The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

THE LIVING OF RHYDYCROESAU. The Rev. W. Rees, of Berse Drelincourt, near Wrexham, has been offered by the Bishop of St., Asaph the living of Rhydycroesau, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Richardson Jones.

fI tbt Welsh CoastpiOnttr." LARGEST CIRCULATION ON THE COAST. THE SALE OF THE Welsh Coast Pioneer" Amounts to an average which, if tested, will show an EXCESS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND COPIES WEEKLY UVfR ANI OFHBt fEiMK PAPtrt. Branch Offices: tLANDUDNO MOSTYN STREET. fcJLAINKVVSI WATLING STREET RHYL -29, MICiH STREET. AUERGELE CAX rON HOUSE. London Reprcsentativi MR. PERCY DAY, 7 4, FLEET STREET. TARIFF REFORM MEANS LOWER liCOME TAX AND WORK FOR ALL. y- WE BEG TO INFORM TIIE PUBLIC THAT IN FUTURE, OWING TO PRESSUIUG UPON OUR COLUMNS, ALL LISTS OF WEDDiNG PIES ENTS WILL BE CHARGED FOR AT ADVERTISE. MENT RATES.

COLWYN BAY WATER SUPPLY. A very unfortunate delay has taken place over the COURSTTLACTIOU vi WHO 111TII;.I -11 provided 'y7 the Cowlvii Water Board m order to give Uclwyn Bay that large water supply wh^h tho town ztow needs at the height of the ncliUaj season. A ui^ritii ago it was hoped that the r.-w pipeline wo-uld be completed by the beginning- of AUKUS*. but we are now told by the Board £ ownneer thai some weeks will elapse before ti3 mam will be i-e-dy for use," becau-^e Ca Kccut hocus in the river Conway have pered -materially the work ut carrying the pipes Yer the bed of uie stream. For that deiav, therefore, there. is no cue directly responsible, but it :s to Le feared tbr; it wiii prove a costly experience to Culwjzi Lay. The scaiov.y of water in a tow u which so largely depe.rids upou an a bun-darn. supply is obviously not a matter to be pafcji-jhfc'U broadcast. and for that reason we have rei rained from discussing the precen: pro- Met at any great iengta hitherto. Bu.fc now that ail can reahte that the completion of the new scheme, w..kh will put an end probably for all time to the wa er difficulty, is crly a mas- ter oi days we can aowoaoh the (lueslon wish greater freedom. Hotel and beardi^ Uii8 proprietors compla n. that the existing ec^o.tionfi are fast btcoming intolerable. For some days reee.r.lv tho domestic water has been fo scarce -hat on". has been denied the comlori of his cold talt-a no fern-til matter for the irajiy hundreds of victors A,io adj-pt the üi-d pract.ce of follow- ing a iwiui in the set by a. plunge into pJean, fresh water Indeed it is reported that the hos- pital has beon $h()rt of water, a fact which might we 1 liKjan the life of a patient, so es- ■cnt-al are hot or oold baths under certain cir- eumstaa>;i. Viators are naturally very dis- satisfied. and there can be no doubt but that the refutation of the town has sufferrd a, blow from which it will take some" time to recover. It is useless blinking thes-e facts. At the same time no ot)iq)-rlunitv should be kti-t in making it widely 1 nown that the present state of affairs will exist over no future holiday season. The source of the town's supply is, of course, capable of meeting the requirements of six times the Bov uaa'ion now catered for, and, if it were not for the almost criminal apathy with !lich the Water Board have treated the appeals of Col- w,y.ii Bay for an improved supply, there need ne N e,, havo been a mofnernt s uneasiness. Now that thev have been compelle-d to take action the Board find themselves obliged to fail back upon the help of Llandudno to aug- ment the supply, presumably at the cost of £10 a day, Bit for the fact that Coiwyn Bay will kave to bear its proportionate share of this pay- ment ire citizens might be tempted to wish that the Beard were mulcted in that sum daily during the next few months by way of a fine so to opmk-, for their gross negligence in connection with this scheme. At all events Coiwyn Bay residents have (food reason to regret the day when their representatives bound the district up with the Water Board's undertaking.

AN IMPERATIVE NEED. The Rhos-on-Sea drowning fatality directs the attention of the Coiwyji Bay Urban District uncil to the iiaU«r*Uve need of lining wain- WK boards wherever necessary along the shore Within ther jurisdiction, without a moment's uoneoes^ary delay. It happens that, just as in tlhe recent case at Prestatyn, the foreshore off whore this sad accident took place is private property, but Mr Wm. H or ton, t-e leaser, would, we have no doubt, readily grant the necessary Dermission to fix a board on the spot if it were merely to safeguard the good name of the beau- tiful little uiace iJl. which he is so largely in- terested. Many will disagree wi h Mr Jamee Dhlett ovor the use of warning boarde. He contends that they are a menace to the reputa- tion of a seaside resort. One diowping accident sach aa this does more damage to the reputa- tion of a ttlace than if boards were fixed every hniuired yards alo" the whole beach. The facte of an accident are related by the newspapers to Bullions of readers, whereas warnings to bathers are no more alarming than warnings to motor- iste. Roads throueiout the district are prac- tically littered with notice boards warning motorists and cyclists, bu, they do not deter a single visitor from frequenting our roads. On tie contrary they serve to attract them in some | measure because motorists and cyclists fed a greater amount of security and comfort in driv- ing through a strange district when they know that ad nrecautions have been, taken to warn them of danrous hills or road turnings. The ttamc thing applies with equal if not irnore force to bathers. it was clearly proved at the in- ouest that had there been a warn- insr board of anv kind on the spot -.ho do- ceased anJ, his friendt, would not have bathed where thev did. It is trie that the beach is very rocky, and perhaps forbidding in appear- amoe at this point, but, when the tide is in, one lilace is mllC'} like another to a stranger, and it » obvio oIv the duty of the local authority to do what they can to help strangers under such con- -ditic-n-A. That the allegation of neglect made gtea .nst th 3 Council is denied affords some little comfort, but whether or not the coroner did Complain previously. as ho stated, it is to be hoped that prompt measures will now be taken to Drevenfc a recurrence of a similar ittULty.

