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MISS V. CHARLESWORTH'S AFFAIRS. BANKRUPTCY REPORT. Tiw London liwikraip+cv Court sat to-day weok for tho public evarnirvuion of Miss May Cbarlcsworth, known as Violet May Cordon Uharteswrrrth, spud described as lata of Boderw, St. A-saph. The sttttemetit of alfiir4 showed liabHitifts £ 27.137 0-s 8tt, of vhioh 212,719 14s 9d iverf-. retorned as mwtuicJ, and estimated net assets £2232 19s 6d. It appeared from 1W printed observations of the eenior -Official Receiver that on January 2 last a sequestration orck-r wis made 1n the Sootah courts against the bankrupt's estate. The bankrupt states tdiat she has mainly been dep^dent upon her parents and monetary pre- peceivod; from friends, the amount of whioh she is unable t"& give, and &L-,o latterly upcn bor. rowed money. Pk-fcxre February last she was without a.ny "itpat4),n, hut ditrni^ that month "he app»arei(t|at sewral London and suburban musio-St-aiRs a^d -earned about £4.05, of which L188 odd wa, ¡.alÙ to the trustee in the Scotch proceed in go. In Januwy he received £ 400 from certain n<*ws[>apw psroyirietors for furnishing" particulars of her pa^*t iife, etc., for the' pur- poses of a newsrpajver aatiele, and she paid jESOO of the am-mi.& on account oi lier solicitor's eoet-s. 't^muitor« afl&ge tha.t the tru.pt matie re- pKM>«ta £ «ai* to then, "t aile was in receipt ot a largie aikrwance from ::t«i.=tees," and on attain^ the a^e orf 25 {January 13fh k«t) would fortime variously irtal«»d at from £ t5,000 to £ 256,000. Site now says chal a per- known address is Melboitme Australia, jwomised botfi verlta,tly and in wtu- ing ,to vr boe-t- £ 155,000, but the promise has sot be^i, and ls likely to Ire, f*tifiljed No r*a«c>n mw vet beev given by her for the non- performance by the [KMvon ill (fiteotion of las aik^r-d promise, nor tut* any confirmatory evi- d«Kpe of *ny promise yet beeai produced te the IJihewri Rec^iTf^r. Amongr the items meationed were about £90 for bagpipes *nd piper's outfit, a»d £ 250 for and laeHnels [nfliohasetl, and parmhig-s of dope etc. ^A firm of oinmde stockarokc-.vs clai^' • £ 12,714 for differences on spe :• il l!ive tranp- actiovts m shapes and possiblv scne cafch ad- vanced. This liability is treated i;y t)hc h:.r 1<- • rttpt as not expected to raJIlk a^ain;t Ik r e^r- ,fqto ex, .t_ steod over Juno 17, At » r^T^r haviag rcoei .od a te.'e-inni thAt CWleawort-h was too unwetl to atiend-

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ABERGELE SCHOOL SPEECH DAY. INTERESTING REPORT BY THE HEAD- MASTER. PRINCIPAL HARRIS ON EDUCATION- To-day week was speech-day at Abergele County fkhool, when the prizes were distributed by Lady Barlow, of C'olwyn Bay, to the success- fui pupils, in the presence of a large and repre- sentative assembly. The chair was taken by Mr INGLI»S, who said it was a pleasure to be in a position to oongratu- late the Headmaster, staff, and pupils, on tiie very successful working of the school. He con- gratulated the prize-winners on their successes, and referred to the wonderful facilities for e-du- cation existed, and which were quite un- known fifty years ago. The rapid strides rna.d.e in education during the past few yeara placed within reach cf every boy and girl, without re- gard to the-ir station in life, a good, sound, com- mercial trainin.g, and one that would fit them for the battle of life (applause). REPORT. The HEADMASTER (Mr J. Williams) then read his report as follows "I am in the happy position of "being able to present you with a very satisfactory report for the part yea.r — satisfactory in more than one direction—the percentage atfcendanc-e throughout the year wes excel'ent, when the number on the roll reached 125, which is a re- em-d number for tlw school. "When it is remembered that 54 years ago the Denbighshire Intermediate Education Authority gave Abergo'e the opportunity of establishing a tcmforary school, and fixed the accommodation of the new soiiool at 70-proy;d1 a new school should ever be erected, net even the most san- guine of the pioneers of the movement dreamed that by 1908 we should have had a school of 125 pupils. "Not only has it been a success from the point of view of the number" which have been edu- cated within its walla, but judged by the per- centage of passes and the total number of certi- ficates gained we have every reason to. be wed satisfied. '"While not laying too much stress upon the number of certificates won, it, nevertheless, affords satisfaction to know that the number is steadily on the increase. This year wo have gained seven more certificates than in any pre- vious year- For these successes, I must refer you to the lists which have just been distri- buted. SUCCESSES OF OLD PUPILS AT THE UNIVERSITIES. 'Tn addition to the successes of present pupils, I have to report the successes of some of our old pupils at. the universities. In this connection it would not be out of place to draw attention to the very useful work dene by the intermediate schoo's cf Wales in finding cut pupils in our Welsh villages, who, after a course in the Coun- ty Schools, are well to hold own among the most brilliant, of England's sons at the older universities. One of our old pupds—Edward A. Hughes, who. while at. this Hh(){lI, gained ex- hibitions to the value of JE85 a year, recently won a Major Scholars-hip of £100 a yea.r, tenable fur five years at Trinity Co-lege, Cambridge. David Samuel Owen, another old pupil, took the stone History Prize, and afterwards gained 2nd class honours in history, in his final examination for the B.A. degree. "As the winner of the Welsh Scholarship, offered by the University of Wales, Owen was honoured by being c-ho?en to open the proceed- ings of the la^t memorable graduation ceremony of tiie We'sh University. Herbert. Jcnea, the first of our pupils to win a scholarship at