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--RIIYL URBAN DISTRICT ! COUNCIL.
RIIYL URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. 1 iTIUETS MAINKD AT LAST: THANKS TO COUNCILLORS. NEXT SEASON'S ENTERTAINMENTS. SUNDAY LABOUR STOPPED. ji hoe "bly .meeting of the Rhyl Council was M Cnf*4i,ri Moaid^y■ Mr A. [{ihyd'vveai Jonets, J.P., Wm vioti-Qj,. i r Porks, J-P., occupied the S G a '^e^ There were ai-so present:—Messrs I' U' \n J P-, 11. A. Tiiby, A. L. CW 3 E' t¡Hey, J. LI. Ellis, j p, J. Fnirriwton. J. P., t- I Fred- Wall is, E. George Evans. fer, W' 1tPod! A D. Hill, J. E. Buck- 's (Okirl-^Jones, J.P., A- Rowlands Hea.ltk! m Lloyd (Med'loal Officer of SOr). '> L. G- Hail (G-as and Water Mana- Low~ 7^r A. A. GoodaiR (Surveyor), Mr Ro>bt. Qil„ Inspector) and Mr E- II- Wright Vrv ^^ineer). It « T YEAR'S ENTERTAINMENTS. Coy. re,portod that several meetings of the committee had been held, and that | .)WlT%' letter had been received from ~y<XLr' *a*rm'g linos., .of Cheltenham, as to next Mr i\ cnt-ertainm ents — W kill reference to out Jx>ur ry^'S tor view with your Council, will ar»d neait us the Pavilion and Gardens, Pay) i, Vf ,rui1' we please (and believe will ptovjjjp higli^laas attractions ? We will then. I upl;<x-t) every thing required, except rates and j r^xx-jT)! l>ay you ten i#er cent. of the gross | taJdiir^' negotiations tihat are at present [ will P'aCG be successful, and wo believe tliey rwWlfj°,|l*i of t:fie attractions we should provldie rwWlfj°,|l*i °' (^K' attractions we should provide ijou a celebrated London orchestra. If bettcj-<iilPO a ^lx'c'^ 311 m < a rental, you had brvsij ltrvaL' ,ls an offer, but on a poroenta.ge 'u will share in any imereased receipts t tJh() g.roater attractions to be provided may yoar x,. Us refers to season a-ri.d not for tike joai- .j uou- for a.n option for second Wie J giving way on the tilirea years. If t° vou^f VV'W inoneaso to 15 per cont. Aft j- t'^Wv fiW>TKl year if we continue. tve Cr Q^wcussion, it, had bee>n dec-id'id "That °c>n,ta^0^Pt the offer of Messrs Barm«' Bros., as subject Jn ^,ie ''rst lw.iviigrapr'h of tlnair le^.ter, f0r ,r tihe poroent.a.ge of the gross receipts bo ,Y '8, >-0uncil beiny 15 per oe.nt. if the tenancy jeot t'U'nu< d for eoason of 1911; and also sub- t\VTxir, ,,orT'1'a'l iT^reenient being' entered into be- due p f Oomicil and Messrs Baring- Bros, for 1106 °f the contract—tiho. entertaiai- on of a fimt-olass lomd and generally |ta-inme l'IU,S theor previous offor- No enter- • ,sa<; "n, given on Sundays otlher than from Pp(: r00'l0ftrt, and Uwtt in the evening only, At fc'U 10'" foilawa su'><iu<:int moetin1"' of the Council, the irw i> In'^r l^th'r wasi also read from Messrs Bar- fet- t,},lQ3' "Many tlianlts for youns. but kindly °ffer' <"r<> no r niietvt and mi g. On our Last Pavj'l^Ve are allowed to run the Gardens and 6i'ajru°n °n linies, but provide a pro- OU-r own ^reoretion that we from our tnost -nCe will pay bes't., and therefore tors ll'>l>reci-a,ted by and acceptable to your visi- Af °Ur r>atron«." by ^j'r ^nsidering' the k-tter, it was proposed th^i^ Wcws, sooondied by Mr T. D. Jones, ban,,i a condition that the iruimber of the 1 ^ot Iojss than fifteen. it Ona division, tlbree only voted for this, and r, iec'a,'e'd lost. dralt 'A)uncil then proneoded to deal wiitih tihe 3°1 eorn,e11'' t>y clause; and after on (V, n°'j a few amendments, as appearing condor? i xt. was proposed by Mr HUJ, se- oorn,r, ^r Wh itley, that the minuftes of the be con('e° as relating to entertainments, 1910. anHW),() r'T' an,d tine draft ag'reenicnt, as now ij -e Pas8°d and approved, a.nd sent to 'k-8 anT1o Bros, for their approval. On ST,WuS carr^'ec' unanimously. fiI On. Fbruary 5th the Council held anotlier a "The draft agreement as altexed saik-ixyt urne^ by Messrs Baring Broti. was oon- left, +.an^ amended; and ultimately it was 60 to ^'°'tor and olerk to alter tilie copy a'Tiend etribody *'le alterations, additions, and urmi-for sion t > Messrs Baring Mt' f'ir ^'eir final approval." *tews 0fW(:? rKMV asked if t.hare was any further iients. ticgotiatioirs as to the eautertain- r'ePii'°d that til 10 draft agreement Barmg Bros- rh^:JAM)HUA* RIGHT OF WAY- niade approved of the arrangements abuttin,n- n,1 r 'll.yno, tihe owner of the land tatytl ? J, sandibil'k batwoen Rhyl and Pres- ,1 r c d<ifining of a 42ft. roadwaV l>a- PiXKatvn^ n "a yWVnii' joint councils of Rhyl, the cost of i •^saP'^1 Rural District to bear V'av. aonig- pol«6 to mark out the road- It Was ,JHH PIER EXTENSION. held by ti** v>^ l'^a^ vaiiious moetings had been TA,'itih rh ,)<5 *voad Committee in consultation With )*rSr,> 'jP'iati-vies of the. Pier Company he Pi«r& r,^ Order for the exteaision of Otxler "h i t ^/<>ull'a'l and the promoters of the ters been able to arraaige certain mat- It «. THE OOAST EROSION. It Was reportoo that ^ps had been taken to ti-in nf u on foreshore for' the prot/ec- tftoiir«^i Ti S?w'er °utfaH, but the work (had be«n of !ur.y oo^ste'uairdls, on tiie orders l>oard of Trade, whose oonsont li-ad to be owaaned to the oarnymg out of the work. Mr E. G. Evan." said it was an instance of the ast. intelligienoe of the Road Committee in carrying- out work for which they had no auttho- vsty (laugihter). Tb» iiikjlligienoo of the Rood Coin- rilittee *is still in statu quo (loud laughter). i.'L Mr Evans said lie wanted to know wlhotiher ,had boon thrown avvav, and how lu"uclli had ),-On spent. awav T^plie|d that it had not been thrown ooui^e" H'a OOJlsen;t would be- receiv-sd in due taken" in hand* "'hen the wo, k was flr^ bcJnr £ rnaet'n10foT'dl notic^ that authority had Sd hf' vv sli f Tng ln ^'d- Z r to ^0W w,hy tih^.v had not been Thl « 1 6 Weak, Slx>ts P°int^' out- e^ynes hl'lTl t]"iU lle fouTld that the poj T,J T!i P"4 ^°Wn ansAver,ed their pur- to pUt an W 1 11 t it would be neoessary BeaJ^n "y m°r° <!own unt:1 <>'e end of tho of K'ravLi f OOIniP'a'r"cd of tihe removal it W juI,] 1' f^c^hore. and suggested that ri^ 1 t,ho ATO3t *mi <>f the shore, moval of rve^or. sajd f',f> bad jiermitted tihe re- five or K\,er(V< m on,& Point where it was ■whore tv,^ > dee,p, but he had stopped it ™e shorn was weak. allow an'v dad not think tlney should ^fiotjiTn'o- "rajve' t° be removed umfess there was JV|,r '!■ ext;raordli,nanv about it. away wSr pound of gifo-vd you take Mr IIMl beach. taken that, the people who had Avenue i.