AN EpiecODal Advocate of Moderation. A ohan-e of opinion has slowly but surely been made manifest at late in the public utterance's of Our leading clergy, when discussing the Licensing BiH. No one can accuse the Bishop of Bangor [ of holding a brief for the Trade. Hie lordsihip iute fver b ten an ardent advoo&te of temperance, and has condemned anything approaching exces- sive consumption of intoxicants. But the bishop, like many of his ecclesiastical brethren, fully re- cognises that tie Licensing Bill would, were it to become law, do noohing to promote temper- ance. while it would facilitate the Worst form of ODDmrr,PtiOn-,Ilicit sad. Speaking* tti the aa. a" meeting of the Baagoy Dioceoan Societies, his lordship declared that he opposed the Bill be- cause it was most uniust and iiiequlable. The time limit of fourteen years, which Mr Aarjuith would fain imDOse. was not founded on either justice or equity; and he prophesied, ':that on that account the Bill would fail to pass. He strongly deprecated the intemperaLe language used by eo many of the Kupportcrs of the mew sure—men who seem to forget, or to ignore the faci; that the truest form of that temperance, about which they prate so loudly, ia file ir.cder rat.on in ail tjhingfc" divinely commanded mo- de ra. ion in eating, in drinking, and in speaking. lentil the teetotal par y recognise this fact, and abandon their efrort, to force tc<tal abstinence on :he people by a combined policy of Reduction and Restriction, little wiU be done to encotp,-age those hab^t,s of sobriety and self-control in which too many of the labouring clashes are so sadly deficient. < < I an Annual Licence "Property?" In seeking' supped for Mr Asquith's Confisca- tion Bill, teetotal!jr3 persistently a-Sisert that "thpre u> no property in a l'ceneehat it is (rran'ed for one year only, ajid that if, at the erpirat.on -if that M'.iod. its ronewai is refused, there it, no injiu-tice or hardship entailed on the holder. It aeons stnuge that this view of the cast* iiaz, nt-Ner been cut forward by a.ny Go- vernment, until the nreiont Adminis. ration came in' ¡;ow'r. The State has always treated Iic:nc-s (4, nrcoertv for the suke of .axation, and has levied suecjoision or death duties, as they F now cahed, on the full market vaiue cf licensed premis?s, such valuJ be.rig calculated 'in ho a* feun ntion tha'. ttie licence would be renewed, from year to -,car, as long as the house was well conducted Lict.nsed iiouies have been bought end coid, ufl'h.' State regulations, on he swxie as>u'nuti.on: and tho shares in breweries and di-;t»lleries—whose capital is largely invested in pub)ic-hou-=Ct--have been regularly quotevl on the Stock Exchange and regarded in financial ci' cles as being as "eafe" as shares in Railways, Water- works. or Gasworks. Now the Government turns rennd and, while averring- hat licences are not property, brings in a Bill which proposes to trans- fer them, as being worth many millio,n,s sterling", to the coffers of he State! If thfe is not con- fiscation pure and simple, then the pickpocket who "transfers" a watch from the pccket of a man who bought it to his own, is perfectly inno- oent of ,j).ptr.- .r;:1:1 A Pauoer and his Cow. It was intimated at .he LJanrwst Board of Guardums meeting on Tuesday that the District Auditor had repor ed Lis intention to (surcharge the Beard in ev-erv case where out-door relief was granted to per&or.s who kept oows, his rea,- scei being :hat.eJ..ef in euch cases went towards paving rents and ncJ. to relieve destitution. The Clerk a..d he had explained that the paupt-r-, were allowt-d to keeD cows in order to assint the relief., but tne Auditor potn ed out that it was illegal to J die:o such reisons in a.ny ca-e. The Auditor's view is the correct one. no doubt, but if the principle werj rigidly enforced we can conceive a very startling increase in the poor reite If a. paupjr is not permitted to keep a cow which at ciice helps him in his struggle for ext.* ence, why chould auother pauper be per,ilt.ed to trade in boot kwe6, say? If in one case the relief gtoes toward^ paying rent it goes in another form TO jh0 retailer or manufacturer of the boot lacos. Where ;s the d-.fference? The JVoard a:e reuorted to have decided that "persons receiving out-door telief i-hail either sell the aillinals at once or tneir 'relief will be stopped. It will be intereet-nr to watch the effect of the new order. » » » » The Marrying Ministry. Tr.:ne has never bexi in our hi-.tory a Cabinet 90 oonnubtallj- inclined as that which at present presides over our det-tinies. If the matrimonial ejithus.a,s'u evinced by to many members of Mf Asquith's admintfCi-ation does not mollify the suffragitis, then it is in vain to make any poli- tical anneal to the sex. Lord Loreburn, Mr McKenna. and Mr Ma,terman had already sot the shining example: and now the wcrld is grati- fied bv the news of Mr Churchill's engagement to Miss Clemen i.n Hozier. There is no doubt whatever that when the President of t.he Board of Trade is married the country will have to begin to modify i. view of him. He has lived nearly half the Scriptural t-pan of life. He has of late perceptibly changed his way! His stylo G: sreeoii has become more mature and b>udioublv Gibbo.nia,n. He is meditating large political schemes. Upon pentonal acecurl. s he is much to be congratulated. Hie political career will evidently become more interesting than before.

