his articles, but he began to take an interest in eport, and became a victim to the betting curse- Then he loet touch with his own people, broke his articles, and finally became a bookmaker's clerk and wlhilst in his new occupation he got into touch with a man named Allen, who twggewied an easy way to him to raise money, and he waa associated with AJl-eri in obtaining money by false protence« Up to h, has borne a.n un- blewiis'lied oharacter, and it was only when l.e mixed up with bad associates that be lost his ciharocteir- A rather t'jnifortunaie feature is the fact that the prisoner was married only in July last and Iii" people did not know of the marriage un-1i1 this cape came on. His one da- siro is to get a freah start. His wife's relative* arc respect,a.ble poojile living an Gloucester, a-nd they are willing to help him. The Judge, wi ^vc-ntencirig the prisoner, said! that unfortunately the oasets against him were numerous, and they covered a considerable time, and but for the fact that- it was his firsi offence lie would have sent him to penal servi- tude. TIe was only twenty-four, and he (the Judge) would take that fact into consideration, but the fact that lie had been well brought up cfid educated was all tlhe more reason why he shouilid not indulge in eueh practices as he had pleaded guilty to- He would be sentenced to fifteen monfhs' hard labour on each charge, the sentences to run concurrentlv- ASSAULT AT LLANDUDNO- Robert McMnllen (36), cabdtrive.r, flatidudlo, pleaded not guilty to a oharge <x attemptlJl to aeeauilit J<E,ie TimeweU. a gi,rl under the age < f 16 years, at IJandudno. Mr T. E. Morris (instructed by Mr J- J- Marks) p'roeeeuted-, 8nd Mr Artemus Jones (in- stiruoted bv Mr Bliss HiAii) defe-nded- The al- leged offence occurred in the prisoner's car- riage, but for the defence Mr Artemus Jones ridiculed the girl's statement that she was prac- tically abd-uetied in the streets of Llandudno in broad daylight- The prisoner's wife gave, evi- denoo on his behalf. The jury redKiood th charge to one of inde- i 0. cent assauit, _aind the. prisoner was sentenced te one month's imprisonment.

GrRANTS TO WELSH SECONDARY SCHOOLS*. DEPUTATION TO MR M'KENNA. DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND WELSH SCHOOLS. At the* Board of Education Office*, Whitehall, Ixund-cci, yesterday week, Mr R. M'Kenna., Minister of Eidoieation, reCíeived a dc-putat.cn, who wished to; call hi.n, atteirtion to the differ- entiation bet-ween the grants to Esuglioh and We'dh suhoc'ls. The deputaticn was eompcfed of representatives of Welsh local educa-t-on a.uthorities. Mr fetwis Morgan, c<f Cardiff, ex.pretsed the gratitude the deputation felt a.t being allowed to put tiheir views forward. It was ged-erally felt throughout the Print-pality, he eaid, that tome moaf-ure c-f injustice had been done to Wa^eg under the new Woe-hi¡ regulation, and they felt that they had a strong caM, also that t.hey were entitled to better te-rmt; than had been given to them. Wales had not been so generously treated under the new icguilticiiI.;3 as fJhe should have been, having regard to the arnounit granted to the Mi.ni.9ter of Education for the purpoteu Cd cducat-ion in Eiiiglaud and Wales. Mr M'Ken.na: You are confiining yo-ur remarks to the seecaidiary sdhcole?—Oh, entirely. And the money you re-fer to is the now money?—Yes, we have no complaint to far as tihe ele-men-tary sehools are concerned, because you have made no difference at all, but we fee no reason why- there should be any differcniiia- tio.n between Wales under the present regalatk-ns 1 fullil the treatment Wales received under the one regulation which did for England and Wales. Now, you wifih to have England and Wales under tlhe same regulation ?—No. We arc per- fectly tatis'tifd, but we d*> feel that having had a Welsh department oreated we ought not to be penalised. Continuing, Mr Morgan said a eerious point wihich affected them was that in asset r.ing the grant the Board of Education ineifited that in WaJcis there shc-uld be a-it attendance of 80 per cent., but in England it was provided that the number should only be taken three times a yca,r. They thought t'.hat a great injuetioo to Wales. In answer to Mr MTvenna, Mr Morgan said he knew of several eases where the gian.t wot; loet owing to tho 80 per cent. nr>t being mode up. He went on to allege that the denoeriinational tf schools in England received more grants than the Welsh schools. Mr M'Kenna (waraiily): You don't put that forwa-rd seriously. You don't seriously put it forward that we give larger grands to dLnooiina- ticnal schools in England than to Wohih noheolc- Thjs is good enough for nowsspaper purposes, but you axe not terious surely. PAYMEiNT ON KET !t & E;N TATTON. They oomeiidered, (-aid Mr Morgan, that the prciper way of dividing the money would be to got at the proportion which the nunnber oif oclhiolait. in the Welsh aecondarv schools bore to the propc<rtbn cf English scihcla.rt-, and if tha.t TC'pr<yenrtcd one-niii'th, they eaid they ought in ail fa.irn.Q R to have one-ninth of the money. Mr E. R. Do.vies, seereia.ry to the Carnar- vonshire Education Authority, said they real >vd that the mometnt was a .