The Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser

ELLESMERE. Hiirfi-.v.w ?> "ARD.—A meeting of this Board was ia. the iown Hall on Tuesday last. Present: Mr. J. B. Owen (in the chair). Messrs W. Boughey, Thomas Batho,W. Batho, B. Ellis, and R. Edwards, with Mr. H. R. Giles (clerk), and Mr. J. Manford (surveyor).—The Surveyor's report was read. He stated that he had completed the work ordered by die Hoard to be done at their last meeting. The men were now engaged in putting in stones, scraping and siding.—The Board gave the Surveyor instructions to give notice to the owners of property to have their trees lopped when they were over- hanging the road.—Messrs Davies Bros., railway contractors, of Wrexhara, applied for permission to stop the road leading through Elson in order that they may be able to complete the Brigade.—The Board refused to give permission, but allowed them to proceed at their own risk. They further re- quested that a proper footpath should be put by the side of the road, a great many complaints having been niado to a member of the Board. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Tuesday. Present: Mr. S. K. Mainwaring (in the chair), Messrs Brownlow R. C. Tower, H. D. Chapman, J. D. Owen, P. H. Lee, C. Cooke, T. J. Rider (vice-chairman), J. Jeffreys, E. Peele, and T. Studley. Statistics.—Out-relief: Ellesmere district, per W. H. Rutter, first week Y,7 8s. 6d., second week £ 1 8s. 6d.; Hanmer district, per Wm. Williams, first week, JE4 14s. 3d., second week, £4 14s. 3d. In the House first week, 51 against 67 in the corresponding week last year, second week. 47 against 65 vagrants relieved during the fortnight, 130 against 100 last year, inerea.se 30. Christmas in the Home.—The Master reported that on Christmas morning eadl of the inmates re- ceived a Christmas carrlfrom the Christmas Letter Mission. The inmates had ti e usual Christmas dinner of beef, &c., and on Year's Day they were- entertained to a dinner < f roast beef, beer, &c.,by the Earl and Countess of Brownlow. Mr. and Mrs. Tower and family were present in the evening and distributed tea, toys, oranges. Ac., to the inmates. Miss Roe had visited the women's ward and distributed tea aT,- I sugar, and Miss Lucy Atcherley had sent Scripture texts for the men's ward. Sajiitary.—Mr. Wyatt report-d that the Overton sewers had been opened in 15 places, and that there was a considerable accumulation of deposit. It would be possible to clean this without taking up the sewer, and the fall was better than he expected except in Dark Lane. There were no catch pits to the gullevs. He then explained a system for flushing the sewers, which he believed would prove satisfactory. A good deal of discussion ensued respecting the probable cost and as to whether there would be a sufficient supply of water. It wrs eventually decided to do tho work and that teuders be advertised for. Mr. Job Jones, Canal Road Inspector, asked for an allowance in respect of his postage account. He said he had a large number of letters to write and did not think it right he should he called upon to pay it out of lus salary.—The Clerk was in- structed to ask Mr. Jones to send in a statement of his expenses by the next meeting. PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY. Before S. K. Mainwaring, Esq., and H. D. Chapman, Esq. Licenses.—A transfer of the license of the White Lion Inn from Sir. T. Jones to Mr. Hughes was granted, also a transfer of tho license of the Red Lion Hotel from Mr. C. Sparrow to Mr. T. Jones. Application was also mada for the transfer of the license of the Bull and Dog Inn from Mr. W. 11. Beddow to Mr. Joseph Bayley, of Calverley, Cheshire. Mr. W. H. Bott, solicitor, Oswestry, watched ttio case on behalf of Mr. Beudow" and Mr. R. H. Ellis, solicitor, appeared for the Brewery Company, the owners of the house. After some consideration the magistrates decided to grant the transfer. Highway Offences.—George Boughey, of Lyneal, Ellesmere, farmer, was charged with allowing two pigs to stray upon the highway between Lyneal and Ellesmere on December 1st. P.C. Lewis proved the case. Fined 6d. each animal and 5s. costs. -Elijah Hall, of Criftins, Ellesmere, was charged with allowing three heifers to stray upon the highway between Dudleston Heath and Elles- mere on December6th. P.C. Jenkins proved the cafe. Fined 6d. each sihnal and 5s. costs. Drunk and Disorderly. — Samuel Trevor, no fixed residence, labourer, was charged with this offence in !?ir<-h Row, Ellesmere-, on December 2nd. P.S. Elceek proved the case. There was a long Use of previous convictions, ;JI;d defendant was fined 10s. including costs. Allowed seven days to pay. .A,-on.-payni,-nt (,f Rate,W. H. Beddow, late of the Bull and Dog Inn, Ellesmere, was charged with non-payment of his gas account and rates due to the Ellesmere Local Board.—Mr. Jennings, collector to the Board, produced the books and proved his case. Defendant asked to be allowed time to pay as he was unable to do so at present. An order was made accordingly, defendant being allowed a month to pay. Larceny.—William Harrison, hawker, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing ten Raphael's Almanacks, valued at 5s., from the shop of Mr. Charles Roberts, Cross Street, on December 23rd. Mr. Roberts and his son Mr. Fredk. Roberts gave evidence of having missed the almanacks from tho counter soon after the prisoner had left the shop, and they gave information to the police. P.C. Jenkins gave evidence as to the arrest of the prisoner the same night when eight of the almanacks (produced) were found upon him. On being charged with the offence prisoner said that the books were his own. Prisoner now pleaded guilty. The Magistrates taking into consideration that nothing was known against the prisoner and that he had already been locked up for a week, discharged him on the condition that he left the town at once, which prisoner promised to do. CASTLE CAERENION. RENT AUDIT.