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DENBIGHSHIRE EDUCATION CQMM ITT E E. MEMBERS PHOTOGRAPHED IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL. THE BRYMBO DISPUTE. lBy Our Reporter). The Denbighshire Education Committee held a meeting on Friday, at the Queen Hotel, Chea- ter, Mr W, G. Dodd in the chair. Not long after the business had been begun a photographer appeared and desired that the members should pose outside the hotel for the photograph of the committee, which is to be hung up at the Pontfadog "McKenna" School, recently opened. At the previous meeting the committee who carried out the arrangements for the opening ceremony of that school submitted a request that the Education Authority should consent to be "taken" in order that this memento of the ceremony might be presented by the local committee to the school. A resolution was passed consenting to submit to be photographed, and the artist, a good Welshman, now claimed the fulfilment of that promiso. Accordingly the busi- ness was suspended for ten minutes, and he pro- ceeded amid considerable amusement to arrange the tableau on the front of the hotel, the lady members and the Chairman being seated, and the others standing around Thts scene. enacted in front of too General Railway Station, naturally attracted considerable attention, e^peeiaLy from the District Office staff of the London and North- Western Railway Company, who, being at work immediately opposite the hotel entrance, all flocked to the windows to witness the unusual scene. Afterwards the Education Committee re- turned to duty, and got through a considerable amount of work in two hours. The members present were Mr William Griffith, Mr Simon Jones, Mr F. A. St urge, Mr J. Stephen Jones, Mr Hugh Hughes, Mr Bennett Jones, Mr Edward Roberts, Mr J. Wilcoxon, Mr W..1. Williams, Mr J. R. Williams, Mr Christmas Jones, Mr George Cromer, Mr E. R. Parry, Mr R. A. Jones, Miss Gee, Mr D. S. Davies, Mrs R. J. Powell, Dr. J- Mdwyn Hughes, Mr James Darlington, and Colonel Sandbach, with Mr John Roberta (joint secretary), Mr W. D. Wiles (the county architect.), and Mr J. C. Daviea (the or- gan iser). ORGANISER OF EDUCATION RECOVERS. The Organiser (Mr J. C, Davies), who was present, thanked the committee for the kind ex- pressions of sympathy with him during his ill- ness, and stated that there was now every pro- spect of a complete recovery at a-n earlv date. The Chairmari expressed, on behalf of the com- mittee, their pleasure at seeing the Organiser able to attend the meeting, and at understanding that he was likely to be soon fully restored to health. Colonel Sandbach has been elected a member of the Staff Supply Committee, and at the first meeting of that body after his appointment he was welcomed by the oder members of that body. WEST DENBIGHSHIRE APPOINTMENTS. Miss Nesta G A. Jones, Article 50, was ap- pointed head teacher of the Frondeg Infants School, at £60 a year, and William P. Jones was appointed to Denbigh IÆJye Lane Council School, as an assistant, a.t £80. He is a certificated teacher. Miss Alice Ellams, certificated teacher resigned her appointment at the Ruthin Infants Non- provided School; Miss Alice Parker, Article 60, of the Pentrefoelas Non-provided School; Ed- ward Jones, 50, of the Abergele Boys School; and R. H. Williams, Article b8, of the Ruthin Council School, also resigned their ap- pointments under this committee. Teachers to take their places are to be engaged. Miss,Jae Lloyd was appointed sewing mis tress at the Bylchau Church School at 2s per week, while the school is open. WELSH TEACHER FOR GLAN CONWAY. Tho managers of this school wrote that they endorsed the letter of the headmaster with re- ference to Miss Sculthorpe, Article 50, and re, commended that an experienced infants teacher, a knowledge of Welsh be appointed- The man- agers were directed to give notice to Miss Seul. thorpe, terminating her services at this school, and it was decided to obtain an Article 50 teacher for the school at the usual rate of salary. LLANFAIR NON-PROVIDED SCHOOL. COMPETITION DOES NOT AFFECT IT. Tho following letter from the of Educa- tion, dated 20th May, was read :— "With reference to Mr J. 0. Davies' letter of the 12th Deeemljer last, I am directed to state that the Board are informed by H.M. Inspector that the opening of the Llanfairtal- haiarn Council Schoo! has not had the antici- pated effect of reducing the numbers in atten- dance at the Non-Provided School; the num- ber on the books is 40, with an average atten. dance of 38. Under these circumstances the Board are of opinion that it is necessary to in- crease the staff as recommended by H. M. In- spector in his last report, and they will be glad to hear that your authority will take steps to appoint an additional teacher without delav." The committee resolved that a supplementary