The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

WEST DENBIGHSHIRE REPRESENTA- TION The Unionists of West Denbighshire have de- cided to challenge the representation of the divi- sion at the n^xt Par] amentary election, and the Colwyn Bay members of the party have already declared in favour of the candidature of Mr Sam. Thomrson, the miner-orator from South Wales, who made a ve.ry favourable impression during a tour he made of the divi- sion eome weeks ago. Should Mr Tho: npson be the final choice of the Conserva- tives, and this is practically certain, the contest cannot fail to be of uncommon interest. In the first place, thirteen years have conic and gone since the last fight a.nd during that time the constituency ras undergone remarkable changes. For in-t;. no, a decade ago Colwyn Bay con- lain little more than haif its present electoral etrengih; to day i: would practically be the dominiting f ic-or in an election, as it is by far the most populous centre. Consequently the rlrongih of the "town vote, generally regarded as Conservative, has considerably increased. In tills connection it is a significant fact that three out of the four elected representatives of Colwyn Bay and Old Cohyn on the County Council are Unionists. As Mr Bevan suggested, a contest would be useful it it were merely to indicate ap- proximately the extent of the electoral change throughout the division generally. 1, is rumoured that Mr J. Herbert Robert, the sitting member, is to be elevated to the House of Lord,?. If that be so—and all who have had an opportunity of judging will ack- nowledge that for faithfulness and conscientious effort on behalf of his party no Liberal better merits the honour—the position would be still more in'eresting, and tho contest a more equal one. Neither of the candidates would start with tie advantage of an old acquaintanceship with the electorate, and Mr Thompson would be able to present the Unionist case from the point of view of a working man whoso symjiathy with the labouring classes could .net be disputed. At the las' contested election in 1895, it will be re- collected that Mr J. Herbert Roberts had a majority of 1603.

THE DEAR COAL BILL. M misters by devoting their speeches on tho Mine's' Eight Hours' Bill largely to the ques- tion of prices hay practically admitted that it is a Dear Coal Bill. If there was any doubt o.n this roiD it is settled by the able arguments which came from tihe Conservative sido from fiuch well informed private members as Mr Jas. At&-oq and the Hon. Frederick Lambton. It is all very well for Mr William Abraham to tell usi that miners do Dot waint more wage-, but are animated by the love of sunshine, but there is little substance in the specious plea put forward by Mr Gladstone and repeated by Mr Abraham, that miners working a short day had been ki own to do as much as on a long day. Anyone knows that a man may spurt gloriously on one short day, but that he certainly could not keep it up all the working days of his life. The real question, however, is whether the con- sumer is to be penalised by having to pay mora for his ccal always, and nothing could be more certain than that this Bill will raise prices. Even if the miners do not help themselves to higher wages, the mere shortage of coal will rause prices, nay, the fear of a shortage sends up prices. Expert authorities realise that the Bill will bring about a permanent increase of five shillings per ton. Everything1 el so will rise in consequence, and th2 ultimate result will be a larger increase in the cost of the necessaries of life than would be brought about by a drastic Tariff Reform. This is the opinion of so con- vinced a Free Trader as Mr Lambton. Hero then w* have a Government-, whose doctrine of Free Trade is its proudest Loast,, imposing a lax on 1 aw material which will affect the whole country It will affect a million ironworkers, to say nothing of other industries, and it will in- crease by two-pence per thousand the price of gas to six million consumers. If this is Free Trade, then let us have Tariff Reform instead.

