The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

ANGOR AND BEAUMARIS GUARDIANS. THE COST OF POOR RELIEF. The Rev. W. Morgan, chairman, presiding At Friday's meeting of the Bangor and Beau- lioaiid of Guatdiails, read some in- teirtsiling figures irom a Local Govcrmnent Board 's circular, touching tbe expenditure on poor relief throughout the kingdom. For example the aggregate uumber of personfe in receipt of relict in England ajid Wales, on the 1st July, 1909, was 904,028, a figure Jcsghor by 2.5 per oeiit. than in tie previous year. The number of persons over the saJRO area in receipt of out-door relief on the same date was 535,478, an increase of four per bant, on the previous year. The cast of re- lief in relation to the whole population was equivalent to a rate of 4Is 2d per -head, as oom- pared with 4s ltd in 1908. The totaJ ex- penditure on poor relief during the half- year erbdod Michaelmas, 1909, was £ 7,452,534. Mr Morgan next quoted from a table which allowed that the highest expenditure among the counties was that of London, in respect of in-door relief. London, however, was the lowest in expenditure on ojit-door relief, whicih only amounted to 7- £ d per head. The county of Carnarvon stood fifth in the ord-M- of high expenditures, Anglesey being second to Lon- don. The expenditure in the Carnarvon county was 4s 41-d per head. The county ;whi.ch spent least per head on the mainten- ance of the poor was Mix, which spent pnly Is lO per head. Mr Hugh Thomas that he was sur- prised to find that although the Old Age Pensions Act had been in operation for six months of the period referred to the expendi- ture on poor relief had increased. The Chairman: That is so; the old age Tensions scheme has made no difference. IS A MINISTER COMPELLED TO SERVE AS AN OVERSEER? The Local Government Board forwarded a letter received from the Rev. W. E. Williams On the eubjeot of his appointment as overseer for that parish. The Chairman explained that Mr Willians feeld the view that he was a privileged per- son, and exempt from the duty of acting as an overseer. Their clerk, however. held that as Mr Williams was a farmer, he was not exempt. Mr Williams' letter to the Local Govern- ment Board was to the effect that about a month previously he had been appointed an overseer for the parish of Penmynydd, by the Farrsh Council. He deolined the office, arxt eonwared another meeting of the Council, and informed thorn of his decision, whereupon they elected another overseer. He had dic.. elmed the appointment on the ground that he was a dissenting minister, and was, there- fore, exempt. The Local Government Board, had replied to Mr Williams to the effect that they had Ib) jurisdiction to determine any question a* to the qualifications for the office of an over- seer. The Chairman, after reading the letters, expressed the opinion that the rev. gentle- man was enttitLed to exemption. The Clerk: He can't be exempt, because be is a farmer. But this question arises, Mr Williams says he was told that I advised the Board to compel him to serve. But I didn't. Another person was appointed. The Chairman said he thought it was their duty to the clerk that the Board should say that Mr Williams had be-c-n misinformed, and that there had been no attempt at all on the part of the Board to force him to take up the office of overseer. On the contrary, the Board had appointed two other gentlemen as overseers. The Chairman proposed. and Dr. John Ro- berts seconded, that the Rev. W. E. Wil- liams be regarded as exempt, and that the Board expressed its disapproval of the action of the perwn who i-wformed Mr WiTLiaais that file ¿'e-rk had advised the Board to try to force him to take up the office of overseer. AN ANGLESEY PAUPER'S BAG OF GOLD. The Chairman reported that the olwk had written to Mj- Thornton ionm, the Board's legal adviser, reqoKsting his advice as to the disposal of the sum of £ 199 16s 6d found after her death in the hoase of Plen Jones, a Uandegfan woman, who had been in reoeipt of out-door relief for a considerable period. Mr Thornton Jones wrote that after con- sidering the question, be advised that, under Section 16 of the Poor Laws Amendment Act, the Board could retain out of the money found, without any legal proceedings what- ever, the amount paid to the deocased pauper during the twelve months preceding her death, together with the cost of her burial. At Common Law, as distingiushed from Statute Law, the Guardians could recover what they had axpendied on behalf of the de- ceased during six years by action brought, and therefore, as she was first relieved in 1906, it appeared an action would be for the recovery of the whole of the sums. The de- ceased being illegitimate, the proper course would be to acquaint the Solicitor to the Treasury of the circumstances, and an ad- nrinistraboir should be appointed. If there was any surplus, it would go to the Crown, but if there were any necessitous persons, of natural relationship to the deceased, living, a rebate would be made to them. Pending the appointment of an administrator, the balance should be deposited in a bank, less the expenditure during the twelve months preceding the woman's death. On the motion of Mr Briercliffe, seoondied .by the Rev. Canon Edwards, it was resolved to ..ct on the advice in Mx Thomton Jones' letter. The Chairman read a letter from Maggie OWoeD, who said she had waited on the de- ceased for three months, and had not been paid for her services. She asked for pay- ment from the Board at the rate of 10s peT ;week. It was decided that Maggie Owen should take the ordinary steps for the recovery of the money. Mrs Saunders meationied the case of another vroman who had worked very hard for the deceased, who, she (Mrs Saunders) thought, deserved some payment. Mr Hugh Thomas supported that sugges- tion, romarlring that but for that woman's honesty the Board might never have h-eard of this money (hear, hear). A QUESTION OF LIABILITY. The Visiting Committee reported a foil of flock at the back of the infirmary, which had left another large piieoe of rock overhanging in sucth a state as to be a danger, both to the imildiags and the inmates, and recommended that an inmate of the house, who was accus- tomed to quarry work, and who had expressed feianself willing to undertake tbe task should he employed to remove tJie overhanging piece of rock. The committee also neoammettded tihat the man should be insured by the Board, end that they be empowered to purchase a few yards of land adjoining the fall of rock so as to got a supply of material for stone breaking. An Insurance Company had been consulted, and had expressed its willingness to undertake the risk. b Mr H. R. Daviee pointed out that the piece of overhanging rock must be removed out of consideration for the safety of the house and the inmates, but its removal might cause the fall of the adjoining owner's boundary wall, and that was the reason why the committee asked for power to negotiate for the purpose of a few yards of land adjoining the fall. Mr W. 0. Williams asked what was the legal position. Mr PontiT Williams, at the request of the chairman, gave It as his opinion that the Board clearly would be liable if the removal of the rock caused the adjoining owner's boundary wall to fall down. Th. report of the oommittee was adopted, *&d its application for power to purchase tho few yards of land referred to granted.