one of the older universities, has also taken the B.A. degree, at Oxford "Myrddin Evans, Thomas, and OSven Jones, at Bangor University College; D. K Law- rence, at Aberystwyth University College; and Fergus Armstrong, Xenie Armsirong, and FA- ward Lawrence, at Edinburgh University, are making very satisfactory progress. "The school is at present represented by former pupils at the Universities of Cambridge, Liverpool, ManclteMer, Sheffield, Edinburgh, and London- CENTRAL WELSH BOARD EXAMINA- TIONS. often hear complaints of the excessive pressure of work placed upcn County School pupils, and we readily acknowledge that there is ground for complaint.The standard of some of the papers set by the Centra! Welsh Board is considerably higher than that of the correspond- ing examinations of other bodies. Well may other institutions accept our certificates as quali- fying for exemption from their examinations when the standard set by the Central Welsh Board is so much higher. Now that the Central Welsh Board has established its reputation, and won the confidence of educationists in general, it is to be sincerely hoped that it will modify its demands, so as to make the standard of its re- quirements more and equivalent 10 that. of corresponding English institutions. An- other difficulty under which County School pupils are labouring at present is the tumtiifae- tory nature of the demands made upon them in preparing for entrance to training college-. I sincerely hope that the Central Welsh Board and the Board of Education will, by mutual arrange- ment, agree uIlQn a certificate for intending teadhers, which will he more in agreement with their professional requirements, and \d. ;(.}¡ will ffacilitate the entry of our pupils into the training colleges. ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINA- TION. "In pit of the good attendance t the school, I am sorry to say that the rural, as distinct from the urban schools in our district, do not seem to me to be doing what might be expected of them to encourage t.he children of the country-side to avail themselves of a oourse of secondary educa- tion. At the hxtt scholarship examination only- five schools, viz., those at Colwyn Bay, Aber- gele, and LUttijJdulas, sent in candidates for those scholarships. "The County Schools did not send in a "ing! candidate- In order to give the rural scltoobs a better chance, the governors have this year tc- distributed the areas of competitions, and I truit that at the forthcoming entrance scholarship ex- amination, to be he'd next June, those rMpon- sible for the management of the County Schools awl the leaders of the village committees in this school district will see to it that the country children are encouraged to compete for these scholarships, which, will give them free tuition for as long as they remain in school. "The system of dual inspection of Welsh Seoojidarv Schools survives up to the pre-ient. This is unsatisfactory in more than one ros|>ect, and I trust-.that the time is drawing near ivlien the Board of <F<duo«*ion will manifest.it* trust in the Welsh people, and recognise its ability to conduct its own educational by entrusting the work of inspection entirely lo the Central Board." ADDRESS BY PRINCIPAL HARRIS. EXTENSION OF THE TRAINING COLLEGE. Principal HARRIS, of the Normal Training College, Bangor, -said it was interesting to hear in the Headmaster's reftort. refenenees to th difficulties whioh existed with regard to teachers preparing for admission to the training <x»l!egei. He was pleased to say that before the next regu- lations were issued, an arrangement would have been eome to whereby the Board of Education would aoe^p>t the senior certificate of the Central Welsh Board as qualifying for admission into ilio training colleges (applause). That would be a sfrey forward in simplifying the work of the sohooSs, and he was sorry to think of all the use- less work which had been undertaken by pupits owing to the neglect on the part of the Welsh education authorities partly to press their claim* in this connection (applause). The combination of the four North Wa'es counties, who would undertake the management and enlargement of the Bangor Normal College, marked an intipor- tant step forward in the h¡""Of. of elementary education in North \V ate, (applause). The first aot of the combining Councils had been to affix their seal to the contract for building four hos- tels—two for nten and two for women students — with dining accommodation for 200 resident students (applause). It was expected that these hostels wouW be available by the beginning of the session 1910-11, and by that time the existing buildings would h adapted to provide for the increased teaching accommodation required. Within a very short space of time, therefore, there would be largely increased facilities for providing the schoo's of North Wales with an adequate supply of teachers, properly trained for their work (applause). As to the need for the extension, there ooukl be no question. The total number of teachers fully certificated by the Board of Education every year was about 9000, of whom only 4000 received anv kind of co'lege training. The 5000 who obtained the Govern- ment certificate as acting-teachers were for rnt, part competed to do w became of the lack of training col'ege accommodation- Further, there were over 400 "supplementary"' teachers now employed in the Welsh elementary schools, and all 1 hew would, ,()oner or 1 a.tt"r, have to be re-placed by teachers of higher qualifications. The existing provision was quite inadequate to meet the needs of the schools. There wa<< prac- tica'ly no provision in North Wale for the train- ing of teachers for our infant schoo's and country schools- The Bangor Normal (College would give full opportunity for the better qualified stud en fa to take advantage of the fact that the