The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

Fiom the annwal returns of tihe Territorial Force, it is elicited tfhat on 1st October, "008, there was a total fttreng^h of 8428 office re Mid 158,785 iion-commiacdou^ *»v»

COLWYN BAY MINISTER'S CANADIAN CALL. OR. COUSIN'S TO LEAVE IN APRIL AFTER FIFTEEW VEARS' SERVICE. "After weeks of anxious consideration md much prayer, together with consultation wiib my personul friends, I ftej there is no other course opoti to mQ, t'han to tender, my resignation as pa: tor of this chiiiix'h, a positicn I have held for fifteen years." Tiiis w as an announce me nt made Li Dr. Cousine ai tlvc* English Baptist Church on Sun- day greatly to the reg'iet of the members and congTegation in general- "I fed naturally very kemnly the parting from you and this work, wtlldh has been so dear to my hca.rt as. well as that of my dear wife," proceeded Dr. Cousins. "I also fed the parting from the house land, where I have spent so many years of happiness and peace. Rut Canada oilers a greater oppor- tunity of service for the Master, and I am hop- ing to do some of the best work of my life there. We have family tics too in that land, and yon will reeog'aise that it is quite iia-lural for us to desire to be nearer our loved ones- As to this church, I am leaving wiuiout cause of complaint or any grievance whatever. I am f happy to know that it is in a more prosperous and promising condition to-day than it has been for many years. The congregations are good and increasing, and the finaiJOes al-c now on a. satisfactory basis." In conclusion, Dr. Cousins remarked t:1at. ac- cording to arrangement he would sail for Canada on April 16th, and lie proposed, with the per- mission of the church, to close his nvmictry at Cdwyn Bay on Easter Sunday, April llt-li next. A native of Wimbarne, Dorsetsbi.re, Dr. Cdusins, who is a fellow and gold medallist of Society of Science, was educated at Hulme ClifTc College, Sheffield, and llarley College, London, and, immediately st. the close of his colk'ge (laL,,3 he proceeded to South Africa on I belia-lf of the londol Baptist Missionary Socie- ty. For thirteen rente he carried out there pioneer work, wiiicli lia,kft a lasting impress- South Africa was at that time about twentj- eight vears ago—just merging on the great lxx>in, "and life generally was full of variety and excitement. 1.5ne yonng minister was lirst Fhd-iond at DyeseJdorp, in the Karoo, and he I 'h:is since frequently confessed that. the lone-li- iKos of the placc more than once drew tears to I. liis eyes. His one "chum" was a line young black" fellow, who was as anxious to learn Eng- I lish as the Englishman was to acquire a more I practical knowledge of the Dutch jtu'gon spoken bv his congregation. Happ-.L, he toon left ..the t home of- the ostrich" for the more civilised town- ship of Port Allied. Subsequently, he was transfer-red to Port Elizabeth, And finally he I was placed in charge of the great and important work which demanded attention at Johannes- I burg and Pretoria. At this period the Hand was. little letter than a shambles, and Johannes- burg and Pretoria were but rude villages. Fve- quontiv, the voung' mi'-sioner addressed his CDII- giega tions from the, stamp batteries, whose merciless rattle would be cnecked so thar has voice could be heard. llis district extended over scores of ii-iKl fus tnoi'C "\vcro tiicn no railways ho spent most of his hours in the saddle- "Rough but great and exciting work" he, char- acterises his labours there. PRESIDENT KRUGER LAYS A FOUND A- TION STONE. That it was ruccessful work is obvious from the fact t.hat it rcaultect in .the foundation of four | new churches. It was Dr. Cousins- who^ estab- lit-hed the first Baptist churches at both Jonan- tx-sburg and Pretoria, the latter being now I under the pastorate of the Rev. G. W. Cross, 1 a<bnittedlv the able Baptist minister in South Africa- Bv the way, the foundation stone of the Pretoria Baptist Church was laid by no other than the late President Kruger, and aniouyW others present at the ceremony v, ere I Dr. Leyds and General Jonbcrt, Kruger lived I in tboso davs in the next street to Dr. Cousins, and the, were thoroughly' intimate with one I another." Paul did not appeal much to the vC'iing pas.t6f, however, for- he waa then fast developing, into all avaricious money-grabber, with little other than hi* unquestioned personal ccurcge to admiie about hiril. I During the Boer War Dr. Cousins delivered a series of at .Colwyn Bay, wlueh werc.w 1 far in advance of the times tha-t bM stout de- fence of Mr Chamberlain's action was warmly resented bv Nonconformist and Liberal frieaids, but in th;s as in all his work, Dr. Cousins did not flinch. be-causc he conscientiously believed that had not Mr Chamberlain precipitated the war the Boers would have brou(gnt matters to a head -'twelve months later' vyheti they would have Ijeen in un ihvulner.'Vb'e pooitiori- He knew from personal ex^iei i-enco of the preparations for war made by the Boers, and history has proved that his views were absolutely correct. Fit tn vears ag) he came to CoJwyn Bay in connection with the deputation