Women and the Privileges of Citizenship. Lady McLaren has (says tho "Western Mail") added a new terror to the suffragette campaign. In a letter to the "Times" she says:- Ycu complain that women talk as if they were a part of God's creation -ialnst whom mon had a special animosity. Not so. We only complain that n:en love vnjust power ever women too much. Ihc-y are like some thoughtless boy who caught a bird, and, say- ing, "Dca; bird, I love you so," he crushed it in lis rcugh hands and stifleel it with his hot breath. We ask him now to loose that bird; that it may fly in the free air and grow to the full stature God permits. Ono day it will of itself come back and perch upon his arm. With gratitude instead of bitterness it will ting to him love songs, sweeter far than ever yet hav<% wooed men's ears, songs not for bird seed nor for gilded cages, but for himself alone. It is thus for men's happiness also that we urge them to relax their grasping hands and help us to be free; tha.t we. ask them gtnerou-sly to part with power, and give to woruen the privileges of citizens. II the result of giving woman the vote is that wives will want to perch on their husbands' amis, many men will have to re consider the support they arc giving the. suffragettes. A member of our staff who has a sixteen-stonc wife, was so frightened when he read her lady- ship's letter that he promptly started t.he San- dew system. Welsh Periodical Literature. Mr Ernest Rhys says that one of the items in the literary subjects for the London Eisteddfod is one not of much apparent moment to out- siders, yet of the utmost practical service to everyone working at Welsh literature. It is, in effect, a counterpart for Wales of "Poolo'3 Index to Periodical Literature"—a well-thumbed book at every English and American library, an indispensable book to the student of our own time, who knows that half the vital expression of the time has never been got into completed books at all. In Wales, because of the difficulties the periodical literature has had to fight with, the frequently imperfect files of miscellanies like the old "Brython" and the early "Traethod- ydd," and the rarity of single and only numbers like Lewis Morris the elder's "Tlyeau yr Hen Oessoedd" of 1735, such a Periodical Index is a matter of &uoh importance that t.he Stit43 ought to provide it. The State will do no such thing, but the Eisteddfod, that exacts no taxes, will endow the work and, as we devoutly trust, in- stigate. the right workman to do it. This, adds Mr Rhy, will be a service for all time, and the London Eisteddfod deserves well for having re- cognised it. a a Hay Fever. Apropos of the cases of hay fever reported in the Colwyn Bay district, the following from the current issue of "The Hospital" will be read with interest;- "Wo have so little exact knowledge cif the factors which determine an attack of hay fever that a recent observation of Dr. Rauge (of Challcs) is of interest in calling attention to the influence cf altitude in its aetiology. Dr. Rauge travelled with a patient suffering from the disease in its most virulent form, and nouced that when the patient was at a high altitude his symptoms rapidly disappeared, only to reappear agan as soon as a. lower level had been reached. Various poss bio explanations suggest themcolves for the reaction cf this patient to different he'jht.s ab ve tho sea-level. These who believe that hay fever is in the main a neurosis will not be incline I to pay too much attention to al- titude as a factor in its causation. On the other hind there arc som.3 who will maintain that tho most pro'jab'o explanation of the behaviour of Dr. Raugvrs patient lies not in differences of atmospheric pressure at different, levels, nor in differences of temoecature or purity of the air; but in the changes in the character of tho vego. tation which are usually associated with the ascent of mountains. Thus on the supposition that hay fever is direcuy cue to the influence upon susceptible people of toxic proteid sub- stances in thj pollen of certain grasses, tho simplest solution of the matter is to bo sought for in the absence of these particular grasses at high levels. Indeed, previous authorities have recommended residence on mountain tcpa (where vegetation is scanty) as a prophylactic against hay fever during the pollen season." • Carnarvonshire Joint Sanitary Committee The resignation by Dr. Fraser of the medical cfficership of the Carnarvonshire Joint Sanitary Committee was formally announced at a meet- ing of the committee to-day week, at Llandud- no. Dr. Fraser is relinquishing his po-t in order to engage in foreign missionary work, and he has the satisfaction of knowing* that his fifteen years' services to the committee are highly ap- preciated. The appointment of his suecc&sox had to be considered in conjunction with a question which had arisen in the meantime—the medical inspection of school children—and the new ele- ment thus intrcducod naturally impled a change in the old order of things. It has new been do- cided to divide the area into three parts, and to allocate to each a medical officer of health, who shall also undort«.,<e tlio medical inspection of school children under the County Education Authority. The total saiary of the three officers will amount to £ 1400 per annum. Of this sum £ 450. will be contributed by the County Educa- tion Authority, and £ 475 by the Treasury, so that the actual cost, that will fall upon the Joint Committee will be L475. This means an increase of JE85 per annum, as compared with the old regimo. It will be remembered that Dr. Frascr received a salary of L780 a year, haif of which was paid by the Treasury, so thnt the committee were ac uai'y responsible for £ 390. < Colwyn Bay Secondary School. The peculiar petition in which t.he Colwyn Bay Higher Grade School now stands i a maU( of considerable concern to CQlInD Hay educationists. The school has hitherto prac- tically filled the place of a county school, for which it is admirably adapted, and in fact better adapted than many intermediate schools for the woik. The success of its scholars affords eloquent testimony to the efficiency cf its teach- ing staff, and, as its attendance registers prove, it has not only supplied a decided want in the past, but the need for it is steadily growing with the development, of the town and district. With its population of 13,000 it would be unfortunate for Colwyn Bay to bo deprived of its public secondary school, ai-diliecoiiiiiiunicaticn juet re- ceived from the Board of Education will give tome satisfaction. It at any rate reveals a greater amount of sympathy with the school than formerly prevailed, and it is to bo hoped that the county committee's scheme will be such as to meet the approval of the Board, and at the same time improve the educational facilities of the town. A Century and-a-half Ago. The present depression in the Welsh slate trade recalls an incident which occurred in the year 1758, and which is referred to in "The Morris Letters" published by Mr J. 11. Davies, one of the Welsh Church Commissioners. Wm. Morris, writing from Holyhead, to his brother Richard, who was in the Navy Office in London, says that during the first week in February, the weather then being stormy and cold, a mob of men from the quarries and mines went into tho town of Carnarvon, where they attacked some stores, took possession of a quantity of corn, butter, and oheese, and sold it under value. They then seem to have got drunk with the pro- ceeds of the sale and to have perpetrated further excesses. The townspeopl at last became exas- perated, and armed themselves. A fight ensued between tbciii nd the mob, with the result that one of the quarrymen was killed, many wounded, and a number caught and imprisoned, whilst the rest managed to make their escape. a0 o 0 Death of "Allen Raine." Many thousands of English as well as Welsh people will mourn the death of "Allen Raine." Mrs Beynon-Puddicombe was not a great novel- ist, and neither her best friends nor she would claim that her WTelsh stories dealt with the true Welsh types of character and Welsh life. Never- theless she had won a place essentially her own t4e r ] as the first Welsh writer who proved really suc- cessful in interesting the English, Scotch, Irish, and American people in the life of tho Princi- pality. For that reason her rai)io will gto down to posterity, and much of her work, which was essentially of an ephemeral character, will out- live that of abler writers. Be their "lives" long or short, however, it is comforting to reflect that the works which survive the first Welsh novelist are of the healthiest tons and the hig'he<t ideals, and, whatever their other merit; they are charmingly entertaining. Wales is still waiting for her Scot.t or Dickens. < < w The National Eisteddfod. As will be seen from the list cf entries, which appeavs in another column, the National Eis- teddfoJ to b held at Llangollen in September bids fa;r to break all xecords, particularly so far as North Wales is concerned. In fact the local committer anticipate so great a demand for sleeping accommodation at Llangollen during the week that arrangements are being mado to ensure exfri accommodation in Wrexham, which is within easy reach. It is gratifying to find that, far from the decadence pessimists prate about, the characteristic of the national festival is prog'ress. "Melus mocs mwy.

ROYAL WELSH AT CONWAY. For the past three weeks the 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers have been encamped on Conway Moria. The battaJion, one of the militia" battalions of the regiment, is in com- mand of Colonel R. F. Godfrey, and nearly the whole of the officers and men have joined the new special reserve formed from the militia corps which will, after thia year, be disbanded. In future the special reserve will assemble an- nually for 21 days' training, and while on this sorvice the men will be paid the War-office scale for regular troops, 011 the footing of which they will be treated generally, each man, on enter- ing, receives a special bonus of £ 2, and will be paid a non-training bounty of £ 1 on October 1st, December 1st, and February 1st in each year, in addition to the pay. Yesterday week field operations were carried out in the presence of Col. Sir R. Colleton, Bart., the general offi. cer commanding No. 4 district, from Shrews- bury, also inspected the battalion. To-day week the companies were at drill in the camp. A field day in the hills was successfully carried out on Friday.