Univervity Co'loge wou'd be its no-'ghbour, whi1 at the same time it would address itself to the urgent needs of the schoo's by giving special training in kinder- garten methods, domestic science, and house- craft, uranual work and. rural economy. If the children of our country-sides and vil'age* were to receive such an ethicar'"on HfI was their due, it could only be by iendm into their midst a body of men and women (pabl by training and interest of dealing with the special problems of rural education (appUuke). The boy* and in that scliool probably knew that it was the great Lord Bacon who said thai. "Knowledge was ]x>wer." They would probably aWi be abl. to tell him that the King of England who reigned in Lord Bacon's time was said to be "the most learned fool in Christendom" daughter). It was Il(),$8ibl to l»ve a>great deal of learnings and yet be a. fool —that, was a wisdom and abilitv to do the right thing. Now, education was a preparation 1ót. life. It enabled them to do their. work hotter, bo equip the*« for the proper dia- charge of their duties as men and women, al as citizens. They must take care that- the learn- ing they acquired was nut going toO make fools oÍ them, or was not going to be useless. It might, indeed be sairl, that a learned fool was better than an ignorant fool, as a learned man was bet- ter t.han the same man wou'd bo if he were ignorant. But they had a right to look for more than that, and to expect sown: of that power which was said to be an attribute of knowledge (hear, hear). There was some danger of their being in so great n. hurry to gain knowledge that, no time was allowed for it to sink ill, and beoorae part of the man. To the extent to which this was tak- ing place, there was no true gain of knowledge, but only an increase of the mental burden- Again, itower or ability to do anything only came from practice. They wanted to learn in such a way that they should at. the same time acquire the ability to uto what they had learnt, when they went out to take t-heir place in the quarry, on the farm, at sea, in the shop, or in whatever prcfos-iioii it was they entered (applause). If their knowledge was to fco a jiower, then they must know how to use it in the business of hie- In other words It must become skill or "trained ability" (applause), That. was a consideration which ¡¡hOUld enter into the learning or study of every subject—it was not the knowledge of the subject that was of the most- importance, but the influence w hich that learning or study exert- ted in developing his' powers and fitted him to undertake his lifc-.vork, whatever that might. be. There was no particular good in loading the mind with learning merely for the &ake of the knowledge, the truth was that true knowledge a part of the man himlf, and so entered into his outlook of life, his ways of doing things, his conduct and character in short (applause). That did not mean that ail education should oc technical, or what was called "technical," but Lt did mean t.hat.-school education shou'd enable the boy and girl the better to undertake the du- ties and re i'lon^ibilities of life, otherwise it could not be said it justitied its purpose for "eduoa.ti.on was a preparation for life" (applause). The question might be asked whether the education now gi-scn in our fwJhco'a fulfilled this purpoeo by "preparing for life." They felt. that, their schools hiltl done, and were doing, splendid work in glu ing a sound secondary education to the best children of the nation, and doing it under conditions which gave to al1, rich and poor alike, us graat equality of opportunity as seemed prac- ticable anywhere. felt-, too, that the woo: were enabling a large number of their bright boys and girls to proceed to the colleges, and there continue their studies until they had obtained a university degree. They fully recog- nised further that the possession of the degree was a great part of the qualification required of a teaoher, and perhaps of a preacher, too—at any rate it might, be said that the intermediate school and the University Collge between them provided a very adequate preparation for the teaching profession and the :tMnist.ry. And a large and increasing number of the students in the college testified to the extent to which theso careers were bning pursued by the boys and girls of Wales (applause). As a preparation for the university and for tho learned profession, t'hev might say that the secondary schools had more than fu'ti'led their expectation". But. they could not all be teachers, and only a small per- centage of the pupils (about two per cent, he. was told) proceeded to a university degree. The question which, therefore, arose, was this: "Does the system on which our schools are conducted allow sufficiently for the more general and prac- tical teaching which en educational grounds would seem to be better suited to the needs of boys and girl" up .to the age of 16, or does not this system too much assume that our pupils are all preparing to go to college, or at any rate to enter one of the learned professions' The criticism was often expressed that the excep- tional two per cent., received too much attention in the M.h.