—Captain Pryce has again returned to his tenants on the Cyfronydd estate ten per cent on the half year's payment. A SUCCESS.—Master Sebald Walter Bluett Green, youngest son of the Rev A. J. M. Green, rector of Halkyn, and late rector of Castle, has successfully passed the examination for admission on H.M.S. Britannia at Portsmouth. Mr Green is only 13. TREWERN. CHRISTMAS DBCORATIONs.-This pretty little Church was very neatly and artistically decorated for Christmas by Misses Gregory (4), Misst Peele, Miss Williams, and Mr. Gregory. The choir, which had been trained by Miss Gregory (on account of the illness of Miss Oakley), did excellent work. Miss Poole ably presided at the Harmonium. ENTERTAINMENT.—An entertainment took place in Trewern School on Thursday last. The School was well filled. The proceeds were towards pay- ing off a debt on the Vicarage. The following programme was admirably gone through, especially the comic songs of Evans and Millington, which fairly brought the house down :-Pianoforte duet, Misses Gregory and Oakley; song, The sea is England's erlory B~ P'-eoco; song, sweet home," miss reading', "1!rry Cnriitrnu. ¡ Mr. Baker; s. ag, Kati. setter." Miss Poole; violin solo, "Mountain bolls," Mrs. t'vana; song, Death of Nc-Kn," Mr. B ak- rel o -song, Not for Joseph," Mr. Miilington; song T don't know — — i- cold," Rev. T. Hughes; song, Hearts and homes." Miss Poole; duet, "Larboard Watci," Messrs, Preece and Baker; comic song, "I'm t. -,a father of a family," Mr. Kvans; son' u Nancy Mr. Baker; comic duet, Fanny Gray," Messrs. Evans and Millington. CHIRBURY. CRICKETERS DANCE.—The Chirbury Cricket Club gave their usual invitation dance in the School- room on Thursday the 28th ult. The room was tastefully decorated by the ladies of the neighbour- hood, assisted by members of the Cricket Club, and a most enjoyable evening was spent by a com- pany of about fifty ladies and gentlemen. Among those present were Mr. E. H. Morris and party; Mr. E. Langford, Chirbury Hall, and party; Miss Williams, Stalloe: Miss Bavlis, Miss Micklebnrgh, Miss Ward, Miss Stevens, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Poole, Mr. Barker, Mr. G. Farmer, Mr. C. Stevens, <&o., &c. Dancing was kept up until about 3 30 a.m. to the strains of the band supplied by Mr. C. J. Keedwell, of Newtown. ACCIDENTS.—As Mr. Francis Brid.gewater was returning from Welshpool fair on Monday evening last he met with a most unfortunate accident. At the bottom of Shiregrove Hill ho alighted from his trap to relieve the horse going up the hill. The horse moved on as he was stepping down when Mr. Bridgewater fell, and unfortunately broke his leg a little above the anWe. On the same day, and about ths same hour, a very similar accident hap- pened in another part of the parish. Mrs. Oliver, laundress, of the Fiddle, near Hockleton, was get- ting down from her cart, when her donkey suddenly started on, and she was Hung heavily to the ground and hurt her arm. CHIRBURY SCHOOL TREAT.-On Tuesday last the children of Chirbury School were invited to a tea party which was given by Mr. and Mrs. John Williams on the occasion of their marriage which took place on the previous Tuesday. -About 70 children were present, who did ample justice to the bountiful supply of good things placed before them. After tea racing and other sports were indulged in, and the youngsters after heartily enjoying them- selves dispersed giving ringing cheers for their kind entertainers. After the children had left Mr. and Mr3. Williams (who have long been earnest and active members of the Church Choir) entertained the other members of the Choir, and a very pleasant evening was spent, everyone joining in hearty good wishes for thehealtli and happinness of the newly wedded pair. LAKE VYRNWY. OBSKQUIBS.—The remains of late the Mrs. lvfargt. Roberts, of Llidiart-y-Foty, who died on Saturday last, at the ripe age of 76, were interred at St. John's Churchyard, on Wednesday January 3rd, with the rites of the Church. The Rev. J. Williams, M.A., vicar of the parish, officiated. CHRISTMAS SERVICES.—On Christmas Day the services at St. John's Church were as fellows :— English Matins with sermon at 10.30 a.m.; Welsh Evensong at 7 p.m. Carols were sung at this service. On the Sunday after Christmas the services were, Welsh Holy Communion at 10 a.m.; English Matins with sermon at 11.30 a.m. and Welsh Evensong, with carol singing at 6 p.m. This Sunday being the fifth Sunday in the month, a deviation (as is usual at this Church) is made in the evensong, whereby the sermon is dispensed with, and a service of song consisting of portions of the evensong service, lessons, and hymns are sub- stituted. The subject for this day's service being the Creed, and after the Evensong proper was over, hymns bearing on the subject were sung at inter- vals, interspersed with short addresses. The services were very well attended throughout. THE COMPETITIVE MEETING in connection with the Sunday School took place on Friday, January 5th, the eve of the Epiphany, Particulars of this meet- ing will appear in a subsequent issue. For the convenience of entertainments, a move- able platform with back scenery, has been erected for the use of the school. The front of the platform is covered in by a cretonne curtain, and opens in two parts by means of miniature pulleys. The scenery is an oil painting 4 yards square, and is a conglomeration of lake, woodland and mountain views, together with a roadsid,) inn and an ancient castle in the distance. it the work of Mr. Lloyd D. Jones, of Baja, and is altogether a well executed work. The platform is the design of Mr. Wildgoose, and was erected by Mr. Ellis Ricket. It was used for the first time on Friday evening, January 5th, and answered ita purpose well.

