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THE JOHN KAY MEMORIAL.] :-I
THE JOHN KAY MEMORIAL.] INVENTOR OF THE FLY-SHUTTLE A DISTINGUISHED COLWYN BAY DESCENDANT, A monument^ to the menvorv oi Jv-hû Kay, i,, -it.1, who, in the middle of the eightoenth century, invented the fly-shuttle, and thereby revolu- t ionised an industry if not the whole commer- cial history of Britain, was unveiled by tho Esirl of Derby at, Bury on Saturday afternoon. Tho memorial, which i3 designed by Mr John C'assidy, of Mtrichest er, is tho gift of one oi the inventor's descendants, Mr Henry White- head, J.P., ef Bury, who Was also laid out the old market ground, in the centre (.f which atamiti the monument, and which wm henceforth be known-as "Kay Gardens." As to the donor's connection with the inven- tor of the fly-shuttle, Mr Whitehead's grand- mother was the grand-daught-er of Robert Kay, inventor of the drop-box, who wai the son Ot John Kay. Mr llcnry VVhitehead iii, as roost of our readers are aware, a brother of Mr Walter Whitehead, the distinguished ex-presi- dent. of the British Medical Association, of Col. wyn Btv, ancis arnongst Mr Walter Whitehead's mo.it cherished possessions is an e-oellent paint- inec of tlje inventor. Tho inventor of the tor- pedo which boars his name is another member of tho Whitehead family, but he is not of the Kitv branon. POOR BUT A GENIUS. John Kay was born in 1704 at l'ark, Wai- mersley, j,,iit outside Bury to the. north. He began lifo as a m-,o,(Ititakcr--that M, a maker ot the reeds or cane reed-splits which were then used in the loom to separate tiie thr^-ads of tho warp. His inventive genius soon displayed it- self, for lie- deviled an improved reed in which dents of thin polished 3 of metal replaced the old cane -8plit"i. The new device rapidly found favour- it greatly improved the quality of the cloth, arid though the inventor did not patent it, probably- because he was too poor, he seems to ha-va mado money by it. Kay married in 1725, and settled at Park, his birthplace, which remained his hoiae for the next twenty- eight years. fit 1733 lie patented his great iia- vention, the fly-sihiittle, a-* it came to be called on account of its extraordinary speed. In the handlootu at this time the shuttle carrying- the thread of the weft had to be thrown to and fro through the threads of the warp from one hand to the other by the weaver; in weaving broad pieces two titeii were required, one <;n each side of the warp. Under the warp, lyin^ across the piece that jwas being woven, was the "layer," a sort of toothed bar or comb, which closed up the thread o( the weft after each throw of tho shuttle. Kay's invention consisted in fastening along this a guide for the shuttle, called a, "race-board," with a d'ltmmy hand (i.e., a sub- stitute for the woaver'.s hand) at either end. To each "hand" wat attached a cord, and the two cords were fastened to a oontrlll handle above. By putting- this handle first to one aide, then to the other, the weaver oould work the dummy hands, striking the shuttle to and fro between them. The weaver could then use one hand! only for working the .shutMo, the o-tho, being left free to close up the weft with the layer in an almost continuous motion. Tho Yorkshire woollen manufacturer* word the first to adopt this device, which more than doubl-ed the output of the loom; but thoy were determined not to pay the inventor for it, and when he took legal action against them they formed a "Shuttle Club" hf pay the iavr costs of any member sued for infringement. The inventor won his suits in tho courts, but he was almost mined by the costs. 110 ui-td-, nothing out of the invention. INVENTOR THivi.-v iViNED. If tho capitalists would not give Kay tlrd cre- dit of his inventiveness the operatives did. it becarrte known among them that he was at weru on turtner inventions, especially of spinning and carding machinery, ancC in 1153 a moo broke into his tiouso at Bury, determined to bre&K up his machi::ery and ttifeatening tn<c iiivt-rimr himself. Ho was smuggled out of tti-e hoiue in a blanket; a friend sa ved the model ot tho spinning machine, but is said to have destroyed It afterwards. A machiiiL* for making wire oards was preserved by his iK'U Robert, who was also atterwards an inventor, and 13 now ex'fi<vbiteu' in the S;uMi Kensington Museum, At; some tune after this aitair Kay went to France. Ho mads applications to trio Scciety of Arts and to the rtt for some recognition ot his services to industry, but in vain. The dato of his death is n<-t known, but it took place in France, A letter of Kay's to the Koeioty ot Arts. dated 1764, is nuot-ed by an anonymous writer in 1780: "I havo a great ma.ny more in- ventions than what I have given in (no wrot); and the reason I have not juit them forward is tho bad treatment I itlad from woolien and oot. ton factories in ditFerent p a rtc; of England twenty years ng-u; and then 1 applied to Parlia- ment, and they would not assist irjo In my atiairs, whtch oblige uie to go abroad to get money to pay my debts and support my fztiniil.
£ 25,000,000 IN NEW WORKS.
£ 25,000,000 IN NEW WORKS. VAST EFFECT OF ONE PROTECTION- IST MEASURE. PATENTS ACT. "Alread-,r Mr Llovd George's new Patent Act lias secured the investment" of C25,000,000 for tbo manufacture in England of arliclcs previous- ly made abroad." This romarkable statement was made on Fri- day by Sir Alfred Jones at a meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce called to dis- cuss the new Patent Act. Mr Ivan Levinstein, of Manchester, told the Chamber that 8000 patents granted to- foreigners must at onoo coubo within tho Act and be work- ed in England. "This," he aaict1, "will substan- tially increase our trade, provide mo-re employ- ment for the working classes, and largely bene- fit allied industries, suoh as Shipping, building, and banking "Already works are being erected in England by two great German companies which produoo aniline dyes and medicinal and photographio preparations; And two American firms aremanu- facturing safety razors and shoes. Before long we shall see the profitable artificial silk industry fully developed here, as well as the transference to England of niany works for the manufacture of motor-cars, electrical appliances, and labour- saving machinery." German newspapers had protested, said Mr Txjvinstein, that tiie Act would rob Germany of the English market, but it would be time to talk like that when Germany agreed to admit all English goods duty free.
