The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

A LLANDUDNO HOTEL- KEEPER'S FAILURE. UNFORTUNATE INVESTMENTS. A SLUMP IN LLANDUDNO LAND- At the Ba-nigor I kink rxept.cy Court te-day week the public exa-imi»tioii took place of Robi ri-<,ri Kay, now of RosodaAc, 7, :\la.n;U1I9>- orecoen-fc, Doganwy, and lately oarryi'n-g an buni- at the Washing-ton Hotel, IJaiyi udiiio, licensed victualler. The groea lioJbilitiies were pû- tujnn'ed at £5833 17s lid, tho <fia £ caiancry beins £5567 9s 7d. The d'abtor aittrilrafced' 3w's fa.iiu-ro to "Loesctj in connection with hotel propert-kis and. land company. Tho Official Recv.iver (Mr Ll. Hugh Jomos) re- jwtrted tiha-t debtor, who 49 of had now no occupation, ajid had rttidiMl in apartjncints at 7, Majreiw-cireisoenifc, Doganwy, (since 10th Noveinlx'r lalit. From about 1830 to 1894 bo was a paper bag ma.1l.'ltfaoÜturer at Bury. From 1888 to 1&15 h at iixst riKWia-gc-r and ih.eJlI propmiotor of tho ¡YWM1. Hoibeili, Bury. From the 3rd October, 1895. to the 16tit I>eoenril:»eT, 1907, he was the proprietor elf the VvatSiihgton Hotel. IJaRdadirKj, tho licence being, bo MMed in tho ltiatmo «f lii» wife. \V"he>xi he started buninct a there be had; abevut JS600 free capital, a.nd later rooeiived £2400 unttar the wiii of his lalio fatiieir. The Warhiiiijfto'n Hotel he held at a remt of JE180 a yewur, and he staged, that he paid a'bout £800 for fmrTniture lix'titres he went in. In 1905, being proved by creditors, foe cold Ma fur- niture to birf lamdlloirdB wt £1603, out of which sum a, part was paid to his bank&n-, arfvd a to the landk^rds for l-wor, etc., my thy (kht- or about £300 to go nn with. He tben bined tho furniture at £50 a in addastnoai to Hw irc-rit of the 1. In November last the bailiff* bo- ing in for mt-cs, tiho Jandlordii dii^trnined uiroui tiic effects and took over tflio took, furniture and effeoii, 8,nd gave jr^oeiptn far ftmns due in .rc- speet. oif Jjecir and rcnt, a.nd the dtsfctor irece-ived £20 in ea h. He sit&tcd came away vritbeut cffec'tA, aaitd- that he fcid now no estate, ex- cept a ib*c«olc debt of j616 8s 5d, which however apvpeiared to be a. doubtful one. The debtor was forntsrly nxmaginig dineotov of t-he Noirtb Wales Hotois Coropaniv, Limited, and of Kay's Mineral Water Coanpany, Limited, lib fihareii in thcee oompanies wcxo in tho baaids of partly tecurcd orede'torj, returned being of no value. Tho partly f eoured oreiditors were of JB725 securities held. C'raigrydon Land Company shares, 200 shares i'n Limited, ani 250 bhares in Llarwliudno Invcv/t-mont Company, the iattetr es- timated at £250, leaving J6475 uwcotwed. Oiedi- toirs for J5341 held 600 shares in t;he North Walea Hotels, Limited, wfriieh wore retu.rne'd as being of no value. leaving Ifoo wtoofo iiniveourod. In Augast los-t the debtor's brotheir-in-law fup- poa>red to pad a sum to the bankers and. taketn ibp certain severities Sield by tihem. Them wero still in ibaniii of the bankers 162 tViarca in tho Cnaigydom Ijaiwl. t'ormpany, claimed by thorn as tacoarity for tihoir overdraft of JB13 ,4" Set. The <fefioiency aooount tilwjwod tliat the excepe of aesots over laa.b;ilrtkt« on February Hili, 1906, waa £2465 10s 6d; tfeat nott profit CXiOtln February, 1906, to the reoei.vi«g orcuer was £599, that the moxaea by tho debtors einee Fobruairr IH1, 1906. amounted to £310. BUYING HOTl'iL PROPERTY, The Official Recoivdr clot-eiy que&tioixHl tho <lc.bt.oir wioh regard to bis varrews fcrarnsaetiona. You were in t.ho ftrat in.ai:«triri> bivyi'ntg hotels "wiit.h Mr Maygetr?" atsked t.ho Official Koeeivar. "Yes. replied the Debtor, "we bougbt five hotels. Did you buy tfooim all bcfforc tfhe formation of the North Waltt; Ilotcfe Company'!—We bad one afterwards—tho Central Hotel, Clolwyn CVay. The other fouJl" you bought and asrignod to tbo ocfrnipainy 1—Yes. subject to m-ortgag-eii. t'hc you borrowed from vour wife etraplo}rcd' in purcihai^iing theco bot>ei='?—Yes. Have you a cf the agreemont undeir whidh you conveiyed tJÙ" property to tlho Ii.mitoo Com- pany?—No, th saiiicitoins have it. How marvv sihartis WOTO istiued to you?—About 6000. I randfeirp'tand Centnail Hoi-el, Col'wyn Bay, wan sold for £16,000, and tbait reixrc^crated a conoidbrable prolit? — Yes, we bought it for £10,000.. Is <t<h':tt tine only hotel YOIU scxld ?—No, wo an hotel ait Talyoafn. At a. —No, at £4000, tiho sum at whxui it stood irn the books. Did you t-petiid money cm — Yoa, aboait JB300. you get ycur money back?—Y"e«. Do tho ihotela now belong to the company ?