PERSONAL. .— The Duchess of Westminster will give a dance at Grosvenor House on Friday, the 17tli of July. Sir John Pules ton was unable, owing to ill* health, to obey their Majesties' command to at- tend the Garden Party at Windsor, on Saturday. The Earl and Countess of Powis have re- turned to Berkeley Scjuare from Adair-place, Englefield Green. Lord Newborough was present at the Inter- national Horse Show held in Olympia on Mon- day. Their Majesrties were present. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs Arthur Sandbach have taken 8, Seville-street, Lowndes Square, London, frill the end of the season. Lieut.-Colonel Lord Kenyon, K.C.V.O., Shrop- shire Yeomanry, has been granted the honorary rank. of colonel. Mr O. M. Edwards, M.A., late Fellow and Lecturer i.11 Modern History at the College, has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship at Lin- coin College, Oxford. Lord Ilar.ech is fishing in Norway with Mr Reginald Corbet, and will probably be away un- til The end of July or the beginning of August. The Hon. W. Ormesby-Gore is in London, and Lady lIadechîs at Brogyntyn. The collection of presents given to the lIon. John Ward and Miss Jean Reid, the daughter of the American Ambassador, who were married in the beautiful Chapel Royal of St. James' Palace, was one of the most beautiful and im- posing ever seen. Among the donors were the Marquis of Anglesey, silver giJt antique covered dish on plate; Earl of Powis, ivory and gold box; Lord and Lady Berkeley Paget, eight silver butter dishes and knives; Lady Alexander Paget, Beauties of the Court of Charles II.; Capt. Robin and Lady Juliet Duff, ruby and diamond pin. BALL AT CROSVENOR HOUSE. Their Royal Highnesses the. Duchess of Con- naught and Princess Victoria Patricia of Con- naught dined with the Duke and Duchess of Westminster at Grosvenor House last evening. The other guests comprised Katharine Duchess of Westminster and Lady Helen Grosvcnor, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Rocksavage, I.ord and-Lady Hugh Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Wilioug'aby de Eresbv, Sir Charles Cust, Sir John and Lady Dickson-Poy.nder, Mr and Lady Juliet Duff, Mr Wyndham. The Duchess of Westminster received her guests, wearing a beautiful Direcioire dress of pale blue satin over a tulie under dress, and she had her great leaf-shaped diamond crown and a stomacher of diamonds. All the leaders of so- ciety wore very fine type of this flower, in a palo shade of pi.nk. Among those present c.t the ball were the Countess of Dundonald and Lady Jean Cochrane, Lord Kenyon, Lord and Lady Mostyn, Mr and Lady Gusel Hamilton, and Col. and Mrs Corn- walLs West.

LANCASHIRE HUSSARS AT RHYL. INTERESTING OPERATIONS. The Lancashire Hussars arrived at the Voryd Camp, Rhyl, on Saturday, to undergo their an- nual training, which will extend to July 4th. A capital camp has been prepared for the regiment by Lieutenant Quarter-master Mountford and an advance party, and bot.h officers and men have expiesscd their satisfaction with the arrange- ments. The regiment has brought its own band, under Mr Thomas Batley, of Soufhport, and on Saturday it played the St. HeJens troop from St. Helens to Warrington, and later into the camp-a rather unusual but pleasant proceed- ing. Colonel Pilkington, of St. Helens, is in command, and the other officers in camp are Lieutenant-Colonel Ear!e, Major Stapleton- Bretherton, Major Case, Captain Street, Captain Dowhurst, Captain Aspinal, Lieutena,nt Wen- de-Fenton, Walmsley, Bromiloe, Pdkington, Rawstone, Wood, and Collingwo<~d, Veterinary Major Dixon, Surgeon Captain Ncfbitfc. Lieut, and Quartermaster Mountford.Captain Adjutant A. M. Turner, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, and Hon. Chaplain the Rev. Canon S. A. Sylvester (Roby). The staff non-commissioned officers are Headquarter Sergeant Major Reiston, 8th Hus- sars; Staff Sergeant Major Mahby,13th Hussars; Staff Sergeant Major Courtney. 13th Hussars; Staff Sejgeant Major Green, 15th Hussars.; and Staff Sergeant Major Stephenson, 18th Hussars. A squadron musters 100. and hails from Liver- pool, Ashtc.n, and Ashton-in-Makerfield; B sjquad'ron comes ifrom St. Ileieiw,. and citto number 100; 0 squadron is onlj? 700 strong, coming from Newton-le-Willows; D squadron oomes from Rainhill, its strength being 110. An impressive servioo was conducted c.n Sunday morning' by Canon Sylvester in the camp. During the week the men have been put through 0 a series of manoeuvres on the Foryd Point, and beyond the pier, their drilling taking place on the hard firm sands. The horses have also bean taken into the 603., and on several oc- casions have swam across the river from Foryd to Rhyl. Many visitors have visited the camp, and have keenly followed the various operations which have been of a very interesting character.

FREEMASONRY IN NORTH WALES. The annual report of the North Wales Masonic Charitable Association for 1907, which will be laid before the Provincial Grand Lodge at the annual meeting at Llanidloes, next month, has been issued by Brother James Porter, chairman, and Brother Felix Hadley, the hon. secretary. The accompanying statistics show that the total subscriptions of the brethren in the province, in- cluding the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter contributions and the amount subscribed to what is known as the "B Fund," reached a total of £1191, as compared with £ 668 in 1906. The sum subscribed was employed towards the sup- port of the Masonic institutions. St. Tiillo Lodge, Colwyn Bay, heads the "A Fund" list in regard to the proportion of members subscrib- ing to the charities with 66 per cent. of the total membership; Caradoc Lodge, Rhvl, comes next with 57 per cent., and St. Tudno, Llandudno, third with 44 per cent. St. Trillo is also at the top of the "B Fund" with 100 per cent., brac- keted with the Square and Compass, Wrexham, which also has 100 per cent.; Welshpool, with 82 per cent., and Sir Watkin, Mold, with 82 per cent., are bracketed second; Caradoc is third with 70 per cent., and Royal Denbigh fourth with 58. Through the generosity of other provinces a can- didate from North Wales was elected to enter the Masonic Institution for Girls during the year with 7215 votes, but there is a considerable debit bal- ance of votes in consequence to be made ui). The province has five pupils in the Boys' Institution and four in the Girls' Institution.