THE LICENSING FIGHT.
THE LICENSING FIGHT. ATTACKS ON THE TRADE. LORD CARRfNGTON'S STRIKING SPEECH. "BRIBES TO THE CLERGY." Speaking on Friday ttiglut at a 'tempeiranoo eoo, inonetjratian at Reit Wyoomtbo, Bucks, Lord Ga<r- r-iingboa, refernag 0 the Peokham election, said fworkimgmen were told 'by brefwera and their agents that the Licensing Bill aiitned at making everyone teetotallers, and working men ftaturally reserctin-g sucih ain idea were induced to: eupport the eyetem of tied hott-3L-3 and' to bolster up tho flrecldiesa and inflated finance of tho great, brewery companies. Advooates of brewers ware never tired of saying a diminution in tho number cif ipubiio-hougeis would nvt reduce the n/nou'iiit of drink consumed1, and in the same Ineatih tlwiy said tihe bill would ruin thorn. They could not have it both waya, and it. was not unreasootaible to conclude their opposition to tho Bill was be- cause they knew it would tveduoo the pi<aseret ex- cessive cc-ninimptioji of drink. His Lorddhip sympathised willh the position in wlhich the clesrgiy were placed by the threats of the browers arid their friend* but lie felt sure if they had ttio oauirage to follow the bold lead of tiho A.roh- -bishop arsd the Biahops they would bo more than trepaid by their refusal to stifle tlheir convietrcii.B at the biddin.g of a trade who imajgiraed t!hat a body of hiigh-.principled Eitglk-Jh gentlemen could be bought bv a e'hare in the prioe of tiho deigrada- tioin of their fellowmon
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TIIE VIEWING OF BODIES BY CORONERS' JURIES WILL SHORTLY BE ABOLISHED An Acerington Liberal option manufacturer, Mr J. S. Ifigham (Yorks, Soiwerby) brought in (his Coroners' Inquests Bill on Friday last. Its purpose was to save jurors the duty of "view- ing tho bxi'y." A coroner seoonded the motion for the second reading of the Bill. This was Mr Luke White (Yorks, Buckroae). Sir Frederick Banbury, who mado tho nearly empty House ripple with laughter, opposed the Bill. "I was not in the House when tho custom ot viewing tihe body was established," admitted Sir Frederick. "No," answered Mr Herbert Samuel, the Under-Secretary for the Home Office, "the cus- tom was.established between the time of Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror. Sir Frederick has beon a membr of this Ilousa a long time, but not so long as that." Lord Helmsley gravely opposed the Bill On the ground that the abolition of this ancient safeguard would put a dangerous power in the hands of persons who wi^liod it to be hold that they were dead when in fact they were alive. But the House, reckless of "ancient safe- guards," passed the second reading by 118 to 45.
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IEDU) CATION BILL.
I EDU) CATION BILL. MEETING £\1 LLANRWST. Col. Sandb-aeh presided at a meet-ing held at tho Church House, Llanrwsi, yesterday week, under the auspices of the National Society. In his opening address, the Chairman eaid that Mr McKenna's Education Bill meant the handing over of tho Church Schools to the County Councils, and the remeciy suggested was far, worse than tho disease. The County Council already had the power of control over elementa.ry schools, the foundation managers' jurisdiction being confined to tho appointment oi school cioaoer, and to watch that the win- dows were kept clean (laug-nter). All corres- pondence was conducted through the head- masters, the ma-nagers being utterly ignored (shamo). 'Iherefore, the County Council had virtually full control. Mr P-hillips. of the National Society, .5:ti1 that organisation had spent JB4000 in opposing tho previous Bill intreduced oy the Government., and thoy were- prepared to spend even a larger sum to opi>o.se the (iresent Bill (cheers). Tne Bill was a clear and defimte call to the Church- l»eo,pJe. War Avas o'cy-lured against t!;e Church Schools with fcheir ultimate cxtinclion in view, so it wo-* the dutv of all Churchmen to com- bine in order to withstand the aUacl (apj>1ause). Every Churobman had to do his -.Itare to bring about its defeat, (applaus-e). There were 12,OOU Church Schools in England—in tCe villages, the towns, and the large industrial centres—built by Churchmen, and the Government proposed to wit tilent all out. These schools meant an enormous saving to the rates, and now the Government pruposed to rcb the C ;urch of her property. Tiie Bill stated that the ichools must no IOllger exist. a.3 Church Schools, the creod of tho London County CVuuu-il must be adapter at every school, except on Saturday aftc-moou, wlien Church children could tie taught their OWn religion. If Churchpeo<ple de- sired to hold a meeting during the week in any of ilie schools application niu,t bo made to the County and the privilege paid for. Tho contracting out c-lau-e in which a grant of 45s per head was offered, was ridiculous, and if that system was adopted the teacher would bo debarred from a pension, while the scholars however brilliant, would not be allowed to com- ,5e pete for a scholarship—why ? Beta use he or alto was the child of a Churchman, and there- fore must be penalised (shame). It waa the form of persecution, and that by a BO. called Liberal Government. But Churchmen said "Our children must be taught our reli- gion by Church teachers, who alone can do it justio< and it was their duty to bring home to the Government tho impossibility of their proposals (cheers). It was an insult, to half the population of England for the Government to state "You iniait accept the County Council creed or nono at all." The question of reli- gious education had been solved in the refor- matory sc/hcij'ls, and the system could be adopt- ed with equal success in the Council Schools. It. WM alleged that t'he Church Schools were old and out- of date. Tie schools had been built by private enterprise, and some had seen better days, but t'hey had turned out tho material which had made Britain the greatest Empire known in the world's history, and was w-«li able to sustain their high character (cheerB). Character was the real capital of every town, and community, and they clainied to have been the means of its formation through the tuition of God's Word iii their schools (applause). 'Hie Government ha.d no mandate from the country to introduce such a Bill. Before doing so they should appeal to the country, and they would lirtd the reply as decisive as that of Peokham (cheers). On the motion of the Rov. J. Morgan, sec- onded by Mr H. J. W. Wat ling, J.P.. a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the speaker. On \1lJ>e motion of Mr Phillip3, s-<eondINt by Mr Allard, a vote of thanks was also accorded the Chairman.