^orious and crucial one in tho ha.ory of Welsh edvocation. Mr M'Kenria. had csita-blkhed for the first, time a new eye/tern in allocating a grant in this particular connection, and they felt that tihere fruieuld be every endeavour made to secure aB large a proportion as jxn-ei.ble in this the first yeaj- of tilie of the new principles, and if after further inquiry inito the facte and figures and into the general condition of things in Waleu he A-a. able to increase the proportion already allocated he was p-ure t.he deputations, a.nd the aiuthorities they repreeenited weald be dee.ply giateful. Principal GrifiiiHns aaid if the total lum-p m,m •allocated to WTaJee really made it impceeibJe for tham, without great sacrifices, to extend reeomdary education beyond four years, it w-rs a nikyst, seriofus situation from their poir,-t of view. More and more they I:O.W the neceoity of giving etudeniG a. longer time before going to the Uni- versity, and if they wccc to be permanently limited to that it crippled them in suc.h a wuy that they never could extend their secondary education beyond four yearis, it was a serio-us thing for the future of h:g'her education in NV, ales. ON A PROPER BASIS. I Mr M Kenina said that wlien the Welsh De- partment was formed it was obvious that if Wales was to have independent regulations for its secondary schools the total amount of money allocated to England and Wales for secondary schools would have to be divided between them. It, was, in fact, divided by hiln-ine I cf the of the present head of the Welsh Department—u,]>on the only baste what at that time, and even now, seemed to him to be pct.'sible. The allocation had to be made at a socuon before the estimatCt, were sent in, and loz.a before any reguia.t.io«n(5. were under con- sad-eratioin at all. It had to be divided when the old regulettiolit3 were in exigence, and he c-oniceiyed there werp, no other means upon the fo rmation of o>ffice of making the allocation than upon the basis of wihat the lua-tioins were, in fact, receiving at the time of the division. In the past Wales- had beeci quite satisfied that she was receiving her fair slha.re oJ the money, and there was, in fact, no other basis possible for div:x*on. Ecfcrc he framed the jcgiulaitions either for England and Wales he divided the total amount CIf money between the two coumlricri. Wales had received one-ei^venth of the amount England received, although her population w-at5 onl-y h. '8 a in;itt,-r of faot, a number of children in the- Weith secondary schools was about one-nin.h, ixcaa,te in England the sioeoisda-ry schools had not been of tihe same type. The Wel-lh rphools had been made more 'attractive. The English schools had coot more for a fewer n.u:n.ber of children. The division WiaG therefore made strictly the basis of wha-t ling la rid and Wahs had been receiving in the past. He divided the new money he got for seoomdary sohoo's in ihe Fttzyr;e proportiot]. Up to the moment of division the two countries were partners, but after the- division each went its own way. They had to coneiii.W whotheir Wales got he.r fair ot the total money. It was obvious jiopuJation could not be the baRi", because Wales would stuffer grosaly. If they went uptm the basis of the ruurnber of children in the schools they must define children and echoois in the same way and have the fa-me rtg,.iia-tiom. Mr M'Kennt next referred to the violent and virulent form in which attacks had been made upon him up a.nd down Wales. He said he had heaj-d the cace of tlhe deputation completely, -i .could onily sa«y it. was aibeoiuteJy im- poseiib.e fw him to offer them an equivalent grant for Wales in proportion to England, based upon tihe number of ohi-ldven in the secondary fcchools. He could offer them an equivalent grant bared upon the actual extent of the pre- ceding year, which he had done, and tiha-t would continue to be tthe equivalent grant in Wales Or he could offer them the same amount of money per child as wa given in England. In order to allay the feelings which had been aroused in Wales, and which had been fomented by I-)q% whose bu&inesis it was to foment these things, and which had not been adequately clift- couraged by gentlemen whose business it was to discourage it, they oculd go back and tell the people that all they had bo do was to accept, the English regulations, and they could have the English grant. In answer to a question. Mr M'Kenna said tihere wae no suggestion of the Welcih Depart- meJllt disappearing; it would remain a firim as before. He adfded that feeling had beoome 90 f-rtrong that he was not pure that he would not feel obliged to re-unite the finazem of the two countries. MR CHARLES FRUEN'S AFFAIRS. j GROSS LIABILITIES OVER £ 16,600. At the Festiniog Bankruptcy Court, to-day week, befi>no the Rcgiotra-r, Mr Thomas Jones, tho cxa.