,N NORTH" "WALES-WILLS. MR OWEN SLANEY WYNNE'S BEQUESTS. Mr Owen Sianey Wynne, D.L., of Dolgeilev, iOr many years agtent for Sir Waikiji WilliainV Wynne, Bart., chairman of the Joint Police Committee, and a director of the Bala and Festiniog Railway Company, and of the Roval Insurance Company (Shrewsbury local branch), who died on tho 2nd May last, aged 67, son of the late Mr Wynne, of Penarth, left estate of £ 44,764 gross and £ 44,333 net. He left £1000 to his brother, Wm. Robert Maurice Wynne, and £15,000 to be held upon trust for him for life, with remainder to his cousin, Richard William Burton Philipson. to tho last namod of whom he also left £1000. He left £ 2000 to hia niece, Mary Maitland Owen, in recognition of hen- kindnessi to himself and his late wife and of hie late wife's affection, for her, and ho left the following bequests to his ,crvonts:CIOO to his housekeeper, Alice Le wis, and £ 10 for each year of service she had been in his employ since the death of his wife'; E200 to his late wife's maid, Annie Owen; B50 to his gardener, Geo. Stokes; £ 50 to his servant, Frank Brydges; E25 to his coachman, Geo. Lewis; E25 to his servant-, Emily Stokes; £ 1000 London and North-Western Railway stock upon trust' to apply the same in keeping in repair his family graves, memorial windows and monu- ments. Subject to other legacies and provi- sions, the testator left the residue of his estate to his cousin, R. W. B. Philipson.

Mr Samuel Part, of Fiirwood, Victoria-road, Old Colwy.n, left estate valued at £ 3577. The net pereonalty is 92488.

NORTH WALES AUTOMOBILE CLUB. VISIT TO THE PENRHYN QUARRY. At the invitation of Lord Penrhyn a large num- ber of the members of the North Wales Auto- mobile Club with their friends had a pleasant outing at the Penrhyn Quarries, on Tuesday. Though the weather during the morning was ominous, the sun was shining brightly when the visitors arrived at three o'clock. They were met at Ogwen Bank by Mr E. A. Young, the chief manager of the Penrhyn Quarries, and Mr D. D. Davies, the local manager. Amongst those present were Admiral Burr, Mr and Mrs Schwabe, Captain Lloyd, Mrs Lloyd, Gacllys; Miss Mills, Miss Cross, Colonel Gee and Mrs Gee, Dr. and Mrs J. E. Thomas, Bangor; Mrs H. Grey Edwards, and Miss Grey Edwards, Ban- gor; Major Birch, Mr and Mrs J. R. Davies and Miss Davies, Ceris; Mr and Mrs Arthur Davies, Mrs Hampton Lewis, Henllys; Mr and Mrs Norris Wyatt, Mr and Mrs T. W. Trevor, Ban- gor; Colonel Mainwaring, Mr and Mrs Jelf Petit, and Miss Jelf Petit, Mr Watkin Davies, Mrs White, Beaumaris; Mr Jones, Ynysfor; Mr and Mrs Egerton Bracken, Plas Hen; and the Rev. and Mrs R. T. Jones, Glanogwcn. The' party were conducted to a well-known eminence whicL commands a magnificent view of the vast amphitheatre of the workings, where seats had been provided for them. At half past three the bugle was sounded to prepare for the blast, and the party watched with interest the batches of workmen fleeing to the shelters scattered about the quarry. A special specta- cular blast had been arranged for the occasion, and it was generally conceded to be the finest witnessed in the quarry for many years. All over the quarry huge masses of rock and slate were dislodged, and amid a terrific din they were hurtled to the bottom of the quarry, the sight being most impressive. The party afterwards witnessed some expert quarrymen engaged in splitting and dressing slates for the market, and block trimming, and some of the more venture- some of the visitors went down a water balance and inspected, in the depths of the quarry, the pumping chamber. Mr E. A. Young, Mr D. D. Davies, and a staff of ten explained the various points of interest in the workings to the visitors. Before their departure the party were enter- tained to tea at Ogwen Bank by Mr and Mrs E. A. Young, and before leaving Colonel Gee made a collection on behalf of the Bethcsda Dis- trict Nurses Fund, in which the quarrymen are keenly interested, £ 3 13s 6d being realised. A telegram was received from Lord and Lady Penrhyn wishing the party a pleasant outing.

SCENE ON CONWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE BANGOR HAWKER'S MANIA FOR HIGH DIVING. John Stewart, hawker, Bangor, has a mania for high diving and swimming. He is credited with having swum across the Menai Straits on several occasions, and once he was prepared to dive from the Menai Suspension Bridge into the water below, a distance of about 100 feet. In the depth of last winter he created a sensa- tion in Llanrvrst by diving off Inigo Jones's Bridge into the River Conway below, which, at this spot, was only three feet deep. A large number of spectators who had been drawn to the spot were terror-stricken, believing that he would be dashed against several huge boulders which lie in the bed of the river. Stewart, how- ever, swam out of the river little the worse for his experience. On Saturday he was seen by the police loiter- ing about the ancient borough of Conway. In the afternoon the police saw him on the Conwav Suspension Bridge, where he was divesting him- self of his clothing, with the idea of diving into the river, although the tide was receding. ::> lie was arrested on a charge of drunkenness and taiten to the lock-up. When taken before a magistrate later Superintendent Rees said that when sober Stewart was quite respectable, but when in drink he had a mania for diving from bridges and swimming long distances. He was fined 5s and costs.

UNIONIST VICTORY AT PUDSEY. The result of the polling in the Pudyey Divi- sion of -lie West Riding of Yorkshire, where a vacancy was created by the retirement .of Mr George "-hiteley, Patronage Secretary to the Ireasitry and Chief Liberal Whip, was declared on Saturday night, and showed a remarkable triumph of Unionism and Tariff Reform in the constituency, which has been hitherto a strong- hold of Liberalism. The oo-ndidates were Mr James J. Oddy, Unionist; Mr Fred OgJen, Lioeral; and Mr J. W. Benson, Labour. The voting was as follows.- Oddy (U.) 5,444 Ogden (L) 5,331 Benson (Lab.) 1,291 Majority 113 Cpnipared with the last election, when Mr Whitelcy, the Libera] candidate, received 7043 votes against 3451 given for LieutenanVColonel Ford, the decrease in the Liberal vote is 1712 and the increase in the Unionist vote 1903, re- presenting a turnover to tho winning side of no fewer than 3615 electors-

"FRIENDS ROUND THE WREKIN." A pleasant gathering of Salopians was held at the Hotel Cecil, on Monday evening, when Lord Kenyon presided at the tenth annual banquet of the bhiopshue Society in London. There was a large company, which included Viscount and Vis- countess Hill, Lord and Lady Forester, the Baroness von Ketsc-hendorf, Sir Clement llill, M.P and Lady Hill, Sir William Honvman, r<Ui A F" G- Kenyon-S'lanev, Colonel T. M. Sandys, M.P., Colonel F II Yat'e Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Yate, Mr R. Llovd Kenyon. and the hon. secretary (Mr J. Goddard I minis). The Shropshire arms and a banner bearmg the traditional motto, All Friends round the ivi-ek In," decorated the wall above the seat of the chairman, who, in responding to the toast of the evening, said that a statue to that famous Shropshire man, Lord Clive, would soon be erected in London.