— JNo, the company ,h36 been praetioaUy wound up. Mr Fi'Msiimnona bougbit the Ihoteie at prac- ticali'y tho mortgage iv.lw— £ 17,000—from tho Reociiver. Can, you boll me haw muah you lost by your speculaiioito in tihe JMTortb Wales Hotolt* Company, Limil.e-d:-I lost .11 I put in, a.bout £3500 to £4000. FroIO whom tEJ you get thait money?—From my wife, and alto front lilY fafiher'^ eslar-e. I also obtained an overdraft ifruui hlnk. Some- timca I bta<d to roduice my aieooiBRitv at bank. LOSSIiS IN SHAKES AND CASH. Tho Registrar: You estimated that you lost £5000 in your .statement ? Tho Official Rcieeiveir: I believe tba.t £5000 re- pret?eiats what you estimate you ilost in tihtarcs, and £3400 reipresc.nts wtiK-,t. you lost in cash. Did you eveir keep an account of wbat jxni put in tho North Wales Hotels O-rrmany? Tbo Debtor: No, I did not keep any ao- oount. Can you a.n account f me of tho morsey you have received from your wife —l have' had £ 2000 from her thesjs last three years, ller father left her £1350 roady money and I had all of that. What did you do with it?—I gave it to tha bank, who were pressing. That's where tko money has gone to. Every tinno tho bank pressed1 we had to sell shares. The Registrar: You make out that you have lost altogether £8433. How much of your own money and how much of ycur wite's money is represented in that amount r Debtor: I cannot tell you- The Craigydon land shares were paid for with my own money. The Official Receiver: Was thero over any run on those shares?—Yea, at one tcae they werG paying 12 per cent; then they went down to 7i, and since then they have paid nothing. You put your wife down as a creditor for £3000 ?—Yea. Well, it looks like an estimate. It's a round figure ?—If I put right sum dknvn it would bo a lot over that. simply an estimate. Did you give her a promissory note?—No. Sometimes I gave her shares. What shares did have ?—Kay's Mineral Water Co. shares. She has absolutely nothing to show for this ,im(jlitodn(ei>s—-No, It is simply a rough guess. Was any money borrowed for a. specific pur- pose?—Not that I am aware of. I did not. keep an account of the different speculations. The Registrar: Why didn't you, seeing that your speculations weiro so extensive? The debtor sta.t.ed that ho did not borrow any money from Mr Fitzsimn.ons nor from Mr Chamberlain. The Uraigydon Estate was still in existence, but the debentures not worth anything. The 0 oial Receiver: So you say, but judg- ing by your last account, 1 should say that that was not so. Thero is practically £14,000 on properties, which cost £28,000. LAND VALUES AT LLANDUDNO. The Debtor: There luts 2.en a slump since. Do you mean to say that the property has gono down fifty par cent ?—It has gone down 100 per cent. We kept selling land for the mortgage pricvx Surely it is not so bad A3 all that in Llan- dudno. One would expect that the value ot that propert.y would havo gone up '!—You can buy land at Llandudno at 58 a. yard, which tOn yøars ago COst. 10s a yard. In 1900 ycu and Mr Maygor ran the Hippo. drome together for a year ?—Yes. Did you keep any fsooount of that business? —Yes, for a bit. ■Havo you got it?—No. It's about six or eight years ago. I think this very speculation was tho begin- ning of your trouble ?—Yea. In fact, the Washington Hotel was a good speculation for you?—Yes. And if you ihad confined youraelf to it every- thing would have been alright?—Yes, these speculations did it 0 The Registrar That is obvious. In answer to further questions, th* Debtor stated that Kay's, Lt., waa now in liquida- tion, and the shares were. not likely to r^a!i.<o anything. Hp estimated that he r 16 out of that Company. Ho did not know h eri tho Craigydon Land Company was floatea'. He lost £100 over the Grand Theatre. In 1PC1 he was very much pressed for money owing to h speculations he had made in botels. His land- lord allowed £500 to remain on u promissory note. Ho tried to sell his furnit ire to Messrs Soames because he became entangled in the but at. that time he could have paid everybody investments, but at that time bo oouitl have paid everybody. Why did you favour your landlord —What could I do when the bailiffs were in ? You could have filed your petition. Tho examination was adjourned to enable the debtor to prepare an account showing the cash invested by him in the North Wales Hotels' Company, in the Craigydon Land Company, the Lland'udno Property and Investment Com- pany, and the Kays Mineral Water Company. The Debtor; It will have to be guesswo.rk.

