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A BE R DOVEY. Preaching.—The Rev. Toify Davies, 01 Pontrhydfendigaid, delivered powerful ser- mons at the Calvinistic Chapel on Sunday last. Temperance Meeting.—The weekly Tem- perance meeting was held on Sunday last, and was well attended. Mr. W. Jones, corn merchant, presided. Addresses were de- livered by the Rev. Owen Ellis, Llanuwch- llyn, and the Rev. ieify Davies, catechised the children, and rendered a solo. Miss Bessie Jones also sang "Hen Bennill adroddai fy Nhad." Lead Ore Shipments.—A pleasing fact to relate is the recent revival of the lead ore shipping. Lately several large consign- ments have been shipped from the Van Mines, Trefeglwys. The S.S. "Dora" ship- ped 00 tons this week for Liverpool. Obituary.—On Sunday morning, after a brief illness the hand of death removed a I familiar figure. from Aberdovey in the per- son of Mr. Jno. Griffiths, aged 64, for many years caretaker at Aberdovey Hall. The deceased was a well-known character in the district. Willing and obliging to others, and of an unobstrusive nature he soon in- gratiated himself into the favour of many. He was a faithful member of the Weslevan Church, and at one time a fisherman of the coast, and his loss will be keenly deplored. The funeral took plaee on Tuesday afternoon amidst a large attendance. The Rev. R. J. Roberts and H. Currie were the officiating clergymen. 0

Itching Irritating Eczema. | A LOCAL PREACHER AND ZAM-BUK. It is hard to imagine a more irritable, agonising, and distressing condition than that of the sufferer from eczema. This is a di&ease of the epidermis or etiter layer of the skin, which does not mature, and which al- lows the watery portion of the blood to exude, forming scabs or encrustations which, on be- ing removed, leave a red, angry, irritable, itching surface. Wonderfully soothing and curative is the application of Zam-Buk spread on a fresh piece of lint night and morning, as the following testimony of Mr. John Millett Harris, a well-known local preacher living at Lyng, near Norwich, goes to prove. Mr. Harris, who is prominently identified with the Primitive Methodist body, said to a "Norwich Mercury" reporter:—" Two years ago eczema made its appearance, break- ing out in a small spot on my arm. At first it was only slight, but it gradually spread almost all over my body. The irritation be- came something fearful. There were raw places on my body which seemed as though they were constantly being burned by fire. I would have given any money to have been free from it and able to keep at work. As for trying to get rid of it, I was attended by two doctors, tried liquid medicine and any amount of remedies, including zinc and other ointments, but nothing seemed to give me any relief. I got terribly weak, and even the food I took appeared to do me but little good. "At last I sent for some Zam-Buk and ap- plied it at once. Directly this was rubbed on the sores I felt relieved. Wherever I applied Zam-Buk the sores healed wonder- fully, the rawness went at once, "the eczema patches lost their fire,' and I very soon felt all right. I have lately been up at four o'clock every morning stone-raising, and have quite recovered by old strength. I attribute this entirely to Zam-Buk, and have given some of the' balm to many people, all of whom state they have derived great bene- fit from using it. My father here gets bed- sores, and applications of Zam-Buk takes the soreness array directly. A neighbour's child was also benefited, and I might just say that I will Tviiinigly answer any questions that anyone likes to address to me. I quite believe that such cases as mine should be published for the publio good." Zam-Buk has proved invaluable for eczema, chafing, itch, sores, cramp, stiff joints, raw chinfi, blackheads, ulcers, festering, sores, sore feet, weak ankles, chapped hands, ring- worm, chills, sprains, strains, stiffness, bad legs, blind and bleeding piles, swollen knees, inflamed patches, boils, abscesses, pimples, scalp irritation, poisoned wounds,, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, rheumatism, neural- ( gia, sciatica, lumbago, toothache, and for all diseased, injured, and irritated conditions of the skin. Price llll per box, or 2/9 for family size (2/9 box contains nearly 4 times the 1/1 i); of all chemists, or p free, for same price, from the Zam-Buk Co., 4 Red Cross Street, E.C.