PERSONAL. The BLdiop of Huron, C-aitada, is staying with the Bishop of Bangor at Glyngarth Palace. The Macqui j of Anglesey Las left London lor Conttui'.iK. Ladv Gr.zei Hamilton is staying with Lord a.nd Ladv Crmmore at Castie Mac GarretT, Clvremor.is, Ireland. Lord Kenyon was among those who were in- vited to meet the Prince of Waies at Abbeystead tttie week. The RlSh<m of Banuror will celebrate his birth- dav on Saturday next. His lordship wavs born in 1845. The apDointment of Lout. R. G. Rowley- Conwy, R.N., to the "Sappho" and "Proser- pine" is cancelled. The Duke a.nd Duchcss of Westminster have left Eatoii Hail fox Stack Lodge, Sutherland- shire. The Duke of Westminster wag fined £ 3 and costs a; Rugby, an Tuesday, for exceeding the motor car speed limit at llUmorton. The Marquis of Anglesey formed one of Mr Wynn& Corrie's shooting party, who shot over the Ruabon Moon, on Thursday. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Humphreys- Owen was chris ened on Friday at St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London. Sir Charles McLaren, Bart., M.P., has rented the Vceias Grouse Moors, and towards tne end of the month w-11 entertain a shooting party at Ikxinanf, This month's Slate Trade Gazette contains an excellent photo«vai.>h o.f Mr F. S. Percival, the proprietor of the Yotty and Bowydd Slate Quarries, Blaenau Febtiniog. The engagement is announced of W. S. Whitehouse, Hardwick How-c, Studley, late of IjXilev Court Redditch, and Gwladys. ouiy daughter of Mr and Mrs W. E. Jones, Grag, Lla.nfa.ir P.G. Lord a.nd Lady Mostyn, accompanied by the Hon. Gwynedd Mostyn, will be leaving Liver- rjoal to-tmo: row (Friday) by the "Empress of Britain" for Quebec, and will be absent from England for some months. A mirriage is arrar-ged and will take place at the end of n month, between Edgar Pro- bert. of Pentre, South Wales,only son of Dr. Pro- ba-t, pr-Irk-ilAl of the Independent College, Ban- and Katie, daughter of Colonel Hugh Savatfa, ".D., of Brynafon, Bangor. We are officially informed thai: Mr J. L. Ed- wards has been appointed inspector of factories fç.1' the Wrexham district, which comprises the oountiee of Montgomery. Merioneth, Carnarvon, Anglesey, Denbigh and Flirv, in place of Mr Hilditoh transferred to the Swansea district. The -ongac.irnp-nt is announced of Mr W. S. Whitebouee, Hardwtck House, Studley, second son of the hute Mr J. H. Whitehouee and Mrs Whitehouae, of Ipsley Court, and Gwladys Helene. only daughter orE Mr and Mrs Lloyd Jaces, C-Toiir, Uanfair P.G., Anglesey. Mr IJovd Jones is he North' Wake ageot of tie Marquis of Asiglawy. Mr and Lady Juliet Duff have left Bembridge, near Rvde, on a visit to Lord Ripon at Studley Royal, Yorkshire, where Lord and Lady De Grev are also staying. The announcement that the Pr:neesK of Walei has been staying with Lady Juliet Duff at Bern bridge is incorrect, as H.R.H. has not visi.ed the Isle of Wight this summer. A marriage has been arranged between Mr Edf.'&r T. Kenyan, of the Board of Agriculture, younirest son of the late Captain George Ken- yon, R.N., and of Mrs Kenyon, Grafton Lodge, Shropshire, and Hester Marjorie, eldest daugh- ter of the late Sir Philip Tatton Mainwaring and 01 Lady Mainwaring, Peover Hall, Cheshire. A marriage has been arranged between the Ristht Hen. Winston Snenoer Churchill, M.P., President of the Bo-ard of Traoe, and Mi:>8 Ole- meiitit-k, Hozier, daughter of the late Sir Henry H ozier, K.C. B., And Lady Blanche Hozier. Tito prospective bridegroom's mother is Mrs George Cornwall is West. who married the son of Col. Cornwallis West, Rut.hin Castle. Among the great-aun.:s of the future br'.de is Lady Stanley of Alderiev. The D ike and Duchess of Westminster have '.aken a. house for the week at Merrion Square, Dublin, fOr the Hcrso Show, and will have a number of polo etueste with them. Towards the e,rid of rhe mon,h tho Ducthe;« of Westminster will probably go to Venice and join the Duke's steam yacht, "Graianaig," which will do some orui.siner in the Mediterranean during the absence of Il.s Grace in South Africa. We are pleaded to st.1e that Mr Hugh Vin- cent, B.A., Bionydd, Bangor, has been appoint- ed a director on the Wvexha,.n Board of the Al- liance Assurance Company. The other directors are Sir R. E. Egcrtan, K.C.S.I, (chairman), Sir Wa.rkin Williams Wynn, Bar; Sir FOS.N H. E. Cunl.ffe, Bait., Thomas Bury, J. Francis and J. E. Powell. We con err at u'late M'I: Vincent upon his appointment. Tho Alliance Company is one of the most powerful and wealthy in the courl ry.

THE LATE CAPT. A. L. PILKINGTON. We retrret to aanounce the deii-li, which took place on Sunday, aite- a long illness, at his re sideiice. l bistcck llall, Ruabon of Mr Albert Leonard Pilkington, you.ngest son of the late Mr Wm P'ikinsr'.on. of Sutton and St. Helens. The decreed gentje.man lived at Roby Hall, ncair Liverpool, for many vrvin;. He w.ts an enthusi- astic Yeomanry officer, being Major in the Lan- cashire Hussar* Imperial Yeomanry, in which he was morTt popular vi,h all ranks. He was also a great sjortwnan, well known with Sir Wa kin W.ynn's h<iUnds. He was bor.n at Sutton Grange St. Helena, on TJeccmbcr 1st, 1871. and married January 24th, 1899, Rcseina S., daughter of Mr Thomas Fair, of Lvtfcam. He leaves two t-ons. The fun-cral took place on Tues- day. at Erbistcck Church, a.. three o'clock.