-iiinaticii Mr Charles Fruen, of the Belle Vue Ilc-tcl, T.c-v*ri'.v, took pluoe. Mr Latimer Joneg appeared for the debio.r, and Mr Clie.pimin, Ma.rbohea',er, re 1) riled the petition- ing creditors (Meters Wilcox, Jackson and 00.). OFFICIAL RBCEI OBSERVAI IC'N'S. The debtor, aooording to the Official Reccive-r'ii observations, was adjudicated. Ixutkrupt 0¡1 Üc- oc-mber 7th la&t, on the application of the Official Receiver. He was 5d: of age, and had lived at the hotel since a.bcut June, 1005. He had previously resided ax Bifalic-p's Park-r^ad, Fulham, for aiwut a year, before uiat at Warn- ha.m Palaoe, Warnham, Sutcex, for a. year, a-nd bofor.e that again at AJbert Ma,*it?ion.s, WÖ-n:n- 4 1 1 oler, for seven or eight years, being iheai a land agent and surveyor. A receiving order was made againet him in 11)02, his gnlJ8 liabili- ties then being £ 16,285 lo 4d, of which £l2U o. 9d was unsecured. The assets were returned as £ 24,853 (c-f which £ 12.850 wao said to lie uurpius fixjm but no dividend had been paid. The particulars of liabilities as supplied by the deibtor in the present bankruptcy proceed- ings were as follows: Unsecured creditors, lls 8d; fully aoeurcd, £ 15,050; e/timttiod value cf securities, £ 22,500; surplus, £7.150; creditors for rates, etc., £46 1;:6 4-d; f-tosjk-iti- trable, JSZO; trade fixtures, LI:00 furniture, £ 1500; goods removed from hotel and recrt aiicn grounds by Official Receiver, £ 20; doubtful book debus, £ 20,400; estimated to produce tlo,ooo. Sur- plus, E16,613 15-1. UNSECURED CREDITORS. Amongst tlhe uuxouied oredlitons were the following:—Mr J. D. Jones, butcher, Tre-friw, £ 2o ICte 4d; Meters J. Jacques and Son, Hatton Garden, £ 33 116 9d; The Mills CompaJiy, Tie- íriw, £9 3s 7d; Mr T. Tudor Williams, LlaarwfA, £ 22; Mct.srB Griffith Owen and Son, dio., £ 6 17t>; Slaters, photographers, Llondrudno, £ 14 14s; Meters F/zra Johnson and Son, tailors, CherXor, JJ7 5«; Meesns Wilcox, Jaoks-on and Co., pur- veyors, Manoherter, £ -2 17s; Mess-rs R. Ie«tvc, Limited, purveyoits, do., £ 43; Gaedon Hotel Coin'paiy. Lcndon, JE13 9s; Meters J. Hughes and Son, brick merchants, LI a n:rwst, £15 10s; London and North-Werfeni Railway Company, £ 20; Mr E. Lloyd Jones, ironmonger, Llanrwut, £ 10 9c;; MciJ3.is Darbyithire King, Limited, pro- vision dealer Liveipoo-i, 5-7 lis 4d; Dickeiis, Cr.ee.cr, 1;14 7s 5d; xVless-rs K Jones and Sons, prirxers, Llanrwst, £ 22 14s lid; Mr Michcll WiLianvs, Trefriw, L8; Mr F. 5impoon, tailor, IJandiudmo, C5 17s; Mr M. L. Wagstaff, cigar dealer, liand.udno, £9 5s 6d; Messrs R Kins a-nd Son, Mineral Water Works, Ruthin, £ 19; Mcajrg Porter, Amphlett and Joriee, solici'.o-rs, £ 60; Meesrs Brcwn a.nd Son, Llandudno, CIO; Mr Richard Con-w.ay, Llandudno, i:3(;{j; llughefi a.nd Burrows, Llanrwst, £ 17 2s 5d; Mr D. G. Wl.'eon, Llam-wst, ;1;;15; W. ll. S nr.h and Son, £ 14; Mcrsrs M. and J. Williame, Conway, £ 3 3s 6d; Messrs Wright and Craig, urpirit rner- ch-anits, Glasgow, £ 50; Mr F. C-Ei-xrlton, Ll-an- £ 80; Mim King, Llunr-wit, £;:00; Mr F. Carter, do., £ 45; Mr F. King, do., f-IO; Mr Ed wards, do., £ 3 LCC; Mr S. Hughes, do., £ i'9, Mr R. T. Eii;is, do., £j2; Mr H. Evars, do., 15; Adaninal Riowley and Mr Dciiborcugin, £ 12.250, together with i;1500 for intercut and £ 1000 for costs. There wcjre other creditors lew printing, 'advertising, etc. PREFERENTIAL CREDITORS. The preferential creditors were:—Agnes lowe, manageress, £ 16; Jane Whitehead, maid, £ 5 5, 3d; Agnce. Whithey, cook. £ 5; Maid Whi'hcv, £ 6; Maggie Duphy, £ 2 7s lOd: John Wii!ia;i:s' bcou-, £ 4 16s; E. Jonee, laundiess, £ 2 16s 3d; Clktries Roberts, gardejiier, SOs; James' H! Ck.\c-n, grouncl.unan, i2 18s. PURCHASING PROPERTY AT TREFRIW'. The debtor was examined bv the Official Receiver (Air 1.1. Hugh-Jones). lie taid that his fatner, James Fruen, was a currier, and left no pioperty to him. He was an architect a-nd land agejiit. by profetn;on, and for a Jong time hved at Peckham, where he started in buftiiKas as land agent and surveyor. 'Inhere wa-> no marriage lettlc-ir.en.t when he married. xJi6 wife btroiLghi no pr< ;X'. '^y witli her. His first banKruptey took place i n Canncn-fltreet, fjondon. It was after his marriage that he failed. He married in 1877. In 1878 he began busmen in Canncll-'ÜcOt. He bought pixj-;>erty at in 13c63 tilicn b<)c!