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that galleries should be remwud, and that desks should be substituted. The third question—a minor point—was that ot the provision of lavatory basins in tloak rooms. In many of the schools he had been into in this neighbourhood he thought—and the members of the committee thought—that such provision was unnecessary, -iid might be productive of greater harm thiJill. good He did not say they ever lost by washing themselves an extra time a day, but to do so would cause more dirt by having th basins than the corresponding good that would accrue. Ho would like the committee to consider these points. If he might express his own opinion, iwj regarded the Architect's recommendations in general perfectly reason- able. He was quite sure he could say on be- half of all who had to do with the non-pro- vided schools of the county that matters of ventilation, sanitation,, and light were of even more urgency than intellectual re- quirements,. because it was not the least use educating children who were going to be physically weak after educating them. He thought the Committee ought to be definite in regard to the requirements they made of the managers of non-provided schools, and as soon as those requirements were definitely formulated he had not the least hesitation in saying that all reasonable requirements would be met forthwith. He had looked also at the Architect's report in regard to certain of the Provided chools, and he thought the Committee, on the elementary question of health ought not to make a dividing line. They ought to fix a standard of what they thought necessary, and they ought to be careful not to ^et it too high. He was sure the Education Committee would not wish the Provided Schools to fall below the stand- ard which they were going to demand of the Non-Provided Schools. The general ques- tion of the necessary repairs should be con- sidered, and when they had settled certain fixed principles they should see that Provid- ed and Non-Provided Schools corresponded to them. The requirements for non-pro- vided schools were most reasonable, except that as to heating by hot water. That system had been found rather expensive to maintain. As far as all other points were concerned., ho felt quite sure the managers of Voluntary Schools would do their utmost and would carry out almost in their entirety the recommendations of the county architect. Dr. Evan Evans said lie thought the in- spectors made a great mistake some few years ago iu requiring stoves to be put in. Most of them were now cracked, and the children nearly poisoned bv carbonised acid gas. <-> Mr. C. M. Williams referred to a remark made by Principal Bebb, in which he said the architect who was asked to report pro- visionally recommended stoves in all the schools, whereas by the present report they would all have to be removed and open fire- places fixed. The Chairman interposed on a point of order, and said no resolution had yet been proposed. Mr. C. M. Williams said he wished to make aa explanation. An insinuation had been made as to the manner of dealing with two classes of schools. Principal Bebb said he made no insinua- tion as to any difference between provided and non-provided schools, and if he conveyed that impression he wished to withdraw it. Mr. C. M. Williams: Then you do away, in a sense, with what I had to sav. That was the impression made. It is clear the County Architect has taken practically the same basis for both, and it is our wish that all schools should be treated alike. The Rev. John Williams said an impression had been made on the minds of the members, and very likely it would go out through the Press, that had the managers carried out the instructions of the first architect that they would have to .amend them in obedience to the new architect. If stoves had been plac- ed in, Mr. Lewis would now have ordered their removal. The Chairman I don't think that is so. Hev. John Williams: That is the state- ment made by Principal Bebb. Principal Hebb: In any repairs of that kind it might very well have happened. Mr. C. M. Williams: But the architect tells us now it would not have happened if stoves had been put in. The Chairman: I think it is well we have had this explanation. Mr. Robert Ellis then proposed that the Committee adopt as a principle the non- removal of galleries except in exceptional ca.ses, that open fire-place.s be adopted, and that basins be provided in lavatories. Mr Ellis pointed out that the District Committee had considered the removal of the galleries at the Aberystwyth National School. That committee decided, however, that where the padroom was above nine feet that the gal- leries should remain. Mr. Darlington, H.M.I.S., who was pre- sent, '.vas then invited to speak on the ques- tion. W ith regard to the question of stoves he said he was distinctly of opinion that the open fire-place was best, and he regretted very much that for the most part previous to his time a considerable number of these very hygienic stoves were permitted to be erected in the county. They