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iNORTIf GAIINAP,,VOI CONGREGATIONAL ASSO- CIATION. AT n T U DE TO WA RDS THE GOVERNMENT BILLS. 1 ho quarterly meeting or the North Car- narvonshire Congregational- Association was ¡hold yc, r (t. a, y wc-oa. u»t W aem-awr, iinaer the presidency of tliu Rev. W. E. Jones (t'enliyn), Colwyn Bay. A resolution was proposed by the Iter. D. Stanley Jones (Carnarvon) thanking the Government for its Licensing Bill, more particularly for the provisions affecting Wales, and appealing to all the churches in the district of the association to pass a strong resolution in support of the Bill. Councitl J. P. Griffith (Conway), in se- conding the resolution, exprcssNL hIs grati- fication that so many Bishops of the Church of Lngland were bteakng through obstacles to lenct their support to the Bill. Alderman J. K. Pr it chard (Carnarvon) supported the resolution, remarking that he had the greatest respect for the Church of England tor making such a stand in fa- vour of the Bill in spite of threats from the brewers (hear, hear). The resolution was unanimously carried. PUBLIC-HOUSE PKTfilONS. Councillor Griffith moved also that Church members be warned against signing pet-i- tions against the Bill. 1:2 The Iter. D. Stanley Jones: I second it. They tell mo that Church members at Car- narvon are asked to sign such petitions in public houses. If that is so it is a very serious thing. The motion was adopted. EDUCATION BILL. Mr D. J. WilJiams (head master of the Bethesda Council school) moved a resolu- tion approving of the Government Educa- tion Bill, but regretting the provision of contracting out and calling for the removal of all temptation from the education autho- rity and the teacher by refusing to give the latter permission to impart any denomina- tional teaching in the school. He had come to the conclusion that Mr M'Kenna's Bill gave Nonconformists practically all they asked for. The Bishop of St. Asaph gave a great- deal under his Bill, but he got much m return. Councillor W. G. Thomas (Carnarvon), who seconded, was prepared to go a long way to meet the Church party if they made official overtures. Mr B. G. Evans moved a rider to tho resolution declaring that the St. Asaph pro- posals were unacceptable because, among other things, they compelled the State to make provision for religious instruction. The resolution was first put and carried, and then, on the motion of Mr Evans, it was decided that the attention of the leaders of the churches be called to the ob- jectionable features of the St. Asaph Bill. Several members, however, thought that anv sincere movement towards a settlement should be encouraged. DISESTABLISHMENT. On the motion of Alderman Parry, se- conded by the Hev. Luther Thomas (Con- way), a resolution was adopted urging that tho question of Disestablishment should have the unremitting attention of the coun- try.
HANDS & ARMS LIKE RAW BEEF.…
HANDS & ARMS LIKE RAW BEEF. Pimples, Eczema and unning- Sores. Sensational Zam-Buk Cure. How terrible are the ravages of eczema and how great, arc the disoase-killing powers of Zarn- IJuk are strikingly illustrated in tho experience of Mra Elizabeth Kendall, of 2, Parwich Cot- tages, Depot-street, Derby. To a "Derbvshire Advertiser" representative Mrs Kendall said:— "For two years I suffered from eczema in the hands and arms. I was quite hcipless, and cpuld do nothing in the. house, not even cook a bit of food. Tho cczema tirit appeared around my wrists, and gradually spread along my arms as far a3 the elbows and to my hands and fingers. Small pimples appeajed on my arms and hands, which irritated terribly, and then discharged water and matter. The skin was very red, like raw beef, and I had to havo my arms and hands covered up in slings. At night the irritation was dreadful. lost a lot of sleep, and had to lie wifh 7tiy arms strctched out on pillows, as I oouid not bear the bedclothes to touch tho affected parte. In the morning tho pillows would be soaking wet. The skin was very painful when touched. I had modical treatment, and applied various remedies, but without receiving any benefit. The doctor said that in his long experience Lo had not see.a a worse case of eczema. No im- provement resulted from the remedies, though I was always doing something in the way of treat- ment. I was sudoung acutely when my next- door neighbour, who has great faith in Zam-Buk, strongly reoomniended it. "I applied tho Zam-Buk where the skin was so sore. After the first few dressings I felt relief. L" At the end of the first week I saw a change was taking place. Before, the skin liad scaled off about evorv other day, but I now noticed that tho skin was remaining, and that the wounds were commencing to heal. At first I thought it too gixxl to last, but as I continued to rub in the Zam-Buk I had the joy of seeing that the im- provement was maintained. Soon I was able to leave the bandages off, and the skin was then firm and healthy. I kept on using Zam-Buk, and in the fourth week I was quite cured. "It is now ncnrly six months sinoo my re- covery, and, thanks to Zam-Buk, there lias been ao raiurn of the oomplaiut.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING FOR ,COUNTRY…
ELECTRIC LIGHTING FOR COUNTRY HOUSES. 1 INTERESTING EXPERIENCI- S OF COL. HOWARD, ST. ASAPH. Last week's ''Field" contains an interest- ing letter from the pen of Col. Howard, YVygfair. St. A.s;iph, upon the utility of elec- tricity forcouutry house lighting and power purposes. He says: "Can your (the Field") corres- pondent honestly recommend an installa- tion of electric light in a country house where coal is to be used with an eight- hours' bill for miners staring one in the face and a probability of a Is Gel to 2s per ton rise in the price of coal, and a further consequent rise in the railway rates for carriage thereof P Perhaps this hardly applies to the new and cheapest form of power, suction gas, nor will it apply to oil engines, which power I am glad to be rid of. I am one of those fortunate people who have water power at, say, 370 yards from tho house; consequently, my power costs me but little, and I do not mind using plenty of it. I have a little motor in the pantry for cleaning plate, another molor in the dairy for separator and churn, and a 10 h.p. motor in the farmyard, which chops swedes, crushes corn, cuts chaff, and breaks cake, and it also drives a circular a w mill, with which I cut up logs for the house and do ostate work also. Theso motors are managed by women servants, except, in the case of the large motor, which the cowman looks after. ''There are other uses to which [ propose in time to harness electricity, sucli as driv- ing