Ót T i-ci r' aLTreiriw alld C Valley "for a-bc.ut- £7000. The money provided by a syndicate.but he was to provide money for the proper: v he required. He acned for himccif at the "sale amount ( £ 6800) wae- in his name lie thought of sell,ng the prc.perty he had at West- nuuiiter, but he did not r-calire it. The £ 0800 did not include tiie total. The prc,vKrrtv in- cJuded building eitcs and tolf links. The" land WM very peer. fa area would be about 100 acrec-. The ookcHors were Moasra Parker and Partridge. He bought the lic-tel for £ 5500, and the quay and franitagc for £ 1800. The price of the quay w-as net £ 100. If it was down in the ropoirt as £ 100 it a. mistake. The deposit en the £ 6300 came out (-,f his own money a.nd from the money provided by the pvnd-ica;c He wa..s liable for the E1800. It included nothing but the quay and froivage. All the toll-i hgii-terago and other rgh:6 were included in the purchase, and ha.d zd-Aqiv8 been a oart of the pioperty. Others could not make such etiarges owing to the position of their prcpe-tv The property was conve.ed to him' a t><-ee for the syndicate. About £ 10,000 was "ocnt on improving the o«atc. The amotnit" he expended on aiteratio-ns would be about £ 9v'20. The money .pent on the pro! porty was recognised by syndicate. He goc money from his Victoria y reet pro-jierty, ,A I L',oh realised more than it cose him. Ho made a pro-fit by the trur- action. lie d.: (i no-, got 1,e £ 30,000, ae. he reinvccted the amount, £10,000 coming to Wales. He made EXPENDITURE ON DEVELOPMENT. The work of improving the Trefriw property was carried out by men under his own supei- Viwuxi. He gave a mortgage to the syndicate and T\Ïc>cd £ 15,000 on poitw.ns of the prope.itv On the entire estate were raised, and on the Trefriw parr, £ 12.250. The Trefriw eynnUcuie were no. ¡;h0 f.amc a6 tiiese who dealt with h.m in regard t-o the Victoria-street pro- petty. He bought out the Hynduatc by jiaymg cash and by mortgaging other properties. He received £ 1600 from tihe Rowland ilill Financial CcuporaJon, and £ 1500 f:«;n another compa-ny. He paid lor the altera- tion at Belle Vuc, through the London and County Bank, Wentmi raster Bran.h, and the North and South Walca Ban' Llani w&t Bianch. He made an agreemcm with Mue the tenant cA the iio.el, in regard to the lease, a muiigage for JMOUO being yr:an.ged. The old furniture were partly sold, and now put in. He paad about £ 3500 to and Oetamanii's tor the furniture. He aewign-ed all the inter** t he had with Miss Wade, to M«:s.s White, 'iew- (^>ii, and Bariield in the .way of moitga-ge in 1899, and the right to the lca;.e, and ihey btc^.me in tact, landlords of the hotel. He had for a time the equity oi redemption, but the iurm- ture belonged to him. In 1905 a receiving order was made aga'.n&t Miti> Wade, and tiie hotel furniture we:e diatiained upon. The Debtor said he tpent £ 10,000 on tho Tre- friw estate, out of the money .received for tho Viotoria-stieei pioperty. When debtor asked for his in 1905 he was worth nothing. All his property was invested in trustees. lie had not paid the £ 750 when he got; his dis- charge. He hod not received anything frcm tihe previous t.ruut.ees. For three years he lived on commission, and resided in a flat with hfi siii.er, at Flulha,.il, paying at-out f50 rent. He earned a little money by surperi-ntending works belonging to friends. He a'so got loans, which had not been repaid. When living at the hotel he paid by allowing in the rent, etc. Official Receiver: The state of affairs at pre- sent is very mudh the fame as that of your Jirst bankruptcy. You return £ 16,613 as" surplus. Let me tell you that I have received only £ 25 of that amount. HOTEL EXPERIENCES. The bankrupt eaid that he paid for the hotel furniture. Up to 1905 the property was in the hand; of trustees. Afterwards he bought the furniture by cancelling Miss Wade's lease. The mortgagees had no claim against t.he furni- t/ure. There were mortgagees besides himrelf. They jointly acted in the dastraint proceedings Otlherg claimed the furniture as against him. Mies Wade mortgaged the lea.se, but failed to pa.y both principal and interest. Official Receiver: Did you not tell the County Coart Judge at Llaiiiducin-a t.hat you were only a weekly tenant? The Debtor: I did not. I had refused to be uuch a tenant. The company told me that all tlhey wanted would be the principal and interest, I would be allowed tne surplus, but they never carried that out. The company in 1906 threatened to foreclose the lease, and I then promised to do what I could in the matter in order to quieten them. Ikiiliffs were put in in January, 1907, for money due for mineral waters. To get the bailiffs out, I asked Messrs Rowley and Desborough to claim, which they did, and the bailiffs went away. But Menu Rowley and Dewborough did not own the furni- ture. The Official Receiver gave figures of the debts incurred by the debt.or whilst at the hotel, totalling £ 1137. The deibtor was then examined as to the reason he returned to the hotel in 1905. He went there in order to work 1 up the business which bad declined during Miss Wade's (chancy. Nothing was eaid to hitn < about rent, and he riover- signed an agreement I aa to paying rent. He negotiated witidi th-a Wcsr-minscer Financial Corporation with t.he v.