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I HUMORS OF HISTORY." -¡ A _.u_ FRONTAL ATTACK ON LLEWELLYN, A.D. 1282. Edward I.-called Longshanks—succeeded Henry III. in 1272. He turned his attention to the conquest of Wales, then the grave of many military reputations. For five years the King traversed the land with foreign troops skilled in mountain warfare. Llewellyn. the Welsh chieftain, held out bravely, but his death while defending the passage of the Wye sealed the doom of Welsh independence. --New History bf England. This serioi of 160 picture, eatitlei Iluuarj of History." appeirins waekly in this journal, is raproiuesl in colaur on plato papar, oloth bound, gilt, at 2/tf note, A;2,01)9 HVtUií OJOIl spjat, in iti pro la jcioa Of ttii Mm*aia^ úJ'¡ .1<1(' LrjaJoa. Spacimaa Colorei Plate 011 app.icatioa. BLAEN-YMOSODIAD AR LLEWELLYN, A.D. 128J. Iorwerth I.-a elwid Hirgoes-a olynodd Harri III. yn 1272. Rhoes ei fryd ar orchfygu Cymru, oedd yr adeg honno yn fedd i enwogrwydd llawer mllwr. Am bum' miynedd teithiodd y Brenhin trwy Gymru gyda lluoedd estronol cyfarwydd ag ymiadd mewn mynyddoedd. Ym. laddodd Llewellyn, y pendragoll Cymreig, ya ddewr yn ei erbyn, ond trwy ei farvolaeth tra'u amddiffyn yr Wy seliwyd tynged auaibyniaeth Cymru. —-J ■■ ■■ — -• ■■

CONWAY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. LLYSFAEN SURFACE WATER QUESTION SETTLED. LONDON DEPUTATION'S EXPENSES, Mr Hugh Owen presided over the monthly meeting of this Council on Friday. Thero were alito present: Messrs J. W. Rayncs, Richard JOJe.3, Rogers Jones, Aneurin Jonc->, Robert Robarts, \V'. F. Jones, Richard Wil.iams, OWen Willi irns, with the Clerk (Mr T. E. Parry), and tho Survevora (Mo^isrs J. Davios and I/evi Jonn). SETTLEMENT OF A LONGSTANDING DISPUTE. At tho opening of the proceedings, the long- standing disjmto with the Colwyn Bay Council respecting the agreement as to the laying of the Rural Sanitary Authority's surface water drain within tho Colwyn Bay district at Old colwy.11 and Llysfaien was referroo to. A deputation consisting of Messrs Wm. Da- viea and David Gamb.o attended from the Col- wyn Bay Council. Tho revised agreement was considered, and the Rural Council decided to lay a 15-ineh pipe under the terms of the agreement. A hearty voto of thaaks was accorded the de- putation on the motion of Mr Rogers Jones. TALYOAFN ROAD. Mr Levi John reported that as instructed ho had mot Captain Douglas Jorieb, agent fcr the Caerhun Estate^ and informed hun cf the Coun- cil's ilnteniioii to pipe a portion of the stream so as to straight: n the sharp curve in tho Talycafri- road near Caerhun. Captain Jones agreed to tho improvements suggested, but he (tne sur- veyor) received nothing in writing. The Clerk was instructed 10 write .seeking a statement in writing- from Captain Dougias Jcaice. LLYSFAEN PUMPING STATION. On the recommendation of a committee, tho Council decided to make the neoossary iruiiruc- tioiii to connect tho Llysfaen pumping station with tho Colwyn Bay gas main with a view to utilising gas as the driving power of the enguiiM. v ABERGELE ROAD FOOTPATH. With reference to the projected footpath along tho Abargele-road, in the parish of Llysfaen, the aame committee, after considering a letter from Mr D. Mac. Niooll, agent £ or t-ho adjacent, pre- perty, reoominciKlod that "th<k Par.ah C-ouncil do relinquish the portion of tho old Llysfa-en-read, between Wcllington-rowi and Peuiwyt>-rcud, provided the Cefu Estate is prepared to give ho ia-nd and to construct a footpath with kerb and channel oomploto from the Wesleyan Chapel to liodelwyddan Avenue." Tho matter was referred to tho Parish Council. A letter w 3 received from Mr Robert Evans stating that, tho Cofn Estate was prepared 'o make-up Bodeiwyddan Avenue, provided the Council take over the road when it WitS dono to their satisfaction. To this