MISSIONARY WORK IN AFRICA. Mr Harlech Jones, of Belle Vue, Harlech, it now home faoin South and Central AfrieA, as a deputation on behalf of missionary work among the natives. The sum of .£1000 is required. On his return to Africa he will etart from the Cape for th" interior, and his aim is to reaeli eventually North of Lake lVictr*ria Nyanza to establish there a medical mission, whciv he has been working for some time among sufferers from sleeping sick- 8œti! plague, etc.

SOUTH CARNARVONSHIRE III INSURANCE CHARGES. ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD. OFFICIALS. CHARGED BEFORE PWLL- J HfeLI MAGISTRATES. At Pwllheli PoJice Court, on Monday, be- fore Mr J. G. Jones and other magistrates, Lewis Da vies, formerly assistant superinteoi- dent of the" Prudential Insurance Company at Pwllheli; "W. 0. Jones, formerly registrar of birtiis and deaths and relieving officer for the Nevin district; and It. II. Joms, Ang- horfa, Pwllheli, agent for the Prudential Insurance Company, came up on remand on charges of forging and uttering certain docu- man ts in rc-spect to claims on the Company with intent to defraud. Mr A. E. Pratt pro- secuted on behalf of the Compamy, Mr E. R. Davies defended Lewis Davics and W. O. Jones, and Mr Lewis Jones (of the firm -f Lloyd "George and George) appeared for R. H. Jones. S U PERINTENDENT'S EVIDENCE. Mr H. Mallett, New-street, POrtm-ad-)c, said he was the su per iatendesit of the Pru. di&ntial Company for the Portmadoc distr:o*\ which included the wholo of the Lleyn Pen- insula. Davies until the end of the ve,ir acted as assistant superintendent at Pw:l- hetli. He «aly actod up to th-e nioiit-li of Sep- tember, whein he met with an aocidiemt, and the Company allowed him full pay until the end of December. During that period Da- vies discharged no duties, and resigned on the 31st December. He hod acted as .vss:r <; ant superintendent for two and a half years. The witness was well acquainted with 1h- vies' handwriting. The form presented was a form of claizn und-or a policy. The svriyng with some exceptions was that of Davias. He could not say in whose writing the signatures of Mary Davies and William Hughes were. He was of the opinion that with th-o excep- tion of those signatures the form was in the writing of Lewis Davies. He also iden'/ued the second document put in as a declaration of a lost policy. He did not identify the wri-ting of Mary Davies, but the rest of the writing on this form was Lewis Davies'. He identified tho writing in two letters put in and the signatures as that of Lewie Davids. One of the forms now put in was one of in. demnity for a lost policy. There were two signatures purporting to be made by Lewis Davies as witness. He id-coitifiod them also. He further identified another form as ono of the Company's receipts for policy. The body of that form would be filled at the Company's office. He saw the name of Lewis" Davies on that form as witness. It was in Lewis Davies' handwriting. CnSss-examined by Mr E. R. Davies, the witness said that Low-is Davies had been "n the district for nice years up to December last. ( He 'had previously acted as agent in Cardiganshire for iraie years, and had been in thoEt serv of the Company altogether for 22 years. He Teooived .£2 9s per week as a fixed salary. The witness had no idea. of the amount of commission Davies would get. It varied. The agents did not pay any monoey at all to the assistant superintendent, but direct to the head office. Thie money recx-ivod by the assistant superintendent would be per- miuJiis received in respect of ordinary branch policies, the amounts being smaJl. rITie prin- cipal duties of assistant superintendents wcx> to assist the agents in ooUocting and canvass- ing and to see that there were no lapses. They had 9, good many lapses in the ooursc of a year, and the Company were desironis of preventing lapses, and for that purposo brought pressure on the agents to see that lapses were avoided. He was not aware of cases where agents paid in crdcT to prevent lapses. The policy in respect of Griffith Davies was faakem out by William Jon-cs, of Rhydyalafdy, who oeased to be an agent in August, 1903. The witness was not aware that premiums had ceased to be paid in n- spect of that policy. Neither did he know who paid the premi,um in July last year. The policy was in the district of H. R. Griffith, Fourcrosses. During the time he was s»ssi £ t- aoit superintendent the accused had shown the keenest interest im the Company's busi- ness. The witness had always found Davies desirous of doing all lie could for too Com- pany's interest, and continued to do so till he left the Company's ser- vice last Dcoember. He knew that the ac- cused provided, out of his own pocket, prize bonuses for the encouragement of agents. He also took a portion of the staff in the dis- trict to visit the head office in London at hia own Expense: as a prize for good work. The company paid the accused full salary till Febru- ary and half- salarv till May. At the time of the accused's resignation no suggestions of ir- regularities had been made by anyone. The witness first knew of the alleged irregularities on the Friday following Easter Monday. He last saw the accused on the Saturday before Easier Monday, and had a conversation with him. His agent, II. R. Griffith, oomphiined to the witness that Lewis Davies had be-on drawing claims out of the agency. The witness asked Davies if that was so.- Davies said it was not so. Tho witness informed the accuied that he intended to make investigations into the matter. He did not make any suggestion to the accused as to what he had better do in the matter. When he was told that the accused had gone he was sur- prised. He Upheld the aocuscd throughout. He never believed Davies WM ffuilty, as he always believed him to be truthful and honest. Ho in- formed the company of what he had heard, and the case passed into Mr Pratt's hands. EXAMINATION OF "FORMS." William Jones, Red Lion Inn, TuhwnU'r- Afon, Rhydyciafdy, said he was agent for the company in 1904. The form now handed to him was one of the company's propos.al forms for life insurance. It was in the witness's writing, with the exception of the signature of G. G. Daviej. He took the proposal from G. G. Da* 1-38. and witnessed G. G. Davics's signature. The report attached to the form he believed to be in the writing of Lcwit; Davies, who was at the time the witness's assistant superintendent. The witness later received a policy for E26 4s. Lewis Davies v.as the witness's brother-in-law. The witness knew his family well, but