LADY McLAREN'S VIEWS ON THE SEX CONFLICT. riting from Bolgrave Square to the editor of "The Daaly Mail, Lady McLaren (Bodnant lIall) says: — Ihe interest which your correspondence on the sex oonlliec has arouued encourages me to oner soniie elementary facte. Both men and women assume that there are in this country a vast nuu.b.r of young single women who cannot ina,rry owing to the fact that they are in the majority, and consequently no men exist to marry them. This is a com- plete mistake. If you turn to the last census you will find that there are in England and Wales of too of tweniy-onexno fewer than 925,7ó2 unmarried men, as agaijL'it 905,095 un- married women. But what about tho million surplus women in this country about whom there is such an outcry? More than three-quarters of these surplus w..inert are widows, and no fewer than 100.000 more are the wives of men abroad— soldiers, sailors, et-c.—men who are not included in our census. More boys are born than girL-i, but the male sex dies off q-uieker; still it is only after the age of thirty-fi^e that the female sex be.gins largely to preponderate. This inequality goes on increasing as the age advances, TfLce complaint of many of your male corres- pondents is that women are underselling them in their businesses, and one man gcei so far as to state^ that because he is keeping: a wife and seven children other women ought to be pre- vented from earning a living at all. Perhaps it h rot occurred to him that in supporting his wife ho nas merely acquired for his own benefit a servant who works for her board only, with- out wages, whereas he has to pay his cook and his nursemaid wages in addition to their board —unless ho expects his wife* to act in these capa- cities as well as to bear the seven children. It is, no doubt, a misfortune to find competi- tion in one's own individual trade; but your correspondents should remember that men have the whole range of profitable human occupa- tions open, whereas women have been fitted with an iron jacket of State and social restric- tions, yvhich makes the competition in the few trades allowed to them fi.-ree indeed. And man would net only show his boasted chivalry by re- tiring from trades suitable to women, but bv so doing he would consult his own best inte- rests, by avoiding a competition which is sure to get the better of him before long. Let such men mark the words of the solicitor who employs women clerks and whose testi- mony was recently quoted in the Press: "Women are entirely trustworthy. You see, they do not drink, smoke, or bet, and, while they are as intelligent as mtm, tney concen- trate their minds more on the business in hand."

A SURPRISING FEATURE. Perhaps the most surprising feature of the correspondence has been the importance which the men writers attach to their own pitiable notion of chi val ry. This exquisite poetical idea has in past age3 iD.en of about as much use as moonshine to the mass of women. Now and again it may have helped high born beauty in distress, but it never gave justice to womanhood in ugliness, poverty, or age. Chivalry never prevented men robbing women of either liberty or property; it did nothing for the woman who sang the Song ot a Shirt; it never assisted the witch who was burning at the stake; it never rescued a woman on the scaffold, nor did it moderate the savage violence of stocks and ducking-stools and floggings at the cart's tail as punishments for women. Chivalry never repeated the old com- mon law of England which allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick not thicker than his thumb. Indeed, the most conspicuous triumphs of chi- valry to-day result in carrying a few cloaks for rich women and giving up a few seats to pretty ones. Its vast pretences have in the past been nothing but a sham, or at best like the tail .of the peacock, vastly admired by its possessor, but of no practical value to the hen. To vary the simile, chivalry is like an ex- quisite plant which for long ages has not blos- somed. Only did it begin to bear when John Stuart Mill published his book on "The Sub- jection of Women." Since then it has been maturing- slowly, surety, and to-day we see at last the dawn of a new chivalry, not of words alone or silken dalliance; not the offering to women of trifling acts of courtesy to be paid for by a lifetime of obedience, but a chivalry which will one day give women something worth having; respect instead of contempt, comradeship instead of subjection, equality in- stead of tyranny.

ALLEGED CABINET CONSPIRACY. STATEMENT BY MR LLOYD GEORGE. The "Special Correspondent* of the "Man- chester Guardian," wired from Baden-Baden as follows:— The German papers are commenting upon the accusation made bv the Londcwi "Standard'T &I- leKiritr a conspiracy between Mr Lloyd George and Mr Churchill to drive Sir E. Grey from the Foreign Office. I have seen Mr Lloyd George, and he sends '.he following .-oply:- "This only part of a general campaign of slander and scurrility to which Mr Churchill and myself have been subjected ever since we were supposed to be working to divert national endeavour and expenditure from the apparatus of slaughter lo !:he machinery of social regeneration. The charge of d-.Vlovalty to our colleagues is the blurutest and clumsiest of the numerous ob- solete weapons used against us. This warfare merely servei; to show that the malignity of tihe'.ir spirk is matched only by the poverty of their armoury. No two men in the Cabinet have a greater admiration of Sir E. Grey or a more unbounded confidence in his great capacity for dealing with all the complex and difficult problems confronting Great Britain. I would not think this worth oontradictuig had it not been cabled to Geftunany and used to ereate the yggreaeie* that the Bniiffc Cabinet is 4>vidc4."