teacher be engaged, COLWYN BAY CHANGES. Upon the recommendation of the CQlwvn Bay district managers, it was resolved that the follow- ing transfers and appointments be confirmed:— (1). That Miss M. J. Roberts be transferred from Llwydgoed C. School to the Colwyn Council School, at her present rate of salary, viz., JE50 per annum. (2) That an Article 50 be obtained to fill the vacancy at Llwvdgoed C. School. (3). That, Miss Charlotte Owen, Article 50, be transferred from the Mochdre C. School to the Colwyn Council School, and paid at the rate of B42 10s per annum. (4). That Miss Nellie Davies, ex-P.T. of CoIwjti C. School bo appointed as supplementary teacher at the Mochdre C. School, at a salary.of £25 per annum. SCHOOL GARDENING. Reports were presented showing that in dis- tricts where suitable iand is available the teach- mg of gardening to the boys is being more generally undertaken. Mr T. Evans, county councillor of Pentrefoelas, lejiorted that last year he visited the Ty'nyfelin School and the Dinmaei School. He was well ;ilea-ed with what he saw at the first-named school, but did not like the land at the latter. The Cerrigydruidion district man- agers reported that since Mr Evans' visit they had prepared a piece of land at the rear of the school for gardening this year, as Mr Evans had recommended. The Penycae Church School were authorised to include gardening in the schooi cur- riculum, and to buy the necessary tools at a cost not exceeding three pounds. ORGANISE US DEPUTY. Mr Oswald Thomas, of the Organiser's Depart- ment, was granted an increase of £10 in his salary, and an honorarium of £10 for taking charge of the department during Mr J. C. Da. vies' illness. Q NEW SCHOOL AT BONTUCHEL. Tho following report of a recent, inquiry was pre.ieiitcd:—A petition, signed by 38 parents of children resident in the neighbourhood of Bont- uchel, for the provision of all infants' scbool in the village of Bontuch-el was considered- The Attendance Officer submitted a return show- ing that there wero 29 children between three and seven years cf age residing within a radius of lg miles of Bontuchoi, whose homes were from lg to 3 miles from the Gyffylliog School, :md a greater distanca from the Ruthin schools. Air Price Davies, Post Office; Mr David Jones, Pandy; Mr John Williams, Tynycsoad, and Mr Burden, Fashiwno, attended the meeting, and supported the petition- The committee inspected the room which was proposed should be used for tho purposes of a schooi, and the out-offices ho- longing thereto. The committee also inspected a plot of ground given by the late Mr Griffiths, of Caerhun, as a school site, and now in the hands of trustees; and approved of it as a suit- able site, should a permanent school be required. In view of this report, it was decided to open an infants' school in the vestry room of the Calvinistic Methodise Chapel, Bontuchei, and that the sum of £5 be paid as rent to tho trustees of the chapel. Miss Gee. alluding to tho plot of land given uy the late Mr Griffith, of Caerhun, said that the trust jos had been her late father, the late father of Mr Aneurin 0. Evans (Mr Oliver Evans), and a Liverjxx)! gentleman, but she did not know what had now become of the deeds, and would like tho matter tc be looked into. Tho Chairman said he was g'&d Miss Gee had called atI2íltion to the nwtkr, which would be taken cahfully into account, but fQr tho present It was a school in temporary premises that was to ho established. THE ATTENDANCE OFFICERS' SALARIES. A joint petition signed by the attendance offi- cers was considered. They asked for a.d va:rlÜC5 of salary. In live years they had only received I une increase, and that was two years ago, whilst the average attendance in the five years had materially increased. \Ve also beg to remind you that our uniform is long over due, and wo I should bo plea.st'd if this matter oould receive your earl^-attention, as tho non-supply ia equal to a loss in our salary. It was resolved that a reply be sent that the ommittee regret they cannot at present see their way to grant the officers an increase in salary, md that it bo pointed out that the present per- centage of attendance is about equal to the per- centage at tho time tho previous increases were granted, anù that the average attendance is at present lower thaII it was at that time- Tenders for IWW uniforms wen invited, and Messrs W. J. Williams, E. R. Parry, D. W. Roberts, and Christmas Jones were appointed as a sub-corn i nit tee to open tenders and accept on6. In future it was decided to supply ordinary uniforms with overcoat Oil the 1st October in alternate years, and a summer uniform on the 1st April in alternate years. t SILVER WATCHES FOR REMARKABLE fl ATTENDANCE. Edward Jones, Llangynhafal Council School, who had attended for eleven yens without a break, and Blodwen Morris, of the Llanfairtal- haiarn