he did not know anyone named Mary Davies, of Moel- wyn, and he did not know of such a place. G. G. Davies's father's name was William Da- vies, who died in September, 1898, and since then no member of the family of that name had lived at Hendrebach. The witness d:d not know of any farmer named John Morgan. Penwern, or of the name of John Roberts, Gam Fawr. Cross-examined, tho witness said he had not had many lapses. He knew that hi<s brother-in- law, G. G. Davies, oeased paying the premiums on the policy when he (witness) left the com- pany. The witness's book WM transferred to H. R. Griffith, Four Crosses. He had not seen the policy since. He believed it was the cus- tom among agents to keep up policies when clients ceased paying, in the hope that the clients might change their minds and pay up. He had done so himself, and had lost by the practice. The book when the witness got it would have a certain value, and if he failed to maintain it at that value he would be calkid upon to resign. G. G. Davies. in respect cf alleged death one of the claims was made, said he insured in the company through his brother-in-law, the premium being Is per week. He could not re- member whether he ever received the policy. He paid the premiums to his brother-in-law. He could not remember what his age was in 1904 (laughter). He was now 36. He never had a sister of the name of Mary Davies, of Moelwyn, and he did not know of anyone of the name of John Jones, T;uiygwm. After he had ceased paying his premiums Lewis Davies called on him. and pressed him to resume his payments. A SUPPOSED CERTIFICATE OF DEATH. Mr Hugh Prichard, solicitor, Pwllheli, super- intendent registrar of births, marriages, and deaths for the district, said that up to some time ago the accused William Owen Jonej acted as a reg:'#trar under his supervision at Nevin. The witness was perfeetlv familiar with the accused's writing. The document now put in purport- ing to be a certificate of the death of G. G. Davies bore the signature of W. 0. Jones. The witness produced the register of deaths from October, 1903. to November, 1909. The register was ciosod in January last, and the accused oeased to act in November Ja¡)t and the book was kept by his succes-or. In consequence of a letter from the Registrar General, the witness had an interview with W. 0. Jones in February la^t, wben the accused made a statement 19 him. The witness made a copy, which accused signed. Mr Davies objected to th's statement being put in, as he understood it implicated another person. After same fcrguimemt the Benoh (lelined to aJkxw the document to be put in in itio entirety, and Mr Pratt put fort-bar questions to the witness, who aaad I tihat In* Rent J«w?s's statement to the Rexistnvr General, 1 who wrote saying he won 14 not pledge himself aa to tthe uf» he mi,-ht make of it. The aocivscd resigjjied Gis apualutwo" in April 1Mt after 10 yeaml owy&4j& The aooused would receive from all hi* appointments from M to M per annum, out of which he would have to pay £7 or 28 tmveiling expenses. From E90 to £100 a month paeeed through his hands. He bad a wife and six chaMaen. The witness knew the accused had been unable to neo his IcSt ihand from birth. Mr Frank Bin<He, a Somerset House inspector, gave evidenoe as to certain discrepancies, one effect of which was that a particular (alleged) death was not entered .at all. One of the Registrar (Jem:nil's inetrwticflks to registrars was that a iiegisiirftr should miyt rtgufrter a death without a. doctor's certificate where a doctor had attended. Dr. J. E. Hughe-s asked if he had certified that the person referred to in the certificate put in had died of acute soid he had not. He limew of no other docrtor of Lila rusjne of J. E. Hughes. MT Henry James Meyer, sub-manag'etr for Wales for the Prudential Company, said he received a claim on the life of G. G. Davies. The claim, according to Hie particulars, was sent up by L. lXwks, and the eebtiiaug ehequo was ackire.^d to L. Davies, amd when oaistoed bore the endwrseunent "L. Davies, Pwllheli." The wat- rpess identified the signature as tfain^ in the writing of L. Davies, the ftoensnd. The cheque was drawn for £ 36 9a 2d. Davies's average earnings during the last five years were about 9130, In reply to Mr E. R. Davies, the wihness said tihat Lewis Davies h3d aiways been a very useful man for fee Company. MT G. Abatrkin Jones, cashier at the Metropolitan Bank, Pwllheli, said that Lewis Davies pm--&inted the cheque in question for payment. The wtR'.s recog- iiisixl the encioraement as in Jtavies's •wanting. Wavses signed the credit slip in tJie witness's presence. Superintendent ThiCtmas J-jfas. Pwllheli, said tlhait Ijcwis Davies's scwi-in-law notified the witness trtat Davies would surrender hinxjelf a.t Ch,ilog. The wit- ncas went there, arrested him, and brought him to too Pwllheli Polite Stciioo. This conducted the case for the prosecution. JUSTICES' DKOISIONS. Mr E. R. Davies said that in view of the evidence given it would be iiaocss for him to say that a oase hud not been utide out to be iaqmrad into in another p1:we. He therefore did not prtfpoes to say anytlikig at that stage Davies and W. 0. Jones were then charged and reearved t-bcir c'lefence, and were committed for trial to the Carnarvonshire Assizes. Mr Prate preferred siiijilar charges against Lewis Davies and W. 0. Jams, the only diltearenee being that the person insured in this case was Jane Maria Davies. The evidence alleged piacticaJly the sauoe mertihr.xl Of procedure. Tho accused a^ain reserved their dletfenee, and were committed for trial at the next Oannarvoffi- ahine AesizesL Mr Pratt did not op hail, but aabed the Bench to fix it at a sufficient amaoent to prevent the acoufiol absenting themselves. Bail was fixed in the ease of Davies at £Z50 iund two purreties of JC75 each, wbi-oh were iiiia.,eviately The baii ke W. 0. Jones was fixed at £ 200—4iiraaey in £100 and two sure- ties of £50 each. Mr Pittt-t then ptelowled charges of a similar charac- ter against R. H. Jones and W. 0. Jones, the person whose lite was a-suaed in this inst&noe being naiised Mary Jones. The evidence suWHiAed was e^eartiaJy thu same as in the previous cooes. R. H. Jones was eommi-tied for trial an two chargea. He pleaded not guilty, and reeenwd. his defence. W. 0. Jone9 wan also csxaamitted to his t-al on two fimther oharg--si bail tpnniz grantc-d in botii oases. Mr R. H. Jonea's 'soiicitor stated that his client denied poirrt blank having forged the documents. ==-

