The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTES. (By Veronica.") PRESENCE OF MIND. I congratulate Mr George Savage, of Bradford, on the successful way in which he photographed the wreck of the steam yacht "Argonaut" on September 29th. He was one of the passengers aboard the unfortunate boat, who happened to have a camera with him, and realised that a photographic record of the scenes would be of interest and value. He seenia to have kept cool enough to make a very good selection of inci- dents, and his steadiness on the photographic side was quite on a par with the calmness of the crew and the passengers in the work of trans- ferring first to the "Kingswell," and then to the "Southmocr" which landed them at Dover. AN EXHIBITION OF AUTOCHROMES. This is to be held in large hall of the Poly- technic, Regent-street, on Thursday, 13th October, which will be the opening night of the Polytechnic School of Photography. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are to be given for the best pictures, and I am sorry to see that the exceedingly unsatisfactory method of judging by vote of the audience is to be adopted. This plan ha3 been used in several photographic con- tests during the .past twenty years, but I do not know of any case in which the result has been at all satisfactory, and I should scarcely expect such a method of judging to be attractive to the best exhibitors. It always puts a pre- mium upon subject, while treatment is at a dis- advantage, and this is quite the reverse of what is desired by those who wish to encourage ar- tistic progress, because the treatment is what shows the power and the individuality of the artist. GIANT GUM BICHROMATES. The exhibition of works by the Brothers T. and O. Hofmeister and H. W. Muller, which is open until the 24th October, admission free, at the little galleries of "The British Journal of Photography," Wellington-street, W.C., is an extremely attractive show. There is no doubt that the works are great, in many respects be- yond their mere physical size, but I am inclined to think they only represent a passing phase in photography's development, and one that has no promising future. These great prints in coloured gum, made in from five or six to a dozen or more printings and developments, are wonderful exercises in technical skill. They also mean enormous labour, when the paper has to be coated with a dozen different coatings of pig- mented colloid, and when it has to be printed and selectively developed after each coating. But the results really owe little to pure photo- graphy, and they can only be thoroughly satis- factory if their producer is so good a painter that he could achieve more, with less labour, by working in the ordinary painter's way with full palette of colours. It is sometimes con- tended that the photographic negative gives the "drawing," and that the men who make these multiple gums are not sufficiently good draughts- men to produce the same effects without the negative. I greatly doubt whether any man who is a good enough colorist to produce satisfactory work is not also a good enough draughtsman to dispense with the negative, but even if this is not so, he might probably obtain his pictorial end by a shorter route if he simply made one photo- graphic print as a basis, and then painted upon it in the ordinary way. PHOTOGRAPHIC FAULTS IN COLOUR PICTURES. In most of the multiple-colour gums that we see (and even in those by such capable workers as the Hofmeisters and Muller), the faults are the same as are most common in monochrome photography. There is the same blackness and loss of drawing and roundness in the shadows, and especially in the dark objects near the fore- ground, and this is intensified rather than di- minished by the effect of the colour. In fact, almost all these large gums give the idea of a monochrome print stained in colour, rather than of a picture made in colours. The shadows, in- stead of being colour shadows, are blacks. TROUBLES AT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON. I am very sorry, but not at all surprised, to find that the discontent of a number of the British members of the Linked Ring is being voiced in the public press, and that a great deal is being made of the facts with regard to the number of pictures contributed by members of the Selecting Committee, and the number accepted from the rest of the world. While it is undeniable that a number of American "Links" were prominent and influential in the selection, and equally undeniable that eight people con- tribute 60 per cent. of all the pictures in th ex- hibition, I am sure that the selectors had no un- just motives and took no unfair action when they chose the pictures. They are all earnest, enthusiastic and honourable men, their artistic preferences are very strong (as is evidenced by the work which they produce themselves) and it is, perhaps, unfortunate that a majority of the Selecting Committee consisted of men strongly wedded to one distinct type of work which is not greatly affected by the British members of the Ring. Having a committee on which there was such a majority, it was a foregone conclusion that their exhibition would consist of the class of work which appealed to themselves, and of which their appreciation is evidenced by their own productions. To make any other selection would have meant that they were untrue to their own preferences (or, if you will, prejudices), and the only remedy for such a state of affairs is to see that the Selecting Committees are swayed by men of broad sympathies, who are not identified with any one "echool." My own preference would be for having on every Selecting Com- mittee at least two or three critics who are not exhibitors, and I think it would be wdl for these to be strengthened by one or two painters. Of course, there should be adequate representation of working photographers, but these should be chosen, (as they usually can be) from men of the type of J. C. S. Mummery, W. R. Bland, B. Gay Wilkinson, and others whose contributions to the exhibitions are relatively few and are practically beyond the influence of competition.