-cr.v cf forming a company o carry on the hotel. The Corporation did not gign an ne reeinemt to lmy tihe hotel. lie could not get tho agreement for the mortgagees to sell for £ 27,CG0. Had a, company been floated he would hive l-.een able to i^y all the delyo,. Several theuriands of pound:j were promised by inceriding shaioholdcrs. Debts were incurred with the pru^xx^s ui. their being liquidated -I the company had been krmd. was a lo." on the hotel the first year of ahout J6500, but the next year weu all right, as the taking,} had increased. He paid neither rent nOr mrercst. He said at the County Court, L.'andtu'ino, that the rece pts had gone down JCllOO. The hotel cost £ 1900 to. work. THE COMPANY PROMOTION SCHEME. The debtor went on to dctcribe the ccheaiie for the formation of a company. He proposed to sell the Hotel Belle Vue and tha Shp Hotel, Trefriw, ihe quay, the golf liivks, the ic<'reu;ie;i ground, and the qhalybeate fljNl, which wt con- sidcred valuable by Sir F leaking and <x.hers. On all this property he had options. The capital of the company was to be £ i0,000. Mr Bloxam, elf the Temple, Dr. York Allen Davies, Woivor- ham.ptcn; Mr Pollitt, of Conway, a.nd ethers promised to \a.ke substantial shares, and vario-us crcditcre were willing to take shares in rer'peet of their accounts. But the enheme was dc.- layed, and finally the Rev. JcQm Gower and otheis, who owned the well, sold it and uixe-t the whole thin. Mr Ciiatpiiran (Meters Chapman and Bruu,Ma.D- ohefc-ter), solicitor, ou behalf cf Messrs Wilcox, the petitioning creditors, croos-cxamincd the debtor, who admitted lavii. iKin-t a letter to the Mecsrs Wilcox, in which he K>taie--1 that- he had siporit t-housa-nds en the hotel. I The Debtor: I have upon* t-houftirjas of pounds on the hotel, but not all at once; It took me eleven veuns to toend the monev. M.r Chapman: But you r-aid it in the letter nine months ago, and you got. the goods. You promised to remit £ 30 in Whit-week, but JUL never did; vc-u obtained mu-re goods. The Dcibtor denied that there were any false eta tern e mis in the letter. Mr Ohtt. Mnan: There were no profits at all made. It was all loss. Why did ye-u a.ii-plv to tiie Rowland Hill Financial Corporation to Scat the company ? The Det-bor raid that he knew Mr Alhaa, who wo» -ccisneoted with it. But Mr Albutt was not ooncerncd with him in the hotel business. The Corporation sent their own valuers. It was not wrong to ray in the proipec'.us that the profits would be f25 per week. They oouid be easily made to rea-eh that amotmt. He did not tell the petitioning creditors thai he had been bank- rupt. All the people at Twvriw knew it. The Mineral Water Company did not. wok him. He could not say ho.v often the bailiffs were in diurirsg the laot twelve months. Mr Ch-.i,p/i:an: Wer-e they there six times? Debt oi; YCI". Mr Chapman: Though bailiffs came in you continued to incur more debts. The Debtor: My credit was not gone. There was £ 10,000 diue frcm Towson. Mr Chapman: But your creditors under your previous baiiikiuptcy prcceedirgs would daiin all that. The Debtor: I can produce documentary evi- dence to prove that the money is due. I had no means or I ii.:ioid-d have i).,ot-c-cut.,ed the matter further ere wow. The Official Receiver: It is alisolutely certain that he hno interest now in the £ 10,000, and there^'oie it is no u.x> prcceeding further iiili that he hno interest now in the £ 10,000, a.nd t.here.fo.re it is no u. prcceeding further iiili the matter. By Mr Latimer Jones: I came to pcti-ession as mortgagor. Iliev did ro-t say I was tenant. I was not then ad tenant. There was no talk at all about tenancy. 1 repudiated the teii.icv, I managed the whole prope.rt-y as Ott collecte'rl ihe remc, the tolls, etc. It was I who let the Ship Iran to Mis Smallwood as an annual tenant with the op-lion to purchase the Jcai?c. The lease WAS signed by me as letlxr a.nd sent to the mortgagees, who assetsted. Th; Cihowed that I was the mortgagor. The mortgu-gees only aeked for interest. I dealt with the property ac, iiii, own. and the mortgage:s nc-ver interfered. I eoid the hones, and the mortgagce-s d.:d n<X make any claim in regard to tnem. I told them what I did with the money. When the warrant of distraint W; iavued, J claimed the furniture. There wat3 no bll of sale. Rollerru.g to the bankruptcy discharge debtor said he a^vamcd that the equity of redemption wai, sit-ill veiled in him. Mr J. P-ritcha.rd liangor, valued the pro; in July, 1907. The valuation in- cirjci- the quay, frontage, C.. It wa-i £ 22,000 without the Chalybeate Weils and ttie Rcercu-ticn Grounds. I-ne mortgage was prepatcd by a solicitor on behalf of Mcetire, Rc\vk.y a.nd Dcsboroug-h. 1 tried to form a oi)ial!c-r company to work the hotel with EZOOO o.dmary saares, but no pr'p<X:(oUIS was issued. The exam.nation m.ae adjou.ned.