work of the.iia.p- tist Missionary S<joict\ ami the Congo Institute. English services were then held in the Welsh Bapti-t Chajiel, and the -EngJ.sh st-ct-ion gave Dr. Cousins a call during his visit. He accepted it on the understanding that .church provided themselves with a plaec of worship, of their own, because the work was much handicapped owing to the inconvenience of the old arrangement. In due course the present edifice was built, the interest on the purchase money being' about, £ 20 less than was formerly paid in rent for the use -of the Welsh chapel. Since then lie find his most industrious wife have laboured zealously, and at the loss of much pecuniarily because the church was not then in a position to pay a living stipend- Today, howe\er, the cause is oil a satisfactory financial basis, whilst in point' of in-d congregational strength it if, equally satisfactory. Dr. Cousins wae asked to take up an import- ant in Winnipeg about twelve months ago, bul he refused the invitation at the unanimous request of the church mid congregation at Col- "TII Bay, consenting^ to remain at any rate for a time. The c-oriies from St. John's (New Brunswick), the open port of the Domin- ion. where he will take iqi under the head- quarters of the Baptist Union of New Bruns- wlc^ His two sons, Messrs Clarence Guinness and L. D. Cousins, arc already occupying good posi- tions in the office of the Canadian atiti Pacific Railway Company's A;ice President at Winni- peg. both leaving Colwyn Bay about eighteen months ago- Dr. Cousins has written tevcrai interesting bcolc- dealintg. vrith South African subjects, t'F-uoin K-affir Kr-aal -to Pulpd," "Slavery in Africa," "Matabekjid and its People," and Others see thein, being among'st the bst,. known. I He has taken a very active part in church and educational aJfairs in Colw'yn Bay. He was for years a member of the School Jkrard, ainl was one of tfhe leaden in t'he [juonio-tion of the Free Library, movement, having from the com- mencement ehe^rman • HI tine: Library-Book l'onf. mittee. lIe was.al"o i^sidont of tile, ),oval hrainch of the Y.M.C A-; twice president o* O)c CoJwvn Jiar and District Free Church Council, a position "he ha* only ju. relinquished, and once proskfect of- tlie North Waiee English Bap- tist Union, so tlkat,- ftolit points of view Dr. Cotwkw' <leparture will leave Colwyn Bay considerably the pcowror. It ii understood that the R#"V John Raymond, of Lkwidudmw, se<>mfory' to tike North Wales ] Btwii,eh TUptiA Union, will atke chajrge of the, 1 Colwyn Bay ebrnreb after Dr. Cousina has left, n:g mj>vva^atmi -«f a new pas^or- ]

LLANRWST LIBRARY COMMITTEE. PROPOSED INSTITUTE: A SCHEME SUGGESTED. The annual meeting.of the above committee was held on Thur&day evening. Mr W. G. Owen, Metropolitan Bank, presided. There were also present: Messrs Robt. Williams, W. Lloyd Jones, Liverpool House; E- Miils, J.P., W. H. Williams, W. E. Jones, Father Trcbaol, Messrs J, Rhydwea Jones (treasurer), D. J; Williams (fittancial secrc- tary). and J. n. Chambers (general secretary). ELECTION OF OFFICIALS. The folJowing officials were re-elected :—Cilia; r- Ihau, Mr W. G. Owen; vice-chairman, Mr O. Isgoed Jones, J.P.; treasurer, Mr J. Rhydwen Jones; financial secretary (21st year), Mr D. J. Williams; general secretary, Mr J. R. Chambers; auditor, Mr W. Williams, George-street. FINANCE- Mr D. J. Williams reportcl that the receipts from the billiard table for the year 1908 was £ 26 28 M, against £32 2s 6d in 1907, C33 15s 6d in 1906. and £ 36 12e in 19C5. The entrance boxes by the library had realised £ 2 8s 4d, against £ 1 ISs lid the previous year, and the loan of books omy 8s 5d, avaijukt. 158 6d in 1907. The recent enter- tainment had realised a net profit of £ 7 2s. The adverse balance at the end of the year was £ 10 9s 1.0d, which showed an improvement on the pre- ceding year, but the present year s subscriptions had yet to be collected. The bills in hand amounted to C4 17s 6d. COLLECTORS. It was resolved to deliver the collecting books to the collectors at-ozice and ask them to com- plete the work and close their books by June 30th next. The following were appointed Station-road district, Messrs J. E. Humphreys and E. M. Jones; The Square and Watling-street, Massrs E. Mills, J.P., and. Robert Williams; Denbigh-street. Messrs W. G. Owen and W. E. Jones; top part of the town, Messrs W. Williams arid O. R. Hughes, both of the County School outskle the town, W. H. Williams and W. Huglies, J.P. THE BILLIARD TABLE. On the motion of Mr D. J. Williams, seconded by Mr J. Rhydwen Jones, it was decided to devote t?M> suni of £ 6 &; 9d now to the- cretiif of t.lie committee, and aaccount at the bank to re-covering the bilfiard table, and the treasurer and the secretary were asked to consider a echeme to make the table more profitable. The financial and general secretary were appointed to deal with the purchase of the new ocver. ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. The offer of Mr Isgoed Jonee, J.P., to place his grounds at Plasyndro at the dispersal of the com- mittee to hold an open-air entertainment during the summer season was gratefully accepted, and a sub-committee composed of the following members was appointed to deal with the details: The chairman, two secretaries, Messrs W. II. Wil- liams, E. Mills, J.P., Robert Williams, W. Lloyd Jones, W. E.Jon, and Fatlier Trebaol. } A SUGGESTED SCHEME FOR AN INSTITUTE. Th-8 schemc drawn out by Mr W. B. Halhed, J.P., for a Men s and W omen's Institute to com- pris..« ef a library, suitable room for games, and refreshments was submitted, from which it ap- peared that the idea was initiated oultio Yealil, suice. when Mr J. E. Humphreys, then chairman of the Urban Council, addressed Mr Carnegie, w'd A Ing whoso benefactions are widely known, soliciting his support by a grant of money towards eistab- ii firing such a:u jntÏtute.)lrCa-rlloegle 6 answer was, however, unfavourable. If Mr Carnegie was now approaciied with a sst echeme, he nught be disposed to give the case his consideration. At the time the previous action was taken, the Rev. W. Tit icy Williams was approached privately, and asked if he would part- with his property in W at- ling-street, known as the lät-o infant, school, and ho named a price. A similar approach mig-bt bo made to him once again, and if he responded favourably, then some such plan as the following should he submitted to the inhabitants of the towns and district. Its approval should bo made in a special circular to be signed by the justices of the peace of Denbighshire and Carnarvon- shire wiio reside within reasonable distance, by the clergy of all denominations, and the leading resident's and authorities within ihq same compass. TiPs circular should be submitted to Mr Carnegie and' to all as vvoidd be likely to contribute to- wards completing "the scheme, and contributions solicited towards the amount needed. An archi- tect should be asked to survey the site and give an estimate of what tho cost would be of extend- 'es ing whole infant school premises to tiha •full, area it occupies, and of rising the building by one storey, providing separate reading rooms and lavatories for men and boys, for women and young girls, and if space be found sufficient for the provision also of a gymnasium. The cost of all these alterations would perhaps be at least- £ 600- The present library should be transferred JoQ the new institute, and be largely extended in its; provision of suitable literature. Owners of .'libraries should be solicited for gifts of books, lectures should be periodically given and musical entertainments, so as. to make the institute po- pular, educational and attractive. Provisions of tcj, coffee, a.nd non-alcoholic- beverages, a n.(I of suitable refreshments, should be provided at rea- sonable cost for all members. The membership should be extended to every class and to every cue. The wealthier residents might perhaps agree to pay a large subscription, but to tho larger class the cost might, be limited to 5s or even 2s 6d par annum, or to a payment, per night or day,.of, say, 6d. 3d, or 2d. For the farming .classes special meteorological and agricultural de- tails should bs provided. ,To maintain the. insti- tute- first with a suitable superintendent .and,, lib- rarian, projier heating and lighting, cleaning and upkeep.might cost abo«t' £ 120 per aiinum. This was not a heavy sum to apply for, and confidence was' expressed that it could be raised without much difficulty, A special ease of theological books should lie provided in return fox subscriptions from the clergy, and a small rent demanded for the housing of the books, etc- of any institution that may be disposed to take up its quarters in the building. It was also suggested that a "Pre- liminary Committee" of not less than 20 ii-i num- ber, and mainly consist of leading citizens and J leisured residents, should be appointed to con- s'ecr the scheme in detail. Aftea- some discussion it was decided that the chairman, treasurer, and two secretaries should wait upon Mr Ilalhed and discuss the subject with him, and report to the committee.

ABEKYSTWYTH COLLEGE EISTEDDFOD. The annual chair eisteddfod of the Celtic so- ciety of the Univcrsiy. College, Aberyswyth, was held on Saturday". Professor Edwards acted as conductor. Tiie following were the awards: — Oajc -for the best ode to Gwenllian, Parry Williams, Rbyd-ddu, Carnarvonshire; play illirv trative: of any phase of Welsh life, Wyn Wil- liams, Aberystwyth; llicological College essay, "Ihe place of the four branches of Mabinogi in ;Welsh literatu'ie," St-aiiton Roberts, Corwon; short story, L. Wright male Vc>ice competition, II. 0. Doyd's party; ladies' choir, Euronwy IJoyd s party quartet, R. R. Jones,Dolgellwy.and friends; soprano and alto duet, Euronwy Lloyd, New Quay, and Gw-en Taylor, Wrexham; tenor and basts duet, H. D. Lloyd, Lianuwchllyn, and J), 0. Morris, Penlhv.yn; soprano solo, Euronwy Llovd; contralto solo, divided lx-t w ecu Gvven and Ada Williams, Llangajnarch; tenor solo, D.. O. Morris;, part stmg com posit ion, Mald- wyai Price, We 1thpool; pianoforte solo, Fanny Craven; Welsh recitation, Ethel Jones, rIo. bont; E'^gb^li recitation, E. E. Rose, Birming- ham :■ English and Welsh translations, Stanton Roberts.