THE LLANRUG SLANDER CASE. At Carnarvonshire Assz/ss on Friday Mr Jmstee Joli riessumed the liettrvig of an actwKi brougM by W. liiioou WiMiaiifc, rate collector amd asaisteui't ovoxsoer for the paridh of Li.anni.g. to roaoveu- damages froin Aim. Jones, a -widow raiding at Brynbeg, DIanrug, for an aUc-ged sLander affecting the plrcintifts morau_ chara-civr. Mr Axtemus Joaes (instructed by Mr Rsolrard Roborte) was for the pla^nifcMf, and Mr H.. A. G-ritiith (in^touoted by Mr S. R. Dew) for tiio dtafendiaiii. i'\irr^uor evidence was called cn benali ot tne ptejatiif. Among the witnesses were persons wiiom the dieff-eimkiJit laad toltd that She would aiot retract or sign any apology. Mr Gdffiw., for the dl^ience, submutted that the w^ords were not autioilab-o witlwut proof of spec.iaJ damage, inasmueii as they weire not &jx>ken ofilio plain-tiff in ocxiinoi^t/iOin, with hiS orrei>k>yiuorit. 'iinere WOJS no proof of malioc, and in rais^XKst to one of tIhe three. occasions upon which the aliagcd slander was uttered he iiia&it-ai'ixxi that it wat) pruvifeged, ëlta.J. auked that tdio paragraph be wiuhsdrawn. His Lordship arreted that no evidence of mstiioei hadt been g^ven, and the paragrai«h in quesfcon was accordingly finally disposed of. Cbunseu procoediod to oommeatt on tthe iaot that tho plaiatilf had allowed moathsto elapse before iwa;ig, hijs writ, and in the inteirval he hOO dangled the tluvat of legaj prooocd'jngs over tjie head of the defendant in orkiew to terrorise her into sjgning an apology. Tlie £ uatkm, when it eventually d-KI arrive, was iaumcihed against the doiendanti W5 a meire gaene of bluff The words, ooooroilg to their natraral inkwing-aitid not im tho aemee ascribed to them by the pilainitiJf.—wore true in eu-bstbance ajtd i.1 fact, but there was no evidence that, as the result of the allegation, there bad, been any ro- fusal to pay rates in tilJo parish of Llanrug^ or that tho plaintiff had been tJn any way touched in the matter of hi8 occupation. Tho defendant. Ann Jonea, Rrynteg, Ldan- JlWg, in her evjtdicinte, said she was a widow. In J'liaj of iaist year she was walking in the direc- tion 01 her 'house aooomponied by the plaun- tiff. On tilm way plaimtiif noticed Kate Jonsa and1 spoke to how. lie went into the fhouee. and witmeeB proceeded on her way. Witness wanted to pay a rate to piLaintiif and! she had occasion to wait for him about ten Mur.tutpe.. As he was long in ooiningi wjlneass proooocied to the house of Kate Jones and when by the door sjhoruted, "la 100 tSiene, JCate." Kate Jones came forwar(I from behind the front docxr in an agitated wtate oW mind. A few mitnutee later plaiinrtiff sthowed himself amd fol- lowed Kate Jones to the kitchen. Witness, who was much frigh teased went back to her ow.n hout» Lmtevr, witmcBis met one Mary Jones and told her thait she had caugfiitt plaintiff a.nd Kate Jones behind the door. She ateo saw Kate Jonee and a^ked her if she was noi at-hatmed to be with plaintiff. Kate Jones a»kcd her not to tell anybody about it. 13e.foro the! occasion, witness ieooliected Kate Jones saying that she hauted pdaintiff as she could get no peace from him. Witness also related the incident to a Mr3 Hughes. She had never expressed' a desitre to make an apology and she had no intention to retract her statement Margaret .Lloyd, a next-door neighbour of Kato Jone3, referred to tihe cori-vorsation which took place between her and Kate Jones, when ttaa latter admitted that* plaintiff had p"uiled iier ban.iind th» door. W. Hu, Penrhoedldiu, said Kate Tones called at his 'house about July last. She asked ,,if tlie boy would be allowed to take a note to GJamnoelyn School to the plaintiff. Kate Jones said to him (witness) "Now ijjJ the time for me to fight him." Wiitness asked her whether it wa,3 true that plaintiff Imprc>pealy wnduoted hi-m seif, and slue replied tihat it was. Cross- examined Witness said he was not aware that Kate Jonee li-adt denied that plaintiff had im- properly conducted himsalf ivith her. He was well aware that there was a good' deal of talk about the matter in the district. Mr li. A. Griffith, addressing the Jury for the defence, asked them, for the cake of village life in and for the sake of truth and just.oo, to brinx a verdict for the defendant. Mr Artemus Jones entreated the Jury to ex- clude the imuss of conversation retailed in the case as it was of no value, although ad- mitted a-i evidence. Counsel who practiced in Welsh courts of justice experienced extraordi- nary dirficulty with witnesses from country dis- tricts. They did not thoroughly understand question* put to them in English. The Judge: In every case in thi3 court, all difficulties like that which .haw> arisen have been got rid of by having an interpreter. There had been no grievance in that case. Mr Artemus Jones: Oh no. my lord. Pro- ceeding, counsel contended that the explanation given by the plaintiff of what happened was very reasonable. Th-ore was not a tittle of evidence to show that the plaintiff waa an im- moral man. Apart from gossip there was no evidenoe that the offence alleged ever occurred.

JUDGE'S SUMMING UP. WELSH IN LAW COURTS. In summing up. the Judge said that when he came into Wales he took care that Welsh wit- nesses were treated properly. If anv of them went, say, to France or Germany, and were un- acquainted with the language' of the country it would be extremely hard, when it came to a question of telling tho truth, if they were pre- vented from having an interpreter acquainted with the. language in which they were, brought tip. He was sure was no grievance in that case. The main question for the Jury to oon- eicVer was whether the words uttered by tie de- fendant were true in substanoe and in fact, and if the word, were true the defendant oould not bo made to pay because the truth was allowed to be apotaa. li the truth wod not spoken when certain things happened there would tfe seorecy about matters whacfo should be known. His Lordship directed thejidry to answer the question whether the words were spoken of the plaintiff in relation to his employment. As- suming- that to be answered in a certain way there would be an end of the case. Failing that, they had to consider whether the statement complained of was true in substance and in fact, on which the d-efendajit relied in her plea of justification. After an absence of an hour the, J'ury found that the words complained of were spoken, but not in relation to the plaintiff's employment, a.nd fhev also found that the words were true in sub- stance and in fact. His Lordship having risen before the return of the Jury jwUrment was postponed till the fol- lowing morning.