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTII WALES. THE ROOFING OF THE NEW BUILDINGS. SOUTH WALES SLATES HAVE PREFERENCE. A meeting of the Council of the U-niversity College 01 North Wales, Bangor, was held at the College last week, when there were present: Lord Kenyon (chairman), Mr Henry Lewis (vice- chairman), thA Bishop of Bangor, Mr H. R. Da- li.i, J'rote&c)i- L, 'laylcr Jones, Air W. 1. Matthews, Mr T. G. Osborn, Mr H Buikelcy Price, Principal Sir Harxy it Reiohel, His Hdtri- our Judge Bryn Roberts,the Registrar, and trio Assistant Registrar. Resolut'ons were sub-nitted from the represen- tatives of the Pourhyn Quarrymcn, Ino Jtiangor City Council, and the i'estmioj Urban District Council, objecting to the use of South NVales slates in tne now College Buildings. It was resolved, on L-ao iiiotion GIf the Chair- man, seconded by Mr H. H. Davies, that the following reply be tmade to the resolutions on behalf ot the Counci':— "The 'Council bog to acknowledge the receipt of the resolutions with reiere,nos to the slate which it is proposed to use for tho rooting of the new College Buildings, and recogniao witb much regret the depressed state of the slate trooø in North Wales. In considering tho arohi- ceature of tno new buildirtgs they have had to Dear in mind that the future College is to be an enduring monument, and step by step they have taken the beat edvioe obtainable. They feel that the first object to aim at is a building that shall stand for all tit.Lt is best in architec- tural art. To carry this into effect has been their solo object, and they have not allowed any consideration, lccal or other, to interfere with it. The style ol' ti.e building dema-nds a slate of a colour and texture that is, as they aro advised, unobtainable in any quantity in North Wales, a point a-3 to which the fullest inquiries have been ma.de.. The two alternatives therefore presented to the College authorities were, either to use the most suitable slate or to use a lccal slate, which, thoueh of the very fuveet quality, would be in the opinion of their architect, detrimental to the artistio appearance of the building. Bearing in mind tihe comparatively small quantity ci slates required, 9oiroaly £200 in value, they have felt that ooirid not be justified in depaiting, for extraneous reasons, Irom their architect's original plan, which has been before the public for fifteen months, and in breaking a contract already signed.