¡"ü¡s, ar,d that the real and true in- terest of the average boy and girl were tn- sufficiently considered- Judging by the admir- able provis cn made in the Abergele School for other than "book" subjects one was justified .in concluding that. this criticism did not apply to Abergele (hear, hear). It- wa.s therefore, more permissible to speak more plainlyupon that point. It was a great mistake to suppose that prac- tical subjects such as housecraft and handicraft of any kind were less worthy of cultivation than the theoretical subject; of study- A practical in- terest. of some kind was to most of them a neces- sity of lieaiith. and as a people he did not think that they had achieved what lay in them to accomplish as artists in stone or on canvas. Not only o, but- there vnas a question of natural bent or proclivity. It was educationally unpro- fitable to force a. child whoste interests were prac- tical to a regime of gerund-grinding and hook- iore. For such as had distinct taste towards practical pursuits the provision for domestic science, wood-work, and commercial education, which they had in that school, would meet needs as real und legitimate as was a. zeal for tfie higher learning (applause). It was sometimes urged that all boys and gir's shou!d be required to undergo a regular course of instruction in the ordinary subjects of a school curriculum, however distasteful such subjects might be to children. That might be true doc- trine ;n so far as it was desirable that all ¡;hould posses certain fundamentals of knowledge, but it was no argument for ignoring the advantages which followed from a practical recognition of a child's needs and interests. It was an old fallacy to suppose that the only, or the best dis- cipline was obtained by compulsory exercises upon the distasteful. Children, like their elders, would pur forth t.he greatest efforts, and would achieve most when working at something in which they were really interested. Now the in- terest in doing scmetliing with the hands waa much deeoer-rooted than that in learning from a book Nor must it be forgotten that the basis of our national prosjienty were our manufactures, our commerce, and agriculture- Upon these. aJl the professions, our public institutions, and even culture itself, depended. The motto of the Aber- gele School truly that "Learning is better than riches," but. the pursuit of learning would not be possible without wealth, and learning it- self lost. ita savour if it failed to express itself in the life and character of the individual and the nation (hear, hear). He was moved to say those things, not. because he wicdied to see the county intermediate schools become "technioai in the narrow sense of that word, or devote themselves to the teaching of what were called "bread and butter" subjeots. He wished to see them give, as he belie*ed they in Aberge'e. were iying, a good, sound secondary education, recognising physical as well as intellectual needs. The h».t- education which oould be devised for devektping the natural and budding powers of boys and girls, and education which recognised the prac- tical as well as the theoretical iiide of one's nature, an education which gave scope for the development of individuality, re'f-reliance, and initiative (applause). He did not wish to see the C-ouniv School* become mere feeders to the Uni- versity Colleges, but to realise that the best service which the school could render to the com- munity was to send forth into the various walks of life men and vvoiyen endowed with healthy practical as well as intellectual interest*, in- spired with true ideals of manhood and womanhood. That the wish with which be wou!d conclude his ad- dress to the boys and girls of Aber- gele County School, and did so in the belief that tho school was doing much to realise this— its true awl highest functions (applause). THE pnIZE-WINNJIil. Lady BARIjOW then distributed the prizes aa follows;— Form V.—Form pri//e. Owen Parry-Jones, Scripture May Jones: Engl is! i composition, Ro- bert t>avies; English language, Robert Davies; English literature, C. E. May Evans; Latin, O. Parry-Jones Greek, Bransby. Jones Welsh, O. Parry-Jon en: French, C. E. May Evans history, Robert Da,vies: geography, Willie Davies; arith- metic. It. K- S. Fisher: mathematics, R. E. S. Fisher; chemistry, R. E. S. Fisher; exceptional progress, Nellie Nftherwofid. Form IV.—Form prize, W. Arthur Whitley; Scripture, Gwyne.th Roberts and John Berts; English composition. Zilpah Williams; English language. T'lthei Wynne Jones; Latin, W. A. Hannah Davies; French, F. Netherwood; history, Hilda. Jones; geography, ■Ivor K van i and ilo'sce Fisher (equal): arith- metic, H. Hemphill; marliemaiics, II. Fisher; chemistry, H. Hemphjj1. Form Ilia.—Form prize, Mamie Davies Scrip- ture, Mamie Davies; English composition, LHy P. JonM: English language, Albert Hughes; Welsh, J. V. Ellis; French, Dorothy Sanderson; history. Eileen Dickinson; geography, Fred Griffiths arithmetic. Albert Hughes mathema- tics. Albert Hughe* and John Amos. Form HIb.—Foitti prize, T. O. Griffiths; Scrip- ture. D. Unsworth; English composition, Mary E. Wi'liams-, English language. Marv E. wii, liams Latin, Mary E. Williams; Welsh. Lewis .Tones; French. Maggie B. Roberts; history, Lewis -Tones; geography, T. O. Griffiths and Alice EVJln;; arithmetic, Rut-h Lewis; mathe- matics. T. O. Griffiths; chemistry, T. O. Grif- fiths and Sydney Beckett drawing, D. Tho- m, Form TT.—Form prize, Noel Unsworth; Scrip- tare, A. O. Roberts; English composition, A. O. Roberta: English language, N. Unsworth and Lizzie Owen; Latin, Noel Unsworth; Welsh, Lizzie Owen; French, Noel Unsworth and Irene Hughes; history, Eddie Williams; geography, Edtl:e Williams and Roland P. Jones; arithmetic, Sarah Owen; a'gebra, Eddie Williams; geometry, Noel Unsworth: chemistry, N- Unsworth and Dilys Jones; drawing, Eddie Williams. Specia) Subjects.—Mus:c, Zilpah Williams and Lily P. Jones; needlework. Dolly Unsworth and Mavyn Diokinson cookery, Freda Chambers and Mavyn Dickinson; woodwork, Bradley Wynne, Eddie Wi"iams, and James Pickup. Entrance Scholarship Winner* (in order of merit).