THE SPEED LIMIT AT LLANDUDNO. ti MOTORIST SUMMONED. At Llandudno Petty Sessions, on Monday, Dun.ace iircoke Lorraine, 7, Montague-square, Lend-on, was euiiimonod for exceeding the opeed Iiin; whilst driving his moic.r-ca-r through Mcsityn-fi' reet, on the 5th inst. The Chair.nan read a letter from Captain Lor- raine, presenting his compliments to the Bench, and regre.i-ting his inability to attend the Court, ais he wan le<;v:ng England thai day for Persia. Ho regretted the breach d tJlt law, and sa;d he woi-5 nc-t a.va,re tha.t any speed limit was in forco at UMndtudnu. lie had not been in Landudno beccre, and Cxvired to point out.that the notices in regard to tne speed limit were verv indis- tinot. if there had been an oflenijc, it was com- mitted in igruo.ance cf the regulations. Mr j -I' J. Marks, who appeared for the ptcoccal.cn, si ated tiiat the do-endant had ad- mii.te.i travelling at the rate ca twentv miiet an I A Po-iice-Con. table stated that he &l,W tha motor-car co»mrg up Mostynsitioet at she rate of twenty to tin ty miles a.n hour. Captain Lorre.it.e a-uui-itiod that he was the driver and owner of the car, but that he did not kno-vv there was any sipeed limit ii force at Llan- dudno. Mr Je f t (a magistrate) remarked that tho notice in reganls to the speed limit were very ind i Kin/.t, etTpeciaj'ly the one by tihe 1.;n. perial idotei. Ho had locked for it three or four tnnei-, and akhcugh he knew where it c-ught to be he ccukl not cec it- Mr James J. Marks paid that it was the Co-unty Council wiio were responsible fof the nc-tic-cfc. OI.a.:11 Lorraine was fined 20s and costs, in- ckidiiiig advocate's fee. This wa., the Ii-rot tiii e under the new order of limiting- the t'pood of motcr-oaris at lilan- dudno.

THE NEW DOGS' ACT. PROSECUTION AT U.ANDl DNO- At Llandudno Petty Seasions, on Monday, William Pierce, butcher, cf Cybi House, Pen- rhynside, was summoned for keeping a dog wi:h- out a collar bearing the name and address of the owner. P.C. Owen f tated that he found the dog in the atrect, at Penrhynsidc, without a collar, and v/hen he weint to the defendanit and arked him the reason, his reply was that he went to the Bhotp to buy a oohar for the deg, but could not obtain one, ae they had sold out. He saw the dog the following day with a paper tied around its neck, bearing t.he name cf Pierce. He had previously cautioned defendant several times. Cross-examined by Mr E. A. Crai?U>e (who ap- peared for the defendant), witneec said tha.t tho paper round the dog's neck was torn, so that the only word on it was" "Pierr.e- Mr Crabbe handed in the dog's licence, which ,'ihovrcd that it had been issued in the YA;.r,-e of Hugh Pierce. The Constable: Hugh Pierce i6 only a littJe boy. For the defence, Mr Crabbe said that the dog had been bought by the defendant's mother for the little boy. The defendant never had anything to do with the dog. He therefore sub- mitted that the care chould be dismissed. Defendant said the *dog belonged to his little boy, to whom it had been given as a gift. He never used the dog, although he was a butcher, aa it would not work for him; but it would work for the boy. In reply to Supt. Rees, defendant admitted that he never told the constable that the dog did not belong to him. Defendant was- fined 208 and costs.

HOUSEWIVES WHO DISCRIMINATE— Who consider quality of the fiist impoitanco in everything they buy—never think d purchas- ing any o-her than HORNIMAA'S PURE TEAS. Strong, rich and. frag- rant. Sold in: (hJwyn Bay by Hughes, Central Stores; Price, Baker, Abergele-rd; Col- wyn Bay and District Co-operative Society; The Co-operative Society, Llandudno; Jones, Che- mist, Llandudno Junction; Roberts, Chemist, Llandudno; Hlggirt-S. Grocer, Prestatyn; New York Co-oiperati ve Scct"t v, Penmaenmawr; Griffiths, Grocer, Llanfairleelmn; Fria and Sons, Grocers; Beer, Chemist, old Colwyn; and H. Rogers Jones, Chemist, De<;anwy. A new Masonic Lodge is about to be oonse- crated at Hawardbn.