AGRICULTURE AND STOCK. It is fortunate that the corn crops were secured before the rise in the temperature in the early part of last week. Security against the serious depreciation of the crops during the pro- tracted harvest lay in the coldness of the at- mosphere, and farmers in the later districts will regard the singular sequence of meteorological changes as illustrating the ancient axiom to the effect that circumstances are never so bad that they cannot be worse. Had the warm weather of the past week occurred last month, the con- sequences would have been disastrous both to the uncarted crops and to those in stack, the former from sprouting and the latter from heating. It is by no means certain that injury will not result even now from the untimely return of summer weather. A large proportion of the cereals was stacked in indifferent condition, and where this was the case heating is almost a necessary con- sequence of a humid and warm atmosphere. There could scarcely have been a more un- fortunate termination to a long drawn out and dripping harvest than was experienced last week, and steaming stackyards will be a natural de- velopment. The conditions have been as un- favourable for the threshing as for the keeping of the corn. A week or two of crisp winds and normal October temperatures would be beneficial to the stacks and to the marketing quality of the corn intended for early sale. Farmers who com- bine stock and "arable farming are not usually pressed for ready money in the autumn, as they have the proceeds derived from the sale of sheep and cattle to fall back upon, but occupiers of exclusively arable holdings cannot delay the marketing of grain indefinitely, and to this class of farmer a spell of typical October weather would be welcome. » » Mr Alfred Mansoll, of Shrewsbury, has pre- pared a pamphlet showing the value of Shrop- shire sheep for crossing purposes. The Shrop- shire has a Jhiigh reputation as a utility animaJ botfh at home and abroad, and it is an inter- esting fact that Mr Mansell does not rely upon his own opinion for evidence in support of his favourite breed, but presents to lus readers a collection of statements derived from widely separated sources. He enumerates the re-sults of cross-breeding experiments in-'this co: ntry, which show that the influence of the Shrop- shire ram is exercised in the airoction of im- provement in the quality of the lambG. The most striking testimony, however, comes from abroad, and notably Australasia, where the utility Shropshire has proved of inesiimabl: value in the production of high-class lambs for the freezing trade. Probably .no other treed has done more to improve the quality of New Zealand and Australian lambs. In the United Stales and Canada also the Shropshire his given a good account of itself, while favourable reports arc forthcoming from South Africa. » » Tho success of the Shropshire rami in crossing' with the native ewes in Australia and els.where suggests tihat there is a possible onening for a trade in Hungary for a similar purpose. One or two Hungarian flock owners hav. introduced Southdown rams with good remits, and no breed is better fitted to impart quality to the offspring than the Southdown. But the gene- ral character of the sheep stock of Hungary in- dicates room for the extensive introduction of improving1 blood frem this country, and the Shropshire might participate in whatever ex- periments may be tried in this direction. The Rainbow Hot Merino predominates in the g. eat plain, but in the mountainous districts a lighter type of speckled-faced, hornless sheep, not un- like the Kerry Hill breed of North Wales, obtains, and it is probable that a thrifty cl& of lamb would be procured by crossing Ihcse with one or other of the Down breeds.

Convinced of the great educational val; e of peace scouting for boys, some German officers have arrived in England to study ihe organisa- tion of the boy scouts initiated L; General Baden-Powell, with a view to the establishment of a similar institution in that country. "Have ycu any other namo besides Rober! ?" asked the coroner, and the witness at a S ep- ncy inquest answered, "Yes, sir, mjy wife oalLs me Bob."

FOUR YEARS OF AGONY. BILIOUSNESS, SPOTS, ACROSS SIGHT, NEURALGIA, HEADACHE, AND SHOULDER AND CHEST PAINS. [ PERMANENT CURE BY CHAS. FORDE'S BILE BEANS. Mrs Flora Blakor, of Bert Cottage, Graff. ham, near Potwortli, Sussex, tells a vivid and touching story of four years of agony from biliousness and its consequences, and hew Chas- Forde's Bile Begins restored her to perfect health. "Four years ago," says Mrs Blaker, "I b- gan to suffer agonies, f,rom tHiioueness and in- digestion. I was constantly suffering from severe headaches, and had such bad t.urns of giddiness tihat I often staggered in the street, and it waa not safe for me to go out alone. The altacks were always accompanied by severe pains in the chest a-rd shoulders. Spots would dance before my eyes, and often severe neur- algia would follow the attacks, making nkv lie ( a perfect misery. My appetite failed, I coi Id } not sleep, and I became? a perfect wreck, quite unfit for mv work as a bou;emaid. "I tried all sorts of remedies without avail. and I got so low-spirited and melancholy that I gave up all hope of ever getting well again. Reading an account of a cure by Chas. Forde's Bile Beans, I decided to have just one more try to get my health back again. To my great. de- light, Chas- Forde's Rile Beans brought me great relief. I began to sleep, nii, appetite returned: and the pains in my client and slhoulders disappeared. The improvement con- tinued, until all my troubles had vanished, and I became nlv old self again. In Chas. Fcrd 's Bile Beans I found just the remedy I required, and I would not be without them for a for- tune. I am quite satisfied that Chas. Forde's Bile Beans have permanently cured my indig s- tion and biliousness." Writing to-day, two years after her cure, Mrs Blaker says:—Hie marvellous cure Chas. Forde's Bile Beans brought me has been per- manent, for I am still in splendid fieaith." Beware of cheap imitation bile beans. These are worthlose and often very harmful. "ITie Cuine, original, world fained family medicine "CHABLEB FORCE'S" clearly printed on the label, and is sold by Chemiate and Drug. Stores 1« l £ d and 2s 9d. Ycu must "CHABLEB FOBPEV OP the box.