had not been able to get rid of them. If they could have done no one would have been more ready to ad- vi,e their removal than himself and the members of his staff. If the county would ii °*' ordering open fire-places in ad the schools he would be very pleased. As to the galleries, he was rather glad to have the opportunity of speaking on the subject at that meeting, because he found in going about the county there was a good deal of misapprehension as to the grounds upon which galleries were recommended to be re- moved. Principal Bebb hac remarked that two or three years ago the Board of Edu- cation called for the erection of galleries in all schools. Personally, he did not think he ever called for the erection of a gallery in any school. But he believed the Principal was so far right as this that some few years ago galleries were called for under certain conditions, the conditions being, where there was a certain number of infants and where other circumstances existed. But even pre- suming that galleries were considered desirable twenty years ago, much had happened in the interval, and he would like to mention two points, upon which opin- ion had moved forward very definitely, and, as he thought, in the direction of greater in- to, licence, during the last ten years. In the first place the old methods of infant teaching had been revised and revolutionised, instead of Tonfinine. as was the nrapfi^ in infants schools, the teaching to elementarv instruction in the three R.S., infant teach- ing proceeded far more upon the lines of intelligent v employing the children, and that. involved the use of educative games for which space was needed. In many of the schools where the request had been made that the galleries be removed the -alledes practically took up the whole of the space in the infant room and left no space for games and for implements which were regarded as so necessary. Moreover the galleries were so constructed that desks could not be plac- ed upon them. And that led him to speak of another great advance made in education practice. During the last five years very much greater attention had been called to the question of physical degeneracy, and it had been pointed out by those who had been called in to advise the Board of Education on this subject that a great deal of mal- formation and other physical defects noticed to be so common amongst the population really had their root in the conditions in wmch children were taught in the schools, ihe old desks that were permitted ten years ago were now found to be of such a formation as positively to conduce to mal- formation, and it was for that reason that they were asking that desks which had clear- ly served their purpose should be replaced oy new ones. Ihe same thing applied to galleries. If desks could not be put on the galleries conveniently, then the children sat upon the tiers, with nothing to rest their slates upon except their knees, and so they were cramped up in a posture which must be highly detrimental to their physical develop- nient <IT THAT- ENRLY NG6. 'SOHIG GALLERIES were so constructed that desks could be put upon them, and if desks could be put upon them in such a position as to allow a tpacher to move freely amongst the children and if also there was, besides the space taken up by the galleries, sufficient space for the other purposes of infant teaching then they certainly should not think of requesting the removal of those galleries. But in the majority of cases the galleries did not satisfy these conditions, and hence it was that in a large number of cases thev had called for their removal. He also considered there should be lavatory basins in all schools, and that all schools should be supplied with water. Mr. Lewis, the architect, said in reporting on the schools he based the same standards for Provided and Non-Provided. As to the stov^ he had not in every case recommend- ed their removal, because some of them were apparently new and well constructed. He I had, however, recommended the removal of the ordinary stoves, and that open fire- places be fixed in their stead. As to the re- I moval of infant galleries he had been ohiefly glided by the inspector's reports. He was certainly of opinion that lavatory basins should, be provided in each school. Lima Jones moved the adoption of Mr Lewis' leport,, and pointed out that Mr. Lewis' requirements were considerably less than those contained in Mr. Bassett's report. The Architect pointed out that he had no power to make recommendations as to play- 'jroundsj or school furniture. Mr. C. M. Williams seconded the proposi- tion made by Mr. Robert Ellis. Mr. Peter Jones proposed that the reports be referred to the respective District Com- mittees, so that they could have the advan- tage of local knowledge. 