a lathe, drills, etc., for motor-car re- pairs; a small motor to drive a sewing machine in the work-room another to drive tho knife cleaner, and perhaps a boot cleaner, the art of polishing blacking boots by elbow grease having long, since disap- peared in this country. I also propose to clip the horses and shear the sheep, easily done with a small motor suspended by an eye-bolt in the ceiling. Further, I purposo heating incubators and foster mothers, in- stead of using smelly petroleum, as at pre- ael-it I am now set ting up a clock, which small ring in the servants passage at G a.m. and sound a gong at. 12 noon and 0 p.m. for the outside workmen. As regards the afternoon toa kettle, the hot-water jug, and the cigar-lighter, le jeu ne vaut pas la chan- dolle; wrires are a nuisance. You cannot disfigure your silver, and you cannot al- ways be tied to lighting your cigar whore the cigar lighter- i,;i. As to a shaving-water heater, I admit the possibility of this. but surely in a well-ordered house such things need not be required of electricity. A hot electric bag in place of a hot-water bottle in bod is au excellent thing; I myself have been treated for neuritis by electricity in my own bed. As to heating, your corres- pondent speaks lightly of the power re- quired. To convert elect^-ity into heat is a very cosHy process in current. I heat one small passage here, and it takes 33 amperes per hour, equal to about 4 h.p. "Here I have a turbine, which gives out on the dynamo about 4-5 ampere* and pumos water a lift of 200ft. It is looked after by a man who works in the garden, and takes but little of his time, as it is fitted with ft Neville switch, which auto- I matically cuts out if anything goes wrong. The turbine is started on his way to work, looked at at midday, and stopped either then or in the evening. I endeavoured with the aid of an American governor to run the turbine without a bjfcttery, but found it quite hopeless, the voltage vary- ing between 80 and 120 as lights were put on or off. The electricity worked quicker than the governor, and I had to give it up. My battery I have insured for ten years at CI8 a year, and right loyally have tho company kept their agreement. My in- stallation costs me ubout L27 a year to keep up, as follows: Insurance of battery, £ 18; care of plant to gardener, £ o; oil, waste, brushes, etc., L2; new lamp.,i, t,). total. 1;27. "As to supplying other houses, churc-h, etc., the great cost is the cable. I do not think you can put this down nt less than 5s per yard, so I rather doubt the feasibility of this except at prohibitive expense. Tem- porary lighting I can speak of as a great success. At a danco given last Christmas in this house I festooned Gabriel lamps along the ceiling in drawing and (lining rooms, supplying them by means of a tem- porary cable run under the floors, boring a hole in each room of sufficient size to admit my middle linger in the oak floors, and running the cable covered with coloured paper up to the Gabriel lamps at the ceiling. These lamps came down ready to fix, with artificial flowers and leaves be- tween the lamps. The "peak of the load" during the evening was 120 amperes—15 h.p. "With regard to tho internal arrange- ments, rriai-N, I plead that tho fittings shall be as little noticeable as possible P if there arc pretty things in a house nobody wants to look at electric light fittings. When this house was wired 1 refused to allow any hanging lamps downstairs, except in the passages. I had the skirting boards plugged at intervals and fitted with B.C. adaptors, and I can and do use .old lamps and candle- sticks, my object being to make tho light- as like to oil lamps and as dissimilar to tho ordinary electric light as possible. May I beg of your readers not to allow their old silver candlesticks to be bored and bushed, thereby ruining the candlestick commercially and historically for ever ? It is perfectly easy to bring the wires up to the base of the candle itself, with the ad- vantage that the candlestick can easily be detached to clean. There aro a pair of silver candlesticks which have been here since the days of James II., and as I look at them fitted with electric light I often think how interesting it would be if they could talk and tell the history of their life, beginning with tallow dips. "I quite agree as to the advantages of metallic filament lamps, of which I have tried threo kinds: Tantalum, which takes per candle-power 1.75 -watts; Osram, which takes per candle-power 1.25 watts ;>Egma, which takes-per candle-power 1 watt; but I havo found the two latter unreliable in the length of their lives, and the Tantalum the most long-lived, though none of them last as long as the old carbon lamp. In my opinion the great length of the filament in tho ca-.se of the Osram and makes it more easily broken when red hot, and they have this disadvantage—that they can only be used in a pendulous position." There is a charming way of lighting a dining-room table with candlesticks by means of an electric tablecloth placed underneath the linen one, and pin prick fittings attached to tho candle-sticks pushed into tho linen tablecloth. This method leaves but few wires about, and does not necessitate holes being made in the linen tablecloth, to which ladies have so great an objection. "Stables and farm buildings are all fitted with electric light, even the pigsties, and each section, such as servants' bedrooms, kitchen, stables, etc., has its own switch at the main switchboard, and is under com- mand of the master of the house, and should he detect waste of light he has his remedy. "There is one thing to remember with ,elee.tric light and power, that when once it is installed, if that is done properly, there is but lic-tlo further expense with it-lamps' to replace for light and carbon brushes for power, not ruinous items. Oil one point I made no mistake. I employed an elec- trical engineer to stand between me and the contractors, on the same principle that you employ a clerk of tho works in build- mg operations, and I have never regretted doinf so, and, indeed, I cannot understand those who put themselves blindfold into the hands of a contractor, about whose business they are-in all piobability absolutely ignor- ant. "I have only endeavoured to give a buief account of what can be done with electricity in a small house which contains about 200 lights. In conclusion, allow me to add that I am surprised when travelling about to observe the great neglect of water power in the country, water going to waste everywhere when it might be harnessed in the service of niaii. Truly we are a great wav behind other nations in this matter."
FACTS FROM MEN.