—Evan W. Evans, Abergele N.P. Ro. School; John Pickup, do-; Wilfred Henry Wil- son, .Co'wyn Bay Council Roy' School; Mary Olwea .Jon"t!, Colw vn Bay Council Gir! School; Taylor, do. Florence Hussev Jones,L!an- ddulas N.P. GirV School; Henry Sne'son Ilib- bins, C-olwyn Bay Council Boys' School: Jano Evans, Abergele N.P. School: Thomas' Sydney Hughes, Abergele N.P. School; and Annie Hughes, Llanddulas N.P. Sohcol. The Rev. FRANCIS JONF.S, Aberge'e, pro- podâ cordial vote of tliaijks to Lady Barlow, d tlw ('Iiail-niatt. lie re- ferred to tiie good work being done .in the school, and added that the governors were proud of the Headmaster and staff. The VICAR OF ABERGELE (the Rev. Thos. Joaefe) seconded in an interesting address. It wjiw lmt 'tO the ^gathering by the Headmaster and carried with acclamation. Lady BARLOW, in returning thanks, said sh& 1 had never been in Abergele before in that capa- city, and she wished particularly to speak to the boys and girls. From what: she had heard that afternoon, the pupils of that school had as great- opportunities of succeeding Iii! any school in the United Kingdom. They lived in a beautiful place between the mountains and the sea, and most of them came from good homes with tho result that much was expected of them. "The day of Wa'es is coining," said her ladyship. You have sent 31 members to the House of Com- mons on the right side Continuing, she asked the pupils to forget the responsibility that laid with them for making Wate3 what they hoped it to be- She was very pleased to present prizes to a pupil for cookcry and needlework- Those were, two things sho had at heart, because she felt it. very important that every woman should be competent in those departments. She would like every woman to be a mistress of her own home, and be able to do everything required in it (cheers). The proceedings terminated with a number of drill exercises by the giri pupils.

CARNARVONSHIRE CONGREGATIONAL ASSO- CIATION. ANNUAL MEETINGS AT PENMAENMAWR. The annual meetings of the Carnarvonshire Congregational Association were opened at Pen- miienmawr on T-uetvday, tiie conference being presided ove-r by Mr Robert Roberts (Crioci.p,thI. Penygroe't was selected as the place for hOkling next year's meetings- A mpori dealing with the affairs ot the medical fund was presented bv the Rev. II. Davies (Abererch), and slbowcd that the collections were increasing annually. HOME MISSION WORK. Mr Davies also submitted a gratifying" report from the Committee of the Bom-2- Mission Fund. During the year the fund had benefited by a legacy of £1000 left by the late Mrs Rylaiid-v A sum of £163 htd been promised as grant-) to various churches for the year ending this month. and the accounts showed-that for the past two years the total amount paid and premised ex- ceeded the receipts. The number of churches receiving grants was 22.' Reference was made to the death of the treasurer of the fund, Mr R.R. Styfche, (Carnarvon), and on the motion of the Rev- Brvniog* Roberts, a resolution wat: passed expressing the d-oop sense of los8 sus- tained by the death of Mr Stythe after years' valuable service to the fund. The Rev. Bryniog Roberta and the Rev- II. Davies were re-elected -ohairmam and secretary of the fund, and Mr W. U. Thomas (Carnarvon) was elected treasurer. SUNDAY SCHOOLS DECLINING. In moving a resolution calling attention to the unsatisfactory oondition of the Sunday schools of the Connexion, afnd expressing regret at the delay in bringing out text-books. Mr J. P. Crihitlia (Conway) pointed out that- of 63C0 Church members in the northern end of the county net- more thain ono-half attended the Sunday school- lie attributed this to declining interest in t'he Bible the younger gene- ration.—The .resoluti: n was seconded by the Chairman, supported L, Professor J. M. Davies, and oarried- A resolution urging the claims of the special collection made by the London Missionary Socie- ty was paseed, on the motion of Mr John Jones (Bc-toesda), seconded by the llev- Mr Roberts (Cricciefch). THE EVILS OF SMOKING. On the motion of the Rev. Ross Hughes a. resolution was adopted calling the at fcentfcm of the churches to the provisions of the Children Act. Speaking in support- of this resolution, Mr W. J. Parry claimed* that example was better than precept. Smokimg was a great moral evil, and he maintained t.hat grown-up people were largely responsible for the prevalence of tho habit among children. He had seen even min- isters and deacons g'rowing impatient in places of vvoreihip, and lighting their plp-, cigars, or cigarettes immediately they were outside tho portals. He, therefore, appealed to those men mast earnestly to set a proper example in this matter, and be as pronounced in their opposition to smoking an they wore to drinking- Mr Hugh Owen (Llandudno Juncion) took a 8mila..r view, and appealed to those who had become slaves to smoking to warn children against the excesses to which t hey had them- selves been driven Mr J- Jones Morris remarked that indulgence in smoking was due to a weak will. He at one time amoked like a steam-engine—(laughter) — but gave it up absolutely at the beginning' of the new century. The Conference, on the mot-ion of Mr Jones Morris, sieoonded Lt, Mr Edward Owen, passed a resolution approving of the I)ise«fcablishment Bill, and urging the Government to press it forward. On Tuesday evening services were held at Horeb where the lwv. Peter Price, B-A., Dowiais, and the Rev- Keinion Thomas, Portdinorwic, preached; at the Tabernacle, where the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. H. Seiriol Williams, Pontardawe, a.nd the Rev. J. J. Williams, Pentre Rhondda; and at Salem- where the preachers were the Revs- R. Gwylfa Roberts, LI a nelly, and J- Richards, Bethel- At 7 a.m. yesterday a society meeting was held at Moriah Chapel, which was followed by a ser- vice at 10 a.m. at Jerusalem C.M. Chapel, when the Rtws. II. Seiriol Williams and Peter Prioe were preachers- In the afternoon sermons were preached by the Revs- GwyIfa Roberts and Pol ,->r Price were the preachers in the evening, and It service was also held at Salem (C-) Chaj>el- where the Revs. H. S. Williams and J. J. Wiliiams occupied the pul- pit. A large number of delegates attended the meetings.