———— j LONDON WELSH SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Welsh Club was held in London on Monday evening, Mr J. Pritchard Jones presiding. The report presented by the committee showed that the affaiis of the society were, considering the youth of the club, in a fairly satisfactory condition. The meeting re-elected Lord Tredegar as pre- sident of the institution, with Sir John Puleston and Mr Prichard Jones as vice-presidents. It was decided that the committee should be increased from twenty to twenty-live, the addi- tional m'embers to be elected a3 a general meeting in Octobcr. °

ENGLAND'S IMPORTANT TRADE WITH GREECE. An intercsting presentation in the form of a silver casket was made, on June 22nd, to His Excellency Mr D. G. Metaxas, G.C.V.O., the Greek Minister, on the occasion of his transfer- ence of office from London to Rome, by a num- ber of prominent representatives of the dried fruit trade of London and Liverpool. The staple industry of Greece is the culture of the currant, and it is in this branch of the dried fruit trade that Mr Metaxas' efforts have proved so bene- ficial, alike to his own country and to England. The casket, which has been specially manu- factured, was of interesting design and workman- ship. The embossed front introduced two views in chased work, one being a representation of Buckingham Palace, with ornamental scroll work of the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and the other, the Greek Legation in London, with ornamental representations of Greek bunches of currants. Surmounting the casket was a modelled figure of commerce, holding aloft a glass dish for the reception of fruit, etc. The figure is supported by two dolphin headed ornamental feet (indica- tive of the maritime position and influence of London and Greece) and stands on a globe re- presenting the world—suggestive of the world- wide commerce of the country.

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CHESTER & NORTH WALES P.S.A. FEDERATION INAUGURAL MEETINGS AT PRESTATYN. NOT ANTAGONISTIC TO SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. The inaugural meetings in connection with this federation were held at Prestatyn on Sat- urday. There was a good attendance of dele- gates from Chester, Rhyl, and Colwyn Bay, while most of the ministers residing in Presta- tyn were either present at the meetings or gave reasons for their absence in letters read by t.ho secretary of the Federation (Mr T. Harding Roberts, of Rhyl) which included one from Mr J. Herbert Lewis, M.P., who had been invited to provide- The members of the Executive Oxnmirtc-o met in the afternoon at Trinity Church, and this was followed by a meeting cf the General Council, after which the delegates adjourned to tea, which had been prepared for them by the ladies of the church. Before leaving the church grounds the members of the Council had their photographs taken. The public meeting at 7 o'clock in the evening, was held in the Eng- lish Presbyterian Church, Na.nt Road, and was presided over by Mr E. P of Chester, tho president of the Federation. This meeting was conducted very much oil the lines of an ordinary P.S.A. meeting, being opened by the singing of a hymn followed by a most fervent prayer offered by the Rev. J. Kent, of Pres- tatyn. WELSH CONSERVATIVE IN RELIGION. After the singing of another hymn the chair- man explained the aim and object of the P S. A. movement more especially to the Welsh friends. He said they were about to extend their opera- tions 011 Welsh ground. He liaa tound the people of Wales very Radical in politics and very Conservative in all matters connected with religion. It was, therefore, important that they should clearly understand that the new movement was not in any way antagonistic to the work of the churches. The aim and object, of the P.S.A. was to reach these men who were left untouched by any of the existing organisa- tions, and the fact that so many were drawn into the P.S.A.'s showed clearly that this new movement in some way appealed especially to this class of xnen. For one thing it was largely a layman's movement, and the promoters met in the quiet of the vestry for prayer before entering upon their duties in public. The min- isters, who were welcomed to the P.S.A. meet- ings, were those who put the man first and the minister second. Mr Pitchford assured his hearers that he had been engaged heart and soul in Sunday School work for years, and was keenly in sympathy with tlJa., work. Ho was quite confident that the P.S.A. movement, in- stead of interfering with the work on the Sun- day, as some alleged it did, was actually taking up tho work where the school left off, and had solved the problem of how to retain our elder (scholars (applause). Tffe answer to that question was "Get them into the P.S.A. and to keep them associated with Church work." In conclusion he said the Spirit had a work to do outside the Church, and as the Spirit was ever present it rested with the workers of the P.S.A.'s to use tho Pentecost. The P.S.A. was a spiritual movement born in prayer and bathed in the spirit, therefore, it would bo well that minis- ters and people should take hold of it with both hands. The movement was doing a grand work and there, was no need for them to be down- hearted (applause). Miss Maud Jones, of Rhyl, then gave a pleas- in.grenderingof the solo "Abide with me," Miss D. Yeoman placing the accompaniment. Mr Mathieson 'Forson, the president of the Liver- pool Federation, was then called upon to ad- dress the meeting- GREETINGS FROM 20,000 MEMBERS. Mr Forson said that when members of one federation were sent as delegates to another federation it was the custom to convey from one society to the other a fraternal greeting. On behalf of sonic 20,000 members he had the honour of conveying to the Federation of Chester and North Wales the greeting of the other Federa- tions indifferent parts of the country who under the leadership of such men as Mr Pitchford were banded together to fight the good fight (ap- plause). Mr Forson explained that the Federa- tion started in Prestatyn that day had been planned in Liverpool. The great object was to link tcigether all neighbouring societies into a Federation of their own for the mutual benefit of all concerned. When this work of forming- local Federations bo,-an it was found that there were so many P.S.A.'s in the Southport district that they were strong enough to have a Federa- tion of their own. It was proposed to hold a joint meeting of the Liverpool and Southport Federations in July next at Southport when it was expected that some 1000 delegates would sit down to tea. lie was very pleased with the prospect of writing to his chief to tell him that another Federation had been formed, and that thooe of Rhyl and Chester would no longer be isolated societies connected with the Liverpool Federation, but be linked together in a Federa- tion of their own. In looking back on the past, it seemed a very short time since Liverpool had rejoiccd over some 14 Federations, and vet this Chester and North Wales' was the 23th Federa- tion with a membership of half a million. The increase was phenomenal. Everywhere those great mass meetings were held full of a moral and spiritual passion with a well directed energy to perform a specific work. When Mr John Black ham founded the old P.S.A. his object was to lay hold of the lads who would not go to Sun- day School. and statistics showed that some 40 per cent, of the crimes in this country was per- petrated by young people between the ages of 13 and 18 years, and to rescue those young people was surely helping both the Church and the Sunday School (applause). It was a well-known fact that wherever there was a live brotherhood thero was very soon an increase in the various places of worship and the Sunday Schools. What- ever else a Brotherhood may be it was essentially a mission movement to take in tho man in the street, and it had succeeded in laying hold of "i°n whom the Churches had failed to reach- Mr Forsan, in speaking of the religious life, said religion was something more than putting on one's Sunday clothes and attending a religious service. Religion should be a definite principle carried with us into every day life; for the ''true life is the life which we live with our fellows." The principles of the Brotherhood mignt be defined as the Divine right of every man to love; tho. Divine right of every man to have w 1 rk principles which had been brought to the notice of the Trades Unions at their recent conference, and had been endorsed by them. Spea.'c.ng of th, hardship and impositions prac- lolls tised in eome establishments in Liverpool, Mr Forson Hl.id he thought the time was at hand when the Brotherhood, "as our Elder Brother," would stand up and say, "Thesa things carliiot be." Ha also hoped the time would soon come when ihe mothers meetings, sisterhoods, or whatever name they might be. called, would be linked I'P into gr^at federations for the advance- ment of Christ's Kingdom on earth (applause). A recital on the martyrdom of Latimer was given with considerable oratorical power by Mr Gordon P;tchfo-d. the president's son. AN INTERESTING TEST. The Rev. E. D Braimbridge. of Kiddermin- ster, as the representative of Christ Church, Rhyl, was next called upon to address the meet- ing. Mr Braimbridge did i-ot advocate mixed P.S.A.'s. It was always best, he said, where- ever possible, to have e,it,her a men's or women's P.S.A. At Baxter CTiUUVjh, Kidderminster, his wife started a Mothers' Meeting, or Women 3 P.S.A.. with 250 members. They had now in- creased that number to 700, and were hoping to still further increase the membership to 1000. One fine day they received a visit from some ladies living in Worcester, who had come to see how thing's were done in Kidderminster. On their return thev started a P.S.A. of their own, which now numbered some 1300 women. Mr all Bi- i-pilir*(Ige was strongly of the opinion that al- most all who attended tha P.S.A. had been Sunday School scholars, and in order to test this he n«ked everyone present at a large men a meeting, who had never been to a Sunday School, to kindlv hold up their hands. Not a single hand had been held up. The first object of the P.S.A. should be to save f-ouls; otherwise the. work was useless. When Christ performed Hi-i work on earth He first of all removed the pain, or, in the ca&e of doubt, He removed Wat. Wherever the point of pressure might be, Ho first, healed the body, a.nd then went on to tho soul. So it must bo with their work in the P.S.A. They might to some extent relieve the pressure of some social evil, but to make their work of any use they must save the souls of men. On the proposition of Mr T. Harding Roberts, seconded by Mr I. Bat.ho. both of Rhyl, a hearty- vote of thanks was accorded to the speakers; to Miss Maud Jcne-s, of Rihyl, for iher beautiful r solo, and Miss Winnie Davies, Rhyl, and Miss Daiisy Yeoman, Prestatyn, for acting as accom- panists on the organ and pianoforte. Mr John Crompton (representing.Colwyn Bay) proposed, and Mr P. Mostyn Williams, the pre- sident of the Rhyl P.S.A., seconded, a vote of thanks to the Presbyterian friends for the loan of tho church to hold their evening meeting; to Dr. Townsend and the friends at Trinity for ihe ufo of tho building, and to the ladies of the Church for providing tea for the delegates. With the singing of a hymn and the pronounc- ing of the Benediction, the meeting was brought to a elose. 4