„ • irom opjiosite Sandringflnam on ^\iinri f'ttered tthe Pr >monadc with it, and Mr wr'i?' P'ace was in a "sihooking state." + ,f'y considered that th>& gravel ques- s 1<>u d be left :n the hands of the Surveyor, no was an efficient officer, but for tihe salce of appearances it was better to remove the grave] from high up the ooadh. Mr Tavcrnor urgied that they should not ailow aT1y gravel to be removed, as the material tra- along the shore and 9ti"enct.henod weak Peaces. H!CWS JrK,v<x' that no gravel be taken away o the Road Committee had considered tho TVT question. r 1'rimston seconded, and tlie mat tier was ei ix>d to the Road Committee. w SAND ACCUMULATIONS. Bccur^f1^ WaI& raised the question of sand tihat +vf i1?118 "Pl^te Plast.irion. it was stated band a<J Committee had the matter in M Iti,WIIAT 18 IN A NAME? to fin.rl 8ai<t he notiioed that the Clerk was How tv a m0ro suitable name for Morfa Baah, had h^, 1>I^ was beii;nig improved. He I rcot t tihe owners of the property would *t ('aught^.)^ U'nytblr^ w'th "Bach" (small) in Mr inr"r'C he had a name to submit. Waa inf<->r.US ^.i^ted to its being mentioned- It to the in.uTn^10n w^uo'1 should be first, submitted laugJ^t^r) °f the Road Committee (loud the r, 1 ^1 not mind wihat thoy called ''and Hitr t could be "Iliill's Place," or "Row- Th^ S 'aoe" for all he cared (laughter). tlien dropped. CARTING CONTRACT. tioii 0f ° ,'y di.scussion took place on tihe ques- tli^ varirf Vjrtls,'ng for tenders f >.r caTting for Chairiria,r)UA .^P^tmonts, during which the Vice- 'iV not in f3 e Uommitteo were oerfcain- had d™ lVOUT °han,gin:g tiheir carter, \ho factorilv^ work for many years most sat.is- aSpi?i'-i7^i 4 a<'vf>for tenders. The r^ l„IV,A^E STREET WORKS. Oarryino. n ?' f ;d to give notice for the Batho urtroH t^ prl,vato »fcreet works, and Mr as soon V, various committees would a number 3^° gel to work, as thf.re were TITI? ^Tt<?.ltiplc(i nw-IM.. The F,n.iIL rAI]NlNG OF ROADS* to the m.air,; nuil'W|ee re.[>orted as follows k^r* loads:The Clerk laid ^ainijw 1 r'lllt'tee a draft agreement for .the north v!? !?Vay' commeJicing at tihe foot Railway Brirlo™ aPPr<>ach to tlie Vale Road ./10e of 112 'j 2 Kinmei-street for a dis- to its junction with Bodfar- a yards to it« 0c^01'-»tI,eet for a di.?tanoc of i]j?noe alone- vvni?-tl0n witil Wellington-road, yarcis ;,1^t>n- roaxl for a distance v)r,. of the nortik Its un,ctlon witn and at tlie •f'OLin^Tt?rl1 aW'roa'oh t° the P^oryd W„ "^Pair of to ynde.rl.ake tihe mamtcn- CouTi^ lst of Arsajd lengths of main roa-d wSSS' i 1910 ■ »»<< 'h- <*»•>* in f the road P*? to OUl" Council in th<» cr** ^°ar. a sum n month of Deceanber and th^ °J maiT*ton1;Lnj!?UaJ to I10,1" °f year. „ rePai'" of the road, The olv? ^t^oates in eadh oSifiT'S"«»^uhVr the abr>„ ma,1n Gra n,a PI''lca"<m by our be ^mem^^on^d ",?! «tc„ a, well as for tS of roads- !t wiH fcenance madc s-rarnS l151'^ Counoil liad discontUM?! roads ,t<>v*:ardis the main- Xh? havl»€ regolved to *he full hoes of are Jref>aP6d SEScon, fr" rnaintenanoe t, to Pay titiji committee h»o. ^I:ng a matter of roconirnend that the draft agreement lie approved by our C uin- cil, wiitih power to tho seal key liokkvrs to affix tbo comimon seal of the (^ouncsil to t-lio cnigix>s»- mont when received by the Olerk." (,'hairman said he was pksisod to see the report, which he 0 >nsideax3d was legibly safcisfao- tory. He rklill; the Council that )!hyi was not the only plato wiiiih had fctt aggrieved a.t the way it was troateo by Courrty CVmnciLs. In the previous woek's papers tlliey would have noticed that Mr George Beva.il had fought bard for Coilwyn Bay. and had ] > Tinted out how (his town, like Rhyl, bad sufleivxl. R-hyl as well as Cohvvn Hay had been fighting for jastioo over titic roads question, and he thought that, apart from politics, they should t-hank the coun- cillors and akJeimien f.r An Rllyl who had workcxl so hard for tiheni (iiiear, hoar). Mr E. G. Ev anis I to a point of order, and said he had not come tlhore to liston to a h,rrungll,e on the well-bccrag or weH-u ;i of tihe county oouncillora. It was s.'mply bolsteaing tihom up" to pass a vote of tihankis. The Chairman romJidied Mr Evarus that lie was in the chair, and that what he wad talking a.bout was thoroughly in ordor (hear, hear)- lie did a vote of tlxtnii., to tibear repreeenta- tives on the County (ouncill, and ooinsfidered tihat they worn indebtipd to CouiniaiHoi's II. A. TOby, J. H. Ellis, and W. J. P. Stoiey, with Aldermen S. Perks and W. Elwy Williams for the work they had done on the County C jurucil for Rhyl (hear, bear). They hail1 tried to do their begi., aind had nen"ved tlie town well. In fact they had pugnaciously fought for Rhyl for many years. flthose gentlemen had .secured for the town the main.ng of the road from title foot r' of the Vale-road BT1.dge to the Foryd BrJdg'o. He did not speak from anf, f>oliti<'al or seotarian standipoint" 11. those gentlemen included Conster- vatIveli and, Liberals and Nonconformists as well a.s Churchmen. Ho prrJiX*sed a vote of thanks to them as representatives of Rhyl. Mr Philips said he had, pleasure In secondring- It did not matter to ihim who the fieople were. So long as they worked for Ithyl ajid did some- thing for tibe town they deserved the thanks ol tlie Council- lie could not ag^ive with Mr Eval16 on the position he had taken tip. Mr IliM also associated himself with the re- marJQ. of tihe Ohaarman* He cona:dered that the town had a groat, dleal to thamk tlhoee gentle- men. Mr T. D. Jones said he also joined in the vott- of thanks, but at the same time he had to lyolnt out that there was some danger in pursuing the policy they were now pransing. illhyl had to pay heavily for any maining* that took place. Mr Til by: We have had to 7. ay all along, but had little an return. Mr T. D. Jones added that* there had been a tendency on the part of the County Council to niake footpaths and to improve main roadts. Mr Tilby: Yes, in the OOtUutry districts, but not i-n Clio towns. Mr T. D. Jones added tihat Rhyl had to pay heavily for all new work, and in any new main- ing Rhyl had to pay directly, as it was the largest contributor to the county funds. The Vioe-Chairman thanked the Chairman for his remarks, and said that he had at. one time oppayad tlboe policy wthicih had ii /vv been^adopted. because the main mads cxpe-m fell heavily on Ribyj. In fact, the County Council was now being assked for somainy things that he expected next to hear people asking' tliem to clean tiheir windows for them (Laughtor). Mr E. G. Evans referred to certain