NEWTOWN FIRE BRIGADE ANNUAL DINNER. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL I50AUD. THE WATER QUKSTIOX. The annual dinner of the Newtown Fire Brigade, which has been re-formed, was held at the Unicorn Hotel, Newtown, on Saturday evening, when the catering was done in the most satisfactory style by the landlord, Mr. H. E. Breese. The chairman of the Local Board, Captain E. Pryce-Jones presided, and tho captain of the Fire Brigade, Mr. W. F. Thomas, occupied the vice-chair. There were also present Messrs. G. H. Ellison, Davies (surveyor), J. Wilson, Swain (lieutenant of brigade), W. Tran- chard (foreman), H. Breese (ex-captain), A. Towns- end (escape man), J. Manuel (escapo man), R. Williams (fireman), Edward Watts (fireman), R. Lock (fireman), H. Hibbott (fireman), Lewis Evans (fireman), Edward Gittins (engineer), J. Morris (reserve man), Edwin Watts (reserve man), and Harper. After the cloth had been removed the chairman gave the toast of the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family," which was heartily drunk. This was followed by that of the Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces," proposed by Mr. E. Gittins, and responded to by Mr. Harry Hibbott, whose name was coupled with it. Mr. C. B. Y. Riddell, of Welshpool, then sang Old Simon the cellerer in a very pleasing manner, and as a reward his health was drunk with musical honours. Mr. G. H. Ellison, in proposing The Town and Trade of Newtown," said that as far as their old town was concerned ho thought it had veiy much improved during the last few years. For this, they had to thank in the first place, the chairman of the Local Board for his great exertions (applause.) He was sure they would all agree with him that no chairman who had preceded him had taken the interest ho had in beautifying the town, and long might Captain Pryce-Jones live in their midst to carry out what ho had suggested on one or two occasions. He wished he could say as much for the trade as he could for the improve- ment of the town. He was sorry to say that the trade at the present moment was not as they were accustomed to see it. Ho hoped the trade would follow in the footsteps of the improvement of the town. Perhaps at their next gathering they would find that the trade had so much improved as to have advanced equally with the improvement of the town. He coupled with the toast the name of Mr. John Swain. After an amusing ventriloquial entertainment by Mr. Watts, Mr. J. Swain in responding, said it had taken him the last twelve months to find any trade in the town (laughter.) He hoped that in 1894 there would be more success than in 1893 (applause.) The Chairman then rosa to propose the toast of the evening, that of the Captain and Members of the Fire Brigade." He said it gave him a great deal of pleasure a few days previously to respond to the invitation given him by their Captain to meet them that evening at their annual gathering. As the occasion seemed to him to be an appropriate one for him to go into the question of the Fire Brigade thoroughly he would do so. In the first place he desired to mention that the old Fire Brigade had to be given up. It was unfortunate that it was a fact. It was due in some measure to want of discipline; and those present were the successors of the old Brigade. He was sorry to have to express the opinion that that want of dis- cipline, a want of unity obedience, accord which was to his mind one of their failings at Newtown. They must all plead guilty to it. Look at the numerous institutions that had lived for a few years and had then faded away. He hoped thai in this respect Newtown in a few years would improve (applause)- He could not help comparing the old Fire Brigade and the now Fire Brigade with the old Volunteers of the town and county, with he hoped the Volunteers that would before long be started in tho county (applause). He believed it was owing to want of discipline that the old Volunteers fell through. What was the position of Newtown with regard to its appliances for putting out a firo in 1891, when in July of that year a report was made by a Committee of the Local Board appointed to make some recommendations on the subject, of whom he would mention the names of Mr. Ellison, Mr. C. Morgan (who was absent owing to illness), Mr. David Owen and Mr. Edward Jones, architect, who had been on the Fire Brigade from that time, having taken an intaibcso interest in the Brigade. The Biigado had a ecrtain quantity of huso which was altogether inadequate in length for the require- ments of the town. The hr.e was p+' p. '■ fferer?*■ ■—i. to tbohpst) erf tho Local Hoarrl. or tho Board's to tho hoae of th3 Insurance Company. With the exception of hose that about all they had. As to tho supply o? water they r lied upon that from rho Wi:. or works Company. I He might sum the matter up by saying that as regarded the hose and water they were in- sufficient for the requirements of a big fire. In consequenco of the report made to the Local Board in 1891, which was a voluminous report, which he was glad to say had been carried out almost in tota by the Local Board they had added additional hose and had given the old boll a little air so that its sound could be heard out of sight of the Local Board buildings. They had also erected electric bells to the houses of one or two members of the Fire Brigade and to the police station, so anyone by going to the Fire Brigade station could touch a knob whereby the members of the Brigade and a police officer could be awakened to the danger at hand, and had also added instantaneous couplings to the hose, which could now too be connected with the hose of the private Insurance Company. The Local Board had presented for the use of the Fire Brigade, helmets, axes, belts and tunics, and they had provided the men with a portable fire escape and ladder recently, since Mr. Thomas had taken an active part in the Fire Brigade, through the exertions of that gentleman they had acquired from the Salop Fire Office a manual engine (applause). He knew the Board was proud of what ho had been done to meet so great a want. How had it been done ? Many of them would remember that subscriptions were solicited by the members of the Firo Brigade to help the Board. He thought the committee of the Fire Brigade collected about £ 50. There was ono mem- ber of the Local Board who thought it was not the duty of private gentlemen to subscribe to pay for fire appliances, but that it was the duty of the Board. That gentleman was perfectly right, but nevertheless S50 was collected outside the Board, who said that that showed that the townspeople and mill owners in the town were earnest in their application to have the Brigade put on a better footing, and that as the money had been subscribed they must do their duty, so the Local Board came out nobly, and the town had now got a Fire Brigade and appliances which wore a great improvement upon any that Newtown had had in the past (applause.) He did not for one moment say that their fire appliances were perfect, but at any rate they were an improvement, and he hoped the Local Board in the future would watch with interest the good work the Fire Brigade would, he felt certain, do in regard to the putting out of fires. It was not long %go that General Herbert, with a deputation from the Shrewsbury Town Council, came over to see the Newtown Fire Brigado appliances, which fact he considered a great compli- ment Lu the Local Board and Newtown