DISASTROUS COLLISION OFF THE WELSH COAST. LIVERPOOL LINER EUNK. LOSS OF LIFE: PASSENGERS' PERIL. One of the well-known "City" line of steamers, the "City of Dundee," has been sunk in collision. Details of the disaster wevo made known about six o'clock on Monday evening by the arrival at the Liverpool landing stage of the tug "West- cock" with the survivors of the "City of Dun- dee." The City cf Dundee," a steamer of nearly four thousand tons belonging to the well- known City Line, and sailing under the Eler- man Line flag, left Liverpool on Saturday for Mediterranean ports with a large general cargo and fourteen passengers. She was under the command of Captain J. T. Belton, of Hull. The passengers were: Mr G. Alexander Anderson, of Anderson and Co., Ltd., Alexandria; Mrs An- derson, their infant child three years old, Mrs Anderson's sister, and a nurse; also Miss Cox, Mrs Dingle, Mr and Mrs Kent, Mr A. Boulter, Mr and Mrs Midgley, and Mr Maiden. All went well till the vessel was somewhere in the vicinity of the Tuscar light about seven on Sunday morning. A dense fog prevailed at the time. THE COLLISION. Suddenly out of the fog there appeared another large steamer, which turned out to be the "Matina," belonging to Elder and Fyffcs, inward bound to Manchester with bananas from the Canary Islands. Before anything could be done to avert a collision the two vessels crashed into each other, the bow of the "Matina" striking the City liner amidships, making a great hole in the hull, into which the water poured. She at once commenced to sink. The captain and crew of the doomed vessel lost no time in arousing the passengers, who were hurried on deck with whatever clothing they could lay their hands on, which, in the case of some of them, was very little. The "Matina," though badly damaged about the bows, was fortunately not in any danger of sinking, and the whole of the "City of Dundee's" passengers were safely and speedily transferred to her, the two vessels being along- side each other. While the crew were being taken on board the "Matina" the second officer, named Lehan, of London, and Quartermaster Burke, of Liverpool, fell in between the two vesaels and were drowned. CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH HIS SHIP. All the others were saved except Capt. Belton, who remained on his steamer too long in his de- sire to save all the others. Before he could scramble on to the Matina" his vessel sank and carried him with it, his last words as he waved his hands to his officers and crew being "Good- bye all." According to some of the survivors, the City liner went down in seven minutes. At any rate, nothing was caved except a box said to contain the ship's papers. The "Matina," after the other vessel had disappeared, made her way slowly to Liverpool, and was met off the port by the tug "Westcock," which took off the survivors and conveyed them to the stage. The crew pro- ceeded to the Sailors' Home, and the passengers were sent to a hotel. The "Matina" late in the evening entered the ship canal on her way to Manchester. Mr and Mrs Kent were newly- married, and lost two hundred wedding presents. Twenty-nine foxhounds for Prince Karnil Pasha were all drowned. In the early part of the rescue a lady who had been transferred to the "Matina" cried out that she had left her child on board the City of Dundee." The captain immediately went over and passed it to a fireman, who threw the child bodily through the air on to the "Matina," where it was caught by a sailor The crew of the "City of Dundee" numbered forty. THE COLLIDING VESSELS. The 'City of Dundee" was a fine iron screw steamer of 3427 tons, brigantine rigged, built by Messrs Workman, Clark, and Co., Belfast, in 1380, for Messrs Smith and Co., the original owners of the City Line, which was founded in 1889, and sold in 1891 to Messrs J. R. Ellerman. The "Matina," well-known in the Ship Canal as one of Messrs Elders and Fyffes' fruit carriors, is a vessel of 3870 tons, and was only launched in 1904, by Messrs Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, at Newcastle, for her owners