NORTH WALES C.M. ASSO- CIATION. QUARTERLY MEETINGS AT LLANGOLLEN. PASTORAL THEOLOGY CHAIR FOR BALA. The annual meltings of the Quarterly Asso- ciation of the Calvinisiic Methodists were begun at Llangollen on Monday, and continued on Tues- day. A public meeting of the delegates was held at, Rehoboi.h Chapel, under the chairmanship of the Rev. John Hughes, president, who was supported by the Rev. John Owen (general secretary), Mr Peter Robert. (treasurer), Mr R. B. Ellis, the Revs. Hugh Jones,* J. Donne, Daniel Rowlands, T. Owen, T J. Wheldon, Evan Jones, Francis Jones, Griffith Ellis, Evan Roberts, Owen Owens, Hugdi Williams, William Jones (Carnar- von), J. Pritchard, J. J. Roberts, and others. An interesting feature of the meeting was the public welcome given to the Rev. Berwyn Jones, who, tifty years ago, went out with the first batch of emigrants. to the Chubut Vailev in Patagonia, and who. after an absence of half a century, has returned home to be present at the National Eisteddfod at. Llangollen in the au- tumn, and to represent the Welsh cause in Pata- gonia at the Methodist Quarterly Association. Mr Jones is a native of the Ceiriog Valley. In the course of his acknowledgment of the hearty welcome accorded him, ho drew a pic- ture of the little Welsh settlement. There, he said, they kept the fires of Welsh patriotism brightly burning. Education was progressing upon national lines, and there was, despite dis- advantages, a great and glorious work being dene. The Rev. J. Morris, Denver, U.S.A., a:so spoke of the work for Welsh Methodism, with which he is associated in the States, and the Rev. Griffith Ellis then placed in a formal shape the vote, of welcome to these delegates from dis- tant lands, which was seconded by the Rev. D. Rowlands (Bangor), and carried. THE NEXT MEETING. It was decided to hold the next meeting' of the Association at Carnarvon, when a scheme pf old- age pensions for ministers will be submitted, and the relations between the Association, and the lile of the Welsh nation will be discussed, together with the character of Christian Socialism. The synodica-1 examinations will be held at Engedi, Carnarvon. WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION EXPENSES The question of the expenses incurred by the preparation of evidence for the Welsh Church Commission was discussed. It was pointed out that the coist. of preparing this testimony ap- proached £ 100, and it was decided to vote a certain sum in order to have the printed copies of the evidence taken during the sittings bound so that it may, in volume form, remain a stand- ing memorial to the state of Welsh Methodism at the commencement of tho twentieth century. CHAIR OF PASTORAL THEOLOGY. Thero was an interesting discussion upon the pastorate made at the Bangor Association. The committee appointed at Bangor reported in favour of the establishment of a Chair of Pas- toral Theology at Bala and the appointment of a committee, in connection with every monthly meeting, with a view to everything possible being done to enhance the status of the pastorate. Professor Hugh Williams dealt with the diffi- culty of giving- extra teaching of this type at Bala, bearing in mind the fact that four days only were available, compared with six days at Edinburgh. At the same time he was fully in favour of the spirit of the proposition; they must not forget that much had been done in the past and that much was being done at the present. The Rev. E. J. Jones complained that at Bala students were not taught to converse freely re- garding preaching. If there was no room for such teaching then there was something wrong in the College arrangements. Why should other professional men, such as solicitors and doctors, require specific teaching, while those training for the higher profession of preaching were not stimulated to discuss their methods? The Association agreed to the general prin- ciple of the establishment of a Chair of Pastoral Theology, and the meeting then proceeded to discuss the minor details of the committee's re- port., PREACHERS OR SCHOLARS. The Rev. John Williams (Liverpool) said there was a decided danger in these days of creating scholars and curates, and there was not that guidance in the art of speaking and preaching that there should be. This was radically wrong, and it was the burden of the complaint that he had to make day after day. They should devote their resources to the true and eloquent preach- ing of the gospel which it was their high privi- lege to deliver (applause). The multiplication of scholars was in itself a matter for rejoicing, and the fact that they were daily becoming more numerous was a matter for congratulation, but scholarship was not everything, and scholarship in itself could never take the place of the ability to move the souls of men by the power of the living voice. They required something more than mere scholarship to do this. Unquestionably, the power of the pulpit was not what it was in the past, and it would be a dark day for Wales when the pulpit lost its power and they had as substitutes for a race of preachers mere acade- mical theologians. A spirited discussion followed regarding other pastoral problems, the general principal of the creation of a chair of pastoral theology at Bala meeting with general approval. WELSH B.D. DEGREE. A discussion followed upon a proposal to dis- pense with the synodical examinations in cases where the Welsh B.D. degree had been obtained, it being urged that students obtaining this de- gree should not have to go in for a further test. It was suggested that equivalent degrees of other universities should be accepted, but a strong de- termination was evinced to prevent the power of ordination possessed by the Association from be- ^"■e'ned, and although the sufficiency of the B.D degree was admitted in spirit, the for- mal resolution was not pressed, the discussion standing adjourned.