MISS CHARLESWORTH'S AFFAIRS. PETITIONING CREDITOR'S ALLEGATIONS. On Friday, at the London Bankruptcy Court, a receiving order was made against Miss Violet May Gordon Charlesvvorth, described as a spinster, Jale of Boderw, St. Asaph. The petitionmg creditor is Dr. Edward Hughes Jonc,, of Modwr House, Rhyl, a c. edi- tor for £ 5030, money knt, and the acts of bank- ruptcy allegted were: — 1. Departure of the debtor from her dwelling houw with intent to defeat and delay the cwxli- ton. 2. Exccuition levied by the She,if}' on 19th Jan uar.y la«t, and 3- Notice of euspension of payment by H14 debtor on 25th and 28th January.

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INDIJSTM \L PARTNER- SHIP. MR W. H. LEVER'S SCHEME. To a sjiecially summoned meeting of employees held on Thursday in the Auditorium, Port Sun- light, Mr W. lJ, Lever, M.P., explained a scheme to be immediately put into operation under which a novel system of industrial partner- ship is to„,be created. Describing the genesis of the scheme, Mi- Lever said sinee 1886, when he commenced as a soap manufacturer, he had made a study of profit- sharing schemes. He had found they had an average life of five years only, and the Govern- ment return issued in December last showed that of over three hundred such schemes dealt with only fifty one survived at the present time. His own strong opinion was that the cause for non-success was that these schemes did not embrace loss-sharing. Without that there could not be a sound basis for business relationship. Haying recited various successive developments in the way of prosperity-sharing which had been put in operation at Port Sunlight, he said ex- l>erienee showed theie amounted to attempts to solve the insoluble and that other conditions were necessary for an effective scheme. The^c he laid down as follows 1. The scheme must, not degenerate into charity or philanthropy. 2. Its object, must, be the increased success of the undertaking with increased prosperity for all connected with it. 3. It must not place management in the posi- tion of servant to labour through liability to criticism and censure. 4. It must ensure to labour freedom from con- trol of management in the enjoyment of the benefits derived frou) prosperity-sharing. 5. It must possess greater stability than a mere system of bonus cheques, varying in amount from year to year, and ceasing altogether- in years of bad trade. 6. Its benefits must be felt by wives and chil- dren. 7. It must have a distinctly elevating tendency on labour, raising it in the social and intellectual scale, and increasing its power for its own enjoy- ment and happiness as well as its power of use- fulness. 3. The benefits must be reserved to employer.? and pensioners at the discretion of tire firm. An axiom was that there must be loss sharing. Proceeding.to explain the scheme which it was intended to bring into operation, Mr Lever said partnership certificates to the amount of £ 500,000 were to be issued, and the total number of the staff, from directors downwards, eligible for par- ticipation in the schcme was one thousand one hundred and thirty. Explaining the dividends which partnership certificates would carry, Mr Lever said out cf the total profits of the concern dividends on the preference shares had of course first to be paid. Next would come a payment of five per cent, to himself, as the sole holder of the ordinary share,. The partnership certificates would then rank "pari passu" with the ordinary shares for any further distribution. Mr Lever fui^her announced that the operation | of the scheme would be retrospective, dating back to the beginning of the century, 1901. He concluded by declaring that day to be the happiest in his business life. After Mr Lever had explained his scheme the same evening to about twelve hundred employees, recruited to a total of about three thousand persons by others who bad been specially invited, the assembly rose and cheered clamorously, after- wards heartily singing "For he's a jolly good fellow." Subsequently, on the motion of Mr Whitehead, the longest service representative on the selling- staff, seconded and supported by various leading employees, a resolution was carried with acclamation expressing to Mr Lever, oij behalf of the managers, assistant managers, salesmen, foremen, forewomen, works and office staffs eligible to become partners in the proposed scheme their sincere thanks for "this further and crowning example of his consideration for the welfare and prosperity of his employees, and pledging themselves unreservedly to adopt the 'waste not, want not' motto forming the watch- word of the scheme.