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WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION. Nonconformity in Carnarvonshire. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE FROM BANGQR AND ST. ASAPH DIOCESES. ..u_- (From Our Own Reporters.) On ilto reaimiptioii .of the sitiiugs of the Welsh Church Cominiasion .to-day wc-e-k Lord Justice Vaughau William* presiding, the Rev. Ellis James Jonca, M.A., (,f Engedi C.M. Church, Carnarvon, gave evidence. Carnar- von, tie said, .had aof 126,883 in 1901, as comparod with 41,621 in 1801. Various causes acco-untod for the increase, the chiet contributory factors' l/Mng (1) the development of slato quarries in the Bethcscla, Llanberis, and Ntttitlie. districts; (2) the ot granite quarries in the lV»m»nm<iwr, Llan- faiclcchiMi, and Llithfaeri districts; (3) tho ris- ing ot such .'twliday resorts as Llandudno, Pen- inaenrnawr, Llanfairfeohan, Criocieth, and ot nor places. Ot the inhabitants 33,654 wore in Ban- gor, Carnarvon, Conway, Llandudno, and Pwll- heli. As to ooouitatioti, 8308 were described as engaged in agriculture, and about 13,000 in con- nection with the quarries. The population was overwhelmingly Welsh speaking. These were the figures for 1901':—LVrpu-latVm over 3 vea-rs of age. 117,647; English only, 12,167; Yvelsh only, 55,895; Erighsh and Welsh, 49,346; other languages, 57; not stated, 124. Of only 12,346, therefore, of the wtiofce population over three years ot age, it could' be stated that they were not Welsh speaking, that is, of absut. 10.5 per cent. CHAPEL ACCOMMODATION. lie .vtibwptted s-i!aitfet>cal evidenw in rcspcct cf the provision madio by the Noir.-conifomast de- t,ioi.-i for tho fipiritnal welfare of the people in tlhe-county of Cairraa-rvo-n generally, and the- extent to wlhidli tihe people -av«rle-d them- eelvcis (-If aueh provisaiaa, by showing (1) in what proportion to the peculation building* for re- ligious purposes were provided, keeping in view t.hormrr;:toe r of chapel and mi-.siofii rooms, a,nd liraeiir oa<pcunit.y aa to aeoc'niTOod&t.iion; (2) how far it .ini.fHnt bo fsaild that each bu&dlmgs were so Eftttinted to meet the r-cqmr-e.rr.ents off. all parts I of t'lte country; (3) Ji'ow fa<r the buildings aro I a<feqi'„a.tely suitable to refeiou# purposes; (4) to What- extent the people in various districts, differ- ing1 as to ciha.raeter ami conditions- availed them- selves of thor ppcmsiion. made; (5) to what cxt-c-nt it may be said t<h'a<t the Nuneonformiste have coped with tho increase in the population, when and where stidh bas taken place; (5) the sacrifice .made by tho people associated with the lSTon- ooitfor-mert churches for the maintenance of re- ligion among then[scM'vefcii. ami to propagate the Gotipefi arsd to support philajriihropic cauf-ci; (7) how far efforts are iiMi-de to meet tiho require- ments of the Dnglifrh speaking population; (8) what provision is .made for mimicm the poorer ciatfes. With a view to illustrating i:he.K.» points witness submitted table.- (If mit-iadcs of the dh-uro'heP, By examimmg these witness obtained t'he following ger.,otal reeadtasPopula- tion cf the admnnKtra-tive county in 1901, 125,649; ohurohea, Welsh 366, EirgLiwh 22: mÙi11 rooms and hrai'ncihew, 32; fceaitcrag accommodation, in o'hapelei 130,872, in .missions 4583; ordained iniai- eters, 230; preaetien*, 153; deaeont>. 1926; cam- mun;:eu!iiit», 63,944; atMiererute, including ec;tnniti,iii. can;te>, 68,155; offioettH and teachers in Sunday dhot.,1H, 8267; all in Shntda-y .Schools, 58,675; total conhributiions, £ 65,462. The administrative county ictf Oa.rn&r'Von had a. population of 125.549 in 1901. In 1808 it would be observed the Ts'oit- confnnmist (¡en¡(YTnin'1,ho:r,¡ Ba,;>ti.t. Ca]yi!!iAi .h-odfci,VaBS egatiriuaiitft, and Wcsl.>ya-n Methe- oust—(had witlhiri tfeis area 338 chapels, a chapel for every 350 of the irthiabita-tvb, with seating aeocmmodaition fc-.r. 130,872 persons, or 5223 in oxoesSj cf the population. Of thef:e»hape!3 366 were for the Wefcfli and 22 f c J'lngSsh tcrvice. Therei weio nl:"o 32 mission rooms or branched with eit-tiirngs for 4583 ppraons, where crxfi-rary religious gcrvicefi other than Sunday School* were .-g C0113 held, eitihor weekly or occasionally. In tihe towns wbioh had an aggregate p-pula- ti-yrt of 38,116 t'hore vrano 60 an average of one eliapel far every 635 of the inhabitants, witih tea tiiiig aooomriiicsdat\i«ii .for 28,042, or for 73.5 per cant, of the population. In the other di-s'triota haviing a. p.'pulatiofi of 18,655, tilio.ro we.ro 55 ohiupely—one eha,pel for every 340 of the iiiba-bi-iaiitsi, wiiih acot inmoda tion for 24,054, or 5389 in excess of the population. In the ,mral districts, Bmvmg a poputewon of 68,863, there wore 270 ckapo&r—oiio cihapel for every 355 c? the irflialbitaiBite, wit:h aceciunmodation for 78,914, or 10.046 in excem of the popuiaiiioti. These ohaipela were witlhin a ireascna.'bly -easy dis- tance <i all the ktebitattta of the feveral parts Of eaidi <fet-rk»t-, w'hetiher urban of rural. The cou-nty—irjc-ludrng the Majnd of Barclsey (the only- provision lwado* far wh-ioh was by Nonootn- furankte)—wa» devoted for adriiiiiict,iative pur- poi?e» into 79 civil pairishes. There were Ken- conformist chape,in 73 of tiheee panbhes. The Noneonfo.rmi-iife, therefore, jnaintamecl tlhat the va.r,icuM dlisfcni.ota and all parts of ki-Lt.