gonorally, one which he thought the public were perhaps un- aware of. He thought the Brigade would find that if they quitted thomselves liko men they would not have to wait very long before they had a steam fire engine (loud applause.) This engine might be used for other purposes than pumping water in case of fire. Their duties as members of the Fire Brigade were very great. They might be called upon at any moment to leave their cheering fire places to put out a big fire. No qualities were more important in a fireman than that of readiness to U'o at any moment to the place of danger. One minute's delay after they had heard tho bell ring meant ten times moro work than they would other- wise have. "A stitch in time saves nine," and a good start is half the battle. They must leave their tunics, helmets, and axes, if putting them on meant a delay even of a minute. Their duties woria responsible ones. When a fire broke out they were under what he might almost call, martial law, and they had in their charge lives and property, and the "property not only included the property of the rich but of the poor (applause.) And with regard to tho poor they were uninsured. Only the last week a little fire broke out in Crescent street, and a neighbour of theirs lost £10. They would be called upon to protect public buildings and mills and warehouses. What would be the effect of a mill being burned down in Newtown. First of all, for some lWllths afterwards tho work people would be thrown out of employment. Then the trade of the mill would be checked, perhaps paralysed, possibly halt ruined. Perhaps he might be taunted with saying rhat he went a little too far in his language, but let him give an instance to bear him out of what had taken place within a neighbouring town. They would remember the great fire at Llanidloes, when a mill was burnt down ? Had those who were employed there suffered or not in consequence of the mill not having been restarted ? He could tell them with some knowledge, having been connected with the mills of Newtown now for something like 1-; some of the N larger mills ther lln.at ,vn next week they woul: imt- vl. :Is, especially when they belom !rm "i ibility Com- panies, ws re aofc i; l,y (after a big fire, because w^" L •)„ a ^miey back shareholders, b< irg only looking for big dividends ore Atpital left. the cage, if they saw a bett rua?t or a mor fruitful concern to put th °v capital h they wouid fly away, even from Newtown, to Cer parts, and it would be more directly upon thworicing t lasr.es that the loss would fali vappla- He congratulated them on behalf of the Looaloarcl and on behalf of the town upon the fact thev possessed such an estimable leader as F. Thomas (applause). For years Mr. been interested in firo insurance, and it was;itifving to him (the chair- man) and to the othe embers of the Local Board that he should come <_ so enthusiastically and so cheerfully to support action of the Board in making thoir Fire Br> je honour to the town ¡ and par,terll to OH, n ns (applause). lie sure that as f ■; r^as wore the uniform of the Captain of Lt so long would the Brigade carry out t' t,j. efficiently and wort: not only ha aouioi ,l: 1) the utmost good feeling au! < ^ciplin;(j)ptar,Se). He had only to say that he hoped t, a>mbers of the Fire Brigade would look upon thf. d1!:c as important as any office in the town, ft, ire Brigade had as much a public duty to poi,n as the Newtown Local Board had. Let -iL;Vn. remember that the unexpected always "apcned. He felt confident that whenever they '11 called upon to do their duty they would aL- u themselves with great honour and (L'ery su< ,?s (applause). After an ontfTtainij.jong by Mr. Townsendthe Captain of the Fire Br, £ .3 in response said ho could assure them that it ,^s with nQ little degree of pleasure that ho fojn* Jrnself in the honourable positions in which tV had placed him-—first, as Captain of an < ffic'-J Brigade, and secondly as Vice-Chairman ender 9 gallant Captain's chair- manship. With ihg ueptiori of Llanidloes and Holywell lie did not k*v a town in Wales where an efficient Brigade and où appliances were more wanted than at Newt n. In most of the towns of Wales there were scai ly anything but residential buildings, but they, wit% proud to say, had in- dustries which othi towns knew nothing at all about (. plause.) Newtown was exceptional in man ways and unfortunately at present it was es ptioual for the scarcity of tho water supply (V ( hear). Tiie Fire Brigade was perfectly uselesRVithout a good water supply but, as he said in his tter to the Local Board, if the Board would com.:i the Waterworks Company to allow the Firo B ,dl} full command of the pressure of water in* ssary at ull times ia cases of fire, they -would, ho inclined to think, be yet of the greatest value in ages of conflagration in the town (applause.) M Thomas went oa to say that one engine was perfectly useless' in au outbreak of firo like one for instate at the Hoval Welsh Ware- house, and that the Ft Brigade would do anything to save property, whtr -.r it belonged to the rich or the poorii lll suggestion to the Local Board wai that they should without further hesitation ac nire further engine power because it was upon t-, rino power alone that the firos in Newtown in futnro would be dealt with, until the Newtown 1:; ,rWorks Company or some other kind body ,vo. take up the pipes of the company and put. do n lai-g- r ones. Manual engines wero very ge in t.Loi)- way,.bocauso when they were inat brilt there wilsnothing better —(hear, hear)--but it was an extraordinary fact that the ma Lual engines of to-day were built upon tractly the same model, with the exception perhaps of the folding arms, as when the firs: were built. There were one or two matters wV, ?h ho should like to bring before the not1 e Ilf -i > chairman, during whose reign over the Local B',ard more had been done for the good of Nevtown probably than in the time of any other chairman (applause). One matter was in regard their hell. Well, there were bells in a good n ny private houses and they were just about as use ai as the Lell of the fire brigade (laughter). In Altierica, he found that hooters, e < cted at the gas- works, were us"d t, arouse the Brigade. He thought if th, could "lake a bimilar arrangoment it would be prefer'bit "o tho ringing of the bell belonging to t he local 1 orftio-- He hoped the chairman wM 0 natter before the Fire Brigade-Coin <•:{.&. '• ,.h -1 to mako that improvement, p' v ment to the "F^'ro Brigade "o V on the firnt alarm ol fi-r,, .< r■' 1 h1 .hll(c.{ I discipline of V "j should always be honoured hv t: r s of X-,wtown for the bravo exoiiiptis rfittly t4?. th. ir behalf. Sir. Thomas then pru-v i r-> pr0; 0s tho health of Cha:rni applause). Ho I knew that Captainryce-Jones when he was first appointed to the clirmanship was interfered with by many obstructions, but these everyday were coming more and rrro to his assistance. They were beginning it see that he had no selfish motives when he aefpted the chairmanship of the Board, and that he \s working for the benefit of the ratepayers, and at in many instances ho did not ask the ratepayeito contrbute a penny to the expenses of differenflatters to which he put his hand (applause). Bhoped tho' chairman would long continuo to havtho high office which he now held, and he could aQre him that the ratepayers had the greatest trusin him (applause.) The Chairman halt:! replied, tho healths of Mr. David Edwards, onef the oldest firemem in Wales, Air. R. )V. Davies, Srveyor, and Lieut. Swain, were also drunk. he concluding toastg were Mr. G. H. FIlisk (Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee);he Press," and the Host and hostess."—Mess- Thomas and Manuel also gave songs, and 1 R. Roberts, the harpist, played with his usukil1 on the harp. —4