ON THE MOORS. DRESS PROBLEMS. Uu here in Scotland few, if any, muslin or lace, or linen dress are to be seen, though the weather is delightful. On the 11th it rained, and was cold at times when the sun was obscured. The 12th, the great and glorious festival of St. Grouse, broke sunny and lovely, and so stayed until the shooting was over, when it became dull and oold. That is the way up hero, and the wav that must be reckoned on as regards clothes. A woman out with the guns may be taking strenuous exercise over rough ground in the heat of the sun one half hour, and sitting in a butt the next with a chilly wind cooling her ail too suddenly, if she is not prepared with warm clothing. Even for fair weather on the moors warm. light coats and skirts are neces- sary; for any other variety, they are absolutely indispens-able. Seeing that every season more women go out with the guns, and more join personally in the sport, it is curious that even now absurdly unsuitable dress is frequently as- sumed for the moors. A Highland host/ess tcld the writer that one of her difficulties with new women guests was to supervise her shooting get- up without offending them. No written directions to bring warm clothes are effective. The utmoet they produce is a suit or two or light serge or tweed, while as to stockings, this practical and kindhearted lady says she is tcirn between a desire to scold and one to laugh heartily when short skirts blown aside disclose silken hose or open-work Lisle- thread footwear. "And then the poor things wonder that their feet blister and their legs get scored, a.nd blame our bonny hiBs for it, when it's iust their own want of commoneense that thev should put it down to." Naturally novices are those who err most. It is a fact, however, that a woman who has been out several seasons and suffered from her ill-judged perparatiens in dress will come up again with nothing' better than an ordinary country house kit, and be obliged to supplement it at the nearest county town. HARRIS TWEED. However brilliant is the promise of the morn- ing, the woman who goes cut on the hills, to shoot or to see the sport, will be wise to we-cyr substantial Harris tweed. I.t may bo useful here to sav that much is sold for Harris, and for Scotch, homespun that looks very nice and smart, and in the first soaking t gets-e. thing that will come its way sooner or later in Scot- land—the colour runs and the stuff itself thick- ens and roughens. The genuine article is dyed with vegetable and herbal colouring, the wool from which it is woven retains sufficient of the natural oil to make it practically waterproof. It is light and warm, and yet, if carefully chosen, is also porous, admitting enough of a heather- scented breeze to refresh and invigteirate the wearer. Time was when the choice was narrow. Now it is wide; all the same, the practical woman who loves the hills a.nd wishes to enjoy them will eschew the prettier and paler tint-s in w l{oh the homespuns are now produced for the Lovat and heather mixtures, the greys and the browns, which iresist the action of the sun a.nd wet and wind, and never look really weather- beaten. Woman do not always lo.ve their ser- vice-marked suits as men do. The innate daintiness of them craves for neat, fresh-looking clothes, even when they are denied ornament s. NO PETTICOATS. That skirts must be short is generally under- stood; thev caqn-ot be too short for the mooc. If the wearer aspires to the more strenuous sport of stalking, the leng,th should be little, if anything, more than a kilt. For this sport, too, she must dress inconspicuously. Her attendant stalker will take good care that the herd shall .not smell her, and wiii depend on her to weair such neutral-tinted clothing that her quarry shall not see her. Again, the Lovat, heather, brown, and grey, nnxtuers are the best. They make no spot of contrasting colour against the heat-her patches, the boulders, or the conries of a deer forest, and they show fewest traces of crawling through a itnarsh or or mist. Another thing generally understood is that petticoats are as strictly barred by sportswoman's dreas aa bv the latest and most extreme Incroy- able directory costume. What is not so easily comprehended is that ordinary knickers are al- most equally inconvenient. The genuine lovers of the hills will climb for the very joy of it. The woman who wants to shoot or stalk requires to be a climber and walker in haord places. To secure her comfort for so doing she must have her nether garments cut as carefullv as a. man has his, and made of suitable material* for -the purpose, warm, 1 ght, and porous. Boots, broad in the tread, with light aluminium nails, laced high but not too tightly, and with broad but not .necessarily or even desirably flat heels are the correct footwear. A part of the kit of the hill-loving woman that is not .dress, but on which her comfort greatly depends, is some pre- paration efficacious in keeping off flies and other uisects. This should be sprinkled on the veil, f one is worn-they are generally used now, not, oi course, over the face, but to secure the .hat about the shoulders, and on the stockings. The best hats for the hills are those of light stitched felt or tweed, which can be- pinned se- curely to the hair, have sufficient brim to protect the eyes and the back of the neck from a strong sun, and yet brim* not stiff enough to catch the wyid. The ordinary fasil- on plate of a shooting dress is delightful to look at and bristling with all the characteristics of the sports. A true sportswoman sees with half an eye that it is devoid of half the neoe^it'es for comfort

FISHING CLOTHES. Clothes for fishing are very much what these for shooting should be. The woman who is up here specially for the trout and salmon fishing a.nd intends bemg out from morn till eve on ■lough, river, or the sea-after the nimble, strong, white. trout-will be just aa careful, if she Ís experienced, to provide serviceable homespun coats and siurte, the former Iccae enough to give absolute freedom of movement to the arms For either the hills or the rivers fine flannel shirts are the best; silk, linen, or oottc-n are apt to get clammy and frigid in rain, nor are any of of thorn so light and porous as really Kood light, unshrinkable flannel. Then a rod-womail wants more pockety than a gun-woman. She has to stow away her fly book, and spare casts and one thing and another connected with her tackle, for her giJlie may .not always be at her beck and call: sometimes he is at that of the man with her; many times a woman goes up the river for a spell quite unattended. Another necessity, particularly if fishing from a boat is a really reliable enveloping waterproof, with loose sleeves, giving freedom for casting'. The hat here, as for the hills, should be of dimen- sions sufficient to afford shade. Except out on a lough, the angler has less wind to encounter than the shooter. She is down in shelter, as a rule, and can usually wear a wide-brimmed Panama, than which there is .nothing more weatherproof, light, shady, and easily attached. The flopoiness of the brims does not matter in 6belter as it does in the breeze. The angler will know whether the stretch of water she pro- poses to fish lies low or runs over the exposed moo.r, and arrange her headgear accordingly. One tiling she must not forgot if she desiresi to preserve the calm and reflective mind of the compleat angle, and that is the fluid protective from flies and midges. A reliable chemist will be able to supply her with this commodity, one to be included in every Sootoh kit. A pair of smoked spectacles is also a thing' not to be for- gotte.n, this especially if the rod is to be plied on the arm of the sea or the inland lough, where the glare of the rippled and curling surface is well-nigh blinding to unaccustomed eyes. Por- poise-hide boots are very useful where the a-iver- bank is wet and marshy. If the plier of the rod expects to have wading to do ahe wiN have Tubber over boots for the purpose up to the knees, and a skirt specially made to turn from the knees. There are points about dress for the moors and rivers suited to certain localities. Certain it is, however, thai theee will be learned o.nlv bv experience. The broad lines are such as get forth in thig article.—"Daily Teiegrajjh."