THE COMMON AND FORESTRY LANDS OF WALES. Writing to "The Times" Sir Walter Gilbey savs:— In your issue of September 18th, you were good enough to publish a letter from me under the above heading. In that letter I suggested that the Government might with advantage de- vote portions of the Crown lands in Wales to the formation of small holdings and to afforesta- j tion. I have since learned that there are in- surmountable difficulties in the way. The publicity given by "The Times" has been the means of bringing me much new information on the subject. I am told by a high authority that the Orovvn lands to which I referred are subject to grazing rights, and that these rights are extensive. Any scheme of afforestation on a largo scale could only be undertaken after legal powers had been procured to extinguish the grazing rights by compulsion and, inasmuch as interference with these existing interests would arouse great opposition and discontent, it is very inadvisable to entertain such projects. The holders of these grazing rights, it appears, are small sheep-farmers, to whom thev are in- dispensable for the conduct of their' business. Extinction of them would mean destruction of the sheep-farms; apart from other considerations, the destruction of an established industry, to ma-ke place for another more or less experimental is not a line oi action which commends itself to practical men, and I beg to withdraw mv sugges- tion that the Crown wastes in Wales are appro- priate areas for afforestation.

ST ASAPH BOAltD OF GUARDIANS. ——— ;?- INCREASED BATES. The fortnightly meeting of the above Hoard was held on Friday, Mr Edwin Morgan presiding. THE WORKHOUSE. The Master reported that there were 155 inmates in the Workhouse as compared with 138 the currespund- ing period lat year. During the past fortnight 177 vagrants were relieved against 117 the corresponding period last year. Reference was made to the fact that the Bishop of St. Asapli and Mrs Edwards had enter- tained all the inmates to tea on the occasion of Miss Edwards' wedding. HEAVY INCREASE IN RATES. Dealing with the precepts for the ensuing half- year, the Clerk said that the Flintshire county rate wis Is ltd in the £ and the Denbighshire county rate Is Oid., and the two counties would require £ 10,429 for general purposes, and a further sum of £ 193 in connection with the Old S. hool Boards. Altogether the Guardians had to provide £ 13,619, of which only £ 3,600 odd was for poor law purposes. He had esti- mated to have a balance of about £1,700 at the end of he half-year, because there would be nothing coming in from the overseers until May or June. He was afraid there would be a general outcry amongst rate- payers' owing to the amount of the poor rate thm ficne. Mr J. Frimston thought they were providing for too !arge a bank balance. The Clerk said it should be borne in mind that bank balances fluctuated a go. denl and just now they had no money at all in hand, and were not likely to havo any for another six weeks. The Chairman signed the precepts wit bout any fur- tber discussion.

SALE OF A BETTWSYCOED LEAD MINE. A large number of persons assembled at the Royal Oak Hotel, Bettwsvcoed, on Saturday, when Mr Edwin Haslam, auctioneer, of Bolton, offered for sale by auction the lessee's interest of and in the Coed Ma.wr Pool Lead and Blende Mine by order of the Coed Mawr Pool Lead and Blende Mining Co., Ltd. The mine is held "under lease from the Earl of Ancaster, dated 27th April, 1899. for a term of 21 years from 30th November, 1896, at a yearly rent of E20 per annum, together with a royalty of one-twentieth part of all ore of lead, tin, copper, metals, or minerals, if the royalties exceed 920 in ere year, the rent of JB20 to be cancelled." There were also two yearly rents of JE1 and L2 payable in respect of portions of the land. The lands are known as Coedmore ami Diosgydd, being part of the Gwydr Estate, in the parish of Bettwsyo 3cd, containing 206 acres, 1 rood and 23 perches. In addition to the above rents, there were paid two rents of £10 and a 10s in respect of easements or trespasses. These were offered for sale to- gether with all the temporary trade erections in connection with the mines. Bidding commenced rather slowly, but thanks to Mr Haslam's wit and ready tact, matters scon improved, a spirited competition taking piace until the price reached R950, when the property was knocked down to Mr Hassail, of London, the chairman of the directors of the retiring com- pany, who, it is understood, proposes to open the mines at an early date. Mr Hamer (of Messrs Dowling, Cooper and Hamer, solicitors, Bolton) appeared on behalf of the company.