MAY-DAY AT RHOS-ON-SEA. CROWNING QUEEN GWENNIE. Newer was May Queen crowned more pleasing conditions than those which prevailed on Saturday afternoon, iv-kan the festivities were held at Rhos-on-Sea. For several year*, lihos children have organised their own May Day, and the ie-ti\it'ies arc invariably of a happy nature. The arrangements for this year's revels were in the hands of Mass Jill-;¡¡ie Marsden, Miss Effi-e Xovvser, Miss Anita Akirkl, Mi.<,3 Lottie Ilenipil, Miss Ma'g'gie Kitchen, ami others. Mis«5 Gwennie Breretoiii, 1111" charming ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank- Rrweton (Chestire House), was the queen and sh was prettily aitired -in white muslin. Her train, whioh was trimmed with may blossoms, was borne by Miss Ma-rjorie Shirtgter and Miss Mollie Brown. The ex-May queen. Miss Eva Berts, was also present inhi'>1' robes, tteT!{t.(4 by her train bear-rei's, Miss. Madge and Molke Stainton. process-ion formed up in Evera-rd R-oad, and was led by the Lord Marshall (Master John Price). Then came a larwiafu {lent for t-he ocoa- ation by Mr Maraden), which carried the Mav Queen, and the ex May Queen, with their itespee- tdve iretintses, adso the youthful crown- bearer, Ma'-tcr Willie Staunton. Following tho ooach came a small army of citildiein, representing inmumerable characters. The procession rotate lay along t-lic promenade, Abbey Road, and the Marine Drive, to the Bryn Hyiiryd field, where the crowning1 ceremony took place. En routo tlte happy party were photo- gryphc-d in the grouiTtds of Bryn liyfryd. The ex-May Queen, Eva, gracefully periormed the orovv ri ;ng ceremony. Presentations of gifts to theiir majesties were thea made, and the May-[)o!e dance was per- formed by Misses Anita Aldrid, Effie To wiser, floras Roberta, Gladvs Berts, Nmra-h 11 enipi 1, Florence Aldrid, Eksie LkJjd, Fr<_>st, Jennie Richardson, Beatrice. Jones, Lily Owen and Graoie Owen. An entcrt-aitimen.t followed when items were contributed by the Misses Ehj. Frost, Gladys IiSrts, Beatrice Jones, Nora iiempil, and Doris Roberts. The proceeds were devoted in aid of tine Deep Sea Fishermen and Waits and Strays institu- tions, the collectors being Miss Dora Roberts, and Master Nevil Dickinson. Copies of Bloimts' arrangement of the NationaJ Anthem were distributed amongiat the ciÙldren by Mr Ellis Lever, and refreshments were pro- vided during mn intna.1.

WANTED IN COLWYN BAY. IT/nere are many there in Colwyn Bay who would give a good meal to know of a speedy and j>ernMinent cure for an l eczema. Their great want is lilfed by t:i generotw AI>erge!o statement, whidl every sufferer hould profit by, for although skin diseases may not seem serious, they are often torturing' IS well as ùi,.4i,guÚn.g. Tiiiev inin the sleep, irjtsct the nerves, and re- duce tiie patient to a very low state. After a certain staige tlho aihnenit- becomes inourable, &nd in tfiic of jiiles a surgical oi»eral-ion may become necessary, or fistula may wet tn. Following i", the ex|>prience of Mr W. WiI, lianss, address is Fern ('ottage, Chapel- street, Abergele. -"I can thor<mghly recommend Doan's Ointment as a cure for skin troubles," says Mr Wil'Uatms. "lt wa« on wy right knee that I hOO a troublesome sore for two yaa-rs, and it ilefied the nuiiierous remedies I applied to it. "On using Doan's ointment, howe.er, the sore gradually disappeared, until in a (abort time it was completely mtred. (Signed) W. Williams." Doan's ointriTent" i two sihill.nigs and nine-, pence per pot, or six poits for thirteen .s-hillings ami niitepi'.n-ee. 0 i all chemists fmd storew, or post free direct from ihe Fswter-McCfelton Co., 8, Welis-s^-reet. Oxford-Bt-ieet, London, W. Be sure you get fjfoe same kind of úinLwent as Mr Williams had..