tho Council agreed. EXPENSES OF A LONDON TRIP. The question of the fees (p bo paid to the deputation to London in connection with the Cowlyd lioaixl Bill oarne up, Mr Rogers JulWd stating that the Conway Corporation and tho l owlyd Board had agreed to pay a guinea and a lialf per day, and he proposed that. tho same foes bo paid by the Rural District Council. Mr Robert Roberts: Will top hate be supplied? (laughter). Mr Rogers Jones: That is optional. You ca.n please yourself. Mr Ravnes: They were left behind this time. It scms to bi) rattier high, and undoubtedly we ,nus\ on U ii autljority. consider the ratepayers. Mr Rogei-s Jones: It is not often that you send a deoutatic to LOT. don. Mr R-ivntv: If you make it a guinea and travelling ex- that ought to be sufficient. I 1 tro)voso that it be a guinea with the travelling expenses, whe.n we are away a whole day, and if you are a day 15, The Chairman: It is more expensive to be in London. Mr Rogers Jones: It is not often you appoint anylxxly to go there, &ud, as Mr Be van said tho other day, 24 hours in, London on a guinea is not very much. You pay for bed and breakfast 7s 6d, and you must live respectably. You can t do it on a penny bun and a pennyworth of tuillc. It ma-v suit some people, but it won't suit m»• Mr Robert Roberts: You can take your grub with you (laughter). Mr Rogers Jones: I shall stop at homo in that Mr Ray.nes' amendment was seconded by Mr Robert Roberts, and carried. The Chairman: I am giad that I went on be- half of the Cowlyd Board (laughter). HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE: A PECULIAR POSITION. In accordance with a. notice, Mr W. F. Jones called attention to the allocation of the hospital maintenance account between tho Conway Rural District and the G;an Conway District. lie point.ed out that. at the last Council meeting it transpired that no part of the coat of maintaining t.he hospital had been charged against tho Glan Conway district, and, having regard for the fact that that district were part purchasers of the hospital, and, for a time, were parties to t-YerythIng in connection with it,, he proposed that the expenses of niaintenanoe be apportioned between the two districts. Mr Raynes: You mean that tho arrears b9 apportione-d ? The Clerk said tha.t the peculiar part of tho business was that there were no arrears. The fact was that in this oW the Council were spend- ing about £ 30 per annum on the maintenance of tho institution, whilst they were m receipt of interest amounting to about £ 40 from the £ 4000, bequeathed by the late Mr D. K. Dawea towards tho hospital fund; so that really the hos- pital did not 'cost the Council » penny^ (laughter). Mr Rogers Jones (Glan Oonwa.v) remarked that Glan Conway district had "protested against this whole business, and the Council have now the whole lot of this money. You are -welcome to it.. and to whatever interest you get from it ^M^Ed! Williams: I think you should distri- bute the expenditure botwoen the two districts. Mr Rogers Jones: You had bettor leave sverv- thing as it is. That will bo the bost oourso tor you to pursue- Mr W. F. Jones: Then I take it that this fund is ablo to ccpo with the cost of the main- tenance itself. The Clerk: It has done up to the present, at any rate. Mr Rogers Jones volunteered to make a statement relating to the whole position as 00- tween the two districts. The Chairman: But you will leave that now; won't you? Mr Rogers Jones: As you like (laughter). The matter thereupon dropped, no aeoondor baing found to the resolution. BETTER POLICE PROTECTION FOR LLYSFAEN. A letter was read from tho Llysfaen Parish Council urging tlw Coiyicil to support them in the steps they were taking to secure the services of another policeman at Llysfaen. Mr Aneurin Jooiei, in moving that the request bo granted, said that an al-ditioral policeman