I MR WILLIAM JONES, M.P., AT TKEFBIW. PAST AND FUTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT. Mr William Jones, M.P., addressed a meeting at the Trefriw Hall on Friday evening, the Rev. Henry Jonos presiding. The hon. member said the Liberal party was composed of Liberals, Radicals, and !f l>yr'r, ^Pi'esentatives. At the Legmnmg of Jie last session the Tories were convinced fPint "/contention and strife would result hom this amalgamation, and that the Government, shorn of its pillars, would co.lapw? and that the Tory party would es- tablish tiiemselves upon its ashes. Yet, at the end of the session the Liberal party were more united, than ever, and now the lories abandoned themselves to the bitter- ness ot keen disappointment (applause). The leaders of the Labour party. Messrs Shackletun, Henderson, Crooks, and others, aarnuted that the present Government had jone more than any other to ameliorate the condition of the working classes, and iu 1 no^ of the Government or the Commons that even further measures had not been carried (applause). The suc- cess attending the Government's decision to grant the Transvaal Home Rule was now patent to all. The Boers, thoroughly appre- ciating the confidence reposed in them, jad become true and loyal subjects, and proud to form a part of the British Empire (cheers). One of the first measures adopted by the newly-established Government was to clear the country of the Chinamen, and in a short time the Transvaal would be quite clear of this disturbing element (ap- plause). The Liberal party had blended the- British Empire into one harmonious Vviiole by granting the Colonies the power to govern themselves (cheers). The prin- ciple that governed the actions of the Liberal party was to grant the people self- government, but their good intentions were continually frustrated through the action of the House of Lords, who were antagonistic to the advancement of the people. He hoped the Government would be able to sweep aside this reptile—this bar to pro- gress—or, at least.. to extract its sting (ap- plause). The Tory party had utterly failed to reconstruct the Army. Mr Brodrick and Mr Arnold Foster's empty dreams were to' appoint officers without soldiers—(applause) —but Mr Haldane, one of the cleverest men in the House, had carried out a scheme which met the approval of all classes—even of the House of Lords (laughter and ap- plause). The scheme provided-an army, compact, effective, and efficient, an army of free men, and not, like the Continental forces, the slaves of circumstances (cheers). COMPULSORY EVENING EDUCATION. But there was one Continental practice lie should like to see introduced into Bri- tain. In Germany every boy and girl, be- tween the ages of 14 and 18, were compelled by law to attend night schools, where they were taught how to become good and,prac- tical citizens. There were night schools in Carnarvonshire, but far too few—and he hoped to live to see the time when they would be had in every parish (cheers). The Liberal party was engaged passing measure after measure in order to enhance the hap- piness and prosperity of the people. What had the Tories to offer? Protection—taxa- tion of the poor man's food; starvation for his wife and children. But the people's eyes were opened, and they knew that Free Trade was the only possible policy for Bri- tain (applause). Mr Lloyd George—(cheers) —as the President of the Board of Trade, was responsible for many valuable reforms. Every seaman had reason to bless the pro- visions included in the Merchants' Shipping Act (applause). In conjunction with Sir Edward Grey he enforced a rule in which every British Consul must be disciplined in trade and commerce. Under the Tory re- gime, the posts were given to the voungest sons of the nobility — good shots, excellent dancers, but without an elementary know- ledge of commerce. The Patents' Act had also proved a great boon. Now the British inventor need not fear being crippled by a powerful syndicate of foreigners, and robbed of the fruit of his intellect (cheers). One of the greatest FEATS OF THE CENTURY was Mr Lloyd George's successful interfer- ence in the recent railway dispute, thus saving the country mdiscribabie miseries (louu applause). Ihe Government intended to mtioauce a Bill dealing with the drink question, both as regarded pubuc-houses and social clutis. This measure would Dlace in the hands of the people the power to thrust aside the temptations which resulted in so much poverty and misery (applause). Mr Chamberiain promised Old Age Pension, and lived on the promise—(laughter)—but the Government was engaged m formula- ting a scheme with this object in view. The preliminaries were so far advanced that Mr Asquith had already placed 21 millions ster- ling on one side for this purpose (cheers). There would be no sign of pauperism in this. The veteran of the old Labour Bri- gade could go and draw his pension with as much pride as the veteran warrior, Lord Roberts (loud applause). The Government had passed a Land Bill through the Com- mons which gave the tenant safety of ten- ure and compensation for improvements, without fear of steward or landlord. The Bill was to become law this year, but the House of Lords changed "1907" to "1909" ("Shame"). The Allotments and Small Holdings Act which had recently become law. would prove a great boon to the pub- lic (cheers). Now everv respectable man could apply to the Parish Council or the Countv Council for land; if there was any to be, had, the Council could procure it for him; and, if need be, force the owner to sell it. This would not interfere with farms of 50 acres and under, and any farmer could increase his farm up to 50 acres if he I made the usual application to the Council. In Anglesey 36 workmen had already ap- plied for land ranging from one to ten acres, but they could apply for 50 acres if they so desired. The County Council could secure loans from the Public Loan Board to purchase the land at 3 or 3 per cent. to be repaid during a period of 80 years (applause). On the motion of Mr Davies, Gorphwvs- fa. seconded by Mr T. R. Williams, a vote of confidence in the Government and in Mr W. Jones was adopted. SUGGESTIONS. Before the meeting terminated the Chair- man remarked to Mr Jones that new blocd was required on the Bettwsycoed Magister- ial Bench. The present justices, he said, were all Conservatives, and it was only fair that Liberals should be represented there. Again, during the summer months Trefriw had two postal deliveries, but only one during the winter months. This caused cons'derable inconvenience. He hoped Mr Jones would exert his influence to carry out the wish of the people in regard to both complaints (cheers). Mr Jones promised to do his best to effect the changes suggested.