Mr John ]<ewi», a well-known breeder of shire horses in Montgomeryshire- died on Monday. Mr ,Ja.m A. Clyde, K.C., Unionist candidate, was on MoikIsv refcurried unopfiosed for West. Edittburgli, to iill the vacancy caused by the rc- sigtMLtion of Sir fem-,is Mdver. 'fhe late Mr Alg«.mioti CUartet. Swinburne, the' E,f.eft estate valued at- £ 24.28% gross. He be- queaihed ,«tl Jiis ^ro[>e-ct^ to Mr Waiter T-keo- dofe

COWLYD WATER BOARD' THE ACCIDENT TO THE NEW MAIH. ENGINEER'S EXPLANATION LY SATISFACTORY." 'gof Mr Joseph Dicken presided over a meet this Board, at Conway, on Friday. TheJ^ also present Messrs Rogers JoneJ. W. Evan L"*an.s, John Wi1 lia.m.s (Conway), 'J<L j|. Roberts, D- O. Williams, David Gamble, Morgan, Hugh Owen. Hugh Hughes, Llo1 Bevan, with the Deputy Clerk (Mr I- Parry), the Engineer (Mr T. B. iVssistant Engineer (Mr (-. F. Farringto11'' the Waterman (Mi Whalley). APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN- At the outeet the Retiring Chairman ;;II: Dicken) explained that his year of officØ d terminated, and that the Board's first duty to select a successor. -«|) Mr J. W. Raynes; Then, sir, I beg to that the present vice-chairman (Dr- I* rich aw chairman for the ensuing year. wj Mr Rogers Jones seconded, and said th^ had Dr. Prichard in the chair before, and fulfil'ecl the duties well—with grace and (hear, hear). ( Mr Edv.ard Roberts (Conway) said had had their representative in the chair ^1 the previous year, and he believed it as ed ¡, only fair that the rural district be represent the position. Two or three speakers promptly pointed 'b1 that the rural district had been representj^. Mr Hugh Ow-en, who preceded Mr Dicken J° chair, and that it was now Conway's turn. Ihe Retiring Chairman suggested that 2. "r^| way representative submitted Dr. Pric% name inasmuch as it would be more grace* Mr Raynes then withdrew his motion, tj«tt Edward Roberts put. forward the re3^u which was duly carried Mr J. W. Raynes was elected vice-ehaI jj( with equal unanimity, on the motion ()f Rogers JonPR, seconded by Mr Hugh In the absence cf Dr. Prichard, Mr was invited to take the chair, but at this -a- particu'ar request Mr Dicken retained ™ tion til! the close of the meeting. ENGINEER'S PERFECTLY SATISFAC"^ EXPLANATION. 1, The following report was presented by M B. Farrington with regard to statements at a recent, meeting of the Colwyn Bay —Since the water was turned on to the through the new 15-inch main on the last, I have had no complaints of Jef. pressure from any of the constituent author' but on the contrary I now receive compla,B2«y. excessive pressure at Conway and Colwyn. This cou'd bo remedied to some extent b-T, pressure reducing apparatus on the distribu^ mains, or better still by discharging into-S^ rejervoirs and reducing the excessive preaf ,v in the trunk mains- The quantity of w: iI" oorded as flowing info the different districts increased about 40 per cent., there can doubt that the greater part of this is j <&• wasted owing tc the excessive pressure and If fective pipes and fittings. In my rej_• October 21st, 1904, I recommended that the stituent. authorities be requested to adopt 'n<^ and regulations as to water fittings, and venting waste and misuse of water, and n} a list, of general suggestions for. same, these not been generally adopted, and I shall if the Board wi'l urge ujKjn the different ties the adoption of some uniform rules gulations. JL On Easter Monday morning, the 12th about two a.m., a pii>e burst in the high Maenan. nearly oppc>sitc Dolgarrog, and three milos from Talvcafn. This liad the e of practically emptying the trunk mains. mediately the fracture was located, aboid valves were closed on each side of I ø4 a supply of water to the district re-estabh^ through the 12-inch main. The pressure aJli?us^ Mynach at nine a.m. was 301bs.at. noon W* at three p.m. 801b., at six p.m. 901bs., &1, eight p.m. of the same day the necessary M to the 15-inch main had been effected, an" m full supply and pressure was on throughout^ district). This, I hope, will satisfy the and the constituent authorities that prompt was taken, that no difficulty was experience' regulating the valves, or anything to i" that the eftecst produced in t'sing either t-h1o inch or 15-inch pipes together or separate'/ not thoroughly understood. A great dea the inconvenience caused to consumers at t@0 way and Colwyn Bay by the interruption ot supply might have been obviated if the ing service reservoirs at these places had in proper order so that a supply could have given from them. Some attempt should »u be made by the different authorities to best of existing resources of supply until pvjjy reservoirs are constructed, instead of resting content by throwing the whole bility on the Joint Board and its officiate any interruption to tho supply from a i# ly l>eyond human control or foresight. -itfr the enly burst pipe or interruption to the S ply we have had on the 15-inch main sinv€>ni £ water was turned on to the district on the Ma.rch last. The whole of the pipes were tested works to a pressure of 400 lbs- to the inch, and not 800 lbs. as has been sugg,<?