waa abwlutely necessary in the parish. The motion was agreed to. ANOTHER LLYSFAEN PATH. The 3ime« authority wtotc inviting the Council to include among various matters in negotiation between the rural authority ajid the Woods and Forests Department, the question concerning tho path made between. Penmaenrhos and Ionian. Mr llaync-s asked who had requested the Parish Council to repair the path in question. Ho did not. think tho rural authority bad. Mr Aneurin Jones suid that. at that moment be oould not put his finger on tho fact, but ho believed that Mr Ray new himsielf had recommen- dod tho matter to the Rural Council, but in any oise tho Council had passed a resolution calling attention tp tho path (laughter). Mr Ray.nes said it was now implied that the Rural Council had asked the Parish Council to build tho wall which had been erected along the patn. Mr Aneurin Jones said !he Parish Council could not make the path without building the wall. The Parish Council had found the work necessary, and thoy had built it. Mr Ravnes said the Rural Council might have askad tho Parish Council to put the path in but they had certainly never asked them to erect tho wall. Mr Aneurin Jones agreed, but added that if they had Joft tho path without the wall it would be like giving a man a pair of boote a.:id leaving him without a coat (laughter). After some further discussion the iiial.1-2,r was left in tho bands of tho Clerk.

CHURCH DEFENCE AT LLANDUDNO. SPEECH BY MR HARRY PHILLIPS. The series of Church Defence and instruction meeting's held at Lluidudno during -tho past winter fbave dono much to enlighten the people as to the history of the Church, and enlisted ihe sympathies of many in tho movement of Church Defence. The success which has attericiod these meetings is due in a large measure to Mr Nathan Jones, whoso untiring efforts in organising the meetings have ensured their success. Owing to counter-attractions the meeting held ait. the 'town Hall to-day week was JKrt as largely attended as might- have been desired, but it was neverthele s an enthusiastic meeting. A warm welcome was accorded the R-ector, who made his first public aprsou.raiic.^ a-fter his recent in-di.i *>iikvn, The mee ing was presided over by Dr. Konrick Davies, who was sappcrtNI on the platform by the Hector (Rev. LI. R. Hughes), Councillor Richard Conway, Mr J. E. Hornsby, and JXev. E. Rtes. BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH'S BILL. The Chairman, In his. opening remarks, said: It is the duty of all ioyal Churchmen to offer uncompromising resistance to Mr McKenna s Eduea ion Bill. Cc.rdiscation of hD most bare- faced character is to be a leading feature of this Bill. There are in England and Wales some 6000 schools in which definite Church teaching is now given. Mr McKe.nna's Bili provides that in al single school areas where the Church School is tho only school, it is to be transferred to the loc-ai authority, and the Christiin religion hall only be taught, in it at. cdd tim; s, and not by the school teachers. If the managers wish it they may require the education authority to give Cowpe.r-Templo instruction, according to the svllabus of the London County Counc'l. but by teachers of^wheae fitness to t-eacli no question will be asked, or who may be Atheists or what thoy please. If simple Biblo teaching is accepted as the regular pattern of religious instruction it w 11 itoc receive the assent of Churchmen '( pplause) We ask for freedom to teach our children m our own way, and if religious teach- ing is to be endowed we ask that ours shall be endowed also (appiause). The- Bishop of St. As ph has introduced a Bill which goes beyond Mr McKenna's Bill in its rnischieviousnes3. Thcusrh brought by a Bishop, it does not repre- sent the opinion of staunch Churchmen. ih restrict.