1'he Rev. W. Griffiths seconded. The Chairman: I must point out that "iiat means delay. Principal Roberts thought their safety lay in accepting. the Architect's report. On a division six voted in favour of adopt- ing the Architect's. report that day, and six in favour of referring it to the District Committee's. The Chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the first proposition. In accordance- with the Architect's desire, a committee consiscting of the local members, was appointed to' visit Gartheli and Llan- ddeinol Schools. On the proposition of Dr. Evan Evans, it was decided that the question of water supply to the schools be deferred for the present. Dr. Evans also proposed that the dry earth system be adopted as far as possible in all schools. There was no seconder to this, and the matter fell through. DISTRICT COMMITTEE REPORTS. Mr. Lima Jones presented the report of the Aberayron District Committee. Mr. E. J. Davies proposed that the salary of Mar- garet Rees (Art. GO), assistant at the Aber- ayron National School, be J635 a year and not £40, Mr. Davies said he moved the re- solution in order to bring this teacher into line with other Article 50 teachers in that district. The Rev. J. Williams seconded, and this was carried. On the proposition of Mr. E. J. Davies, seconded by the Rev. W. Griffiths, it was agreed that the salary of Myfanwy Parry, ex- P.T. N ew Quay Council School be £ 30 and not C25. Recommendations having been passed as to salaries to be paid to pupil teachers, it was decided not. to stipulate the amount until a scale applicable to the whole county had been agreed upon. It was further decided that the same resolution should apply to pupil teacher probationers and monitors. TEACHERS SALARIES. The Rev. Daniel Evans had given notice as follows::—That the resolution passed at the last meeting fixing the salaries of Misses L. M. Davies and Anne Evans, uncertificated I teachers at Rhydylewis and Bryn Council Schools, respectively, at £35 per annum be rescinded, and that the salaries be at the rate of t40 per annum. The standing orders having been suspended, the mover said the District Committee understood they were to appoint the teachers and make the best ar- rangements possible with them. The Dis- trict Committee, therefore, agreed to give them £ 40 per annum, and the posts were accepted' at that salary. Mr. C. M. Williams seconded, and said District Committees should understand in future that they were only authorised to re- commend the amount of salaries and not to fix them. The proposition was carried. CLERICAL ASSISTANCE. The Chairman introduced the question of giving clerical assistance to the Clerk. What he wanted was a good financial olerk. Mr. E. J. Davies proposed that such a clerk be allowed, and Principal Roberts eeconded. Mr. Lima Jones supported, and said they surely were not going to allow Mr. James to work much longer as he had been working at a salary of £ 175. Mr. E. J. Davies said the fact of the mat- ter was they were making a slave of their clerk, and they should not delay giving him assistance. The proposition was carried, the appoint- ment being left to the Finance Committee in consultation with the Clerk. Mr. Lewis, the arohitect, also asked to be allowed an assistant, on acoount of pressure of work. He asked the Committee to grant him an extra 30s. a week for temporary as- sistance until such time as the work became less pressing. He asked that it should date from August 14th, the date on which he en- gaged his temporary assistant. On the proposition of Mr. Peter Jones, it was decided that the request be granted, and that the temporary assistance be allow- ed until the meeting of the Committee in January next, and to date from August 14th last. ABERAYRON NATIONAL SCHOOL. A letter was read from the correspondent of this school, requesting the committee to appoint a temporary teacher as soon as pos- sible, and also urging the necessity of re- advertising the post of headmaster now vacant, as in answer to the first advertise- ment, as a salary of £90 per annum, there were no applicants whom the managers could recommend for appointment. Mr. Lima Jones pointed out that the pre- vious teacher received a salary of something like £ 115 per annum, with house. The num- ber on the register was 120, and the average attendance 95, and it would be a difficult thing to find another school of the kind in the county where the Headmaster's salary .was less than £100. It would be an insult to any head teacher to accept a salary of £ 90. If the Committee wished to economise they could economise in other ways. He proposed that the salary be £ 100. Mr. John Rees seconded, and said in com- paring this school with others in the county the salary paid was the lowest of all. In reply to Mr. E. J. Davies, Mr. Lima Jones said this Committee had nothing to Jones said this Committee had nothing to do with the school house. The Rev. John Williams desired to know why the two applicants who were eligible for the post had withdrawn. It seemed to him there was something behind it. Mr. Lima Jones said the reason given was that they withdrew when they saw the size of the school. Mr. C. M. Williams said they could have found that out before-hand from the Govern- ment returns. Probably, the real reason was that they did not care for Aberayron. (Laughter.) Rev. John