Council School, for eight years' perfect attendance, were awarded silver watches. BROKEN PROMISES. Arising out of the conference with the attend- anoe officers, it was decided to write to the Cer- rigydruidion district managers with regard to the complaint made by the attendance officers that prizes for good attendance been promised, but not givea- TREATS AND WEEDING. The Colwyn Bay managers were requested to arrange that Sunday School treats in their district should, as far as possible, be held on the same day, or during the summer holidays. In the case of schools at which the attendance Is affccted owing to children being employed in turnip weeding, the district school managers be re-quested to arrange, if practicable, for the sum- mer holidays to cover tile period of th turnip weeding season- The suggestion of M.r Roger Pryoe, Denbigh, re printing of notices in Welsh was adopted. A letter is to be written to the Clerk of the Ruthin magistrates with regard to the complaint made by the attendance officers as to the small fines imposed in school attendance prosecutions. BIRTH-PLACE OF THE TITHE WAR. Some time last year parenta and ratepayers in the village 01 Grionrhyud, in the parish ol Llan- armon yu lab memorialised the Education Com- mittee tor a school for infants and children in tho lower standards at that place on the ground that the Lianarr/on school in the centre of the parish was situated too iar away lor the younger children to attend it regularly. Two public m. quiries were held, and ultimately the committee aec.ded to erect a temporary building of corru- gated iron and to open a school as soon as it ia ready. The Board of Education wero asked to sanction th13 action, but in the meantime a strong agitation has arisen in the parish of Llan. armoii gClleraJJy in oppü6ition to tho hooi ()IJ the ground that it would impose an unneceesary burcten upon the rates. An organisation of the ratepayers has instructed Mr F. Llewellyn Jones, of Moid, to act for them in opposition to the proposal, and he has sent to the Board of Educa- tion a memoriaJ signed by nine-tenths of the rate- payers appealing against the project. The Board of Education asked for the obser- vations of the education Committee upon the petition, and the draft of a letter in reply was now submitted by Mr J. S. Jones, chairman of the Attendance Sub-Committ It was pointed out that the attendance at Llanarmon was only 73 per cent., the lowest in the county, and that the children at Grianrhydd could not be s ni, to school until they were nearly seven years of ago- Furthermore, the cost of the school -would not be equal to a halipenny in the pound on the rates. Mr D. S. Davies (Denbigh) strongly urged the committee to abandon the idea ol building this school for tho present, inaslllud1 as the inhabi- tants were nine to one against it- Dr. J. Medwyn Hughee (Ruthin) seconded Mr Daviess atnend-ment that the project be dropped. Mr Simon Jones (Wrexham), supporting the movement, said that in this parish the anti-tithe movement was born, and it was the parish of the late John Parry- Colonel Sandbach: It want-s educating (laugh- ter). The Chairman pointed out that at the last in- quiry 44 ratepayers petitioned in favour of the schooJ and 164 against it. It was their policy, the Chairmari added, to bring the Echools as far as possible within the reach of the rural children (hear, hear). hø. amendment was defecated by a large majority, and the reply to the Board of Education advocating the building of the school was di- rected to bo sent. LLANDDOGET CHURCH SCHOOL. The following; letter was received from the correspondent of this school:—"Would you kindly authorise a glazier from Llanrwst to come and repair tlhe windows of the above school, about 12 panes are broken and cracked. The schcdJ has not been for any other purpose than elementary education sinoe the damage was done." The Secretaries stated that they had replied as follow ;We cannot authorise a glazier from Llanrwst to come to repair the windows at the above school. The obligation of doing this in the fir-s-t instance rcst-s upon the School Managers, and if they send in a claim to the Local Edu- cation Authority in respect of fair weaj and tear, the same will be duly considered. The reply was approved. ABERGELE SI MMER COURSE. From Aug'u«t 3rd to August 27th a course oi instruction for teachers will be arranged at Abergele, the County School Buildings being kmt for the purpooe by the governors. Teachers within the county will apparently be admitted to the classes< free, and fees will be charged for those who attend from eleew here, ranging from £2 2s for tlhe course, to J61 5s for two weeks. The classes will be formed in KindergUrten, brush drawing, woodwork, clay modelling, card- board modelling. Mr Bedford will be the head teacher, and the following other teachers