* the religious teaching that, is to be ratc- endowod even more than does the Cowper- Temple clauso. We cannot submit to the injun- tico of being compelled to pay for the support of a State-endowed religion, and to pay ag'ain for our own, an extra, (applause). SPEECH BY MR HARRY PHILLIPS. Mr Harry Phillips, who was well received, called upon all Ulmrohmen to offer an uncom- promising opposition to Mr McKenna's Educa- tion Bill, as it was only the same mutton hash- ed up again (laughter). Referring to the Peck- ham election, Mr Phillips said it was an abso- lute libel to say that Pock ham was won on beer (cheers). lie had not >0en a single drunk- cnoa man in Peckham during the election. Tho peckhrLlIl ejection was fought on justice (hear, bear). Ho was a total abstainer himself, but was strongly opposed to the Licensing Bill be- cause it was not an honest Bill (applause). With regard to the Government Education Bill, Mr Phillips said that the Bill meant placing Nonconformity on the rates, and everybody else off (hear, hear). He contended that Church School teachers should be paid the same rate of salary as those in Council Schools. On tliis point he was going to interview every Labour membc-r in the House of Commons (applause). '{'he Government Bill, as it stood, was nothing more or loss than religious persecution, and Churchmen who paid half the rate3 could not aooept it. Ohurchpeople were deterhiined not to have their children growing up to believe that the religion of tho Couniv Council was* the fundamental religion (!oud applause). Mr J. E. Hornsby emphasised the objection of the N.U.T. to the proposed contracting out system. Councillor Richard Conway proposed a vote of thanks to 10110 .speakers. The Rector, in seconding, said there was no greater subject which called for greater at- tention than that of tho education of the young—the building up of citizens of the fu- ture., au,) he trusted that the result of the meeting would be to make them more earnest workers on behalf of the cause they had at heart (applause). Mr Harry Phillips responded, and proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was seconded by the Rev. E. Rees.

-c- CONWAY- BOARD OF GUARDIANS. HOMES FOR PAUPER CHILDREN. HOUSE PORTER'S HEROIC CON- DUCT COMMENDED. Mr David Jarnvt, Llandwdno, presided over the montihiy meetnny Lh,6 Board on Friday. There were alio preec-nrt: — Mrs Bainrcw Williaants Mrs Lloyd, Mia» WilhioJia*, Miss Lei wis, Mjeb OhiamipneyB, Rev. E. James Evans, Røv. J. Ray- mond, Messrs W. Wi'ii.ainej, O- W. Roberto, Ed. Jonek;, Wia.tlr.rn. Dairlbisihtine, R. Rciberts, Hu!;1Cl Owein, W. F, Jones, Owen Wilkanio, Hugih Hugbee, D. O. WiBiama, W. Wiikiimao-n, Wiilioan DavietS, Aneuri-n Jone&, Joihin Wii'fcswne, Rd. Ro- -beir-ta, EA Wiill'iami?. J. T. Tayior, J. W. Rayrs-v, Rogers Jorna^. wii.h the cle:rk (Mr T. E. Paa-ry*), ostmstantt clerk (Mir J. W. cltbar cfficBaJa. CONFIDENCE IN THE "PIONEER." Before tlloe ord;-t.,iia-ry buednces was proceeded wllh. Mir O. W. Roberts, Llajidudaio, asicod1 whttbm it was a fact tftiat a menmber cf tIèuo Boaird lhad shated at a meeting otf the C-omway tJo^potPaition t.lia t tbe nnsixunto wlhidh tbe Boaird' fcad ocimpIa-Lrued ctf in rrcppeab to tihoe tip anted de Ibe worlihoufe pr^aiwee bad be-an .pturtly caused by the vvorkfc'cuiic t;u, He bad taken t.he itport firccm the mrrett isenae of the "Pioneer," and, wa<nted to know why sudh. inifomaation had ,not come bc^riro tlhe Board. Mr Ed. Jorneta, OrMmsuy: -Nowilog of tihe kind was said a.t tihe .meotirxj. Tlie ChainmaTi: Witb tlnat exp'<fcr.a.ti»cin, a.r-c you siartmafied, Mir Roberts? M'r' O. W. Rcibc,i: -NCI, sir; it j& hardfy CKMI OPiivatblo that a. paiper of tILo standing of tiho "Pioneer" fii-J- rrld d1.a.vû taken upon itoelf to mako up atreport whrlh is not true. I prefer to stand by the irci]x>:ft of the Pioneer" than by anosiier fcjtaibeenont .made her? to-day. Mr Ed. Jome6: I :hJ1}e Mr Rolxifts dees /not in- sinuate tbat I have ,n teilintg an umruifh (1t3Jug:h\ter). 