Williams: I feel strongly that this is an attempt to coerce the committee, and I propose that we re-advertise at the same salary. Mr. T. Watkins seconded. Mr. C. M. Williams: It seems on the face of it there is something behind the scenes. If they had had no applications I should have been prepared to vote for the zcloo. Principal Bebb said he did not consider klOO and excessive salary, and instanced Glynarthen where CI17 was paid; Rhvd- lewis £ 102; and Penllwyn k102, the average attendance at those schools being about the same as that of Aberayron. On a division, the amendment to re-adver- tise at E90 was carried. ANOTHER VACANCY. The correspondent of the Trefilan National School wrote stating that nine applications were received for the post of teacher at the school, offered at £ 65. Seven -were from un- certificated teachers, one from a certificated teacher, and one from one who had sat the certificate examination. The local managers considered eight of the applicants unquali- fied, and for special reasons they declined to consider the application of the certificated teacher. The Chairman thought the applications should be returned to the managers, and if they declined to make the appointment that a small committee should then be appointed to do so. Mr. Robert Ellis proposed that the appli- cations be referred back to the local managers. Principal Bebb said he believed the diffi-

culty in regard to the certificated tt'»chere was that she was not a church person. It was decided to return the applications to the local managers with a request that they make the appointment in a fortnight's time. Rev. John Williams: Give them time txy repent. (Laughter.) The appointment of Mr. J. 0. Jones as headmaster of Trefeirig School was con- firmed. THE RATE. On the propositiottt of Mr. Robert Ellis, seconded by Captain Davies, it was decided to ask the County Council to make a rate I of Gd. in the zL in respect of education for the ensuing half-year, making a total of Is. in the ±: for the whole year. PCPIL TEACHERS. The Clerk suggested that the scale of sal- aries payable to pupil teachers should be £10. £ 13, and C16 for the first, second, and third years, respectively, for boys, and for girls £ 8, £ il, and £ 14. Ii they adopted a scheme for the instruction of pupil teachers at County Schools this scale not to apply. Principal Roberts proposed that they re- fer the question of salaries to a sub-com- mittee, together with the question of whether any steps could be taken to give those pupil teacher who entered on their apprenticeship in August the advantage of some instruction in the County School, seeing that, they could not get the Scheme sub- mitted to the Board of Education approved of for some time. Mr. R. E. Bevan seconded, remarking that pupil teachers in this county were now simply marking time. lllieir future pro- spects would be dark, as they would have to compete with teachers who had had special instruction. Eventually, on the proposition of the Rev. John Williams, it was decided to adopt the scale drawn up by the Clerk pending the adoption of a scheme for the instruction of pupil, teachers. On the same understanding, it was agreed that pupil teacher probationers be paid as follows:—Boys, c6; girls, £ 5. INSTRUCTION OF PUPIL TEACHERS. The Clerk submitted the report of the representatives appointed to attend a con- ference with representatives from the Pem- brokeshire Education Committee on the question of the instruction of pupil teach- ers. It was recommended (1) that this com- mittee take for the present year for the Cardigan Pupil Teachers' Centre the Pem- brokeshire Scheme for the training of pupil teachers (2), that it be a recommendation to the Cardiganshire Committee to adopt Par. 5 of the Pembrokeshire Scheme dealing with the arrangements for instructing pro- bationers at the Cardigan County School; (3), that the conference wishes to direct the attention of the Pembrokeshire Education Committee to the advisability of moving the Board of Education to introduce a change into the regulations for th-3 instruction of pupil teachers in the direction of the scheme proposed by the Cardiganshire Committee. The report was unanimously adopted. THE TEACHING OF WELSH. An item on the agenda was to consider the advisability of adopting, a uniform scheme for the teaching of Welsh throughout the county. R. E. Bevan said he wished to make a statement on this question. A paragraph recently appeared in one of the Cardiff papers stating there was no scheme adopted by Car- diganshire for the teaching of Welsh." One gentleman gathered from that that Welsh was not taught in the Cardiganshire Schools. Wels,li was being taught, and had been taught in 90 per cent of the schools of Cardiganshire at the present time, and there was plenty of proof in the Inspectors' reports and in the Blue Books that the statement made in the newspaper was incorrect. Principal Roberts. Mr. John Rees, Mr. Bevan. and the Clerk were appointed a com- mittee to draw up a scheme. The- meeting ended after a five-and-a-half hours' sitting. _u-