THE MEBHANDISE ACT. PROSi^UTIOX BT ltJSSRS. ALLSOPP & SoXS, IMTTEI). At the Drogheda pe-), sessions on Monday, before Mr. Turner, R. M. (priding), and a full bench of magistrates, Mr. Jaes Magee, wine and spirit merchant, West stret, Drogheda, was prosecuted by Messrs. Ailsopp Id Sons, Limited, under tho Merchandise Marks t for selling ale labelled as Allsopp's Light A'! which was not of their manufacture. Ther wero three separate sum- monses against the dndant. The following were the charges in tho summonses That the defend- ant did falsely appl; or cause to be applied, to certain goods, to withalf-a-dozen of ale, a trade mark, the property c complainants, or a mark so nearly resembling a tl(io mark of complainants as to be calculated to dive, contrary to the statute. That the defendant disell, and expose for sale, and had in his possessioitqor sale, certain goods and things, to wit, half a ozen of ale, to which, a false trade description had e6n applied, and to which a trade mark, the projrty of complainants, or a mark so nearly resemling thereto as to be calcu- lated to deceive, had oen falsely applied. That the defendant did apI" or cause to be applied, a false trade description^ certain goods, to wit, half- a-dozen of ale, not th manufacture of the com- plainants.— Mr. H. J. 1JJy (of the firm of Messrs. Daly and Hayes, solic, ors) prosecuted, and Mr. James Smyth, solic-itorvas for the defendant.—The first witness examinee was Mr. Butler, who de- posed that on the 25th November last ho camo to Drogheda and purchase half-a-dozen of bottles of Allsopp's Light Dincr Ale" in Mr. Magee's establishment in Weststreet. He proceeded to Dublin and gave them t Mr. Reid, Messrs. Allsopp's agent there, who sealecthom in his presence. The bottles were labelled "dlsopp's Light Dinner Ale." —Mr. John M'Evoy wa sworn, and gave evidence that he was present whji the ale was purchased.— Mr. John Reid deposed,0 receiving the alo from Mr. Butler, and sealing it it his presence with his own private seal. He forvarded it for analysis to Dr. Harrow, at Messrs. Allopp and Sons.—Dr. Harrow deposed to receiving aid analysing the ale which he received from Mr. ;,d. It was sealed J. R. with yellow sealing wa:. It was labelled "Allsopp's Light Dinner Ale," aid the cork was branded James Magee, wine nereliant, Drogheda." He analysed four bottles, ind came to the conclusion that the ale had not then brewed by the Messrs. Ailsopp at all. In reply to the Benel Dr. Harrow stated that he was in the habit of' analysing other ales and com- paring them with tboie brewed by Allsopp and Sons, and he had no doibt whatever in coming to the conclusion in this irstance. The defendant admitigj that a mistake had been made in labelling the ^1^ which was a light dinner one, with Allsopp's labe.s. The retail prices of the ale were the same. The Bench fined the defendant 5s. and £1 costs in oovh. case, X3 15s. in all,

Sale OF corn BY weight A depuu t'on from tli,) Central and Associate/ Chambers ot .WricnltLre vaited upon the Right Hon- A- J. Munct^lla, M ¡rJe:nt of tho Boari of Tru., at the OIHCHB of thcud, Whitehal Gardens,1'jm Tuesday, Dec. 5th. Mr. Mun^olla was accompanied by Mr. Trevo, C.B., Mr. Gffien, (' Ti., Mr. Batcman, C.xt G.. Ol tL, Board of 'l'ra& anu Mr. T. II. Elliott, of tho Roai of Agriculture; Among thos^cjresent wero:—Mr. F. A. Cha" ning, M.P. (Vice^iiairman), Mr. J. Birnkin, M.! Sir E. Lechmerc, Bhrt., M.P., CrL Kenjon-Slam M.P., Baron Dimsdalf, Mr. J. Bowti-Jonos, Mv. Biddell, M r. 11. Slopes, and Mr. U. Hocry P (Secretary Central Chamber of Agriculture); 1 J. Shukor and Mr. W. H. Lauder (Shropst Chamber), Mr. B. St. John AeJcers (Gloucesteral. Chamber), Mr. Henry Williams (Monmouthsli Chamber), Mr. Yv\ Prankish (Lincolnshire Chn ber), Mr. F. E, Muniz and Mr. J, Denny (Wurwi saire Chamber), Mr. Chris. MiiMleton (CleveL Chamber), Mr. E. Whitfield (Bucks and 0 Chambers), Mr. R. Webster (Liverpool Farm Club), Col. Harbin (Somerset Chamber), Mr Curry (Stockton-on-Tees Chamber), Mr. S. Kir (Taunt-on Farmers' Club), Mr. J. Kay Mid M Barlow (Lancashire Federation of Farmers), W. Temperlev (Newcastle Farmers' Clnb), i A. Dickson (CheBter); Mr. Thos. Kylo, If Cliffo, 1111. R K. Reell (Incorporated Soon Inspectors of Weights and Measures.) Mr. Ibnk; M.P., inlroduced the depu He apologisl, for having to perform that fi at short notice in the 1daco or Mr. C'hanmn; Vice-Chairman of the Central Chamber, w unable to be present in time. He also ox regret at( the absence through illness Jasper More, who was tho chief mover matter. Ho said that the question m very conveniently considered, from thr, ent points of view: first, is uniformity d -ole ? second, shall the standard be one of weight or one of measure ? and third, what weight or maasur i shall be adopted ? As to the first head, there was evidence of an almost universal desire for uniformity, especially for wheat and oats (cheers). He could not say that the desire was so general with regard to barley, though even with regard to that article very large agreement prevailed. The necessity that something should be done in the direction of uniformity was almost beyond dispute. Ten vears ago he introduced into the Houso of Commons a Bill upon the subject, and a deputation in support of that Bill waited upon Mr Chamberlain, the then President of the Board of Trade. In collecting evidence with regard to the Bill he found that the number of different weights and measures by which wheat was then sold throughout the country was about 39, the number for oats was about 24 and the number for barley was about 19. He also found that there was a general desire for uniformity. As to the question of whether the standard should be weight or measure, the agree- ment was not quite so general; but upon the whole there was evidence of a very large preponderance of opinion in favour of sale by weight rather than by measure (cheers). He frankly admitted that there was a considerable number of farmers in Norfolk and other parts of the east of England who maintained that barley should still be sold by measure, but he was bound to say that he did not think that they supported their contention with what he might call scientific reasoning. With that exception, however, the desire for weight was very universal. A system of soiling by what was called weight-measure was largely practised throughout the "country. That system was introduced by the Corn Returns Bill of 1882, but he regarded it as hio-hly unscientific. The great mass of corn was no'w sold nominally by the bushel, but really by weight; but the so-called bushel was different in weight in nearly every town in the kingdom. For instance, in one place it was 60 lb., in another 62 lb., in another 63 lb., and so on. This stato of things gave rise to a great deal of misunderstanding and confusion. This subject was not at all a new one in the Central Chamber. That body had frequently passed resolutions, by largo majorities, in favour of sale by weight. The third point, namely, what weight should be adopted, was perhaps that which was most disputed. In the Bill which he introduced in 1882 ho chose the cental. He