WILL OF MISS HUGHES, BRYN MENAI. BEQUESTS FCR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Miss Harriet Sydney Hughes, cf Bryn Mena.i, Banpor, who died at 43, Harlow Moor Drive, Harrogate, on April 13th last, daughter of the lite Mr John Hughes, of-Bryn Mcnai, Bangor, attomey-at-law, leit estate valued at £ 40,774 grois, with net personalty £ 36,660. By her will dated April 14th. 1906, the texla-trix left L50 to Jama Edwards, 1;300 each to TztbiLia and Fanny liobcrts, JtJIMX) to the Rev. John Owen Williams, £ 1000 to Mary Ellen. Hughes, of Nantwich, £ i0C>J to Harriet Elizabeth W^att, £ 500 to Frank Wyatt. of Wigan, EMOO to William Bethell Roberts, £ 11X3 each to Henry Lloyd Garter, Thomas Warren Trevor, and William Bethell Roberts as executors. She left the following bequests to servants:— £7.00 to her servaiit, David Hughes, oi Bangor; £ 700 to her servant, Ann Jor.eof Cae Bach, Bangor; L150 to her hou&amaid, Annie Wil- liams; B20 to her servant, Margaret Jones, of Conwav; £ 150 to her form-cr servant, Bessie Parry of FesUniog; £50 to Eiiien Lewis, niece of ner housekeeper, Elizabeth Williams; £10 to each of her other female servants not other- wise mentioned £ 5 to each of her maidservant* for mourning, J650 to her old servant, Ann Edwards. Her residence, Bryn Menei, Bangor, she left to the Queen Victoria .Jubilee Hospital Insti- tute for Nurses, to be known as Br.yii-y-Mcnai Victoria Home, to be used as a house of rest or convalescent hmlle for nurses, and she left a sum not exceeding JB6000 for the maintenance and upkeep thereof. She directed that; Bryn-y- Menai Viotoria Home shall -be permanently inscribed or painted on an aroh placed over the front gate thereof, with the date of the foundation oi the Home thereto appended, and &he further desired and directed tiiat a tabkt should be set up in the bouse, either in the hail or otli-er convenient phsce, bearing tliis inscription: To tho revered nad beioved memory of her mother, Jane Ellen Hughe*, and of her sister, Frances Annie Hughes, Harriet Sydnr Hughes founded this House of Rest, A.D. 19-, She also desired that nothing should 00 built agani.it or added to the wail of tho pre&ent drawiing-room. The testatrix further left £1000 to St. Wine- fr-V's School, Bangor; Llooo to St. James's Church, Bangor, as to £ 8>0 for tho augmenta- tion of the liv :ng and £ 200 for enlarging the oraran; £ 500 to the Carn.arvonshiro and Angle- aev Infirmary, B500 to the Bangor Cathedral for the orection of a memorial window to the mem- bers of the. Bryn uiienai family, £ 200 to the Church 1 raining (loilego for Women, £ 300 to Nurs;ng Association, and ;CLOD to the Cl'o Training Ship. The residue of her estate, subject to other bequests to relatives and friends, she left to the said William Bethell Kobert-s., of L^an^oli-cn, her cousin.

CARNARVON SHIRE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. THE TEACHING OF DRAWING. The quarterly mceiansg' of tihe Carnarvonshire ieactW Association was iboki on Saturday at Pwiaheli, there boirsg a large attendance. At the jikvling of too Couiioil, under the pre- ttcJjnoy oif Mr li. li. Jomas, Narut Peris, a uo- putatoon^ attend-d^ Kepreocai-tiiig the Pwllheli s liwteddiiod, and l'tequcsting the Asso- ciation to br;ig Lofore the ohildi-en tine sub- joOOts to be competed for at the Eisteddfod. The meeting promied to give the matter its aitten- bon. 'ibefre waa a dfoousiyien cm the scale^>f salaries in tiie county, and evonDuaiily a resolwtiooi waa uiia.^irnou'.xy requciitiiitg the County Miiauon Corrniii hU;& to formulate tlie new exhale of saiantaj for certi heated teachers wihadii haa baan )O long promised. liie Couisty Autlronty was shanked for 00.. optmg a kaoher on t Ed<ucatk>n Committee, At uoo fisfcciixxxti cantoreacio an a,3dqv,5, was ^hvened by Mr A- Taylor, H.M.I., of ScJioola Drawjjkg, upon tihe teaching of drawing. He said iIlmt oiuMnen had in the past beeii taught to draw from oopxx;^ simply imitating' what otiher poopffi had drawn. What they wanted was to teacih children to draw froui aetuai! things,, from natural objects. Tliiedr greiat inMtaJM. was that they taught child ran. at the ou-tse>t of their training career to draw in outkaias, wlhen there was no such a^ an oub An-o-ther mistalce was to give the ohn a pencil to draw with instead of orayorim and brushes.

HARLECII CASTLE MUSI- CAL FESTIVAL. The committee of the Hairtecli Musical Festival met ail, Harlech last Salurviay, Dr. l'ryse Williasns in the olwir. It was deeidied to :*ppeal to MancJiesk-z, and Liverpool Wehlh people to support the festival, and to ask ffooir leader's at Bangor, CSwsiorvon, Lkniibai'is, Betlbû, etc., to initeiest themselves in tihe cut by 'bringing- c-hoirs to the meetings. The cotturr»ttce were advised thsJit it would be better for tlhem to buy the ne Tssn-y tirrrb--r for the coasirucfcien of the 4,a-,e, raithcr than pay for its hire annually. The presiiisnts will be Mrs Mary Davies, Sir A. Osmond WiHiaans, Part., and Mr Lewis J. Roberts, H.M.I.S. Special urid oheap trains will be run from all parts during the diay.

"POLISHING AN EASY MATTER." Mbtieirn scrienee h:15 dan-e muuh to assist tho house- wife in her labours and the oki-fashhmed aid of gpease" is entirely out of rlat)e in a weH-oomluotcxl houyohuld. Scieaice has not, lwwever, yet found a ro-noty to ov^rcxuije th.> tarnishiing effcets of the atimo- sphoie on bright nv.-ials. But it hao made the poliali- iug of naetaJs a ocnrrpaja.tiv-oly oasy matter, if only tiie ri,x,lit mali;>rial is used. Gi to be Motal Polish is itihait In.ctløeria.1. It has uimjue properties that not only on- aible it to prodm-e a nwst brilliant sliine wiiKi very little labour, but it the metal from climatic acitknn to a much larger cxtnul than any other polish, with the result that the "Globe" shine is the most lasting. Taken in conjunction with tJie very littte polisli it is necessary to use to o^>tain the brilliant Eftfiie one sees on metals polished with "OlObe" it makes it not only the easiest, but the most economical metal polish oiw oan Imy. All groœrs sitoclc it so that it is only a matter of slipulating "Ulobe" on the orcior to the grooerto obtain ihis-tive best of metal polishes.

