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ATLANTIC FLEET'S VISIT TO LLANDUDNO. ACTIVE PREPARATIONS. 'A hastily summoned meeting of members of the Llandudno Council and others was held on Friday afternoon, to decide what steps should be taken to welcome the coming of a division of the Atlantic Fleet to the bay on Friday (to- morrow). In the absence of the Chairman of the Council, the Rev. Ll. R. Hughes, rector of Llandudno, was voted to the chair. Letters were read giving the time of the ar- rival at Llandudno at 6 a.m., and the departure as 10 p.m. The battleships may be inspected from 10.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. It was decided to charter one of the Liverpool and North Wales steamers to convey the members of the Council to the flagship to offer the town's official wel- come. The London and North-Western Railway Company and the Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company wrote agreeing to do all they could to make the visit a success by running trains and boats at cheap rates. The tender of Messrs Payne, of Liverpool, who offered to illuminate the Promenade, was accept- ed, and the Royal Oakeley Band has been en- gaged for the day. A sub-committee was appointed to carry out the arrangements, consisting of the following:— Councillors Robert Roberts, S. Chantrey, Wil- liam Thomas, and Messrs Frank Edge, John Roberts (Bryn Celyn), Arthur Hewitt, A. Dunphy, J. E. Hallmark, and Howel Jones. Mr J. Adey ?Wells was appointed treasurer, and a subscription list was at once opened, which in- cluded the following :-Mr R. S. Chamberlain, five guineas; Mr G. A. Humphreys, five guineas on behalf of Lord Mostyn; Mr Sam. Chantrey, three guineas; Mr E. W. Johnson, three guineas; and most of those present subscribed a guinea; a total of JE45 9s 6d being reached before the meeting concluded. Mr H. W. Squirrell was appointed paid col- lector. RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS. The interest in the visit of the Atlantic Fleet to Llandudno on Friday is deepening as the ar- rangements for the reception of the naval guests are taking shape. It is expected that at six o'clock in the morning the flagship, H.M.S. "Exmouth," will drop anchor in the bay, with the Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Curzon Howe, on board. The other battleships will be H.M.S. "Duncan" and "Cornwallis," these three vessels being manned by 150 officers and 2000 men, of whom a proportion will be permitted to go ashore in the afternoon. THE DEPUTATION. About nine o'clock a deputation representing the town will be conveyed on the steamer St. Elian," of the Liverpool and North Wales Com- pany's fleet, to the flagship to welcome the war- ships to Llandudno. The deputation will consist of the Chairman of the Council and his colleagues, and the Clerk, the Rector of Llandudno, the Vicar of Llanrhos, the Rev. J. Wesley Whitmore (Wesleyan minister), and the Rev. David Davies (Baptist minister), representing the clergy and ministers of the town: the members of the Recep- tion Committee, and Mr R. S. Chamberlain and Mr G. A. Humphreys, representing the pro- fessional gerftlemen of the town. The Chair- man of the Council (Mr W. J. Jones) will receive the Commander-in-Chief and officers of the squadron, who will go ashore about eleven o'clock. There will be a brief public reception of the men in the Happy Valley early in the afternoon, and instead of a meal each will receive a token entitling him to obtain refreshment, etc., at any establishment in the town. After a few words of welcome by the Chairman of the Council the men will be dismissed to enjoy themselves as they please. All the places of entertainment will be thrown open to them, and there will be a special reception prepared for them at the Hippodrome Skating Rink. Some of the Jack Tars will be conveyed up the Great Orme by train, and' others will be taken on a motor trip by the Llandudno Motor and Garage Company. In the meantime the Royal Oakeley and Nant- He VaLe brass bands will discourse choice music i nthe streets. If the weather should be wet special matinees will be held at the Grand and Prince's theatres, and the handy men in the familiar uniform will be given seats of honour in the auditorium. It is proposed also to arrange for a cricket match between an eleven of the Llandudno Cricket Club and an eleven chosen by officers of the fleet, tea being provided in the grounds. FEATURES OF THE WELCOME. Twelve members of the Council and the clerk have been invited to lunch with Sir H. Curzon Howe on the flagship at 12.30. Arrangements have been made for elaborate illuminations of the Promenade at dusk in the evening, when the men- of-war will give a display with their searchlights. Big bonfires on the Ormts will be lit, and as the vessels move seawards at about ten o'clock rockets will be fired from the headlands. The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company and the Mersey Trading Company have agreed to enter into a mutual working arrangement for the day. and all the available steamers will be employed in conveying passengers from the pierhead to the battleships and back between the hours of ten to twelve and 1.30 to 6.30 at a fare of Is each. A very large number of people will be accom- modated, as a steamer will be leaving the pier and the ships every few minutes. The sailing and rowing boats from the shore will also be employed upon a similar duty. On board the battleships the visitors will be shown practically everything of interest in the short time it will be possible to give to each party. Excursion trains to Llandudno will be run from all stations be- tween Chester, Blaenau Festiniog, Carnarvon, and Holyhead, and the departure for the return ourney will be sufficiently late for the excursion- ists to see the illuminations in the evening.

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THE ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER.

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