figures, and remarked that he understood that they would lose the £ 150 they had had for RhyL How much more would they also lose under this new aarratige-iiient Mr Tilby said they would still get the J3150 and a little more. In the past they had had 60 per cent, of t.he cost of the roads, but now they would get the whole. The vote of thanks liaviog' been carried, Mr Tilby acknowledged, and remarked that he was in full st. iiipath-y with Mr T. D. Jones, but they could not Icae sigiht of the fact that at onie meetiiiig of the County Council a snatched vote had decided that all urban districts should no longer receive grants to district roads. That was -at the next but the dan- gler of an adverse vote stiiil remained, and the course now adopted had secured Rhyl for the future. Instead of having grants only for dis- trict ioiaAZ thty had secured the maining ci one road, and they 8till stood to get, the distiict road grant, so they wem better off. Some five years ago the expenditure on iria-i roues was £ 11,000. but now it had gone up ta 1;16,000, and Rhyl had to t)czli- one-sixth of that, but they had had little in return- It was time they altered tiheir pol:cy a.s to the mainrirug of roads, and they had accordingly done so with benefit to Rhyl. If they to:;ik tihe Union basis they found that while the St. Asaph Union only had soizie 50 per cent- for loads from the county, otiheir Unions had 100 per cent. That was the first injustice. Secondly, with the exception of Prestatyn, Rhyl had one-edghth of its proportion of support for roadts- At lenig't'.h there was some recognising of justice, and Rhyl had secured the first measure of it. They had done what they considered was best for the interests of Rhyl. VOTES OF THANKS. A vote of thanks was passed to tihe Chairman for recent,ly entertaining the officials, workmen and chairmen of committees to dinner, and also to the Clerk for presenting to tlie Council a fira.med oo-pv of a photograph presented to him by Mr J. H. Ellis. THE MARINE LAKE. Negotiations were reported to be well ad- vanced for providing the Marine Lake with various attractions yuoh as a water chute and S!jd& shows, but as the agreement has not yet been definitely decided upon the m.iwuiteis were treated as "private and confidential." TAXI-CABS FOR RIIYL. Tlio Road Committee recommended that an application by Measns Peter Edige, Ltd., for per- mission to run two taxi-cabs in Rhyl be grantiwl until the next annual licensing melting, and that, their licence be then olio-n to renewal. Mr E. T. Evans moved that the report be re- ferred back, and pointed out tha.t there seemed to thavoe been a great deal of hurry over the matter as the application was granted the same dJay as tlie letter was written. Mr Wallis seconded, and urged that the mat- ter should stand oxer until tine anniuial licensing meeting when all applicati:-ns could be dealt witih. They had already decided agairust motor char-a-bancs; yet they "pushed for taxi-cabs." Mr Phillips thought that Messrs Peter Edge's enterprise should be encouraged. He was pleased to find that the Road Committee were waking up. and that they had reached that stage when they could deal with an application on the day it was received (laughter). Mr Till by: I see you are g'etting in toucih with the work (laughter). Mr Phillips: Some people take care we do not get in touch with the work. lie added that it would be a mistake to stifle enterprise. Mr Ilill also congratulated the Road Commit- too on its smartness, and hoped they would be supported. The report was adopted by a large majority. NO SUNDAY LABOUR. The Vioe-Chaiirman announced that in conse- quence of tihe improved plant at the gasworks Sunday labour ha.d been done away witih from the previous day until Aug'ust (hear, bear). THE LIBRARY. A gift of a volume entitled "Welsh Political and Educational Leaders in the Victorian Era" was reported from. Mr W. J. p. Storey for the Library. The salary of librarian was in- ereaised by JS10 from April 1st next. NEIGHBOURLY FEELING- It had been recommended by the Sanitary Committee not to receive a deputation from the St. Asaph Rural District Council on the question of the Isolation Hospital, but the Council decided that the Clerk should deal with the matter in "a mare neighbourly feehng." SUNNY RHYL. The Surveyor reported that the amount, of bright sunshine registered from December 19th, 1909, to January 22nd. 1910 (35 days) was 87 hours 15 minutes, an average of 2 hours 30 minutes per day.
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COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS. \VALE OF CONWAY CANDIDATES. The following are the candidates up to date for the several County Council seats in the Con- way Vaei, L'anrwst (Urban)Mr T. Rogers Jones (L.), retiring member. Llangcrniew and Eglwysbaoh: Cot Sand- bach, J.P. (O.); Mr John Williams, Ffridd Ucha (1..>. The Liberal majority against Col- Sand bach last- election was only 7. Liianrwec (Rural): Rev. H. Rawson Wil- liams (L.) Treiriw:—Mr R. H. Williams, LJy", Gwl-ad- VS Bettwsycoed and Dolwyddelen Mr T. Grif- fith. Gwvdr Ucha (Ind.). The roriring ine-mber is Mr It. O. Davies, solicitor, and it ;<s not yet known whether he will seek re-election.
lVIR. C. H. BURNS AT PUBLIC…
lVIR. C. H. BURNS AT PUBLIC HALL, COLWYN BAY. Mr C. I L Burns, the humorous vocalist and novelty instrumentalist, who is appearing at the Public Hall this week, in conjunction with Mr llarrv Reynolds' animated pictures, I)as scored a great success, and undoubtedly established himself as a warm favourite with the audiences who frequent the popular picture theatre. In oonsequenee, Mr Burns has been re- engaged for next woek. He is an old member of the famous "Livermore OJurt" Minstrel", where he was a popular "corner'' man for many years. He has also appeared in connection with other well-known enter- tainments, and his varied inimte wit and sense of refined humour ensure visitors to t he hall of an ex'- cellent critc-rtainiiieiit.
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At the Conservative Hall, Hevwood. on Sat- urday evening' the Mayor of lleywood (Coun- cillor Charles Coupe-) publicly -presented to Mr Natihan Bury, a member of the I ley wo xl Grundy S«iinmin^r Club, a certificate awarded the Royal Humane Society for saving the lives of three I men at Cohvyn Ba.y in August a<The tloath is announced of Captain D- H. Mytton, of Garth, Welshpool, one of the most prominent public mon in Montgomeryshire.