Owing to the all-round increase in the cost of living, the Prussian Government, it is efeitel, is u-bjut to intioduoe a Bill to increase the King's civil list of 1;785,965 II yror by £ 150,000 or £ 200,000. Mr Thomas Windsor, M.R.C.S., of Great Budworth, CTbcahMe, tott a legacy of B2000 and an annuity of R,250 to has •housskeeepr, and his residuary estate, of about £ 35,000, 4or the rehaf of stiff-ering at the dis- cr»tk«i OIl his executom. At the annual meeting of the Oburch of England Waifs and S irays Sooieiy, held in Londoll, lMt weelt, it was reported that there were 1956 boys and 2167 giile under the caN" of the sxxiety, and tbat the in- come exceeded the expenditure J)y 1401. imports for May amounted to R55,969,179, an increosa of 910,414,6:31 oomparod with May teat year, and the exports amounted to £ 33,607,311, an increase ol U.081r565.

COLWYN BAY RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION. COUNCIL'S FINANCIAL POSITION NOT HOPELESS. RATEPAYERS ASSURED THAT THEY HAVE VALUle, ICUR TIILIlt MONEY. A meeting of this Association was held last evening, Mr H. J. Marsden proaiding over a fair attertdcirtoe. In his introductory speech, the Chairman com- mended the work already accomplished by the Association during the comparatively short time it had been in existence, and remarked that there was a number cf reforms which the Asaeciatioii oould help the Urban District Council in accom- plishing in a friendly manner to their mutual ad- vantage and for the general oontit of the rate- payers. These, he hoped, would be taken into the Association's consideration in due course (hear, hear). WORK ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. The Secretary, in the course of his report, stated that Cl5 I ra had been paid into the bank, a few shillings remaining in this hand. Ruies had been adopted on the basis eus:Rested by the Na-tion,ad federation of Ratepa.verj' iVsscciations. At the Association's rcqnest, the Urban District Council had granted the A &,ociaton six copies of the Council's minutes free of charge, and the Association had thirty copies printed for their own use, but it was ie--rc-,tt;ed that they were not to hand before the Saturday preceding the Council meetings. A list of tile loans for vvh ch the Council waa reepoiwsble had been supplied the Association, aiid wa,3 now under consideration. The Chairman of tlie Council had declined to convene a special meeting of ratepayeri pnor to entering into agreements with oihcials in accord- ance with a request »jent by the Aiasociation. It had been decided that tho proposed pubhc meet- ilig of ratopayes at Old Golwyn be not held until the autumn. It had aiM been decided not to become aifiliatod to the National of H.a tepaye-rs' Association for the present. The Council fead beon asked to supply tho Association, with copies of bye-laws. Oei tam copies h%d ct.en supplied, but it would appear that the by-laws with resect to new stieets and buiidin-^s, hf>cit.- ney carnages, and horses, ponies, mules, etc.. were out of print, and that the Council had de- cided, rather than have them re printed, to adopt new oiscs. It had. also, been decided to be vigilant in respect to public footpatOi across fields and lamps in the locality. 1!he atlemtan of the Council had been oaJXxi to be very unsat.'sfacdory condition of tlie exiat- reg iiif—1 v"i and, the Coun»cil lias had the mattar u;;o,I" coiiii-dcration. The attention of tJie Coamoil had been called: to ti;e recent Slur- ahargv-w mad^ by the auditor on naembera Otf the ttnaaMa Outmniiitioe. It is laiderstocd that tho OounieUj: "was in ootiiiim,u»nxx.vttxi.i with tho Looai GioveiiStniCajifc Büalxl on the matter. The oor- itt^Kiiidiriiioe w-jtih Che Council wim rcspeet to tie ns-arrantgenxtnt of tJM ita-ff ha4 been pub- idsbod aa iocui P-.3. At the last msietijvg of tfue Gentciral Co'imnitiface it waa docidied to dIn. w the attention of the Council to the do- 8iirahility of a. public conveaiioaoe and two tihol- ters on tlho prtantematfe westward of Lianerch- posut. AIBO, to ask the Ooruaeil to dtavv taie at- to.iit-ori of tiie overctcare to tiije reported irequaiii- tsegi in. ait of propercsss in tlUia district, TiM- list of IcJoiTS was now uwtor conHidej-atiioai, as aiso wcavi the current ^tunttie. l'iva matteoa of aaiirual xetiroment of a proportion of the Couinc.il was auso bsang oonsniered1. LOANS BY OVERDRAFT. A klgjar nctid mom tine Xottenliam AIl- slice oi Ra^pa-yersi' iijixxxations, oaJlinig the AiSAJciaAiaa au>titit.on to am action wiaeiii that bcxliy iifikji rvcwnUiy taken ag.ti:L.wt ijie ic^ienham U'lOan i/i^crx?t Couwuil to etstaUurJi tilie prm- oipie ttiiat ra&xig auULoriuaj, may mui legally raijre ufjaais by oveixiraitt H'om bankc-rs, etc., wawa ttiey couMefiiiijjdf was of tne utmost value to ad l'aucpayers Ùwul4.L.QU1¡ Lne 00- oarone it ioiinecil a pat«ji>ua.it wiucli "wÆ pre- venit in Itutiutv^ the prautioe all too common hitiierio, of OuuiiudLs and other bodilos gxxmsg to tiioar 'buLikezis for overuiratts un, oixror to prevent liiie Local Goveuaunitaiit iJoarcf enquiry wnsriii is naoetssajy before a pubnc loan can be The dtecia-on of tlie üGiart was, therefore, a groeat ohook upon exti"ava,^anoo by rating autho- ritiea. COUNCIL'S ACTION CRITICISED. Mr J. W. Adanison read the GOriv^poiidct.ico ,dl<.ih took &> in tho .Piœ1eCor" wille wo&ks ago. bot.ecn. the Association and the Chairman, cd tlie Coaineil vvith regard to the xiSuooKttjjai'a suggc&t.on to call a pui^ic meet- hug. 