PUBLIC COMPANIES. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY. The 19th half-yearly- meeting was held on Friday, at Palmerston House. Mr David Davies, lrtp., who presided, said that up to the present, time they had issued L104,226 A stock and LII,459 D stock, and in issuing this amount of A stock at, 95 the directors considered that the result was highly satisfactory. Since the issue of the balance-sheet a f urther sum of £ 68,577 had been received and paid to the bank in reduction of the temporary loans, and on the 5th prox. an additional sum of £ 27,944 would be forth- coming to reduce the company's indebtedness still further. The effect of this would be sub- stantially to reduce the item of £ 209,000 which appeared in the general balance-sheet. The net decrease-^ in the receipts amounted to E1075, and when they considered the large failing- off in the receipts of other railways in the country, they might congratulate themselves that this decline was not, much more serious. The board were fuliy alive to the necessity for keeping down working expenses, but they felt thatt with due regard to the importance of rigid economy being exercised in every direction they would fail in their (luty-if they neglected t'he upkeep of the permanent way, and the work was being pro- ceeded with with the utmost economy and con- sideration for the company's finances. The directors regretted that they were unable to pay anything on tho D stock. With regard to the future, they were not without hope of a revival in the traffic on the company's line. He con- cluded; by moving the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Lord Powis. The motion- was unanimously adopted. At a subsequent extraordinary general meeting a provisional agreement concluded with the Great Western Company for the station at Abervst- with to become a joint station, to be worked and managed by a joint committee of the two com- panies, was approved.

--=- COLWYN BAY TERRI- TORIALS. h!s! AXb DRILL HALL WANTED. t °S'NESS MEN TAKE THE MATTER IN [ HAND. „ K:etjng to -which reference "was made in i lir j '•'nurs a fortnight ago iva-s convened by n M. Porter at the tV.nuil Chamber, Col- week. Its objects was to form I T"Ittee with a view to further the in- ID t.b-e Territorial Army Sclrc-nve in the fc°,JlPftn a^'a' indicated, the Colwyn Bay fU'tsl.'d Terriioiials ;trc attached to the Nt,ty 1.Battalion of the R.W.F., and (he fit aUai s"0eia'-ion aro naturally anxious to eee jfyo proper establ;«h)neii; of 120 men. J^if |j "rt« weeks ago the company were not I pf lcqusred strength, but since then a mim- on .^ru'te have joined., making a total of [■ of the meeting. With the Co- crw. a employers of Jalxmr and a lit t le pub- ?,UraSemenl, it was felt that not only k ■^ ^sary number of men bo speedily • that a much-needed drill hall would hW** .without much diflicuity. liKfc-c present were the Rev. Thomas ^th' t Joseph Dicken, J.P., Mr J. •Si*nv°n<*> J-p-> Mr D. O. Williams, J.P. «n it na?1. °f the Urban District Council), Mr » £ pt. rnr^r» Major Dow, Surg.-Miijor Mariette, p^arl't ■*vl°i'S'in< Mr John Williams. Mr m nve' Mr F. K. 8oi<iele, Mr Prico' Wii- 4m lIr flugli Hughes, Mr R. W. Jackson, i4T POSITION EXPLAINED, i jWilliams was voted-to the chair. -H- Porter explained that the meeting according to the request of Nil of 1\0 from Col. Howard, C-B., chair- ^ati0ti f Flintshire Territorial Forces Asso- vPa*t'j w""°^ be (Mr Porter) was a member. r<1 SO!ne of the Iii.aniKkJ ;ii!e of the ,Jt tr8 v<!r' unfortunately- knew little \y!e *41:<»tk>n, but' there were others pre-' [ ° wouM be- able to make certain' expta- À Jti\-c to the military f,art-of the work. f t-he ^ation desired to brmg the strength I ^abli«i. hntshiro BattaiJonto the authorised 51 At present the Mold Company »L v,hile the number hlionld l>e 120; t'w eomjjaiiy was 105 strong, but the Kby] Company munbcreil 91, 120 Uas the full strciijjtii; at Hoh ,iI '.lint fiaCre 5b men out of the 120 roi|uived; at g;1) o Oll 01 120; at Colwyn Bay the number ,7* c ia.jary 29th 67 out of 120; whi'f: ^ou'.pany immured 94, but, vU'nV>»o^ co? stro!;o* I" f»ctA the.,baUa!ionI »^ad of 1009, so M«at 423 men i,lrkNi to oomjdete its cstabli'dhiueni. '-•Wvj, i>, *8'lM('C3 given iiad been compiled ilia « LoniPany had iuereaiod to 64. The 1 wer<2 of epinion thai a committee oenfre providing a company vi CO c>ii;'i'atien e-f the otlicer com- 1)y<it\s° °ach conipany and tho iielp of em- to '"hour, bring the wveral companies 'w'ncv:iSifiry. (strength without much cliiii- J t-h0 Porter proceeded to explain that one why (he Colwyn Bay (^omjiany {'fn t-cncd to tlie Flinf-shrre ISutt ali^n rathev lint "biy'ii-hiro was the Flint- aif"Qn v.