EHYL COUNTY SCHOOL SPEECH…
EHYL COUNTY SCHOOL SPEECH DAY. SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WORK. LORD MOSTYN ON HIS "ROUND THE WORLD" TOUR. The ai.uuuul "speech day" was ouie-bnated by Use Rhyl OJunlóY Solioal txsholani at, the Town liall on Monday. Mr S. Perks (chairman ol the Governors) pre--iided. and he was acoom- pyirtied on the platform by Lord and Lady Mostyn, the Hon. Miss Mostyn, lie v. Thomas Lloyd (vicar), Mr P. 1'- lViivnani. (oha pnan of Secv.i.idary School Commiittoe), Mr G. A. Ta\ciTK,r, and Mrs De Ranoc. A pietty incident took jii-iioe at the opening of the proeoedii.-igs, when Miss Gw-ew SatchweJ (.he youngest pupil in tJse school) presented Lady Mostyn with a k'ndsome bo-u^uet of daffodilis and tulips. Tlie Chairman, his opening remarks, said they had for several yeans been looking forward to the ploajwre of the presence o-f Lord aDd Laid-y M,œ;YiI on the oooaaioa of the school's speech day, and he was very p'eaaed to welcome them that afternoon. He assured Lord and Laxly Moseyn that ,he delay bad iia no way dim .wished their appreciation of their kindness (hear, hear). Lord Mostyn wau always ready to hei!|> forward all work in .he Prjfici[>a.iity, and on the County Education Committee his lordship bad takllu a continuous in to res;, in the question of education (applause). Lord Mostyn had also given s'ubstantnal heip ro the Holywell C'ounity School. In every way his lordship had eviineeil a great interest in education throughout; F:'i,nt",hirc, especdally with ri_igard to secondary ii As regardis '.i;e;r old frk^id, Mr Pennant, that was not the fir,t time they had scon hrn on a Rhyl pla.form, and they recog- nised the jiosition he heldl ais an authority on education, holding an he did office in the higher plaine of education. No doubt much of T' he success of the Flintshire Secondary Schools was d.u-e to the work of Mr Peuna.m, iii.:d, speaking as a governor of the Rh.vi- b6H<x> he say ibat wheraave-r he was in any difficulty he had always obtained the sympathy of Mr Pennant, who had been ever ready to help the Ithyl school (applause). He would leave the work of the school .0 t,he head master, but in pacsing lie wished to congratulate their townsman, Mr J. F. on the spleirwtid sucoetas of his son, (applause). He hoped the young main would go on and enjoy a successful career in :he courts 0.:1 wliioh he had entered, and which was now so pi-cruising- As to education genera.Uy, he felt t,h-a.t when there seemed to be so much renitc-tis oppo,:tion in all walk's of life the treiJid of teaching in schools should be to equip the pupils for commercial life. He d.;d not SAy that ail shouJid specialise in thai;, one branch, but thiore should be for every scholar an op- portunity fic.ing hint for a useful business career. Even i.f England was not the nation of shopkeepers they had hetlrd so much about, -hey should remember that they were a nation of business people. He was struck with ':l1e ten- dency to increase the number of subjects taught. He mig-ht be right;, or he might be wrong, but he felt there should be mote concentration on some lincs for commercial purposes. They should allso try and increase the number of years children were in the schools. Again, he fell; that not only were the number of subjects too numerous', but i.heir length was too exact- ing- Speaking from exjierieno? at. examinaticintj1 he bad often eeen children leaving the exam cia- ticn room tired and languid. That could no: be g-ood for either the children or t'heir educa- tion. Parents should keep in closer couch with the teachers, so that they ocu 4 ascertain 'he trend Off the abilities of vheir children. In conclusion, the chairman referred to tlie rccrea- tlye aide of the school work, and remarked .i)at at present they bed fields for playgrounds, but the time migh; not be far distant when those fields would be required for buildings, aind he hoped that some generously-disposed person would come forward and secure land for t'he school for recreation purposes (hear, hear). THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT. The Headmaster (Mr W. A. Lewis, M.A.) then read his rcpor; as follows:—The report for the year ending July, 1909, is ci.i the whole ex- tremely satisfactory. The number of pupils is SLiightlv lower than chat of last year, and in spite of the trying weather we experenocd the attendance was very good. being boys 93 and girls 96.5 per cent. There has been no change on the staff during- tho year, and I thank them "IJJ for the cxoelktiv. way in which they per- formed their several duties. The report, of the Central Welsh Beard, wheh is the regular school examining bedy, showed thai; we main- tained a high standard. As might be expected, wiiien 75 different papers! wore tiakci.i xn the school, some subjects were bett&r and others were worse than ill farmer years, but- the gen- eral results showed great improvement. The list of ccrt lioai.e wminers given in the programme will indicate how sucoevsful we were- The number of subjects required is five, but on an average our pupiils passed in eight, with two dJs- tincionts. Every pupiU passed La mathematics. bl sc}¡.c,:>a.ni.hip cO]IJ.¡,etit,ion5 we kept, up our average, J. E. Bayliss beinig head of the list of county candidates for ho.iours, and gaining an exhibition of £ 40 (applaut-). Fl-crr;e Lan.gton was awardicd an exhibition of E30, being fourth oa the list (hear, hear). At the examination for entrance scholarships a; Bangor University Col- lege, J. E. Baylies was awarded a Tate Exhibi- tion of £ 15. I may mention that Bayliss gained the head Minister's prize for the best paper in the examination by getting full marks in all honours papor OJl DJferential CaJÜ1IJ.116" (bear, hear), In the other examinations for which a few of our pupils enter we have been as successful as in -former yeam-and so have been our old pupils at the Universities. The pupil teachers after the excellent record Ln 1908, were disap- pointing, though I rather think this is due to raising of th.e s aiida-rd owing to the severe com- petition among elementary teachers, as I find we are slightly above the avenage for North Wales. A\ the entrance scholarship last June, the number of candidates se-mi in by the rlrral districts w is 51. against 14 by the town schools. This is a significant c-rcuinstance in view of the regulation which has been recently issued1 by the Board of Education. La furtherance of the Ijolioy that every boy and girl, who is desirous, of it. should have an oppor. unity of gett ag a secondary -education,the Board require 'the schodl Governors to admit cine in every four of the new pupils to rhe school as free eehokrs. This 1"(gU;.atitÆ will have a very far-reaching effect. on the secondary .schools in the next few years To eciable this to be carried out the Board of Education has given largely increased grants. knowing well t.hat the only permanent reform in a school sys.em is that conseci u-ent upon more adequate financial rreourots and' a. more thorough 1 .rofeswional training of the teacher. At the same time it does not belittle the guiding- principle of English OOUoat:I.,I;1. A few words on the school curriculum may be of interest, as next year we. propose introducing a slight alteration. At. present all pupils who wish to take up Welsh have to learn tjjree languages in addition to English, and this entails a very seveie strain on the pupils. After this year we are going \0 adopt a new scheme. Every pupil w 11 have to choose lietween French ami Welsh, which are educationally simitar, as they are living, lan- guages. The teaching of Welsh in a- town like Rhyl, which is not purely Wellsh, has been a matter of great difficulty, and this difficulty is increased by the fact, that the professions do not recognise Welsh as an alternative to Frel.ioh and German- However, this scheme, which is not without its drawbaobs, seems to have worked well in other schools. The school curriculum is, of course, mainly prescribed by tlie Board of Education, and is designed to give a boy or girl a thoroughly liberal and practical education—to fit them either for the University, the pro- fessions, or for a commercial car. The older classical learning claims and receives eannes; at- tention., and at the same time exceptional facili- ties are provided for those who require a scienti- fic Dad commercial training. Thus, you will see, our curriculum must of necessity embrace many subjects, but. through it aid, like a golden thread, there runs an system—an ideal i system which tmes before all ro fulfil two (asks; to develop t.he physique of the pupil, to make himself in alWrespects healthy and capable of r<a.til.a,.ioL,. and to harden him against physical and moral injury. And secondVy. to produce in the vigorous body an independent, firm char- acter to accustom the pupils to absolute truth, candour, and resourcefulness; to teach them to quickly and independently find the right thing and to execute it—in a word. to make thean worthy citizens of a great and glorious empire (applause).. PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. Lady Mostyn then distributed the prizes, the lis1; being as follows:— Girls :—VI.: Form, F. M. Lang ton. V.: Form, G. J. Davies; second, A, Dyson. IV. Form. G. Mar low; second, E. Glynn Dav:es. III.: Fonn, H. Pepper; second, G. M. Harrison. 