were appointed, Miss Kelly, Bangor, for Kinder gar ten; Mr E. Hughes. Carnarvon, brush work, Mr J. Ilanmer HuUiliings, clay modelling; and G. F. Johnson, cardboard modelling. Mr Bedford will also teach woodwork and in the event of the number of students in the woodwork class lming sufficiently large Mr C F. Evans of LlamdudnOj will be appointed to assist Mr Bedford in the instruction in that class. Sup. plementary teachers for wl;10m no instruction is providedy in Saturday morning classes will lie allowed to join a correspondence class, and the fees paid bv the committee, SUMMER COURSE IN WELSH. The committee offer exhibitions oi J35 3s each to enable teachers (both prima.ry a.nd secondary) to a t-tend the course in Welsh at. the Summer School of the Welsh language to be heild at Swansea Grammar Soiiool in Au'g'ust next and exhibitions of £ 6 each for a course of instruc- tion abroad, in French or German. LLANDEGLA CHURCH SCHOOL. The Rev. J. n. Hone, incumbent of Van- deg*lia, and formerly curate of Cohyyn Bay, wrote no corroajKMident of the Church School in his parish, asking that another teaohcr should tx appointed to replace Miss Annj", Hobert.,>, who had left. The Staff Committee did not see their way to grant, the application. Colonel Sandbacih drew attention to the mat ter, and said tŒ¡,a,t the sohooJ was right in the mountains, and sihould have special attention for that reason The attendance had gone up, and the school now contained 50. The only education the children in a remote district like that could get was what they could receive at t-ha parish whool. The place was so remote that it was impossible to tend children to Ruthin County School, and to conduct a school with seven standards witih infants as well with two teachers was practically imiioffeible if any justice wals to be done to the children. He moved that the matter be referred back to the committee, with 11 recommendation that the request of the managers be granted Mr J. Darlington seconded the motion. Mr D. 8, Davies said the Staff Committee were in sympathy witb wihat Col. Salldbaoh said, lut they had to deal with tilings 3.8 they found them. At present the number in the school Vvas 43, and with the head teaefher and the assistant the salaries came to £157. or a litllo over £3 5s per child. and tle committee felt t.h.a.t, they would not t" jutificù in increasing the cost Qf tbat whool. There were such schools in every county, and not a few of them with smaller staffs than that. at. Llandegla. Mr St-urge: Has this school the staff usually granted for such a whool Mr D. S. Davies: That is so Mr Bennett Jones: There are schools in cur district where there are over 50 children with only two teachers. The Chairman If we went imito it we shoutd find similar anomalies., and if we granted the ap- plication here we should have to do it in all the other cases. The amendment of Colonel Sandbach was defeated. A CRISIS AT BRYMBO. Colonel Sandbach urged that increases ,b0U 'J be granted also to the teachers of the Brymixj non-provided school, to bring them up to t.i e strmdard of other schools in the county Th., squabble was between the committee and the managers, and the teaciheis should not suffer Mr J. Darlington seconded. Mr n. S. Davies pointed out that the teachers continued to give definite religious instruction, and when they < eased that act of di8(;lxd ;ClIB and conformed to the directions of that authority no doubt their s-alanes would be consider k). Every possible step had been taken to settle diHiculty, but the managers reiu.-ed_ to meet the deputation of the Education Committee, and he understood that the question was to be into litigation. If that were the intention on amicable settlement was. of cour."0. imipojuble, and iihe sooner the matter went into the courts (he- Letter (hear, hear). But of one t'lnng he certain—things could not be allowed to contnue in their present condition at Brymho (a-mlauieV lIe visited Brr, mbo last Wednesday and found the children congregated in tr.ree different schools, under conditions that were quite intot'i-- able- The Chairman concurred with Mr Davie?, in tlhis remark, and said that urile.a the lloard ol Education moved it would be the duty of that committee to take some diasuc step w-iuch I bring the matter to a final settlement. As tVtb. teachers, they had received extreme considera- tion at the hands of that coin in it tee- Col. S-andbaoh said he was informed that the teachers of the nrymbo Sdbool never made I atgrcemerHt at all with the committee, and that I tliey never ran away from any-tiling as had been suggested. The teachere were requested by the .1 head teacher to follow him to the council school, and they agreed to do so but at. the tarne they had no idea that there would be any Church sohooi. As soon as tihey found out there would be a Church School they stuck to the eonool to which I thev had belonged. The motion of Colonel Sand-bach was defeated bv a large majority.. 