-as practically a eea-e-oast bat,- 4^'Wio '*le. companies formjug i(, wii h two /i1^' acsoeiated with sowns stunted .'a,» f,„*lc. <"oa"t- Another reason was tjjat it u>'°ife coiivenient by the military v^i-, 'o work matters in. that way. Me>re- I>enbigh-hire Battalion• was Bi '/V •s,1'<)ng to do without the help of CV;1- [ t'hitt ot Fliia.^jii re was weak. If that 1::('IO('¡j upon tho formation of a local felt sure they would soon bring j a.n °°'>i-pany up to full strength, ar.cl they ■ -|Nio„,U!r*»*U deal with such subjects as the' 01 :t drifl hall, which was sadly needed [ r t»,frv^s °f the local conijiany (hea-r, hwar). [ cf ] 1 Acknowledged the receipt:of a linm- f ^9rs. c'2°r!3 ap.o5og)'sihg for the absence of the [ ^ongst theih was one from Mr Tom- a'tj regretted that the privilege of talc- jj. 4*tive personal part m inilstafy affairs denied him li> riatnre, because be felt dJ ^*»OK^1 Time wotM piieedily- arrive' when who did r.ot iwhara tn some way in tl>e country would be lookcij upon as j Uaug'vter, and hear, hear}. It had thn"^051 a" thinr^ IxH wcen him r Major -Str.bb-s that, in return for to* Waf 0n'-o!:ragiemeM. and help he gave to lie would be-provided vvith a ^vt^'c berth at the rear of the civilian V- l' \V 11 a cr'ses came (loud laughter). p."1' Jones, manager of the N.P- Bank, rA ^.k-c.t *l>rcssing his fullftst sympathy with the i^to^ n.teting, flnd jwinung out that the 3 his bank were also so very friendly inovenwnt. that they had decided to J ^onal holidays to those of their clerks tTV <0 'ilU 'K' corn(is (hear, hear). A Previously one of hi* own s^taff had °U\w j^ntage of that fact, and joined the kMt j,' i'. Comjiany (cheexs.). ^Uic>i ^Nunn tMc^srs Ximn and Co., I* 'r>& 'i wr<^« in much the game vein, JVl-j ,t'»at practical^, all his st-aff had either ^elvt's efheient for service or were. JW T° now (hear, hear). "So that Mr Nunn's j) s well jJrutectro," humorously, remarked t tfj t«r 1,).^ laughter. Mr Porter referred to the great tlI1Il with which Londoii and practically ),lWre,i'AVMs thitmghont the country had lately fto the burine^ of making Mr Ilal- xv^, ,,t€ a success, and he hojy^d Colwyn «il t0°U,t' ,lot be found behind-hand. He way vf° Major Dew, Ca.pt- Morgan, feur^cn- '*<) (.xf lur"M w', Mr Lowe, and others present, a t f that- matter with a large of e.xp -rience to help them (hear, bear). 144, A WAIU\ING TO EMPLOYERS. Sill °ri ,P"lv will he f<'h f:ure they were all to Mr Porter for convening the y D(> did n01 think there was much u.»c! ,j0 that day except to form a strong j.0\vt^,J,ri)inftee who eon Id make the matter Lj'l* ^*big inflttenoe to hear upon those j join the company. Colwyn Bay had o wiany years very well rej)reseniea in tih .Iahul} In regard to the numliers and ^the men on very iriany occasions, in .v. turned out the smarte.st company ■ittaKon (hear, hear). There wa«j no j Ahvl" .!Ik' coast, with the possible exception J 1.>¡:lt )0" there were mare eligible men in X, Of Lvc jihysiquc and itit-olligenoc:, than 3 I, I,- and there .hould not te the alight- ? o^n l'l,iit- in making' up the necca*&ry mnnber i'a.] ^'h'ete the company's, strength. Theprin- ts, :]: IxtcI. at pH-.sent was ti,c lack of offi- \) lIl«'J' should have a captain and two v"? but *t present they had no officer at (J £ ''xm as that trouble arot?e the nurn- of ,ln<? iwn dwindled. He believed that j'" t'st essentials to success woukt lie to t »ervices of two young officers who ^3>'s aii entbusiaftic interest in the oom- fc a i The next e.ssenti;t) was undoubl- 1'iie Oolwyn Bay Company > ,a:!1 a'°ng in oonscqueiK'e of a lack J*i drilling and other accommodation. A Vitl^itw otrixttire T.as not wanted, and the ii> thni °1^ band a<i eoon as pos- |t w ir{?te <>f providing a suitable b»nW ^»B fo'" pooj)le to eriticise that kijaU Mr UaJdane'# ivu Um iiiozt an,,] serious attempt to put their civilian army on a proper footing they had Jet had (hear, hear). It had been prepared by a Liberal Government, and if a Liberal Govern- ment had gUIJe so far, it was probable that the iH-xt Conservative G oyernment would go a step further. In