'l1¡,e speaker wimneitwi upon Mr Gamble's a-atiwn, :and cteHoed tihat there waa any, dowro, as Mr Gamble .suggested, Do- intorfere viithtoo work of tdc, Oouncai. With regard' to tiled Coiiiieul'a deonsicai in ooDhrming their (JhauT- maia'a aetion over tiiat oorre.poudleullLoë ljft) t&ouglbt aiat iaiduxvtod to tJlQ IJuulic that tl-ie Couineil sougiht to get askfc tee wishes of the natepayoni' au repi-cssented by the Aawcsatioia, h»9yau»'j there was no dissenting voioe at the C-Jiinoil meeting wljon the resolution approving tine Ciiairnrai i's action was passed- He taoug'nt it wag not too projier thing for tihe Council thus to over-rida the ratejjayers on a quo>tion oi expeiiditui'e of puUiio nroisay. and this conr duot of publo aili'aiitj, particularly in regard to appointment of towu oilicials (hear, hoar). Mr R. Thompison, one of tihe nee-presidents, spoke of the Councai's loans and current eeti- matee, He cmi^hass^e-d the fact tliat, whatever might have bacui said oaitsiide to the effect that the frinantocG of the Coui.icil were m a hopelesa comcJituon. tii'a.t wa., not the opinion of the Asso- ciation. after they had gone imso matters (hear, hoar), 'l'iiey wem not in a satisfactory posiucti, but they were cccieicdLy NOT IN A HOPELESS PIJGIIT. With l"e('oreIxe. to the Councils loans the firefc was taken out in 1877, and now the totall out- stamcLng- Joans d^iaotion^d' by the Local Govern- ment iiuaixl amountad t') between £ 260,000 and ±;270,000 at an -ailauad chu,ge upon the rates of E13,700, a fact wihkih abumdajatiy proved that the Cduneil had not bsen lacking in enterprise. They 'had in fact lavished money in theis- guc- ceasiiul endeavour to make Caiwjn Ray cllo of the first hoal'th retiurts in the oount.ry (hear, hear). The rateipayees were no^ in a ~pj«i tion to complain on the whrfe witih regard to tho money s.pant, for tboy had gooa value for it. The town koked wotining, and for its size waa in adVaaxe of moist towniv sn the ooujitry go tha-d though the charge j were, heavy tiiey should faoo ta-,soz m^pan^ibilitieii and oo-ope,aia to- gether to brirug about iTeiief in a reaaooiable maauuer. The Aaxication were hopeful that that reiief could and woufcl be bixnught about, and one of the ways of bringing: this a.bout was tOo cease oneatir.g new 'loans. The assessable \-alue of tha town was inoricasirig at siuc-h a ratio that during' the nest (en years th-ere would be much aasistartce from that direction. During the same })or*i<x( existing loans to the amount of £25,000 would mat.Ulle and that would mean a saving of £ 2100 in tiielirf rates. Thúy had every rea,son toO believe that the present rate of ós Id was the niicUxbiLum that wouid be ever demandied from them, and he jx^rsicaiia/fly beilleved that til-it rat,3 would be levied oixly for a very short t'ime) and that it would in future go steadily lowier. One imniediatc source of relicl waa an economical and) effective system of adnT^niteruiifr the lowrn's affair-(hoar, hoax),-a,nd he urged; the Council to take that matter into their ser- 1(7U3 oonsidaration. ANNUAL ELECTIONS ADVOCATED. Mr T. Price Wilhemis spoke briefly urging tlio an- nual reitiremertt of a proportion of councillors on t'he ground that unJer the exL-rtimg- system the members lost tuueti with ratepayers. Ratepayers should have an oppart-unity eaoli year to w-ood out. the less ooaipaScmi men on the Oouiuul (hear, hoar, and laug-h- tor). The townax>e>aple would not tolerate the present method mutih lunger. A COUNCILLOR'S PROTEST. Mr Edward Allen, a niciiii)-er of the Council, reserjfce«i a suggestion made by Mr Atlamsun that the niembejs of the Council were not independent in mind and action in .tho Council Chaniber Mr Adanison rej)lie«i that, aotions spoke louder tihaai words. He meant what he said, and though he miyht luso the resj>eet ,)f Mr Allen on the imt-ter, be could not help expressing his view. Mr Allen answaed toh.t if he thouglit for a moment the Associaitior; were of the same ojiiiniori as Mr Adam- STn that the members of the Council followed Mr Gamble because lie was a weallihy nuan, he would not give ttif.n a lroment's serious oun«i<Jerakioai. It was s-inuply diagnsting: that any man should stand up in a public meeting and reassert a thing of that kind and it WOK unworthy of anyone of Mr Aiktmuon's ohuraeter. The Chairman said lie regie tit-eid the feeling shown on the nxtttpr, but be must say that the Council had be?n gviilty of am uftbua-nesslike action on t,he question of oallaiiif tihe public raeofcing: (lieair, hear). Mr Arlen also pointed out that t,hei-e had been no fl-eeh agKeementa erefcored into between lie Coimedl and their oftieials as suggested by the Association's report. Sunae fui'tlier dwetission of a geneial character brougft the meeting to a close. Mr Bernard Lowe expressed the opinion thait the remark of Mr Adflanson that couaciKors followed the lead of tbe Chaijmain baeause, be was a weakiby xaan, was "Wet unfortumate, efinl if ho waa a oouncillor hian- 0011 he would feel insuited. He hoped Mr Aduan" would apologise. 1 Mr Adamson ^sai-l he never intended to insult any- one-, and if it was understood so, be withdrew it oonrpkriely.