COLONEL OWEN THOMAS' CHALLENGE. Colonel Owen Thomas, late o mmandlng offi- cer of the Prinoo of Wales's Light Horse, writes to the "Times" refuting the chaj-gca of Colonel Howard. "Mud-throwing," .3aye Colonel Thomas, "is a detestable cccupation, especially if it concerns the religious oon Vict ions of honest men—bui were there no highly plar-ed Anglican cc lesias- tics whose language during the war offended against patriotiiim Y It seems to me I heard rumours—yet no sanenien imagines thecreedof the Churah to breed pro-Boensm." Colonel Thomas then goes un to state what he caJIs the facts of his own expe:i-n e to speak for the loyally of his people. In 1386 (tie writes) I was asked by the authorities (who then thought it impossible by reason of the Nonconformity cf the district) to raise a com- pany oif Volunteers in Anglesey. In six weeks I had a full company enrolioo, of whrcH 70 per cent. were Nonconformists, mclud.ng a local preaobef and five deacons of vario s bodies. The Anglican vicar's two sens were atao of our company. This Volunteer czrp? flourished for years in connexion with the 2nd V.B. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was regular at an. nual oamp, and invariably complimented on efficiency end conduct. This excellence u-A.Lit be largely attributed to Colonel Davies-Cooke, the most popular col- onel of Volunteers known in Wales. He studied his moo in every way—including m- ligion—never insisting on attendance at church parade, with the result that every man of the company, invariably turned out., whether sor- vioass were held in church or camp. In 1899 I left the battalion to take part in the war, and during the 3 £ years I was away the Anglesey Company was mnaDnily disband- ed. Many of the members, however, found their way to the front, amongst them the lo-al preacher already referred to. When later I was asked by the Commander-in-Chief to raias a mounted corps of Welshmen, I found mys-. lf in a few weeks at the head of "a regiment 1000 strong (almost all Welsh, and mostly Noncon- formists), to which the King, then Prince of Wales, was graciously pleased to grant the ti ks of "Prince of Wides Light Horss." Welsh- men flocked to this standard from every part of the world—all paying largv* sums to come from the ends of the earth to nght for the Em- pire under the Welsh banner, Y Ddraig Goch a ddyry Gyohwyn." Over 500 came from the PrinripaJitv i'self, a large proportion belonging to families of leading Nonconformist deaoons, ministers, and poachers. One of the most efficient squadron officers was a Wesleyan preacher. Our regi- ment ohaplain, by vote of all ranks, WlW a Non- conformist minister. The regiment gave a good aooount of itself, many of its officers and men earning distinctions. I say earning advisedly, for, though mentioned in despatches and of en highly praised both oorporately and individu- ally, not a Aingle Welsh Nonconformist, to the bast, of my knowledge, over received the small. est decoration for many deeds of rftilan;rv and saif-sacrifice. That may have been just luck, and anyway, the Light Horee went out with. out thought of reward, but animated in all ranks with the single desire to strike a good blow for the Empire. I speak with knowV dg^ for I know something of every man in my coni- mand. We disbanded when our services -were no longer required, but these Nonconformist VVelshmen oared enough for their regiment to desire to establish a permanent memorial of it —so they endowed a couple of beds in Cape Town Hospital to the brave comrades who had droppod from our ranks into nameless graves, and they insisted on having my portrait painted as that of their first colonel. There is much more I could say of the Welsh soldier, b :t any- hK<3 fcw&jff is at 8.II costs to be avoided—I will just conclude with an offer to Colonel Ho- ward. I my him an even £ 100° that I will recruit in North Wales in four we?ks one hundred men, all Nonconformiste, for the Territorial Army. The mon<-y will go to any chart able object on which we may agTee. I am leaving- for Africa nr-xt'month, but mv challenge holds good till mxt year, when I shall bo bac-fk in this country- Colonel Howard has maligned men as good as himself—men who at great rvrsonal sacri- ncos nave served their country without any sort of recognition—and are nevertheless ready as ever to do it again. I trust he will either ao-ept m,1 challenge or withdraw his imruta- tio-n against loyalty and patriotism of Welsh N onoonf ormi t y.