THE PI1 PROM A LLAN- DUDNO SHOP. CHARGE. AGAINST A PRINTER. At the Llandudno Police Court on Wednesday-, be- fore Dr. Dalt.on and Mr William Bevan, John Wil- liam?, a printer, who gave his address as Ivy Dale Alexandra-road, Llandudno, was charged with steal- mg four boxes of boot polish valued at Is ljd from the establishment of Messrs Stead and Simpson, in Mow(yn-s(-reet. Albert H. Eames, a boot repairer in the employ of Messrs :t.ad and Simpson, said that when standing outside the shop lie noticed the defendant take two boxes of polish from the counter and put them in his packet, and after speaking to one of the assist- ants, lie put two more boxes in his pocket on the way out. Witness informed the manager, who after- wards went and spoke to the defendant and got ot l'1R, t")xes from him. Defendant was allowed senf°for beeame insolent, and the police were Defendant: Did I say I would pay for the boxes if you sent to my office. Witness Yes afterwiir(li. Wm. Morris Williams, manager of the hop. said that defendant produced three boxes, and said he intended paying for them. He came to the shop in the first instance to enquire about a pair of boots which he had left to be repaired. He became in- solent. and the police were sent for, or otherwise he would have been forgiven. P.C. lJosg said that, in reply to tho charge defend- ant denied having stolen the articles. Defendant told the magistrates that he went to the shop to fetch a pair of boots which he had left to be repaired. He admitted taking the boxes, but said he meant to pay for them, and had no intention of stealing anything. He was 50 years of age and never had any charge against him before. The Chairman said that as the accused appeared to be excited at the time, and a.s nothing was known against him they did not want to send him to prison, but they could not overlook the offence and therefore fined him 10s without costs.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE, D.C.L. "CHAFFED" BY OXFORD UNDERGRADUATES. Lord Curzon, as Chancellor of Oxford Uni- versity, presided at a meeting in the Sheldon- ian Theatre yesterday, when honorary degrees were conferred 011 Mr Lloyd George. Sir Ernest Satow, Sir Robert Hart, and other dis- tinguished gentlemen. All the recipients were well received, and the Prime Minister of Nepal had a particularly enthusiastic rcccption. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was sub- jected to some questioning by the undergradu- ates as to when pensions were going to begin for undergraduates. The recipients of honorary degrees were pre- sented by Professor Rayleigh.

BANG OR NORMAL COLLEGE EXTENSION. The Joint. Committee of the Carnarvonshire and Anglesey County Councils, which now con- trol the Bangor Normal "College, have selected Mr Hare, of London, to prepare the plans of the new hostel which is to be erected in connec- tion with tho college at a cost of £ 25,000. Mr Hare, who was selected after an open com- pet.ition. in which several Welsh architects par- ticipated, is the architect of the new buildings of the University College of Noitb Wale*.