(ih distriete were well piwvidcd for in re.speot of acwnrnioda- tion, and reasonable acoefei'bility of their chapels to the population geucHraJiy. ivfEMBKUb AND ADHERENTS. With roapect to the degree in which the people availed thems-elve.s of the provision made tor accommodation 53,944 persons or 41.5 per cent, of the whole of tho population of the county, were e>mmunicants in Nonconformist churches. The number of persons over 15 ,c years of age. according to tho Census returns for 1901 was 88,181, and practically all tho com- municants v. ere above 15 years of age, the pro- portion of communicants to the adult popula- tion was 61 per cent. The- adhorents—compris- ing- oommunioants and their children probation- ers, and those who habitually attended religious services in connection with Nonconformist churches, but not enrolled us memoors-nnm- bered 88,155 or 70 por cent, of the population. There were 58,675 persons, or 46.69 per cent. of the population in Nomconfarmisjt Sunday Schools. He submit ted a table giving the increaso in the population cfuring the 19th century, and the increaso in the number of Nonconformist churches, with a view to showing how far the addition of churches corresponded with the in- crease iu the population. The largest increaso in the population took place during the first 40 years of the century, and in tho poriod be. tween 1861 and 1881 respectively. The largest increase in the number of Nonconformist churohes took place during tho same period. The total amount of contributions made by tho Nonconformist; churches in the year 190b was returned as 265,462, a sum equal to £ l 4s 3d for each communicant, or 14s 3d for each adherent. Considerable stuns were also collec- ted for mission work at home and! abroad. Efforts were made by tho Nonconformist de- nomination? to nrovide for the religious needs of tho English speaking residents and visitors. There were 22 chapels where the services were conduoted exclusively in English. They had accommodation far 7016 persons; the great majority of 'he English speaking population ot the county were to 02 found in the towns. Non- conformist denominations hod more or h.-ssade- quate provision for the religious welfare in all tho towns. Out of the 22 chapels used exclu- sively for English services 13 were in the towns. These had seating aocommcd'ation' for 4844. or for 56.5 per cent. English services were held in connection with churches in tho sum- mer months at. a number of places in thec-oun- ty. The branches and mission rooms in the county numbered 32 with boating aoeominoda- tion for 4583 persons. In each town there were men and women doing much work among poor and morally and socially lower classes in connection with them. In ad- dition to thesH mission chapels,, houses wore rent-ed when cottage prayer meetings were held regularly. Cottage prayer meetings wore also held in inhabited houses in town and rural jjl'istricts. The buildings described as branches were for the convenience of regular members and attendants at certain churches who resided at considerable distances from the chapels. At the conclusion of his evidence in chief, witness said ho had confined himself mainly to statistics, and had not touched education or temperance. The Chairman: I suppose the members at all events those of the C-alvinistio Methodist Church, ought to attend the servicos with great regularity ?—Yes. The Chairman: But I'm afraid they cib not do so. W itness: Not nearly so well ItS wo should like to see them. I suggest something a,bout your own chapel. Have you been there lately? I am not so im- pertnnenfc as to ask whether you are regular in jour attendance. I ask in order to learn what you know of the oongregation. Witness: I was thero tho first Sunday in last i-nor-th-both morning and evening. Witness said that tho congregation at the. morning ser- vice in the first Sunday in March numbered 200. In the ovening there WI(Atid generally be from 400 to 450. The Chairman: Is North Walc3 a place whore Calvinistic Methodism is in fayour 1-1 should think so. Is any other church more in favour than yours '(-No, I believe, taking every county in North Wales, thero are more Calvinist'o Metho- dists than members of any other denomination "GENERATIONS OF LOAFERS." Mr J. H. Davieaj Do you think there are a large number of people in the county who do not go to any pface of worship or belong to any church ?—Yes, especially in tho towns, and thero are in the rural districts, too. They num- ber 12 to 15, if not. 20 per cent, in the town ot Carnarvon. That, is not typical of fhe oounty. In an old town like Carnarvon there are gene- catiqua of loafers. Thero is -a proportion of working men of Carnarvon, too. who never go to a place* 01 worship. The Chairman; What is the nopulatie-n of In such a place ad Llan- dudno, where there arc a larye number of English ivcoplc there would be mere non-chapel goers or non-church goers than in Carnarvon. Bangor, I should say, would be very much like Carnarvon. In the quarry and districts there would also bo some of this sort. Do you consider that Nonconformity "is mak- ing any large advance in the county V—'There has been a great advance in the character ot the work done by Nonconformists. Archdeacon Evans: How many times ill the year should a person tako the sacrauianl to be regarded as a communicant ? Witness: We have no rules as to that. It would depend upon a man's circumstances—he might, be a good deal o,WII.)- from home. Then tho mother of a family and servant girls would not; !>e able to attend*often. I'hen you would not 00a so to regard1 a man as a communicant even if ,he did not communi- cato once in a year? W iitnees: It depends. If a grews ca-e cf negli- ger.'Oo was fouind out, I should feel it my ciu+y to eal-I my fellow officens' attention to it. Archdeacon Evat;s: Have you been g<ent hero by the County Evidence Committee to present tbis^oase?—Yes, wiitih five or six ouhara. Were the Mine ntepti taken in Carnarvon ft." in other comities to obtain informaUoiii?—I think the eame f-ohodules were sent out. The Arohdeaoom asked whether witness CCll- tiii-a;t it benefit of the peoplo that- tihero &hould bo an excess of eha,t>el accommodation ? Witney .replied that he did. There were many ways of accounting for it. There wt-re four Anglican Churdheis at Ca.ri.iarvon,, and one of them, Christ Ofoutoh, for English people, would a ccommodate 1000 pen oris, but eveiryone know that thero were not a. thouaamid English people goi-ng to tlbait dhurch. Still he could not way that tho existence of tihe fcwtr dhurchee was hot a banefit to the town. The Archtleaoon: Then you think an exceisti of accommodation is an advantage, and t'hat it is an advantage to the Ohurdh of i'jrsglaind to give an exceed of acoommodation? Wit)no;5i; It may be, but the various eases should be coneiidered ee^wuratei'jy. Do you think it iSain advantage to have four chu-rc.hes badly atteibded thatn two weH attended? -Nu. It lli tihl) circumstances that account for tho exoese. The Commission adjourned