then had hopes that they might before long have a general system of decimal weights and measures introduced into the country, Mid he belioved that tho cental would have fitted into thai systoir. hotter than the hundredweight. Ito flo preull fur dtl:> coutP1, Iv-t t te ereed o bo in favour o". It. A LS tiBifaiwimim (ttmaw:1' 1 nbttt' COTCOH* somo obvious reasons for selecting tho hundred- weight. Ono was that tho railway companies charged by the hundredweight for the carriage of goods and another was that tho imports from foreign countries were sneeiiiei.1 by that weight. It must be remembered, on the other hand, that the cental was made a legal weight, in the year 1878, and, in adopting it for corn sales, they would not be introducing anything new. In abstaining from urging the cental at the present time he was yielding to the general expression of opinion on the part of those persons who gave evidence before the Select Committee in- favour of the hundredweight. The object of this deputa- tion was to ask the right honourable gentleman to move in the direction of aalo by uniform weight, and to introduce some legislation which would carry out that object. The weights which wore laid down in the Act of 1882 for the so- called weight-measures of wheat, barley; and oats were a move, to some extent, in the right direction, but the adoption of a weight-measure would not go so far in doing away with the present confusion as the adoption of one single weight would do. No doubt Mr. Mnndella's attention had been called to tho fact that the recommendation of the Select Committee applied not only to the three cereals, wheat, oats, and barley, but to all plants belonging to the scientific classification of cerealia, and this was a recommendation of which he approved. At the same time, he was free to admit that the application of the system simply to wheat, barley, and oats would be a very great improvement upon the present state of things. There was no doubt that the termS" bushel" and quarter wara very deeply implanted in the minds of those persona who dealt in corn, and it would be a very considerable difficulty to get farmers to give up those 'terms; but ho did not think that the difficulty would be found to bo overwhelming. The Select Committee found that it was very difficult to make some of the witnesses who appeared before thom understand that, although they were still using the term bughel," they were really selling by weight. He would venture to say a word upon another point which the Select Committee recommended, and which, he believed, would require no legislation at all. It was that when the statement was made from week to week in the Gazette as to the con- version of corn for the sake of the tithe average returns, the figures by which the conversion was made from weighed measure into bushels should be stated in every case, namely, 601bs for wheat, 50lbs for barley, and 391bs for oats. The Select Com- mittee found that a very large amount of ignorance prevailed as to the fact that such numbers were actually in existence. He took the opportunity of mentioning this point in the present connection, although ho believed that it belonged to the Department of Agriculture, and not to the Board of Trade. There was another recommendation of the Select Committee which was well worthy of consideration, but which affected the Board of Agriculture rather than the Board of Trade. That was that the weights for oats should be fixed at 40lbs instead of 391bs. Mr. Channiug, who had arrived during Mr. Rankin's speech, apologised for not being present at the commencement of the proceedings, and explained that ho had been detained by a delay on the railway. Mr. Shuker, (Chairman of the Uniform Weights Committee of the Shropshire Chamber of Agri- culture) said that tho deputation was somewhat unfortunate in losing the services of Mr. Jasper Moro (cheer.) The great diversity of the weights and measures by which grain was sold in different markets had occupied the attention of farmers for several years past. Tho weights in tho different neighbourhoods could hardly bo understood. At the markets which he generally attended within twenty miles of his own district, grain was sold by the following weights to the bag; at Shrewsbury, 2251bs at Bridgnorth, 2161bs at Newtown, 2401bs; in thq Shropshire portion of Welshpool at 2251bs; and in the Montgomeryshire portion at 2401bs. Barley was generally sold in his district at 2801bs. The last mentioned was a very inconvenient weight, being far too much for one man to handle. This variety of weights did not by any means ond the trouble of the farmer, for it often happened, that the buyers required the grain to be weighed up into a different weight for the convenience of their own markets. These complications were very perplexing, and often led to mistakes and un- pleasantness in conducting business. The differences were comparatively unimportant in olden times, when corn was seldom sold oven aa far away as fifty miles from its own district; but in these days of easy transit, when grain was sent for sale to different parts of the country, the matter ought to be placed upon a more commercial basis (cheers.) Early in tho autumn of 18Q0 a number font- bring ings ihire 3 on r of the had with t the a all e in rave ting ver- fore the by eved that i evi- .vely. irket 60.b., s orfe." Jhsf- U Y of 2iich ice, ,Olb. 21b., and jght iL.om "ny counties very jker said that it was more espe -iaily f rom Norfolk farmers. Mr. Jasper More, ins vMr. Shuker), and one or two others, attended tiie Nor- folk Chamber of Agriculture to bring tl,- ,t-.estiou before them. He could not say that they made any great impression, for it was very noticeable that quite early in the meeting the Norfolk farmers had made up their minds upon the question of barley, and they declared that they wished to continue sale by the coomb but, beyond long practice and sentiment, no good reason was given for Bolling barley in that way. The dealers in the corn market at No- wich admitted that they practically bought malting barley by weight. The maltsters and dealers by their long experience and daily practice were better able to gain an advantage in a complicated transaction than the farmer who only sold six or eight lots of grain in the course of the year (cheers.) He believed that the farmers of Norfolk would be far more likely to reap an advantage than a loss from- selling their barley by weight. He respectfully but very earnestly urged upon Mr. Mundella and the Government the necessity of taking early steps to give effect to the recom- mendations contained in the report of the Corn 10 Sales Committee. Mr. Mundella: But what do you want the legisla- tion to do, Mr. Shukor? Mr. Shuker I want it made legal and binding that corn should be sold by the cwt. Mr. Mundella Would you make all other sales, illegal ? Mr. Shuker: Yes. Mr. Mundella: And would yon enforce it by fine ? Mr. Shuker: I think it must be so. Mr. Mundella: And then if the fine is not paid? Mr. Shuker said that he feared that old practice and very strong sentiment would prevent sale by weight coming into force without legislation. Farmers moved very slowly as a rule. Mr. William Biddell (Suffolk) said that he wished to call attention to the injustice which was done to tithe payers under the present system of sale. Tho report of the Select Committee showed that a very large proportion of the corn in his district was sold under the mongrel system of having