THIS WEEK'S NEWS. At Windsor Castle on Saturday the King and Queen gave a garden party at which between 6000 and 7000 guests Avcre piesent. < The Rhvl Bowling Club played th.eIrExst match of the season on Saturday, when defeated the Wrexham Club. The Army Council consider Shrewsbury to bd moire suitable than Cardiff as the headquarters of the Welsh Territorial Division. it it • Mr Harold Smith, of Birkenhead, has been adopted prospective Conservative candidate fo- Huddersficld. < < < Captain C. P. Wood, of Culniington Manor, will be Unionist candidate for the Wellington Division at the next election. • » • • Mr Benjamin Robinson of Crewe, the oldest engine driver on the London and North-Wco* tern Railway, left estate valued at £ 1336. » » Kaid Sir Harry Maclean reached Plymouth from Morocco on Saturday, and left for Scot* hind. mi t-. • • # » ihe^ Penmaonno Agricultural and Ilorticul* tural Shows have been amalgamted. and it hat been decided to held A joint exhibition. • • « « The full list, of entries for the various coini- petitiona at the forthcoming National Liiteddi' fod at Llangollen has been issued. 0 Mr J. S. Allen, for ten years statiomnc.sier of tho Bala branch of the Great Western Railway Company, has been appointed ttationmaci.cr M « # • Kington, Herefordshire. The Unionists of Colwyn Bay have decided to support the candidature of Mr Sam. Thompsoi^ the South Wales miner-orator, at the next ele<3* tion Hi the Weta Denbighshire division. The inter-oollegiate crket match b tween Bangor and Cardiff University Colleges took placo at Bangor on Tuesday, the Scuth Walians proving victorious. • « • • The members of the North Wales branch ofi tho United Kingdom Commercial Travellers'' Association held their annual curing 011 Satur. day, their rendezvous being Talycafn. During the year the Welsh Library at the North Wales University College has received a large accession of backs bearing en Wales, many, of them of great rarity. « A large party of the Llandudno and District Field Club proceeded by train to Bettws.v«vxt on Saturday and from thence went into Capel Garmon and inspected the Cromlech there. < < < At yesterday's meeting of the Flintshire Edw. 11 cation Committee it was decided to confine the cookery classes this year to the secondary schools, • • • • The annual general meeting of the subscriber# to the North Wales Baptist College, Bangor, waa held at Bangor yesterday, Mr John Lewis, J.P., Llangefni, presiding. Exeehent reports of the year s work were presented. < < In the action brought by Mr Gilbert Frankau. son of Mrs Julia Frankau ("Frank Dan by"), arising out of his expulsion from Almack's Club, the plaintiff was yesterday awarded £ 50 damages, An action brought by Mrs Frankau was settled. » # • • The honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred by Oxford University upon Mr Lloyd George' yesterday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. was hua-n-orousty subjected to some questioning! by the undergraduates as to when pensions wera going to begin for undergraduates. « • • • It is stated that the King may take an n opportunity before the end of the summer of showing his interest in the Territorial Forca either by a visit to Salisbury while the August training is in progress or by a big review or march-past in Hyde Park. w Lord Derby's death places a Garter at the disposal of Mr Asquith, and the Lieutenancy of Lancashire, in which office the late owner of Knowsley succeeded the late Lord Sefton. It is expected that the blue ribbon will go tot either Lord Aberdeen or Lcrd Beauchamp. • • • The military camp at Trawsfynydd has beed so successful that it is stated the War Office are in negotiations for a lease of additional land: for camping and manoeuvring purposes. Per. manent buildings are to be erected for the stores and cook houses. it < < An animated discussion took place at Tues- days meeting of tho Llanrwst Board of Guar- dians upon a report by Dr. E. Llovd Williams relative to the ventilation of the "Workhouse. Ultimately, the matter waa referred to tho Visiting Committee. < Thd Countess of Dundonajd has been re-elec- ted president of tho 'Abergele and District Anti- quarian Association. The Association favourably received a proposal to invito tho Cambrian! year10ffI Association to Abergele next Lord Carrington has appointed Mr John Owen a Commissioner for Wales under the Small Holdings Act. Mr Owen some months ago made special mqniriee for the Board of AgricuLure into tho possibilities cf tho Act irt the Principality. » « < < It was reported at the meeting of the Den. bigh lown Council that thero was a oos^ibi- fon ?LnCW WG't3 bein £ r established in the town from th* "mnUta1rure ^iphato of amonia from the liquid bi-product from seve-il fit works in North Wales. J gaa » Goef.ra Farm, Glon Conway age4 nis home to-day week to go-and pay his rent. as he did not return a search parry was organised, and Evans waa found early on Fridav morning hanging from a holly tree close <o the houoo.

wnSJClu7 F<Tin! ,h? 9°Kvrl Bay cabman whq was last week r^manaed m oustodv on a charga of attempting suicide, was 011 Saturday bound over to he of good behaviour during th') next three months. The, sylvan fete promoted in the grounds c ( Llys iwryn. IJandnllo, on Thursday and Friday ai 'r'h,?1 'ne "Unds workingmen's institute at LlandriJJo, wore highly successful, a plavlet written by Vicar giving great satisfaction The infantry of the Territorial Army in Shropshire are likely to go into camp in Bro- gyntyn Pflrk, Qfcwesfcry. in t.he first week in August.. Lord Harlech, who is the owner of tho park, i« chairman of the County Association under the Territorial Army scheme. • • •" • The eminent scholar and preacher, Pre.fcs.soj George Adam Smith, D.D., LL.D., of the United Free Church College, Glasgow, has undertaken to deliver the annual address to the students of Bala Theological College on Thursday, July 2nd. • < At Friday's meeting of the Festiniog Ut-batt District Conned, it. was reported that the Coun- c.i1 were indebted to the bank to the extent of E1253. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee it was elecided to give three months'' notice to all the officials of the Council with the view of re-arranging the offices. Mr L. Lloyd John of Corwon, has for czoiii* time been endeavoHing to secure the Prison House of Ow-ain Glyndwir at Glyndyfrdwy for the nation, and has had considerable corres- pondence thereon with t.he Society for the Per- servat-ion of Ancient Buikhngs and th-onationil Trust, but so far without result. At present he is in correspondence with the Commissioners of Works. • • • • Albert Smith, machine-fitter, employed by the London and North-Western Railway Company, who resides at Flint, was riding on the front seat of the Mold to Flint motor-bus, when he suddenly fell off the vehicle right in front of the wheels. The bus, which was then descending the hill near Northop, went right over him, kill- ing his instantly. Deceased leaves a widow and one or two children. Notices have been posted up in tho Dinonvi6 quarries, Carnarvonshire, owned by Mr Asshcton-Smith, that, owing to the very serious and continued depression in the slate trade, a!J, percentages now in force will be Jiscontinued after July 6th, and only five working days will be allowed in each week. There is, however, a promise that when trade improves, full work- ing time will be resumed and' that an advance of wages will be taken into consideration, a • • • The annual general meeting of the Wrexham Football Club was held in the Masonic Hail, Wrexham, on Tuesday night, Mr W. H. Parry presiding over a large attendance. Mr Robin- son, the secretary, in his report, stated that tha past season had been more satisfactory from a' financial than a playing point of view, the total income exceeding that of the previous season by 254.