*^ and oertificates of testing were sent to in* each lot of pipes by the makers. Tiie Engineer enclosed a copy of one oj. certificates, and proceeded to say that in ftdj<y! to the certi%ate be also received from tbt H. Robinson, tho ins*>ector aj>pointed hy > Joint Board, a lust- of every pipe, and b:,tt. pipe whkh stood the test had been and stamped by him after testing. He also plied a copy of Mr Robinson's endorsNJlen each list of pipes Proceeding, the Engineer said: Considei that, after the pipes were tested at the near Nottingham, they were carried by rai» hauled for considerable distances before I think the result speaks well of the testing- .u is a well-known fact that water pipes #" J have successfully witltstood aid the test^ handling will sometimes from various but principally from what is known as ah' l £ f fail under mucfe lower pressures than which they have been subjected, and unfOf:t"lt"; IJI ly no notice is given of this, or means taken to prevent it- i" In consequence of complaints of pressure throughout. tho district. I have to reduced the pressure on the trunk main br ing the washout at Gyffin, but this ought to be regarded a?, a temporary expedieflt pro]mm- means are taken by the various t-ves for regulating the pressure in the dtffer districts. Mr Raynes: Are tiie mains alright now? .¡¡.J4 The Engineer: They stand the heavy day and night well. Mr Raynes said he noticed from fhe niiftter records that while Colwvn Bay water the rate of 40 gallons per head off: population during the previous month, Hte suinpjtion at Llysfaen was about 34 gallons 1*^ head. Mr G. Bevan: But two-thirds of the tion of llysfaen get no water at ail fro"' Board. Mi- Raynes dissented from this view, laughter. <t Mr Bevan proceeded to refer to the eng',je^L( report, a.id said t hat, with regard to the on tlid main on Easter Monday, the explana*^ was jierfeotly satisfactory, it being quite that the damaged pipe had been attended very promptly. At Colwyn liay it had thought, that, there must have been a causa the burst took place at. night- accident had really happened at night, but. in twenty-minutes of the time it occurred th was a man on the job. Ea3ter Monday vfa*gf busy day everywhere and there had been a £ draw upon the main so that it was quite before tho pipes were full enough to give t j wvn Bay a full supply, though the water beoe-n turned into them at six a.m. The Chairman: We at Colwyn Bay wer? sinners who made complaints on this occa^f^J but there was no time reaUy lost in IM damage and providing 111'1 with water. In answer to Mr D. O. "Williams, The Engineer said Colwyn Bay was now 3J/IP' plied through the 15in. and t1:e 12in. tf Mr Edward Roberts said he was exceechitS-^ glad to hear Colwyn Bay members ledging for once that they were sinners. can't blame us in future. Mr Chairman, saio speaker, if we ca,11.vou sinners, because you ùr" acknowledged from the chair that yvll (laughter). wf1 The Chairman: Yrcu see what honest n>en are at. Colwyn Bay to ackn<-v. k-dge our lath (laughter). NO WATER FOR OUTSIDE RESIDENT?' The Engineer submitted copies of corre«Iyj*,| ence which had been going on between and Mr Samuel Jkown, of Market-street, j¡{'t() Chester,, with reference to supplying waif Eirianws, a farm on the outskirts of from"- which it appeared that Mr Brown co" plained of delay carrying out the connect* requested, and U.uter.ed that "un'ess I g*1 satisfactory reply of (orne kind I will fX a indictment of your Board-" f In reply to Mr Rogers .Tones, the now said Eirianws was outskle the district 1.11' the Board's jurisdiction.. It was ihereu}X>n resolved that Mr Bi-o.vn 1., informed he cou'd not have the connection because the farm was situated outside the «'9 trict. The Engineer was directed to write to same elfe«-.t to the Rector of Llangeiymn, had m8de a sill1ilül' lequest. THE RAINFALL. The Engineer rejtcrted that the rainfall ,(;J the month of April was 6.01 inches, urJt 2.90 inches in the corresponding month of I*j5 being an .imireas- of 3.11 inches. The io th.e end of the month was 20.57 a-gains-t, 25-22 inches for the same period of ve-ar, l.-eing a derease of 4.65 inches. The was overflowing during the greater part of tø month, the maximum being six inches on 22nd. Rain fell on 14 days, against 13 da?-* 1 the corresponding month in last year.

At Sleaford May Fair, one of the largess h:ï.i, fairs in England, on Monday, hardly cn1 f.:1.4 ia a htmdrwl engaged for fttwohouie ,r. would undertake work of milking. ¡¡; Burton brewers on Monday unaniuiousdy cjded to ram the price of bulk beer ó i J!1I barrel in any district when and where bN. trwmgdl the diotriot adopt aud enforM siaiilaf ootuvfr