NONCONFORMIl Y IN THB NANTLLE…
NONCONFORMIl Y IN THB NANTLLE VALE. ClJLfRCJl ACCOMMODATION IN TIIE OUAKKV UiblKlCT. Tho Commission resumed on Friday. Rev. G. Ceidiog Roberts, Calvinistic Metho- dist minister, ot idaniiyitn, Carnarvoushtue, in reply to trio Cnairman, gitvo cvmence in r- gara to tno Na-ntlle c!kHrIct..tHo< quarry o'lstrict, he eaid, comprised ttic parish cf Jjlariliytiu and the Adjoining upper and middle wards of the parish ot Llanciwrog. many purposes the parish of Ciynnog was acldeu, the larger area being identical with t.t original Tcu^grocs lntoniw- school district. After giving particulars .of tho popu- lation, size, etc., of these districts. he said' the district was thoroughly Welsh, and with the exception'of the parisii of Ciynnog and the upper and lower ends of the Llanilytni parish industrial, great biuk of tno popu- latioin followed tho occupation of slate-quarry- ing with a few small farmers and tradesmen, It was estimated tin at in all tho number of om- ployees in the various quarries could not be less than 3000. IIo gave tables showing the total seating accommodation, etc., nrovided by Non- conformists in 1905 for that district. In chapels thero was acoomin::daiion for 13,005; in schools and' .mission rooms, 3749; there were I 6266 oamumnieants. 6527 Sunday .school scholars, and total collections taken were £7273. Tn-e total population wa.s 10,806. Thero were alto- gether 40 chapels in the district, including the two mission rooms and the new Congregational chai*>l just completed at Bwlchyllyn, 23 school- rooms, and 14 man. Witness gave a detailed history of Salern C.M. Church, Llanllyfni. That church, he said, its origin in six persons, who assembled for divine sorvice in the house of one Williaryt Williams, Buarfhau, Llanllyfni, some time before tho years 1763 and 1766. All the C.M. churches now in the parishes of Llan- llyfni and Llandwrog and some of tho parishes of LlanwrHÚ had sprung from that root. The first chapel mcasuring 24ft. by 18ft. was built at Huarthau ill 1771. A new chapel was erected in 1813 on the site of tho present one. with seat- ing accommodation for 300 at an estimated cost of 91000, Tne number of communicants by that time had reached 220. In the year 1865 the Chapel was rebuilt, and the freehold of the site secured, together with additional bad for a ce- metery at a total cost of £2500. Then the- com- municants riLirti,ber-,tt 230. Between 1821 and 1865 churches were established at Talysarn, Nebo, and Peny- groes—and tho following number of com- municants v.cro transferred to these new C;,Illrcile-; .-To Talysaru, 20; to Nebr), 47; and. to Penygrocs, 24. In 1886-7 a mission room was built at Penychwarel accommodate 120 at a coat- of L272 10s Id, including tno freehold site, and at the same tirn-o a further debt ot £ 776 Is 7d was incurred in renovating the cfaa- pel, schoolroom, and minister's house. In 1888 to 1905 tho cost of general repairs to the build- ings amounted to £ 402 0s 8id. The total debt remaining at tho end of 1905 upon tho whole property, including chapel, schoolroom, mi.ssion- r-oom, minister's ihottic and cernetcrv was £ 37 lls 104d, which had.' since been cleared. This one church, which had 220 communicants in 1813, when its new chapel was built, with rorno 300 sittings, had now grown within tho area ot the pariah of Llanllyfni and the upper and middle ward of the parish of Llandwrog alone into 12 churches and two mission rooms with 342b communicants, and seating accommodation for 5926 in chapels, 2130 in schoolrooms, and 390 in mission roams. Further, in 1813, Salem C.M. Church, with its offshoot Bryn'rodyn, were the only Nonconformist churches within the area. Now it contained 12 C.M. chapels and 2 mis- sion rooms, 8 Congregational Chapels, 6 Bap- tist chapels, and 2 Wesleyan chap,Is,ultogether 28 chapels and 2 mission rooms. C.M. churohes in the parish of Ciynnog had sprung from Ca pel Uchaf, founded fin 1750. ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRITISH SCHOOL In 1861 the church took the lead in building a British school in the neigh. bourhood, the eito having been gecured free. As the project was airemioualy opposed by the Est.abli.-ihed Church, a poll ot tho rate- payers was taken, and this resulted favourably. The of the building wa.s £ 533; the quarry- irkg of stoue and the carting of all rnateruil# being undertaken freely by the promoters. A building grant of £ 288 18s 7d was obtained from the Qoyerftn-ient. 2244 wss subscribed in the neighbourhood, and out of this j:219 6::1 wto contributed by members of the church. The Managing Committee consisted of 13 cacaibers, ten being Oalvinistio Methodists. Soon atP&J. building, a debt. of £100 was fnoun-ed, and later, when the school was transferred to the &hool Board, this £100 debt was taken over by tho churdh and added to the burden already on the chapel buildings, On tho understanding that bha School Board paid an interest of kl per annum to tho treasurer of the church, together with tho free use of the scihool building wheu ro- quired on Sundays and t hree evenings a week. Tikis arrangement continued in foroo until tho beginning of this year, when tho Carnarvon- shire Education Authority terminated it by pay- ing over tho £100 to the church. Having lost their right of u-iricj the Mjhool buildings, the church was now to erect new buildings, including a lecture roam, class rooms, library, caretaker's rooms, etc. A new minister's houso was now iu course of erection. Going into de- tail into tho service.