11. Form, I-I. Marlow second, G. Taylor; third, 11. Clewley. I.: Form, G. W. Hill; second. E. Douglas; third, E. E. Jones. Ib.: Form, P. M. I-Po vd. Headmistress's prize for Frcnch: H. Marlow and H. Clewlev. Pupil, teachers: F. M. Arnold. B:>\v»:—VI.: Form and headmaster's prizc- for best paper. J. g. Bayliss. W,: Form, T. H. Bayliss. HI- Form, H. M. Roberts; second, W. Harrison, II Form, A. J. White; second, V. H. Roberts. la.: Form- F. C. Hubbard; second, II. Robhson third. ('. Wright. Ib. Form., J. P. Jones. General progress: H. \Y. Lewis- The successes in 1908-9 were :— Former puifxik a; the Unwonsittes:—Oxford, C. T- Kirtland, honoura in final school of history; Aberystwyth, T. H. Evàms. finst-olass honours in cIk'niistrv, intermediate soienee Bangor, II. Thomas, ordinary B.A.; J. D. Jones, ordinary B.A. T. E. Jones, intermediate sciecioe; W. E. RobertB, final li-A- Durham, H. Jjloyd Jones, Inter. 0. Arts. » Scho1.arsh;p; John E. BayFiss (open tK>unty exhibition), top of the list. JS40 per annum for three years; Fje.renee M. Langton (county ex- hibition). £ 30 per annum for three years; John E. Bayliiss (Tane Exihibition, £ 15 pier aanurri for three years), entrance scholars hp et, University Coiilege, Bangor. ("P.IT,-Ya, Weish BCI.rd Certiticates :—Honours John E. Bayliss; higher stage, ehemiBtxy lower Latin; higher mathem-atics; Floreaioe I^an-gtoti, lower stage, history, Latin, additional Mathematics French (with conversation). Sonior: Thomas II. Bay I 88 (6. with honours, French); Gwladys J. Davies (6, with honours, French and dis- Latin); Annie Dyson (7, with honours, French); Annie Hol.gate (6); Gladys E. M.orlow (9. with dist. of geography). Junior: Hilda M. Clewley, Enfys Glyn Dav:cs Arthur Draycott, Lilian M. Evans, Israel Goldsmith, Gladys M. M. Harriaon, Waiter Harrison, Edi'-i M. Joaee. llardld W. Lewis, Hilda M. Manlow, Muriel Owon. Hikla Pepper, Robert W. Pierce, Ilu-gh M. Robetrte, Grace Taylor. BesStha Wil- liams aind Gladys WitHisums. Paissod in Con vertsationjul French: F. Laaig- ton, T. H. Bayli.SK, G. J. Davies, A. Dyson, A. Rolgaite, (J. Marlow, E. G. Davies, L. M. Evans, J. Goldsmith, W. Ilaci-is^n, H. Pe.ppor, 11. M. Roberts, and B. Williams. London Umvonsiity Matriculation: John E. Baylifjs. \Vel«Ji li n.ivcivsitv Mata-iculation: Gladys Davies, Annuo Dyson, Mary cxx>pea', and J. Elvvyn Joikw. Victoria University Matriculation; Wini- fred Trigg-cr. Oxford lxxvaliS (Sonior): Florence Arnold, ElLa ,M. Ryiles, and Daisy Savikei'. Cambridge Locals (Senior); F. M. Langton and G. A. IjcwIs. Pp&liinktairy Exammation for the Teachers' Certificates: Fllorenoe Arnold. Part I. and Part II.; Lucy Roberts, part 1. and Part II. Gwen B'.MI, Part I.; Lili-atn Joni-as, Pairt- I.; a,n,d Myfanwy Griffiths, Part 1. Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music: G. Edwim Thomas, higher diwiisioD, piaimo; and Harry Edge, higher division, organ. Mr Ijewi.s suiid that on behalf of the atudecntfi and the staff he bogged t-o thank Lord end Lady Mostyn for their kindness in clomlalg there that day. LORD MOSTYN COMPARES WALES WITH JAPAN. Lord Mostyn, in addressiaig the m>:otiiiLg, said that po.rhajw Lady Mostyn would ba letter able to speak to them on the subject of intermediaite sehotx's than himsalf, as her tadyahip had been a governor of the Holy- well County School. They were pleased to be present that day, and to fulfil a promise ixiiade long ago that they would aittend on a spceoh day at Rhyl. He congratulated the school and aeil con,nee bed witth iit on the excellent, work done, and he hoped that Master T. Bay- Iriiss would convey to his brother, J. E. Bayliss, the faot that his successcs had been rcceivwl with marks of a,I)I)rol)afl,oii and appreciation by those assemblod that day (hear, hear). As to education generally, he folit that tV>y ialEn gl and and Wales could congratulate tlieinsteilves that, they had such an excel!it system. Their system meant that the people had to pu.t their hands into their jxxjkets prcftty deeply, but the money had to be fouud unl-ss they were prepared to lag behind otL Cf iiiations. It had baen his jirivilege last ( rT to tour the world, and he had the pleasure of visiting schools An different countries, but the most interoKtiai-g form of odueatiofi was that to be found in Japan, where lie the primary a.nd secondary schools in 'he capital. It was iintaresting to compare the children of Japan with those of this country, and he was particularly struck with the in toll.igcince of the Japanese children, as we 1 as with their manner, cleanliness, and the In te- rest they showed in everything they 'were taught. The children all seamed most A-rx.-ous to learn. In the primary schools when tl ey asked the children a quiostion all at onje put up their hands, and were most ffilrous of showing that thev had taken an interest in what had beciii taught to them. In the seccwi- diary schools the children wer-- kept much longer t.han in Wales, but the system 'was very much on the same lines as the secondary system of Wales. Ocne could not help beng struck with the singing and painting in the Jiaspaneise schools, but while the girls showed iln 131 great ability as painters, their singing cou.id not in any way be compared with tlie singing of the Welsh children. Anyone who had heard the Japanese sing knew that they tuscd to sing on one not, but all that vnas now being changed, and tlie Western form of sing- ing was being introduced. He had spokon to aia English professor who travelled from school toO school, teaching tlie children sing- ing according to the Western form of music, and found that there was a great awakeniing in Jajitan iin singing as well as in other things. He nus pleased to see the Rhyl School doing so well, amd wi,tlt regard to what the Head- master had s-arid, about- languages, lie felt that if they attempted to teach several lan- guages they would find that neither was tangnt properly. They had heard that every student was in future to take either Woi'ish or French. He would have preferred had it been ''Welsh a,nd French," as with a know- lodge of English aii-I Frcaieli one could find his wa.y all over the world. No doubt Welsh was important to those who lived in this coun- try, but comparing the commercial values of NVciisli and French they would realise the enormous value and bene lit a knowledge of French was to any person. At the same time, a knowledge of Welsh was most useful. He again thanked the audience for the ki.11d re- ception they had given lady Mosityn on tlnalt occasion, and to assure them that it had been a great pleasure for her to distribute the pniaes (applause). He also wished to thank Mr Bryan War hurst for the great musical treat the aiiiklrein had given that after- noon Mr P. P. Pennant also briefly addressed the meeting. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE PLAY- GROUND FUND. The Chairma,n stated that Mir G. A. ner bad kindly subscribed t5 towar-Ls tho fund for securing a playground for the school. Lord Mostyn then announced that Lady Mostyn and himself would also be pleased to give = £ 5 each to the saane fund (applause). Votes of thanks to Lord and Lady Mostvn, to Mr Pennant, and to the Chairman oom- cluded the proceedings, the. boys giving hearty cheers on the motion being put. During the afternoon the following pro- gramme was excellently rendered, ilnder the direction of Mr Bryan E. Waah-urst, A.R.C.M., L.R.C:M. Pianoforte duet, "L'Allegro Seherzando" (Carl Bohm), Miss Alice Hughes a.ud Clement Hughes; part-eong, "Gipsies We" (Franz Abt), the School ChoIr; recitation, "What is time?" Miss Gladys Hill; song, "Master Brough; pact-song, "Play the Game" (F. G. Russell), (solos, Harry Edge amd Arthur Brough); song, "Tros y G/aa'Peg," Percy Jones; part-song, "Wills{tering Wimd" (E. T. Labbett), Alice Hughes, Gladys Griffiths, Ethel Havnes, Gladys Hill, Moreno? Lewtas, Dora Roberts, Lilian Walro. Arthur Brough, Archie Clinch, Harry Edge, Harold Robinson, and Bertie Warhurst; song, "I think," Art,hur Brough: part-song, "Can y BAodau" (Dl. Lloyd), the School Choir; "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau" (solo by Thomas H. Jones), and "God Save the King" (solo by Miss Gladvs Hill).
------POSrfIVE LLANDUDNO WITNESS.
POSrfIVE LLANDUDNO WITNESS. A Llandudno witness, who gave her evidenco yeans ago, now endorses it in a. most positive NL,U r-L way, addÆ immeasurably to its vaJue. r When first spe-akiing of her oa:-ye, Mj-g E. Bes- wick of 11, l'rospoot Place, Ty-Gwyn, Lhui- d'udno,, said:—"tor a number of years I was a gireat sufferer from kidney trouble. I had severe pains in tlie small of iny back, and eometimes they would cateli me quite .suddenly. I became so weak that I could hardly get up after bending down, and many a titme had to tahe bold of something to help myself up- 1 aJso suffered with my head, and my heart, seemed to be a.f- fected. I was feeling very ill a.t tlie time I 00- gan using Doan's baekaone kidney pills, but I am g'lad to say they diid me a world of good. They quite cured me of all tho pains. (Signed) (Mrs) K Beswick." Nearly 3 years after making the above statement, Mrs Beswick said :—"I have .enjoyed the best, of health si nee I was oared by Doan's backache kidney pills." Doan's backache kidney pills are two shillings and ninopenee per box, or six boxes for thirteen shilling's and ninepence. Of all chemists and stores, or post-free direct from the Foeter- McClellan 00.. 8, Welk-street, Oxford-street, London, W. Be sure you gtet the same kind of pills as Mrs IVeswick had.