BANGOR CITY COUNCIL. THE PIER ENTERTAINMENTS. WIDENING OF MENAI BRIDGE-ROAD. The monthly meeting of the City Council was held on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor {Councilkir II. C. Vincent), AJdcrmen J. E. Roberta, Henry Lewis and W. P. Matthews, Councillors Win. Jones, Wm. Baync, John Wil- liams, E. Myrddin Jones. O. R. Hughe3, C. C. Cooil, R. J. Williams, R. Rowland Jones, J. Pentir Williams, John Roberts, Owen Owen, Edward Jones, Joseph Davies, and C. Pozzi (Deputy Mayor). GAS AND ELECTRICITY. Councillor Bayne moved the adoption of the report of the lighting. Gas and Electricity Com- mittee, which recommended that the tender of Meser3 Joseph Turner and Co. (Limited), Queens- ferry, for the purchase of surplus tar at the gas- works for the emtiing two years be accepted. The (fuaritifcy of g made for the four weeks ended May 21st wai 3,035,100 feet, being an in- creat^c of 568,700 feet on the corresponding period last year. The number of gas stoves in use was 1100, an increase on the year of 103. On the electric light side 11,000 units had been rold during May, being an increase of 14.5 per oent. The report was adopted, and on the motion of the Mayor, eeconded by Councillor Bayne, a vote of sympathy was passed with Mr Smith, the consulting engineer, on his long ilinesi, the seconder remarking that he had been a most loyal and useful servant. THE BYE-LAWS COMMITTEE. Councillor Owen Owen, in proposing the adop- tion of the report of the Ry.e--1a,s and General Purposes Committee, stated that it wai agreed that the baths be opened every year on May 1st, and that subject to certain conditions J325 be contributed toward5 tho purchase of instruments for the town band.- The report was adopted. Councillor Pentir William; pioved the adoption of the report of the Sanitary, Hospital end Water Committee, remarking that the health of the city was pxod, and the dcath-rato low. THE FERRY COMMITTEE AND PIER ENTERTAINMENTS. Councillor C. Pozzi moved the adoption of the report of tho Pier and Forry Committee, which rcoo-mmended that from June 14th to July 16th misoellatteous entertainments be held twice on the pier at a cost not exceeding £ 120, the ar- rangements being left in tlie hands of the trea- surer, who was to act in consultation with th-e sub-oommittee. CounoilJor Joseph Daviea objected to the re- commendation being brought forward eo late in the seao^n, and to an additional burden being oast upon the city treasurer. He considered the letter in last week's "North W-alea Chronicle" a very fair comment aa to the way in which tho oornmittee managed tho aiijuns of the pier. Councillor Wm. Jones considered that the loss in previous on the entertainments was due to the fact that they oomimmced too early and in ooid weather. More money should be spent on advertising the town, and they should, by means of entertainments, attract visitors, and make Bangor a really good watorig-place. Visitors must be catered for. Councillor Owen Owen thought that the Coun- cil should be acquainted with the charaok of the entertain meirt,3 proposed to be iv-en on tho pier. There ought to be something new and attractive. Councillor David Owen supported the recom- mendation of the committee, which waa a very reasonable request to make. Alderman J. Evan Roberts said that it was a matter of aurprtjo that annually every recom- 111 £ istion emanating from the committee was op- posed. He strongly advised that the recom- mendation should be adopted. A, Councillor Joseph Davies said that his com- plaint was that tho recommendation was brought before the Council go la-to in the season. Alderman W. P. Matthews supported the re- commendation by way of trial. The report was adopted nem. con. THE NORMAL COLLEGE IMPROVE- MENTS. Count-tilJor John WiJt,ams moved the adop- tion <y £ the report of tho Highway, Budding, and Improvement Committ--ee, which stated that careuiii x-e.-eo>n.s idvr a tion had been given to tho application of Principal Hajris, and after fuJiiy discussing the matter the com- mit-too was of opkrion that the Council ha-d no powea- to undertake fuirthcr liabi-lities in oooinection with the NonneJ CoIJ.eg»e beyond that of making up the added width of Col- lege-road amd Menai-road, and pavang- the footpaths, -which was eetimatad to ooefc X140. CoiMXt-jiiilor Own Ow-eui thought that the Co unci] «h<raki not create a jxreecdcnt. Other requests of a sanrftar characfceir might come from otheir public institutions. The oodlege was undar the control of four eountise in North Waleei, and. why should the rate-payers of Batagor, who wer>e already heavd-ly taxed, bear the oxpenoa of buda-dimg the waJJ? Couno'ilor J. WiiMams pointed out that aJ- though four oounties were interested in the college, Bangor would benefit by th.3 additions which wore being made to the Normal Col- lege. Councillor R. Jones Roberts held that the Council had no more power to comply with the request than they had to build a wing to the college. It wouM be entirely illegal, for the Council was liable to be surcharged, and for one, would not be a party to it. Alderman H. Lewis said that it was not proposed to construct the wall, but to make a bargain with the college authorities, who had already given up a portion of land far public convenience. The road ought to be made worthy of the town. CounoSor David Owen said that the col- lege authorities were giving more land than the va2ue of the wall, and would carry out an improvement for all time. He held that the Council had power to widen Menai Bridge- road, aa it was their d-uty to do. Tho in- come of the college would be Xll,000, all of which wouid be spent in Bangor. He strongly supported the proposal to build the waU and pave the footpatlis. Alderman W. P. Matthews was in favour of building the wall, and a similar view was expressed by Alderman J. Evan Roberts, who suggested that the amount should be spread over six years. Bangor, which had behaved so handsomely to the University College of North Wa.Ifis, shomid not be unmindful of the old Normal College. He recommended that the whole wattar be referred back to the committee. Tho Mayor spoke of th-e great benefit the College was to Bangor. Tito question at issue was whether tlie Council was empowered to spend JJ550 on the purchase of the land estimated at sixty square yards. He oolkd not vote for the scheme, which he regarded as a colourable transaction. After further discussion, the advice of A-iii-ermam J. Evan Roberts was adopted. THE WATER SUPPLY. Alderman J. Evan Robeirts moved the ad- option of the report of the Finanoe and Water Joimt Committ-?, which stated that several meetings had been h-k-ld, but no reso- lution for confirmation by the Counoil had been agreed to. He recommended that th matter should be discusscd by the whole Council sitting in committee. WALES AND THE ROYAL ARMS. On the motion of Councillor Owen Owen, a resolution was passed in favour of the re- cognition of Wales in the Roval arms. FINANCIAL. The report of the Finanoe Committee showed that the bank balacne-es were as fol- lows —Due to the bankers, = £ 10,51)8; due by bankers, JJ6911 Is 9d. The amount uncol- lected was X7924 2s lid, against t8574 158 5d for the oorrespondiing period last year. THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. On the proposal of Councillor Owen Owen, a resolution was passed in favour of the, National Eisteddfod for 1912 being held in Bangor. EDUCATION. The Mayor and Alderman Henry Lewis weore appointed to represent the Council at the coming conference with the Carnarvon- shire Education Committee.

At St. Paul's, Knig>fothrkl'se, Loiwion, on W(Ün.k\:11, the mirrikme took plaice of thoe Hon. Henry Fowler, san of Visoount Wolverhampton, MHl the Hon. Evelyo Wrot.frc&ley, daughter of Lord WMttesk- V. Mr W. G. Park Lilian made an attfcwnpt to fly on his aeirtrplane at Baldon on Titewdivy rfght. He flow a short distance, but was oli-ig-ed to cteeeond quiokly through risiiisr at a sharp M1ge. The aeroplajve sus- taiined aoooo damage. The death t«<>k plane at Hastings, om Wolnesdav, erf Dr. F.li7..2kth Blaokwell, who wis the Srst wow,in to he l'aood on the Modieal Roister and to practise in England- Sbe was 90- Mr t visited Oxford on Tu<>6<iay to rk-li-i'»T the Ronsft»« Veokure. Speahinjr at Lbe reception by the Oarprvrstticui, be said there was something peculiarly impressive in being officially greet(e>d in such an anoi-ent stronghold.

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