a bushel which must weigh a certain weight, and, while the farmer had to give 63 lb. to the bushel, the corn was calculated for tithe purposes as if it weighed only 60 lb. to the bushel, and hence the tithe payer was overcharged 5 per cent. As to the Eastern counties farmers, he could claim to know something of their views. They were not against the general principle of sale by weight, but they hesitated as to whether barley should be so sold. He could not, however, follow their arguments. The brewers and merchants who bought b^rfey 1 well understood its quality, and it wo aid do no I harm for them to know tho weight. Ho did not 1 ciiiair that therolwould be any difficulty in making &; be exacted that all Goverment officials and boards I of guardians and public bodies should bo obliged; to carry it out at once. Tho general public could he allowed two years to get used to the change; j but he waa convinced that Jioy would very soon fall into the now system. Whether the cwt. or tho cental vrae chosen as tho standard, he did not think that either would occasion any trouble. Personally, he was in favour of the cental, and he would have hay and other produce of that kind included in the system of sale by weight. Mr. Bowen Jones (Shropshire) endorsed the statements of previous speakers as to the perplexity and disadvantage from which the agricultural community suffered in consequence of the present complicated methods of sale. There was no real means of ascertaining from the newspapers the value of One sort of corn as compared with another. Measure was a thing of the past, though farmers retained the fiction of the bushel and the quarter. They were really selling by weight, although they professed to be selling by measure. The bushel had a definite weight attached to it, but the weight varied in different markets. The price of grain was really determined by its quality, and not by the capacity of a bushel measure. Uniformity was advocated in the report of the Corn Sales Com- mittee. The anomalous and diverse weights and measures throughout the country ought to be done away with, and one uniform standard intelligible to persons of ordinary intellect should be established by law. The opinion of the agricultural interest generally throughout the country was in favour of the cwt. Mr. Williams (Monmouthshire) said lie came from a district where there was a large number of small holdings, and where the confusion of weights was very marked. Persons of limited education, like the tenants of small holdings, wero at a great disadvantage under the present system in dealing with their more educated brethren, the corn mer- chants. Within twenty-four miles of the place where he lived there were four different markets, each of which had a different weight for a bushel of wheat. Ho recollected the time when barley and oats were sold by measure. On ono occasion his father sold a load of oats by measure, and shortly afterwards he had a message that the measure was deficient. Upon going to see the purchaser on .he subject, ho met the warehouse- man, and the man said to him, I measured in those oats, but if you give me a shilling I can make them full measure" (laughter). Weight was a matter of fact, but measure was a matter depending upon the ability to measure (hear, hoar). In his. own district there was no fixed weight at all for'a bushel of oats. The opinions which the deputation represented as to uniformity and sale by weight came from all parts of England, with the single exception of the Eastern counties farmers, who differed with regard to barley. As to the choice between the cental and the cwt., he submitted that it was not quite fair to ask tho farmers to bo the first persons to accept the decimal system. That system would involve a radical change in their scales and weights, and in their manner of computation. When the rest of the community was prepared for the decimal system, the agricultural community would be pre- pared for it also. If tho cental was adopted, the weight would have to be retranslated into cwts. for the purposes of the railway charges. Mr. Mundella said that the railway companies would soon adapt themselves to whatever changes the farmers made. Mr. Williams said that the most illiterate persons understood weighing by the cwt., but would require an education before they got used to the cental. Another consideration in favour of the cwt. was that it adapted itself most readily to the sacks which wore at present in use. Mr Middleton (Cleveland) said that in the dis- trict of Yorkshire which he represented the farmers practically sold altogsther by weight. The 9 change now advocated would be of very great advantage to small farmers. He was in favour of applying it not only to home grown corn but to imported corn as well. The small farmer who sold his home-grown produce, and bought maize for feeding in exchange, would be able to under- stand the relative value of the two commodities. The feeling in the north was practically unanimous in favour of the cwt. As to the eastern counties, he believed that the intelligent farmers of that district would bo able to protect themselves against the occurrerce of any disadvantage in con- sequence of the introd ction of a uniform system of sale by weight. As to how the uniformity should be enforced, he believed that Mr. Mundella was able to deal with that question. It would be of little use to make laws unless they were pre- pared to enforce them. Mr. Webster (Liverpool District Farmers' Club) said that the b dv which he represented was unanimously in favour of the adoption of the cwt as the standard. The cental was used at Liverpool for imported corn but home-grown corn was sold by the ordinary weight, wheat being taken at 70 lb., oats at 45 lb., and barley at 60 lb. There were 23 different weights for wheat throughout the kingdom. In Jersey it was sold by the cabot of 32g lb. in Halifax and Leigh at 60 lb. to the bushel; at Birmingham, Exeter, Hereford, Northampton, Tain worth, and Worcester at 62 lb. to the bushel; at Bedford and Norwich at 63 lb. to the bushel at Cheltenham, Chorley, Liverpool, Ormskirk, Southport, St. Helen's, Warrington and Wigan at 70 lb. to the bushel at Stafford at 72 b to the bushel; aü Chea- ter, Crewe, Market Drayton, Nantwich, Otwestr*> Shrewsbury and Wroxham at 75 lb. to the busted ? at Liverpool (for foreign corn) by the centil 100 lb. at Denbigh by the bobbet of 130 lb Leam- ington, Penzance, and Warwick by the, 1:tg of 186 lb. at Crowle, Doncaster, and Penrith b' the load of 196 at Preston by the windle of £ 0 lb.; at, I Accrington, Bacup, Blackburn, and Hud«ersfield by the load of 240 Ib; at Ipswich by tie coomb of C50 lb at Douglas by the boll of 2561b.; at Ken- 1 dal, Lancaster, Stockport, and Ulvejstone by the load of 280 lb.; at Macclesfield by tie sack of 300 lb; at Goolo, Hull, and Leeds by -he quarter of 480 lb.; at Oxford by the quarte of 488 lb.; at Buckingham and London by the quarter of 496 lb.; | at Nowcastlo-on-Tyne by tho rpurVr of 500 lb.; at Boston, Chelmsford, Derby, Great Griu^by.Hull, Lincoln, Nottingham, Solby, Shefliv i 1, and. Spald- I ing by the quarter of 504 lb, and at Bristol by the I quarter of 520 lb. liKVLT. Mr. ifnn della said that t had given him great pleasure to -eceive the deputation, for he regarded it as a now departure and as t scientific effort in an educational direction. The Irregularities whvtl prevailed with regard to the s;.Ie of grain, ,re. vailed with regard to other -ov -Jes. Ho w^*wi, tirely l'i sympathy with the deputation in t, main object which th y had in view. Every .11i(!AT>i.. man musv. be of opinion that the anomalies which the deputation had pointed out ought to be removed if possible. In business tranactions there ought to be no kind of dispute as to what was the foundation of the contract between buyer and selier. As to the question between weight and measure, he thought that there could not beany doubt, that grain should bo sold by weight. As Mr. Williams had well said, measure was a thing which deponded on the hands of the expert rathor than a scientific method of reckoning. With regard to the choice between the cwt. and the cental, he gathered that Mr. Rankin had still a leaning in favour of the cental. Mr. Rankin said that person?; 1.