CROWN LANDS IN CAH-, NARVONSHIRE.
CROWN LANDS IN CAH-, NARVONSHIRE. REPORT OF A COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, A f'i>eoial meeting of the Carnarvon-ili ire County Council is to be held to-day (Thursday) to consider the rejiort of the committee appointed "to inquire into and report on the Crown and Common Lands in the County." The committee whilst holding that tlie report does not by any means give a complete account- of the rights of Common which the inhabitants of the county are entitled to enjoy believe that the facts already brought to their knowledge and included in the report, sufficiently justified the action of the Council in enquiring so far iltto the matter and in calling for a fui.'er inquiry in more effective form hereafter. From the re- turn in Appendix E of the report of the Welsh Land Commission, it np|>eared that at that time there were about 693,628 aoree of waste. common, or unenclosed land in Wales The total quan- tity enclosed since 1797, is estimated at over a milkm acnes ( jir one-fiftdi of the total acreage of Wales) was much as it was estihiated in 1795 there were 1,696-827 acres of waste or uiien- .closed land in Wales. According' to Mr Russell Senvraiy's estimate, 84,110 acres 1 rood of un. enclosed land- still belonged to the Crown- The total acreage sold arxi unsold therefore amounts to 364-801 acres 3 roods 1 perch. If no sale at all had taken place the Crown would have at this moment in Wales an estate in severalty, fVeed from ail Common Rights of nearly 2CO-GCO acres and ilioic than 120,000 acres of land si b- jeet to Rights of Common- laking the acreage of Wales and Me>nmouthslure to be ..bout 5.120,000 acres, t-ne Crown would in that, case have been now seized of about one-fourtocnth of the who-le area of the County in question whilst by the sales the Crown has lost the g'lX'at in- crement in the value of this large proportion of the area, during the last, hundred years. The Grown, saya the report- are entitled to the following land and mineral rights in Eho county, viz., land, 8288 acres; mineral rights, 10,986 acres; mineral rights in lands enclosed from Common L, 31,6-49 acres and aooording t-) the Government returns of the owners of land, published in 1373, it was estimated that there were then Commons or WasteLands in the county to the extent of 14,563 acres, 0 roods, aind 12 perches OONWAY UNION. The Town Clerk of Conway wrote to the com- mitOOe No Orowm Land within the Borough of Conway. The Corporation are Lords of the Manor and are the owners of all waste land --and have held the sanio a3 such for the past 200 yeare. Several actions have been brought by 1.00 Crown for possession, but these have failed. Dolgurrog:—The Clerk to this Parish Council writes to say that there Ï3 no Common or Waste Land in the parish. Dwygyfylchi:—A return was received from the lk"I;,k to the PenmaeThmawr Council that there were about 2.000 acres of Common or Waste Land on the mountain in the Urban District of Penmaenmawr, and that it was used by commoners for grazing sheep and ponie-i chiefly, for waterworks pur;*> and as a re- creation ground far visitors. Penrhyn :—The Glork to the Parish Council wrote that the Commons and Waste Lands with- in the parish was all enclosed under an Enclo- sure Act Llandudno:—A return was received from the Clerk to the Llandudno Council referring to allotment No. 28 on the map, situate at Glodd- aeth Mountain, containing 18 percbee, to the Surveyors of Hallways of the parish of Llan- dudn > for the repair of highways, and to the alih-tment numbered 2. situate on Llandudno Mountain,containing one perch to tbo inhabitants of the said parish as a well or watci-ing place. There were also two allot,menus at Eglwysriios. LLANRWST UNION. Eidda. -The Council for this parish regretted their inability to supply the information asked for. Capel Curig, etc.:—It was reported that there arc no Commons or Waste Lands in CajK-1 Curig and the adjoining parishes. Dolwyddelen :—The Chairman of the Parish Council wrote to say that there was no Crown or Common Land in the parish- Bett.w^ cced i—The Clerk to the Urban Coun- cil wrote that there is no Ciown or Common Land in the pariah. FESTINIOG UNION. It was reported that there was no Waste or Common Land in '1 reflys, Ynyscynhaiarn, Bedd- gelert. and Dolbonmaen.
COLWYN BAY PETTY SESSIONS.
COLWYN BAY PETTY SESSIONS. LOCAL TERRITORIALS PENALISED. A WARNING FROM THE BENCH. COLWYN BAY TRADESMEN FINED. These sessions wore held on Saturday, before Mr ivneeshaw (chairman), and other magistrates. first case to conit) before tihe Bench was against- \V. K Conway, a member of the G. (Coivvyn Bay) Coy. of Territorials, who was sum- moned tlie Terri'toi-jal and Reserve Forces Act for failing to render himself efficient by non-attendance at a musketry class fiz-ing prac- tice, thereby rendering fiunseflf liable to a maxi- mum une of Mr T 11. Morgan apj»eared f >r the prosecu- tion. on bahati oi tllie Denbighshire Territorial loree Association. 2nd Lieut. !>>rtii .v-ek, who is now in charge of the Company, produced the defendant's attestation form, ami stated that tihe man had not completed his imtskeiry exercises und-ex Part- Ill. of the form wniclh was the essential pa.rt of tne work, because the government graait was ttiado upon tilie returns under that- head. The orders were put up weekly at tlie Coiwyn Bay Armoury and in the "Pioneer" and "Week- ly Nows." Moreover, on the particular occa- sion in question the defendant had been served IL with a spec..all notice in the form of a postcard, but though that had been sent in ample time lie had not complied with the order. Mr Morgan; Of course, yo-ur worship will know that no sporadic iiotioo is necessary so long as notices are put up at the ivrmoury. Each man is expected, it is his duty in fact to make himself acquainted with the contents 'of tihe notice each week. But in a case like this a special notice is given t-> individuals so that there can be no excuse whatcvor for not oo-m- plyirig with the order. Defendant, who had previously assured the Bench that he had not received t.he postcard on this occasion until 3 p.m., when it was to.) late for him to go to the practice, now said he had roeeived two postcards- Col.-Sergt. Inst- J. 11. Thomas said he had sent the defendant notice on two occasions in ample time. Defendant: You told me in Rhyl that I had no fit-,lig to do. Witness: No. Why should I sc-nd you two ixostcards if you had no firing to do. Witness informed the Berwih tihat he sent out the poet- cards on Ills own behalf ill order to ensure a full attendance at the practice. Replying to Mr Liunlcy, witness said defend- ant had been short of only- ane day at the range, but that happened to bo a 'classification day," which wa« the most important of all. Until he had put in that practice he could not be regard- ed as "efficient" under the rules. The Bench suspended judgment pending' the hearing of other cases. Other defendants cliarged with the same offence were J. Yates, Dundonald-ritad, Colwyn Bay; D. Jones. Tai Newyddion, IJ^sfaen; W. Jones, Spring bank, Rhos-on-Sea; David Roberts, Lincoln-terrace, Coiwyn Bay; W. Williams, Pcnybryn. Old Coiwyn; W. E- Hughes, Tro- car w, Old Oalwvn; D. Jones, 8, Ray.nes-ter- race, Llysfaen; IJewelyn Evans, Manchester Cottage, Colwyn Bay; R. Williams, Rhos Cot- tage, Old Coiwyn; Roger Williams, Penmaen, Coiwyn; Saml. Owen, Rhos View, Peniriaieai; and W. Rcbarts, Brynifynou-tcrraee. Old Coi- wyn, all of whom consented to be tried togetlier. J. Evans, employed by Mes.-jrs J. Fred Francis and Sons, Mows, Coiwyn Bay; It. W. Jones. 