-) at the church and Sunday Schools, ho said there no public library irt tho district. The one belonging to this church was only, in its infancy. It comprised 166 vol- umes, of which ''reference'' b-oks claimed by far largest proportion. He had visited tho private libraries of several quarrymen, and found tili-em flirty well balanoed as to the num- ber of Welsh and English books, esjiecially with the younger cif the older men being tt.lrmo.st wholly Welsh. Witness gave particulars of tho increase of Nonconformity in the Nantlif district from 1874 to 1905 as follows: — NUMBER OF COMMUNICANTS. 1874 1884 1893 1906 2098 2967 2885 422J Congregat-iona-lists 612 723 932 1437 183 290 327 457 W esley an j 2Q 74 70 14^ Total 2913 4059 4214 626b Witness agreed with the Chairman that tHiore had been a greater mercaoein the whole of tho Nonconformist uoi dming the last ten years than formerly, dill ho thousrht thia might, bo duo to sc»me extent, to revivals. By Archdeacon Evans Witness admitted that people were gotting to speak more Flngbsh t/han they used to do in this district. In the Taly- Barn district thcro were six Nonconformist clia- j>e.ls—two Calvinistic Methodist and two Bap- tist which were r.ea,r oach other. He thought they, were quite necessary, and the samo re- marks applkyi to tho five Nonc.aiformist churdhes at Penygroes, serving for the most, part a grow- mg population. It. was one of the rules of the Calvinistic Methodist- body to hfvve family pray- ers morning and evening. Before the revival lie was afraid tliii practice was neglected, but after tho revival it was very much improved. By the Chairman: There were oases in which two churches had sprung up in the same dis- t.rict on account of disputes. Sometimes thia occurred in connection with discipline. Has not the result, been that the accessions, especially tho secessions of the Free United Churches,—tho Parliamentary secessions, was because people oii(I tiat the laymen had not enough weight in these matters ? -That was so witih the Wesieyana. EVIDENCE FROM* CARDIGANSHIRE. Air John Evan,, goftiloitor, of Aberystwyth, gave eyideneo ifolatimg to (Iho provMwrt itiade by tho Nomconfcirmuet-s in OardiganahKe, The couuty had all arm of 440,630 acres, coirtpirJainig 100 cavil p-wtiah«a In 1801 t;h<" |K«pula.t<ion was 42,956; by 1871 it had awoneased to 73.411, but. k;tvtwqtksaly it dwreaesecl to 60,240 in 1901, owing to tiho ckts- in-g of the load miners the uyxg-r-atio-n from thoe- rural areas into t'ho tewnn, N pcir contt. cf the 4rl 1901 were ret'tjrocd: at. being aibio to apeak Wctoh. Turning to tho N<;n confornoj-'t. aooomniodation, witness wud ion Aber- "I ystwyth and Cardigan t-be,ro wc-o 3750 sittings in Errghah ch:vpe!,i and ^alioo'lrocjms, iruicli c<f th-ia. howeve.i1, (being to aoeommodato -the trammer risii- tore. Altogether the county contained 274 Hipu, rato place j of worship ard' a <K-hoolrc»om ad jom <l-HffcreiA oh-apclw. The total aoooanmod«.ciott w a') 38,050. Dodu'ertng that od joanimg <dha-pcd|s thcyi Head tb;,n,; accomimxlation for 79,851, or 19,621 in exc-ce^ oil the v/bolo popu- la-tion. The chia-pcls and eciboolrooixnj repKlw<ilH3td a money value of £ 275,631, and during 1305 a sum of £ 16,170 wat cont,ributed t-owardU the wi:r!:i3. try ar;d church mainteaar-oe, and £ 12,021 t owardfa other causos. The cominu'nku'nta and aclihorofits raimber-ed 40,639, or -a Irttlc- over tvw^tiardrt df the wliolo population. Thero wero 25,490 Sun- day BcholajB—many of thorn adults—ancl theira were also 130 miniMem with a dhajnge, 34 without, 82 lay iprc-achons; 102-5 elders, deawns, or ciufjs loaded, and 3460 teachors. FIN A-NCT AL ST ATI ST ICW. Wj'.ne.is fitated that soma of the lay preficJiesni wouid be studtents, and othero, older tncuv, foaJ<*w- ing other occupations. He waa un-aiblo to furmFAih t'he 6g=ure»? tihoug-h the Chainmaai pulatod out lib* groatiftr vatue of experianced men, Tho Ohainman: A lay preacher lr1 a. trari whio dJ a-s wt -been orcia ined. lie is one who ihais rae>Yeir consecrated! hina:-el £ to the mirast-ry, and itottorng In Tofofenioo to the firjarieial ata-tisbi-ftN flbrri. t}¡.9 Ohuvr ma a they wore not going in de- tail iiRito the money nlues, Ixv.iatKe thoy had aoino to t!ho conicOitsion that. inasmuch aa the fire* pari of tihe tt,M; of irofc-rence onily applied, to tihe Church of England—^tha't about the proixvty— they might salely (having oreeo ea^iefk^d themaelve.s tlhat the fn anccli and property of Olie NorTO-nfopicr'fs was in such a conctit-ioni :as the cyiclenoo had shown), that they would, nc difficulty in carrying on their work eilhe.r from finance or -anything ele. Same ciiscusisian took place on. the cjn.K-sUor. d olbtaim-anig thci number of tohol.-vrs over and unite* 15 re.-jpeat,ive'ry. It was derided to c.'biaaci !"lVCilt.. ire turn from the country. The Chairman: The more c&tjrrctively WcM1 Sund ay School is itthat- the la-rger tho proijwo tion of scholiars over 15. W'ifctici-is ciai4 'Nonconform ist dha-pels were d5o •bilbntcid over the country in muxih. the same pro portion ao the population—evert in tihe moot ro mote placciw—-but, nevertheless, thcire were fi* civil parh! £ >et3 ne t pc&see^irag 0. cfeenitinig Var-c ci worship. Of 'thc.-o one, IJand-j.fr.iog, ba.d a. pcfm tation of 748, and two others (Udhayndre (untf Vaenor Sowen) had over 400. T'he other patMatuC) were Dyeigottwr, a in parish witih a txtvu laition of 76 and aic.a of 8097 acres; Ga.r-t;h amtt Yefma-d (population 72), Y-hradiricurig (166), Cyit bltwyf (159). Llanerchaeron (165), Bc-ttwis B'odtrwji (179), and Bangor (163). MEANING OF BANGOR. The Ohoitrmain; What does Bangor mean; than' aire servera-l places, bea-cihg th'a'l; name in Wsdcs? I am euro I d'on-'t know. Mr Diaviea: The -Iii,oi clic^ir, I itihrnk. WitnciTo Raid that- tho second syllable wouid be WEW-L for oho-Lr, and the fMt; foir Ibiglh plaeo. The Cfhairman: Do you t.-aivk in ramode cou-nitrj- distniotis it M, top 1,3 not, -tiousl for chn oomfmur.icanfji to ou-inuimber tho other adhereintot -it ii..
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