ANNIVERSARY OF A TRAGIC EVENT. MEMORABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT ABEROELE RECALLED. INTERVIEWS WITH TWO OF THE JURYMEN. To-day (Thursday) is the 40th anniversary of the most terrible railway accident which ever oc- curred in North Wales. A-lihough so many years have passed since it happened; as each anniveT- fcsarv cotmee round the disaster is spoken of, and many are Vhe visitors who have it brought to their notice by tho monument which is erected in the Churchyard of Abergele to the memory of the victima. It was on .he day of the August fair at Aber- gele, in the year 1868, that the news was brought to the town that the Irish mail had been wrecked between Abergele and Llanddulus, and that many had perished in the flames which had quickly enveloped the express. Wi.hin a few oniJiutes the streets of the town were cleared of people, everyone who could possibly get away hastening' to the cu ting between Peij^arn and what is now known 116 Ll.yefaen station. There are few people alive in Abergele to-day who can ted with anything like exactness .ihe scene which met the gaze of those who hastened to the ill- fated \rain, but this week our representative has interviewed the two remaining inernbell3 of the ju'ry who inquired into the matter at the in- quefcJ. Thev are Mr M.llward (hen.), who, at 'the ripe age of 88, is enioving a well-earned rest at Prestatyn, and Mr Jones, saddler, Abergele, who is still conducting a successful business in the town. Mr Millward was '.he oldest, and Mr Jones, the youngest member of the jury, but both of them confess that 40 yeacs have wiped out of their nicuiiory many of the startling inci- dentts of that memorable day. Mr Mi 11 ward s.ated that he was not certain whether he served on he jury, but on that point Mr Jones was moro sure, at4d, without being asked, remarked tha.t Mr Millward and himself were on the iucv, a.nd that for 14 days they sat and endeavoured to unravel !.he many points which they were called upon to investigate. In addition Mr Jcoies observed that when he visited the scene of the disaS.er the sight which met his gaze was one that he would never forget. Nor could he efface from h/s memory the spectacle of thofce who were saved from the train, many of them in bandages, and all in a tiate border- ing on collapse, at the same time thankful that they had escaped the ter'rible fate which had mc. upwards of thirty-three of their fellow pas- sengers. The disaster occurred under somewhat peculiar circumstances. On the Llanddulas station side of tho tunnel an engine driver was engaged shunt- ing a goods train loaded with barrels of pe).rol- euim. This was known on the railway as a "pick up" train, and it was being backed into the siding in order to allow the "Wild Irishman" express from Euston to Holyhead .Oo pass, which it usually did at the pace of abouv 30 miles an hour, having a heavy bank to negotiate between Abergele and Llanddulas. The petroleum '.rucks were on the main line, and the engine gave a truck from the siding a "kick off" towards the tail end of the train, which had a brake van in the rear. This kick off, however, proved oo much for the brakes of the vam. for they snapped the cog-wheel, and the brake van with the petroleum trucks began to move down '.he main line towards -Llysfaen, gradually gaining im- petus as thev went on. All efforts to stop the run-aways failed, and onward they raoed towards Abergele. It wazl,oo late to stop the Ilrish mail, as it had already pa^-ied through Abergele, and as the driver of the express entered the see4oii4cl cutting' near the cot.age of a Mr Dickin, a rail- way employee, and not far from the Coed Coch roed. the driver saw to his horror the goods train approaching him on the line on which he was travelling, at the rate of 30 miles an hour. He did all he could to save his train, but realiis- ink hat he could not stop it, he shut off steam and iumnxl for hir, life. Ln this way he escaped, but he did not survive the accident more than A few months. Although the collision between the goods train and the express was not very severe it caused Jhe petro'leum-lade.n trucks to mount the engine of the eaprees, and the bar rels of oil breaking set the train on fire. So sudden was the affair that 33 of '.he occupants of the first portion of the tra,n failed to get clear, and it is supposed .-hat they were suffo- cated by the fumes of the oil, although eye. witnesses of the disaster asserted afterwards that, thev saw persons at the vfindows of the carriages unable to gel out through the locked doors. TO THE RESCUE. Mr Joseph Dickin. who was a foreman plate- layer, with others who rushed to the spot, de- tached the rear portion of the ;.ra;n and pushed it towards Abergele out of the Teach of the flames, and thus saved the lives of many of vhe passenCers. It was stated at the inquest that the fl aitnes from f.he three burning carriages rose to a height of 20 feet, and that the whole of the conflagration seemed to burst cqt, in a moment. Not a sound nor a groan wan li-eard from the doomed carriages, and the heat and smoke were so great that no one dared approach them. The passengers in .hose oarriages were ;,n one mo- ment practically beyond human, assistance, and the work of removing the other portion of the train was rendered most difficult by Vhe suffo- cating smoke. Nothing was left of the carriages but the ironwork, and am soon as the rescue party eouod approach hhey collected the remains of the passengers and conveyed them in sheets to the floods warehouse. Coifing were sent from Cheser. and in these the remains of the bodioo- nothing more Vharn cinde:f,-wer-o conveyed to the steeple at Abergele. Doctors endeavoured to sort out the remains, but in two c"ies they found thi-t thev were so small that they could be placed in one coffin. In all some 33 persons were accoun*-ed for, and after the inquost, which was conducted by Dr. Pierce, cof Denbigh, aS- sisted bv Mr Martin Smith, solicitor, Denbigh, the remains were interred in one grave !n Aber- gele Churchvard. The disaster and the subsequent proceedings attracted attentioji throughout the country, and all the leading newspapers were specially repre- sented at the inquest, which, as already stated, lasted a fontnight. The jury were .aken over the scene of the disaster, and the vairous posi- tions of the trucks, the express, and '.he sidings, and signalling arrangements were explained to them, while people from all parts of the country dailv visited the scene watching with he greatest interest what waa taking place. In the end a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD. The funeral of the 33 victims was attended by thousands of people, and over their bodies a marble monument was erected bearing the fol- lowing inscriucion.- "In the midst of life we are in death." Sacred to the Memory of the Thirty-Three Persons whose nameg are inscribed on this monuineri;. Thev perished in the Railway Accident near Abergele on the 20th of August, 1868, and their remains are deposited withiji this enclosure. Rijght, Hon. Henry, Lord Farnham Lady tarn ham; the Rev. Sir Nicholas Chinuery, B,:t.; Lady Chinuery; the Hon. Judge Ber- wICk; Elizabeth Mary Berwick; John Har- rison Avlmer: Rosanna Louisa Aylmer- Arthur Fitzgerald Aylmer; Rosalie Franks' Kate Sophia Ask in; Fanny Sophia Thorn- ough Askin; Charles Cripps; Capt. J. Prieatley Edwards; E. Lovell Farrell' Jcreph Holmes; Jane Ingram; Mary Ann Kellett: Caroline Simcox Lee; Augusta Simcox Lee; William Townshend Land; W. Henry Owen; Edward Outen; W. Bradley Parkinson; Christopher Slater Parkinson- Mary Anne Roe: Whitmore Scovell; Kath- leen Scovell: William Smith; Caroline Steam; Elizabeth Strafford; Louisa Symes. "I am the resurrection and the life; he that bel'eveth in me. though he wore dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever livoth and believeth in me shall never die. Believe-t taou this?" John xi 25, 26,