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NORTH WALES COL1 KTIES ASYLUiWr QUARTERLY MEETING AT WREXHAM. Oa Monday afternoon a quarterly meeting of 'k'c the N arth NN ales Counties Lunatic Asylum was held at Wrexham, under the- presidency of Mx P, p. Pennant- i STATISTICS: "MOST SATISFACTORY." It. was announced th-at the number of paiioints in the noutM wua 864. ac agtzlcit 577 twelve a.gu. Ti-c pauper p,u e..u> on the bvok" were apportioned to the eeverai counties in union ae .o.wws:—Oenbigii 236, ovci* quota six i ifnit Itl, ov-ec quot.a. 18. Anguxwy lui, over quota 15; Carnarvon 225 ovor -lu..ta five; Mer- ionetti 89, over quota four- Tho total over quota, is 49. The Chairman eaid this was the most satis- factory report that luid beell pr€eeint<xl to them -for many yeure- The t.tol j^rv-10 pa^-ients in the house munfoered 60. Mr Stca-ey: 15 the cec aped pat leant included in the books of the houae? The Chairman: The escaped patient ie not included in the number in toe houee (laugh tor)- A MOTION DEFERRED. Mr J. Jones Morris, Portnaadoe, had given notioo of tihe following prcly-imticiii in view oc the aceommodation for .xwipers ptjentB being- within 31 of the fuU number to be ac- oOwHiiod&ted in the build ings, a. committee be appo«Mted to take into consideration the further provision of acoomsnod-atioin for lunatic pau-jmns m t!ie> wwtern portion cC the dSstrict of the counties in union." Ho aeked, however that the comsidei'atjoin of his motion be adjou-iaied. He had hoped that the report of tie Cognmis- eion on the weak-minded would have been is- sued before tikis, but a« it had not, it would be quite ueeie«g to introduce a discussion u.]xm the matter- He would ask the Oicrk to place the reeoihition upon tihe agemda as soon r.s the re-port on. the wcuk-minded had been issued- The Chairman said he would like to know how long it would be before the new biiooks would be ready far uc-,e. That had to do wÏib the matter. Mr Jones Morrie said there was al, tiie com- muiiwoation frou tne L'hes: Cny Council! <Ie- ei;ri:i(f accommodation in their asyium for patlvrnts from their arou. Ti-tey OUL-ht to give tihiij furtiier oonsidera-tion Uå it was onry right should tu^eiat sue a an a.ppl.cation with ne«3i>oot- Air fcU>re;, said they- could not gi ye a proper answer until tiie new bloc-ks were ready for patienu. M,r Jcirnes Morris 6aid' it was not fair, as had boan sugr;e»uxi, to p<stpone u:e matter indefi- III toly. E vel1ltuaJy it w-as dooidoed to roeof eT the letter of the Chester Councii to a sub-eommi'.toe, and tnat a rneeuug of t.hat. b x-Jv be held as soon as possible 1.0 consider the matter. A GRATUITY Mr A. O. Evajie (Denbig-h) moved: "That the grat,utty od 1:75 ior long- service be grunted to 1 nonius Robarts. male .ttoepual <yia riro aitend- ant,, w11kj, after 48 yea.; a valuable se.rvioe, and being entitled to a peru>ion, is eomjx^Ued to re- hnquis.1 his duties owim- to warious illness and toat Ohis vote tx- subnutied' to the L'ountv Couru cil« for ^peimuon. with the war,^ 00m- meincauoin oa this ooinunittce." This was seconded and agreed to. FINANCIAL POSITION. The Clerk reported that the assets for th4 quarter ending December 3kt last wore:- Balanoes in to rid, £ 5,608; amount due from pri- vate patients, £ 745; due from counti^ unions for pauper patiente, £ 4672; due from on bujldlng and repairs ao. oooii«t«, o^aer aooymntis, £ 228 Th* iiihi- Iities amoarrnted to £ 886- while the total hai* an^s m fuvour of the Aeylum v.ere £ 10,895. 1 he average weekly ooet per Iwad of th* patie.ii.t-s was ee;imaited at 10s.

The Additional Curates Society repo-rte "0 far ,ile- <*Jnounited to !v rxfjerKiliure 'OR the voar waa ±-Cki.69t). i no gra.TWs piven during tiijs period were towards tlhe survport of additional cftarEf- men ee«r\,ng in 1067 poor parities-

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