any event, there could be no ques- tion about it that, unless the present scheme proved successful, some form of compulsoi'y ser- vice was bound to follow. It woe, therefore, in their own interacts that they were working now. It would be- better for an employer ot labour to voluntarily agree to lowc for three weeks each year he services of, way, three n>en cut of a sralf of six than to be compelled to lose the help of all six for a ivowibly longer jicriod (hoar, hear). He suggested that, a committee of those present be at once formed- AUGUST UNSUITABLE FOR CAMPING. Mr Hugh Hughes called attention to the un- suitability of August for camping purposed, and asked whether it was absolutely necessary that the training should take place during that mouth. Mr Porter r«j)lr!ed that the same question had cropjicd up eltsewhefe, and the answer from hcadquaiters was that training could bo ar- ranged in June as well as A-uguet if employers of labour found the August camp inconvenient. Surgeon-Major Marietta that the an- nai-al training coidd be undertaken at anv time between May and A«gtM?t by arrangement. Major Dew said that in-as one of the matters over which a. local comnv-ttcc could make its oica felt. There was no hard and fast rule for the camping season. Mr Hugh Hughco I suppose they go accord- ing t :> the yiews of the majority ? Major Dew: Yei. Mr John Williams said he knew for a. fact that the August camping arrangement kept- a good many from joining the local company. Mr Joteph Dicken said he was not much of a soldier, but he bslioved Mr Haldane's echeme proceeded on the right lines, and he TO pre- pared to give it his heartiest support. Accord- ing to the figures given things were not in a very healthy condition in Colwyn Bay, but bo I felt convinced the present (strength would bo increased very shortly. lIe certainly did not employ many eligible men, but he was prepared to do what ho could' with those he had (hear, hear). He had at least one man, and if he joined, he (Mr Dicken) would be pleaded to faci- litate JKS camping' engagement, and that with- out financially penalising him while he w as away (hear, hear). England had been lagging too long over that! matter" He moved that a local com- mittee be formed. Mr Bernard Lowe eeeondxl, and this was unanimously agreed to. A Sl'KONG COMMITTEE. The formiiig of a committee occupied .some tile were eventually ap- pointed with power to add to ttieir number:— AU the members of the Urban Di,trid Council, Rev. Thos Parry (C,M.), Rev. John Edwards, Presbyterian pastor; Rev. John Griffiths, vicar of Old Coiwyn; Hey. Rees Morris, senior curate of Colwyn Bay; Rev. R. Robert. pastor Eji- C.M. Church; Mr J. \V- Raynes, J.P., IJysfacn; Major F. A. Dew, Surgeon-Major Marriette, Mr R. W. Jackson, Mr Price Wil- liams, Mr F- E. SchicSe, District Bank; Mr Win, Jones, N.P. Bank; Mr W. Jones, N. and S. Wales Bank; Mr W. Hughes Jones, Metro- politan Bank; Mr C, W. Adam.son, Mr Wallace (Station-road), Sir. Edward Allen (junior), Mr F. Jackson, Mr Jones Mortimer, J.P., Bryn- stoddfod; Mr ooiley, Mr Waltei- W'hitehead, J.P.Mr S. Johnson, auctionrcr; Mf ,-Wm. Jon«9, C-E.; and Mr Ja-mcs Auiphlctt (cierk and fxjlicitor to the Council). Capt. T. II. Morgan advocated the convening of a publie meeting, w hich could be addressed ) two or threo members, of Parliament, Col. Lloyd, general commanding the Welsh Division and others, with a view to explaining' the.object and nature of the scheme, and of rousing public cnt.u¡;ÍœI} in the movement. He concurred with what had been said by Major Dew as to the essentials of a successful work at Colwyn ■Bay, and strongly urged prompt action-with re- fcpect to t-h08' nrovision of a drill hall. He had seen Pg many as a hundred men drilling in the- room now at the company's oisposjal, and it was a nifi.tter for womler to him how the men had been able to make themselves efficient year after yeuri tr. Mr Jackson suggcted ths jmrchasc of the old iron church in Coedpellu-road for conversion into suitable premisej- Capt. :Morgan: it has been sold. Mr ,Tack?on "It may l.!C, sold again. Mr Porter said he hoped that, ma.ticr would •'be' taken in hand 'enthusiastically by the com- mittee. It resolved to held a full meeting' of the committee, this ^Thursday) afternoon in the Council Chamber at 3.30 p.m. T'hanks to the Chairman and Mr Porter ter- minated a. vcly business-like meeting.