Colossal frauds affecting the Russian Post Office have been discovered in cow. Old stamps have been restored and reissued. In Moscow alone the frauds are estimated to amount to owom

LLANRWST BOARD OF GUARDIANS. PAUPERS AND THEIR COWS. The monthly meeting of the Board was held on Tuesday, Mr John Roberts, J.P. (presiding). There were also present Mr D. G. Jones (vice- chairman), the Revs. J. Gower, J. Ll. Richards, H. Rawson Williams, H. Jones, Messrs John Hughes, D. Jones, 0. Lloyd Jones, T. T. Ro- berts, John Berry, E. Roberts, W. Williams, D. G. Jones, E. Edwards, E. W. Roberts, Rowland Hughes, John Williams, J. Davies (Gwytherin), D. Owen, Meredith Owen, and W. G. Jones, together with Messrs R. R. Owen (clerk), and T. Hughes (deputy clerk). OUT-DOOR RELIEF. The Clerk reported that JE171 19s 6d had been paid in out-door relief during the past month to 291 paupers, a decrease of JB12 6s 6d in relief, the number of paupers being the same as the corres- ponding period last year. FINANCE. The Clerk reported that the bills presented for payment amounted to E109 7s 7d, leaving an available balance of JE625 lis 9d. THE HOUSE. The Clerk reported that there were 22 inmates in the house, against 26 the corresponding period last year; 85 trampj had also been relieved du- ring the month against 53 the corresponding period last year. A vote of thanks was accorded Mrs Ashley, Caegroes, for a gift of magazines to the in- mates. The Master reported that under the new order in regard to diet, in which each inmate is allowed as much as he or she requires, instead of being placed on a fixed allowance, a saving of 301bs. a week of bread had resulted. The matron was allowed ten davs' holidays. BARBED-WIRE REQUIRED. The Master was instructed to procure barbed wire to place on the walls to stop tramps from departing without performing their allotted task. PAUPERS WHO KEEP COWS. Mr Roberts, one of the relieving officers, in- formed the Board that the District Auditor had intimated his intention to surcharge the Board in respect to relief granted persons who owned cows, as the money evidently went towards the rent and not to relieve destitution. Tho Clerk rem"rked that he had explained to the Auditor that the paupers were allowed to keep cows to assist the relief, but he replied that it was illegal to relieve such persons in any case. Mr T. T. Roberts, referring to one of the cases, said the cow belonged to the son, and that he was the tenant of both the house and the land, and not the mother, who was in receipt of relief. The Officer on the other hand stated that the mother's name was on the rent-book in respect to both the house and land. He was instructed to make further enquiries and report to the Board. Some of the members contended that the relief should be stopped at once if the paupers still kept a cow. It was decided to grant relief for a month, and allow the paupers the option to sell their cows or have their relief discontinued. HOLIDAYS. Mr Roberts, relieving officer, was allowed seven days' holidays, acd Dr. Williams, Penmachno, who named Dr. Hills as his deputy, was allowed six weeks' relief from duties on account of ill- health. THE LATE MR HUGH PIERCE. The Chairman, in moving a vote of condolence with the sons of the late Mr Hugh Pierce, said that he had acted as clerk of the Board for 25 years, and during that long period he had proved himself to be a faithful and valuable officer with an unique knowledge of the Poor-Law. The Rev. John Gower, in seconding, said it was a source of deep regret to him when he heard of Mr Pierce's demise. He was undoubtedly one of the best clerks in the United Kingdom, and he was glad his cloak had fallen upon the shoulders of the present clerk. The Rev. Rawson Williams and Mr Edwards having spoken in similar terms the motion was adopted, all the members standin-g. IMPROVED VENTILATION WANTED. Mr D. Jones, Gwydr Ucha', appeared before the Board and submitted a scheme for the ven- tilation of the house. He estimated the cost of the appliances at :£23 Is. The suggestion to con- vert the present windows into sash windows would necessitate structural alterations' in the building, which would incur an enormous cost. The Rev. John Gower contended that Mr Jones' suggestion was the only feasible one, and should be adopted by the Board. On the motion of Mr John Hughes, seconded by the Rev. H. Rawson Williams, the scheme was adopted, and it was decided to invite tenders to complete the work. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. Mr T. R. Jones, The Harp, appeared before the Board, and submitted spccimenta of the patent fire extinguishers recently tested ia the district. After some discussion the question of purchas- ing the extinguishers for the house was deferred for a month. LAID UPON THE TABLE. A letter was read from the Clerk of the Peace demanding 15s from the Board for the removal by the police of a tramp, who was found ill at Capel Curig, to the Workhouse Infirmary. The letter was laid unon the table. VACCINATION. The Clerk reported that from July 1st to 21st September, 1907, the number of births was 163, and out of this number 121 had been successfullv vaccinated, 12 had died, 16 postponed, three ex- empted, 4 removed, 3 conscientious objections, and 5 unaccounted for. LUNACY. The Local Government Board wrote that the c inspector under the Lunacy Act, who had inspect- ed the Workhouse, reported that there were only two, male and female, insane upon the premises, and that the patients and their surroundings were in a satisfactory condition. OLD-AGE PENSIONS. The Clerk reported that in accordance with the instructions of the Board, he had made en- quiries as to how many persons over 70 years of age were in receipt of relief in the Union, and found the number to be 81. Mr Roberts, one of the relieving officers, re- marked that it would be difficult to persuade the old people to relinquish their relief in advance in order to qualify as pensioners, as their faith was very weak (laughter). The subject was deferred.