'The Chairman said that Colonel bandbach had been entirely misled in the matter. If by saying there vvas no agreement he meant there was no wntten agreement, he was quite correct {or the committee had no written agreements with any of ibe Council School teuchera- The teachers were engaged by minute of that authority, but undoubtedly m the ease of the Brymbo School all the teachers ap- plied both to the Organiser and himself to be engaged for the new Council School. They were afraid that they would be out of employment, and would have to &e-ek it in some other county. His (theChairman's) opinion was that there was no quarrel with the teachers, and that they would be taken on at the new Council School. At that they were very much relieved for the reason he had stated. Then they began to send excuses, and even en the Saturday before the school waa opened one of them sent, a telegram stating that the engagement would not be kept Colonel Sandbach had taken his information from outsid- ers. who were evidently misleading him. The amendment of Colonel Sandbach was de- feated RHYL SCHOOL OF TEMPERANCE. At the suggestion of Miss Gee, it was resolved to grant an exhibition of j31 each to a certain number of teachers in the county who are pre- pared to attend the summer school of temperance and hygiene, to be held at Rhyl during the ap- proaching holiday-8, under the auspices of tho Gwvnedd Temperance Association. DISPOSAL OF BURSARIES. A number of names of young persons to be admitted to the County Schools as student teach- ei bursars for whom the fees will be paid by the committee. and a discussion was raised by Mr Cromar, who pointed out that a girl to be admitted to the Wrexham County Sch-ooj lived outside tho county of Denbigh- He questioned whether it was proper that the funds of the county should be applied to the education of per- sons who did not reside in the county. Mr J. Darlington proposed that the name be omitted from the list, but it was explained that hitherto the school areas had been considered the areas from which bursars might be taken and Mr W J. pointed out that there were several children in the Llanrwst County School who came from Carnarvonshire- Mr John Roberts, the joint secretary, explain- ed that under the Intermediate Education Act, the Board of Education had decided that the school area was to be the basis, but the bursars in question were given under Part 2 of the Act of 1902, and had nothing to do with the Inter- mediate Education Act. Mr Darlington withdrew his motion on con- dition that before next year's list comes to lie mado out the question will be definitely settled by resolution of the committee- LLANEFYDD CHURCH SCHOOL. A letter from Mr Isaac C. Ellis was read to the effect that owing to ill-health, he had not been able for months to visit the Llanefydd Church of England School, of which he was a representative manager, and asking that some one should be appointed in his place. On the proposition of Mr Bennett Jones, Mr Thomas Salisbury was elected in the place of Mr Ellis. LLANDDULAS CHURCH SCHOOL. Mr W. F. Jones, representative manager of this school, also resigned owing to ill-health, and the Rev. Darlev Davies was appointed to succeed him. RUTH IN DISTRICT MANAGERS. The committee passed a vote of condolence with the family of the late Rev. W. Richards, of Llan- armon, and c'ected Mr John Richards, of Grian- rhydd, to succeed him as a member of the Ruthin District. Managers' Committee. CASH FOR THE HOLIDAYS. At the request of the Joint Secretary, it was decided that the teachers and attendance officers should have their salaries paid to them before the approaching summer holidays, but the com- mittee declined the further request of Mr Ro- berts that it. should be considered the rule to make these payments in advance before the com- mencement Qf the annual summer vacation, Ap. plication must be made each year for this privi- lege. THE BANGOR NORMAL COLLEGE. The proposed scheme for the establishment of the North Wales Counties Training College Com mitfcee was submitted, and the committee were asked to elect provisionally six members of the committee to represent Denbighshire on that com mittee- The Joint Secretary explained that the scheme would not come into operation for a little time, and ihe election of the representatives would, therefore, bo only provisional. 1\11' William Griffith, of Llanf airtalhaiam, moved that the six representatives be Mr W G. Dodd, Mr J.. E. Powell, Mr D S Davies, the Rev Thos. Lloyd (Colwyn Bay). Mr W J. Wi!