1, Station-road, Llysfaen; and C. Hartley, Oak Lodge. Rhiw-road, Colwyn Bay. desired to 1>3 tried separately. Lieut. Borthwick gave additional evidence bearing upon the various cases- W. E. Hughes wa.s absent from camp and not exercised in musketry, having only put in three drills during the year out of a possible ten, which were re- quired for efficiency. Mr Morgan remarked that it was a bad £ aae. In answer to the Bench one defendant add the reason wlit. he had not put in the necessary- practice was that lie had been away at sea, be- cause he could not g'et work in Coiwyn Bay. Mr Morgan You were not at sea in August ? Defendant: No; I was at Oldham. Mr M orga*: They have Territorials there, and you could have completed your drills had you wished. Another defendant stated that he had been loading vessels, and could not 3" cn a Satur- day afternoon in order to go down to the A third said he had been in .hospital at Llan- dudno. a.nd that he had sorit notice to that effect to tilie Armoury. Lieut. Borthwick said that he had not re- ceived any such communication. Defendant handed in a doctor's certificate to the effect that he had been in the hospital. Mr Morgan: But you wei-O well enough to be in camp, and you have had a long time since camp to put in the drills-" Defendant: But 1 was in bed again after the camp. Lieut. Borthwick Tha.t may be so, but I personally know nothing' at, all about it. The Chairman: Was it because yo-u were ill that you did not go to drills Defendant: Yes, sir. Mr J W. Lumley inquired how many there were in the Coiwyn Bay CorrT^wimy now v Lieut. Borthwick We are at present 80 strong. Mr Lumley: Is tlie discipline strict or not? Lieut. Borthwick It is as strict as it is pos- sible to have discipline in the Territorial Forces. Mr Lumley: Then how can you account for 17 members of the oompany not obeying the orders in this wayIs there any collusion be- tween the men ? Mr Morgan W" are not suggesting anv ool- lusion. Lieut. Borthwick: No. I do not. think there is any collusion. We stand very well as coni- pared with some other companies, and it is my opinion tihat they have NOT GRASPED THE RESPONSIBILITY which tihey undertake Joseph Evans, who said that in Conway they had been told that, the Territorial movement would make no difference at all to emplo., ment, contended t:hat he had made every effort to make him&oK efficient, and asked why was he brought there that day Lieut. Pworthwiek: The County Association have biouight him here, ad tihey lose the grant on him, as he was not efficient- > In reply to Mr T. II. lorgn. defendant said lie had had a long serv-icc. having been in South Africa. He knew all the conditions, and he contended that a man could niake himself effi- cient- in one day. Sergt,. Thomas said that was impossible as Territorials were only allowed to fire 20 rounds ad-tv. W. Jones, Rhos, said: I couid n ,t come down to the test matoll (laughter). Mr Mongan said the iatst, three cases were of a mild ciiaz-ac-ter, and these proceedings had been broughi against the men merely toO shoOW them that, they must fulfil the conditions. When men failed to make themselves efficient, it entail- ed a loss t) the county of 23s for eacli main. After the magistai-tes had considered their do- cision in camera, the Chairman said they had taken great trouble oyer those cas»es as they wore the first of the kind which had come be. fore them. The defendants knew when enter- ing the force tha-t they had to startd tests, and he was sorry to hear the excuses which had be-on put forward by yc'u'rfg' men who desired to de-- brnd t-li i, country, effjeciallv when they found that one of t-ham had known what discipline was, and ought to have known better. They had decided to line Llew. Evans, Saml. Owen. Win. Roberts, and C. Hartley a shilling and costs each- and all tlie otlnetrs 55 and costs each. They would not grant, an advocate's fee, because they thought that that was a du-ty which fell upon the County Association, and the fee should be paid by them.
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NEW MISSION CHAPEL FOR LLANRWST.
NEW MISSION CHAPEL FOR LLANRWST. HAPPY INAUGURAL PROCEEDiNGS. •d The M Chapcl recently erected in Back W ataing-vstreet, Llanrwst, in connection with the Scion C.M. Chapel, was formally opened on Thursday evening, when the pas- tor and deacons of the parent church gave a tea party in the now building to ]bJ adults and children. The tables were in charge of Miss Williams Waterloo House; Miss Jones, WiLW-stroet • Mrs D. Ellis, Mrs J. R. Jones, Miss Davies', Wern; Miss W ulhams, Bank View Ntm E. Iughc, Mrs Hughes, Borwynfa, Miss Wil- Lanis and M,iss Madge Jones, Manchester Clothing Stores Mrs Williams, Gw\nfa- Miss Jones Haulfrc; lrs Roberts, Tanyfon went; and Mlss Jone.s, Llys Idwal. Miss Rob-rls Grosvcnor House, catercd successfully. Tiie tables having lx-en cleared a MISCELLANEOUS MEETING was held, Mr D. J. Williams presiding, in the unavoidable absence of Mr T. Rogers Jones, lhe accompanists were Mr Norman Rogers Jones and Mrs Williams, Gwynfa Thc^ad- judtcators were:— Musric, Mr* John Davies Wern; and recitations, Mr W. H. Willi-ams Station House. The awards were as follows:—Solo (girls under 10): 1, Catherine Ann Davies, 2, Slay Roberts. Reciting 2nd Psalm: 1, Catherine AnJl Davies. Solo (boys under 10): 1, Robert Hughes. Solo (girls under 14): 1, Catherine Ami sn-d Lily Davjos (,cquW); 2, Jonnic Jones. Solo (boys under 14): 1, Samuel Jones; 2, Willie Jones; 3, William Hughes. Recit- ing from Proverbs: 1, Pliylis Savin 2, Thos. Jolin Jones. Boys choir: throe choirs com- peted, aJJ composed of boys, and conducted by bovs, each little party performing very well. The first prize was awarded to the choir conducted by Mr George Thomas, and the second prize to Mr Hugh Morris Davies' choir. The following also took partRecitation, (xiaoe Ann Lloyd solo, Mrss Thomas, George- street recitation, Margaret Mary Davies; duet, Misis GwynetJi Roberts and Miss Meta Williams; recitation, Annie Haekle. Several tunes were also rendered by the children Mr Norman Rogers Jones, the superintendent of the Sunday School, and Mr J. R. Jones the secretary, who were resiionsible for the even- ing's arrangements, are to be congratulated on the success of the meeting, Which was largely due to their unremitting labours u issi<)n Room' wJlich situated behind Watlmg-street, was completed a few weeks ago. It is a weJl-buUt stone structure, and accommodated on Thursday evening a-out 250 persons. It is adequately heated with gas radiators, wliile it is quipped with a well- furniahed kitchen. One interesting feature is the Wilks' patent climax partition, which, although of considerable size and strength, folds up like a book in the simplest manner, thus in a few seconds the two rooms mav be converted into one useful hall. Mr Jeremiah Jones was the contractor.
- BETTWSYCOED PETTY SESSIONS.
BETTWSYCOED PETTY SESSIONS. CHARGE OF THEFT AGAINST A CAPEL CURIG MAN. These sessions were held en Saturday, before Colonel Johnstone and other magistrates.
ALLEGED THEl-lTS OF BK'VCLE…
ALLEGED THEl-lTS OF BK'VCLE LAMPS. Thomas Cu.ii-nah. Buarth Cerrig, IJangei nicvv, summoned for tho alleged laro^nv of an aoecyiine lamp, vhe property of Dr, Huw Williams, and valued at 4s 6d, on January 7th, and a simi.)a«i lamp on January 11th, the pi-o- )jort-y of Mr Robert Parry, valuod at 7s 6d. failed to make all appearance, w;h tlie result tliat a warrant was issued for his arrest. Edward Morris Roberts. of Ciae Gvvegi, Cia^iel Ourig. a. young farm labourer, was suni- nioued for the theft of a bicycle lamp, the i property of Matliew Henry Eilis, of tlie value of 3s &d. on January llbh. Mathevv H. L, Wis ".aid lie had occasion to go to the Cobden Hotel. (japel Curig, on Jatluacy lltli. leaving bv biqxcle outside When h. returned a few minutes later he found that tha laimp had disappeared, lie valued it. at 3s 6d. P.C. T. J. Pritcbard, Chapel Ourig, said that when the defendant was charged with tho offence he offered no reply. The defendant, who oleaded guilty, was bound over in the sum of JB5 to oome up for judgment when called upon.