DIOCESAN MOTOR CAR FOR BISHOP EDWARDS. MEETING OF SUBSCRIBERS AT CHESTER. In connection with the fund now being raised in the diocese of St. Asaph with the object of purchasing a motor car for the Bishop a meeting of subscribers was held at Chester on Monday. A small attendance was presided over by Lord Kenyon. Those present included Lord Harlech, Mr A. Wynne Corrie (secretary and treasurer), Rev. M. Elrington (Bissett), Rev. T. Redfern, and Mr Buxton (St. Asaph). Mr Corrie said a circular signed by Lord* Powis, Lord Kenyon, Lord Harlech, and Sir Wat- kin Williams Wynn was sent out in January, and in May a further circular, with a list of subscribers attached, was issued. When first ap- proached the Bishop was doubtful whether he should receive the gift of a car while there were so many things in the diocese which needed sup- port. He (Mr Corrie) had told the Bishop that it would be a diocesan car, and on that under- standing his Lordship said he would be glad of a car and to become a subscriber to the fund. His Lordship also suggested the appointment of a small committee, on which he was willing to serve, to decide what kind of a car should be bought. It was decided to close the subscription list on the 29th September. The following were ap- pointed, as suggested by the Bishop, viz., Lord Kenyon, Lord Harlech, Mr Corrie, and Mr Bux- ton. Lord Kenyon announced that the fund up to date stood at J6606 16s. A very large number of persons had already contributed, and the subscrip- tions varied from £100 to Is 6d.

POLO AT EATON. As the Ladies' Nomination Tournament was run through the day before, the final tie in the competition for the Duke of Westminster's Cup was the only item of importance on Saturday's card, although made-up games provided amuse- ment for the numerous visitors until late in the afternoon. The tournament, which was managed by Captain Miller, was very successful from every point of view. The play throughout was especially good, and, in spite of stormy weather on one or two days, the attendances on the pretty ground—which is one of the best equipped in the provinces—have been very large. The tournament, indeed, is now thoroughly established as one of the most popular social and sporting events in Cheshire.

Mr Henry Key3, postmaster at Eastwood, near Southend, was killed cn Tuesday in endea- yeuiing to stop a runaway boree.

— ■■ — — ATLANTIC FLEET TO VISIT LLANDUDNO. The Admiralty has approved a revised pro- gramme for the Atiantio Fleet's summer cruise. The Fleet will leave Berehaven on the 21st inst., and will visit among other places Llandudno, arriving at Gibraltar on October 5th, where the "Albemarle," "Duncan," "Russell," "Corn- wallis," and "Venus," will carry out a gunlayer'a test.

COUNCIL TO PREPARE A WELCOME. For the purpose of giving a worthy recej tion to the division of the Atlantic Fleet upoi their forthcoming visit to Llandudno, the Uf. ban District Council met in committee on Wed netiday evening. The Chairman, Councillor Wj II. Jones, presided, and there were present Councillors T. W. Griffith, Robert Roberts, W* 0. Williams, Pierce Jones, Thomas Edwards Thos. Smith, and Prof. Beaumont, and the Town Clerk, Mr A. Conolly. The Chairman, having briefly explained the object of the meeting, various suggestions were made by the councillors present as to the en- gagement of a band, the illumination of the sea-front, the presentation of an address, etc., but nothing tangible was decided upon. On the proposal of Councillor Pierce Jones, the meeting was adjourned to next Friday, when a paid collector will be appointed, and other arrangements made. It was decided to invite the professional men and tradesmen of the town to the meeting. — — J-

TERRIBLE MINING CATASTROPHE IN LANCASHIRE. LOSS OF OVER SEVENTY LIVES. A terrible, catastrophe, a parallel to which will be sought for in vain in the history of the Lancashire coalfields for the past decade, oc- curred at Abram, near Wigan, on Wednesday, when, through an explosion at the Maypole Colliery, scventy-threo men were entombed within the mine. Twenty dead bodies have Leen found in the mine by the search parties, which have b en at work all through the night, and little hope is entertained that the other illfated men will over be reon-vered alive. The cause of the ex- plosion is still a mystery. The rescuers tell dreadful stories of the ghastly scenes witnessed below, mutilated limbs being scattered in all directions. The cause of the explosion is still unknown, but it is supposed to be due to afterdamp. Up to 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning only one body had been recovered. It is officially stated that seventy-six men were down the pit at the time of the explosion, and, as three have been rescued alive, there are thus seventy-two still unaccounted for. The rescue parties have bæn reinforced by the arrival, shortly after se en o> clock on Wednesday morning, of the famous Altoft's par- ty from Yorkshire with the Wegg apparatus. It is regarded as impossible that any of the entombed men can still be alive, as fire, ex- plosion, and afterdamp have alike been ter- rible. The "Liverpool Echo" have started a shilling relief fund, the proprietors generously heading the list with 1000 shillings.

THE CHURCHES. The Rev. William Evans, B.A., who for the last two years has been pastor of the English Congregational Church at Dolgelky, is resign- ing that post. He intends to enter Manchester College, Oxford, in October, to pursue further studiee in theology.

APPOINTMENT FOR A FESTINIOG CURATE. The Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Festiniog, has been appointed curate of Llanfairisgaer. Mr Thomas is a well-known bard and an eloquent preacher.

NEW RECTOR OF BODVEAN. At Glyngarth Palace, on Tuesday, the Rev., George Salt, B.A., was collated to the rectory of Bodvean, Pwllheli. The ceremony was per- formed in the presence of the Bishop of Huron (Dr. David Williams), who is staying with the Bishop of Bangor.

NEW BISHOP OF SHREWSBURY. The Archbishop of Westminster on Monday received the brief from the Congregation oil Propaganda, Rome, appointing the Very Rev. Mgr. Canon Hug Singleton, Rector of Our Lady Star of the Sea and St. Joseph, Seacombe, to vacant Bishopric of Shrewsbury. This in- timation was forwarded to the new Bishop on Monday evening, who is in residence at the Rectory, Seacombe.

ST. ASAPH CLERGY SUSTENTATION FUND. Delightful weather favoured the sale of work arranged for Monday at Park Hall principally, through the exertions of Mra Wynne Corrie. TTie object of the effort was the St. Asaph Clergy Sustentation Fund, and it is gratify to reoord that it proved an unqualified suocesa The sale was declared open shortly after three o'clock by Mary Lady Hanr in the pro aeaee of a large company.