- liams (L!anrwM), and Mr J. Wilcoxon. Miss Gee: I think there ought to have been a lady on this committee, as the college is for the training of women teachers as well as men. The Chairman I shall be pleased tD withdraw in favour of a lady. The Joint -Secretary: The scheme provides that the representatives must be members of the Countv Council. Mr W illiam Griffith I am sorry Miss Gee you are out of the list (laughter). Miss Gee: I see it cannot be helped. TEMPERANCE TEACHING IN SCHOOLS The East Denbigh Monthly Meeting sent a resolution calling the attention of the committee to tho importane of giving instruction in elemen- tary schools on the relation of temperance to health, and urging the committee to to do its utmost to arrange for such teaching to be sys- tematically given. Mrs R. J. Powell said that a similar resolution had come from the North Wales empefanco Association, and it had been referred to a com- mittee. but so far as she knew nothing further had been donB- She thought it was time to move. The syllabus of the Board of Education showed that the Board wished to enforce the teaching of temperance as a systematic subject, and in all the elementary schools at least three lectures on temperance ought to be given in the twelve months Mr D. S Davies, the chairman of the Staff Committee, who had been asked to consider the representation of the Gwynedd Association, said that the Board of Education circular would help the committee very much An amount had been voted for the teaching of masters at. the summer school at Rhyl, and at the next meeting of t.he Staff and Supply Committee the matter would be placed on the agenda. THE OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATION The Colwyn Bay district managers were em- powered to let one of the rooms of the Colwyn Bay Council School for the holding therein of the Oxford Local Examination for the Colwvn Bay Centre, this summer. The room could be provided, it. wa-j explained, while the school was open. Hitherto the examinations have been held in the Public Hall, but. that is not now avail- able

COLWYNEAYNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. LIST OF SUBJECTS. The list of subjects for competition at the National Eisteddfod oi Wales to be held it CQlwyn Bay in September next year s,ho-ws that the prizea amount altogether to about £1066, Not-withcftanding the objection of He local corn. niittc to the form of the rule as ÍJ,) copyrights in successful literary and musical compositions which the Flistoddfod Association desired to be included in the statutes governing the meeting, that, form has been adopted, and (successful com- positions a.re to be the property of the Associa- tion- except where otherwise stated, and the authors will have a concurrent right of publication if after the lapse of a certain period the Association refrain from publishing the works themselves. The Eisteddfod Association offer £60 for the best "county geographies" on the lines of the "Cambridge county g'eog rap hies," of Merioneth- shire, Montgomeryshire, and Brecknockshire, primarily for uso in schools. adjudicators may select, any one of the three "geographies" and award for it a prize of S20 For a libretto of an opør;) in Welsh, and on a -Welsh subject, £10 is offeree!, and £25 and the Association medal, value £5, will lie given for the best dc- scriptive catalogue of the works of art in public and private collections in North Wales executed by Welshmen. The chair ode will be on "The Summer," and tlie orQwn poem will be on "Ednyfed Fychan," the money prize for each being twenty guinea. Sir Herbert Roberts offers a prize of JE50 for a history of Deiibig'h shite, a.nd a prize of seven guineas is offered by Mr and Mrs Brodrick. of Cofn Coch, for a novel on the adventures of MaelgVvn Gwynedd. The prize for the chief choral competition is JE150 and tor the second £40, and good prizes seem the rule for the mu3.ÍoaJ competitions. There is to be an orc/tw.-straJ band competition for orches- tras of twenty to twenty-five performers. The prize in this comiicititioii is £25 The Welsh Industries Association, through the branch organisations- of Carnarvonshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire, off or a number of special prizes, in addition to the long list of awards for handi- crafts contained in the general list.

CO^n TI NXji^D lSijACKNESS IN THE SLATE TRADE. NORTH WALES DISTRICT. The report of Mr ilenry Hail, his Majesty's Inspector of Mines for the Liverpool and North Wales district, tor 1908, was is-sued to-day week. There has been continued slackness in the slate trade, and both the production a.nd the persons emploved have declined. The total value at the mines afld quarries of the various minerals pro- duced during 19 J3 would be something like £ 8,600.00U ooaJ representing approximately slates £886.864, limestone £93,763, and lead tc which must be added the value of the various le-ss important minerals, bringing the grand total to eigiit swid a half millions, or the rea b) u t,

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