1 was a.t tbc mice'ainig, a<nd I tay there wae notlhrng of t-lic kind fn.d. Tlie Olnairmaji: There is a letter 0; tbc maUer f" en the UanponUJan of Conway. Mr Roberts: Then I will wiiihdraw mdiait I caid urefcil that lettor if read. Mr Jelhai Williams: Soane of t-he loeoibem bb,m a week -a.go attended, and made an ini-pectioa of this plaee. Tho-se who attended called thie attentiotn of two or tbrce oilheru present to the worlc lieinig dbne, and the view of those genitle- .Œ;?\n was taiat tihey were qui.'te satified wivh w,rk ari eairried cut. There is a mi&talce of a few worrbs in what or.e menJber 1Si\,id in tih. '•Pioneer" -repmnt. Mr J. Wf Poit tihereupon read the feiiawing let-tor from the Town Clerk of Corcway :— "REFUSE TIP. "Dear Site.—I aim darefcfted- by t,he Tovrn Coum- oil, in reply to your Icbter cif tilio 14th Fctbruatry Jiaat, k» sta.te (that 4/hey litave t>akeBi sucb yisfw as jln tlhieci.r crpJiaion will prevent any eautae for furtooL' aanjp'aiiiiit wiVb rctipeet to tiie above by ihariing trendies oi>e>nedi for tbe oT ibe re- fuse, and tbe Barne to be intmediaitely oovered orer." Mr O. W. Roibertfl: Now, sir, that the letter Ibas been read the queetion atiJl is whetiherv as is insinuated in tlus report, members of tbis Board a-greod that tho nuiii-anee has been caused to a certain exteriu by thoee on tbese pxemisoG. It M only riglrt, as lonjg as t.bcTe is a. committee dealing with nbis amattotr, tíhat wbat they ero d.ai fog id ryvxwbed to tbib Board. It is not fair that tho Ocmvay Corpc/tration should be oc^m- pelled to take tbe wlhole blame if they don't deserve it. No »uoih statemeffiite etbcaild be ma do unJ.006 Urttig Board "is imado aivare of tbem. Mr Ed. Jones: Do you think I would oand there anri hear tbeee untnitbs? Not at a.U (laugibter). Mr Ed. Roberto: There -is mwe muutsanee from tihe gewtilemen- who talk about it tbaai from any- thing okao (fctuid Ifl'iighiter). Mr riliiam Davieis said there WAS a miieanco in amy case, and it wiaa only right thait tbe Board put. a sbop to it. < Mr Ed. Rebels: We had. better make Mr Da- vies an mapootor of ntu^a-nees (renewed laugCtrtxyr). On the mat ian of Mr John Williams, tbe Clerk was directed to write to the Oorpora-hKua, NAtiw tihe Board were <?<itifificd with the W>Qrk now oarried out in mio-,ereo to t.he till). PORTER'S HEROIC CONDUCT. The MaMep -reported iliat recently aii inimate nawsod Mary Williams went to a wa&bbourse to warm tea. Her clotltes cau^lwt fire, and ahe w-as severely 'buirnt, dyin,g tbreo diays'later At the irsqueat a verdict of ac.-ideatal deatlh bad been .returned. On tlhe mobiom- of Mr O. W. Robarte, the Board cannrnetnded the bou«} porter for heroic conduct in rendering a-sri.:l?.tftnoe> to tho unfortunate inmato wben enveloped in flames. The. other officers were aiito <xrmmended for the proraptnetg of tho aid tbeiy rendered. THE FLY AS A DANGEROUS PEST. The Clerk reported iibat he bad punchascd ien ■uinaa bcoka ooriia.Wfnig scieatiiic C.t6 wiiitih re- to the bog. etc., amd ibe diTngers. of <&o hoige fly, atid woukl be- glad to let. any mem- ber oj flie Board look through it, if uhey so dø- sired. Thus step bad been by tiie clerk li;n eom- Bequerjc«o cf tlie tvua^M'o caused by flies in the km iaeft sismmer. HOMES FOR PAFPER CHILDREN. The Homes Com.m; titeo reported v isuti ng bonuses at Colwyn Bay. Tywym, and Gyffin, witb the objeet of provndii: sui/aibJe hon for tjulpm ehiidrvn, and "after taking a.1t tihe faeits rcisjiecv- inig tihcee bou < irate coinsidenaition it. was ro- fiolvcd tbat tbe Govenhmienit B-:l'ard in- cpeotoir be at-'ked to come down at ag early a. date -as possiihie, to meet tbe OMiiinaittee and an- npciei witb tbem t.1. Gyffin bo-ine a.nd arry crtber he-use tbat may. ion tihe opfeioaof the