«.1, i-. did not want to divide the dop' t Mr. Mundella said that tho d> vln:,ii -y'tevi forcing itself on public attention. believed that the deputation would have much stronger force of public opinion behifltd if, ii' i- advocated the cental than if it advocated the CWI, Woodwar d had given evidence that the quantity of grain bought by the cental atliverpool one yell" was greater than the quantity o» all the grain grown in Great Britain. But as far a? -oneot-xecl the salo of English grain the cental did ra>; appear to have made much progress at l/lvorpool. Mr. Biddoll had appealed to his ambition a. a Minister and asked him to pass an Act be called. Mnndella's Act." But it was not ea.. 1 o pass an Act in the face of strong opposition..L>-ON if t;i« majority shared the views of the deputation, ther# was a very considerable minority ¡;trc,l}" y .,¡>po",<'tl to them. Only that morning he hid .oeived a. letter asking him to receive a depute; ion from tiio eastern counties against tho views which had been advocated. It was only fair that he should hear both sides before he pronounced an opinion upon the subject. The farmers in Cambridgeshire maintained that barley was their chief staple, and that they had a maximum of quality with a minimum of weight, and *at it would be disastrous for them to soli barley at 56 lb. to the bushel, when its natural weight was only 46 lb. The letter to whh he had referred had been sent by Mr. Clarke, a well-know agriculturist. He (Mr. Mundella) believed that the fears of the gentlemen in the eastern counties who opposed sale by weight were somewhat exaggerated, and that those persons who dealt ir. a barley which was excellent in quality but lipht in weight would know very well what they vere about (cheers). Mr. Shuker had said that h< found that the Norfolk growers opposed tho cha tgo on the ground of long practice and sentiment. Thoso tw" things ;i long practice and sentiiren' were ..tho .greatest difficulties whick ->ir«sciit>virTe» -of. Parliament, and would effectually block and Opp088 any measure that could possibly be introduced. He C(.,nld not sta te ho precise course which the Depart ment might ulii.nateiy conceive it de^irabl* to adopt in this matter, but he could assure them that they were entirely in sympathy with the ffoaiyn f thay 7i:1. be very glad indeed to see it prevail with regard not only to. corn sales but to sales of other commodities. If h. could do anything to promote such uniformity, h. should be most happy to do it. Two points whick concerned the Board of Agriculture had been men- tioned, namely, the effect of the present system upon the tithepayers and the giving of fuller in- formation in tho weekly Gazette. He was sorry t* say that his right hon. friend and colleague Mr. Gardner, the President of the Board of Agriculture, was unable, in consequence of illness, to be present. Liko Mr. Jasper More, who was suffering from the effect of ho.rd work. The matter which had bee. brought before him (Mr. Mundella) was so intimately connected with the business of the Department that he should not feel it right to tako any step. without first conferring with the head of that Department. The deputation could hardly expect him to do more than he had done until he had had 1\11 0-0;'L'Lb" .1. uk. Lovi1eaguel. He would promise that the matter should not be lost sight of, and that it should be considered as early as possible. Mr. Charming, M.P., said that as an officer of the Central Chamber of Agriculture, he might b. allowed to express on behalf of the Central Chamber their warmest thanks for the courtesy and consideration with which the deputation bad been received. Of course they conVI not ask the right hon. gentleman to prejudge the case before hearing the other side, but ho would ask him t. take into consideration the fact that the resolution in consequence of which the present deputation, attended, was passed unanimously by the Central Chamber, although the representatives of the eastern counties, including, he believed, Mr. Clarko himself, were present. The resolution was one heartily endorsing the recommendation of the Committee. Mr. Clare Sewell Read, whoso opinion was perhaps of the greatest weight in the eastern counties, had said that it would be well if the farmers of the eastern counties would defer to the opinion of the great majority of agriculturists in other parts of tho country. Mr. Mundella said that ho had omitted to mention that information which had been obtained by the Board of Trade showed that 22 per cent. of wheat, 52 per cent of barley (this percentage being mainly tho best barley), and 19 per cent. of oats, were reported as having been sold by imperial measure, and not by weight in the year 1891. H. quoted this triereiy to show how far custom pre- vailed. and what the advocates of weight really had to com,<JJKI with. All he could do was to wish them God-speed, and to recommend them to go on and educate their friends. They were doing good service to the whole community, and not merely to tho farmers.-The deputation then withdrew.- From, Proceedin<ts (If fhe Central Chcviher of Ayri- citJ tare. How TO TEACH FORM AND COLOUR.^—We have received from Mr. J. H. Fletcher of Nottingham an ingenious contrivance of his designed to interest the young in learning to distinguish the varieties of form and colour. The system is based on the nmemonical principle, and the means employed is a box of tablets of different shape and shade. They may be worked up into a great variety of designs, and henco tho tablet men," as they are called, afford a pleasant and ingenious game, from which the young may easily learn to distinguish the leading geometrical forms of some of the ifiinutest shades of colour. The invention is called Fletcher's Luminous Tablet Men." Another contrivance of Mr. Fletcher,»liis Lumin- ous Colour Chart," is designod to fix on the mind the various gradations of colour. In the centre are th9 three simple primary colours with their combinations. The various hues are named after flowers and gems, the object being to assist the memory by means of the faculty of association. The floral and other names are so placed that they act as pointers one to another, showing at a glance which colour best relieves another. The inventor claims that a high art training in colour may be obtained by means of this system. — ♦ — The Liberal Club at Whitchurch has had but a brief career. Three years ago it ■« as opened at a cost of nearly £2,000, and on Tuesday it was closed owing to lack of support. The failure of the club is attributed mainly to a decision, arrived at after a long controversy, to discontinue the sale of intoxi- cating drinka on the premises.