A TREFRIW TRESPASSING CASE.
A TREFRIW TRESPASSING CASE. David W. MoNaughton, of !Ty Newydd, Cwm Laneroh, surr>rnon-ed Eviin Evans &nd Robert Evans (lj), of Treiriw, for enterLng land in punsuit of game. Tlie Clerk drew tti-o nragistrates' attention to Robert, Evans' W, which was only 13. and re- nuarketl that he should be tried in tlie CliildVen'a Cou rt. Mr A. Lloyd Griffith, who appeared for the prosecution, signified his willingness to with- draw the charge agakusc the younger defendant. David W. McNaughton stated that. lie saw the defendant Evali Evans near a bridge in- a field, over which Captain O liar a Mooi-e held the shooting rights, in pursuit of ground game- Defendant admitted that he had not been given pernriasuon to catch rabbits on the land. Mr Lloyd Griffith said he did not, wish to the case against the defendant who bore all excellent ohairacter. A fine of 5s and costs was ini|x>sed.
ILETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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AN IMPORTANT 1!$ISOS WHY NON-CO…
AN IMPORTANT 1!$ISOS WHY NON- CO Sl-'i) RMlSTS SHOL'U) NOT HARM THE CHL RCU. rio the Editor of the "Pioneer.") Sir,—In your issue of last week a prominent Nonconformist supplies this reason in a de- finite fo, rr# and also at the same time shows its great importance. It appears in the Welsh column, wit-ore you publish a good account of an interesting ad- dress upon the present Ht-ate of Cliristiaulity, and without singling out any individual as having expressed these particular views, one might say that it is t vpicil of what has been Baitd by many others, and is if anything uni- versally approved of. which adds to the argu- ment as supplied by the Nonconformists them- selves. While allowing every credit claimed by our friends for work done, t.he portion which I should desire to draw attention to is tliat which refers to the very imj>ortant fact that more might be done, and noting very proper- ly the means to accomplish tlie Fame. Tho advioe is most cxc-cdlent, and 1 trust sufficient grace may be granted to our friends to sco that when that advice can be shown to be applicable to tlie Church question that it will be duly recognised. Without enumerating all the good con- ditions advocated as necessary to I would respectfully submit one to tho con- sideration of your readers, and that is the passage mentioned ill Act6 ii., and has special rete.renee to the value of unity as a condition to progress. It is an ell-,tom to Cfuoto Christian passages wh-tri referring to matters relating to Christianity, and a compliment is duo to them for doing so. Now, if it is im- portant, (and it is very well proved to be so) that unity should prevail in any individual Church to ensure progress the same principle must he recognised in the unity of church-ea in general to ensure the greater progress. I,'(, I-If we confine our notion of unity to an individual church then we fail iu our estima- tion and the infinite concept-ion of unity as demons!rated in the Vine and tlie branches, or the one Body a.nd the members thereof, whkvli embraces all true believers; and ex- perience teaches us (however much we may be attached to one particular creed) that they are not by any means confined to one church. Side by side with your rejKirt you have a rffarencc to the Bishop of London, and if there should be any difficulty with any of our Nonconformist friends to realise this greater brotherhood, the Bishop may be men- tioned with other Churchpcople to whom they, (tlie Nonconformists) arc justly indebted, be- cause of their genuine and unstinted support of all movements that the Ixvst of Noncon- formists advocate and appreciate, viz., Sun- day observance, tern pea* an ce, etc. Now, to cause such men as these to take a hostile attitude towards the whole body of Nonconformists, because some are intent Oil extreme measures, which good Church people at any rate regard extreme and also unjust, and likely to do harm to the Chu.rch- this, it is respectfully submitted to godly Nonconformist, is a direct offence against tho principle of unity, and which thereby is doo- stroyed, and the greater progress hindered in its work, tearing asunder tho fellowship of universal Church membership as expressed in the members of the One Body or the branches of the True Vine. I would not trouble myself to contribute and to seek the favour of your columns were I not convinced that the leaders of both Church and chapel have greater and much more pressing work to attend to than to engage in a. faction ti-lit--for ma.ny in too nursery in both cases, viz.. the Sunday School, are taken away after years of Ia-bour have been Ixistowod upon them by willing and de- voted Sunday School teachers—they are taken away into the wonld. and lost to both Non- conformists and Church, proving that if they have any spare time to engage in a faction fight that it would be much better devoted in building up more secure defences against the successful onslaught that is made upon the churches year by year, and thereby defeat* ing their best work.Yours, etc., SUADaY SCHOOL SUPPORTER.
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COLWYN BAY PETTY SESSIONS.
OOLWYN BAY TRADESMAN FINED. ) Mr J. Clarke Jones one of the inspectors of the Denbigh County Council, summoned Mossrs Keeling Bros., Coiwyn Bay. for selling' adultera- ted peas, which were injurious to health. M,r Crabbe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Jooaph Lloyd (of Rhyl and St. Asaph) for the defence. Mr Lloyd stated tihat he would plicad guilty to the oflenoe subject to what explanation he would have to offer to the Bench. Mr Crabbe then formally submitted the analyst's (Mr Low-e) certificate, from which it appeared that preserved peas which the inspec- tor had purchased from tlie defendants, con- tained oopi>er at the rate of 3.29 grains per pound. Mr Joseph LJoyd observed that there were two classes of defendants. S-).rne people offen- ded Knowingly and others unwittiug'ly. His olienks were hoiiost men and they had offended unhovvingly- Tliey purchased the peas from a firm in Liverpool under a verbal warranty that they contained nothing' injurious to health. If the firm bad taken care to get tho warranty in writmg there couid have been no prosecution against tibem, and they had learned their les- son- After the summons bad been served the defendants communicated with the firm which had sold the peas, but they said they could do nothing- in the matter. At the suggestion of the Benah, a bottle of the peas was sent for and ex:hihtted in court. It bore a label with the words "Societe Fran- oaise de Las Palmas." A penalty of 10s ail3 oosts was imposed and an advocate's fee of 10s 6d was also all owed. MILK-SELLER'S SMART PENALTY. W. Wynne Jones, of the Mervod Dairy. A ber- gele-road, CoIwyn Bay, was summoned by Mr J. Clarke Jones, inspector of weights and measures, etc., for having, on December 16th, 1909 sold "new milk" which was deprived of 6.3 per cent, of oream and contained 19.8 per cent of water. Mr Crabbe- appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Joseph Lloyd for tho dof^noo. It was stated that a.t about 3.30 p-m., on the date in question, Mr Cla.rko Jones called at de- fendant's establishment and asked Miss Jones (the defendant's daughter) for a pint of new- milk. She pluntgod the measure into one of two paals on the counter marked "new milk" and poured it into his jug. Mr Jones told her what it was wanted for, and went into his bag for his apparatus with a view of dividing' the rllilk into three iwrts- Thereupon. Miss Jones said that if he wanted it for analysdng purposes that he had better get it from tilie other pail, but the in- spector replied that tlie milk he had received would iznt^wor hits puJfjxusio. For the defence- Annae Evangennc Jones, said the boys emptied the milk cans, when they were required, into the pail. So far as :sale aware the milk had not been tampered with, but sold direct, to the consumer as they had received it from the farmers. It was the morning's milk, 107 and it might have been adulterated without ber knowing or seeing" it. The defendant, declared tihat the milk had Wn rold to the consumer as lie received) it," There had boeoen no tampering or adulteration ft ,1" lr?1>0'vl a fu>0 of 30s and costs, tne totter to include an advocate's fee of 10s 6d NO LIGHTS. Jno Morris, of Garllon, has fined 2s 6d and "out ««* the