ooninribi-ee, 'be for tlhe n^i.rpote required, and advi e them in illIo matter." After a obnï.ei dasouasiati the reiport was ad ^fed. THANKS. Cardial rskt, were voted to Mr JUdward Jona^ for bus an Cbairman of i.he FimwllOO (n- nji!ttee <1 urang tihe year. On tohe motikm of Mr Rayahs, aeoOTMled by M rs Lloyd, Mr O. W. Rdberts was aitw liea.rtily tihankoci fbl" pi-ceidjiny ovor tiiie deliberai.iioriB of the Houce Cooramitiee duiriing tib? f-taano period, Mr Rayines furtiher ryioveql -t wrdial vote ci thanks to Mr David Joncis, tiho retiring chair- man cf tlhe Board, far his services in the cbai.r. The daainman's duties bad, the tboiigiht, boon of a very airdjirxu na'tiuro, for 1 hey bad be&n a very obut-reperoxs lot to deaf wj'li (laughter) — eipeeiali-y Mr WTiffiam Davies and ibimwCiT (i-e- licwecf Iciugthterl). Mr William Davies: With all my faulty I L-c-g to second tLilatt., sir (laug-hter). The ,motion wats carried witih cbeare. The tihaiuariiwi, in acknowledging, eaid bo had done bia beet to aot fa.i:ri y Aliile Lhe hod ocau-p:ed the ahair, but be ma* it ,=tvy. it bad been a difficult task beoauso if it had bee<a a pica- oanfc duty as far 86 6wrio of too mcoiibers were comeetrned, it. had been a eoaiw" what unpleasant cbulty from anotthor fH.andjxxiTsr (kmgthiieir). However, iicne of them bad offancksd 'him in any way—-(bear, bear)—and bo be bid given offeniee to wo one; if be had dorio eo be eouiid ansiure tihem it had been done unin^instjiorsaJily (-bear, (hear). If iihere had |>een anything- out otf the wav in oomneerion wirn bus tkvm of 'office it would be tbe iaot, itftiat he had been tao kind to fbetm—(laugbuir);—that had al- wayo been his great weaknes.. He g.ratefuiiiy aokis:rwk>!iged tihe Board's thai'r. (ihear, beaj-). (Tiie nlatement toO which Mr 0. W. Robert dbviously (referred above appealed in our rcjKsrt otf tbe (louvay OarpoLa-tio.-i n:cot-i>ig in last week's itiaue as follows:—Mr John Williama t%aid tbat apter repreeentratiii'efi of the Boaird of Guard'iarm bad mado an ;nwpeetiien of the tip and the work now ca-nried on by IllO (Joiipo/v-.tit/n fh\v had bet-n faiti^fied itliat mtaoh orf tthc n^wa-nee had berm oa-used thnou;gii i" fauit of Ohe Town Council, and That tihe work proceeding would Juave t'he ed effect." Nothing is puggeeted in tihe paragraph to Jlho effort 11hat the ouiaanioe had been caul«d by tho workbouee autboitiaias.—Ed W.C. P.)

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ALLEGED THEFT OF MONEY AT LLANDLDNO. THE CASE DISMISSED. At Llandudno Potlnoe Couirt, on Fi-ffdiay morning, Peter Conlan, employed as boots a' the Neville Hydro, was ohargevi' with stealing tho sum of (wo shillings Evidence W5 given by Florence Stretch, houo¡.e!¡,.("f'oper, to the effect tbat oomplainta bad been received from visitors of money being misled. She placed some money in a purse in one of tho b3droonH, a.nd she, from another room, watc,hed defendant whilst he was clean- ing- the windows Slie did not see him take tha money, but after he left the room the 2s were mlissing. Clliarl-es B.mahaf, manager of ilkg Hydro, said that. when lie beard of the charge be ui- stantly dismissed the defendant. lie, however, returned and dcrnancid all his wages, and a* he would not go a way witness gave him in cus- tody on a c.targe of stealing the two shillings. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and said thai be did not aoe tihe purse or the money. Tho ma gist, ra tea dismissed' the Gase.

WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AT BETTWSYCOED. For the week ending Saturday, April 4, 1908. Mean Maximum (iu shade) 50. Mean minimum (in shade) 40. Higbost in Shade 54 Lowest in shade 3b Maximum in the sun Lowest on tlie grass 3a Bright sunshine 28.8 hours. Mean amount of cl»i; i' 64.2 per cent. Observer: DR. H. W. FOX

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