LLANGEENIEW PLOUGH- ING MATCH. The i-eeood annual ploughing match was held on Thursday in a field -belonging to Air T. H. Roberts, Stag Hotel, Llangcrnievv, and proved a. very successful fixture. Col. Sandtvacb, J.P., the took a personal interest in the event, which considerably added to its suc- cess. The jiopularity of the ploughing' match was amply exempli lied by the large number who took pa.rt, the competitors being very keen. Special prizes were given by Messrs Hughes and Buirrows, LIanrwst; Mr Hughes, Britannia Boot Stores, Llanrwst; Mr E. L10,t1 Jones, do.; Mr J- Thomas, saddler, tlt). W. S. Williaiiis and Co., London llou e; O. Williams, Watchmaker, etc., Mr R, C. Owcn, do.; and Mr R. Berry, do.; Mrs Jones, Plas jn Llan Stud Farm; Messrs <.)wen and WilJianrs, f^lwysbach. The awards were as follow:— Class I. (open entry) 1, R. Roberts, Glanyr- afon, Dolwen; 2, J. Evans, Dvvyfiig L eha, Riiuddlan; 3, J. Holland, LlangVrmievi 4, Tllo. Roberts, Eglwysbach. Class 11. (ol),-i) to the district under 25): 1, Dan Jones, Tynew< dd, Llaneilian: 2, W. i'arry, llcnfryn, Llangerniew; o, Fred Jones, Bend-e. Llynsaun, do- (Hass III. (open to the district, swing plough with cutter only being allowed): 1, Tom Hughes, The Stag, Llangerniew; 2, Dan Parry, Rhosy- mawn, do. 3, J. Morris, PantycSyd, do. Best team in the field: Messrs Owens, Cwyn- du rdH, Betiws, Abergele. Bf'.itt decorated te.i.m J. Parry, Saracen's Head liest, turnout: J- Parry, Saracen's Head. Bcsb him J. Holland,. Llangierniew. P^st ridge: J. Evans, Dwyflig Ucha. Bsrjt "in and out": J. Evaais, Dwyflig Lelia. Best mare: T- II. Rolierts, Stag Hotel. Turnout (special): T. H. Roberts, Stag Hotel, Heä butt in the iield (challenge cup presented 11; the Llangerwiew and Llanfair Aligning A. ciatioffi): 1, R. Roberts, Glany-ra-fon, Bettwfe. Hedging and ditching (14 competitors): 3, Thomas Jones, Penbrychan, Bettws; 2, T. Ro- berta, Poet Office, Bylcih,aii;: 3, Owen Jones, Fwnhwylfa; 3, Evan Jones, Tynewydd, Llan- Frotihwylfaj 3, Evan Jonep, Tynewydd, I laln fair.

HAUNTING FEAR OF OPERATION. Wonian's Joyful Rescue by Zam-Buk. "Z111-Buk 1m saved my leg and made me. one of the happiest women in the Potteries," said Mno Toole, of 4, Oxford Street, Porthill, Staffs., to a "Crewe Chronicle" reporter. "Eighteen years ago," continued she, "when I had a Y-ou-ng' fam^y, my legs became very pa-infiil and the veins much inflamed. They re- mained in thiis distressing condition for some time, and ulcers formed on my right leg. One sore spread to another, until my leg from knee to foot. was a mass oj disclturgiug ulcers- "A doctor gave me ointments and lotions, and I afterwards tried all kinds of ordinary prepara- nms; but my leg got so bad that I went into the infirmary. 1 was a puzzle to the cleverest doctors. Afteir lying on my back for weeks in the infirmary undergoing special treatment 1 was allowed to go home. "Wben I got home I was put straight to bed, and after another private' doctor had attended me without any good res-jilt I was taken back to the infirmary. I had further special treat- ment, and was then sen* home again, but. 1 was soon back in the Infirmary for the third time. "My teg vva's then as black as charcoal, i was told thst mortification had set in, and that my only hope was to have the limb amputated. The haunting fears of the operation reduced mc to desjierate straits. "It occurred to me that as I had often I.eard of .Zam-Buk I should at least give that balm a trial before cou enting/ to the proposed oitera- tion. I got a large box and emeared Zam-Buk all over the ulcers, which practically covered my leg. That night I slept for the first time after many weary weeks. The intense irrita- tion and smarting pain were lulled- and in a week or so had passed away altogether. I used Zam-Buk very freely, for the nightmare of amputation haunted me continually, and I spared no pains to save my leg. Slowly but surely Zam- Buk checked the disease, the morti- fied and discolored flesh was cleared aw&Y, and new healthy skin was made to grow. The gtreat holes in my leg closed up and were then covered nifch a new skin until the limb was healthily built, up afaall. "The neighbours hardly credit it when they aaw me once more getting about. They marvel to see me doing my housework as though my legfs b.-w never ailed anything." Wireless telegraphy has been used with eueoeee j in connection with a fast traiin run between New York and Chicago, coi.iiinviilmt" being kept uptMoughout practically the whole journey of 800 niilw. For luflwenaa take Woods' Great Peppermint cure..Nover failt. W S^S,—t

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