I COLONEL HOWARD'S REPLY TO COLONEL OWEN THOMAS. Colonel H. Howard, chairman of the Flintshire Territorial Association, writes to The Times:" -"I have read with interest the letter of Colonel Owen Thomas of October 1st, who apparently misunderstands the issue I sought to raise, I should be the last person to disparage Colonel Owen Thomas's services or those of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse, a corps raised at Cape- town in January, 1901, during Lord Kitchener's period of command, and classified under the head- ing of South African Irregular Corps, according to 'The Times' 'History of the War,' Vol. V. My contention remains that the Non- conformists in Wales do not enlist in the Terri- torial Army in numbers in any way proportionate to the strength they arrogate to themselves—i.e., three-fifths of the population. ion "Colonel Owen Thomas expresses his ability to recruit 100 men, all Nonconformists, in North Wales, in four weeks, for the Territorial Army, xtiaj I inform him that the very regiment in which he served, under Colonel Davies Cooke, now requires some 500 men, and both the Terri- torial Association and myself would most heartily welcome his assistance in raising that number, and I can assure him he will receive our cordial co-operation'! The defcnce of the Empire seems hardly a matter for wagering between private individuals, as it is clearly the duty of every one in whose power it lies to do his utmost to oncourage voluntary service. "Let me finally express a wish that Colonel Owen Thomas will be able to afford 'four weeks' at once in North Wales, and so earn the grati- tude of patriots of every denomination, and I certainly, and doubtless many others, will be only too glad to afford him hospitality during that period." e

VENO'8 LIGHTNING COUGH CURE IS GUARANTEED TO CCRf A COUGH OR COLD !N ONE NIGHT. The romance cf the ri., of Veno's Lightning CouJ-(¡ Oure is moet remarkable- In .seven wars this famous remedy has won its way into nearly every home in Great Britain and the Colonies. Upwards of two million oottles are sold annually. Doctors prescribe it beca:-ss it i3 absolutely the safest, purest, and most efficient remedy procurable tor:- Influenza Asthma Nasal Catarrh Weak Lunco Chronic Coughs Croup Bronchitis Whcoping Cough Albert Smith, Esq., M.I.O.S M.S.B-Sc., 2, King's Iload, 'BrownsNi,oo-et Park, London, N., in his certificate of analysis sa\s:—"I find Veoo's Ligiitning C-. ugh Cure composed of pure ingredients w'hote combined effect is to allay irritation, facilitate the ejection of mucus, and soothe and stimulate the iungn, so preventing that distressing irritation and oo-,istant.c.cug,iiing which producer exhaustion In my opini-ti it is a most excoMent remedy, and can be relied up n as a safe and effective medicine in asthma, bronohitis, and all affections of the lungs, for which I thoroughly recommend it." Ask for Veno;s Lightning Cough Cure, of all ohemisvs- Price 9!d, Is ljd, and 2s 9d.

The death has occurred at Pinchbeck, South Lincolnshire, of Henry Laxton, who was sex on of the parish church, and in whose family the office has been for the long period of 124 years, going back to 1784. Lord Carringtonfs report on Crown small holdings, issued on Monday, shows 6034 acres let up to date, and 851 acree more about to be let. The Crown's net income of the year in- creased from RZO,689 to £ 44,170. IAAiy theatrical managers seem to be pecu- liarly fortunate or, rather, peculiarly clever at gauging the taste of the public- Possibly they are not so vain as the actor-manager, or they choose their plavs with greater acumen, or they pay more attention to trifles and rood manage- ment in small matters.—"Graphic." In Epping Forest primroses and other spring flowers aro to be seen in lull bloom owing to the abnormal heat.

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